This month’s ‘cover star’ is a medieval cameo that may have been lost by a pilgrim visiting Leiston Abbey in Suffolk. It…
Our cover feature represents a powerful and poignant project investigating the frequently overlooked lives of ‘pauper apprentices’, children as young as seven…
It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Don’t worry, you haven’t accidentally picked up the Christmas issue – rather, it’s the…
This month’s cover feature takes us back to the time of the Crusades, telling the story of the Knights Hospitaller, a military…
When I joined Current Archaeology (as Editorial Assistant) in 2011, the first issue I worked on was CA 259. I can’t decide…
Around 4,000 years ago, a teenaged girl was laid to rest in what today is Northumberland, about 12km north-west of Newcastle. She…
This month’s cover story takes us to the western fringe of the early medieval Christian world: the isolated islet of Skellig Michael,…
From Spartacus to Maximus Decimus Meridius, images of gladiators and their life-or-death struggles in the Roman arena maintain a powerful hold today…
The island of Rousay is only around four miles long, but it boasts such an extraordinary richness of archaeological remains – with…
Happy New Year! This month’s cover story features an extraordinary Anglo-Saxon find from Northamptonshire: the Harpole Treasure. This necklace, the richest of…
Following the recent accession of our new king, Charles III, it seems a good time to explore the history of one of…