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Showing posts with label archaeology. Show all posts
Showing posts with label archaeology. Show all posts
Sunday, 16 March 2025

80 Gays Around the World: Part 6) Greek Beauties

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Last time on “80 Gays” : 15) Father Markus Furhman (b.1971) became the first openly gay Franciscan “bishop” after ministering in Cologne,...
Tuesday, 1 November 2022

An Emperor Leaves His Mark

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With all the various anniversaries being celebrated in the UK this year one significant anniversary in British heritage has been overshadowe...
Wednesday, 10 February 2021

The 2 Billion Dollar Funeral

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Could this have been the most expensive funeral in history? I haven’t looked closely at all the funerals of all the heads of world powers (i...
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Wednesday, 2 December 2020

80 More Gays Around the World: Part 27) Guiding the Way

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Last time on “80 More Gays”: 74) Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892-1950) lived in the same house (though not at the same time) as 75) Margaret...
Tuesday, 24 November 2020

80 More Gays Around the World: Part 26) Homes Destroyed, Homes Discovered

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Last time on “80 More Gays”: The true gender of 71) Dr. James Barry (c.1795-1865) was a secret known to few in his lifetime, including a S...
Saturday, 17 October 2020

The Godmother of Egyptology

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Today is International Archaeology Day. Arguably the most influential archaeological subject is Egyptology. The names of ancient pharaohs an...
Wednesday, 19 February 2020

80 More Gays Around the World: Part 5) Tourists and Taurus

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Last time on “80 More Gays” : 9) Polycrates of Samos (d.522 BC) lent his name to a psychological complex exhibited by 10) Paul Morphy (18...
Thursday, 31 October 2019

King Tut and the Mummy's Curse

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Its Hallowe’en and time to scare ourselves silly with the 20th century interpretation of the many traditional global ancestor worship fest...
Friday, 19 April 2019

Urban Spacemen?

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After the depressingly dark heritage of the swastika last week we need something more uplifting to read. So, how about an openly gay archa...