Welcome to the 25th 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 and no articles, for a change. Let’s start!
Links to the news items, articles, latest released book and the history podcast recommendation of the week below:
Archaeologists stunned by India's ancient city dubbed real-life forgotten 'Atlantis'
Has Noah's Ark been found? Archaeologists reveal 'ruins' found in Turkey's boat-shaped mound date back 5,000 years ago - the same period as the Biblical flood
Archaeologists reveal face of Peru's 'Ice Maiden' mummy
Europe's 1st permanent residents settled in Crimea 37,000 years ago, DNA reveals
Dozens of centuries-old stone grenades from Ming dynasty discovered at Great Wall of China
Cold War satellite images reveal nearly 400 Roman forts in the Middle East
Links to order 'The Lumumba Plot: The Secret History of the CIA and a Cold War Assassination' below:
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Hardcover
Kindle
History podcast recommendation of the week:
The History Chicks
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Coming up: History News This Week - Episode: 025
Namaste Friends. My name is 'Shinil Subramanian Payamal' and you are listening to the Historylogy podcast.
Welcome to the 25th 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 and no articles, for a change. Let’s start!
1st ─ Archaeologists stunned by India's ancient city dubbed real-life forgotten 'Atlantis'
The ancient city of Dwarka in the northwestern Indian state of Gujarat is said to have sunk beneath the Arabian Sea, with archaeologists now on the hunt for its lost foundations.
2nd ─ Has Noah's Ark been found? Archaeologists reveal 'ruins' found in Turkey's boat-shaped mound date back 5,000 years ago - the same period as the Biblical flood
Archaeologists believe they are one step closer to confirming the resting place of Noah's Ark.
A team excavating a geological formation in Turkey has aged rock and soil samples they believe contain ruins of the vessel, which puts the site at the same time the Bible puts the Great Flood 5,000 years ago.
3rd ─ Archaeologists reveal face of Peru's 'Ice Maiden' mummy
Archaeologists have revealed a model showing what Peru's most famous mummy would have looked like.
The mummy, known as "Juanita" or the "Inca Ice Maiden", was an Inca girl who is thought to have been sacrificed in a ritual more than 500 years ago.
Scientists worked with a specialist in facial reconstruction to build a silicon bust of the mummy.
4th ─ Europe's 1st permanent residents settled in Crimea 37,000 years ago, DNA reveals
The first modern humans to take up permanent residence in Europe settled in Crimea around 37,000 years ago, according to an analysis of their DNA. Within 7,000 years, their descendants gave rise to a culture that included Venus figurines, stone tools and jewelry.
5th ─ Dozens of centuries-old stone grenades from Ming dynasty discovered at Great Wall of China
A cache of 400-year-old stone grenades inscribed with orders warning guards to watch out for enemies has been discovered at the Great Wall of China near Beijing.
The finding shows the astonishing variety of early gunpowder weapons used during the Ming dynasty, which ruled China from 1368 to 1644.
6th ─ Cold War satellite images reveal nearly 400 Roman forts in the Middle East
Declassified images from Cold War spy satellites have revealed hundreds of previously undiscovered Roman forts in Iraq and Syria — and their existence suggests the eastern border of the ancient empire wasn't as violent as initially thought, a new study finds.
Latest history book release of the week:
‘The Lumumba Plot: The Secret History of the CIA and a Cold War Assassination’ written by Stuart A. Reid is our pick of the week.
A spellbinding work of history that reads like a Cold War spy thriller—about the U.S.-sanctioned plot to assassinate the democratically elected leader of the newly independent Congo.
History podcast recommendation of the week:
‘The History Chicks’ hosted by Beckett Graham and Susan Vollenweider is our pick of the week.
History was too often written by men, which means that the roles of women were frequently minimized or forgotten altogether. Hosts Beckett Graham and Susan Vollenweider have made it their mission to change that through this popular podcast, which closely examines the lives of different women throughout history (and the occasional fictional character thrown in for good measure). Their conversational style is appealing and makes for an illuminating lesson each and every episode.
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