John Wilkes Booth Under Investigation

The link below is to an article that looks at the FBI investigation of John Wilkes Booth.

For more visit:
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/fbi-has-file-john-wilkes-booth-180949855/

Article: United Kingdom – Shipwrecks Investigation

The link below is to an article reporting on a plan to investigate some 88 unrecorded pre-1840 shipwreck sites around the United Kingdom.

For more visit:
http://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com.au/2013/07/uk-divers-to-investigate-1838-shipwreck.html

Article: Archaeologists at Gallipoli

The link below is to an article reporting on an archaeological investigation of the Gallipoli battlefield in Turkey.

For more visit:
http://archaeology.org/issues/92-1305/letter-from/765-anzac-gallipoli-wwi-battlefield-allied-german-ottoman

Video Documentary: 1421 – The Year China Discovered America?

The following two videos show a documentary investigation into claims made by Gavin Menzies in his book, ‘1421 – The Year China Discovered America.’ The book itself is a fascinating read and puts forward an interesting theory which seems to be fairly well contradicted by the evidence brought forth in the documentary. Though the theory cannot be completely rejected based on historical evidence, the evidence that does exist seems to disagree with the theory. Though this is the case there is much historical interest in the documentary, as it presents the story of Admiral Zheng He and the Chinese Treasure Fleet.