Mark Milligan

Mark Milligan is a multi-award-winning journalist and the Managing Editor at HeritageDaily. His background is in archaeology and computer science, having written over 8,000 articles across several online publications. Mark is a member of the Association of British Science Writers (ABSW), the World Federation of Science Journalists, and in 2023 was the recipient of the British Citizen Award for Education, the BCA Medal of Honour, and the UK Prime Minister's Points of Light Award.

The forgotten Alexandria: Rediscovering a lost metropolis on the Tigris

For centuries, one of antiquity’s most important cities slipped quietly out of human memory.

Avar period discovery could rewrite Hungarian history

The construction of an electric vehicle plant in Szeged has led to the discovery of an extensive Avar-period archaeological complex.

High-status Bronze Age tombs excavated in Hala Sultan Tekke

Excavations in Hala Sultan Tekke have revealed two ancient chamber tombs containing high-status grave goods.

Mysterious tunnel found in Neolithic ditch enclosure

Archaeologists from the State Office for Heritage Management and Archaeology (LDA) have unearthed a mysterious tunnel within a Neolithic ditch enclosure near Reinstedt. Germany. 

Cross of Saint George discovered in Polish forest

An authorised metal detectorist has made the rare discovery of a St. George’s Cross in the Chełm State Forests in eastern Poland.

Excavations rewrite Cambridge’s riverside history

Excavations at Trumpington Meadows, on the southern end of Cambridge, have documented a multifaceted chronology of human life from the early Neolithic to the Anglo-Saxon period.