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explorator 23.20 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?September 6, 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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A study of the Neanderthal diet:



Pondering whether Neanderthals had a 'society':



Funding to study the Natodomeri site in Kenya:



I think we've mentioned this homo heidelbergensis horse butchery site:



Possible evidence of human presence at the Moyjil site (Australia) 120 000 years bp:



More on using machine learning to differentiate Paleolithic toolkits:



More on how Neanderthals adapted to climate change:



More on those 200 000 years bp beds in South Africa:



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AFRICA
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Feature on Kilwa (paywalled):



More on the destruction of the Jabal Maragha site in Sudan by illegal gold diggers:


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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT
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Egypt is sending antiquities abroad to promote tourism:



... and has upgraded facilities at the Giza Plateau too:



Sites were opening this week:



Feature on the artists who created the Egyptian 'style' of art:



Egypt is cracking down on people who climb antiquities 'without a license':



Feature on Adam Henein and his work with the Sphinx:



Feature on finds made by the Swedish mission in Egypt:



The remains of the 'Parthian Lady' found at Isfahan have been transferred to a museum:



A mapping survey of 'southern Iran' turned up a number of sites ((I can't connect to this this a.m. for some reason):



Digging at Gobekli Tepe has resumed:



... and a feature on Gobekli Tepe with an astronomy spin:



8600 years bp sewing tools from Eksi Hoyuk:




Remains of a 3200 years bp Canaanite fortress near Kibbutz Galon:





Remains (maybe) of a Sennacherib-associated siege ramp at the site of Azekah:



Construction of a visitors center in Jerusalem revealed some Kingdom of Judah-era/Davidic/First Temple proto-Aeolian column capitals:















Interesting rethink of a group of Phoenician figurines found off the coast of Israel in the 1970s:





A Danish-German project to study pottery production in ancient Jerash:



A somewhat strange story of a 'mystery pit' being found on Temple Mount:



... followed by accusations that the Waqf had 'cemented' it over:






An Israeli energy company apparently came across some ancient shipwrecks back in 2016 and the IAA 'covered it up':



Latest claims on which site is the actual ancient Bethsaida:




Not a lot of digging going on in ancient biblical cities, apparently:



More on that 'face of God' figurine and the resulting dispute among archaeologists:






More on that 1200 years bp 'soap factory' from Rahat:



More on that 1300 years bp church near Mount Tabor:



Feature on epidemics in Mesopotamia:



Feature on Sultan Selim:



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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS)
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There was a fire at the site of Mycenae this week:




... but nothing was damaged, apparently:






... and the site reopened:




There was also a fire at Selinunte (Italian):




Evidence of a Bronze Age settlement near Salento (Italian):



Evidence of a tsunami (vel simm.) hitting the Phoenician settlement at Cerro del Villar in the 7th century BCE:



A 2400 years bp terracotta 'mask' from Daskyleion:




Remains of a Roman villa beneath and East Yorkshire football field:



An 1800 years bp satyr relief from the Smyrna Theater site is undergoing restoration:



Latest from the excavations at the Temple of Hadrian site in Cyzicus:



Roman finds made during the resumption of digging at Satala (Turkey):



Digging has resumed at Entella (Italian):



Greek archaeologists aren't happy with the 'salvaging' operations off Antihythera:



Graffiti vandals hit the amphitheatre at Caerleon (again):




Construction of a hotel on a Hellenistic site in Yeroskipou has been given the go-ahead:



Pondering what the Romans were doing in Britain:



Feature on Bearsden Roman Bathhouse:



Feature on how ancient Romans kept cool:



Interesting feature on birds in the ancient Mediterranean world:



Suggestion that Greek Tragedy can help us endure the pandemic:



Marking the 2500th anniversary of Thermopylae and Salamis:



... and an opeddish thing on Salamis (paywalled):



Charlotte Higgins on reading Horace:



Mary Beard was talking about imperial portraiture (paywalled):



Feature on an early Iron Age burial of a woman and foetus on the Areopagus of Athens:



Feature on the Seven Wonders:



Feature on Sparta:



Feature on gardens in ancient Greece:



Feature on death in ancient Rome:



Feature on the portrayal of folks in Total War: Troy:



Feature/explanation of Jason and the Argonauts:



Folks might be interested in the Sator-Arepo side of the movie Tenet:




Feature on the Nashville Parthenon:



Feature on fifth-century Greece (somewhat out of date):



Spinning Cicero's first Philippic:



In case you missed the photorealistic recreations of Roman emperors:



More on Nemi seeking reparations from Germany regarding the destruction of Caligula's ships (Italian):


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Roman Archaeology Blog:



Rogueclassicism:


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EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland)
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Neolithic face pottery and obsidian from a site in Poland:







Study of remains of a Mesolithic woman in Spain suggests she was dark skinned:



Interesting study of the Maeshowe Neolithic cairn on Orkney shows that the side chambers are 'upside down':




Home renovations (?) at a town in Slovakia uncovered some 7000 years bp finds:



Assorted tech reveals a Bronze Age tradition in Britain of 'retaining and curating' human remains as relics:













A possible Bronze Age cremation burial at a hospital construction site in Ireland:







Evidence of an Iron Age (maybe) structure at Holyrood Park:



In case you missed the remains of an early Christian chalice found at Vindolanda:











Suggestion that the Nebra Sky disk dates to the Iron Age, not the Bronze Age:









A metal detectorist found ?a Saxon coin near Swindon:




Romanian archaeologists believe they have located the tomb of Andrew II:



A medieval longhouse is being excavated on Iceland:



A pair of 15th century battle axes from the Battle of Grunwald (Poland):



Conservation work at the church of Santa Maria Assunta on Torcello has revealed some pre-11th century fresco work:



Workers found a box containing the heart of a 19th century mayor in a Belgian fountain:



Excavations at Shrewsbury Castle have resumed:



A project to restore a Victorian ice house in Leicestershire has commenced:



Latest bragging about 'treasure find' success is from Lincolnshire:



Feature on maps of the Lancashire area:



Feature on the fear of the dead which medieval pandemics spawned:



Feature/opeddish thing on the legacy of the Vikings:



Feature on the 'Druid's Temple' in Yorkshire:



More on Stonehenge acoustics:







More on that Viking burial of a left-handed warrior in Norway:








More on that 500 years bp sturgeon from a Baltic shipwreck:







More on the study of parasitic infections over time in assorted sites in Europe:





More on 15 000 years bp 'abstract mammoth' art from Jersey:




More on walrus bones in a human burial (I think we mentioned this a while ago):



More on preserving graffiti carved into New Forest trees:


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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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A Han Dynasty text appears to be an anatomical atlas of the human body:









A Ming Dynasty burial from Hebei:



A 2nd century BCE (or so) inscribed pillar from Tamil Nadu:




Evidence suggests Keezhadi was continuously inhabited from at least the 6th century BCE:



A 1200 years bp temple from a site on the bank of the Arjuna River:




A 1200 years bp Telugu inscription find from Andhra Pradesh:




A number of sites (but not the Taj) reopened in Agra:




Seeking the return of a cannonball from an 1846 battle with the Maori:



Feature on the Sky Caves of Nepal:


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NORTH AMERICA
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A drone survey at a sike in Kansas revealed earthworks that may be connected with Etzanoa:




Possible 18th century burials found during construction in a park in San Antonio:




Paddle wheels from a 19th century steamer that sank in Lake Champlain were located:



Funding for conservation of artifacts from the Vore Buffalo Jump:



Plans for an archaeological survey at Mitchell Airport (SD):



Funding for projects associated with the Clotilda and Africatown community:



Feature on the Squamish Nation's archaeologist Rudy Reimer:



More on that Lost Colony revisionism:



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CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA
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Turns out there are plenty more mammoth skeletons at that airport construction site in Mexico City:







Marking the 40th anniversary of the discovery of the site of Copan:



Suggestion that cyclones may have contributed to the Maya collapse:



Feature on the peopling of South America:



Feature on the decline of the Rapa Nui:



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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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Not sure where to put this one, but in case you want to make your own magical papyrus:



Not sure where to put this one on the Templar chapel ?of San Bartolome:



Evidence of 'Egyptian blue' use in a Raphael:




Feature on the history of eye liner:



Dendrochronology might authenticate a Rembrandt:



Cambridge University Library has added things to the Google Arts site, including Isaac Newton's notebook:




In praise of 'useless knowledge':



Feature on the Romanovs:



Feature on the Pied Piper:



Feature on the demise of punctuation:



Feature on William Blake:



Feature on some forgotten 17th century women writers from Spain:



Feature on how the Hunchback of Notre Dame inspired the cathedral's restoration:



Feature on 17th century 'friendship books':



Reflecting on WWII after 75 years:



Feature on 'invented traditions':



Feature on how disasters shaped cities in the past:



Lessons from historical pandemics:



... in a similar vein:



Statues in London are under review for connections to slavery:



Latest look at Indiana Jones as an archaeologist:



Feature on how 3d printing might affect art forgery:



Feature on ancient astrologers:



Review of Morton and Klinger, *Weird Women* (on Gothic writers):



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MUSEUM MATTERS
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Venus of Fuengirola:



Kings of the Sun:



Monet:




UK museums are open but visitors aren't coming back, apparently:



The British Museum has acquired some hitherto unseen Hokusai drawings:






The British Museum has relabelled items associated with Captain Cook:



A number of Egyptian museums opened this week:



The Natural History Museum is reviewing its Charles Darwin collection:



Some Tut items are on display in Sharm El-Sheikh:



Apparently the Beirut National Museum suffered damage in the blast a few weeks ago:



... related:


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AUCTIONS AND SALES RELATED
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Christie's isn't happy with accusations regarding provenance of things it sells:



A 1794 Flowing Hair dollar is coming to auction:



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ON THE DNA FRONT
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DNA suggests lactose intolerance spread rather quickly throughout Europe:







Evidence of Down Syndrome in the remains of a 6000 bp child burial from Ireland:



More on the origins of syphilis:


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THE TECHY SIDE
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Interesting feature on how ice cores show 'black swan' events in history:



A 400 years bp chamois goat carcass will serve as a model for research on ice mummies:





Latest reconstruction is of a terracotta warrior:



More on analyzing ceramic pots for food residue:



More on recreating technology to carve mammoth ivory:


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CLIMATE MATTERS
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A new mathematical model is shedding light on the climate-associated demise of the Indus Valley civilization:







Climate change may have contributed to mastodon migration:



Researchers have figured out how cold it was during the last Ice Age:



More on 'abrupt climate change' events and their effects in various places:


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TOURISTY THINGS
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Nea Paphos:



Corfu:



Kekova:


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PERFORMANCES AND MUSIC RELATED
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Lysistrata:



Othello:




Mulan:


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CRIME BEAT
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Ariadne Galleries is being sued over the sale of mosaics which turned out to be forgeries:



... while a Parisian gallery is suing a seller over an Egyptian stele:



A 19th century painting stolen from an Italian monastery was recovered:



Latest Anonymous Swiss Collector Culture Crime News:


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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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OpEd on colonial loot in UK museums:


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NUMISMATICA
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Feature on Roman coins depicting muses:



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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Jim Coulton:



Frieda Vandenabelle (scroll down)



Genevieve Dollfus:




Marguerite Harl:


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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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