A hoard discovered in the Netherlands presents an extraordinary first for continental Europe. The contents of this cache combine coins minted by…
The esoterica of kelp forests Kelp forests are near ubiquitous along the West Coast of North America, as anyone who has sailed…
Nearly 200 of the world’s major archaeological and cultural sites are defined as being ‘At Risk’ or ‘Under Threat’ according to a…
We live in a city-centric world. When we think of the scattered islands of the Aegean, we think of them as remote…
A gentler, more verdant part of Italy is difficult to imagine. The river Asso is little more than a brook bisecting southern…
The Blue Guides have come under new ownership. Many readers of Current Archaeology will know and cherish the Blue Guides which have…
Before 1812, Petra was one of the ancient world's 'lost cities': it was known from historical references, but the site had not…
About ten years ago a collector of ancient Indonesian art contacted my husband and me to ask our opinion on a group…
Most people today probably think Marathon has something to do with the Ancient Greek Olympics. In fact, there was no marathon race…
In the morning of 15 July 1099, the starving knights of the First Crusade broke through Jerusalem’s defences and stormed the Holy…
Somaliland is not Somalia. Somaliland is in the northern part of Somalia, occupying the area of a former British colony. After gaining…
When Cyprus adopted the Euro early in 2008, the government had to decide what symbol should adorn its new currency. Although the…
Irving Finkel, the British Museum specialist on the Cyrus Cylinder, has announced that horse bones now in the Palace Museum in Beijing…