The Archaeology of Egypt’s Western Desert
March 28, 2022
Searching for a Needle in a Sand Dune RICHARD J. LONG, author of The Excavations at Mut al-Kharab II, has worked with the Dakhleh Oasis Project since 2004. In this… READ MORE
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Running an 18th Century Landscaping Business
November 17, 2021
Having unearthed the previously unpublished work of Britain’s greatest landscape designer, Thomas White, two experts provide insight into how this infamous designer ran his landscaping business…in the 1700s. Although I… READ MORE
Searching for Interdisciplinarity in Archaeology: A Fascinating Story
March 2, 2021
Margarita Díaz-Andreu tells us how her personal journey inspired her most ambitious project yet: Interdisciplinarity and Archaeology, the first book to explore the relationship between archaeology and other branches of knowledge…. READ MORE
Stitching it Together – The Lost Art of the Anglo-Saxon World: The Sacred and Secular Power of Embroidery
May 11, 2020
How does a book on a “Lost Art” come into being? DR. ALEXANDRA LESTER-MAKIN shares how her research into medieval embroidery began, and evolved into the book The Lost Art of… READ MORE
Behind the Scenes of TV archaeology with Dr Simon Elliott
April 7, 2020
From Time Team to Digging for Britain, we’ve always loved to watch archaeology on the small screen. But what’s it really like? DR SIMON ELLIOTT takes us behind the scenes of Great British… READ MORE
A Rare Ancient Egyptian Shroud in Norwich
February 12, 2020
Author FAYE KALLONIATIS delves into the story of one of the many fascinating objects from the Egyptian collection at Norwich Castle Museum – a crumpled textile shroud which turned out… READ MORE
Embracing the Provinces: Studying Romans outside of Rome
February 7, 2019
TATIANA IVLEVA researches and teaches Roman archaeology – but not in the Mediterranean. How do we study Romans and their lives outside of Rome? What can we learn from the… READ MORE
Discover a new world: Landscape Beneath the Waves
November 20, 2018
Why does underwater archaeology matter? Is it relevant to non-specialists, other archaeologists, and even to the interested public? CAROLINE WICKHAM-JONES tells us why landscapes beneath the waves can be important… READ MORE
Relentlessly Plain: Early Pottery in Western Asia
September 4, 2018
It might seem that the large quantities of plain pottery found at Neolithic sites can’t tell us all that much. But as OLIVIER NIEUWENHUYSE, editor of ‘Relentlessly Plain: Seventh Millennium Ceramics at… READ MORE
The Times of Their Lives: The Future of Studying the Past
July 10, 2018
Do authors set out intending to write a benchmark book that may well change the face of their subject area forever, or does it simply evolve along the way? Professor… READ MORE
