War: what is it good for? This question resonates along the length of the human story, with archaeological evidence of weapons and…
Cliffs End Farm; Welsh Slate; Excavating Barrow Clump; England's Vanishing Heritage; Butser Ancient Farm; plus much more.…
Chedworth Roman Villa is undergoing a major transformation. Despite being one of England’s largest and best-preserved Roman villas, it was poorly understood.…
Eight hundred years ago, a band of revolting barons famously forced Bad King John to seal Magna Carta at Runnymede. But while…
What was life like in Londinium when the first Romans arrived? In the shadows of St Paul’s Cathedral, at the site of…
In 1929, a bright young scholar named Eric Birley arrived at Vindolanda, the Roman fort and settlement lying just south of Hadrian’s…
The religious reforms of Henry VIII changed not only English ecclesiastical life, they also tore into the social fabric of England. The…
When I launched Current Archaeology in 1967 I never thought that we would ever reach issue 300. To my surprise, 12,000 pages…
What is the lost island of Drumclay, as featured on this month’s cover? Established in the 8th century, on the shore of…
What do we really know about the Vikings? Yes, they raided, and they hoarded (as illustrated by our richly tangled cover shot).…
All that glitters is not gold? According to the latest research on the Staffordshire Hoard, it certainly seems so. Ongoing investigations are…