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THINGS WE LEARNED THIS MONTH\u2026<\/h4>\n\n

RECENT HISTORY HEADLINES THAT CAUGHT OUR EYE<\/span><\/h5>\n\n

WWII-era cake discovered in Germany<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n
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The knife and fork is replaced with a brush and vacuum cleaner to restore the 79-year-old cake<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n

An almost completely intact, if squashed, cake, which survived a bombing raid during World War II, has been discovered in a cellar in the German city of L\u00fcbeck. The blackened hazelnut and almond dessert has kept its shape \u2013 with the curls of the icing on top still visible \u2013 and remains in the original wax wrapping. That is quite the culinary find, given that the cake was baked 79 years ago and burned in the attack. In March 1942, L\u00fcbeck suffered a devastating British bombing raid, which created a firestorm that destroyed much of the historic city, in retaliation for the 1940 Luftwaffe raid on Coventry. Work is now underway to preserve the cake \u2013 albeit for display, not eating.<\/p>\n\n

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Manfred Schneider, head of L\u00fcbeck\u2019s archaeology department, and fellow researcher Doris M\u00fchrenberg with the overcooked cake<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Baked during World War II, the nut-filled dessert has kept its shape<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Sophisticated mummifications carried out 1,000 years earlier than assumed<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n

New revelations regarding the remains of an ancient Egyptian nobleman could rewrite our knowledge of mummification, say experts. Analysis of Khuwy, who died during the Fifth Dynasty (c25th to the mid-24th century BC), has indicated that he was preserved in fine linen and resin \u2013 materials not thought to have been introduced for another 1,000 years. Professor Salima Ikram, head of Egyptology at Cairo\u2019s American University, told the Observer <\/em>that \u201cAll books about mummification and the history of the Old Kingdom will need to be revised.\u201d<\/p>\n\n

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Babylonian tablet shows the world\u2019s oldest ghost sighting<\/h4>\n\n

The world\u2019s oldest-known depiction of a ghost has been discovered lurking inside a vault at the British Museum. Scratched onto the surface of a Babylonian clay tablet, the image \u2013 thought to be 3,500 years old \u2013 shows a bearded figure being led into the afterlife as part of a guide to exorcising spirits. The accompanying text, which is only visible from a particular angle, ends with a stark warning: \u201cDo not look behind you!\u201d<\/p>\n\n

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WWII \u2018ghost ships\u2019 raised from the sea during volcanic eruption<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n

Activity from an underwater volcano near Japan\u2019s Ogasawara Islands has raised 24 World War II ships from the seabed. The transport vessels, captured by US forces during the battle of Iwo Jima in 1945, had been intentionally scuttled at the end of the clash to create a makeshift port for troops. However, due to the ongoing eruption of Fukutoku-Okanoba, the ships have now been brought to the surface on an island of pumice and ash. It\u2019s likely, though, that the new island will eventually collapse and the \u2018ghost ships\u2019 will be submerged once again.<\/p>\n\n

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Solar storm helps calculate date Vikings settled in north America<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n
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Norse explorer Leif Erikson is believed to have led the <\/span>
first European voyage to reach North America<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n

Analysis of tree rings has shed new light on the arrival of the Vikings in North America. Although historians have long known that Norse settlers reached the New World before Christopher Columbus, the date has remained a mystery. However, experts have now confirmed that logs discovered at L\u2019Anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland, were felled in AD 1021 using tools associated with the Vikings, rather than native inhabitants. The researchers were aided by radiation damage within the tree rings, caused by a solar storm that took place in AD 993.<\/p>\n\n

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The L\u2019Anse aux Meadows archaeological site in Newfoundland, Canada, is the only verified Norse settlement in North America<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n
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The estimated sale price of a rare New England shilling found in Northumberland, which was struck in 1652 and used by settlers of the Massachusetts Bay Colony<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n

PICTURE CREDITS: ALAMY X5, IAN GLATT, JAMES FRASER AND CHRIS COBB, GETTY IMAGES<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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