From the Mahogany Ship to Mons Badonicus: An Archaeological Fantasia October 17, 2011
Author: Beach Combing | in : Ancient, Contemporary, Medieval, Modern
Inspired by thoughts of Nag Hammadi, Howard Carter and Leslie Alcock at Cadbury Beachcombing spent an evening wondering about archaeological fantasias, discoveries that he hopes will be made before he himself becomes an archaeological subject and is put into the ground. Boudica’s grave. Boudica was, of course, the queen of the Iceni who gave Nero […]
Obscene Riddles from the Book of Exeter February 3, 2011
Author: Beach Combing | in : Medieval
Beachcombing has been driven to the edge of sanity by term papers and 90 plus students this semester. So he tried to relax earlier today with a collection of Anglo-Saxon riddles from the Book of Exeter – a ‘treasure’ that was used as a beer coaster for much of its history (another day, another post). How long it […]
