The Tuesday Sundries - The Six Forgotten Giants

Earlier this year on canyouactually.com, they shared an article titled "Guy Builds Giants From Wood And Hides Them In The Wilderness For People To Find."  Enjoy!

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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 - David Rumsey Map Collection

Over on Open Culture, they've updated us again on the the ongoing project.  You can now "Download 91,000 Historic Maps from the Massive David Rumsey Map Collection!"

Mapping Monday on GRYMVALD.com

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 - Valley of the Mills

The "Photos of the Week" over on The Atlantic included an excellent view of "The Vallone dei Mulini, or Valley of the Mills, photographed in Sorrento, Italy, on June 5, 2019. Pictured here are the ruins of an ancient flour mill, sawmill, and public washhouse" by Ivan Romano through Getty.  Enjoy them all 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 - Jupiter in June

So, apparently, "Jupiter will soon be so close to Earth you’ll be able to see its moons without a telescope."  I'll have to make sure I get a good look at this view when I can.

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What's happening in Space and

what can it mean for our tabletop RPGing?

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Mapping Monday - Cartographers Guild 2019 Atlas Awards

Last month, the Cartographers' Guild website announced the winners of The Atlas Awards. Stunning work!

Detail from Domhantyr World Map, by Ilanthar

Best World Map, Atlas Awards 2019

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Cartography and Mapping are the order of the day,
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Flora & Fauna Friday - Hibernation

My blogs and Facebook will be (mostly) dark for the next couple of weeks so I leave you with some sleepy creatures to tide you over.  First, check out the wiki entry on hibernation here.

Also, on conservationinstitute.org, have a look at "10 Animals That Hibernate" here.

Finally, on earthrangers.com, check out the "Top Ten Coolest Hibernating Animals" here.

Flora & Fauna Friday on GRYMVALD.com

Examining animals, plants, and the

environments we use for our tabletop RPGing.

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Historical Thursday - Ancient Egypt

Most of what we know about Ancient Egypt, what came before Alexander of Macedon conquer Egypt in 332 BC, comes from the archaeological record and even the paleontology.  There are a fair number of written accounts from Egyptian sources as well as from other contemporary kingdoms but the existence of Egypt stretches back so far that much of the history is still rather mysterious.  We get accounts of who was in control and the wars that were fought, and some record keeping regarding building projects, but nowhere near what one might consider detailed history from year to year or regarding all strata of society.  For a brief overview, check out the first half of this article on Live Science here.

Also, on historyworld.net, there's a pretty good timeline here.  The first two-and-a-half pages of their six-page Timeline are devoted to the pre-Alexandrian period.

Finally, on historyextra.com, there are some fun tidbits in their article "The big questions of ancient Egypt" here.

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Sifting through History to
enhance our tabletop RPGing.

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