Easter is a great time for a holiday. Not only is the weather finally warming up but you can maximise your annual leave for ...

In this extract from the documentary Persians: A History of Iran, we look at the Ziggurat of Chogha Zanbil - a man-made mountain palace created 3,000 years ago by the Elamites in Iran. Watch the ...

Antalya, Fethiye and Bodrum are just a few of the towns and cities found on the sunny Turkish Riviera, sometimes referred to ...

A tantalizing $1 million prize has been announced for anyone who can crack one of history’s most elusive puzzles: the Indus ...

A writing system developed by one of the world’s earliest urban societies has given linguists nothing but grief since it was first discovered on an unintelligible stone seal in the ancient city of ...

The nominees of the 17th annual Current Archaeology Awards are below, and voting is now open. The awards celebrate the projects and publications that made the pages of the magazine over the past 12 ...

A DIVISION responsible for preserving historic monuments has said there is "high potential" for the discovery of archaeological remains if a proposal to drill a borehole on historic Devenish Island ...

Easter is one of the most important dates in the Christian calendar, and it’s also a major secular holiday, too. For Christians, Easter is the day of the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus ...

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In his new Netflix series, Graham Hancock suggested that the Easter Island heads were built by his long-lost ancient civilization. But archaeologists have disagreed.