Archaeology

Olive oil is liquid gold. It’s been precious to humans for almost eight thousand years – used in everything from birth to death

An unexpected family link to the Philippines’ Kabayan mummies inspired research into environmental changes in the mountain caves that house them

Dr Agathe Lise-Pronovost studies the Earth’s magnetic field, which protects our planet from harmful cosmic rays and leaves its signature in ancient rocks

A new exhibition gives insights into the hidden lives of women, children, slaves and artisans of the ancient Graeco-Roman world

No breakfast in bed and a bouquet, on Roman Mother’s Day, women served their slaves and offered flowers to a goddess

Never mind the roads, rivers were the arteries of the Roman Empire, carrying food, fuel and livestock along important ancient trade routes

Palaeontologist Dr Vera Korasidis was torn between becoming a ballerina or unearthing fossils. Fresh from a dig in Wyoming’s Badlands, she knows she made the right choice

As the researcher for a new children’s novel set in Ancient Roman times, archaeologist Tamara Lewit found herself hunting for answers to questions she’d never considered

New dating techniques find that Laos’ stone jars may be at least 3,000 years old, but the sites remained significant for rituals until just 700 years ago

Archaeology at the site of the former Pontine Marshes has uncovered a massive but forgotten feat of ancient land reclamation revealing the early determination of the Romans to bend the world to their will