At some point in the last few decades BC, Roman legionaries paused on the banks of the Mera River, to the north…
Astonishingly, given the devastating events that took place at New York’s World Trade Center on 11 September 2001, archaeologists working at the…
Iron-Age people had a conscious relationship with objects from earlier times that connected them to their past, says Olle Hemdorff at the…
The butchered bones of cow and goat-like animals from a riverbed in Dikika, in the Afar region of northern Ethiopia, show early…
Archaeologists have found the remains of 71 tortoises and three wild cattle while excavating Hilazon Tachtit Cave, in Galilee, northern Israel. The…
The esoterica of kelp forests Kelp forests are near ubiquitous along the West Coast of North America, as anyone who has sailed…
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Before 1812, Petra was one of the ancient world's 'lost cities': it was known from historical references, but the site had not…
When Cyprus adopted the Euro early in 2008, the government had to decide what symbol should adorn its new currency. Although the…
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…