A powerful iron-clad battleship, HMS Captain sank off Cape Finisterre in Spain in 1870.…
On 4 May 1917, the entrance to the tunnel on the Chemin des Dames collapsed following French shelling.…
The cave was first excavated in 1958, when a Bronze Age urn and some human skeletons were discovered, but more recent work has shed vivid light on its contents.…
This evidence adds to recent research focused on Iona suggesting that multiple monasteries across Britain may have been able to continue or re-establish themselves after initial Viking raids at the end of the 8th and the beginning of the 9th centuries.…
We are pleased to share the winners of year’s CA Awards, announced on 25 February at Current Archaeology Live! 2023.…
In this month’s ‘Science Notes’, we will explore the evidence for this hypothesis, and examine how violence-related injuries are distinguished in archaeological human remains.…
Archaeologists from Wessex Archaeology, working in advance of HS2 construction, have been excavating the site for the past three years.…
The axle has been radiocarbon dated to the middle Iron Age, c.400-100 BC.…
Previously it had been thought that Vikings probably pillaged such animals from British populations on their arrival.…
Analysis of more than 3,000 remains of the now-extinct elephant species has revealed the first 'clear-cut' evidence of elephant hunting in human evolution.…
The grounds of Craigievar will remain open to visitors whilst the work is being carried out, and a grand reveal of the new exterior is planned for spring 2024.…
In total, the trench yielded over 1,000 stone tools and more than 200 animal bones.…
The European Research Council has awarded an ERC Consolidator grant of nearly $2 million to Dr Artur Obłuski, director of the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw (PCMA UW), for a project exploring the site of Tungul (or Old Dongola), an important citadel in medieval Sudan. ERC grants…
Archaeologists from MOLA were excavating the site in Northamptonshire when they uncovered a group of some 30 pendants, other grave goods, and fragments of tooth enamel in a grave.…
‘Over his lifetime, he made significant contributions to the development of modern medicine in Leicester, leaving a lasting impact on the city and beyond.’…
Finds of religious pottery vessels and fragments of reliefs suggest the hall dates to the Saite Period.…
A pendant adorned with symbolic motifs linked to Henry VIII and Katherine of Aragon was recently unveiled at the British Museum. Carly Hilts spoke to Dr Rachel King and Teresa Gilmore to find out more.…
Thousands of engraved owl-shaped plaques have been discovered in Copper Age tombs and pits throughout the Iberian Peninsula.…
Finds from the palace include a large stone vase and inscribed fragments of ivory and of ostrich eggshell.…
The Manchester Museum, Bengaluru's new art gallery, and the House of the Vettii in Pompeii open to the public.…