New Evidence on the Origin of Stonehenge

This is another pre-medieval history post, but Stonehenge is a subject that fascinates me, and an architectural masterpiece that no doubt captured the medieval mind as it does the mind of man today.
This comes from the BBC News:
Archaeologists have pinpointed the construction of Stonehenge to 2300BC - a key step to discovering how and why […]

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FullBooks.Com

FullBooks.Com is another site that provides the entire text of thousands of books online. A few days ago, I posted about ReadPrint.com, a similar site that offers novels and short stories and poetry. FullBooks.com has more than just fiction, and it’s catalog is huge. One thing I don’t like is you have to find the […]

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Database Error

My site was having some database issues last night, so if you visited the site and saw an error page, that is what was happening. My host has resolved the problem now, and everything looks good. Sorry for the inconvenience.

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10 Most Puzzling Ancient Artifacts

This is not medieval related — it’s actually pre-medieval — but I enjoy archaeology and found this article interesting (except for the blurb at the beginning about the Bible being fictitious).
The ten artifacts mentioned include:

The Grooved Spheres
The Dropa Stones
The Ica Stones
The Antikythera Mechanism
The Baghdad Battery
The Coso Artifact
Ancient Model Aircraft
Giant Stone Balls of Costa Rica
Impossible Fossils
Out-of-Place […]

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Currently Reading

I’ve added a new section to My Bookshelf. The Currently Reading section shows the book(s) I’m currently reading as well as book(s) I’ve recently finished and those book(s) I plan to read next.
I’ve also included a link at the bottom of the Currently Reading page, so that you can add the books you are reading […]

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Back from Out West

I just got back to town yesterday from a week and a half vacation, which is why I haven’t been able to post to my site as much lately. My wife and I took a road trip out west. We went hiking in Utah, Idaho, and Arizona, and passed through a total of seventeen states […]

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Blogging Update

I probably won’t be able to blog as much over the next week and a half. My schedule is pretty full, so I don’t know how often I’ll be able to submit new posts or even check my personal email. I will still post the medieval historical fiction novel of the week along with the […]

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Tell me what you’re currently reading.

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