Still Life with Bones Genocide, Forensics, and What Remains
Alexa Hagerty
Published 2023
320 pages
The most popular archaeology books of 2023
Archaeology books tell the story of the past through what people left behind. Lost cities, tombs, shipwrecks and everyday objects reveal how ancient societies lived, traded and believed. Read about famous excavations, new discoveries and the methods that let us date a pot or read a ruin. This list shows the ones first published in 2023.
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Empress of the Nile The Daredevil Archaeologist Who Saved Egypt's Ancient Temples from Destruction
Lynne Olson
Published 2023
448 pages
The Lost Tomb And Other Real-life Stories of Bones, Burials, and Murder
Douglas Preston
Published 2023
299 pages
Cave of Bones A True Story of Discovery, Adventure, and Human Origins
Lee Berger, John David Hawks
Published 2023
235 pages
Assyria The Rise and Fall of the World's First Empire
Eckart Frahm
Published 2023
509 pages
The Accidental Detectorist Uncovering an Underground Obsession
Nigel Richardson
Published 2023
304 pages
A History of Ancient Rome in 100 Lives
Philip Matyszak, Joanne Berry
Published 2023
304 pages
Lost Realms Histories of Britain from the Romans to the Vikings
Thomas Williams
Published 2023
432 pages
The Bone Chests Unlocking the Secrets of the Anglo-Saxons
Cat Jarman
Published 2023
357 pages
Dogs A History of Our Best Friends
Lita Judge
Published 2023
56 pages
The Scythian Empire Central Eurasia and the Birth of the Classical Age from Persia to China
Christopher I. Beckwith
Published 2023
416 pages
Rediscovering Israel A Fresh Look at God's Story in Its Historical and Cultural Contexts
Kristi McLelland
Published 2023
256 pages
How to Be Life Lessons from the Early Greeks
Adam Nicolson
Published 2023
384 pages
X Marks the Spot The Story of Archaeology in Eight Extraordinary Discoveries
Michael Scott
Published 2023
304 pages
We Are Human Animals
Rosie Haine
Published 2023
52 pages
Homer and His Iliad
Robin Lane Fox
Published 2023
442 pages
The Road
Christopher Hadley
2023 · 2024 edition
320 pages
Grounded A Journey Into the Landscapes of Our Ancestors
James Canton
Published 2023
272 pages
Footmarks
Jim Leary
Published 2023
288 pages
Shipwrecked! Diving for Hidden Time Capsules on the Ocean Floor
Martin W. Sandler
Published 2023
144 pages
Abandoned Scotland
Alastair Horne
Published 2023
224 pages
The Naked Neanderthal A New Understanding of the Human Creature
Ludovic Slimak
2023 · 2024 edition
208 pages
Britain's Landmarks and Legends
Jo Woolf
Published 2023
224 pages
Ancient Africa A Global History, to 300 CE
Christopher Ehret
Published 2023
224 pages