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explorator 23.21 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?September 13, 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, Jona Lendering,
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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The oldest Neanderthal mitochondrial DNA from Central-Eastern Europe comes from a tooth found in Stajnia Cave (Poland):











300 000 years bp Neanderthal remains from a cave in Italy:



What fossils and DNA reveal about the development of modern intelligence:



A new study of molar size regulation in early hominins:




Homo erectus had smaller temporal lobes than homo sapiens, according to a recent study:




On the differences between Neanderthals and homo sapiens:



Pondering whether the 'Culture of death' ?predates Neanderthals:



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AFRICA
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Major flooding threatened pyramid sites in Sudan this week:








Feature on ancient Kilwa:



Feature on music archaeology in South Africa:



Feature on women's life in ancient Mali:



More on illegal gold excavators destroying a site in Sudan:


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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT
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From Saqqara comes 13+ sealed, intact 2500 years bp sarcophagi:

















Plans are afoot to transfer royal mummies to the NMEC from the museum in Tahrir:



Feature on 10 important discoveries in Egypt made over the past couple of decades:



Feature on hair, gender, and social status in Ancient Egypt:



Latest honours for Zahi Hawass:



A 'prehistoric hatch' at Apadana palace in Persepolis:



A third Parthian burial from Isfahan:



... and possibly a burial of a disabled person from the same period:



A 3400 years bp cuneiform tablet from Hatay:



A 2750 years bp necropolis excavation in Turkey's Van province revealed the burial of a woman with jewellery:



... and a child burial (with jewellery) as well:



2500 years bp items made from goat bones from Aigai (Turkey):



Feature on the 'astronomical observatory' at Gobekli Tepe:



... and a dig has started at rock tombs near there, but seems to have some date confusion?:



Latest ancient board game find comes from Siirt (Turkey):



More on that 5000 years bp paint palette find from Turkey:



Evidence that an earthquake may have caused destruction to the Canaanite palace at Tel Kabri 3700 years bp:





Study based on texts from Tel Arad suggests there was 'widespread literacy' in the Kingdom of Judah (didn't we have this a few months ago?):














Latest finds from Mi'ilya include mosaics and remains of a Byzantine church (and other things):



I think we mentioned this hoard of Islamic gold coins from Yavne:



Feature on charity as a Late Antique Rabbinic religious idea:



I think we had this 'ancient Judean date seeds sprouting' story a while ago (they've borne fruit):



Feature on finds from Magdala over the years:



Concerns from sites in Judea and Samaria if the Palestinian state proposal goes through:



Pondering wood choppers and water drawers in ancient Israel:



Pondering images of Jesus holding a 'magic wand':



More on the reexamination of those Phoenician figurines found off Haifa:




More on those First Temple proto-Aeolic (and other) column capitals from Armon Hanatziv Promenade:









More on archaeology coming to a halt (more or less) in Israel during the pandemic:




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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS)
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A recent study sheds light on fraction signs in Linear A texts:








A 2400 years bp 'mask' depicting Dionysus from Daskyleion (Turkey):








A 4th century BCE stone pool found between Rome and Ostia Antica:







A 2nd century BCE (or so) fortified Hellenistic site at Bulgaria's Cape Chiroza:



A Roman-era 'roundhouse' from the grounds of Bamburgh Castle:







A 2nd century Roman temple site in Caistor St Edmund has been known for years but turns out to be really large:



Traces of a Roman marching camp from the Netherlands (Dutch):



Remains of a Roman settlement in the East Midlands (coins, kilns, etc.):




Searching for Roman remains (especially a theatre) beneath a football pitch in Brough:




A Roman anchor find from Montalto (Italian):



Excavation results from the 2020 dig at the sanctuary of Poseidon at Helike:



... and from the 2020 excavations at the sanctuary of Apollo at Despotikon:



... and the 2020 Agios Sozomenos Survey and Excavation Project:



An overviewish thing on this year's dig at Zominthos:



The Roman theatre at Ventimiglia is getting a high tech scan (Italian):



Concerns for the purported burial site of Themistocles in the Piraeus:



Some of the frescoes from the Roman villa at Positano are going on display (Italian):



In case you're wondering about Mycenae after the fire:



Questioning some 'botched restorations' of sites in Turkey:



Feature on John Wesley Gilbert:



Feature on Spartacus:



Feature on Herculaneum:



Feature on the Spartan Agoge:



Feature on the Etruscans:



Feature on the demise of the Minoans:



Feature on how to survive a volcanic eruption (based on Vesuvius):



Feature on Caesar and Cleo's relationship:



Questioning the existence of the Caudine Forks:



Feature on the confusing side of Roman law:



Feature on the Scythians:



Feature on Nemrut:



Feature on the Nymphaeum of Egeria:



Daniel Mendelsohn on what Greek tragedy reveals in our current times:



Another feature on applying ancient philosophy to the current pandemic:



... and lessons from the Peloponnesian War:



... and Mary Beard suggests the Romans don't have much to teach us:



Peter Jones on Roman racism:



Interview with Daniel Mendelsohn about his *Three Rings*:



Review (paywalled) of a book on ancient Thebes (the Greek one):



Funding for Artemis Georgiou to study ancient trade routes in the Late Bronze/Early Iron Ages:



More on that Roman gaming piece found in Chester a while ago:




More on Daniel Voshart's realistic portraits of Roman emperors:




More on that 5th century Christian cup from Vindolanda:


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Roman Archaeology Blog:



Rogueclassicism:


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EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland)
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Evidence that hunters preferred to remain in freezing cold northern Europe some 27 500 years bp rather than migrating:









20 000 years bp remains of dogs from a pair of caves in Apulia:




A Mesolithic crystal-mining site (maybe) from the Swiss Alps:



Remains of a 3000 years bp settlement near Warsaw (we may have mentioned this):



Assorted Iron Age finds from a burial ground near Bejsce (Poland):



A medieval silver seal belonging to a woman fund last year at Hambledon:



Medieval finds near Borjomi:



Remains of the medieval Sheffield castle have been found:




Overviewish piece on medieval finds from the South Leith Parish Church dig:



Plans to 'revive' a 500 years bp Ottoman bridge in Bulgaria:



Historic medicine bottles from the Shrewsbury Castle dig:



A wreck of a WWII German warship torpedoed off the coast of southern Norway:




Suggestion that Europe as an 'economic area' during the Bronze Age:





In case you missed the item on the spread of lactose intolerance in Bronze Age Europe:



Latest feature on face down medieval burials in various European locales:



Plans to restore the Palazzo Silvestri-Rivaldi in Rome:



Storm Francis revealed more sunken forest in Cardigan Bay:



More features on Tuscan 'wine windows':




A Norwegian island claims to be the land of Thule:



More on the 'upside down' rooms in the Neolithic cairn at Maeshowe:







More on that left-handed Viking warrior burial from Norway:



More on that 7000 years bp 'face bowl' from Poland:



More on that 400 years bp mummified goat find from the alps:




More on that sturgeon from a 15th century Danish shipwreck:



More on the redating of the Nebra Sky Disk:



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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 6000 years bp ring moat settlement from Shandong:



An early Iron Age site from Jilin:



Feature on past and hopes for future finds from Sanxingdui:



Feature on conservation efforts at the Maiji Mountain grottoes:



A large lion statue found during mining operations in Cambodia:




More on that 19th century burial from Osaka:



More finds from a 1500 years bp Silla Dynasty burial from Korea:




Feature on those central Asian desert 'kite' structures:



The Rio Tinto executives are stepping down, apparently:





... background, in case you missed it:



More on that 2200 years bp Chinese anatomical atlas:




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NORTH AMERICA
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An historian has located the burial site of Nathaniel Pau:



Remains associated with the battle of Sacketts Harbor (1813) on Horse Island:




Restoration of Jefferson's Carriage Turnabout at Poplar Forest is complete:



On the debate over who built Serpent Mound:




Pondering the legacy of the pilgrims:



Feature on the Franklin Expedition:



Timely feature on wildfire archaeology in the western US:



Latest items on Confederate statues (various coverage):




More on the drone revelations of a site in Kansas possibly associated with Etzanoa:







More on the paddle wheels from a 19th century steamer in Lake Champlain:



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CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA
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More on plenty of mammoth bones from a Mexico City airport site:






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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 the Codex Zacynthius:




Latest Columbus and syphilis thing:



Pondering the 'weirdness' of the West (book reviewish):




The real story of the Pied Piper:



Bristol University has acquired a Glastonbury Bible leaf:



The Notre Dame crypt has reopened:



A 'hidden detail' in the 'School of Athens':



A postcard sent in 1920 finally was delivered:



Debating Beethoven's background:



They've apparently clone a Przewalski's horse:



On the contributions of Islam to Europe:



On the history of poison use:



Why brides wear white:



Another philosophy and COVID piece:



Feature on efforts to preserve Japanese shamisen music:



Feature on assorted botched art restorations:



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MUSEUM MATTERS
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Egyptian Women:



Cadbury photos:



Havering Hoard:




From Luther to Twitter:




Roman Worcestershire:



Emperors and the Pillars of their Power:



Feature on the 'loot' at the Louvre:



T.S. Eliot's estate has donated to the Bronte Museum:




... related:



More on the British Museum's Hokusai acquisition:



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AUCTIONS AND SALES RELATED
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Some Napoleonic war medals are coming to auction:



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ON THE DNA FRONT
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A new DNA recovery technique looks promising:




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THE TECHY SIDE
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A VR treatment is being put together for Santorini:



Latest facial reconstruction is a medieval monk:




Using fingerprints to identify petroglyph painters:



More on technology to examine food remains in clay pots:





More on ice cores revealing 'black swan' evens over time:



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TOURISTY THINGS
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Knidos:




Crimea:



Oretan:



Asklepion:



Concerns for tourism in Italy:



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PERFORMANCES AND MUSIC RELATED
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Persians:



Gaza Mon Amour might be of interest:



In case you've missed the fallout from Mulan:



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CRIME BEAT
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Italian police recovered a pair of sarcophagi stolen from Eloro a while ago (Italian):



Holocaust survivors are speaking about their stolen property:



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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A Benin bronze protest at a London museum led to an arrest:



... related 'opportunity' for Nigeria to recover the Benin Bronzes:



On the 'rematriation' of Native American seeds:



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NUMISMATICA
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Feature on coins of Rome's secular games:



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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Marguerite Harl:



George Frison:




Andrea Tschemplik:



Forrest Fenn:






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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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