Sarah Parcak describes how her team used satellite data to find an ancient Egyptian city that has been missing for thousands of years. It was ancient Egypt's capital and was a centre of art, architecture and religion.Read on »

The Cold War left a material legacy of ruins and memories in numerous European countries. This photo essay explores the abandoned bunkers, trenches, and ghost towns that remain in Poland.Read on »

Why is it so hard to convince people that women were leaders in early Christianity? And how might scholarship help us to reassess gender roles in Christianity today?Read on »

Vampires are sexy and glittery today, but they used to be terrifying. Archaeology can reveal the roots of vampirism, and the true fear of the dead returning.Read on »

To someone exploring material culture, these museums of the just-past can be fertile hunting grounds, not for bargains but for insights into people's dreams. Your knick-knacks can tell an archaeologist a lot about you and your community.Read on »

We live in a world–or so we're told–in which we're obsessed with the new. Shopping malls, glossy magazines, and catwalk parades encourage us to buy more new, shiny stuff. But Macklemore suggests that what's old is new again.Read on »