Neil Faulkner: obituary
Remembering Neil; 22 January 1958 – 4 February 2022 It is with immense sadness that we write of the death of our friend, the co-founder...
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Your guide from the past. Read for free in issue 3. Wake up at 3am for no good reason? Can't sleep without pills or a pint of vodka? ...
Grauballe Man turns 70
Archaeology Worldwide #7 Seventy years ago, in 1952, the Iron Age man known as ‘Grauballe Man’ was found, his throat slashed, in a Danish...
Elite dictators
Elite leaders, pfff. Same as it ever was. See Cleopatra, issue # 3. Here we see The Meeting of Antony and Cleopatra, 41 BC, as painted in...
Sets and passion!
The archaeology of cinema, in AWW #5 Oh the drama! Director David Lean and his production crew battle with the elements during the filing...
Digging Stuart Prior
Stuart Prior on his Life in Archaeology in AWW #7 How did Digging for Britain's brilliant Stuart Prior go from council gravedigger to...
Never forget
David Miles writes in Archaeology Worldwide #7 Reflecting on the legacy of the Great War, and its lessons for today's world, David Miles...
Probing Tutankhamun’s dynasty
As featured in Archaeology Worldwide #7 Egyptology tends to be characterised by an endless fascination with the gold and glamour, and...
Çatalhöyük: rituals & ancestors
As featured in Archaeology Worldwide #7 Çatalhöyük in Central Turkey, arguably the earliest town in the world, was occupied from around...
Shit news
Ancient dung study from Abu Hureya, Syria, reveals new insights. The village mound of Abu Hureyra in Syria is one of the earliest and...
Revolutionary Karahan Tepe
Research at 11,500-year-old monumental site in Turkey set to rewrite (pre)history. Turkey has been in the forefront of research into the...
Islam and Zanzibar
Zanzibar on the East African coast was long assumed to have been an 18th century Omani stone town, a major focus of the Indian Ocean dhow...
Invasion of the rabbits
How Australia’s wild rabbits can be traced to one shipment from England in 1859. In Australia today, European wild rabbits eat through...
Rethinking Crete
Analysis of everyday tools challenges long-held ideas about what drove major changes in ancient Greek society. Minoan society in Crete...
German ‘Time Capsule’
Rare 400-year-old ship found in River Trave, near Lübeck, Germany. The Hanseatic League dominated much maritime trade across the Baltic...
Cahokia 'North Plaza' wetland
‘North Plaza’ of ancient North American city of Cahokia was likely inundated year-round. Cahokia, one of the cores of Mississippian...
Mt. Okmok bites
How an Alaskan eruption rocked Ancient Egypt. Volcanic eruptions are playing an increasingly conspicuous role in the study of ancient...
Sacred porter of Chan Chan?
Perfectly preserved wooden figure, potentially linked to ritual human sacrifice, found at Chan Chan, northern Peru. Chan Chan, on the...
Killer whale in Norfolk
Whale bone from Anglo-Saxon settlement at Sedgeford, England, identified as that of rare predator. The Sedgeford Historical and...
Archaeo aquifers
Cleaning up the ancient acequias of Sierra Nevada, Spain. Drought is very much in the news these days, which comes as no surprise to...
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