Illuminating the past and informing the present with ancient DNA Pioneering research in the Francis Crick Institute’s Ancient Genomics Lab is boosting…
Reading the earliest writing from Roman Britain Among the remarkable artefacts recovered by MOLA archaeologists on the site of the new Bloomberg…
A Roman assault on a hillfort in Scotland The ancient author Josephus once observed of the Roman military that ‘their training manoeuvres…
What can graffiti, whether impulsive or ornate, tell us about the hopes, fears, and interests of our medieval forebears? Matthew Champion describes…
The two bath suites at Binchester Roman fort were discovered almost 200 years apart. But while the first was found when…
Fortieth birthdays rarely pass without a moment of introspection, but Wales shows no sign of resting on its laurels as its Archaeological…
The dramatic impact of flooding on modern British communities was all too clear at the start of this year. But how did…
In May 2014, Current Archaeology reported on the discovery of a plaque inscribed with the name of an Anglo-Saxon woman, ‘Cudburg’, at…
The construction of the capital’s new railway, Crossrail, through the heart of London resulted in one of the most extensive archaeological programmes…
Current Archaeology Live! presents a special conference, in partnership with Durham University: Hadrian’s Wall: 40 Years of Frontier Research 2-4 September 2016,…
This year’s winner of the Book of the Year award is The Archaeology of Caves in Ireland by Marion Dowd Celtic…