The great of dread in the foreign lands: Tiye, wife of Amenhotep III
Robert G Morkot tells us about the life and achievements of one of the most remarkable and influential characters of the New Kingdom.
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Interpreting Dover Castle’s great tower: Angevin innovation, or a medieval white elephant?
Dover’s massive castle, rising in tiers above the harbour to the crest of the hill above the town, looks like the very model of a medieval fortification – but, as a new book reveals, it has some very odd features indeed. Current Archaeology's Chris Catling reports on the efforts of English Heritage and Historic England, as well as castle specialists and medieval historians, to explain this extraordinary monument.