archaeology
Too Much, Too Young: Children of the Middle Ages, BBC FourThursday, 25 August 2011
Although billed as “a fresh look at the Middle Ages through the eyes of children”, presenter Dr Stephen Baxter had to admit the bulk of historic evidence for how medieval children lived their lives was written by adults. Unfiltered accounts from a... Read more... |
Cave of Forgotten DreamsThursday, 24 March 2011
The first thing that must be said is the paintings, captured by Herzog and his crew, are breathtaking beyond description. Among the animals depicted with remarkable clarity are mammoths, horses, bison, rhinoceros, ibex, lions and the only known... Read more... |
Afghanistan: Crossroads of the Ancient World, British MuseumThursday, 10 March 2011
I’m in an exhibition of ancient artefacts from Afghanistan, all from the National Museum at Kabul, but I may well have stumbled into the wrong room at the British Museum. I could be in the BM’s Hellenic section of Greek art, or, taking a few steps... Read more... |
theartsdesk in Cairo: Old Bones, New CoffinsSunday, 09 January 2011
The Egyptian Government is investing in the arts, which would normally be a cause for celebration. However, in building the National Museum of Egyptian Civilisation, it feels like the country’s cultural budget is being spent on another new display... Read more... |
Atlantis: The Evidence, BBC TwoThursday, 03 June 2010
Here’s a question: what have the eminent Victorian statesman and four-times prime minister William Gladstone and the Nazi Reichsführer Heinrich Himmler have in common? Well, if you didn’t catch last night’s Timewatch Special, you'd probably never... Read more... |
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