London 2012 July/August 2012
A 19th-century Speed Boat
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.
Around the World March/April 2012
ENGLAND
Digs & Discoveries January/February 2012
The Precious
Around the World September 1, 2011
ENGLAND
Around the World July 1, 2011
ENGLAND
The man was hanged and decapitated between 673 and 482 B.C. All his soft tissues then decomposed except—seemingly in defiance of biology and chemistry—his brain.
Features May 1, 2011
London's Air-Raid Shelters and Lost Homes
During the Spanish Civil War, German and Italian forces had used aerial bombing raids to aid Francisco Franco's Nationalist side. In the run-up to WWII, British officials were frightened by the prospect of those very same tactics, so the U.K. passed legislation to begin digging air-raid shelters.
Features May 1, 2011
World War II Aircraft Crash Sites
In World War I, planes were primarily used for reconnaissance missions—though early dogfights took place between aircraft outfitted with machine guns. In World War II, in addition to recon and air fights, aerial bombing was a major activity.
