ALL PHOTOS: Kieran Dodds When the Allied forces prepared to invade and occupy Italy in 1943, the British Naval Intelligence Division planned four handbooks covering every aspect of the country ‘for the…
A fabulous new find where history meets luxury in Antakya When hotel construction work unearthed extraordinary mosaics, the owners decided to create a new archaeological park. It showcases what is believed to be the largest known surviving Roman mosaic, as…
Almost 2,000 years ago, a thriving Roman settlement was founded deep within the territory of the Iron Age Brigantes, in what today is North…
A set of human footprints found in an ancient lake deposit in the south-west of the Nefud Desert is believed to represent the earliest…
Lindsay Fulcher enters the transgressive realm of Tantra. This rebellious Indian cult, which has overturned religious, social, sexual, and political norms from AD 500…
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 Akahanga, which is but…
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Four hundred years ago, the Mayflower carried around 100 would-be colonists across the Atlantic to found…
Neil Faulkner begins a short series on the history of airpower and its impact…
All great artists need great subjects. Joseph Mallord William Turner was no exception. Although…
Combat on the Western Front during World War One is justly infamous for its…
At the turn of the 20th century, the first ‘Golden Era’ of Welsh rugby…
It was as aggressors that the Irish first made their impact on European history.…
The Franco-Prussian War overturned the balance of power in Europe…
With the latest James Bond blockbuster out next year, MHM assistant editor Calum Henderson…
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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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