The Friday Digest brings you the best of the week's history news gathered from the experts:
* The Tudor warship Mary Rose sank in 1545 whilst leading the attack against a French invasion fleet in the Solent. The wreck of the Mary Rose was rediscovered in 1971 and the ship was salvaged in 1982 by the Mary Rose Trust. Now, the secrets of Henry VIII's flagship are being revealed to the public.
A purpose built museum, costing £35 million, will be opened to the public later today, reuniting some of the 19,000 artifacts with the sixteenth century hull of the ship. Faces of some of the crew have been recreated by forensic science experts using skulls found with the wreck in the hope that living relatives of the Mary Rose crew may be identified through DNA . Discover how the Mary Rose crew members were revealed after 500 years, and how a drowned sailor's appearance was recreated.
It is so strange to see the faces of the men who died so many years ago, it really brings history alive
* The news that a preserved Ice Age mammoth has been found with flowing blood has sparked a wave of interest in cloning and boosted calls to bring the extinct creatures back from the dead.
Do you think this is a good idea or would it end as badly as Jurassic Park?
* Sunday 2 June 2013 marks the 60th anniversary of the Queen's Coronation and the Royal Mail have released a set of stamps to mark the occasion. The set includes a portrait commissioned by the Royal Mail which has met with derision from critics, with people claiming that it looks more like Margaret Thatcher.
Television in the 1950s was still a new phenomenon but how did the Coronation turn it into the first mass medium to rattle the radio's cage?
* I know a lot of you are Tudor history fans and this stunning Coronation Book for Queen Anne Boleyn makes for interesting reading. The Noble Tryumphaunt Coronacyon of Queene Anne- Wyfe unto the Noble Kynge Henry the VIII was printed by Wynkyn de Worde in 1533 and has a description of the festivities. If you are interested in learning to be a Tudor, History Today has the article for you...
* In May 1953, Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay conquered the summit of Mt. Everest and their sons have followed in their footsteps, six decades after the first expedition to the peak. The modern experience of climbing Everest is quite different with the summit becoming congested with climbers in 'the world's highest traffic jam'.
Valery Rozov, an extreme sports star from Russia, successfuly completed the world's highest base jump - leaping off the north face of Mount Everest at a point that was 7,220m (23,680ft) above sea level.
* Is internet English debasing the language? Barely a week goes by without language and grammar being back in the news and this week is no exception. Simon Horobin, an English Professor at Oxford University, has asked for spelling and grammar pedants to relax but which side of the argument do you come down on?
* Internet users are helping to decode the mysteries of the Mayan script that has been secret for hundreds of years. Researchers began this task many years ago but online collaborators have sped up the process. Want to get involved? Head over to the Maya Decipherment blog...
* Reaching readers is one of the biggest challenges for publishers and authors alike. According to #reachingreaders, advocates, authenticity and content are key, do you agree?
* Books have an amazing ability to change people's lives and everyone has a favourite book (or five!) Waterstones have been gathering a collection of stories and The Books That Made Me shares the lives that have been changed by books.
* Where is happiness in twentieth-century fiction? It seems that food and feasting aid happiness, as do pigs (unless you live on Animal Farm of course)...
* Did Mussolini really get the trains running on time or was it just fascist propaganda?
* Cobblestones are part of the fabric of the historic heart of Rome and the uneven stones relect the history of the 'Eternal City'. They have a certain charm but whilst they are loved by tourists, residents are less than keen and many cobbles are being replaced by tarmac, but should they be preserved?
* The next History Press newsletter will be focusing on 'extraordinary women' but if you can't wait that long, the fascinating story of Margot Asquith: Britain's most colourful 'first lady' and the news that Amelia Earhart's plane has possibly been revealed should keep you going.
* The former South Korean 'comfort women' of the Japanese military brothels are living out their days in a 'living museum' that records and commemorates their suffering. Despite an apology from the Japenese government 20 years ago, these women still feel that they have never had a full and sincere apology for the shameful treatment that they received.
* An ettiqutte guide showing you how to make friends using the telephone...
* Did the Rite of Spring really spark a riot? You would expect the premiere of a ballet to be a more cultured affair but apparently on 29 May 1913, Stravinsky's Rite became a riot
* A long-lost dog tag has been returned to its owner, the NY WWII veteran who lost it in France, 69 years after it disappeared. This story gives absent-minded people like me hope, maybe some of the things I have lost over the years will turn up eventually too!
Which history and publishing stories have you enjoyed reading this week?