In mid-July I finally had an opportunity to take part in an archaeological excavation. I spent four days on a dig by the Gotland Archaeological Field School at a place called Gudings slott, near Eke in southeastern Gotland.
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Butehamun in the journal KMT
I am delighted that my article about Butehamun (spelled “Butehamen” in accordance with their style guide) has been published in the respected popular Egyptology magazine “Kmt”. This is particularly gratifying because the journal had close links with the late Dr.…
Gallery: Medieval Week in Visby
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The world’s least interesting national day
National Day 2011 at Millesgården, Lidingö, Today is Sweden’s National Day, and practically no one cares. Under the headline “National Day, a bluff clothed in Blue and Yellow”, the noted historian Dick Harrison tells the newspaper “Svenska Dagbladet” today that…
World Autism Awareness Day
CSI episode 300 a disappointment
I very much like the TV series CSI, but I stopped watching after William Petersen left the series after 9 seasons. His Gil Grisson character, with hints of Aspbergers, was fascinating. It wasn’t the same show without him. But I…
California White is (virtually) No More
The 3 liter boxes of the wine sold as California White are no longer available at Sweden’s state monopoly liquor stores, the only place you can buy wine over the counter in the country. This is sad because it was…
Farewell Amelia Peabody, Elizabeth Peters and Barbara Mertz
I’ve just learned that Barbara Mertz, who wrote the wonderful Amelia Peabody books under the name Elisabeth Peters, died one month ago, at the age of 85. Those books gave so much pleasure, and inspired and guided our trip to…
Book review: “Inferno”
The first thing that has to be said about “Inferno” is that it is much better than Dan Brown’s last effort, the disappointing “The Lost Symbol”. Inspired by Dante’s “Divine Comedy”, “Inferno” takes symbologist Robert Langdon on a tour of…
In the forest 15
In the forest 15, a photo by radiowood on Flickr. Kottlasjön, Lidingö, Sweden, May 19, 2013.