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March 2015 Archeology - Miscellaneous
« on: March 01, 2015, 08:18:11 pm »
Data mining courtesy of: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Explorator/messages

On 13th century humour:
http://www.phys.org/news/2015-02-humour-13th-century-characterized-ridicule.html

Feature on St David’s day:
http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-31649684

Discovery of the ownership of a book Henry VIII used to facilitate divorces:
http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/article-1355881345833/

Another ownership challenge for the Guelph collection:
http://www.dw.de/jewish-heirs-to-guelph-treasure-take-lawsuit-to-the-us/a-18276154

Awaiting a ruling on some purloined Cypriot artifacts:
http://cyprus-mail.com/2015/02/24/german-court-to-rule-on-stolen-cypriot-treasures-in-mid-march/

Some Cezanne drawings have turned up:
http://www.dw.de/hidden-cezanne-sketches-found-offer-glimpse-of-artistic-process/a-18272960

Feature on Lewis Latimer:
http://grist.org/climate-energy/meet-lewis-latimer-the-african-american-who-enlightened-thomas-edison/

Arguing about the oldest city in the world:
http://www.theguardian.com/cities/2015/feb/16/whats-the-oldest-city-in-the-world?utm_content=buffere6c56&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_ca

Interesting feature on satire in Azerbaijan ages ago:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-31640643

A Shakespear folio is going on tour:
http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/02/26/shakespeares-first-folio-to-get-50-state-tour/?module=BlogPost-Title&version=Blog%20Main&contentCollection=Books&action=Click&pgtype=Blogs®ion=Body

A stolen Picasso turns up in New York:
http://news.yahoo.com/stolen-picasso-worth-millions-discovered-york-232428378.html

More on portraits of Anne Boleyn:
 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/science-news/11414222/Portraits-of-Anne-Boleyn-may-not-be-her-say-experts.html

On tree rings, climate, and plague outbreaks:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/02/150224083102.htm

Leonard Nimoy has died:
http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=11&int_new=76789

...as has Theodore Hesburgh:
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/28/us/rev-theodore-hesburgh-influential-ex-president-of-notre-dame-dies-at-97.html

...as well as Alan Howard:
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/24/theater/alan-howard-actor-with-royal-shakespeare-company-dies-at-77.html

...and also Sheppard Frere:
http://www.all-souls.ox.ac.uk/news_detail.php?news_id=118

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Neil deGrasse Tyson

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