tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7872819010848426693.post7565007120114778682..comments2024-03-28T02:46:03.227-04:00Comments on The Historical Society: Lascaux, Staffordshire, and the Serendipity of HistoryRandallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16755286304057000048noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7872819010848426693.post-30015135904276906442011-09-17T14:06:56.361-04:002011-09-17T14:06:56.361-04:00You ask what's in my back garden. Eleven year...You ask what's in my back garden. Eleven years ago I moved into my house which is on the site of an abbey's mill--one of two buildings (the abbey being the other) located in my town which are named in the Domesday Book. With the consequence that over the years, as we've (and previous owners) have dug in the garden, we've come across rather large sandstone and granite blocks. Very difficult to dig up and out, I can tell you. Some of these are carvings which didn't turn out; others are just large. But one thing I can tell you--builders 1000 years ago were exactly the same as builders today--they all throw their offcuts and rubbish in the back garden. Which I find oddly comforting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7872819010848426693.post-86143827609664050842011-09-12T11:05:54.636-04:002011-09-12T11:05:54.636-04:00Great post! Serendipity and circumstance follow th...Great post! Serendipity and circumstance follow the discovery of other cave paintings, too. The first prehistoric cave paintings ever to be discovered were found in 1879 by a young girl, Maria de Sautuola. Maria was visiting Altamira cave with her father, an amateur archaeologist, when she noticed the paintings. For over a decade, the scientific community thought that these cave paintings were a hoax. It wasn't until 1902, after other cave paintings had been found, that the Altamira paintings were considered to be authentic.Alberti's Windowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17060586087447314960noreply@blogger.com