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explorator 25.50 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? April 2, 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, Chris Hopkins,
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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Not sure if we've mentioned the No 3 skull of Yunxian county man from Hubei:



A study of the behaviour of Neanderthal hunting parties:



A study of 40 000 years bp teeth excavated in the 1930s at Ksar Akil (Lebanon):


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AFRICA
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A study of the trade in copper from South Africa to Central Africa from the 5th century CE onwards:



More ?on the 7000 years bp bone tools from Sudan:



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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT
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Studying 2000 years of ancient graffiti in Egypt:







A study of a cache of severed hands found in pits from Tell el-Dab'a:




cf:

More on the 2000 mummified rams' heads (and more) from the Rameses II temple site in Abydos:























More on the statue fragments found at Helopolis:




Feature on who ruled Egypt after the death of Tutankhamun:



Feature on Nefertiti:



Feature on the project to map the royal necropolis on Thebes' West Bank:



The Valley of the Queens now has online access:



Feature on the 'Egyptian' king of Moab:



Review of Lynne Olson, *Empress of the Nile*:



Feature/reading of the Epic of Gilgamesh in the original language:



Overview of archaeology finds in Turkiye in March:



An 1100 years bp amulet associated with Simeon the Great's march on Constantinople:



Feature on conserving a Roman fort at Qasr Bshir:



A 6000 years bp copper fish hook (large) from Ashkelon:











3800-3500 years bp kilns from Yavneh found to have been used for internment purposes:



A study of the size of talmudic Passover eggs in various periods:



Feature on the people who inhabited Tel Hazor:



More on the mosaic (re)uncovered at Shoham:



More on the remains of the sixth century CE (or so) 'pearling town' on Siniyah Island:




Feature marking the birthday (maybe) of Pliny the ?Elder:



Feature on plaster casts of victims of Pompeii:



Feature on the surge in popularity of Boudicca:



Feature on the restoration and display of Yemen weapons from various periods:



Feature on the huge camel petroglyphs at Al-Jouf:



More on the Neolithic mustatils in Saudi Arabia:



The Parthia.com website is celebrating 25 years:



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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 3400 years bp Minoan tomb find from Crete (I think this is old news):



Gold and other finds in a 4th century CE burial from Calabria:




Assorted 3rd/2nd century BCE votives dedicated to Hercules from Passo Corese:




Not sure if we've mentioned this find of a Roman military camp at Villeneuve-sur-Lot:



Evidence of Roman structures in the cloister garden at Exeter Cathedral:






A Roman road find from Spain:



The text of Ptolemy's *Meteoroscope* has been detected in a medieval manuscript:



Archaeologists are seeking help identifying a Roman (?) gilded silver fragment found by a detectorist in Norfolk:




Strange find of a pair of Roman coins on a Baltic island:




More on the 1st/2nd century CE Venus figurine (and more) from a rubbish dump site in Rennes:






More on the 'contest' to decipher Herculaneum scrolls:




More on the 'dishes' found at Civita Giuliana:




More on the Colchester vase and matters gladiatorial:



More on the copper trade-related finds from Hala Sultan Tekke:




Items found during construction of the Thessaloniki metro are being put on display at the station:



Review of Peter Stothard, *Palatine*:



An 11th grade student has published a novel written entirely in Latin:



Feature on Martin VIzzotti's talk on ancient science fiction:



Feature on Amazons and Scythians in Greek art:



Feature on a Roman senator's day:



Feature on the Locus Ludi project:



Feature on the Eleusinian mysteries:



Feature on some current takes on the Medusa story:



Feature on Greek and Roman artisan signatures:



Feature on Classical reception in modern music:



Feature on the Ephebe of Agde (on the occasion of its discoverer's death):



Feature on the Praetorian Guard:



Feature on the Pyramid of Cestius:



Feature on Greek theatres in Turkiye:



Feature on the origins of the Etruscans:



Feature on a guy in Athens who recreates ancient Greek armour:



Feature on ancient Greek helmets:



Feature on Alexander's speech at Opis:



Feature on Eros and Psyche:



Another feature on the small penis size of ancient statues:



Another retrial of Socrates is in the works:



More on the Vatican's return of Parthenon sculptures to Greece:





... meanwhile there's some sort of 'fundraising' to repay the UK for the money it spent on Parthenon Sculptures in the British Museum:



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Roman Archaeology Blog:



Rogueclassicism:


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EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland)
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Possible Lusatian finds (an axe and some hoops) from Poland:



Bronze Age and Iron Age burials from a site in France:



Remains of a medieval well beneath a Winchester car park:



A medieval watermill was revealed in Buckinghamshire:



A medieval tombstone from a Govan cemetery:



A tartan found 40 years ago in a Highlands bog might date to the 16th century:









An 18th century painting hidden in the bell tower of the chruch of Saint Cornier des Landes:



More on the suggestion Stonehenge wasn't a calendar:




More on the 3200 years bp 'golden tomb' find from Armenia:







More on plans for a study of Lowbury Woman:



More on that Iron Age comb made from human bone:



Hyping an upcoming A417 construction-associated dig in Gloucestershire:



A Bronze Age gold penannular ring found by a metal detectorist has been donated to a Norfolk museum:



Coventry's medieval Charterhouse is reopening after 11 years of restoration:



A restored Tudor building in Ipswich:



Feature on the Celts:


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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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45 Western Zhou Dynasty tombs from Baoji (Shaanxi):



A Southern Song Dynasty building complex find from Chongqing:



China is still showing off its top finds from 2022:




... one of which is the Dasonshan tomb site in Guizhou:



More on the Western Han Dynasty bamboo slips from Yunnan:




More on the Jin Dynasty brick chamber tomb from Shanxi:





A study of yak milk consumption among Mongol Empire elites:



An inscription of Hoysala king at Hemavati in Andhra Pradesh:



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AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND
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Search for unmarked burials at the York Cemetery near Perth:


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NORTH AMERICA
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Feature on dogs in pre-contact British Columbia:



Feature on the potential for underwater archaeology in North America:



Feature on ancient phallic objects:



Study suggests horses were present in North American prairies in the early 1600s:













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Searching for burials at a historic house in Charlotte:




A 13 000 years bp sabertooth cat skull find from Iowa might be of interest:





Studying the Kenwood Academy fire in Albany:



... and trying to prevent similar occurrences:



Feature on ancient Native American textiles in Kentucky:



Feature on the discovery of Etzanoa and what's been found there:



Feature on federalism in the US:



Feature on Ulysses Grant's great grandfather:



The Franklin Expedition site is getting historic site status:



Mike Ruggeri's listing of lectures and conferences this month:


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CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA
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Study suggests folks living in the Andes some 3000 years bp may have adapted to tuberculosis:




Pondering Mesoamerican peoples living 'among the ruins':



INAH is taking legal action to prevent the sale of a Maya archaeological site (on Facebook):





Health concerns arising from a travelling mummified persons display in Mexico:



Feature on hygiene amongst the Aztecs:


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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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Not sure where to put this one on rotting meat being a staple in several early cultures' diets:



Feature asking for an end of 'alternative histories' in TV shows:



The Eiffel Tower may have inspired Van Gogh's *Starry Night*:



Studying the use of eggs in oil paintings:



On whether Monet's impressionistic style may have been connected to climate change:



Exerting 'copyright' status on the Vitruvian Man:



The Getty and London's National Portrait Gallery purchased the *Portrait of Omai*:



Feature on Jennie Ross Cobb and her Native American photographs:



Feature on studying the scents of the past:



On the history of poisoned wine:



On the search for Shackleton's Endurance:



Latest item on the Villa Aurora:



Feature on the first round-the-world passenger cruise 100 years ago:



More on the possible enslaved status of DaVinci's mother:




More on Beethoven's DNA:



Review of Adrienne Mayor, *Flying Snakes and Griffin Claws*:



Review of Annie Cohen-Solal, *Picasso the Foreigner*:



Review of David Waldstreicher, *Odyssey of Phillis Wheatley*:


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CURRENT EVENTS:
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The Vatican repudiated the Doctrine of Discovery:



Some reactions to the Florida school v David thing:





Features on the origins of April Fool's Day:


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PHILOSOPHERS AND MATTERS PHILOSOPHICAL
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Pondering the authenticity of Plato's letters:



Feature on Plato's Theaetetus:



Feature on Platonic love:


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MUSEUM MATTERS
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Terracotta Warriors:




The Pergamon Museum in Berlin will be closing for 14 years (!) for repairs:






The headless bronze statue of a Roman emperor (maybe) was seized at the Met this week:


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AUCTIONS AND SALES RELATED
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That Brueghel the Younger painting found 'behind a door' in a family house in France is coming to auction:



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ON THE DNA FRONT
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Using DNA to trace enslaved peoples' heritage in South Carolina:




Using DNA to discern the origins of Swahili people:









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THE TECHY SIDE
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A project to map underwater Palaeolithic sites in the Adriatic:



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CLIMATE MATTERS
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Reconstructing the temperatures in Alaska over a 14 000 year span:




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TOURISTY THINGS
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Uncrowded archaeological sites in Mexico:



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CRIME BEAT
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That smuggled Sassanian relief recovered at a UK airport a while ago has been restored and will soon return to Iran:



Vandalism at the Ten Broeck Mansion site in Albany:



Assorted Bronze Age pottery found during a drug bust in Israel:



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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 received a number of items from the Met:



Italy returned 40 pre-Hispanic items to Mexico:





A Courbet in the Fitzwilliam Museum appears to be Nazi loot:




More on the US returning items to Greece:




... including that Eid Mar coin:





More on the Met returning items to India:






The Manhattan DA also effected the return of a ?Khmer lintel to Cambodia:




Prosecutors are looking at more items from the Met:



Leiden archaeologists returned human remains to St Eustatius:



Feature on Matthew Bogdanos and his work identifying and returning stolen antiquities:




... in a similar vein:



Some repatriated Native American human remains were reburied in Michigan:


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NUMISMATICA
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Feature on the faces on ancient coins:



Feature on the cult of Mithras on ancient coins:



Feature on the Athenian silver tetradrachm:



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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Karin Willemse:



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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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