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Digs, discoveries, travel, and exploration: Current World Archaeology magazine studies archaeology from around the world.

18/09/2025

CWA 133 is out now! We explore extraordinary rock art in Australia, an ancient Egyptian city in the Nile delta, early human activity in the West African rainforest, Scandinavia’s first professional army, and much more!

Deep beneath Australia’s Nullarbor Plain lies Koonalda Cave. Lakes can be found within its subterranean passages, a matter of no little import in this vast semi-arid landscape. But it was not just water that drew people into its depths. Flint nodules provided easy access to a valued raw material, ...

14/08/2025

Researchers have identified the title of one of the Herculaneum Scrolls! Find out more in CWA 132, available online free here:

For the first time, non-invasive technology has been used to recover a title from the ancient papyri from Herculaneum carbonised in the AD 79 eruption of Mo ...

28/07/2025

In CWA 132 we explore how recent excavations in the ancient Greek city of Apollonia Pontica are revolutionising our knowledge of this major site. Read an extract of our cover feature here for free:

It was a treacherous stretch of coast. The ancient Greek historian Xenophon, writing in the 4th century BC, describes the perils of the Black Sea shore in the region around Salmydessos, a town in ancient Thrace and modern Turkey.

24/07/2025

CWA 132 is out now! In this issue we explore the rise and fall of an ancient Greek city in Bulgaria, a golden hoard from Denmark, a revolution in ancient art in India, polio in medieval Sweden, and much more! Find out what's inside here:

Apollonia Pontica was once a welcome refuge for mariners navigating a notoriously treacherous stretch of the Black Sea coast. Tradition has it that this ancient city was founded by Greek settlers from Miletus in 610 BC, but excavations at the site are now pointing to an earlier foundation date. Arch...

26/05/2025

Investigating the hinterland of a timber henge in Germany has revealed a remarkable prehistoric landscape. In CWA 131 we find out about the intriguing concentration of ritual monuments and settlement discovered here. Start reading now:

Between fields of grain and potatoes in the middle of Germany, about 18km south east of Magdeburg, near the town of Schönebeck, lies one of the most important archaeological landscapes in Germany.

22/05/2025

CWA 131 is out now! In this issue we explore a remarkable ritual landscape in Germany, Roman connections in Iron Age Denmark, early conclaves and a papal palace at Viterbo, the origins of lapis lazuli, and more. Find out what's inside here:

In the 1990s, an aerial photograph captured a circular feature in the fields near the village of Pömmelte, Germany, sparking the beginning of an extraordinary archaeological endeavour. The feature proved to be the remains of a henge monument built around 2350 BC. Although its uprights were fashione...

01/04/2025

Another advance has been made in the efforts to decipher a collection of ancient papyrus scrolls from Herculaneum that were burnt during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79. Read the article from CWA 130 online here:

Another advance has been made in the efforts to decipher a collection of ancient papyrus scrolls from Herculaneum that were burnt during the eruption of Mou ...

24/03/2025

A remarkable hoard discovered in the Netherlands appears to be associated with the emperor Claudius’ invasion of Britain in AD 43. Find out more in CWA 130, out now, or start reading online here:

An extraordinary Roman hoard from Utrecht A cache of Roman and British coins found in the Netherlands seems to be associated with the emperor Claudius’ invasion of Britain in AD 43. Study of the hoard is shedding new light on the circumstances surrounding this major historical event. Matthew Symon...

20/03/2025

CWA 130 is out now! In this issue we explore an extraordinary Roman hoard from Utrecht, the fate of WWI graffiti, a set of unusual Gallic burials, the question of access to Roman frontier towers, and more. Find out what's inside here:

A hoard discovered in the Netherlands presents an extraordinary first for continental Europe. The contents of this cache combine coins minted by Rome and a powerful ruler in Britain: Cunobelin. This eye-catching mixture is just one of the clues that the hoard was amassed by a person or people with f...

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