Last week’s haul of goodies Found Upon the Web includes new scientific insight into the health of Ötzi the Iceman and the Medici, and what Chaucer thought about food.
Ancient Stuff
- The Iceman: Death by Blood Clot?
- Apparently Ötzi the Iceman’s brain proteins are very well-preserved.
- Arrowhead Fragment Found in Macedonian Warrior – Past Horizons Archaeology
- Evidence of surgery found on this warrior from the army of Phillip II of Macedon (who is also known as Alexander the Great’s dad)
Medieval Stuff
- Food Representation in Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales – Medievalists.net
- Early Medieval city uncovered in Cambodia – The Age
- Viking Denmark and Early Medieval Italy: A Possibility for Comparision – Medievalists.net
- Scientists Sequence DNA of Pathogen Responsible for Leprosy – SmithsonianMag.com
- This should lead to more insights about the geographical spread of leprosy
- Several Medici Family Members Suffered from Rickets – SmithsonianMag.com
- Basically, they needed to be outside in the sun more often
- On the Beginnings of Urban Life in Poland – Past Horizons Archaeology
The Middlegate Cryer 