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<p>[QUOTE="springfld.arsenal, post: 41795, member: 54"]<font size="6"><b><b>The Basiliscoe Mercury 218</b></b></font></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>TheInternet newsletter for the arms and armour community</b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Women warriors, a plethora of shipwrecks, Japanese armour in Canada and call for papers for ICOMAM in Poland.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Arms and armour in the news</b></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Ancient arms</b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Spear-throwing by early Americans</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.livescience.com/49603-paleo-indian-spear-thrower-evidence.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.livescience.com/49603-paleo-indian-spear-thrower-evidence.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.livescience.com/49603-paleo-indian-spear-thrower-evidence.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Cooking for the Stone Age</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2015-02/uoy-yar020315.php" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2015-02/uoy-yar020315.php" rel="nofollow">http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2015-02/uoy-yar020315.php</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Bronze Age wrist guard found in Inverness-shire</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.inverness-courier.co.uk/News/Bone-bow-and-arrow-wrist-guard-and-pottery-found-with-Bronze-Age-body-in-Drumnadrochit-03022015.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.inverness-courier.co.uk/News/Bone-bow-and-arrow-wrist-guard-and-pottery-found-with-Bronze-Age-body-in-Drumnadrochit-03022015.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.inverness-courier.co.uk/News/Bone-bow-and-arrow-wrist-guard-and-pottery-found-with-Bronze-Age-body-in-Drumnadrochit-03022015.htm</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Battles, towers and forts</b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Assyrians suffered post-traumatic stress disorder 3000 years ago</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.aina.org/ata/20150123210400.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.aina.org/ata/20150123210400.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.aina.org/ata/20150123210400.htm</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>2000 year old fortification ditch found in Tarragona with finds from time of Hannibal</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.thelocal.es/20150128/evidence-of-hannibals-troops-found-in-catalonia" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.thelocal.es/20150128/evidence-of-hannibals-troops-found-in-catalonia" rel="nofollow">http://www.thelocal.es/20150128/evidence-of-hannibals-troops-found-in-catalonia</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Red numbers found in investigation of the Coliseum</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://news.discovery.com/history/archaeology/red-seat-numbers-found-on-romes-colosseum-150123.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://news.discovery.com/history/archaeology/red-seat-numbers-found-on-romes-colosseum-150123.htm" rel="nofollow">http://news.discovery.com/history/archaeology/red-seat-numbers-found-on-romes-colosseum-150123.htm</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Beasts of assorted varieties…</b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Dragons!</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.medievalists.net/2015/01/30/dragons-symbol-evil-european-synagogue-decoration/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.medievalists.net/2015/01/30/dragons-symbol-evil-european-synagogue-decoration/" rel="nofollow">http://www.medievalists.net/2015/01/30/dragons-symbol-evil-european-synagogue-decoration/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Grave stories</b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Otzi the Iceman had 61 tattoos</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1113319184/scan-finds-new-tattoos-on-5300-year-old-iceman-012215/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1113319184/scan-finds-new-tattoos-on-5300-year-old-iceman-012215/" rel="nofollow">http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1113319184/scan-finds-new-tattoos-on-5300-year-old-iceman-012215/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>And the face of a 2,500 year old tattooed Siberian princess recreated</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://nation.com.pk/snippets/30-Jan-2015/face-of-2-500-yr-old-princess-recreated" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://nation.com.pk/snippets/30-Jan-2015/face-of-2-500-yr-old-princess-recreated" rel="nofollow">http://nation.com.pk/snippets/30-Jan-2015/face-of-2-500-yr-old-princess-recreated</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Investigating skull injuries in medieval Denmark</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://phys.org/news/2015-01-analysis-skull-fractures-medieval-denmark.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://phys.org/news/2015-01-analysis-skull-fractures-medieval-denmark.html" rel="nofollow">http://phys.org/news/2015-01-analysis-skull-fractures-medieval-denmark.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Latest cadaver of the famous to get the search treatment is Cervantes</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/76012/War-injuries-key-to-Spanish-search-for--Quixote--author-Miguel-de-Cervantes--remains#.VM3vP7CzWUk" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/76012/War-injuries-key-to-Spanish-search-for--Quixote--author-Miguel-de-Cervantes--remains#.VM3vP7CzWUk" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/76012/War-injuries-key-to-Spanish-search-for--Quixote--author-Miguel-de-Cervantes--remains#.VM3vP7CzWUk</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/76023/Spanish-researchers-find-casket-bearing--Quixote--author-Miguel-de-Cervantes--initials#.VM3wRLCzWUk" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/76023/Spanish-researchers-find-casket-bearing--Quixote--author-Miguel-de-Cervantes--initials#.VM3wRLCzWUk" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/76023/Spanish-researchers-find-casket-bearing--Quixote--author-Miguel-de-Cervantes--initials#.VM3wRLCzWUk</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Miscellany</b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Making chess pieces in medieval Northampton</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-northamptonshire-30214707" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-northamptonshire-30214707" rel="nofollow">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-northamptonshire-30214707</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Bridge for HarlechCastle</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.medievalists.net/2015/02/04/new-bridge-installed-harlech-castle/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.medievalists.net/2015/02/04/new-bridge-installed-harlech-castle/" rel="nofollow">http://www.medievalists.net/2015/02/04/new-bridge-installed-harlech-castle/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Musket and cannonballs found in Derry excavations</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.u.tv/News/Building-found-pre-dating-Derrys-walls/a207b210-be04-419f-96b9-a3c14913b438" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.u.tv/News/Building-found-pre-dating-Derrys-walls/a207b210-be04-419f-96b9-a3c14913b438" rel="nofollow">http://www.u.tv/News/Building-found-pre-dating-Derrys-walls/a207b210-be04-419f-96b9-a3c14913b438</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Still searching for the lost colony</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.thetimesnews.com/news/region-state/researchers-hopeful-that-site-is-that-of-lost-colony-1.426522" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.thetimesnews.com/news/region-state/researchers-hopeful-that-site-is-that-of-lost-colony-1.426522" rel="nofollow">http://www.thetimesnews.com/news/region-state/researchers-hopeful-that-site-is-that-of-lost-colony-1.426522</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="5"><b>Cannons to the left, cannon to the right</b></font></p><p><br /></p><p>17th century bronze cannon recovered from building site in Hyderabad</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.mid-day.com/articles/17th-century-cannon-found-in-hyderabad/15951191" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.mid-day.com/articles/17th-century-cannon-found-in-hyderabad/15951191" rel="nofollow">http://www.mid-day.com/articles/17th-century-cannon-found-in-hyderabad/15951191</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/Ancient-cannon-at-Musi-bank/articleshow/46060377.cms" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/Ancient-cannon-at-Musi-bank/articleshow/46060377.cms" rel="nofollow">http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/Ancient-cannon-at-Musi-bank/articleshow/46060377.cms</a> (picture)</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Cannons in Beaufort, South Caroline and their history</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://eatsleepplaybeaufort.com/historic-cannons-in-downtowns-stephen-elliott-park/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://eatsleepplaybeaufort.com/historic-cannons-in-downtowns-stephen-elliott-park/" rel="nofollow">http://eatsleepplaybeaufort.com/historic-cannons-in-downtowns-stephen-elliott-park/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Researching the history of a possible cannon from the Alamo</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.dentonrc.com/local-news/local-news-headlines/20150123-historic-cannon-to-be-dedicated-at-alamo.ece" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.dentonrc.com/local-news/local-news-headlines/20150123-historic-cannon-to-be-dedicated-at-alamo.ece" rel="nofollow">http://www.dentonrc.com/local-news/local-news-headlines/20150123-historic-cannon-to-be-dedicated-at-alamo.ece</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Cornish fishermen net unusual catch</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.westernmorningnews.co.uk/PICTURES-Cornish-fisherman-nets-19th-century/story-25980893-detail/story.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.westernmorningnews.co.uk/PICTURES-Cornish-fisherman-nets-19th-century/story-25980893-detail/story.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.westernmorningnews.co.uk/PICTURES-Cornish-fisherman-nets-19th-century/story-25980893-detail/story.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.westernmorningnews.co.uk/Cornish-port-gets-gun-fishing-boat-nets-antique/story-25973056-detail/story.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.westernmorningnews.co.uk/Cornish-port-gets-gun-fishing-boat-nets-antique/story-25973056-detail/story.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.westernmorningnews.co.uk/Cornish-port-gets-gun-fishing-boat-nets-antique/story-25973056-detail/story.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.cornishman.co.uk/19th-century-gun-brought-Newlyn-beam-trawler-s/story-25972032-detail/story.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cornishman.co.uk/19th-century-gun-brought-Newlyn-beam-trawler-s/story-25972032-detail/story.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.cornishman.co.uk/19th-century-gun-brought-Newlyn-beam-trawler-s/story-25972032-detail/story.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Asian round-up</b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Tunnel found under Mysore palace</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=291855" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=291855" rel="nofollow">http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=291855</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Article on the British army's looting and destruction of Beijing Palace,1860</p><p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-30810596" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-30810596" rel="nofollow">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-30810596</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Living in the past</b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Researching speed archery - perhaps don’t try this at home…</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://boingboing.net/2015/01/23/ancient-speed-shooting-archery.html?utm_source=moreatbb&utm_medium=nextpost&utm_campaign=nextpostthumbnails" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://boingboing.net/2015/01/23/ancient-speed-shooting-archery.html?utm_source=moreatbb&utm_medium=nextpost&utm_campaign=nextpostthumbnails" rel="nofollow">http://boingboing.net/2015/01/23/ancient-speed-shooting-archery.html?utm_source=moreatbb&utm_medium=nextpost&utm_campaign=nextpostthumbnails</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Photographs of the SCA</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.medievalists.net/2015/02/04/game-play-capturing-sca-three-years/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.medievalists.net/2015/02/04/game-play-capturing-sca-three-years/" rel="nofollow">http://www.medievalists.net/2015/02/04/game-play-capturing-sca-three-years/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Waterloo watch</b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Website and gallery for Waterloo200 launched</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/military-history/pre-20th-century-conflict/art515044-waterloo200-website-launches-with-100-objects-and-campaign-to-trace-waterloo-ancestors" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/military-history/pre-20th-century-conflict/art515044-waterloo200-website-launches-with-100-objects-and-campaign-to-trace-waterloo-ancestors" rel="nofollow">http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/military-history/pre-20th-century-conflict/art515044-waterloo200-website-launches-with-100-objects-and-campaign-to-trace-waterloo-ancestors</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>New investigation of the battlefield</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/military-history/pre-20th-century-conflict/art516732-british-army-veterans-to-join-archaeologists-in-mission-to-solve-mysteries-of-battle-of-waterloo" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/military-history/pre-20th-century-conflict/art516732-british-army-veterans-to-join-archaeologists-in-mission-to-solve-mysteries-of-battle-of-waterloo" rel="nofollow">http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/military-history/pre-20th-century-conflict/art516732-british-army-veterans-to-join-archaeologists-in-mission-to-solve-mysteries-of-battle-of-waterloo</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Princesses and Amazons</b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Ben Barbie takes to the arena</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/you-can-now-buy-your-5053090" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/you-can-now-buy-your-5053090" rel="nofollow">http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/you-can-now-buy-your-5053090</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Joan of Arc</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.medievalists.net/2011/05/29/jeanne-darc-morale-spiritual-authority-and-gunpowder/?utm_content=buffer56d50&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.medievalists.net/2011/05/29/jeanne-darc-morale-spiritual-authority-and-gunpowder/?utm_content=buffer56d50&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer" rel="nofollow">http://www.medievalists.net/2011/05/29/jeanne-darc-morale-spiritual-authority-and-gunpowder/?utm_content=buffer56d50&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Ash Thompson<i><b>Neverhome</b></i></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/jan/30/neverhome-by-laird-hunt-review-brilliant-blaze-novel" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/jan/30/neverhome-by-laird-hunt-review-brilliant-blaze-novel" rel="nofollow">http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/jan/30/neverhome-by-laird-hunt-review-brilliant-blaze-novel</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Kurdish women fighters</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jan/30/kurdish-women-died-kobani-isis-syria" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jan/30/kurdish-women-died-kobani-isis-syria" rel="nofollow">http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jan/30/kurdish-women-died-kobani-isis-syria</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Into the 20th century</b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>For St Valentine’s day- WWI love story from Wrest Park</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/military-history/first-world-war/art516860-wrest-park-reveals-first-world-war-love-story-that-lasted-a-lifetime" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/military-history/first-world-war/art516860-wrest-park-reveals-first-world-war-love-story-that-lasted-a-lifetime" rel="nofollow">http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/military-history/first-world-war/art516860-wrest-park-reveals-first-world-war-love-story-that-lasted-a-lifetime</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Spitfires over the Forth remembered</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/military-history/world-war-two/art514798-forth-bridge-raid-the-first-luftwaffe-bombing-raid-of-world-war-two-remembered-at-queensferry-museum" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/military-history/world-war-two/art514798-forth-bridge-raid-the-first-luftwaffe-bombing-raid-of-world-war-two-remembered-at-queensferry-museum" rel="nofollow">http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/military-history/world-war-two/art514798-forth-bridge-raid-the-first-luftwaffe-bombing-raid-of-world-war-two-remembered-at-queensferry-museum</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Nautical news</b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>New techniques for documenting shipwrecks</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/01/2015/an-innovative-method-of-documenting-shipwrecks" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/01/2015/an-innovative-method-of-documenting-shipwrecks" rel="nofollow">http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/01/2015/an-innovative-method-of-documenting-shipwrecks</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Another grave from the <i>Batavia</i> located in Morning Reef, within the Abrolhos Islands</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-02-03/unearthed-grave-sheds-light-on-batavia-shipwreck-mass-murder/6068008" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-02-03/unearthed-grave-sheds-light-on-batavia-shipwreck-mass-murder/6068008" rel="nofollow">http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-02-03/unearthed-grave-sheds-light-on-batavia-shipwreck-mass-murder/6068008</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Medical finds from the <i>Queen Anne’s Revenge</i></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.livescience.com/49563-blackbeard-pirate-ship-yields-medical-supplies.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.livescience.com/49563-blackbeard-pirate-ship-yields-medical-supplies.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.livescience.com/49563-blackbeard-pirate-ship-yields-medical-supplies.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>And new displays at the museum</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.starnewsonline.com/article/20150126/ARTICLES/150129787" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.starnewsonline.com/article/20150126/ARTICLES/150129787" rel="nofollow">http://www.starnewsonline.com/article/20150126/ARTICLES/150129787</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Update on the search for the <i>Fortuyn</i></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-02-10/dutch-shipwreck-fortuyn-search-quest-continues/6082816" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-02-10/dutch-shipwreck-fortuyn-search-quest-continues/6082816" rel="nofollow">http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-02-10/dutch-shipwreck-fortuyn-search-quest-continues/6082816</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Update on HMS<i> Victory</i></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/recovery-ofhms-victory-is-hampered-by-stormy-relations-10019242.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/recovery-ofhms-victory-is-hampered-by-stormy-relations-10019242.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/recovery-ofhms-victory-is-hampered-by-stormy-relations-10019242.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>100 ship armada which intended to capture Australia for Spain in the 1790s</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/australiaandthepacific/australia/11369341/Spain-planned-to-invade-the-British-colony-in-Australia-in-1790s-with-100-vessel-armada.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/australiaandthepacific/australia/11369341/Spain-planned-to-invade-the-British-colony-in-Australia-in-1790s-with-100-vessel-armada.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/australiaandthepacific/australia/11369341/Spain-planned-to-invade-the-British-colony-in-Australia-in-1790s-with-100-vessel-armada.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Interview with one of the discovers of Franklin’s <i>Erebus</i></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/franklin-ship-dive-was-like-going-back-in-time-says-archeologist-1.2942646" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/franklin-ship-dive-was-like-going-back-in-time-says-archeologist-1.2942646" rel="nofollow">http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/franklin-ship-dive-was-like-going-back-in-time-says-archeologist-1.2942646</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Work begins to raise the remains of CSS<i>Georgia</i></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.wsav.com/story/27969779/before-harbor-gets-deepened-confederate-shipwreck-must-go" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.wsav.com/story/27969779/before-harbor-gets-deepened-confederate-shipwreck-must-go" rel="nofollow">http://www.wsav.com/story/27969779/before-harbor-gets-deepened-confederate-shipwreck-must-go</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>And still on the track of the Confederacy’s missing subs</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/01/24/mystery-of-missing-civil-war-subs-resurfaces/22288817/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/01/24/mystery-of-missing-civil-war-subs-resurfaces/22288817/" rel="nofollow">http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/01/24/mystery-of-missing-civil-war-subs-resurfaces/22288817/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Guidebook to confederate gun runner wrecked on Lundy produced</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/archaeology/art516113-archaeologists-produce-guidebooks-for-divers-to-bristol-channel-which-sank-151-years-ago" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/archaeology/art516113-archaeologists-produce-guidebooks-for-divers-to-bristol-channel-which-sank-151-years-ago" rel="nofollow">http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/archaeology/art516113-archaeologists-produce-guidebooks-for-divers-to-bristol-channel-which-sank-151-years-ago</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.landmarktrust.org.uk/lundyisland/discovering-lundy/activities/diving/divesites/iona-ii-dive-trail/iona-ii-dive-trail2-divingthewreck/Diving-the-Wreck-guides/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.landmarktrust.org.uk/lundyisland/discovering-lundy/activities/diving/divesites/iona-ii-dive-trail/iona-ii-dive-trail2-divingthewreck/Diving-the-Wreck-guides/" rel="nofollow">http://www.landmarktrust.org.uk/lundyisland/discovering-lundy/activities/diving/divesites/iona-ii-dive-trail/iona-ii-dive-trail2-divingthewreck/Diving-the-Wreck-guides/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Fines from naughty banks to fund restoration of D-Day landing vessel</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/military-history/world-war-two/art515724-fines-on-banks-provide-million-boost-for-uk-last-second-world-war-landing-craft-from-d-day" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/military-history/world-war-two/art515724-fines-on-banks-provide-million-boost-for-uk-last-second-world-war-landing-craft-from-d-day" rel="nofollow">http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/military-history/world-war-two/art515724-fines-on-banks-provide-million-boost-for-uk-last-second-world-war-landing-craft-from-d-day</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>And WW2 torpedo boat being restored in Somerset</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-31074285" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-31074285" rel="nofollow">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-31074285</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Gallery of Eric Ravillious’s submarine works</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://images.rmg.co.uk/?service=set&action=show_content_page&language=en&set=144&ref=news" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://images.rmg.co.uk/?service=set&action=show_content_page&language=en&set=144&ref=news" rel="nofollow">http://images.rmg.co.uk/?service=set&action=show_content_page&language=en&set=144&ref=news</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="5"><b>Museum news and exhibitions</b></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="5"><b>New museum curators looking for a new challenge - step forward</b></font></p><p><a href="http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/Wanted-a-new-generation-of-Monuments-Men-for-US-army/36935" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/Wanted-a-new-generation-of-Monuments-Men-for-US-army/36935" rel="nofollow">http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/Wanted-a-new-generation-of-Monuments-Men-for-US-army/36935</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>London may have lost out on the Burrell collection</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/Glasgows-Burrell-Collection-could-have-been-Londons/36885" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/Glasgows-Burrell-Collection-could-have-been-Londons/36885" rel="nofollow">http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/Glasgows-Burrell-Collection-could-have-been-Londons/36885</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>But may have better results with the Smithsonian</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/Smithsonian-accepts-Mayor-of-Londons-invitation-to-launch-satellite-on-British-soil/36981" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/Smithsonian-accepts-Mayor-of-Londons-invitation-to-launch-satellite-on-British-soil/36981" rel="nofollow">http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/Smithsonian-accepts-Mayor-of-Londons-invitation-to-launch-satellite-on-British-soil/36981</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Library of Moscow’s Institute of Scientific Information on Social Sciences damaged by fire</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/76153/A-million-documents--some-dating-back-to-the-16th-century--damaged-in-Russian-library-blaze#.VM3zMLCzWUk" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/76153/A-million-documents--some-dating-back-to-the-16th-century--damaged-in-Russian-library-blaze#.VM3zMLCzWUk" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/76153/A-million-documents--some-dating-back-to-the-16th-century--damaged-in-Russian-library-blaze#.VM3zMLCzWUk</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>FitzwilliamMuseum finds a pair of Michelangelo bronzes</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.culture24.org.uk/art/art51568-only-surviving-pair-of-michelangelo-bronzes-found%20in-cambridge-with-help-of-500-year-old-student-sketch" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.culture24.org.uk/art/art51568-only-surviving-pair-of-michelangelo-bronzes-found%20in-cambridge-with-help-of-500-year-old-student-sketch" rel="nofollow">http://www.culture24.org.uk/art/art51568-only-surviving-pair-of-michelangelo-bronzes-found in-cambridge-with-help-of-500-year-old-student-sketch</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2015/feb/02/new-michelangelo-sculptures-fitzwilliam-museum-cambridge-bronzes" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2015/feb/02/new-michelangelo-sculptures-fitzwilliam-museum-cambridge-bronzes" rel="nofollow">http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2015/feb/02/new-michelangelo-sculptures-fitzwilliam-museum-cambridge-bronzes</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>New museums </b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Château de Fontainebleau gets big new funding boost and 15 year renovation plan</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/Battle-royale-Fontainebleau-aims-to-rival-Versailles-after-m-funding-boost/36992" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/Battle-royale-Fontainebleau-aims-to-rival-Versailles-after-m-funding-boost/36992" rel="nofollow">http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/Battle-royale-Fontainebleau-aims-to-rival-Versailles-after-m-funding-boost/36992</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Battery in Mistra Bay, Malta to be restored</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20150129/local/special-heritage-day-at-mistra-battery.553910" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20150129/local/special-heritage-day-at-mistra-battery.553910" rel="nofollow">http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20150129/local/special-heritage-day-at-mistra-battery.553910</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Museum developments</b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>General article about the increasing use of collections going online</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/30/arts/design/art-museums-are-increasingly-adding-their-collections-online.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/30/arts/design/art-museums-are-increasingly-adding-their-collections-online.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/30/arts/design/art-museums-are-increasingly-adding-their-collections-online.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Video games in museums - good or bad?</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/Video-games-in-museums-fine-art-or-just-fun/36905" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/Video-games-in-museums-fine-art-or-just-fun/36905" rel="nofollow">http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/Video-games-in-museums-fine-art-or-just-fun/36905</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Conservation corner</b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>New insights into the manufacture of an Indian sword</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2015-02/s-his021015.php" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2015-02/s-his021015.php" rel="nofollow">http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2015-02/s-his021015.php</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Work begins on the Painted Hall, Greenwich</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/Major-work-on-Greenwichs-Baroque-masterpiece-begins/36897" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/Major-work-on-Greenwichs-Baroque-masterpiece-begins/36897" rel="nofollow">http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/Major-work-on-Greenwichs-Baroque-masterpiece-begins/36897</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Objects</b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Japanese armour in Fort SmithMuseum, NWT</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/experts-shed-light-on-mystery-armour-at-fort-smith-museum-1.2943779" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/experts-shed-light-on-mystery-armour-at-fort-smith-museum-1.2943779" rel="nofollow">http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/experts-shed-light-on-mystery-armour-at-fort-smith-museum-1.2943779</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Replica replica Boulton Paul Defiantreplica Boulton Paul Defiantreplica Boulton Paul DefiantBoulton Paul Defiant fighter arrives at Kent Battle of BritainMuseum</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/military-history/world-war-two/art516740-boulton-paul-defiant-fighter-arrives-safely-at-the-kent-battle-of-britain-museum-trust" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/military-history/world-war-two/art516740-boulton-paul-defiant-fighter-arrives-safely-at-the-kent-battle-of-britain-museum-trust" rel="nofollow">http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/military-history/world-war-two/art516740-boulton-paul-defiant-fighter-arrives-safely-at-the-kent-battle-of-britain-museum-trust</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Exhibitions</b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Bonaparte and cartoons in London</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/76241/-Bonaparte-and-the-British--Prints-and-Propaganda-in-the-Age-of-Napoleon--opens-at-the-British-Museum-#.VNMtorCzWUk" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/76241/-Bonaparte-and-the-British--Prints-and-Propaganda-in-the-Age-of-Napoleon--opens-at-the-British-Museum-#.VNMtorCzWUk" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/76241/-Bonaparte-and-the-British--Prints-and-Propaganda-in-the-Age-of-Napoleon--opens-at-the-British-Museum-#.VNMtorCzWUk</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Waterloo in Windsor</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/76133/Battlefield-souvenirs-go-on-display-as-Windsor-Castle-marks-200th-anniversary-of-Waterloo" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/76133/Battlefield-souvenirs-go-on-display-as-Windsor-Castle-marks-200th-anniversary-of-Waterloo" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/76133/Battlefield-souvenirs-go-on-display-as-Windsor-Castle-marks-200th-anniversary-of-Waterloo</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Lancashire treasures in London</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2015/feb/01/cotton-to-gold-exhibition-london" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2015/feb/01/cotton-to-gold-exhibition-london" rel="nofollow">http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2015/feb/01/cotton-to-gold-exhibition-london</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Winston Churchill at Chartwell</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/art514764-last-photograph-of-winston-churchill-goes-on-display-as-chartwell-marks-churchill-2015" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/art514764-last-photograph-of-winston-churchill-goes-on-display-as-chartwell-marks-churchill-2015" rel="nofollow">http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/art514764-last-photograph-of-winston-churchill-goes-on-display-as-chartwell-marks-churchill-2015</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Buttons in Paris</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/76368/Paris--Decorative-Arts-Museum-unveils-an-exceptional-collection-of-over-3-000-buttons#.VNnE2rCzWUk" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/76368/Paris--Decorative-Arts-Museum-unveils-an-exceptional-collection-of-over-3-000-buttons#.VNnE2rCzWUk" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/76368/Paris--Decorative-Arts-Museum-unveils-an-exceptional-collection-of-over-3-000-buttons#.VNnE2rCzWUk</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Renaissance portraits in Brussels</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/76309/Exhibition-of-Renaissance-portraits-from-the-Low-Countries-opens-at-the-Centre-for-Fine-Arts--Brussels#.VNnFbLCzWUk" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/76309/Exhibition-of-Renaissance-portraits-from-the-Low-Countries-opens-at-the-Centre-for-Fine-Arts--Brussels#.VNnFbLCzWUk" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/76309/Exhibition-of-Renaissance-portraits-from-the-Low-Countries-opens-at-the-Centre-for-Fine-Arts--Brussels#.VNnFbLCzWUk</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Frick collection at The Hague</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/feb/04/frick-collection-masterpieces-mauritshuis-the-hague" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/feb/04/frick-collection-masterpieces-mauritshuis-the-hague" rel="nofollow">http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/feb/04/frick-collection-masterpieces-mauritshuis-the-hague</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Piero di Cosimo retrospective at Washington</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/76165/Once-in-a-lifetime-Piero-di-Cosimo-retrospective-premieres-at-National-Gallery-of-Art--Washington#.VM83lrCzWUk" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/76165/Once-in-a-lifetime-Piero-di-Cosimo-retrospective-premieres-at-National-Gallery-of-Art--Washington#.VM83lrCzWUk" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/76165/Once-in-a-lifetime-Piero-di-Cosimo-retrospective-premieres-at-National-Gallery-of-Art--Washington#.VM83lrCzWUk</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Diponegoro at the National Gallery of Indonesia, Jakarta</p><p><br /></p><p><font size="5"><b><a href="http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/Jakarta-stages-once-in-a-lifetime-exhibition-on-national-hero/36997" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/Jakarta-stages-once-in-a-lifetime-exhibition-on-national-hero/36997" rel="nofollow">http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/Jakarta-stages-once-in-a-lifetime-exhibition-on-national-hero/36997</a></b></font></p><p><font size="5"><b>Books</b></font></p><p><br /></p><p>New handbook to the Philadelphia Museum of Art’s collections</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/76249/Philadelphia-Museum-of-Art-publishes-new-handbook-of-the-collection#.VNMuL7CzWUk" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/76249/Philadelphia-Museum-of-Art-publishes-new-handbook-of-the-collection#.VNMuL7CzWUk" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/76249/Philadelphia-Museum-of-Art-publishes-new-handbook-of-the-collection#.VNMuL7CzWUk</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.philamuseum.org/publications/0-2-9780876332580.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.philamuseum.org/publications/0-2-9780876332580.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.philamuseum.org/publications/0-2-9780876332580.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Richard and Bridget Larn<b>: <i>Henry Trengrouse - The Cornish Inventor of the Rocket Life-Saving Apparatus</i></b></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.truranbooks.co.uk/aqshop/catalogue.php?id=51" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.truranbooks.co.uk/aqshop/catalogue.php?id=51" rel="nofollow">http://www.truranbooks.co.uk/aqshop/catalogue.php?id=51</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Online Books and reports</b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Kevin Camidge: <b><i>St Anthony Designated Historic Wreck Site</i></b></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/publications/stanthony-designated-historic-wreck-site-dba/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/publications/stanthony-designated-historic-wreck-site-dba/" rel="nofollow">http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/publications/stanthony-designated-historic-wreck-site-dba/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Kevin Camidge: <b><i>Rill Cove Designated Historic Wreck Site</i></b></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/publications/rill-cove-designated-historic-wreck-site-dba/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/publications/rill-cove-designated-historic-wreck-site-dba/" rel="nofollow">http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/publications/rill-cove-designated-historic-wreck-site-dba/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Kevin Camidge: <b><i>Schiedam Prize Designated Historic Wreck Site</i></b></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="5"><b><a href="http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/publications/schiedam-prize-designated-historic-wreck-site-dba/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/publications/schiedam-prize-designated-historic-wreck-site-dba/" rel="nofollow">http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/publications/schiedam-prize-designated-historic-wreck-site-dba/</a></b></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="5"><b>Popular culture</b></font></p><p><br /></p><p>Yom Kippur war in modern art exhibition</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/Israeli-soldiers-war-memories-revived-at-ICA-London/36982" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/Israeli-soldiers-war-memories-revived-at-ICA-London/36982" rel="nofollow">http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/Israeli-soldiers-war-memories-revived-at-ICA-London/36982</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Events</b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="5"><b>Conferences</b></font></p><p><br /></p><p>Dig it: Museums and archaeology</p><p><br /></p><p>6 March, British Museum</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.museumsassociation.org/find-an-event/06032015-dig-it-museums-and-archaeology?utm_source=ma&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=ma02022015" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.museumsassociation.org/find-an-event/06032015-dig-it-museums-and-archaeology?utm_source=ma&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=ma02022015" rel="nofollow">http://www.museumsassociation.org/find-an-event/06032015-dig-it-museums-and-archaeology?utm_source=ma&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=ma02022015</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Calls for Papers</b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>15-20 September 2015, Krakow-Warsaw, Poland</p><p><br /></p><p>ICOMAM & ICDAD - <b>Ambassadors of dialogue</b></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://icomam-icdad.pl/en/programme" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://icomam-icdad.pl/en/programme" rel="nofollow">http://icomam-icdad.pl/en/programme</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Sales Fairs and auctions</b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>More cannons to be offered this spring- includes French guns</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.springfieldarsenal.net/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.springfieldarsenal.net/" rel="nofollow">http://www.springfieldarsenal.net/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Websites and downloads</b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>1066 etc</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Battle tactics, maritime warfare, booty, sieges and walled cities</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.medievalists.net/2015/01/28/trial-error-learning-adaptation-english-tactical-system-bannockburn-poitiers/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.medievalists.net/2015/01/28/trial-error-learning-adaptation-english-tactical-system-bannockburn-poitiers/" rel="nofollow">http://www.medievalists.net/2015/01/28/trial-error-learning-adaptation-english-tactical-system-bannockburn-poitiers/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.medievalists.net/2015/01/30/war-waterways-maritime-conflict-viking-age-north-sea-region/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.medievalists.net/2015/01/30/war-waterways-maritime-conflict-viking-age-north-sea-region/" rel="nofollow">http://www.medievalists.net/2015/01/30/war-waterways-maritime-conflict-viking-age-north-sea-region/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.medievalists.net/2015/01/31/booty-border-warfare/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.medievalists.net/2015/01/31/booty-border-warfare/" rel="nofollow">http://www.medievalists.net/2015/01/31/booty-border-warfare/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.medievalists.net/2015/02/02/owain-glyndwr-siege-coity-castle-1404-1405/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.medievalists.net/2015/02/02/owain-glyndwr-siege-coity-castle-1404-1405/" rel="nofollow">http://www.medievalists.net/2015/02/02/owain-glyndwr-siege-coity-castle-1404-1405/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.medievalists.net/2015/02/07/beyond-walls-walled-cities-medieval-france/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.medievalists.net/2015/02/07/beyond-walls-walled-cities-medieval-france/" rel="nofollow">http://www.medievalists.net/2015/02/07/beyond-walls-walled-cities-medieval-france/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Finally</b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This fortnight I tweeted a walk round the sites of Leeds Battle</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><br /></p><p><b>Compiled by Ruth Rhynas Brown – 11 February 2015</b></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" 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[QUOTE="springfld.arsenal, post: 41795, member: 54"][SIZE=6][B][B]The Basiliscoe Mercury 218[/B][/B][/SIZE] [B]TheInternet newsletter for the arms and armour community[/B] Women warriors, a plethora of shipwrecks, Japanese armour in Canada and call for papers for ICOMAM in Poland. [B]Arms and armour in the news[/B] [B]Ancient arms[/B] Spear-throwing by early Americans [URL]http://www.livescience.com/49603-paleo-indian-spear-thrower-evidence.html[/URL] Cooking for the Stone Age [URL]http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2015-02/uoy-yar020315.php[/URL] Bronze Age wrist guard found in Inverness-shire [URL]http://www.inverness-courier.co.uk/News/Bone-bow-and-arrow-wrist-guard-and-pottery-found-with-Bronze-Age-body-in-Drumnadrochit-03022015.htm[/URL] [B]Battles, towers and forts[/B] Assyrians suffered post-traumatic stress disorder 3000 years ago [URL]http://www.aina.org/ata/20150123210400.htm[/URL] 2000 year old fortification ditch found in Tarragona with finds from time of Hannibal [URL]http://www.thelocal.es/20150128/evidence-of-hannibals-troops-found-in-catalonia[/URL] Red numbers found in investigation of the Coliseum [URL]http://news.discovery.com/history/archaeology/red-seat-numbers-found-on-romes-colosseum-150123.htm[/URL] [B]Beasts of assorted varieties…[/B] Dragons! [URL]http://www.medievalists.net/2015/01/30/dragons-symbol-evil-european-synagogue-decoration/[/URL] [B]Grave stories[/B] Otzi the Iceman had 61 tattoos [URL]http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1113319184/scan-finds-new-tattoos-on-5300-year-old-iceman-012215/[/URL] And the face of a 2,500 year old tattooed Siberian princess recreated [URL]http://nation.com.pk/snippets/30-Jan-2015/face-of-2-500-yr-old-princess-recreated[/URL] Investigating skull injuries in medieval Denmark [URL]http://phys.org/news/2015-01-analysis-skull-fractures-medieval-denmark.html[/URL] Latest cadaver of the famous to get the search treatment is Cervantes [URL]http://artdaily.com/news/76012/War-injuries-key-to-Spanish-search-for--Quixote--author-Miguel-de-Cervantes--remains#.VM3vP7CzWUk[/URL] [URL]http://artdaily.com/news/76023/Spanish-researchers-find-casket-bearing--Quixote--author-Miguel-de-Cervantes--initials#.VM3wRLCzWUk[/URL] [B]Miscellany[/B] Making chess pieces in medieval Northampton [URL]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-northamptonshire-30214707[/URL] Bridge for HarlechCastle [URL]http://www.medievalists.net/2015/02/04/new-bridge-installed-harlech-castle/[/URL] Musket and cannonballs found in Derry excavations [URL]http://www.u.tv/News/Building-found-pre-dating-Derrys-walls/a207b210-be04-419f-96b9-a3c14913b438[/URL] Still searching for the lost colony [URL]http://www.thetimesnews.com/news/region-state/researchers-hopeful-that-site-is-that-of-lost-colony-1.426522[/URL] [SIZE=5][B]Cannons to the left, cannon to the right[/B][/SIZE] 17th century bronze cannon recovered from building site in Hyderabad [URL]http://www.mid-day.com/articles/17th-century-cannon-found-in-hyderabad/15951191[/URL] [URL]http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/Ancient-cannon-at-Musi-bank/articleshow/46060377.cms[/URL] (picture) Cannons in Beaufort, South Caroline and their history [URL]http://eatsleepplaybeaufort.com/historic-cannons-in-downtowns-stephen-elliott-park/[/URL] Researching the history of a possible cannon from the Alamo [URL]http://www.dentonrc.com/local-news/local-news-headlines/20150123-historic-cannon-to-be-dedicated-at-alamo.ece[/URL] Cornish fishermen net unusual catch [URL]http://www.westernmorningnews.co.uk/PICTURES-Cornish-fisherman-nets-19th-century/story-25980893-detail/story.html[/URL] [URL]http://www.westernmorningnews.co.uk/Cornish-port-gets-gun-fishing-boat-nets-antique/story-25973056-detail/story.html[/URL] [URL]http://www.cornishman.co.uk/19th-century-gun-brought-Newlyn-beam-trawler-s/story-25972032-detail/story.html[/URL] [B]Asian round-up[/B] Tunnel found under Mysore palace [URL]http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=291855[/URL] Article on the British army's looting and destruction of Beijing Palace,1860 [URL]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-30810596[/URL] [B]Living in the past[/B] Researching speed archery - perhaps don’t try this at home… [URL]http://boingboing.net/2015/01/23/ancient-speed-shooting-archery.html?utm_source=moreatbb&utm_medium=nextpost&utm_campaign=nextpostthumbnails[/URL] Photographs of the SCA [URL]http://www.medievalists.net/2015/02/04/game-play-capturing-sca-three-years/[/URL] [B]Waterloo watch[/B] Website and gallery for Waterloo200 launched [URL]http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/military-history/pre-20th-century-conflict/art515044-waterloo200-website-launches-with-100-objects-and-campaign-to-trace-waterloo-ancestors[/URL] New investigation of the battlefield [URL]http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/military-history/pre-20th-century-conflict/art516732-british-army-veterans-to-join-archaeologists-in-mission-to-solve-mysteries-of-battle-of-waterloo[/URL] [B]Princesses and Amazons[/B] Ben Barbie takes to the arena [URL]http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/you-can-now-buy-your-5053090[/URL] Joan of Arc [URL]http://www.medievalists.net/2011/05/29/jeanne-darc-morale-spiritual-authority-and-gunpowder/?utm_content=buffer56d50&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer[/URL] Ash Thompson[I][B]Neverhome[/B][/I] [URL]http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/jan/30/neverhome-by-laird-hunt-review-brilliant-blaze-novel[/URL] Kurdish women fighters [URL]http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jan/30/kurdish-women-died-kobani-isis-syria[/URL] [B]Into the 20th century[/B] For St Valentine’s day- WWI love story from Wrest Park [URL]http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/military-history/first-world-war/art516860-wrest-park-reveals-first-world-war-love-story-that-lasted-a-lifetime[/URL] Spitfires over the Forth remembered [URL]http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/military-history/world-war-two/art514798-forth-bridge-raid-the-first-luftwaffe-bombing-raid-of-world-war-two-remembered-at-queensferry-museum[/URL] [B]Nautical news[/B] New techniques for documenting shipwrecks [URL]http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/01/2015/an-innovative-method-of-documenting-shipwrecks[/URL] Another grave from the [I]Batavia[/I] located in Morning Reef, within the Abrolhos Islands [URL]http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-02-03/unearthed-grave-sheds-light-on-batavia-shipwreck-mass-murder/6068008[/URL] Medical finds from the [I]Queen Anne’s Revenge[/I] [URL]http://www.livescience.com/49563-blackbeard-pirate-ship-yields-medical-supplies.html[/URL] And new displays at the museum [URL]http://www.starnewsonline.com/article/20150126/ARTICLES/150129787[/URL] Update on the search for the [I]Fortuyn[/I] [URL]http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-02-10/dutch-shipwreck-fortuyn-search-quest-continues/6082816[/URL] Update on HMS[I] Victory[/I] [URL]http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/recovery-ofhms-victory-is-hampered-by-stormy-relations-10019242.html[/URL] 100 ship armada which intended to capture Australia for Spain in the 1790s [URL]http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/australiaandthepacific/australia/11369341/Spain-planned-to-invade-the-British-colony-in-Australia-in-1790s-with-100-vessel-armada.html[/URL] Interview with one of the discovers of Franklin’s [I]Erebus[/I] [URL]http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/franklin-ship-dive-was-like-going-back-in-time-says-archeologist-1.2942646[/URL] Work begins to raise the remains of CSS[I]Georgia[/I] [URL]http://www.wsav.com/story/27969779/before-harbor-gets-deepened-confederate-shipwreck-must-go[/URL] And still on the track of the Confederacy’s missing subs [URL]http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/01/24/mystery-of-missing-civil-war-subs-resurfaces/22288817/[/URL] Guidebook to confederate gun runner wrecked on Lundy produced [URL]http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/archaeology/art516113-archaeologists-produce-guidebooks-for-divers-to-bristol-channel-which-sank-151-years-ago[/URL] [URL]http://www.landmarktrust.org.uk/lundyisland/discovering-lundy/activities/diving/divesites/iona-ii-dive-trail/iona-ii-dive-trail2-divingthewreck/Diving-the-Wreck-guides/[/URL] Fines from naughty banks to fund restoration of D-Day landing vessel [URL]http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/military-history/world-war-two/art515724-fines-on-banks-provide-million-boost-for-uk-last-second-world-war-landing-craft-from-d-day[/URL] And WW2 torpedo boat being restored in Somerset [URL]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-31074285[/URL] Gallery of Eric Ravillious’s submarine works [URL]http://images.rmg.co.uk/?service=set&action=show_content_page&language=en&set=144&ref=news[/URL] [SIZE=5][B]Museum news and exhibitions[/B][/SIZE] [SIZE=5][B]New museum curators looking for a new challenge - step forward[/B][/SIZE] [URL]http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/Wanted-a-new-generation-of-Monuments-Men-for-US-army/36935[/URL] London may have lost out on the Burrell collection [URL]http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/Glasgows-Burrell-Collection-could-have-been-Londons/36885[/URL] But may have better results with the Smithsonian [URL]http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/Smithsonian-accepts-Mayor-of-Londons-invitation-to-launch-satellite-on-British-soil/36981[/URL] Library of Moscow’s Institute of Scientific Information on Social Sciences damaged by fire [URL]http://artdaily.com/news/76153/A-million-documents--some-dating-back-to-the-16th-century--damaged-in-Russian-library-blaze#.VM3zMLCzWUk[/URL] FitzwilliamMuseum finds a pair of Michelangelo bronzes [URL]http://www.culture24.org.uk/art/art51568-only-surviving-pair-of-michelangelo-bronzes-found%20in-cambridge-with-help-of-500-year-old-student-sketch[/URL] [URL]http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2015/feb/02/new-michelangelo-sculptures-fitzwilliam-museum-cambridge-bronzes[/URL] [B]New museums [/B] Château de Fontainebleau gets big new funding boost and 15 year renovation plan [URL]http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/Battle-royale-Fontainebleau-aims-to-rival-Versailles-after-m-funding-boost/36992[/URL] Battery in Mistra Bay, Malta to be restored [URL]http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20150129/local/special-heritage-day-at-mistra-battery.553910[/URL] [B]Museum developments[/B] General article about the increasing use of collections going online [URL]http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/30/arts/design/art-museums-are-increasingly-adding-their-collections-online.html[/URL] Video games in museums - good or bad? [URL]http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/Video-games-in-museums-fine-art-or-just-fun/36905[/URL] [B]Conservation corner[/B] New insights into the manufacture of an Indian sword [URL]http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2015-02/s-his021015.php[/URL] Work begins on the Painted Hall, Greenwich [URL]http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/Major-work-on-Greenwichs-Baroque-masterpiece-begins/36897[/URL] [B]Objects[/B] Japanese armour in Fort SmithMuseum, NWT [URL]http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/experts-shed-light-on-mystery-armour-at-fort-smith-museum-1.2943779[/URL] Replica replica Boulton Paul Defiantreplica Boulton Paul Defiantreplica Boulton Paul DefiantBoulton Paul Defiant fighter arrives at Kent Battle of BritainMuseum [URL]http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/military-history/world-war-two/art516740-boulton-paul-defiant-fighter-arrives-safely-at-the-kent-battle-of-britain-museum-trust[/URL] [B]Exhibitions[/B] Bonaparte and cartoons in London [URL]http://artdaily.com/news/76241/-Bonaparte-and-the-British--Prints-and-Propaganda-in-the-Age-of-Napoleon--opens-at-the-British-Museum-#.VNMtorCzWUk[/URL] Waterloo in Windsor [URL]http://artdaily.com/news/76133/Battlefield-souvenirs-go-on-display-as-Windsor-Castle-marks-200th-anniversary-of-Waterloo[/URL] Lancashire treasures in London [URL]http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2015/feb/01/cotton-to-gold-exhibition-london[/URL] Winston Churchill at Chartwell [URL]http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/art514764-last-photograph-of-winston-churchill-goes-on-display-as-chartwell-marks-churchill-2015[/URL] Buttons in Paris [URL]http://artdaily.com/news/76368/Paris--Decorative-Arts-Museum-unveils-an-exceptional-collection-of-over-3-000-buttons#.VNnE2rCzWUk[/URL] Renaissance portraits in Brussels [URL]http://artdaily.com/news/76309/Exhibition-of-Renaissance-portraits-from-the-Low-Countries-opens-at-the-Centre-for-Fine-Arts--Brussels#.VNnFbLCzWUk[/URL] Frick collection at The Hague [URL]http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/feb/04/frick-collection-masterpieces-mauritshuis-the-hague[/URL] Piero di Cosimo retrospective at Washington [URL]http://artdaily.com/news/76165/Once-in-a-lifetime-Piero-di-Cosimo-retrospective-premieres-at-National-Gallery-of-Art--Washington#.VM83lrCzWUk[/URL] Diponegoro at the National Gallery of Indonesia, Jakarta [SIZE=5][B][URL]http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/Jakarta-stages-once-in-a-lifetime-exhibition-on-national-hero/36997[/URL][/B] [B]Books[/B][/SIZE] New handbook to the Philadelphia Museum of Art’s collections [URL]http://artdaily.com/news/76249/Philadelphia-Museum-of-Art-publishes-new-handbook-of-the-collection#.VNMuL7CzWUk[/URL] [URL]http://www.philamuseum.org/publications/0-2-9780876332580.html[/URL] Richard and Bridget Larn[B]: [I]Henry Trengrouse - The Cornish Inventor of the Rocket Life-Saving Apparatus[/I][/B] [URL]http://www.truranbooks.co.uk/aqshop/catalogue.php?id=51[/URL] [B]Online Books and reports[/B] Kevin Camidge: [B][I]St Anthony Designated Historic Wreck Site[/I][/B] [URL]http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/publications/stanthony-designated-historic-wreck-site-dba/[/URL] Kevin Camidge: [B][I]Rill Cove Designated Historic Wreck Site[/I][/B] [URL]http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/publications/rill-cove-designated-historic-wreck-site-dba/[/URL] Kevin Camidge: [B][I]Schiedam Prize Designated Historic Wreck Site[/I][/B] [SIZE=5][B][URL]http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/publications/schiedam-prize-designated-historic-wreck-site-dba/[/URL][/B][/SIZE] [SIZE=5][B]Popular culture[/B][/SIZE] Yom Kippur war in modern art exhibition [URL]http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/Israeli-soldiers-war-memories-revived-at-ICA-London/36982[/URL] [B]Events[/B] [SIZE=5][B]Conferences[/B][/SIZE] Dig it: Museums and archaeology 6 March, British Museum [URL]http://www.museumsassociation.org/find-an-event/06032015-dig-it-museums-and-archaeology?utm_source=ma&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=ma02022015[/URL] [B]Calls for Papers[/B] 15-20 September 2015, Krakow-Warsaw, Poland ICOMAM & ICDAD - [B]Ambassadors of dialogue[/B] [URL]http://icomam-icdad.pl/en/programme[/URL] [B]Sales Fairs and auctions[/B] More cannons to be offered this spring- includes French guns [URL]http://www.springfieldarsenal.net/[/URL] [B]Websites and downloads[/B] [B]1066 etc[/B] Battle tactics, maritime warfare, booty, sieges and walled cities [URL]http://www.medievalists.net/2015/01/28/trial-error-learning-adaptation-english-tactical-system-bannockburn-poitiers/[/URL] [URL]http://www.medievalists.net/2015/01/30/war-waterways-maritime-conflict-viking-age-north-sea-region/[/URL] [URL]http://www.medievalists.net/2015/01/31/booty-border-warfare/[/URL] [URL]http://www.medievalists.net/2015/02/02/owain-glyndwr-siege-coity-castle-1404-1405/[/URL] [URL]http://www.medievalists.net/2015/02/07/beyond-walls-walled-cities-medieval-france/[/URL] [B]Finally[/B] This fortnight I tweeted a walk round the sites of Leeds Battle [URL]https://twitter.com/Basiliscoe[/URL] [B]Compiled by Ruth Rhynas Brown – 11 February 2015[/B] 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: [URL]http://www.basiliscoe.com/id2.html[/URL][/QUOTE]
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