‘Expect the unexpected’ is a good maxim for any archaeologist. But nothing could have prepared Terry Hardaker and his team for their spectacular find as they explored the ancient land surfaces in a remote part of western Namibia.
Digs, Discoveries, Travel, Exploration
welcome to world archaeology
Welcome to Current World Archaeology, the magazine that studies archaeology round the world.
CWA was founded in 2003 as a sister magazine to Current Archaeology which, since 1967, has been reporting on the latest discoveries in British archaeology.
But CWA does not just look at the latest discoveries: it also travels the globe, looking at great monuments around the world, explaining how they came to be the sites - and sights - we see today.
Caitlin McCall, Editor
7 Wonders…
7 facts you might not know about Howard Carter
Today (May 9) is Howard Carter’s birthday, so we thought we would share some of our favourite facts about the discoverer of Tutankhamun’s tomb.
7 Fashionable Finds
Throughout history people have been keen to keep up with the latest trends and fashions. These seven finds shine a light on our long history of sartorial innovation.
Great Discoveries
7 discoveries that changed the archaeological world
7 game-changing finds that captured the archaeological imagination.
Knossos
Results of the excavations at Knossos surpassed all expectations. Evans revealed a vast palace complex of Middle Bronze Age date , 1300 rooms connected by a network of corridors…
Pompeii
We know more about Pompeii than any other Roman town. It is the benchmark, and yet we still have so much to learn…
Absolon at Predmostí
The dig Rather than one major campaign of excavation, it was the results from a series of interventions over almost half a century, pulled together by Dr D K Absolon, Curator of the Government Museum in Brunn, Czechoslovakia, during the interwar period. This work of synthesis was then widely publicised from the mid-1920s onwards. The [...]
Palatine Hill
The remains – remarkably unprepossessing amid the spectacular ruins of classical Rome all around – comprise postholes, wall-slots, and drainage gullies, defining three small structures.
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