Welcome to the 29th 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 nine interesting pieces of news items from the world of History and Archaeology followed by three wonderful articles. Let’s start!
Links to the news items, articles, latest released book and the history podcast recommendation of the week below:
Archaeologists are too scared to open up the tomb of China’s first emperor
Hat worn by Napoleon fetches record €1.9m at Paris auction
Lost tomb of Ancient Egyptian queen Nefertiti may be hidden in secret Tutankhamun chamber, famed archaeologist reveals
Archaeologists horrified by grim death of 'perfectly preserved' Inca woman found on Andes
Stonehenge mystery solved as key link found to the origin of the megalith's structure
Historians find shock clues that reveal Roman emperor was 'trans'
Neanderthals were the world's first artists, research reveals
Have Researchers Finally Identified the Remains of Captain Cook’s Ship ‘Endeavour’?
A Shipwreck Off the Coast of Colombia May Hold $20 Billion Worth of Treasure
The 50 Years that Made America
What Killed Kennedy?
JFK: The 35th President on Film
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Kindle
History podcast recommendation of the week:
Throughline
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Coming up: History News This Week - Episode: 029
Namaste Friends. My name is 'Shinil Subramanian Payamal' and you are listening to the Historylogy podcast.
Welcome to the 29th 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 nine interesting pieces of news items from the world of History and Archaeology followed by three wonderful articles. Let’s start!
1st ─ Archaeologists are too scared to open up the tomb of China’s first emperor
Archaeologists are terrified to open the tomb of Qin Shi Huang, China's first emperor who has been buried for 2,200 years.
The tomb of Qin Shu Huang, who ruled from 221 BC to 210 BC, is guarded by a terracotta army of soldiers and horses. The discovery was found by farmers back in 1974 in the Shaanxi province of China.
While archaeologists explored the area, they have never opened the tomb itself – and within good reason.
According to IFL Science, not only do archaeologists believe it will cause damage, but there are rumours of deathly booby traps that could kill curious intruders.
2nd ─ Hat worn by Napoleon fetches record €1.9m at Paris auction
A two-cornered hat worn by Napoleon Bonaparte during his reign as French emperor has fetched a record €1.932m (£1.69m) at an auction in Paris.
The hat is one of 20 remaining out of 120 the French military commander is believed to have owned in his lifetime.
The sale price is thought to have been inflated by the hype surrounding the release this month of Ridley Scott’s Napoleon biopic starring Joaquin Phoenix.
3rd ─ Lost tomb of Ancient Egyptian queen Nefertiti may be hidden in secret Tutankhamun chamber, famed archaeologist reveals
The long-lost tomb of ancient Egyptian queen Nefertiti may be hiding behind Tutankhamun's.
That's according to famed archaeologist Dr. Salima Ikram who exclusively told The U.S. Sun where she thinks the queen's final resting place is.
The final resting place of Queen Nefertiti has never officially been found.
4th ─ Archaeologists horrified by grim death of 'perfectly preserved' Inca woman found on Andes
The mountaineers couldn't believe their eyes when they stumbled upon the frozen body along with several priceless artefacts.
5th ─ Stonehenge mystery solved as key link found to the origin of the megalith's structure
The origin story of Stonehenge isn't straightforward, and many theories have been proposed by a vast array of researchers, archaeologists, scientists and even amateur historians.
An ancient culture that emerged in Brittany, France, may well have influenced those who decided to build the world's most famous stone circle.
6th ─ Roman emperor was trans, says British museum
A teenaged Roman emperor will be considered a transgender woman with "she" used for her personal pronoun by a museum in Hertfordshire.
North Hertfordshire Museum has said it will be "sensitive over how it identifies the third century ruler Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, who is better known as Elagabalus and identified as a woman.
7th ─ Neanderthals were the world's first artists, research reveals
Recent research has shown that engravings in a cave in La Roche-Cotard (France), which has been sealed for thousands of years, were actually made by Neanderthals. The findings reveal that the Neanderthals were the first humans with an appreciation of art.
8th ─ Have Researchers Finally Identified the Remains of Captain Cook’s Ship ‘Endeavour’?
Two newly analyzed pieces of a shipwreck found off the coast of Rhode Island lend convincing evidence that the vessel is actually the remains of Captain Cook’s lost ship HMB Endeavour, which famously sailed the South Pacific, according to the Australian National Maritime Museum.
9th ─ A Shipwreck Off the Coast of Colombia May Hold $20 Billion Worth of Treasure
Buried treasure may feel like the stuff of storybooks, but the President of Colombia is on a mission to recover a real-life shipwreck off the country’s northern coastline that sank more than 300 years ago. He hopes that historians are right about a cargo of treasures worth up to $20 billion that may have gone down with the ship.
Now, coming to the three articles:
1st ─ The 50 Years that Made America
Fifty years separate the Boston Tea Party and the Monroe Doctrine. How did a group of British colonies become a self-proclaimed protector of continents within half a century?
2nd ─ What Killed Kennedy?
Was it the mob? A coup? Cuban dissidents? War hawks? 60 years after the assassination of John F. Kennedy, the theories are still debated. Do any of them hold up?
3rd ─ JFK: The 35th President on Film
These videos showcase the vision and hope John F. Kennedy inspired Americans—and the immense national grief they shared upon his death.
Latest history book release of the week:
‘The Money Kings: The Epic Story of the Jewish Immigrants Who Transformed Wall Street and Shaped Modern America’ written by Daniel Schulman is our pick of the week.
The incredible saga of the German-Jewish immigrants—with now familiar names like Goldman and Sachs, Kuhn and Loeb, Warburg and Schiff, Lehman and Seligman—who profoundly influenced the rise of modern finance (and so much more), from the New York Times best-selling author of Sons of Wichita.
History podcast recommendation of the week:
‘Throughline’ hosted by Rund Abdelfatah and Ramtim Arablouei is our pick of the week.
If you’ve ever wondered how history has shaped and contributed to current world events, then this podcast from NPR should be on your must-listen list. Hosts Rund Abdelfatah and Ramtim Arablouei examine the historical context behind the news that’s making headlines every day, trying to put unfolding events into perspective.
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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