William "Box" Peel Jones' Escape From Slavery

SUTTON HOO, ENGLAND—The world-famous site of Sutton Hoo continues to reveal it secrets, according to […] The post Mystery of Sutton Hoo Bucket Solved appeared first on Archaeology Magazine.

Jane Johnson (circa 1814/1827-1872) and her two young sons, Daniel and Isaiah, were slaves of one John Hill Wheeler of North Carolina, who brought them north to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on his way

The U-boat, short for Unterseeboot (undersea boat), was the name for submarines used by the German Navy during the First World War (1914-18) and Second World War (1939-45). In the two Battles of the A

Execution of the Thief-Taker General JamesHoare Wed, 05/21/2025 - 09:15

Nasser, Suez, and the Muslim Brotherhood JamesHoare Wed, 05/21/2025 - 09:14

After more than 10 years of excavation, investigation and study, the megaliths of the Neolithic tomb on Küsterberg hill near the city of Haldensleben in central Germany, have been reconstructed as th

TURPAN, CHINA—According to the Greek Reporter, Chinese archaeologists identified a large-scale 2,000-year-old necropolis near the […] The post More Than 200 Burial Mounds Found at Site Near Si

MAIDEN CASTLE, ENGLAND—In the 1930s, British archaeologists Tessa and Mortimer Wheeler discovered a grisly cemetery […] The post New Research Revises Story of Maiden Castle Cemetery appeared f

MANITOWOC, WISCONSIN—Popular Science reports that a Wisconsin fisherman happened upon the wreck of the legendary […] The post Wreck of Legendary Tugboat Identified in Lake Michigan appeared fi

Medieval Fogge: In Defence of the Middle Ages JamesHoare Tue, 05/20/2025 - 09:14

A rare gilded Anglo-Saxon cross that may have belonged to a church leader has been acquired by the Leeds Museums and Galleries. The cross is was made of solid silver completely covered with a thin lay

The Victorians, Creation, and the Dinosaur Problem JamesHoare Tue, 05/20/2025 - 08:00

TEL MEGIDDO, ISRAEL—According to the Greek Reporter, mysterious pig remains buried at the site of […] The post Evidence of Roman Soldiers' Pig Sacrifice Identified in Israel appeared first on

HAMBURG, GERMANY—Workers unearthed 30 Late Bronze Age funerary urns during installation of a drainage channel […] The post Bronze Age Urnfield Necropolis Discovered on German Road appeared fir

PAROS, GREECE—In ancient Greece, marble from the Cycladic island of Paros was a much sought-after […] The post Greek Sculpture Workshop Uncovered in Paros appeared first on Archaeology Magazin

Roman women faced legal, ideological, and cultural limitations in several areas of their lives; deep-rooted traditions regarding the role of women in the Roman world resulted in pre-conceived views wh

‘Hitler’s Deserters’ by Douglas Carl Peifer review JamesHoare Mon, 05/19/2025 - 09:01

Philostratuss Heroikos, composed during the flourishing of the Second Sophistic, stands as a deeply layered literary and cultural artifact of the Roman Empire in the Severan period. Aitken and Maclean