got jobbed also houses an archaeological museum one of its most amazing exhibits is the needham boat a warship from the year 32080. 2 jack who is very familiar with the history of the region. i don't say when i was jealous of its golden era the 5 in the 17th century when it was the dutch. and it got all of these at that point it was really one of europe's prime cultural centers of culture not military might was used to try to rise to the level of denmark that was an outstanding time when there was a camera when there was a lot of construction done on the council when the gardens were planted and when there was a huge library here you said it was a center of both science and the arts it had far reaching influence. the other the owners of course of its history of this region periodically belong to denmark why were the danes so interested in it he thought it often happened that the break was also the king of denmark which meant that from the danish perspective this region was always a part of denmark. under the duke's speak was officially a danish fief but they were increasingly pushing

the region offers many different things — lush nature, archaeological sites, churches and museums.ch thing as a free lunch. a free holiday is a different matter. tim allman, bbc news. the nominations have been announced for the main tv awards in the us, the emmys. this year's nominees were announced in a live streamed event in los angeles. olivia colman has been nominated for her role as the queen in the crown. channel 4 thriller the watchman leads the way with 26 nominations. it's been confirmed that two british women have broken the record for the fastest circumnavigation of the globe, on a tandem bicycle. cat dixon, who's 5a, and 55—year—old raz marsden completed their trip in 263 days, eight hours and seven minutes. they finished in march shortly before the coronavirus lockdown. fantastic, well done them. now the weather with darren bett. it isa it is a little bit warm for us today. the wind is not quite as strong and for many areas it is still dry out there, although we have seen a cloud tending to increase a bit. this is the cloud looming in from the atlantic and that will br

lush nature, i could college oocytes, churches and museums — archaeological sites. the steam runs until the beginning of 0ctober runs until the beginning of october and they say there is no such thing as a free lunch. free holiday is a different matter. —— the deal runs until the beginning of october. this gives emmy awards were announced and olivia has won a nomination with her lead in the crown. the queen has received 26 nominations. a rembrandt self—portrait has sold at sotheby‘s for more than $18 million. it's the first face—to—face sale at the auction house since the pandemic began. the portrait is one of only three left in private hands. three paintings by the street artist banksy, ‘mediterranean sea view,‘ sold for nearly $3 million. proceeds go to a hospital in bethlehem. the triptych is usually seen as a reaction to europe's migrant crisis of the past decade. that is it from me for the moment. i will be back shortly with all the days stories. see you shortly. you can reach me on twitter, i'm @ samanthatvnews. hello. it looks likejuly is planning to leave us

the region offers many different things — lush nature, archaeological sites, churches and museums.has been for centuries. the bbc‘s gender and identity correspondent, megha mohan, has been speaking to young people who are taking to social media in new ways, to educate people about how gender identity is viewed in their culture. gender identity might be one of the most polarising conversations that's happening on social media right now. in most countries, sex is defined as what you are physically born as, male or female. but gender identity can be much more fluid. a person can be born female and feel more comfortable or identify as male, or vice versa. recently, i've been seeing a lot of people talk about the gender history of their communities online. this is geronimo from the native american navajo community in new mexico. my name is geronimo. this is my backyard, some mountains over there. geronimo identifies as one of the four sacred and ancient gender identities from his culture. we have: masculine feminine is something that i gravitate towards. the word for masculine feminine

our next major exhibit here at the museum generates out of the archaeological finds excavation. -- from the excavation. the artifacts, a colonial eight, tellhing wi many stories. but the amazing story of the tribe for which the commonwealth gets its name, the massachusetts -- the massachusetts tribe. we are privileged to work with the massachusetts tribes, a member of whom is here with us tonight, to work on this exhibit, to be sure, for the first time in the hingham historical society's history we present the voices correctly, but how do we do this? how do we tell the story of slavery? how do we tell the story of our native peoples well and correctly? and we do it together. and it is -- together. and it is a joy to be here tonight with all of you. all voices at the table. and thank you for coming to my's program. i would like to introduce michelle, head of the board at the abigail adams historical society, who will introduce our speaker. thanks for coming tonight. michelle: i'm going to echo dutra in saying welcome and thank you so much for coming this evening. i want to thank deirdre

no one knows exactly how many archaeological sites there are on the island, but this place is like a living museumattered by the sun, the wind and the rain. those three elements are, over time, destroying the moai. these statues may look as though they're solid stone, but they're actually quite prous. jo anne van tilburg showed us a small piece of the soft volcanic rock, called tuff, that the moai are made from. >> van tilburg: tuff has really special qualities that-- where it can be carved and it can be polished quite easily. >> cooper: it's good for sculpting because it-- it's-- with a harder stone, it's able to be chipped away easily. >> van tilburg: correct, correct. >> cooper: so the very material which made-- made these statues possible-- also, long term, makes them vul-- very vulnerable. >> van tilburg: exactly. >> cooper: rainwater and airborne seeds get into the pores of tuff, gradually breaking it apart. the wind whittles the stone away over time, and further damage is done by birds, and an organism called lichen. some moai are in worse condition than others. take a look at this one, cal

museum scholars started to analyze things. i mean modern historians. start using archaeologyy merging together in new and interesting kinds of ways. as there are more people coming into the field who had studied, say, western africa and its cultural resonances, places that prior to the 1970's scholars thought were -- well, they looked at the architecture dig. wait, that is the same pattern of so-called crash that you -- so-called trash that you would see in a western african village. that is where the healer lives. broken vials or different collections of bones or shells. what scholars began to realize is that the evidence of the black experience was all around them but they were not trained in how to see it. so, that is just an example. in that story of williamsburg has changed remarkably since then but this is one of -- historians rely on paper really face. in my case, and overabundance of paper. what do i stop listening to? the paper trails end, and then you have to go to a different place to pull it down. it is experiment to lead times and that is, to me, the fun part. >>