Digging Up the Past

This is a collection of articles on various archaeological subjects, which may or may not have appeared in our magazines in the past.

• On-yer-bike Artists 03 Feb 2010
  Did Minoan artists travel to Egypt - or was it the other way round?
• Unnatural Lighting 02 Feb 2010
  Did the ancients really use 15 oil lamps to light their mosaics?
• Trajan's Source Discovered 29 Jan 2010
  Deep beneath a ruined church, behind a blocked-up doorway, came a sound to chill the blood - the tinkle of cold, running water!
• Jordan wants the Scrolls 28 Jan 2010
  Should the Dead Sea Scrolls go back to Jordan?
• An Egyptian Babushka? 24 Jan 2010
  Does the mummy of Pa-Ib contain a unique secret?
• The Oldest Text 11 Jan 2010
  The oldest Hebrew text yet found has interesting implications
• Cleopatra's Eyes 10 Jan 2010
  Did Cleopatra don her war-paint to seduce Caesar or for the sake of her eyes?
• The Pharaoh of Pop 28 Dec 2009
  Is this really Michael Jackson's ancestor?
• The Turin Shroud Mystery 17 Dec 2009
  The discovery of a leper's body may have a bearing on the Turin Shroud.
• Parthian tomb in Iraq 24 Nov 2009
  A startling new discovery in Iraq of a huge Parthian tomb.
• The Mystery of the Ninth Legion 22 Nov 2009
  The mystery isn't the disappearance of the legion, it is whether or not it disappeared.
• Oldest Hebrew Text 20 Nov 2009
  The discovery of an ancient Hebrew ostracon excites the experts.