“Brilliant, creative, unpredictable, sometimes difficult, humorous, an indefatigable field archaeologist.” That’s how the late Professor Phillip Tobias once described his fellow archaeologist Professor Revil John Mason, who passed away in Johannesburg on 23 August 2020. Mason was 91 years old.

Although Arthur's Seat may look wild and uninhabited today, the craggy peak was once a bustling community.

Pieces of bone were turned into ornaments, and may have been placed on display

There is a fair amount of archaeological evidence that indicates complex behaviour among our ancestors. For instance, there are bone tools that were used as hunting projectiles, for working leather or for processing plants. Ochre remnants were used for body and rock painting. But plants and their products have rarely…

CBSE’s history curriculum needs to be more representative of regions beyond north India

They did not expect to find anything this special when they began digging near what is now the Armon Hanatziv Promenade