One of the most breathtaking experiences in my archaeological life was to mount the steps and look out over the assembled ranks of the terracotta army.…
Abydos was not only the earliest brewery and the forerunner of the great royal cemeteries... it was also the birthplace of the funeral wake and possibly too of the mass hangover.…
This publication features, among other highlights, the extraordinary, emotive survival of a series of footprints made by a Mesolithic child.…
Banksy has made himself very rich with witty examples of the genre, and both Historic England and the National Trust now conserve and celebrate historic graffiti.…
Economics cannot be used to measure the emotional, educational, psychological, spiritual, health, and social benefits of heritage – all the things that make life worth living.…
This revealed much about life in ‘Roman’ Wales, in both its modest urbanised centres and its wider hinterlands.…
Is Ithaca, in fact, Odysseus’ island, where Penelope faithfully weaved, steadfastly waiting for her mischievous prince in their well-appointed palace?…
At a time of food scarcity, obesity became a desirable condition… the Venus figurines represented an ideal body type.…
As far as I am aware, The Dig is a first. I mean a film where the whole thing revolves around an archaeological dig that really happened? This is the only one, right?…
Rising rent may force the Antiquaries to leave Burlington House, potentially endangering its extensive collection, which includes many historically significant objects.…
From prehistoric Anglesey to Snowdonia's slate industry: Joe Flatman explores half a century of reports from the past…
To gasps of genuine astonishment from the audience, he showed slides of objects so pristine in their gold and garnet glory...…
As every archaeologist knows, listed buildings and scheduled monuments represent the tip of the heritage iceberg.…
From Birmingham's industrial heritage to a Roman riding school: Joe Flatman explores half a century of reports from the West Midlands…
My excavations, including Khok Phanom Di, have yielded well over 1,000 human graves, and often the dead were interred with multiple mortuary offerings from fine pottery vessels to thousands of ornaments in gold, silver, bronze, iron, carnelian, glass, shell, and agate.…
A paper is not necessarily of value because it is heretical, of course; it may just be wrong.…
The symbol of the new Penn Museum is in the refurbished main entrance hall. On a prominent podium behind the ticket desks sits the Museum’s celebrated sphinx. Richard Hodges reports.…
Today, 757 synagogues are deemed to be at risk, which illustrates the scale of the task facing the FJH in its mission to ‘celebrate and honour Europe’s lost Jewish communities’ and rescue these emblematic buildings as ‘powerful places of education’ offering ‘valuable insights into Jewish life and its impact on…
Christopher Catling employs joined-up thinking in his regular column on the eccentricities of the heritage world…
From Captain Cook's Cottage to Romans in the East Riding: Joe Flatman explores half a century of reports from Yorkshire…