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The latest on acquisitions, exhibitions, and key decisions.

The Bayeux Tapestry

Britain has been overcome by Bayeux Tapestry fever (as has CA: see our feature on here and more in Sherds on here) with the famous embroidery returning to British soil for the

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War and the Mind

January 10, 2025

Reviewing the best military history exhibitions with MHM.

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The Great Siege of Malta

January 10, 2025

REVIEW BY STEVE TIBBLE Writing a major new popular history about the Great Siege of Malta of 1565, in which the Knights Hospitaller – a Catholic military order – saw off a

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Napoleon’s Undefeated Marshal: Louis Davout and the Art of Leadership

January 10, 2025

REVIEW BY ANDRÉ VAN LOON To start with what this book is not: Martin Sullivan, a lecturer in business and previously an investment banker, does not give us a straightforward biography of

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In Brief

January 10, 2025

MHM’s round-up of the latest military history releases.

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December 28, 2024

The latest on acquisitions, exhibitions, and key decisions.

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British Pottery: The first 3,000 years – Ceramic Art in the Neolithic and Early Bronze Age

December 28, 2024

REVIEW BY ALISTAIR BARCLAY This is the latest in a series of accessible and well-illustrated books by the author on the development of British Neolithic and Bronze Age pottery. In it, he

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Church Going: A Stonemason’s Guide to the Churches of the British Isles

December 28, 2024

REVIEW BY MATTHEW CHAMPION The history of the English parish church has long been of fascination to historians, buildings archaeologists, and the general public. As a result, the number of books on

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A Date with the Two Cerne Giants: Reinvestigating an Iconic British Hill Figure

December 28, 2024

REVIEW BY HELEN GITTOS This well-illustrated and beautifully produced book is a somewhat unconventional report on the work to date on the Cerne Giant, led by Martin Papworth for the National Trust.

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An Irish Civil War Dugout: Tormore Cave, County Sligo – Archaeology, History, Memory

December 28, 2024

REVIEW BY DAMIAN SHIELS This book takes as its focus the archaeological excavation of a remote mountain cave used as an IRA hideout in 1922, a location described by the authors as

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The Rother Valley

December 28, 2024

REVIEW BY JAMES SAINSBURY The Rother Valley comprises a series of papers, compiled and edited by John Boardman and Ian Foster. The book covers the prehistoric archaeology and palaeoecology of the Rother

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Building on the Past: Archaeological investigations on the N2/M2 Finglas to Ashbourne road project

December 28, 2024

REVIEW BY CH Engagingly written and well-illustrated, Building on the Past discusses the results of 20 archaeological excavations undertaken on a 17km stretch of the N2/M2 road corridor between Finglas, Co. Dublin,

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The Hurghada Museum

December 18, 2024

Geoffrey Lenox-Smith visits the antiquities museum in Hurghada and comes face to face with the ‘White Queen’.

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Ancient Egypt December listings

December 15, 2024

BETWEEN PRAGUE AND CAIRO: 100 YEARS OF CZECH EGYPTOLOGY A century of Czech archaeology in Egypt and Sudan is celebrated in a new exhibition presenting the work of the Czech Institute of

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Current Research in Egyptology 2022: Proceedings of the Twenty-Second Annual Symposium, Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier 3, 26-30 September 2022

December 15, 2024

REVIEW BY ROGER FORSHAW The 22nd Current Research in Egyptology (CRE) conference in Montpellier hosted around 250 attendees in person and online from different institutions around the world, and covered a great

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The Last Dynasty: Ancient Egypt from Alexander the Great to Cleopatra

December 15, 2024

REVIEW BY SARAH GRIFFITHS This latest narrative by Toby Wilkinson is written in his usual engaging style, drawing on the usual Greek and Roman sources, but also some 50 archives of papyri

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Tourism in Egypt through the ages: A historical guide

December 15, 2024

REVIEW BY CATHIE BRYAN Tourism in Egypt currently supports a profitable industry that was consolidated in the 19th century, when package tours were first introduced. The author’s objective is to trace the

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Addressing Diversity: Inclusive Histories of Egyptology

December 15, 2024

REVIEW BY ANNA GARNETT Egyptology is constantly being redefined and reinterpreted to recognise more inclusive histories, helping to recentre traditional narratives. This fascinating volume brings together a range of international perspectives on

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Motherhood and Early Childhood in Ancient Egypt: Culture, Religion and Medicine

December 15, 2024

REVIEW BY HILARY WILSON Amandine Marshall’s book, originally published in French in 2015, is a companion to her Childhood in Ancient Egypt (AUC, 2022). In the foreword to this English-language edition, Salima

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Current Archaeology’s December Listings: exhibitions, events, and heritage from home

December 5, 2024

There are many brilliant archaeological events coming up into the New Year, from new exhibitions to conferences, talks, and more. If you would prefer to get your history and heritage fix at home, though, there is a wide variety of offerings to choose from, including virtual museum- and site-tours, digital collections, podcasts, and TV shows. Amy Brunskill has put together a selection of some of the options available.

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Current Archaeology Live! 2025