Through the Lens of Legend: The Truth Behind Capa’s ‘Magnificent 11’ D-Day Photos
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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
Read Your Way Along the Silk Roads
Thursday 26th September marks the beginning of the Silk Roads exhibition at The British Museum. To tie in with this event, we’ve put together a sensational selection of books on silk and the Silk Roads. These six volumes, all available at special prices, will help you weave your way from East to West, gaining insight… Read More »Read Your Way Along the Silk Roads
A Winning Reading List for the Paris 2024 Olympics
Happy Olympic Games! Are you ready to run rings around the season of sports? Mark the lighting of the torch with this Olympian collection of titles on the history and ever-enduring ethos of the Games and the Herculean athletes at the heart of them.
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
Reading the Rainbow: 18 Essential Books by LGBTQIA+ Authors
Still trying to find your Pride? Look no further than this list of vividly penned publications from LGBTQIA+ authors about Queer life and love.
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