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Head of an Ife King
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50 Years of Publications, 500 Books, FREE from the Met
If there’s one thing I love more than finding a good book, it might be finding a good book for free. The Metropolitain Museum of Art has made over 500 titles available for free download. A few that caught my eye (and might catch yours): All the Mighty World: The Photographs of Roger Fenton, 1852–1860 […]
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Primitive Technology: Forge Blower
I invented the Bow Blower, a combination of the bow drill and forge blower to make a device that can force air into a fire while being easy to construct from commonly occurring natural materials using only primitive technology. I began by fanning a fire with a piece of bark to increase its temperature. It […]
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river of monks | gregfallis.com
Interesting…Des Moines as “the Monks” never quite settled with me. I look forward to learning more about this alternative explanation: But there’s more. One of the first people to call the river by its European name was the French Jesuit missionary and explorer Jacques Marquette. He’d encountered natives of the Peoria tribe at the confluence […]
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Exclusive: The first pictures of blood from a 10,000 year old Siberian woolly mammoth
This is bizarre. Exclusive: The first pictures of blood from a 10,000 year old Siberian woolly mammoth.
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Explore – nprfreshair: Scenes from World War II…
Explore – nprfreshair: Scenes from World War II….
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Buried tree, more uncovered in Iowa’s mammoth mystery | Local News – KCCI Home
I love that this history (pre-history) is being unearthed so close to home. I want to teach the kiddos to be excited about this type of news! Buried tree, more uncovered in Iowa’s mammoth mystery | Local News – KCCI Home.
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Grandeur Lost: The Modern Ruins of Abandoned Detroit | WebUrbanist
Detroit is arguably one of the most fascinating modern cities in the world. This is thanks to the city’s unique balance between its former identity as a manufacturing mecca and its current state of sectional abandonment and iterative renewal. It is neither deserted nor wholly occupied, but exists in tension between destruction, creation and everyday […]
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Indy Goes Geek: Laser Mapping Helps Archaeologists | Wired Science | Wired.com
Newish technology applied to the oldest of human investigation. It’s great to see the progression from eyes on the ground (looking for mounds/hills) in early archaeology to the introduction of the airplane and cartography to heat mapping and other more modern technologies to finding ancient settlements. Indy Goes Geek: Laser Mapping Helps Archaeologists | Wired […]
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Woman and Infant Found Buried in Des Moines
Well, not recently and without foul play. I suspect it’s because I don’t read the papers, but I’m glad to learn a year later that “the Palace,” a well preserved 7000 year old prehistoric settlement (with woman, infant, and housing foundations) was discovered a short drive from the old homestead: “It’s always fun to find […]