May 12 2005

In the news

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I have a lot of Congress and other blogging to do, I realize – right now, tho, all I have time for is news and this is a collection I’ve been compiling for a week (from cronaca.com, mirabilis.ca, google, various whatsits and whreefores. sorry, not a good time for record-keeping:

Portugal: Medieval Muslim Burial Ground Unearthed

I discovered this last Wed., but wasn’t posting (for obvious reasons) – still cool as all get out, tho:
St Baldred?

Archaeologists find ‘Britain’s oldest shoe’

Two different articles on Mdina, here and here.

Mycenaean port of Athens found?

And a wonderful piece on tapestry maintenance, the Cloisters, and a favorite of mine..the Hunt of the Unicorn

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