Welcome to the 18th 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. This week I have ten interesting pieces of news items from the world of History and Archaeology followed by two great articles. Let’s begin!
Links to the news items, articles, latest released book and the history podcast recommendation of the week below:
Metal detectorist in Norway discovers massive cache of jewelry
Small prey compelled prehistoric humans to produce appropriate hunting weapons and improve their cognitive abilities
Ancient Greeks Built a Road and Primitive Railway to Haul Ships Overland
Incredible rare coin worth £18MILLION with 4kg of gold and more than 6,000 diamonds is unveiled in honour of the Queen
4 Roman swords likely stolen as war booty 1,900 years ago discovered in Israeli cave
Centuries-old technique reveals hidden '3D' animals in Paleolithic cave art
2,800-year-old figurines unearthed at Greek temple may be offerings to Poseidon
Isaac Newton apple tree saplings auctioned in UK first
Origins of enslaved Africans freed by British, then abandoned on remote Atlantic island revealed by DNA analysis
Koraigad perimeter wall work enters second phase, gets Rs 10 crore Maha boost
Signs of the Zodiac: The Dendera Dating Controversy
Taking the knee origins in Mesopotamia - research
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You Must Remember This
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Coming up: History News This Week - Episode: 018
Namaste Friends. My name is 'Shinil Subramanian Payamal' and you are listening to the Historylogy podcast.
Welcome to the 18th 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.
This week I have ten interesting pieces of news items from the world of History and Archaeology followed by two great articles. Let’s begin!
1st ─ Metal detectorist in Norway discovers massive cache of jewelry
An amateur metal detectorist has unearthed what experts are calling Norway's largest gold treasure find this century.
Erlend Bore, a 51-year-old Norwegian man, discovered the bounty — which contained nine pendants with "rare" gold symbols, three gold rings and 10 gold pearls — earlier this summer while exploring Rennesøy, a private island off the southwestern coast of the country.
2nd ─ Small prey compelled prehistoric humans to produce appropriate hunting weapons and improve their cognitive abilities
A new study from the Department of Archaeology at Tel Aviv University found that the extinction of large prey, upon which human nutrition had been based, compelled prehistoric humans to develop improved weapons for hunting small prey, thereby driving evolutionary adaptations.
The study reviews the evolution of hunting weapons from wooden-tipped and stone-tipped spears, all the way to the sophisticated bow and arrow of a later era, correlating it with changes in prey size and human culture and physiology.
3rd ─ Ancient Greeks Built a Road and Primitive Railway to Haul Ships Overland
Beginning as early as 600 B.C., the ancient Greeks created the Diolkos, an ambitious road partially paved with stone, that spanned across the entire Isthmus of Corinth. The overland route allowed sailors to avoid the perilous circumnavigation of the Peloponnese peninsula. One section of the road featured purposefully grooved tracks—considered among the earliest known railways in recorded history.
4th ─ Incredible rare coin worth £18 MILLION with 4 kg of gold and more than 6,000 diamonds is unveiled in honour of the Queen
A jaw-dropping £18.47 million coin peppered with 6,426 diamonds has been unveiled in honour of the late Queen Elizabeth II.
Called 'The Crown - the East India Company', the sparkling wonder is stuffed with 4 kg of gold and is the size of a basketball.
Despite the eye-popping fortune of its composition, the coin's face value is a measly £10,000.
5th ─ 4 Roman swords likely stolen as war booty 1,900 years ago discovered in Israeli cave
Archaeologists in Israel have discovered four well-preserved 1,900-year-old Roman swords lodged in a crevice inside a cave in the Judaean Desert — weapons that rebel Jewish forces likely seized in battle and later hid.
6th ─ Centuries-old technique reveals hidden '3D' animals in Paleolithic cave art
Using an unconventional, centuries-old method, researchers have identified hidden animal figures on the walls of a cave in Spain. The technique, called stereoscopic photography, dates back to the early 1800s but is perhaps best known for its use in the View-Master, the pre-VR viewer beloved by generations of kids.
7th ─ 2,800-year-old figurines unearthed at Greek temple may be offerings to Poseidon
Archaeologists excavating a 2,800-year-old temple at a sanctuary in Greece have uncovered several artifacts, including figurines of a dog, a woman and a snake, according to the Greek Ministry of Culture.
Some of these figurines may have been used as votive offerings, or gifts to the gods, intended for Poseidon, a Greek god of the sea.
8th ─ Isaac Newton apple tree saplings auctioned in UK first
Ten saplings from the apple tree that inspired Sir Isaac Newton are being auctioned to raise money for the future care of his birthplace.
An apple falling at the scientist's childhood home in Woolsthorpe Manor, Lincolnshire, in 1666 is believed to have inspired him to discover gravity.
The National Trust, which runs the property, said it was the first time the saplings were being auctioned.
9th ─ Origins of enslaved Africans freed by British, then abandoned on remote Atlantic island revealed by DNA analysis
A first-of-its-kind DNA analysis has revealed the likely origins of thousands of enslaved Africans who died on a remote Atlantic island after being liberated and offloaded there by the British Navy.
Roughly 27,000 Africans were taken from seized slave ships between 1840 and 1867 and deposited on the island of St. Helena as part of Britain's attempt to eliminate the transatlantic slave trade. Housed in ramshackle tents in the middle of an arid valley, up to 8,000 of the liberated people died of disease and malnutrition.
10th ─ The archaeological department of the Indian state of Maharashtra has started the second phase of construction of a perimeter wall around the Korigad fort
The work is significant considering the increase in footfall of visitors to the fort, about 80 km from Pune. The ASI has already constructed a 1.5 km perimeter wall and repaired the fort facing Lonavala town. The state government has sanctioned Rs. 10 Crores for the project, which will be completed in the next few months.
Now, coming to the two articles:
1st ─ Signs of the Zodiac: The Dendera Dating Controversy
How ancient was ancient Egypt? How old is the world? And what happens when archaeology contradicts the Bible? When the Dendera Zodiac arrived in Paris, these questions exploded into the public sphere.
2nd ─ Taking the knee origins in Mesopotamia - research
Taking the knee has become a widespread global gesture against racism but academics now say its origins date back to the Mesopotamian era.
Researchers have been studying the history of the gesture following protests for racial equality since the death of George Floyd in 2020.
The University of Hull's Dr. Nick Evans said taking the knee thousands of years ago was "a sign of deference".
Latest book release of the week:
‘Time's Echo: The Second World War, the Holocaust, and the Music of Remembrance’ written by Jeremy Eichler is our pick of the week.
It is a stirring account of how music bears witness to history and carries forward the memory of the wartime past.
History podcast recommendation of the week:
‘You Must Remember This’ hosted by Karina Longworth.
If you love the glitz, glamour, and seedy underbelly of old Hollywood, then you will absolutely adore You Must Remember This.
I will provide links to all the news items, articles, book and podcast mentioned above in the show notes. Please feel free to check them out.
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