Anglo-Saxon hoard found! This is just so very awesome. Look at the craftmanship (related article here).

And the BBC has a cool site showing what the particular pieces may be from a warrior's armor.

Just...the details and the metalwork are just amlkdlmk; *_____* And the questions this discovery raises omggg you guys I just want to do this for a ( Read more... )

Apologies to those who have bigbigtruck on their flist, because they're probably going to see this twice but Kate Beaton comics! HISTORY FRIENDS, COME GET COMICS.

Speaking of history, did anyone else watch the Frontline special Bush's War on PBS? Here's the website where you can watch the whole series online. It's like 4 1/2 hours long, though, but I think I ( Read more... )

( And all days that came after. Venice, London: walking on a fish-shaped city, island-hopping, plane delay from HELL, london-calling, beerfests and home again )

I DON'T WANT TO LEAAAAVE D: D: D: WHERE DID MY TWO-WEEK VACATION GO?

This is like Day 13, and I know I'm only Day 6 on the journal-updating thing, but we're skipping ahead because tomorrow is my last 'day' as in tube-jumping and spending lots of time in the airport and no I don't want to leaaaave D:. Did not go to Dover, instead went to Campden ( Read more... )