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explorator 22.43 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? February 16, 2020
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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,
Don Buck, mata kimasitayo, 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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I think we mentioned the connections (maybe) between Homo floresiensis and the myth of the ebu gogo:


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AFRICA
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Feature on some of the efforts to save Tibuktu's manuscripts:



Interesting feature on Zar'a Ya'eqob:


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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT
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83 Buto-era/Naqada-era burials from the Nile Delta:







Feature on the necropolis of Asyut:




Zahi Hawass wants Egyptian children to learn hieroglyphs:




Feature on the development of Senet:





Egypt has passed more laws regarding 'obscene acts' being done at archaeological sites:




... and possession of antiquities:



Getting ready for the solar illumination of Ramses II:



More on the movement of Luxor sphinxes to Tahrir Square:



More on those recently-found mummies from MInya:



I think we mentioned these 7200 years bp remains of a village in the Jordan Valley (Tel Tsaf):



Finds from various periods from Isfahan:



Some skepticism being expressed over that Egyptian anchor/inscription found off the coast of Israel last week:



More on that temple complex revealed at Motza:





... which seems to have spawned a 'top five' sites list:



The 'Roman square' and 'Roman gate' recently found in Jerusalem was officially inaugurated:




A 'mapping' of the floor of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre is under way:



Latest twist in the politics of archaeology in Palestine:



An interview with Simon Montefiore on the importance of Jerusalem:



An Israel Prize for Vered Noam:



In case you missed the 'year of Patara' celebrations:



More on the sprouting of some 2000 years bp date seeds:




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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS)
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30+ lead curse tablets from a 2500 years bp well in Athens:







Submerged structures off the coast of Crete near Elounda:



Roman burials and a possible military settlement near Canterbury:





Possible Roman burial from Durham (maybe, maybe not):




A Roman-era snake ring from Buckinghamshire has been declared treasure:



The plans for preservation of Cam Roman villa have been revealed:




Feature on the aqueduct in Valencia:



The 'lost' Victoria of Calvatone statue has been 'rediscovered' at the Hermitage:



Plans for a Roman theatre and archaeology park in Ankara:



Plans for Hadrianopolis:




More on remains of Pompeii's drainage system (I think we mentioned this):



More on Minoan finds from Akrotiri:




More on the finds at the Asclepion of Epidaurus:




The Pliny's skull story won't go away:





Feature on the Heerlen Roman baths (Netherlands):



Feature on the eruption of Vesuvius etc.:



Katharine von Stackelberg was chatting about Spartacus:



Andrew Laird was talking about 'Aztec Latin':



Feature on Keats and the Parthenon Marbles:



Feature on Eros and Psyche:



Feature on Sappho:



Feature on Medusa:



Feature on the Temple of Apollo at Didyma:



Feature on bad Roman emperors:



A 3d model view of Athens' development:



On same-sex relationships in the ancient Mediterranean world:




That movie on the Apollo of Gaza is still on tour:



Singing for the return of the Parthenon Marbles:





Gerard Butler will be taking part in Thermopylae anniversary activities:




... including carrying the Olympic Torch for the Sparta leg:



Fordham has put its graduate program on 'hiatus':



Brock's peer mentor program helps its Greek and Latin students:



More on Greek words for love:




Comparing Boris Johnson to Roman emperors:


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EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland)
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Finds from various periods made during construction of a bypass in Lincoln:



Finds from various periods at Porec (Croatia):



Remains of a 'Pictish power centre' near Dunkeld:




An Iron-Age hoard of 19 gold coins (the Blythburgh hoard) has been declared treasure:




A 1200 years bp 'game piece' from Lindisfarne:






More interesting items were revealed as part of the Havering hoard:





More on that 7200 years bp wooden well structure from the Czech Republic:





More on that 18th century sailor's burial from Guernsey:




More on those 42 'mystery burials' ?from Buckingham:




Feature on archaeology on Holy Island:



Feature on mudlarking:



Feature on the Alhambra:


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ASIA AND THE SOUTH PACIFIC
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Dating some Aboriginal petroglyphs via wasps nests (12 000 years bp):






Pondering whether an Aboriginal tale might date to a volcanic eruption 37 000 years bp:





A 'stone-carved' boomerang revealed after the fires in Australia:




Paleolithic caves and rock shelters from southwest Iran:



Not sure where to put this one ... dating of some grains in the Altai mountains to 5200 years bp ?is causing a rethink of trans-Eurasian crop exchange:





An inscription from Madurai confirms Pandiya brother co rule:



A possible 17th century tunnel find in Bengal:




Feature on the search for the 'lost city' of Indraprastha:



Concerns for some megalithic 'menhirs':



... and some Iron Age monuments in Ongole:



Odisha is apparently a major hub for stolen idols:




Not sure if we mentioned the search for a 'fable gold hoard' (that might not even exist) in the Philippines:



More on Siberian hot pots:


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NORTH AMERICA
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Some Pueblo petroglyphs are now thought to have been used to mark the solstices:





Erosion along the Olympic Discovery Trail in Washington State keeps exposing ancient burials:





Mapping a 'massive' 18th century wall in Charleston:



Remains of an 18th century log cabin beneath a Pennsylvania bar:



Finds from a dig in downtown Missoula:



Possible slave/free African burials from Georgetown:





More on the destruction of Native American burial sites during border wall construction:




Feature on the importance of falcons to Hopewell culture:



Feature on the Whydah:



Feature on William King:



Feature on Fort Mose:



Feature on Harriet Wilson:



Feature on Mary McLeod Bethune:



Feature on women's suffrage in Utah:



Feature on Lincoln:



Feature on the 15th Amendment:



Oil and gas development threatens sites in Utah:



Interesting story of how some kids found a relic from the Adams/Jefferson election:



More on the search for burials from the Tulsa Massacre:



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CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA
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Spain and Mexico are looking for the wreck of the Nuestra Senora del Juncal:




More on revisions to the date of the collapse of Easter Island society:







Pondering that mass human/llama sacrifice of the Chimu culture found a while ago:



150 years bp 'mummified' bees nests in the Panama City Cathedral:



More on that Aztec 'sweat bath' from Mexico City:



More on the bones from Chan Hol Cave:







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OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST
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Restoration of Big Ben has a big price tag:



Some guy in the 19th century was training alligators to sing, apparently:



Amsterdam is considering apologizing for slavery in Suriname:



Feature on ancient board games:



Pondering when humans understood what death was:



Raphael tapestries are returning to the Sistine Chapel:



On the links between Montaigne and La Boetie (a book review):



On the origins of moving pictures:



On the 18th century origins of fan fiction:



Feature on the 'research laboratory' at the British Museum:



Feature on Wardian cases:



The Scream is fading, apparently:



There's a Canterbury Tales app:



What history teaches about the 'coronavirus' emergency:



There was the usual flood of Valentine's Day items, with questionable tales of origins:







... and some features on Cupid:




... and a feature on 'romantic' paintings:



Feature on the Voynich Manuscript:



The National Library of Israel restored a 15th century Jewish prayer book:



Not sure where to put this feature on Richard More:



Feature on the Bridegroom's Oak (Germany):



Feature on Winston Churchill's art:



Archaeologists have been searching for the origins of the wheel for quite a while:



Venice has a pollution problem:



I think we mentioned this 'trove' of Charles Dickens letters:



Feature on the 1619 Project:



More on the hidden baby Jesus in DaVinci's 'Virgin of the Rocks':


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MUSEUM MATTERS
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Troy:



Anglo Saxon treasures from the Isle of Wight:




Dorothea Lange:



French Prints:



Manuscript in Britain:



Shoes:



Gods and Heroes:



Archaeological Replicas:



Pompeii:




Single Use cups:



Indian Painting for the East India Company:




Jean-Jacques Lequeu:



Feature on the archaeological museum at Atacama:



There was a Trojan Horse protest at the BM this week:



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AUCTIONS AND RELATED ACTIVITIES
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An early Valentine:


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THE TECHY SIDE
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A new technique for xraying mummies:


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ON THE DNA FRONT
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More on that 'ghost population' of ancient humans revealed in DNA of West African populations:







More on that 5700 years bp 'chewing gum' DNA find:


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CLIMATE MATTERS
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Tracking the impact of climate change on World Heritage Sites:



Climate change effects on sites in North Africa:



More on climate change and the collapse of the Akkadian Empire:


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TOURISTY THINGS
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Aphrodisias:



Motorcycling in Greece:



Wales' 'Island of Love':



Top sites in Germany:



Germany's Facwerkhauser:



Hattusa:



Homes of women writers:


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PERFORMANCES
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Penelopiad:



Medea:



Mother of Us All:



Emma:



An Antigone:



More marking of Beethoven's 250th:


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CRIME BEAT
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That trial of an archaeologist accused of forging artifacts in Spain has started:




... related item on forgery of artifacts:



A Charlottesville slavery plaque was stolen by a protester:



The brother of a former Egyptian finance minister was sentenced to 30 years for smuggling antiquities:




Smugglers were caught trying to get 269 artifacts out of Egypt:



Cyprus has a major problem with stolen antiquities:



... as a bust in Baltimore demonstrates:




Culture Crime News is back:



More on that stolen Klimt that turned up in the gallery it was stolen from:



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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A number of Hawaiian artifacts have been returned:




The UK returned a couple of items to Turkey:




Portugal is facing repatriation issues:



UTennessee is returning remains of Arikara and Mandan people:




On university museums returning items to various peoples:



More on the Devon Museum not returning some Blackfoot items:


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NUMISMATICA
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Feature on mythical monsters on ancient coins:



Latest e-Sylum:



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


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Ancient Coin Collecting:



Ancient Coins:



Coin Week:




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OBITUARIES
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Charles Sprawson:



Charles H. Long:



Zara Steiner:



Rosemary Harvey:



George Coyne:



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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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