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I need to post more of the book here for you to review.
Only discovered the excerpts this morning, probably because no orange light was showing.

For those who like me missed the posts, they're in ...

The earliest written mention of 'sarsen' is in the 1640's. Most likely down to John Aubrey in his 'Topographical Collections of Wiltshire' or somesuch, I'd hazard a guess. It wasn't widely used until ...

The Penmon font is dated to the 10th century. It, like the two Penmon stone crosses, are yet more objects that predate the church they stand in.
Why would a font or a cross 'predate' the church? Do ...

A couple of days ago I was participating in a Facebook discussion of the antiquity, or not, of traditions/ customs. It was unexpectedly irreverent and I wasn't banned. Just come across a new comment a ...

Porus is said to be 'an ancient Indian king' about whom nothing is recorded in India

"Not known in Indian sources, the name Porus has been conjecturally interpreted as standing for Paurava, ...

A somewhat lurid headline in a Guardian piece

Police seize 19,000 stolen artefacts in international art trafficking crackdown

101 suspects arrested and rare cultural treasures recovered in huge ...

The Oxford University Student Union voted for a policy that transgender, working-class and female students needed more protection
It should be pointed out that
1) there are no transgender students ...

... now I come to look at it, I would have to say, best guess, hand on heart: France, nineteenth century, Ultramontane, post-Galican, Pio nono, give or take. Only my style notes, you understand, letâ€ ...

Llanover is clearly not one of Wales' so-called ancient llans
Despite having no interesting antiquities, unusual for Wales, Llanover became a hotspot for antique Welshness thanks to Benjamin and Augu ...

The bit that interested me is Iolo also invented a bards Runic script.
To me the interesting thing about Iolo, a well-known forger, is he was employed to 'collect' manuscripts.

His employer was a ...

Survey of London Volume 53: Oxford Street edited by Andrew Saint, Yale Â£75
Only yesterday on Facebook I was taking part in a discussion of wells on the A40, the route connecting Fishguard to London, ...

All the Guardian's article-writers are vehemently anti-Boris, predictably enough. Criticism of government policy is discernible all over the shop but just this week Newsnight omitted the Guardian from ...

We know about the first imaginary battle from Thucydides..... The richest source for the period, and also the most contemporary with it, is Thucydides's History of the Peloponnesian War, which is gene ...

It's pretty much the same story for Livy

Unfortunately, the majority of Livy's writing has not survived. What remains, including summaries written by later authors, indicates that the History was ...

With bequests, the usual condition attached is to insist the collection be kept together. That could be interpreted as having been amassed over many years, it'd be tantamount to vandalism to break it ...

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Topic: Questions Of The Day
Hatty Replies: 2471 Views: 162555	Forum: Politics Posted: 10:33 am Subject: Questions Of The Day
Hatty Replies: 2471 Views: 162555	I need to post more of the book here for you to review. Only discovered the excerpts this morning, probably because no orange light was showing. For those who like me missed the posts, they're in ...
Topic: Who Built The Stones?
Hatty Replies: 183 Views: 42433	Forum: Megalithic Posted: 1:52 pm Subject: Who Built The Stones?
Hatty Replies: 183 Views: 42433	The earliest written mention of 'sarsen' is in the 1640's. Most likely down to John Aubrey in his 'Topographical Collections of Wiltshire' or somesuch, I'd hazard a guess. It wasn't widely used until ...
Topic: CABINET OF CURIOSITIES
Hatty Replies: 1078 Views: 87298	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 8:27 am Subject: CABINET OF CURIOSITIES
Hatty Replies: 1078 Views: 87298	The Penmon font is dated to the 10th century. It, like the two Penmon stone crosses, are yet more objects that predate the church they stand in. Why would a font or a cross 'predate' the church? Do ...
Topic: CABINET OF CURIOSITIES
Hatty Replies: 1078 Views: 87298	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 8:03 pm Subject: CABINET OF CURIOSITIES
Hatty Replies: 1078 Views: 87298	A couple of days ago I was participating in a Facebook discussion of the antiquity, or not, of traditions/ customs. It was unexpectedly irreverent and I wasn't banned. Just come across a new comment a ...
Topic: COIN
Hatty Replies: 587 Views: 59555	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 10:50 am Subject: COIN
Hatty Replies: 587 Views: 59555	Porus is said to be 'an ancient Indian king' about whom nothing is recorded in India "Not known in Indian sources, the name Porus has been conjecturally interpreted as standing for Paurava, ...
Topic: Forgery: Modus operandi
Hatty Replies: 316 Views: 39467	Forum: British History Posted: 10:22 am Subject: Forgery: Modus operandi
Hatty Replies: 316 Views: 39467	A somewhat lurid headline in a Guardian piece Police seize 19,000 stolen artefacts in international art trafficking crackdown 101 suspects arrested and rare cultural treasures recovered in huge ...
Topic: Questions Of The Day
Hatty Replies: 2471 Views: 162555	Forum: Politics Posted: 1:33 pm Subject: Questions Of The Day
Hatty Replies: 2471 Views: 162555	The Oxford University Student Union voted for a policy that transgender, working-class and female students needed more protection It should be pointed out that 1) there are no transgender students ...
Topic: Meetings with Remarkable Forgeries
Hatty Replies: 648 Views: 52120	Forum: British History Posted: 12:55 pm Subject: Meetings with Remarkable Forgeries
Hatty Replies: 648 Views: 52120	... now I come to look at it, I would have to say, best guess, hand on heart: France, nineteenth century, Ultramontane, post-Galican, Pio nono, give or take. Only my style notes, you understand, letâ€ ...
Topic: CABINET OF CURIOSITIES
Hatty Replies: 1078 Views: 87298	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 7:57 pm Subject: CABINET OF CURIOSITIES
Hatty Replies: 1078 Views: 87298	Llanover is clearly not one of Wales' so-called ancient llans Despite having no interesting antiquities, unusual for Wales, Llanover became a hotspot for antique Welshness thanks to Benjamin and Augu ...
Topic: CABINET OF CURIOSITIES
Hatty Replies: 1078 Views: 87298	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 5:06 pm Subject: CABINET OF CURIOSITIES
Hatty Replies: 1078 Views: 87298	The bit that interested me is Iolo also invented a bards Runic script. To me the interesting thing about Iolo, a well-known forger, is he was employed to 'collect' manuscripts. His employer was a ...
Topic: CABINET OF CURIOSITIES
Hatty Replies: 1078 Views: 87298	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 8:03 am Subject: CABINET OF CURIOSITIES
Hatty Replies: 1078 Views: 87298	Survey of London Volume 53: Oxford Street edited by Andrew Saint, Yale Â£75 Only yesterday on Facebook I was taking part in a discussion of wells on the A40, the route connecting Fishguard to London, ...
Topic: The Flu
Hatty Replies: 419 Views: 36891	Forum: Health Posted: 10:25 am Subject: The Flu
Hatty Replies: 419 Views: 36891	All the Guardian's article-writers are vehemently anti-Boris, predictably enough. Criticism of government policy is discernible all over the shop but just this week Newsnight omitted the Guardian from ...
Topic: Forgery: Modus operandi
Hatty Replies: 316 Views: 39467	Forum: British History Posted: 10:09 am Subject: Forgery: Modus operandi
Hatty Replies: 316 Views: 39467	We know about the first imaginary battle from Thucydides..... The richest source for the period, and also the most contemporary with it, is Thucydides's History of the Peloponnesian War, which is gene ...
Topic: Forgery: Modus operandi
Hatty Replies: 316 Views: 39467	Forum: British History Posted: 9:17 pm Subject: Forgery: Modus operandi
Hatty Replies: 316 Views: 39467	It's pretty much the same story for Livy Unfortunately, the majority of Livy's writing has not survived. What remains, including summaries written by later authors, indicates that the History was ...
Topic: Meetings with Remarkable Forgeries
Hatty Replies: 648 Views: 52120	Forum: British History Posted: 9:07 pm Subject: Meetings with Remarkable Forgeries
Hatty Replies: 648 Views: 52120	With bequests, the usual condition attached is to insist the collection be kept together. That could be interpreted as having been amassed over many years, it'd be tantamount to vandalism to break it ...