This is an index and summary of the things I’ve talked about over the last month. Links for multi-post subjects go to the first post (even if it’s before this month), you can follow the internal navigation links from there.<\/p>\n
“Plantagenet England 1225-1360” Michael Prestwich<\/a>. Part of the New Oxford History of England.<\/p>\n “The Middle East: The Cradle of Civilisation Revealed” Stephen Bourke<\/a>. Part of the Thames & Hudson Ancient Civilisations series.<\/p>\n Total:<\/b> 2<\/p>\n Defining Beauty (Exhibition at the British Museum)<\/a> – Greek sculpture as aesthetic objects.<\/p>\n Indigenous Australia Enduring Civilisation<\/a> – Exhibition at the British Museum about Australian art and culture as a continuous thing before and after the British arrived.<\/p>\n Total:<\/b> 2<\/p>\n Brunel<\/a> – In Our Time episode about Isambard Kingdom Brunel, the Victorian engineer.<\/p>\n The Earth’s Core<\/a> – In Our Time episode about what is known about the Earth’s core and how we know it.<\/p>\n Matteo Ricci and the Ming Dynasty<\/a> – In Our Time episode about the Jesuit missionary Matteo Ricci who went to China in the 16th Century.<\/p>\n Sappho<\/a> – In Our Time episode about Sappho, the ancient Greek poetess.<\/p>\n Total:<\/b> 4<\/p>\n “The Slaughter Court in Sety I Temple, Abydos” Mohammed Abu el-Yezid<\/a> – talk at the August EEG meeting.<\/p>\n Total:<\/b> 1<\/p>\n Egypt Holiday 2014: Walk from the Valley of the Kings to Deir el Medina<\/a>.<\/p>\n Egypt Holiday 2014: Colossi of Memnon<\/a>.<\/p>\n Egypt Holiday 2014: Mortuary Temple of Seti I<\/a>.<\/p>\n Egypt Holiday 2014: Valley of the Queens<\/a>.<\/p>\n Total:<\/b> 4<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This is an index and summary of the things I’ve talked about over the last month. Links for multi-post subjects go to the first post (even if it’s before this month), you can follow the internal navigation links from there. Books Non-Fiction “Plantagenet England 1225-1360” Michael Prestwich. Part of the New Oxford History of England. … Continue reading “August 2015 in Review”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[178],"class_list":["post-630","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-admin"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ninecats.org\/margaret\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/630","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ninecats.org\/margaret\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ninecats.org\/margaret\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ninecats.org\/margaret\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ninecats.org\/margaret\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=630"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ninecats.org\/margaret\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/630\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ninecats.org\/margaret\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ninecats.org\/margaret\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ninecats.org\/margaret\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Museums<\/h3>\n
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