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| "The Witches' Cove," Follower of Jan Mandijn |
Welcome to this week's Link Dump!
In which we find that summer road trip the Strange Company HQ staffers are taking is going about as expected.
Who the hell was "Georgio?"
A medieval woman was buried with a bunch of Spanish monks, and archaeologists are confused.
A brief history of UK allotments.
Meet John Edward Tinkler, book thief.
What an Egyptian port tells us about ancient history.
A fatal 18th century parachute jump.
A very weird rock in the Mojave Desert.
The "9 Days' Queen."
A Neanderthal child with Down's Syndrome.
Scientists have created a smiling robot face made from human skin cells, and it's even more horrifying than you'd imagine.
Wine and the 1906 San Francisco earthquake.
Coffee and the American Civil War.
19th century "burial societies."
The youngest winner of the Ladies Singles Championship at Wimbledon.
The oldest known burial site wasn't created by humans.
It turns out that apes know how to self-medicate.
Water freezing is more complicated than you might think.
Playing the etymology card.
Remembering a Victorian philanthropist.
The 1924 Democratic National Convention was a hot mess.
A brief history of summer camps.
An Ibadhi scholar and statesman.
Georgian-era table etiquette.
"Perkin Warbeck" and Lady Katherine Gordon.
Princess Elizabeth in WWII Britain.
Flirtation leads to a murder.
Yet another story about a hiker's mysterious disappearance.
Some vintage "Cries of London."
Leadership debates in 18th century Britain.
That wraps things up for this week! See you on Monday, when we'll hear a Greenland ghost story. In the meantime, here's one impressive pipe organ.
Fie upon Moriarty! Dr. Quartz was there first http://jessnevins.com/pulp/pulpq/quartz.html
ReplyDeleteWhat a remarkable story about Berenike, the ancient port of the Red Sea. What a place it must have been. But I don't think the story explained where they got their water from. Was it transported in? Brought by ship?
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