I have now examined the archaeology of every county in Britain bar one – Wiltshire. This was no accident, for I have…
As I type, it is lunch time. One thousand delegates are thronging around the coffee and sandwich tables. Suddenly, into the crowd…
Lisa Westcott and Nadia Durrani head out to Dublin for the 6th World Archaeological Congress, the Olympics of Archaeology. First impressions: Dublin…
At the Brading Roman Villa in the Isle of Wight, new excavations are being planned by Barry Cunliffe and Michael Fulford. As…
North Argyll is a landscape dominated by the sea and, until the recent past, its inhabitants viewed it from a predominantly maritime…
Can modern conflicts in the Balkans and the Middle East throw light on how Roman Britain ended? Stuart Laycock, an expert on…
After a gap of some 44 years, Stonehenge is once again being excavated. These excavations were not taking place at the centre…
The next issue of Current Archaeology will be devoted to the work of one of the world’s great museums – the…
Just how popular is archaeology? Over the May Day holiday, I took part in two very different events with two very different…
Apart from his red hair, beard, giant girth and his equally gargantuan appetite for wives, the one thing we all associate with…
In the late 16th century, leading courtier Sir Henry Lee, anticipating a visit by Queen Elizabeth I, created a new garden and…