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explorator 22.34 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? December 15 , 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, Bill Gebhardt,
Richard Miller, Kris Curry, Rick Heli, Richard C. Griffiths, Frank MacKay,
Don Buck, and Ross W. Sargent for headses upses this week (as always hoping I have left no one out).

... a somewhat quiet week
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EARLY HOMINIDS
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44 000 years bp (!) cave paintings from Indonesia are causing a rethink:



















... and a sort of generalization about cave art:



Evidence that early humans could sail:



An overview of what we learned about human origins in 2019:



Feature on Neanderthals:



Pondering when 'physical ability to speak' first emerged:



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AFRICA
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Plenty of coverage of the find of remains of an Aksumite settlement in Ethiopia:











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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT
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A pair of Amarna burials include the 'cones' (headgear) you often see depicted on tomb paintings:












A red granite 'bust' of Ramses II revealed during an illegal dig:








... this coverage of the find also mentions the recovery of antiquities from a Kidney dialysis centre (!):



A small royal sphinx from Tuna el-Gebel:





Finds from various pre-Ptolemaic periods at the Heliopolis Temple site:




This 'wind blown' mummy from Aswan appears to be documentary hype:



Interesting story of a cast of the 'Stele of Canopus' at Monmouth College:



More on tattoos revealed on some Egyptian mummies:




Evidence of teeth being used as jewellery from Catal Huyuk:




The Jerusalem Post had an interesting series on Masada this week:






Interesting feature on a statue of an Ammonite king (?) found in Amman's Roman theatre:



Some backstory on the 'Tomb of the Kings':



Latest 'official' salvo in the politics of archaeology in Israel:



In case you're looking for a cuneiform rolling pin:



Podcast on Caesarea:


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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS)
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Interesting study suggests the monkeys in Minoan frescoes may have Indus Valley origins:






A 'Mithaeum of Colored Marbles' find at Ostia:



An update on the Paphos Theatre dig:




Comparing Elgin's casts of Parthenon Marbles to their current condition is somewhat surprising:











The Hal Resqun Catacombs (Malta) have been 'redisocvered':



I think we mentioned this Roman sipwrec off Kefalonia (with plenty of amphorae!):







... and this Roman military camp from Bulgaria:




Pondering Thracian dolmens (not sure where to put this one):



A study of the Amphipolis tomb is soon to be published:




Arguing about finds made during Thessaloniki Metro construction (possibly paywalled):



Feature on some ancient thinking that wasn't quite right:



Feature on Alexander:



Feature on the Aspendos Theatre:



Feature on 'sexy' ancient divinities:



The statue known as the Victoria of Calvatone has gone on display at the Hermitage:



... while that statue of Ceres at the Missouri capitol is now causing some controversy:






Review of Daisy Dunn's *Shadow of Vesuvius*;



Review of Matthew Sears, *Evolution of Warfare in the Hellenic World*:



Feature on Madeline Miller's *Circe*;



Nice feature on Kirk Ormand's Odysseys class:



Tim Joseph was comparing Tacitus to politics in today's USA:




More on those 1700 years bp eggs from a site in Aylesbury:






More on those personal hygiene items excavated in Ebbsfleet Garden City:



More on that Pompeii mosaic which possibly depicts surveyor's tools:



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EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland)
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5000 years bp 'axes' from North Wales:



An Early Bronze Age ring ditch from Clitheroe:



A Viking-era burial from Estonia:




A medieval structure at Buckland Abbey:



A female burial from the Mount Athos monastery (!):



... and plans to dig at Armenia's Sourp Magar monastery:



Hand-cut water level markers found on the HMS Invincible:



... other finds:



Feature on five 'little known' sites in the UK:



Top finds in Scotland in 2019:





... and they're excavating Scotland's first railway track at Tranent:



The UK's oldest horse race marks its 500th birthday:



More on those 4000 years bp (maybe) 'figurines' from an Orkney power station site:







More on that Celtic shield/chariot burial:






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ASIA AND THE SOUTH PACIFIC
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A burial from Henan provides evidence of dwarfism in China in the 3rd millenium BCE:



Six Dynasties era burials from Jiangxi:




Remains of a Liao Dynasty era palace from China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region:



Unbroken 500 years bp eggs from a tomb in Sichuan:



A pair of silver dragons from Mongolia are on China's top finds list for 2019:



They've figured out a gesure on a statue of King Jayavarman VII:



Plenty of finds made during Sydney's Light Rail construction:



A project/exhibition (not sure which) documenting the activities of the Native Mounted Police in Queensland:




On Germany's colonial legacy in Bougainville:


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NORTH AMERICA
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12 000 years bp artifacts from Avon:








Some tiny atlatl grips from Oregon may have been used to train children:




Possible Revolutionary War soldiers remains found at the site of the Battle of Ridgefield:






Three burials were found during renovations at the Alamo site (date?):






Possible burial grounds on a Tallahassee golf course:




Feature on Bass Reeves:


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CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA
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Isotope analysis of a mass Maya burial at Uxul suggests the occupants may have been prisoners of war:




Studying dietary practices from artifacts from Oaxaca:




A new secret passage revealed at Uxmal:



An inscribed stone table from Chichen Itza:




Latest thoughts on the meaning of the Moai:



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OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST
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A possible pen portrait of Jane Austen:



More on the aftermath of flooding in Venice:



Feature on 'Frozen Charlotte' dolls:



A project to recreate the Sutton Hoo ship:



Pondering the Axial Age and when societies became 'modern':



A homosexual relationship linked to the first death on Magellan's voyage:



Feature on the history of aluminum:



Feature on the Black Death:



Feature on Gutenberg and his printing press:



Nice feature on history books that caught the BBC's eye in 2019:



A stolen Klimt appears to have been found:




On the history of Santa Claus:



... and Krampus:



Feature on Hanukkah:



Revising the image of Emily Dickinson:



the darker side of Peter Pan:



Latest feature on the Shroud of Turin:



Concerns for the Mediterranean:


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MUSEUM MATTERS
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Ancient Greeks:



Inspired by the East:



Bruegel:



Troy:




Raphael:




Bulgarian finds of 2019:



Recreating a menu for 'Last Supper in Pompeii':



A VR experience at the *Beyond Worlds: Greek Civilization XR Experience*:




Latest transfers to the Grand Egyptian Museum:



The Sharm El-Sheikh museum construction is under way:


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AUCTIONS AND RELATED ACTIVITIES
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A massive collection of Scotch whisky is coming to auction:



Nice price fetched for that Aethelred II silver coin hoard found a while ago:



Nice price for a WWII era teddy bear:


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THE TECHY SIDE
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'Smart Archaeology' being used at Vulci:



3D scanning is being ?used at Robber's Cave (Nebraska):



The technology behind a digital recreation of Pachamac (Inca site):



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CLIMATE MATTERS
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Excellent feature on how climate change affects archaeology:


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TOURISTY THINGS
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Tomen y Mur hillfort:



Naples:



They've improved the 'visitor experience' at the Paphos archaeological park:



Olympia and environs:


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PERFORMANCES
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Hyping Beethoven's upcoming 250th birthday:




Panipat:



Medea:



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CRIME BEAT
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Not sure what's going on in this smuggled ancient Chinese coins story:



What Rick St. Hilaire is up to:



conflict antiquities:



anonymous swiss collector:



Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues:



Looting Matters:



Illicit Cultural Property:



SAFE:



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REPATRIATION AND RECOVERY
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The UK is return a couple of items discovered at auctions to Turkey:



Pondering the BM's Egyptian collection for repatriation purposes:



OpEd on Australian repatriation issues:



Raqqa Museum staff apparently saved over 1000 items from ISIL predations (not sure where to put this one):



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NUMISMATICA
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Feature on coins associated with Julius Caesar's assassination:



Someone keeps putting ancient coins in Salvation Army kettles in Tampa:



Latest e-Sylum:



... and the one which should appear later today:


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OBITUARIES
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Philip J. King:



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AUDIO/VIDEO NEWS
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Audio News from Archaeologica:



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GENERAL ARCHAEOLOGY NEWS BLOGS
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Archaeology Magazine News Page:



About.com Archaeology:



Ancient Digger:



Archaeology Briefs:



Past Horizons:



Stonepages:



Taygete Atlantis excavations blogs aggregator:



Time Machine:


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PODCASTS/VODCASTS
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Archaeosoup:



Archaeology Podcast Network:



The Book and the Spade:


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