This is an interesting map depicting the routes followed by the most renowned explorers of the Ancient World.
Phoenician, Greek, Punic, Egyptian, Persian and other ‘pathfinders’ or More
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16/03/2022
Uncategorized Africa, Albion, Britain, Cameroon, Carthage, Egypt, Egyptians, Explorers of the Ancient World, Greece, Greeks, Persia, Persians, Phoenicians, Scythians Leave a comment
This is an interesting map depicting the routes followed by the most renowned explorers of the Ancient World.
Phoenician, Greek, Punic, Egyptian, Persian and other ‘pathfinders’ or More
22/11/2021
Uncategorized Ancient warfare, Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Saxons, Britain Leave a comment
Republication from the UNIVERSITY OF READING
Spearheads and bronze vessels found among other items.
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Archaeologists have uncovered a warrior burial in Berkshire that could change historians’ understanding of southern Britain in the early Anglo-Saxon era.
The burial, on a hilltop site near with commanding views over the surrounding Thames valley, must be of 6th century AD, archaeologists from the University of Reading believe.
The ‘Marlow Warlord’ was a commanding, six-foot-tall man, buried alongside an array of expensive luxuries and weapons, including a sword in a decorated scabbard, spears, bronze and glass vessels, and other personal accoutrements.
07/11/2019
Uncategorized Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Saxons, Britain, Britannia, England, Great Britain, Prittlewell, United kingdom Leave a comment
Republication from Historic England
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Archaeologists have made exciting discoveries about the Prittlewell Anglo-Saxon princely burial in Essex.
Previously hidden secrets and insights into a high status burial in Prittlewell, Essex have been painstakingly reconstructed by a team of over 40 archaeological experts from Museum of London Archaeology (MOLA). The new research has been funded by Historic England and Southend-on-Sea Borough Council. It explores the nationally significant collection, including until now unidentified artefacts from the Anglo-Saxon burial chamber.
In 2003 archaeologists from MOLA excavated a small plot of land in Prittlewell, Essex. The discovery of a well-preserved burial chamber with rare and precious objects astounded them, but many of the burial chamber’s secrets lay concealed beneath centuries of earth and corrosion. Over the years since, as conservators and archaeological specialists carried out their meticulous work, the burial has slowly been giving up its secrets.
29/10/2019
Uncategorized Ancient warfare, Britain, Celtic, Celts, Europe, Great Britain, Iron age, Military, Military history, Military technology, Military topics, Shield, United kingdom, University of York Leave a comment
Republication from the University of York
Photo credit: University of York
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A unique bark shield, thought to have been constructed with wooden laths during the Iron Age, has provided new insight into the construction and design of prehistoric weaponry.
The only one of its kind ever found in Europe, the shield was found south of Leicester on the Everards Meadows site, in what is believed to have been a livestock watering hole.
22/09/2019
Uncategorized Anglo-Saxon, Britain, Britannia, British, Briton, England, English, medieval warfare, Military history, Military technology, Nordic, Scandinavian, Shield, United kingdom Leave a comment
Some time ago, I found this image of an Anglo-Saxon or Scandinavian heavy infantryman as it looks. The most interesting feature is his shield Design, so I chose to republish it. Most of his arms and armour are Scandinavian – and definitely the crow standart behind him – but most
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