Archaeology

Charles Seltman visits the Holiest Place of the Greeks. Part I of a two part series. Second part can be read here.

Mark Ronan describes new efforts  at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, to decode the world’s oldest undeciphered language.

Geoffrey Grigson explores how a variety of views of Stonehenge has surfaced, and re-surfaced, in popular literature over time.

A great hoax was born on December 18th, 1912.

Sir Julian Huxley examines the debates and mysteries that surround humanity's earliest moves towards mass society.

G. Goossens recalls the Assyrian monarchs, noted for their ferocity, great libraries, and achievements in agriculture and engineering.

Linda Porter is unconvinced by the claim that the discovery of Richard III's remains could "rewrite history".

The 'lost' city re-emerged on 22 August 1812.

Jonathan Downs reports on the fire last December that caused extensive damage to one of Egypt’s most important collections of historical manuscripts.

A series of archaeological discoveries off the coast of Sicily reveal how Rome turned a piece of lethal naval technology pioneered by its enemy, Carthage, to its own advantage, explains Ann Natanson.