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explorator 22.05 May 26, 2019
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Thanks to Arthur Shippee, Dave Sowdon, Edward Rockstein, Kurt Theis,
John McMahon, Barnea Selavan, Joseph Lauer, Mike Ruggeri, Hernan Astudillo,
Richard Campbell, Barbara Saylor Rodgers, Bob Heuman, David Critchley,
mata kimasitayo, Laurel Carey, Val Moore, Jennifer Cosham,
Richard Miller, Kris Curry, Rick Heli, Richard C. Griffiths, and Ross W. Sargent
for headses upses this week (as always hoping I have left no one out).
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EARLY HOMINIDS
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Evidence of humans cooking food (specifically starches) some 120 000 years bp from the
Klasies River Cave (we mentioned this I think):
300 000 years bp 'human fossils' (and other mammals) from a side in Anhui:
Using a computer simulation on assorted aspects of Neanderthal life:
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AFRICA
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Interesting feature on the pyramids of Sudan:
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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT
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Finds from various periods (including a temple to Nakhtenbo I) from 'Area 251' in Cairo:
I think we mentioned this 26th dynasty fortress find at Tell El-Kedwa:
The EFEO will be returning to dig in the Fayoum:
Temple restoration projects in Luxor have resumed:
Tooth analysis suggests an Egyptian woman was involved in craftwork of some kind (not sure if this is 'new'):
Possibility that ancient Egyptians had access to watermelons similar to the modern variety:
Feature on the Khufu ship:
More on the meteoric origins of Tut's scarab:
Interesting results from a genetic study at Catal Huyuk:
Some 3500 years bp Hittite inscriptions from a barn in Cappadocia:
Hittite-era items (and later period artifacts too) from Kirikkale:
The big story this week appears to be the brewing of beer by some Israeli scientists using
5000 years bp (give or take) 'resurrected yeast' culled from pot sherds:
Pondering the timeline of the construction of the temple of Jupiter at Baalbek (not sure where to put this one):
Some Second Temple era burial caves near Jericho were looted:
... the human remains were reburied:
We mentioned that Israel's high court ruled that digs in the West Bank can remain undisclosed:
... and now the Palestinian Authority is accusing Israel of trying to falsify history:
Feature on Ein Gedi:
On Iraq's efforts to hunt down items looted from its museums:
Feature on Ennigaldi-Nanna and her 'museum':
Feature on Hasankeyf and its impending inundation due to the Ilisu Dam project:
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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS)
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A late Bronze Age settlement site from northern Bulgaria found during pipeline construction:
Remains of a 1st century CE Roman marching camp found at a playing field in Scotland (!):
A statue head of a goddess (or maybe Dionysus) from near the Colosseum:
Evidence of a huge Roman building at the Abbey Farm site in Kent:
A number of Roman coins and Dacian items found by a Romanian policeman:
Nice followup piece on those 19th amphoras full of Roman coins found in Spain a couple years ago:
The city gate of Odessos has been found:
An archaeologist working at Olympos Ancient City (Turkey) was killed during a dispute over trees:
Concerns about damage caused by tourists on Hadrian's Wall:
What Mary Beard is up to:
What Daisy Dunn is up to:
Honours for Brent Seales:
Directors for Pompeii and the Appia Antica park were named:
Comparing Theresa May and Nero:
Comparing Roman entertainment and Jeremy Kyle:
Feature on recent finds from Pompeii:
Feature on Augustus:
Feature on the political side of the Roman banquet (reviewish of Strauss' *Ten Caesars*):
Feature on the relevance of the Odyssey (reviewish of Daniel Mendelsohn's latest):
Feature on David's 'Death of Socrates':
Feature on hoplites:
Feature on some folks getting ancient Greek hairstyles:
On politics v archaeology at the Piraeus:
Plans to rebuild the Patara Lighthouse:
The Olympias is looking for rowers:
On teaching grad students to teach:
Review of Natalie Haynes, *A Thousand Ships*:
Review of Mary Norris, *Greek to Me*:
More on the possible find of the baptistery at Hagia Sophia:
More on that Laelianus coin find during A14 construction:
More on Nero's 'sphinx room':
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EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland)
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On 'palaeoshellomics':
Brief item on a Neolithic burial ground find in Bohemia:
Storm Hannah revealed a 4500 years bp (+) forest in Cardigan Bay:
Plenty of excitement over the find of a 2400 years bp Celtic shield made from bark (!) in Leicestershire:
Finds from various periods (including infant burials) near the St Bavo cathedral in Ghent:
An Iron Age coin hoard from Shropshire (which we may have mentioned):
A 2000 years bp (maybe) quern stone from St Keverne:
A medieval burial ground found on former Cosgrave land:
A hoped-for medieval safe opening didn't quite work out:
Feature on medieval fishing practices:
A 17th century fort in Stornoway:
A possible 17th century (?) cutlass from near the wreck of the Schiedam:
Feature on the literal Paris underground:
Feature on the Vasa:
Feature on the seven major finds made by detectorists in Derby last year:
On conservation issues with Jewish cemeteries across Europe:
Tracing ancient sea routes in a Neolithic dugout replica:
A virtual reconstruction of the medieval residence of the Lords of the Isles:
Latest in the Stonehenge Tunnel saga:
More on the bones from Winchester Cathedral:
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ASIA AND THE SOUTH PACIFIC
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A weekly roundup of finds from China:
A 16th century summer palace of the Ahmednagar sultans had 'natural' air conditioning:
Interesting analysis of coins offered by foreign devotees of Venkateswara:
An archaeologist has 'deciphered' a 14th century inscription on a Guntur temple:
A farmer is complaining about requiements for archaeological assessments in New Zealand:
More on the 'megalithic jars' recently found in Laos:
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NORTH AMERICA
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Possible Native American remains (and more) on the site of housing construction in Suffolk (NY?):
Possible Native American cairns potentially affecting transmission line routing in Tennessee:
An 1800 years bp footprint from near Fairbanks:
Evidence of military barracks and a guardhouse on Parliament Hill in Ottawa:
A cabin in Maryland is now being associated with the Underground Railroad:
Archaeologists are back looking at what remains of the 'Lost Fleet' at Yorktown:
... and they've resumed looking for the 'lost' Fort Casimir:
Recording petroglyphs near Utah Lake:
Not sure if we mentioned this vandalism at the Shinob Kibe site in Utah:
There was also some vandalism at a site in Cornville (Alabama):
Interesting study of Native American use of fire to manage vegetation in the eastern US:
Canada has exonerated Chief Poundmaker, convicted of treason back in 1885:
Feature on Clara Barton:
Review of Atkinson, *The British are Coming*:
Review of Wineapple, *The Impeachers*:
... related to the above:
Review of Varon, *Armies of Deliverance*:
