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Blogging in France did not go as expected. I didn’t have consistent internet access, unfortunately. At the cottage we had an internet connection that was set up using an extended wifi antenna. The router was connected to the antenna with a wire through the living room window. For the first few days at the cottage,…
Google weirdness
This is very strange. Epona.net went from being ranked fourth on Google (keyword search for “epona”) to not even appearing in the listings! Apparently, the algorythms used to calculate page rank have been modified again and lots of people have lost their rankings. Now some pages with more misinformation then concrete information about Epona have…
Chariot find is a victory for Scots
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Book on Belgic Gaul and Aquitania
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Recent Books on Equine Archaeology/History
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