Archaeology

The archaeological site of Tell Nebi Mend, a tell on the Homs plain in present-day Syria, is universally recognised as the location, first, of Qade...

The lives of kings, poets, authors, criminals and celebrities are a perpetual fascination in the media and popular culture, and for decades anthrop...

This second of two volumes on Galilee in the Late Second Temple and Mishnaic Periods focuses on the site excavations of towns and villages and what...

How human communities interpret what they perceive in the sky is vital in fulfilling humankind''s most basic need to comprehend the universe it inh...

This richly illustrated book contains 24 scientific articles on plants and molluscs written by 38 colleagues and former students of Wim Kuijper. ...

Egyptian mummies are perennially popular with visitors to museums but what is their relevance in the twenty-first century? What can we learn from ...

Many animals build shelters, but only humans build homes. No other species creates such a variety of dwellings. Drawing examples from across the ar...

The book is divided into sixteen chapters dealing in a diachronic perspective with a wide range of problems concerning the development of the roy...

The third site monograph published as part of the Baikal Archaeology Project presents both archaeological and human osteological data from fieldwor...

In the recent past, a working knowledge of the Maya script has been confined to epigraphers, art historians and other specialists. Its very unfamil...

The uplands of the Lake District are famed for their rugged natural beauty, but the reality is that this landscape has been modified and changed ...

According to English Heritage, 'Silbury's significance is obscure and we can only hope to understand it if we combine our scientific approach with ...