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William M. Mitchell (circa 1826 to circa 1879) was a free-born Black overseer in North Carolina who, after 12 years managing slaves on a plantation, experienced a religious awakening, condemned slaver
Lear Green (circa 1839-1860) was an enslaved African American woman in Baltimore, Maryland, who had herself shipped in a chest to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to escape slavery. Her story is frequently
The German-Soviet War, known in the USSR and today's Russia as the Great Patriotic War or, in Western Europe, as the Eastern Front of the Second World War (1939-45), began in June 1941 with Operation
Chloe Ahmanns Futures After Progress offers a delightful journey into South Baltimores environment and ecology. South Baltimore, due to frequent factory fires, chemical explosions, and aerial pollutan
The Underground Railroad was a decentralized network of White abolitionists, free Blacks, former slaves, Mexicans, Native Americans, and others opposing slavery in the United States who established se
The Battle of Smolensk in August to September 1943 was the second time the Soviet Union and the Third Reich fought over the city on the Dnieper during the Second World War (1939-45). By the summer of
Christopher Marlowe (1564-1593), also known as Kit Marlowe, was one of the most influential dramatists of Elizabethan theatre. Though he is best known for his plays, his poems were very popular in the
The Battle of Kursk (Jul-Aug 1943), which involved nearly 6,000 tanks, was the largest tank battle in history and ended in a decisive victory for the Red Army in WWII (1939-45). Two Axis armies had at
On 5 May 1593, a series of anti-Protestant bills were posted throughout the city of London. One of the bills was written in iambic pentameter and included several references to the works of celebrated
The Battle of Franklin (30 November 1864) was a major battle in the western theater of the American Civil War (1861-1865). In his push to liberate Nashville from Northern occupation, Confederate Lieutenant General John Bell Hood invaded Tennessee and cornered a Union army under Major General John M. Schofield at the town of Franklin. Despite finding the enemy strongly entrenched, Hood launched a...
Eustathios Rhomaios was a prominent Byzantine judge and jurist during the late-10th and early- to mid-11th century. He studied Roman Law and began his career under Basil II (reign 976 to 1025) and became the chief judge during the mid-1020s. His legal decisions, collected and compiled into a document called the Peira ('Experience') by a younger colleague of his, were not only celebrated during his...
‘The Diver of Paestum’ by Tonio Hölscher review JamesHoare Tue, 10/07/2025 - 08:42
A bronze box shaped like the façade of a temple has been discovered at the site of a Roman settlement in Turda, central Romania. Dating to the late 2nd and early 3rd century A.D., it is a unique object on the archaeological record of the Roman province of Dacia. The artifact was unearthed in this … Read the full post →"Bronze box shaped like a temple found in Romania"
GLASGOW, SCOTLAND—BBC News reports that traces of medieval structures were uncovered during an investigation conducted […] The post Medieval Fencing Uncovered in Glasgow appeared first on Archaeology Magazine. News, fencing, Glasgow, medieval, Scotland, wattle
AYVALIK, TURKEY—More than 100 Ice Age tools associated with early humans have been discovered along […] The post Survey Spots Paleolithic Tools Along Turkey’s Aegean Coastline appeared first on Archaeology Magazine. News, Aegean Sea, Ice Age, Levallois, migration, Pleistocene, Turkey
LA PLATA, ARGENTINA—According to a Phys.org report, large numbers of megafauna bones discovered at archaeological […] The post What Happened to South America’s Megafauna? appeared first on Archaeology Magazine. News, Argentina, Chile, extinction, hunter gatherer, Ice Age, megafauna, Pleistocene, South America, Uruguay
John Bell Hood (1831-1879) was a Confederate general during the American Civil War (1861-1865). Known for his aggressive style of leadership, he initially led the famous Texas Brigade in the Army of Northern Virginia before being promoted to division command and, ultimately, to the command of the Army of Tennessee in the western theater. He was severely wounded several times, losing the use of his...
The norns were supernatural female entities responsible for the fates of all living beings in Viking Age Scandinavia. Associated with Yggdrasil, the world tree and central element of the nine realms of Norse cosmology, the norns are not active agents in the stories of Odin, Thor, and Loki. Instead, they linger in the shadowy background of the Viking Age imagination as implacable manifestations of...
The Invention of Microbiology JamesHoare Mon, 10/06/2025 - 08:13