links for 2007-02-19

• The Little Professor: Historical ghosts Does history threaten to reawaken the past? The Little Professor on Victorian ghost stories (tags: historyparanormalreligion)

• SNAIL’S TALES: The squirrel that lives by the frozen lake Squirrels are hugely underrated. (tags: squirrelsphotos)

• Visiting the plague wall (Provence) – Philobiblon Natalie Bennett touring the ruins of France. (tags: historyancient+historyarchaeologyphotos)

• Evolving Thoughts: Why I didn’t major in math I’m not a natural mathematician, so I can sympathise. (tags: mathematicshumour)

• Old Israeli find fuels Muslim ire at Jerusalem dig – washingtonpost.com What may have been a Muslim prayer room may have been found, but the report has taken three years to appear. (tags: archaeologybiblical+archaeology)

• The eerie parallels of Stonehenge life – Newsday.com Interesting, but I have doubts about some claims. I need to read more about medicine wheels and Nabta Playa (tags: archaeologyarchaeoastronomyneolithicbronze+agestonehenge)

• TODAY’S ZAMAN: Trojan horses keep the secrets of the ancient city Troy is undergoing a tourist boom at the moment (tags: archaeologyheritagepopular+culture)

• Hawai‘i Archaeological Research Project Interesting things are afoot in Hawaii (tags: archaeology)