Update from London

What a week!   Due to a last-minute snafu, Caitlyn, Lindsay and I ended up working on skeletons at Cambridge for a couple of days last week instead of starting at the Museum of London.  Here they are, sorting skeletal material and making molds of teeth that will be brought back to QU for further analysis.

We had "nerd day" on Wednesday and visited the Hunterian Museum, which houses thousands of pathological anatomical specimens.  Unfortunately, you cannot take photos inside of the museum.

We also visited Highgate Cemetery, one of London's "Magnificent Seven" -- seven grand cemeteries used during the Victorian era.  This cemetery is most well-known for housing the tomb of Karl Marx.

We discussed the use of several Victorian motifs, including Egyptian obelisks (Victorians were quite the Orientalists!) and angels.

The cemetery has also buried people more recently.  A contemporary grave that caught our eyes:

Lindsay also spied one of London's notorious foxes at the end of our visit.