Picture of the Week #801
Updated: 2024-03-31 19:00:40
Abbey Gardens, Bury St Edmunds, England. Photo May 2015. The tulips and colors felt right for an Easter post. 🙂 Continue reading
Ancient agora of Abakainon found in Sicily
Updated: 2024-03-31 09:05:22
The remains of an imposing Greco-Roman era public structure have been unearthed in the small village of Tripi, in the Messina area of northeast Sicily. The stone block construction and a terrace identify the structure as the stoa, the open passage between colonnades that overlooked the agora, the political and commercial center of the Greek … Read the full post →"Ancient agora of Abakainon found in Sicily"Upcoming Books, Exhibitions, and Events for April 2024
Updated: 2024-03-31 00:21:24After preparing for the arrival of April 2024 for years now, it’s hard to believe it’s actually finally here! (For those of you who might be new here, my job is in astronomy and I’m in Texas, so we’re the bullseye for the total solar eclipse coming up on the... Continue readingOldest copper axe in Poland found
Updated: 2024-03-30 08:07:09
A copper axe dating to the 4th-3rd millennium B.C. is the oldest ever discovered in Poland. It may be the oldest copper artifact ever found in Poland. It was found last August at a metal detectorist rally in the town of Matcze in southeastern Poland near the border with Ukraine. The rally was done with … Read the full post →"Oldest copper axe in Poland found"Head of Apollo joins Hercules in Philippi
Updated: 2024-03-29 08:07:54
A laureate head of Apollo from the 2nd or early 3rd century has been unearthed in the Greek city of Philippi. It was found in the 2023 excavation season at the intersection of the Decumanus (the main southern axis of the city) and the Egnatia (the northern axis) where the larger-than-life statue of the young … Read the full post →"Head of Apollo joins Hercules in Philippi"4,500-year-old burial found in prison sewer construction
Updated: 2024-03-28 06:52:11
An archaeological dig at the site of a sewer for a new prison currently being built in Full Sutton, East Yorkshire, has unearthed a 4,500-year-old grave and funerary monument. The individual was buried in the crouched position (knees bent and drawn up towards the chest) in a pit grave surrounded by a ring ditch and … Read the full post →"4,500-year-old burial found in prison sewer construction"Ruby Slippers theft saga: now with revenge porn
Updated: 2024-03-27 04:01:00
The saga of the Ruby Slippers stolen from the Judy Garland Museum in Grand Rapids, Minnesota, in 2005 has just gotten even weirder. First 76-year-old Terry Martin admitted to the theft and said in his plea agreement that he thought the shoes were festooned with real rubies rather than sequins and glass beads. Now a … Read the full post →"Ruby Slippers theft saga: now with revenge porn"Picture of the Week #800
Updated: 2024-03-24 19:29:42Gardens of Oxburgh Hall. Photo May 2015. A springtime photo to celebrate the arrival of springtime! (in the northern hemisphere, that is) Continue readingPicture of the Week #799
Updated: 2024-03-17 20:28:14Wax figure of Henry VIII at the Bosworth Battlefield Museum. Photo May 2015. Since I haven’t been to Ireland (YET – I hope to change that in the next 5-ish years), I didn’t have much that was appropriate for St. Patrick’s Day, so here’s a waxwork Henry VIII in a... Continue readingPicture of the Week #798
Updated: 2024-03-10 20:50:44Another view of the garden center area at Castle Acre Priory. Photo May 2015. If I had all the time and money (and energy) in the world this is what I would do with my backyard. Continue readingUpcoming Books, Exhibitions, and Events for March 2024
Updated: 2024-03-03 22:03:02Sorry this is a little late, I worked three late nights and Saturday the week before last and I just didn’t have the energy to do much last Sunday. We’re in the middle of our typical spring semester busy stretch at work, but this time with the build-up to the... Continue readingPicture of the Week #797
Updated: 2024-03-03 22:01:43John of Gaunt’s Great Hall at Kenilworth Castle. Photo May 2015. Continue reading