Archaeology

What common features can be found in the native religions of the vast Eurasian landmass?

Following the Congress of Vienna in 1815, the 'Congress System' became the primary instrument of diplomacy in Europe.

The Mongol invasions in the first half of the thirteenth century led to profound and shattering changes to the historical trajectory of Islamic West Asia.

What buried secret lies beneath the stones of one of England's greatest former churches and shrines?

The Women's Royal Naval Service (WRNS) was created in 1917, re-formed in 1938 and maintained after 1945.

The ancient Greeks attributed great importance to the sacred during war and campaigning, as demonstrated from their earliest texts.

Oriental dancers, ballerinas, actresses and opera singers the figure of the female performer is ubiquitous in the cinema of pre-Revolutionary Russia.

In 13th century, the Szeklers were granted a territory (Terra Sirulorum) on the eastern border of the kingdom of Hungary.

Following the devastating Mongol conquest of Baghdad in 1258, the domination of the Abbasids declined leading to successor polities, chiefly among them the Ilkhanate in Greater Iran, Iraq and the Caucasus.

The Phoenicians present a tantalizing face to the ancient historian.

In the second half of the twentieth century, Germany became the dominant political and economic power in Europe - and the arbiter of all important EU decisions.

'Here lies our leader all cut down, the valiant man in the dust.

Treason and magic were first linked together during the reign of Edward II.

The resonant ruins of Pompeii are perhaps the most direct route back to the living, breathing world of the ancient Romans.

An exploration of Sardinia's incredibly rich history and culture, which stretches back to the Neolithic period.

The Hittites in the Late Bronze Age became the mightiest military power in the Ancient Near East.

In 1939, a ten-year-old Igor Golomstock accompanied his mother, a medical doctor, to the vast network of labour camps in the Russian Far East.

What common features can be found in the ancient customs and native religions of the vast Eurasian landmass?

Following the Congress of Vienna in 1815, the 'Congress System' became the primary instrument of diplomacy in Europe.

The Mongol invasions in the first half of the thirteenth century led to profound and shattering changes to the historical trajectory of Islamic West Asia.

What buried secret lies beneath the stones of one of England's greatest former churches and shrines?

The resonant ruins of Pompeii are perhaps the most direct route back to the living, breathing world of the ancient Romans.

The Phoenicians present a tantalizing face to the ancient historian.

'Here lies our leader all cut down, the valiant man in the dust.

The domestication of the horse in the fourth millennium BC altered the course of mankind's future.

A BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week.

Since the days of conquistador Hern n Cort s, rumours have circulated about a lost city of immense wealth hidden deep in the Honduran interior.

The Parthenon Marbles (formerly known as the Elgin Marbles), designed and executed by Pheidias to adorn the Parthenon, are perhaps the greatest of all classical sculptures.

CSI: Ancient Rome discover what everyday killings tell us about the Roman Empire and its people ';A brilliant idea, brilliantly executed.

Late Antique and Early Medieval Hispania.

Late Antique and Early Medieval Hispania.

This book is about sustainable agriculture and architecture in the past and the engineering works that supported them, but it also looks to the future.

This book is about sustainable agriculture and architecture in the past and the engineering works that supported them, but it also looks to the future.

Eight sites were excavated along the route of the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route between Balmedy to Tipperty.

This book is the culmination of the author’s lifelong interest in the Roman to medieval transition in England and in the analysis of the historic landscape of Wessex.

This book is the culmination of the author’s lifelong interest in the Roman to medieval transition in England and in the analysis of the historic landscape of Wessex.

Western Iberia has one of the richest inventories of Neolithic chambered tombs in Atlantic Europe, with particular concentrations in Galicia, northern Portugal and the Alentejo.

Western Iberia has one of the richest inventories of Neolithic chambered tombs in Atlantic Europe, with particular concentrations in Galicia, northern Portugal and the Alentejo.

The aim of this book is to promote the thesis that myth may illuminate archaeology and that on occasion archaeology may shed light on myth.

The aim of this book is to promote the thesis that myth may illuminate archaeology and that on occasion archaeology may shed light on myth.

This volume brings together an interesting range of papers discussing medieval buildings across Europe.

This volume brings together an interesting range of papers discussing medieval buildings across Europe.

The mid second millennium BC material record of the southern Aegean shows evidence of strong Cretan influence.

The mid second millennium BC material record of the southern Aegean shows evidence of strong Cretan influence.

Few areas of the world have played as prominent a role in human evolution as the Levantine Corridor, a comparatively narrow strip of land sandwiched between the Mediterranean Sea on the west and the expanse of inhospitable desert to the east.

Few areas of the world have played as prominent a role in human evolution as the Levantine Corridor, a comparatively narrow strip of land sandwiched between the Mediterranean Sea on the west and the expanse of inhospitable desert to the east.

Excavations on the site of this remarkable fort in northern Bulgaria (1996–2005) formed part of a long-term program of excavation and intensive field survey, aimed at tracing the economic as well as physical changes which mark the transition from the Roman Empire to the Middle Ages, a program that commenced with the excavation and full publication of the early Byzantine fortress/city of Nicopolis ad Istrum.

Excavations on the site of this remarkable fort in northern Bulgaria (1996–2005) formed part of a long-term program of excavation and intensive field survey, aimed at tracing the economic as well as physical changes which mark the transition from the Roman Empire to the Middle Ages, a program that commenced with the excavation and full publication of the early Byzantine fortress/city of Nicopolis ad Istrum.

‘Shamanism’ is a term with specific anthropological roots, but which is used more generally to cover a set of interactions between a practitioner or ‘shaman’ and a spiritual or religious realm beyond the reach of most members of the community.

‘Shamanism’ is a term with specific anthropological roots, but which is used more generally to cover a set of interactions between a practitioner or ‘shaman’ and a spiritual or religious realm beyond the reach of most members of the community.