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<p>[QUOTE="springfld.arsenal, post: 176429, member: 54"]The Basiliscoe Mercury 255</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>TheInternet newsletter for the arms and armour community</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The end of summer brings in a flush of underwater stories, leading with the discovery of HMS Terror. In addition, a new book by Thom Richardson, updates on the searches for dead monarchs in Reading and Hungary and new films for the autumn.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Arms and armour in the news</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Ancient arms and defences</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Bronze age sword from western Zealand, Denmark found</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.thelocal.dk/20160831/3000-year-old-sword-found-in-denmark-and-its-still-sharp" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.thelocal.dk/20160831/3000-year-old-sword-found-in-denmark-and-its-still-sharp" rel="nofollow">http://www.thelocal.dk/20160831/3000-year-old-sword-found-in-denmark-and-its-still-sharp</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>And another bronze sword found under a football pitch in Carnoustie, Scotland</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3781950/Ancient-gold-hilted-sword-Scottish-football-pitch-date-far-4-000-years.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3781950/Ancient-gold-hilted-sword-Scottish-football-pitch-date-far-4-000-years.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3781950/Ancient-gold-hilted-sword-Scottish-football-pitch-date-far-4-000-years.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Viking sword found in Iceland by goose hunters- lots of pictures</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.rt.com/viral/358354-viking-sword-iceland-archaeology/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.rt.com/viral/358354-viking-sword-iceland-archaeology/" rel="nofollow">https://www.rt.com/viral/358354-viking-sword-iceland-archaeology/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Latest findsfrom medieval fortress of Kalyata Yakoruda, Bulgaria <a href="http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2016/08/31/archaeologists-find-6th-century-ad-brazier-in-kalyata-fortress-near-bulgarias-yakoruda/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2016/08/31/archaeologists-find-6th-century-ad-brazier-in-kalyata-fortress-near-bulgarias-yakoruda/" rel="nofollow">http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2016/08/31/archaeologists-find-6th-century-ad-brazier-in-kalyata-fortress-near-bulgarias-yakoruda/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>And Plovdiv….</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2016/09/05/archaeologists-discover-necropolis-tower-in-ancient-medieval-fortress-nebet-tepe-in-bulgarias-plovdiv/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2016/09/05/archaeologists-discover-necropolis-tower-in-ancient-medieval-fortress-nebet-tepe-in-bulgarias-plovdiv/" rel="nofollow">http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2016/09/05/archaeologists-discover-necropolis-tower-in-ancient-medieval-fortress-nebet-tepe-in-bulgarias-plovdiv/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Searching for castles in NE Scotland</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/north-east/1011158/archaeologists-uncover-evidence-of-buchans-lost-castle-at-aden-park/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/north-east/1011158/archaeologists-uncover-evidence-of-buchans-lost-castle-at-aden-park/" rel="nofollow">https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/north-east/1011158/archaeologists-uncover-evidence-of-buchans-lost-castle-at-aden-park/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.archaeology.org/news/4802-160830-scotland-medieval-castle" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.archaeology.org/news/4802-160830-scotland-medieval-castle" rel="nofollow">http://www.archaeology.org/news/4802-160830-scotland-medieval-castle</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Beasts of assorted varieties…</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Oldest snow shoe found in the Dolomites</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/09/12/worlds-oldest-snowshoe-found-on-a-glacier-in-italys-dolomites/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/09/12/worlds-oldest-snowshoe-found-on-a-glacier-in-italys-dolomites/" rel="nofollow">http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/09/12/worlds-oldest-snowshoe-found-on-a-glacier-in-italys-dolomites/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Excavating a Byzantine stable complex in modern-day Israel</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.jewishpress.com/news/breaking-news/1500-year-old-stable-exposed-in-negev-canyon/2016/09/08/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.jewishpress.com/news/breaking-news/1500-year-old-stable-exposed-in-negev-canyon/2016/09/08/" rel="nofollow">http://www.jewishpress.com/news/breaking-news/1500-year-old-stable-exposed-in-negev-canyon/2016/09/08/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/89987/A-1-500-year-old-livestock-stable-found-in-the--Avdat--National-Park" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/89987/A-1-500-year-old-livestock-stable-found-in-the--Avdat--National-Park" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/89987/A-1-500-year-old-livestock-stable-found-in-the--Avdat--National-Park</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Hunting still life acquired by Swedish National Gallery</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/90110/Nationalmuseum-Sweden-announces-new-acquisition--A-hunting-still-life-by-Jan-Weenix#.V9pRyjH6t9A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/90110/Nationalmuseum-Sweden-announces-new-acquisition--A-hunting-still-life-by-Jan-Weenix#.V9pRyjH6t9A" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/90110/Nationalmuseum-Sweden-announces-new-acquisition--A-hunting-still-life-by-Jan-Weenix#.V9pRyjH6t9A</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Leeds Bengal tiger goes for some TLC</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.culture24.org.uk/science-and-nature/art561073-leeds-city-museum-bengal-tiger-object" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.culture24.org.uk/science-and-nature/art561073-leeds-city-museum-bengal-tiger-object" rel="nofollow">http://www.culture24.org.uk/science-and-nature/art561073-leeds-city-museum-bengal-tiger-object</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Grave stories</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Progress on Henry I, our latest king-under-a-carpark</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/09/13/another-car-park-another-king-henry-is-remains-found-beneath-tar/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/09/13/another-car-park-another-king-henry-is-remains-found-beneath-tar/" rel="nofollow">http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/09/13/another-car-park-another-king-henry-is-remains-found-beneath-tar/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Mary Rose crew’s remains go online</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-37250413" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-37250413" rel="nofollow">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-37250413</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.maryrose.org/virtual-tudors-project/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.maryrose.org/virtual-tudors-project/" rel="nofollow">http://www.maryrose.org/virtual-tudors-project/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Update on the search for Suleiman the Magnificent’s original tomb in Hungary</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/89918/Poor-Hungary-town-eyes-riches-of-Ottoman-ruler-Suleiman-the-Magnificent#.V8_FkzH6t9A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/89918/Poor-Hungary-town-eyes-riches-of-Ottoman-ruler-Suleiman-the-Magnificent#.V8_FkzH6t9A" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/89918/Poor-Hungary-town-eyes-riches-of-Ottoman-ruler-Suleiman-the-Magnificent#.V8_FkzH6t9A</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Investigating 1665 plague victims (and their teeth)</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/archaeology/art561595-bedlam-burial-ground-great-plague-london" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/archaeology/art561595-bedlam-burial-ground-great-plague-london" rel="nofollow">http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/archaeology/art561595-bedlam-burial-ground-great-plague-london</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Recovering the remains of WWII marines from Battle of Tarawa</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.tulsaworld.com/homepagelatest/osu-professor-helps-recover-wwii-remains-on-pacific-atoll/article_b91b446b-d68a-556c-99b6-dfdb347c35f0.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.tulsaworld.com/homepagelatest/osu-professor-helps-recover-wwii-remains-on-pacific-atoll/article_b91b446b-d68a-556c-99b6-dfdb347c35f0.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.tulsaworld.com/homepagelatest/osu-professor-helps-recover-wwii-remains-on-pacific-atoll/article_b91b446b-d68a-556c-99b6-dfdb347c35f0.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Visiting cemeteries</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/historic-buildings/art558728-britain-best-cemeteries-graveyards-iona-arnos" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/historic-buildings/art558728-britain-best-cemeteries-graveyards-iona-arnos" rel="nofollow">http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/historic-buildings/art558728-britain-best-cemeteries-graveyards-iona-arnos</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Cannons to the left, cannon to the right</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>17th century cannon ball stolen from Anglesey Zoo</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/cannonball-run-thieves-anglesey-make-11830803" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/cannonball-run-thieves-anglesey-make-11830803" rel="nofollow">http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/cannonball-run-thieves-anglesey-make-11830803</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The story of Pole Tavern Cannon- cast in Naples, 1763, now in New Jersey: </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://allenbrowne.blogspot.co.uk/2011/05/il-lugano-1763.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://allenbrowne.blogspot.co.uk/2011/05/il-lugano-1763.html" rel="nofollow">http://allenbrowne.blogspot.co.uk/2011/05/il-lugano-1763.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.nj.com/south-jersey-towns/index.ssf/2016/09/celebrate_upper_pittsgrove_twp.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.nj.com/south-jersey-towns/index.ssf/2016/09/celebrate_upper_pittsgrove_twp.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.nj.com/south-jersey-towns/index.ssf/2016/09/celebrate_upper_pittsgrove_twp.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>5 iron cannons move to new Philadelphia museum</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2016/09/13/five-revolutionary-war-era-cannons-moved-to-their-new-home-in-old-city/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2016/09/13/five-revolutionary-war-era-cannons-moved-to-their-new-home-in-old-city/" rel="nofollow">http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2016/09/13/five-revolutionary-war-era-cannons-moved-to-their-new-home-in-old-city/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Japanese WW2 gun on the move</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.courant.com/community/manchester/hc-manchester-cannon-monument-0912-20160909-story.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.courant.com/community/manchester/hc-manchester-cannon-monument-0912-20160909-story.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.courant.com/community/manchester/hc-manchester-cannon-monument-0912-20160909-story.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Living in the past</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Fighting to Win: The Art of Sword Combat in the Early Modern Period</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.medievalists.net/2016/08/31/fighting-to-win-the-art-of-sword-combat-in-the-early-modern-period/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.medievalists.net/2016/08/31/fighting-to-win-the-art-of-sword-combat-in-the-early-modern-period/" rel="nofollow">http://www.medievalists.net/2016/08/31/fighting-to-win-the-art-of-sword-combat-in-the-early-modern-period/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Café Basiliscoe</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Salmon cooking in Alaska</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://westerndigs.org/ice-age-fire-pits-in-alaska-reveal-earliest-evidence-of-salmon-cooking/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://westerndigs.org/ice-age-fire-pits-in-alaska-reveal-earliest-evidence-of-salmon-cooking/" rel="nofollow">http://westerndigs.org/ice-age-fire-pits-in-alaska-reveal-earliest-evidence-of-salmon-cooking/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>…with toasted cheese</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://sciencenordic.com/burnt-cheese-casts-light-3000-year-old-family-drama" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://sciencenordic.com/burnt-cheese-casts-light-3000-year-old-family-drama" rel="nofollow">http://sciencenordic.com/burnt-cheese-casts-light-3000-year-old-family-drama</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Miscellany</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>9th century mosque bombed in Yemen</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://theartnewspaper.com/news/conservation/ninth-century-mosque-destroyed-by-airstrike-in-yemen/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://theartnewspaper.com/news/conservation/ninth-century-mosque-destroyed-by-airstrike-in-yemen/" rel="nofollow">http://theartnewspaper.com/news/conservation/ninth-century-mosque-destroyed-by-airstrike-in-yemen/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Fort Howard update</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/sep/5/archaeologist-looks-for-remains-of-green-bay-milit/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/sep/5/archaeologist-looks-for-remains-of-green-bay-milit/" rel="nofollow">http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/sep/5/archaeologist-looks-for-remains-of-green-bay-milit/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Sheffield innovations</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/transport-and-industry/art561338-made-sheffield-millennium-gallery-design-history" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/transport-and-industry/art561338-made-sheffield-millennium-gallery-design-history" rel="nofollow">http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/transport-and-industry/art561338-made-sheffield-millennium-gallery-design-history</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Into the 20th century</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>100 years since the first appearance of the tank</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/from-the-archive-blog/2016/sep/15/first-world-war-tanks-1916" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/from-the-archive-blog/2016/sep/15/first-world-war-tanks-1916" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/world/from-the-archive-blog/2016/sep/15/first-world-war-tanks-1916</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Paul Klee and the Red Baron</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://theartnewspaper.com/news/in-the-frame/paul-klee-and-the-kaiser-s-flying-aces/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://theartnewspaper.com/news/in-the-frame/paul-klee-and-the-kaiser-s-flying-aces/" rel="nofollow">http://theartnewspaper.com/news/in-the-frame/paul-klee-and-the-kaiser-s-flying-aces/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Aircraft wing found in Chichester Harbour</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.wessexarch.co.uk/blogs/news/2016/09/07/aircraft-wing-discovered-chichester-harbour" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.wessexarch.co.uk/blogs/news/2016/09/07/aircraft-wing-discovered-chichester-harbour" rel="nofollow">http://www.wessexarch.co.uk/blogs/news/2016/09/07/aircraft-wing-discovered-chichester-harbour</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Nautical news</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Why did the Mary Rose sink?</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.ancient-origins.net/news-general/mary-rose-tudor-painting-and-tidal-analysis-offer-clues-why-it-sank-006642?nopaging=1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ancient-origins.net/news-general/mary-rose-tudor-painting-and-tidal-analysis-offer-clues-why-it-sank-006642?nopaging=1" rel="nofollow">http://www.ancient-origins.net/news-general/mary-rose-tudor-painting-and-tidal-analysis-offer-clues-why-it-sank-006642?nopaging=1</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Update on the Rooswijk, VOC ship lost off the Goodwin sands in 1740</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/archaeology/art561951-dutch-east-indiaman-goodwin-sands-kent" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/archaeology/art561951-dutch-east-indiaman-goodwin-sands-kent" rel="nofollow">http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/archaeology/art561951-dutch-east-indiaman-goodwin-sands-kent</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.kentonline.co.uk/deal/news/divers-exploring-18th-century-ship-102055/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.kentonline.co.uk/deal/news/divers-exploring-18th-century-ship-102055/" rel="nofollow">http://www.kentonline.co.uk/deal/news/divers-exploring-18th-century-ship-102055/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.kentnews.co.uk/news/dutch_and_british_joint_diving_expedition_off_kent_coast_to_assess_ship_wreck_site_1_4687322" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.kentnews.co.uk/news/dutch_and_british_joint_diving_expedition_off_kent_coast_to_assess_ship_wreck_site_1_4687322" rel="nofollow">http://www.kentnews.co.uk/news/dutch_and_british_joint_diving_expedition_off_kent_coast_to_assess_ship_wreck_site_1_4687322</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-37355734" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-37355734" rel="nofollow">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-37355734</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Searchingfor HMS Terror</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/14/world/americas/canada-franklin-arctic-hms-terror.html?_r=1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/14/world/americas/canada-franklin-arctic-hms-terror.html?_r=1" rel="nofollow">http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/14/world/americas/canada-franklin-arctic-hms-terror.html?_r=1</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Finding HMS Terror</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/sep/12/hms-terror-wreck-found-arctic-nearly-170-years-northwest-passage-attempt" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/sep/12/hms-terror-wreck-found-arctic-nearly-170-years-northwest-passage-attempt" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/sep/12/hms-terror-wreck-found-arctic-nearly-170-years-northwest-passage-attempt</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.ironmountaindailynews.com/page/content.detail/id/1318565/Searchers-find-2nd-ship-from-doomed-British-expedition.html?isap=1&nav=5024" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ironmountaindailynews.com/page/content.detail/id/1318565/Searchers-find-2nd-ship-from-doomed-British-expedition.html?isap=1&nav=5024" rel="nofollow">http://www.ironmountaindailynews.com/page/content.detail/id/1318565/Searchers-find-2nd-ship-from-doomed-British-expedition.html?isap=1&nav=5024</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Battle on to save WW1 ship HMSPresident<a href="http://www.kentnews.co.uk/news/battle_on_to_save_heroic_ww1_ship_1_4682124?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Social_Icon&utm_campaign=in_article_social_icons" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.kentnews.co.uk/news/battle_on_to_save_heroic_ww1_ship_1_4682124?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Social_Icon&utm_campaign=in_article_social_icons" rel="nofollow">http://www.kentnews.co.uk/news/battle_on_to_save_heroic_ww1_ship_1_4682124?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Social_Icon&utm_campaign=in_article_social_icons</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>German U-Boat 576 found?</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.timesunion.com/blogs/article/After-a-7-year-search-a-missing-German-U-boat-is-9195624.php" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.timesunion.com/blogs/article/After-a-7-year-search-a-missing-German-U-boat-is-9195624.php" rel="nofollow">http://www.timesunion.com/blogs/article/After-a-7-year-search-a-missing-German-U-boat-is-9195624.php</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/707535/Nazi-U-Boat-shipwreck-US-coast-WWII-relic" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/707535/Nazi-U-Boat-shipwreck-US-coast-WWII-relic" rel="nofollow">http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/707535/Nazi-U-Boat-shipwreck-US-coast-WWII-relic</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>And HMS Tarpon?</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/sep/05/wreck-second-world-war-british-submarine-hms-tarpon-denmark" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/sep/05/wreck-second-world-war-british-submarine-hms-tarpon-denmark" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/sep/05/wreck-second-world-war-british-submarine-hms-tarpon-denmark</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Museum news and exhibitions</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>News</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Met voted world’s top site</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/90099/Metropolitan-named-world-s-top-museum-in-TripAdvisor-awards#.V9kCeTH6t9A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/90099/Metropolitan-named-world-s-top-museum-in-TripAdvisor-awards#.V9kCeTH6t9A" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/90099/Metropolitan-named-world-s-top-museum-in-TripAdvisor-awards#.V9kCeTH6t9A</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>New Museums </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>National Museum of African American History and Culture</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://nmaahc.si.edu/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://nmaahc.si.edu/" rel="nofollow">https://nmaahc.si.edu/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2016/sep/15/smithsonian-national-museum-african-american-history-washington-architecture-review" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2016/sep/15/smithsonian-national-museum-african-american-history-washington-architecture-review" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2016/sep/15/smithsonian-national-museum-african-american-history-washington-architecture-review</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Progress at Dundee’s V&A</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://theartnewspaper.com/news/museums/scottish-government-bets-big-on-v-a-franchise/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://theartnewspaper.com/news/museums/scottish-government-bets-big-on-v-a-franchise/" rel="nofollow">http://theartnewspaper.com/news/museums/scottish-government-bets-big-on-v-a-franchise/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Enniskillen castle museum re-opens</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/89926/Enniskillen-Castle-in-Ireland-reopens-to-the-public-following--pound-3-5-million-makeover#.V8_HTTH6t9A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/89926/Enniskillen-Castle-in-Ireland-reopens-to-the-public-following--pound-3-5-million-makeover#.V8_HTTH6t9A" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/89926/Enniskillen-Castle-in-Ireland-reopens-to-the-public-following--pound-3-5-million-makeover#.V8_HTTH6t9A</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Feature on the new National Museum of Oman</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://timesofoman.com/article/91559/HI/Travel/Oman's-National-Museum" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://timesofoman.com/article/91559/HI/Travel/Oman's-National-Museum" rel="nofollow">http://timesofoman.com/article/91559/HI/Travel/Oman's-National-Museum</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Restoration at John Soane Museum</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://theartnewspaper.com/news/news/in-pictures-sir-john-soane-s-museum-unveils-7m-restoration-/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://theartnewspaper.com/news/news/in-pictures-sir-john-soane-s-museum-unveils-7m-restoration-/" rel="nofollow">http://theartnewspaper.com/news/news/in-pictures-sir-john-soane-s-museum-unveils-7m-restoration-/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Museum developments</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Oxford Museum Animation brings 2500-year-old vase to life <a href="http://artdaily.com/news/90030/Animation-brings-2500-year-old-vase-to-life#.V9UZi1VeI2I" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/90030/Animation-brings-2500-year-old-vase-to-life#.V9UZi1VeI2I" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/90030/Animation-brings-2500-year-old-vase-to-life#.V9UZi1VeI2I</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Museum musings</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Life after the museum for curators?</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://theartnewspaper.com/news/museums/from-museum-to-auction-house-the-revolving-door-turns-faster/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://theartnewspaper.com/news/museums/from-museum-to-auction-house-the-revolving-door-turns-faster/" rel="nofollow">http://theartnewspaper.com/news/museums/from-museum-to-auction-house-the-revolving-door-turns-faster/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Pondering a visit to the Imperial War Museum</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/2016/allday070916.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/2016/allday070916.html" rel="nofollow">http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/2016/allday070916.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Conservation corner</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>New work on tree rings and carbon 14</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.laboratoryequipment.com/news/2016/08/secret-clock-carbon-14-within-tree-rings-could-revolutionize-archaeology" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.laboratoryequipment.com/news/2016/08/secret-clock-carbon-14-within-tree-rings-could-revolutionize-archaeology" rel="nofollow">https://www.laboratoryequipment.com/news/2016/08/secret-clock-carbon-14-within-tree-rings-could-revolutionize-archaeology</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Objects</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Benjamin Franklin’s sword for sale</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/90095/Benjamin-Franklin-s-sword-leads-Important-American-Furniture--Silver--Outsider-and-Folk-Art-sale-at-Christie-s#.V9kDCTH6t9A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/90095/Benjamin-Franklin-s-sword-leads-Important-American-Furniture--Silver--Outsider-and-Folk-Art-sale-at-Christie-s#.V9kDCTH6t9A" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/90095/Benjamin-Franklin-s-sword-leads-Important-American-Furniture--Silver--Outsider-and-Folk-Art-sale-at-Christie-s#.V9kDCTH6t9A</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Exhibitions</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Shadow puppets in London</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.britishmuseum.org/whats_on/exhibitions/shadow_puppet_theatre.aspx" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.britishmuseum.org/whats_on/exhibitions/shadow_puppet_theatre.aspx" rel="nofollow">http://www.britishmuseum.org/whats_on/exhibitions/shadow_puppet_theatre.aspx</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Graphene and beyond in Manchester</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.culture24.org.uk/science-and-nature/art560395-wonder-materials-graphene-manchester-museum-science" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.culture24.org.uk/science-and-nature/art560395-wonder-materials-graphene-manchester-museum-science" rel="nofollow">http://www.culture24.org.uk/science-and-nature/art560395-wonder-materials-graphene-manchester-museum-science</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Lost monuments of Berlin at SpandauCitadel </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/culture/.premium-1.740148" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/culture/.premium-1.740148" rel="nofollow">http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/culture/.premium-1.740148</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.zitadelle-berlin.de/en/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.zitadelle-berlin.de/en/" rel="nofollow">http://www.zitadelle-berlin.de/en/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Memling in NY</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/88914/Hans-Memling-s-Triptych-of-Jan-Crabbe-reunited-in-exhibition-at-The-Morgan#.V8kxKzH6t9A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/88914/Hans-Memling-s-Triptych-of-Jan-Crabbe-reunited-in-exhibition-at-The-Morgan#.V8kxKzH6t9A" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/88914/Hans-Memling-s-Triptych-of-Jan-Crabbe-reunited-in-exhibition-at-The-Morgan#.V8kxKzH6t9A</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Neoclassical furniture at Philadelphia</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/89649/-Classical-Splendor--Painted-Furniture-for-a-Grand-Philadelphia-House--opens-at-the-Philadelphia-Museum-of-Art#.V8qKLjH6t9A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/89649/-Classical-Splendor--Painted-Furniture-for-a-Grand-Philadelphia-House--opens-at-the-Philadelphia-Museum-of-Art#.V8qKLjH6t9A" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/89649/-Classical-Splendor--Painted-Furniture-for-a-Grand-Philadelphia-House--opens-at-the-Philadelphia-Museum-of-Art#.V8qKLjH6t9A</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>A visit to London's Metropolitan police study collection of firearms</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/inside-scotland-yards-25-million-8794772" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/inside-scotland-yards-25-million-8794772" rel="nofollow">http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/inside-scotland-yards-25-million-8794772</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Books</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Thom Richardson: The Tower Armoury in the Fourteenth Century</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://shop.royalarmouries.org/books-and-dvds/royal-armouries-publications/royal-armouries-publications/the-tower-armoury-in-the-fourteenth-century-by-thom-richardson.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://shop.royalarmouries.org/books-and-dvds/royal-armouries-publications/royal-armouries-publications/the-tower-armoury-in-the-fourteenth-century-by-thom-richardson.html" rel="nofollow">https://shop.royalarmouries.org/books-and-dvds/royal-armouries-publications/royal-armour</a><a href="https://ospreypublishing.com/sa80-assault-rifles" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://ospreypublishing.com/sa80-assault-rifles" rel="nofollow">https://ospreypublishing.com/sa80-assault-rifles</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Rhine Pooja: English Factories & Gunpowder Production Technology in Medieval India</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Factories-Gunpowder-Production-Technology-Medieval/dp/3659774995" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Factories-Gunpowder-Production-Technology-Medieval/dp/3659774995" rel="nofollow">https://www.amazon.co.uk/Factories-Gunpowder-Production-Technology-Medieval/dp/3659774995</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Helen MacDonald: Falcon</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/sep/02/falcon-helen-macdonald-review-pd-smith" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/sep/02/falcon-helen-macdonald-review-pd-smith" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/sep/02/falcon-helen-macdonald-review-pd-smith</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Sale of Brill titles</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.brill.com/brills-autumn-sale?utm_campaign=7531589_Autumn%20Sale%202016&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Brill&dm_i=25XA,4HFET,JO7RPQ,GK7WK,1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.brill.com/brills-autumn-sale?utm_campaign=7531589_Autumn%20Sale%202016&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Brill&dm_i=25XA,4HFET,JO7RPQ,GK7WK,1" rel="nofollow">http://www.brill.com/brills-autumn-sale?utm_campaign=7531589_Autumn Sale 2016&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Brill&dm_i=25XA,4HFET,JO7RPQ,GK7WK,1</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Online books</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Shared cultural history of the Netherlands and Japan</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://cultureelerfgoed.nl/sites/default/files/publications/klos_2016_shared_cultural_heritage_of_japan_and_the_netherlands_.pdf" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://cultureelerfgoed.nl/sites/default/files/publications/klos_2016_shared_cultural_heritage_of_japan_and_the_netherlands_.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://cultureelerfgoed.nl/sites/default/files/publications/klos_2016_shared_cultural_heritage_of_japan_and_the_netherlands_.pdf</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>An Archaeological Evaluation at Hougoumont</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.waterloouncovered.com/july-2015-fieldwork-report/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.waterloouncovered.com/july-2015-fieldwork-report/" rel="nofollow">http://www.waterloouncovered.com/july-2015-fieldwork-report/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Popular culture</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The Magnificent Seven </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/sep/15/denzel-washington-chris-pratt-the-magnificent-seven-interview" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/sep/15/denzel-washington-chris-pratt-the-magnificent-seven-interview" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/sep/15/denzel-washington-chris-pratt-the-magnificent-seven-interview</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Ben-Hur</p><p><br /></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]gLJdzky63BA[/MEDIA]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Anthropoid</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/2016/08/31/the-incredible-true-story-behind-world-war-two-film-anthropoid/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/2016/08/31/the-incredible-true-story-behind-world-war-two-film-anthropoid/" rel="nofollow">http://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/2016/08/31/the-incredible-true-story-behind-world-war-two-film-anthropoid/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Female Syrian war poets</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/sep/04/female-poets-of-syrian-war-turkey-middle-east" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/sep/04/female-poets-of-syrian-war-turkey-middle-east" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/sep/04/female-poets-of-syrian-war-turkey-middle-east</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Events</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Diary Dates</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>25 September- Walk round Stamford Bridge</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.medievalists.net/2016/09/08/that-other-battle-of-1066-commemorating-the-950th-anniversary-of-stamford-bridge/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.medievalists.net/2016/09/08/that-other-battle-of-1066-commemorating-the-950th-anniversary-of-stamford-bridge/" rel="nofollow">http://www.medievalists.net/2016/09/08/that-other-battle-of-1066-commemorating-the-950th-anniversary-of-stamford-bridge/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Conferences</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>30 September 2016 - 1 October 2016 Wallace Collection</p><p><br /></p><p>All Depends Upon the Brave: Recent Research into Museum Collections of Ottoman, Middle Eastern and Asian Arms and Armour</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.wallacecollection.org/ms/learn/conferences/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.wallacecollection.org/ms/learn/conferences/" rel="nofollow">http://www.wallacecollection.org/ms/learn/conferences/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>14 -16 October 2016 London </p><p><br /></p><p>1066: Interpreting the Norman Conquest in 2016</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.royalarmouries.org/assets-uploaded/documents/1066_conference_updated_web_info_v_3.pdf" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.royalarmouries.org/assets-uploaded/documents/1066_conference_updated_web_info_v_3.pdf" rel="nofollow">https://www.royalarmouries.org/assets-uploaded/documents/1066_conference_updated_web_info_v_3.pdf</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>15 October Guildhall, Shrewsbury</p><p><br /></p><p>Fortress Salopia Symposium- Shropshire’s military heritage</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.ucshrewsbury.ac.uk/news/free-university-centre-shrewsbury-event-explore-shropshires-military-heritage" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ucshrewsbury.ac.uk/news/free-university-centre-shrewsbury-event-explore-shropshires-military-heritage" rel="nofollow">http://www.ucshrewsbury.ac.uk/news/free-university-centre-shrewsbury-event-explore-shropshires-military-heritage</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Sales, fairs and auctions</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Hermann Historica oHG announces Autumn auction <a href="http://artdaily.com/news/89950/Hermann-Historica-oHG-announces-Autumn-auction#.V9EYktlUbp8.twitter" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/89950/Hermann-Historica-oHG-announces-Autumn-auction#.V9EYktlUbp8.twitter" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/89950/Hermann-Historica-oHG-announces-Autumn-auction#.V9EYktlUbp8.twitter</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Websites and downloads</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Video of lecture by Tobias Capwell onknightly effigies</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kysaddYFHg&feature=youtu.be&a" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kysaddYFHg&feature=youtu.be&a" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.co</a><a href="http://www.virtualtudors.org/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.virtualtudors.org/" rel="nofollow">http://www.virtualtudors.org/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Medieval soldier website</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.medievalsoldier.org/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.medievalsoldier.org/" rel="nofollow">http://www.medievalsoldier.org/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Netherlands maritime website</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://maritiemprogramma.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://maritiemprogramma.wordpress.com/" rel="nofollow">https://maritiemprogramma.wordpress.com/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>1066 etc</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>War of the roses, sagas and Danish trade</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.medievalists.net/2016/09/04/the-lancastrian-retreat-from-populist-discourse-propaganda-conflicts-in-the-wars-of-the-roses/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.medievalists.net/2016/09/04/the-lancastrian-retreat-from-populist-discourse-propaganda-conflicts-in-the-wars-of-the-roses/" rel="nofollow">http://www.medievalists.net/2016/09/04/the-lancastrian-retreat-from-populist-discourse-propaganda-conflicts-in-the-wars-of-the-roses/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.medievalists.net/2016/09/09/kings-wars-and-duck-eggs-interpretations-of-poetry-in-egils-saga/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.medievalists.net/2016/09/09/kings-wars-and-duck-eggs-interpretations-of-poetry-in-egils-saga/" rel="nofollow">http://www.medievalists.net/2016/09/09/kings-wars-and-duck-eggs-interpretations-of-poetry-in-egils-saga/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.medievalists.net/2016/09/09/the-extent-of-indigenous-norse-contact-and-trade-prior-to-columbus/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.medievalists.net/2016/09/09/the-extent-of-indigenous-norse-contact-and-trade-prior-to-columbus/" rel="nofollow">http://www.medievalists.net/2016/09/09/the-extent-of-indigenous-norse-contact-and-trade-prior-to-columbus/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Finally</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Not arms and armour but a fascinating read about recreating dinosaurs</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/sep/14/scientists-reveal-most-accurate-depiction-of-a-dinosaur-ever-created" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/sep/14/scientists-reveal-most-accurate-depiction-of-a-dinosaur-ever-created" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/sep/14/scientists-reveal-most-accurate-depiction-of-a-dinosaur-ever-created</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This fortnight we tweeted castles in Yorkshire </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/Basiliscoe" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://twitter.com/Basiliscoe" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/Basiliscoe</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Compiled by Ruth Rhynas Brown –17 September 2016</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Some people have asked me about making a contribution to the Newsletter – if you would like to support us, you can make a donation here through our Paypal account – see here for details:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.basiliscoe.com/id2.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.basiliscoe.com/id2.html" rel="nofollow">http://www</a>.basiliscoe.com/id2.html[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="springfld.arsenal, post: 176429, member: 54"]The Basiliscoe Mercury 255 TheInternet newsletter for the arms and armour community The end of summer brings in a flush of underwater stories, leading with the discovery of HMS Terror. In addition, a new book by Thom Richardson, updates on the searches for dead monarchs in Reading and Hungary and new films for the autumn. Arms and armour in the news Ancient arms and defences Bronze age sword from western Zealand, Denmark found [URL]http://www.thelocal.dk/20160831/3000-year-old-sword-found-in-denmark-and-its-still-sharp[/URL] And another bronze sword found under a football pitch in Carnoustie, Scotland [URL]http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3781950/Ancient-gold-hilted-sword-Scottish-football-pitch-date-far-4-000-years.html[/URL] Viking sword found in Iceland by goose hunters- lots of pictures [URL]https://www.rt.com/viral/358354-viking-sword-iceland-archaeology/[/URL] Latest findsfrom medieval fortress of Kalyata Yakoruda, Bulgaria [URL]http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2016/08/31/archaeologists-find-6th-century-ad-brazier-in-kalyata-fortress-near-bulgarias-yakoruda/[/URL] And Plovdiv…. [URL]http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2016/09/05/archaeologists-discover-necropolis-tower-in-ancient-medieval-fortress-nebet-tepe-in-bulgarias-plovdiv/[/URL] Searching for castles in NE Scotland [URL]https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/north-east/1011158/archaeologists-uncover-evidence-of-buchans-lost-castle-at-aden-park/[/URL] [URL]http://www.archaeology.org/news/4802-160830-scotland-medieval-castle[/URL] Beasts of assorted varieties… Oldest snow shoe found in the Dolomites [URL]http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/09/12/worlds-oldest-snowshoe-found-on-a-glacier-in-italys-dolomites/[/URL] Excavating a Byzantine stable complex in modern-day Israel [URL]http://www.jewishpress.com/news/breaking-news/1500-year-old-stable-exposed-in-negev-canyon/2016/09/08/[/URL] [URL]http://artdaily.com/news/89987/A-1-500-year-old-livestock-stable-found-in-the--Avdat--National-Park[/URL] Hunting still life acquired by Swedish National Gallery [URL]http://artdaily.com/news/90110/Nationalmuseum-Sweden-announces-new-acquisition--A-hunting-still-life-by-Jan-Weenix#.V9pRyjH6t9A[/URL] Leeds Bengal tiger goes for some TLC [URL]http://www.culture24.org.uk/science-and-nature/art561073-leeds-city-museum-bengal-tiger-object[/URL] Grave stories Progress on Henry I, our latest king-under-a-carpark [URL]http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/09/13/another-car-park-another-king-henry-is-remains-found-beneath-tar/[/URL] Mary Rose crew’s remains go online [URL]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-37250413[/URL] [URL]http://www.maryrose.org/virtual-tudors-project/[/URL] Update on the search for Suleiman the Magnificent’s original tomb in Hungary [URL]http://artdaily.com/news/89918/Poor-Hungary-town-eyes-riches-of-Ottoman-ruler-Suleiman-the-Magnificent#.V8_FkzH6t9A[/URL] Investigating 1665 plague victims (and their teeth) [URL]http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/archaeology/art561595-bedlam-burial-ground-great-plague-london[/URL] Recovering the remains of WWII marines from Battle of Tarawa [URL]http://www.tulsaworld.com/homepagelatest/osu-professor-helps-recover-wwii-remains-on-pacific-atoll/article_b91b446b-d68a-556c-99b6-dfdb347c35f0.html[/URL] Visiting cemeteries [URL]http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/historic-buildings/art558728-britain-best-cemeteries-graveyards-iona-arnos[/URL] Cannons to the left, cannon to the right 17th century cannon ball stolen from Anglesey Zoo [URL]http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/cannonball-run-thieves-anglesey-make-11830803[/URL] The story of Pole Tavern Cannon- cast in Naples, 1763, now in New Jersey: [URL]http://allenbrowne.blogspot.co.uk/2011/05/il-lugano-1763.html[/URL] [URL]http://www.nj.com/south-jersey-towns/index.ssf/2016/09/celebrate_upper_pittsgrove_twp.html[/URL] 5 iron cannons move to new Philadelphia museum [URL]http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2016/09/13/five-revolutionary-war-era-cannons-moved-to-their-new-home-in-old-city/[/URL] Japanese WW2 gun on the move [URL]http://www.courant.com/community/manchester/hc-manchester-cannon-monument-0912-20160909-story.html[/URL] Living in the past Fighting to Win: The Art of Sword Combat in the Early Modern Period [URL]http://www.medievalists.net/2016/08/31/fighting-to-win-the-art-of-sword-combat-in-the-early-modern-period/[/URL] Café Basiliscoe Salmon cooking in Alaska [URL]http://westerndigs.org/ice-age-fire-pits-in-alaska-reveal-earliest-evidence-of-salmon-cooking/[/URL] …with toasted cheese [URL]http://sciencenordic.com/burnt-cheese-casts-light-3000-year-old-family-drama[/URL] Miscellany 9th century mosque bombed in Yemen [URL]http://theartnewspaper.com/news/conservation/ninth-century-mosque-destroyed-by-airstrike-in-yemen/[/URL] Fort Howard update [URL]http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/sep/5/archaeologist-looks-for-remains-of-green-bay-milit/[/URL] Sheffield innovations [URL]http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/transport-and-industry/art561338-made-sheffield-millennium-gallery-design-history[/URL] Into the 20th century 100 years since the first appearance of the tank [URL]https://www.theguardian.com/world/from-the-archive-blog/2016/sep/15/first-world-war-tanks-1916[/URL] Paul Klee and the Red Baron [URL]http://theartnewspaper.com/news/in-the-frame/paul-klee-and-the-kaiser-s-flying-aces/[/URL] Aircraft wing found in Chichester Harbour [URL]http://www.wessexarch.co.uk/blogs/news/2016/09/07/aircraft-wing-discovered-chichester-harbour[/URL] Nautical news Why did the Mary Rose sink? [URL]http://www.ancient-origins.net/news-general/mary-rose-tudor-painting-and-tidal-analysis-offer-clues-why-it-sank-006642?nopaging=1[/URL] Update on the Rooswijk, VOC ship lost off the Goodwin sands in 1740 [URL]http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/archaeology/art561951-dutch-east-indiaman-goodwin-sands-kent[/URL] [URL]http://www.kentonline.co.uk/deal/news/divers-exploring-18th-century-ship-102055/[/URL] [URL]http://www.kentnews.co.uk/news/dutch_and_british_joint_diving_expedition_off_kent_coast_to_assess_ship_wreck_site_1_4687322[/URL] [URL]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-37355734[/URL] Searchingfor HMS Terror [URL]http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/14/world/americas/canada-franklin-arctic-hms-terror.html?_r=1[/URL] Finding HMS Terror [URL]https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/sep/12/hms-terror-wreck-found-arctic-nearly-170-years-northwest-passage-attempt[/URL] [URL]http://www.ironmountaindailynews.com/page/content.detail/id/1318565/Searchers-find-2nd-ship-from-doomed-British-expedition.html?isap=1&nav=5024[/URL] Battle on to save WW1 ship HMSPresident[URL]http://www.kentnews.co.uk/news/battle_on_to_save_heroic_ww1_ship_1_4682124?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Social_Icon&utm_campaign=in_article_social_icons[/URL] German U-Boat 576 found? [URL]http://www.timesunion.com/blogs/article/After-a-7-year-search-a-missing-German-U-boat-is-9195624.php[/URL] [URL]http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/707535/Nazi-U-Boat-shipwreck-US-coast-WWII-relic[/URL] And HMS Tarpon? [URL]https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/sep/05/wreck-second-world-war-british-submarine-hms-tarpon-denmark[/URL] Museum news and exhibitions News Met voted world’s top site [URL]http://artdaily.com/news/90099/Metropolitan-named-world-s-top-museum-in-TripAdvisor-awards#.V9kCeTH6t9A[/URL] New Museums National Museum of African American History and Culture [URL]https://nmaahc.si.edu/[/URL] [URL]https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2016/sep/15/smithsonian-national-museum-african-american-history-washington-architecture-review[/URL] Progress at Dundee’s V&A [URL]http://theartnewspaper.com/news/museums/scottish-government-bets-big-on-v-a-franchise/[/URL] Enniskillen castle museum re-opens [URL]http://artdaily.com/news/89926/Enniskillen-Castle-in-Ireland-reopens-to-the-public-following--pound-3-5-million-makeover#.V8_HTTH6t9A[/URL] Feature on the new National Museum of Oman [URL]http://timesofoman.com/article/91559/HI/Travel/Oman's-National-Museum[/URL] Restoration at John Soane Museum [URL]http://theartnewspaper.com/news/news/in-pictures-sir-john-soane-s-museum-unveils-7m-restoration-/[/URL] Museum developments Oxford Museum Animation brings 2500-year-old vase to life [URL]http://artdaily.com/news/90030/Animation-brings-2500-year-old-vase-to-life#.V9UZi1VeI2I[/URL] Museum musings Life after the museum for curators? [URL]http://theartnewspaper.com/news/museums/from-museum-to-auction-house-the-revolving-door-turns-faster/[/URL] Pondering a visit to the Imperial War Museum [URL]http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/2016/allday070916.html[/URL] Conservation corner New work on tree rings and carbon 14 [URL]https://www.laboratoryequipment.com/news/2016/08/secret-clock-carbon-14-within-tree-rings-could-revolutionize-archaeology[/URL] Objects Benjamin Franklin’s sword for sale [URL]http://artdaily.com/news/90095/Benjamin-Franklin-s-sword-leads-Important-American-Furniture--Silver--Outsider-and-Folk-Art-sale-at-Christie-s#.V9kDCTH6t9A[/URL] Exhibitions Shadow puppets in London [URL]http://www.britishmuseum.org/whats_on/exhibitions/shadow_puppet_theatre.aspx[/URL] Graphene and beyond in Manchester [URL]http://www.culture24.org.uk/science-and-nature/art560395-wonder-materials-graphene-manchester-museum-science[/URL] Lost monuments of Berlin at SpandauCitadel [URL]http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/culture/.premium-1.740148[/URL] [URL]http://www.zitadelle-berlin.de/en/[/URL] Memling in NY [URL]http://artdaily.com/news/88914/Hans-Memling-s-Triptych-of-Jan-Crabbe-reunited-in-exhibition-at-The-Morgan#.V8kxKzH6t9A[/URL] Neoclassical furniture at Philadelphia [URL]http://artdaily.com/news/89649/-Classical-Splendor--Painted-Furniture-for-a-Grand-Philadelphia-House--opens-at-the-Philadelphia-Museum-of-Art#.V8qKLjH6t9A[/URL] A visit to London's Metropolitan police study collection of firearms [URL]http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/inside-scotland-yards-25-million-8794772[/URL] Books Thom Richardson: The Tower Armoury in the Fourteenth Century [URL='https://shop.royalarmouries.org/books-and-dvds/royal-armouries-publications/royal-armouries-publications/the-tower-armoury-in-the-fourteenth-century-by-thom-richardson.html']https://shop.royalarmouries.org/books-and-dvds/royal-armouries-publications/royal-armour[/URL][URL]https://ospreypublishing.com/sa80-assault-rifles[/URL] Rhine Pooja: English Factories & Gunpowder Production Technology in Medieval India [URL]https://www.amazon.co.uk/Factories-Gunpowder-Production-Technology-Medieval/dp/3659774995[/URL] Helen MacDonald: Falcon [URL]https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/sep/02/falcon-helen-macdonald-review-pd-smith[/URL] Sale of Brill titles [URL]http://www.brill.com/brills-autumn-sale?utm_campaign=7531589_Autumn%20Sale%202016&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Brill&dm_i=25XA,4HFET,JO7RPQ,GK7WK,1[/URL] Online books Shared cultural history of the Netherlands and Japan [URL]http://cultureelerfgoed.nl/sites/default/files/publications/klos_2016_shared_cultural_heritage_of_japan_and_the_netherlands_.pdf[/URL] An Archaeological Evaluation at Hougoumont [URL]http://www.waterloouncovered.com/july-2015-fieldwork-report/[/URL] Popular culture The Magnificent Seven [URL]https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/sep/15/denzel-washington-chris-pratt-the-magnificent-seven-interview[/URL] Ben-Hur [MEDIA=youtube]gLJdzky63BA[/MEDIA] Anthropoid [URL]http://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/2016/08/31/the-incredible-true-story-behind-world-war-two-film-anthropoid/[/URL] Female Syrian war poets [URL]https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/sep/04/female-poets-of-syrian-war-turkey-middle-east[/URL] Events Diary Dates 25 September- Walk round Stamford Bridge [URL]http://www.medievalists.net/2016/09/08/that-other-battle-of-1066-commemorating-the-950th-anniversary-of-stamford-bridge/[/URL] Conferences 30 September 2016 - 1 October 2016 Wallace Collection All Depends Upon the Brave: Recent Research into Museum Collections of Ottoman, Middle Eastern and Asian Arms and Armour [URL]http://www.wallacecollection.org/ms/learn/conferences/[/URL] 14 -16 October 2016 London 1066: Interpreting the Norman Conquest in 2016 [URL]https://www.royalarmouries.org/assets-uploaded/documents/1066_conference_updated_web_info_v_3.pdf[/URL] 15 October Guildhall, Shrewsbury Fortress Salopia Symposium- Shropshire’s military heritage [URL]http://www.ucshrewsbury.ac.uk/news/free-university-centre-shrewsbury-event-explore-shropshires-military-heritage[/URL] Sales, fairs and auctions Hermann Historica oHG announces Autumn auction [URL]http://artdaily.com/news/89950/Hermann-Historica-oHG-announces-Autumn-auction#.V9EYktlUbp8.twitter[/URL] Websites and downloads Video of lecture by Tobias Capwell onknightly effigies [URL='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kysaddYFHg&feature=youtu.be&a']https://www.youtube.co[/URL][URL]http://www.virtualtudors.org/[/URL] Medieval soldier website [URL]http://www.medievalsoldier.org/[/URL] Netherlands maritime website [URL]https://maritiemprogramma.wordpress.com/[/URL] 1066 etc War of the roses, sagas and Danish trade [URL]http://www.medievalists.net/2016/09/04/the-lancastrian-retreat-from-populist-discourse-propaganda-conflicts-in-the-wars-of-the-roses/[/URL] [URL]http://www.medievalists.net/2016/09/09/kings-wars-and-duck-eggs-interpretations-of-poetry-in-egils-saga/[/URL] [URL]http://www.medievalists.net/2016/09/09/the-extent-of-indigenous-norse-contact-and-trade-prior-to-columbus/[/URL] Finally Not arms and armour but a fascinating read about recreating dinosaurs [URL]https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/sep/14/scientists-reveal-most-accurate-depiction-of-a-dinosaur-ever-created[/URL] This fortnight we tweeted castles in Yorkshire [URL]https://twitter.com/Basiliscoe[/URL] Compiled by Ruth Rhynas Brown –17 September 2016 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']http://www[/URL].basiliscoe.com/id2.html[/QUOTE]
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