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explorator 23.15 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?August 2, 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, Tim Parkin,
Richard Miller, Kris Curry, Rick Heli, Richard C. Griffiths, Frank MacKay, Ken Berry,
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 heard of this evidence for early 'rope making' in Paleolithic Europe a while ago:



Feature on Osbjorn Pearson's work with Neanderthal remains:



Finds with early human implications in Spain from the Gran Dolina site:



More on Neanderthals' pain threshold:



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AFRICA
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A survey and excavations at a 14 000 years bp site at Gona (Ethiopia):



In case you missed the story about the revival of purple dye techniques in Tunisia:




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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT
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Statues of Ramses II, Ptah, Sekhmet, and Hathor from a rescue dig at Mit-Rahina:









Feature on ancient Egyptian use of gold:



Feature on the desert resources which contributed to the rise of Egypt:



Latest thoughts on the 'curse of the pharaohs':



In case you missed the CT scan results of some small Egyptian sarcophagi:




In case you're wondering how folks are reacting to Elon Musk's 'alien pyramids' comments:





Ongoing criticism of damage to Cairo's 'City of the Dead' during bridge construction:





... and features on the 'City of the Dead':




30+ Paleolithic sites from eastern Iran:



A 2500 years bp (?) qanat (aqueduct) from Iran's Lorestan province:



I think we mentioned this Parthian-era burial from near Isfahan:




More on that study of burnt fabrics found at Persepolis:



Turkey is restoring the Urartian inscriptions at Ayanis Castle:




Feature on Syria at the end of the Late Bronze Age:



Feature on Petra:



Feature on Babylon:



Feature on James Fraser's work with ancient wine presses in Jordan:



Five people buried together at a Neolithic site in Umm Al Quwain:



Underwater evidence of 9000 years bp brickmaking from Atlit Yam:



Suggestion that a figurine from Khirbet Qeiyafa (10 century BCE) depicts the 'face of God':





... and, as might be expected, there is a debate growing:





A 1300 years bp shipwreck (originally found in 2015) of the shore of Israel south of Haifa:





... and a 1300 years bp (or 6th century?) church with mosaic floors from the Lower Galilee near Mount Tabor:













Evidence of a downturn in the wine production at a mid-6th century site in the Negev in the wake of Justinian's plague:















Features on the archaeological evidence from Jerusalem at the time of the original Tisha Be'av:






... and one on the Judean Revolt:



... and a claim that the 'Cave Synagogue' has been located:



Feature on the archaeology of 1st century CE Nazareth:



The site of the 12th century victory of Crusaders over Saladin has possibly been identified:




A fire (possibly arson) at the Susya archaeological site:



Volunteers helped clean up a vandalized site in Yeroham:



A collection of BAR features on Herod:



OpEd (from a Turkish source) on archaeology in Israel:



... similar:



More on that 2700 years bp 'administrative centre' in Jerusalem:



More on that 'recaptured' baptismal font:



In Our Time this week was a repeat of the episode on the Epic of Gilgamesh:



Some OpEds on the Hagia Sophia conversion:




... and Turkey reopened the 4th century Soumela Monastery after restoration:



Meanwhile, we read that Syria plans on building a 'new' Hagia Sophia in protest:


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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS)
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Not sure if we've mentioned this particular Scythian burial yet:



Latest finds from the dig at the Asclepion at Epidaurus:





Roman and Bronze Age finds from a site in Cambridgeshire:




LiDAR has helped identify the site of a long-speculated Roman fort site in Lancashre:




A Roman fort

A 7th century Etruscan burial from Livorno:



A 2nd century sarcophagus with a gold diadem inside from a rescue dig in Izmir:



A 3rd century CE statue of a woman from Perge/Antalya:








The foundations of a Roman church found in Colchester have been restored:



A 2000 years bp relief of Hercules in Iznik was damaged by vandals:



A recently found Roman inscription was stolen from Belgrade's National Museum:



Binchester Roman Fort is reopening:




... as is Newport Roman Villa:




... and the House of the Lovers in Pompeii:



Plans for a dig at a Roman site in Majorca have been shelved:



Follow the dig at Zominthos with the AIA 'interactive dig' thing:



Suggestion that Vietnamese fish sauce might have originated as garum:



Pondering the location of Cleopatra's tomb:



... and Alexander's:




Some humour on the comet that brought down the Roman Empire:



More on the origins of Alexandrian glass:




More on ramps at ancient Greek healing temples:





More on Nemi seeking reparations for destruction of Caligula's ships:




More on amphoras found in a Spanish fish store:




More on efforts to keep the Dewlish Mosaic in the UK:




More on evidence for women creating pottery in Geometric Greece:



A project to map Roman roads in the Danube region:



Feature/reviewish sort of thing on Roman finds (including pothole repairs) at Scoch Corner:




Feature on Agrigento's 'Valley of the Temples':



Feature on recent finds from Pompeii:



Feature on the lessons of Greek tyranny:



Feature on iconoclasm in ancient Rome:



Feature on the Odyssey:



Feature trying to connect the ancient Olympics to the NBA's 'bubble':



Feature on the Vestal Virgins:



Feature on Baiae:



Someone is getting tired of Peloponnesian War references:



Feature applying the Furies to the Portland situation:



Seeing the 'jazzy' side of Cleopatra in a student project:



On Dr Rudolph Masciantonio's creation of a fund to encourage the study of Latin and Greek:



UCI is funding a chair in Zoroastrian studies:



Some very interesting photorealistic reconstructions of a pile of emperors:



More on the underwater museum at Alonissos:






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Roman Archaeology Blog:



Rogueclassicism:


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EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland)
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The origins of most of Stonehenge's stones is apparently Wiltshire:





















Concerns related to bone deterioration in a Mesolithic peat bog in Sweden:









8000 years bp burials from the Slatina site in Sofia:






Remains of a 3000 years bp dwelling from Limburg (Belgium):



Finds from various periods from an underwater site off Cagliari (all coverage is Italian):





Remains of the oldest stone church in England found in Kent:



A number of medieval burials plus finds from earlier periods found when a homeowner on Shetland as digging to build a shed:




Latest from the Gjellestad ship burial dig:



Arrowheads and crossbow bolts associated with a Casimir the Great attack in 1340 from a Polish forest:




A hidden cave system found beneath the 14th century Olsztyn Castle (Poland):



A previously-undiscovered crypt full of human remains in Zilina's Holy Trinity Cathedral:



A 17th century cemetery revealed in Sibiu (Romania):



Studying graffiti left in medieval dungeons in Spain:



Studying landscape history of the medieval Apennines:



More accounts of treasure being found in the past ... first from Greater Manchester:



... and Norfolk:



... and Lancashire:



... and what mudlarkers have found on the shores of the Thames:



Meanwhile, some Viking brooches found on the Isle of Man have been declared treasure:



Not sure what to think about detectorists getting training from professional archaeologists:



Edinburgh Castle has reopened:



Vandalism concerns for Sligo's Neolithic tombs:



Feature on the Colonial Countryside project:




Latest on the search for Bonnie Prince Charlie's alleged missing gold:



The Nantes Cathedral fire was arson:



More on the religious structures at Navan Fort:



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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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Traces of Paleolithic human occupation of some caves in Viet Nam:



A 5000 years bp pig figurine from Sichuan:




A Western Zhou Dynasty bronze chariot found a few years ago in Shaanxi ?has been restored:




A group of Western Han Dynasty burials from Xi'an:



Interesting dig at a 1200 years bp beacon tower site in Xinjiang:



A missing $9 million Chinese vase turned up in a Central European cupboard:



A 9th century CE 'stone crusher' from Madurai:



Remains of a large 1000 years bp Pratihara temple near Agra:




Still no evidence found in a dig searching for Chandrapur University:




... related:



The race to preserve Jakarta's 17th century defensive walls:



Possible evidence of a 19th century American sealer's camp on Kangaroo Island:


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NORTH AMERICA
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Feature on the 14 000 years bp coprolites from the Paisley Caves:



A Colonial-era Rappahannock site from Virginia:




Feature on the dig at the Historic Indian Agency House at Fort Winnebago:




A dig in downtown Albany revealed 130 years bp African American artifacts:




They opened a 128 years bp 'time capsule' from a Salt Lake LDS Temple:




Protection for the Bennington Battlefield site:



A campaign to protect Bears Ears artifacts:



Some early maps of Brooklyn have been digitized:



On the Judeo-Christian tradition in the US:



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CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA
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A study of the lead white pigments of Andean qeros:






An interview with David Carballo on the overthrow of the Aztec Empire (book reviewish):



On some pre-hispanic beverage still imbibed in Mexio:



More on possible 33 000 years bp tools from Chiquihuite cave in Mexico:





... and the cave has been closed to the public:



More on pre-Hispanic Zapotec sites at a 'ceremonial site' in central Mexico:



More on Maya glyphs from Coba:




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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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On 'mask resistance' during the 1918 pandemic:



Suggestion that leprechauns originated in Italy rather than Ireland:



Some kelp off the coast of Scotland appears to be 16 000 years old (!):



Feature on Bald's eyesalve:



Feature on the 'Vatican' of the Templars:



Feature on Jeanne Baret and her 18th century circumnavigation:



Feature on Santiago Romn y Cajal and his work with hypnosis:



Feature on six 'iconic' artifacts:



A researcher believes the site of Van Gogh's 'Tree Roots' has been found:





An improved restoration of Van Eyck's ?'Adoration of the Mystic Lamb':




What astronomy reveals about Vermeer's 'View of Delft':



The annual (it seems) feature on the origins of the socks-in-sandals thing:



Feature on Robert Burton's *Anatomy of Melancholy*:



On Al-Jazari's robots and other inventions:



A Picasso mural was removed from some Oslo government building facing demolition:



Feature on the real folks behind the Arthur legend:



Latest NEH grants:



Feature on cities:



More on 'photoshopped' 16th century Bible for Henry VIII:




More on those well-preserved mammoth remains from a Siberian lake:





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CURRENT EVENTS: STATUES AND THEIR LEGACIES
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Lexington, Kentucky is doing a lot of thinking about its identity:



Pondering what should be done with a Pancho Villa statue in Tucson:



A call for a monument for Anastacia:



Arguing about a statue of St Damien of the Molokai:



On Britain's role in US racism:



More on the Sierra Club and John Muir:



Archaeologists respond to the BLM movement:


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ON THE DNA FRONT
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More on the genetic legacy of the African slave trade:



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MUSEUM MATTERS
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Feature on Egypt's new Terminal 3 museum at the Cairo Airport:



Latest on the hanging obelisk at the GEM:



The Sharm el-Sheikh Museum is "almost ready for partial reopening':

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They've turned the Getty Museum Challenge into a book:



The British Museum needs help identifying some things:



On the colonialism aspect of museum collections:


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THE TECHY SIDE
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3d reconstruction of some pre-Columbian crania from the Caribbean and South America:




Interesting digital restoration of 5 UNESCO sites:



What ancient teeth reveal about epidemics of the past:


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CLIMATE MATTERS
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Evidence from caves inhabited by Neanderthals in Italy about sea levels is providing climate change information:



Evidence from a Texas cave is shedding light on Earth's cooling event some 13 000 years bp:




Feature on John Tyndall and climate science:


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TOURISTY THINGS
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Fosse Dionne:



British cities:



Olympus:


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PERFORMANCES AND MUSIC RELATED
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On Bach still being a 'star' 270 years after his death:



Reconstructing the sound of Byzantine cathedral music:



A couple items on the Salzburg Festival:




On the Greek formula that hit musicals conform with:



Epidaurus is back in action:




Some reviews of 'The Persians':






They're actually working on a 'Salvator Mundi: The Musical':


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AUCTIONS AND SALES RELATED
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A Rubens portrait that was barred from leaving the UK is up for sale again:



A Rembrandt self portrait (maybe) is coming to auction:



Results from Sotheby's recent art sale:



Big bucks for an Alexander the Great decadrachm:



Leicester has purchased an Egyptian statue:



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CRIME BEAT
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A metal detectorist in Spain was arrested in possession of Phoenician jewellery:



A guy in Stara Zagora was arrested for making fake antiquities:



Feature on some forged Persian antiquities:



The Nantes Cathedral fire was the result of arson:



Facebook is apparently making moves to prevent sales of antiquities:



... related:



Study suggests extent of trade in looted antiquities has been exaggerated:




More on that US citizen accused of smuggling a mosaic from Syria:


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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 UK will be returning a 9th century (stolen) statue of Shiva to India:






The Museum of the Bible is returning items to Iraq:



Some petroglyphs in Grant House near Fort Vancouver are being returned:



This seems to be the category for an OpEd on 'Who Owns the Past':



... and one on whether it is time to repatriate Africa's looted art:



Searching for Nazi-looted instruments:


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NUMISMATICA
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Feature on coins of Herod the Great:



Feature on bronze coins of Roman Termessos:



OpEd on rethinking the laws affecting the sale of coins in the US:



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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Martha Nierenberg:



Philip J. King:



Massoud Golzari:




Duncan Cloud (pdf)



Anton Powell (pdf)



Lawrence E Gaichas:



Kevin Newman:



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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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