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Sep. 24th, 2009 11:17 am
tree_and_leaf: Photo of opening of Beowulf manuscript (Hwaet Beowulf)
Metal detectorist makes amazing Anglo-Saxon find!

He sounds a bit eccentric - but it's a fantastic find.

In other news, printing my thesis is rapidly becoming economically ruinous - college seems to have put their prices up!
tree_and_leaf: Harriet and Peter at a party: caption "Frivoling" (frivoling)
Apparently the Archaeological Institute of America has appointed Harrison Ford to its board, because Indy has done so much to promote archaeology

Hum. I love Indy, really I do; but there are moments when his excavation technique makes me feel ill, and I'm a strictly armchair archaeologist... (anyway, I still think his father's the better scholar!)

Had a longer post, but LJ's eaten it - or rather, it's the modem's fault; it's not working properly, probably as a result of the enormous storm we had last night, including hail. Oh well; I did get a rough draft of the paper done, at least!

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