Transforming the story of two Sussex villages A recent series of excavations across Burpham and Wepham in West Sussex has revealed new…
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…
This year, the Research Project of the Year award went to Recapturing Berkeley Castle: one trench, 1500 years of English history…
We are delighted to announce that Roberta Gilchrist is the winner of this year’s prestigious Archaeologist of the Year award. Philip…
Within Roman society, highly aromatic resins were important in ritual activity, and sometimes even applied directly to the body at death. But…
The untold story of emigration and object mobility from Roman Britain Britons are traditionally believed to have taken scant advantage of the…
Current Archaeology normally features dirt archaeology, but archaeologists today often excavate archives as well – that is to say, they are engaged…
The Atlas Shipwreck Survey Project, conducted by Odyssey Marine Exploration across the Western Approaches and western English Channel from 2005 to 2011,…
An eyewitness account of the procession that bore Richard III's remains to his final resting place.…
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Richard III’s life was ended by a brutal thrust into the back of his neck, which penetrated so far into his head…