Interesting content that I ran across this week; mostly on archaeology, but I also ran across and really liked Open Culture’s report on Nabokov’s nature drawings of butterflies.

Archaeologists have discovered a previously unknown civilisation of ancient people within the Amazon http://t.co/QE5zkqldkA

— Mike Williams (@MikesVoice) September 20, 2013

 

Archaeologists recover great boat near the great pyramid in Egypt. http://t.co/JY7sKkhM3h

— Constantina Katsari (@c_katsari) September 18, 2013

Free online 6wk course on ‘England in the Time of King Richard III’ available from FutureLearn (Open University): https://t.co/EpT0J0p54a

— School of History (@historyleic) September 18, 2013

 

Remains of Iron Age Horse Recovered From Glacier http://t.co/PmezksdwM2 #archaeology

— Archaeology Magazine (@archaeologymag) September 17, 2013

 

Egyptian Museum all but abandoned amid turmoil http://t.co/x5S4jcIcBN

— Cort Sims (@cortsims) September 17, 2013

 

Grave of Iron Age warrior with five iron spears found at Baker’s Lane, Colchester, Essex, England http://t.co/fB6kOUTbYU

— Win Scutt’s ArchNews (@Archaeology_ws) September 17, 2013

 

Hidden Ireland: The passage tomb that predates Newgrange by 700 years (via @thejournal_ie) http://t.co/5usKFFSTli

— Irish Fireside Corey (@IrishFireside) September 16, 2013

 

@openculture reports on Vladimir Nabokov’s Delightful #Butterfly #Drawings http://t.co/Wfy86yChQK

— Mitch Emberlin (@PonderingCreek) September 21, 2013