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The UK's best-selling archaeology magazine. Tweets by Editor Carly and the team. Subscribe via the link below.
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Current Archaeology Live! 2026 returns to UCL's Institute of Education, London, on Saturday, 28 February. Visit https://t.co/IP0ckHK9ml to book your tickets now! Tickets are £65 but we're offering an early bird rate for all tickets purchased before 15 January #calive2026
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Voting for our annual Current Archaeology Awards is now open! Cast your vote at
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Voting has now opened for the Current Archaeology Awards! Which people, projects and publications deserve recognition?
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Reading a brilliant account in this month’s @CurrentArchaeo about the excavation of Wroxeter Farm - a derelict farm slap bang in the middle of Viroconium that’s now been bought by English Heritage, meaning the centre of the city can be revealed!
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How America was built on virtue .... and LOST IT! Must watch. https://t.co/jZ0XqrA2nE
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Great to see our Holme Hall quarry featured on the front cover of July’s @currentarchaeo magazine! You can read more, here: ⬇️ https://t.co/WRbCPOtznW
#ArchaeologyInAction #FestivalOfArchaeology #CommunityEngagement @CarryOnDigging @archaeologyuk
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📰 Was south-west Britain 'a powerhouse of tin-production in the Bronze Age'? #AntiquityResearch #ArchaeologyNews via @CurrentArchaeo @read_the_past
https://t.co/t2zi9Zc4bb
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Recent research carried out by Project Ancient Tin, an initiative led by Benjamin Roberts and R Alan Williams from the University of Durham (published in An ...
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An exhibition currently running at the University of Nottingham Museum showcases finds from Breedon Hill and Burrough Hill, hillforts that are both located in the East Midlands where such monuments are relatively scarce. CA's Carly Hilts paid a visit: https://t.co/lHH5f4dFxy
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An exhibition currently running at the University of Nottingham Museum showcases finds from Breedon Hill and Burrough Hill, hillforts that are both located ...
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As excavations continue on the Fonmon Castle estate, north-west of Cardiff Airport, further intriguing details have been revealed, including the remains of an Iron Age settlement. Read more: https://t.co/WR5e6oDGfy
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As excavations continue on the Fonmon Castle estate, north-west of Cardiff Airport, more intriguing details have been revealed, including the remains of an ...
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How did early medieval Ireland connect with the continent? From sacred texts to sea routes, explore the cultural currents that linked Irish monks to Europe. Read about the major new exhibition at the National Museum of Ireland @CurrentArchaeo: https://t.co/O4bhbu9ggT
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Traces of London’s earliest Roman basilica, where officials presided over the settlement’s administrative affairs c.2,000 years ago, have been revealed beneath a City office block. Sophie Jackson told Carly Hilts about the discoveries. https://t.co/rCyJEYJll5
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Traces of London’s earliest Roman basilica, where officials presided over the settlement’s legal, commercial, and administrative affairs c.2,000 years ago, ...
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A new exhibition showcasing hundreds of artefacts recovered from the banks of the River Thames sheds illuminating light on London’s long history. Carly Hilts visited the displays at London Museum Docklands. https://t.co/8zxrZkbYyz
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A new exhibition showcasing hundreds of artefacts recovered from the banks of the River Thames sheds illuminating light on London’s long history. Carly Hilt ...
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A recently opened experience in London (@Tutankhamun_Ex) is using virtual-reality technology to explore the life and times of one of ancient Egypt’s most famous pharaohs, as Carly Hilts reports: https://t.co/bSYJMgrW2a
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A recently opened experience in London is using virtual-reality technology to explore the life and times of one of ancient Egypt’s most famous pharaohs, as ...
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A fantastic birthday present from @sfletcherauthor of a framed photograph of my first front cover for @CurrentArchaeo this will proudly hang in the wall
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Recent archaeological research in the grounds of a Shropshire stately home has added a surprising new chapter to the estate’s story. Viviana Caroli and Nigel Baker explain more. https://t.co/HlxUun1lUo
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Recent archaeological research in the grounds of a Shropshire stately home has added a surprising new chapter to the estate’s story. Viviana Caroli and Nige ...
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The face and head of an Iron Age woman whose remains were discovered in Dorset’s Kimmeridge Bay 25 years ago have been reconstructed by an MSc Bioarchaeology student at Bournemouth University. Read more: https://t.co/s3T4KDI2qD
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The face and head of an Iron Age woman whose remains were discovered in Dorset’s Kimmeridge Bay 25 years ago have been reconstructed by an MSc Bioarchaeolog ...
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The newest archaeological reconstruction to be unveiled at @butserfarm is a late Neolithic house, based on a structure whose 5,000-year-old footprint was excavated in Dorset. CA visited the launch event to learn more. https://t.co/xwfEHZiCOt
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The newest archaeological reconstruction to be unveiled at Butser Ancient Farm is a late Neolithic house, based on a structure whose 5,000-year-old footprin ...
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From gasholders to chic apartments: the 600 remaining structures, once familiar industrial sights in every city and town, are being recorded by @HistoricEngland prior to being dismantled or converted to other uses, as Chris Catling reports. https://t.co/oAvgRdYkAI
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The system whereby coal was heated and the resulting gases purified, stored, and distributed to factories, street lamps, public buildings, and, in due cours ...
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One of the largest Iron Age hoards ever found in the UK was recently unveiled. Comprising hundreds of metal items, its contents are shedding brilliant light on this period of Yorkshire’s past. Carly Hilts finds out more: https://t.co/dIQgdjU08F
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One of the largest Iron Age hoards ever found in the UK was recently unveiled. Comprising hundreds of metal items, its contents are shedding brilliant light ...
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A new study has shed new light on the ways in which kinship was tied to monuments from Ireland in the Neolithic period, suggesting that biological relationships and social status were not strong factors in deciding who was buried in passage tombs. https://t.co/9nuUANmy87
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A recently published study has shed new light on the ways in which kinship was tied to monuments from Ireland in the Neolithic period, suggesting that biolo ...
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Recent research on a portrait believed to depict Lady Jane Grey has revealed that the painting may be the only surviving image of the ‘Nine Day Queen’ that dates to her lifetime. Read more: https://t.co/yJSfMit1Mg
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Recent research on a portrait believed to depict Lady Jane Grey has revealed that the painting may be the only surviving image of the ‘Nine Day Queen’ that ...
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Two decades of excavations in East Sussex farmland have uncovered the remains of an unusual enclosed settlement linking the Roman road network with the River Ouse. Rob Wallace and David Millum explain more: https://t.co/Tw5hRvRUIr
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Two decades of excavations in East Sussex farmland have uncovered the remains of an unusual enclosed settlement linking the Roman road network with the Rive ...
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