Historical Thursday - Weird History

Three from History Extra this week with the first being "7 weird and wonderful medieval facts" here.

Also, find out about "8 weird things that have happened in July through history" here.

Finally, learn of "10 weird and wonderful historical newspaper stories" here.

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Sifting through History to
enhance our tabletop RPGing.

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Worldbuilding Wednesday - That Time Forgot

Over on smithsonianmag.com, they tell us "History Forgot This Rogue Aristocrat Who Discovered Dinosaurs and Died Penniless" here.

Also, on artdaily.com, "Mexican archaeologists excavate 1,600 year-old shaft tomb in the State of Zacatecas" here.

Finally, on westerndigs.org, they tell of "11,000-Year-Old Seafaring Indian Sites Discovered on California Island" here.

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The nuts and bolts of Worldbuilding
for our tabletop RPGing.

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The Tuesday Sundries - Egypt

Three on Egypt this week with the first being from sciencealert.com titled "X-rays reveal that King Tut was buried with a space dagger."  Find out more here.

Also, on io9.gizmodo.com, have a look at "A 1,300-Year-Old Egyptian Book Of Spells Has Been Deciphered" here.

Finally, on messagetoeagle.com, check out "Large Stone Boxes In Ancient Egypt: Not Made As Tombs" (even if it's ridiculous) 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 - Game of Thrones Maps

Over on gameofthrones.wikia.com, they have an entire map of "The Known World" here.

Also, on theverge.com, they discuss how "Game of Thrones season six was full of impossible journeys, so we mapped them" here.

Finally, on quartermaester.info, if you're up to date on the show and the books, yo can explore the interactive map without turning on the spoiler control 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 - Medieval Twins & Sisters

Three from the Medievalists.net this week with the first being "The Significance of Twins in Medieval and Early Modern Europe" here.

Also, have a look at "The Case of Conjoined Twins in 10th Century Byzantium" here.

Finally, check out "Sisters Between: Gender and the Medieval Beguines" 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 - Moons

Over on beyondearthlyskies.blogspot.com, they tell us "Giant Planets that can Potentially Host Habitable Moons" here.

Also, on mnn.com, "Earth has captured a second moon, says NASA."  Find out more here.

Finally, on sciencealert.com and the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory YouTube channel, some more commentary on the story of the second Earth moon here and in the video below.

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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 - Butterflies & Moths

Over on livescience.com, you might have found out about "Sir Butterfly! New Species Named for David Attenborough" here.

Also, on butterfliesandmoths.org, we can learn more about "Butterflies and Moths of North America" here.

Finally, the reason that drove me to look all this up was to help identify this creature that landed on the front door of Lake Geneva Games the other day, which I think might have been a "Virginian Tiger Moth or Yellow Woolybear Moth" as seen here.

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Examining animals, plants, and the

environments we use for our tabletop RPGing.

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