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Lafayette C Curtis
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Posted: Wed 07 Jan, 2009 3:32 am Post subject: |
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Oh, that battlefield? The news media has certainly been making a big fuss about it while (mostly) getting things mixed up. Gabriele Campbell's blog ( http://lostfort.blogspot.com/ ) has three very informative posts about the matter.
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Craig Johnson
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Posted: Wed 07 Jan, 2009 6:08 am Post subject: Great site |
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Thank you Lafayette, she has a great site and a knowledgeable and thoughtful commentary on the material and links to more. The find sounds quite interesting and a nice record of an exchange between forces. I will also check he blog in future as she has some good pics and interesting commentary.
Thanks
Craig
Best Images I have found so far. Der Spiegel Photo Gallery
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Sam Haverkamp
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Craig Johnson
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Posted: Mon 02 Feb, 2009 3:19 pm Post subject: "HMS Victory" |
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Hi Sam
Yes I saw that this afternoon. Great find. I hope the players all stay nice so we can learn from it as opposed to just fight over the items. I would love to see a pic of the 42 Pounder thats got to be a heck of a gun.
Best
Craig
Pic of big gun here
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Carl W.
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Posted: Tue 03 Feb, 2009 8:55 am Post subject: |
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A 2/2/09 story on 1744 shipwreck in The New York Times is interesting, & includes a link to a fascinating pdf document with photos (including a 42 pound cannon).
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Craig Johnson
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Posted: Tue 30 Jun, 2009 11:24 am Post subject: Scottish Knight |
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Heres a good one on a Scottish Medieval Knight
Knight Found
Though as usual he was welding a heavy sword. You just can't break the cycle of misinformation.
Best
Craig
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Craig Johnson
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Posted: Tue 30 Jun, 2009 2:27 pm Post subject: |
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Another interesting recent find. A Roman mass grave after some sharp action or gruesome event.
Roman War Grave
Craig
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Craig Johnson
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Posted: Wed 17 Feb, 2010 6:54 am Post subject: Korean Find |
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Here is a very nice find that was announced late last year. Seem to have missed it till now.
http://www.archaeology.org/0911/abstracts/korea_iron_man.html
Pretty impressive scale armor for 1500 yrs ago. ANybody looking for a diy project of the first order
Best
Craig
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Jared Smith
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Posted: Thu 18 Feb, 2010 2:14 pm Post subject: |
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For those interested in relatives of Alfred the Great, medieval anglo-saxons and such, the find of his granddaughter in Magdeburg may be of interest. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8467870.stm
I have been interested in the history of Magdeburg near and earlier than this era as it was considered to have been one of the places where some form of "knightly games" were conducted prior to well known development of the 11'th and 12th century tournament format.
Absence of evidence is not necessarily evidence of absence!
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Craig Johnson
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Posted: Sun 06 Jun, 2010 9:25 pm Post subject: Gladiator Graveyard |
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Here is something of interest. I try to have some weapon artifact included in the find to post to this thread but thought this was very interesting and I would guess there maybe some interesting bits in the material.
Gladiator Graveyard in UK
Best
Craig
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Michael Harley
Location: Melbourne, Australia Joined: 12 Apr 2006
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Craig Johnson
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Posted: Sun 28 Nov, 2010 9:51 am Post subject: Great Find Michael |
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Great find, I kind of missed this one somehow. But here is some more info. Archeology is one of those tough disciplines where the excitement of the find can take a while to be filled in with info. This one sounds like it is pretty much bronze age off the charts as the pottery was filled with food. Now if they will just give us more pics of the swords they found even though thats boring stuff
Pic of sword
Youtube of the start of the dig
One of the best sources for up to date news and a great podcast
Craig
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Craig Johnson
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Posted: Fri 31 Dec, 2010 4:45 pm Post subject: Wow! |
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I try to just post links to armor and sword finds but this is just to cool!
Celtic Wooden Tomb Found intact!
Man would this not be a great bit of work to go through this project?
Happy New Year
Craig
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Craig Johnson
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Kurt Scholz
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Posted: Tue 26 Apr, 2011 8:22 am Post subject: |
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Russ Ellis wrote: | Like Gavin I too find myself surprised at times that new discoveries often even significant ones are made. You would have thought that everything that could be plowed up, dredged up, stumbled across or discovered would have been... and every year someone comes up with something new, often from the weirdest places. The mail shirt (or was it a helmet I don't remember completely) that they found up in the eaves of that scandinavian church still has me shaking my head... |
Most sensational finds can be made by digging into archaeological archives because often quite a lot of things aren't published that would greatly enlighten mankind, but unfortunately are neither gold nor silver.
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Johan Gemvik
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Posted: Tue 26 Apr, 2011 9:24 am Post subject: |
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Such a good time we live in! Well, at least for historical studies.
"The Dwarf sees farther than the Giant when he has the giant's shoulder to mount on" -Coleridge
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Michael Harley
Location: Melbourne, Australia Joined: 12 Apr 2006
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Craig Johnson
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Posted: Thu 29 Sep, 2011 7:52 pm Post subject: Chinese sword |
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here is a sword that they say is dated to 570
Chinese Sword
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Karl Schlesien
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Posted: Sun 02 Oct, 2011 11:06 am Post subject: |
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Sorry for the correction, but it is a Japanese made sword inscribed with Chinese characters.
Quote: | X-ray photos of the sword show that it bears 19 Chinese kanji characters, each measuring 5 millimeters square. Experts say the swords were inscribed with the characters and that either gold or silver were poured into the characters, adding that the sword was made in Japan. |
You would not wish to irritate the Japanese, now would you? You know how kulturally sensitive they can be.
Quote: | "The sword was produced on Jan. 6, 570. It was wrought about 12 times," the characters read. |
I wonder if this technology was not imported from the Koreans as well? Ach.....now I have stepped in it as well haven't I.
The truth is out there! Pass me the spade Heinrich, I think I have found Agamemnon!
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Craig Johnson
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Posted: Wed 19 Oct, 2011 8:17 pm Post subject: New Viking Sword find with Axes |
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A nice grave find with sword and axes.
Viking Tomb
Viking Grave
Hi Karl thank you for the correction, I should have been more clear in my description.
Best
Craig
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