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…
Interpreting evidence of conflict from the Neolithic to the coming of the Romans Interpersonal violence has been a fact of human existence…
After last month’s column on Westminster Cathedral, I will continue my ecclesiastical theme this month by exploring three of the great religious…
Examining a new addition to the Hadrian’s Wall ‘souvenir’ vessels Over the last 300 years, a handful of enamelled bronze vessels, most…
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…
Who did what, where, when – and why? Oxford Cotswold Archaeology’s ongoing excavations on the site of the planned Sizewell C power…