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<p>[QUOTE="springfld.arsenal, post: 263052, member: 54"]The Basiliscoe Mercury 275</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>TheInternet newsletter for the arms and armour community</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Arms and armour in the news</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>We celebrate the summer with a variety of stories from around the world - from assorted Stone Age weapons, the investigation of graves from Ancient Greece to the Romanovs, forts and castles. Strange things people find include toe bones, a shot gun and a bouncing bomb! We finish off with the two course lunch offered this week at Café Basiliscoe - drinks included!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Ancient arms</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Investigating Stone Age tools </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-07/s-toa072617.php" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-07/s-toa072617.php" rel="nofollow">https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-07/s-toa072617.php</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Recreating ancient weapons</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://phys.org/news/2017-07-re-creating-weapons-discoveries-human-history.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://phys.org/news/2017-07-re-creating-weapons-discoveries-human-history.html" rel="nofollow">https://phys.org/news/2017-07-re-creating-weapons-discoveries-human-history.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Where did the copper in Ötzi the Iceman’s axe come from? <a href="https://www.sciencenews.org/article/copper-otzi-icemans-ax-came-surprisingly-far-away" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.sciencenews.org/article/copper-otzi-icemans-ax-came-surprisingly-far-away" rel="nofollow">https://www.sciencenews.org/article/copper-otzi-icemans-ax-came-surprisingly-far-away</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Grave stories</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Archaeologists in 2,500-year-old Greek cold case: <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cylon?src=hash" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cylon?src=hash" rel="nofollow">Cylon</a>'s army? <a href="http://artdaily.com/news/97510/Archaeologists-go-high-tech-in-2-500-year-old-Greek-cold-case" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/97510/Archaeologists-go-high-tech-in-2-500-year-old-Greek-cold-case" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/97510/Archaeologists-go-high-tech-in-2-500-year-old-Greek-cold-case#.WWsPCzFK19A</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The search for Genghis Khan’s tomb and why they’re not finding it</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20170717-why-genghis-khans-tomb-cant-be-found" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20170717-why-genghis-khans-tomb-cant-be-found" rel="nofollow">http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20170717-why-genghis-khans-tomb-cant-be-found</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Romanovs</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/10/opinion/red-century-russia-romanov.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/10/opinion/red-century-russia-romanov.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/10/opinion/red-century-russia-romanov.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Through the arrow-slit . . . </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Not a Norman motte, but the “Sutton Hoo of Slough”</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://phys.org/news/2017-06-archaeologists-mound-slough-car-prestigious.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://phys.org/news/2017-06-archaeologists-mound-slough-car-prestigious.html" rel="nofollow">https://phys.org/news/2017-06-archaeologists-mound-slough-car-prestigious.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Trebuchet building in France</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.lanouvellerepublique.fr/Indre-et-Loire/Loisirs/Patrimoine-tourisme/n/Contenus/Articles/2017/07/18/La-forteresse-conserve-son-trebuchet-3170676" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.lanouvellerepublique.fr/Indre-et-Loire/Loisirs/Patrimoine-tourisme/n/Contenus/Articles/2017/07/18/La-forteresse-conserve-son-trebuchet-3170676" rel="nofollow">http://www.lanouvellerepublique.fr/Indre-et-Loire/Loisirs/Patrimoine-tourisme/n/Contenus/Articles/2017/07/18/La-forteresse-conserve-son-trebuchet-3170676</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Chester castle re-opens</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-40657606" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-40657606" rel="nofollow">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-40657606</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Excavating at Tintagel</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/jul/13/tintagel-excavations-reveal-refined-tastes-of-medieval-settlers" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/jul/13/tintagel-excavations-reveal-refined-tastes-of-medieval-settlers" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/jul/13/tintagel-excavations-reveal-refined-tastes-of-medieval-settlers</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Still not sorted out your summer hols yet? Ideas here….</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://royalcentral.co.uk/blogs/how-to-stay-at-a-british-castle-84876" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://royalcentral.co.uk/blogs/how-to-stay-at-a-british-castle-84876" rel="nofollow">http://royalcentral.co.uk/blogs/how-to-stay-at-a-british-castle-84876</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Through the gunloop…</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Tudor fortifications of Hull</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/news/hull-east-yorkshire-news/hidden-medieval-fortress-buried-beneath-215490" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/news/hull-east-yorkshire-news/hidden-medieval-fortress-buried-beneath-215490" rel="nofollow">http://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/news/hull-east-yorkshire-news/hidden-medieval-fortress-buried-beneath-215490</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Exploring gun emplacements in Civil War Nottingham castle</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://nottstv.com/archaeologists-digging-find-evidence-guns-fired-nottingham-castle-17th-century-civil-war/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://nottstv.com/archaeologists-digging-find-evidence-guns-fired-nottingham-castle-17th-century-civil-war/" rel="nofollow">https://nottstv.com/archaeologists-digging-find-evidence-guns-fired-nottingham-castle-17th-century-civil-war/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Archaeologists excavating FortMichilimackinacand their finds <a href="http://www.9and10news.com/story/35959771/archaeologists-find-rare-artifacts-at-site-in-fort-michilimackinac" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.9and10news.com/story/35959771/archaeologists-find-rare-artifacts-at-site-in-fort-michilimackinac" rel="nofollow">http://www.9and10news.com/story/35959771/archaeologists-find-rare-artifacts-at-site-in-fort-michilimackinac</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Manjarabad Fort, Mysore</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.deccanchronicle.com/lifestyle/pets-and-environment/230717/sunday-story-misty-manjarabad-where-glinting-swords-clashed-for-a-slice-of-glory.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.deccanchronicle.com/lifestyle/pets-and-environment/230717/sunday-story-misty-manjarabad-where-glinting-swords-clashed-for-a-slice-of-glory.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.deccanchronicle.com/lifestyle/pets-and-environment/230717/sunday-story-misty-manjarabad-where-glinting-swords-clashed-for-a-slice-of-glory.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>Buffalo’s memorial cannons and what happened to them - lots of photos</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.buffalorising.com/2017/07/where-did-all-the-cannons-go/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.buffalorising.com/2017/07/where-did-all-the-cannons-go/" rel="nofollow">https://www.buffalorising.com/2017/07/where-did-all-the-cannons-go/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Feature about the Civil War napoleon cannon</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.scout.com/military/warrior/story/1792181-how-civil-war-cannon-tore-infantry-apart" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.scout.com/military/warrior/story/1792181-how-civil-war-cannon-tore-infantry-apart" rel="nofollow">http://www.scout.com/military/warrior/story/1792181-how-civil-war-cannon-tore-infantry-apart</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Cannons in Malaya</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.nst.com.my/lifestyle/sunday-vibes/2017/07/260037/when-malay-cannons-boomed" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.nst.com.my/lifestyle/sunday-vibes/2017/07/260037/when-malay-cannons-boomed" rel="nofollow">https://www.nst.com.my/lifestyle/sunday-vibes/2017/07/260037/when-malay-cannons-boomed</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Living in the past</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Archery in Istanbul</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theislamicmonthly.com/ottoman-archery-modern-day-istanbul/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theislamicmonthly.com/ottoman-archery-modern-day-istanbul/" rel="nofollow">https://www.theislamicmonthly.com/ottoman-archery-modern-day-istanbul/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Artillery demonstration at Antietam National Battlefield explains gore of battle</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.heraldmailmedia.com/news/local/artillery-demonstration-at-antietam-national-battlefield-explains-gore-of-battle/article_e72b837c-6ff3-11e7-b91d-3f321f7ca16b.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.heraldmailmedia.com/news/local/artillery-demonstration-at-antietam-national-battlefield-explains-gore-of-battle/article_e72b837c-6ff3-11e7-b91d-3f321f7ca16b.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.heraldmailmedia.com/news/local/artillery-demonstration-at-antietam-national-battlefield-explains-gore-of-battle/article_e72b837c-6ff3-11e7-b91d-3f321f7ca16b.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Café Basiliscoe: on this week’s menu</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Turtle from Israel…</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Humans-hunted-freshwater-turtles-in-Israel-60000-years-ago-500757" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Humans-hunted-freshwater-turtles-in-Israel-60000-years-ago-500757" rel="nofollow">http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Humans-hunted-freshwater-turtles-in-Israel-60000-years-ago-500757</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>...or fish from Southampton</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-40635975" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-40635975" rel="nofollow">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-40635975</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>..washed down with a flagon of byzantine wine</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.timesofisrael.com/1600-years-ago-soldiers-may-have-quaffed-wine-from-this-desert-press/wash" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.timesofisrael.com/1600-years-ago-soldiers-may-have-quaffed-wine-from-this-desert-press/wash" rel="nofollow">http://www.timesofisrael.com/1600-years-ago-soldiers-may-have-quaffed-wine-from-this-desert-press/wash</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>...and finished off with a glass of Madeira…</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.npr.org/2017/07/14/537276241/new-jersey-museum-holds-a-stash-221-year-old-madeira-wine" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.npr.org/2017/07/14/537276241/new-jersey-museum-holds-a-stash-221-year-old-madeira-wine" rel="nofollow">http://www.npr.org/2017/07/14/537276241/new-jersey-museum-holds-a-stash-221-year-old-madeira-wine</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Miscellany - mostly found objects this week!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Weird things you find in your garden - and how to make money from them!</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/cannon-balls-toe-bones-rifle-flints-and-musket-balls-unearthed-in-county-gardens-up-for-auction/story-30440426-detail/story.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/cannon-balls-toe-bones-rifle-flints-and-musket-balls-unearthed-in-county-gardens-up-for-auction/story-30440426-detail/story.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/cannon-balls-toe-bones-rifle-flints-and-musket-balls-unearthed-in-county-gardens-up-for-auction/story-30440426-detail/story.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Cannon ball in a Surrey yew tree</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.surreymirror.co.uk/the-oldest-tree-in-england-is-thought-to-be-4-000-years-old-and-stands-in-surrey/story-30448361-detail/story.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.surreymirror.co.uk/the-oldest-tree-in-england-is-thought-to-be-4-000-years-old-and-stands-in-surrey/story-30448361-detail/story.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.surreymirror.co.uk/the-oldest-tree-in-england-is-thought-to-be-4-000-years-old-and-stands-in-surrey/story-30448361-detail/story.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>18th century bayonet (and other military finds) found near LoonLake</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.adirondackalmanack.com/2017/07/french-indian-war-bayonet-discovered-near-loon-lake.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.adirondackalmanack.com/2017/07/french-indian-war-bayonet-discovered-near-loon-lake.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.adirondackalmanack.com/2017/07/french-indian-war-bayonet-discovered-near-loon-lake.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Mortar shell found in Old Quebec from Battle of the Plains of Abraham<a href="http://www.cbc.ca/1.4202559" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cbc.ca/1.4202559" rel="nofollow">http://www.cbc.ca/1.4202559</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>19thcentury shotgun found in Blackfoot River, Montana<a href="http://helenair.com/news/state-and-regional/barrels-of-history-blackfoot-river-yields-th-century-shotgun-to/article_cb4b818b-545f-56c5-929d-ad1a37c02871.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://helenair.com/news/state-and-regional/barrels-of-history-blackfoot-river-yields-th-century-shotgun-to/article_cb4b818b-545f-56c5-929d-ad1a37c02871.html" rel="nofollow">http://helenair.com/news/state-and-regional/barrels-of-history-blackfoot-river-yields-th-century-shotgun-to/article_cb4b818b-545f-56c5-929d-ad1a37c02871.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Divers recover World War Two Highball bomb in Scottish loch</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-scotland-40662322/divers-recover-world-war-two-highball-bomb" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-scotland-40662322/divers-recover-world-war-two-highball-bomb" rel="nofollow">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-scotland-40662322/divers-recover-world-war-two-highball-bomb</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Princesses and Amazons</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Update on the search for Amelia Earhart</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://kuow.org/post/search-amelia-earhart-draws-archaeologist-eugene-south-pacific" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://kuow.org/post/search-amelia-earhart-draws-archaeologist-eugene-south-pacific" rel="nofollow">http://kuow.org/post/search-amelia-earhart-draws-archaeologist-eugene-south-pacific</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Strong women in popular culture</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/jul/22/game-of-thrones-handmaids-tale-wonder-woman-female-power" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/jul/22/game-of-thrones-handmaids-tale-wonder-woman-female-power" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/jul/22/game-of-thrones-handmaids-tale-wonder-woman-female-power</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>World Heritage</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Interesting article on looking at maps</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/where-see-some-worlds-oldest-maps-180963855/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/where-see-some-worlds-oldest-maps-180963855/" rel="nofollow">http://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/where-see-some-worlds-oldest-maps-180963855/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Telangana drops guard on Hyderabad’s historic fortified wall <a href="http://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/220717/telangana-drops-guard-on-hyderabads-historic-fortified-wall.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/220717/telangana-drops-guard-on-hyderabads-historic-fortified-wall.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/220717/telangana-drops-guard-on-hyderabads-historic-fortified-wall.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>19th century steel making sites in Sheffield discovered</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-40669159" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-40669159" rel="nofollow">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-40669159#</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Earthquake damaged Kos sites and monuments, Archaeological Service reports</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://greece.greekreporter.com/2017/07/21/earthquake-damaged-kos-sites-and-monuments-archaeological-service-reports/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://greece.greekreporter.com/2017/07/21/earthquake-damaged-kos-sites-and-monuments-archaeological-service-reports/" rel="nofollow">http://greece.greekreporter.com/2017/07/21/earthquake-damaged-kos-sites-and-monuments-archaeological-service-reports/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Captured bells and cannon from the Philippines</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.sunstar.com.ph/manila/local-news/2017/07/24/duterte-us-return-balangiga-bells-554668" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.sunstar.com.ph/manila/local-news/2017/07/24/duterte-us-return-balangiga-bells-554668" rel="nofollow">http://www.sunstar.com.ph/manila/local-news/2017/07/24/duterte-us-return-balangiga-bells-554668</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Boom in trebuchets coming to Mexico soon? </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/07/14/trump-admits-his-border-wall-could-be-defeated-by-medieval-siege-technology/?utm_term=.4371660584db" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/07/14/trump-admits-his-border-wall-could-be-defeated-by-medieval-siege-technology/?utm_term=.4371660584db" rel="nofollow">https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/07/14/trump-admits-his-border-wall-could-be-defeated-by-medieval-siege-technology/?utm_term=.4371660584db</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Nautical news</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Dive Bermuda’s wrecks, virtually</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-latin-america-40598822/bermuda-shipwreck-digitally-recreated-by-divers" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-latin-america-40598822/bermuda-shipwreck-digitally-recreated-by-divers" rel="nofollow">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-latin-america-40598822/bermuda-shipwreck-digitally-recreated-by-divers</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Investigating Port Royal </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://nottstv.com/nottingham-archaeologist-uncovers-secrets-sunken-pirate-city-jamaica/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://nottstv.com/nottingham-archaeologist-uncovers-secrets-sunken-pirate-city-jamaica/" rel="nofollow">https://nottstv.com/nottingham-archaeologist-uncovers-secrets-sunken-pirate-city-jamaica/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>18th century merchant ship found off St Augustine?</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/local/st-augustine/shipwreck-found-off-st-augustine-coast-believed-to-be-1700s-merchant-ship/457432291" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/local/st-augustine/shipwreck-found-off-st-augustine-coast-believed-to-be-1700s-merchant-ship/457432291" rel="nofollow">http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/local/st-augustine/shipwreck-found-off-st-augustine-coast-believed-to-be-1700s-merchant-ship/457432291</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Update on the survey of HMS Erebus</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674ship_glitch_scales_back_franklin_wreck_survey_in_nunavut/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674ship_glitch_scales_back_franklin_wreck_survey_in_nunavut/" rel="nofollow">http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674ship_glitch_scales_back_franklin_wreck_survey_in_nunavut/</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>Funding for the Imperial War Museum</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.museumsassociation.org/museums-journal/news/25072017-5m-towards-new-imperial-war-museum-galleries" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.museumsassociation.org/museums-journal/news/25072017-5m-towards-new-imperial-war-museum-galleries" rel="nofollow">http://www.museumsassociation.org/museums-journal/news/25072017-5m-towards-new-imperial-war-museum-galleries</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Visiting Cairo’s military museum</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/8/27/273368/Travel/News/Exploring-Cairo-Discover-the-lives-of-Egypts-royal.aspx" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/8/27/273368/Travel/News/Exploring-Cairo-Discover-the-lives-of-Egypts-royal.aspx" rel="nofollow">http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/8/27/273368/Travel/News/Exploring-Cairo-Discover-the-lives-of-Egypts-royal.aspx</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Taiwan Museum makes images available</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-40594287" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-40594287" rel="nofollow">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-40594287</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Museum musings</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>BBC looking for museum partners</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.museumsassociation.org/museums-journal/news/26072017-bbc-wants-museum-partners-for-civilisations-festival" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.museumsassociation.org/museums-journal/news/26072017-bbc-wants-museum-partners-for-civilisations-festival" rel="nofollow">http://www.museumsassociation.org/museums-journal/news/26072017-bbc-wants-museum-partners-for-civilisations-festival</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>No connection to Game of Thrones left unexplored...</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/07/15/british-museum-lures-game-thrones-fans-exhibition-little-known/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/07/15/british-museum-lures-game-thrones-fans-exhibition-little-known/" rel="nofollow">http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/07/15/british-museum-lures-game-thrones-fans-exhibition-little-known/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Conservation corner</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>V&A X-ray their fashion collection</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.vam.ac.uk/articles/x-raying-the-fashion-collection" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.vam.ac.uk/articles/x-raying-the-fashion-collection" rel="nofollow">https://www.vam.ac.uk/articles/x-raying-the-fashion-collection</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Paris collections suffer in storms</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://theartnewspaper.com/news/louvre-s-poussin-masterpieces-damaged-after-torrential-rain-hits-paris/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://theartnewspaper.com/news/louvre-s-poussin-masterpieces-damaged-after-torrential-rain-hits-paris/" rel="nofollow">http://theartnewspaper.com/news/louvre-s-poussin-masterpieces-damaged-after-torrential-rain-hits-paris/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>New lives for old guns</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.bexhillobserver.net/news/making-art-out-of-historic-guns-1-8056705" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.bexhillobserver.net/news/making-art-out-of-historic-guns-1-8056705" rel="nofollow">http://www.bexhillobserver.net/news/making-art-out-of-historic-guns-1-8056705</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Objects</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Scottish history in 25 objects</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.scotsman.com/heritage/5-000-years-of-scottish-history-summed-up-in-25-objects-1-4508701" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.scotsman.com/heritage/5-000-years-of-scottish-history-summed-up-in-25-objects-1-4508701" rel="nofollow">http://www.scotsman.com/heritage/5-000-years-of-scottish-history-summed-up-in-25-objects-1-4508701</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>What Bonnie Prince Charlie left behind at Culloden</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.scotsman.com/news/the-object-bonnie-prince-charlie-left-when-he-fled-culloden-1-4503894" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.scotsman.com/news/the-object-bonnie-prince-charlie-left-when-he-fled-culloden-1-4503894" rel="nofollow">http://www.scotsman.com/news/the-object-bonnie-prince-charlie-left-when-he-fled-culloden-1-4503894</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>17th century armour sold </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.antiquestradegazette.com/news/2017/superb-17th-century-armour-result-at-sothebys-thought-to-be-an-auction-record/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.antiquestradegazette.com/news/2017/superb-17th-century-armour-result-at-sothebys-thought-to-be-an-auction-record/" rel="nofollow">https://www.antiquestradegazette.com/news/2017/superb-17th-century-armour-result-at-sothebys-thought-to-be-an-auction-record/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The weapons handed in to Plymouth police...</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/the-amazing-weapons-handed-in-to-plymouth-police/story-30440772-detail/story.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/the-amazing-weapons-handed-in-to-plymouth-police/story-30440772-detail/story.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/the-amazing-weapons-handed-in-to-plymouth-police/story-30440772-detail/story.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Exhibitions</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Tudor monarchs in London</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.sal.org.uk/museum-collection/exhibitions/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.sal.org.uk/museum-collection/exhibitions/" rel="nofollow">https://www.sal.org.uk/museum-collection/exhibitions/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Renaissance drawings in London</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/97528/The-National-Portrait-Gallery-opens-its-first-exhibition-of-old-master-European-portrait-drawings" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/97528/The-National-Portrait-Gallery-opens-its-first-exhibition-of-old-master-European-portrait-drawings" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/97528/The-National-Portrait-Gallery-opens-its-first-exhibition-of-old-master-European-portrait-drawings#.WWxt9jFK19A</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>War Horse goes to Bethnal Green</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/jul/15/a-series-of-lucky-accidents-michael-morpurgo-on-the-birth-of-a-war-horse-" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/jul/15/a-series-of-lucky-accidents-michael-morpurgo-on-the-birth-of-a-war-horse-" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/jul/15/a-series-of-lucky-accidents-michael-morpurgo-on-the-birth-of-a-war-horse-</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Black PoWs of the Napoleonic Wars in Portchester</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2017/jul/18/hidden-story-of-2000-african-caribbean-pows-in-a-medieval-castle" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2017/jul/18/hidden-story-of-2000-african-caribbean-pows-in-a-medieval-castle" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2017/jul/18/hidden-story-of-2000-african-caribbean-pows-in-a-medieval-castle</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Animals and War in Paris</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.musee-armee.fr/programmation/expositions/detail/animaux-guerres.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.musee-armee.fr/programmation/expositions/detail/animaux-guerres.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.musee-armee.fr/programmation/expositions/detail/animaux-guerres.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>John III Sobieski in Vienna</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/97723/Exhibition-at-Prince-Eugene--146-s-Winter-Palace-focuses-on-Polish-king-John-III-Sobieski-" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/97723/Exhibition-at-Prince-Eugene--146-s-Winter-Palace-focuses-on-Polish-king-John-III-Sobieski-" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/97723/Exhibition-at-Prince-Eugene--146-s-Winter-Palace-focuses-on-Polish-king-John-III-Sobieski-#.WXhTvTFK19A</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Books</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Stefan Krause, Matthias Pfaffenbichler: Turnier; 1000 Jahre Ritterspiele<a href="https://shop.khm.at/en/shop/detail/?shop%5BshowItem%5D=100000000031310-1988-0&cHash=ab22cf3372c84de18289d459592383ac" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://shop.khm.at/en/shop/detail/?shop%5BshowItem%5D=100000000031310-1988-0&cHash=ab22cf3372c84de18289d459592383ac" rel="nofollow">https://shop.khm.at/en/shop/detail/?shop[showItem]=100000000031310-1988-0&cHash=ab22cf3372c84de18289d459592383ac</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Michael Jones; The Black Prince</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.spectator.co.uk/2017/07/the-black-prince-stained-by-evil-or-the-flower-of-chivalry/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.spectator.co.uk/2017/07/the-black-prince-stained-by-evil-or-the-flower-of-chivalry/" rel="nofollow">https://www.spectator.co.uk/2017/07/the-black-prince-stained-by-evil-or-the-flower-of-chivalry/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Svetlana Alexievich: The Unwomanly Face of War<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/jul/23/unwomanly-face-of-war-svetlana-alexievich-monument-to-courage-soviet-women-war" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/jul/23/unwomanly-face-of-war-svetlana-alexievich-monument-to-courage-soviet-women-war" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/jul/23/unwomanly-face-of-war-svetlana-alexievich-monument-to-courage-soviet-women-war</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Osprey’s latest listing</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://ospreypublishing.com/store/military-history/upcoming-books/available-this-month" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://ospreypublishing.com/store/military-history/upcoming-books/available-this-month" rel="nofollow">https://ospreypublishing.com/store/military-history/upcoming-books/available-this-month</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Online books</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Ian Peirce & Ewart Oakeshott: Swords of the Viking Age</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://archive.org/details/SwordsOfTheVikingAgeByIanPeirceEwartOakeshott" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://archive.org/details/SwordsOfTheVikingAgeByIanPeirceEwartOakeshott" rel="nofollow">https://archive.org/details/SwordsOfTheVikingAgeByIanPeirceEwartOakeshott</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Torsten Lenk &JF Hayward: The flintlock : its origin, development, and use</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://archive.org/details/Flintlock_The" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://archive.org/details/Flintlock_The" rel="nofollow">https://archive.org/details/Flintlock_The</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Popular culture</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Why isn’t there gunpowder in Westeros? </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.rstreet.org/op-ed/whats-stopping-technological-progress-in-game-of-thrones/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.rstreet.org/op-ed/whats-stopping-technological-progress-in-game-of-thrones/" rel="nofollow">http://www.rstreet.org/op-ed/whats-stopping-technological-progress-in-game-of-thrones/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Tooling up your Lego figures</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.guns.com/2017/07/17/brickarms-brings-mini-weaponry-to-lego-buffs/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.guns.com/2017/07/17/brickarms-brings-mini-weaponry-to-lego-buffs/" rel="nofollow">http://www.guns.com/2017/07/17/brickarms-brings-mini-weaponry-to-lego-buffs/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Land of Mine gets a wider release</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_of_Mine" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_of_Mine" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_of_Mine</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Dunkirk reaches our beaches</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.dunkirkmovie.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.dunkirkmovie.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.dunkirkmovie.com/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>And the Dunkirk spirit in modern culture</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/jul/20/dunkirk-spirit-british-film-brexit-national-identity-christopher-nolan" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/jul/20/dunkirk-spirit-british-film-brexit-national-identity-christopher-nolan" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/jul/20/dunkirk-spirit-british-film-brexit-national-identity-christopher-nolan</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Using mud to remember Passchendaele</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.centenarynews.com/article/mud-soldier-rests-in-trafalgar-square-for-yprespasschendaele-centenary" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.centenarynews.com/article/mud-soldier-rests-in-trafalgar-square-for-yprespasschendaele-centenary" rel="nofollow">http://www.centenarynews.com/article/mud-soldier-rests-in-trafalgar-square-for-yprespasschendaele-centenary</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>Vienna</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.hgm.at/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.hgm.at/" rel="nofollow">http://www.hgm.at/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Jousting in the UK</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/whats-on/knights-jousts-events/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/whats-on/knights-jousts-events/" rel="nofollow">http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/whats-on/knights-jousts-events/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Jousting in Denmark</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.middelaldercentret.dk/en" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.middelaldercentret.dk/en" rel="nofollow">https://www.middelaldercentret.dk/en</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.fortticonderoga.org/education/workshop-seminars/artillery" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.fortticonderoga.org/education/workshop-seminars/artillery" rel="nofollow">http://www.fortticonderoga.org/education/workshop-seminars/artillery</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>September, Germany </p><p><br /></p><p>ICOMAM </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://icomam-germany2017.de/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://icomam-germany2017.de/" rel="nofollow">https://icomam-germany2017.de/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>15-17 November 2017, Canterbury</p><p><br /></p><p>Black Prince Conference </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.canterbury-cathedral.org/whats-on/event/blackprinceconference/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.canterbury-cathedral.org/whats-on/event/blackprinceconference/" rel="nofollow">https://www.canterbury-cathedral.org/whats-on/event/blackprinceconference/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Calls for papers</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The Black Powder Ordnance: A conference on safe use</p><p><br /></p><p>Hindlip Hall, 14 October 2017</p><p><br /></p><p>Contact Roger Emmerson for details: <a href="mailto:emmersonrw@aol.com">emmersonrw@aol.com</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Call for Papers for the sessions on the medieval horse at the International Medieval Congress 2018 at Leeds, 2-5 July 2018</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.medievalists.net/2017/07/call-papers-medieval-horse-imc-2018/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.medievalists.net/2017/07/call-papers-medieval-horse-imc-2018/" rel="nofollow">http://www.medievalists.net/2017/07/call-papers-medieval-horse-imc-2018/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Websites and downloads</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>New display at Dresden</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.skd.museum/fileadmin/SKD/Bilder/Museen/Ruestkammer/Dateien/Macht___Mode_web.pdf" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.skd.museum/fileadmin/SKD/Bilder/Museen/Ruestkammer/Dateien/Macht___Mode_web.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://www.skd.museum/fileadmin/SKD/Bilder/Museen/Ruestkammer/Dateien/Macht___Mode_web.pdf</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>1066 etc: Chivalry & Cnut</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.medievalists.net/2017/07/ramon-llull-book-order-chivalry-attempt-retake-ideals-christian-chivalry/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.medievalists.net/2017/07/ramon-llull-book-order-chivalry-attempt-retake-ideals-christian-chivalry/" rel="nofollow">http://www.medievalists.net/2017/07/ramon-llull-book-order-chivalry-attempt-retake-ideals-christian-chivalry/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.medievalists.net/2017/07/pilgrim-patron-cnut-post-conquest-historical-writing/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.medievalists.net/2017/07/pilgrim-patron-cnut-post-conquest-historical-writing/" rel="nofollow">http://www.medievalists.net/2017/07/pilgrim-patron-cnut-post-conquest-historical-writing/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Finally</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This fortnight I tweeted Percy tombs and castles, and 18th century ironworks</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 – 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.basiliscoe.com/id2.html</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="springfld.arsenal, post: 263052, member: 54"]The Basiliscoe Mercury 275 TheInternet newsletter for the arms and armour community Arms and armour in the news We celebrate the summer with a variety of stories from around the world - from assorted Stone Age weapons, the investigation of graves from Ancient Greece to the Romanovs, forts and castles. Strange things people find include toe bones, a shot gun and a bouncing bomb! We finish off with the two course lunch offered this week at Café Basiliscoe - drinks included! Ancient arms Investigating Stone Age tools [URL]https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-07/s-toa072617.php[/URL] Recreating ancient weapons [URL]https://phys.org/news/2017-07-re-creating-weapons-discoveries-human-history.html[/URL] Where did the copper in Ötzi the Iceman’s axe come from? [URL]https://www.sciencenews.org/article/copper-otzi-icemans-ax-came-surprisingly-far-away[/URL] Grave stories Archaeologists in 2,500-year-old Greek cold case: [URL='https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cylon?src=hash']Cylon[/URL]'s army? [URL='http://artdaily.com/news/97510/Archaeologists-go-high-tech-in-2-500-year-old-Greek-cold-case']http://artdaily.com/news/97510/Archaeologists-go-high-tech-in-2-500-year-old-Greek-cold-case#.WWsPCzFK19A[/URL] The search for Genghis Khan’s tomb and why they’re not finding it [URL]http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20170717-why-genghis-khans-tomb-cant-be-found[/URL] Romanovs [URL]https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/10/opinion/red-century-russia-romanov.html[/URL] Through the arrow-slit . . . Not a Norman motte, but the “Sutton Hoo of Slough” [URL]https://phys.org/news/2017-06-archaeologists-mound-slough-car-prestigious.html[/URL] Trebuchet building in France [URL]http://www.lanouvellerepublique.fr/Indre-et-Loire/Loisirs/Patrimoine-tourisme/n/Contenus/Articles/2017/07/18/La-forteresse-conserve-son-trebuchet-3170676[/URL] Chester castle re-opens [URL]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-40657606[/URL] Excavating at Tintagel [URL]https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/jul/13/tintagel-excavations-reveal-refined-tastes-of-medieval-settlers[/URL] Still not sorted out your summer hols yet? Ideas here…. [URL]http://royalcentral.co.uk/blogs/how-to-stay-at-a-british-castle-84876[/URL] Through the gunloop… Tudor fortifications of Hull [URL]http://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/news/hull-east-yorkshire-news/hidden-medieval-fortress-buried-beneath-215490[/URL] Exploring gun emplacements in Civil War Nottingham castle [URL]https://nottstv.com/archaeologists-digging-find-evidence-guns-fired-nottingham-castle-17th-century-civil-war/[/URL] Archaeologists excavating FortMichilimackinacand their finds [URL]http://www.9and10news.com/story/35959771/archaeologists-find-rare-artifacts-at-site-in-fort-michilimackinac[/URL] Manjarabad Fort, Mysore [URL]http://www.deccanchronicle.com/lifestyle/pets-and-environment/230717/sunday-story-misty-manjarabad-where-glinting-swords-clashed-for-a-slice-of-glory.html[/URL] Cannons to the left, cannon to the right Buffalo’s memorial cannons and what happened to them - lots of photos [URL]https://www.buffalorising.com/2017/07/where-did-all-the-cannons-go/[/URL] Feature about the Civil War napoleon cannon [URL]http://www.scout.com/military/warrior/story/1792181-how-civil-war-cannon-tore-infantry-apart[/URL] Cannons in Malaya [URL]https://www.nst.com.my/lifestyle/sunday-vibes/2017/07/260037/when-malay-cannons-boomed[/URL] Living in the past Archery in Istanbul [URL]https://www.theislamicmonthly.com/ottoman-archery-modern-day-istanbul/[/URL] Artillery demonstration at Antietam National Battlefield explains gore of battle [URL]http://www.heraldmailmedia.com/news/local/artillery-demonstration-at-antietam-national-battlefield-explains-gore-of-battle/article_e72b837c-6ff3-11e7-b91d-3f321f7ca16b.html[/URL] Café Basiliscoe: on this week’s menu Turtle from Israel… [URL]http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Humans-hunted-freshwater-turtles-in-Israel-60000-years-ago-500757[/URL] ...or fish from Southampton [URL]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-40635975[/URL] ..washed down with a flagon of byzantine wine [URL]http://www.timesofisrael.com/1600-years-ago-soldiers-may-have-quaffed-wine-from-this-desert-press/wash[/URL] ...and finished off with a glass of Madeira… [URL]http://www.npr.org/2017/07/14/537276241/new-jersey-museum-holds-a-stash-221-year-old-madeira-wine[/URL] Miscellany - mostly found objects this week! Weird things you find in your garden - and how to make money from them! [URL]http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/cannon-balls-toe-bones-rifle-flints-and-musket-balls-unearthed-in-county-gardens-up-for-auction/story-30440426-detail/story.html[/URL] Cannon ball in a Surrey yew tree [URL]http://www.surreymirror.co.uk/the-oldest-tree-in-england-is-thought-to-be-4-000-years-old-and-stands-in-surrey/story-30448361-detail/story.html[/URL] 18th century bayonet (and other military finds) found near LoonLake [URL]http://www.adirondackalmanack.com/2017/07/french-indian-war-bayonet-discovered-near-loon-lake.html[/URL] Mortar shell found in Old Quebec from Battle of the Plains of Abraham[URL]http://www.cbc.ca/1.4202559[/URL] 19thcentury shotgun found in Blackfoot River, Montana[URL]http://helenair.com/news/state-and-regional/barrels-of-history-blackfoot-river-yields-th-century-shotgun-to/article_cb4b818b-545f-56c5-929d-ad1a37c02871.html[/URL] Divers recover World War Two Highball bomb in Scottish loch [URL]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-scotland-40662322/divers-recover-world-war-two-highball-bomb[/URL] Princesses and Amazons Update on the search for Amelia Earhart [URL]http://kuow.org/post/search-amelia-earhart-draws-archaeologist-eugene-south-pacific[/URL] Strong women in popular culture [URL]https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/jul/22/game-of-thrones-handmaids-tale-wonder-woman-female-power[/URL] World Heritage Interesting article on looking at maps [URL]http://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/where-see-some-worlds-oldest-maps-180963855/[/URL] Telangana drops guard on Hyderabad’s historic fortified wall [URL]http://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/220717/telangana-drops-guard-on-hyderabads-historic-fortified-wall.html[/URL] 19th century steel making sites in Sheffield discovered [URL='http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-40669159']http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-40669159#[/URL] Earthquake damaged Kos sites and monuments, Archaeological Service reports [URL]http://greece.greekreporter.com/2017/07/21/earthquake-damaged-kos-sites-and-monuments-archaeological-service-reports/[/URL] Captured bells and cannon from the Philippines [URL]http://www.sunstar.com.ph/manila/local-news/2017/07/24/duterte-us-return-balangiga-bells-554668[/URL] Boom in trebuchets coming to Mexico soon? [URL]https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/07/14/trump-admits-his-border-wall-could-be-defeated-by-medieval-siege-technology/?utm_term=.4371660584db[/URL] Nautical news Dive Bermuda’s wrecks, virtually [URL]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-latin-america-40598822/bermuda-shipwreck-digitally-recreated-by-divers[/URL] Investigating Port Royal [URL]https://nottstv.com/nottingham-archaeologist-uncovers-secrets-sunken-pirate-city-jamaica/[/URL] 18th century merchant ship found off St Augustine? [URL]http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/local/st-augustine/shipwreck-found-off-st-augustine-coast-believed-to-be-1700s-merchant-ship/457432291[/URL] Update on the survey of HMS Erebus [URL]http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674ship_glitch_scales_back_franklin_wreck_survey_in_nunavut/[/URL] Museum news and exhibitions News Funding for the Imperial War Museum [URL]http://www.museumsassociation.org/museums-journal/news/25072017-5m-towards-new-imperial-war-museum-galleries[/URL] Visiting Cairo’s military museum [URL]http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/8/27/273368/Travel/News/Exploring-Cairo-Discover-the-lives-of-Egypts-royal.aspx[/URL] Taiwan Museum makes images available [URL]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-40594287[/URL] Museum musings BBC looking for museum partners [URL]http://www.museumsassociation.org/museums-journal/news/26072017-bbc-wants-museum-partners-for-civilisations-festival[/URL] No connection to Game of Thrones left unexplored... [URL]http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/07/15/british-museum-lures-game-thrones-fans-exhibition-little-known/[/URL] Conservation corner V&A X-ray their fashion collection [URL]https://www.vam.ac.uk/articles/x-raying-the-fashion-collection[/URL] Paris collections suffer in storms [URL]http://theartnewspaper.com/news/louvre-s-poussin-masterpieces-damaged-after-torrential-rain-hits-paris/[/URL] New lives for old guns [URL]http://www.bexhillobserver.net/news/making-art-out-of-historic-guns-1-8056705[/URL] Objects Scottish history in 25 objects [URL]http://www.scotsman.com/heritage/5-000-years-of-scottish-history-summed-up-in-25-objects-1-4508701[/URL] What Bonnie Prince Charlie left behind at Culloden [URL]http://www.scotsman.com/news/the-object-bonnie-prince-charlie-left-when-he-fled-culloden-1-4503894[/URL] 17th century armour sold [URL]https://www.antiquestradegazette.com/news/2017/superb-17th-century-armour-result-at-sothebys-thought-to-be-an-auction-record/[/URL] The weapons handed in to Plymouth police... [URL]http://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/the-amazing-weapons-handed-in-to-plymouth-police/story-30440772-detail/story.html[/URL] Exhibitions Tudor monarchs in London [URL]https://www.sal.org.uk/museum-collection/exhibitions/[/URL] Renaissance drawings in London [URL='http://artdaily.com/news/97528/The-National-Portrait-Gallery-opens-its-first-exhibition-of-old-master-European-portrait-drawings']http://artdaily.com/news/97528/The-National-Portrait-Gallery-opens-its-first-exhibition-of-old-master-European-portrait-drawings#.WWxt9jFK19A[/URL] War Horse goes to Bethnal Green [URL]https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/jul/15/a-series-of-lucky-accidents-michael-morpurgo-on-the-birth-of-a-war-horse-[/URL] Black PoWs of the Napoleonic Wars in Portchester [URL]https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2017/jul/18/hidden-story-of-2000-african-caribbean-pows-in-a-medieval-castle[/URL] Animals and War in Paris [URL]http://www.musee-armee.fr/programmation/expositions/detail/animaux-guerres.html[/URL] John III Sobieski in Vienna [URL='http://artdaily.com/news/97723/Exhibition-at-Prince-Eugene--146-s-Winter-Palace-focuses-on-Polish-king-John-III-Sobieski-']http://artdaily.com/news/97723/Exhibition-at-Prince-Eugene--146-s-Winter-Palace-focuses-on-Polish-king-John-III-Sobieski-#.WXhTvTFK19A[/URL] Books Stefan Krause, Matthias Pfaffenbichler: Turnier; 1000 Jahre Ritterspiele[URL]https://shop.khm.at/en/shop/detail/?shop%5BshowItem%5D=100000000031310-1988-0&cHash=ab22cf3372c84de18289d459592383ac[/URL] Michael Jones; The Black Prince [URL]https://www.spectator.co.uk/2017/07/the-black-prince-stained-by-evil-or-the-flower-of-chivalry/[/URL] Svetlana Alexievich: The Unwomanly Face of War[URL]https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/jul/23/unwomanly-face-of-war-svetlana-alexievich-monument-to-courage-soviet-women-war[/URL] Osprey’s latest listing [URL]https://ospreypublishing.com/store/military-history/upcoming-books/available-this-month[/URL] Online books Ian Peirce & Ewart Oakeshott: Swords of the Viking Age [URL]https://archive.org/details/SwordsOfTheVikingAgeByIanPeirceEwartOakeshott[/URL] Torsten Lenk &JF Hayward: The flintlock : its origin, development, and use [URL]https://archive.org/details/Flintlock_The[/URL] Popular culture Why isn’t there gunpowder in Westeros? [URL]http://www.rstreet.org/op-ed/whats-stopping-technological-progress-in-game-of-thrones/[/URL] Tooling up your Lego figures [URL]http://www.guns.com/2017/07/17/brickarms-brings-mini-weaponry-to-lego-buffs/[/URL] Land of Mine gets a wider release [URL]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_of_Mine[/URL] Dunkirk reaches our beaches [URL]http://www.dunkirkmovie.com/[/URL] And the Dunkirk spirit in modern culture [URL]https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/jul/20/dunkirk-spirit-british-film-brexit-national-identity-christopher-nolan[/URL] Using mud to remember Passchendaele [URL]http://www.centenarynews.com/article/mud-soldier-rests-in-trafalgar-square-for-yprespasschendaele-centenary[/URL] Events Diary Dates Vienna [URL]http://www.hgm.at/[/URL] Jousting in the UK [URL]http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/whats-on/knights-jousts-events/[/URL] Jousting in Denmark [URL]https://www.middelaldercentret.dk/en[/URL] [URL]http://www.fortticonderoga.org/education/workshop-seminars/artillery[/URL] September, Germany ICOMAM [URL]https://icomam-germany2017.de/[/URL] 15-17 November 2017, Canterbury Black Prince Conference [URL]https://www.canterbury-cathedral.org/whats-on/event/blackprinceconference/[/URL] Calls for papers The Black Powder Ordnance: A conference on safe use Hindlip Hall, 14 October 2017 Contact Roger Emmerson for details: [EMAIL]emmersonrw@aol.com[/EMAIL] Call for Papers for the sessions on the medieval horse at the International Medieval Congress 2018 at Leeds, 2-5 July 2018 [URL]http://www.medievalists.net/2017/07/call-papers-medieval-horse-imc-2018/[/URL] Websites and downloads New display at Dresden [URL]http://www.skd.museum/fileadmin/SKD/Bilder/Museen/Ruestkammer/Dateien/Macht___Mode_web.pdf[/URL] 1066 etc: Chivalry & Cnut [URL]http://www.medievalists.net/2017/07/ramon-llull-book-order-chivalry-attempt-retake-ideals-christian-chivalry/[/URL] [URL]http://www.medievalists.net/2017/07/pilgrim-patron-cnut-post-conquest-historical-writing/[/URL] Finally This fortnight I tweeted Percy tombs and castles, and 18th century ironworks [URL]https://twitter.com/Basiliscoe[/URL] Compiled by Ruth Rhynas Brown – 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[/URL][/QUOTE]
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