Travel — World Archaeology

Apollonia, Albania

March 5, 2005 Filed Under: Issue 10, Albania, Travel

Richard Hodges looks at the Greco-Roman city of Apollonia

Poggibonsi Study Centre (Italy)

January 5, 2005 Filed Under: Issue 9, Italy, Travel

Richard Hodges travels to the ‘armpit of Tuscany’ to give us his inimitable perspective on its archaeology

Zadar & Nin: Croatia

November 5, 2004 Filed Under: Issue 8, Croatia, Travel

Richard Hodges writes about the coastal towns of Zadar and Nin, introducing us to their diverse histories

Kephallonia

September 5, 2004 Filed Under: Issue 7, Greece, Travel

Richard Hodges investigates the village of Fiskado and finds one of the greatest surviving Norman abbeys in Greece

Jordan from the Air

September 5, 2004 Filed Under: Issue 7, Jordan, Travel

Archaeologists provide an aerial view of some of Jordan’s most compelling sites

Singapore

July 5, 2004 Filed Under: Issue 6, Singapore, Travel

Gary Brown takes a look at the oft-ignored pre-colonial archaeology of Singapore

Kerala, India

July 5, 2004 Filed Under: Issue 6, India, Travel

Richard Hodges reports on Kerala. Otherwise known as God’s own country, it is fast becoming an eco-tourist destination

Peking Man’s Cave

May 5, 2004 Filed Under: Issue 5, China, Travel

Peking Man was one of the first ‘men’ to break out of Africa. He was discovered in the 1920s, but is only recently being properly dated

Granada, Spain

May 5, 2004 Filed Under: Issue 5, Spain, Travel

Richard Hodges looks at rescue archaeology in Spain, and is sceptical about UNESCO’s plans for Alhambra

Urgent Postcard from Pompeii

March 5, 2004 Filed Under: Issue 4, Italy, Travel

Rick Jones, of Bradford and the Anglo-American Project in Pompeii, shares his urgent views on the conservation and future of the town

Being Vercingetorix

January 5, 2004 Filed Under: Issue 3, France, Travel

Neil Faulkner describes a forthcoming TV series on Caesar’s campaigns in Gaul

Italy, Albania, and Macedonia

January 5, 2004 Filed Under: Issue 3, Italy, Travel

Richard Hodges describes his latest travels in Italy, Greece and Albania

Romans Along the Danube

November 5, 2003 Filed Under: Issue 2, Hungary, Travel

David Breeze reports on the latest news from the Roman Frontier along the Danube

Albania & Ukraine

September 5, 2003 Filed Under: Issue 1, Albania, Travel

Richard Hodges compares the archaeological situations in Albania and the Ukraine

Letter from Jerusalem

September 5, 2003 Filed Under: Issue 1, Israel, Travel

Kay Prag, the author of the standard Blue Guide to Jerusalem reports on the situation

Letter from Baghdad

September 5, 2003 Filed Under: Issue 1, Iraq, Travel

John Curtis sends a postcard from Baghdad considering heritage work after the Iraq war

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.

7 discoveries that changed the archaeological world

7 game-changing finds that captured the archaeological imagination.

Great Discoveries

Petra

Before 1812, Petra was one of the ancient world’s ‘lost cities’: it was known from historical references, but the site had not been located on the ground.

Royal Tombs of Ur

From the underground chambers of the Royal Tombs emerged a picture of a civilisation that was at once dazzling and sinister

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…

Koldewey at Babylon

The dig The site of Babylon – one of the oldest, richest, and most fabled cities of Antiquity – had attracted a succession of European antiquarian investigators during the 19th century, but it was not until the arrival of a German Oriental Society (Deutsche Orient-Gesellschaft) team led by Robert Koldewey (1855-1925) that scientific excavations were [...]

Layard at Nimrud

On an overland ride from England to Ceylon in 1839, Austen Henry Layard became fascinated by the newly emerging archaeology of Mesopotomia (in modern Iraq).