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explorator 25.05 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?May 22, 2022
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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 child's tooth is possibly ?evidence of a Denisovan presence in Laos 130 000+ years bp:















cf:

A recent spin on some 3.6 million footprints from Laetoli suggest two distinct hominins were around at the time:



Finds from the middle Paleolithic site at Boker Tachtit suggest both homo sapiens and Neanderthal were concurrently present there:



... and a similar thing at the Grotte Mandrin cave site in France (we've mentioned this one):



OpEddish thing to rename homo sapiens:


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AFRICA
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A call for updating Sudan's 'archaeological map':


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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT
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A Sixth Dynasty tomb of a high-ranking official from Saqqara:







cf:

85 tombs from various periods and a Ptolemaic temple of Isis from Sohag:




A 1500 years bp monumental tomb complex from Berenice Troglodytica:



A project to restore the Abu Mena Monastery site (and take it off UNESCO's 'in danger' list) is complete:





Pondering what was stashed in the pyramids:



Feature on five women making waves in Egyptology:



More on the restoration work at the Esna Temple:









Feature on the natural mummy of Gebelein Man:



Remains of a ?'Seleucid satrap tomb' from Hamedan (iran):



Islamic-era pottery from an 'underground shelter' site in Iran's Gilan province:



A project to remap ancient Sirjan:



Concerns for assorted sites in Iraq:



More on the Neo Assyrian subterranean complex found beneath a house in Turkey:





More on that underground city from Turkey being associated with early Christianity:



... but now cf:

Ongoing surveys in Eastern Badia (Jordan) have revealed traces of ancient caravan routes:



Jordanian and Finnish groups are conducting a survey in Irbid (Jordan):



A 7500 years bp burial from Eilat might contain the earliest Asherah (maybe):



The (local) source for Herod's calcite-alabaster bathtubs has been identified:









Not sure if we've mentioned this identification of a palace of Herod at Caesarea Philippi (Banias):



A new dig season at the Apollonia-Arsuf Crusader fortress is just getting under way:



Feature/study of game boards found at Tell es-Safi/Gath:




Feature on the Samaritan connection/reaction to restoration of Mount Gerizim sites:



Feature on the relationship between Moses and Aaron:



Feature on the Yavneh-Yam letter:



OpEddish thing on Bar Kochba and Moshe Dayan:


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This Week in the Ancient Near East Podcast:



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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS)
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A Bronze Age funeral pyre from northern Italy with a huge quantity of cremated human remains:



Not sure if we've mentioned this Trajanic-era aqueduct find from Zadar:



Roman-era finds prior to road construction in Swindon:



Recent finds from a Roman necropolis on Hvar:



An update on the Como hoard find from a few years back:



An Indiana Jones-inspired metal detectorist from Suffolk found a hoard of coins dating from the Iron Age to the principate of Claudius:






More on the find of remains of a temple of Zeus Kasios in the Sinai:



More on the 'giants' from Sardinia:



More on the partially-cremated Hellenistic-era burial from Istanbul:



The court decision in Italy ruling that a Minnesota museum has an illegally-acquired statue is back in the news:



Plans to restore the Latona of Veio:



Major funding for a study of Roman diets:



Excavations at the Roman fort at Alderney have resumed:



Reviewish of Page duBois, *Democratic Swarms*:



Review of Judith Barringer, *Olympia: A Cultural History*:



Review of Maggie Popkin, *Souvenirs and the Experience of Empire in Ancient Rome:



Philip Freeman on Aristotle's Poetics:




Interview with Sarah Derbew about her book *Untangling Blackness in Greek Antiquity*:



An interview with Steven Fine about the arch of Titus:



A controversial statue of Diogenes in Turkey:



The Niarchos Foundation has cancelled a major grant to the Greek MoC for a museum for the burials found at Faliro:



Marking the anniversary of the find of the Antikythera Mechanism:




... and a related feature:



Another feature on Schliemann:



Feature on the 'Linen Book of Zagreb':



Feature on Mithraic rituals:



Feature on the Villa Poppaea:



Feature on exotic animals and the Greeks and Romans:



Feature on the Greek theatres at Messene and Sicyon:



... and the one at Prusias ad Hypium:



Feature on Bactria:



Feature on the Temple of Artemis in Evia:




Lots of attention for an explanation by Greek Statues have 'small packages':




UK officials have apparently agreed to open talks to resolve the Parthenon Sculptures dispute:













... although museum officials seem to be casting doubt:



... and a feature on William St Clair and his work exposing treatment of the sculptures in the British Museum:



OpEd on broadening and diversifying Classics:
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Roman Archaeology Blog:



Rogueclassicism:


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EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland)
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Evidence of use of slash-and-burn land clearing techniques in the Ammer Valley some 8500 years bp:




A study of the impact of rising sea levels in Mesolithic/Neolithic Iberia:



cf:

A possible stone circle site at Castilly Henge near Bodmin:










Latest study of ancient faeces comes from Stonehenge and reveals (of course) plenty of parasites:















... while I think we mentioned evidence of 'hunting pits' all around Stonehenge:




A well-preserved Bronze Age spearhead found during wetlands construction in Cirencester:





Study suggests that livestock and dairying led to a population boom in Eurasia during the Bronze Age:



Bronze Age burial pits at an apartment development site in Dublin:



A 14th century watermill from Blenheim Palace:



We may have mentioned these 17 burials found at the Friary of St Saviour's:



More on the function of some Bronze Age daggers:



More on that 1700 years bp arrow-with-fletching-preserved ?find from Norway:




A project reconstructed a Bronze Age 'Aryan' bow:



Plans for a survey of potential Ice Age sites off Jersey:



Interesting series on the 'greatest finds' in Czech archaeology:



Review of Mike Pitts, *How to Build Stonehenge*:



Feature on assorted finds from melting glaciers recently:



Feature on Viking remains/finds from Borgund:



A study reveals evidence of an organized gang rape of enslaved Jewish girls and women in Livorno in the 17th century:



Report on the restoration (?) of Dublin's Public Record Office archives:


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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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Evidence of rice cultivation at a Neolithic site in Hanjing:



A Tang Dynasty 'epitaph' from Hebei:



A study of incense remains from China's Famen Royal Temple:




Feature on one of China's woman conservationists:



Feature on the Deshou Place excavations:



More Sanxingdui relics are hitting museums:



17th century burials found during construction at National Ilan University in Taiwan:



More on dairy and population changes in ancient Mongolia:




A medieval put found by a pair out for a walk in Japan's Gifu prefecture:



A project to study the origins of various finds from the 'Maritime Silk Route':



Remains of a 2500 years bp 'civilization' from Odisha:



A 2000 years bp 'decorative terracotta bowl' from a Vembakottai site:



A damaged 12th century lion sculpture from the Jagannath Temple:






Assorted Tyagsimha era coins (and fragments) from Assam:



A 10th century Buddha sculpture from Jogulamba:




A 12th century Shiva Lingam from Andhra Pradesh:



The ASI is releasing photos of the 'hidden rooms' of the Taj Mahal:





Feature on the Rakhigarhi site:



Feature on India's 'singing temples':



Pondering the legacy of Aurangzeb:



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NORTH AMERICA
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A 13 000 years bp red ochre mining site from Wyoming:







cf:

An 8000 years bp human skull from a river in Minnesota:









2000+ years bp Mississippian site on the Pee Dee River:



A study of early Chinese immigrant presence in Eugene, Oregon:





A dig at the 1904 Long Point Schoolhouse site (SC) is commencing:




'Lost' archaeological sites are emerging as Lake Powell's water level drops:



More on cave art from Alabama:



More on the Clotilda:



Plans to search for remnants of the 17th century Stuarts Town in Beaufort:




Feature on petroglyphs in Montana:



Feature on the Battle of Fort Motte:



Feature on some 'founding mothers' of New Haven:



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CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA
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Glyphs on a Maya vessel found in the Yucatan last fall have been translated:



More on 'drugs' and the sacrifice of Inca children:






Feature on David Stuart and his role identifying the earliest known record of the Maya calendar:



Lots of press attention for archaeologist Eduardo Matos Moctezuma receiving a Princess of Asturias award:







Interesting feature on an ancient Maya tooth sealant:



Feature on El Tepozteco:



Feature on the Chinchorro mummies:



Feature on the Dzibanche site and its possible connections with Calakmul:



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Mike Ruggeri's Ancient Americas Breaking News:



Mike Ruggeri's Ancient Americas lecture channels on Youtube:



Ancient MesoAmerica News:


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OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST
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Feature on the history of glass:



Feature on the lost wreck of the Flor de la Mar:



A silver 'letter casket' once owned by Mary, Queen of Scots, has been 'saved for the nation':




... as has a joseph Wright of Derby painting:



Feature on 'begging the question':



Feature on how horrible the 17th century was:



Feature on tools used in archaeology:



Not sure what this 'charity donation' jug story is about:



On the origin of French macarons:



Feature on assorted ancient technologies:



Feature on making olive oil like an ancient Egyptian:



Feature on Crusaders' diet:



Feature on the colour violet:



On the history of Zen:



Assorted items on the history of Haiti (relations with France, slavery, etc.):





Not sure where to put this one on the Bible in Arabic:


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CURRENT EVENTS:
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Linking the 1918 pandemic and modern influenza:



More on amphoras excavated by Ukrainian soldiers in Odesa:






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ANIMAL AND PLANT DOMESTICATIONS
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Pondering when humans domesticated horses:



A study of how dog jaws adapted to a domestic diet:




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LANGUAGE RELATED
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On the politics of Urdu use:



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MUSEUM MATTERS
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Feminine Power:









cf:

Apollo figurines:



Sutton Hoo:



Parthian coffins:



Syria: Cradle of Civilisations:



Gold:



Immortal Faces:



George Grosz:



Return Us Home:



Stone Routes - Stories from Stone:




Tutankhamun: Excavating the Archive:




cf:

Herefordshire photos:



Latest inauguration date for the GEM is September 30, apparently:




... or maybe it's June 30:



Greece has started the process of creating a museum of underwater antiquities in Piraeus:





The 48th Highlanders Regiment (Canada) Museum now has an online presence:



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AUCTIONS AND SALES RELATED
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Those Roman silver coins found in Pewsey fetched a high price at auction:







Big bucks for a Qianlong vase which was kept in a kitchen for decades:




Feature on modern art at auction:


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ON THE DNA FRONT
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A study of how sea travel impacted genetic exchange in ancient Europe:



More on genomes of ancient Uruguayans:




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CLIMATE MATTERS
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Climate-related concerns for the wreck of the Endurance:



A gallery of flood-threatened sites in the US:



More on climate-change related concerns for Jamestown:


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TOURISTY THINGS
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Nineveh is opening to tourists:




Jewish catacombs of Rome:



Patmos:



Troy:



Taxila:



Adirondack cemeteries:


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PERFORMANCES AND MUSIC RELATED
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Homeric Hymns:



The Wreckers:



The Oberammergau Passion Play has resumed:



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CRIME BEAT
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A major bust of an antiquities trader (lots of coins, among other things) in Modiin:








Some thieves in India return some antiquities to a Hindu temple because they were having nightmares:




That UK national and his German counterpart have denied smuggling antiquities in Iraq:









... and the latest is the case has been 'postponed':




Shrunken heads from Peru (among other things) confiscated in Izmir:



A metal detectorist explains why he went nighthawking:



Feature on the illegal antiquities trade in the Middle East:


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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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Italy is saying the Acropolis Museum can keep the Fagan fragment forever:









Sweden has returned a Mycenean gold ring to Greece:











Germany returned some Olmec busts to Mexico:



The Denver Art Museum deaccessioned a Benin Bronze:



The Royal Albert Memorial Museum returned items to the Siksika Nation:



The Peabody returned assorted items to the White Earth Nation:



More on Cambodia asking UK cultural institutions to return looted art:



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NUMISMATICA
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Feature on die marks and Roman mints:



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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Lindley Butler:



Amanda Claridge:



Yiannis Pikoulas:



Frank Gilbert:



Katsumoto Saotome:



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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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