In my previous two columns I explored some of the known for their medieval and later histories, and for their towering urban…
Aljos Farjon Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, £30.00 ISBN 978-1842466407 Review Spencer Gavin Smith This is a big book in more ways than…
S Carlyle, J Clarke, and A Chapman Archaeopress, £26.00 ISBN 978-1784915346 Review Edward Biddulph A mixed blessing for archaeologists, pipelines slice through…
Thomas Williams William Collins, £25 ISBN 978-0008171933 Review CH The image of Vikings as marauding barbarians is one that we have all…
Who were the Scythians? They left behind no written records, but archaeology lets us get up close and personal with these nomadic…
Archaeologists working in Southwark have uncovered a late Roman sarcophagus, the contents of which are soon to be examined at the Museum…
Innovative methods of utilising ancient protein and DNA analysis have revealed new information about medieval parchment and the animals from which they…
In March this year, work began on an ambitious project to restore and reunite Brighton’s historic Royal Pavilion Estate buildings and garden, starting with a…
Further excavations by Bournemouth University at North Down, Winterborne Kingston, in Dorset, have revealed a later Bronze Age settlement and an enclosed farmstead of…
The largest excavation undertaken in Leicester for over a decade has shed vivid new light on the city’s early Roman history, as…
This latest excavation of the CA archive digs into a topic close to my heart: the medieval period. I begin on a…