The who, what, when – back then
Antakya, anciently Antiochia on the Orontes, is a Turkish city renowned for its superb collection of Roman mosaics and a stunning museum. It can now add a truly remarkable geometric mosaic, lauded as being the largest surviving example in the world, to its public attractions. Antiochia was founded in 300 BC by one of Alexander the Great’s generals, Seleucus I…
The Picture Desk
On the south coast of the Polynesian island of Rapa Nui (Easter Island), a dozen or more fallen statues (moai) lie slumped across the rectangular stone platforms (ahu) on which they once proudly stood. This is the ruined ahu complex of the…
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Discovering Denny
As I write, we are in total lockdown in New Zealand. I haven’t been beyond the front path for days, ...
Revisiting Sutton Hoo
In CA 339 (June 2018), I explored the site of Sutton Hoo through past issues of Current Archaeology. Here, I ...
Appreciation of our own back yards
Some years ago, Sherds invented a dinner party game called ‘Dante’, in which participants nominate the place where they would ...
Zeugma’s last secret
A mosaic featuring Oceanus and his wife Tethys – an aquatic scene, which was to prove ominously prophetic in the ...
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It is one of only three complete medieval equestrian armour displays in the world. Now, the 15th-century masterpiece can be viewed by…
George Orwell’s writing on mass surveillance has left an enduring legacy. Now it has emerged that the author was himself spied on…
He lay undisturbed on a hilltop for centuries. Now, the uncovered remains of an Anglo-Saxon warlord may change historians’ understanding of Britain’s…
It was hit by Norwegian artillery and torpedoed by a British submarine before finally being scuttled by its own captain. But now,…
Two spies who worked for Britain during the Second World War have been honoured with blue plaques outside their London homes.…
Neil Faulkner begins a short series on the history of airpower and its impact on the evolution of modern warfare.…
All great artists need great subjects. Joseph Mallord William Turner was no exception. Although extremely talented, he was especially fortunate to have…
Combat on the Western Front during World War One is justly infamous for its grim lethality. Soldiers on both sides dug deep…
At the turn of the 20th century, the first ‘Golden Era’ of Welsh rugby ushered in the national team’s rise to dominance…
It was as aggressors that the Irish first made their impact on European history. The quasi-legendary Irish warlord Cormac mac Airt, from…
