Top 10 News Stories of 2012: Ancient and Medieval
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Top 10 News Stories of 2012: Ancient and Medieval


We have created our list of the ten biggest news stories of the last twelve months - which includes how the world did not come to an end, and why we now know a lot more about medieval underwear.

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- How Richard Iii Is Being Covered Around The World, And More Medieval News
We begin with a selection of news stories about the reinterment of Richard III, some serious and some odd, from media around the world.[View the story "How Richard III is being covered around the world, and more medieval news" on Storify] ...

- Getty Museum Displays Stories To Watch: Narrative In Medieval Manuscripts
The illuminators of medieval manuscripts found creative ways to tell stories through pictures. A sequence of illustrations was often linked on a page, or several parts of a tale were incorporated in a single image. On view at the J. Paul Getty Museum,...

- Damage Reported At Giza Pyramids, Looters Turned Back At Karnak
Dr. Scott had both good and bad news. The bad news is that there is antiquities damage at the Giza Pyramids. Mark Lehner and his team are currently working there. ?I?ve heard that the team lost some equipment and that there was some damage to the antiquities...

- What Was Posted On Medievalists.net In December 2009
We just want to post a quick note telling our readers where they can find the news items and other resources we posted in December. A list of all 56 Medieval News posts can be found here. On the main Medievalists.net website, we posted in December: Over...

- News Of The Week
The biggest news in Medieval related things is that the International Congress on Medieval Studies starts on Thursday and goes to Sunday. Since I'll be in attendance, there will be no news update next week, but all news I can gather or that is sent...



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