One might have thought that there was little need for another book on the Great Wall, especially after Arthur Waldron's masterly study, but Lovell demonstrates that the subject is far from exhausted.

In many parts of the world, people lived by hunting, fishing and gathering until groups of farmers arrived. This date varies depending on region. For instance, farming arrived at around 1000BC in ...

The sites that have been plundered date back to the Late Bronze Age and Iron Age, with some even predating 1000 BC, researchers say ... which had stood as the world’s largest Buddha statue ...