Christine Lehnen’s illuminating investigation of a past where women enjoyed a more egalitarian life is explored through bioarchaeological methods in Remembering Women: Lessons from the Ancient World (19th June 2025). Publisher: Icon BooksPublication date: 19 Jun 2025Language: EnglishHardcover: 272 pagesISBN-10: 1837732175ISBN-13: 9781837732173 Women have a rich and complex history—we just need to remember it. In … Read more
Uncovering America’s First War is the definitive study of one of the most important places in the US Southwest: the ancestral Tiwa village of Piedras Marcadas Pueblo. by: Matthew F. Schmader Publisher: University of New Mexico PressPublication date: April 1, 2025Language: EnglishHardcover: 376 pagesISBN: 978-0-8263-6793-8 Chronicling Schmader’s decades of exhaustive research, this book is a must-read … Read more
An amazing new find is expanding our understanding of Maya Blue—one of the most enigmatic and enduring pigments of the ancient world. Dean E. Arnold, adjunct curator of anthropology at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago and professor emeritus at Wheaton College, has found a second ancient method of producing the pigment, gaining … Read more
No animal is as entangled in human history as the horse. The horse’s domestication allowed early humans to settle the vast Eurasian steppe; horses then made new forms of warfare, encouraged long-distance trade routes, and acquired deep cultural and religious significance. Horses eventually gave great power to empires in Iran, Afghanistan, China, India, and, much … Read more
Viking Dynasties – The Royal Families of Lejre and Uppsala Between Archaeology and Text explores two of the most iconic royal sites in Scandinavian history: Lejre in Denmark and Gamla Uppsala in Sweden. by: Tom Christensen, John Ljungkvist & Neil Price Publisher: Aarhus University Press / Jutland Archaeological Society Publication date: 2025 Language: English Pages: 622, illustrated, … Read more
An international academic conference titled “Zīrid Ifrīqiya and the Islamic World in the 10th–12th Centuries” will be held on 28 and 29 May 2026 at University College London (UCL). The academic conference is a collaboration between Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne and UCL and will be centered on medieval North African archaeology and history. The conference … Read more
A Guide to Hillforts of Britain, An Aerial View by Nicholas Sharpe is a new study that explores the history and significance of hillforts in Britain, with a particular focus on the Iron Age Dobunni tribe. Featuring over 150 stunning color aerial photographs, the book offers a unique and visually engaging perspective on these ancient … Read more
The African Emperor: The Life of Septimius Severus is archaeologist Simon Elliot‘s comprehensive account of a great emperor, the first African to rule the Roman Empire. Publisher: Icon Books Publication date: 11 September 2025 Language: English Pages: 320 ISBN-10: 1837731721 ISBN-13: 978-1837731725 Septimius Severus was Rome’s black emperor. Born in the blistering heat of a … Read more