It is easy to see the Thracians as stereotypes. According to the ancient literature, they were riders, warriors, and capable of horrifying…
Resaerchers notice trend toward smaller human skulls over the past 10,000 years…
Tooth analysis Appears to suggest that early hominids favoured a different diet to that of modern humans…
David Mason writes about the unusual excavation techniques he learnt as an excavator in Japan…
Richard Hodges reports from the land of multi-storey mud-brick architecture, known to the Romans as Arabia Felix…
‘Some of the recent literature on the Germanic settlements reads like an account of a tea party at the Roman vicarage. A…
New clues point to location of Odysseus' island…
To mark the 70th anniversary of his death the Imperial War Museum is hosting a new exhibition on his life…
For the Books Section of Current World Archaeology, we asked this question of a number of distinguished archaeologists. We asked for about…
A close look at the copious Roman artefacts found at the bottom of the sacred spring at Bourbonne-les-Bains in France…
Revealed: the evidence for ancient copper mining at Wadi Faynan in Jordan, sinisterly called 'most polluted place on earth'…
Andrew Selkirk recalls the city before the devestation of Hurricane Katrina, and reveals some unusual burial practices…
The forgotten Achaumenid Empire is remembered in a new exhibition at the British Museum…