Archaeology World Map
Travel guides & inspiration
Latest posts
Museum vs In Situ Display: Where Should Archaeological Finds Be?
The debate between concentrating finds in museums and leaving them in or near their original context touches questions of preservation, access, interpretation, community rights, and what archaeology is ultimately for.
Mohenjo-daro and the Indus Valley Civilisation
Mohenjo-daro in Pakistan was one of the world's first great cities, with standardised brick construction, sophisticated drainage, and a script still undeciphered — a civilisation that remains archaeologically rich and historically elusive.
Top 10 Megalithic Sites in Europe
From Stonehenge and Carnac to the temples of Malta and the passage tombs of Ireland, ten sites that define the megalithic tradition of Neolithic and Early Bronze Age Europe.
The Maya Collapse: What Archaeology Says About the End of Classic Maya Civilisation
Between 800 and 1000 CE, the great Classic Maya cities of the southern lowlands were abandoned — the causes are complex, debated, and archaeologically rich.
Read more →Magnetometry Survey: Archaeology's Fastest Non-Invasive Tool
Magnetometry detects buried features by measuring tiny variations in the earth's magnetic field — it is the fastest and most widely used geophysical method in archaeology, capable of mapping entire ancient settlements in days.
Read more →Top 10 Islamic Archaeological Sites
From the Abbasid capital at Samarra to the Umayyad desert palaces of Jordan and the Fatimid monuments of Cairo, ten sites that define the archaeology of the early Islamic world.
Read more →Experimental Archaeology: Testing the Past by Doing It
By replicating ancient tools, structures, and processes using period-appropriate materials and techniques, experimental archaeology generates testable hypotheses about how past people made and used things.
Read more →Machu Picchu: Architecture, Function, and the Inca World
Machu Picchu is the best-preserved Inca settlement in existence — but its function, its relationship to Inca royalty, and the story of its rediscovery are more complex than the popular narrative suggests.
Read more →Top 10 Archaeological Sites in Cyprus
From the Neolithic village of Khirokitia to the Roman mosaics of Paphos and the Bronze Age copper-working sites of the Troodos foothills, Cyprus preserves a uniquely layered archaeological record at the crossroads of the eastern Mediterranean.
Read more →Ethnoarchaeology: Learning About the Past from the Living Present
Ethnoarchaeology uses observations of living communities to generate and test hypotheses about how the material record is formed — a bridge between social anthropology and archaeological interpretation.
Read more →Top 10 Archaeological Sites in Croatia
Diocletian's Palace in Split, the amphitheatre at Pula, the early Christian mosaics of Poreč — Croatia preserves Roman and early medieval monuments of exceptional quality along its Adriatic coast.
Read more →Ethical Issues in Archaeology: The Dilemmas the Profession Faces
From the display of human remains to the destruction caused by development, from looting to the ethics of reconstruction, archaeology grapples with moral questions that have no simple answers.
Read more →Top 10 Archaeological Sites in Bulgaria
Thracian tombs, Roman cities, medieval fortresses, and prehistoric settlements — Bulgaria's archaeological record spans seven thousand years and remains dramatically undervisited.
Read more →Looting and Illicit Antiquities: Archaeology's Most Persistent Crisis
The illegal excavation, trade, and sale of antiquities destroys irreplaceable archaeological context and funds criminal networks — the scale of the problem, how it operates, and what can be done.
Read more →Easter Island and the Moai: Archaeology of a Remote World
Rapa Nui's stone statues are among the most recognisable objects in the world — archaeology has now established when they were carved, how they were moved, and what the society that made them was actually like.
Read more →