What was the significance of Megalithic Monuments in Atlantic Europe?
The construction of megalithic monuments in Atlantic Europe is not restricted to a single purpose, nor do they reflect one aspect of the community that built them.
View ArticleHigh Taxes Were Always A Problem, So What New?
Inscriptions tell us throughout history people have always complained about the high taxes charged by central government. The Roman Empire has produced a number of inscriptions that record these...
View ArticleWorld’s oldest shipwreck reveals incredible cargo
Accidentally discovered by a Turkish sponge diver in 1982, the remains of the 3,300-year-old Uluburun shipwreck lie 10km off the coast of southern Turkey.
View ArticleA Recap of Culver
For the last seven years the Culver Archaeological Project (CAP), under director Rob Wallace, has been investigating the historical environment of the Upper Ouse Valley in the parishes of Barcombe and...
View ArticleDeath, Narrative and Understanding the Viking Mind
We think we understand the Vikings and their ways as a culture of warriors and pirates. The Vikings plagued the coast of early medieval Britain, robbing from monastic and secular sites until they...
View ArticleArchaeology: Where is it going?
Where is archaeology going? As archaeologists, it’s not exactly in our nature to postulate about the future. Written by James Spry
View ArticleGender Roles and the Mass-kill Event: A Cross-cultural Analysis
For the last thirty years archaeologists inspired primarily by the feminist movement, have become more aware of ‘gender assumptions’ when [...]
View ArticleUnmasking Tutankhamun: the figure behind the fame
Following the amazing discovery of the Egyptian king's near-intact tomb by Howard Carter in 1922, Tutankhamun became a household name worldwide. By Robyn Antanovskii
View ArticleRevisiting La Tene Art: Ideas of Ethnicity and Diaspora
In the framework document for consultation 2013: ‘The National Curriculum in England,’ produced by the Department for Education, worryingly, prehistory has been afforded a cursory mention amongst a...
View ArticleIn the Footsteps of the Missing Ninth Legion Hispana : Part One
The Ninth Legion ‘Hispana’, the lost legion of Rome that marched into the murky fog of history and into legend. The nature of its disappearance in the early second century AD - if it ever truly...
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Was Cleopatra beautiful? The archaeological evidence
The Death of Cleopatra by Guido Cagnacci, 1658 : Wiki Commons Cleopatra VII Philopator, commonly known simply as Cleopatra, ruled over Egypt during the century preceding the birth of Christ. By Robyn...
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The Archaeology of Morphine – Michael Jackson’s Darkest Hours
Morphine is one of the most famous drugs in the world and has brought to an end, the lives of some of the most famous people on the planet. Morphine abuse is news nearly every day of the year...
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Chauvet Cave
It has been almost two decades since the Chauvet Cave was discovered, revealing some of the most beautiful and important Palaeolithic art in the world; across its walls danced paintings of mammoths,...
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Roman Sex, Sexuality, Slaves and Lex Scantinia
In ancient Rome, Latin has no equivalent translation for defining homosexuality, nor heterosexuality as an individual’s sexual nature. Gay or straight, there would be no distinction. Sexuality instead...
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Is English Heritage being turned into a government development agency?
Where is the debate in the heritage community about English Heritage being turned into a government development agency? Observers of the politics of culture and heritage are asking why there has been...
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Does economy affect religion? Does religion affect economy?
Religion and social economy don’t outwardly appear to be related. However each can affect the other in context, form and intensity. When one studies zooarchaeology, s/he is seeking knowledge about the...
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When Israel flew Nazi Planes
Just how did the post-war Israeli air force end up equipping its first fighter squadrons with the famous Nazi warplane the Me-109s? After approval of the Partition Plan of Palestine in November 1947,...
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Short overview of wine in Georgia
According to a Georgian legend, God took a supper break while he was creating the world. He became so involved in his meal that he by accident tripped over the high peaks of the Caucasus and as a...
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Examples of food and beverage in 17th century Sweden
This article deals with the information that can be drawn from historical written sources regarding food in a special geographic area and time period. Sweden stands as an example and the time period is...
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Debate still rages over date of Thera eruption
During the height of the Greek Bronze Age, a volcano erupted on the ancient Greek island of Thera (modern Santorini). The violent eruption sent six times more magma and rock into the Earth’s atmosphere...
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