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Title: 7 Missed Calls
Rating: T maybe?
Pairing: The main pair is Silver with a little Dirty on the side.
Summary: Shishido had never given it much thought, it just wasn't important to him. But looking across the coffee table at Ohtori, he had the feeling Ohtori thought otherwise.
Warning: A lot of sighing, some burglary, some OOC-ness.
Disclaimer: I don't own Prince of Tennis, nor am I making any profit off this story. However if I did happen to own PoT, I would never have let Mizuki go in public in that horrendous purple sweater.
A/N: I kept getting confused with Mukahi's and Ohtori's names because I usually call them Gakuto and Choutarou. But I was trying to use last names to emphasize the closeness in the relationships between the characters. I probably screwed up here and there even though I tried to fix it. I also tried to labeled which part is which character(s) in an attempt to limit confusion. Let me know if it helped any, yea?
And instead of the PoT universe being set in middle school, I'm going to say it's in high school.
Cause I can. ^_^
_______________________________Mukahi Gakuto_______________________________
Mukahi was sitting on a bench in the clubroom waiting for Oshitari to finish changing, grumbling in annoyance. Oshitari who had been ignoring him for the better part of 5 minutes, finally gave in with a sigh. "What are you on about now?"
"Nothing..." Mukahi averted his eyes and began playing with the hem of his shirt. Oshitari's interest was piqued by the small blush that crept onto Mukahi's face.
"Really now." He said pulling his shirt on and plopping down onto the bench next to Mukahi. "You're a horrible liar Gakuto."
Mukahi fidgeted in his seat and after a long pause, said "I think I embarrassed Ohtori. Like really bad, in front of Shishido. And now I feel sort of bad about it."
"Hmm. You usually don't feel bad about poking fun at those two. What happened?"
Mukahi looked around the clubroom to make sure no one was around, then leaned in toward Oshitari.
"I....I thought they were – you know-...." He looked around again and dropped his voice to a whisper. "I thought they were sleeping together."
Oshitari's eyebrow shot up. 'So the aren't, hmm?' He thought, nodding his head for Mukahi to continue.
"So I asked if...if...um..." He made a guilty face. "I asked if they had a condom." Mukahi stood and began waving his arms around while he paced in front of the bench, the way he always did when he was irritated and flustered. " 'Cause you know, we ran out and neither of us has had a chance to get another box and all and ….. and …....and....." He trailed off and sat back down, looking at Oshitari like he expected him to be mad.
Oshitari just nodded and asked, "Then what?"
Mukahi sighed, obviously relieved by Oshitari's reaction, and continued on with his story.
"Well when I asked, Ohtori justed looked back and forth between Shishido and I. Then Shishido looked at me funny and said 'Why would either of us have something like that?'. I was honestly surprised and I just looked down at Ohtori then back at Shishido and Shishido's eyes got all wide and then he got all pissed then was like 'You weren't even implying that I....we....were.....?' And I was about to apologize for jumping to conclusions but Ohtori let out this weird laughy-breathy-sigh thing and I looked at him and he was looking at me like I just sprouted another head. Then Shishido said his name and Ohtori jumped up and ran out of the clubroom mumbling something about being late."
Oshitari sighed and adjusted his glasses, "That would explain why Ohtori was acting the way he was. You saw it too, didn't you? He was avoiding Shishido like the plague during practice." Oshitari stood and pulled Mukahi to his feet. They stood looking at each other for a minute before Oshitari leaned down and kissed Mukahi on the forehead.
"We can live without sex for a while. Well, a few more days anyway. And you have to apologize to Ohtori."
"I know."
_____________________________Shishido Ryou_____________________________
Shishido sighed as he stared at his cellphone. In the last hour he had called Ohtori at least 7 times. Obviously, he hadn't answered any of those times, and Shishido was seriously starting to worry. Never, in the entire time they have been doubles partners, had Ohtori avoided him like this. Even after that incident with Atobe's favorite pants.
Shishido jumped up and pulled a pair of jeans on. 'I'll just go over to his place then. It's a good thing he gave me a key last week, so at least he can't pretend not to be home if he is home.' He thought. As he was running by the living room his mother yell at him. "Ryou? Where are you going this late? It's almost 9pm."
Shishido paused in the entry. "I accidentally left one of my textbooks in Ohtori's bag. I need it to do my homework, so I was going to run over and get it, ok? I'll try and be quick."
She went back to flipping through her magazine. "Oh alright. Be safe. And lock the door behind you."
He locked the door like he was asked and ran all the way to the train station.
On the train he let his thoughts take over to pass the long train ride.
______________________________Mukahi Gakuto______________________________
Mukahi watched as the back of Oshitari's limousine turn the corner. Oshitari dumped him off in front of Ohtori's house and had said he'd be back eventually to pick him up and to make sure he apologized and explained this misunderstanding to Ohtori.
Mukahi just hoped Ohtori's parents weren't home. Although, considering it was 9 o'clock at night, he was sure they probably were.
He eyed the door apprehensively and wondered if Ohtori would open the door or if one of his parents would open the door. Then he remembered the back patio and how Ohtori's room had a balcony over looking the back yard. There was also a tree right next to Ohtori's balcony. Mukahi figured burglary was a better than having Ohtori's parents open the door, so he made his way around the side of the house and scaled the wrought iron fence.
____________________________Ohtori Choutarou___________________________
The fifth time his phone had started vibrating, Ohtori was tempted to answer it, if just to get Shishido to stop calling. Of course, Ohtori felt bad for ignoring Shishido, but he felt like he couldn't face Shishido right now. He also knew Mukahi hadn't meant for this to happen. However, the subject of sex was so touch and go Shishido made a point not to bring it up when Ohtori was around. And Ohtori was glad for it. He knew the basics of sex between men and women, but sex between two guys was foreign territory. And awkward to boot.
Plus, he had no idea how much Shishido knew about sex, but if he believed Oshitari, then Shishido was far from a virgin in every sense. He had never asked Shishido about it. He was afraid Shishido would take it the wrong way or that he would blow up on Oshitari.
So all he could do was watch his phone vibrate for the sixth time, and hope Shishido didn't take this too personally. Ohtori Knew this whole situation was his own fault and he'd feel worse if Shishido blamed himself.
He sighed, sinking down into the couch and stared at his missed call screen. He'd be the first to admit Shishido was extremely determined.
________________________________Mukahi Gakuto_______________________________
Mukahi surveyed the living room from his spot in the bushes. He'd been watching Ohtori stare at his coffee table for the last ten minutes, there were no lights on in the house, and there was still no sign of any parents. He had the feeling Ohtori was alone in his huge house. He hoped he was right because he didn't really want to climb the tree next to Ohtori's balcony. It was surrounded by some nasty looking rose bushes, and he did not want to explain to his parents, or the rest of the tennis club, that all the cuts he would undoubtedly get were from breaking into Ohtori's house. That would just be weird.
So he took a deep breath and walk up to the patio doors. He didn't want to knock and Ohtori, thankfully, noticed and came to open the door for him.
"Um.....Mukahi-sempai? Why are you in my back yard?"
Mukahi walked around him into the house, ignoring his question. "Is anyone else here?"
"No." Ohtori surveyed his yard as though he expected more regulars to come popping out of his bushes, but when none did he closed and locked the door. "My dad's on a business trip this week and my mom went to visit my sister. She's supposed to be having her baby soon and my mom doesn't want to miss the birth. How'd you get back there anyway?"
"I climbed the fence."
Mukahi slipped his shoes off and went to sit down in an arm chair. Ohtori's cell started vibrating where it was lying on the coffee table. Mukahi frowned when Ohtori silenced it and sat it screen down on the sofa. Mukahi had seen the 7 missed calls screen.
_____________________Ohtori Choutarou and Mukahi Gakuto__________________
It was a bit startling to have Mukahi wander up onto his back patio. It was even more startling to see Mukahi regarding his cell phone with a frown. He sank back down into his earlier spot on the couch and prepared himself for the worst.
"Is this about....earlier Mukahi-sempai?"
Ohtori looked sideways at his phone. "Why did you think we were sleeping together?"
Mukahi was surprised by the forwardness of the question. He expected this to be more difficult to bring up than it was. "You and Shishido have been dating for almost 2 months now. I guess I thought you guys would have progress your relationship to the point of at least keeping them on hand, you know, just in case. But maybe I was judging you unfairly. I guess I can't base other peoples relationship on my relationship with Yuushi."
The real problem clicked for Mukahi when Ohtori looked at him with a sort of contemplative determination and asked, "How long did it take for you and Oshitari-sempai to start sleeping together?"
Ohtori was leaning forward speaking with an intensity Mukahi had never seen him use before. He hadn't ever thought Ohtori capable of it. "I don't think we planned to, it just happened one day."
Ohtori was silent for a moment. He seemed to be considering something. "Are you the....um.....how did you two decide....who was....who?"
"Am I the what?" Mukahi was unsure where Ohtori was doing with this. "How did we decide what?"
Ohtori gestured wildly for a minute, looking frustrated. "Sex...in sex...."
"Oh, you mean......oh..." Mukahi's eyes widened in understanding. "I don't really.....know how that happened....Yuushi....has been with other people before we got together....he was with Shishido for a while.......and-" Mukahi broke off mid explanation because of the shock written across Ohtori's face.
"Oh shit.....you didn't know, did you?" Mukahi mentally kicked himself. Shishido hadn't meant for Ohtori to know that.
"He was with Oshitari? When? Why?" Ohtori had slid forward to the edge of the couch. Mukahi stood up and moved to look out the back windows. He could tell Ohtori was curious, maybe jealous, even a little upset.
Mukahi wasn't sure if he should tell Ohtori what he knew or pretend he didn't know anything.
Yay! The first chapter is up! However, I'm feeling evil so:
I declare that if I don't get reviews, you get no chapter 2! MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA -cough-
I apologize for any grammar, spelling errors, or general stupidity I have created. Please don't hate me! I couln't resist! ^_^

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Gareth Bale was handed the Professional Footballers' Association Player of the Year trophy on Sunday evening, but even before he picked up his prize many were wondering how the Spurs flyer actually did take the award.
Many have been critical of the choice and Bale himself has been on the end of some unwanted and unjustified criticism.
Tottenham star Bale, like with runner-up Samir Nasri and to a lesser extent third-placed Carlos Tevez, was in exceptional form at the start of the season which threw him into the media glare and into the minds of the voters, his fellow professionals.
But if the voting was done now, you could easily see none of the top three making that list again.
The real issue is how the award is decided, and that is where the problem lies.
The PFA ballot their members at the turn of the year, and every player in England is asked to vote on Player of the Year, Young Player of the Year and the team from their respective divisions.
The timing is the first and major issue, and even many players have admitted that they would like to see this delayed.
Sometimes a player can dominate an entire season, like Wayne Rooney last year, and the award does get it right, but two of the last three seasons have seen decisions which have led to a critical backlash.
Ryan Giggs two years ago was handed the PFA prize and, like with Bale this year, many have questioned what he did to win it.
I would also suggest that only players from that division should be able to cast a vote. Each division should name their own Player of the Year, with the Premier League winner gaining the overall crown.
The Bale award this year also raised the question of how can the Player of the Year, age permitting, then not get the Young Player prize - it simply makes no sense - if the Spurs man is the best player, then he is obviously also the best young player.
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Protest part of global rallies against 'Chinese bullying'Protesters call for peace during a rally outside the Chinese consulate in Makati City on Wednesday. (Photo by Sam Lebradores)
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More than 1,000 people rallied outside the Chinese consulate in Makati City in Manila today as part of a broader protest by Filipinos around the world against Beijing's claim over the Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea.
The protestors accused China of trying to exert its will through threats and intimidation as the standoff over the disputed area continues.
The Akbayan (Citizen's Action) Party, which spearheaded the rally, said other protests were also being held by Filipino expatriates in front of Chinese embassies and consulates in New York, San Francisco, Sydney, Austria, Vancouver and Hong Kong.
"We hope China hears us loud and clear. We may be a small nation, but we will not let our country's sovereignty be trampled upon," Akbayan leader Marie Chris Cabreros said.
Cabreros said the global protest was aimed at drawing the international community's attention to the ongoing tension at the Scarborough Shoal.
"We would like to expose the Chinese government's lack of respect for international law and the sovereign rights of its neighbors," Cabreros said.
The group chided the Chinese foreign ministry for issuing a travel advisory warning its nationals visiting the Philippines against possible reprisals.
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The Viking Archaeology Blog is concerned with news reports featuring Viking period archaeology. It was primarily constructed as a source for the University of Oxford Online Course in Viking Archaeology: Vikings: Raiders, Traders and Settlers. For news reports for general European archaeology, go to The Archaeology of Europe News Blog.
Monday, 29 June 2015
Rare Viking relic discovered at Perthshire dig
ARCHAEOLOGISTS delving into Scottish history believe they have discovered a rare object at a Viking-age longhouse in Perthshire
The small circular stone, with a central hole - thought to be a spindle whorl - was found by Diana McIntyre, who was on a dig with Glenshee Archaelogy Project at Lair in Glenshee.
A spindle whorl, was a weight fitted to a spindle while hand spinning textiles to increase and maintain the speed of the spin.
The stone, which is only around 5cm in diameter, has been carefully shaped to be symmetrical, but what has interested the team are the symbols and designs carved onto one surface.
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Dundee experts recreate face of Saxon man at Lincoln Castle
Facial reconstruction experts at the University of Dundee have recreated the face of a Saxon man whose skeleton was discovered on the site of an old church at Lincoln Castle.
On Monday 8th June, the new-look castle will be officially opened by HRH The Princess Royal. On that day, a new exhibition will be revealed in the Victorian Prison, sharing some of the archaeological finds unearthed during the Lincoln Castle Revealed project.
As part of the exhibition, experts at the University of Dundee have recreated the face of an Anglo Scandinavian man whose skeleton was discovered on the site of an old church within the castle grounds. The skeleton was one of ten sets of remains discovered.Read the rest of this article...
Friday, 19 June 2015
1,000-year-old wine pitcher found in Jutland
Ribe's archaeology never ceases to surprise, and now teams from the University of Aarhus and Sydvestjyske Museum have made yet another unique find during excavations in the city's oldest burial ground.
The 1,000-year-old French wine pitcher was found in Ribe during excavations of the city's oldest burial ground [Credit: Sydvestjyske Museer] Half a metre underground in a parking lot, wedged between other urns and tombs, they have discovered a perfectly intact French wine pitcher, which is predicted to be around 1,000 years old.
"It is a unique find," said Morten Søvsø, the head of archaeology at Sydvestjyske Museum.
"The pitcher is an example of the finest pottery produced in northern Europe at the time, and it has never been seen before in Denmark. The vessel reveals information about the vast trading network that put Ribe on the map during the Viking era."
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British scientists hunt for Viking traces in Norman DNA
British researchers on Monday began collecting the DNA of residents from Normandy in northern France in search of Viking heritage, but the project has raised concerns amongst some local anti-racism activists.
Around a hundred volunteers from the Cotentin Peninsula area are giving DNA samples to academics at the University of Leicester, who are trying to find descendants of the Vikings who invaded what is now Normandy in the 9th century.
The aim is to learn more about "the intensity of the Scandinavian colonisation" in the 9th and 10th centuries in the Cotentin Peninsula, said Richard Jones, a senior history lecturer at the University of Leicester.
That includes trying to find out whether the colonisers kept to themselves or married amongst the locals, he added.
The French volunteers have been chosen because they have surnames that are of Scandinavian origin or that have been present in France since at least the 11th century. They also qualify if all four of their grandparents lived within a 50-kilometre (30-mile) radius of their current home.Read the rest of this article...
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This ancient liquor popular among Vikings may be the answer to antibiotic resistance
Scientists in Sweden are launching their own mead — an alcoholic beverage made from a fermented mix of honey and water — based on old recipes they say could help in the fight against antibiotic resistance.
Together with a brewery, the scientists, who have long studied bees and their honey, have launched their own mead drink: Honey Hunter's Elixir.
Lund University researcher Tobias Olofsson said mead had a long track record in bringing positive effects on health.Read the rest of this article...
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Tuesday, 16 June 2015
Hunt for Viking DNA among Normandy residents riles anti-racism activists
British scientists searching for evidence of Norse colonisation in the communities of the Cotentin peninsula warn of 'sensitivities' over the issue
British researchers on Monday began collecting the DNA of residents from Normandy in northern France in search of Viking heritage, but the project has raised concerns amongst some local anti-racism activists.
Around a hundred volunteers from the Cotentin peninsula area are giving DNA samples to academics at the University of Leicester, who are trying to find descendants of the Vikings who invaded what is now Normandy in the 9th century.
The aim is to learn more about "the intensity of the Scandinavian colonisation" in the 9th and 10th centuries in the Cotentin Peninsula, said Richard Jones, a senior history lecturer at the University of Leicester.Read the rest of this article...
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Tuesday, 26 May 2015
Orkney Islanders are 25 percent Norwegian
This is how the populace of the Orkney Islands lived 5,000 years ago. The Stone Age settlement Skara Brae is preserved so well that it is referred to as "Scotland's Pompeii". Recently it was discovered that the Orkney Islanders still have a surprising amount of DNA from the people who dwelled there long before the Vikings arrived. (Photo: Georg Mathisen)
They are proud of their Viking ancestors but are not as Norwegian as they might think. The lion's share of the genes of Orkney Islanders can be traced to the native peoples who lived their several millennia before Norwegians invaded and annexed the islands in the 9th century.
Mapping genes
British and Australian researchers have mapped the genetic structure of today's Brits. They found that the only place where the Viking inheritance is genetically strong is the Orkney Islands. Orkney were under Norwegian rule for centuries and as a result, 25 percent of Orkney Islanders' genes can be traced to Norway.
The locals tend to be enthusiastic about their Viking heritage, which has now also been strongly identified in their genes:Read the rest of this article...
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Archaeological find at Norton Bridge turns out to be from Saxon period
RCHAEOLOGISTS have discovered a wooden butter churn lid unearthed at Norton Bridge is from the Saxon period following scientific tests.
Evidence of prehistoric activity was uncovered in the same area of the site and archaeologists believed the butter churn could be from the same period.
But radiocarbon tests have revealed the lid of the butter churn dates from the early medieval period when the area was part of the Mercian kingdom.
The tests have put a fragment of wood found with the lid as dating between AD715-890, so the lid is from the same period as the Staffordshire Hoard.Read the rest of this article...
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The Viking's grave and the sunken ship
Mapping archaeological digs takes plenty of time and a lot of measuring, photographing, drawing and note taking. Now, most of this work can be done with a technique called photogrammetry.
Detailed image of a shield boss found in what is likely a Viking's grave in Skaun
[Credit: NTNU University Museum]
Photogrammetry is a method that uses two-dimensional images of an archaeological find to construct a 3D model.
You don't need and special glasses or advanced equipment to use make use of this new technique. Together with precise measurements of the excavation, photogrammetry can create a complete detailed map of an archaeological excavation site.
"This is still a very new technique," say archaeologists Raymond Sauvage and Fredrik Skoglund of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology's University Museum.
Photogrammetry is in many ways much more precise than older, more time-consuming methods.
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Wednesday, 6 May 2015
Fashionable Vikings loved colours, fur, and silk
The year is 873 and Frida is deciding what to wear. Her new red dress is finally ready, as are her freshly polished shell-shaped brooches designed to hold it in place at her shoulders. The dress is the newest cut in Viking fashion.
Of course, we don't know exactly how such a scenario played out. Nevertheless, to a Viking woman, Frida's dress in vibrant red with matching brooches could have been hugely popular. In fact, red and blue were among the most popular colours in the Viking Age.
But did the Vikings really have fashion on the mind?
"Yes," says Ulla Mannering from the Centre for Textile Research at the National Museum in Copenhagen.Read the rest of this article...
Posted by David Beard MA, FSA at 08:43
Tuesday, 5 May 2015
Viking 'forest' language set for Nordic preschool
A rare Nordic language used by a tiny forest community is set to be taught in a preschool in central Sweden. Elfdalian, which shares some similarities with Old Norse is a hot topic at an international linguistics conference in Copenhagen this week, as Scandinavian language experts campaign to stop it dying out.
It might sound like something from Lord of The Rings or The Local's recent April Fool's Day prank but Elfdalian is a real language currently used by around 2500 people in central Sweden and is understood to date back to Viking times.
Previously regarded as a Swedish dialect, leading linguistics experts now consider it a separate language and are battling to save it, after figures emerged that less than 60 children can currently speak it.
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Posted by David Beard MA, FSA at 08:57
800-year-old rune stick unearthed during excavation of Danish city
The little stick found underneath the streets of Odense, Denmark's third largest city, is only 8.5 centimetres in length -- but it isn't just any old stick. The so-called rune stick was made in the early 13th century, said Odense City Museums in a press release.
Archaeologists have been digging for a long time at the excavation beneath I. Vilhelm Werners Square in Odense and they were actually just about to stop when they found three pieces of wood which fitted together to make up the rune stick.
It isn't easy to decipher what the runes say and the stick itself is extremely fragile, explained rune expert and senior researcher Lisbeth Imer from the National Museum of Denmark in the press release.Read the rest of this article...
Posted by David Beard MA, FSA at 08:45
Monday, 27 April 2015
Viking voyages began earlier than thought
Forget about the Viking Age beginning with the brutal sacking of Lindisfarne Priory in 793. According to new research, Norwegian Vikings began long sea voyages at least 70 years earlier, but they came looking for trade not plunder.
Archeologists digging beneath the old marketplace of Ribe, have stumbled upon the remains of reindeer antlers from Norway, which they believe prove trade links with Vikings far to the north.
"This is the first time we have proof that seafaring culture, which was the basis for the Viking era, has a history in Ribe. It's fascinating," Søren Sindbæk, a professor at the University of Aarhus and one of the others of a new study, told ScienceNordic.
Sindbæk believes early trading trips between Norway and Denmark gave the Vikings the seafaring skills that would be used some 70 years later to strike England.
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Posted by David Beard MA, FSA at 17:53
Sunday, 26 April 2015
Reindeer Antlers Suggest Viking Age Began With Trade
Antlers from Norwegian reindeer have been unearthed in Ribe, the oldest commercial center in Denmark. The antlers have been dated to A.D. 725, some 70 years before the Viking raid on the Lindisfarne monastery in northern England. "The Viking Age becomes a phenomenon in Western Europe because the Vikings learned to use maritime mobility to their advantage. They learned to master sailing to such an extent that they get to the coast of England where the locals don't expect anything. They come quickly, plunder the unprepared victims, and leave again—a sort of hit and run," Søren Sindbæk of Aarhus University toldScience Nordic. The Norwegian reindeer antlers suggest that Norway's earliest so-called Vikings developed their maritime skills through trade. "Now we can prove that shipping between Norway and the market town of Ribe was established prior to the Viking era, and trade networks helped to create the incentives and the knowledge of the sea, which made the Viking raids possible. It is the first time that we can clearly link two very important phenomena, the lock and key if you like, of the Viking Age," he said. For more, see "The First Vikings."
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Posted by David Beard MA, FSA at 19:28
The Viking Age began in Denmark
The story of the Vikings begins in the year 793 AD, after Norwegian Vikings landed in England on the first official Viking raid. To this day, these fierce raids are the most famous of Viking stories. Now, a new study suggests a more peaceful start to Viking seafaring -- and it all began in Denmark.
Ribe in Denmark: Scandinavia's first town and central to the beginning of the Viking Age
[Credit: visitribe.dk]
[Credit: visitribe.dk]
Three archaeologists from the University of Aarhus (Denmark) and the University of York (UK) have shown that maritime voyages from Norway to Ribe, the oldest commercial centre in Denmark, occurred long before the Viking age officially began.
The study shows that early Vikings travelled to Ribe in South Denmark as early as 725 AD.
The researchers discovered deer antlers in the oldest archaeological deposits of Ribe's old marketplace and they turned out to be the remains of Norwegian reindeer.
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Posted by David Beard MA, FSA at 19:25
Saturday, 18 April 2015
South Iceland Cave Made before Settlement
Kverkahellir is close to Seljalandsfoss waterfall. Photo: Geir Ólafsson.
Archaeologist Kristján Ahronson has concluded that Kverkarhellir, a manmade cave between waterfall Seljalandsfoss and farm Seljaland in South Iceland, was partly created around 800 AD, before the settlement of Iceland, which, according to sources, began in 874.
Ahronson presented the results of his analysis of volcanic ash layers from around the cave, among other findings, covered in his book Into the Ocean, at the University of Iceland yesterday, RÚV reports.
"We are about to identify a large dump of material that looks like waste material from construction and dates to around 800 or so," Ahronson explained. "Kverkahellir, along with Seljalandshellir, is remarkable as it is part of a number of cave sites in southern Iceland, manngerðir hellar ['manmade caves'], that are marked by cross sculpture."Read the rest of this article...
Posted by David Beard MA, FSA at 19:38
Saturday, 11 April 2015
Greenland Vikings outlived climate change for centuries
New study puts down the myth that climate change killed off the thick-skinned Norsemen in Greenland. (Photo: C. K. Madsen)
In the middle of the 13th century the Vikings who had settled in Greenland encountered no less than ten years of harsh and cold winters and summers. The Norsemen, who were living as farmers, bid farewell to many of their cattle during that period.
The Greenland Vikings were also prevented from setting sail to fetch supplies from their homelands in Europe because they didn't have enough timber to build trading ships. So when Scandinavian traders didn't happen to pass by they were left entirely on their own.
But this didn't knock them out; on the contrary they lived with the worsening climate for almost 200 years during what we later would call the Little Ice Age. This is the conclusion of a new Ph.D. thesis.Read the rest of this article...
Posted by David Beard MA, FSA at 16:38
Friday, 10 April 2015
Vikings Survived Greenland's Harsh Weather for Centuries
Vikings in Greenland survived the Little Ice Age for much longer than previously thought, according to comprehensive studies of the landscape conducted by archaeologist Christian Koch Madsen of the National Museum of Denmark. "The stories we have heard so far about the climate getting worse and the Norsemen disappearing simply don't hold water," he told Science Nordic. He says that there were no more than 2,500 people living in Greenland in the middle of the thirteenth century. Earlier estimates have placed the population as high as 6,000. "When the harsh climatic changes began to set in, we can see that the outermost farms were gradually abandoned.
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Posted by David Beard MA, FSA at 10:51
Friday, 27 March 2015
DNA map of UK migration history shows Vikings drew the line at pillaging
Analysis shows less Viking DNA than expected, and no single group of Celts.
A fine-grained genetic analysis has created a detailed map of genetic variation across the UK. It gives us a clearer picture of the waves of migration that populated the UK and could also contribute to research on genetic diseases.
Obviously, people in the UK these days don't always stick around where they were born, so people in a given region don't necessarily share ancestry. But, if you can find people whose ancestry is closely tied to a particular region, it becomes possible to approximate what genomes would have been like a century ago, before people could move around so easily.
A paper published in Nature this week analyzed the genomes of 2039 people whose grandparents were all born within 80 kilometers (50 miles) of one another. This effectively meant that the researchers were sampling the genomes of the grandparents, whose average birth year was 1885 and who obviously had strong ties to a region. This allowed the researchers to investigate the genetic structure of the UK population before the mass movements of last century.Read the rest of this article...
The Bayeux Tapestry and the Norman Conquest
The Bayeux Tapestry and the Norman Conquest:
A Commemoration of 1066
5 - 7 Feb 2016
2016 is the 950th anniversary of the momentous year 1066, which climaxed with the Battle of Hastings and the Norman Conquest of England. The Bayeux Tapestry commemorated the lead-up to that Conquest and we commemorate, in this conference, both historical events and the work of art. We compare The Bayeux Tapestry's version of history with other sources and examine the cultural milieu that produced and appreciated it. We consider the ways in which the Bayeux Tapestry is unique among medieval textile furnishings; and we examine how The Bayeux Tapestry itself has been and still is being commemorated, from the nineteenth-century replica displayed in Reading to recent and current community projects that portray history in needlework.
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Thursday, 26 March 2015
Local cults of saints played a role in Scandinavian Christianisation
Parchment fragment of a medieval church book. Image:
Sara Ellis Nilsson/University of Gothenburg
There is a clear link between the celebration of native saints and the ecclesiastical organisation that emerged in Scandinavia in the 12th century. Yet, according to a new doctoral thesis in history from the University of Gothenburg, important differences can be noted between Sweden and Denmark.
Local cults of saints emerged during the Early Middle Ages in the area of Scandinavia that was separated into the ecclesiastical provinces of Lund and Uppsala, roughly corresponding to modern-day Denmark and Sweden. Dioceses and other institutions were established in both provinces in the 11th and 12th centuries.
A Scandinavian perspective
This first-ever comparative study of all 23 native saints in both provinces yields a comprehensive Scandinavian perspective that has been missing in previous research on European cults of saints.
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Posted by David Beard MA, FSA at 17:29
Tuesday, 17 March 2015
Discovery sheds light on medieval Kiev
When archaeologists performed a routine check on a construction site in central Kiev in late February, they were astonished to discover a medieval street hidden seven meters underground.
Archaeologists from the Kiev Center of Archaeology dig out a 11th-13th century street on Poshtova Square in Kiev on March 10. The unique findings s how that ancient Kiev was bigger than historians had presumed [Credit: © Anastasia Vlasova/Kyiv Post]
The remains of the wooden buildings that date back to Kievan Rus were found at the mall construction site at Poshtova Square in the Podil neighborhood near the Dnipro River.
The finding generated excitement among archaeologists and the general public.
"Podil is very well studied, which is why everyone was very surprised when we first saw the fragments of the 12th century wooden fence and house," says Ivan Zotsenko, one of the archaeologists working on the spot.
Posted by David Beard MA, FSA at 15:02
Saturday, 14 March 2015
Ring brings ancient Viking, Islamic civilizations closer together
More than a century after its discovery in a ninth century woman's grave, an engraved ring has revealed evidence of close contacts between Viking Age Scandinavians and the Islamic world.
Excavators of a Viking trading center in Sweden called Birka recovered the silver ring in the late 1800s. Until now, it was thought that it featured a violet amethyst engraved with Arabic-looking characters. But closer inspection with a scanning electron microscope revealed that the presumed amethyst is colored glass (an exotic material at the time), say biophysicist Sebastian Wärmländer of Stockholm University and his colleagues.
An inscription on the glass inset reads either "for Allah" or "to Allah" in an ancient Arabic script, the researchers report February 23 in Scanning.
Scandinavians traded for fancy glass objects from Egypt and Mesopotamia as early as 3,400 years ago (SN: 1/24/15, p. 8). Thus, seagoing Scandinavians could have acquired glass items from Islamic traders in the same part of the world more than 2,000 years later rather than waiting for such desirable pieces to move north through trade networks.
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Posted by David Beard MA, FSA at 08:54
Monday, 23 February 2015
Islamic coins found in Viking grave from Norway
In August 2014 a hobby archaeologist found a Viking Age sword with metal detector in a field in Skaun, just south of Trondheim in Central Norway. Now, archaeologists have examined the finding and have some exciting news about the owner.
The Viking grave [Credit: Ragnar Vennatrø/NTNU Museum of Natural History and Archaeology]
Having examined the grave, archaeologists at the NTNU Museum of Natural History and Archaeology in Trondheim tell NRK that it is dated to about the year 950. In addition to the sword, researchers found the remains of a shield.
"We have not managed to find out who owned the sword, but we know that he was a well travelled man", says archaeologist Ingrid Ystgaard.
Posted by David Beard MA, FSA at 19:35
Monday, 2 February 2015
Iceland to build first temple to Norse gods since Viking age
Icelanders will soon be able to publicly worship at a shrine to Thor, Odin and Frigg with construction starting this month on the island's first major temple to the Norse gods since the Viking age.
Worship of the gods in Scandinavia gave way to Christianity around 1,000 years ago but a modern version of Norse paganism has been gaining popularity in Iceland.
"I don't believe anyone believes in a one-eyed man who is riding about on a horse with eight feet," said Hilmar Orn Hilmarsson, high priest of Ásatrúarfélagið, an association that promotes faith in the Norse gods.
"We see the stories as poetic metaphors and a manifestation of the forces of nature and human psychology."
Membership in Asatruarfelagid has tripled in Iceland in the last decade to 2,400 members last year, out of a total population of 330,000, data from StatisticsIceland showed.Read the rest of this article...
Posted by David Beard MA, FSA at 19:44
Wednesday, 28 January 2015
Up Helly Aa, longship burning festival – in pictures
Hundreds of costumed people carried flaming torches as they took to the streets of Shetland, in Scotland, during the annual Up Helly Aa festival to celebrate the island's Norse heritage
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Posted by David Beard MA, FSA at 12:04
Monday, 19 January 2015
Vikings: Raiders, Traders and Settlers (Online Course)
Vikings: Raiders, Traders and Settlers (Online Course)
Mon 26 Jan to Fri 17 Apr 2015
University of Oxford
Department of Continuing Education
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Sunday, 18 January 2015
Viking blacksmith found buried with his tools
A well-stocked grave of a blacksmith from the Viking Age is one of the best finds in Norway last year, according to Norwegian archeologists.
This was one of the tools found in the blacksmith's grave. The archeologists think his contemporaries wanted to show how talented and versatile the blacksmith was in his craft [Credit: Howell Roberts/University Museum of Bergen]
Leif Arne Nordheim, who lives in Sogndalsdalen on Norway's west coast, decided to do something about some flagstones in his garden that irritatingly refused to lie flat. When he removed the stones he caught sight of something made of iron.
Brushing some of the objects off, he recognised them as a blacksmith's hammer and tongs.
Nordheim contacted the regional culture authorities but had not dreamed that the artefacts dated back to the early Viking Age.
Posted by David Beard MA, FSA at 10:53
Wednesday, 14 January 2015
Viking Artefacts
Viking Artefacts is an interesting blog run by Thomas Kamphaus.
He describes his interest as follows:
"Why interested in vikings ?"
Well, I guess every man approching it's 40-ies has a right for developing a strange hobby. It thrills me more than the collecting of sugar sackets.
Seriously: I have always been attached to history, and in general the period from 500 - 1200. The Frankish/merovingian period and then the viking period. Collecting artefacts just have seemed to pop up out of the blue . The viking craftmanship in several to considered styles I find very acctractive. Compared to the number of Roman artefacts p.e. the vikings - although excavated intensively the last 25/35 years - always stayed a sort of elusive and mysterious to us what sets them apart of other cultures.
You can find the blog here...
Posted by David Beard MA, FSA at 13:06
Monday, 12 January 2015
Mid-Norway Vikings among the first to sail to British Isles
Circular brooch from a woman's grave in Nes, Bjung municipality. (Photo: Per Fredriksen, NTNU University Museum)
Archaeological findings show that Vikings from mid- and western Norway were among the first to make the trip to the British Isles.
Vikings living in Trøndelag, a region in the middle part of Norway, were among the first in Scandinavia to travel west. A new analysis of burial sites in Trøndelag from the year 800 and later undertaken by researchers at the NTNU University Museum is giving us a clearer image of who decided to stay in Norway, and who left to travel to the British Isles.
The burials sites examined contained a lot more foreign artefacts than previously believed, many of which coincide the first known Viking raids in Lindisfarne, England in 793.
Posted by David Beard MA, FSA at 19:08
Wednesday, 17 December 2014
Oldest Danish town possibly older
If you thought Ribe was the oldest town in Denmark, you're still right, but now a new study from Aarhus University shows the town may be almost 100 years older than originally thought.
Archaeologists previously believed that Ribe was established in the late 700s, but new research points to its establishment being in the earlier part of the same century, reports Videnskab.
Ribe, in southwest Jutland, is not only Denmark's oldest town, but is Scandinavia's oldest town as well.
"Ribe is the place urbanisation started in Scandinavia," Sarah Croix, the study's author, told Videnskab. "If Ribe began as a city in the early 700s, then it was long before the Vikings and thus casts new light on our understanding of this period."Read the rest of this article...
Posted by David Beard MA, FSA at 09:00
Tuesday, 9 December 2014
Think again about the pillaging Viking warriors - it wasn't just the men who raided Britain
Viking colonisations of Europe may have been more like romantic getaways than drunken stag weekends, according to a study of Norse DNA showing the importance of women in the Scandinavian subjugation of the British Isles during the Middle Ages.
Scientists have found that Viking men took significant numbers of women with them in their longboats when they sailed to places such as the Scottish mainland, Shetland, Orkney and Iceland – contradicting the stereotype of male-only raiding parties with an unhealthy appetite for rape and pillage.
Researchers who analysed the genetic material – maternally inherited mitochondrial DNA extracted from 80 Viking skeletons unearthed in Norway – found that Norse women played a central role in the Viking settlements established in Britain and other parts of the North Atlantic.
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Posted by David Beard MA, FSA at 12:14
Monday, 8 December 2014
Beer, Beef and Politics: Findings at Viking Archaeological Site Show Power Trumping Practicality
Vikings are stereotyped as raiders and traders, but those who settled in Iceland centuries ago spent more time producing and consuming booze and beef — in part to achieve political ambitions in an environment very different from their Scandinavian homeland, says a Baylor University archaeologist.
The seafaring warriors wanted to sustain the "big man" society of Scandinavia — a political economy in which chieftains hosted huge feasts of beer and beef served in great halls, says Davide Zori, Ph.D., a Denmark native and archeological field director in Iceland, who conducted National Science Foundation-funded research in archeology and medieval Viking literature.
But instead, what Zori and his team discovered is what happened when the Vikings spent too long living too high on the hog — or, in this case, the bovine.
"It was somewhat like the barbecue here. You wanted a big steak on the grill," said Zori, assistant professor in the Baylor Interdisciplinary Core, who co-edited the book Viking Archaeology in Iceland: Mosfell Archaelogical Project with Jesse Byock, Ph.D., professor of Old Norse and medieval Scandinavian studies at the University of California, Los Angeles.
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Major Viking Hall Identified in Sweden
A Viking feasting hall measuring almost 50 metres in length has been identified near Vadstena in Sweden. Archaeologists from Stockholm University and Umeå University used ground-penetrating radar, a non-invasive geophysical method, to locate and map the house foundation. The study was published today in the journal Archaeological Prospection.
The Aska barrow, where the hall has been found, was long seen as a burial mound. But archaeologists have now revealed that it is a foundation platform for a large building, most likely dating from the Viking Period. The hall was probably the home of a royal family whose rich graves have previously been excavated nearby.
"Parallels are known from several of the era's elite sites, such as Fornsigtuna near Stockholm and Lejre near Roskilde. The closest similarities are however seen in a recently excavated feasting hall at Old Uppsala near Stockholm. Such close correspondences suggest intensive communication between the two sites", says Martin Rundkvist of Umeå UniversityRead the rest of this article...
Posted by David Beard MA, FSA at 20:12
Monday, 1 December 2014
EMAS Easter Study Tour to North Scotland and the Isle of Skye
EMAS Easter Study Tour to North Scotland
and the Isle of Skye
2 - 8 April 2015
The 2015 EMAS Easter Study Tour is to the North of Scotland, including one day on the Isle of Skye.
We will travel from London Embankment by coach, staying overnight at Carlisle on the 2nd and 7th April.
We shall be based at a hotel in Inverness, which is a very good central point from which to explore the region.
The itinerary includes a wide range of prehistoric and medieval sites, including some of the famous Pictish symbol stones.
Posted by David Beard MA, FSA at 14:56
Friday, 28 November 2014
Sword's Secrets Revealed
The discovery of an Anglo-Saxon sword this summer was cause for great excitement at the Barrow Clumpexcavation. We were keen to learn as much as possible about this 6th-century weapon, although the degree of corrosion on the sword and the fact that it was contained within the remains of its wood and leather scabbard meant that we would need to use an x-ray machine to do so.
Being 85 cm in length, the sword was too large for our in-house x-ray facilities here at Wessex Archaeology, so the Army, through Captain Doe and Sergeant Potts, kindly offered to undertake the work using equipment based at a Field Hospital Unit in Aldershot. Transportation of the sword was closely supervised by our Conservator, Lynn Wootten, and the Project Manager for Barrow Clump, Phil Andrews.
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Posted by David Beard MA, FSA at 09:12
Thursday, 27 November 2014
In September 2014, archaeologists from the Danish Castle Centre and Aarhus University announced the discovery of a Viking fortress in a field belonging to Vallø Manor, located west of Køge on the east coast of Sealand. This was the first discovery of its kind in Denmark in over 60 years. Since then, archaeologists have been waiting impatiently for the results of the dating of the fortress. Now the first results are available, and they will be presented at a seminar at Aarhus University on 18 November.
"When the discovery was published back in September, we were certain that we had found a Viking ring fortress, but since then there have been intense discussions online and amongst archaeologists about whether we were right. Now we know without doubt that we have found a fortress from the 10th century," says archaeologist Nanna Holm, curator of the Danish Castle Centre.
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Posted by David Beard MA, FSA at 20:03
Recreating clothes from Norway's Iron Age
A few years ago, the oldest known piece of clothing ever discovered in Norway, a tunic dating from the Iron Age, was found on a glacier in Breheimen. Now about to be reconstructed using Iron Age textile techniques, it is hoped the tunic will inspire Norwegian fashion designers.
One of our aims in reconstructing the tunic is to learn more about how the textile was made, how time-consuming it was to make, and how the wool was used, explains Marianne Vedeler [Credit: Yngve Vogt]
There was huge excitement among archaeologists when, three years ago, the oldest piece of clothing ever discovered in Norway – a woollen tunic – was found by an archaeological expedition to the Lendbreen glacier in Breheimen National Park. As a result of climate change, the Lendbreen glacier, just like other glaciers throughout Norway, has in the past few years been retreating. The melting of the glaciers is constantly revealing ancient artifacts.
Posted by David Beard MA, FSA at 19:53
Thursday, 20 November 2014
A peek inside a Viking piggybank: CT scans of treasure chest reveal hidden brooches, gold ingots and ivory beads
Derek McLennan found more than 100 objects in Dumfries in September
In addition to the pot, hoard includes jewellery, arm bands and silver ingots
The pot was investigated using a CT scanner at Borders General Hospital
It revealed silver broaches, gold ingots and ivory beads
Location of the find isn't being revealed until excavations have taken place
The mystery surrounding the contents of a Viking pot has been solved after researchers carried out a CT scan on the ancient artefact.
Archaeologists had been unable to open the pot to see what was inside, but its weight suggested it was full of treasure.
After undergoing a series of scans, the 1,200-year-old pot was found to contain up to at least five silver brooches and an ornate bead.
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Tuesday, 11 November 2014
Scanning the Viking Hoard
The recently discovered Viking Hoard in Dumfries is arguably the most significant archaeological find in Scotland in the last 100 years. Watch as we get the first glimpses of a pot which has lain undisturbed for over 1,000 years, courtesy of a CT scanning machine.
Posted by David Beard MA, FSA at 14:11
Wednesday, 22 October 2014
14th century birch bark scrolls preserved in mud tell Novgorod's story
Anote, from father to son in 14th century Russia was etched into the bark of a birch tree and curled into a scroll. The scroll and a dozen others like it were among the finds from this year's digging season.
These scrolls will be added to a collection of more than 1,000 birch-bark documents uncovered in the Russian city of Novgorod, after being preserved for hundreds of years in the mud.
"Send me a shirt, towel, trousers, reins, and, for my sister, send fabric," the father, whose name was Onus, wrote to his son, Danilo, the block letters of Old Novgorod language, a precursor to Russian, neatly carved into the wood with a stylus. Onus ended with a bit of humour. "If I am alive," he wrote, "I will pay for it."Read the rest of this article...
Posted by David Beard MA, FSA at 18:56
Monday, 13 October 2014
Treasure hunter finds Viking hoard
A metal detector enthusiast blessed with "a magic touch" has discovered one of the most significant Viking hoards of the past century in southwest Scotland, his third outstanding find in less than a year.
Derek McLennan, 47, from Hollybush, Ayrshire, said he was stunned by his latest success, despite a track record which has seen him unearth hundreds of medieval coins at two separate sites.
This time, working in a pasture owned by the Church of Scotland, he pulled out an arm ring with a distinctive Viking pattern.
That initial find at a site in Dumfries and Galloway was made last month. In the hours and days that followed, Mr McLennan and the county archaeologist unearthed more than 100 objects, including a silver Christian cross inlaid in gold, probably from Dublin, and a large Carolingian pot complete with its lid, one of only three of its kind known in Britain.
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Posted by David Beard MA, FSA at 16:09
Monday, 29 September 2014
Did the Vikings Get a Bum Rap?
A Yale historian wants us to rethink the terrible tales about the Norse.
This illustration shows the stereotype of Viking marauders wreaking mayhem, even on clergy. The scene depicts the monastery at Clonmacnoise, Ireland.
To modern readers the attack seems monstrous, even by the standards of medieval warfare. But the witness account contains more than a touch of hyperbole, writes Anders Winroth, a Yale history professor and author of the book The Age of the Vikings, a sweeping new survey. What's more, he says, such exaggeration was often a feature of European writings about the Vikings.
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Isolation And Development
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This paper exploits cross-country variation in the degree of geographical isolation, prior to the advent of sea-faring and airborne transportation technologies, to examine its impact on the course of economic development across the globe. The empirical investigation establishes that prehistoric geographical isolation has generated a persistent benefecial effect on the process of development and contributed to the contemporary variation in the standard of living across countries. Existing theories of comparative development have highlighted a variety of proximate and ultimate factors underlying some of the vast inequities in living standards across the globe.


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The End of 'Lost' Finally Explained
So what exactly happened at the end of Lost? Did Jack really die while remaining on the island with Walt's dog by his side? Was everyone saved? Were they all reunited in the great beyond? Did it all really happen? In a tweet to a fan who asked what the ending scenes meant, Lost writer and executive producer Damon Lindelof claims, "It all happened," adding "Dogs are great." Lindelof's tweet should probably be taken with a grain of salt, though. His Twitter bio describes himself as "one of the idiots behind LOST. And no, I don't understand it either." In another tweet, Lindelof also answers a question regarding what happened at the end of Seinfeld: "They were in jail all along." These tweets also likely help unsolve another great mystery of the show, finally answering the question, "Were they just messing with us the whole time?" …
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I thought it was fairly straight-forward. Yes, it all really happened. Yes, Jack dies on the beach with Vincent beside him. Yes, everyone on the show dies, some on The Island, some off of it. The last season showed us flashes of a cosmic world, created by the relational bond between the characters, that served as a meeting place for their souls before entering the afterlife together. It might sound far-fetched, but the show also featured a smoke monster.
I can't imagine how many times Lindelof is asked to explain that ending to people. It'd make me quit Twitter.


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Preview: "The Lucent Dossier Experience-When Lucent Found Herakut" in Los AngelesJuxtapoz // Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Our good friends, the German art duo of Herakut, will be collaborating with the performers from Lucent Dossier in The Lucent Dossier Experience – When Lucent Found Herakut, this Friday and Saturday (Feburary 17 and 18) at the downtown Los Angeles space, the Palace Theater. We got a few preview images of what Herakut and Lucent Dossier will have in store this week. The Lucent Dossier will be bringing Herakut's workto life in a live performance art piece.
Leandro Erlich's Gravity Defying FacadeJuxtapoz // Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Installation artist Leandro Erlich has created an illusion at Le 104 in Paris that allows its participants to relish in a moment of gravity defying pleasure as they watch themselves mirrored onto a building facade.
Danser Sa Vie: Art and Dance in the 20th and 21st Centuries @ Centre Pompidou, ParisJuxtapoz // Thursday, December 08, 2011
Running through April 2nd, 2012 is Danser Sa Vie: Art and Dance in the 20th and 21st Centuries at the Centre Pompidou, Paris. The show examines the relationship between dance and visual art since Eadweard Muybridge captured motion on film.
Bodies in Urban SpacesJuxtapoz // Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Maybe it is the choice of good color, or bright colors, but these project, Bodies in Urban Spaces (from a few years back), is interesting in the contrast of gray urban palettes and bright colored contemporary fashion. And people in odd shapes in odd places.
8-Bit Invader by Pavel NovakJuxtapoz // Friday, July 01, 2011
Czech designer, Pavel Novak, created this "8-bit Invader" projection mapping work on the side of a building at Tomas Bata University's Department of Visual Arts in Zlín, Czech Republic. Anyone with a little nostalgia for the old games, and new ways to morph them, will enjoy this video.
Vanessa Beecroft's Special ProjectsErotica // Monday, May 30, 2011
It's art, it's fashion, its erotica, it's good, it's bad, it's sexist, it's not. It's Vanessa Beecroft's performance art. And one's mind can feel both uncertainty and unpected excitement when confronted with it.
Performance Drawings by Tony OrricoJuxtapoz // Wednesday, April 13, 2011
These are magnificent. Tony Orrico is an artist and dancer who has been called the human spirograph, performing for up to 4 hours continuously. In these videos you can see his process, and how he can actually go out his performance drawings for over 4 hours. Incredible stuff. Watch the videos after the jump . . .
Juxtapoz Presents: DUKE RILEY Video ProfileJuxtapoz // Tuesday, February 01, 2011
We are pleased to announce our first artist profile in a continuing series of Juxtapoz produced videos. New York City-based tattoo, performance, and fine artist Duke Riley is our first subject, and today we lauch Part 1 of a 3-part documentary of Duke. Watch the video after the jump . . .
Miranda July brings The Future to Sundance Next WeekJuxtapoz // Sunday, January 16, 2011
We have followed the fine art, performance art, and fillmmaking career of Miranda July for quite a bit, as her works shown at Deitch Projects and film Me and You and Everyone We Know have all been acclaimed projects. She is a Swiss Army Knife of talent, and she takes that multi-tasking to Sundance next week with her new film, The Future. More after the jump . . .


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The first draft of the proposed FY16 budget sees an increase of $11,998,261 to $59,722,158, which the Board of Commissioners will start hammering back down in the coming weeks.
State Representatives Dave Belton (R-Buckhead) and Pam Dickerson (D-Conyers) announced that Governor Nathan Deal signed Kelsey's Law, or SB 160, into law at the State Capitol on Tuesday, May 5, 2015. Rep. Belton attended the bill signing ceremony for Kelsey's Law, which aims to protect minors from cyberbullying.
Chairman Keith Ellis announced Tuesday that the county had received $48,000 from the state to help cover the cost of repairing three roads damaged by the recent heavy rains.
Newton County's landfill manager James Peters resigned suddenly this week following months of speculation and debate over the future of the landfill.
Josephine Kelly has agreed to become Porterdale's second Main Street Director, filling the slot vacated by Teri Haler, who took a position as Tourism Director for the City of Conyers.
Conyers Middle School in on lockdown after a gun was reported to have been fired inside the school.
The Board of Commissioners voted Tuesday to move forward with the purchase of the Cousins Community Center for $1.5 million pending appraisals of the property, buildings, environment and utility consumption over the coming months.
Water pressure issues along College Avenue have caused the Covington City Council to move the area ahead of schedule in the city's water main replacement project.
Georgia Perimeter College's 50th and final graduation under the GPC banner will take place Friday, May 8, at 10:30 a.m. at the Georgia World Congress Center. The college expects to become a unit of Georgia State University next January.
With the fiscal year winding down, the city of Covington got word that it is "in good, good financial shape," according to Miller Edwards of Mauldin and Jenkins CPAs, LLC, which presented its audit to the council Monday.
IN BRIEF: Interstate 20 westbound at Salem Road is shut down due to a tractor trailer fire. No injuries are reported. Check back later for more.
Some local organizations have events planned to celebrate Earth Day and keep Newton County green and beautiful.
Front Door Litter Challenge
One man and one teen were arrested early Thursday morning, after an observant delivery driver alerted authorities to two suspicious men hanging out around the back of Walmart.
When officers met with the driver, he explained that there had been approximately 25 burglaries in the Atlanta area in the last month, and when he saw the two men hanging out behind the store where no one should be, he called 911. Walmart management was also notified when the two entered the store around 2:57 a.m.
Several juveniles and one adult were arrested Wednesday evening after reportedly fighting on Thrash and Fair streets.
Piedmont Academy's Class of 1982 celebrated their 30th reunion by meeting at the school and afterwards enjoying dinner at Deptula's in Monticello. The group invited several classmates including Roy Mote, Jack Mote, Timmy Price, Tammy Price and Scott Pruitt. Former faculty members attending or invited included Charlotte and Lamar Crawley, Miriam Stone, Margaret Watson, Bill Cox, Tammy Youngblood Duffey, Sid Kennedy, Ann Pope, Hillary Kight, Allene Amos and Piedmont's high school English teacher, Martha Mock.
Newton County School System is pleased to announce that Dr. Mallard, principal of Indian Creek Middle School, was recently awarded the Georgia State University Principals Center's Joe Richardson Award for the 2011-2012 school year.
Covington Fire Chief Mike Satterfield has announced that he plans to retire from the Newton County Fire Department.
Newton County School System is pleased to announce that Dr. Mallard, principal of Indian Creek Middle School, was recently awarded the Georgia State University Principals Center's Joe Richardson Award for the 2011-2012 school year.
Stanton Springs finally landed one: the elusive first industry.
Global medical manufacturer Baxter International will build a $1 billion manufacturing center in Newton and Walton counties and hire around 1,500 full-time workers by 2018, giving an area that has been primed for growth its first major win.
A man who has sporadically plagued the Newton County Library by flashing patrons in between the stacks was arrested Wednesday afternoon.
The Newton County Sheriff's Office will be holding their fourth annual pill drop April 28. From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., the NCSO will work with the National Drug Enforcement Administration to "Take Back" unused prescription pills, no questions asked.
The event will be held inside Walmart - both on Industrial Blvd. and on Salem Road. NCSO officials will be on hand to collect the potentially dangerous expired, unused and unwanted prescription drugs for destruction. The service is free and anonymous for all Newton County (and surrounding area) residents with no questions asked.
What started off as a quiet, intimidated room full of students attending the Military Panel at Oxford College on Wednesday, turned into a engaging and moving experience between both the soldiers and audience.
Many students did not know what to expect when they first walked into this unstructured panel. Some thought it would be a recruiting session, others just went for extra credit for a class. A student even asked how long the panel was going to be and if they could leave early, but that soon changed as the panel started. The program was supposed to be only an ...
Twenty-five-year-old Mansfield native Gannon Adams has been in love with country music his whole life.
He first became interested in performing while he attended Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College in Tifton, Ga. He started a self-titled band six months ago and has been traveling solo with Merle Haggard for the past few weeks as Haggard's opening act. He will open for Haggard again next Wednesday, April 25 at Macon City Auditorium.
Following the ribbon cutting ceremony for the Newton County College and Career Academy, the annual Workforce Development Summit was held in the new building last Tuesday.
Newton County School System is pleased to announce that Lee Peck has been selected as the district's Executive Director for School Improvement. Peck was approved by unanimous vote at the Newton County Board of Education's April 17 monthly meeting.
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Seen in Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden as we descended from Table Mountain
Seen while hiking up Table Mountain
Seen while hiking up Table Mountain
On the Black River next to The River Club along Liesbeek Parkway. Roughly 15 Spoonbills feeding.
Alopochen aegyptiaca (Linnaeus, 1766), Egyptian Goose, Kirstenbosch Botanic Garden, 22 May 2015
Columba larvata Temminck, 1809, Lemon Dove, Kirstenbosch Botanic Garden, 22 May 2015
Muscicapa adusta (Boie, 1828), African Dusky Flycatcher, Kirstenbosch Botanic Garden, 22 May 2015
A yellow-breasted Pipit in Mala Mala
A water buffalo resembling an old man in Mala Mala
A friendly owl spotted at night with glowing orange eyes
A butterfly resting for an instant in the wine country
Archaeognatha sp., Kirstenbosch Botanic Garden, Cape Town, South Africa, 21 May 2015
Charaxes brutus (Cramer, [1779]), Kirstenbosch Botanic Garden, 22 May 2015
Laelia sp., perhaps Laelia extorta (Distant, 1897, Kirstenbosch Botanic Garden, Cape Town, South Africa, 20 May 2015
, Kirstenbosch Botanic Garden, Cape Town, South Africa, 20 May 2015
The red-knobbed coot
Fulica cristata is a common moorhen in Southern and Central Africa.
I took these pictures of a couple while "nest-keeping" with the help of one of their chicks in the Green Point Park in Cape Town. The park hosts a few waterbird species and other birds in the proximity of Table Mountain National Park.
Ant-dependent fynbos plants 18d
Many of these plants are entirely dependent upon myrmecochory [= distribution of their fruits by ants] for fire survival in fynbos.
The foliage of this subsp is a particularly attractive grey: granite soils and pugnacious ants [Anoplolepis steingroeveri]. The uncommon and beautiful shimmering sugar ants [Camponotus vestitus] often forage in the fresh inflorescences for nectar.
See www.ants.org.za for more info
Bayne's Sugar ant (Camponotus baynei)
Slightly smaller than Camponotus maculatus - major about 14mm, minor about 7 mm; coloring very dark brown to black on coppery red with paler legs; lack the 'spotting' of C. maculatus but similar habitat and habits, too; one queen in the nest which we did not remove; lots of brood [eggs, larvae, pupae] - a healthy little colony of several hundred individuals. Handsome ants from the Maculatus group of Camponotines, nesting under a stone next to the path. More at www.ants.org.za
The Camponotus is not as numerous or aggressive as the Anoplolepis which it imitates; the smooth curve of the thorax [without any lumps or bumps] marks it as Camponotus. It seems to prefer granitic soils, too, whereas the Anoplolepis is commonest on hot, dry shales.
The refractive hairs on the gaster of the large Pugnacious ant [Anoplolepis custodiens] give them a distinct, shimmering 'checkered' appearance and may be a device to warn predators that this very aggressive ant is not to be trifled with. The Shimmering sugar ant [Camponotus vestitus] imitates this property with considerable precision. It's not a very aggressive or numerous species: is it imitating its distant cousin as a protection?
More at www.ants.org.za
Very aggressive ants that attack on contact; they are prime movers of seeds of myrmecochorous plants
Ant-dependent fynbos plants 11
Many of these plants are entirely dependent upon myrmecochory [= distribution of their fruits by ants] for fire survival in fynbos.
This startling little beauty was growing close to the cliff-edge above Platteklip Gorge. The fruits and elaiosomes [ant-attract-ants] are very small and look as though small-sized ants could be involved. But ... don't hold your breathe. The only ants around were Anoplolepis steingroeveri.
What more can we say? Resprouter or non-resprouter? Dunno.
See www.ants.org.za for more info
Ant-dependent fynbos plants 6a
Many of these plants are entirely dependent upon myrmecochory [= distribution of their fruits by ants] for fire survival in fynbos.
These splendid flowers are also vigorous resprouters, and here's the rub – the only ants we saw fossicking around in these flowers were Crematogasters, which if they took the fruits of myrmecochores would put the plants amongst Nature's greatest losers – the ants nest in fire-prone old dry wood and, if that's not bad enough, build nests of inflammable cardboard in bushes. But that's not all ... Crematogasters [cocktail ants] are implacable enemies of Anoplolepis, the greatest drivers of myrmecochory in the fynbos. So we don't know who takes the fruits, but fortunately the plant is a great resprouter and seedlings [hardly surprisingly] are pretty hard to find.
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