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explorator 22.50 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? April 5, 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).

... since it's dominating the news, I've added a separate section for items related to
COVID-19 ...

... there is a youtube link in this issue as well; it might possibly show up as an attachement as well ...

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EARLY HOMINIDS
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DNA analysis suggests homo antecessor was a distant relative to sapiens and neanderthalis:










DNA is providing more evidence of sapiens/neanderthalis interbreeding:






Latest find of a homo erectus skull from Drimolen is confirming the earlier-than-previously-thought African origin of the species, among other things:










... one spin is that there were three species of hominid in Africa ca 2 million years bp:











What we're learning from a homo naledi juvenile skeleton:





Homo heidelbergensis was apparently younger than previously thought:







Lucy apparently had an 'ape-like' brain:





... this seems to be the same study with a slightly different spin:



... and similar:



A piece summarizing a lot of the previously-mentioned items in one article:



A study suggests that human ancestors may have climbed trees:







A study of the migration routes of homo sapiens into Asia:



Possible 65 000 years bp (maybe) petroglyphs (maybe) from East Timor:





More on Neanderthals eating seafood:




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AFRICA
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On the origin of Madagascar's 'forest cat':


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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT
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A vague item on a 'new discovery' made during sterilization of the Sphinx region:



Latest paintings found in a sarcophagus (3000 years bp):



They're still finding artifacts at Oxyrhynchus:




The Egyptian Ministry of Tourism is putting toget some virtual visits (no links yet?):







... including the Red Monastery:



... and Zahi Hawass was hyping the new website (which still isn't linked in the articles):



A factsheet on Tut:



In case you're wondering what's going on in Tahrir Square:



Recreating Egyptian bread with 4000 years bp yeast cultures:



A summary of the achievements of Egypt's antiquities sector last year:



More on the restoration of the pyramid of Djoser:



A 5000 years bp 'cultic area' dedicated to Ningirsu in Iraq:





4000 years bp burials from Ras Al Khaimah:



Suggestion that the Waqf is conducting illegal digs while Temple Mount is closed:



An interview with Christopher Rollston (youtube):



... and one with Erex Ben-Yosef (also youtube):



Feature on the interesting text of the Codex Bobiensis:



Pondering what language Jesus spoke:



A somewhat strange series of events ... National Geographic suggested Turks were 'indigenous' to Constantinople:



... then retracted it:



More on the 5000 years bp Anatolian sword found in a Venetian monastery:


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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS)
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A major hoard of Roman coins from Poland:



Roman-era mosaics from Side:



Assorted Roman finds from a dig in Long Melford:




They're still finding artifacts at Oxyrhynchus:




Feature on an interesting 'erotic binding spell' currently being studied:



feature on the Virtus Julia site:



Interesting feature on some Roman statuary found last summer:



Feature on the plundering of Hadrian's Wall in medieval times:



Latest redating of the Thera eruption via tree rings:






T.P. Wiseman on the recent finds associated with Romulus:



Feature on the Athenian plague mentioned by Thucydides:



On ancient Greek ideas of the role of politicians in times of crisis:



A spurious claim about the discovery of Alexander's tomb from a couple of decades ago has resurfaced for some reason:




Pondering what might have happened if Boudicca had been victorious:



Feature on I, Claudius:



A virtual tour of Roman London:



Andrew Ramage is presenting a lecture series on ancient Sardis:



An interview with Daniel Mendelsohn:



More on that hotel in Antakya that was built on a Roman site:



Applying Oedipus Rex to a certain president's Coronavirus response:



[see also our coronacopia section below]
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Roman Archaeology Blog:



Rogueclassicism:


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EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland)
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Evidence of Neolithic cairns fin southern Wales:




A 3000 years bp bronze spearhead from East Yorkshire:



Lawrence Straus has published a major tome on the Magdalenian Culture:



Hopes to find medieval and/or Roman finds from an upcoming dig at Chester Cathedral:



A search from a lost Highland township whence folks were evicted during the Clearances:



Studying the impact of migrations on the European landscape:




Evidence of lead mining from Alpine ice cores is being connected to the murder of Thomas Becket (!):









... related:



14th century murals of 'warrior saints' from a recently found medieval church site in Cherven (Bulgaria):



An 18th century coin hoard from beneath a Slovakian church floor:




Remains of a Nazi work camp from the Channel Islands:






A very large mammoth tusk from Bavaria:



A study casts doubts on whether the Irish are Celtic:



Feature on the Tune Viking ship:



Feature on that medieval mass burial at Thornton Abbey:



Feature on the Anglo-Saxon finds from King's Seat hillfort:



A virtual tour of London:


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Archaeology in Europe News:



Medievalists.net:



Viking Archaeology Blog:



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ASIA AND THE SOUTH PACIFIC
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More on evidence of 'donkey polo':





Statue fragments from Angkor Thom:




Remains of a 1000 years bp structure from a pond (!) at Angkor Wat:



Rethinking the interpretation of some 7th century Japanese astronomical observations:





Feature on assorted 19th century finds (and later) from a women's psychiatric hospital site in Tasmania:




Feature on the finds from the 19th century wreck of the Barbara off Tasmania:



A Cold-War era submarine find off Oahu:



Feature on Japan's 'Yonaguni Monument':


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NORTH AMERICA
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Evidence of 1000 years bp walled fish ponds associated with the Calusa kingdom from Florida:






A shipwreck that periodically appears on a Maine beach has been identified as an 18th century sloop known as the Defiance:






Civil War-era finds from Charleston Harbor:



Mapping an historic African-American cemetery on Rhode Island:




Chaco Canyon's 'tree of life' might have just been a dead tree:




Feature on Ulysses S Grant:



Feature on Cesar Beman:



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CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA
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Interesting recent finds from Tikal:



Evidence suggests Spanish conquistadores were reliant on indigenous copper smelting skills/facilities:







Feature on items found (and returned) in the lakes of the Navado de Toluca volcano 10+ years ago:




Review of Williams, *Ancient West Mexico in the Mesoamerican Ecumene*:



More on the finds related to Sak Tz'i:


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Mike Ruggeri's Ancient Americas Breaking News:



Ancient MesoAmerica News:


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OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST
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Feature on love letters of Beethoven, Goethe, and others:



There weren't a lot of April Fool's related items this year ... one on Stonehenge was good:



... I suspect this feature on 'Buddha's to-list' found in India is in that category as well:



... and King Arthur's grave:



Of course there was a history of April Fool's day too:



Feature on Goya:



On antisemitism in medieval bestiaries:



On the history of the mullet:



Interesting feature on Albert Einstein:



Constantino de Servi may have been more spy than landscape designer:



Letters are shedding light on Thomas Hardy's second marriage:



Another feature on earlier analogs of toilet paper:



... similar:



Interesting feature on the colour in the earliest colour photos:



How the Cornish pasty came to Virginia:



Reflecting on Magellan's 500th anniversary of landing in Patagonia:



Feature on when the Bible was written:


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CORONACOPIA
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Egypt is engaged in some 'extensive sterilization works':



... and the Great Pyramid was lit up as a show of solidarity:







... other landmarks around the world did the same:



The Church of the Holy Sepulcure has closed for the first time since the 14th century:



Pandemics and their effect on human history:



... in a similar vein (but probably paywalled):



On humans' psychological response to pandemics:



... similar:



... and with a Camus spin:



On wealthy people's response to epidemics:



On the origin of the term 'quarantine':



Ivanka Trump is apparently reading assorted Greek and Roman myth tales while in quarantine:




Applying the lessons of an 18th century yellow fever outbreak:



Feature on New York during the 1918 flu pandemic:



... and Chile during a 1957 outbreak:



... and a major 19th century cholera epidemic:



How Stoicism can help during a pandemic:



... another spin on the same subject:



... and yet another:



Lucretius on pandemic prediction:



What the ancient Greeks can teach us about pandemics:



On Poe's 'Masque of the Red Death':



... and Keats' 'Realms of Gold':



How Shakespeare occupied his time during the Plague:



In case you missed the wild animals roaming empty Rome sites:



... and clarifying of waters in Venice:



On Passover during pandemics:



On St Corona:



A fun way to occupy your social isolation time:



Feature on Zahara de la Sierra:



... and one on Eyam:



Questioning the 'miracle water' of Montaldo Torinese:



Feature on a leprosarium in Romania (probably paywalled):



The Charitables are still burying the dead:



Academics are trying to make good use of the pandemic:


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ANIMAL AND PLANT DOMESTICATIONS
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More on the Near Eastern pig:


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MUSEUM MATTERS
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Van Eyck:



Little Schoolmistress:



Various museums have put up virtual exhibitions for social isolation reasons (various coverage):











... and the Pompeii exhibition at the MAC is providing some webinars:




More reactions to the Museum of the Bible DSS revelations:



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THE TECHY SIDE
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Some medieval castles get the 3d reconstruction treatment:



Explaining a C14 spike 1200 years ago:


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CLIMATE MATTERS
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I think we mentioned the hopes for the UK's Rainfall Project:



On the Maya response to climate change (youtube):


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TOURISTY THINGS
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Troy:


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PERFORMANCES
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On Shakespeare's forgotten collaborator:



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CRIME BEAT
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A Van Gogh was stolen from a Dutch museum (on his birthday, or close to it);













... feature on famous stolen paintings:



A smuggling attempt in Minya was thwarted:



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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 Museum of the Bible is returning a huge number of artifacts to Egypt and Iraq in the wake of the DSS thing:



The Royal Albert Museum is returning some items associated with Chief Crowfoot:



The US returned two items to Cambodia:



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NUMISMATICA
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Latest e-Sylum:



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


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Coin Week:



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OBITUARIES
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Donald Russell:



Ofer Bar-Yosef:



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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:



Archaeology Briefs:



Atlas Obscura:



Heritage Daily:



Sapiens Archaeology:



Taygete Atlantis excavations blogs aggregator:


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PODCASTS/VODCASTS
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Archaeosoup:



Archaeology Podcast Network:


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