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07/10/09 – History Links of the Day
by Jonathan on Oct.07, 2009, under Uncategorized
Links of lost coins and lost time
1) In a bit of deductive economics, a group of researchers show us that finding smaller Roman gold hoards means less wars in ancient times and more accurate demographic estimates. (Link)
2) The UK Telegraph warns of the current recession motivating some amateur night archaeologists to pillage the country’s buried heritage. Some people get extra jobs, other buy lottery tickets and metal detectors. (Link)
3) The Berlin museum of Antiquities had to move the legendary bust of Nefertiti for some renovations. 1000 archeologists let out a collective sigh of relief when it was finally put back in its place, intact. (Link)
4) A new exhibition in Northern Ireland recounts the tales of local POWs during WW2. You know, that Irish period between fighting the British and fighting each other. (Link)
ON THIS DAY IN 1582: For Spain, Portugal, Poland and Italy, this date never happened. Switching from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar, most of Europe just skipped 10 days ahead. (Link)
AND AS FOR THE LIGHTER SIDE: Cracked.com’s “The 8 (Literally) Sh***iest jobs in History” – The medieval ages was just rife with job opportunities involving urine and feces collection. (Link)
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