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.
I usually learn interesting things with Strange Company. The 'ghost rockets' over Finland and Sweden (I strongly suspect Soviet missile tests of unarmed rockets) showed me that 'spook' comes from 'spÖk', Swedish for 'ghost'... Pictures of long-lost cities make me sad. 'Vanished London' probably had much that needed bettering (eg. sanitation) but too much of it was sacrificed for pure modernity, not necessarily improvement. Agnes de Frowyk was one capable woman, and probably not all that rare. And what an undignified end for an artillery shell...
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