Welcome to this week's Link Dump!
Come in from the cold!
Photos of a vanished London.
The long bond between humans and dogs.
The dangers of wooden derelicts.
News flash: Medieval people drank water.
A medieval tiger mom.
The stories of WWII war brides.
How the days of the week got their names.
The latest research into near-death experiences.
A story of canine survival in Antarctica.
The (unpleasant) last moments of a dinosaur.
All I can say is, people get themselves into the damnedest situations.
Skeletons as merchandise.
When Afghanistan was a "crossroad of the ancient world."
The 100th anniversary of the Harlem Globetrotters.
A woman's journey to the gallows.
"Wilful murder" in an Oxford college.
The busy career of an early Tudor-era figure.
New evidence about Easter Island.
"Ghost rockets" in Scandinavia.
A murder that probably wasn't.
Bumblebees and Morse Code.
Possible evidence for Biblical giants.
The lavish grave of a Neolithic teenager who was killed by a bear.
So now scientists are studying roadkill.
The life of George Sand.
That's a wrap for this week! See you on Monday, when we'll look at a kidnapping/missing persons case. In the meantime, here's some 17th century dance music.
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