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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;springfld.arsenal, post: 179073, member: 54&quot;]The Basiliscoe Mercury 256</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>TheInternet newsletter for the arms and armour community</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Lots of hunting and fishing stories from right round the world. Confirmation of the identity of HMS Terror and the ramifications of the Franklin expedition- why did they die and who owns the artefacts rumbles on. Two big exhibitions for autumn- medieval Jerusalem in New York and medieval embroidery in London. Last chance to come to the Wallace collection seminar at theweekend!</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>Mammoth found in California island</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://edition.cnn.com/2016/09/14/us/mammoth-skull-fossil-found-california/index.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://edition.cnn.com/2016/09/14/us/mammoth-skull-fossil-found-california/index.html" rel="nofollow">http://edition.cnn.com/2016/09/14/us/mammoth-skull-fossil-found-california/in</a><a href="http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/09/prehistoric-japanese-graves-provide-best-evidence-yet-dogs-were-our-ancient-hunting" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/09/prehistoric-japanese-graves-provide-best-evidence-yet-dogs-were-our-ancient-hunting" rel="nofollow">http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/09/prehistoric-japanese-graves-provide-best-evidence-yet-dogs-were-our-ancient-hunting</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Fishing in Japan, 20,000 years ago</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://edition.cnn.com/2016/09/19/asia/japan-okinawa-worlds-oldest-fish-hooks/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://edition.cnn.com/2016/09/19/asia/japan-okinawa-worlds-oldest-fish-hooks/" rel="nofollow">http://edition.cnn.com/2016/09/19/asia/japan-okinawa-worlds-oldest-fish-hooks/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Fisherman’s hut from the Ottoman empire, Ashkelon, Israel</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.jewishpress.com/news/breaking-news/fishermans-house-discovered-on-ashkelon-beach/2016/09/20/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.jewishpress.com/news/breaking-news/fishermans-house-discovered-on-ashkelon-beach/2016/09/20/" rel="nofollow">http://www.jewishpress.com/news/breaking-news/fishermans-house-discovered-on-ashkelon-beach/2016/09/20/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/unprecedented-israeli-discovery-of-ottoman-era-house-provides-fascinating-glimpse-into-lives-of-a7322541.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/unprecedented-israeli-discovery-of-ottoman-era-house-provides-fascinating-glimpse-into-lives-of-a7322541.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/unprecedented-israeli-discovery-of-ottoman-era-house-provides-fascinating-glimpse-into-lives-of-a7322541.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The trouble with melting glaciers…</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/melting-ice-in-the-arctic-is-actually-a-nightmare-for-archaeologists/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/melting-ice-in-the-arctic-is-actually-a-nightmare-for-archaeologists/" rel="nofollow">http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/melting-ice-in-the-arctic-is-actually-a-nightmare-for-archaeologists/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Grave stories</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Burials in Georgia examined</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://scienceinpoland.pap.pl/en/news/news,411221,unusual-burials-at-an-ancient-cemetery-in-georgia.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://scienceinpoland.pap.pl/en/news/news,411221,unusual-burials-at-an-ancient-cemetery-in-georgia.html" rel="nofollow">http://scienceinpoland.pap.pl/en/news/news,411221,unusual-burials-at-an-ancient-cemetery-in-georgia.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Reconstructing an Inca warrior’s face</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/us-peru-archaeology-idUSKCN11S20O" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.reuters.com/article/us-peru-archaeology-idUSKCN11S20O" rel="nofollow">http://www.reuters.com/article/us-peru-archaeology-idUSKCN11S20O</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Death by boomerang</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://phys.org/news/2016-09-wound-ancient-aborigine-boomerang.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://phys.org/news/2016-09-wound-ancient-aborigine-boomerang.html" rel="nofollow">http://phys.org/news/2016-0</a><a href="http://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/travel-leisure/article/2020903/why-everyones-looking-wrong-place-genghis-khans-tomb" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/travel-leisure/article/2020903/why-everyones-looking-wrong-place-genghis-khans-tomb" rel="nofollow">http://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/travel-leisure/article/2020903/why-everyones-looking-wrong-place-</a><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-37412519" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-37412519" rel="nofollow">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-37412519</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Well in time for Hallowe-en- Witches in Bodiam</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.kentlive.news/spooky-and-rare-witch-marks-discovered-at-bodiam-castle/story-29729239-detail/story.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.kentlive.news/spooky-and-rare-witch-marks-discovered-at-bodiam-castle/story-29729239-detail/story.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.kentlive.news/spooky-and-rare-witch-marks-discovered-at-bodiam-castle/story-29729239-detail/story.html</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>New way to smuggle drugs- shoot them from cannons</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/2016/09/20/mexican-police-say-van-rigged-with-cannon-used-to-shoot-drugs-to-us" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/2016/09/20/mexican-police-say-van-rigged-with-cannon-used-to-shoot-drugs-to-us" rel="nofollow">http://www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/2016/09/20/mexican-police-say-van-rigged-with-cannon-used-to-shoot-drugs-to-us</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Thai Minister of defence worships before ancient cannons<a href="http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/general/1091332/gen-preecha-worships-before-ancient-cannons" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/general/1091332/gen-preecha-worships-before-ancient-cannons" rel="nofollow">http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/general/1091332/gen-preecha-worships-before-ancient-cannons</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Tale of a Confederate cannon</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://tucson.com/entertainment/weekend/civil-war-era-piece-appeals-to-multiple-collectors/article_e637e845-83b2-5f31-9c01-0606c87392df.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://tucson.com/entertainment/weekend/civil-war-era-piece-appeals-to-multiple-collectors/article_e637e845-83b2-5f31-9c01-0606c87392df.html" rel="nofollow">http://tucson.com/entertainment/weekend/civil-war-era-piece-appeals-to-multiple-collectors/article_e637e845-83b2-5f31-9c01-0606c87392df.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Café Basiliscoe</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Brewing beer from 200 year old yeast</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.australiangeographic.com.au/topics/history-culture/2016/09/worlds-oldest-beer" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.australiangeographic.com.au/topics/history-culture/2016/09/worlds-oldest-beer" rel="nofollow">http://www.australiangeographic.com.au/topics/history-culture/2016/09/worlds-oldest-bee</a><a href="https://www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2016/09/whisky-pulled-from-120-year-old-shipwreck-goes-to-auction/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2016/09/whisky-pulled-from-120-year-old-shipwreck-goes-to-auction/" rel="nofollow">https://www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2016/09/whisky-pulled-from-120-year-old-shipwreck-goes-to-auction/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Miscellany</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Interesting article about explosions in Tudor and Stuart London</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.historyextra.com/article/bbc-history-magazine/accidental-explosions-gunpowder-tudor-and-stuart-london" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.historyextra.com/article/bbc-history-magazine/accidental-explosions-gunpowder-tudor-and-stuart-london" rel="nofollow">http://www.historyextra.com/article/bbc-history-magazine/accidental-explosions-gunpowd</a><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/0/bonfire-night-why-do-we-celebrate-with-firework-displays-who-was/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/0/bonfire-night-why-do-we-celebrate-with-firework-displays-who-was/" rel="nofollow">http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/0/bonfire-night-why-do-we-celebrate-with-firework-displays-who-was/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Update on excavating 16th century Florida</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://wuwf.org/post/uwf-archaeologists-find-more-evidence-daily-life-1559-luna-settlement" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://wuwf.org/post/uwf-archaeologists-find-more-evidence-daily-life-1559-luna-settlement" rel="nofollow">http://wuwf.org/post/uwf-archaeologists-find-more-evidence-daily-life-1559-luna-settlement</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Under Oppenheim in war and peace- interesting story!</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/exploring-underground-tunnels-oppenheim-germany-180960147/?no-ist" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/exploring-underground-tunnels-oppenheim-germany-180960147/?no-ist" rel="nofollow">http://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/exploring-underground-tunnels-oppen</a><a href="http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/sep/5/archaeologist-looks-for-remains-of-green-bay-milit/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/sep/5/archaeologist-looks-for-remains-of-green-bay-milit/" rel="nofollow">http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/sep/5/archaeologist-looks-for-remains-of-green-bay-milit/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Into the 20th century</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>What to do with Hitler’s birthplace?</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.dw.com/en/future-of-hitlers-birth-house-under-debate/a-19563214" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.dw.com/en/future-of-hitlers-birth-house-under-debate/a-19563214" rel="nofollow">http://www.dw.com/en/future-of-hitlers-birth-house-under-debate/a-19563214</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Putting the cold into theColdWar…</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/sep/27/receding-icecap-top-secret-us-nuclear-project-greenland-camp-century-project-iceworm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/sep/27/receding-icecap-top-secret-us-nuclear-project-greenland-camp-century-project-iceworm" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/sep/27/receding-icecap-top-secret-us-nuclear-project-greenland-camp-century-project-iceworm</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>World Heritage</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Sentence in trial of destruction of the Timbuktu shrines</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/sep/27/timbuktu-shrines-icc-sentences-islamic-militant-nine-years-destruction-ahmad-al-faqi-al-mahdi" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/sep/27/timbuktu-shrines-icc-sentences-islamic-militant-nine-years-destruction-ahmad-al-faqi-al-mahdi" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/sep/27/timbuktu-shrines-icc-sentences-islamic-militant-nine-years-destruction-ahmad-al-faqi-al-mahdi</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>How not to restore your Great Wall</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/90333/Chinese-outrage-over--ugly--restoration-of-Great-Wall#.V-ZAljHrt9A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/90333/Chinese-outrage-over--ugly--restoration-of-Great-Wall#.V-ZAljHrt9A" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/90333/Chinese-outrage-over--ugly--restoration-of-Great-Wall#.V-ZAljHrt9A</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Japanese history in the VOC archives</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201609220050.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201609220050.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201609220050.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Piece about historical monuments in the Punjab</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/spectrum/a-town-of-many-tales/299701.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/spectrum/a-town-of-many-tales/299701.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/spectrum/a-town-of-many-tales/299701.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Nautical news</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Latest finds from the Antikythera wreck: spoiler- it’s human</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/90270/Archaeologists-find-2-000-year-old-human-skeleton-at-Mediterranean-shipwreck#.V-I_yDHrt9A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/90270/Archaeologists-find-2-000-year-old-human-skeleton-at-Mediterranean-shipwreck#.V-I_yDHrt9A" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/90270/Archaeologists-find-2-000-year-old-human-skeleton-at-Mediterranean-shipwreck#.V-I_yDHrt9A</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Looking for the VOC ship Aagtekerke</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/shipwreck-hunter-hugh-edwards-believes-treasure-island-exists/news-story/06ed8f2ae95f51fabb57b1215437e5de" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/shipwreck-hunter-hugh-edwards-believes-treasure-island-exists/news-story/06ed8f2ae95f51fabb57b1215437e5de" rel="nofollow">http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/shipwreck-hunter-hugh-edwards-believes-treasure-island-exists/news-story/06ed8f2ae95f51fabb57b1215437e5de</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Latest from Nuestra Señora de las Mercedes and its cannon</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.elmundo.es/la-aventura-de-la-historia/2016/09/20/57e14c35ca47418b7c8b45a9.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.elmundo.es/la-aventura-de-la-historia/2016/09/20/57e14c35ca47418b7c8b45a9.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.elmundo.es/la-aventura-de-la-historia/2016/09/20/57e14c35ca47418b7c8b45a9.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=2421393&amp;CategoryId=13003" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=2421393&amp;CategoryId=13003" rel="nofollow">http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=2421393&amp;CategoryId=13003</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Interesting story about Charles Brookefield and HMS Winchester</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.flkeysnews.com/living/article103719687.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.flkeysnews.com/living/article103719687.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.flkeysnews.com/living/article103719687.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Survey of the Utrecht, lost off the Orkneys, 1807</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://stv.tv/news/north/1368145-orkney-divers-survey-wreck-of-200-year-old-dutch-warship/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://stv.tv/news/north/1368145-orkney-divers-survey-wreck-of-200-year-old-dutch-warship/" rel="nofollow">http://stv.tv/news/north/1368145-orkney-divers-survey-wreck-of-200-year-old-dutch-warship/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>.</p><p><br /></p><p>Questions raised by the HMS Terror discovery</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/discovery-of-hms-terror-heats-up-battle-over-who-controls-artifacts/article31863146/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/discovery-of-hms-terror-heats-up-battle-over-who-controls-artifacts/article31863146/" rel="nofollow">http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/discovery-of-hms-terror-heats-up-battle-over-w</a><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/terror-erebus-arctic-tourism-1.3765559?cmp=rss" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/terror-erebus-arctic-tourism-1.3765559?cmp=rss" rel="nofollow">http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/terror-erebus-arctic-tourism-1.3765559?cmp=rss</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/sep/26/canada-hms-terror-ship-wreck-inuit-aboriginals" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/sep/26/canada-hms-terror-ship-wreck-inuit-aboriginals" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/sep/26/canada-hms-terror-ship-wreck-inuit-aboriginals</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>And what killed Franklin’s crew…</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2016/09/21/accidents-not-illness-may-have-killed-many-officers-in-franklin-expedition-says-scottish-study.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2016/09/21/accidents-not-illness-may-have-killed-many-officers-in-franklin-expedition-says-scottish-study.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2016/09/21/accidents-not-illness-may-have-killed-many-offic</a><a href="http://www.livescience.com/56160-last-shipwreck-wwi-battle-of-jutland-found.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.livescience.com/56160-last-shipwreck-wwi-battle-of-jutland-found.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.livescience.com/56160-last-shipwreck-wwi-battle-of-jutland-found.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Wreck of Yamato battleship filmed in HD <a href="http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201609280038.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201609280038.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201609280038.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Scotland&#039;s hidden shipwrecks </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://stv.tv/news/features/1367799-history-beneath-the-waves-scotland-s-hidden-shipwrecks/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://stv.tv/news/features/1367799-history-beneath-the-waves-scotland-s-hidden-shipwrecks/" rel="nofollow">http://stv.tv/news/features/1367799-history-beneath-the-waves-scotland-s-hidden-shipwrecks/</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>Effects of increasing ivory ban</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/sep/27/total-ban-on-ivory-sales-would-endanger-art" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/sep/27/total-ban-on-ivory-sales-would-endanger-art" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/sep/27/total-ban-on-ivory-sales-would-endanger-art</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>New museums </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>New work at Washington’s National Gallery</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://theartnewspaper.com/news/museums/see-how-washington-s-national-gallery-of-art-grows/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://theartnewspaper.com/news/museums/see-how-washington-s-national-gallery-of-art-grows/" rel="nofollow">http://theartnewspaper.com/news/museums/see-how-washington-s-national-gallery-of-art-grows/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>New museum of antiquities planned for Cyprus</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://cyprus-mail.com/2016/09/20/competition-announced-design-new-cyprus-museum/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://cyprus-mail.com/2016/09/20/competition-announced-design-new-cyprus-museum/" rel="nofollow">http://cyprus-mail.com/2016/09/20/competition-announced-design-new-cyprus-museum/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Museum musings</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Canadian Museum establishes department to return artefacts to first nations</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://theartnewspaper.com/news/museums/royal-british-columbia-museum-to-establish-department-for-repatriation-of-first-nation-cultural-heri/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://theartnewspaper.com/news/museums/royal-british-columbia-museum-to-establish-department-for-repatriation-of-first-nation-cultural-heri/" rel="nofollow">http://theartnewspaper.com/news/museums/royal-british-columbia-museum-to-establish-department-for-repatriation-of-first-nation-cultural-heri/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>British Museum and aborigine artefacts</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/sep/25/the-gweagal-shield-and-the-fight-to-change-the-british-museums-attitude-to-seized-artefacts?CMP=share_btn_tw" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/sep/25/the-gweagal-shield-and-the-fight-to-change-the-british-museums-attitude-to-seized-artefacts?CMP=share_btn_tw" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/sep/25/the-gweagal-shield-and-the-fight-to-change-the-british-museums-attitude-to-seized-artefacts?CMP=share_btn_tw</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>International cooperation</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://theartnewspaper.com/news/museums/if-we-don-t-work-together-we-will-see-very-dark-times-says-outgoing-v-a-director-martin-roth/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://theartnewspaper.com/news/museums/if-we-don-t-work-together-we-will-see-very-dark-times-says-outgoing-v-a-director-martin-roth/" rel="nofollow">http://theartnewspaper.com/news/museums/if-we-don-t-work-together-we-will-see-very-dark-times-says-outgoing-v-a-director-martin-roth/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Conservation corner</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Conserving the Black Prince’s jupon</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.canterbury-cathedral.org/2016/09/22/historic-treasures-in-london-exhibition/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.canterbury-cathedral.org/2016/09/22/historic-treasures-in-london-exhibition/" rel="nofollow">https://www.canterbury-cathedral.org/2016/09/22/historic-treasures-in-london-exhibit</a><a href="http://www.dailyprogress.com/lifestyles/curves-of-steel-engraver-brings-details-out-of-metals-the/article_041c6c44-7b99-11e6-a45d-c77f207abe2a.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.dailyprogress.com/lifestyles/curves-of-steel-engraver-brings-details-out-of-metals-the/article_041c6c44-7b99-11e6-a45d-c77f207abe2a.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.dailyprogress.com/lifestyles/curves-of-steel-engraver-brings-details-out-of-metals-the/article_041c6c44-7b99-11e6-a45d-c77f207abe2a.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Restoring the Dauntless</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://m.warhistoryonline.com/featured/plane-world-war-ii-found-lake-michigan-restored-portage-air-zoo.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://m.warhistoryonline.com/featured/plane-world-war-ii-found-lake-michigan-restored-portage-air-zoo.html" rel="nofollow">http://m.warhistoryonline.com/featured/plane-world-war-ii-found-lake-michigan-restored-p</a><a href="http://www.coinworld.com/news/world-coins/2016/09/medal-in-nomos-auction-marks-dutch-shipwreck-recovery.html#" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinworld.com/news/world-coins/2016/09/medal-in-nomos-auction-marks-dutch-shipwreck-recovery.html#" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinworld.com/news/world-coins/2016/09/medal-in-nomos-auction-marks-dutch-shipwreck-recovery.html#</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Civil War photograph album</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.npr.org/2016/09/21/494734329/family-heirloom-national-treasure-rare-photos-show-black-civil-war-soldiers" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.npr.org/2016/09/21/494734329/family-heirloom-national-treasure-rare-photos-show-black-civil-war-soldiers" rel="nofollow">http://www.npr.org/2016/09/21/494734329/family-heirloom-national-treasure-rare-photos-show-black-civil-war-soldiers</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Artificial leg from WWI goes on display</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.culture24.org.uk/science-and-nature/art562637-erskine-world-war-one-glasgow-limb" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.culture24.org.uk/science-and-nature/art562637-erskine-world-war-one-glasgow-limb" rel="nofollow">http://www.culture24.org.uk/science-and-nature/art562637-erskine-world-war-one-glasgow-limb</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The story of London’s bomb disposal’s medals</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/military-history/world-war-two/art562579-richard-moore-museum-london-docklands-blitz" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/military-history/world-war-two/art562579-richard-moore-museum-london-docklands-blitz" rel="nofollow">http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/military-history/world-war-two/art562579-richard-moore-museum-london-docklands-blitz</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Exhibitions</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Rock art from Africa in the London</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/90418/British-Museum-display-focuses-on-rock-art#.V-tzXeTrt9A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/90418/British-Museum-display-focuses-on-rock-art#.V-tzXeTrt9A" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/90418/British-Museum-display-focuses-on-rock-art#.V-tzXeTrt9A</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Medieval embroidery in London</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.vam.ac.uk/exhibitions/opus-anglicanum-masterpieces-of-english-medieval-embroidery" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.vam.ac.uk/exhibitions/opus-anglicanum-masterpieces-of-english-medieval-embroidery" rel="nofollow">http://www.vam.ac.uk/exhibitions/opus-anglicanum-masterpieces-of-english-medieval-emb</a><a href="http://www.gla.ac.uk/hunterian/visit/exhibitions/exhibitionprogramme/erskine100/#d.en.434510" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.gla.ac.uk/hunterian/visit/exhibitions/exhibitionprogramme/erskine100/#d.en.434510" rel="nofollow">http://www.gla.ac.uk/hunterian/visit/exhibitions/exhibitionprogramme/erskine100/#d.en.434510</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The Rhine at Bonn</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/90231/The-Rhine--The-biography-of-a-European-river-explored-in-exhibition-at-the-Bundeskunsthalle#.V-DsZDHrt9A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/90231/The-Rhine--The-biography-of-a-European-river-explored-in-exhibition-at-the-Bundeskunsthalle#.V-DsZDHrt9A" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/90231/The-Rhine--The-biography-of-a-European-river-explored-in-exhibition-at-the-Bundeskunsthalle#.V-DsZDHrt9A</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Second empire in Paris</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.apollo-magazine.com/its-time-to-look-again-at-the-golden-age-of-sleaze-and-splendour/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.apollo-magazine.com/its-time-to-look-again-at-the-golden-age-of-sleaze-and-splendour/" rel="nofollow">http://www.apollo-magazine.com/its-time-to-look-again-at-the-golden-age-of-sleaze-and-s</a><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/90297/Exhibition-in-Turin-celebrates-the-most-important-family-of-Flemish-artists#.V-OOxDHrt9A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/90297/Exhibition-in-Turin-celebrates-the-most-important-family-of-Flemish-artists#.V-OOxDHrt9A" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/90297/Exhibition-in-Turin-celebrates-the-most-impo</a><a href="http://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2016/jerusalem" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2016/jerusalem" rel="nofollow">http://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2016/jerusalem</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/90350/The-Metropolitan-Museum-of-Art-opens--Jerusalem-1000-1400--Every-People-Under-Heaven-#.V-eI5jHrt9A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/90350/The-Metropolitan-Museum-of-Art-opens--Jerusalem-1000-1400--Every-People-Under-Heaven-#.V-eI5jHrt9A" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/90350/The-Metropolitan-Museum-of-Art-opens--Jerusalem-1000-1400--Every-People-Under-Heaven-#.V-eI5jHrt9A</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/23/arts/design/jerusalem-as-a-place-of-desire-and-death-at-the-metropolitan-museum.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fdesign&amp;_r=0" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/23/arts/design/jerusalem-as-a-place-of-desire-and-death-at-the-metropolitan-museum.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fdesign&amp;_r=0" rel="nofollow">http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/23/arts/design/jerusalem-as-a-place-of-desire-and-death-at-the-metropolitan-museum.html?rref=collection/sectioncollection/design&amp;_r=0</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2016/sep/25/jerusalem-every-people-under-heaven-exhibit-met-art-history" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2016/sep/25/jerusalem-every-people-under-heaven-exhibit-met-art-history" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2016/sep/25/jerusalem-every-people-under-heaven-exhibit-met-art-history</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The Branchini Altarpiece in LA</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://patch.com/california/pacificpalisades/getty-museum-exhibition-reunites-giovanni-di-paolo-masterpiece" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://patch.com/california/pacificpalisades/getty-museum-exhibition-reunites-giovanni-di-paolo-masterpiece" rel="nofollow">http://patch.com/california/pacificpalisades/getty-museum-exhibition-reunites-giovanni-di-paolo-masterpiece</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Books</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>George Winfree &amp; Tom Vossler: A Field Guide to Antietam</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://phys.org/news/2016-09-aims-people-explore-antietambattlefield.html%20/l%20jCp" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://phys.org/news/2016-09-aims-people-explore-antietambattlefield.html%20/l%20jCp" rel="nofollow">http://phys.org/news/2016-09-aims-people-explore-antietambattlefield.html#jCp</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Russell A. Potter: Finding Franklin: The Untold Story of a 165-Year Search</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.combinedacademic.co.uk/finding-franklin" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.combinedacademic.co.uk/finding-franklin" rel="nofollow">http://www.combinedacademic.co.uk/finding-franklin</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Ed. Jill Ahlberg Yohe: Plains Indian Art of the Early Reservation Era</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/90254/Saint-Louis-Art-Museum-publishes--Plains-Indian-Art-of-the-Early-Reservation-Era-#.V-JB2DHrt9A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/90254/Saint-Louis-Art-Museum-publishes--Plains-Indian-Art-of-the-Early-Reservation-Era-#.V-JB2DHrt9A" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/90254/Saint-Louis-Art-Museum-publishes--Plains-Indian-Art-of-the-Early-Reservation-Era-#.V-JB2DHrt9A</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Book sale at Boydell &amp; Brewer</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://boydellandbrewer.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://boydellandbrewer.com/" rel="nofollow">https://boydellandbrewer.com/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Popular culture</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Netflix to release &quot;Sky Ladder: The Art of Cai Guo-Qiang&quot; <a href="http://artdaily.com/news/90440/Netflix-to-release--Sky-Ladder--The-Art-of-Cai-Guo-Qiang--#.V-tzr2uqi0E.twitter" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/90440/Netflix-to-release--Sky-Ladder--The-Art-of-Cai-Guo-Qiang--#.V-tzr2uqi0E.twitter" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/90440/Netflix-to-release--Sky-Ladder--The-Art-of-Cai-Guo-Qiang--#.V-tzr2uqi0E.twitter</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Well in time for Hallowe’en- vintage mummy tales!</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/sep/20/lost-in-a-pyramid-andrew-smith-mummy-stories-louisa-m-alcott-conan-doyle-shelf-life-rachel-cooke" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/sep/20/lost-in-a-pyramid-andrew-smith-mummy-stories-louisa-m-alcott-conan-doyle-shelf-life-rachel-cooke" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/sep/20/lost-in-a-pyramid-andrew-smith-mummy-stories-louisa-m-alcott-conan-doyle-shelf-life-rachel-cooke</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Events</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Conferences</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>30 September 2016 - 1 October 2016 Wallace Collection</p><p><br /></p><p>All Depends Upon the Brave: Recent Research into Museum Collections of Ottoman, Middle Eastern and Asian Arms and Armour</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.wallacecollection.org/ms/learn/conferences/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.wallacecollection.org/ms/learn/conferences/" rel="nofollow">http://www.wallacecollection.org/ms/learn/conferences/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>8 October Worcester</p><p><br /></p><p>ORDCON 2016</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/ORDCON" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.facebook.com/ORDCON" rel="nofollow">https://www.facebook.com/ORDCON</a> &amp; <a href="mailto:emmersonrw@aol.com">emmersonrw@aol.com</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>14 -16 October 2016 London </p><p><br /></p><p>1066: Interpreting the Norman Conquest in 2016</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.royalarmouries.org/assets-uploaded/documents/1066_conference_updated_web_info_v_3.pdf" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.royalarmouries.org/assets-uploaded/documents/1066_conference_updated_web_info_v_3.pdf" rel="nofollow">https://www.royalarmouries.org/assets-uploaded/documents/1066_conference_updated_web_info_v_3.pdf</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>15 October Guildhall, Shrewsbury</p><p><br /></p><p>Fortress Salopia Symposium- Shropshire’s military heritage</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.ucshrewsbury.ac.uk/news/free-university-centre-shrewsbury-event-explore-shropshires-military-heritage" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ucshrewsbury.ac.uk/news/free-university-centre-shrewsbury-event-explore-shropshires-military-heritage" rel="nofollow">http://www.ucshrewsbury.ac.uk/news/free-university-centre-shrewsbury-event-explore-shropshires-military-heritage</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Sales, fairs and auctions</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Results of the tank museum sale, Normandy</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/90244/The-D-Day-Sale--Normandy-Tank-Museum-collection-achieves--4-2-million#.V-DsyjHrt9A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/90244/The-D-Day-Sale--Normandy-Tank-Museum-collection-achieves--4-2-million#.V-DsyjHrt9A" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/90244/The-D-Day-Sale--Normandy-Tank-Museum-collection-achieves--4-2-million#.V-DsyjHrt9A</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Julia’s October sale preview</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.prweb.com/releases/2016/09/prweb13693823.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.prweb.com/releases/2016/09/prweb13693823.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.prweb.com/releases/2016/09/prweb13693823.htm</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>05 October 2016 Paris</p><p><br /></p><p>Bibliothèque cynégétique du Verne : Vénerie, fauconnerie, chasses</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/2016/bibliotheque-cynegetique-du-verne-bernis-pf1633.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/2016/bibliotheque-cynegetique-du-verne-bernis-pf1633.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/2016/bibliotheque-cynegetique-du-verne-bernis-pf1633.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>19 October 2016Edinburgh</p><p><br /></p><p>The Sporting Sale</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/23501/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/23501/" rel="nofollow">http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/23501/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>24 October – 5 November Hermann Historica, Munich</p><p><br /></p><p>Annual Autumn Auction 2016</p><p><br /></p><p>Catalogues ow online</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.hermann-historica.de/db2_en/newauction.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.hermann-historica.de/db2_en/newauction.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.hermann-historica.de/db2_en/newauction.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>1066 etc</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Baltic wars, crusading ethics &amp; Baltic crusades</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.medievalists.net/2016/09/26/holy-war-holy-wrath-baltic-wars-between-regulated-warfare-and-total-annihilation-around-1200/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.medievalists.net/2016/09/26/holy-war-holy-wrath-baltic-wars-between-regulated-warfare-and-total-annihilation-around-1200/" rel="nofollow">http://www.medievalists.net/2016/09/26/holy-war-holy-wrath-baltic-wars-between-regulated-warfare-and-total-annihilation-around-1200/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.medievalists.net/2016/09/17/an-approach-to-crusading-ethics/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.medievalists.net/2016/09/17/an-approach-to-crusading-ethics/" rel="nofollow">http://www.medievalists.net/2016/09/17/an-approach-to-crusading-ethics/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://deremilitari.org/2016/09/documents-relating-to-the-baltic-crusade-1199-1266/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://deremilitari.org/2016/09/documents-relating-to-the-baltic-crusade-1199-1266/" rel="nofollow">http://deremilitari.org/2016/09/documents-relating-to-the-baltic-crusade-1199-1266/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Finally: Build your own trebuchet </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.popsci.com/build-mini-medieval-siege-weapon" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.popsci.com/build-mini-medieval-siege-weapon" rel="nofollow">http://www.popsci.com/build-mini-medieval-siege-weapon</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This fortnight we tweeted Heritage Day pictures</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/Basiliscoe" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://twitter.com/Basiliscoe" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/Basiliscoe</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Compiled by Ruth Rhynas Brown –29 September 2016</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Some people have asked me about making a contribution to the Newsletter – if you would like to support us, you can make a donation here through our Paypal account – see here for details:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.basiliscoe.com/id2.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.basiliscoe.com/id2.html" rel="nofollow">http://www</a>.basiliscoe.com/id2.html[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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