Minerva

24/04/2023

The May/June issue of Minerva is out now! We explore the rise of rulers in prehistoric south-east Europe, ancient wood from Herculaneum, an upcoming British Museum exhibition on luxury and power in the Persian and Greek worlds, Egyptian mummy portraits, and more

• The rise of royalty in prehistoric Europe • Exploring interpretations of the Fayum mummy portraits • Wooden wonders at Herculaneum • Drinking and decadenc ...

22/02/2023

The March/April issue of Minerva (our 200th issue!) is out now. We explore Arthur Evans' work at the fabled Cretan site of Knossos, art and identity across the large Mediterranean islands, how study of Maya glyphs is bringing us closer to the artists who worked in royal courts, and more

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10/02/2023

In just two weeks' time, we'll be at Current Archaeology's conference CA Live! listening to an exciting set of talks on archaeology in Britain and beyond. Join us there in London on 25 February: https://archaeology.co.uk/live

07/11/2022

In the latest issue of Minerva, we explore the world and writing of Enheduanna - a princess, priestess, and poet in ancient Ur. Read more here:

Enheduanna, high priestess at the ancient city of Ur, is thought to be the world’s first named author. She was a poetic innovator, but she was not alone in Mesopotamian history as a prominent or a literate woman, as Lucia Marchini learns from Sidney Babcock.

19/08/2022

Also in the September/October issue, we explore the Roman cult of Mithras, ancient Egypt's place in modern art, a poetic interpretation of Palaeolithic marks at Lascaux, and more...

Think of ancient China and it is probably the impressive Terracotta Army of the first emperor, Qin Shi Huangdi,…

19/08/2022

The latest issue of Minerva is out now! For our cover story, we delve into the rich material culture of the Zeng and Chu kingdoms of Bronze Age China. Read how archaeology has been revealing details about these ancient states:

The Bronze Age kingdoms of China have long been overshadowed by the Qin, who replaced them with a unified empire. Fan Jeremy Zhang explores the spectacular discoveries that have been helping two of them, the Zeng and Chu, rise from obscurity.

25/04/2022

Also in the May/June issue, we explore the changing faces of Olympia, the spectacular Umayyad mosaics of Hisham's Palace, the Museo Barracco in Rome, the personal stories enshrined in trench art, and architectural drawings at Sir John Soane's Museum.

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Around AD 1400, during a period of lengthy droughts, a remarkable event took place at Spiro in Oklahoma. People…

25/04/2022

The latest issue of Minerva is out now! For our cover story, we take a look at Mississippian art from Spiro in Oklahoma and the story these objects tell about cosmic renewal in the Little Ice Age.

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Vast quantities of artefacts were found in a mound in Oklahoma in the 1930s. Together they tell an intriguing…

05/02/2022

We are deeply saddened by the death of our colleague and dear friend Dr Neil Faulkner. Neil worked with Current Publishing for more than 20 years, writing across all our magazines, and editing Military History Matters since issue one. He was a wonderful man, and will be sorely missed by us all.

20/12/2021

For our cover feature, Nigel Fletcher-Jones takes us into the heart of Luxor temple. You can read an extract here:

After coronation, the new pharaoh would head to the temple at Luxor to assume the royal ka that flowed…

20/12/2021

The latest issue of Minerva is out now! We explore some of the Egyptian kings who left their mark on Luxor temple and the festivals that took place there, the career and reputation of the Roman emperor Domitian, the art of Peru's Nasca and Moche cultures, the joyous paintings of John Craxton, beauty in ancient Greece, and more.

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In November, the Avenue of the Sphinxes in Egypt opened to much fanfare with a dramatic staging of an…

03/11/2021

The latest issue of Minerva is on sale, with articles on the golden burials of the Iron Age Saka, Rubens and his passion for the ancient world, the Viking Great Army and its impact on England, the Humboldt Forum, and more.

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In 2018, archaeologists discovered the intact burial of a teenage archer of the Saka people in eastern Kazakhstan. Buried…

31/08/2021

In honour of our Nefertiti feature, test your knowledge of female rulers from the past in this quick quiz

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31/08/2021

Queen Nefertiti is today one of the most iconic of all ancient Egyptians. Yet soon after her death in the 14th century BC, she was written out of history. In the latest Minerva, Aidan Dodson charts the career of this remarkable queen, a hard-headed pragmatist who became a forgotten king.

The wife of the ‘heretic’ king Akhenaten, Queen Nefertiti is today one of the most iconic of all ancient Egyptians, thanks to her painted bust revealed to the world in 1923. Aidan Dodson charts the career of this remarkable queen, a hard-headed pragmatist who became a forgotten – and possibly ...

25/08/2021

The latest issue of Minerva is out now! We explore Malta's mysterious megalithic monuments, the remarkable career of Queen Nefertiti, the Battle of Salamis, and more...

The Mediterranean islands of Malta and Gozo may be small, but they boast an impressive variety of archaeological sites,…

06/07/2021

Great opportunity to join the lovely team at our sister-magazine Current Archaeology! CA's looking for a full-time Assistant Editor for a fixed-term (maternity cover) period from September 2021. More information about the role and how to apply here: https://currentpublishing.com/jobs.htm