Uncovering luxury living and ‘ritual activity’ in Roman Oxfordshire Archaeological work in rural Oxfordshire has uncovered the remains of a winged corridor…
The arsenal of iron shot that was carried aboard Henry VIII’s flagship, the Mary Rose, may have once struck fear into the…
Julius Caesar first invaded Britain on 23 August 55 BC. Within a month, he was gone, and although his army – fewer…
Most of England’s monumental mounds are assumed to be Norman castle mottes built in the period immediately after the Conquest – but…
In this latest column exploring ‘great excavations’ (a mini-series that we began last month), I turn my attention to the Roman period.…
I’ve attended Current Archaeology’s conference every year since joining the magazine as editorial assistant in 2011, and have helped plan and chair…
Every year, the Current Archaeology Awards celebrate the projects and publications that made the pages of the magazine over the past 12 months, and the people…
How do you run an experimental Iron Age Farm, or indeed a museum in these days of cuts to the government budget?…
The nearly 10,000-year-old skeleton who came to be known as ‘Cheddar Man’ was found in 1903, in Gough’s Cave at Cheddar Gorge,…
Ancient DNA analysis of an Anglo-Saxon woman from East Anglia, afflicted with leprosy, has indicated that there could be a link between…
Archaeological analysis has revealed what is being called a Mesolithic ‘crayon’. It came from the ancient Lake Flixton – now covered in…