Penny Young

Radical Rowdies

A public falling-out ended the close political friendship between two leaders of reform in early nineteenth-century Britain. A familiar scenario? Penny Young tells the story.

Published June 13 2008

Christians in Iraq

Penny Young investigates the situation of one of the country’s less-commonly mentioned communities.

Published June 15 2007

DraculaWorld

Penny Young provides the background to the debate surrounding Romania's proposed Dracula theme park.

Published January 22 2003

Bethlehem 2002

Penny Young on an eventful year for the town of Bethlehem.

Published December 15 2002

Rock Art in Egypt

Penny Young uncovers prehistoric rock art in Luxor.

Published August 18 2002

Southern Lebanon’s Archaeology

Penny Young on new excavations in one of the most historically rich areas in the Middle East.

Published December 18 2001

Deir Mar Musa

Penny Young reviews the painstaking recreation of an ancient Syrian monastery.

Published June 12 2001

Hasankeyf - A City in Peril

Turkish archaeologists work against the clock to discover the secrets of ancient Hasankeyf before it is flooded by the waters of the proposed Ilisu dam

Published November 1 2000

Oman and its Heritage

Penny Young explores the astonishingly rich archaeological heritage of Oman.

Published May 31 2000

Building Bridges in Bosnia

Penny Young looks at the ambititious plans to reconstruct the celebrated Ottoman bridge in Mostar, destroyed by fighting in Bosnia-Herzegovinia.

Published February 1 2000

Bethlehem's Second Big Day

Penny Young explores Bethlehem’s plans to make the small town of Judaea central to the millennium celebrations.

Published November 1 1999

Archaeologists in Turkey believe they could have unearthed some of the remains of the Great Palace of the Byzantine Empire which ruled much of the known world for nearly a thousand years from the heart of Constantinople.

Published January 1 1999

Gaza’s Archaeological Struggles

Penny Young reveals the recent archaeological finds on the Gaza Strip.

Published June 30 1998

Return to Dura Europos

It was like a page from the Arabian Nights. Aladdin’s lamp had been rubbed and suddenly from the dry, brown bare desert had appeared paintings, not just one nor a panel nor a wall, but a whole building of scene after scene, all drawn from the Old Testament in a way never dreamed of before.’

Published November 1 1997