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\u2022<\/span>THINGS WE LEARNED THIS MONTH\u2026<\/span><\/h4>\n\n
RECENT HISTORY HEADLINES THAT CAUGHT OUR EYE<\/span><\/h5>\n\n

Experts discover oldest known reference to Odin <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n
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The obverse of the bracteate discovered in Vindelev (left<\/em>). The inscription \u201cHe is Odin\u2019s man\u201d appears around the profile of an unknown ruler. The reverse side (right<\/em>) of the artefact, which would have been worn as a pendant <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n

A gold disc found in Denmark three years ago is thought to contain the oldest known reference to the Norse god Odin, say experts. The 1,500-year-old item \u2013 known as a bracteate <\/em>\u2013 is inscribed with the words \u201cHe is Odin\u2019s man\u201d around the profile of male figure, thought to be a king or local lord. According to runologist Lisbeth Imer, the message suggests that the deity became the subject of worship at least 150 years earlier than previously thought. The bracteate, <\/em>which would have been worn as a pendant, was discovered as part of a hoard in the village of Vindelev that included numerous other items of jewellery, including some fashioned from Roman coins. <\/p>\n\n

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Richard Burton recording among welsh archive treasures <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n

A vast collection of Welsh radio and television recordings has been preserved at a brand-new facility in Aberystwyth. The Wales Broadcast Archive, housed within the National Library of Wales, contains more than half a million items dating back to the early 20th century, including material from the BBC, ITV and Welsh national broadcaster S4C. Among the highlights \u2013 which can be accessed on-site, or at partner archives across Wales \u2013 is a film about rugby featuring a recital by the Glamorgan-born film star Richard Burton, pictured below. <\/p>\n\n

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\u00a324,000 <\/h2>\n\n

The price recently fetched at auction for a rare \u00a3500 Bank of England note issued in Leeds in 1936<\/p>\n\n

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Potential Roman-era sphinx unearthed in Southern Egypt <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n

Egyptologists excavating an ancient temple complex near the city of Luxor have uncovered a \u2018sphinx-like sculpture\u2019 inside a limestone basin. The smiling artefact, which was found during excavations at Dendera, boasts facial features resembling those of the Roman emperor Claudius, suggesting it was added after the holy site came under his rule during the first century AD. Experts also managed to locate a Roman-era stone slab containing demotic and hieroglyphic inscriptions, which are yet to be translated. <\/p>\n\n

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Charity restores French prisoner of war graves to former glory <\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n
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The graves of four French officers imprisoned in Hampshire during the Napoleonic Wars have been given a much-needed makeover. Military grave restorer Steve Davies spent several days cleaning the neglected headstones at St John\u2019s Church in Alresford, where the men were buried between 1810 and 1812. Davies, who carried out the work on behalf of the Napoleonic & Revolutionary War Graves Charity, also revamped the grave of Marie Fournier, the wife of another high-ranking French officer. <\/p>\n\n

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Mysterious Ming dynasty Buddha could rewrite history <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n

The story behind an infant Buddha statue buried on a beach in Western Australia remains a mystery, say experts. Filmmakers Shayne Thomson and Leon Deschamps, who discovered the artefact in Shark Bay five years ago, recently appeared on BBC One\u2019s Antiques Roadshow <\/em>in a bid to find out how it might have ended up there. But although the programme\u2019s Asian art specialist, Lee Young, confirmed the item was created in Ming dynasty China (1368\u20131644), historians believe it is unlikely that Chinese ships were visiting Australia in the same period. <\/p>\n\n

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ARNOLD MIKKELSEN\/NATIONAL MUSEUM OF DENMARK X2, NAPOLEONIC AND REVOLUTIONARY WAR GRAVES CHARITY X1, FINN FILMS X1, FINN FILMS X1, AFP X1, GETTY X1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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