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explorator 22.11 July 7, 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,
Richard Miller, Kris Curry, Rick Heli, Richard C. Griffiths, Frank MacKay,
Bill Gebhardt, Michael J. Connor, Trevor Watkins, Nigel Hetherington,
Don Buck, 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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Pondering the connection between diet and hominin evolution:
I think we've had some form of this study on Neanderthal migration through Eurasia:
More on homo luzonensis:
More on early hominids recycling flint at Ein Zippori:
More on Neanderthal use of adhesive resin:
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AFRICA
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Diving in submerged tombs beneath pyramids in Sudan:
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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT
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Plenty of mummies found around Djoser's pyramid:
The same team (?) seems to be pondering the purpose of the Dry Moat around Djoser's pyramid:
We're hearing of 'secret chambers' in Tut's tomb again for some reason:
The Lahun Pyramid has opened to the public:
More on Thonis-Heracleion and flooding:
A huge mosaic in Antayka (or environs) will soon be open to the public:
Excavating a possible Hittite petroglyph site, ca 1300 years BCE, in Turkey's Kirsehir province:
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More on that Mitanni 'palace' revealed by drought in the reservoir of the Mosul dam:
The fortifications at Tel Shikmona also house remains of a purple dye factory:
Latest reveals from the Huqoq mosaic site:
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A solidus of Theodosius II was found in the Galilee region:
Seems to be some politicization going on with that 'Pilgrim's Road' inauguration:
... reactions:
Feature on the Philistines in light of that DNA study (see the relevant section):
Babylon was named a UNESCO Heritage site (renamed?):
... while Egypt is trying to get the 'Way of the Holy Family' similar declaration:
Feature on Baalbek:
Feature on Solomon's story and its various versions:
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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS)
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A Roman road, a possible Roman mine, and later finds found at a dig in Cornwall:
Possible Roman finds in Largs:
I think we mentioned this Roman sculpture and chamber pot from Novae:
Roman 'treasure' finds from Yorkshire:
A multiple phase commercial/industrial site from Akrotiri:
Interesting votive deposit from Selinunte:
Excavations have resumed at Hadrianopolis:
Feature on Isca Domnoniorum:
... and Venta Icenorum:
Spy plane photos reveal the sites of three Roman camps in Leon:
Some Pompeii-related hype for the exhibition at the Ashmolean:
Feature on the 'neigbhourhood excavation' that is part of the Acropolis Museum:
On women as priests in early Christianity:
On the 'Stones Speak' initiative in Athens:
Pondering the 'fall of Rome/America' narratives:
Ancient sites seem to be all the rage this year with fashion shows, e.g. Fendi:
... Fendi, of course, is funding the restoration of the Temple of Venus:
Makronissos has been declared a 'site of archaeological interest':
The Acropolis had to close this week because it was too hot:
Feature (by Adrienne Mayor) on Pandora and AI:
Application of Archilochus:
Feature on Antinous:
The Warren Cup was also getting attention during Pride times:
Blaming the demise of the Classical World on Christianity (maybe):
What Robert Kaster is up to:
On Jordan Pickett's work at Sardis:
Review of Daisy Dunn, *In the Shadow of Vesuvius*:
On Romans and math (sort of):
On Homer and modern culture:
On ancient Greek 'ideals' and American independence:
Some Horrible Histories hype:
Revisiting the Spartacus series:
More on that 'undisturbed' Roman ship found off Cyprus:
More on the finds at Exeter:
More on York's proposed 'Roman Quarter':
More on Roman mason marks:
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EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland)
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A 33 000 years bp skull found in 1941 in Transylvania displays evidence of blunt force trauma:
The Levanluhta water burial (Finland) reveals Iron Age trade connections with southern Europe:
Apparent confirmation of a sixth century tsunami in Lake Geneva:
Assorted finds from a long-known, possibly Pictish fort site in Dillyminnen:
A pair of Viking-era boat burials from Sweden:
A 16th century 'looting tunnel' found beneath Bulgaria's largest Thracian burial mound:
Remains of a 400 years bp structure on the grounds of a mansion in Bristol:
Remains of a 'mystery structure' (maybe 18th century?) from Mold's Bailey Hill:
What the guy who found the Staffordshire Hoard is up to:
... and a feature on the hoard:
Plans to return to the Ness of Brodgar:
Excavations at the inner bailey of Shrewsbury Castle are about to commence:
Feature on a Magdalenian-era deer tooth necklace from France:
UNESCO doesn't think the Stonehenge tunnel is a good idea:
... and funding for it apparently isn't certain:
More on the find of the possible birthplace of Lady Jane Grey:
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ASIA AND THE SOUTH PACIFIC
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Evidence of possible 12 000 years bp (maybe) skull reshaping from China:
Remains of a 5000+ years bp house structure from Shanxi:
... sort of related:
A 13th century Tamil/Mandarin inscription from China's Fujiyan province:
I think we had this item on millet farming on the Tibetan plateau a while ago:
Feature on China's Liangzhu site:
... and they have received Heritage Status:
Feature on early fireworks in China:
Feature on the Forbidden City:
Concerns over elevator installation at an Osaka castle:
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NORTH AMERICA
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Finds from various periods from a site in Wilmington (NC):
Plenty of finds from various periods near downtown Houston:
An 18th century drain was found on the campus of William & Mary:
Plans for a dig in Boston's Chinatown:
Archaeologists are back at Camp Security:
The Fort Edward dig on Rogers Island will be resuming:
I think we've mentioned this 1800s shipwreck in the Gulf of Mexico (but most of this is about a shipwreck off NC?):
Assorted sunken pleasure boats in Lake Tahoe:
