Wednesday What's New in History

by Reedstilt

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This weekly feature is a place to discuss new developments in fields of history and archaeology. This can be newly discovered documents and archaeological sites, recent publications, documents that have just become publicly available through digitization or the opening of archives, and new theories and interpretations.

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Archaeologist have just found a skeleton in the Amphipolis tomb in Greece. Can anyone explain who the individual might be? This article only says "the tomb in all probability belongs to a male and a general".

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-30019338

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There have been new discoveries at the Sobibor Death Camp in Poland, [here] (http://www.jpost.com/Diaspora/Gas-chambers-at-Sobibor-death-camp-uncovered-in-archaeological-dig-375605) and here