Continuing last month’s exploration of high sites across the country, both well known and less well known, that reflect the profound impact…
A new free exhibition dedicated to the search for Richard III opened today (8 Feb) at Leicester’s Guildhall. Richard III: Leicester’s search…
While browsing the web for fun archaeological things to share with our readers (it is Friday, after all!) we stumbled on this…
Two days after unveiling a reconstruction of the face of Richard III, Leicester experts have now recreated how Greyfriars, his final resting…
More than 500 years after his death, members of the public can look King Richard III in the eye once more, following…
The human remains found beneath a city centre carpark last August are 'beyond reasonable doubt' those of Richard III.…
Is this the skull of Richard III? Today (4 February) the University of Leicester, with Channel 4, unveiled the world’s first photograph…
In ‘Sherds’, CA 275, we brought you the story of ‘George’, a sarcophagus lid now housed by the University of Birmingham’s archaeology…
In CA 273 we shared the story of HMS Namur, the 18th century Royal Navy warship found beneath the floorboards of the…
Our friends at Museum of London Archaeology are kindly offering Current Archaeology readers the chance to win a copy of four of…
Hurrah! No sooner had I written my blog on Mr Moneybags than I discovered a new Mr Moneybags, or rather a…