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Sep 30

Search for Egypt’s Nefertiti gains new momentum

Posted on Wednesday, September 30, 2015 in Links

Tutankhamun

A queen’s tomb may lay hidden behind King Tutankhamun’s final resting place

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Sep 26

William Shakespeare’s dodgy dealing father ‘helped to fund son’s plays’

Posted on Saturday, September 26, 2015 in Links

Playwright’s rags-to-riches story exposed as a myth by new research into Shakespeare family’s finances.

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Sep 26

Hoard of silver Roman coins unearthed near Norwich

Posted on Saturday, September 26, 2015 in Links

Roman silver coins

A hoard of silver coins dating back to Roman times is found in a village near Norwich.

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Sep 24

Ancient and modern: making 4,000-year-old music with a 21st-century twist

Posted on Thursday, September 24, 2015 in Links

Mesopotamian Stele

Asked if she fancied making ‘extreme early music’, Stef Conner couldn’t resist. Little did she realise how extreme. She explains how she has breathed life into a 4,000-year-old language

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Sep 18

Skeletons of 200 Napoleonic troops found in Germany

Posted on Friday, September 18, 2015 in Links

Soldiers in Berlin

Frankfurt site reveals bodies of French soldiers of the Grande Armée who fought in the Russian campaign of 1813.

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Sep 18

Ancient manuscript pieced together after Cairo Museum find

Posted on Friday, September 18, 2015 in Links

Hieroglyphics

The 2.5 metre, 4,000-year-old artefact, containing spells and depictions of gods, is both the longest and oldest leather manuscript from ancient Egypt.

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Sep 15

Writing the future: A timeline of science fiction literature

Posted on Tuesday, September 15, 2015 in Fandomlinks, Links, Literature

Journey to the center of the Earth

From Gulliver’s Travels, through Brave New World and the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, this timeline explores the evolution of the science fiction novel.

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Sep 15

Eleven Days: When Agatha Christie went missing

Posted on Tuesday, September 15, 2015 in Links

Agatha Christie

In an exclusive short story for BBC Culture and BBC Britain, Kate Mosse writes a fictional account of the 11 mysterious days when the popular crime writer vanished.

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Sep 14

Skeletons of medieval pilgrims found in Lichfield

Posted on Monday, September 14, 2015 in Links

Fifty well-preserved skeletons of travellers hoping for miracle cures discovered on former hospital site during work to build flats.

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Sep 14

12 Interesting Facts about Dictionaries

Posted on Monday, September 14, 2015 in Links

French dictionaryThis post comprises a dozen of the choicest and most fascinating facts about dictionaries down the ages.

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