This month’s ‘cover star’ is a medieval cameo that may have been lost by a pilgrim visiting Leiston Abbey in Suffolk. It…
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…
This issue we start with the Hertfordshire country set – c.150 AD. Two of the richest Roman burials ever found in Britain…
Amazing! For the first time, Ice Age cave art has been found in Britain. Countless people have visited Creswell Crags on the…
Rarely does an archaeological discovery change accepted history. The traditional story of the Roman invasion of Britain usually has Vespasian, later the…
What are the outstanding achievements in British archaeology? The British Archaeological Awards set out every two years to survey the field of…
How should we look after our historic towns? At Lincoln, English Heritage has been sponsoring a new way of assessing them, a…