RIC Archaeologist Lobban and Team Discover Lost Temple

In the austere landscape of the eastern Butana desert in Sudan where there is no running water, no electricity nor paved roads, and where the few passersby are the occasional camel, goat or sheep, archaeologist Richard Lobban has discovered a lost temple of the Meroitic Empire.

7 revolutionary writings

April 30, 2012 by Filed Under: Seven Wonders

We often think of archaeology as being all about objects, but written sources are just as fundamental to our understanding of the past. Official inscriptions, graffiti and manuscripts – all of these give us the chance to hear the voices of long-vanished peoples speaking once more. Read on for seven writings recently featured in the pages of CWA that have given us important insights into the past.