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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;springfld.arsenal, post: 368017, member: 54&quot;]The Basiliscoe Mercury 294</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>TheInternet newsletter for the arms and armour community</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Due to recent legislation in Europe, a number of American news outlets have decided not to let those in the EU access their sites, so I am sure there are stories I can no longer read. Let’s hope they sort something out soon. </p><p><br /></p><p>In the meantime several articles on repatriating museum objects, Hamilton’s pistols and more stunning pictures from the Columbian shipwreck</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Arms and armour in the news</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Ancient arms</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Ancient breastplate found in Slovakia</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2018/05/15/oldest-ancient-greek-relic-in-slovakia-bronze-breastplace-from-italys-taranto-discovered-at-celtic-sacrificial-site/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2018/05/15/oldest-ancient-greek-relic-in-slovakia-bronze-breastplace-from-italys-taranto-discovered-at-celtic-sacrificial-site/" rel="nofollow">http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2018/05/15/oldest-ancient-greek-relic-in-slovakia-bronze-breastplace-from-italys-taranto-discovered-at-celtic-sacrificial-site/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.archaeology.org/news/6617-180514-slovakia-bronze-breastplate" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.archaeology.org/news/6617-180514-slovakia-bronze-breastplate" rel="nofollow">https://www.archaeology.org/news/6617-180514-slovakia-bronze-breastplate</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Ten artefacts from Roman Scotland</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/in-pictures-10-amazing-relics-the-romans-left-in-scotland-1-4741699" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/in-pictures-10-amazing-relics-the-romans-left-in-scotland-1-4741699" rel="nofollow">https://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/in-pictures-10-amazing-relics-the-romans-left-in-scotland-1-4741699</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Roman fittings from Poland</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.archaeology.org/news/6618-180515-poland-roman-army" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.archaeology.org/news/6618-180515-poland-roman-army" rel="nofollow">https://www.archaeology.org/news/6618-180515-poland-roman-army</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Reinvestigating Sutton Hoo</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.eadt.co.uk/news/first-dig-in-decades-close-to-sutton-hoo-burial-site-could-reveal-new-treasures-1-5527556" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.eadt.co.uk/news/first-dig-in-decades-close-to-sutton-hoo-burial-site-could-reveal-new-treasures-1-5527556" rel="nofollow">http://www.eadt.co.uk/news/first-dig-in-decades-close-to-sutton-hoo-burial-site-could-reveal-new-treasures-1-5527556</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Beasts of assorted varieties…</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Taming donkeys 4000 years ago</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-05/bu-aue051418.php" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-05/bu-aue051418.php" rel="nofollow">https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-05/bu-aue051418.php</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Finding a horse (and its stable) in Pompeii</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.livescience.com/62595-pompeii-horse-found.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.livescience.com/62595-pompeii-horse-found.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.livescience.com/62595-pompeii-horse-found.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Researching the history of the falcon and falconry</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.thenational.ae/arts-culture/art/how-the-falcon-became-a-symbol-of-regal-power-1.734132" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.thenational.ae/arts-culture/art/how-the-falcon-became-a-symbol-of-regal-power-1.734132" rel="nofollow">https://www.thenational.ae/arts-culture/art/how-the-falcon-became-a-symbol-of-regal-power-1.734132</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Grave stories</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>More on the massacred army in a Danish bog</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2018/05/germanic-barbarian-alken-enge-battle-archaeology-science/?beta=true" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2018/05/germanic-barbarian-alken-enge-battle-archaeology-science/?beta=true" rel="nofollow">https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2018/05/germanic-barbarian-alken-enge-battle-a</a><a href="http://www.jewishpress.com/news/israel/researchers-discover-earliest-evidence-of-blood-vengeance/2018/05/16/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.jewishpress.com/news/israel/researchers-discover-earliest-evidence-of-blood-vengeance/2018/05/16/" rel="nofollow">http://www.jewishpress.com/news/israel/researchers-discover-earliest-evidence-of-blood-vengeance/2018/05/16/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Café Basiliscoe</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Recreating a 200 year old beer, inspired by a shipwreck</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.techly.com.au/2018/05/28/worlds-oldest-beer-aussie-shelves/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.techly.com.au/2018/05/28/worlds-oldest-beer-aussie-shelves/" rel="nofollow">https://www.techly.com.au/2018/05/28/worlds-oldest-beer-aussie-shelves/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Miscellany</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>War- blame it on the weather</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://popular-archaeology.com/article/lead-pollution-in-greenland-ice-shows-rise-and-fall-of-ancient-european-civilizations/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://popular-archaeology.com/article/lead-pollution-in-greenland-ice-shows-rise-and-fall-of-ancient-european-civilizations/" rel="nofollow">https://popular-archaeology.com/article/lead-pollution-in-greenland-ice-shows-rise-and-fall-of-ancient-european-civilizations/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Short feature on Windsor castles’ chapel</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/104683/Royal-wedding-venue-steeped-in-British-history%20/l%20.WwFFgzGG99A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/104683/Royal-wedding-venue-steeped-in-British-history%20/l%20.WwFFgzGG99A" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/104683/Royal-wedding-venue-steeped-in-British-history#.WwFFgzGG99A</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Unravelling a 17th century painting</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://museumcrush.org/norwich-castle-unpacks-the-treasures-of-the-paston-treasure-painting/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://museumcrush.org/norwich-castle-unpacks-the-treasures-of-the-paston-treasure-painting/" rel="nofollow">https://museumcrush.org/norwich-castle-unpacks-the-treasures-of-the-paston-treasure-painting/</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>Quarrels over German trophy in Saskatchewan</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://leaderpost.com/news/saskatchewan/fort-quappelle-legion-members-quarrel-over-reclaiming-ww1-cannon" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://leaderpost.com/news/saskatchewan/fort-quappelle-legion-members-quarrel-over-reclaiming-ww1-cannon" rel="nofollow">http://leaderpost.com/news/saskatchewan/fort-quappelle-legion-members-quarrel-over-reclaiming-ww1-cannon</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Orange County’s old cannon</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.orangeleader.com/2018/05/23/and-now-you-know-courthouse-cannon-tells-tragic-story/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.orangeleader.com/2018/05/23/and-now-you-know-courthouse-cannon-tells-tragic-story/" rel="nofollow">https://www.orangeleader.com/2018/05/23/and-now-you-know-courthouse-cannon-tells-tragic-story/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Derry walls to roar with cannon fire in history pilot scheme <a href="http://www.irishnews.com/news/northernirelandnews/2018/05/19/news/derry-walls-to-roar-with-cannon-fire-in-history-pilot-scheme-1333572/?param=ds441rif44T" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.irishnews.com/news/northernirelandnews/2018/05/19/news/derry-walls-to-roar-with-cannon-fire-in-history-pilot-scheme-1333572/?param=ds441rif44T" rel="nofollow">http://www.irishnews.com/news/northernirelandnews/2018/05/19/news/derry-walls-to-ro</a><a href="http://english.vietnamnet.vn/fms/art-entertainment/200544/excavations-begin-on-ancient-sites.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://english.vietnamnet.vn/fms/art-entertainment/200544/excavations-begin-on-ancient-sites.html" rel="nofollow">http://english.vietnamnet.vn/fms/art-entertainment/200544/excavations-begin-on-ancient-sites.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Cast-iron cannon found in Vellore temple, India<a href="http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/silent-history-cannon-found-in-vellore-temple/article24009979.ece" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/silent-history-cannon-found-in-vellore-temple/article24009979.ece" rel="nofollow">http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/silent-history-cannon-found-in-vellore-temple/article</a><a href="http://greece.greekreporter.com/2018/05/13/wwi-troops-found-ancient-greek-treasures-while-digging-trenches/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://greece.greekreporter.com/2018/05/13/wwi-troops-found-ancient-greek-treasures-while-digging-trenches/" rel="nofollow">http://greece.greekreporter.com/2018/05/13/wwi-troops-found-ancient-greek-treasures-while-digging-trenches/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Nice piece about the Spitfire</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://museumcrush.org/the-royal-air-force-museums-battle-of-britain-veteran-spitfire/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://museumcrush.org/the-royal-air-force-museums-battle-of-britain-veteran-spitfire/" rel="nofollow">https://museumcrush.org/the-royal-air-force-museums-battle-of-britain-veteran-spitfire/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Ten objects from the RAF Museum</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://museumcrush.org/10-stories-and-objects-from-the-royal-air-force-museum/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://museumcrush.org/10-stories-and-objects-from-the-royal-air-force-museum/" rel="nofollow">https://museumcrush.org/10-stories-and-objects-from-the-royal-air-force-museum/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Obituaries</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>David Baxter- writer on basket-hilted swords</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/224028/baxter" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/224028/baxter" rel="nofollow">http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/224028/baxter</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Nautical news</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>17th century Dutch shipwreck investigated in Bermuda</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.archaeology.org/news/6618-180515-poland-roman-army" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.archaeology.org/news/6618-180515-poland-roman-army" rel="nofollow">https://www.archaeology.org/news/6618-180515-poland-roman-army</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>More on the San Jose</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://edition.cnn.com/2018/05/22/world/colombia-shipwreck-discovery-trnd/index.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://edition.cnn.com/2018/05/22/world/colombia-shipwreck-discovery-trnd/index.html" rel="nofollow">https://edition.cnn.com/2018/05/22/world/colombia-shipwreck-discovery-trnd/index.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/new-details-of-sunken-treasure-ship-released/4405413.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/new-details-of-sunken-treasure-ship-released/4405413.html" rel="nofollow">https://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/new-details-of-sunken-treasure-ship-released/4405413.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.catchnews.com/world-news/underwater-robot-finds-300-yr-old-ship-with-treasure-worth-17bn-114577.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.catchnews.com/world-news/underwater-robot-finds-300-yr-old-ship-with-treasure-worth-17bn-114577.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.catchnews.com/world-news/underwater-robot-finds-300-yr-old-ship-with-treasure-worth-17bn-114577.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Update on the Victory</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/new-details-of-sunken-treasure-ship-released/4405413.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/new-details-of-sunken-treasure-ship-released/4405413.html" rel="nofollow">https://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/new-details-of-sunken-treasure-ship-released/4405413.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>What’s happening in Scapa Flow</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/orkney-world-war-one-shipwreck-graveyard-marine-life-climate-change-diving-a8345071.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/orkney-world-war-one-shipwreck-graveyard-marine-life-climate-change-diving-a8345071.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/orkney-world-war-one-shipwreck-graveyard-marine-life-climate-change-diving-a8345071.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Buster Crabb and Navy divers</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://museumcrush.org/buster-crabb-and-the-dawn-of-underwater-frogman-warfare-in-world-war-two/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://museumcrush.org/buster-crabb-and-the-dawn-of-underwater-frogman-warfare-in-world-war-two/" rel="nofollow">https://museumcrush.org/buster-crabb-and-the-dawn-of-underwater-frogman-warfare-in-world-war-two/</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>UK’s lottery funding drops</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/museums-suffer-as-heritage-lottery-grants-plummet" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/museums-suffer-as-heritage-lottery-grants-plummet" rel="nofollow">https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/museums-suffer-as-heritage-lottery-grants-plummet</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>History painting of Ivan the Terrible vandalized</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/may/27/famous-russian-painting-of-ivan-the-terrible-seriously-damaged-in-pole-attack" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/may/27/famous-russian-painting-of-ivan-the-terrible-seriously-damaged-in-pole-attack" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/may/27/famous-russian-painting-of-ivan-the-terrible-seriously-damaged-in-pole-attack</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Museum developments</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Museums get to gripswith new technologies</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/new-technology-is-a-game-changer-for-conservators" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/new-technology-is-a-game-changer-for-conservators" rel="nofollow">https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/new-technology-is-a-game-changer-for-conservators</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Using drones</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.nts.org.uk/stories/were-not-droning-on" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.nts.org.uk/stories/were-not-droning-on" rel="nofollow">https://www.nts.org.uk/stories/were-not-droning-on</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Museum musings- all repatriation stories</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Berlin returning Alaskan artefacts</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/berlin-returns-alaskan-grave-artefacts-looted-by-german-explorer" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/berlin-returns-alaskan-grave-artefacts-looted-by-german-explorer" rel="nofollow">https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/berlin-returns-alaskan-grave-artefacts-looted-by-german-explorer</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>And another call for the UK to returncolonial era artefacts</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2018/may/27/return-colonial-artefacts-to-build-bridges-post-brexit-olusoga-says" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2018/may/27/return-colonial-artefacts-to-build-bridges-post-brexit-olusoga-says" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2018/may/27/return-colonial-artefacts-to-build-bridges-post-brexit-olusoga-says</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>France responds</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/104951/France-weighs-how-to-return-Africa-s-plundered-art#.Wwu5sjGG99A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/104951/France-weighs-how-to-return-Africa-s-plundered-art#.Wwu5sjGG99A" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/104951/France-weighs-how-to-return-Africa-s-plundered-art#.Wwu5sjGG99A</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>And this is the sort of thing they are talking about</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/104952/Troubled-exhibits--five-disputed-museum-treasures#.Wwu5_zGG99A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/104952/Troubled-exhibits--five-disputed-museum-treasures#.Wwu5_zGG99A" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/104952/Troubled-exhibits--five-disputed-museum-treasures#.Wwu5_zGG99A</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Conservation corner</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Ethics of scanning museum objects</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.capradio.org/news/npr/story?storyid=609084578" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.capradio.org/news/npr/story?storyid=609084578" rel="nofollow">http://www.capradio.org/news/npr/story?storyid</a><a href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/british-museum-positions-itself-as-a-european-expert-on-korean-art-with-conservation-project" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/british-museum-positions-itself-as-a-european-expert-on-korean-art-with-conservation-project" rel="nofollow">https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/british-museum-positions-itself-as-a-european-expert-on-korean-art-with-conservation-project</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Conserving a gun from the USS Maine</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://newsstand.clemson.edu/mediarelations/conservators-restoring-a-cannon-raised-from-the-uss-maine/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://newsstand.clemson.edu/mediarelations/conservators-restoring-a-cannon-raised-from-the-uss-maine/" rel="nofollow">http://newsstand.clemson.edu/mediarelations/conservators-restoring-a-cannon-raised-from-the-uss-maine/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Objects</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Missing masterpieces- including Japanese swords</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2018/may/18/lost-stolen-blown-up-and-fed-to-pigs-the-greatest-missing-masterpieces" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2018/may/18/lost-stolen-blown-up-and-fed-to-pigs-the-greatest-missing-masterpieces" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2018/may/18/lost-stolen-blown-up-and-fed-to-pigs-the-greatest-missing-masterpieces</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Making their shot count- Burr-Hamilton pistols go on show</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/104956/Original-Hamilton-Burr-dueling-pistols-on-rare-public-display#.Wwu6pzGG99A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/104956/Original-Hamilton-Burr-dueling-pistols-on-rare-public-display#.Wwu6pzGG99A" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/ne</a><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/104830/Spectacular-rare-portrait-of-last-Tsar-of-Russia--Nicholas-II--is-loaned-to-National-Galleries-of-Scotland#.WwfJPDGG99" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/104830/Spectacular-rare-portrait-of-last-Tsar-of-Russia--Nicholas-II--is-loaned-to-National-Galleries-of-Scotland#.WwfJPDGG99" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/104830/Spectacular-rare-portrait-of-last-Tsar-of-Russia--Nicholas-II--is-loaned-to-National-Galleries-of-Scotland#.WwfJPDGG99</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Exhibitions</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The Roman dead in London</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/may/24/london-roman-bones-jewels-gold-museum" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/may/24/london-roman-bones-jewels-gold-museum" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/may/24/london-roman-bones-jewels-gold-museum</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Women in WW2 in Boston</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/104868/International-Museum-of-World-War-II-opens-women-in-WWII-exhibit%20/l%20.WwfGzTGG99A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/104868/International-Museum-of-World-War-II-opens-women-in-WWII-exhibit%20/l%20.WwfGzTGG99A" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/104868/International-Museum-of-World-War-II-opens-women-in-WWII-exhibit#.WwfGzTGG99A</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Books</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Antony Beevor: Arnhem- The Battle for the Bridges, 1944</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/177016/arnhem/#srhwPULPE5CyMCR0.99" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/177016/arnhem/#srhwPULPE5CyMCR0.99" rel="nofollow">https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/177016/arnhem/#srh</a><a href="https://nauticalarch.org/ina-quarterly/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://nauticalarch.org/ina-quarterly/" rel="nofollow">https://nauticalarch.org/ina-quarterly/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Popular culture</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Art and the First World War</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://museumcrush.org/tate-britain-on-how-art-was-changed-by-the-first-world-war-and-aftermath/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://museumcrush.org/tate-britain-on-how-art-was-changed-by-the-first-world-war-and-aftermath/" rel="nofollow">https://museumcrush.org/tate-britain-on-how-art-was-changed-by-the-first-world-war-and-aftermath/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>A fragment of Wagner that survived bombing</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/104680/-Mad--king--Ludwig-II-of-Bavaria-lost-gift-to-composer-Richard-Wagner-gets-rare-show%20/l%20.WwFEszGG99A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/104680/-Mad--king--Ludwig-II-of-Bavaria-lost-gift-to-composer-Richard-Wagner-gets-rare-show%20/l%20.WwFEszGG99A" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/104680/-Mad--king--Ludwig-II-of-Bavaria-lost-gift-to-composer-Richard-Wagner-gets-rare-sh</a><a href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/bay-area-commissions-turn-dismantled-guns-into-art" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/bay-area-commissions-turn-dismantled-guns-into-art" rel="nofollow">https://</a><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2018/may/25/dior-gallops-back-into-the-spotlight-with-a-mexican-rodeo" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2018/may/25/dior-gallops-back-into-the-spotlight-with-a-mexican-rodeo" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2018/may/25/dior-gallops-back-into-the-spotlight-with-a-mexican-rodeo</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>7June -Arms and Armour Society, Tower of London</p><p><br /></p><p>Fencing in Renaissance Italy</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.condottiero.com/ep675p9oyht9/armsandarmoursociety/home.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.condottiero.com/ep675p9oyht9/armsandarmoursociety/home.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.condottiero.com/ep675p9oyht9/armsandarmoursociety/home.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>14-15 July Solingen</p><p><br /></p><p>Sword festival</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.klingenmuseum.de/_english/dkm/schwertfestival/generelle-informationen.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.klingenmuseum.de/_english/dkm/schwertfestival/generelle-informationen.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.klingenmuseum.de/_english/dkm/schwertfestival/generelle-informationen.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Conferences</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>ICOMAM in Slovenia</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://network.icom.museum/icomam/news/detail/article/koblenz-conference/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://network.icom.museum/icomam/news/detail/article/koblenz-conference/" rel="nofollow">http://network.icom.museum/icomam/news/</a><a href="http://wikicfp.com/cfp/servlet/event.showcfp?eventid=75965&amp;copyownerid=115929" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://wikicfp.com/cfp/servlet/event.showcfp?eventid=75965&amp;copyownerid=115929" rel="nofollow">http://wikicfp.com/cfp/servlet/event.showcfp?eventid=75965&amp;copyownerid=115929</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Websites and downloads</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Imperial War Museums</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.iwm.org.uk/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.iwm.org.uk/" rel="nofollow">https://www.iwm.org.uk/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Waffenmuseum, Suhl</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.waffenmuseumsuhl.de/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.waffenmuseumsuhl.de/" rel="nofollow">https://www.waffenmuseumsuhl.de/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>1066 etc:Invasions, fighting ladies &amp; medieval Scandinavian treasures</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.medievalists.net/2018/05/blood-cries-afar-the-forgotten-invasion-of-england-1216/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.medievalists.net/2018/05/blood-cries-afar-the-forgotten-invasion-of-england-1216/" rel="nofollow">http://www.medievalists.net/2018/05/blood-cries-afar-the-forgotten-invasion-of-england-1216/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.medievalists.net/2018/05/fighting-in-womens-clothes-the-pictorial-evidence-of-walpurgis-in-ms-i-33/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.medievalists.net/2018/05/fighting-in-womens-clothes-the-pictorial-evidence-of-walpurgis-in-ms-i-33/" rel="nofollow">http://www.medievalists.net/2018/05/fighting-in-womens-clothes-the-pictorial-evidence-of-walpurgis-in</a><a href="http://www.medievalists.net/2018/05/how-forgetting-about-medieval-treasures-saved-them/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.medievalists.net/2018/05/how-forgetting-about-medieval-treasures-saved-them/" rel="nofollow">http://www.medievalists.net/2018/05/how-forgetting-about-medieval-treasures-saved-them/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Finally</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This fortnight I tweeted travels in the South and the Midlands- cannons and effigies</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>Compiled by Ruth Rhynas Brown – 29 May 2018</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Some people have asked me about making a contribution to the Newsletter – if you would like to support us, you can make a donation here through our Paypal account – see here for details:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.basiliscoe.com/id2.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.basiliscoe.com/id2.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.basiliscoe.com/id2.html</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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