Archeology passes the two month point

[e_bourne]

Their tiny, blind, and kind of adorable. Who knew moles were also archaeologists?  This article comes with bonus, obscure Jacobean toast you can use at your next party to amaze your friends and family.

17th century town in New Berwick, Maine. Nice discoveries, and some interesting history.

More on the "Jonah" ossuary in Jerusalem. The quality of

Comments

[shelly_rae]

Cool! I'm liking the Mary Beard stuff on gladiators. I always thought they were more spectacle than sport. Thanks!
Anon

[e_bourne]

I'm glad you're enjoying it. I'm very fond of Mary Beard and have a couple of her books. I would very much like to see the whole series, which I suspect will eventually end up on Youtube.

[scarlettina]

Every time you make one of these posts, I lose, like, an hour or more reading through the links. I love it.

The story of the Civil War photograph and its follow-up is especially good, and fascinated me both as a history enthusiast and as an amateur genealogist. Wonderful stuff!

And that piece about the Samaritans? Awesome.

OK, really, I need to stop and get in the shower now....

[e_bourne]

I thought both of those might pique your interest. :) I admit, reading the piece on the Samaritans was a huge reminder to me -- Oh yea, the Samaritans! How little mention they get these days. And the work on that photo was amazing from all sorts of standpoints indeed.