At some point in the last few decades BC, Roman legionaries paused on the banks of the Mera River, to the north…
The decision to install a hydroelectric dam in the Göksu valley sparked a project to record its past, before the archaeology was…
The small size of the Cycladic island of Delos belies its significance in the ancient world, both as a major sanctuary and…
Launching the Palarq Award CWA’s editor-in-chief Andrew Selkirk takes us behind the scenes of a new archaeological award ‘Would you like to…
Driving past Monte Cassino many years ago with the late Mark Pluciennik, professor at Leicester University and one of the most cerebral…
A fresh perspective on Pompeii and Herculaneum In the wake of the highly successful Expanded Interiors exhibition at Pompeii and Herculaneum, Catrin…
More than a decade ago I took a holiday on Naxos. This Cycladic island is a paradise for walkers and those who…
When excavations at Akrotiri commenced in 1967, they revealed a prehistoric town with buildings still standing two or even three storeys high.…
A Tuscan challenge Modern archaeology cannot turn a blind eye to its importance in contemporary society. There is a huge and growing…
The excavations at Tartessos have won the Palarq award, the most valuable prize in Spanish archaeology. Andrew Selkirk, the Editor-in-chief of CWA,…
Today, a network of subterranean passages spreads out from under the world’s first cathedral, in Rome. Within the tunnels are remnants of…
A trip to Crete allows Rachel Glaves to delve into the fact and fiction of Knossos. Knossos is hardly an unsung site.…
There are dowsers, whose hazel wands will tremble, not only for water, but also for gold and bronze and iron, even for…