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<p>[QUOTE="springfld.arsenal, post: 57652, member: 54"]<b></b></p><p><b>(The Thracian helmet is pretty interesting-many photos.)</b></p><p><font size="6"><br /></font></p><p><font size="6"><br /></font></p><p><font size="6"><b><b>The Basiliscoe Mercury 224</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>A clutch of Spanish galleons found, sudden interest in cod pieces and how a Museum curator helped WWI. Memories of the <i>Lusitania</i> and VE day, while Waterloo gallops up on the wing.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Obituary</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Zdzislaw Zygulski of Krakow</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zdzis%C5%82aw_%C5%BBygulski,_Jr" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zdzis%C5%82aw_%C5%BBygulski,_Jr" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zdzisław_Żygulski,_Jr</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://dzieje.pl/kultura-i-sztuka/zmarl-prof-zdzislaw-zygulski-junior" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://dzieje.pl/kultura-i-sztuka/zmarl-prof-zdzislaw-zygulski-junior" rel="nofollow">http://dzieje.pl/kultura-i-sztuka/zmarl-prof-zdzislaw-zygulski-junior</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Arms and armour in the news</b></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Ancient arms and fortifications</b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>How Neanderthals changed their hunting patterns</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://popular-archaeology.com/issue/spring-2015/article/neanderthals-changed-hunting-strategy-with-climate-change" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://popular-archaeology.com/issue/spring-2015/article/neanderthals-changed-hunting-strategy-with-climate-change" rel="nofollow">http://popular-archaeology.com/issue/spring-2015/article/neanderthals-changed-hunting-strategy-with-climate-change</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Excavating Egyptian fortress in Sinai</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://luxortimesmagazine.blogspot.nl/2015/05/the-egyptian-army-headquarters-in-sinai.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://luxortimesmagazine.blogspot.nl/2015/05/the-egyptian-army-headquarters-in-sinai.html" rel="nofollow">http://luxortimesmagazine.blogspot.nl/2015/05/the-egyptian-army-headquarters-in-sinai.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Helmet from Thracian grave goes on display - it’s quite startling</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2015/05/13/plovdiv-archaeology-museum-shows-for-the-first-time-rare-thracian-helmet-with-trojan-war-motifs-from-bulgarias-brestovitsa/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2015/05/13/plovdiv-archaeology-museum-shows-for-the-first-time-rare-thracian-helmet-with-trojan-war-motifs-from-bulgarias-brestovitsa/" rel="nofollow">http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2015/05/13/plovdiv-archaeology-museum-shows-for-the-first-time-rare-thracian-helmet-with-trojan-war-motifs-from-bulgarias-brestovitsa/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Stone mould for spear head found in Plovdiv</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2015/05/12/bulgarian-archaeologist-discovers-ancient-spear-tip-cast-in-plovdivs-old-town-rescue-excavations/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2015/05/12/bulgarian-archaeologist-discovers-ancient-spear-tip-cast-in-plovdivs-old-town-rescue-excavations/" rel="nofollow">http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2015/05/12/bulgarian-archaeologist-discovers-ancient-spear-tip-cast-in-plovdivs-old-town-rescue-excavations/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>More terracotta warriors found at the mausoleum of China’s first emperor <a href="http://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-updates/excavations-reveal-new-terracotta-army-at-ancient-emperors-tomb/story-e6frfq80-1227334856593" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-updates/excavations-reveal-new-terracotta-army-at-ancient-emperors-tomb/story-e6frfq80-1227334856593" rel="nofollow">http://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-updates/excavations-reveal-new-terracotta-army-at-ancient-emperors-tomb/story-e6frfq80-1227334856593</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Round the world</b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Archaeologists see damage to Lebanon cultural sites</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/archaeology/art525934-the-damage-is-brutal-and-widespread-archaeologists-head-to-lebanon-to-see-heritage-sites-damaged-by-conflict" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/archaeology/art525934-the-damage-is-brutal-and-widespread-archaeologists-head-to-lebanon-to-see-heritage-sites-damaged-by-conflict" rel="nofollow">http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/archaeology/art525934-the-damage-is-brutal-and-widespread-archaeologists-head-to-lebanon-to-see-heritage-sites-damaged-by-conflict</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>International museums working on plan for threatened Middle East heritage</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/museums/154741/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/museums/154741/" rel="nofollow">http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/museums/154741/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Palmyra latest site under threat</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/may/14/isis-syria-palmyra-iraq" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/may/14/isis-syria-palmyra-iraq" rel="nofollow">http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/may/14/isis-syria-palmyra-iraq</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Grave stories</b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Warrior grave found in Yorkshire</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.pocklingtonpost.co.uk/news/local/prehistoric-man-with-shield-found-after-dig-1-7234622" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.pocklingtonpost.co.uk/news/local/prehistoric-man-with-shield-found-after-dig-1-7234622" rel="nofollow">http://www.pocklingtonpost.co.uk/news/local/prehistoric-man-with-shield-found-after-dig-1-7234622</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="6"><b>Research reveals the violence in lives in bones in pre-Hispanic Mesoamerica</b></font></p><p><a href="http://phys.org/news/2015-05-bone-analysis-reveals-violent-history.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://phys.org/news/2015-05-bone-analysis-reveals-violent-history.html" rel="nofollow">http://phys.org/news/2015-05-bone-analysis-reveals-violent-history.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Piece on the Book of the Hereford Knight</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/archaeology/art526535-archaeologists-who-found-wounded-knight-among-2500-bodies-at-hereford-cathedral-to-release-book" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/archaeology/art526535-archaeologists-who-found-wounded-knight-among-2500-bodies-at-hereford-cathedral-to-release-book" rel="nofollow">http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/archaeology/art526535-archaeologists-who-found-wounded-knight-among-2500-bodies-at-hereford-cathedral-to-release-book</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Interesting piece on the medieval cemetery found in Paris recently</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/12/world/europe/medieval-mass-grave-under-a-paris-supermarket-shines-a-light-on-citys-past.html?_r=1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/12/world/europe/medieval-mass-grave-under-a-paris-supermarket-shines-a-light-on-citys-past.html?_r=1" rel="nofollow">http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/12/world/europe/medieval-mass-grave-under-a-paris-supermarket-shines-a-light-on-citys-past.html?_r=1</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Princesses and Amazons</b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Dress like a Viking</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://sciencenordic.com/fashionable-vikings-loved-colours-fur-and-silk" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://sciencenordic.com/fashionable-vikings-loved-colours-fur-and-silk" rel="nofollow">http://sciencenordic.com/fashionable-vikings-loved-colours-fur-and-silk</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Eleanor of Aquitaine</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/78358/Fine-condition-photograph-of-Geronimo-offered-by-Scottsdale-Auctions---Appraisals#.VUnIuLBFCUk" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/78358/Fine-condition-photograph-of-Geronimo-offered-by-Scottsdale-Auctions---Appraisals#.VUnIuLBFCUk" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/78358/Fine-condition-photograph-of-Geronimo-offered-by-Scottsdale-Auctions---Appraisals#.VUnIuLBFCUk</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Ming tomb of Lay Mei</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.livescience.com/50817-ming-dynasty-tomb-gold-discovered.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.livescience.com/50817-ming-dynasty-tomb-gold-discovered.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.livescience.com/50817-ming-dynasty-tomb-gold-discovered.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Miscellany - mainly medieval and renaissance </b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Castle building in Sweden</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.medievalists.net/2015/05/10/the-building-of-castles-and-the-administration-of-sweden/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.medievalists.net/2015/05/10/the-building-of-castles-and-the-administration-of-sweden/" rel="nofollow">http://www.medievalists.net/2015/05/10/the-building-of-castles-and-the-administration-of-sweden/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Codpieces and peascods</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/apr/30/wolf-hall-codpieces-too-small-says-literature-researcher" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/apr/30/wolf-hall-codpieces-too-small-says-literature-researcher" rel="nofollow">http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/apr/30/wolf-hall-codpieces-too-small-says-literature-researcher</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>And a slide show of some beauties!</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/books/gallery/2015/apr/30/the-codpiece-in-art-renaissance-fashion-in-pictures" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.theguardian.com/books/gallery/2015/apr/30/the-codpiece-in-art-renaissance-fashion-in-pictures" rel="nofollow">http://www.theguardian.com/books/gallery/2015/apr/30/the-codpiece-in-art-renaissance-fashion-in-pictures</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>Nice picture of the iron cannons associated with La Salle in Texas <a href="http://www.dallasnews.com/lifestyles/travel/texas/20150509-capsule-of-texas-history-see-lasalles-cannons-in-victoria.ece" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.dallasnews.com/lifestyles/travel/texas/20150509-capsule-of-texas-history-see-lasalles-cannons-in-victoria.ece" rel="nofollow">http://www.dallasnews.com/lifestyles/travel/texas/20150509-capsule-of-texas-history-see-lasalles-cannons-in-victoria.ece</a></p><p><br /></p><p>18th century cannon found in Bangalore - pictures & video</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/slice-of-history-unearthed-under-concrete/article7196608.ece" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/slice-of-history-unearthed-under-concrete/article7196608.ece" rel="nofollow">http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/slice-of-history-unearthed-under-concrete/article7196608.ece</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.deccanherald.com/content/477040/buried-cannon-found-kr-market.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.deccanherald.com/content/477040/buried-cannon-found-kr-market.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.deccanherald.com/content/477040/buried-cannon-found-kr-market.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/fate-of-cannon-in-hands-of-dc/article7199440.ece" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/fate-of-cannon-in-hands-of-dc/article7199440.ece" rel="nofollow">http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/fate-of-cannon-in-hands-of-dc/article7199440.ece</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.aninews.in/videogallery2/37385-18th-century-cannon-unearthed-in-karnataka.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.aninews.in/videogallery2/37385-18th-century-cannon-unearthed-in-karnataka.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.aninews.in/videogallery2/37385-18th-century-cannon-unearthed-in-karnataka.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Piece on the explosion at Barre Gunpowder works in 1843: <a href="http://www.telegram.com/article/20150430/COLUMN21/304309981" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.telegram.com/article/20150430/COLUMN21/304309981" rel="nofollow">http://www.telegram.com/article/20150430/COLUMN21/304309981</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Korean War cannon looking for new home</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.turlockjournal.com/section/14/article/29234/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.turlockjournal.com/section/14/article/29234/" rel="nofollow">http://www.turlockjournal.com/section/14/article/29234/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>On the Frontlines</b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Excavating Waterloo</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.gla.ac.uk/news/headline_404414_en.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.gla.ac.uk/news/headline_404414_en.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.gla.ac.uk/news/headline_404414_en.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Investigating the site of the 1863 Bear River Massacre</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://westerndigs.org/site-of-deadliest-native-american-massacre-identified-in-idaho/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://westerndigs.org/site-of-deadliest-native-american-massacre-identified-in-idaho/" rel="nofollow">http://westerndigs.org/site-of-deadliest-native-american-massacre-identified-in-idaho/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Into the 20th century</b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>First reports from Gallipoli surveys</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2015/04/archaeologists-dig-nitty-gritty-of-gallipoli" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2015/04/archaeologists-dig-nitty-gritty-of-gallipoli" rel="nofollow">http://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2015/04/archaeologists-dig-nitty-gritty-of-gallipoli</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Feature on WWI helmets; two Met arms and armor curators for the price of one</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2015/05/01/how-the-modern-combat-helmet-was-born-in-the-trenches-of-france/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2015/05/01/how-the-modern-combat-helmet-was-born-in-the-trenches-of-france/" rel="nofollow">http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2015/05/01/how-the-modern-combat-helmet-was-born-in-the-trenches-of-france/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Quite a lot on VE day</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/military-history/world-war-two/art526413-sally-b-flying-fortress-to-celebrate-70th-birthday-with-ve-day-fly-past-at-duxford-air-show" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/military-history/world-war-two/art526413-sally-b-flying-fortress-to-celebrate-70th-birthday-with-ve-day-fly-past-at-duxford-air-show" rel="nofollow">http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/military-history/world-war-two/art526413-sally-b-flying-fortress-to-celebrate-70th-birthday-with-ve-day-fly-past-at-duxford-air-show</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.culture24.org.uk/art/painting-and-drawing/art526148-william-scotts-victory-1945-a-poignant-memento-of-ve-day" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.culture24.org.uk/art/painting-and-drawing/art526148-william-scotts-victory-1945-a-poignant-memento-of-ve-day" rel="nofollow">http://www.culture24.org.uk/art/painting-and-drawing/art526148-william-scotts-victory-1945-a-poignant-memento-of-ve-day</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/military-history/world-war-two/art526258-ten-images-marking-the-70th-anniversary-of-ve-day" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/military-history/world-war-two/art526258-ten-images-marking-the-70th-anniversary-of-ve-day" rel="nofollow">http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/military-history/world-war-two/art526258-ten-images-marking-the-70th-anniversary-of-ve-day</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Nautical news</b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Finnish archaeologists find 15th century wreck</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/finish-archaeologists-find-wreck-15th-century-ship-020323" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/finish-archaeologists-find-wreck-15th-century-ship-020323" rel="nofollow">http://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/finish-archaeologists-find-wreck-15th-century-ship-020323</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://news.discovery.com/history/archaeology/treasure-filled-wreck-found-in-finland-150505.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://news.discovery.com/history/archaeology/treasure-filled-wreck-found-in-finland-150505.htm" rel="nofollow">http://news.discovery.com/history/archaeology/treasure-filled-wreck-found-in-finland-150505.htm</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>UNESCO sends mission to investigate 17th galleon off Panama</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.unesco.org/new/en/media-services/single-view/news/unesco_sends_mission_to_panama_to_examine_the_wreck_of_17th_century_spanish_galleon_san_jose/#.VUtlpbBFCUm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.unesco.org/new/en/media-services/single-view/news/unesco_sends_mission_to_panama_to_examine_the_wreck_of_17th_century_spanish_galleon_san_jose/#.VUtlpbBFCUm" rel="nofollow">http://www.unesco.org/new/en/media-services/single-view/news/unesco_sends_mission_to_panama_to_examine_the_wreck_of_17th_century_spanish_galleon_san_jose/#.VUtlpbBFCUm</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>1681 Spanish galleon investigated off Panama</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.kvue.com/story/news/local/hays-county/2015/05/12/san-marcos-researchers-identify-sunken-spanish-shipwreck/27188163/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.kvue.com/story/news/local/hays-county/2015/05/12/san-marcos-researchers-identify-sunken-spanish-shipwreck/27188163/" rel="nofollow">http://www.kvue.com/story/news/local/hays-county/2015/05/12/san-marcos-researchers-identify-sunken-spanish-shipwreck/27188163/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://smmercury.com/2015/05/12/in-search-of-capt-morgans-lost-fleet-texas-state-team-identifies-sunken-1681-shipwreck-near-panama/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://smmercury.com/2015/05/12/in-search-of-capt-morgans-lost-fleet-texas-state-team-identifies-sunken-1681-shipwreck-near-panama/" rel="nofollow">http://smmercury.com/2015/05/12/in-search-of-capt-morgans-lost-fleet-texas-state-team-identifies-sunken-1681-shipwreck-near-panama/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/05/150512-shipwreck-panama-spain-merchant-ship-encarnacion-ocean-archaeology/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/05/150512-shipwreck-panama-spain-merchant-ship-encarnacion-ocean-archaeology/" rel="nofollow">http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/05/150512-shipwreck-panama-spain-merchant-ship-encarnacion-ocean-archaeology/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><i>Lord Clive</i> found off Uruguay</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/78470/After-252-years--English-warship--Lord-Clive--to-be-recovered-off-the-coast-of-Uruguay#.VVBWpLBFCUk" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/78470/After-252-years--English-warship--Lord-Clive--to-be-recovered-off-the-coast-of-Uruguay#.VVBWpLBFCUk" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/78470/After-252-years--English-warship--Lord-Clive--to-be-recovered-off-the-coast-of-Uruguay#.VVBWpLBFCUk</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Archaeologists raise gun from HMS<i> Erebus</i></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.virtualpressoffice.com/publicsiteContentFileAccess?fileContentId=2001962&fromOtherPageToDisableHistory=Y&menuName=News&sId=&sInfo" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.virtualpressoffice.com/publicsiteContentFileAccess?fileContentId=2001962&fromOtherPageToDisableHistory=Y&menuName=News&sId=&sInfo" rel="nofollow">https://www.virtualpressoffice.com/publicsiteContentFileAccess?fileContentId=2001962&fromOtherPageToDisableHistory=Y&menuName=News&sId=&sInfo</a>=</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Texas A&M Conservation Research Lab begins work on CSS<i> Georgia</i> finds</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.stripes.com/military-life/military-history/sunken-confederate-gunboat-reveals-its-secrets-to-texas-a-m-researchers-1.344190" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.stripes.com/military-life/military-history/sunken-confederate-gunboat-reveals-its-secrets-to-texas-a-m-researchers-1.344190" rel="nofollow">http://www.stripes.com/military-life/military-history/sunken-confederate-gunboat-reveals-its-secrets-to-texas-a-m-researchers-1.344190</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Remembering the <i>Lusitania</i></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/anecdotes-from-the-archive/2015/05/01/sinking-the-lusitania-part-i-many-civilians-die-in-wicked-atrocity-may-7-1915/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/anecdotes-from-the-archive/2015/05/01/sinking-the-lusitania-part-i-many-civilians-die-in-wicked-atrocity-may-7-1915/" rel="nofollow">http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/anecdotes-from-the-archive/2015/05/01/sinking-the-lusitania-part-i-many-civilians-die-in-wicked-atrocity-may-7-1915/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/anecdotes-from-the-archive/2015/05/07/sinking-the-lusitania-part-2-death-and-blame-may-7-1915/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/anecdotes-from-the-archive/2015/05/07/sinking-the-lusitania-part-2-death-and-blame-may-7-1915/" rel="nofollow">http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/anecdotes-from-the-archive/2015/05/07/sinking-the-lusitania-part-2-death-and-blame-may-7-1915/</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>News</b></font></p><p><br /></p><p>SurreyRegimentalMuseum destroyed in Clandon Park Fire</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.queensroyalsurreys.org.uk/index.shtml" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.queensroyalsurreys.org.uk/index.shtml" rel="nofollow">http://www.queensroyalsurreys.org.uk/index.shtml</a><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/11574829/Battle-of-the-Somme-football-among-priceless-artifacts-lost-in-Clandon-House-blaze.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/11574829/Battle-of-the-Somme-football-among-priceless-artifacts-lost-in-Clandon-House-blaze.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/11574829/Battle-of-the-Somme-football-among-priceless-artifacts-lost-in-Clandon-House-blaze.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/article-1355895325746/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/article-1355895325746/" rel="nofollow">http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/article-1355895325746/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Napoleon returns to Les Invalides</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/conservation/154912/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/conservation/154912/" rel="nofollow">http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/conservation/154912/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Museum + Heritage UK awards</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/culture-professionals-network/gallery/2015/apr/30/museums-heritage-awards-2015-winners-in-pictures" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.theguardian.com/culture-professionals-network/gallery/2015/apr/30/museums-heritage-awards-2015-winners-in-pictures" rel="nofollow">http://www.theguardian.com/culture-professionals-network/gallery/2015/apr/30/museums-heritage-awards-2015-winners-in-pictures</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>New museums </b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Al Hisn Fort, Sharjah restored</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.thenational.ae/uae/tourism/sharjahs-al-hisn-fort-restored-to-glory" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.thenational.ae/uae/tourism/sharjahs-al-hisn-fort-restored-to-glory" rel="nofollow">http://www.thenational.ae/uae/tourism/sharjahs-al-hisn-fort-restored-to-glory</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Expansion at London’s Royal Academy</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/museums/155708/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/museums/155708/" rel="nofollow">http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/museums/155708/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Conservation corner</b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Don’t let these people near your Roman mosaics</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-32582162" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-32582162" rel="nofollow">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-32582162</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Story behind building a replica Boulton Paul Defiant</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/military-history/world-war-two/art525895-defiant-jack-holmes-the-man-who-built-the-boulton-paul-defiant" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/military-history/world-war-two/art525895-defiant-jack-holmes-the-man-who-built-the-boulton-paul-defiant" rel="nofollow">http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/military-history/world-war-two/art525895-defiant-jack-holmes-the-man-who-built-the-boulton-paul-defiant</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Objects</b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Light-hearted weapons quiz</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.medievalists.net/2015/05/12/what-melee-weapon-would-you-use-on-a-medieval-battlefield/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.medievalists.net/2015/05/12/what-melee-weapon-would-you-use-on-a-medieval-battlefield/" rel="nofollow">http://www.medievalists.net/2015/05/12/what-melee-weapon-would-you-use-on-a-medieval-battlefield/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Selection of objects from the new Civil War centre</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/military-history/pre-20th-century-conflict/art525702-amputation-knives-to-historical-gold-mines-key-exhibits-from-the-new-national-civil-war-centre" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/military-history/pre-20th-century-conflict/art525702-amputation-knives-to-historical-gold-mines-key-exhibits-from-the-new-national-civil-war-centre" rel="nofollow">http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/military-history/pre-20th-century-conflict/art525702-amputation-knives-to-historical-gold-mines-key-exhibits-from-the-new-national-civil-war-centre</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Bonnie Prince Charlie's flute for sale</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/78363/Bonnie-Prince-Charlie-s-flute-to-be-sold-at-300th-Anniversary-Jacobite-Sale#.VUsdA7BFCUk" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/78363/Bonnie-Prince-Charlie-s-flute-to-be-sold-at-300th-Anniversary-Jacobite-Sale#.VUsdA7BFCUk" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/78363/Bonnie-Prince-Charlie-s-flute-to-be-sold-at-300th-Anniversary-Jacobite-Sale#.VUsdA7BFCUk</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Wallace Collection's treasure of the month - Parisian sabre</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.wallacecollection.org/whatson/treasure/154" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.wallacecollection.org/whatson/treasure/154" rel="nofollow">http://www.wallacecollection.org/whatson/treasure/154</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Machine gun captured at Iwo Jimain 1945 saved for museum</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.guns.com/2015/05/07/vintage-machine-gun-saved-from-the-torch-and-put-on-display/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.guns.com/2015/05/07/vintage-machine-gun-saved-from-the-torch-and-put-on-display/" rel="nofollow">http://www.guns.com/2015/05/07/vintage-machine-gun-saved-from-the-torch-and-put-on-display/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>WWII British rifle found hidden in building in Milan, Michigan</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/index.ssf/2015/05/world_war_ii_era_british_rifle.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/index.ssf/2015/05/world_war_ii_era_british_rifle.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/index.ssf/2015/05/world_war_ii_era_british_rifle.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Exhibitions</b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Waterloo at Cambridge</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/military-history/pre-20th-century-conflict/art525644-cambridge-univeristy-library-reveals-its-rarely-seen-treasures-for-waterloo200" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/military-history/pre-20th-century-conflict/art525644-cambridge-univeristy-library-reveals-its-rarely-seen-treasures-for-waterloo200" rel="nofollow">http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/military-history/pre-20th-century-conflict/art525644-cambridge-univeristy-library-reveals-its-rarely-seen-treasures-for-waterloo200</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Art of weaponry at Shrewsbury</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.shropshiretourism.co.uk/shropshire-news/newarticle.php?id=3035" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.shropshiretourism.co.uk/shropshire-news/newarticle.php?id=3035" rel="nofollow">https://www.shropshiretourism.co.uk/shropshire-news/newarticle.php?id=3035</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Waterloo in Leeds</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/military-history/pre-20th-century-conflict/art526644-royal-armouries-exhibition-to-pair-iconic-waterloo-artworks-with-arms-and-armour-from-the-battle" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/military-history/pre-20th-century-conflict/art526644-royal-armouries-exhibition-to-pair-iconic-waterloo-artworks-with-arms-and-armour-from-the-battle" rel="nofollow">http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/military-history/pre-20th-century-conflict/art526644-royal-armouries-exhibition-to-pair-iconic-waterloo-artworks-with-arms-and-armour-from-the-battle</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Waterloo in Scotland</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.nms.ac.uk/national-museum-of-scotland/whats-on/waterloo/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.nms.ac.uk/national-museum-of-scotland/whats-on/waterloo/" rel="nofollow">http://www.nms.ac.uk/national-museum-of-scotland/whats-on/waterloo/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Antony Gormley in Florence</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.designboom.com/art/antony-gormley-florence-human-forte-di-belvedere-04-30-2015/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.designboom.com/art/antony-gormley-florence-human-forte-di-belvedere-04-30-2015/" rel="nofollow">http://www.designboom.com/art/antony-gormley-florence-human-forte-di-belvedere-04-30-2015/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>And round the UK</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-32702277" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-32702277" rel="nofollow">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-32702277</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Metalpoint at Washington</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/78269/Mysteries-of-metalpoint-technique-revealed-in-first-exhibition-at-National-Gallery-of-Art#.VUXcQ7BFCUk" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/78269/Mysteries-of-metalpoint-technique-revealed-in-first-exhibition-at-National-Gallery-of-Art#.VUXcQ7BFCUk" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/78269/Mysteries-of-metalpoint-technique-revealed-in-first-exhibition-at-National-Gallery-of-Art#.VUXcQ7BFCUk</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/exhibitions/2015/leonardo-to-jasper-johns.html?from=home-page" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/exhibitions/2015/leonardo-to-jasper-johns.html?from=home-page" rel="nofollow">http://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/exhibitions/2015/leonardo-to-jasper-johns.html?from=home-page</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Genghis Khan in Philadelphia</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.courierpostonline.com/story/life/2015/05/13/genghis-khan-re-examined-franklin/27242023/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.courierpostonline.com/story/life/2015/05/13/genghis-khan-re-examined-franklin/27242023/" rel="nofollow">http://www.courierpostonline.com/story/life/2015/05/13/genghis-khan-re-examined-franklin/27242023/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.fi.edu/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.fi.edu/" rel="nofollow">https://www.fi.edu/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>US Civil War in LA</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/78275/Exhibition-reframes-Civil-War-history-by-demonstrating-significance-of-the-West-to-the-turbulent-national-conflict#.VUXb4bBFCUk" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/78275/Exhibition-reframes-Civil-War-history-by-demonstrating-significance-of-the-West-to-the-turbulent-national-conflict#.VUXb4bBFCUk" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/78275/Exhibition-reframes-Civil-War-history-by-demonstrating-significance-of-the-West-to-the-turbulent-national-conflict#.VUXb4bBFCUk</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://theautry.org/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://theautry.org/" rel="nofollow">http://theautry.org/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="5"><b>Books</b></font></p><p><br /></p><p>Joseph G. Bilby: <b><i>A Revolution in Arms; A History of the First Repeating Rifles</i></b></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.westholmepublishing.com/a-revolution-in-arms.php" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.westholmepublishing.com/a-revolution-in-arms.php" rel="nofollow">http://www.westholmepublishing.com/a-revolution-in-arms.php</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Review of Brian Dillon's <b><i>The Great Explosion: Gunpowder, the Great War and the Anatomy of a Disaster on the Kentish Marshes: </i></b></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.spectator.co.uk/books/books-feature/9519472/carnage-on-the-home-front-revisiting-a-forgotten-disaster-of-the-first-world-war" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.spectator.co.uk/books/books-feature/9519472/carnage-on-the-home-front-revisiting-a-forgotten-disaster-of-the-first-world-war" rel="nofollow">http://www.spectator.co.uk/books/books-feature/9519472/carnage-on-the-home-fro<i>nt-revisiting-a-forgotten-disaster-of-the-first-world-war</i></a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><i><b>Histoire de l'artillerie nucléaire de Terre française 1959-1996</b></i></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.penseemiliterre.fr/histoire-de-l-artillerie-nucleaire-de-terre-francaise-1959-1996-_1016027.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.penseemiliterre.fr/histoire-de-l-artillerie-nucleaire-de-terre-francaise-1959-1996-_1016027.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.penseemiliterre.fr/histoire-de-l-artillerie-nucleaire-de-terre-francaise-1959-1996-_1016027.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.musee-armee.fr/collections/publications-du-musee/les-cahiers-detudes-et-de-recherche-du-musee-de-larmee-cerma.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.musee-armee.fr/collections/publications-du-musee/les-cahiers-detudes-et-de-recherche-du-musee-de-larmee-cerma.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.musee-armee.fr/collections/publications-du-musee/les-cahiers-detudes-et-de-recherche-du-musee-de-larmee-cerma.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b><i>What the RAF Airman Took to War</i></b></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.shirebooks.co.uk/store/What-the-RAF-Airman-Took-to-War_9781784420550" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.shirebooks.co.uk/store/What-the-RAF-Airman-Took-to-War_9781784420550" rel="nofollow">http://www.shirebooks.co.uk/store/What-the-RAF-Airman-Took-to-War_9781784420550</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Don N. Hagist: </b><i><b>The Revolution's Last Men;The Soldiers Behind the Photographs</b></i></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.westholmepublishing.com/revolutions_last_men.php" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.westholmepublishing.com/revolutions_last_men.php" rel="nofollow">http://www.westholmepublishing.com/revolutions_last_men.php</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Pen and Sword books</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/" rel="nofollow">http://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Online Book</b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Brill has made a number of recent articles available free online</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://brill-mail.com/25XA-3D0SG-68JO7RPQEB/cr.aspx" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://brill-mail.com/25XA-3D0SG-68JO7RPQEB/cr.aspx" rel="nofollow">http://brill-mail.com/25XA-3D0SG-68JO7RPQEB/cr.aspx</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="5"><b>Popular culture</b></font></p><p><br /></p><p>Knights at the movies</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.medievalists.net/2015/05/09/knights-tales-looking-at-representations-of-the-knight-on-film/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.medievalists.net/2015/05/09/knights-tales-looking-at-representations-of-the-knight-on-film/" rel="nofollow">http://www.medievalists.net/2015/05/09/knights-tales-looking-at-representations-of-the-knight-on-film/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Reel history</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/film/series/reelhistory" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.theguardian.com/film/series/reelhistory" rel="nofollow">http://www.theguardian.com/film/series/reelhistory</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Novel about medieval handgun murders in 14thEngland</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/the-invention-of-fire-is-a-thrillingly-written-14th-century-murder-mystery/2015/04/26/6f1712c0-d167-11e4-ab77-9646eea6a4c7_story.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/the-invention-of-fire-is-a-thrillingly-written-14th-century-murder-mystery/2015/04/26/6f1712c0-d167-11e4-ab77-9646eea6a4c7_story.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/the-invention-of-fire-is-a-thrillingly-written-14th-century-murder-mystery/2015/04/26/6f1712c0-d167-11e4-ab77-9646eea6a4c7_story.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Events</b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Diary Dates</b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>HBSA</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://sites.google.com/site/hbsauk/HBSA-calendar" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://sites.google.com/site/hbsauk/HBSA-calendar" rel="nofollow">https://sites.google.com/site/hbsauk/HBSA-calendar</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Copenhagen</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://natmus.dk/museerne/toejhusmuseet/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://natmus.dk/museerne/toejhusmuseet/" rel="nofollow">http://natmus.dk/museerne/toejhusmuseet/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://natmus.dk/museerne/frihedsmuseet/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://natmus.dk/museerne/frihedsmuseet/" rel="nofollow">http://natmus.dk/museerne/frihedsmuseet/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://natmus.dk/museerne/orlogsmuseet/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://natmus.dk/museerne/orlogsmuseet/" rel="nofollow">http://natmus.dk/museerne/orlogsmuseet/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://natmus.dk/museerne/nationalmuseet/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://natmus.dk/museerne/nationalmuseet/" rel="nofollow">http://natmus.dk/museerne/nationalmuseet/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Chivalry in Paris</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.musee-moyenage.fr/activites/programmation/le-chevalier.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.musee-moyenage.fr/activites/programmation/le-chevalier.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.musee-moyenage.fr/activites/programmation/le-chevalier.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Vienna</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.hgm.at/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.hgm.at/" rel="nofollow">http://www.hgm.at/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Skokloster</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://skoklostersslott.se/sv" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://skoklostersslott.se/sv" rel="nofollow">http://skoklostersslott.se/sv</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="5"><b>Conferences</b></font></p><p><br /></p><p>June 2015 Brussels</p><p><br /></p><p><b>From battlefield to drawing room:</b> <b>textile and (military) fashion around 1815</b></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.klm-mra.be/klm-new/engels/main01.php?id=../congres/call-for-papers-en" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.klm-mra.be/klm-new/engels/main01.php?id=../congres/call-for-papers-en" rel="nofollow">http://www.klm-mra.be/klm-new/engels/main01.php?id=../congres/call-for-papers-en</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>31 July - 3 August 2015 Southampton</p><p><br /></p><p>600th Anniversary of the Battle of Agincourt Conference 2015</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.southampton.ac.uk/agincourt2015/index.page" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.southampton.ac.uk/agincourt2015/index.page" rel="nofollow">http://www.southampton.ac.uk/agincourt2015/index.page</a>?</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>4- 5 September 2015 Portsmouth</p><p><br /></p><p>Guns from the Sea III</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://ordnancesociety.org.uk/events-2/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://ordnancesociety.org.uk/events-2/" rel="nofollow">http://ordnancesociety.org.uk/events-2/</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>Royal collections of Spain</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.patrimonionacional.es/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.patrimonionacional.es/" rel="nofollow">http://www.patrimonionacional.es/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Waterloo 2015</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.waterloo2015.org/en" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.waterloo2015.org/en" rel="nofollow">https://www.waterloo2015.org/en</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.landmarktrust.org.uk/search-and-book/properties/hougoumont-waterloo-24855/?gclid=CIHCgZKHwcUCFaLMtAodYUkAtw" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.landmarktrust.org.uk/search-and-book/properties/hougoumont-waterloo-24855/?gclid=CIHCgZKHwcUCFaLMtAodYUkAtw" rel="nofollow">http://www.landmarktrust.org.uk/search-and-book/properties/hougoumont-waterloo-24855/?gclid=CIHCgZKHwcUCFaLMtAodYUkAtw</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://waterloo1815.be/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://waterloo1815.be/" rel="nofollow">http://waterloo1815.be/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>1066 etc</b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Beheadings, The Wallace, Icelandic iron and crusades</b></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.medievalists.net/2015/04/26/the-strategy-of-challenges-two-beheading-games-in-medieval-literature/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.medievalists.net/2015/04/26/the-strategy-of-challenges-two-beheading-games-in-medieval-literature/" rel="nofollow">http://www.medievalists.net/2015/04/26/the-strategy-of-challenges-two-beheading-games-in-medieval-literature/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.medievalists.net/2015/04/25/the-halved-heads-osteological-evidence-for-decapitation-in-medieval-ireland/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.medievalists.net/2015/04/25/the-halved-heads-osteological-evidence-for-decapitation-in-medieval-ireland/" rel="nofollow">http://www.medievalists.net/2015/04/25/the-halved-heads-osteological-evidence-for-decapitation-in-medieval-ireland/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.medievalists.net/2015/05/03/william-wallace-the-man-behind-the-legend/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.medievalists.net/2015/05/03/william-wallace-the-man-behind-the-legend/" rel="nofollow">http://www.medievalists.net/2015/05/03/william-wallace-the-man-behind-the-legend/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.medievalists.net/2015/05/06/ore-fire-hammer-sickle-iron-production-in-viking-age-and-early-medieval-iceland/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.medievalists.net/2015/05/06/ore-fire-hammer-sickle-iron-production-in-viking-age-and-early-medieval-iceland/" rel="nofollow">http://www.medievalists.net/2015/05/06/ore-fire-hammer-sickle-iron-production-in-viking-age-and-early-medieval-iceland/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.medievalists.net/2015/05/10/how-far-were-the-military-orders-responsible-for-the-results-of-the-third-crusade/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.medievalists.net/2015/05/10/how-far-were-the-military-orders-responsible-for-the-results-of-the-third-crusade/" rel="nofollow">http://www.medievalists.net/2015/05/10/how-far-were-the-military-orders-responsible-for-the-results-of-the-third-crusade/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Finally</b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This fortnight I have been enjoying #Waterloo200 on twitter</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 – 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" data-proxy-href="http://www.basiliscoe.com/id2.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.basiliscoe.com/id2.html</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="springfld.arsenal, post: 57652, member: 54"][B] (The Thracian helmet is pretty interesting-many photos.)[/B] [SIZE=6][B][B][/B][/B] [B][B][/B][/B] [B][B]The Basiliscoe Mercury 224[/B][/B][/SIZE] [B]TheInternet newsletter for the arms and armour community[/B] A clutch of Spanish galleons found, sudden interest in cod pieces and how a Museum curator helped WWI. Memories of the [I]Lusitania[/I] and VE day, while Waterloo gallops up on the wing. Obituary Zdzislaw Zygulski of Krakow [URL]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zdzis%C5%82aw_%C5%BBygulski,_Jr[/URL]. [URL]http://dzieje.pl/kultura-i-sztuka/zmarl-prof-zdzislaw-zygulski-junior[/URL] [B]Arms and armour in the news[/B] [B]Ancient arms and fortifications[/B] How Neanderthals changed their hunting patterns [URL]http://popular-archaeology.com/issue/spring-2015/article/neanderthals-changed-hunting-strategy-with-climate-change[/URL] Excavating Egyptian fortress in Sinai [URL]http://luxortimesmagazine.blogspot.nl/2015/05/the-egyptian-army-headquarters-in-sinai.html[/URL] Helmet from Thracian grave goes on display - it’s quite startling [URL]http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2015/05/13/plovdiv-archaeology-museum-shows-for-the-first-time-rare-thracian-helmet-with-trojan-war-motifs-from-bulgarias-brestovitsa/[/URL] Stone mould for spear head found in Plovdiv [URL]http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2015/05/12/bulgarian-archaeologist-discovers-ancient-spear-tip-cast-in-plovdivs-old-town-rescue-excavations/[/URL] More terracotta warriors found at the mausoleum of China’s first emperor [URL]http://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-updates/excavations-reveal-new-terracotta-army-at-ancient-emperors-tomb/story-e6frfq80-1227334856593[/URL] [B]Round the world[/B] Archaeologists see damage to Lebanon cultural sites [URL]http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/archaeology/art525934-the-damage-is-brutal-and-widespread-archaeologists-head-to-lebanon-to-see-heritage-sites-damaged-by-conflict[/URL] International museums working on plan for threatened Middle East heritage [URL]http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/museums/154741/[/URL] Palmyra latest site under threat [URL]http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/may/14/isis-syria-palmyra-iraq[/URL] [B]Grave stories[/B] Warrior grave found in Yorkshire [URL]http://www.pocklingtonpost.co.uk/news/local/prehistoric-man-with-shield-found-after-dig-1-7234622[/URL] [SIZE=6][B]Research reveals the violence in lives in bones in pre-Hispanic Mesoamerica[/B][/SIZE] [URL]http://phys.org/news/2015-05-bone-analysis-reveals-violent-history.html[/URL] Piece on the Book of the Hereford Knight [URL]http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/archaeology/art526535-archaeologists-who-found-wounded-knight-among-2500-bodies-at-hereford-cathedral-to-release-book[/URL] Interesting piece on the medieval cemetery found in Paris recently [URL]http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/12/world/europe/medieval-mass-grave-under-a-paris-supermarket-shines-a-light-on-citys-past.html?_r=1[/URL] [B]Princesses and Amazons[/B] Dress like a Viking [URL]http://sciencenordic.com/fashionable-vikings-loved-colours-fur-and-silk[/URL] Eleanor of Aquitaine [URL]http://artdaily.com/news/78358/Fine-condition-photograph-of-Geronimo-offered-by-Scottsdale-Auctions---Appraisals#.VUnIuLBFCUk[/URL] Ming tomb of Lay Mei [URL]http://www.livescience.com/50817-ming-dynasty-tomb-gold-discovered.html[/URL] [B]Miscellany - mainly medieval and renaissance [/B] Castle building in Sweden [URL]http://www.medievalists.net/2015/05/10/the-building-of-castles-and-the-administration-of-sweden/[/URL] Codpieces and peascods [URL]http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/apr/30/wolf-hall-codpieces-too-small-says-literature-researcher[/URL] And a slide show of some beauties! [URL]http://www.theguardian.com/books/gallery/2015/apr/30/the-codpiece-in-art-renaissance-fashion-in-pictures[/URL] [SIZE=5][B]Cannons to the left, cannon to the right[/B][/SIZE] Nice picture of the iron cannons associated with La Salle in Texas [URL]http://www.dallasnews.com/lifestyles/travel/texas/20150509-capsule-of-texas-history-see-lasalles-cannons-in-victoria.ece[/URL] 18th century cannon found in Bangalore - pictures & video [URL]http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/slice-of-history-unearthed-under-concrete/article7196608.ece[/URL] [URL]http://www.deccanherald.com/content/477040/buried-cannon-found-kr-market.html[/URL] [URL]http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/fate-of-cannon-in-hands-of-dc/article7199440.ece[/URL] [URL]http://www.aninews.in/videogallery2/37385-18th-century-cannon-unearthed-in-karnataka.html[/URL] Piece on the explosion at Barre Gunpowder works in 1843: [URL]http://www.telegram.com/article/20150430/COLUMN21/304309981[/URL] Korean War cannon looking for new home [URL]http://www.turlockjournal.com/section/14/article/29234/[/URL] [B]On the Frontlines[/B] Excavating Waterloo [URL]http://www.gla.ac.uk/news/headline_404414_en.html[/URL] Investigating the site of the 1863 Bear River Massacre [URL]http://westerndigs.org/site-of-deadliest-native-american-massacre-identified-in-idaho/[/URL] [B]Into the 20th century[/B] First reports from Gallipoli surveys [URL]http://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2015/04/archaeologists-dig-nitty-gritty-of-gallipoli[/URL] Feature on WWI helmets; two Met arms and armor curators for the price of one [URL]http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2015/05/01/how-the-modern-combat-helmet-was-born-in-the-trenches-of-france/[/URL] Quite a lot on VE day [URL]http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/military-history/world-war-two/art526413-sally-b-flying-fortress-to-celebrate-70th-birthday-with-ve-day-fly-past-at-duxford-air-show[/URL] [URL]http://www.culture24.org.uk/art/painting-and-drawing/art526148-william-scotts-victory-1945-a-poignant-memento-of-ve-day[/URL] [URL]http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/military-history/world-war-two/art526258-ten-images-marking-the-70th-anniversary-of-ve-day[/URL] [B]Nautical news[/B] Finnish archaeologists find 15th century wreck [URL]http://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/finish-archaeologists-find-wreck-15th-century-ship-020323[/URL] [URL]http://news.discovery.com/history/archaeology/treasure-filled-wreck-found-in-finland-150505.htm[/URL] UNESCO sends mission to investigate 17th galleon off Panama [URL]http://www.unesco.org/new/en/media-services/single-view/news/unesco_sends_mission_to_panama_to_examine_the_wreck_of_17th_century_spanish_galleon_san_jose/#.VUtlpbBFCUm[/URL] 1681 Spanish galleon investigated off Panama [URL]http://www.kvue.com/story/news/local/hays-county/2015/05/12/san-marcos-researchers-identify-sunken-spanish-shipwreck/27188163/[/URL] [URL]http://smmercury.com/2015/05/12/in-search-of-capt-morgans-lost-fleet-texas-state-team-identifies-sunken-1681-shipwreck-near-panama/[/URL] [URL]http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/05/150512-shipwreck-panama-spain-merchant-ship-encarnacion-ocean-archaeology/[/URL] [I]Lord Clive[/I] found off Uruguay [URL]http://artdaily.com/news/78470/After-252-years--English-warship--Lord-Clive--to-be-recovered-off-the-coast-of-Uruguay#.VVBWpLBFCUk[/URL] Archaeologists raise gun from HMS[I] Erebus[/I] [URL]https://www.virtualpressoffice.com/publicsiteContentFileAccess?fileContentId=2001962&fromOtherPageToDisableHistory=Y&menuName=News&sId=&sInfo[/URL]= Texas A&M Conservation Research Lab begins work on CSS[I] Georgia[/I] finds [URL]http://www.stripes.com/military-life/military-history/sunken-confederate-gunboat-reveals-its-secrets-to-texas-a-m-researchers-1.344190[/URL] Remembering the [I]Lusitania[/I] [URL]http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/anecdotes-from-the-archive/2015/05/01/sinking-the-lusitania-part-i-many-civilians-die-in-wicked-atrocity-may-7-1915/[/URL] [URL]http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/anecdotes-from-the-archive/2015/05/07/sinking-the-lusitania-part-2-death-and-blame-may-7-1915/[/URL] [SIZE=5][B]Museum news and exhibitions[/B][/SIZE] [SIZE=5][B]News[/B][/SIZE] SurreyRegimentalMuseum destroyed in Clandon Park Fire [URL]http://www.queensroyalsurreys.org.uk/index.shtml[/URL][URL]http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/11574829/Battle-of-the-Somme-football-among-priceless-artifacts-lost-in-Clandon-House-blaze.html[/URL] [URL]http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/article-1355895325746/[/URL] Napoleon returns to Les Invalides [URL]http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/conservation/154912/[/URL] Museum + Heritage UK awards [URL]http://www.theguardian.com/culture-professionals-network/gallery/2015/apr/30/museums-heritage-awards-2015-winners-in-pictures[/URL] [B]New museums [/B] Al Hisn Fort, Sharjah restored [URL]http://www.thenational.ae/uae/tourism/sharjahs-al-hisn-fort-restored-to-glory[/URL] Expansion at London’s Royal Academy [URL]http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/museums/155708/[/URL] [B]Conservation corner[/B] Don’t let these people near your Roman mosaics [URL]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-32582162[/URL] Story behind building a replica Boulton Paul Defiant [URL]http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/military-history/world-war-two/art525895-defiant-jack-holmes-the-man-who-built-the-boulton-paul-defiant[/URL] [B]Objects[/B] Light-hearted weapons quiz [URL]http://www.medievalists.net/2015/05/12/what-melee-weapon-would-you-use-on-a-medieval-battlefield/[/URL] Selection of objects from the new Civil War centre [URL]http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/military-history/pre-20th-century-conflict/art525702-amputation-knives-to-historical-gold-mines-key-exhibits-from-the-new-national-civil-war-centre[/URL] Bonnie Prince Charlie's flute for sale [URL]http://artdaily.com/news/78363/Bonnie-Prince-Charlie-s-flute-to-be-sold-at-300th-Anniversary-Jacobite-Sale#.VUsdA7BFCUk[/URL] Wallace Collection's treasure of the month - Parisian sabre [URL]http://www.wallacecollection.org/whatson/treasure/154[/URL] Machine gun captured at Iwo Jimain 1945 saved for museum [URL]http://www.guns.com/2015/05/07/vintage-machine-gun-saved-from-the-torch-and-put-on-display/[/URL] WWII British rifle found hidden in building in Milan, Michigan [URL]http://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/index.ssf/2015/05/world_war_ii_era_british_rifle.html[/URL] [B]Exhibitions[/B] Waterloo at Cambridge [URL]http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/military-history/pre-20th-century-conflict/art525644-cambridge-univeristy-library-reveals-its-rarely-seen-treasures-for-waterloo200[/URL] Art of weaponry at Shrewsbury [URL]https://www.shropshiretourism.co.uk/shropshire-news/newarticle.php?id=3035[/URL] Waterloo in Leeds [URL]http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/military-history/pre-20th-century-conflict/art526644-royal-armouries-exhibition-to-pair-iconic-waterloo-artworks-with-arms-and-armour-from-the-battle[/URL] Waterloo in Scotland [URL]http://www.nms.ac.uk/national-museum-of-scotland/whats-on/waterloo/[/URL] Antony Gormley in Florence [URL]http://www.designboom.com/art/antony-gormley-florence-human-forte-di-belvedere-04-30-2015/[/URL] And round the UK [URL]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-32702277[/URL] Metalpoint at Washington [URL]http://artdaily.com/news/78269/Mysteries-of-metalpoint-technique-revealed-in-first-exhibition-at-National-Gallery-of-Art#.VUXcQ7BFCUk[/URL] [URL]http://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/exhibitions/2015/leonardo-to-jasper-johns.html?from=home-page[/URL] Genghis Khan in Philadelphia [URL]http://www.courierpostonline.com/story/life/2015/05/13/genghis-khan-re-examined-franklin/27242023/[/URL] [URL]https://www.fi.edu/[/URL] US Civil War in LA [URL]http://artdaily.com/news/78275/Exhibition-reframes-Civil-War-history-by-demonstrating-significance-of-the-West-to-the-turbulent-national-conflict#.VUXb4bBFCUk[/URL] [URL]http://theautry.org/[/URL] [SIZE=5][B]Books[/B][/SIZE] Joseph G. Bilby: [B][I]A Revolution in Arms; A History of the First Repeating Rifles[/I][/B] [URL]http://www.westholmepublishing.com/a-revolution-in-arms.php[/URL] Review of Brian Dillon's [B][I]The Great Explosion: Gunpowder, the Great War and the Anatomy of a Disaster on the Kentish Marshes: [/I][/B] [URL='http://www.spectator.co.uk/books/books-feature/9519472/carnage-on-the-home-front-revisiting-a-forgotten-disaster-of-the-first-world-war']http://www.spectator.co.uk/books/books-feature/9519472/carnage-on-the-home-fro[I]nt-revisiting-a-forgotten-disaster-of-the-first-world-war[/I][/URL] [I][B]Histoire de l'artillerie nucléaire de Terre française 1959-1996[/B][/I] [URL]http://www.penseemiliterre.fr/histoire-de-l-artillerie-nucleaire-de-terre-francaise-1959-1996-_1016027.html[/URL] [URL]http://www.musee-armee.fr/collections/publications-du-musee/les-cahiers-detudes-et-de-recherche-du-musee-de-larmee-cerma.html[/URL] [B][I]What the RAF Airman Took to War[/I][/B] [URL]http://www.shirebooks.co.uk/store/What-the-RAF-Airman-Took-to-War_9781784420550[/URL] [B]Don N. Hagist: [/B][I][B]The Revolution's Last Men;The Soldiers Behind the Photographs[/B][/I] [URL]http://www.westholmepublishing.com/revolutions_last_men.php[/URL] Pen and Sword books [URL]http://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/[/URL] [B]Online Book[/B] Brill has made a number of recent articles available free online [URL]http://brill-mail.com/25XA-3D0SG-68JO7RPQEB/cr.aspx[/URL] [SIZE=5][B]Popular culture[/B][/SIZE] Knights at the movies [URL]http://www.medievalists.net/2015/05/09/knights-tales-looking-at-representations-of-the-knight-on-film/[/URL] Reel history [URL]http://www.theguardian.com/film/series/reelhistory[/URL] Novel about medieval handgun murders in 14thEngland [URL]http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/the-invention-of-fire-is-a-thrillingly-written-14th-century-murder-mystery/2015/04/26/6f1712c0-d167-11e4-ab77-9646eea6a4c7_story.html[/URL] [B]Events[/B] [B]Diary Dates[/B] HBSA [URL]https://sites.google.com/site/hbsauk/HBSA-calendar[/URL] Copenhagen [URL]http://natmus.dk/museerne/toejhusmuseet/[/URL] [URL]http://natmus.dk/museerne/frihedsmuseet/[/URL] [URL]http://natmus.dk/museerne/orlogsmuseet/[/URL] [URL]http://natmus.dk/museerne/nationalmuseet/[/URL] Chivalry in Paris [URL]http://www.musee-moyenage.fr/activites/programmation/le-chevalier.html[/URL] Vienna [URL]http://www.hgm.at/[/URL] Skokloster [URL]http://skoklostersslott.se/sv[/URL] [SIZE=5][B]Conferences[/B][/SIZE] June 2015 Brussels [B]From battlefield to drawing room:[/B] [B]textile and (military) fashion around 1815[/B] [URL]http://www.klm-mra.be/klm-new/engels/main01.php?id=../congres/call-for-papers-en[/URL] 31 July - 3 August 2015 Southampton 600th Anniversary of the Battle of Agincourt Conference 2015 [URL]http://www.southampton.ac.uk/agincourt2015/index.page[/URL]? 4- 5 September 2015 Portsmouth Guns from the Sea III [URL]http://ordnancesociety.org.uk/events-2/[/URL] [B]Websites and downloads[/B] Royal collections of Spain [URL]http://www.patrimonionacional.es/[/URL] Waterloo 2015 [URL]https://www.waterloo2015.org/en[/URL] [URL]http://www.landmarktrust.org.uk/search-and-book/properties/hougoumont-waterloo-24855/?gclid=CIHCgZKHwcUCFaLMtAodYUkAtw[/URL] [URL]http://waterloo1815.be/[/URL] [B]1066 etc[/B] [B]Beheadings, The Wallace, Icelandic iron and crusades[/B] [URL]http://www.medievalists.net/2015/04/26/the-strategy-of-challenges-two-beheading-games-in-medieval-literature/[/URL] [URL]http://www.medievalists.net/2015/04/25/the-halved-heads-osteological-evidence-for-decapitation-in-medieval-ireland/[/URL] [URL]http://www.medievalists.net/2015/05/03/william-wallace-the-man-behind-the-legend/[/URL] [URL]http://www.medievalists.net/2015/05/06/ore-fire-hammer-sickle-iron-production-in-viking-age-and-early-medieval-iceland/[/URL] [URL]http://www.medievalists.net/2015/05/10/how-far-were-the-military-orders-responsible-for-the-results-of-the-third-crusade/[/URL] [B]Finally[/B] This fortnight I have been enjoying #Waterloo200 on twitter [URL]https://twitter.com/Basiliscoe[/URL] [B]Compiled by Ruth Rhynas Brown – 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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