Digs, Discoveries, Travel, Exploration
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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
We’re in a maritime mood today. Read on for seven of our favourite ship-related archaeological sites. Bon Voyage!
Seven things you might not know about the 7 Wonders of the Ancient World
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.
The ruins of Great Zimbabwe extend over 720 hectares of rocky hill and valley in south-central Zimbabwe. Yet it’s origins were often denied…
CWA takes a look at the Late Shang Dynasty palace and funerary complex
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 [...]
Before 1812, Petra was one of the ancient world’s ‘lost cities’: it was known from historical references, but the site had not been located on the ground.
Heinrich Schliemann has been described as ‘the creator of prehistoric Greek archaeology’, but he was an amateur when he took up archaeology aged 46 after making his fortune in business.
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