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explorator 25.19 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? August 28, ?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 study of tools from an Aurignacian site in Romania:





cf:

Study suggests that much of the Neanderthal-Sapiens interbreeding took place in the Near East:





cf:

A study of Sahelanthropus (apparently the oldest representative of humanity now) suggests they were bipedal:











cf:

Trying to figure out when humans evolved the capacity to sweat:


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AFRICA
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A multinational group will be studying the life and historical artifacts on the Skerki Bank between Tunisia and Sicily:



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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT
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The restoration of the Amun Ra shrine in the Temple of Seti I at Abydos is complete:





... as is restoration of a statue of Thutmose II at Karnak:




... and the transverse hall in the Dendera Temple:



... while restoration has resumed at the Great Hypostyle Hall at Karnak:



In case you missed Zahi Hawass' call for the British Museum to return the Rosetta Stone:










Feature on the Book of the Dead:



More on Howard Carter's taking artifacts from Tutankhamun's tomb:




Artifacts dating to 6200 BCE from the Susa site:



More on the decipherment of Elamite script:



This one's confusing ... find of a dwelling in Sialk (Iran) that is either 5000 years bp or 4th century BCE or?:



Feature on the Ziggurat of Ur:



Feature on Mesopotamian beer:



Possible evidence of a permanent settlement dating to 9300 years bp from Turkiye's Sircalitepe Mound:




An 8000 years bp ceramic workshop from Izmir's Ulucak Mound (including a fingerprint):



A late Neolithic (!) seal from the Domuztepe excavations:




4200 years bp finds from Tavsanli Mound suggest (among other things) connections to the site of Troy:



A 1600 years bp writing kit from Bathonea:



Feature on Hamzeh Mahasneh's work on Neolthic board games:



Greek archaeologists are expressing concerns for Hagia Sophia:







Latest survey of a Bar Kokhba Revolt Roman garrison (maybe) site dubbed Kfar Lakitia:



In case you missed it, researchers have figured out the season and year of the Hasmonean destruction of the Greek site of Tl Iztabba:




A 1200 years bp 'rural estate' revealed at Rahat:


















Feature on the recently-excavated Usha site (2000 years bp):



More on the possible identification of the site of the Bethsaida associated with Peter:





More on mosaics from Huqoq depicting biblical heroines:


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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 study of stone tools from Bronze Age Crete and the implications for Minoan civilization:







Scythian/Bronze Age finds from the Kotelva II settlement site (Ukraine!):





A 2350 years bp statue of Cybele from Antandrus:



Statue heads, including one of Apollo, from Prusias ad Hypium (looks 1st/2nd century CE):



A Hellenistic 'votive pot' from the Troy site:




Another 'ram' from a Roman ship raised from the sea at Levanzo:






A much decorated 2000 years bp Roman temple from Cupra Marttima:






Remains of a Roman aqueduct from Caistor St Edmund:



An 'early Christian' ampulla/pilgrim's bottle from Pergamon:



Roman finds from a dig near Norton (Evesham):



Latest depiction of a (rather large) Roman phallus ?comes from excavations in Cordoba:








One of three related DNA studies this week suggests the Griffin Warrior was ?from the city 'he would one day rule':






Plans for 'strategic preservation' of the walls of the Athenian Acropolis:



Plans for restoration of statues of Greek gods in Claros:



Feature/study of Roman funerary banquets:






Nighthawking concerns at the Roman fort at Caenarfon:



More on the 'mega monument' at Laona (Cyprus):




More on the cache of astragali from Maresha-Bet Guvrin National Park:



More on the Roman military sanctuary in the Netherlands:



Joel Christensen on ancient Greek myth and climate change:



Ashley Clements in a similar vein:



Danielle Vander Horst on Pompeii gardens and disasters in antiquity:



Feature on Rome's wild beast shows:



Feature on seven Roman superstitions:



Feature on Hellenistic art:



Feature on Pliny's letter about the destruction of Pompeii:



Feature on gladiators:



Feature on Roman dictators:



Feature on the Risan Roman mosaics:



Feature on the Derveni papyrus:



Feature on the site of Orraon:



Feature on the Diolkos:



Feature on ancient Greek werewolves:



Feature on ancient Greek taxation:



Interesting feature on a 'homeric' epigram written about Stalin:



Repeat of a feature on Demetrius the Besieger:




More on robot-created copies of Parthenon sculptures:






... related OpEds:




Latest Pasts Imperfect newsletter:



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Roman Archaeology Blog:



Rogueclassicism:


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EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland)
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Evidence of 4000 years bp beer production at the 'German Stonehenge' site:



Bronze Age burials near Sarajevo reveal some hitherto unknown forms of jewellery:




I think we mentioned the race to excavate at the 2500 years bp Lulworth hillfort site threatened by coastal erosion:



Overviewish piece on a dig at an Anglo Saxon burial ground near Netheravon:



A 1200 years bp Viking cremation burial from Sweden:




Overviewish piece on the excavations at a medieval 'trading hub' on the banks of the Thames in Berkshire:





Remains of a possible medieval ale house from East Yorkshire:






A medieval double burial within a circular ditch from southern Germany:



Pool construction revealed remains of a medieval wall in Kenilworth:




A long-rumoured water tunnel was found near Hyde Abbey:



The bones of Saint Ladislaus (king of Hungary in the 11th century) have been identified in an ossuary:



More on a major concentration of megaliths found in Spain:





More on medieval monks being 'riddled' with parasites:





Excavations at an Iron Age site at Swartigill have resumed:



Protection for the Edge Hill Engine Station site in Liverpool:



Remains of a famous Sami woman were identified in a Swedish collection being studied for repatriation purposes:



Reflecting on the excavations of Richard III ten years ago (already?):



Amsterdam's oldest houseboat is being removed from the canal:


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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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Latest interesting 'bronze beast' from the Sanxingdui excavations:



A Han/Jin Dynasty ironware production and processing site from Hunan:



A Goturk-era monument complex from Mongolia:




Feature on efforts to protect Afghan heritage:



Feature on Naggar Castle's earthquake-resistant design:



A trio of 7500-12000 years bp burials from Indonesia's Alor Island:





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Concerns for a number of Megalithic burials near Mahbubnagar:


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AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND
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A study of the origins of Australia's rabbit problem:



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NORTH AMERICA
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This week's finds from Colonial Michilimackinac include a sugar bowl and pocket knife, among other things:




Overview of ?WestConn's dig at Lake Waramaug (more about the dig than any finds):




Overview of finds from a dig at the Sioux City Railroad Museum:





Excavations at the burial ground of the First Baptist Church at Colonial Williamsburg are underway:



Study suggests the LSU Campus Mounds are the oldes known human-made structures in North America:








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An interesting Jewish mural hidden in a Vermont apartment:



Feature on the Timbucto Archaeology Project:



Feature on Ticonderoga:



Review of Jay Gould, *American Rascal*:



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CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA
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3800 years bp items from burials and structures at Peru's Vichama Archaeological Complex:




3000 years bp items from the Cahultepec Forest in Mexico City:



A 1500 years bp (?) stone disk with an image of the Maya maize divinity ?from the Temple of the Sun at Tonina:



An 850-1000 years bp canoe burial of a woman from Patagonia:








cf:

... while a shipwreck off the coast of Patagonia is identified as an 1850's Rhode Island whaling vessel:




cf:

19th century photos of the Plaza de Armas in Santiago:



More on drought and the decline of Mayapan:




A somewhat bizarre item on the heart of Brazil's first emperor returning to Portugal sore a 'state visit':




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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 some 'durable' ancient writing systems:



Feature on the 'roots' of the Lord of the Rings:



Feature on why the Spanish Armada failed:



Feature on modern-day 'treasure hunters':



Feature on the 'London Monster':



Feature on 'crypto-Jews':



A lost Vorticist painting beneath another painting:



... and some Modigliani sketches beneath one of his paintings:



A study of the paint used in The Night Watch:



Remembering the botched 'restoration' of Borja's Ecce Homo:



On the origins of dragon mythology:



... also on the appeal of dragons:



On the history of the swastika:



On the role of writing in the conquest of the Americas:



A study of oyster exploitation in various times and places:



On the 'scandalous' origins of Disneyland:



Shakespeare's poor acting abilities apparently led to Othello being written:



Paywalled, so I'm not sure where to put this item on water being poured on Urartian paintings 'to get better pictures':



On the role of enslaved people in the production of Bourbon:



More on that Galileo manuscript which is now believed to be a forgery:






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More on the digitization of medieval medical manuscripts at Cambridge:


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CURRENT EVENTS:
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Feature on ancient debt relief:



Items on 'gluing' protests:




Honouring Bett with a statue:



Feature on 21 of the deadliest pandemics:


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PHILOSOPHERS AND MATTERS PHILOSOPHICAL
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Aristotle's thoughts on wealth:


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MUSEUM MATTERS
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Ramses the Great:




Tutankhamun:



Tota Italia:





Matisse:



Rembrandt:



Lora Webb Nichols photos:



Sohag's Forgotten Treasures:



Connections Across the Coral Sea:



Chroma:



Restored glassware from the Beirut explosion:







related:

A Tehran museum has closed after an insect was spotted crawling on the artwork:



New York museums now have to acknowledge if art was Nazi loot:



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AUCTIONS AND SALES RELATED
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Plenty of excitement over the auction of the contents of a Paris mansion:



... and Paul Allen is selling off his collection:



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ON THE DNA FRONT
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Overview coverage of three DNA studies shedding light on IndoEuropean origins, and migrations of ancient Greeks and Romans:





... and with a 'first farmers' focus:



.. and with a Southern Europe/West Asia genetics focus:



Study on using DNA from lice found on mummies:



DNA reveals a 1000 years bp example of Klinefelter syndrome:


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THE TECHY SIDE
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An AI-based method for dating archaeological remains:




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CLIMATE MATTERS
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Seems like this is the place to gather all the reports (some repeats) of sites exposed by drought in various parts of the world ... from the Danube come WWII warships:



... the 'Spanish Stonehenge':




... Nero's bridge from the Tiber:






... a medieval village in Yorkshire:



... the Roman military camp in Spain:



... sites from the Tigris and Euphrates:



... Buddhist statues from the Yangtze:



... hunger stones:



... and the 'overview' pieces:









... and we might as well mention the 1500 years bp arrow found in melting ice in Norway too:






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TOURISTY THINGS
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Aphrodisias:


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PERFORMANCES AND MUSIC RELATED
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Archaeologists aren't happy about their portrayal in a film about Richard III:



Oberammergau:



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CRIME BEAT
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US agents in Memphis (Tenn.) seized a 3000 years bp (maybe) Egyptian artifact being brought to the US from Europe:











An iconic portrait of Winston Churchill appears to have been stolen:



Labourers working on the demolition of a house in Madhya Pradesh allegedly stole 86 gold coins they found in the process:



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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 has returned a looted Bible to the Greek Monastery whence it was taken:






The US is returning a 14th century sculpture to Nepal:




Not sure if we've mentioned these seven items being returned from Scotland to India:



Indigenous groups in British Columbia are seeking repatriation of various items from various places:



Indigenous South American groups are seeking repatriation of Captain Cook-related items in the British Museum:




Thailand is seeking the return of items from the Denver Art Museum:




More on Berlin returning items to Nigeria:




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NUMISMATICA
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Feature on coins depicting Zeus:



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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Richard Freund:



Radovan Kraguly:



Audrey Stanley:



John Cooper:



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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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