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The Friday Digest 27/03/15

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This week's update features the reinternment of Richard III, the secret Second World War pact with the devil and eleven female inventors who helped power the 'Information Age'.  

 


Statue of Alfred the Great in Winchester. Getty/Matt Cardy


* 'The dust of kings' and the questions raised by exhuming dead monarchs, meanwhile a search for the bones of Henry I is planned in Reading for later this year.  


Richard III lowered into the ground (c) PA


The service to mark the reburial of King Richard III took place at Leicester Cathedral yesterday with the Archbishop of Canterbury, The Most Rev Justin Welby, presiding over the service with local senior clergy and representatives of world faiths.


Richard III

 

* Putting Richard III on trial
 

* Nine reasons why GQ would probably have been Richard III's friend ... 


6 myths about Richard III. © Heritage Image Partnership Ltd / Alamy

 

* Six myths about Richard III – the supposed murderer and usurper who wanted to marry his niece

 

Banquet at a wealthy home in ancient Rome. © North Wind Picture Archives / Alamy 

 Dormice, ostrich meat and fresh fish: the surprising foods eaten by people in ancient Rome.  


A Roman street in Pompeii


* Roman roads – the phenomenon that held a world empire together


Sculptures on display in the exhibition, from left to right: Bronze reconstruction of around 1920 by George Römer of the Doryphoros or ‘spear-bearer’ by Polykleitos, made around 440–430 BC. H 212 cm. Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich. Marble statue of the Diskobolos or ‘discus-thrower’. Roman copy from 2nd century AD of a bronze original of the 5th century BC, from Hadrian’s Villa in Tivoli, Italy. H 169 cm, W 105 cm. British Museum, London 1805,0703.43 Ilissos, marble statue of the river god, from the west pediment of the Parthenon in Athens. Greek, about 438–432 BC. H 81.28 cm, D 56 cm. British Museum, London 1816,0610.99


Defining beauty: the body in ancient Greek art.


Reims Cathedral hit during a German shell barrage, 19 September 1914. (c) Getty Images


The destruction of Europe's medieval architecture, and the resultant emergence of heritage tourism, are among the lesser-known legacies of the First World War




* The story of the First World War by those who lived through it.


A building in ruins at the Teyu Cuare ("Lizard's cave" in Guarani) provincial park, near San Ignacio, in the northern Argentine province of Misiones, on March 9, 2015. DANIEL SCHAVELZON/AFP/Getty Images


Ruins found in a remote section of the Argentinian jungle 'may be secret Nazi hideout'.


Mugshot of Charles "Lucky" Luciano from 1936

 

* The Second World War pact with the Devil ... 


A picture of Napoleon Bonaparte.

 

* What would have happened if Napoleon Bonaparte had won the Battle of Waterloo


Magna Carta (c) The British Library

 

* Magna Carta: a manuscript for all seasons


Hedy Lamarr

 

* Eleven female inventors who helped power the 'Information Age'

 

Women feeding chickens at the Indiana Women's Prison.,Women feeding chickens at the Indiana Women’s Prison. Courtesy American Historical Association/Indiana Historical Society

 

* A revisionist history of Indiana Women’s Prison


Was James Bond the Result of Ian Fleming's Midlife Crisis?


* Was James Bond the result of Ian Fleming's midlife crisis?  


Famous writers’ insults


* The best insults from famous writers ...


Johann Weyer, History of Magic, woodcut 1577.

 

* Johann Weyer: the founder of modern psychiatry


An armed guard provides security for white Rhodesian golfers at the Leopard Rock Hotel, Manicaland, 1978. Eddie Adams / Press Association Images


* A secret history of African decolonisation


Elizabeth held prisoner in the Tower of London. (c) Mary Evans


* Elizabeth I, from troubled child to beloved Queen


Who decides what culture is?

 

* Who decides what culture is


Should museums ban selfie sticks?

 

* Should museums ban selfie sticks?  


What 17 Adults Learned From Rereading Their Favourite Childhood Books

 

* What seventeen adults learned from rereading their favourite childhood books


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