Around the World July/August 2021
ENGLAND
Around the World July/August 2020
ENGLAND
Around the World May/June 2020
ENGLAND
Around the World January/February 2020
ENGLAND
Artifacts July/August 2012
Anglo-Saxon Pectoral
Around the World July/August 2012
England
Digs & Discoveries July/August 2012
V-2 Rocket from the Muck
Artifacts March/April 2012
Silver Viking Coin
Part of a hoard of more than 200 silver artifacts, this coin tells a surprisingly complete story about kingship at a time when Vikings from Scandinavia vied with the resident Anglo-Saxons for control of northwest England.
Digs & Discoveries March/April 2012
Rock Art Goes Rotten
Steve Jones, founding guitarist of the seminal punk band The Sex Pistols, squatted at 6 Denmark Street in London's West End, once home to a silversmith. Archaeologists interested in the history of antiestablishment, working-class punk music and culture have documented drawings on walls there by Sex Pistols member John Lydon (a.k.a. Johnny Rotten) in the 1970s.
Digs & Discoveries March/April 2012
The Vikings' Crystal Compass?
A transparent calcite crystal found 30 years ago on a ship that sank in the English Channel in 1592 could help explain how Vikings were able to sail from Norway to North America 1,000 years ago without magnetic compasses.
