Richard III’s life was ended by a brutal thrust into the back of his neck, which penetrated so far into his head…
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When I launched Current Archaeology in 1967 I never thought that we would ever reach issue 300. To my surprise, 12,000 pages…
While reading about the Bronze Age skeleton 'Racton Man', we got Elton John's 'Rocket Man' well and truly stuck in our heads…
What is the lost island of Drumclay, as featured on this month’s cover? Established in the 8th century, on the shore of…
A neglected Grade II* listed Victorian church in Bolton, near Manchester, has been transformed into a new community centre that opens today…
What do we really know about the Vikings? Yes, they raided, and they hoarded (as illustrated by our richly tangled cover shot).…
Extensive genetic and genealogical analysis involving both male and female-line relatives of Richard III have confirmed that the skeleton found beneath a…
The Staffordshire Hoard is a glittering reminder of the creative talents of the Anglo-Saxons — but now a pioneering research project is…
All that glitters is not gold? According to the latest research on the Staffordshire Hoard, it certainly seems so. Ongoing investigations are…
What lies beneath the ground at Stonehenge? A major initiative to map the geophysics of some 12 square kilometres of surrounding landscape…