The Pyramids of Meroë: royal cemeteries and the limits of Nubian evidence
The Pyramids of Meroë: royal cemeteries and the limits of Nubian evidence Aerial view of the Nubian pyramids at Meroë, 2001; photograph credited on Wikimedia Commons to B. N. Chagny…
The Dendera Zodiac: sky map, temple ceiling and careful limits
The Dendera Zodiac: sky map, temple ceiling and careful limits Dendera Zodiac on display at the Louvre; Wikimedia Commons/Wikipedia image, stated as freely licensed on the file page. The Dendera…
The Tomb of Nebamun paintings: beauty, removal and the limits of elite evidence
Evidence guide The Tomb of Nebamun paintings: beauty, removal and the limits of elite evidence Fowling in the marshes, Tomb of Nebamun fragment. SpeakingArch, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.…
The Archimedes Palimpsest: erased text, imaging and the limits of recovered evidence
Evidence guide The Archimedes Palimpsest: erased text, imaging and the limits of recovered evidence Archimedes Palimpsest typographical sample. The Walters Museum, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Archimedes Palimpsest manuscript…
Linear B tablets: palace bookkeeping and the narrow evidence for Mycenaean Greece
Quality note: This production article is scoped as a practical evidence guide, with sources, licensing and limits stated explicitly. File:Linear B tablet, Pylos, 13th century BC, NAMA, CC BY-SA 4.0…
The Amarna Letters: diplomacy, translation and the limits of a clay archive
Quality note: This production article is scoped as a practical evidence guide, with sources, licensing and limits stated explicitly. File:Amarna letter- Royal Letter from Abi-milku of Tyre to the king…
The Bayeux Tapestry: conquest, memory and the limits of stitched evidence
A careful HistoryZ reading of what the Bayeux Tapestry can and cannot prove.
The Staffordshire Hoard: gold, weapons and the limits of a spectacular find
A careful evidence-chain guide to the Staffordshire Hoard: what its gold weapon fittings can prove, and what remains uncertain.
The Colossus of Rhodes: a lost wonder and the evidence problem
Colossus of Rhodes, after Maarten van Heemskerck and Philip Galle; public domain faithful reproduction, via Wikimedia Commons. The Colossus of Rhodes is one of the Seven Wonders, but…
Lascaux cave paintings: discovery, conservation and the limits of evidence
Lascaux painting, Prof saxx, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Lascaux is famous because the images are immediately compelling. It is also important because the cave shows how…