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I absolutely adore Bettany Hughes. Her TV shows and in-person talks are fascinating and engaging.

But I have to say, I found this a bit of a slog to get through at times :-(. Lots of good info but not as engaging as the author herself.

I have a question. The author of 7 wonders is writing about the temple of Artemis and says that bees were her symbol. Her priestesses were called honeybees. And for a sec that made sense, then I remembered the long history of male scientists (hilariously) thinking the queen bee was a king. Were bees her symbol cause there were lots of bees in the area, cause everyone liked honey, or did ancient people know something later naturalists forgot?

Ah, FRM!

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The endpapers of this are just gorgeous! #prettybooks

Been a long time (life stuff, you get it) but now I am in need of recs!

I'm teaching an English class to international students this summer and I am looking for book/movie/tv recommendations with "typically british" culture suitable for teens.

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In 2012 anthropologists starts opening six coffins in Winchester Cathedral. Winchester is the old city of kings & queens. Who are the people mentioned on the coffins and how many people are in them?

Jarman looks into who they were and the time they were living in. This is the time when England was gathered into one nation, the time of the Viking invasions.

As a Norwegian it was interesting to read about the Vikings from another point of view.

Really interesting collection. I guess most of these pieces were previously published in the New Yorker, but they were all new to me.

I love anything Alice Roberts does. Her descriptions and explanation of archaeology and history are so enlightening and captivating on TV, and just as good in book form. Absolutely brilliant.

39/150 I find I enjoy Preston's fiction more than his non-fiction. I'll give this a pick, because it was interesting and made me want to read more about archeology and anthropology, but it's on the low end of the scale. 3 ⭐⭐⭐
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