Geraldine Brooks' 'Horse' and biography of George Floyd win Dayton literary awards
Geraldine Brooksโ โHorse,โ a novel about race and forgotten history, and Robert Samuelsโ and Toluse Olorunnipaโs โHis Name Is George Floyd: One Manโs Life and the Struggle for Racial Justiceโ have won awards from the Dayton Literary Peace Prize Foundation.
Books on slavery and immigration among Lukas project winners
This image released by Viking shows "After the Last Border: Two Families and the Story of Refuge in America" by Jessica Goudeau, winner of the Lukas Book Prize, a $10,000 honor for a socially or politically themed work. (Viking via AP)NEW YORK โ Books about slavery, immigration and drug treatment are among this year's winners of awards presented by the J. Anthony Lukas Project. Jessica Goudeau's โAfter the Last Border: Two Families and the Story of Refuge in Americaโ won the Lukas Book Prize, a $10,000 honor for a socially or politically themed work which demonstrates โliterary grace, commitment to serious research, and original reporting.โThe Mark Lynton History Prize, also worth $10,000, was given to William G. Thomas III for โA Question of Freedom: The Families Who Challenged Slavery from the Nationโs Founding to the Civil War.โOn Wednesday, the Lukas project also announced two work-in-progress awards, each with a $25,000 cash prize to help with the book's completion: Emily Dufton, for โAddiction, Inc.: How the Corporate Takeover of Americaโs Treatment Industry Created a Profitable Epidemicโ and Casey Parks, for โDiary Of a Misfit." AdThe Lukas project, based at Columbia University, is named for the late investigative reporter and author. The awards were established in 1998 and have previously been given to Robert Caro, Isabel Wilkerson and Jill Lepore among others.
Church sues for share of $2.5 million Viking treasure
The Church of Scotland is suing a man for a share of a $2.5 million Viking treasure trove he discovered with a metal detector on church land in 2014. GALLOWAY, Scotland (CNN) - The Church of Scotland is suing a man for a share of a $2.5 million Viking treasure trove he discovered with a metal detector on church land in 2014. The treasure trove, known as the Galloway Hoard, is regarded as one of the richest and most significant finds of Viking objects ever found in the United Kingdom. Following the discovery of the treasure, National Museums Scotland raised $2.5 million to acquire the treasures for the Scottish public. Church trustees subsequently lodged legal action at the Court of Session in Edinburgh against McLennan, claiming the church is entitled to an equal share of the proceeds.
Archaeologists find Viking 'drinking hall' on island off Scotland
A large Norse "drinking hall" was discovered on an island of Scotland, archaeologists say, and is believed to have been used by a Viking chieftain named Earl Sigurd way back in the 12th century. A large Norse "drinking hall" was discovered on an island of Scotland, archaeologists say, and is believed to have been used by a Viking chieftain named Earl Sigurd way back in the 12th century. Westness is mentioned in the Orkneyinga Saga, a historical narrative of the region, as a home of the Viking chieftain. According to the UHI Archaeology Institute, the name "Skaill" suggests the site was once a popular Norse drinking hall, and location for high status community members to gather and kick back. "You never know, but perhaps Earl Sigurd himself sat on one of the stone benches inside the hall and drank a flagon of ale!"
2 rare Viking burial boats uncovered in Sweden
Swedish archaeologists have uncovered two rare "boat graves" where high-status individuals were buried in a boat in the ground. (CNN) - Archaeologists have uncovered two rare Viking boat graves in the Swedish village of Gamla Uppsala. There are only about 10 other known boat burial sites like this in Sweden, Arkeologerna said. You can suspect that they were distinguished people in the society of the time since burial ships in general are very rare," archeologist Anton Seiler said in a news release. It's been 50 years since the last burial ship was found in Sweden, according to Seiler.