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explorator 22.47 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?March 15, 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,
Don Buck, mata kimasitayo, and Ross W. Sargent for headses upses this week
(as always hoping I have left no one out).

We've done some more updating of the boilerplate, including updating links to blogs
which regularly feature archaeological news.
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EARLY HOMINIDS
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Tooth enamel of the hominids found at Atapuerca grew faster than their modern counterparts, apparently:



Comparing migration patterns of out-of-Africa era hominids and hyenas:



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AFRICA
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A 14th century burial cave with mutliple burials from Gabon:






I think we've mentioned this ostrich-shell beads as 'social currency' for 30 000 years bp hunter-gatherers in southern Africa:







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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT
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A 3500 years bp find of a chest containing a sacrificial goose and an egg is causing some excitement:







Restoration work has commenced on the Sultana Melek palace in Heliopolis:



That 'talking mummy' thing a few weeks ago is causing some contention in Egypt:



Feature on 'tutmania':



Not sure where to put this 'scarab find' story ... it's a bit vague:



More on the restoration and reopening of Djoser's pyramid:






More on that 'leopard sarcophagus':



Evidence of a culture-influencing 'cosmic impact' at the Abu Hureyra site some 12 8000 years bp:






4000 years bp burials from Ras Al Khaimah:




Konstantinos Politis gave a talk on Nabataean involvement in the frankincense trade between Yemen and Oman:



Feature on Esther:



Revisiting Iranian cultural sites which were 'threatened' a while ago by the US:



More on identifying the site (from many) of Bethsaida:



More on the reinterpretation of the Nazareth Inscription:



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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS)
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Remains of a Roman settlement (and burials?) ?from a power plant construction site near Port Clarence:




Evidence of Roman structures from Llanwern:



Somewhat vague item on a 2500 years bp wine/garum (?) production site in Mijas:



An inscription with the 'town charter' of Vindobona has been found:



A sculpture in the Analya Museum has been identified as being an image of Sappho:



Plans to excavate the site of Richborough's Roman amphitheatre:








Plans to upgrade the Acropolis site:



Feature on the Vigla Archaeological Project in Cyprus:



Feature on Roman remains in Costa Blanca:



Feature on Cleopatra and snakes:



Joanna Kenty on Caesar's refusal of a crown:



... and there were other Ides of March-related items:



Mary Beard on the invention of the handshake:



What Madeleine Miller is up to:



... and Miller was also appearing with Emily Wilson:



Joel Christensen looked at how the ancient Greeks associated plagues with poor leadership:







Adrienne Mayor on ancient automatons:



Thomas Nail was looking at Lucretius in light of coronavirus times:



Natalie Haynes' 'Stands Up for the Classics' episodes are now all available:



Pondering who St Patrick really was:



ClassCon in Atalanta's logo:



They lit the Olympic torch this week:



More on Thouria:




More on the Roman finds at Guildhall:



Gerard Butler was honoured in Sparta:



In case you missed the Trump/Nero tweet this week:





Feature on Boris Johnson's Homer recitals:


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Roman Archaeology Blog:



Rogueclassicism:


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EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland)
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A study suggests Paleolithic artwork from the Basque Country has its own unique style:




Using isotope analysis to study the Bronze Age diet at two sites in El Algar (Spain):







Not sure where to put this item on a number of burials (including children) from Armenia dating to "7-6 BC":



I think we mentioned this 2000 years bp 'warrior' burial from West Sussex:



Storms revealed a 1500 years bp Pictish/Viking burial ground on Orkney:




The 'missing' gateway to a 10th century palace at Medina Azahara has been located:




Construction has revealed a section of Caernarfon's 13th century walls:




... and more from the original settlement:




Finds from various periods at a dig at Dublin Castle (including rethinking the size of Dubh Linn):




Evidence/remains of Leith's glass industry (dating back to the 18th century) has come to light:



The HS2 project has revealed remains of the oldest railway roundhouse in Birmingham:





A medieval brooch found by a detectorist in Brigstock is headed to the V&A:



On fake news during the invasion of the Spanish Armada:



Feature on the Almallutx Project's research into the Muslim resistance of Mallorca:



Feature on Utrecht:



Feature on Lindisfarne:



Feature on the Rok stone (runestone):



Feature on Westminster and why it needs restoring:



More on the possible find of the remains of Eanswythe:






More on that 5000 years bp (Anatolian) sword found in a Venetian monastery:



More on those medieval burials found at Lincoln Cathedral:



More on medieval use of birch bark tar:


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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 2400 years bp royal burial from Shaanxi:



Feature on China's Kaifeng Jews:



Excavations have commenced at the Cat Tien site (Viet Nam):



Remains of a 12th/13th century hospital from Nokor Krau (Cambodia):



A number of Keeladi civilization burial urns have been excavated:



Restoration or Premamati's tomb is complete:



An Iron Age sickle from Kerala:



Latest finds from that dig at a convict-site in Tasmania include a number of alcohol bottles:




Matthew Spriggs was talking about the Lapita people and related things:



Feature on oracle bones:



Feature on the fort at Hyderabad:



Not sure about this item on a mass grave from Sri Lanka (news of this keeps popping up but I'm really not sure about the dating):



More on that 800 years bp ivory workshop from Pakistan:




More on that volcanic eruption from 37 0000 years bp that might be echoed in Aboriginal tales:


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NORTH AMERICA
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Mudslides revealed a possble 4000 years bp site near Williams Lake (BC):



A Santa Fe construction project came across 30 or so 19th century burials:



Studying fish consumption in a Pueblo agricultural context:



Rebecca W. King is the new director of the AIA:



More on protecting sites from rising sea levels in Florida:



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CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA
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The 3400 years bp ballgame court at the Etlatongo site is causing a bit of a rethink:




A 2000 years bp stela from Guatemala is shedding light on the development of Mayan writing:





Possible remains of a 'lost' Maya capital (of the Sak Tz'i kingdom) in Chiapas:







Gabriel Prieto was talking about ritual sacrifice in Peru:



More on Lady K'awiil Ajaw's road in the Yucatan:



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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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Not quite sure where this one should go ... the DSS in the Museum of the Bible have been determined to be fakes:







Not sure where to put this item on an 18th century arabic gospel from Lebanon:



Among the COVID-19 wall-to-wall coverage this week were feature on how it is affecting cultural institutions ... a selection:












... and how plague outbreaks affected theatre goers in Elizabethan times:



... and how Isaac Newton spent his time during a pandemic:



... and Palermo's invocation of its patron saint for protection:



... and features on the Spanish flu:




... and about Woodrow Wilson getting sick during the Spanish flu epidemic:



... and Typhoid Mary:



... and the Decameron:



... and an interview with Frank M. Snowden on epidemics in various times:



... and 'foreign virus' related xenophobia:



... and how bubonic plague missed Poland and Milan:



This item on the history of toilet paper can also probably be connected to the COVID-19 outbreak:



A history of bathing:



A first edition of Isaac Newton's *Principia* has turned up in Corsica:



Pondering dirt in Lagos:



I think we mentioned this Dali that turned up in a thrift store:



Some Pi Day coverage:



Feature on dust:



On the history of opioids:



Feature on 'asexual identity' in historical figures:



Feature on a handful of influential historical astronomers:



The Beinecke Library has acquired some O'Keeffe manuscripts:



An update on the Notre Dame restoration efforts:



A TV documentary suggests Columbus and Shakespeare were Catalan:



Feature on the republic of Le Saugeais:



Feature on the 'fashion' of archaeology:


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ANIMAL AND PLANT DOMESTICATIONS
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A study suggests olives were first domesticated 7000 years bp in the hills of the Galilee:


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MUSEUM MATTERS
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Naval Figureheads:



Hominid Occupation:



Dutch Golen Age Art:



Looted:



Spanish Flu:



Monet:



Exiled Writers:



Impressionist prints:



Ancient Iraq:




Eye to I:



The Met has revamped its British galleries:



Clotilda:



Pregnancy in Art:



Hebrew Bible through Christian Eyes:



The British Museum is looking for a clock keeper:



Plenty of museums closed due to COVID-19 concerns this week ... assorted coverage:





... while a major Pompeii exhibition in San Francisco is delating because loans are in 'lockdown':



Pondering who actually runs the UK's cultural institutions:



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AUCTIONS AND RELATED ACTIVITIES
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A previously-stolen work by the poet Hafez is coming to auction:



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THE TECHY SIDE
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An interesting sulfur analysis technique involving sticky tape:





On use of AI in translation of ancient languages:




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TOURISTY THINGS
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Silk Road:



Istanbul:



Nuremberg:



Spanish archaeological sites near the sea:



Timgad (and environs):


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PERFORMANCES
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Bacchae:




Antigone:



Penelopiad:



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CRIME BEAT
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A bust in Italy recovered a number of ancient coins:



Latest on the Dresden Castle heist:


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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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Zambia wants London's NHM to return the skull of Rhodesian Man:



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NUMISMATICA
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Feature on coins of Hadrian:



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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George Dewar:



L. Gordon Tait:



Freeman Dyson:



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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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