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.
A Carved Stone Block Upends Assumptions About Ancient Judaism
This One Bone Provides The Only Skeletal Evidence For Crucifixion In The Ancient World
Why did Neanderthals look different than us? New research points to an intriguing difference
Stonehenge may have been first erected in Wales, 'amazing' finds suggest
Ancient Chinese tomb dating back 2,500 years uncovered to shed light on obscure kingdom
Spanish galleon with rumoured £1bn treasure hoard found, says Colombia's president
New study casts doubt on climate as a major factor in Medieval Norse abandonment of Greenland
Ancient 'Wand' May Be Oldest Example of Lead Work in the Levant
University of Lincoln uncovers hundreds of 11,000-year-old tools
Nicholas Reeves new paper on Tutankhamun's mask original owner
Archaeologists uncover Bronze Age trade routes between Iran and Mesopotamia
PBS recently put out an interesting documentary about William Morgan, the Ohio born Commandante of the Cuban Revolution, who has been largely erased from Cuban history books because he later opposed Fidel when the Revolution went beyond restoring the Constitution of 1940 and started to cozy up to the USSR.
www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/comandante/player/