This year marks the 40th anniversary of the island of Staffa coming into the care of the National Trust for Scotland. Famed…
Where was Cassivellaunus’s stronghold? Cassivellaunus is the first named character in British history – named by Caesar as leader of the resistance…
When we started the Developer Funded Archaeology Award, a biennial prize to celebrate the best of professional archaeology, we knew it would…
Northern Britain was a military zone in Roman times. There were no towns or villas, but instead a series of army bases…
The Dark Ages, when Christianity was coming to Britain and our country was beginning to take on its present form, was an…
We hear a lot about Vikings in early medieval history books like the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. But when it comes to archaeology, Vikings…
The finest Celtic art for a generation has recently been unearthed at South Cave, in Yorkshire. A hoard of Iron Age swords…
Battlefield sites are endlessly debated. Where did the final defeat of Boudica take place? What was the exact location of the Battle…
Barely ten years ago, experts still believed hominids arrived in Northern Europe only after the Great Anglian Glaciation of c.450,000 BC. Then…
Somewhat to our surprise, Current Archaeology has now reached its 200th issue, so it is time for a gala special. In our…
In 1999, a new World Heritage site was created entitled the Heart of Neolithic Orkney. This brings together some of our greatest…