Dreams of Digging

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Mystery MenAugust 7, 2022
Today marks the end of Missing Persons Week in Australia. This is the week when the police pour extra money into campaigns re: finding folk who went walkabout one day and never returned, and there are extra adverts around the place to raise awareness. Coincidentally, there have recently developments regarding […]
Shining some LightJuly 31, 2022
Recently, a serendipitous discovery was made at Cincinnati museum. There was a (in my opinion) fairly ordinary looking plate from the century with engravings of the Buddha’s name, that was kept in storage for the last six-ish decades. The curator, Dr Sung, found that if light was shone and reflected […]
Auckland MuseumJuly 20, 2022
I have been on a break to see fam. Here’s a smattering of random facts and photos I gleaned from a trip to Auckland Museum. • New Zealand broke off from a supercontinent Gondwana millions of years ago. • At one point, Gondwana formed the southern part of an even […]

A little popular cultureOctober 20, 2021
I have finished consuming: • 2021 Film, ‘The Dig’. Very beautiful movie, capturing real […]
A poemOctober 27, 2021
Whose bones these are we want to know.They died a million years ago;They won’t […]
A Snowman from Ukraine in PeacetimeFebruary 25, 2022
I woke up this morning filled with stress from the night before, and surprised […]
Ancestors and holiday thoughtsNovember 26, 2021
There’s a Black Friday sale here for Ancestry/DNA testing, which is weird. For one, […]

What do Archaeologists wear?April 19, 2022
I am off to a field trip tomorrow! The university released a lot of […]
Week of wonderingNovember 10, 2021
Things I have done in the last week: 1. Wondered what there is to […]
Waxing Philosophical: Little Black HenJanuary 2, 2022
A fact about me: I like to joke that I hoard chickens. I have […]

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