Michelle Moran's Blog, page 142

Students unearth Saxon nunnery

Archaeologists believe they could have found the first-ever excavated Saxon nunnery, on a dig in Gloucestershire.

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Historical Novel Society Conference

A few photos from the HNS Conference outside of Chicago! It was enormous fun meeting writers, readers, and online buddies who have only been screen names until now!

[image error] CW Gortner, Karen Essex and Michelle

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I finally met Margaret George, who provided an exceptionally kind blurb for my upcoming novel, Cleopatra's Daughter. She is fifty kinds of fantastic, and absolutely hilarious.

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Lauren Willig, Michelle, and Christine Trent.

6,000-year-old tombs found next to Stonehenge

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A prehistoric complex, including two 6,000-year-old tombs, has been discovered by archaeologists in Hampshire.

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Soldier Auctions Rare, First Edition Copy of Historic 1788 Book

AP: INDIANAPOLIS — A rare leather-bound book that played an influential role in America's early history could bring a windfall for a soldier training for his second tour in Iraq.

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The Saxons were coming! A tiny sword stud found under a shop rewrites Welsh history

Steffan Rhys, Western Mail

AT BARELY a centimetre across and almost unrecognisable after centuries underground, it may not look much, but could shed light on an almost unknown era of Welsh history.

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Could Human Altruism Have Evolved Because of War?

It may sound like a paradox, but a new theory suggests that one of humanity’s most noble instincts, altruism, evolved on bloody battlefields in prehistoric times.

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Corrib may have had 'major' settlement

LORNA SIGGINS, Western Correspondent

A CONNEMARA archaeologist says that the recent discovery of two stone axes in Galway city and county points to a “major” hunter-gatherer presence on the Corrib catchment up to 9,000 years ago.

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Mysterious Inscribed Slate Discovered at Jamestown

Paula Neely
for National Geographic News

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New Forest discovery thought be one of oldest ever made in UK

By Chris Yandell

TWO 6,000-year-old tombs have been unearthed in Hampshire in one of the biggest archaeological finds for years.

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HISTORY'S HORRORS IN THE PRESENT: Child rape survivor saves 'virgin myth' victims

LONDON, England (CNN) -- Hope was 14 years old when her uncle raped her.

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