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This article is the better part of three years old now, but I thought I'd let you all know that the same publisher is looking to tackle a new magazine -- Ancient History -- and has started a Kickstarter to assess the level of interest.

The link is here -- www.kickstarter.com/projects/1131885065/...94&mc_eid=063c4ccbef

There's a sample mini-magazine on the page that is likely worth the price of clicking all on its own.

I don't have a dog in this hunt but I'll tell you this, the quality of Ancient Warfare magazine has remained consistently high after years of publishing, and continues to feature serious bonafides after its author's names, names I recognize from well-respected books on the subject matters. Here's hoping Ancient History gets a chance to show itself worth the price of purchase.

Given the the dollar and the euro are just shy of 1-1 right now I'm picking up a big-ass discount on my subscription to Ancient Warfare. At this point I think I'll go back to paper copy.

S.

I love these types of magazines. I used to have a subscription to Military History magazine and it would always have stuff like this. Plus, the back sections had PBM (since e-mail didn't exist then) games and I was always really interested to try that out.

sagrilarus wrote:
The link is here -- www.kickstarter.com/projects/1131885065/...94&mc_eid=063c4ccbef

The first edition of Ancient History Magazine arrived at my door yesterday, and it's magnificent. My copy is autographed by the publishers (STRETCH GOOOOAL!) which is a lovely touch. But a quick thumb-through this morning over my Lucky Charms revealed some gorgeous artwork and about a dozen articles that I wanted to start right away. I stumbled across the map of the paths of ancient explorers (including one that goes all the way to Iceland . . . who knew? so that will be the first part I'll dive into tonight), but there is a lot of great material in this one.


The publisher wholesales through Barnes & Noble in the U.S. and I've seen Ancient Warfare Magazine at my local B&N, but I haven't seen its sister mags Medieval Warfare and Wargames, Soldiers & Strategy so it's not a guarantee they'll carry this one. They should, because this is a great high quality publisher and the subject matter is not heavily covered in periodicals.

S.

This is gorgeous and the preview article was pretty interesting, too. I think I'll subscribe.

Uh... what is their source for an explorer reaching Iceland? Do they give a date?

Norse settlers didn't reach Iceland until the 9th century, although there were possible Irish monks there beforehand according to written. I believe there hasn't been archaeological evidence to verify this, however.

sagrilarus wrote:

sagrilarus wrote:
The link is here -- www.kickstarter.com/projects/1131885065/...94&mc_eid=063c4ccbef

The first edition of Ancient History Magazine arrived at my door yesterday, and it's magnificent. My copy is autographed by the publishers (STRETCH GOOOOAL!) which is a lovely touch. But a quick thumb-through this morning over my Lucky Charms revealed some gorgeous artwork and about a dozen articles that I wanted to start right away. I stumbled across the map of the paths of ancient explorers (including one that goes all the way to Iceland . . . who knew? so that will be the first part I'll dive into tonight), but there is a lot of great material in this one.

The publisher wholesales through Barnes & Noble in the U.S. and I've seen Ancient Warfare Magazine at my local B&N, but I haven't seen its sister mags Medieval Warfare and Wargames, Soldiers & Strategy so it's not a guarantee they'll carry this one. They should, because this is a great high quality publisher and the subject matter is not heavily covered in periodicals.

S.

Haven't read it yet. I'll let you know. Caught me off guard as well.

I'll tell you this -- the people writing for the magazine have serious bonafides. It's worth reading my original article from 2012 to get an idea of the contributors.

Count Orlok wrote: Uh... what is their source for an explorer reaching Iceland? Do they give a date?

Norse settlers didn't reach Iceland until the 9th century, although there were possible Irish monks there beforehand according to written. I believe there hasn't been archaeological evidence to verify this, however.

sagrilarus wrote:

sagrilarus wrote:
The link is here -- www.kickstarter.com/projects/1131885065/...94&mc_eid=063c4ccbef

The first edition of Ancient History Magazine arrived at my door yesterday, and it's magnificent. My copy is autographed by the publishers (STRETCH GOOOOAL!) which is a lovely touch. But a quick thumb-through this morning over my Lucky Charms revealed some gorgeous artwork and about a dozen articles that I wanted to start right away. I stumbled across the map of the paths of ancient explorers (including one that goes all the way to Iceland . . . who knew? so that will be the first part I'll dive into tonight), but there is a lot of great material in this one.


The publisher wholesales through Barnes & Noble in the U.S. and I've seen Ancient Warfare Magazine at my local B&N, but I haven't seen its sister mags Medieval Warfare and Wargames, Soldiers & Strategy so it's not a guarantee they'll carry this one. They should, because this is a great high quality publisher and the subject matter is not heavily covered in periodicals.

S.

Pliny quotes Pytheas as saying that Thule was 6 days sail north of Britain and that one day sail from Thule lay a frozen sea. Pytheas was in The Orkneys at the time.

Strabo, quoting Polybisus says that Pytheas encountered a place where ' neither water, nor air exist separate, but a sort of concretion of all these...in which the earth, the sea and all things were suspended'.

He took a latitude measurement, on land, at 66 degrees latitude (calculated by Hipparchus) putting him at the northern tip of Iceland.

First half of the fourth century BC. All that information is distilled from the magazine.

Pytheas started his journey from Marseilles.