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Wednesday, December 6, 2023
Welcome to Your History Hit November Roundup ✉️
Each month we'll be dishing up thelatest news from the history world, along with somespecial anniversariesanda spotlight documentary release from History Hit.
A rareAnglo-Saxon templehas been discovered in Suffolk, England near the famous Sutton Hoo burial site. The site at Rendlesham is said to have been built by King Redwald, who died in625 ADand was buried at Sutton Hoo. Experts believe the temple may have housed altars toboth Christ and pagan gods.
📸Suffolk County Council
The winners of ourHistoric Photographer of the Yearcompetitionwere announced this month. The overall winner wasJosh Durywith this wonderful photograph of theCallanish Standing Stones in the Outer Hebrides.
A hat belonging toNapoleon Bonapartehas been sold at auction in Paris for€1.9m($2.1m / £1.7m).The famed French Emperor owned around120 of these signature bicorne hatsover the years, wearing them sideways to make himself recognisable in battle.
📸Claudia Greco/Reuters
Historical anniversaries this month...
On5 November 1605, Catholic conspirator Guy Fawkes was caught while attempting to blow up King James I and his Parliament, in a failed assassination attempt known asthe Gunpowder Plot.
On11 November 1918, the Armistice was signed by the Allies and Germany at 11 o'clock in the morning, silencing the guns on the Western Front andbringing World War One hostilities to a close.
History Hit's Spotlight Release 🔥
Dragons... from myths to fantasy novels, we’ve been obsessed with them for thousands of years,but what is a dragon and where do their stories originate?
From 21st Century London to Ancient Mesopotamia, joinClassicist Jasmine Elmeron a quest to investigate the Indo-European Dragon.
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