Welcome to the 23rd 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 six interesting pieces of news items from the world of History and Archaeology followed by five great articles. Let’s begin!
Links to the news items, articles, latest released book and the history podcast recommendation of the week below:
Mythical hellhound and sea-centaurs painted on 2,200-year-old tomb discovered in Italy
Hidden colors and intricate patterns discovered on the 2,500-year-old Parthenon Marbles from ancient Greece
Neanderthal cuisine: Excavations reveal Neanderthals were as intelligent as Homo sapiens
Elderly French couple sue art dealer who bought African face mask from them for £129 and sold it for £3.6m
Top secret D-Day invasion maps that were drawn up to confuse Hitler's troops defending France are uncovered in suitcase belonging to a veteran who stormed Normandy
Bedford: Games technology and art bring town's history to life
The Rise and Fall of Mein Kampf
13 of the oldest archaeological sites in the Americas
Where is Stonehenge, who built the prehistoric monument, and how?
America's ancient sky watchers
The mysterious monoliths of Meghalaya
Links to order 'Great-Uncle Harry: A Tale of War and Empire' below:
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Hardcover
Kindle
History podcast recommendation of the week:
The History of Rome
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Coming up: History News This Week - Episode: 023
Namaste Friends. My name is 'Shinil Subramanian Payamal' and you are listening to the Historylogy podcast.
Welcome to the 23rd 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 six interesting pieces of news items from the world of History and Archaeology followed by five great articles. Let’s begin!
1st ─ Mythical hellhound and sea-centaurs painted on 2,200-year-old tomb discovered in Italy
Paintings of sea-centaurs, the hellhound Cerberus and other mythical beings cover a 2,200-year-old tomb unearthed near Naples in Italy.
2nd ─ Hidden colors and intricate patterns discovered on the 2,500-year-old Parthenon Marbles from ancient Greece
The ancient Greek statues were assumed to be spotlessly white, but a new study reveals that the Parthenon Sculptures once burst with color.
3rd ─ Neanderthal cuisine: Excavations reveal Neanderthals were as intelligent as Homo sapiens
The fact that Neanderthals were able to make a fire and use it, among other things, for cooking, demonstrates their intelligence. "This confirms our observations and theories from previous studies," explains Diego Angelucci, archaeologist at the University of Trento and co-author of the study.
4th ─ Elderly French couple sue art dealer who bought African face mask from them for £129 and sold it for £3.6m
The unnamed pair, aged 81 and 88, from Nimes (pronounced ‘Neem’) in France, were clearing out their home in 2021 and decided to sell the 'Ngil' mask.
The artwork is a traditional Fang mask from Gabon, used in rituals such as weddings and funerals.
5th ─ Top secret D-Day invasion maps that were drawn up to confuse Hitler's troops defending France are uncovered in suitcase belonging to a veteran who stormed Normandy
Ultra top secret invasion maps designed to confuse the Germans ahead of the D-Day landings have been discovered in a suitcase.
They were owned by Captain Thomas Dawson, who was one of the few officers entrusted with the highly classified details of the Allied invasion of occupied France.
The maps were designed so that, if they were to fall into enemy hands ahead of Operation Neptune on 6th June, 1944, they would be harder to decipher.
6th ─ Bedford: Games technology and art bring town's history to life
Three virtual experiences will be used to teach people about a town's history.
Players use mobile phones to scan murals around Bedford which start games revealing local facts dating back to the 18th century.
Bedford Creative Arts (BCA) worked with digital artists to make murals around the town scannable by mobile devices.
Bedford borough councillor Andrea Spice said the augmented reality games brought "the history of Bedford High Street to life".
The three games are free for players to access by scanning a QR code near the corresponding mural.
Now, coming to the five articles:
1st ─ The Rise and Fall of Mein Kampf
Adolf Hitler’s Mein Kampf was an unexpected bestseller, whose success rose and fell with its author.
2nd ─ 13 of the oldest archaeological sites in the Americas
Archaeological discoveries throughout the Americas are pushing back the date for when humans reached the New World by thousands of years, rewriting the long-standing theory that people arrived only 13,000 years ago.
From giant sloth bones carved into pendants to underwater caches of mastodon bones, this article talks about 13 of the oldest archaeological sites in the Americas.
3rd ─ Where is Stonehenge, who built the prehistoric monument, and how?
The prehistoric monument Stonehenge was built up to 5,000 years ago on Salisbury Plain in England, but its ultimate purpose remains a tantalizing mystery.
4th ─ America's ancient skywatchers
On 14th October a solar eclipse swept over North, Central and South America. But for Indigenous people across the region, the phenomenon has long held additional significance.
5th ─ The mysterious monoliths of Meghalaya
Hundreds of standing stones, some 8m tall, stand sentinel in Nartiang, in the north-east Indian state of Meghalaya, with their origin shrouded in fantastical folklore.
Latest history book release of the week:
‘Great-Uncle Harry: A Tale of War and Empire’ written by Michael Palin is our pick of the week.
In this book, the author recreates the extraordinary life and tragic death of a First World War soldier—his great-uncle Harry.
History podcast recommendation of the week:
‘The History of Rome’ hosted by Mike Duncan is our pick of the week.
Looking to learn more about ancient Roman society and culture? Though this exhaustive podcast has concluded, its riveting 164 episodes take you chronologically from the city’s beginnings through the sack of Rome in 410 AD.
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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