When imagining the ancient city of Petra, it is the awe-inspiring façade of the monument known today as the Treasury (Al-Khazneh) that…
We live in a city-centric world. When we think of the scattered islands of the Aegean, we think of them as remote…
The Blue Guides have come under new ownership. Many readers of Current Archaeology will know and cherish the Blue Guides which have…
Before 1812, Petra was one of the ancient world's 'lost cities': it was known from historical references, but the site had not…
About ten years ago a collector of ancient Indonesian art contacted my husband and me to ask our opinion on a group…
Most people today probably think Marathon has something to do with the Ancient Greek Olympics. In fact, there was no marathon race…
In the morning of 15 July 1099, the starving knights of the First Crusade broke through Jerusalem’s defences and stormed the Holy…
When Cyprus adopted the Euro early in 2008, the government had to decide what symbol should adorn its new currency. Although the…
Somaliland is not Somalia. Somaliland is in the northern part of Somalia, occupying the area of a former British colony. After gaining…
Australian academics and members of the Aboriginal community working together to record and protect rock art in the Wellington Range, Arnhem Land,…
Francesco Benozzo, of the University of Bologna, studies the continuity of Palaeolithic words into recent languages as a means of understanding ancient…
A Maya lord The ancient Maya continue to surprise us, this time with the discovery of a well-preserved tomb under the El…
Thanks to preservation under waterlogged conditions, a well in the federal state of Saxony, Germany, has revealed unprecedented information about woodworking skills,…