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One of the world's coolest archaeological sites. http://catal.arch.cam.ac.uk/catal/catal.html *** The Smithsonian Institution One of the wonders of the world--great site, too. Each of the component museums also has its own main page; here is the Museum of Natural History. And a nifty page, with animation, for the recent Viking exhibit. http://www.mnh.si.edu/vikings/
The Library of Congress One of our favorite places. And their "Today in History" feature: http://www.loc.gov/ammem/today/
The Orkneys Our idea of the place for an island vacation. The Stone Circle Webring Caveat lector: some of these sites are New Age twaddle. http://easyweb.easynet.co.uk/%7Eaburnham/ring/
TalkOrigins (The place to find information on evolution and arguments against creationism.) The Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal And a story from their site on Multiple Personality Disorder: http://www.csicop.org/si/9805/witch.html
The Bestiary A wonderful medieval manuscript http://www.clues.abdn.ac.uk:8080/besttest/firstpag.html
Jamestown Rediscovery Fabulous archaeology: the 1607 fort at Jamestown, Virginia. And, as a bonus, the site of John Bedell's first archaeological excavation-- the Bacon's Castle garden. http://www.apva.org/apva/bacon.html
Monticello Welsh Castles http://www.castlewales.com/home/html
UNESCO's World Heritage Sites http://www.unesco.org/whc/sites And, from that site, the pilgrimage routes to Compostella http://www.unesco.org/whc/sites/868-loc.htm
The Levi Jordan Plantation A fascinating archaeological site and a model of how to involve the public in investigating the past. Gunfight at the OK Corral The gunfight from the point of view of the Clanton family's own historian; part of a large site devoted to the history of Tombstone and the Clantons. Katya Reimann Web site of our friend Katya, fantasy novelist and author of a bensozia essay (in Thoughts) about motherhood. The La Brea Tar Pits Housing the world's most amazing collection of Plesitocene mammal fossils and a web site my 8-year-son actually thanked me for showing him. George C. Page Museum
July 14, 2001
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