The best episode of Time Team ever

Following up the links from Amalgamated Friday at About, there’s a lot of Time Team episodes on the web. The very best one in my opinion is Celtic Spring, which has something for everyone.

Time Team has a homepage at Channel 4.

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Observing the solstice in ancient Greece

Astronomical piggy. Original photo (cc) Del far.
A fairly common theme in astronomical explanations of ancient sites is that they were set up with a connection to the solstices. The statistical evidence leads me to think that it’s right, but it poses a serious problem, which day is the solstice? That should be an easy question [...]

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My del.icio.us bookmarks between the 21st of August and the 22nd of August

These are things I’ve bookmarked between the 21st of August and the 22nd of August. I may not have read them all yet.

remote central: Siwa, Egypt: Fossil Footprint Could Be ‘2 Million Years Old’ - Hawass - Tim Jones explains the problem with carbon-dating a two million old footprint.
Deborah Lipstadt�s Blog: Armenian genocide: ADL reverses [...]

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My del.icio.us bookmarks between the 18th of August and the 20th of August

These are things I’ve bookmarked between the 18th of August and the 20th of August. I may not have read them all yet.

Why Weâ��re Blocked in Turkey: Adnan Oktar « WordPress.com - A creationist has successfully petitioned Turkey’s courts to block access to ALL WordPress.com blogs from Turkey because of criticism.
Nestor’s Cup: Delphi: á½� á½�μÏ�αλὸÏ� [...]

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BPR3

I’ll quickly mention BPR3, which looks like it could be an interesting site. It’s an extension of an idea used at Cognitive Daily. The plan is to create a recognisable icon for use at any blog when blogging about peer-reviewed research. The BPR3, Bloggers for Peer-Reviewed Research Reporting, website will also probably aggregate these blog [...]

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Does belief in a God give you personal infallibility?

I’ve spent far too long trying to write a blog entry before deleting it. If you want to know what it was like, imagine a more poorly written version of Denying Little While Affirming Much at Abnormal Interests. Professor Mariottini seems to believe that personal revelation has a part to play in academic study of [...]

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Get closer to Aberdeen’s history

Pillbox at the Bridge of Don. Photo (cc) Sharkey.
Aberdeen City Council launched their online SMR yesterday, and it looks like they’ve done a really good job with it. An SMR is a Sites and Monuments Record. Usually whenever anything is found or a site excavated, the local council in the UK will add it to [...]

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My del.icio.us bookmarks between the 13th of August and the 15th of August

These are things I’ve bookmarked between the 13th of August and the 15th of August. I may not have read them all yet.

Thinking is sometimes better than countingâ�¦ » Why Dont You Blog? - Why the phrase “data are theory-laden” is more than just a catchphrase amongst a certain group of social-scientists.
Nestor’s Cup: Delphi - [...]

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Good News from the Portable Antiquities Scheme

Discovering Treasures. Photo (cc) Portable Antiquities.
Head on over to the Portable Antiquities Scheme for some excellent news about new features coming online. One is a guide to Roman Coins which has a helpful viewer built-in so you can see the coins magnified.
The other is that they have a Flickr Account and their photos are [...]

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Angkor Wat and Urban Sprawl

Sunset at Angkor Wat. Photo (cc) Cap’n Surly.
The big story catching my eye at the moment is the discovery that there’s a lot more to Angkor Wat than previously thought. To some extent that shouldn’t be too surprising. The site is boasts massive buildings and is carefully planned. There’s some stunning engineering and hydraulics which [...]

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