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<p>[QUOTE="springfld.arsenal, post: 258023, member: 54"]im pretty sure I didn't post this one yet. Hopefully the links in it are still alive?</p><p><br /></p><p>The Basiliscoe Mercury 272</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>TheInternet newsletter for the arms and armour community</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>More on singing slingshot, and a couple of things on stone hunters. Updates on a number of 17th century grave stories. Crusader castles and Indian forts and cannons. Shipwrecks and exhibitions - something for everyone…</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>Hunting round the world and through the ages</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Hunting bison 10, 000 years ago</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.kansas.com/news/local/article153093719.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.kansas.com/news/local/article153093719.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.kansas.com/news/local/article153093719.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>New research on dating prehistoric rock paintings</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://popular-archaeology.com/issue/spring-2017/article/new-research-reveals-earliest-directly-dated-rock-paintings-from-southern-africa" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://popular-archaeology.com/issue/spring-2017/article/new-research-reveals-earliest-directly-dated-rock-paintings-from-southern-africa" rel="nofollow">http://popular-archaeology.com/issue/spring-2017/article/new-research-reveals-earliest-directly-dated-rock-paintings-from-southern-africa</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Ancient arms</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Glass spearhead found in Australia</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://phys.org/news/2017-06-rare-glass-spearhead-rottnest-island.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://phys.org/news/2017-06-rare-glass-spearhead-rottnest-island.html" rel="nofollow">https://phys.org/news/2017-06-rare-glass-spearhead-rottnest-island.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Slingshot from Palestine</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/ancient-slingshot-stones-were-aerodynamic-dig-reveals-.aspx?pageID=238&nid=113803&NewsCatID=375" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/ancient-slingshot-stones-were-aerodynamic-dig-reveals-.aspx?pageID=238&nid=113803&NewsCatID=375" rel="nofollow">http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/ancient-slingshot-stones-were-aerodynamic-dig-reveals-.a</a><a href="https://www.sciencenews.org/article/big-viking-families-nurtured-murder" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.sciencenews.org/article/big-viking-families-nurtured-murder" rel="nofollow">https://www.sciencenews.org/article/big-viking-families-nurtured-murder</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Grave stories</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Investigating a skeleton found in Nottingham Castle</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://nottstv.com/appeal-launched-discover-truth-behind-mysterious-skeleton-found-nottingham-castle/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://nottstv.com/appeal-launched-discover-truth-behind-mysterious-skeleton-found-nottingham-castle/" rel="nofollow">https://nottstv.com/appeal-launched-discover-truth-behind-mysterious-skeleton-found-nottingham-castle/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The bones of Jamestown</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.richmond.com/entertainment/books/revealing-the-truth-about-jamestown-one-bone-at-a-time/article_e89f46ed-13b1-58fb-aa66-666840ed6929.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.richmond.com/entertainment/books/revealing-the-truth-about-jamestown-one-bone-at-a-time/article_e89f46ed-13b1-58fb-aa66-666840ed6929.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.richmond.com/entertainment/books/revealing-the-truth-about-jamestown-one-bone-at-a-time/article_e89f46ed-13b1-58fb-aa66-666840ed6929.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Update on the Thirty Years War graves</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.livescience.com/59302-germany-thirty-years-war-grave-revealed.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.livescience.com/59302-germany-thirty-years-war-grave-revealed.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.livescience.com/59302-germany-thirty-years-war-grave-revealed.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Through the arrow-slit . . . </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Montem Mound, Slough- Anglo-Saxon burial mound, not a motte</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.sloughexpress.co.uk/gallery/slough/116448/has-the-mystery-of-the-montem-mound-finally-been-solved.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.sloughexpress.co.uk/gallery/slough/116448/has-the-mystery-of-the-montem-mound-finally-been-solved.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.sloughexpress.co.uk/gallery/slough/116448/has-the-mystery-of-the-montem-mound-finally-been-solved.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>10 crusader castles</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.heritagedaily.com/2017/06/10-crusader-castles/115219" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.heritagedaily.com/2017/06/10-crusader-castles/115219" rel="nofollow">http://www.heritagedaily.com/2017/06/10-crusader-castles/115219</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Crusader tunnel discovered near the port of Tiberias</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_article.php?id=42885" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_article.php?id=42885" rel="nofollow">http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_article.php?id=42885</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Through the gunloop…</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Visit to the Museum in Fort St George, Chennai (Madras) </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.thehindu.com/society/history-and-culture/fort-museum-a-portrait-of-british-india/article18730395.ece" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.thehindu.com/society/history-and-culture/fort-museum-a-portrait-of-british-india/article18730395.ece" rel="nofollow">http://www.thehindu.com/society/history-and-culture/fort-museum-a-portrait-of-british-india/article18730395.ece</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Visit to Hunza-Baltit Fort and Karimabad</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://nation.com.pk/blogs/05-Jun-2017/once-upon-a-time-in-hunza-baltit-fort-and-karimabad" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://nation.com.pk/blogs/05-Jun-2017/once-upon-a-time-in-hunza-baltit-fort-and-karimabad" rel="nofollow">http://nation.com.pk/blogs/05-Jun-2017/once-upon-a-time-in-hunza-baltit-fort-and-</a><a href="http://www.theweek.co.uk/85200/review-stranded-at-sea-on-no-mans-fort" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.theweek.co.uk/85200/review-stranded-at-sea-on-no-mans-fort" rel="nofollow">http://www.theweek.co.uk/85200/review-stranded-at-sea-on-no-mans-fort</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>Cannon stolen from a Rajasthan fort</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.bhaskar.com/news/RAJ-AJM-OMC-antique-gun-stolen-from-fort-5620050-PHO.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.bhaskar.com/news/RAJ-AJM-OMC-antique-gun-stolen-from-fort-5620050-PHO.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.bhaskar.com/news/RAJ-AJM-OMC-antique-gun-stolen-from-fort-5620050-PHO.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Searching for old cannons in Mumbai – some pictures <a href="http://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/mumbai/other/on-the-cannon-trail/articleshow/58969611.cms" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/mumbai/other/on-the-cannon-trail/articleshow/58969611.cms" rel="nofollow">http://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/mumbai/other/on-the-cannon-trail/articleshow/58969611.cms</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Civil War cannon goes on display in Michigan Military Heritage Museum, Grass Lake </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.mlive.com/news/jackson/index.ssf/2017/06/civil_war_era_cannon_in_grass.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.mlive.com/news/jackson/index.ssf/2017/06/civil_war_era_cannon_in_grass.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.mlive.com/news/jackson/index.ssf/2017/06/civil_war_era_cannon_in_grass.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Civil war cannon for Athens Park, Missouri</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://nemonews.net/2017/06/07/athens-park-receives-gift-cannon/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://nemonews.net/2017/06/07/athens-park-receives-gift-cannon/" rel="nofollow">http://nemonews.net/2017/06/07/athens-park-receives-gift-cannon/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Medina looking to fix World War I Elswick cannon <a href="http://www.thedailynewsonline.com/bdn01/medina-looking-to-fix-rare-cannon-20170530" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.thedailynewsonline.com/bdn01/medina-looking-to-fix-rare-cannon-20170530" rel="nofollow">http://www.thedailynewsonline.com/bdn01/medina-looking-to-fix-rare-cannon-2017053</a><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/05/rice-domestication/528288/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/05/rice-domestication/528288/" rel="nofollow">https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/05/rice-domestication/528288/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Dining with Dickens- not for the faint-hearted! </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://museumcrush.org/boiled-lambs-head-with-a-salamander-what-charles-dickens-had-for-dinner/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://museumcrush.org/boiled-lambs-head-with-a-salamander-what-charles-dickens-had-for-dinner/" rel="nofollow">http://museumcrush.org/boiled-lambs-head-with-a-salamander-what-charles-dickens-had-for-dinner/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Miscellany</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Piece about Greek Fire</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/greek-fire-the-byzantine-empires-secret-weapon-the-ancient-20955" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/greek-fire-the-byzantine-empires-secret-weapon-the-ancient-20955" rel="nofollow">http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/greek-fire-the-byzantine-empires-secret-weapon-the-ancient-20955</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Interesting article on Dublin’s Wellington Monument</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/glory-and-folly-an-irishman-s-diary-on-the-wellington-monument-1.3117105" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/glory-and-folly-an-irishman-s-diary-on-the-wellington-monument-1.3117105" rel="nofollow">http://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/glory-and-folly-an-irishman-s-diary-on-the-wellington-monument-1.3117105</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Feature about the history of Watervliet Arsenal</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.dvidshub.net/news/236633/not-wars-revolution-help-save-americas-arsenal" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.dvidshub.net/news/236633/not-wars-revolution-help-save-americas-arsenal" rel="nofollow">https://www.dvidshub.net/news/236633/not-wars-revolution-help-save-americas-arsenal</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Into the 20th century and beyond</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The Pentagon’s new super weapon Is basically a weaponized meteor strike</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://taskandpurpose.com/kinetic-bombardment-kep-weaponry/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://taskandpurpose.com/kinetic-bombardment-kep-weaponry/" rel="nofollow">http://taskandpurpose.com/kinetic-bombardment-kep-weaponry/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Nautical news</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Searching for the Griffin</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/great-lakes-shipwreck-griffon" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/great-lakes-shipwreck-griffon" rel="nofollow">http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/great-lakes-shipwreck-griffon</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Plans to raise the Spitfire, sunk 1776</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.lcmm.org/shipwrecks_history/shipwrecks/spitfire.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.lcmm.org/shipwrecks_history/shipwrecks/spitfire.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.lcmm.org/shipwrecks_history/shipwrecks/spitfire.htm</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Update on the cannon from USS Revenge</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://uk.businessinsider.com/the-navy-just-found-cannon-that-they-think-was-war-of-1812-ship-2017-6?r=US&IR=T" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://uk.businessinsider.com/the-navy-just-found-cannon-that-they-think-was-war-of-1812-ship-2017-6?r=US&IR=T" rel="nofollow">http://uk.businessinsider.com/the-navy-just-found-cannon-that-they-think-was-war-of-1812-ship-2017-6?r=US&IR=T</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>HMS Astrea: Early 19th century ship's log reveals artistic wonder for auction </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/96407/Early-19th-century-ship-s-log-reveals-artistic-wonder-as-it-comes-up-for-auction-at-Swann-Galleries#.WTJwMuQ2x9A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/96407/Early-19th-century-ship-s-log-reveals-artistic-wonder-as-it-comes-up-for-auction-at-Swann-Galleries#.WTJwMuQ2x9A" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/96407/Early-19th-century-ship-s-log-reveals-artistic-wonder-as-it-comes-up-for-auction-at-Swann-Galleries#.WTJwMuQ2x9A</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Update on the Hunley</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.postandcourier.com/news/submarine-h-l-hunley-crewman-tooth-found-inside-while-cleanup/article_cb5eb8f8-4b8b-11e7-ae8f-5be3172b6240.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.postandcourier.com/news/submarine-h-l-hunley-crewman-tooth-found-inside-while-cleanup/article_cb5eb8f8-4b8b-11e7-ae8f-5be3172b6240.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.postandcourier.com/news/submarine-h-l-hunley-crewman-tooth-found-inside-while-cleanup/article_cb5eb8f8-4b8b-11e7-ae8f-5be3172b6240.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Update on the fate of HMAS Perth- not too good</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/jun/05/sunken-australian-warship-hmas-perth-ransacked-by-illegal-scavengers" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/jun/05/sunken-australian-warship-hmas-perth-ransacked-by-illegal-scavengers" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/jun/05/sunken-australian-warship-hmas-perth-ransacked-by-illegal-scavengers</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>IT Artigliere found in the Mediterrean</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.news.com.au/technology/environment/natural-wonders/sunken-wwii-italian-warship-explored-for-first-time-by-microsoft-cofounder/news-story/111229b35d01e031b01c454e3532794b" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.news.com.au/technology/environment/natural-wonders/sunken-wwii-italian-warship-explored-for-first-time-by-microsoft-cofounder/news-story/111229b35d01e031b01c454e3532794b" rel="nofollow">http://www.news.com.au/technology/environment/natural-wonders/sunken-wwii-italian-warship-explored-for-first-time-by-microsoft-cofounder/news-story/111229b35d01e031b01c454e3532794b</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Story of one of the Dunkirk fleet</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-shropshire-40042331" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-shropshire-40042331" rel="nofollow">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-shropshire-40042331</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>Changes at the Met</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://theartnewspaper.com/news/museums/in-an-organisational-shift-met-president-daniel-weiss-also-takes-over-as-chief-executive-/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://theartnewspaper.com/news/museums/in-an-organisational-shift-met-president-daniel-weiss-also-takes-over-as-chief-executive-/" rel="nofollow">http://theartnewspaper.com/news/museums/in-an-organisational-shift-met-president-daniel-weiss-also-takes-over-as-chief-executive-/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Visiting the Berman Museum</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.guns.com/2017/06/09/the-weird-and-unusual-guns-of-the-berman-collection-photos/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.guns.com/2017/06/09/the-weird-and-unusual-guns-of-the-berman-collection-photos/" rel="nofollow">http://www.guns.com/2017/06/09/the-weird-and-unusual-guns-of-the-berman-collection-photos/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The top exhibitions from 2016</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Top%20spot%20in%20world%20museums%20chart%20shared%20by%20%20London%20and%20Washington&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fculture%2F2017%2Fjun%2F05%2Ftop-spot-in-world-museums-chart-shared-by-london-and-washington%3FCMP%3Dshare_btn_tw" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Top%20spot%20in%20world%20museums%20chart%20shared%20by%20%20London%20and%20Washington&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fculture%2F2017%2Fjun%2F05%2Ftop-spot-in-world-museums-chart-shared-by-london-and-washington%3FCMP%3Dshare_btn_tw" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Top spot in world museums chart shared by London and Washington&url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2017/jun/05/top-spot-in-world-museums-chart-shared-by-london-and-washington?CMP=share_btn_tw</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>New museums </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Garden Museum in Lambeth re-opens after redevelopment</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/may/28/garden-museum-review-revamped-hallowed-ground-lambeth-tradescant-dow-jones" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/may/28/garden-museum-review-revamped-hallowed-ground-lambeth-tradescant-dow-jones" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/may/28/garden-museum-review-revamped-hallowed-ground-lambeth-tradescant-dow-jones</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>V&A’s new photography centre</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://theartnewspaper.com/news/museums/v-a-reveals-plans-for-photography-centre/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://theartnewspaper.com/news/museums/v-a-reveals-plans-for-photography-centre/" rel="nofollow">http://theartnewspaper.com/news/museums/v-a-reveals-plans-for-photography-centre/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>National Gallery of Ireland re-opens</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://theartnewspaper.com/news/museums/national-gallery-of-ireland-s-grand-reopening-worth-the-protracted-wait/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://theartnewspaper.com/news/museums/national-gallery-of-ireland-s-grand-reopening-worth-the-protracted-wait/" rel="nofollow">http://theartnewspaper.com/news/museums/national-gallery-of-ireland-s-grand-reopening-worth-the-protracted-wait/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Objects</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Restoring tapestries in Belgium</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/96691/Bringing-ancient-tapestries-back-to-life-in-Belgium-#.WUDujuQ2x9A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/96691/Bringing-ancient-tapestries-back-to-life-in-Belgium-#.WUDujuQ2x9A" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/96691/Bringing-ancient-tapestries-back-to-life-in-Belgium-#.WUDujuQ2x9A</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Illustrated article on treasures from the Royal Armouries</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://museumcrush.org/armour-effigies-and-the-chopping-block-weird-and-wonderful-objects-from-the-royal-armouries/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://museumcrush.org/armour-effigies-and-the-chopping-block-weird-and-wonderful-objects-from-the-royal-armouries/" rel="nofollow">http://museumcrush.org/armour-effigies-and-the-chopping-block-weird-and-wonderful-objects-from-the-royal-armouries/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Exciting work on Hilliard’s portraits of Queen Elizabeth</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://museumcrush.org/is-this-life-size-portrait-of-elizabeth-i-really-by-englands-greatest-painter-of-miniatures/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://museumcrush.org/is-this-life-size-portrait-of-elizabeth-i-really-by-englands-greatest-painter-of-miniatures/" rel="nofollow">http://museumcrush.org/is-this-life-size-portrait-of-elizabeth-i-really-by-englands-greatest-painter-of-miniatures/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Portrait of Philip III by Velasquez goes on show</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/96520/-Portrait-of-Philip-III--by-Vel-zquez-on-display-for-the-first-time-at-the-Prado-Museum#.WTe4FuQ2x9A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/96520/-Portrait-of-Philip-III--by-Vel-zquez-on-display-for-the-first-time-at-the-Prado-Museum#.WTe4FuQ2x9A" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/96520/-Portrait-of-Philip-III--by-Vel-zquez-on-display-for-the-first-time-at-the-Prado-Museum#.WTe4FuQ2x9A</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Jacobites crossover into Outlander territory</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/jun/05/bonnie-prince-charlie-jacobites-exhibition-national-museum-of-scotland-diana-gabaldon-outlander" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/jun/05/bonnie-prince-charlie-jacobites-exhibition-national-museum-of-scotland-diana-gabaldon-outlander" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/jun/05/bonnie-prince-charlie-jacobites-exhibition-national-museum-of-scotland-diana-gabaldon-outlander</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Exhibitions</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Scythians coming to London for autumn</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://theartnewspaper.com/news/news/british-museum-s-scythians-show-to-feature-rare-loans-from-hermitage-museum-including-ancient-lumps-/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://theartnewspaper.com/news/news/british-museum-s-scythians-show-to-feature-rare-loans-from-hermitage-museum-including-ancient-lumps-/" rel="nofollow">http://theartnewspaper.com/news/news/british-museum-s-scythians-show-to-feature-rare-loans-from-hermitage-museum-including-ancient-lumps-/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Celebrating 70 years of Indian independence- exhibitions</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/96657/70th-anniversary-of-Indian-Independence-celebrated-with-new-exhibitions-#.WT-gHuQ2x9A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/96657/70th-anniversary-of-Indian-Independence-celebrated-with-new-exhibitions-#.WT-gHuQ2x9A" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/96657/70th-anniversary-of-Indian-Independence-celebrated-with-new-exhibitions-#.WT-gHuQ2x9A</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Elizabethan portraits at Waddesdon Manor</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://waddesdon.org.uk/whats-on/elizabethan-power-portraiture-hilliard/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://waddesdon.org.uk/whats-on/elizabethan-power-portraiture-hilliard/" rel="nofollow">https://waddesdon.org.uk/whats-on/elizabethan-power-portraiture-hilliard/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Regency miniatures in Compton Verney</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/96635/Special-display-of-portrait-miniatures-celebrates-the-200-anniversary-of-Jane-Austen-s-death#.WT6R0OQ2x9A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/96635/Special-display-of-portrait-miniatures-celebrates-the-200-anniversary-of-Jane-Austen-s-death#.WT6R0OQ2x9A" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/96635/Special-display-of-portrait-miniatures-celebrates-the-200-anniversary-of-Jane-Austen-s-death#.WT6R0OQ2x9A</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Scottish warriors in Aberdeen</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://uoamuseums.wordpress.com/2017/06/09/2017-scotlands-year-of-history-heritage-and-archaeology/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://uoamuseums.wordpress.com/2017/06/09/2017-scotlands-year-of-history-heritage-and-archaeology/" rel="nofollow">https://uoamuseums.wordpress.com/2017/06/09/2017-scotlands-year-of-history-heritage-and-archaeology/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Peter the Great in Versailles</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://en.chateauversailles.fr/news/exhibitions/peter-great-tsar-france-1717" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.chateauversailles.fr/news/exhibitions/peter-great-tsar-france-1717" rel="nofollow">http://en.chateauversailles.fr/news/exhibitions/peter-great-tsar-france-1717</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/96341/Palace-of-Versailles-and-the-Hermitage-Museum-collaborate-on-Peter-the-Great-exhibition#.WS_QATE2x9A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/96341/Palace-of-Versailles-and-the-Hermitage-Museum-collaborate-on-Peter-the-Great-exhibition#.WS_QATE2x9A" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/96341/Palace-of-Versailles-and-the-Hermitage-Museum-collaborate-on-Peter-the-Great-exhibition#.WS_QATE2x9A</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Franco-Prussian War in Paris</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.musee-armee.fr/programmation/expositions/detail/france-allemagnes-1870-1871-la-guerre-la-commune-les-memoires.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.musee-armee.fr/programmation/expositions/detail/france-allemagnes-1870-1871-la-guerre-la-commune-les-memoires.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.musee-armee.fr/programmation/expositions/detail/france-allemagnes-1870-1871-la-guerre-la-commune-les-memoires.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Exhibitions in Dresden</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.skd.museum/en/special-exhibitions/index.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.skd.museum/en/special-exhibitions/index.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.skd.museum/en/special-exhibitions/index.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>WWI in Neuremburg</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.gnm.de/en/exhibitions/current-and-upcoming/wartime-in-the-national-museum/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.gnm.de/en/exhibitions/current-and-upcoming/wartime-in-the-national-museum/" rel="nofollow">http://www.gnm.de/en/exhibitions/current-and-upcoming/wartime-in-the-national-museum/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Renaissance urban maps in Nuremburg</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.gnm.de/en/exhibitions/current-and-upcoming/the-most-beautiful-cities-in-europe/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.gnm.de/en/exhibitions/current-and-upcoming/the-most-beautiful-cities-in-europe/" rel="nofollow">http://www.gnm.de/en/exhibitions/current-and-upcoming/the-most-beautiful-cities-in-europe/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Exhibitions in Berlin</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.dhm.de/en/ausstellungen/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.dhm.de/en/ausstellungen/" rel="nofollow">http://www.dhm.de/en/ausstellungen/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Summer at the Frick</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.frick.org/exhibitions" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.frick.org/exhibitions" rel="nofollow">http://www.frick.org/exhibitions</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Exhibitions in Tokyo</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.rekihaku.ac.jp/english/index.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.rekihaku.ac.jp/english/index.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.rekihaku.ac.jp/english/index.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Books</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Weird War Two </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.iwmshop.org.uk/product/25923/Weird_War_Two?_ga=2.140131955.1973245221.1496307237-562618484.1496307237" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.iwmshop.org.uk/product/25923/Weird_War_Two?_ga=2.140131955.1973245221.1496307237-562618484.1496307237" rel="nofollow">http://www.iwmshop.org.uk/product/25923/Weird_War_Two?_ga=2.140131955.1973245221.149630723</a><a href="http://www.museumsbutikken.dk/en/books/publications-from-the-national-museum/publications-from-the-national-museum-2/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.museumsbutikken.dk/en/books/publications-from-the-national-museum/publications-from-the-national-museum-2/" rel="nofollow">http://www.museumsbutikken.dk/en/books/publications-from-the-national-museum/publications-from-the-national-museum-2/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Online Book</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Ming China: Courts and Contacts 1400-1450: conference proceedings</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.britishmuseum.org/pdf/205_Ming_China_Courts_and_Contacts.pdf" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.britishmuseum.org/pdf/205_Ming_China_Courts_and_Contacts.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://www.britishmuseum.org/pdf/205_Ming_China_Courts_and_Contacts.pdf</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Popular Culture</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Students confuse fiction and fact…</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/96341/Palace-of-Versailles-and-the-Hermitage-Museum-collaborate-on-Peter-the-Great-exhibition#.WS_QATE2x9A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/96341/Palace-of-Versailles-and-the-Hermitage-Museum-collaborate-on-Peter-the-Great-exhibition#.WS_QATE2x9A" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/96341/Palace-of-Versailles-and-the-Hermitage-Museum-collaborate-on-Peter-the-Great-exhibition#.WS_QATE2x9A</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>JaneAusten and the Napoleonic wars</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://museumcrush.org/jane-austen-the-war-novelist-and-worldly-businesswoman/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://museumcrush.org/jane-austen-the-war-novelist-and-worldly-businesswoman/" rel="nofollow">http://museumcrush.org/jane-austen-the-war-novelist-and-worldly-businesswoman/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Samurai armour for pets…</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2017/06/07/Japanese-retailer-offers-samurai-armor-for-pets/3491496847608/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2017/06/07/Japanese-retailer-offers-samurai-armor-for-pets/3491496847608/" rel="nofollow">http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2017/06/07/Japanese-retailer-offers-samurai-armor-for-pets/3491496847608/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Modern jousting</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.wallacecollection.org/blog/2017/05/deeds-not-words-the-history-of-modern-jousting/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.wallacecollection.org/blog/2017/05/deeds-not-words-the-history-of-modern-jousting/" rel="nofollow">http://www.wallacecollection.org/blog/2017/05/deeds-not-words-the-history-of-modern-jousting/</a></p><p><br /></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>Opening days for Milford Haven Victorian fort</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.westerntelegraph.co.uk/news/15317265.Chapel_Bay_Fort_and_Museum_opens_for_exciting_third_season/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.westerntelegraph.co.uk/news/15317265.Chapel_Bay_Fort_and_Museum_opens_for_exciting_third_season/" rel="nofollow">http://www.westerntelegraph.co.uk/news/15317265.Chapel_Bay_Fort_and_Museum_opens_for_exciting_third_season/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>8-9 July Vienna re-enactments</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.hgm.at/de/nc/museum/veranstaltungskalender/detail/show/Event////montur-und-pulverdampf-2017.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.hgm.at/de/nc/museum/veranstaltungskalender/detail/show/Event////montur-und-pulverdampf-2017.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.hgm.at/de/nc/museum/veranstaltungskalender/detail/show/Event////montur-und-pulverdampf-2017.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Conferences</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>24 June 2017 Ludlow</p><p><br /></p><p>Memorials in the Marches: Monuments in the church of St Laurence, Ludlow</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.ludlowpalmers.uk/Ludlow_Monuments.pdf" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ludlowpalmers.uk/Ludlow_Monuments.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://www.ludlowpalmers.uk/Ludlow_Monuments.pdf</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>17-18 July 2017 Cody Firearms Museum, Buffalo Bill Center of the West Wyoming </p><p><br /></p><p>Arsenals of History: Firearms and Museums in the 21st Century</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://centerofthewest.org/2017/03/29/registration-open-firearms-symposium/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://centerofthewest.org/2017/03/29/registration-open-firearms-symposium/" rel="nofollow">https://centerofthewest.org/2017/03/29/registration-open-firearms-symposium/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.ktvq.com/story/35585129/cody-firearms-museum-to-host-arsenal-of-history-firearms-symposium-in-july" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ktvq.com/story/35585129/cody-firearms-museum-to-host-arsenal-of-history-firearms-symposium-in-july" rel="nofollow">http://www.ktvq.com/story/35585129/cody-firearms-museum-to-host-arsenal-of-history-firearms-symposium-in-july</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>September, Germany – places still available</p><p><br /></p><p>ICOMAM </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://icomam-germany2017.de/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://icomam-germany2017.de/" rel="nofollow">https://icomam-germany2017.de/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>15-17 November 2017, Canterbury</p><p><br /></p><p>Black Prince Conference</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.canterbury-cathedral.org/whats-on/event/blackprinceconference/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.canterbury-cathedral.org/whats-on/event/blackprinceconference/" rel="nofollow">https://www.canterbury-cathedral.org/whats-on/event/blackprinceconference/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Calls for papers</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>3D Imaging in Cultural Heritage Conference</p><p><br /></p><p>The British Museum, 9-10 November 2017</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.3dimaginginculturalheritage.org/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.3dimaginginculturalheritage.org/" rel="nofollow">https://www.3dimaginginculturalheritage.org/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Sales, fairs and auctions</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Preview for Thomas Del-Mar sale</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/96557/Notable-collections-to-be-offered-by-Thomas-Del-Mar-Ltd#.WTpnSeQ2x9A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/96557/Notable-collections-to-be-offered-by-Thomas-Del-Mar-Ltd#.WTpnSeQ2x9A" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/96557/Notable-collections-to-be-offered-by-Thomas-Del-Mar-Ltd#.WTpnSeQ2x9A</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>28 June 2017 London </p><p><br /></p><p>Arms, armour and militaria</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.thomasdelmar.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.thomasdelmar.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.thomasdelmar.com/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Websites and downloads</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Mariners Mirror-free articles</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://snr.org.uk/the-mariners-mirror-archive/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://snr.org.uk/the-mariners-mirror-archive/" rel="nofollow">https://snr.org.uk/the-mariners-mirror-archive/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/00253359.1958.10658372" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/00253359.1958.10658372" rel="nofollow">http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/00253359.1958.10658372</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Royal Navy Wooden Shipwrecks Database</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.3hconsulting.com/rnshipwrecks.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.3hconsulting.com/rnshipwrecks.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.3hconsulting.com/rnshipwrecks.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Museums in Germany</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.frankfurt.de/sixcms/detail.php?id=5021811" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.frankfurt.de/sixcms/detail.php?id=5021811" rel="nofollow">http://www.frankfurt.de/sixcms/detail.php?id=5021811</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.hamburg.com/museums/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.hamburg.com/museums/" rel="nofollow">http://www.hamburg.com/museums/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.kassel.de/englisch/culture/museums/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.kassel.de/englisch/culture/museums/" rel="nofollow">http://www.kassel.de/englisch/culture/museums/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>1066 etc</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>100 Years War, Joan of Arc & earls</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.medievalists.net/2017/06/willing-body-willing-mind-non-combatant-culpability-according-english-combatant-writers-1327-77/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.medievalists.net/2017/06/willing-body-willing-mind-non-combatant-culpability-according-english-combatant-writers-1327-77/" rel="nofollow">http://www.medievalists.net/2017/06/willing-body-willing-mind-non-combatant-culpability-according-english-combatant-writers-1327-77/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.medievalists.net/2017/06/cross-border-representations-revolt-later-middle-ages-france-england-hundred-years-war-1337-1453/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.medievalists.net/2017/06/cross-border-representations-revolt-later-middle-ages-france-england-hundred-years-war-1337-1453/" rel="nofollow">http://www.medievalists.net/2017/06/cross-border-representations-revolt-later-middle-ages-france-england-hundred-years-war-1337-1453/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.medievalists.net/2017/05/legend-constructs-french-national-identity-jeanne-darc/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.medievalists.net/2017/05/legend-constructs-french-national-identity-jeanne-darc/" rel="nofollow">http://www.medievalists.net/2017/05/legend-constructs-french-national-identity-jeanne-darc/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.medievalists.net/2017/06/career-roger-mortimer-first-earl-march-c-1287-1330/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.medievalists.net/2017/06/career-roger-mortimer-first-earl-march-c-1287-1330/" rel="nofollow">http://www.medievalists.net/2017/06/career-roger-mortimer-first-earl-march-c-1287-1330/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Finally</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This fortnight I tweeted pictures of Tickhill Castle</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 –15 June 2017</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 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[QUOTE="springfld.arsenal, post: 258023, member: 54"]im pretty sure I didn't post this one yet. Hopefully the links in it are still alive? The Basiliscoe Mercury 272 TheInternet newsletter for the arms and armour community More on singing slingshot, and a couple of things on stone hunters. Updates on a number of 17th century grave stories. Crusader castles and Indian forts and cannons. Shipwrecks and exhibitions - something for everyone… Arms and armour in the news Hunting round the world and through the ages Hunting bison 10, 000 years ago [URL]http://www.kansas.com/news/local/article153093719.html[/URL] New research on dating prehistoric rock paintings [URL]http://popular-archaeology.com/issue/spring-2017/article/new-research-reveals-earliest-directly-dated-rock-paintings-from-southern-africa[/URL] Ancient arms Glass spearhead found in Australia [URL]https://phys.org/news/2017-06-rare-glass-spearhead-rottnest-island.html[/URL] Slingshot from Palestine [URL='http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/ancient-slingshot-stones-were-aerodynamic-dig-reveals-.aspx?pageID=238&nid=113803&NewsCatID=375']http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/ancient-slingshot-stones-were-aerodynamic-dig-reveals-.a[/URL][URL]https://www.sciencenews.org/article/big-viking-families-nurtured-murder[/URL] Grave stories Investigating a skeleton found in Nottingham Castle [URL]https://nottstv.com/appeal-launched-discover-truth-behind-mysterious-skeleton-found-nottingham-castle/[/URL] The bones of Jamestown [URL]http://www.richmond.com/entertainment/books/revealing-the-truth-about-jamestown-one-bone-at-a-time/article_e89f46ed-13b1-58fb-aa66-666840ed6929.html[/URL] Update on the Thirty Years War graves [URL]http://www.livescience.com/59302-germany-thirty-years-war-grave-revealed.html[/URL] Through the arrow-slit . . . Montem Mound, Slough- Anglo-Saxon burial mound, not a motte [URL]http://www.sloughexpress.co.uk/gallery/slough/116448/has-the-mystery-of-the-montem-mound-finally-been-solved.html[/URL] 10 crusader castles [URL]http://www.heritagedaily.com/2017/06/10-crusader-castles/115219[/URL] Crusader tunnel discovered near the port of Tiberias [URL]http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_article.php?id=42885[/URL] Through the gunloop… Visit to the Museum in Fort St George, Chennai (Madras) [URL]http://www.thehindu.com/society/history-and-culture/fort-museum-a-portrait-of-british-india/article18730395.ece[/URL] Visit to Hunza-Baltit Fort and Karimabad [URL='http://nation.com.pk/blogs/05-Jun-2017/once-upon-a-time-in-hunza-baltit-fort-and-karimabad']http://nation.com.pk/blogs/05-Jun-2017/once-upon-a-time-in-hunza-baltit-fort-and-[/URL][URL]http://www.theweek.co.uk/85200/review-stranded-at-sea-on-no-mans-fort[/URL] Cannons to the left, cannon to the right Cannon stolen from a Rajasthan fort [URL]https://www.bhaskar.com/news/RAJ-AJM-OMC-antique-gun-stolen-from-fort-5620050-PHO.html[/URL] Searching for old cannons in Mumbai – some pictures [URL]http://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/mumbai/other/on-the-cannon-trail/articleshow/58969611.cms[/URL] Civil War cannon goes on display in Michigan Military Heritage Museum, Grass Lake [URL]http://www.mlive.com/news/jackson/index.ssf/2017/06/civil_war_era_cannon_in_grass.html[/URL] Civil war cannon for Athens Park, Missouri [URL]http://nemonews.net/2017/06/07/athens-park-receives-gift-cannon/[/URL] Medina looking to fix World War I Elswick cannon [URL='http://www.thedailynewsonline.com/bdn01/medina-looking-to-fix-rare-cannon-20170530']http://www.thedailynewsonline.com/bdn01/medina-looking-to-fix-rare-cannon-2017053[/URL][URL]https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/05/rice-domestication/528288/[/URL] Dining with Dickens- not for the faint-hearted! [URL]http://museumcrush.org/boiled-lambs-head-with-a-salamander-what-charles-dickens-had-for-dinner/[/URL] Miscellany Piece about Greek Fire [URL]http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/greek-fire-the-byzantine-empires-secret-weapon-the-ancient-20955[/URL] Interesting article on Dublin’s Wellington Monument [URL]http://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/glory-and-folly-an-irishman-s-diary-on-the-wellington-monument-1.3117105[/URL] Feature about the history of Watervliet Arsenal [URL]https://www.dvidshub.net/news/236633/not-wars-revolution-help-save-americas-arsenal[/URL] Into the 20th century and beyond The Pentagon’s new super weapon Is basically a weaponized meteor strike [URL]http://taskandpurpose.com/kinetic-bombardment-kep-weaponry/[/URL] Nautical news Searching for the Griffin [URL]http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/great-lakes-shipwreck-griffon[/URL] Plans to raise the Spitfire, sunk 1776 [URL]http://www.lcmm.org/shipwrecks_history/shipwrecks/spitfire.htm[/URL] Update on the cannon from USS Revenge [URL]http://uk.businessinsider.com/the-navy-just-found-cannon-that-they-think-was-war-of-1812-ship-2017-6?r=US&IR=T[/URL] HMS Astrea: Early 19th century ship's log reveals artistic wonder for auction [URL]http://artdaily.com/news/96407/Early-19th-century-ship-s-log-reveals-artistic-wonder-as-it-comes-up-for-auction-at-Swann-Galleries#.WTJwMuQ2x9A[/URL] Update on the Hunley [URL]http://www.postandcourier.com/news/submarine-h-l-hunley-crewman-tooth-found-inside-while-cleanup/article_cb5eb8f8-4b8b-11e7-ae8f-5be3172b6240.html[/URL] Update on the fate of HMAS Perth- not too good [URL]https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/jun/05/sunken-australian-warship-hmas-perth-ransacked-by-illegal-scavengers[/URL] IT Artigliere found in the Mediterrean [URL]http://www.news.com.au/technology/environment/natural-wonders/sunken-wwii-italian-warship-explored-for-first-time-by-microsoft-cofounder/news-story/111229b35d01e031b01c454e3532794b[/URL] Story of one of the Dunkirk fleet [URL]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-shropshire-40042331[/URL] Museum news and exhibitions News Changes at the Met [URL]http://theartnewspaper.com/news/museums/in-an-organisational-shift-met-president-daniel-weiss-also-takes-over-as-chief-executive-/[/URL] Visiting the Berman Museum [URL]http://www.guns.com/2017/06/09/the-weird-and-unusual-guns-of-the-berman-collection-photos/[/URL] The top exhibitions from 2016 [URL]https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Top%20spot%20in%20world%20museums%20chart%20shared%20by%20%20London%20and%20Washington&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fculture%2F2017%2Fjun%2F05%2Ftop-spot-in-world-museums-chart-shared-by-london-and-washington%3FCMP%3Dshare_btn_tw[/URL] New museums Garden Museum in Lambeth re-opens after redevelopment [URL]https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/may/28/garden-museum-review-revamped-hallowed-ground-lambeth-tradescant-dow-jones[/URL] V&A’s new photography centre [URL]http://theartnewspaper.com/news/museums/v-a-reveals-plans-for-photography-centre/[/URL] National Gallery of Ireland re-opens [URL]http://theartnewspaper.com/news/museums/national-gallery-of-ireland-s-grand-reopening-worth-the-protracted-wait/[/URL] Objects Restoring tapestries in Belgium [URL]http://artdaily.com/news/96691/Bringing-ancient-tapestries-back-to-life-in-Belgium-#.WUDujuQ2x9A[/URL] Illustrated article on treasures from the Royal Armouries [URL]http://museumcrush.org/armour-effigies-and-the-chopping-block-weird-and-wonderful-objects-from-the-royal-armouries/[/URL] Exciting work on Hilliard’s portraits of Queen Elizabeth [URL]http://museumcrush.org/is-this-life-size-portrait-of-elizabeth-i-really-by-englands-greatest-painter-of-miniatures/[/URL] Portrait of Philip III by Velasquez goes on show [URL]http://artdaily.com/news/96520/-Portrait-of-Philip-III--by-Vel-zquez-on-display-for-the-first-time-at-the-Prado-Museum#.WTe4FuQ2x9A[/URL] Jacobites crossover into Outlander territory [URL]https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/jun/05/bonnie-prince-charlie-jacobites-exhibition-national-museum-of-scotland-diana-gabaldon-outlander[/URL] Exhibitions Scythians coming to London for autumn [URL]http://theartnewspaper.com/news/news/british-museum-s-scythians-show-to-feature-rare-loans-from-hermitage-museum-including-ancient-lumps-/[/URL] Celebrating 70 years of Indian independence- exhibitions [URL]http://artdaily.com/news/96657/70th-anniversary-of-Indian-Independence-celebrated-with-new-exhibitions-#.WT-gHuQ2x9A[/URL] Elizabethan portraits at Waddesdon Manor [URL]https://waddesdon.org.uk/whats-on/elizabethan-power-portraiture-hilliard/[/URL] Regency miniatures in Compton Verney [URL]http://artdaily.com/news/96635/Special-display-of-portrait-miniatures-celebrates-the-200-anniversary-of-Jane-Austen-s-death#.WT6R0OQ2x9A[/URL] Scottish warriors in Aberdeen [URL]https://uoamuseums.wordpress.com/2017/06/09/2017-scotlands-year-of-history-heritage-and-archaeology/[/URL] Peter the Great in Versailles [URL]http://en.chateauversailles.fr/news/exhibitions/peter-great-tsar-france-1717[/URL] [URL]http://artdaily.com/news/96341/Palace-of-Versailles-and-the-Hermitage-Museum-collaborate-on-Peter-the-Great-exhibition#.WS_QATE2x9A[/URL] Franco-Prussian War in Paris [URL]http://www.musee-armee.fr/programmation/expositions/detail/france-allemagnes-1870-1871-la-guerre-la-commune-les-memoires.html[/URL] Exhibitions in Dresden [URL]http://www.skd.museum/en/special-exhibitions/index.html[/URL] WWI in Neuremburg [URL]http://www.gnm.de/en/exhibitions/current-and-upcoming/wartime-in-the-national-museum/[/URL] Renaissance urban maps in Nuremburg [URL]http://www.gnm.de/en/exhibitions/current-and-upcoming/the-most-beautiful-cities-in-europe/[/URL] Exhibitions in Berlin [URL]http://www.dhm.de/en/ausstellungen/[/URL] Summer at the Frick [URL]http://www.frick.org/exhibitions[/URL] Exhibitions in Tokyo [URL]http://www.rekihaku.ac.jp/english/index.html[/URL] Books Weird War Two [URL='http://www.iwmshop.org.uk/product/25923/Weird_War_Two?_ga=2.140131955.1973245221.1496307237-562618484.1496307237']http://www.iwmshop.org.uk/product/25923/Weird_War_Two?_ga=2.140131955.1973245221.149630723[/URL][URL]http://www.museumsbutikken.dk/en/books/publications-from-the-national-museum/publications-from-the-national-museum-2/[/URL] Online Book Ming China: Courts and Contacts 1400-1450: conference proceedings [URL]http://www.britishmuseum.org/pdf/205_Ming_China_Courts_and_Contacts.pdf[/URL] Popular Culture Students confuse fiction and fact… [URL]http://artdaily.com/news/96341/Palace-of-Versailles-and-the-Hermitage-Museum-collaborate-on-Peter-the-Great-exhibition#.WS_QATE2x9A[/URL] JaneAusten and the Napoleonic wars [URL]http://museumcrush.org/jane-austen-the-war-novelist-and-worldly-businesswoman/[/URL] Samurai armour for pets… [URL]http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2017/06/07/Japanese-retailer-offers-samurai-armor-for-pets/3491496847608/[/URL] Modern jousting [URL]http://www.wallacecollection.org/blog/2017/05/deeds-not-words-the-history-of-modern-jousting/[/URL] Events Diary Dates Opening days for Milford Haven Victorian fort [URL]http://www.westerntelegraph.co.uk/news/15317265.Chapel_Bay_Fort_and_Museum_opens_for_exciting_third_season/[/URL] 8-9 July Vienna re-enactments [URL]http://www.hgm.at/de/nc/museum/veranstaltungskalender/detail/show/Event////montur-und-pulverdampf-2017.html[/URL] Conferences 24 June 2017 Ludlow Memorials in the Marches: Monuments in the church of St Laurence, Ludlow [URL]http://www.ludlowpalmers.uk/Ludlow_Monuments.pdf[/URL] 17-18 July 2017 Cody Firearms Museum, Buffalo Bill Center of the West Wyoming Arsenals of History: Firearms and Museums in the 21st Century [URL]https://centerofthewest.org/2017/03/29/registration-open-firearms-symposium/[/URL] [URL]http://www.ktvq.com/story/35585129/cody-firearms-museum-to-host-arsenal-of-history-firearms-symposium-in-july[/URL] September, Germany – places still available ICOMAM [URL]https://icomam-germany2017.de/[/URL] 15-17 November 2017, Canterbury Black Prince Conference [URL]https://www.canterbury-cathedral.org/whats-on/event/blackprinceconference/[/URL] Calls for papers 3D Imaging in Cultural Heritage Conference The British Museum, 9-10 November 2017 [URL]https://www.3dimaginginculturalheritage.org/[/URL] Sales, fairs and auctions Preview for Thomas Del-Mar sale [URL]http://artdaily.com/news/96557/Notable-collections-to-be-offered-by-Thomas-Del-Mar-Ltd#.WTpnSeQ2x9A[/URL] 28 June 2017 London Arms, armour and militaria [URL]http://www.thomasdelmar.com/[/URL] Websites and downloads Mariners Mirror-free articles [URL]https://snr.org.uk/the-mariners-mirror-archive/[/URL] [URL]http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/00253359.1958.10658372[/URL] Royal Navy Wooden Shipwrecks Database [URL]http://www.3hconsulting.com/rnshipwrecks.html[/URL] Museums in Germany [URL]http://www.frankfurt.de/sixcms/detail.php?id=5021811[/URL] [URL]http://www.hamburg.com/museums/[/URL] [URL]http://www.kassel.de/englisch/culture/museums/[/URL] 1066 etc 100 Years War, Joan of Arc & earls [URL]http://www.medievalists.net/2017/06/willing-body-willing-mind-non-combatant-culpability-according-english-combatant-writers-1327-77/[/URL] [URL]http://www.medievalists.net/2017/06/cross-border-representations-revolt-later-middle-ages-france-england-hundred-years-war-1337-1453/[/URL] [URL]http://www.medievalists.net/2017/05/legend-constructs-french-national-identity-jeanne-darc/[/URL] [URL]http://www.medievalists.net/2017/06/career-roger-mortimer-first-earl-march-c-1287-1330/[/URL] Finally This fortnight I tweeted pictures of Tickhill Castle [URL]https://twitter.com/Basiliscoe[/URL] Compiled by Ruth Rhynas Brown –15 June 2017 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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