In the 1990s, an aerial photograph captured a circular feature in the fields near the village of Pömmelte, Germany, sparking the beginning…
Maev Kennedy, archaeology correspondent, the Guardian newspaper Of all the wonderful things I’ve seen recently on sites or in museums, from the Silchester…
Joyce Tyldesley, Manchester University Egyptology is a relatively new and fast-moving science: it is not yet 200 years since Champollion decoded the hieroglyphic script…
Nicholas Kropacek, Eastern Turkey Tours Eastern Turkey is one of those truly undiscovered parts of the world that are rare to find today.…
Chris Naunton, Director of the Egypt Exploration Society It is worth reminding ourselves just how thrilling archaeology in Egypt has continued to be, despite…
Prof Sir Paul Mellars, University of Edinburgh, trustee of the ACE Foundation • The world’s oldest stone tools now date back to…
Denise Allen, Andante Travels There has been a curious contrast over the past decade: while archaeology has been hit hard by the…
Prof Chris Scarre, Editor of Antiquity One of the most striking features of the past decade has been the revolution in scientific analysis.…
Prof Chris Stringer, Natural History Museum Traditionally, the evidence to reconstruct our evolutionary history has come from the prehistoric evidence of artefacts and fossils.…
Ten years ago, CWA was launched on its maiden voyage of discovery. Here, experts from around the archaeological world share their insights…
The dig The site of the Roman Imperial villa at Piazza Armerina was buried by a landslide in 1161, and the remains…
A Roman retreat Eighteen Roman emperors came from Serbia – more than anywhere else outside Italy. One of them was Gaius Galerius…
Below are all the past issues of Current World Archaeology. We still have the majority of magazines in stock – if you…