The final resting place of Alexander the Great is one of the famous unsolved mysteries of the ancient world. After he died in Babylon in 323 BC his body was apparently hijacked by Ptolemy and taken to Egypt to be the propaganda centrepiece of his new kingdom. There it stayed for generations until being lost… [Continue Reading]
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 discoveries that changed the archaeological world
7 game-changing finds that captured the archaeological imagination.
7 revolutionary writings
We often think of archaeology as being all about objects, but written sources are just as fundamental to our understanding of the past.
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
Peking Man
Peking Man represents the spread of a new species of hominid, Homo erectus, in an earlier ‘Out of Africa’ migration beginning about a million years ago
Gustafson at Oseberg
Gustafson’s excavation had provided an extraordinary window into the material culture and public appearance of the world represented by the Norse Sagas at the beginning of the Viking Age.
Sutton Hoo
The Sutton Hoo ship cemetery was one of the ideological forging-houses of early Medieval kingship in Europe. Here we discover how kings were first made.
Akrotiri
Akrotiri is an archaeological monument to the rich commerce, connections, and culture of the Middle Bronze Age Mediterranean
Anyang, The first Chinese Civilization
CWA takes a look at the Late Shang Dynasty palace and funerary complex
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