Stuart Galbraith Posted November 17, 2021 Share Posted November 17, 2021 Presentation on the discovery and recovery of the Newport ship, a medieval Merchant vessel that sank there in 1460. https://drive.google.com/file/d/14WftD3rPCNKCxZBccKsM-utoPgB1RxW9/view Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Galbraith Posted November 18, 2021 Share Posted November 18, 2021 A replica of the Sutton Hoo Ship starts construction. https://saxonship.org/the-project/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Posted November 18, 2021 Share Posted November 18, 2021 Neat thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmgill Posted November 18, 2021 Share Posted November 18, 2021 On 10/24/2021 at 5:20 PM, TonyE said: According to the sagas they made seasonal visits, sometimes staying during winter until traveling back to Greenland in the spring. Prevailing winds with their style of sailing rig would help dictate this. The sailing route of the Brendan Voyage in the medieval era and the reproduction of the route from Ireland to the Fareos, to Iceland to Greenland and then to North America would replicate that. Apparently from New Foundland the wind will, at a certain time of year blow directly back to Ireland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DB Posted November 25, 2021 Share Posted November 25, 2021 Shiny new mosaic found in Rutland by farmer with an eye for pottery. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-59391650.amp Bronze age axe hoard found by young lady with an ear for things that go ping! https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-59386261 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivanhoe Posted November 25, 2021 Share Posted November 25, 2021 43 minutes ago, DB said: Shiny new mosaic found in Rutland by farmer with an eye for pottery. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-59391650.amp Every time I see a story or video of Roman-/post-Roman Britain, I end up visualizing a BBC-ified concept of a quaint farming village with the benefits of Roman culture without all the wars, traffic, crime, and corruption. Hopelessly naive, of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DB Posted November 25, 2021 Share Posted November 25, 2021 You mean Midsomer without the murders. It's not far off that in some places. The most desperate feud in my birthplace seems to have been who got to choose the flowers for the church, which is rather more Miss Marple, I suppose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bd1 Posted November 25, 2021 Share Posted November 25, 2021 i´ve read that actually roman empire significantly lowered life quality/expectancy in many places, iirc celts in britain lost a lot in height due to many illnesses that the first intercontinental empire brought. material culture of course went up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmgill Posted November 25, 2021 Share Posted November 25, 2021 5 hours ago, Ivanhoe said: Every time I see a story or video of Roman-/post-Roman Britain, I end up visualizing a BBC-ified concept of a quaint farming village with the benefits of Roman culture without all the wars, traffic, crime, and corruption. Hopelessly naive, of course. But no sanitation, the medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, a fresh water system, and public health.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ssnake Posted November 26, 2021 Share Posted November 26, 2021 4 hours ago, rmgill said: But no sanitation, the medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, a fresh water system, and public health.... But aside from sanitation, medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, a fresh water system, and public health, what have the Romans ever done for us? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivanhoe Posted November 26, 2021 Share Posted November 26, 2021 23 hours ago, DB said: You mean Midsomer without the murders. Equivalent to saying Sahara Desert without the heat and relentless sun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DB Posted November 26, 2021 Share Posted November 26, 2021 If you check for articles on "beautiful British Villages", you'll find lots of articles, each claiming that a completely different set of 10-20 villages is the most beautiful. I live in one of these villages. This is just a random list from one county. https://www.greatbritishlife.co.uk/homes-and-gardens/places-to-live/villages-in-hertfordshire-10-pretty-places-to-visit-7179788 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R011 Posted November 26, 2021 Share Posted November 26, 2021 1 hour ago, DB said: If you check for articles on "beautiful British Villages", you'll find lots of articles, each claiming that a completely different set of 10-20 villages is the most beautiful. I live in one of these villages. This is just a random list from one county. https://www.greatbritishlife.co.uk/homes-and-gardens/places-to-live/villages-in-hertfordshire-10-pretty-places-to-visit-7179788 Village of the Year is serious business, not to be risked by drunken teens, bad theatre, shoddy journalism, and living statues. The Greater Good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ssnake Posted November 26, 2021 Share Posted November 26, 2021 THE GREATER GOOD! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harold Jones Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 I bet the daggers really come out overthis one https://www.treeoftheyear.org/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 7 hours ago, Harold Jones said: I bet the daggers really come out overthis one https://www.treeoftheyear.org/ https://www.treeoftheyear.org/Stromy/The-Judas-Tree-on-the-Church-Hill-of-Melykut-(Hung This spring-blooming tree is called the Redbud in the U.S. A common tree in my area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmgill Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 Axes? Narn Bat Squad? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmgill Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 1 minute ago, Rick said: https://www.treeoftheyear.org/Stromy/The-Judas-Tree-on-the-Church-Hill-of-Melykut-(Hung This spring-blooming tree is called the Redbud in the U.S. A common tree in my area. Great Eastern Red Bud? Self propagates rather nicely. I have several that have come up and I've encouraged on my 1/3 acre plot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 Just now, rmgill said: Great Eastern Red Bud? Self propagates rather nicely. I have several that have come up and I've encouraged on my 1/3 acre plot. Yes, that's the name. Easy to grow; just plant, water, and forget. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucklucky Posted December 19, 2021 Share Posted December 19, 2021 (edited) Not your typical archelogy, just learned of this guy that had a premature babies show Seems he save quite a lot of children. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_A._Couney Edited December 20, 2021 by lucklucky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ssnake Posted December 19, 2021 Share Posted December 19, 2021 One additional data point supporting the notion that orthodox medicine may be responsible for as many deaths as saved lives. Ignaz Semmelweis maybe the the most prominent witness, but here's another shining example against the army of darkness, often led by "well-meaning" individuals whose hybris results in catastrophe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunday Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 Not surprinsingly, Eugenicists were against care for premature babies: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_A._Couney#Eugenics_Movement Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DB Posted December 23, 2021 Share Posted December 23, 2021 DNA recovered from Cotswold burial site shows interesting family tree and allowed archaeologists to speculate wildly, as usual. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-59774315 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivanhoe Posted February 26, 2022 Share Posted February 26, 2022 https://www.cnn.com/style/article/roman-mosaic-london-discovery-scli-scn-intl-gbr/index.html Quote A large area of well-preserved Roman mosaic -- parts of it approximately 1,800 years old -- has been uncovered in London near one of the city's most popular landmarks. The mosaic is thought to have adorned the floors of a Roman dining room, and the spot where it stands is near the Shard -- the capital's tallest building, close to London Bridge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucklucky Posted February 27, 2022 Share Posted February 27, 2022 So London was once a "relatively" civilized city... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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