Weekend Link Dump

Welcome to this week's Link Dump!Just watch out for Strange Company HQ's resident flirt.How the California Gold Rush birthed the modern world.The sound of King Tut's trumpets.I suppose the moral here is, if you're going to commit murder, make sure that the victim is someone nobody will mourn."Enigmatic tablets" from the Bronze Age.How a kitten joined an Ohio construction crew.19th century Yankee adventurers in the Pacific.The shame of beardlessness.Cyborg cockroaches. With syringes!Those wicked Amazonian dolphins.The complexities of ancient cave art.The women of the Crusades.The execution of an alchemist.D-Day in contemporary newspapers.The latest in the search for Noah's Ark.The Vegetable Marrow Riots.One man's obsession with a jar of spicy mustard.The queen who used King Arthur as a marketing tool.The disappearances of two elderly women.Letters from medieval students who could use a little cash.The "desire paths" of the East End.Pro tip: Never take a cookie from a scientist.Medieval…