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New addition to HistoWeb: Annotated drawings. Starting with muscle, this will be expanded as time permits.

New website is up an running: HistoWeb. This is primarily aimed at serving medical and dental students at the University of Pretoria from outside the firewall. Other students of Histology could also benefit. If you find mistakes, please send me a note. To use the system, read the Need help link at the top left [...]

Some original Maian Art. Pick your favourite and use as a desktop.

I’m a Photographer, not a Terrorist Mass Gathering in defence of street photography To the Four Horsemen of the Information Apocalypse (terrorists, drug dealers, kidnappers, and child pornographers), governments worldwide are now attempting to add a fifth – the photographer. Be informed; a good place to start is The Register: Police snapper silliness reaches new [...]

A first attempt at making some skull icons. They are all roughly 25×35 pixels in size. This was arbitrarily chosen at a size that I needed, I will be redoing them in a more standard size. Any feedback gracefully accepted. Download in zip format: icons_skulls13_ML20090331.zip (25k) Skull icons by Marius Loots is licensed under a [...]

The eclipse of today, glimpsed through the clouds.

Total eclipse of 4 December 2002, experienced in Venda:

Artist: !no!no!mous Photographer: Marius Loots Camera: Nokia 3110

I have added a large number of small photographs related to archaeology in a photogallery. This is a temporary installation, but feel free to browse and comment. Larger images available on request.

Modern manufacture, ancient style. These beads and bracelets are made in Venda today. The style still follows the ancient pattern established even before the days of Thulamela. Aerial view of Thulamela, looking north-east. This is the edge of the settlement, with the excavation of Ingwe’s grave taking place in the foreground. The edge of the [...]