Weekend Link Dump

 

"The Witches' Cove," Follower of Jan Mandijn

This week's Link Dump is hosted by a medieval cat who personifies the true Strange Company Spirit.

Rock art from a mysterious ancient civilization.

A burial ground with an eclectic clientele.

Yet another murder done to avoid a marriage.

Some Viking jewelry was mysteriously left at a museum.

The world's oldest papyrus and the Great Pyramid.

The patron saints of mice, cats, and thunderstorms.

War in the Mariana Islands.

Mensur: the sport for people who want to feel like they've been put through a paper shredder.

The birth of "kitchen sink realism."

Considering what the world's been like lately, I think this has already happened.

Thanks to the heat, Chatsworth's historic gardens have made something of a comeback.

The American Civil War's first civilian casualty.

A magic mirror that contains a hidden image.

I'm interested in food history, so I enjoyed watching how to prepare dinner, 1807 style.  (And it will give you a fresh appreciation for modern kitchens.)

  

Some unusual medieval burials.

A cat's dog days.

An April Fool's prank involving a volcano.

When newspapers had "society pages."

How a lost hammer led to the discovery of Roman treasure.

A strangely famous bathtub.

There is an Antiquities Theft Task Force, which is a pretty cool thing to put on a business card.

The U.S. Navy's first major victory.

How vintage newspapers covered astrology.

The link between cheese and witchcraft.  There is definitely something magical about a really good mac & cheese.

New York's deadly heat wave of 1911.

The Lava Lake murders.

I don't know why scientists are surprised to learn that bees are really smart.  But, then, I've noticed that a lot of scientists wouldn't know common sense if it hit them over the head with a two-by-four.

I confess my unpopular true-crime opinion: I don't think Constance Kent was guilty.

The dark side of Yellowstone National Park.

An artistic undertaker.

Why ships are often painted red on the bottom.

The birth of Atlantic City.

A British officer in late 19th century Sudan.

The sudden fall of Protector Richard Cromwell in 1659.

A husband and wife suffer mysterious deaths.

A modern history of the Loch Ness Monster.

A modern history of plane hijackings.

The Great Smog of London.

Budget beauty tips from the 1960s.

The Ghost Dance ceremony.

How the phrase "weak in the knees" originated.

The history of nutmeg.

That's it for this week!  See you on Monday, when we'll look at a historical forgery case involving Alexandre Dumas and Edgar Allan Poe.  In the meantime, here's a song from the late 1960s that is so...late 1960s.