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Research centre providing facilities for graduate students and others engaged in research in Greece. Facilitates excavations/surveys in Greece. All field staff are expected to have had training under a professional archaeologist.
A horse! a horse! my kingdom for a horse! Such were Richard the III's last words according to … [Read More...]
A new free exhibition dedicated to the search for Richard III opened today (8 Feb) at Leicester's … [Read More...]
University of Leicester archaeologists have found the lost church where Richard III was buried over … [Read More...]
In CA 274, Mick explained how his local research project examining the origins of Winscombe in … [Read More...]
In his new bi-monthly column, Mick Aston guides us through the trials and triumphs of local … [Read More...]
This summer the Museum of London will return to Syon Park, Hounslow, with digging opportunities for … [Read More...]
It used to be thought that only high-class houses had survived from the Medieval period. Radiocarbon … [Read More...]
What was life really like for Medieval peasants? Renowned as the epitome of poverty, they appear as … [Read More...]
In September 2012, archaeologists from the University of Leicester announced a significant … [Read More...]
Newark Castle has always been something of a problem. The west front, facing out onto the River … [Read More...]
In the early 4th century, a troop of boatmen were transferred from one end of the Roman Empire to … [Read More...]
Initially, this area came under the auspices of general field archaeology, but battlefield experts … [Read More...]
What was life really like for Medieval peasants? Renowned as the epitome of poverty, they appear as stock images performing hard manual labour in the margins of illustrated manuscripts. With the squalor they faced memorably lampooned by Monty Python, among others, it has always been assumed that the ramshackle hovels they called home have long … [Read More...]
The past is constantly being re-written. Across the country there are hundreds of excavations going on. It’s back-breaking work in often tough conditions, but the findings are essential for our understanding of our past. Yet who has the time to visit them all and put their findings into context? We do! For 40 years Current Archaeology has been … [Read More...]
Current Archaeology has a sister magazine - Current WORLD Archaeology Current World Archaeology covers the world from the first emergence of man up to yesterday: from Egypt, Mesopotamia and the Near East, to Anatolia, Classical Greece and Rome, as well as Asia and the Far East. Launched in 2003 as the sister magazine to Current Archaeology, we report on … [Read More...]
