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<p>[QUOTE="springfld.arsenal, post: 291044, member: 54"]The Basiliscoe Mercury 280</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>TheInternet newsletter for the arms and armour community</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>A number of tournament-related stories, as well as ancient diets, falcons, forts and cannons in India, lots of underwater discoveries and the autumn season exhibitions are now in full swing. </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 forts</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Bronze Age weapons found in glacier in Switzerland</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.thelocal.ch/20171004/bronze-age-equipment-found-on-swiss-mountain-pass" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.thelocal.ch/20171004/bronze-age-equipment-found-on-swiss-mountain-pass" rel="nofollow">https://www.thelocal.ch/20171004/bronze-age-equipment-found-on-swiss-mountain-pass</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Roman fort in Bulgaria investigated</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2017/10/05/archaeologists-surprisingly-find-western-fortress-wall-roman-colony-ratiaria-northwest-bulgaria-survived-treasure-hunters-bulldozers/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2017/10/05/archaeologists-surprisingly-find-western-fortress-wall-roman-colony-ratiaria-northwest-bulgaria-survived-treasure-hunters-bulldozers/" rel="nofollow">http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2017/10/05/archaeologists-surprisingly-find-western-fortress-wall-roman-colony-ratiaria-northwest-bulgaria-survived-treasure-hunters-bulldozers/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Thoughts on Viking camps</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.livescience.com/60553-viking-fort-reveals-elaborate-military-network.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.livescience.com/60553-viking-fort-reveals-elaborate-military-network.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.livescience.com/60553-viking-fort-reveals-elaborate-military-network.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Beasts of assorted varieties…</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Ancient animals in African art</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/278221/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/Ancient-wall-markings-of-wild-animals-uncovered-in.aspx" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/278221/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/Ancient-wall-markings-of-wild-animals-uncovered-in.aspx" rel="nofollow">http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/278221/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/Ancient-wall-markings-of-wild-animals-uncovered-in.aspx</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Training falcons</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://uk.businessinsider.com/falconer-how-to-trick-training-falcons-medieval-times-animal-bird-peregrine-sports-2017-9" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://uk.businessinsider.com/falconer-how-to-trick-training-falcons-medieval-times-animal-bird-peregrine-sports-2017-9" rel="nofollow">http://uk.businessinsider.com/falconer-how-to-trick-training-falcons-medieval-times-animal-bird-peregrine-sports-2017-9</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Grave stories</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The mystery of Germany’s Rwandan skulls</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/99317/Germany-to-probe-origins-of-colonial-era-Rwandan-skulls#.Wdd-UDFe59A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/99317/Germany-to-probe-origins-of-colonial-era-Rwandan-skulls#.Wdd-UDFe59A" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/99317/Germany-to-probe-origins-of-colonial-era-Rwandan-skulls#.Wdd-UDFe59A</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Beheaded Lord Lovat’s skeleton examined</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-41483134" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-41483134" rel="nofollow">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-41483134</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/10/05/body-headless-jacobite-clan-chief-exhumed-solve-270-year-old/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/10/05/body-headless-jacobite-clan-chief-exhumed-solve-270-year-old/" rel="nofollow">http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/10/05/body-headless-jacobite-clan-chief-exhumed-solve-270-year-old/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Investigating an Aboriginal massacre in Australia</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-10-01/forensic-science-study-seeks-truth-of-aboriginal-massacres/9001770" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-10-01/forensic-science-study-seeks-truth-of-aboriginal-massacres/9001770" rel="nofollow">http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-10-01/forensic-science-study-seeks-truth-of-aboriginal-massacres/9001770</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>In the lists</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Crests on tournament helms</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.medievalists.net/2017/10/topping-off-tournament/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.medievalists.net/2017/10/topping-off-tournament/" rel="nofollow">http://www.medievalists.net/2017/10/topping-off-tournament/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Jousting for boys</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.medievalists.net/2017/10/boys-joust-wanna-fun/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.medievalists.net/2017/10/boys-joust-wanna-fun/" rel="nofollow">http://www.medievalists.net/2017/10/boys-joust-wanna-fun/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Through the arrow-slit . . . </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Investigating Grognon citadel, Belgium</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.co.uk/2017/10/belgiums-grognon-citadel-and-medieval.html#4yuubk8gh9D51qdr.97" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.co.uk/2017/10/belgiums-grognon-citadel-and-medieval.html#4yuubk8gh9D51qdr.97" rel="nofollow">https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.co.uk/2017/10/belgiums-grognon-citadel-and-medieval.html#4yuubk8gh9D51qdr.97</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Norman castle in Bari re-opens</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.ansa.it/english/news/lifestyle/arts/2017/10/03/restored-svevo-castle-in-bari-reopens_b19166b5-fb63-4425-ae06-e836350c4605.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ansa.it/english/news/lifestyle/arts/2017/10/03/restored-svevo-castle-in-bari-reopens_b19166b5-fb63-4425-ae06-e836350c4605.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.ansa.it/english/news/lifestyle/arts/2017/10/03/restored-svevo-castle-in-bari-reopens_b19166b5-fb63-4425-ae06-e836350c4605.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Short article about Edinburgh’s Flodden wall</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.atlasobscura.com/places/the-flodden-wall" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.atlasobscura.com/places/the-flodden-wall" rel="nofollow">http://www.atlasobscura.com/places/the-flodden-wall</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Shoreham fort damaged by vandals</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.shorehamherald.co.uk/news/public-urged-to-join-fight-to-keep-shoreham-fort-crime-free-1-8192597" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.shorehamherald.co.uk/news/public-urged-to-join-fight-to-keep-shoreham-fort-crime-free-1-8192597" rel="nofollow">http://www.shorehamherald.co.uk/news/public-urged-to-join-fight-to-keep-shoreham-fort-crime-free-1-8192597</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>Brookline’s WWI cannon, damaged in a bus accident, returned t<a href="https://patch.com/pennsylvania/dormont-brookline/historic-cannon-damaged-bus-accident-returns-brookline" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://patch.com/pennsylvania/dormont-brookline/historic-cannon-damaged-bus-accident-returns-brookline" rel="nofollow">https://patch.com/pennsylvania/dormont-brookline/historic-cannon-damaged-bus-accident-returns-brookline</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Conserving the Alamo’s cannon collection</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://wtaw.com/2017/10/06/restoration-alamo-cannons-begin-rellis-campus/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://wtaw.com/2017/10/06/restoration-alamo-cannons-begin-rellis-campus/" rel="nofollow">http://wtaw.com/2017/10/06/restoration-alamo-cannons-begin-rellis-campus/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Old cannons on Western Esplanade, Southampton, about 1904 <a href="http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/15586157.PHOTOS__Southampton_used_to_be_a_fashionable_spa_destination__yes__really__/#gallery11" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/15586157.PHOTOS__Southampton_used_to_be_a_fashionable_spa_destination__yes__really__/#gallery11" rel="nofollow">http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/15586157.PHOTOS__Southampton_used_to_be_a_fashionable_spa_destination__yes__really__/#gallery11</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Asian forts round-up</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Art of the Great Wall of China explored archaeologically</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/800-year-old-city-walls-excavated-in-china-117101400314_1.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/800-year-old-city-walls-excavated-in-china-117101400314_1.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/800-year-old-city-walls-excavated-in-china-117101400314_1.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Passage to India: a visit to Murshidabad, West Bengal <a href="https://www.thenational.ae/lifestyle/travel/passage-to-india-a-visit-to-murshidabad-west-bengal-1.663941" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.thenational.ae/lifestyle/travel/passage-to-india-a-visit-to-murshidabad-west-bengal-1.663941" rel="nofollow">https://www.thenational.ae/lifestyle/travel/passage-to-india-a-visit-to-murshidabad-west-bengal-1.663941</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>16th century Portuguese fort in Goa</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/ancient-guardian-of-the-mandovi-zuari/articleshow/60898760.cms" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/ancient-guardian-of-the-mandovi-zuari/articleshow/60898760.cms" rel="nofollow">https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/ancient-guardian-of-the-mandovi-zuari/articleshow/60898760.cms</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Hyderabad: General Raymond's Tomb being disrespected <a href="https://telanganatoday.com/raymonds-tomb-turns-den-anti-social-activities" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://telanganatoday.com/raymonds-tomb-turns-den-anti-social-activities" rel="nofollow">https://telanganatoday.com/raymonds-tomb-turns-den-anti-social-activities</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Back to the front</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Investigating the battle of Wood Lake</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.archaeology.org/news/5952-170928-minnesota-dakota-war" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.archaeology.org/news/5952-170928-minnesota-dakota-war" rel="nofollow">https://www.archaeology.org/news/5952-170928-minnesota-dakota-war</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Finds from the Alamo go on show </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.expressnews.com/sa300/article/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.expressnews.com/sa300/article/" rel="nofollow">http://www.expressnews.com/sa300/article/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Archaeologists find more than they were expecting at Salisbury plain …</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/oct/12/man-solves-mystery-of-1930s-sports-car-buried-on-salisbury-plain" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/oct/12/man-solves-mystery-of-1930s-sports-car-buried-on-salisbury-plain" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/oct/12/man-solves-mystery-of-1930s-sports-car-buried-on-salisbury-plain</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Living in the past</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Stonehenge diet</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/oct/15/stonehenge-neolithic-man-sweet-pork-rich-cheese-feasts" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/oct/15/stonehenge-neolithic-man-sweet-pork-rich-cheese-feasts" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/oct/15/stonehenge-neolithic-man-sweet-pork-rich-cheese-feasts</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>What the army in Roman Wales ate</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://phys.org/news/2017-10-invading-army-thousands-miles-home.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://phys.org/news/2017-10-invading-army-thousands-miles-home.html" rel="nofollow">https://phys.org/news/2017-10-invading-army-thousands-miles-home.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Living the Viking life</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-sh/viking_club_where_men_fight_their_demons" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-sh/viking_club_where_men_fight_their_demons" rel="nofollow">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-sh/viking_club_where_men_fight_their_demons</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Miscellany</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Gold bayleaf from Napoleon's crown to be sold</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/99439/Gold-leaf-from-Napoleon-s-crown-to-go-under-hammer#.Wd8j8TFe59A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/99439/Gold-leaf-from-Napoleon-s-crown-to-go-under-hammer#.Wd8j8TFe59A" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/99439/Gold-leaf-from-Napoleon-s-crown-to-go-under-hammer#.Wd8j8TFe59A</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Queen Victoria’s costume ball</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2017-10-13/did-queen-victoria-really-throw-a-costume-ball-to-help-the-spitalfields-silk-makers/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2017-10-13/did-queen-victoria-really-throw-a-costume-ball-to-help-the-spitalfields-silk-makers/" rel="nofollow">http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2017-10-13/did-queen-victoria-really-throw-a-costume-ball-to-help-the-spitalfields-silk-makers/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Why we like fireworks</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://indianexpress.com/article/research/between-the-flash-and-the-bang-trying-to-decode-why-humans-are-awed-by-fireworks-4886855/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://indianexpress.com/article/research/between-the-flash-and-the-bang-trying-to-decode-why-humans-are-awed-by-fireworks-4886855/" rel="nofollow">http://indianexpress.com/article/research/between-the-flash-and-the-bang-trying-to-decode-why-humans-are-awed-by-fi</a><a href="http://www.nationalgeographic.com.au/history/the-explosive-origins-of-the-nobel-prizes.aspx" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.nationalgeographic.com.au/history/the-explosive-origins-of-the-nobel-prizes.aspx" rel="nofollow">http://www.nationalgeographic.com.au/history/the-explosive-origins-of-the-nobel-prizes.aspx</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Australian school children find pair of 100 year old guns in cave</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://thewest.com.au/news/wa/exploring-wa-school-kids-unearth-old-machine-likely-owned-by-price-of-hyderabad-ng-b88614509z" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://thewest.com.au/news/wa/exploring-wa-school-kids-unearth-old-machine-likely-owned-by-price-of-hyderabad-ng-b88614509z" rel="nofollow">https://thewest.com.au/news/wa/exploring-wa-school-kids-unearth-old-machine-likely-owned-by-price-of-hyderabad-ng-b88614509z</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Nautical news- including paintings this week, too!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Update from the Antikythera wreck</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/oct/04/antikythera-shipwreck-yields-new-treasures-and-hints-of-priceless-classical-statues" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/oct/04/antikythera-shipwreck-yields-new-treasures-and-hints-of-priceless-classical-statues" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/oct/04/antikythera-shipwreck-yields-new-treasures-and-hints-of-priceless-classical-statues</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Update on the search for Columbus’ ships- spoiler- nothing to report…</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/10/columbus-nina-pinta-santa-maria-shipwreck-archaeology/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/10/columbus-nina-pinta-santa-maria-shipwreck-archaeology/" rel="nofollow">http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/10/columbus-nina-pinta-santa-maria-shipwreck-archaeology/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Sweden’s Mars in 3D</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/10/mars-3D-reconstruction-shipwreck-baltic-sweden-archaeology/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/10/mars-3D-reconstruction-shipwreck-baltic-sweden-archaeology/" rel="nofollow">http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/10/mars-3D-reconstruction-shipwreck-baltic-sweden-archaeology/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Update on Ireland Sligo’s armada site’s future</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://sligoweekender.ie/2015/06/18/armada-cannons-recovered-from-streedagh/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://sligoweekender.ie/2015/06/18/armada-cannons-recovered-from-streedagh/" rel="nofollow">http://sligoweekender.ie/2015/06/18/armada-cannons-recovered-from-streedagh/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Elizabeth I Armada portrait back on view after conservation</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/oct/13/armada-portrait-elizabeth-i-restoration-spanish-armada-london-queens-house-greenwich" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/oct/13/armada-portrait-elizabeth-i-restoration-spanish-armada-london-queens-house-greenwich" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/oct/13/armada-portrait-elizabeth-i-restoration-spanish-armada-london-queens-house-greenwich</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/99510/Armada-Portrait-returns-to-Greenwich-after-conservation#.WeMsXjFe59A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/99510/Armada-Portrait-returns-to-Greenwich-after-conservation#.WeMsXjFe59A" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/99510/Armada-Portrait-returns-to-Greenwich-after-conservation#.WeMsXjFe59A</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Nice 1620 seascape bought by Frans Hals Museum</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/99305/Frans-Hals-Museum-buys-an-exceptional-work-by-Jan-Porcellis#.Wdd9DjFe59A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/99305/Frans-Hals-Museum-buys-an-exceptional-work-by-Jan-Porcellis#.Wdd9DjFe59A" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/99305/Frans-Hals-Museum-buys-an-exceptional-work-by-Jan-Porcellis#.Wdd9DjFe59A</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Update on the beeswax wreck – Spanish galleon off Oregon</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.columbian.com/news/2017/sep/24/shipwreck-searchers-look-for-signs-of-spanish-galleon/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.columbian.com/news/2017/sep/24/shipwreck-searchers-look-for-signs-of-spanish-galleon/" rel="nofollow">http://www.columbian.com/news/2017/sep/24/shipwreck-searchers-look-for-signs-of-spanish-galleon/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>WWI U-boatfound off Belgium</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.deeperblue.com/wwi-u-boat-found-off-coast-belgium/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.deeperblue.com/wwi-u-boat-found-off-coast-belgium/" rel="nofollow">https://www.deeperblue.com/wwi-u-boat-found-off-coast-belgium/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>HMS Pheasant, lost off Orkney in 1917, identified</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.archaeology.org/news/5943-170925-orkney-hms-pheasant" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" 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raid found in Arafura Sea </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-10-05/macumba-shipwreck-found-off-arnhem-land-74-years-after-sinking/9016796" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-10-05/macumba-shipwreck-found-off-arnhem-land-74-years-after-sinking/9016796" rel="nofollow">http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-10-05/macumba-shipwreck-found-off-arnhem-land</a><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/oct/15/revealed-full-story-behind-sinking-of-falklands-warship-hms-sheffield" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/oct/15/revealed-full-story-behind-sinking-of-falklands-warship-hms-sheffield" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/oct/15/revealed-full-story-behind-sinking-of-falklands-warship-hms-sheffield</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>Problems with Robben Island as a visitor attraction</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2017-10-05-dire-straits-robben-island-museum-operators-determined-to-keep-top-tourist-attraction-afloat/#.WdnhGjFe59C" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2017-10-05-dire-straits-robben-island-museum-operators-determined-to-keep-top-tourist-attraction-afloat/#.WdnhGjFe59C" rel="nofollow">https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2017-10-05-dire-straits-robben-island-museum-operators-determ</a><a href="http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/puerto-rico's-museums-on-the-mend" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/puerto-rico's-museums-on-the-mend" rel="nofollow">http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/puerto-rico's-museums-on-the-mend</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>UK contemplates ban on ivory trade</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://theartnewspaper.com/news/uk-could-completely-ban-ivory-trade-by-2018" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://theartnewspaper.com/news/uk-could-completely-ban-ivory-trade-by-2018" rel="nofollow">http://theartnewspaper.com/news/uk-could-completely-ban-ivory-trade-by-2018</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Sword boy gets private tour of FitzWilliam gallery!</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-41443601" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-41443601" rel="nofollow">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-41443601</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>A visit to Government Archaeology Museum in Madikeri, India</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.deccanherald.com/content/635869/an-ode-local-heritage.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" 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href="http://artdaily.com/news/99255/The-New--Ashmolean-Story-Gallery--Telling-the-tale-of-the-world-s-first-public-museum#.WdeAfTFe59A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/99255/The-New--Ashmolean-Story-Gallery--Telling-the-tale-of-the-world-s-first-public-museum#.WdeAfTFe59A" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/99255/The-New--Ashmolean-Story-Gallery--Telling-the-tale-of-the-world-s-first-public-museum#.WdeAfTFe59A</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Sutton Hoo to be redeveloped</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.medievalists.net/2017/10/sutton-hoo-transformed/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.medievalists.net/2017/10/sutton-hoo-transformed/" rel="nofollow">http://www.medievalists.net/2017/10/sutton-hoo-transformed/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Museum musings</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This week in statues</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.theartnewspaper.com/feature/the-sculptures-that-unite-america" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.theartnewspaper.com/feature/the-sculptures-that-unite-america" rel="nofollow">http://www.theartnewspape</a><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/99446/National-Heritage-Centre-for-Horseracing---Sporting-Art-displays-two-important-new-loans-including-Stubbs-#.Wd8kXTFe59A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/99446/National-Heritage-Centre-for-Horseracing---Sporting-Art-displays-two-important-new-loans-including-Stubbs-#.Wd8kXTFe59A" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/99446/National-Heritage-Centre-for-Horseracing---Sportin</a><a href="https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/17688/lot/1233/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/17688/lot/1233/" rel="nofollow">https://www.bonhams.co</a><a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-10-03/antique-revolver-handed-into-tasmania-police/9008900" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-10-03/antique-revolver-handed-into-tasmania-police/9008900" rel="nofollow">http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-10-03/antique-revolver-handed-into-tasmania-police/9008900</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.abc.net.au/radio/hobart/programs/drive/antique-gun-in-amnesty/9008504" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.abc.net.au/radio/hobart/programs/drive/antique-gun-in-amnesty/9008504" rel="nofollow">http:/</a><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/99280/Science-Museum-season-celebrates-global-impact-of-India-s-scientists-and-photographers#.Wdd_SzFe59A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/99280/Science-Museum-season-celebrates-global-impact-of-India-s-scientists-and-photographers#.Wdd_SzFe59A" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/99280/Science-Museum-season-celebrates-global-impact-of-India-s-scienti</a><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/oct/05/female-perspective-of-world-war-one-revealed-in-new-photo-exhibition" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/oct/05/female-perspective-of-world-war-one-revealed-in-new-photo-exhibition" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/oct/05/female-perspective-of-world-war-one-revealed-in-new-photo-exhibition</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Goya’s Disasters of War in Dublin</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/99392/Chester-Beatty-Library-displays-complete-series-of-Francisco-Goya-s-The-Disasters-of-War#.WdyKPzFe59A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/99392/Chester-Beatty-Library-displays-complete-series-of-Francisco-Goya-s-The-Disasters-of-War#.WdyKPzFe59A" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/99392/Chester-Beatty-Library-displays-complete-series-of-Francisco-Goya-s-The-Disasters-of-War#.WdyKPzFe59A</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Francis I & his court in Paris</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.louvre.fr/en/expositions/francois-i-and-dutch-art" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.louvre.fr/en/expositions/francois-i-and-dutch-art" rel="nofollow">http://www.louvre.fr/en/expositions/francois-i-and-dutch-art</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.boutiquesdemusees.fr/fr/documents-essais/arts-et-artistes-du-nord-a-la-cour-de-francois-ier/12827.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.boutiquesdemusees.fr/fr/documents-essais/arts-et-artistes-du-nord-a-la-cour-de-francois-ier/12827.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.boutiquesdemusees.fr/fr/documents-essais/arts-et-artistes-du-nord-a-la-cour-de-francois-ier/12827.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Rubens portraits in Paris</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.grandpalais.fr/fr/evenement/rubens-portraits-princiers" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.grandpalais.fr/fr/evenement/rubens-portraits-princiers" rel="nofollow">http://www.grandpalais.fr/fr/evenement/rubens-portraits-princiers</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>14th century Flemish art in Amsterdam</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/99310/Rijksmuseum-stages-first-show-of-Johan-Maelwael#.Wdd9vzFe59A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/99310/Rijksmuseum-stages-first-show-of-Johan-Maelwael#.Wdd9vzFe59A" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/99310/Rijksmuseum-stages-first-show-of-Johan-Maelwael#.Wdd9vzFe59A</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Dutch paintings from the hermitage in Amsterdam</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/99272/63-Dutch-Masters-return-home-to-Holland-for-an-exhibition-at-the-Hermitage-Amsterdam#.WdiSpjFe59A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/99272/63-Dutch-Masters-return-home-to-Holland-for-an-exhibition-at-the-Hermitage-Amsterdam#.WdiSpjFe59A" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/99272/63-Dutch-Masters-return-home-to-Holland-for-an-exhibition-at-the-Hermitage-Amsterdam#.WdiSpjFe59A</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Raphael in Vienna</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/99221/Major-exhibition-of-150-paintings-and-drawings-by-Raphael-opens-in-Vienna#.WdHzjjFe59A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/99221/Major-exhibition-of-150-paintings-and-drawings-by-Raphael-opens-in-Vienna#.WdHzjjFe59A" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/99221/Major-exhibition-of-150-paintings-and-drawings-by-Raphael-opens-in-Vienna#.WdHzjjFe59A</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Caravaggio in Milan</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/99187/Technology-sheds-new-light-on-master-of-shade#.WdCmAzFe59A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/99187/Technology-sheds-new-light-on-master-of-shade#.WdCmAzFe59A" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/99187/Technology-sheds-new-light-on-master-of-shade#.WdCmAzFe59A</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Vietnam War in NY</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/99249/New-York-Historical-Society-opens-unprecedented-exhibition-on-the-history-of-the-Vietnam-War#.WdeA7TFe59A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/99249/New-York-Historical-Society-opens-unprecedented-exhibition-on-the-history-of-the-Vietnam-War#.WdeA7TFe59A" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/99249/New-York-Historical-Society-opens-unprecedented-exhibition-on-the-history-of-the-Vietnam-War#.WdeA7TFe59A</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Chinese bells in Washington</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/bronze-age-chinese-bells-tells-story-ancient-innovation-180964459/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/bronze-age-chinese-bells-tells-story-ancient-innovation-180964459/" rel="nofollow">https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/bronze-age-chinese-bells-tells-story-ancient-innovation-180964459/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Early Netherlandish drawing in Washington</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/99338/Rare-Netherlandish-drawings-unveiled-at-National-Gallery-of-Art#.WdiTCjFe59A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/99338/Rare-Netherlandish-drawings-unveiled-at-National-Gallery-of-Art#.WdiTCjFe59A" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/99338/Rare-Netherlandish-drawings-unveiled-at-National-Gallery-of-Art#.WdiTCjFe59A</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Fragonard in DC</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/99371/Jean-Honor--Fragonard-exhibition-unites-fantasy-figures-and-newly-discovered-drawing#.WdswMTFe59A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/99371/Jean-Honor--Fragonard-exhibition-unites-fantasy-figures-and-newly-discovered-drawing#.WdswMTFe59A" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/99371/Jean-Honor--Fragonard-exhibition-unites-fantasy-figures-and-newly-discovered-drawing#.WdswMTFe59A</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Bellini in LA</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/99388/Exhibition-includes-masterpieces-by-one-of-the-most-celebrated-painters-of-the-Italian-Renaissance#.WdyJJTFe59A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/99388/Exhibition-includes-masterpieces-by-one-of-the-most-celebrated-painters-of-the-Italian-Renaissance#.WdyJJTFe59A" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/99388/Exhibition-includes-masterpieces-by-one-of-the-most-celebrated-painters-of-the-Italian-Renaissance#.WdyJJTFe59A</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Landscape in medieval MS in LA</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/99389/J--Paul-Getty-Museum-opens--Sacred-Landscapes--Nature-in-Renaissance-Manuscripts-#.WdyJzzFe59A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/99389/J--Paul-Getty-Museum-opens--Sacred-Landscapes--Nature-in-Renaissance-Manuscripts-#.WdyJzzFe59A" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/99389/J--Paul-Getty-Museum-opens--Sacred-Landscapes--Nature-in-Renaissance-Manuscripts-#.WdyJzzFe59A</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Books</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Jonathan Ferguson: The ‘Broomhandle’ Mauser</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://ospreypublishing.com/store/military-history/upcoming-books/available-this-month/the-broomhandle-mauser" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://ospreypublishing.com/store/military-history/upcoming-books/available-this-month/the-broomhandle-mauser" rel="nofollow">https://ospreypublishing.com/store/military-history/upcoming-books/available-this-month/the-broomhandle-mauser</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Jason Edwards: Turner and the Whale </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/turner-and-the-whale-9781784422851/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/turner-and-the-whale-9781784422851/" rel="nofollow">https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/turner-and-the-whale-9781784422851/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>What seems like a whole shelf worth of new publications from the Royal Armouries</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://shop.royalarmouries.org/books-and-dvds/royal-armouries-publications.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://shop.royalarmouries.org/books-and-dvds/royal-armouries-publications.html" rel="nofollow">https://shop.royalarmouries.org/books-and-dvds/royal-armouries-publicati</a><a href="http://research.historicengland.org.uk/Report.aspx?i=15654" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://research.historicengland.org.uk/Report.aspx?i=15654" rel="nofollow">http://research.historicengland.org.uk/Report.aspx?i=15654</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Popular culture</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Princess Bride 30 years on</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/princess-bride-30-cary-elwes-scene-dreamed-battle-scar-extreme-fans-142940090.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/princess-bride-30-cary-elwes-scene-dreamed-battle-scar-extreme-fans-142940090.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/princess-bride-30-cary-elwes-scene-dreamed-battle-scar-extreme-fans-142940090.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Just in case you were wondering…</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.inverse.com/article/37398-star-wars-the-last-jedi-lightsabers-rey-luke" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.inverse.com/article/37398-star-wars-the-last-jedi-lightsabers-rey-luke" rel="nofollow">https://www.inverse.com/article/37398-star-wars-the-last-jedi-lightsabers-rey-luke</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>Events in the IWM</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.iwm.org.uk/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.iwm.org.uk/" rel="nofollow">http://www.iwm.org.uk/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Conferences</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>Sales, fairs and auctions</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Catalogue for Hermann Historica now online </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.hermann-historica.de/en/Auktionen/Laufende" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.hermann-historica.de/en/Auktionen/Laufende" rel="nofollow">https://www.hermann-historica.de/en/Auktionen/Laufende</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>25 Oct 2017 Edinburgh</p><p><br /></p><p>The Sporting Sale</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/24090/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/24090/" rel="nofollow">http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/24090/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Websites and downloads</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The national Swedish Museums of Military History</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.sfhm.se/english/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.sfhm.se/english/" rel="nofollow">http://www.sfhm.se/english/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>1066 etc</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>King Arthur,tournaments & deer</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.medievalists.net/2017/10/chretien-de-troyes-arthurian-romance-development-tournament/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.medievalists.net/2017/10/chretien-de-troyes-arthurian-romance-development-tournament/" rel="nofollow">http://www.medievalists.net/2017/10/chretien-de-troyes-arthurian-romance-development-tournament/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.medievalists.net/2017/10/tournaments-jousts-duels-formal-combats-england-france-circa-1380-1440/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.medievalists.net/2017/10/tournaments-jousts-duels-formal-combats-england-france-circa-1380-1440/" rel="nofollow">http://www.medievalists.net/2017/10/tournaments-jousts-duels-formal-combats-england-france-circa-1380-1440/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.medievalists.net/2017/10/wild-domestic-back-dynamics-fallow-deer-management-medieval-england/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.medievalists.net/2017/10/wild-domestic-back-dynamics-fallow-deer-management-medieval-england/" rel="nofollow">http://www.medievalists.net/2017/10/wild-domestic-back-dynamics-fallow-deer-management-medieval-england/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Finally</p><p><br /></p><p>Don’t forget we are gathering material for the next ICOMAM MAGAZINE!</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://network.icom.museum/icomam/publications/the-magazine/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://network.icom.museum/icomam/publications/the-magazine/" rel="nofollow">http://network.icom.museum/icomam/publications/the-magazine/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This fortnight I tweeted on medieval Herefordshire</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 –16 October 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 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: 291044, member: 54"]The Basiliscoe Mercury 280 TheInternet newsletter for the arms and armour community A number of tournament-related stories, as well as ancient diets, falcons, forts and cannons in India, lots of underwater discoveries and the autumn season exhibitions are now in full swing. Arms and armour in the news Ancient arms and forts Bronze Age weapons found in glacier in Switzerland [URL]https://www.thelocal.ch/20171004/bronze-age-equipment-found-on-swiss-mountain-pass[/URL] Roman fort in Bulgaria investigated [URL]http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2017/10/05/archaeologists-surprisingly-find-western-fortress-wall-roman-colony-ratiaria-northwest-bulgaria-survived-treasure-hunters-bulldozers/[/URL] Thoughts on Viking camps [URL]https://www.livescience.com/60553-viking-fort-reveals-elaborate-military-network.html[/URL] Beasts of assorted varieties… Ancient animals in African art [URL]http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/278221/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/Ancient-wall-markings-of-wild-animals-uncovered-in.aspx[/URL] Training falcons [URL]http://uk.businessinsider.com/falconer-how-to-trick-training-falcons-medieval-times-animal-bird-peregrine-sports-2017-9[/URL] Grave stories The mystery of Germany’s Rwandan skulls [URL]http://artdaily.com/news/99317/Germany-to-probe-origins-of-colonial-era-Rwandan-skulls#.Wdd-UDFe59A[/URL] Beheaded Lord Lovat’s skeleton examined [URL]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-41483134[/URL] [URL]http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/10/05/body-headless-jacobite-clan-chief-exhumed-solve-270-year-old/[/URL] Investigating an Aboriginal massacre in Australia [URL]http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-10-01/forensic-science-study-seeks-truth-of-aboriginal-massacres/9001770[/URL] In the lists Crests on tournament helms [URL]http://www.medievalists.net/2017/10/topping-off-tournament/[/URL] Jousting for boys [URL]http://www.medievalists.net/2017/10/boys-joust-wanna-fun/[/URL] Through the arrow-slit . . . Investigating Grognon citadel, Belgium [URL]https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.co.uk/2017/10/belgiums-grognon-citadel-and-medieval.html#4yuubk8gh9D51qdr.97[/URL] Norman castle in Bari re-opens [URL]http://www.ansa.it/english/news/lifestyle/arts/2017/10/03/restored-svevo-castle-in-bari-reopens_b19166b5-fb63-4425-ae06-e836350c4605.html[/URL] Short article about Edinburgh’s Flodden wall [URL]http://www.atlasobscura.com/places/the-flodden-wall[/URL] Shoreham fort damaged by vandals [URL]http://www.shorehamherald.co.uk/news/public-urged-to-join-fight-to-keep-shoreham-fort-crime-free-1-8192597[/URL] Cannons to the left, cannon to the right Brookline’s WWI cannon, damaged in a bus accident, returned t[URL]https://patch.com/pennsylvania/dormont-brookline/historic-cannon-damaged-bus-accident-returns-brookline[/URL] Conserving the Alamo’s cannon collection [URL]http://wtaw.com/2017/10/06/restoration-alamo-cannons-begin-rellis-campus/[/URL] Old cannons on Western Esplanade, Southampton, about 1904 [URL]http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/15586157.PHOTOS__Southampton_used_to_be_a_fashionable_spa_destination__yes__really__/#gallery11[/URL] Asian forts round-up Art of the Great Wall of China explored archaeologically [URL]http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/800-year-old-city-walls-excavated-in-china-117101400314_1.html[/URL] Passage to India: a visit to Murshidabad, West Bengal [URL]https://www.thenational.ae/lifestyle/travel/passage-to-india-a-visit-to-murshidabad-west-bengal-1.663941[/URL] 16th century Portuguese fort in Goa [URL]https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/ancient-guardian-of-the-mandovi-zuari/articleshow/60898760.cms[/URL] Hyderabad: General Raymond's Tomb being disrespected [URL]https://telanganatoday.com/raymonds-tomb-turns-den-anti-social-activities[/URL] Back to the front Investigating the battle of Wood Lake [URL]https://www.archaeology.org/news/5952-170928-minnesota-dakota-war[/URL] Finds from the Alamo go on show [URL]http://www.expressnews.com/sa300/article/[/URL] Archaeologists find more than they were expecting at Salisbury plain … [URL]https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/oct/12/man-solves-mystery-of-1930s-sports-car-buried-on-salisbury-plain[/URL] Living in the past Stonehenge diet [URL]https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/oct/15/stonehenge-neolithic-man-sweet-pork-rich-cheese-feasts[/URL] What the army in Roman Wales ate [URL]https://phys.org/news/2017-10-invading-army-thousands-miles-home.html[/URL] Living the Viking life [URL]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-sh/viking_club_where_men_fight_their_demons[/URL] Miscellany Gold bayleaf from Napoleon's crown to be sold [URL]http://artdaily.com/news/99439/Gold-leaf-from-Napoleon-s-crown-to-go-under-hammer#.Wd8j8TFe59A[/URL] Queen Victoria’s costume ball [URL]http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2017-10-13/did-queen-victoria-really-throw-a-costume-ball-to-help-the-spitalfields-silk-makers/[/URL] Why we like fireworks [URL='http://indianexpress.com/article/research/between-the-flash-and-the-bang-trying-to-decode-why-humans-are-awed-by-fireworks-4886855/']http://indianexpress.com/article/research/between-the-flash-and-the-bang-trying-to-decode-why-humans-are-awed-by-fi[/URL][URL]http://www.nationalgeographic.com.au/history/the-explosive-origins-of-the-nobel-prizes.aspx[/URL] Australian school children find pair of 100 year old guns in cave [URL]https://thewest.com.au/news/wa/exploring-wa-school-kids-unearth-old-machine-likely-owned-by-price-of-hyderabad-ng-b88614509z[/URL] Nautical news- including paintings this week, too! Update from the Antikythera wreck [URL]https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/oct/04/antikythera-shipwreck-yields-new-treasures-and-hints-of-priceless-classical-statues[/URL] Update on the search for Columbus’ ships- spoiler- nothing to report… [URL]http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/10/columbus-nina-pinta-santa-maria-shipwreck-archaeology/[/URL] Sweden’s Mars in 3D [URL]http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/10/mars-3D-reconstruction-shipwreck-baltic-sweden-archaeology/[/URL] Update on Ireland Sligo’s armada site’s future [URL]http://sligoweekender.ie/2015/06/18/armada-cannons-recovered-from-streedagh/[/URL] Elizabeth I Armada portrait back on view after conservation [URL]https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/oct/13/armada-portrait-elizabeth-i-restoration-spanish-armada-london-queens-house-greenwich[/URL] [URL]http://artdaily.com/news/99510/Armada-Portrait-returns-to-Greenwich-after-conservation#.WeMsXjFe59A[/URL] Nice 1620 seascape bought by Frans Hals Museum [URL]http://artdaily.com/news/99305/Frans-Hals-Museum-buys-an-exceptional-work-by-Jan-Porcellis#.Wdd9DjFe59A[/URL] Update on the beeswax wreck – Spanish galleon off Oregon [URL]http://www.columbian.com/news/2017/sep/24/shipwreck-searchers-look-for-signs-of-spanish-galleon/[/URL] WWI U-boatfound off Belgium [URL]https://www.deeperblue.com/wwi-u-boat-found-off-coast-belgium/[/URL] HMS Pheasant, lost off Orkney in 1917, identified [URL]https://www.archaeology.org/news/5943-170925-orkney-hms-pheasant[/URL] First naval casualty of WW2 found? [URL]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-41503664[/URL] HMS Narwhal located? [URL]http://seawaves.com/2017/10/04/wreck-of-ww2-submarine-narwhal-found-after-77-years/[/URL] Macumba shipwreck sunk in Japanese air raid found in Arafura Sea [URL='http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-10-05/macumba-shipwreck-found-off-arnhem-land-74-years-after-sinking/9016796']http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-10-05/macumba-shipwreck-found-off-arnhem-land[/URL][URL]https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/oct/15/revealed-full-story-behind-sinking-of-falklands-warship-hms-sheffield[/URL] Museum news and exhibitions News Problems with Robben Island as a visitor attraction [URL='https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2017-10-05-dire-straits-robben-island-museum-operators-determined-to-keep-top-tourist-attraction-afloat/#.WdnhGjFe59C']https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2017-10-05-dire-straits-robben-island-museum-operators-determ[/URL][URL]http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/puerto-rico's-museums-on-the-mend[/URL] UK contemplates ban on ivory trade [URL]http://theartnewspaper.com/news/uk-could-completely-ban-ivory-trade-by-2018[/URL] Sword boy gets private tour of FitzWilliam gallery! [URL]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-41443601[/URL] A visit to Government Archaeology Museum in Madikeri, India [URL]http://www.deccanherald.com/content/635869/an-ode-local-heritage.html[/URL] New museums Freer and Sackler galleries re-open in DC [URL]http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/freer-gallery-of-art-and-arthur-m.-sackler-gallery-reopen-after-dollar13.6m-renovation[/URL] New gallery on the history of the Ashmolean in Oxford [URL]http://artdaily.com/news/99255/The-New--Ashmolean-Story-Gallery--Telling-the-tale-of-the-world-s-first-public-museum#.WdeAfTFe59A[/URL] Sutton Hoo to be redeveloped [URL]http://www.medievalists.net/2017/10/sutton-hoo-transformed/[/URL] Museum musings This week in statues [URL='http://www.theartnewspaper.com/feature/the-sculptures-that-unite-america']http://www.theartnewspape[/URL][URL='http://artdaily.com/news/99446/National-Heritage-Centre-for-Horseracing---Sporting-Art-displays-two-important-new-loans-including-Stubbs-#.Wd8kXTFe59A']http://artdaily.com/news/99446/National-Heritage-Centre-for-Horseracing---Sportin[/URL][URL='https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/17688/lot/1233/']https://www.bonhams.co[/URL][URL]http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-10-03/antique-revolver-handed-into-tasmania-police/9008900[/URL] [URL='http://www.abc.net.au/radio/hobart/programs/drive/antique-gun-in-amnesty/9008504']http:/[/URL][URL='http://artdaily.com/news/99280/Science-Museum-season-celebrates-global-impact-of-India-s-scientists-and-photographers#.Wdd_SzFe59A']http://artdaily.com/news/99280/Science-Museum-season-celebrates-global-impact-of-India-s-scienti[/URL][URL]https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/oct/05/female-perspective-of-world-war-one-revealed-in-new-photo-exhibition[/URL] Goya’s Disasters of War in Dublin [URL]http://artdaily.com/news/99392/Chester-Beatty-Library-displays-complete-series-of-Francisco-Goya-s-The-Disasters-of-War#.WdyKPzFe59A[/URL] Francis I & his court in Paris [URL]http://www.louvre.fr/en/expositions/francois-i-and-dutch-art[/URL] [URL]https://www.boutiquesdemusees.fr/fr/documents-essais/arts-et-artistes-du-nord-a-la-cour-de-francois-ier/12827.html[/URL] Rubens portraits in Paris [URL]http://www.grandpalais.fr/fr/evenement/rubens-portraits-princiers[/URL] 14th century Flemish art in Amsterdam [URL]http://artdaily.com/news/99310/Rijksmuseum-stages-first-show-of-Johan-Maelwael#.Wdd9vzFe59A[/URL] Dutch paintings from the hermitage in Amsterdam [URL]http://artdaily.com/news/99272/63-Dutch-Masters-return-home-to-Holland-for-an-exhibition-at-the-Hermitage-Amsterdam#.WdiSpjFe59A[/URL] Raphael in Vienna [URL]http://artdaily.com/news/99221/Major-exhibition-of-150-paintings-and-drawings-by-Raphael-opens-in-Vienna#.WdHzjjFe59A[/URL] Caravaggio in Milan [URL]http://artdaily.com/news/99187/Technology-sheds-new-light-on-master-of-shade#.WdCmAzFe59A[/URL] Vietnam War in NY [URL]http://artdaily.com/news/99249/New-York-Historical-Society-opens-unprecedented-exhibition-on-the-history-of-the-Vietnam-War#.WdeA7TFe59A[/URL] Chinese bells in Washington [URL]https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/bronze-age-chinese-bells-tells-story-ancient-innovation-180964459/[/URL] Early Netherlandish drawing in Washington [URL]http://artdaily.com/news/99338/Rare-Netherlandish-drawings-unveiled-at-National-Gallery-of-Art#.WdiTCjFe59A[/URL] Fragonard in DC [URL]http://artdaily.com/news/99371/Jean-Honor--Fragonard-exhibition-unites-fantasy-figures-and-newly-discovered-drawing#.WdswMTFe59A[/URL] Bellini in LA [URL]http://artdaily.com/news/99388/Exhibition-includes-masterpieces-by-one-of-the-most-celebrated-painters-of-the-Italian-Renaissance#.WdyJJTFe59A[/URL] Landscape in medieval MS in LA [URL]http://artdaily.com/news/99389/J--Paul-Getty-Museum-opens--Sacred-Landscapes--Nature-in-Renaissance-Manuscripts-#.WdyJzzFe59A[/URL] Books Jonathan Ferguson: The ‘Broomhandle’ Mauser [URL]https://ospreypublishing.com/store/military-history/upcoming-books/available-this-month/the-broomhandle-mauser[/URL] Jason Edwards: Turner and the Whale [URL]https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/turner-and-the-whale-9781784422851/[/URL] What seems like a whole shelf worth of new publications from the Royal Armouries [URL='https://shop.royalarmouries.org/books-and-dvds/royal-armouries-publications.html']https://shop.royalarmouries.org/books-and-dvds/royal-armouries-publicati[/URL][URL]http://research.historicengland.org.uk/Report.aspx?i=15654[/URL] Popular culture Princess Bride 30 years on [URL]https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/princess-bride-30-cary-elwes-scene-dreamed-battle-scar-extreme-fans-142940090.html[/URL] Just in case you were wondering… [URL]https://www.inverse.com/article/37398-star-wars-the-last-jedi-lightsabers-rey-luke[/URL] Events Diary Dates Events in the IWM [URL]http://www.iwm.org.uk/[/URL] Conferences 15-17 November 2017, Canterbury Black Prince Conference [URL]https://www.canterbury-cathedral.org/whats-on/event/blackprinceconference/[/URL] Sales, fairs and auctions Catalogue for Hermann Historica now online [URL]https://www.hermann-historica.de/en/Auktionen/Laufende[/URL] 25 Oct 2017 Edinburgh The Sporting Sale [URL]http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/24090/[/URL] Websites and downloads The national Swedish Museums of Military History [URL]http://www.sfhm.se/english/[/URL] 1066 etc King Arthur,tournaments & deer [URL]http://www.medievalists.net/2017/10/chretien-de-troyes-arthurian-romance-development-tournament/[/URL] [URL]http://www.medievalists.net/2017/10/tournaments-jousts-duels-formal-combats-england-france-circa-1380-1440/[/URL] [URL]http://www.medievalists.net/2017/10/wild-domestic-back-dynamics-fallow-deer-management-medieval-england/[/URL] Finally Don’t forget we are gathering material for the next ICOMAM MAGAZINE! [URL]http://network.icom.museum/icomam/publications/the-magazine/[/URL] This fortnight I tweeted on medieval Herefordshire [URL]https://twitter.com/Basiliscoe[/URL] Compiled by Ruth Rhynas Brown –16 October 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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