Mike Pitts, editor of the CBA’s British Archaeology magazine, will be occupying the Fourth Plinth in London’s Trafalgar Square on 29 July, during the Festival of British Archaeology. The details of Mike’s performance will remain secret until...

One of the UK's largest hauls of Iron Age gold coins has been declared treasure at an inquest in Suffolk. The 840 handmade coins, called staters, were unearthed in a field near Wickham Market, Suffolk, in March last year. After Michael Dark made the...

Remember Ida? It's been just a month since the fossil primate made her debut on the History Channel where she was called a "missing link" between humans and primitive primates and a "revolutionary scientific find that will change everything." But Ida...

French amateur archaeologist Bruno Tassan fights to preserve a neglected 2,000-year-old ancient interstate in southern Provence At first glance, it didn't appear that impressive: a worn limestone pillar, six feet high and two feet wide, standing...

There is deep disappointment again that the Heritage Protection Bill for England and Wales does not appear in the Draft Legislative Programme for 2009/10 announced by the Government this week. The Programme indicates the legislation likely to be...