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Peebles Hoard features tin-enriched bronze The initial cleaning of objects in the Bronze Age Peebles Hoard discovered in Scotland five years ago has revealed a rare silvery surface, not the deep golden or greenish-brown patinas usually seen in ancient bronze. This silver sheen is almost completely unknown in artifacts from Bronze Age Britain, an era when silver itself was not …
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Apple Review #19: Ruby Mac Ruby Mac or RubyMac? I don’t know. What I do know is, the McIntosh apple — and in many cases this sport mutation of it, the Ruby Mac — is an apple people either super love or super hate, and I always think anything like that is interesting. Something that inspires strong reactions is, to […]
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Monumental Roman tumulus found in Bavaria The foundations of a Roman-era burial mound with stone walls have been unearthed near Nassenfels in Upper Bavaria. Stone circular constructions like this are extremely rare finds in what was then the Roman province of Raetia. It was discovered last fall during construction work to build a stormwater retention basin near the town of Wolkertshofen. …
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Apple Review #18: Jonathan I don’t think you should name pets people names. It’s weird if your dog is named Jerry and not, say, Commander Poopypants or something. Lucky, Scoot, Scout, Patches, Batman, whatever, these are all very fine names for dogs, but then you have people who name their dogs like, Susan, or Gary, and nobody likes that. […]
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