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A detail of the Battersea Shield, a bronze covering once attached to a wood or leather backing. The red elements are glass paste. Likely made in Britain, 350-50 BCE. (British Museum, London)

The bronze Witham Shield from Celtic Britain. It measures 1.09 metres (43 in) in length and 34.5 centimetres (13.5 in) in width. Originally, it would have been attached to a wood or leather backing. The central boss has red coral...

A detail of the bronze Witham Shield showing the central boss with its red coral and repoussé decoration. Britain, 400-300 BCE. (British Museum, London)

Gold shield with the head of god Sebiumeker. From the treasure of the Nubian queen Amanishakheto, pyramid N6, Meroe, modern-day northern Sudan. Meroitic period, around 1 CE. (State Museum of Egyptian Art, Munich, Germany...

The bronze Chertsey Shield was discovered accidentally in 1985 in a silted-up channel of the River Thames in Abbey Meads, Surrey, England. It was made in the period 400-250 BCE. It measures 83.6 cm (33 in) in height and 46.8 cm...

The gold wreath and ceremonial shield from the main chamber of Tomb II, in Aigai (Vergina). From Unearthing the Family of Alexander the Great. Grant (2019). Used with permission from Pen & Sword Books.

Lombard Horseman Shield Mount from an elite burial in Stabio (Ticino), gilded sheet bronze, now in Historical Museum of Bern.

The Thames Tunnel was completed in 1843 and connects the two banks of the River Thames at Rotherhithe and Wapping in London. The 20-year project was masterminded by Marc Isambard Brunel (1769-1849) and was both the first tunnel...

From the sagas, the most famous type of female Viking warrior was the shield maiden who took up arms and fought side by side in battle with the men. Mirroring them in the spiritual world...

Thrand and Marquez reply to Demomanchoas, critics and skeptical viewers by redoing the barrel test the way Thrand had originally wanted. So sit back grab an ale or mead and enjoy this...