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Sep 03, 2015 Carly Hilts Issues 0

We are used to seeing the Celts through the filter of Greek and Roman propaganda. Ancient writers poke fun at the luxuriant moustaches sported by Celtic warriors, and cast them as the barbaric foils...

Current Archaeology 306

Aug 06, 2015 Emma Watts-Plumpkin Issues 1

Cliffs End Farm; Welsh Slate; Excavating Barrow Clump; England's Vanishing Heritage; Butser Ancient Farm; plus much more.

Current Archaeology 305

Jul 06, 2015 Carly Hilts Issues 0

Chedworth Roman Villa is undergoing a major transformation. Despite being one of England’s largest and best-preserved Roman villas, it was poorly understood. Past site reports had been lost,...

Current Archaeology 304

Jun 04, 2015 Carly Hilts Issues 0

Eight hundred years ago, a band of revolting barons famously forced Bad King John to seal Magna Carta at Runnymede. But while historians have pored over the documents, what about the archaeology? Why...

Current Archaeology 303

May 07, 2015 Carly Hilts Issues 0

What was life like in Londinium when the first Romans arrived? In the shadows of St Paul’s Cathedral, at the site of 10 Gresham Street, archaeologists have revealed London’s largest-known...

Current Archaeology 302

Apr 07, 2015 Carly Hilts Issues 0

In 1929, a bright young scholar named Eric Birley arrived at Vindolanda, the Roman fort and settlement lying just south of Hadrian’s Wall. Eric was to embark on an archaeological journey that...

Current Archaeology 301

Mar 09, 2015 Carly Hilts Issues 0

The religious reforms of Henry VIII changed not only English ecclesiastical life, they also tore into the social fabric of England. The Catholic Church had been the cornerstone of society, and...

Current Archaeology 300

Feb 11, 2015 Carly Hilts Issues 2

When I launched Current Archaeology in 1967 I never thought that we would ever reach issue 300. To my surprise, 12,000 pages and more than 1,000 articles later, issue 300 is now upon us, and so...

Current Archaeology 299

Jan 09, 2015 Carly Hilts Issues 0

What is the lost island of Drumclay, as featured on this month’s cover? Established in the 8th century, on the shore of Knockalough in Northern Ireland, it was in use for a millennium. But this...

Current Archaeology 298

Dec 04, 2014 Carly Hilts Issues 0

What do we really know about the Vikings? Yes, they raided, and they hoarded (as illustrated by our richly tangled cover shot). But what cultural footprint did they leave in Scotland, England, Wales,...

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Rheged rediscovered: uncovering a lost British kingdom in...
May 04, 2017 1

The Pictish carvings etched near the summit of Trusty’s...
Review: Grosvenor Museum
May 04, 2017 0

First opened in 1886, Chester’s Grosvenor Museum...
Review: Letters from Baghdad
Apr 11, 2017 0

The many achievements of Gertrude Bell (1868-1926) cover...
Hard or soft borders? The Roman experience in Britain
Apr 11, 2017 0

What were Hadrian’s Wall and the Antonine Wall for, and...
Tunnel: the archaeology of Crossrail
Apr 11, 2017 0

One of Europe’s largest infrastructure projects brought...