The Antiquity paper presents a new theory about the significance of these diadems as emblems of power and suggests that they may reflect the central position of these women in the governance of Argaric society.…
Early visitors to Easter Island recorded strange designs of a mysterious being. Now, using the latest technology and ancient records, Paul Horley, Georgia Lee, and Paul Bahn have restored glorious colour to the sacred site of Orongo, home of the mystical birdman.…
A new app offers an opportunity to experience an ancient site in its Roman heyday.…
In AD 749, the ancient city of Jerash was hit by a devastating earthquake. Excavating private houses that collapsed during the disaster has revealed a wealth of information about the Umayyad city. These, though, are just some of the finds encountered during recent archaeological work in the…
• Jerash: discovering homes toppled during an earthquake in Jordan
• Seasons at Hawaiian temples
• Discovering Roman women’s lives
• Tuscany: Queen Adelaide’s castle
• Papua New Guinea: homegrown archaeology…
Despite travel limitations over the last year, we’ve been transported to a wide variety of places...…
This is a unique find, representing the only vehicle of this type found in Italy to date.…
Urajiri is in the town of Minami Soma, impacted both by the tsunami and the meltdown, evacuated as it was in the exclusion zone around the stricken power plant. Archaeology is providing a focus for rebuilding community identity.…
The temples of Hawaii are renowned for their varied forms and orientations, but could it be that this veneer of irregularity masks a pattern that sheds fresh light on these monuments? Patrick Kirch and Clive Ruggles told Current World Archaeology's Matthew Symonds what systematic study of the temple sites reveals.…
The photograph shows the 1935 Basilica, named after the year it was excavated and believed to date to the 6th century AD.…