Welcome to this week’s Link Dump!
The Strange Company staffers are already feeling the Christmas spirit. Or something.
A question of royal legitimacy.
The royal history of some stolen sapphires.
A particularly interesting feature of some near-death experiences.
A new timeline for ancient Egypt.
Solving a Dead Sea Scrolls riddle.
A mysterious "lady in white" with a surprise for everyone.
An ancient undersea wall.
John Dee goes to college.
The train wreck that birthed the American subway system.
The life of Suleyman the Magnificent.
Aggie Underwood, crime reporter.
A look at some Christmas legends.
Tolkien didn't think much of automobiles.
On the need for imaginative archaeologists.
Why oranges are put in Christmas stockings.
Midwinter at Christ Church, Spitalfields.
You know how shoes with human feet in them keep turning up in the Pacific Northwest? Well...
That time when Andrew Jackson threw one hell of a cheese party.
A selection of gruesome Christmas gifts.
The origin of the Wars of the Roses.
Dr. Cream, the Lambeth Poisoner.
A very busy executioner.
The graffiti of Pompeii.
When Robert Louis Stevenson gave away his birthday.
The significance of a 3 million year old foot.
When you introduce a new calendar, things get complicated.
The letters of Jane Austen.
Inca's "hair records."
When dating a twin means double trouble.
The mysterious Newport Tower.
That's it for this week! See you on Monday, when we'll meet a particularly weird Welsh ghost. In the meantime, here's a striking version of a lovely Christmas song.
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