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Stay up to date with the latest historical discoveries, research, and events from around the world. Our news section brings you insightful articles on key developments in history, uncovering new perspectives and interpretations of the past. From archaeological finds to new historical analysis, explore the current discussions shaping our understanding of history.
Festivals Don't Come Better Than This: Chalke Valley History Festival 2019
During the last week of June 2019, a festival in the beautiful rolling countryside of South West England pulled in thousands of visitors from across the country and beyond. There was music, entertainment, and a multitude of familiar faces to be seen on the several stages and around the site, enjoying the festival spirit.
We've Won! Kellogg College Community Engagement and Impact Awards 2019
Get History, a website designed to bring interesting, up-to-date, and accessible history to students and adults alike, has won a Community Engagement and Impact Award from Kellogg College, Oxford.
The threat to Stonehenge
2018 marks a centenary of Stonehenge being gifted to the nation, yet access to it is more restricted than ever. The ability to see the landmark from a passing car window is under threat as plans resume to place a tunnel underneath it, while historical byways are ‘experimentally’ closed off. But this threat is far less significant than that of the consequential destruction of a hugely important archaeological and sacred landscape.
Celebrating history with Chalke Valley History Festival
In the final week of June 2018, cannon fire rocked the valleys around Broad Chalke, Wiltshire, while fighter planes and bombers flew overhead in dazzling displays of skill.
Why did Titanic sink?
A new documentary, aired on Channel 4, suggests that the real reason RMS Titanic sank was not ice, but fire.
The origins of ancient dogs
Although we know that modern dogs are descended from domesticated wolves, the time and place this happened has been hotly debated.
Has Captain Cook's Endeavour been found?
Researchers with the Rhode Island Marine Archaeology Project (RIMAP) have announced there's an 80% to 100% chance they have found Captain James Cook's ship Endeavour. HMS Endeavour started life as a coal ship called the Earl of Pembroke before she was bought by the British Navy in 1768 for a scientific mission to explore the Pacific Ocean.
Export bar on the seal of Robert the Bruce
Culture Minister Ed Vaizey has placed an export bar on the seal of Robert the Bruce to prevent its sale abroad.
Another Battle of Thermopylae
Parts of an ancient Greek text have been discovered in the Austrian National Library describing another Battle of Thermopylae.
Secret chambers hidden behind Tutankhamun’s tomb
In a find that 'could be the discovery of the century', radar scans, prompted by the theories of British Egyptologist Dr Nicholas Reeves, have revealed there could be two secret chambers hidden behind Tutankhamun’s tomb walls.
