The Friday Digest brings you the best of the week's history news gathered from the experts...
*In March 2008 archaeologists excavated at Stonehenge for the first time in over forty years. The results of the excavation will hopefully throw new light on the origins of the little understood early bluestone structure.
*The genetic code of leprosy-causing bacteria from 1,000-year-old skeletons has been laid bare. It has revealed, for example, the key role played by the medieval Crusades in moving the pathogen across the globe.
*After a string of newsworthy errors, the BBC stumble through the annals of time to choose a few favourites from history.
*The British Museum has launched a guide focusing on elements of homosexuality to be found in its collection. Written by curator Richard Parkinson, it explores artistic portrayals of what it means to be gay and the difficulties in finding records of same-sex desire.
*As fans of Blackadder celebrate the 30th anniversary of the comedy's first broadcast, its stars Tony Robinson and Rowan Atkinson are recognised in the Queen's Birthday Honours. Its fast-and-loose attitude to real events and characters is part of the appeal, but how close is any of it to real history?
*Ten days after her fateful intervention at the Epsom Derby, a funeral service was held in London for the suffragette Emily Wilding Davison. The short clip above shows part of the procession, organised by the Women's Social and Political Union, which was attended by tens of thousands.
The two victories over the Japanese, which took place in the same region of north east India over the same period in 1944, were voted the winner of a contest run by the National Army Museum to identify “Britain’s Greatest Battle”.
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