Worldbuilding Wednesday - Graves, Mummies, & Doors to the Dead

Over on medievalarchives.com, they tell us there were "50 Graves Uncovered at Medieval Pilgrimage Site in England" here.

Also, on smithsonianmag.com, they tell us "Mummies May Have Been Scattered Across Bronze Age Britain" here.

Finally, on medievalists.net, they discuss "Doors to the dead: The power of doorways and thresholds in Viking Age Scandinavia" here.

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The nuts and bolts of Worldbuilding
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The Tuesday Sundries - Song, Hearing, & Sleep

Over on openculture.com, "Listen to the Oldest Song in the World: A Sumerian Hymn Written 3,400 Years Ago" here.

Also, on theconversation.com, read about "Testing ancient human hearing via fossilized ear bones" here.

Finally, on sciencealert.com, they discuss how "Sleep almost doubles our chances of remembering forgotten things, study finds" here.

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Essentially, a clearinghouse for topics on GRYMVALD.com
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RPG Media Monday - Witch's Bookshelf, Merlin, & Empire of Imagination

Over on medievalists.net, they delve into "The Myth of Merlin and the Men Behind the Legend" here.

Also, on ultanya.com, the Grand DM discusses "The Witch's Bookshelf" here.

Finally, on io9.com, "Read an Excerpt from the Biography of D&D Creator Gary Gygax, Empire of Imagination" here.

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What can be gleaned from Media

and used in our tabletop RPGing?

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Setting & Society Sunday - Undergarments, Loincloths, & the Fashion Police

Over on ancient-origins.net, "When it Came to Ancient Undergarments Less Was Often More."  Find out why here.

Also, on mfa.org, check out the ancient Egyptian "Loincloth of Maiherpra" here.

Finally, on medievalists.net, they tell of "The Fashion Police in 16th-century Italy" here.

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Looking closer at Setting and Society

as a part of what is presented by GMs.

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Saturday in Space - Apollo, Charon's Canyon, & the Super Hubble

Three from Space.com this week with the first being "NASA's 17 Apollo Moon Missions in Pictures" here.

Also, marvel as you "Fly Through Pluto Moon Charon's Giant Canyon in Spectacular New Video" here.

Finally, they ask, "Will the 'Super Hubble' Space Telescope Find Alien Life?"  Find out more here.

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What's happening in Space and

what can it mean for our tabletop RPGing?

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Flora & Fauna Friday - Shrimp & Whales

Over on wftv.com, they tell of the "Florida fisherman [who] catches [a] foot-long tiger shrimp" and what they may portend here.

Also, on express.co.uk, watch as "Humpback whales TALK to wannabe Dr Doolittle underwater" here.

Finally, on the Wake Up World YouTube channel, there is a video of some folks rescuing a Humpback Whale heavily tangled in a net and what the whale does afterward.  Enjoy!

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Examining animals, plants, and the

environments we use for our tabletop RPGing.

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Historical Thursday - Vikings Money, Trade, Travel, & Sagas

Three this week from the Medievalists.net all about Vikings with the first being "Money and trade in Viking-Age Scandinavia" here.

Also, they take a look at "Viking Travellers of the Sagas" here.

Finally, they give some advice on "The Sagas of Icelanders as a Historical Source" here.

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Sifting through History to
enhance our tabletop RPGing.

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