Archaeology By Period/Region

Leatherwork from Elephantine describes, illustrates and analyses the finds from the excavations at Elephantine island (Aswan, Egypt) that are condu...

Leatherwork from Elephantine describes, illustrates and analyses the finds from the excavations at Elephantine island (Aswan, Egypt) that are condu...

In this new authoritative textbook on the archaeology of South-East England intended for students, researchers, and those working in commercial arc...

The Italian son of a barber. A failed hydraulic engineer. A giant who performed feats of strength and agility in the circus. Giovanni Belzoni (1778...

This book brings together the work of archaeologists investigating prehistoric hunter-gatherers (foragers) and early farmers in both the Southwest ...

Multi-disciplinary investigation of Anglo-Saxon funerary traditions. Burial evidence provides the richest record we possess for the centuries foll...

A completely new account of the archaeological and historical evidence which relates to Delphi - the most important place in the ancient world. Eac...

The frontier of Hadrians Wall, once the most heavily fortified border of the Roman Empire, is an ever-popular destination for both walkers and thos...

York has a rich and significant historical heritage; founded by the Romans, captured by the Vikings, and venerated in the Middle Ages. This book a...

Draws on a lifetimes study and a decade of new research to address the first question that every visitor asks: how was Stonehenge built? Icon of...

**NOW A HIT STAGE PRODUCTION**Take a journey around the archaeological and cultural remains of Roman Britain with the award-winning author of Greek...

'The hunt for early Bible manuscripts was among the most romantic of all the 19th century's grand quests...At the heart of this lively, inspiring d...

This book recounts the heroic story of the Maccabees and explains how they successfully took on the might of the Seleucid realm, illustrated by the...

The ancient Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum, buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 C.E., drew international attention when excavat...

Gifts for the Gods is an enlightening and richly illustrated book on animal mummies from ancient Egypt. Introducing readers to the wealth of anim...

Subterranean Stockport reveals a hidden world beneath the streets of Stockport a Greater Manchester town with a rich industrial past. It includes ...

Explore significant archaeological discoveries pertaining to every book of the Bible.Laypersons, pastors, students, academics, and anyone looking f...

Discovering Qatar evolved from a series of features on the archaeology, natural history and traditional life of Qatar that Frances Gillespie began ...

Discovering Qatar evolved from a series of features on the archaeology, natural history and traditional life of Qatar that Frances Gillespie began ...

Nearly 13,000 years ago millions of people and animals were wiped out, and the world plunged abruptly into a new ice-age. It was more than a thousa...

Howard Carter's excavation of the tomb of Tutankhamun in 1922 was one of the most significant archaeological discoveries of the 20th century. The n...

This book is the companion volume to Rainforest Foraging and Farming in Island Southeast Asia: the Archaeology of the Niah Caves, Sarawak. Together...

Sais was Egypt's capital in the 26th Dynasty, but it also had an earlier history, unknown before the EES/Durham University/SCA work at the site. Th...

The cathedral-like Niah Caves of Sarawak (Borneo) have iconic status in the archaeology of Southeast Asia, due to the excavations by Tom and Barbar...

Griffins, Cyclopes, Monsters, and Giants--these fabulous creatures of classical mythology continue to live in the modern imagination through the vi...

This volume examines long-term processes of social change and settlement practices in later prehistoric and early medieval Wales. As a case-study, ...

The invention of the wheel is often highlighted as one of humankinds most significant inventions. Wheels do not exist in nature, and so can be view...

The civilization of ancient Egypt has been a source of fascination for explorers and scholars for centuries, and has occupied a special place in th...

A wide-ranging study of the significance of swords throughout the whole Anglo-Saxon period, offering valuable insights into the meaning of and atti...

Count Eigil Knuth succeeded in finding a Palaeo-Eskimo settlement named Old Nuulliit on the well-known Nuulliit site in the Thule area. This site w...

A new account of the famous site and story of the last stand of a group of Jewish rebels who held out against the Roman EmpireTwo thousand years ag...

The relics of medieval knights' manors still shape the landscape of Poland today. The anonymous hills contain the remnants of wooden buildings, som...

Just a century ago, scholars believed that civilization in the Indus Valley began three thousand years ago during the Vedic Age. But in the autumn ...

Throughout its long history, stretching from the 25th Dynasty (c. 752-656 BC) to the Ottoman Period (c. 1500-1811 AD), Qasr Ibrim was one of the mo...