On the Spot: Richard Butterwick-Pawlikowski

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

From 985 until sometime in the 1400s, Greenland was the farthest, most isolated outpost of medieval Scandinavian society. For nearly 500 years, the Norse Greenlanders built churches, kept livestock, and wore the same clothes as their contemporaries in faraway Europe. Then, for reasons that are still debated today, they vanished. The disappearance of the Norse Greenlanders apparently without anyone...

‘Peacemaker’ by Thant Myint-U review JamesHoare Tue, 10/21/2025 - 08:14

Bringing Down the Curtain on the Touring Theatre JamesHoare Tue, 10/21/2025 - 08:13

COPENHAGEN, DENMARK—According to a statement released by the University of Copenhagen, researchers led by Susanne […] The post Megalithic Structures Studied in Jordan appeared first on Archaeology Magazine. News, Early Bronze Age, Jordan, megalithic, Murayghat

COLUMBIA, MISSOURI—According to a statement released by the University of Missouri, a massive stone-lined basin […] The post Large Pool Discovered in Early Roman City appeared first on Archaeology Magazine. News, basin, Gabii, Italy, pool, Rome, water

LISMORE, AUSTRALIA—An international team of scientists suggests that human ancestors were periodically exposed to lead […] The post Lead Exposure May Have Influenced Human Evolution appeared first on Archaeology Magazine. News, evolution, hominin, lead

The Battle of Bentonville (19-21 March 1865) was among the last major battles of the American Civil War (1861-1865). Having cut swathes of destruction first through Georgia, then through South Carolina, Union Major General William Tecumseh Sherman next invaded North Carolina, with the goal of pushing up into Virginia to join forces with Ulysses S. Grant's army outside Richmond. The Confederates...

There was in Mercia in fairly recent times a certain vigorous king called Offa, who terrified all the neighbouring kings and provinces around him, said Bishop Asser, a Welsh monk, in the 9th century, describing the peak of the Mercian Supremacy when the Midland kingdom dominated England. This high point of Mercian power is the subject of Max Adamss latest book, The Mercian Chronicles: King Offa...

The Mongol Khans of Medieval France JamesHoare Mon, 10/20/2025 - 08:56

LJUBLJANA, SLOVENIA—Phys.org reports that four large, funnel-like hunting traps made up of stone walls leading […] The post Prehistoric Hunting Traps Discovered in Europe appeared first on Archaeology Magazine. News, Europe, hunting, Italy, Karst Plateau, prehistory, Slovenia

YEREVAN, ARMENIA—La Brújula Verde reports that Argishtikhinili, a 2,500-year-old Urartian fortress in western Armenia, is being […] The post Uratian Fortress Explored in the South Caucasus appeared first on Archaeology Magazine. News, Argishtikhinili, Armenia, Uratian

MARDIN, TURKEY—A 1,500-year-old mosaic has been found under an abandoned water mill in the Cag […] The post Mosaic Floor Uncovered in Southeastern Turkey appeared first on Archaeology Magazine. News, Mardin, mosaic, Turkey

The Yalta Conference of 4-11 February 1945 was a meeting of the 'Big Three' Allied leaders: President of the United States Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Russian Premier Joseph Stalin. The conference, held in the Livadia Palace in Yalta in Crimea, decided the fate of Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan after the expected and imminent Allied victory in the Second...

STONY BROOK, NEW YORK—According to a Science News report, a study of hand and wrist […] The post Fossil Study Suggests Early Hominid May Have Made Tools appeared first on Archaeology Magazine. News, fossil, hominid, hominin, P. boisei, Paranthropus boisei

COPENHAGEN, DENMARK—Archaeologist Hannes Schroeder and geneticist Anna White of the University of Copenhagen and their […] The post Neolithic Birch Bark Tar Analyzed appeared first on Archaeology Magazine. News, Alpine, birch bark tar, Europe, Neolithic

EXETER, ENGLAND—According to a statement released by the University of Exeter, traces of 76 stone […] The post Stone-Wall Hunting Traps Identified in Chile appeared first on Archaeology Magazine. News, Andes Mountains, chacu, Chile, vicuna

It all began with a farmer shooting at a 'something' in a field. Or it may have started from a dispute with a neighbor. Or it may have never happened at all. However it began, the legend of the Bell Witch has been a popular tale in the United States since the mid-19th century, and today, it attracts an international audience. The feature film An American Haunting (2005), though panned by critics...