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explorator 26.01 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? April 23, 2023
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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, Bill Gephardt,
Don Buck, mata kimasitayo, and Ross W. Sargent for headses upses this week
(as always hoping I have left no one out).

Another year of Explorator in the archives! Thanks for reading and thanks especially to our group who send me headses upses every week! It makes my job easier!

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EARLY HOMINIDS
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Feature on toolmaking processes at the 1.2 million years bp Melka Kunture site (Ethiopia):



Feature on the life expectancy of ancient humans:



More on the 39 000 years bp 'leather punch board' find from Spain:



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AFRICA
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Concerns for dredging at the archaeological site of the Hesperides in Benghazi:



... and more on sites at risk from coastal erosion:



More on the wall paintings from Old Dongola:



There is now a stable isotope map of Angola:


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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT
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A neutron tomography study of six sealed Egyptian animal sarcophagi:















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A study has found many mummified Egyptian children had anemia:



A study has figured out an 'impossible' Egyptian sculpture:



The Ramses II exhibition in Paris is reviving questions about the pharaoh of the Exodus:



More on the find of the 18th Dynasty tomb of Panehsy:




More on the cache of severed hands found at Tell el-Dab'a:




More on the study of graffiti at the Temple of Isis:



More on the sizeable chamber found under the Great Pyramid a month or so ago:



Feature on the length of Egyptian dynasties:



More on climate change-related salt and sand concerns for sites in Iraq:







More on the find of a Sumerian palace at Girsu:



Features on Petra:




Feature on the retirement of Adolfo Roitman at the Shrine of the Book:



Feature on the myth of the Twelve Tribes of Israel:



Evidence of large scale commercial viticulture in 4th-9th century Byzantine and early Islamic settlements in the Negev region:



cf:

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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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Five sculptures which might represent images of the people of Tartessos people from the Bronze Age Casas del Turunuelo site in Spain:







A 1st century BCE hoard of 175 silver Roman coins from near Livorno:



A 1st century BCE temple, possibly to Mars, from La Chapelle-des-Fougeretz:





A 2000 years bp Gallo-Roman necropolis from a site next to a Paris train station:













A 1st century CE steelyard weight depicting Silenus/Dionysus from the dig in Cockermouth:





Fragments of a large wall painting (looks 1st century CE) from a portico in Cartagena's Roman theatre:



Evidence of a Roman sanctuary and necropolis (1st-3rd century CE) near Zemst (Belgium):



Evidence of a Roman 'fortlet' along the Antonine Wall at Clydebank:









Plenty of coverage for the find of a very upscale 'lavish' wine-making facility at the Villa of the Quintilii site:





















cf:

... related item on a statue of Hercules found there as well:



Rome has ?brought hundreds of items out of storage and put them on display in the Forum and environs:











A high-tech approach to revealing the layout techniques of ancient Greek papyri:



The Amphipolis tomb has opened to researchers:






The Richborough Roman fort in Kent has reopened to the public with a reconstructed gateway:










A legal case trying to save a possible Bronze Age wall in Malta:



The National Hellenic Museum staged a Homerathon:



Hyping the 12th season of digging at the Roman settlement site at Bridge Farm:



More on the latest finds from the 'little temple' site at Paestum:










More on the submerged Nabataean temple found near Pozzuoli:




More on the palimpsest of Ptolemy's Meteoroscope:



More on the recent mosaic find in Colchester:



More on the 'incineration' of victims at Herculaneum:




More on the possible Mithras temple from Trier:



More on the Roman coins found on a remote Swedish island:



Items are returning to the Thessaloniki metro for display:



... while London's mayor says there are no plans to put archaeology displays in tube stations:



Review of Natalie Haynes, *Stone Blind*:



Review of Harry Mount and John Davie, *Et tu, Brute?*:




Review of Han Kang, *Greek Lessons*:




Feature on Paul Veyne's work:



Feature on assorted Roman things:



Feature on the image of the Annunciation (maybe) at Dura Europos:



Feature on the Roman tunnels beneath Lisbon:




Feature on the 'durability' of the myth of Atlantis:



Feature on ancient Roman dental care:



Feature on Julia the Elder:



Feature on Archestratus and his cookbook:



Feature on reclining to eat in ancient Greece:



Feature on some ancient Greek inventions:



Feature on mermaids and sirens:



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 a Palaeolithic (20 000 years bp) bone tool workshop in El Miron Cave:




A dig at a 10 000 years bp hunter-gatherer site in Dartmoor:



1000 years bp Viking iron bars found during cleanup of parents' house:




A hoard of 300 or so 1000 years bp silver coins found by a young metal detectorist near a Viking fortress in Denmark:











A 20 metre-long Viking ship find in a Karmoy mound previously thought to be empty:




Study suggests sea-level rise contributed to Vikings abandoning Greenland:




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... while a study suggests Norse colonists in Greenland imported timber from North America:





Word on Brussels' metro has revealed remains of its 14th century city wall:




A pair of 14th century shipwrecks found during construction of a railway tunnel in Sweden:



Latest on the search for Henry VIII's Otford Palace site:



Not sure if we've mentioned the 16th century frescoes found during plaster removal at Florence's Palazzo Vecchio:



A pair of 17th century hawking rings linked to a Norfolk family:



Plans to restore the castle on Zakynthos:




Sussex Archaeology Society is trying to acquire a gold torc:




More on 3000 years bp evidence of 'drug use' from Menorca:





Feature on the technology used to preserve three Viking ships in the Oslo museum:


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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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Plans to resume digging at the 5500 years bp Sanxincun site after a 30 year hiatus:




Evidence of Tang Dynasty Han-Tibetan cultural exchanges from Xizang:



China has 'deciphered' medical texts on a collection of bamboo slips found in Sichuan:




Study suggests the Xiongnu 'confederation' may have led to China's building of the Great Wall:



More on the 3500 years bp history of dairy consumption on the Tibetan Plateau:






Evidence of chicken breeding in Japan dates back to the 4th century BCE:




Feature on the Rock Ship of Masuda:



A Neolithic ginding stone from Madurai:



Feature on a dig associated with Hsiuen Tang/Xuanzang at Pataliputra:



Hoysala Dynasty brass sculptures from Belgravi:



13th century (maybe) panchaloha idols and copper plates from Sirkazhi:




A hoard of 240 19th century silver coins from beneath a home in Madhya Pradesh:



Study of Polynesian travelling/migration beyond the 180th meridian:



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AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND
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Feature on 'favourite artifacts' from Christchurch:



Studying how long ago the Australian Nullarbor plain dried out:



Plans to rebury remains of gold miners and early settlers in Otago:


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NORTH AMERICA
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A 1000 years bp canoe found back in 2021 was taken out of Lake Waccamaw (NC) this week:








Overview of the dig at Oxmoor Farm, near Louisville:




... and an overview of three years of digs at Montpelier:



Debris from another possible shipwreck at Daytona Beach Shores:



Remains of a 1907 'experimental submarine' in Long Island Sound:




A pair of 1914 shipwrecks in Lake Superior:



Latest on plans for an exhibit under the Lincoln Memorial:



More on the source of Chaco Canyon's timber:



Feature on shipwrecks found in Florida:



Ongoing site concerns as Miami builds condos:



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CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA
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Possible 2000 years bp sacrificial victims' remains at the Moral-Reforma site in Mexico:







More than 100 pre-hisppanic religious sites connected to Andean cults in Bolivia:







A study of Maya lime plasters and mortars:






Studying coral to reveal slave trade history on St Croix:



More on the 'ritual bath' find from Huanuco Pampa (Peru):






More on the Mayan 'scoreboard' found at Chichen Itza:




Feature on five pre-Inca civilizations in South America:



Feature on the Mayan calendar:


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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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Marking the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's folio:




... related, with a slavery connection:



A study of the stains in the Codex Atlanticus (DaVinci):



Feature on the archaeology of flavour:



Feature on 19th century experiments electrifying plants:



Feature on ancient calendars in the modern world:



Feature on 25 things found in European glaciers:



Feature on some remarkable woman archaeologists:



Feature on monks at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre:



Feature on how plagues affect history:



Feature on Bias Stanley:



Feature on Matthew Henson:



Feature on Elizabeth Wagner Reed:



Latest NEH grants:



More on Leonardo's ancestry:



More on a palimpsest of an Old Syriac version of a section of the book of Matthew:



More on images under a painting of Cosimo I de Medici:



The wreck of the WWII vessel the Montevideo Maru was located:



A letter relating to the 'nature fakers debate':



Princess Rita Boncompagni Ludovisi was evicted from the Villa Aurora:







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CURRENT EVENTS:
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A US Senate panel is looking into the pace of the return of Native American remains:



cf:

Feature on the 'coronation cross' to be used soon:



More on hidden symbols on the 'Stone of Destiny':


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ANIMAL AND PLANT DOMESTICATIONS
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More on Romans possibly breeding flat-faced dogs:




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LANGUAGE RELATED
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On efforts to save the Mohawk language from extinction:



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PHILOSOPHERS AND MATTERS PHILOSOPHICAL
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Feature on literary forms of philosophy:


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MUSEUM MATTERS
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Pliny the Elder:



Rossettis:



Cursus Honorum:



Dunhuang culture:



Interesting/question-worthy tale of a kylix at the Met:



Irish Chalice:



The Zeugma Mosaic Museum has reopened:



Hyping an upcoming Museum of Shakespeare:



Feature on the Foundation Luigi Rovati Museum in Milan:



Feature on Istanbul's archaeological museums:



Feature on the Met's roof garden:


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AUCTIONS AND SALES RELATED
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A Roman aureus from Pompeii fetched a nice price at auction:



... as did a ring purportedly depicting a Roman emperor:




More on the upcoming auction of an Eid Mar denarius:


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ON THE DNA FRONT
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More on DNA of central African groups:



More on DNA revealing a multiethnic ?Mongolia:



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THE TECHY SIDE
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Feature on the MACHINA technology for examining cultural heritage artifacts:



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TOURISTY THINGS
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Littlecote Roman Villa:



German towns:



Domus Aurea:



Santorini:



Feature on tourists behaving badly:


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PERFORMANCES AND MUSIC RELATED
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Fragments:



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CRIME BEAT
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Peshawar police recovered 1573 Islamic-era coins from Sher Khan:



An antiquities theft ring on Crete was busted this week:








Not sure where to put this recovery (originally in 2019) of 86 archaeological finds in Turin:



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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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Turkiye is awaiting the return of a statue head of Septimius Severus from Denmark:



That Roman bust found in a Texas Goodwill last year is returning to Germany:







The US returned khipus and assorted other artifacts to Peru:




A Hanuman Idol stolen from a temple in Ariyalur in Tamil Nadu was returned from Australia:



The Nuremberg Mahzor is being returned to its owner after a dispute with the Israel Museum:



Feature on provenance researchers:



Feature on folks working to recover India's stolen antiquities:


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NUMISMATICA
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Feature on coins of Carus and his dynasty:



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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James Skibo:






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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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