It’s autumn and the oldest buffalo calves are just about weaned. We can tell because the mothers kick at them when they try to nurse. In a couple of months, they will all be on a grass diet. They’re so beautiful this time of year. They’re losing their summer coats and growing heavy winter hair.
After an unbelievably wet and beautiful summer, the grass is finally turning brown on Red Canyon Ranch, and the buffalo are filling up on as much of the last green shoots as they can.
Thank you Beth Colvin of 
The Advocate for your very kind review of our book about Cahokia: http://theadvocate.com/entertainment/books/9677887-123/people-of-morning-star-reveals
The cultural price of war… This is a before and after photo of the Grand Mosque in Aleppo, Syria. It was a World Heritage site, gone now.
Four Ajanta caves to be closed to the public
One of the most difficult decisions that any archaeological or historical site has to make is over public access to the site. How much traffic can those fragile resources take before they begin to deteriorate so much that preserving them means prohibiting people from seeing them? The Ajanta Caves recently decided to close four caves to protect them. While this affects the ability to educate the public, we think it was the right decision. These sacred sites are too precious to watch them fade into the dust.