Archaeology

Nuclear Prehistory

An examination of an archaeological site in the Lincolnshire village of Fulbeck, by Dymphana Byrne.

Jorvik: Rebirth of a City

Jorvik, the Viking-age predecessor of modern York, has in recent years, been revealed by archaeologists in astonishing detail. A new underground Viking centre in the city has enabled the excavated evidence to be displayed where it was found, accompanied by an innovative full-size reconstruction of a complete Viking-age neighbourhood.

Vijayanagara: City of Victory

Spread over some ten square miles of the rocky Deccan plateau, explains Geroge Michell, are the remains of the once great city of southern India, Vijayanagara, which is now being rediscovered.