"if we could sail on the wind in the dark / cut those chains in the middle of the night"

[larryhammer]

Ah, science, we hardly know thee!

Up to 20 more possible Earthlike exoplanets found in existing Kepler telescope data. (via)

Attempting to identify the Plague of Cyprian. Spoiler: two candidates are suggested, neither very firmly. (via)

This carved seal-stone from 1450 BCE near Pylos is awesome. Comparisons to scenes in the Iliad are easy to make -- almost too easy.

---L.

Subject quote from "Enough to Go By," Vienna Teng.

Comments

[cmcmck]

I've seen a number of explanations for the Cyprianic plague and as you say, none of them convince as this one does not.