Welcome to the 8th episode of 'History News This Week.' Please note that 'History News This Week' will be online every Sunday at 09:30 PM Indian Standard Time i.e. 04:00 PM GMT.
Links to the news items, book launch details and the history podcast recommendation of the week below:
Pompeii archaeologists discover 'pizza' painting
Complete Bronze Age town with elite tombs discovered in northern China
Scientists discover what could be the oldest evidence of cannibalism among ancient human relatives
Khmer-Period Carvings Unearthed at Buddhist Shrine in Thailand
Excavated sites at Delhi's Purana Qila, dating back to 2,500 years, dissolve into oblivion after rain
What do (real) archaeologists think of the legacy of 'Indiana Jones'?
Links to order 'The Road to Eleusis: Unveiling the Secret of the Mysteries' below:
Amazon India
Amazon USA
Links to pre-order Dr. Anand Ranganathan's 'Hindus in Hindu Rashtra (Eighth-Class Citizens and Victims of State-Sanctioned Apartheid)' below:
Amazon India
Amazon USA
Link to History Podcast of the week below:
The Bowery Boys: New York City History
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Coming up: History News This Week - Episode: 008
Namaste Friends. My name is 'Shinil Subramanian Payamal' and you are listening to the Historylogy podcast.
Welcome to the 8th episode of History News This Week. Please note that History News This Week will be online every Sunday at 09:30 PM Indian Standard Time i.e. 04:00 PM GMT.
First news is from Italy.
Archaeologists in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii have uncovered a painting which depicts what might be the precursor to the Italian pizza.
The flatbread depicted in the 2,000-year-old fresco "may be a distant ancestor of the modern dish", Italy's culture ministry said.
But it lacks the classic ingredients to technically be considered a pizza.
The fresco was found in the hall of a house next to a bakery during recent digs at the site in southern Italy.
Second news is from China.
The mysterious origins of ancient bronzeware found in a part of northern China may have been uncovered, with the discovery of the ruins of a complete Bronze Age town in the area.
Archaeologists have now recovered hundreds of astonishing artifacts — including bronze drinking vessels, painted pottery, ornaments inlaid with turquoise and carved pieces of jade — at the vast Zhaigou archaeological site, about 70 miles (110 kilometres) south of the modern city of Yulin in Shaanxi province.
Third news is from Kenya.
About 1.45 million years ago, ancient human relatives ate one of their own, chowing down on meat from a shinbone, according to cut marks that constitute the oldest decisive evidence that our relatives butchered and made a meal out of one another, a new study finds.
However, it's unclear whether the cut marks are indicative of cannibalism, as multiple human relatives existed at this time, meaning that one hominin species — a group that includes modern and extinct humans, as well as our closely-related ancestors — could have eaten a related hominin species.
The fossilized shinbone, or tibia, was discovered in 1970 in the Turkana region of Kenya.
Fourth news is from Thailand.
The Bangkok Post reports that a decorative lintel and a stone gate have been earthed in northeastern Thailand at the site of Prasat Ban Bu Yai, a shrine built by King Jayavarman VII some 1,000 years ago on the road connecting Angkor and Phimai.The carvings on the lintel depict the god Indra riding on the back of the elephant Airavata. Previous excavations at the site have uncovered three other lintels; a well-preserved Shiva linga; a tympanum, or triangular wall surface decorated with carvings of a hermit; and stone pillars carved with floral patterns and mythical golden lions holding garlands.
Fifth news is from India.
In a case of sheer negligence, Archaeological Survey of India's failure to protect the excavated remains of the historical legacy spanning over 2,500 years at Purana Qila in New Delhi has resulted in extensive rain water damage to several structures.
According to sources, temporary arrangements such as tarpaulins failed to protect the excavated sites and several remains were damaged. Unburnt bricks of the Kushana period were dissolved by rain water.
Last one for the week is an interesting article titled: What do (real) archaeologists think of the legacy of 'Indiana Jones'?
Is Indiana Jones an archaeologist or a looter? Archaeologists dish on the adventurer as the fifth (and possibly final) movie "Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny" released on the 30th of June.
Coming to the latest book release, it is the 30th anniversary edition of ‘The Road to Eleusis: Unveiling the Secret of the Mysteries’ by R. Gordon Wasson, Albert Hofmann and Carl A. P. Ruck. This book was first published in 1978.
Also, Dr. Anand Ranganathan’s latest book ‘Hindus in Hindu Rashtra (Eighth-Class Citizens and Victims of State-Sanctioned Apartheid)’ is available for pre-order on Amazon India. The book is scheduled to release on the 15th of August, 2023.
History podcast recommendation of the week:
Love it or loathe it, no city looms larger in the global popular imagination than New York. And ‘The Bowery Boys’ is its great podcast. The show is hosted by Greg Young and Tom Meyers.
I will provide links to all the news items, books and the podcast mentioned above in the show notes. Please feel free to check them out.
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