Worldbuilding Wednesday - Nazca Civilization

Depending on where you check, Nazca culture flourished in South America from as early as 200 BC and as late as 800 BCE.  While primarily known for the Nazca lines, colossal geoglyphs around which some measure of mystery still abounds, there are many artifacts from that period and civilization worth noting.  Check out some of the pottery, textiles, and even a head trophy shared on the wikipedia page here.

Also, on ancient.eu, they have a fairly extensive write up on Nazca Civilization here.

Finally, from space.com and one of the prompts for this blog post, a recent article told us an "Ancient Peruvian Mystery [is] Solved From Space" here detailing an early use of wind power.

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The nuts and bolts of Worldbuilding
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The Tuesday Sundries - Lost Treasures

Over on sciencedaily.com, they tell of us "Lost Tudor sculptures reassembled with help from 3-D scanning" here.

Also, on time.com, we learn of a "Treasure Trove of 4,166 Roman Coins Found in Swiss Molehill" here.

Finally, on livescience.com, we learn of "Ancient Booty Discovered in Transylvania" here.

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Mapping Monday - Early Tribes in Britain

Over on bbc.co.uk, they have a simple map and summary of the "Native Tribes of Britain" here.

Also, on historyfiles.co.uk, check out this more extensive "Map of Europe's Tribes" at "Maximum Size" here.

Finally, on heritagedaily.com, have a look at the "Iron Age Tribes of Southern Britain" using their "Interactive Map" here.

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Cartography and Mapping are the order of the day,
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Setting & Society Sunday - Sleeping, Eating, & Surviving

Three from the Medievalists.net this week with the first being "How did people sleep in the Middle Ages?"  Wake up to the details here.

Also, learn about "Food, Digestion, and Humour in Late Medieval Danish Wall Paintings" here.

Finally, they have discusses and Shared a video from the rianews YouTube channel titled "Alone in the Past — Surviving the Russian Winter, 9th-Century Style" in their article "Surviving Winter in the Middle Ages" here.

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Saturday in Space - Exploration & Survival

Over on thisiscolossal.com, they tell how "The Chart of Cosmic Exploration Elegantly Details 56 Years of Human Adventures into Space" here.

Also, on ndtv.com, they tell us "NASA Plans Mission To Explore Life On Jupiter's Moon" here.

Finally, on the TED Talks 2016 YouTube channel, a recent TED Talk from "Stephen Petranek [TED Talk 2016 (HD)]" explains "Your kids might live on Mars. Here's how they'll survive."  Enjoy!

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What's happening in Space and

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Flora & Fauna Friday - Megafishes

Over on padi.com, they featured "The Colossal Humphead Wrasse" here.

Also, on blogs.seattletimes.com, a few years back they told of an "Eight-foot sturgeon found belly up in Lake Washington" here.

Finally, on environment.nationalgeographic.com, they have a whole section on megafishes here.

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Historical Thursday - The Middle Ages

Over on medievalists.net, they discuss the question of "When were the Middle Ages?" here.

Also, on medievalists.net, they examine "The Most Dramatic Moment of the Middle Ages!"  Learn more here.

Finally, on historyextra.com, they tell us "10 things you (probably) didn't know about the Middle Ages" here.

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Sifting through History to
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