Welcome to the Link Dump! Our host for this week is "Jimmy on the veranda," 1890.
I don't know anything more about Jimmy, but I like him.
The graffiti of Pompeii.
The woman who tried to assassinate George III.
In which we learn that South American chickens are weird.
The possible secret tunnels under the Giza pyramids.
The oldest known pieces of sewn clothing.
The evolving meanings of the word "cool."
Some skin care tips for your next trip to Antarctica.
Don't look now, but scientists are sniffing mummies. To each their own.
The Case of the Missing Megaflood.
Why you might not want to attend a Neolithic party.
"Death" is a more complex process than we thought.
The birth of an 18th century ghost.
The restoration of a gunboat.
Some heroic cats from the past.
Fashionable tombstones on the cheap!
A wealthy Iron Age woman's burial.
The murky origins of "Yankee Doodle."
The Regency elite sure liked snuff.
A teenager's unsolved disappearance. Officially "unsolved," at least. It seems pretty clear what happened to the poor girl.
Thomas Jefferson, fossil hunter.
A murderous end to an ice skating party.
Unusual love stories from old newspapers.
The life of Geoffrey Chaucer's granddaughter.
That's all for this week! See you on Monday, when we'll hunt for some missing gold. In the meantime, I don't recall ever playing the Beach Boys on this blog, so here you go.
I've always liked King George III, and his reactions to being attacked merely reinforces my opinion. And of course he wasn't mad, but had a chemical imbalance, porphyria, I think. Of all the Hanoverian kings to go mad, it shouldn't have been the best of them. The stories of the heroic cats are heartwarming; I can see little Peter dragging himself out of the house after saving his family... Whether there was a sudden flood or a gradual filling, the creation of the Mediterranean Sea is an impressive tale. And yes, I too think it's clear what happened to Charlotte Loomis.
ReplyDeleteGeorge III was one of the few monarchs I’d like to have as a next door neighbor. As for his “insanity”…I wish I could remember the name of the book, but years ago I read a pretty convincing case that his “mental problems” were due to quack doctors dosing him with all sorts of hellbrews, possibly at the instigation of his heir, who was impatient to take power.
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