Other articles
This is a collection of articles on various archaeological subjects, which may or may not have appeared in our magazines in the past.
Aesop On-line An ancient Aesop and other treasures go on-line. | Treasure in the Pantry When priceless artefacts go missing in Iraq, where do you look? In the prime minister's fridge, of course. | |
Murder Most Foul The English language is foully massacred - and there's a 2,000 year old case of child abuse as well. | Scrolls Arouse Anonymous Ire Nasty anonymous letters are nothing new, but when the Dead Sea Scrolls are at the bottom of them, that's new! | |
DRM and Archaeology How to have your Elgin Marbles and give them away too. | A Righteous Detectorist Dave Crisp finds treasure - and then buries it again. | |
Gladiatrix The female gladiator of Credenhill. | The Hambleden Brothel Archaeologists find, not call girls, but dead babies. | |
Lion Bites solve a Puzzle A lion's tooth radically alters our interpretation of a mass burial in York. | Flooding the Colosseum Nero's vanity and Vespasian's desire for popularity led to the creation of Rome's most popular tourist attraction. | |
The Dead Woman of Fin Cop Hill A grisly find ensures a second season of excavations at an ancient hill fort. | The Gleaming Mountain The largest Neolithic monument in Europe looked very different 4,000 years ago. |