Bronze box shaped like a temple found in Romania

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

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

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

A group of at least 15 wooden writing tablets has been discovered in ancient wells at Izernore, eastern France. The tablets and other rare organic remains were beautifully preserved thanks to the waterlogged environment and low light and oxygen levels of the wells. Four Roman-era wells were excavated in 2020 by the French National Institute … Read the full post →"Wood writing tablets found in Roman wells"

An engraved marble panel found at the ancient site of Sagalassos in in southwestern Turkey contains a unique example of Egyptian religious iconography never before found outside of Egypt. It was found in a Roman-era bathhouse, not a temple, and there is no evidence that Egyptian deities were worshipped in Sagalassos. They appear to have … Read the full post →"Egyptian gods used as decoration in Sagalassos"

The Oseberg Ship, the best-preserved Viking longship in existence, has moved for the first time since it was installed in the Oslo’s Viking Ship Museum 99 years ago. It took 10 hours to travel 100 meters (328 feet), and that’s not counting more than a decade of research, funding battles, engineering innovations and construction that … Read the full post →"Oseberg Viking longship on the move!" Medieval, Museums