Waterloo Uncovered

Things are really taking off with the Waterloo Uncovered Project.  You really should have a look at the Facebook page and give them some extra “likes”.  

One of the aims of this years’ excavations is to make the most of social media and online publication to get the results, news and developments to as wide an audience as possible during the excavation – so that dissemination of data is not held up by ‘publication’.  So the Facebook page is a good place to keep up with the news.

You might also be interested in the Sean Bean clips – he is talking to Major Charlie Foinette in the first one about Waterloo and how life might have been for some of those fighting to survive the battle

Oh and don't forget the Somerset House lecture tomorrow evening. 

 Then there is the evaluation report which is certainly worth a read.  Click here to see it.

 

Personally, I can’t wait to get out there to see it all first-hand. 

I hear that the great Phil Harding who is one of the Patrons of the Defence Archaeology Group is also going to be there!  It will be great to hear his views.

  

Finally, there is the donation page.  It is hoped that funding will cover the expenses of all essential personnel during the excavation season – but inevitably money is tight and every extra penny will be put to good use!  Click here to donate

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10 Facts about extinctions!

1. The phrase “dead as the dodo” was first recorded in 1904, though the dodo went extinct in the 1660s.

2. “Extinct as the dodo,” dates back to 1870; “dead as a doornail” was used earlier.

3. There have been five known mass extinctions on Earth, each of which killed off at least half the species alive at the time.

 

4. The Cretaceous-Tertiary extinction around 65 million years ago killed off the dinosaurs.  Click here to read more

5. The woolly mammoth, giant kangaroo and giant sloth died out between 45,000 and 10,000 years ago.

6. The Glyptodon, an armadillo the size of a car, also became extinct about 10,000 years ago.

 

7. In 1883 the quagga became extinct. In 1984, it became the first extinct animal to have its DNA sequenced.

 

 8. The Californian state flag features the last known captive Californian grizzly bear. The bear, named Monarch, died in 1911. The species became extinct in 1924.

9. The last passenger pigeon died in 1914. She was named Martha, after George Washington’s wife.

10. The World Wildlife Fund estimates that 10,000 species or sub-species go extinct every year.

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