Examining a new addition to the Hadrian’s Wall ‘souvenir’ vessels Over the last 300 years, a handful of enamelled bronze vessels, most…
Asked to think about catacombs, our minds might initially turn to the grand subterranean ossuaries of, say, Rome or Paris. However, London…
Robin Derricourt’s book is an overview of current and past research on the nature of the evidence for children in prehistory. As…
Over the recent past there has been a flurry of literature concerned with the Neolithic of the British Isles, each book promoting…
The decades leading up to the Roman conquest of Britain must have been a dynamic and turbulent time, a period of tribal…
For the past two decades, Brighton Museum & Art Gallery has had no dedicated space exploring the area’s archaeology. Now, though, thanks…
In last month’s column I highlighted some of my favourite covers from issues 101-200 (1986- 2005). Now I pick up where I…
Modern Bath Abbey overlies the site of what was one of the largest cathedrals in medieval England. Now its remains, together with…
Given the recent cold weather, the discovery of a massive underground ‘ice house’, unearthed next to Regent’s Park in London, seems rather…
A cemetery excavated on the site of New Covent Garden Market in Nine Elms, near Battersea, is illuminating the lives of some…
Two decorated Roman lead coffins have been uncovered during recent work at a quarry in Surrey. Only a few hundred burials involving…