Miniature Bronze Warship Decorated Walls of Lavish Roman Villa

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

SEDDIN, GERMANY—Archaeologists knew that during the Late Bronze Age, northern Germany was well-connected to broad […] The post Late Bronze Age Foreign Elites Settled in Northern Germany appeared first on Archaeology Magazine. News, burial mounds, elite, foreigners, Germany, Late Bronze Age, Seddin, strontium analysis

BAILEYS HARBOR, WISCONSIN—For decades, shipwreck searchers scoured the depths of Lake Michigan off Wisconsin’s Door […] The post Searchers Finally Locate Wreck of Great Lakes "Ghost Ship" appeared first on Archaeology Magazine. News, Bailey's Harbor, Door Pennisula, F.J. King, Lake Michigan, schooner, shipwreck, Wisconsin

The 13-day siege and Battle of the Alamo, 23 February to 6 March 1836, is among the most famous in American history, but, like any such event, it has inspired several myths, many accepted as historical fact. Disney's Davy Crockett miniseries (1954-1955), especially Davy Crockett at the Alamo, and John Wayne's full-length feature film The Alamo (1960) popularized many of these myths as they were...

The game of chess has a particularly long and fascinating history of more than 1500 years. Over the centuries, there have also been hundreds of different chess variants, all of which incorporate the fundamental distinguishing feature of standard chess: the explicit individuation of different types of pieces with different values and movements to be jointly manipulated by each player towards the...

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A number of small ritual figures dating back 4,500 years have been discovered at the Tavşanlı Mound in western Anatolia. The idols are made of diverse materials, including marble, bone and terracotta, and shed new light on the religion of Bronze Age Anatolia and on sculpture production techniques. The team unearthed seven of the idols, … Read the full post →"Bronze Age idols found in western Anatolia"

ROME, ITALY—Over the past several years, as teams of Roman workers have tunneled through the […] The post Objects Linked to Renaissance Pope Unearthed During Subway Construction appeared first on Archaeology Magazine. News, Italy, medal, Palazzetto, Piazza Venezia, Pope Paul II, renaissance, Rome, subway

RIGA, LATVIA—Stone tools, especially items such as blades and projectile points, have long been associated […] The post New Study Challenges Stereotypes of Mesolithic Women appeared first on Archaeology Magazine. News, burials, gender roles, Latvia, Riga, stereotypes, Stone Age, stone tools, Zvejnieki

WARSAW, POLAND—Notes from Poland reports that architectural elements from a once-splendid Polish royal villa were […] The post Sections of Lost Polish Royal Palace Rescued from River Bottom appeared first on Archaeology Magazine. News, arcade, arch, palace, Poland, Sweden, Vistula River, Warsaw, Wladyslaw IV