History News from March 2021

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It’s the first Friday of April and we have a new (three-month-old) tradition to fulfil – let’s look at the history news headlines that sparked my curiosity during March and some updates to stories we looked at previously…

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History News 2021 playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnWtthsbeLjhMIvLaXog3TMJc4wT8aHQS

Dr Kat and The Antikythera Mechanism: https://youtu.be/nW4WZbydxZA

Henry VIII’s Syphilis and Other Diagnoses (sorry about the top I’m wearing in this one – it’s a trip!): https://youtu.be/CBY5h9t6y0w
Relevant news articles and weblinks:

Scientists may have solved ancient mystery of 'first computer': https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/mar/12/scientists-move-closer-to-solving-mystery-of-antikythera-mechanism

Sotheby’s pages for record of sale for Victoria’s mourning jewellery:
https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2021/the-family-collection-of-the-late-countess-mountbatten-of-burma/banded-agate-and-diamond-pendant-1861
https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2021/the-family-collection-of-the-late-countess-mountbatten-of-burma/banded-agate-and-pearl-pendant-1878
https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2021/the-family-collection-of-the-late-countess-mountbatten-of-burma/onyx-and-seed-pearl-button-1879
https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2021/the-family-collection-of-the-late-countess-mountbatten-of-burma/hardstone-enamel-and-diamond-pendant-robert

Owner of Welsh coastal park wants Stonehenge back: https://nation.cymru/news/owner-of-welsh-coastal-park-wants-stonehenge-back/

Contractors Discover Forgotten Medieval Tunnel Beneath Welsh Garden: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/electricians-discover-secret-medieval-tunnels-180977169/

Henry VIII’s tiltyard found: https://www.archaeology.org/issues/415-2103/digs/9450-digs-england-henry-viii-jousting-yard

Bronze Age queen found:
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2270827-a-bronze-age-queen-was-buried-wearing-a-priceless-silver-crown/
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/bronze-age-spain-women-rulers-archaeology-b1815736.html

'Magical' girdle worn in hundreds of medieval childbirths discovered in England: https://www.livescience.com/magical-birthing-girdle-medieval-england.html

Ancient Christian ruins discovered in Egypt: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/mar/14/ancient-christian-ruins-discovered-in-egypt-reveal-nature-of-monastic-life

Israeli researchers announce discovery of new Dead Sea Scroll fragments: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/dead-sea-scrolls-new-israel-b1817703.html

“Meet Gus Casely-Hayford, the man on a mission to drag museums into the 21st century”: https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2021/mar/21/va-east-repository-of-objects-thoughts-feelings-dream-gus-casely-hayford

Metropolitan Museum of Art Will Use Funds From Deaccessioned Artworks to Pay Staff Salaries: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/metropolitan-museum-art-vote-aamd-guidelines-1950363

Germany moves towards full restitution of Benin bronzes: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/germany-moves-towards-full-restitution-of-benin-bronzes

University of Aberdeen to return Benin bronze looted by British troops to Nigeria: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/university-of-aberdeen-to-return-benin-bronze-looted-by-british-troops-to-nigeria

Boris Johnson rules out return of Parthenon marbles to Greece: https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2021/mar/12/boris-johnson-rules-out-return-of-parthenon-marbles-to-greece

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