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Around 4,000 years ago, a teenaged girl was laid to rest in what today is Northumberland, about 12km north-west of Newcastle. She…

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This month’s cover story takes us to the western fringe of the early medieval Christian world: the isolated islet of Skellig Michael,…

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From Spartacus to Maximus Decimus Meridius, images of gladiators and their life-or-death struggles in the Roman arena maintain a powerful hold today…

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The island of Rousay is only around four miles long, but it boasts such an extraordinary richness of archaeological remains – with…

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Happy New Year! This month’s cover story features an extraordinary Anglo-Saxon find from Northamptonshire: the Harpole Treasure. This necklace, the richest of…

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This month’s cover feature focuses on the largest-known hoard of Late Roman hacksilver, found at Traprain Law, an Iron Age hillfort in…

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This month’s CA looks a little different, as it is a ‘special issue’ delving into illuminating new research centred on early medieval…

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How do we define archaeology? In some countries, there are clear parameters in terms of date – the USA’s Archaeological Resources Protection…

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With enormous capstones perched precariously on stone supports, Neolithic dolmens appear to defy gravity – and, in some cases, interpretation. Why were…