Sad news from Pompeii where things are falling apart pretty fast. Once you dig it out you have to take care of it if you want to keep it.
Happier news from Berlin where someone has torn Hitler’s head off. Sure, it is a little late now, but I admire the sentiment.

Ok, no posts for awhile so here is a quick make up post.
The SoS signal just turned 100. Will it be around another hundred years, seems unlikely. The times have just moved on.
Nice story in the Irish Independent about the Sea Stallion, a viking ship, which is returning to Denmark following a remarkably peaceful visit [...]

So Walter Scott’s flags are probably fakes. And that Lost Amazon Tribe they photographed the other day was fake to. Sigh. Grey and raining and all the cool stories are fakes. I am going to put on some emo music think glum thoughts.
Lost Tribe via Dvorak, Scott’s Tourist Tat via Cronaca

Todd pointed out a very nice article on the Longship Company in today’s Washington Post. I was never a member of the Company but I was a member of the Markland group founded by Bruce Blackistone in the 70s while I was in college and had a very good time with it. The Longship Company [...]

Interesting find at Walter Scott’s home, some flags from the battle of Waterloo that he put in a drawer and forgot. Napoleonic flags are pretty rare and these are of course very delicate, but it is great news they have been found.

Marginal Revolution has an interesting post and comments on what to do if you suddenly find yourself in the year 1000. Interesting points include how we would stand out for our height, how soft our hands are (the old Khmer Rouge standby) and how vulnerable we would be to the diseases of the era. [...]

Most readers of this site will know Dunwich more for HP Lovecraft’s version than for the historical city, but the News For Medievalists site points out a story in the London Times I missed about the historical city, long lost to the sea. Dunwich was once one of the most powerful cities in England, one [...]

This year seems to be slow for animal panic stories to me. We have Coyotes, Sharks and Squirrels all running close but I am disappointed by the showing from fan favorites, the bear so far. Anyhow, here are squirrels burning down someone’s home because they are evil little monsters.

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Super Villains Inc. Comic Store, originally uploaded by gleefulgecko.

This is the boy out in front of Super Villains Inc. Comic Shop in Nottingham, MD. where we celebrated Free Comic Book Day 2008. We got some [...]

This is an interesting story I missed in the Guardian, but Cronaca didn’t, about the stone circles of Gobekli Tepe which have been dated about 7,000 years earlier than Stone Henge in pre-agricultural history. Nothing that sophisticated has been found from that far back.
Compared with Stonehenge, they are humble affairs. None of the circles excavated [...]