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Viking Ship Burials

May 3, 2013Michelle Markey Butler Leave a comment

So these Viking ship burials were found in Estonia in 2008.  Fascinating stuff.

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Bayeux Tapestry Replica

April 12, 2013Michelle Markey Butler Leave a comment

So this guy spent 10,000 hours and 18 years embroidering a smaller-version replica of the Bayeux Tapestry.  Holy smoke.

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Mint condition 1800 year old tunic found

March 26, 2013Michelle Markey Butler Leave a comment

I have serious guilt about the melting glaciers revealing such awesome fabulous archeological finds as this tunic, found in Norway.  But ancient clothing rarely survives at all, and it’s almost unheard of for it to be in this excellent condition.

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Another nifty item in Waterford

March 23, 2013Michelle Markey Butler 1 Comment

This knife is recent discovery.  I expect the interpretation of the inscription is accurate, but if I were using putting it in a story, I’d be tempted to have the ‘real’ meaning so more like, ‘when I kill you, I pray for your soul to go to heaven.’

 

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Henry 8 is, Apparently, Naked in the Afterlife

March 19, 2013Michelle Markey Butler Leave a comment

Because only one piece of his clothing survives.  It’s in a museum in Waterford, Ireland.

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Battle of Maldon. In LEGO.

March 15, 2013March 7, 2013Michelle Markey Butler 1 Comment

Narrated in modern English, subtitled in Old English.  Well, my day is complete.

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Viking Navigation

March 11, 2013March 7, 2013Michelle Markey Butler Leave a comment

So a reputed Viking navigational tool may actually have existed.  Ignore the silly bit about how the Vikings may have reached North America before Columbus.  They most certainly did, as has been known since the 1960s, when the site was excavated.

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Medieval Torture

March 8, 2013March 7, 2013Michelle Markey Butler Leave a comment

Learned everything you need to know about how the middle ages handled wrong-doers from Hollywood?  A terse but on-target corrective.

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Medieval Dissection Specimen

March 7, 2013Michelle Markey Butler Leave a comment

Wait, we’ve found another area in which the middle ages were way more sophisticated and advanced than we’ve been led to believe?  Imagine my shock.

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Learning Old English

March 6, 2013Michelle Markey Butler Leave a comment

So you’re interested in learning some Old English but the textbooks look a bit dry?  New website to the rescue!

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