A beautiful mosaic first uncovered in the Israeli town of Lod is to be exposed for the second time after it was first discovered in 1996. It is 1,700 years old, about 180m square and depicts an array of wild animals and merchant ships. Read more about it here.
Finds: A Japanese Doll
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Yaegaki-hime doll (purchased 7/4/24)
photograph by Bronwyn Lloyd
This doll, which I found a few days ago in a Vintage shop, is clearly a
rather distress...
Clocking Out
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I have been neglecting this blog for some months. I think perhaps I should
face facts and accept that it is indeed time to retire this blog (started
nea...
New Location, New Look!
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After many happy years on Blogspot, my blog has moved - and I have a new
website.
Here's my new blog - with all the old content from this site:
https://ww...
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