The finding suggests that Liternum was not only a residential area but also a resting place for gladiators after their careers in the arena.

The Wenquan Paleolithic site in Ruzhou, Central China's Henan Province, has yielded a collection of Acheulean tools, ...

Going big and going early leads to an uptick in public interest and in those necessary donations. Unfortunately, it also ...

The irrigation network consists of over 200 primary canals, some of which stretch up to nine kilometers in length and are between two and five meters wide.

For centuries, archaeology was more like treasure hunting — a kind of cowboy science where men travelled far and wide. By the mid-19th century, women began entering the field.

Archaeological excavations in the ancient Roman colony of Liternum, located in the present-day municipality of Giugliano in ...

By the standards of modern archaeology they made a terrible mess ... This is deeply frustrating, because knowing where, in what context and in which stratigraphic layer an artefact was found can be ...

Many of our modules form a Chartered Institute for Archaeology accredited pathway. Ask us if you'd like to know more. provides an opening introduction to archaeological analysis, from stratigraphic ...