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A horse! a horse! my kingdom for a horse! Such were Richard the III's last words according to … [Read More...]
University of Leicester archaeologists today (12 September) announced the discovery of an adult male … [Read More...]
Is this the skull of Richard III? Today (4 February) the University of Leicester, with Channel 4, … [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...]
11,000-year-old artefacts from Star Carr, Britain's largest-known Mesolithic settlement, will go on … [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...]
A rich burial dating to within 20 years after the Roman conquest has just been excavated in a gravel … [Read More...]
A large Bronze Age boat has recently been discovered at Dover. Keith Parfitt, of the Canterbury … [Read More...]
A look at what an education in archaeology involves for prospective students There is no denying … [Read More...]
Environmental archaeology provides a landscape context for the archaeological activities on sites. … [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...]
