My del.icio.us bookmarks between the 20th of May and the 21st of May

These are things I’ve bookmarked between the 20th of May and the 21st of May. I may not have read them all yet.

• Science of the Invisible: OpenLearn conference – News of a conference this autumn on the challenges of producing open learning materials. I’ll be interested to see how people integrate open learning material with local course-specific needs

• SNAIL’S TALES: A pilgrim at the Wall of Sugar Cubes – Here’s a puzzle. What are the physical remains that would stand out to an archaeologist searching for this site, if had been abandoned for a couple of centuries? It’s an interesting form of deposition.

• Studenda Mira: Serapeum – A creative description of the fall of the Serapeum at the hands of the Christians.

• Cutty Sark « Antiquarianâ??s Attic – Comments on the recent fire and an explanation – why ‘Cutty Sark’.

• A Don’s Life – Times Online – WBLG: Human sacrifice at the Getty – Mary Beard on a workshop about human sacrifice. Strictly theory I hope.

• ARLT :: A whole book on US as Rome – Normally this tends to lead to a discussion about simplistic morality or inevitable failure, but ARLT points to stories about a book that may have a moe sophisticated analysis.

• Barista » Blog Archive » turning and turning – Eddie’s around the South Pole. I hope he wrapped up warm. Amazing photo.

• Sm 16 a rune stone in Kronoberg County « Testimony of the spade – A photo and inscription of a rune stone in Sweden. A bit of a rarity as it’s Viking period.