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Fury And Ice: The Role of Top Secret Allied Codebreaking in the Battle for Greenland
Featured photo: Members of the US Coast Guard disembark on Greenland’s icy east coast in bid to track down German weather forecasters (via National Archives). By Peter Harmsen | 4 min read In the summer of 1940, Royal Navy Intelligence Officer Edward Thomas was dispatched to Iceland as part of a British force occupying the… Read More »Fury And Ice: The Role of Top Secret Allied Codebreaking in the Battle for Greenland
Fortress Britain 1940: 10 Fascinating Facts About Britain’s Defence Strategies During WWII
By Casemate Marketing Team | 4 min read Throughout history, Britain’s experience of war has been very different from that of its European mainland neighbours. The nature of the continent of Europe means that an expected part of any war has always been that armies will cross borders. However, the island nation of Britain has… Read More »Fortress Britain 1940: 10 Fascinating Facts About Britain’s Defence Strategies During WWII
What you didn’t know about the Cerne Abbas Giant
Top 10 facts about the Rude Man of Dorset! As a result of National Trust excavations in 2020, and the subsequent geophysical, land snail and auger surveys in 2023 and 2024, we have learnt much more about the Rude Man of Dorset, otherwise known as the Cerne Abbas Giant. In this blog, Michael J. Allen,… Read More »What you didn’t know about the Cerne Abbas Giant
The Real Treasure of Tutankhamun
Uncovering a Wealth of Information Using Everyday Objects The tomb of Tutankhamun, opened up by Howard Carter and his team in November 1922, is the only “essentially intact” pharaoh’s tomb to have been found. However the glittering golden artefacts discovered within this royal resting place may have blinded people to the importance of the scientific… Read More »The Real Treasure of Tutankhamun
The Symbolic Animal
Here is your sign to learn more about what makes humans ‘symbolic animals’. In this blog, Guido Guarducci, co-editor of Archaeology of Symbols, explores the ways in which people have used symbols throughout history, and continue to do so today, highlighting how this can increase our knowledge of our past. By Guido Guarducci | 2.5… Read More »The Symbolic Animal
The Hart of the Matter
Exploring deer parks: our oldest and wildest gardens From art and literature, to royal emblems, to your local pub, the white hart has leapt and gambolled across British history, taking shelter under the ancient trees of deer parks. As part of our National Gardening Day celebrations, John Fletcher, author of Gardens of Earthly Delight, explores… Read More »The Hart of the Matter
Bringing Past Invisible Economic Processes to Light
‘Reduce, Re-use, Recycle’. A much older concept than you might expect… In this blog, Julia Steding sheds light on what sustainable practices can tell us about past societies, revealing some of the surprising ways in which objects were kept in the economic cycle, and encouraging a shift in research agendas. By Julia Steding, co-editor of… Read More »Bringing Past Invisible Economic Processes to Light
#FindYourVoice: Revolutionary Rhetoric for International Women’s Day
Today’s blog is an ode to the women who have wielded pens, megaphones, and shared secrets to build communities and fight injustice. #FindYourVoice in these 11 volumes that turn up the volume on subversive women brandishing language and rhetoric like blades.