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Further musings on the Ora Maritima by Avienus who purportedly wrote it in the 4th century A.D. making use of 'archaic documents'

Ora Maritima ("The Sea Coast") was a poem written by Avi ...

Wimpy or Little Chef?
It's encouraging to read these sites are thought to have been service stations rather than the usual 'for ritual purposes' or defensive 'forts' as is said of similar staging pos ...

Most blokes with a library, if they aren't from a royal or noble family, donate or bequeath their books to someone important such as a patron, or a monastery or university, to wind up in a national mu ...

Talking of Qatar, how will the airspace blockade imposed by its neighbours (Saudi, UAE, Bahrain, Egypt) affect the 2022 World Cup, assuming it goes ahead? Perhaps Qatar can come to an arrangement with ...

Only 2 pieces of archaeological evidence confirm Agricola existed- a lead pipe from Chester, inscribed "This lead pipe was made when Vespasian and Titus were Consuls … and when Gnaeus Julius Ag ...

At some stage St Ælfheah Archbishop of Canterbury became St Alphege, possibly a Frenchification. At any rate he appears in the canon quite late, several hundred years after reportedly dying in 1012. ...

Thomas Becket's personal book of psalms 'found in Cambridge library'

Historian claims the Psalter is ‘undoubtedly’ the property of martyred saint, and that he may have been holding it when he ...

The Jacobs Crackers? thread is memorable, I agree. My memory is it doesn't say Cities First full stop, but that cities have to have existed before agriculture /farming. That citizens' needs lead to d ...

Likewise Albion which is apparently of Ancient Greek lineage

Albion was an ancient name for Britain recorded by Pliny but already probably obsolete in the later Roman period, though later revived ...

Imagine then my joy when reading Pepys Letters to discover that the western half of the Solent is called Elen's Road. Elen is the Ancient British God-of-Roads
It is always assumed that Elen is 'from ...

The most spectacular symptom of that new virus was the fainting. People suddenly just falling over unconscious as they went about their day.

And yet.

And yet, when this virus reached the West, ...

This fashion for portrait painting has thrown up a strange case. The Fugger's accountant, Matthäus Schwarz, had apparently ample time and means and commissioned 137 self-portraits over forty years, a ...

It's not 'clear daylight' between the defender and striker, is it. A knee, I ask you.

Laroon the Younger (1679 - 1772) doesn't get a solo page entry in the Dictionary of National Biography but is paired with Laroon père (above). Somewhat confusingly, the French father of Marcellus Lar ...

She's never put a foot wrong, that one.

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Topic: Meetings with Remarkable Forgeries
Hatty Replies: 675 Views: 60888	Forum: British History Posted: 1:59 pm Subject: Meetings with Remarkable Forgeries
Hatty Replies: 675 Views: 60888	Further musings on the Ora Maritima by Avienus who purportedly wrote it in the 4th century A.D. making use of 'archaic documents' Ora Maritima ("The Sea Coast") was a poem written by Avi ...
Topic: The Sweet Track
Hatty Replies: 334 Views: 84541	Forum: Megalithic Posted: 11:59 am Subject: The Sweet Track
Hatty Replies: 334 Views: 84541	Wimpy or Little Chef? It's encouraging to read these sites are thought to have been service stations rather than the usual 'for ritual purposes' or defensive 'forts' as is said of similar staging pos ...
Topic: Meetings with Remarkable Forgeries
Hatty Replies: 675 Views: 60888	Forum: British History Posted: 11:45 am Subject: Meetings with Remarkable Forgeries
Hatty Replies: 675 Views: 60888	Most blokes with a library, if they aren't from a royal or noble family, donate or bequeath their books to someone important such as a patron, or a monastery or university, to wind up in a national mu ...
Topic: The Importance of Sport
Hatty Replies: 1868 Views: 129823	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 8:54 am Subject: The Importance of Sport
Hatty Replies: 1868 Views: 129823	Talking of Qatar, how will the airspace blockade imposed by its neighbours (Saudi, UAE, Bahrain, Egypt) affect the 2022 World Cup, assuming it goes ahead? Perhaps Qatar can come to an arrangement with ...
Topic: Recent Archaeological Discoveries
Hatty Replies: 74 Views: 18282	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 5:23 pm Subject: Recent Archaeological Discoveries
Hatty Replies: 74 Views: 18282	Only 2 pieces of archaeological evidence confirm Agricola existed- a lead pipe from Chester, inscribed "This lead pipe was made when Vespasian and Titus were Consuls … and when Gnaeus Julius Ag ...
Topic: Meetings with Remarkable Forgeries
Hatty Replies: 675 Views: 60888	Forum: British History Posted: 9:19 pm Subject: Meetings with Remarkable Forgeries
Hatty Replies: 675 Views: 60888	At some stage St Ælfheah Archbishop of Canterbury became St Alphege, possibly a Frenchification. At any rate he appears in the canon quite late, several hundred years after reportedly dying in 1012. ...
Topic: Meetings with Remarkable Forgeries
Hatty Replies: 675 Views: 60888	Forum: British History Posted: 7:47 pm Subject: Meetings with Remarkable Forgeries
Hatty Replies: 675 Views: 60888	Thomas Becket's personal book of psalms 'found in Cambridge library' Historian claims the Psalter is ‘undoubtedly’ the property of martyred saint, and that he may have been holding it when he ...
Topic: COIN
Hatty Replies: 635 Views: 69069	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 11:21 am Subject: COIN
Hatty Replies: 635 Views: 69069	The Jacobs Crackers? thread is memorable, I agree. My memory is it doesn't say Cities First full stop, but that cities have to have existed before agriculture /farming. That citizens' needs lead to d ...
Topic: Meetings with Remarkable Forgeries
Hatty Replies: 675 Views: 60888	Forum: British History Posted: 8:08 am Subject: Meetings with Remarkable Forgeries
Hatty Replies: 675 Views: 60888	Likewise Albion which is apparently of Ancient Greek lineage Albion was an ancient name for Britain recorded by Pliny but already probably obsolete in the later Roman period, though later revived ...
Topic: Meetings with Remarkable Forgeries
Hatty Replies: 675 Views: 60888	Forum: British History Posted: 7:50 am Subject: Meetings with Remarkable Forgeries
Hatty Replies: 675 Views: 60888	Imagine then my joy when reading Pepys Letters to discover that the western half of the Solent is called Elen's Road. Elen is the Ancient British God-of-Roads It is always assumed that Elen is 'from ...
Topic: The Flu
Hatty Replies: 490 Views: 48556	Forum: Health Posted: 8:33 am Subject: The Flu
Hatty Replies: 490 Views: 48556	The most spectacular symptom of that new virus was the fainting. People suddenly just falling over unconscious as they went about their day. And yet. And yet, when this virus reached the West, ...
Topic: Inventing History : forgery: a great British tradition
Hatty Replies: 2184 Views: 231764	Forum: British History Posted: 7:57 am Subject: Inventing History : forgery: a great British tradition
Hatty Replies: 2184 Views: 231764	This fashion for portrait painting has thrown up a strange case. The Fugger's accountant, Matthäus Schwarz, had apparently ample time and means and commissioned 137 self-portraits over forty years, a ...
Topic: The Importance of Sport
Hatty Replies: 1868 Views: 129823	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 10:27 pm Subject: The Importance of Sport
Hatty Replies: 1868 Views: 129823	It's not 'clear daylight' between the defender and striker, is it. A knee, I ask you.
Topic: Inventing History : forgery: a great British tradition
Hatty Replies: 2184 Views: 231764	Forum: British History Posted: 11:47 am Subject: Inventing History : forgery: a great British tradition
Hatty Replies: 2184 Views: 231764	Laroon the Younger (1679 - 1772) doesn't get a solo page entry in the Dictionary of National Biography but is paired with Laroon père (above). Somewhat confusingly, the French father of Marcellus Lar ...
Topic: The Importance of Sport
Hatty Replies: 1868 Views: 129823	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 8:39 pm Subject: The Importance of Sport
Hatty Replies: 1868 Views: 129823	She's never put a foot wrong, that one.