http://humor-and-risos.tumblr.com/ By marialexi | View this Toon at ToonDoo | Create your own Toon http://issuu.com/marialexi/docs/informativo_dengue_5b On Friday and Saturday 23 - 24 September 2011, the Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic (University of Cambridge) hosted a two-day interdisciplinary conference on conversion to Christianity in North West Europe. It featured papers by an international group of historians, archaeologists and philologists, who were given a unique forum in which to explore conversion comparatively by focusing on different parts of Britain, Ireland, Scandinavia and Iceland in the early and central middle ages. The combination of places chosen for the discussion reflects our wish to establish a wide comparative framework, covering areas that are of significance to the study of conversion in both the pre-Viking and the Viking era. The talks were recorded and audio podcasts will be posted online soon.Read the rest of this article... A Cena Medieval - Brasil: Taberna Folk One day, or perhaps one night, in the late seventh century an unknown party traveled along an old Roman road that cut across an uninhabited heath fringed by forest in the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Mercia. Possibly they were soldiers, or then again maybe thievesthe remote area would remain notorious for highwaymen for centuriesbut at any rate they were not casual travelers. Stepping off the road near the rise of a small ridge, they dug a pit and buried a stash of treasure in the ground.For 1,300 years the treasure lay undisturbed, and eventually the landscape evolved from forest clearing to grazing pasture to working field. Then treasure hunters equipped with metal detectorsubiquitous in Britainbegan to call on farmer Fred Johnson, asking permission to walk the field. "I told one I'd lost a wrench and asked him to find that," Johnson says. Instead, on July 5, 2009, Terry Herbert came to the farmhouse door and announced to Johnson that he had found Anglo-Saxon treasure.Read the rest of this article... 1 July to 11 August 2012The 2012 Oxford Experience Programme is now online.The Oxford Experience is aresidential summer school held at the college of Christ Church, University ofOxford.The programme consists of 6weeks of courses and participants attend for one or more weeks.It offers a choice of twelveseminars each week over a period of five weeks. Participants do not need anyformal qualifications to take part, just an interest in their chosen subjectand a desire to meet like-minded people.You can also find details ofthe various archaeology courses offered at Oxford Experience here... @CHEI @LI POSTEI @QUI: Soldados dos EUA usam Facebook para protestar cont...: Supostos militares escondem o rosto e expressam suas opinioes contrarias a uma possivel acao militar Os membros das Forcas Armada... A Warwickshire man has described the moment builders found human bones under his patio.Stephen and Nicky West were having their home redeveloped when one of the builders unearthed the remains.Mr West said: "There was a tap on the door and the builder said 'Stephen, I think there's something you need to see'."He had a skull in his hand and I thought 'oh my goodness'."The couple have lived at their house in Ratley, a