‘Fox-holes’ perhaps? Did snipers crouch in these to fire down on an enemy below? What were these little rings of rocks strategically …
Archaeology, History & Culture
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Archaeology, History & Culture
‘Woman with nails in both sides of skull’ – the Nanjing Massacre Memorial
by Mike Poleby Mike PoleArguably, the most shocking part of Iris Chang’s book ‘The Rape Of Nanking’, comes in its Epilogue. During my 12 months living …
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Archaeology, History & Culture
Nomadic Women’s Underwear – in Greek Tanais on the Russian Don
by Mike Poleby Mike PoleYou’ll see the chick with red and green silk bloomers at Tanais… The River Don is one of Europe’s big ones. Even …
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Archaeology, History & Culture
How to see the Porthole Dolmens of Russia’s Caucasus
by Mike Poleby Mike PoleTravelling in Russia last year I got a chance to see some of it’s famous prehistoric ‘Porthole Dolmens’. Now there is a …
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Archaeology, History & Culture
The Log Cabin at the Heart of St Petersburg, Russia
by Mike Poleby Mike PoleThe most famous ‘little log cabin in the woods’ is probably the one in which Abraham Lincoln grew up in Kentucky. It …
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When Emperor Constantine woke up on May 28, 1453, it would have been to the depressing thought that it was likely his last …
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Archaeology, History & Culture
(Both) Battles of Breitenfeld – a day’s walk near Leipzig
by Mike Poleby Mike PoleIt is a macabre thought that in these days of GIS and databases, someone could probably come up with a map of …
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Archaeology, History & Culture
Thinking Outside the Triangle – Polynesian Origins
by Mike Poleby Mike PoleNew Zealand school kids, at least when I was one, were taught to draw the Polynesian triangle. It has Hawaii at the …
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