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| "The Witches' Cove," Follower of Jan Mandijn |
Welcome to this week's Link Dump!
Feel free to relax in the Strange Company HQ gardens while you read.
Medieval water supply systems.
The Women's Auxiliary Air Force.
A case of insane (and homicidal) jealousy.
Perfectly preserved glass from an ancient Roman shipwreck.
If you want to eat like a 19th century lumberjack, I hope you like baked beans.
A remarkable Neolithic bead necklace.
The famed highwayman (and escape artist) Jack Sheppard.
The rescue of a child from a well.
1782 was quite a year for HMS Hector.
The 18th century fake chess-playing machine.
19th century science explains whether you are harmless or vicious.
Some new discoveries on the Antikythera wreck.
A literary hit job. The 19th century had a lot of those.
The world's fanciest public restroom. Eh, it's a bit busy for my taste.
A lost Egyptian city has been found underwater.
One of WWI's most daring naval raids.
Capturing the scent of rain.
Secret commandos of WWII.
A child born to two different ancient human species.
That time New York's Central Park opened a dinosaur museum. And then things got weird.
The first nuclear bomber.
The days when sailors brought the world home.
Five scientists who were destroyed by science.
A "dead" child comes back to life in the nick of time.
The life of Maria Rasputin.
The Cleveland Street Scandal in contemporary newspapers.
More phony history is being shared on social media.
A brief history of back to school shopping.
Life in a 19th century British fort in India.
Daniel Defoe spent a lot of time in the pillory.
Werewolves of ̶L̶o̶n̶d̶o̶n̶ Kyiv.
A historic American church.
In search of fairy sightings.
The days of professional ice harvesters.
In praise of pickles on a stick.
The controversial death of Warren Harding.
Fake luxury items from ancient Greece.
A tour of Göbekli Tepe.
A tour of St. Botolph's Church Hall.
The murder of a Missouri hermit.
The world's strongest giant.
Edward Shuter and the tavern rats.
The specialness of "especially."
One of America's first botanical gardens.
A look at skeleton lovers.
The evolution of battlefield casualty evacuation.
That's all for this week! See you on Monday, when we'll look at a particularly intriguing UFO encounter. In the meantime, I'm betting you've never heard an Eagles cover quite like this.
Excellent articles again! Reading about the WAAF reminded me of my mother: she was a driver in the RCAF's Women's Division (which, as the title implies) was as much an integral part of the force as any other. On the obliquely related topic of battlefield evacuation, it's generally given that the better and faster your treatment of wounded, the better your morale, and thus the better your soldier. It may be interesting to study the correlation of battlefield wound treatment with military success. And it may be better for Harding to have died when he did, than after all the corruption of his administration became public knowledge... And I look forward to relaxing in the Strange Company gardens, assuming I won't mysteriously vanish, be struck by a comet or end up as a victim of irony in some way...
ReplyDeleteA classic collection today. I loved the story of Rasputin's daughter. What an indomitable survivor.
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