One of the joys of the Current Archaeology archive is its ‘tales of the unexpected’. After last month’s column on early medieval…
Uncovering the hidden human history of a celebrated Scottish island A small team of archaeologists has been undertaking research into the island…
In my previous two columns I explored some of the known for their medieval and later histories, and for their towering urban…
Illuminating the past and informing the present with ancient DNA Pioneering research in the Francis Crick Institute’s Ancient Genomics Lab is boosting…
After last month’s column on Westminster Cathedral, I will continue my ecclesiastical theme this month by exploring three of the great religious…
Interpreting evidence of conflict from the Neolithic to the coming of the Romans Interpersonal violence has been a fact of human existence…
In last month’s column, I examined a series of sites legacy of the Norman Conquest. One of these was Westminster Abbey, which…
Examining a new addition to the Hadrian’s Wall ‘souvenir’ vessels Over the last 300 years, a handful of enamelled bronze vessels, most…
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…
Uncovering 8,000 years of life and death on the Cotswold Edge Recent excavations at Milestone Ground on the eastern edge of Broadway…