History News from September 2021

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Edward I’s demon blood: https://youtu.be/uQDQpyuVnNo

Stoning the Pope: https://youtu.be/vKqYlmgVYw0

Frankenstein: https://youtu.be/Or4vB26ZwA4
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Arundel Castle: Man arrested over Mary Queen of Scots rosary theft: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-58638351

PM urged to abandon Stonehenge tunnel plans: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-58637002

Nigerians offer artworks to British Museum in new take on looted bronzes: https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/nigerians-offer-artworks-british-museum-new-take-looted-bronzes-2021-09-22/

Time Team expert says new planning review must protect archaeology: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-58517223

Turkish Archaeologists Unearth Headless Statue of Greek Health Goddess: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-unearth-headless-statue-grecian-health-goddess-western-turkey-180978555/
Tweet with picture of excavation: https://twitter.com/RomanMiddleEast/status/1428396516801187849?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1428396516801187849%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.smithsonianmag.com%2Fsmart-news%2Farchaeologists-unearth-headless-statue-grecian-health-goddess-western-turkey-180978555%2F

Ancient warship rams discovered at the site of the Battle of the Egadi Islands:
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/09/ancient-warship-rams-discovered-at-the-site-of-the-battle-of-the-egadi-islands/141290

Michelangelo Is a Giant of Art History. But as a Person, He May Have Actually Been Quite Short: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/michelangelo-cast-tall-shadow-across-art-history-human-may-actually-quite-short-2005327
https://whatsnew2day.com/michelangelo-famous-performer-was-surprisingly-short-at-just-5ft-3in-analysis-of-his-shoes-suggests/amp/

Pompeii tomb reveals formerly enslaved man’s rise to wealth and power: https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/08/pompeii-tomb-reveals-formerly-enslaved-mans-rise-to-wealth-and-power/

Scientists find evidence of humans making clothes 120,000 years ago: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/sep/16/scientists-find-evidence-of-humans-making-clothes-120000-years-ago

Oldest example of immobile art immortalised in rock discovered in Tibet: https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/09/oldest-example-of-immobile-art-immortalised-in-rock-discovered-in-tibet/141385

Rediscovered Medieval Manuscript Offers New Twist on Arthurian Legend: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/rediscovered-medieval-manuscript-offers-new-twist-on-arthurian-legend-180978705/
Conception of Merlin illumination from Robert de Boron, L'Estoire de Merlin, Northern France ca. 1280-1290. Paris, BNF, Fr. 95, fol. 113v
King Edward I’s reconstructed bedchamber at Tower of London; photographed by Fastily (2012).

Ornate Medieval Shield Looted by the Nazis Will Be Returned to the Czech Republic: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/ceremonial-medieval-shield-looted-by-the-nazis-will-return-to-czech-republic-180978688/

Regency nip and tuck … ‘new’ Constable portrait reveals the artist’s diplomacy: https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2021/sep/18/new-constable-portrait-artist-painting-emily-treslove-artist-neighbour-double-chin

First edition of Frankenstein sells for record breaking $1.17m: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/sep/20/frankenstein-first-edition-sets-world-auction-record-for-a-printed-work-by-a-woman-mary-shelley

Rare Charles I coin minted in Oxford fetches £54,560 at auction: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-58655402

Marie Antoinette’s Diamond Bracelets Are Going Up for Auction: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/marie-antoinettes-diamond-bracelets-are-going-up-for-auction-180978723/
Portrait of Marie Thérèse Charlotte of France, Duchesse d'Angoulême by Antoine-Jean Gros (1816). Held by the Palace of Versailles.

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