This week I have seven 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 history book and history podcast recommendation of the week is below:
Alexander the Great's Father and Son Identified in 2,300-Year-Old Tombs
Rare Gold Treasure From 3,000 Years Ago Found by Metal Detectorist
Colchester: Police use drones to catch illegal treasure-hunters
90,000-year-old human footprints found on a Moroccan beach are some of the oldest and best preserved in the world
45,000-year-old bones unearthed in cave are oldest modern-human remains in Central Europe
1st known tuberculosis cases in Neanderthals revealed in prehistoric bone anaylsis
Egypt’s Bid to Restore a Giza Pyramid Ignites Backlash From Archaeologists
Our mixed-up human family: 8 human relatives that went extinct (and 1 that didn't)
13 of the world's oldest artworks, some crafted by extinct human relatives
Did art exist before modern humans? New discoveries raise big questions
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Those Conspiracy Guys
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Coming up: History News This Week - Episode: 039
Namaste Friends. My name is 'Shinil Subramanian Payamal' and you are listening to the Historylogy podcast.
Welcome to the 39th 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 three wonderful articles. Let’s start!
1st ─ Alexander the Great's Father and Son Identified in 2,300-Year-Old Tombs
Archaeologists say they have unraveled the identities of human remains in an ancient Greek royal tomb that are "among the most historically important" skeletons in Europe.
According to a study published in the Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, the skeletons they investigated belong to the father, the half-brother and the son of Alexander the Great—ruler of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon between 336 B.C. until his death in 323 B.C.
2nd ─ Rare Gold Treasure From 3,000 Years Ago Found by Metal Detectorist
An incredibly rare Bronze Age artifact has been discovered by a metal detectorist in the United Kingdom.
The gold "dress fastener," found by Nottinghamshire man Jonathan Needham while searching near Ellastone, in Staffordshire, dates back 3,000 years and is thought to be one of only seven found in England or Wales, a report from the British Museum states.
3rd ─ Colchester: Police use drones to catch illegal treasure-hunters
Police have been using drones in a bid to catch illegal treasure-hunters at a nationally significant Roman site.
Gosbecks Archaeological Park, in Colchester, was targeted by illegal metal detectorists in April 2023.
Essex Police said several holes were dug at the ancient scheduled monument by someone using a device to uncover and steal archaeological finds.
Its officers have since used drones to watch the site, which includes Roman and Iron Age remains.
4th ─ 90,000-year-old human footprints found on a Moroccan beach are some of the oldest and best preserved in the world
Researchers happened upon the footprint site near the northern tip of North Africa in 2022 while studying boulders at a nearby pocket beach, according to a study published on 23rd January in the journal Scientific Reports.
5th ─ 45,000-year-old bones unearthed in cave are oldest modern-human remains in Central Europe
Modern humans crossed the Alps into chilly Northern Europe about 45,000 years ago, meaning they may have coexisted with Neanderthals in Europe for thousands of years longer than experts previously thought, according to new research.
6th ─ 1st known tuberculosis cases in Neanderthals revealed in prehistoric bone analysis
Neanderthals living in Central Europe around 35,000 years ago suffered from tuberculosis (TB), a new DNA analysis of their bones reveals. This is the first time this disease has been identified in Neanderthals, raising questions about whether tuberculosis contributed to their extinction.
7th ─ Egypt’s Bid to Restore a Giza Pyramid Ignites Backlash From Archaeologists
Mostafa Waziri, secretary-general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, announced the Menkaure pyramid project. Its goal is to restore the facade of the monument, which once held 16 layers of granite, by using granite blocks lying at its base. The project is slated to take about three years to complete.
The announcement has triggered criticism from social media users, who variously called the project “a sad disaster” and likened it to straightening the Tower of Pisa.
Now, coming to the three articles:
1st ─ Our mixed-up human family: 8 human relatives that went extinct (and 1 that didn't)
Modern humans are far from the only species in the Homo genus. Here are others that went extinct long ago.
2nd ─ Did art exist before modern humans? New discoveries raise big questions
Scientists are finding ever-earlier examples of artistic expression in the archaeological record that reshape what we know about the cognitive abilities of our archaic human relatives, such as Neanderthals.
Sticking to art, the 3rd article is about the 13 of the world's oldest artworks, many were made by anatomically modern humans, but some were not.
Latest history book release of the week:
‘The Declassification Engine: What History Reveals About America's Top Secrets’ written by Matthew Connelly is our pick of the week.
Every day, thousands of new secrets are created by the United States government. What is all this secrecy really for? And whom does it benefit?
Using the latest techniques in data science, historian Matthew Connelly analyzes a vast trove of state secrets to unearth not only what the government really did not want us to know but also why they didn’t want us to know it.
History podcast recommendation of the week:
‘Those Conspiracy Guys’ hosted by Gordon Rochford is our pick of the week.
Those Conspiracy Guys is a comedy, history and True Crime podcast based in Ireland and deals with everything from the out-there conspiracy theories like aliens, time travel, and ancient civilisations to the more grounded, historical and provable conspiracies like political and financial corruption, scientific chicanery and secret government agency shenanigans.
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