This month’s cover showcases the latest addition to a small group of metal ‘cups’ or ‘pans’ that are associated with Hadrian’s Wall but have been found scattered across the Roman Empire. Most depict a stylised image of the Wall, and some bear the names of forts along its line. What…
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In last month’s column, I examined a series of sites legacy of the Norman Conquest. One of these was Westminster Abbey, which…
Uncovering 8,000 years of life and death on the Cotswold Edge Recent excavations at Milestone Ground on the eastern edge of Broadway…
The news that the Bayeux Tapestry will be making a once-in-a-lifetime visit to Britain from September 2026 until July 2027 made me…
The winners of this year’s Current Archaeology Awards were announced on Saturday 28th February as part of Current Archaeology Live! 2026. The…
Following on from last month’s column, here of south-east England: a series of fortifications on both sides of the English Channel that…
Charlotte Frearson, Jennifer French, and Andrew Gardner discuss why any prospective undergraduate should give the discipline serious consideration.…
Ian Haynes, Professor of Archaeology at Newcastle University, discusses the challenges in providing students with a thorough archaeological education and explains how…
Is this the time to pursue a course in archaeology? The word from the field that reaches the Current Archaeology offices is…
Don Henson, Director of CASPAR (Centre for Audio-Visual Study and Practice in Archaeology) explains how an innovative new centre at the Institute…
In a gravel pit at Boxgrove, just outside Chichester, the remains of a man have been discovered, half a million years old.…
Burial chambers of the Neolithic In the Neolithic – the New Stone Age – the older you were, the more important you…
A large Bronze Age boat has recently been discovered at Dover. Keith Parfitt, of the Canterbury Archaeological Trust, reports.…
The Celts were warriors, and the most prominent remains of the Iron Age are the great hillforts, surrounded by banks and ditches…
The great Iron Age hoards discovered at Snettisham in Norfolk form the richest Iron Age treasure ever discovered in this country.…
A rich burial dating to within 20 years after the Roman conquest has just been excavated in a gravel quarry at Stanway,…
