News! O the News!

Some Proto-Indo-European news: https://www.facebook.com/groups/220255454652480/    How the Mother Tongue probably sounded.


Such a modern sign: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/22/us/viking-ship-draken-harald-harfagre-great-lakes.html?_r=0: a Viking ship held up by red tape.  If only Charles the Fat had thought of that!


For a brief foray out of Medieval Europe, a 9th century Jain temple: http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/amateur-archaeologists-find-9th-century-jain-temple/article8867900.ece


Poop to the rescue!!  Feces on the Silk Road tell us about spread of disease:  http://phys.org/news/2016-07-ancient-feces-earliest-evidence-infectious.html


Daisy Wheel Protection Spell in Lincoln Cathedral? Read all about it: http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-36857607


Medieval Water Harnessing Cause Salmon Stock Depletion:  http://phys.org/news/2016-07-medieval-power-collapse-salmon-stocks.html


Excavations at Stegeborg, Sweden:  http://scienceblogs.com/aardvarchaeology/2016/07/18/first-week-of-2016-excavations-at-skallvik-castle/


Witch Prison Discovered in Scottish Castle: http://www.livescience.com/55452-witch-prison-revealed-in-scottish-chapel.html


Vikings were not kind to their slaves:  http://sciencenordic.com/vikings-abused-and-beheaded-their-slaves


Largest Viking Axe Ever found in "power couple's" grave: http://www.livescience.com/55490-mighty-ax-discovered-in-viking-tomb.html


Student Archeology yields evidence: http://www.suffolkfreepress.co.uk/news/latest-news/pupils-dig-deep-for-anglo-saxon-artefacts-1-7490319


Reuse of Sacred Spaces, or at least one such, by Anglo-Saxons: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/07/160721072831.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily%2Ffossils_ruins%2Farchaeology+%28Archaeology+News+--+ScienceDaily%29


Richard III might be innocent?  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3705167/Now-Richard-III-s-skull-prove-DIDN-T-kill-princes-Mystery-missing-teeth-clear-king-murder-Tower.html


Jousting as Medieval Sport?  You bet!  http://kdal610.com/news/articles/2016/jul/21/british-jousters-want-medieval-martial-art-made-olympic-sport/


Medieval (really much older) war tactics succeed in modern Iraq: http://www.ctvnews.ca/world/iraq-turns-to-medieval-tactic-to-keep-isis-out-of-fallujah-1.2999333


Oldest Anglo-Saxon Buildin in Scotland: https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.co.uk/2016/07/evidence-of-largest-anglo-saxon.html#euKOTrwMhuMVMYwJ.97


Anglo-Saxon Cemetery in Rothey: http://www.loughboroughecho.net/news/local-news/bronze-age-barrow-anglo-saxon-11645677