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.
| Rams and Rowers 14 Apr 2009 There's more to a ram than just punching holes in other people's ships | Defeating piracy 13 Apr 2009 History goes in cycles, and piracy is nothing new - but do we have the courage to defeat it as Pompey did? | |
| Valuable nails 10 Apr 2009 When iron was valuable, why bury one man with a nail in his foot? | Hero's Computer 09 Apr 2009 It might only be made of string, but it could be programmed, just like a turtle. | |
| Hatshepsut's Perfume 08 Apr 2009 Is this what Hatshepsut smelled like? | The Mistress of the Lionesses 07 Apr 2009 Can a plaque showing a man really depict the mysterious "Lion Woman"? | |
| Steeper Seats 06 Apr 2009 Did the Romans build steeper seats to use less ground or did they use less ground to build steeper seats? | The Greenland Mystery 03 Apr 2009 Do plants rich in nitrogen-15 hold the key to what happened to the Vikings in Greenland? | |
| The Temple of Yaho 02 Apr 2009 Egypt is full of temples - and one of them was a Jewish copy of Solomon's vanished temple. | Impressing the Natives 01 Apr 2009 Was this a machine to enable traders to impress the local natives? | |
| The Missing Saint 31 Mar 2009 The British Museum has 39 saints - but it has a docket for 40! | Pompeii goes from Red to Black 30 Mar 2009 Pompeii's frescoes are turning black - but who is to blame and what can be done to cure the problem? | |
