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CWA 52 – out now
The latest issue of Current World Archaeology is out now! We have special articles from Turkey, as well as features on (ancient) civil war in Syria, Philip II’s palace at Pella, and chariot leathers from Egypt. And of course all the latest news from around the world.
CWA travels to: Butrint, Albania
How on earth do you get the students up at 5am? That, rather than the archaeology, is the question that preoccupies my colleagues at the American University of Rome when I mention the Butrint Field School in Albania. Students are not generally known for their eagerness to rise at the crack of dawn and those… [Continue Reading]
Charles Higham: The dating game and the saga of Ban Chiang
Very early in my archaeological career, I encountered an intense debate on the chronology of the earliest Neolithic in the Near East. It was rather like the race to the Pole: who had the earliest date? The English champion was the redoubtable Dame Cathleen Kenyon, her American adversary was Robert Braidwood. It was a case… [Continue Reading]
New photos of Vinkovci’s Roman vessels
More pictures of the Roman silver vessels recently discovered in Vinkovci, Croatia, have been sent to CWA by Geoarheo, the commercial unit that excavated the hoard. ‘The location of the silver hoard itself was fortunate as it was found in the few square meters of the entire site that remained untouched by recent construction and infrastructure… [Continue Reading]
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New photos of Vinkovci’s Roman vessels
More pictures of the Roman silver vessels recently discovered in Vinkovci, Croatia, have been sent to CWA by Geoarheo, the commercial unit that excavated the hoard. ‘The location of the silver hoard itself was fortunate as it was found in the few square meters of the entire site that remained untouched by recent construction and infrastructure… [Continue Reading]
Not the end of the world, predicts newly found Maya calendar
Christmas will not be cancelled after all: archaeologists have found the earliest known Maya Calendar – with dates that go well beyond 21 December 2012, the day alarmists predict will be our last.
Ancient language discovered
Cambridge University archaeologists have announced the discovery of a previously unknown 2,500-year-old language in Turkey – as reported in CWA 50.
Latest Features
Syria: Tell Brak
Civil unrest, violent clashes, an oppressive authority: we could be talking about Syria today. But this is 6,000 years ago, during the Late Chalcolithic Period.
Greece: Pella
Following his articles on the tomb of Philip II and the ceremonial centre at Vergina, Andrew Selkirk now investigates Pella, the commercial capital.
Yemen: Arabia’s Stonehenge
While surveying the inhospitable Red Sea coastal plain of Yemen, archaeologist Ed Keall took a wrong turn on his way back to base camp. As he tells Nadia Durrani, his mistake turned out to be monumental.
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Latest Travel
CWA travels to: Butrint, Albania
How on earth do you get the students up at 5am? That, rather than the archaeology, is the question that preoccupies my colleagues at the American University of Rome when I mention the Butrint Field School in Albania. Students are not generally known for their eagerness to rise at the crack of dawn and those… [Continue Reading]
Richard Hodges travels to: Dorestad, Netherlands
Troy is not a place one normally associates with Holland. Yet the Dutch claim to have their own version: Dorestad. It lies at the point where the Rhine parts company with the river Lek, about 100km south-east of Amsterdam, near the picturesque town of Wijk bij Duurestede. It may not attract many visitors these days,… [Continue Reading]
CWA travels to: Andorra
Andorra is best known as an inexpensive ski-resort, but the tiny landlocked principality is chock-full of archaeology, its rich cultural heritage waiting to be explored. Just 450km² in area, Andorra nestles in the heart of the Pyrenees, bordered by the Languedoc region of France and Spanish Catalunya. So why, given this prime location, has it… [Continue Reading]
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