Welcome to the 19th 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 seven interesting pieces of news items from the world of History and Archaeology followed by one good article. Let’s begin!
Links to the news items, articles, latest released book and the history podcast recommendation of the week below:
Remains Of Ancient Temple, Idols & Pillar, Discovered At Ram Janmabhoomi Excavation Site
1,000-year-old fossils of 'alien corpses' displayed at Mexico Congress
Scientists rail against 'alien' bodies shown before Mexican Congress
Archaeologists are fuming over ancient human relative remains sent to edge of space
7,000-year-old animal bones, human remains found in enigmatic stone structure in Saudi Arabia
'Magical artifacts' found along centuries-old pilgrimage route to Mecca may have protected against evil eye
Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan re-created in 3D
Who were the first farmers?
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History podcast recommendation of the week:
Witness History
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Coming up: History News This Week - Episode: 019
Namaste Friends. My name is 'Shinil Subramanian Payamal' and you are listening to the Historylogy podcast.
Welcome to the 19th 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 seven interesting pieces of news items from the world of History and Archaeology followed by one good article. Let’s begin!
1st ─ Remains Of Ancient Temple, Idols & Pillar, Discovered At Ram Janmabhoomi Excavation Site
Amid the ongoing construction of the grand Ram temple, the remains of an ancient temple have been discovered at site in Ayodhya, in the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. The ancient remains discovered at Ayodhya Ram Mandir site include several idols and pillars, General Secretary of Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Champat Rai informed.
2nd ─ 1,000-year-old fossils of 'alien corpses' displayed at Mexico Congress
Two “alien corpses” have been unveiled during a congressional hearing in Mexico following several videos purporting to show UFOs.
The two “non-human corpses” were displayed in glass boxes as experts testified that the specimens were not part of our “terrestrial evolution”.
The bodies were discovered in algae mines and are believed to be more than 1,000 years old.
3rd ─ Scientists rail against 'alien' bodies shown before Mexican Congress
In a now-viral story, "alien" bodies were unveiled before Mexico's Congress on Tuesday (i.e. 12th September). But is there any real science behind this bizarre event?
Not by a long shot, according to scholars, who denounced the claim and affirmed that the bodies are not alien.
4th ─ Archaeologists are fuming over ancient human relative remains sent to edge of space
For the first time, fossilized remains of ancient human relatives have gone to the edge of outer space — and scientists are not happy about it.
Fragmentary remains of two ancient human relatives were carried aboard a Virgin Galactic flight on 8th September.
5th ─ 7,000-year-old animal bones, human remains found in enigmatic stone structure in Saudi Arabia
Archaeologists excavating an ancient stone monument in Saudi Arabia have unearthed thousands of animal bones, as well as human remains belonging to at least nine individuals.
The discoveries suggest that people gathered at stone structures to perform rituals and activities in Saudi Arabia about 7,000 years ago. These rituals appear to have included depositing animal horns and skulls.
6th ─ 'Magical artifacts' found along centuries-old pilgrimage route to Mecca may have protected against evil eye
An assortment of 400-year-old artifacts found along a former Muslim pilgrimage route from Egypt to the Arabian Peninsula may have been used for "magical rituals" or ceremonies, a new study finds.
Archaeologists discovered the collection of goods in Eilat, a region in southern Israel.
7th ─ Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan re-created in 3D
An artistic project by Thomas Kole, a Dutch born technical artist, has published a detailed recreation of the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan.
The project, called “A portrait of Tenochtitlan, a 3D reconstruction of the capital of the Aztec Empire”, is the result of 1.5 years of study, in which a team of specialists have used open-source software such as Blender, Gimp, and Darktable, to bring Tenochtitlan back to life how it looked in AD 1518.
Now, coming to the lone article of the week:
Who were the first farmers?
The development of farming by Homo sapiens may be the most fundamental advance of our species. It forever changed the nomadic hunter-gatherer lifestyles that all humans had followed until that time, and the farming practices established by our ancient ancestors still shape agriculture around the world today, feeding billions of people.
Farming also led to villages and then to specialized labor, and then to the advancements of arts and technologies.
But when did farming start? And why?
Latest history book release of the week:
‘Memory, Edited: Taking Liberties with History’ written by Abby Smith Rumsey is our pick of the week.
It is an exploration of historical memory and networks of meaning in the context of today’s crises of extremism and polarization.
History podcast recommendation of the week:
‘Witness History’, this BBC podcast is a stimulating way to learn more about world history in small doses. The episodes average around 10 minutes each, and there’s a new one released each weekday focusing on a single event in a different part of the world.
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