Historical Thursday - The Crusades

Three from the Medievalists.net website this week with the first being "Four Myths about the Crusades" here.

Also, check out "Crusading as a Knightly Deed" here.

Finally, have a look at the "Crusader hospital discovered in Jerusalem" here.

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Sifting through History to
enhance our tabletop RPGing.

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Worldbuilding Wednesday - Prehistoric Sites

Three from pasthorizonspr.com this week with the first being "1.8 million year-old habitat pieced together for the first time" here.

Also, the "Earliest known Neolithic quarry in Southern Levant [was] uncovered" here.

Finally, a "Rare religious stele [was] found at ancient Etruscan temple site in Italy" here.

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The nuts and bolts of Worldbuilding
for our tabletop RPGing.

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The Tuesday Sundries - Goblets, Riddles, & Torcs

Over on smithsonianmag.com, they tell us "This 1,600-Year-Old Goblet Shows that the Romans Were Nanotechnology Pioneers" here.

Also, on medievalists.net, they ask, "Can You Solve These Medieval Riddles?"  Test your abilities here.

Finally, on blog.britishmuseum.org, they wonder what a lot of folks wonder and ask, "How do you put on a torc?"  Find out here.

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Essentially, a clearinghouse for topics on GRYMVALD.com
not covered elsewhere or wanting a particular focus.

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Mapping Monday - Medieval & Fantastic Maps

Over on the Medievalists.net, they recently posted "A Journey to the Far North in the Ninth Century" here.

Also, on themindunleashed.org, they reveal "The 500 Year Old Map that Shatters the Official History of the Human Race" here.

Finally, on mensxp.com, they tell us "After Travelling Around The World, This Man Designed An Imaginary City & It's Incredibly Fascinating" here.

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Cartography and Mapping are the order of the day,
from setting maps to battlemaps, it's all good.

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Setting & Society Sunday - Picts, Scots, & Norse

Bit of a hodgepodge this week though much of it might be considered as collectively adjacent in some ways.  First, here one on the Picts that didn't make it into the post last week from etc.ancient.eu titled "The Puzzling Ancient Picts of Scotland" here.

Also, on newsner.com, a bit of click bait but with enough good photos, I felt it should be shared.  It is annoyingly titled "In 1850, A Farmer Found A Secret Door In The Sand. What He Saw On The Other Side? Fascinating!"  Be fascinated or otherwise here.

Finally, on cbc.ca, the recent news that YET ANOTHER "Potential Viking site found in Newfoundland" and I don't believe it is an April Fools joke because I think the first reports of it came in at the end of March though I'll retract it if I am wrong.  Read more 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 - Black Holes, Pluto, & Jupiter

Over on gizmodo.com, they let us know "Japan’s Lost Black Hole Satellite Just Reappeared and Nobody Knows What Happened to It."  Find out more here.

Also, on newscientist.com, they recently told us "Pluto may have hosted lakes and rivers of liquid nitrogen" here.

Finally, on space.com and the Gerrit Kernbauer YouTube channel, we're told "Jupiter Just Got Hit by a Comet or Asteroid ... Again."  Learn 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 - Birds of Prey

Three frmo various YouTube channels this week including one from the Christopher Schmidt channel showing a "Hawk vs. Drone! (Hawk Attacks Quadcopter)."  Enjoy!

Also, on the marcelnad channel, if you're squeamish, do not watch a "Golden Eagle dragging mountains goats off cliffs."  Kinda sad.

Finally, on the ViralsVirals channel, and this one has a happy ending, they recorded how a "Golden Eagle Snatches Kid Takes for Short but Scary Ride!"  Close one!

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Examining animals, plants, and the

environments we use for our tabletop RPGing.

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