Archive for the ‘ Battle Field Archaeology ’ Category
Interesting article from The Voice of Russia. I have a few comments below the article. Secrets of the Stalingrad Conveys. A unique underwater search expedition, “The Secrets of the Stalingrad Convoys”, has been completed on the Volga River. It was dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the beginning of the Battle of Stalingrad. A team [ READ MORE ]
As a kid, I and my friends who were interested in World War 2 were enthralled and excited when the movie The Battle of Britain came out. I recall going to public library in order to read up on the time period when Britain stood virtually alone against the Nazis. The out numbered but never [ READ MORE ]
This link has to do with Battlefield Archaeology. It deals with an unknown incident during the War of 1812. In fact, the War of 1812 is relatively unknown even in the US where it was fought. It’s a bigger deal in Canada since the US took the opportunity to invade Canada. The attempt was a disaster. [ READ MORE ]
They found my V2! Pensioner who told police when he saw Hitler’s rocket drop into the sea is vindicated as warhead is found intact in mudfield | Mail Online. I read about this in a Brit newspaper. If you do not know what a V2 was check out the video. After the war the Americans [ READ MORE ]
I was checking out my favorite WW2 picture website and came across the below picture. I posted it because I recently posted a couple of other pictures relating to the Australian armed forces in WW2. This picture is interesting to me because two of the soldiers are armed with the Enfield, the standard rifle issued [ READ MORE ]
A fellow blogger sent me this link to YouTube. A FW 190 in pretty good shape was found in a Russian forest. Interesting battlefield archaeology. FW 190 found Here’s a pic of some FW-190′s waiting to take off somewhere in Russia. Here is some more information on the FW-190 featured in the above video. The [ READ MORE ]
First Legion, 60mm Roman Centurion To the left is a picture from the First Legion website of the latest addition to my miniatures collection. It was a Christmas gift my son and daughter-in-law. My other Roman figures from the period represented are from King and Country and they are fine figures, but frankly this Centurion [ READ MORE ]
One of the more interesting Facebook posts I get is from the Centre for BattleField Archaeology out of the University of Glasgow. It’s a Scots\Brit outfit that reports on what is being found in battlefield digs around the world. They have a nifty FB page that feeds me updates. Today the Centre provided a link [ READ MORE ]
Here’s an interesting link about a Christian artifact found in Jerusalem. It dates to the Byzantine era. The Byzantines (or “Rum” meaning Roman as they called themselves) held Palestine and Jerusalem until 614 A.D. when it fell to the Sassanid Persians. The Persians (modern Iran) were not Moslems at this time. They practiced a religion [ READ MORE ]
Israelis link ancient sword to fall of Herod’s temple —JERUSALEM — Israeli archaeologists have discovered a Roman sword from the time of the destruction of the second Jewish temple in 70 AD, ——officials said on Monday as Jews prepared to mourn the anniversary. —The Israel Antiquities Authority said that the 60-centimetre (23.6-inch) long weapon and [ READ MORE ]
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