The image was chosen as the winner of the CWA Photo of the Year 2023 Competition (sponsored by Ace Cultural Tours).…
David Porter on Military History's doomed inventions.…
Most books about the Second World War include only black-and-white photographs, and these are often sketchy or blurred. Some are even staged pieces of propaganda. Colour photography was not unknown at the time, of course, but it was immensely expensive and therefore rarely used. Artists with historical leanings have long…
In this picture, a conservator at the National Army Museum in London holds the skull of Marengo, the most famous of the horses that belonged to French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte. Named after Napoleon’s victory over the Austrian Empire at the Battle of Marengo in Italy on 14 June 1800, Marengo…
‘There are probably in Texas about as many revolvers as male adults,’ wrote one correspondent for The New York Times in 1854.…
Your views on issues raised in CA.…
In CA 373, we lamented the lack of a society ready to take on the task of managing the tercentenary of the death of Sir Christopher Wren. Fortunately, the Georgian Group has put on the mantle of chief co-ordinator of this year’s events. While Wren’s greatest works were designed in…
The coronation of Elizabeth II was broadcast live on 2 June 1953. Who provided the BBC TV commentary from inside the Abbey?…
The Stone of Destiny – an ancient symbol of the Scottish monarchy – has undergone extensive new analysis in preparation for its role in the Coronation of Charles III at Westminster Abbey. The Stone was taken by Edward I during the First Scottish War of Independence in 1296 and fitted…
The Scots borders have it all in terms of archaeological content. Within a discrete area, this column spans the Neolithic through to the post-medieval period…
This is a copper-alloy brooch that was discovered in East Lindsey, Lincolnshire, in March. It dates to the later Roman period, sometime during the 3rd century AD. The body of the lion is composed of one long, narrow plate with a short forelimb and elongated hindlimb, giving the impression that…
The word 'perfume' is derived from the Latin for what?…
The wealth of Croesus, King of Lydia, has gone down in legend. On a modern map, where would Lydia be found?…
She is a goddess of poetry, medicine, and blacksmithing, but there is no mention of the fire that becomes associated with her sainted counterpart.…
These same people would not hesitate to wear a scarab-ring taken off a dead man’s hand… Their objections – their opinions even – are an offence to science.…
Viewers of the Netflix competition series Blown Away will be familiar both with the mesmerising transformations that take place under extreme heat as glass is blown, shaped, and decorated, and with the Corning Museum of Glass in upstate New York, which provides a residency to the winner of the series.…
Do you recognise where in Egypt this photograph was taken?…
Your thoughts on issues raised by the magazine, plus what’s coming up in future issues. Email the Editor: peter@ancientegyptmagazine.com with your comments.…
A bite from which creature is thought to have killed the boy king Tutankhamun?…
A scientific approach to the study of ancient Egyptian mummies.…
In this issue, Dr Campbell Price describes an intriguing Predynastic artefact in the Brooklyn Museum.…