Beachcombing's Bizarre History Blog

…vases were hollow and filled with treasure.’ Then Invisible with a superb screw up. The bold-faced bit is my favorite archaeological misunderstanding. As you can see, there were precedents for…

…of Lucifer’s forces using cannon in their war on Heaven in Book VI. They were outgunned. Invisible writes in (though KR also made this point) As a fan of colonial…

…suddenly got this idea to head through to such and such a place when by chance she bumped into him and wondered what he was doing there?’ Invisible writes in…

…wallaby.’ Invisible sends in a couple of links about the Horse-man-of-Bede and the second part of the same. Thanks Chris, we loved the Wallaby argument, Invisible and thanks Amanda!  …

…for better monarchs? drbeachcombing AT yahoo DOT com Or proof that they do not. *** 3 August 2012: Invisible has several theories: 1) Women rulers, certainly women rulers of the…

  ***Dedicated to Invisible who sent the first paragraph and wrote the second*** The camera never lies, a picture is worth a thousand words, the architecture of light and shadows:…

…allow me to be so bold. Invisible sends in these exquisite Japanese poems of the Heian period written by women: My longing for you—/ Too strong to keep within bounds./At…

…that the forest creatures are gazing at the distant horizon instead of warily eyeing the leopard then reduce the Powerpoint presence still further. Thanks, Invisible!! 31 Jan 2014: Then Invisible…

…AT yahoo DOT com *** 25 Sept 2012: Invisible came up with this fascinating news clip from 1935: EXCAVATORS FIND BONES, POSSIBLY OF 3RD RICHARD Leicester, Eng., Oct 2 (UP)…

…what about the objection that these violent acts that Gildas describes are invisible in archaeology and other historical sources? Of course, this is a very dark time in British history…

…still interesting. It’s members of the 108th Colored Infantry arrived at Rock Island to guard the Confederates. Invisible has some images from elsewhere: Napoleonic (Dartmoor), a Napoleonic book and a…

…is, well, bewildering. There is also, as noted above, a Christ outside. But he is not in the third trimester: see below. 23 Jan 2014: Invisible writes in, my comments…

…light moving along swiftly, as if with invisible feet, upon the ground, and in dead silence! When the thing had passed him he resumed his journey, and having mastered a…

…yahoo DOT com James writes: It’s a little old now, but McNeil’s “Plagues and People” had an interesting discussion about this subject. Invisible, meanwhile, writes: You asked for other Native…

…Blusters: Invisible on the Bockscar’s present location and a Japanese ghost… God on a Medieval Fish: Doc and KMH on written fish… Prostitutes’ Symbols: Invisible with bells and stripes… Ship…