Archaeology

Excavation of the Taplow burial mound, 19th century © The Trustees of the British Museum.

The Hills Have Eyes

Is the Buckinghamshire countryside tame commuter belt or wild border-country? It depends when you visit.

First in Her Field (Work)

The pioneering archaeologist and Oxbridge’s first woman professor, Dorothy Garrod was elected to the Chair of Archaeology on 6 May 1939.

Heads Turned by Treasure

Archaeologists and historians are on the same side, despite what journalists say.

Palmyra: Lost Treasure Recaptured in Words

The destruction of Palmyra robbed us of one of antiquity’s great trading cities.

Examination of a Mummy - a Priestess of Amun, by Paul Dominique Philippoteaux, French, c.1891. © akg-images/Erich Lessing.

The Myth of Mummy Wheat

Despite a total lack of evidence, the belief that grains of wheat found in Ancient Egyptian tombs could produce bountiful crops was surprisingly hardy.

The Forgotten Women of Archaeology

Behind the traditional story of archaeology, with its pith-helmeted Victorian gentlemen, are the equally important yet neglected stories of its female pioneers.

Digital Archaeology and Reconstruction

New publications and recent developments in the field.

Terracotta figure with a headdress of flowers, rings and a belt, c.3000 BC.

The Greatest Civilisation Ever Forgotten?

The civilisation that arose in the Indus valley around 5,000 years ago was only discovered in the early 20th century. Andrew Robinson looks at what we know about this extraordinary culture.