This week's stories that have grabbed our attention. If you have a story or news that you think should be included, send details to info@thehistoryfaculty.com.
New Haven, Conn.—Paleontologists have discovered a new species of dinosaur with a softball-sized lump of solid bone on top of its skull, according to a paper published in the April issue of the journal Cretaceous Research.
Hidden within the tessellae of mosaics are the way of thinking, the concerns, and the hopes and desires of those who at one time commissioned them... says Luz Neira.
Wellcome Trust-funded unit set to close within two years, Zoë Corbyn reports in THE.
Jon Wiener: Stephen Ambrose, Another Historian in Trouble
"Stephen Ambrose, the best-selling historian who wrote or edited more than a dozen books about Eisenhower as general and president, based his fame in large part on what he said were his interviews with Ike – but now, eight years after Ambrose's death, an official at the Eisenhower Library in Abeline says the interviews never took place": Comment by the History News Network (HNN). Story from The Nation.
The professor, his wife, and the secret, savage book reviews on Amazon
A top historian, Orlando Figes, has revealed who rubbished rivals' works in online postings.
A top historian, Orlando Figes, has revealed who rubbished rivals' works in online postings.
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