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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;springfld.arsenal, post: 373980, member: 54&quot;]The Basiliscoe Mercury295</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>TheInternet newsletter for the arms and armour community</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Still having trouble accessing US newspapers, but we do have some Canadian stories instead. A number of features on ancient arms and armour, reports from a mass grave from one of Napoleon’s battles in Austria, and an important artillery exhibition in Virginia. And the latest ICOMAM MAGAZINE is online, too. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Arms and armour in the news</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Ancient arms and forts</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Feature on Bronze Age axes</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.archaeology.co.uk/articles/never-a-dull-moment-the-lives-of-early-bronze-age-axes.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.archaeology.co.uk/articles/never-a-dull-moment-the-lives-of-early-bronze-age-axes.htm" rel="nofollow">https://www.archaeology.co.uk/articles/never-a-dull-moment-the-lives-of-early-bronze-age-axes.htm</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Bronze Age weapons and chariots found in Indian burial pits</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/asi-unearths-first-ever-physical-evidence-of-copper-bronze-age-chariots-118060401060_1.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/asi-unearths-first-ever-physical-evidence-of-copper-bronze-age-chariots-118060401060_1.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/asi-unearths-first-ever-physical-evidence-of-copper-bronze-age-chariots-118060401060_1.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Corinthian helmet found in south-west Russia</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.tornosnews.gr/en/greek-news/culture/31431-first-ancient-corinthian-helmet-discovered-in-southwest-russia.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.tornosnews.gr/en/greek-news/culture/31431-first-ancient-corinthian-helmet-discovered-in-southwest-russia.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.tornosnews.gr/en/greek-news/culture/31431-first-ancient-corinthian-helmet-discovered-in-southwest-russia.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Emperor Constantine&#039;s giant finger found in the Louvre</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://theartnewspaper.com/news/emperor-constantine-s-finger-found-in-the-louvre" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://theartnewspaper.com/news/emperor-constantine-s-finger-found-in-the-louvre" rel="nofollow">http://theartnewspaper.com/news/emperor-constantine-s-finger-found-in-the-louvre</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Helmets from Hadrian’s helmet</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://museumcrush.org/the-rare-relics-that-reveal-roman-helmet-fashions-at-hadrians-wall/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://museumcrush.org/the-rare-relics-that-reveal-roman-helmet-fashions-at-hadrians-wall/" rel="nofollow">https://museumcrush.org/the-rare-relics-that-reveal-roman-helmet-fashions-at-hadrians-wall/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Excavations at Burghead, a Pictish fort</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-44303606?intlink_from_url=https://www.bbc.com/news/topics/c1038wnxyy0t/archaeology&amp;link_location=live-reporting-story#" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-44303606?intlink_from_url=https://www.bbc.com/news/topics/c1038wnxyy0t/archaeology&amp;link_location=live-reporting-story#" rel="nofollow">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-44303606?intlink_from_url=https://www.bbc.com/news/topics/c1038wnxyy0t/archaeology&amp;link_location=live-reporting-story#</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Whaling in the Dark Ages</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.medievalists.net/2018/06/large-scale-whaling-in-northern-scandinavia-may-date-back-to-6th-century/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.medievalists.net/2018/06/large-scale-whaling-in-northern-scandinavia-may-date-back-to-6th-century/" rel="nofollow">http://www.medievalists.net/2018/06/large-scale-whaling-in-northern-scandinavia-may-date-back-to-6th-century/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Grave stories</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Death at the end of the Roman Empire- involves arrow heads and burning…</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2018/06/goth-invasion-roman-empire-bulgaria-skeletons-archaeology-science/?beta=true" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2018/06/goth-invasion-roman-empire-bulgaria-skeletons-archaeology-science/?beta=true" rel="nofollow">https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2018/06/goth-invasion-roman-empire-bulgaria-skeletons-archaeology-science/?beta=true</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>InvestigatingDenmark’s bog bodies- spoiler- they weren’t gay…</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://sciencenordic.com/no-evidence-europe%E2%80%99s-bog-bodies-were-gay" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://sciencenordic.com/no-evidence-europe%E2%80%99s-bog-bodies-were-gay" rel="nofollow">http://sciencenordic.com/no-evidence-europe’s-bog-bodies-were-gay</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Update on the amputated Lombard body in North Italy</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.medievalists.net/2018/06/survival-to-amputation-in-pre-antibiotic-era-a-case-study-from-a-longobard-necropolis-6th-8th-centuries-ad/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.medievalists.net/2018/06/survival-to-amputation-in-pre-antibiotic-era-a-case-study-from-a-longobard-necropolis-6th-8th-centuries-ad/" rel="nofollow">http://www.medievalists.net/2018/06/survival-to-amputation-in-pre-antibiotic-era-a-case-stu</a><a href="https://museumcrush.org/what-happened-to-the-scottish-soldiers-found-in-a-mass-grave-in-durham/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://museumcrush.org/what-happened-to-the-scottish-soldiers-found-in-a-mass-grave-in-durham/" rel="nofollow">https://museumcrush.org/what-happened-to-the-scottish-soldiers-found-in-a-mass-grave-in-durham/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Through the arrow-slit . . . </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Caergwrle Castle, Wales, taken into government care</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.medievalists.net/2018/06/cadw-to-take-over-caergwrle-castle/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.medievalists.net/2018/06/cadw-to-take-over-caergwrle-castle/" rel="nofollow">http://www.medievalists.net/2018/06/cadw-to-take-over-caergwrle-castle/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Plans for newvisitor centre at Clifford’s Tower in York abandoned</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/jun/07/cliffords-tower-visitor-centre-plan-scrapped-mound-york" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/jun/07/cliffords-tower-visitor-centre-plan-scrapped-mound-york" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/jun/07/cliffords-tower-visitor-centre-plan-scrapped-mound-york</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Italian castle for sale</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.medievalists.net/2018/05/italian-castle-designed-by-brunelleschi-for-sale/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.medievalists.net/2018/05/italian-castle-designed-by-brunelleschi-for-sale/" rel="nofollow">http://www.medievalists.net/2018/05/italian-castle-designed-by-brunelleschi-for-sale/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Café Basiliscoe –our new drinks menu</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>3000 year old olive oil from Sicily</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-05/uosf-ioo053018.php" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-05/uosf-ioo053018.php" rel="nofollow">https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-05/uosf-ioo053018.php</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Byzantine wine</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.jewishpress.com/news/israel/ancient-winepress-found-in-excavation-of-water-reservoir/2018/06/10/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.jewishpress.com/news/israel/ancient-winepress-found-in-excavation-of-water-reservoir/2018/06/10/" rel="nofollow">http://www.jewishpress.com/news/israel/ancient-winepress-found-in-excavation-of-water-reservoir/2018/06/10/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Blackbeard’s gunpowder rum cocktail</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://vinepair.com/articles/blackbeard-gunpowder-rum-cocktails/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://vinepair.com/articles/blackbeard-gunpowder-rum-cocktails/" rel="nofollow">https://vinepair.com/articles/blackbeard-gunpowder-rum-cocktails/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Miscellany</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Henry VIII’s diary</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.medievalists.net/2018/06/henry-viiis-personal-calendar/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.medievalists.net/2018/06/henry-viiis-personal-calendar/" rel="nofollow">http://www.medievalists.net/2018/06</a><a href="http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/06/archaeologists-start-new-hunt-fabled-lost-colony-new-world" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/06/archaeologists-start-new-hunt-fabled-lost-colony-new-world" rel="nofollow">http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/06/archaeologists-start-new-hunt-fabled-lost-colony-new-world</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Long update on Jamestown- includes weapons</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://wydaily.com/local-news/2018/06/04/jamestown-unearthed-cellar-under-church-catches-experts-by-surprise/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://wydaily.com/local-news/2018/06/04/jamestown-unearthed-cellar-under-church-catches-experts-by-surprise/" rel="nofollow">https://wydaily.com/local-news/2018/06/04/jamestown-unearthed-cellar-under-church-catches-experts-by-surprise/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Kirkcudbight Trades hold shoot for the “Siller Gun” as prize</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/local-sport/incorporated-trades-kirkcudbright-hold-shoot-12626049" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/local-sport/incorporated-trades-kirkcudbright-hold-shoot-12626049" rel="nofollow">https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/local-sport/incorporated-trades-kirkcudbright-hold-shoot-12626049</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Investigating Fort Kaskaskia Illinois</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://news.siu.edu/2018/05/053118-unknown-american-fort-found-by-archaeological-field-school.php" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://news.siu.edu/2018/05/053118-unknown-american-fort-found-by-archaeological-field-school.php" rel="nofollow">https://news.siu.edu/2018/05/053118-unknown-american-fort-found-by-archaeological-field-school.php</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>From the front –mainly Jacobites </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Investigating Glen Shiel battle site</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/study-at-battlefield-glen-where-spanish-joined-the-jacobites-1-4753199" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/study-at-battlefield-glen-where-spanish-joined-the-jacobites-1-4753199" rel="nofollow">https://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/study-at-battlefield-glen-where-spanish-joined-the-jacobites-1-4753199</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Update on Culloden field</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.nts.org.uk/stories/concerns-over-new-threat-to-culloden-conservation-zone" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.nts.org.uk/stories/concerns-over-new-threat-to-culloden-conservation-zone" rel="nofollow">https://www.nts.org.uk/stories/concerns-over-new-threat-to-culloden-conservation-zone</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Mass grave from May 1809 Battle of Aspern-Essling in Austria uncovered</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.livescience.com/62774-mass-grave-napoleonic-wars.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.livescience.com/62774-mass-grave-napoleonic-wars.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.livescience.com/62774-mass-grave-napoleonic-wars.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Cannons to the left, cannon to the right</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Never know what you will find in Bishop&#039;s Stortford: a trench mortar? <a href="https://www.hertfordshiremercury.co.uk/news/hertfordshire-news/magnet-fisher-describes-moment-pulled-1638636" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.hertfordshiremercury.co.uk/news/hertfordshire-news/magnet-fisher-describes-moment-pulled-1638636" rel="nofollow">https://www.hertfordshiremercury.co.uk/news/hertfordshire-news/magnet-fisher-describe</a><a href="https://tvo.org/article/current-affairs/one-toronto-archaeologists-potentially-explosive-find" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://tvo.org/article/current-affairs/one-toronto-archaeologists-potentially-explosive-find" rel="nofollow">https://tvo.org/article/current-affairs/one-toronto-archaeologists-potentially-explosiv</a><a href="http://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/focus/20180603/anthony-gambrill-making-mad-jack-fuller" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/focus/20180603/anthony-gambrill-making-mad-jack-fuller" rel="nofollow">http://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/focus/20180603/anthony-gambrill-making-mad-j</a><a href="http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-maharashtra-government-guns-for-gps-tags-for-cannons-2621811" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-maharashtra-government-guns-for-gps-tags-for-cannons-2621811" rel="nofollow">http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-maharashtra-government-guns-for-gps-tags-for-cannons-2621811</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Bollard in Halifax, Canada, gets a new lease of life</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.halifaxtoday.ca/remember-this/remember-this-downtown-dartmouths-sterns-corner-950653" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.halifaxtoday.ca/remember-this/remember-this-downtown-dartmouths-sterns-corner-950653" rel="nofollow">https://www.halifaxtoday.ca/remember-this/remember-this-downtown-dartmouths-sterns-corner-950653</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Yellow springs Ohio-restoration of Rodman cannon on war memorial</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://ysnews.com/news/2018/05/a-memorial-to-civil-war-veterans-local-cannon-restored-rededicated-after-110-years" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://ysnews.com/news/2018/05/a-memorial-to-civil-war-veterans-local-cannon-restored-rededicated-after-110-years" rel="nofollow">https://ysnews.com/news/2018/05/a-memorial-to-civil-war-veterans-local-cannon-restored-rededicated-after-110-years</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Graffiti on Derry Walls and historic cannons causes damage of £2,000 <a href="https://www.derrynow.com/news/court-hears-derry-man-caused-estimated-damage-2000-painting-graffiti-citys-walls-historic-cannons/228990" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.derrynow.com/news/court-hears-derry-man-caused-estimated-damage-2000-painting-graffiti-citys-walls-historic-cannons/228990" rel="nofollow">https://www.derrynow.com/news/court-hears-derry-man-caused-estimated-damage-2000-painting-graffiti-citys-walls-historic-cannons/228990</a>?</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Alamo cannon on the way back from conservation, </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.statesman.com/news/local/historic-cannons-make-pit-stop-bastrop-way-back-alamo/qDzCJZH6vRTfCElTOGqHfM/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.statesman.com/news/local/historic-cannons-make-pit-stop-bastrop-way-back-alamo/qDzCJZH6vRTfCElTOGqHfM/" rel="nofollow">https://www.statesman.com/news/local/historic-cannons-make-pit-stop-bastrop-way-back-alamo/qDzCJZH6vRTfCElTOGqHfM/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Cannons from Castillo de San Marcos headed to Texas for rust removal <a href="https://www.actionnewsjax.com/news/local/cannons-from-castillo-de-san-marcos-headed-to-texas-for-rust-removal/765015284" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.actionnewsjax.com/news/local/cannons-from-castillo-de-san-marcos-headed-to-texas-for-rust-removal/765015284" rel="nofollow">https://www.actionnewsjax.com/news/local/cannons-from-castillo-de-san-marcos-headed-to-texas-for-rust-removal/765015284</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Into the 20th century</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Kill the Kaiser! (Sure to be on our screens in a mini-series soon…)</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/first-world-war-kaiser-wilhelm-uk-raf-bombing-kill-germany-emperor-boulogne-a8375996.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/first-world-war-kaiser-wilhelm-uk-raf-bombing-kill-germany-emperor-boulogne-a8375996.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/first-world-war-kaiser-wilhelm-uk-raf-bombing-kill-germany-emperor-boulogne-a8375996.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Excavations inCrete in WW2</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.ekathimerini.com/229156/gallery/ekathimerini/life/wehrmacht-excavations-on-occupied-crete" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ekathimerini.com/229156/gallery/ekathimerini/life/wehrmacht-excavations-on-occupied-crete" rel="nofollow">http://www.ekathimerini.com/229156/gallery/ekathimerini/life/wehrmacht-excavations-on-occupied-crete</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Nautical news</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Story of the Hollandia and Victoria</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/long_reads/shipwrecks-uk-hms-victoria-voc-hollandia-anniversary-a8368926.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/long_reads/shipwrecks-uk-hms-victoria-voc-hollandia-anniversary-a8368926.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.independent.co.uk/news/long_reads/shipwrecks-uk-hms-victoria-voc-hollandia-anniversary-a8368926.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>East Indianman President found off Loe bar</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/divers-find-remains-lost-treasure-1655094" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/divers-find-remains-lost-treasure-1655094" rel="nofollow">https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/divers-find-remains-lost-treasure-1655094</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Update on HMSInvincible</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-44357695" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-44357695" rel="nofollow">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-44357695</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Worth following on twitter because so much is coming up on an hourly basis!</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/DanPascoe79" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://twitter.com/DanPascoe79" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/DanPascoe79</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Update on Le Dragon</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.admat.org.uk/le-dragon-july-2018-project-background/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.admat.org.uk/le-dragon-july-2018-project-background/" rel="nofollow">https://www.admat.org.uk/le-dragon-july-2018-project-background/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Gun from the Bounty sold in Scotland</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.scotsman.com/news/odd/cannon-from-famous-mutiny-ship-bounty-sold-after-turning-up-on-scottish-estate-1-4752849" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.scotsman.com/news/odd/cannon-from-famous-mutiny-ship-bounty-sold-after-turning-up-on-scottish-estate-1-4752849" rel="nofollow">https://www.scotsman.com/news/odd/cannon-from-famous-mutiny-ship-bounty-sold-after-turning-up-on-scottish-estate-1-4752849</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Feature on the divers involved in the Slaves Wrecks Project</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/florida-keys/article212848494.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/florida-keys/article212848494.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/florida-keys/article212848494.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>WW1 HMS Hermes shipwreck in Dover Strait looted</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-44361799" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-44361799" rel="nofollow">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-44361799</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Feature on the divers involved in the Slaves Wrecks Project</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/florida-keys/article212848494.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/florida-keys/article212848494.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/florida-keys/article212848494.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Museum news and exhibitions</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>News</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Visit to the Mongolian Military Museum</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/mongolian-military-museum" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/mongolian-military-museum" rel="nofollow">https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/mongolian-military-museum</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Visiting the Mary Rose and Vasa museums</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.medievalists.net/2018/05/mary-rose-henry-viii-flagship/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.medievalists.net/2018/05/mary-rose-henry-viii-flagship/" rel="nofollow">http://www.medievalists.net/2018/05/mary-rose-henry-viii-flagship/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.medievalists.net/2018/06/the-vasa-gustav-ii-adolfs-warship/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.medievalists.net/2018/06/the-vasa-gustav-ii-adolfs-warship/" rel="nofollow">http://www.medievalists.net/2018/06/the-vasa-gustav-ii-adolfs-warship/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>What India wants back from the UK</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.news18.com/news/india/spell-out-steps-to-bring-back-kohinoor-diamond-tipu-sultans-sword-cic-tells-pmo-mea-1767481.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.news18.com/news/india/spell-out-steps-to-bring-back-kohinoor-diamond-tipu-sultans-sword-cic-tells-pmo-mea-1767481.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.news18.com/news/india/spell-out-steps-to-bring-back-kohinoor-diamond-</a><a href="https://www.apollo-magazine.com/the-looted-ethiopian-artefacts-that-ended-up-in-uk-museums/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.apollo-magazine.com/the-looted-ethiopian-artefacts-that-ended-up-in-uk-museums/" rel="nofollow">https://www.apollo-magazine.com/the-looted-ethiopian-artefacts-that-ended-up-in-uk-museums/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Angola recovers six artefacts looted from museum during civil war:&nbsp; <a href="http://theartnewspaper.com/news/angola-recovers-six-artefacts-looted-from-museum-during-civil-war" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://theartnewspaper.com/news/angola-recovers-six-artefacts-looted-from-museum-during-civil-war" rel="nofollow">http://theartnewspaper.com/news/angola-recovers-six-artefacts-looted-from-museum-during-civil-war</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>New museums </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>New museum at Westminster Abbey</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/westminster-abbey-s-lofty-new-museum-reveals-the-best-view-in-europe" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/westminster-abbey-s-lofty-new-museum-reveals-the-best-view-in-europe" rel="nofollow">https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/westminster-abbey-s-lofty-new-museum-reveals-the-best-view-in-europe</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>New gallery on life aboard Polaris at Gosport</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/jun/13/exhibition-spotlights-secret-life-onboard-britains-nuclear-submarines" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/jun/13/exhibition-spotlights-secret-life-onboard-britains-nuclear-submarines" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/jun/13/exhibition-spotlights-secret-life-onboard-britains-nuclear-submarines</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Museum developments</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Interesting discussion on the scientist as historian (mentions Partington)<a href="https://blog.oup.com/2018/06/scientist-historian/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://blog.oup.com/2018/06/scientist-historian/" rel="nofollow">https://blog.oup.com/2018/06/scien</a><a href="http://drexel.edu/now/archive/2018/June/Handle-With-Care-Course-Takes-Drexel-Students-Behind-The-Scenes-At-Philadelphia-Museum-Of-Art/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://drexel.edu/now/archive/2018/June/Handle-With-Care-Course-Takes-Drexel-Students-Behind-The-Scenes-At-Philadelphia-Museum-Of-Art/" rel="nofollow">http://drexel.edu/now/archive/2018/June/Handle-With-Care-Course-Takes-Drexel-Students-Behind-The-Scenes-At-Philadelphia-Museum-Of-Art/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Conservation Corner </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Conservation as you watch</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/all-eyes-on-van-der-weyden-project" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/all-eyes-on-van-der-weyden-project" rel="nofollow">https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/all-eyes-on-van-der-weyden-project</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Cleaning feathers by laser</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/why-using-lasers-to-clean-feathers-is-not-a-bird-brained-idea" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/why-using-lasers-to-clean-feathers-is-not-a-bird-brained-idea" rel="nofollow">https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/why-using-lasers-to-clean-feathers-is-not-a-bird-brained-idea</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Objects</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Portrait of Sir Francis Drake</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/105301/The-pirate-that-saved-England-at-Bonhams-Old-Masters-sale#.Wx-AAjG0V9A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/105301/The-pirate-that-saved-England-at-Bonhams-Old-Masters-sale#.Wx-AAjG0V9A" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/105301/The-pirate-that-saved-England-at-Bonhams-Old-Masters-sal</a><a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/canovas-george-washington-review-the-very-model-of-a-lost-masterpiece-1528542000" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/canovas-george-washington-review-the-very-model-of-a-lost-masterpiece-1528542000" rel="nofollow">https://www.wsj.com/articles/canovas-george-washington-review-the-very-model-of-a-lost-masterpiece-1528542000</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Piece about the Hamilton-Burr duelling pistols</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/weapons/a21083805/hamilton-dueling-pistols/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/weapons/a21083805/hamilton-dueling-pistols/" rel="nofollow">https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/weapons/a21083805/hamilton-dueling-pistols/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>What was looted from the White House</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-magazine-monitor-28833238" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-magazine-monitor-28833238" rel="nofollow">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-magazine-monitor-28833238</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Sitting Bull’s flintlock</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/105334/Hudson-s-Bay-Flintlock-Trade-Musket-owned-by-Sitting-Bull-leads-Heritage-Auctions-sale#.WyDXZTG0V9A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/105334/Hudson-s-Bay-Flintlock-Trade-Musket-owned-by-Sitting-Bull-leads-Heritage-Auctions-sale#.WyDXZTG0V9A" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/105334/Hudson-s-Bay-Flintlock-Trade-Musket-owned-by-Sitting-Bull-leads-Heritage-Auctions-sale#.WyDXZTG0V9A</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Exhibitions</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Tate Britain to host exhibition on Burne Jones over the winter</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/andrew-lloyd-webber-to-lend-works-to-tate-britain-burne-jones-show" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/andrew-lloyd-webber-to-lend-works-to-tate-britain-burne-jones-show" rel="nofollow">https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/andrew-lloyd-webber-to-lend-works-to-tate-britain-burne-jones-show</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2018/may/30/edward-burne-jones-masterpieces-briar-rose-persues-paintings-united-first-time-tate-britain" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2018/may/30/edward-burne-jones-masterpieces-briar-rose-persues-paintings-united-first-time-tate-britain" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2018/may/30/edward-burne-jones-masterpieces-briar-rose-persues-paintings-united-first-time-tate-britain</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>While Boilly: Scenes of Parisian Life will be on show in the National Gallery</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2018/may/31/french-artist-louis-leopold-boilly-paintings-survived-raid-first-uk-show" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2018/may/31/french-artist-louis-leopold-boilly-paintings-survived-raid-first-uk-show" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2018/may/31/french-artist-louis-leopold-boilly-paintings-survived-raid-first-uk-show</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Indian artefacts in London</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/105276/Dazzling-works-of-art-from-the-Indian-subcontinent-go-on-display-at-The-Queen-s-Gallery#.Wx40xDG0V9A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/105276/Dazzling-works-of-art-from-the-Indian-subcontinent-go-on-display-at-The-Queen-s-Gallery#.Wx40xDG0V9A" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/105276/Dazzling-works-of-art-from-the-Indian-subcontinent-go-on-display-at-The-Queen-s-Gallery#.Wx40xDG0V9A</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Tolkein in Oxford</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/may/31/drawn-into-tolkiens-world-exhibition" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/may/31/drawn-into-tolkiens-world-exhibition" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/may/31/drawn-into-tolkiens-world-exhibition</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>A woman traveller’s middle eastern collection in Bath</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/105344/The-Holburne-Museum-presents-Ellen-Tanner-s-collection-of-Middle-Eastern-art#.WyIbfDG0V9A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/105344/The-Holburne-Museum-presents-Ellen-Tanner-s-collection-of-Middle-Eastern-art#.WyIbfDG0V9A" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/105344/The-Holburne-Museum-presents-Ellen-Tanner-s-collection-of-Middle-Eastern-art#.WyIbfDG0V9A</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>18th century artillery in Yorktown </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.historyisfun.org/artillery/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.historyisfun.org/artillery/" rel="nofollow">https://www.historyisfun.org/artillery/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Books</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Pamela Porter:&nbsp; Warfare in Medieval Manuscripts (New edition)</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.bl.uk/shop/warfare-in-medieval-manuscripts-new-edition/p-2073" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.bl.uk/shop/warfare-in-medieval-manuscripts-new-edition/p-2073" rel="nofollow">https://www.bl.uk/shop/warf</a><a href="https://www.britishmuseumshoponline.org/seals-and-status-power-of-objects.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.britishmuseumshoponline.org/seals-and-status-power-of-objects.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.britishmuseumshoponline.org/seals-and-status-power-of-objects.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Leonardo Da Vinci and His Circle</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.britishmuseumshoponline.org/leonardo-da-vinci-and-his-circle.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.britishmuseumshoponline.org/leonardo-da-vinci-and-his-circle.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.britishmuseumshoponline.org/leonardo-da-vinci-and-his-circle.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>John Langellier: The &quot;Trapdoor&quot; Springfield- From the Little Bighorn to San Juan Hill</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://ospreypublishing.com/store/military-history/upcoming-books/available-this-month/the-trapdoor-springfield" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://ospreypublishing.com/store/military-history/upcoming-books/available-this-month/the-trapdoor-springfield" rel="nofollow">https://ospreypublishing.com/store/military-history/upcoming-books/available-this-month/the-trapdoor-springfield</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Susan Jenkins and Tony Trowles: The Queen&#039;s Diamond Jubilee Galleries, Westminster Abbey</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.scalapublishers.com/title.aspx?category=new-titles&amp;subcategory=&amp;id=3898" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.scalapublishers.com/title.aspx?category=new-titles&amp;subcategory=&amp;id=3898" rel="nofollow">http://www.scalapublishers.com/title.aspx?category=new-titles&amp;subcategory=&amp;id=3898</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Myles Campbell and William Derham, eds., Making Majesty: The Throne Room at Dublin Castle, A Cultural History</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://enfilade18thc.com/2018/05/30/new-book-making-majesty-the-throne-room-at-dublin-castle/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://enfilade18thc.com/2018/05/30/new-book-making-majesty-the-throne-room-at-dublin-castle/" rel="nofollow">https://enfilade18thc.com/2018/05/30/new-book-making-majesty-the-throne-room-at-dublin-castle/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Piece about the Rijksmuseum’s Country series</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/105187/New-book-on-Suriname-completes-Rijksmuseum-s-Country-Series#.WxjrJjGG99A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/105187/New-book-on-Suriname-completes-Rijksmuseum-s-Country-Series#.WxjrJjGG99A" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/105187/New-book-on-Suriname-completes-Rijksmuseum-s-Country-Series#.WxjrJjGG99A</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Online Book</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Virtual books in the British Library</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/virtualbooks/index.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/virtualbooks/index.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/virtualbooks/index.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Popular culture</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Antony Beevor chooses his favourite war films- and some to avoid!</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/may/29/antony-beevor-the-greatest-war-movie-ever-and-the-ones-i-cant-bear" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/may/29/antony-beevor-the-greatest-war-movie-ever-and-the-ones-i-cant-bear" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/may/29/antony-beevor-the-greatest-war-movie-ever-and-the-ones-i-cant-bear</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Events</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Diary Dates</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>14-15 July Solingen</p><p><br /></p><p>Sword festival</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.klingenmuseum.de/_english/dkm/schwertfestival/generelle-informationen.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.klingenmuseum.de/_english/dkm/schwertfestival/generelle-informationen.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.klingenmuseum.de/_english/dkm/schwertfestival/generelle-informationen.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Conferences</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>ICOMAM in Slovenia</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://network.icom.museum/icomam/news/detail/article/koblenz-conference/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://network.icom.museum/icomam/news/detail/article/koblenz-conference/" rel="nofollow">http://network.icom.museum/icomam/news/</a><a href="http://wikicfp.com/cfp/servlet/event.showcfp?eventid=75965&amp;copyownerid=115929" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://wikicfp.com/cfp/servlet/event.showcfp?eventid=75965&amp;copyownerid=115929" rel="nofollow">http://wikicfp.com/cfp/servlet/event.showcfp?eventid=75965&amp;copyownerid=115929</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Sales Fairs and auctions</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Preview: Morphy Auctions </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/105278/Morphy-Auctions-offers-firearm-aficionados-opportunity-to-enhance-collections-with-Firearms-Auction-#.Wx41wTG0V9A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/105278/Morphy-Auctions-offers-firearm-aficionados-opportunity-to-enhance-collections-with-Firearms-Auction-#.Wx41wTG0V9A" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/105278/Morphy-Auctions-offers-firearm-aficionados-opportunity-to-enhance-collections-with-Firearms-Auction-#.Wx41wTG0V9A</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>19 Jun 2018San Francisco</p><p><br /></p><p>Antique Arms &amp; Armour and Modern Sporting Guns</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/24872/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/24872/" rel="nofollow">http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/24872/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>27 June 2018 London</p><p><br /></p><p>Arms &amp; Armour and Militaria</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.thomasdelmar.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.thomasdelmar.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.thomasdelmar.com/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Websites and downloads</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Latest ICOMAM Magazine out- Japanese armour, Danish cannon, Dutch history, Middle East museums and much, much more!</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://network.icom.museum/fileadmin/user_upload/minisites/icomam/Magazine/Final_May_2018_lores.pdf" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://network.icom.museum/fileadmin/user_upload/minisites/icomam/Magazine/Final_May_2018_lores.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://network.icom.museum/fileadmin/user_upload/minisites/icomam/Magazine/Final_May_2018_lores.pdf</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Finally</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This fortnight I enjoyed keeping up with the Invincible! <a href="https://twitter.com/MASTArchaeology" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://twitter.com/MASTArchaeology" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/MASTArchaeology</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/Basiliscoe" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://twitter.com/Basiliscoe" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/Basiliscoe</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Compiled by Ruth Rhynas Brown –15 June 2018</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Some people have asked me about making a contribution to the Newsletter – if you would like to support us, you can make a donation here through our Paypal account – see here for details:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.basiliscoe.com/id2.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.basiliscoe.com/id2.html" rel="nofollow">http://www</a>.basiliscoe.com/id2.html[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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