European Notes

Evan Hadingham,"Did a Tsunami Wipe Out a Cradle of Western Civilization?" Discover, 4 January, takes another look at what happened to Minoa.

Sylvia Westall,"Mona Lisa Identified, German Experts Say," Globe and Mail, 14 January, reports confirmation of her identity. Hat tip.

peacay,"Wondertooneel der Nature," BibliOdyssey, 15 January, reproduces selected illustrations from Levinus Vincent's two volume cabinet of curiosities by that title.

Marco Evers,"England's 'Jurassic Coast' Yields Subversive Dinosaur Fossils," SpiegelOnLine, 14 January, introduces Mary Anning (1799-1847) whose discovery of pre-historic fossils on England's"Jurassic Coast" helped to undermine traditional constructions of the ancient past. Hat tip.

"Expressionists at War," Economist, 3 January, reviews"Allemagne, les Années Noires," an exhibit of German images of World War I at the Musée Maillol in Paris. Hat tip.