Peter Sommer Travels is a UK based tour operator offering expert led archaeological tours, gulet cruises, and private charters in Turkey, Greece, and Sicily. The trips focus on particular regions, like Sailing the Lycian Shore, or on key characters from history, such as In the Footsteps of Alexander the Great. Their small group tours visit some of the world’s best preserved ancient sites. A team of specialist tour guides, archaeologists and historians, lead their cultural tours and holidays, aiming to bring the past vividly life.
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Richard III
VIDEO: The search for Richard III – Richard Buckley at CA Live! 2013
In September 2012, archaeologists from the University of Leicester announced a significant … [Read More...]
Reconstructing Richard III: the man behind the myth
On Monday 4th February the results of tests on a skeleton found beneath a Leicester carpark were … [Read More...]
Richard III: found!
At a Leicester press conference today (4 Feb), experts announced that the human remains found … [Read More...]
Mick’s Dig Diary
A green and pleasant parish
In CA 274, Mick explained how his local research project examining the origins of Winscombe in … [Read More...]
An unexpected project
In his new bi-monthly column, Mick Aston guides us through the trials and triumphs of local … [Read More...]
Recent News
Digging London’s past: Syon Park excavation
This summer the Museum of London will return to Syon Park, Hounslow, with digging opportunities for … [Read More...]
Peasant houses in Midland England: How the Black Death prompted a building boom
It used to be thought that only high-class houses had survived from the Medieval period. Radiocarbon … [Read More...]
Current Archaeology 279
What was life really like for Medieval peasants? Renowned as the epitome of poverty, they appear as … [Read More...]
VIDEO: The search for Richard III – Richard Buckley at CA Live! 2013
In September 2012, archaeologists from the University of Leicester announced a significant … [Read More...]
Timeline of Britain
AD 350 – Arbeia Roman fort at South Shields
In the early 4th century, a troop of boatmen were transferred from one end of the Roman Empire to … [Read More...]
200 BC – Castell Henllys
The Celts were warriors, and the most prominent remains of the Iron Age are the great hillforts, … [Read More...]
Advice
Industrial Archaeology
The archaeology of the industrialised world is gaining popularity. Although its roots can been seen … [Read More...]
Environmental archaeology
Environmental archaeology is the study of the long-term relationship between humans and their … [Read More...]
Latest Issue
Current Archaeology 279
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...]
Reasons to subscribe
Benefits of Current Archaeology
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...]
World Archaeology Magazine
World Archaeology
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...]
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