Friday, December 12, 2014

Friday's Links to the Past - 12 Dec '14

Happy Friday!

BBC's History Podcast:

Esmée Hanna explores the wave of protests that took place in a number of British universities in the 1960s. Meanwhile, Rick Stroud tells the story of the audacious kidnap of a Nazi general in Crete during the Second World War and describes the role of British agents in the adventure.


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This week's headlines in Archaeology:

NEWS FROM EGYPT’S KARNAK TEMPLE AND RAMESSEUM

BRONZE AGE GRAVE IN DENMARK CONTAINED EGYPTIAN BEAD

SARCOPHAGUS OF A SINGER OF THE GOD AMUN FOUND IN LUXOR

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA SUGGESTS FEMALE VIKINGS TRAVELED, TOO

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Paul Revere's 1795 time capsule unearthed




A time capsule buried by patriots Samuel Adams and Paul Revere more than two centuries ago was unearthed Thursday in Boston.