The Past is not just another history website. Powered by market-leading magazines and a global network of acclaimed writers and editors, The Past is the official digital site of Current Publishing and our specialist publications, which we have been producing since 1967. The result is an unparalleled resource for history enthusiasts: here you can find more than 14,000 articles written by experts, and covering all aspects of archaeology, heritage, and history.
We produce 4 leading magazines
- Current WORLD Archaeology – The world’s leading independent archaeology magazine, featuring digs and discoveries from around the globe.
- Current Archaeology – The UK’s biggest selling archaeology magazine focusses on archaeology in the UK.
- Ancient Egypt Magazine – The world’s most popular egyptology magazine, we focus on the history, people and culture of the Nile valley.
- Military History Matters – The world’s favourite military history magazine, we feature the history of conflict on land, sea and air.
- (We also have the extensive catalogue of Minerva magazine, the magazine of archaeology and ancient art. Although the magazine is no longer published, we have a large library of its fascinating contents
Here are full samples of our magazines for you to browse:
We have an astonishing breadth of stories
Our stories come from many disciplines across the world, and one of the joys of The Past is discovering subjects that you love through different perspectives. For example, we have articles on Hadrian’s Wall by military historians; by local archaeologists who live nearby; by specialists of the Roman frontiers across Europe; and by art historians discussing the finds there.
To show you the breadth of our features — and our readers — here are our 6 most-read stories on the site. We have removed them from our paywall for you to read too (and when you subscribe there are no adverts either!)
Unlimited access to our unrivalled library
We have a virtually-complete library of all the back issues of these 5 titles, some stretching back as far as 1967. Subscribers have unlimited access to all these issues in page view format.
The latest issues, before they are published
You can view all the stories from all of our issues as they are finished, often before they are published in print. For the duration of your subscription, you will have unlimited access to all our previous content, and all our new content as it is published. Here are our latest issues:
Subscribe today
Subscribing is easy, and you can pay monthly, or save by paying annually. Click here to go to our subscriptions page, where we sometimes have special offers. Or if you would like to receive our printed magazines as well, you can head here and choose our print and digital subscriptions. And if you already subscribe to one of our magazines, do check inside them for offers to add The Past on to your paper subscription.
Further questions?
You can find out more about us on our About Us page; you can email us on subs@the-past.com; or you can find more about subscribing on our subscriptions page.
To find out more about Current Publishing, the team who put all the content together, you can find our website at currentpublishing.com, or you can find out more about each of our publications at their own mini-sites, at archaeology.co.uk, world-archaeology.com, military-history.org, and ancientegyptmagazine.com
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