• Found: the world’s oldest runestone. (The Guardian)

• Found by a nine-year-old: a “once-in-a-lifetime” megalodon tooth. (CNN)

• Not found by The Joe Rogan Experience listeners: mammoth bones in the East River. (New York)

• “The thoroughgoing complexity and irreconcilability of Imitation of Life make it an essential American film. It grasps toward a confrontation with realities that many Americans still find dangerous yet difficult to name.” (Current)

• Revisiting the work of “forgotten” Pre-Raphaelites. (Hyperallergic)

• “As mass production made bicycles cheaper and more commonplace, the need for head protection grew increasingly obvious. Cyclists’ earliest choice was a single-use, plant-based pith helmet (basically, a safari hat) that broke upon impact. Next up, a leather halo padded with wool or cotton—referred to as a ‘hairnet’—did little more than protect a cyclist’s ears and face ‘from dragging the ground when sliding across pavement,’ as the product review website Gearist put it.” (Slate)

• On Janet Malcolm’s archive. (Literary Hub)

• The history and future of California cuisine: “Why did the goat cheese and sun-dried tomatoes win?” (Eater)

• Reading John le Carré’s letters. (NewYorker.com)

• Maya’s stranger queens: “Once a stranger queen fulfilled the duties expected of her as a woman, she was able to assume privileges and powers that were typically restricted to men in Classic Maya society. These women dressed in masculine garb, waged wars, played power politics, and commissioned monuments touting their achievements.” (Archaeology)

• “Thirty Years Ago, Repo Man Stole Macho Man’s Hat.” (Defector)

• This week in obituaries: David Crosby, Lisa Marie Presley, Jonathan Raban, Ronald Blythe, Yukihiro Takahashi, Casey Hayden, Michael Snow, K. Alex Müller, Gina Lollobrigida, Richard Hartley, Ruth Adler Schnee, Arthur Duncan, Frank Thomas, Carl Hahn, Gianfranco Baruchello, Sister André, Hannes Keller, Jean Veloz, Aonghas MacNeacail, Edie Landau, Peter Grose, Hussein Husseini, Rosi Mittermaier, William Consovoy, Robbie Knievel, and Lupe Serrano.