News Round Up

SIEM REAP, CAMBODIA—The Khmer Times reports that a team of archaeologists led by Chea Socheat of Cambodia’s Apsara National Authority discovered a large turtle sculpted from sandstone at the Kandal Srah Srang temple of Siem Reap province’s Angkor…

SIEM REAP, CAMBODIA—The Phnom Penh Post reports that a team of archaeologists led by Chea Socheat of Cambodia’s Apsara National Authority discovered a large turtle sculpted from sandstone when the Srah Srang reservoir at Angkor Wat was drained.…

SOUTH BOHEMIA, CZECH REPUBLIC—Radio Prague International reports that archaeologists found a secret corridor while creating a 3-D scan of the Premonstratensian Monastery in the town of Milevsko. “We squeezed through the corridor with speleologists…

COUNTY CLARE, IRELAND—The Journal reports that hobbyist Matthew Kelly spotted a previously unknown cliff ring fort on Ireland’s western coast near the town of Lahinch while flying a drone. “I have been filming forts and stone circles for years so I…

LOLLAND, DENMARK—Traces of a 2,500-foot-long section of a massive defensive structure have been uncovered on the Danish island of Lolland, which is located in the Baltic Sea, according to a report in The Copenhagen Post. Archaeologist Bjørnar Måge…

VICKSBURG, MISSISSIPPI—According to a Magnolia State Live report, archaeologists from the National Park Service Southeast Archaeological Center (SEAC) are recovering the remains of Civil War soldiers exposed last February when a section of Cemetery…

ROME, ITALY—ANSA reports that an eight-foot-deep sinkhole has opened up in front of the Pantheon, a Roman structure dedicated to all the gods that was rebuilt in the second century A.D. by the emperor Hadrian. The sinkhole revealed seven travertine…

Special Offer: CA subscribers can get a 5-issue subscription to our sister magazine, Minerva, for just £10 In January this year, Current Archaeology gained a new sister publication – Minerva – a bi-monthly magazine that showcases the beauty and…

In this column Joe Flatman looks at the diverse array of sites and landscapes that CA has visited in Norfolk over the years. The post Excavating the CA archive: Norfolk appeared first on Current Archaeology.

As museums prepare to mark the 75th anniversary of the end of the Second World War in Europe we look at online museums – both national and local – who are helping you mark the anniversary of VE Day from home Imperial War Museums The Imperial War…

There’s now loads happening online in the world of virtual museum exhibitions, here’s our guide which we will be regularly updating and expanding over the coming weeks Strip! How Football Got Shirty National Football Museum Originally due to run…

Location The city of Nineveh has recently undergone extensive development to become the new capital of the mighty Assyrian empire. It is now a vast metropolis surrounded by massive walls some 12 kilometres in length that encompass an area of 750…

As The Charles Dickens Museum puts its vast collection of Dickens-related treasures online we take a closer look at his writing desk, chair and the personal objects he kept on it Charles Dickens’ hall clock, his wallet, razors, free theatre pass and…

OK, here we go with seven of our favourite museum YouTube channels – from The Tank Museum’s internet superstar to UCL’s body parts The Tank Museum Tank Chats The Tank Museum have been killing it on YouTube for ages. And why wouldn’t they? They have…

In the early 18th century, Avon Street was built to accommodate wealthy visitors to Bath’s fashionable spa waters. Within half a century, though, the area had degenerated into a notorious slum and red-light district. What have recent excavations…

I hope you’re all keeping well. What a different world we find ourselves in since I wrote last month’s letter! They say that ‘the past is a foreign country’, and it certainly seems bizarre that only a few weeks ago we were compiling our annual ‘Digs…

GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA—According to a statement released by the Florida Museum of Natural History, people gathered and feasted at Roberts Island, which is located off Florida’s Gulf Coast, for some 400 years after other feasting sites in the region…

DUMFRIES AND GALLOWAY, SCOTLAND—BBC News reports that archaeologist Matt Ritchie of Forestry and Land Scotland and a team of researchers conducted a new aerial survey of an earthen rampart and promontory in southern Scotland known as Wallace’s House…

JALISCO, MEXICO—Mexico News Daily reports that traces of tejuino, a type of beer made from corn, have been detected in the largest of six large urns unearthed in 2008 near the Guachimontones circular pyramids in central-western Mexico. The urns are…

NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, ENGLAND—The Guardian reports that researchers led by retired army colonel Andrew Marriott of Newcastle University used X-ray fluorescence to examine the chemical composition of Victoria Cross medals made between 1856 and 2013.…