From Mycenae to Knossos and beyond, embark on your very own odyssey of the Bronze Age Aegean with these ten must-reads on the topic. Uncover the reality behind the myths of this period with books exploring long-distance travel, woven textiles, economics, writing systems and more. Knossos, Mycenae, Troy The Enchanting Bronze Age and its Tumultuous… Read More »Traverse the Bronze Age Aegean in Ten Books
Dive into the sunlit coves, decorated grottos, and sophisticated marine fishponds of southern Latium with Roberta Ferritto, author of Roman Maritime Villas, and PI of the EU-funded project CLaRMaV (101106554), as she reveals why these coastal retreats were far more than luxurious holiday escapes, and why the race to document them is far from over.… Read More »Living on the Edge: Why Rome’s Elite Built their Dream Villas by the Sea
Unearth insights into Rendlesham Revealed, a community archaeology project run by Suffolk County Council which aimed to give as many people as possible an experience of real archaeology. The results of the archaeological investigation and landscape analysis undertaken as part of the project are set out in Windgather Press’ latest publication Rendlesham and the East… Read More »Community and Archaeology at Rendlesham
Explore how the first farmers of the Mediterranean faced the eternal question of death, and how the study of funerary practices can reveal new ways of imagining life in the past with this blog by the editors of Exploring Death. By Berta Morell-Rovira, F. Xavier Oms, Gerard Remolins & Juan F. Gibaja | 3 min… Read More »Tales of Life and Death in the Western Mediterranean
Want to know more about the latest volume in the Butrint Archaeological Monographs series? This blog by Richard Hodges, co-editor of Butrint 8, is bursting with insider information on the excavations explored in the book, which “aims both to report archaeological discoveries and to provoke a rethinking of some important episodes in Mediterranean archaeology.” By… Read More »Behind the Scenes of Butrint 8
Immerse yourself in a fount of information about Roman water displays and discover how these features kept late antique homes cool in both style and temperature with this blog by Ginny Wheeler, author of Water Displays in Domestic Spaces across the Late Roman West By Ginny Wheeler | 6 min read While the late Roman… Read More »Making a Splash: The Many Benefits of Water Displays in Late Antique Residences
Top 10 facts about the Rude Man of Dorset! As a result of National Trust excavations in 2020, and the subsequent geophysical, land snail and auger surveys in 2023 and 2024, we have learnt much more about the Rude Man of Dorset, otherwise known as the Cerne Abbas Giant. In this blog, Michael J. Allen,… Read More »What you didn’t know about the Cerne Abbas Giant
Uncovering a Wealth of Information Using Everyday Objects The tomb of Tutankhamun, opened up by Howard Carter and his team in November 1922, is the only “essentially intact” pharaoh’s tomb to have been found. However the glittering golden artefacts discovered within this royal resting place may have blinded people to the importance of the scientific… Read More »The Real Treasure of Tutankhamun
Here is your sign to learn more about what makes humans ‘symbolic animals’. In this blog, Guido Guarducci, co-editor of Archaeology of Symbols, explores the ways in which people have used symbols throughout history, and continue to do so today, highlighting how this can increase our knowledge of our past. By Guido Guarducci | 2.5… Read More »The Symbolic Animal
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