April 2012
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Apr 30th
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WatchWatch
Check out this video and article from Channel 4. This is a story I’ve been wanting to post about for a few weeks. A previously undisturbed medieval skeleton with gold crozier and pointy ring has been discovered at Furness Abbey. The Daily Mail also had this slightly sensational piece, where we learn that the man was likely a bit—or more than a bit—chubby. He was buried with his...
Apr 30th
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Apr 29th
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Apr 28th
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Apr 27th
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Apr 26th
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Apr 25th
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Apr 24th
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Apr 23rd
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Apr 22nd
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The Search for Etan Patz
FBI and NYPD investigators are excavating the basement at 127 Prince Street in SoHo for the remains of six-year-old Etan Patz, who disappeared while walking to his bus stop in  1979—the first time he was allowed to walk alone. Etan was the first missing child to be pictured on a milk carton, and the day of his disappearance, May 25, became National Missing Children’s Day. This...
Apr 21st
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Apr 20th
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From the Dissection Room: Neurofibromatosis (The... →
The Chirurgeon’s Apprentice posted this on Facebook this morning, and I couldn’t not share: A female skull dating from 1829 with the bony skeleton of a large facial tumour (possibly caused by neurofibromatosis) involving the right side of the face. The tumour arose in the right antrum, and during five years’ growth destroyed the right malar bone, the palate, and the maxilla. Specimen...
Apr 19th
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Apr 18th
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Apr 17th
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Titanic Links
I’m sure the Internet has mercilessly pounded this information into your skull the last week or so, but yesterday was the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic. Here are a few articles and radio stories that have popped up: The New York Times article “Experts Split on Possibility of Remains at Titanic Site” examines the open question, Are there any bodies in there?:...
Apr 16th
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Apr 15th
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Apr 14th
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Apr 13th
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Apr 12th
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Apr 11th
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Apr 10th
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Today's Links
Here you go. The first one is really important: Morbid Anatomy Library needs your help after severe water sprinkler damage following a fire in their Brooklyn building. They are accepting donations of money, time, talent, books, and artifacts. “Titanic vs. Lusitania: Who Survived and Why?”: Smithsonian takes a look at the two maritime disasters (from 1912 and 1915, respectively)....
Apr 10th
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Apr 9th
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Apr 8th
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Apr 7th
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Apr 7th
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Apr 6th
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Apr 6th
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Apr 5th
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Today's Links
Thought I’d start doing link-roundup posts somewhere on the spectrum between occasional and frequent. This is the kind of stuff I already post on Facebook and Twitter, so if you like this sort of thing, consider liking and/or following me over theres. Here you go: Summer was the most dangerous time for Tudors (BBC News): Fun ways to die in Tudor England! Best sentence: “Dr...
Apr 4th
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Apr 3rd
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Apr 2nd
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Apr 1st
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Past Horizons: Kill to Be Killed in 18th Century... →
Article from Past Horizons on the phenomenon of “suicide murder” in 18th-century Denmark: Civil courts sentenced suicide murderers to be pinched five times with red-hot tongs on their way from the prison to the scaffold. Then their hands were chopped off, followed by the head, after which the dead body was displayed on a big wheel as a warning to others. Image: The Royal Library,...
Apr 1st
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