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explorator 26.07 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? June 4, 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, Tom V,
Richard Campbell, Barbara Saylor Rodgers, Bob Heuman, David Critchley, Suzan Mazur,
Richard Miller, Kris Curry, Rick Heli, Richard C. Griffiths, Frank MacKay, Lucas Morron,
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 700 000 years bp site with tools and animal bones found in a coal mine in Greece:








Palaeolithic tools found on Lesvos:



A study of that 'Neanderthal glue' which was in the news a few years ago:




A study of fire-making technique differences between Neanderthals and homo sapiens:



Feature on homo erectus:



... and one on homo habilis:



More on the risks of flintknapping:




More on 153 000 years bp homo sapiens footprints in South Africa:


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AFRICA
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South African metal detectorists found a cache of 19th century muskets:



Feature on the 'lost' cities of the Nigerian Sahara:



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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT
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Analysis of some bracelets owned by Khufu's mother Hetepheres suggests the silver used to make them came from the Greek Aegean:










More on the mummification workshops and tombs found last week in Saqqara:















Neolithic shell beads are shedding light on early seafaring on the Caspian Sea:





Overview of finds made during rescue digs at the Chaparabad Dam site in Oshnavieh (Iran):



Feature on the Great Wall of Gorgan:



Feature on Mesopotamian 'sub-floor' burials:



Hype for Eckart Frahm, *Assyria: The Rise and Fall of the World's First Empire*:



Studying the fortress of Dmanisis Gora to figure out why the people were so resilient in the transition from Bronze to Iron Ages:




More on 3000 years bp flour traces from Armenia:



The roundup of archaeological activities in Turkey in May:



More on the tunnel and rooms found beneath the ruins of St Polyeuctus Church in Istanbul:




... where they also found a small statue of Pan:








Excavations are underway at a 2600 years bp site on Sedir Island:



Concerns arising from the slow pace of restoration work at Palmyra:





A call for immediate conservation work at Umm ar-Rasas:



Study suggests the Canaanites at Megiddo included wine in their funerary activities:



In case you missed the find of a burial cave with ossuaries during possibly questionable construction in Mashhad:






More on evidence of dysentery from Kindgom of Judah era toilets:












More on the Second Temple era 'receipt' inscription found in the City of David:



Feature on Queen Berenice:



4300 years bp copper ingots from near Ibra (Oman):



An Arabic inscription dating to 380 (Nabataean):



More on the 8000 years bp 'blueprints' from Saudi Arabia:



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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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Overview of the Epipalaeolithic and Neolithic sites at Agios Ioannis/Vretsia-Roudias:




A Mycenean tomb excavated near Amphikleia:



Skeletons of two women and a child (more earthquake victims) were found at Pompeii this week:









Roman-era burials found during street construction in Barcelona:



Over 50 pairs of 2000 years bp tweezers from the dig Wroxeter City:






Using 3d scans to study Roman 'liquid gypsum' burials:






A 1700 years bp Roman 'craft district' from Therouanne (France):






A new reading of that inscribed ring associated with Pilate 'rediscovered' a few years ago:



Not sure about this identification of a Roman game board on the wall of a temple in India:



More on evidence of the Legio X Fretensis' presence in Georgia:







More on the ancient quarry found near Tas-Silg in Malta:




More on the Iron Age house find in Thorikos:






More on the pair of large Roman-era heads excavated at Carlisle:



More on the Roman face, phallus, and cornucopia carvings in Spain:





More on the study of a Roman purse found at Merida:



More on the doctor burial in Hungary:




More on the analysis of Roman perfume from Spain:



Hoping to find a Roman road at a dig in Killerton:



Review of Honor Cargill-Martin, *Messalina*:



... and in her own words:



On AI and the myth of Talos:




Feature on the Medusa Krater in the Cleveland Museum and its questionable provenance:



Feature on the project to restore the Alexander mosaic:



Feature on the ancient pronunciation of Latin:



Feature on Roman and Byzantine baths in the southern Levant:



Feature on the policing of women's wine-drinking in Rome:




Feature on ancient attitudes toward suicide:



Feature on Arianna Traviglia's work using robotic technology to reconstruct Pompeii frescoes:



Feature on the Gallic Empire:



Feature on Roman traders in Madurai:



Feature on Greek colonization:



Feature on Greek slavery:



Feature on Greek sea monsters:



Feature on Archestratus:



Feature on Etruscan archaeology:



Feature on the Pythagoras Cup:



Feature on Sol Invictus:



Feature on Heracleion:



Feature on Daedala:



Feature on Classical reception in the Age of Revolution:


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Roman Archaeology Blog:



Rogueclassicism:


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EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland)
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4000 years bp evidence of yersinia pestis bacteria from burials in Cumbria and Somerset:















cf:

Bronze Age finds from a housing development site in Harnham:



Remains of a Bronze Age fortress in Galway:



A Bronze Age barrow burial ground from Salisbury:





A possibly Bluetooth-connected 1000 years bp Viking coin hoard found in Denmark:





Latest suggestion for the possible site of Viking Jomsborg:



An 800 years bp runic/Latin inscription in a Zealand church is an IOU:




More on those 'palaeolithic open rings' from France:






More on the 7000 years bp burial found in Poland:




More on the 2700 years bp petroglyphs revealed in Sweden:




More on the submerged 14th century church in Rungholt:




Study suggests Ireland's first settlers came from Wales:



Excavations have resumed at Soulton Hall near Wem:



Seeking funding to excavate a possible chapel at Snodhill Castle:



A good price for a Shetland Castle, but it needs a lot of work:



Digital tours of medieval castles in Cyprus:




Using turf to protect the walls of Lincoln's Medieval Bishop's Palace:



Pondering what Stonehenge sounded like:



Feature on Mon Graupius:


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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 finds/overview from the Shang Dynasty site at Zhaigou:





A fortified settlement site associated with the Datuotou culture from Beijing:






A 3200 years bp settlement site from Shaanxi:




A 3000 years bp settlement site from Hebei:




Latest finds announced from the pair of shipwrecks found recently in the South China Sea:




More on the 2700 years bp leather saddle from a woman's burial in Yanghai:





Feature on archaeology in China:



China livestreamed a dig:




A Yayoi sarcophagus burial from the Yoshinogari site in Kyushu:




Neolithic stone tools from Hyderabad:



An update on plans for Delhi's Purana Qila site:



... and some recent finds:



Polish archaeologists are planning excavations in India:



Concerns for a 16th century temple in Kadapa:



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AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND
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More on Moluccan boats being identified in some Arnhem Land petroglyphs:








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NORTH AMERICA
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Study suggests Ice Age North Americans were freshwater fishing folk:



... but the earliest Alaskans didn't eat fish for 1000 years, apparently:



Finds from various periods (8000 years bp to 19th century) at a dig at Weirs Beach (NH):



The Kalispel Tribe is working with WSU folks on a dig at at 5000 years bp site in Washington:



I think we mentioned this 400 years bp burial of a boy in St Mary's (Maryland):



A bone/ivory gaming die from the Colonial Michilimackinac dig:




Revolutionary War reenactors are protesting a strip mall development on a potential Revolutionary War burial ground in Fishkill, NY:



Feature on Maj. Gen. George H. Thomas:



Feature on Montana's mining history:



Feature on the Potlatch ban in Canada:



Review/interview with Ned Blackhawk, *The Rediscovery of America*:


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CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA
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A statue of a pre-Columbian Amajac ruler from a site in Veracruz (Mexico):




Using AI to find more Nazca geoglyphs:




Feature on 'drugs' in pre-Incan contexts:



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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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Interview with Anita Randini about her work gleaning historical information from dental plaque:



Sarah Parcak on why archaeologists matter:



A record of a medieval live comedy performance found in a 15th century manuscript:





Rethinking the 'man the hunter' stereotype:






On AI and ancient literature:



Feature on how the Duomo in Florence was constructed:



Feature on Joyce Kilmer:



Feature on the oldest trees:



Feature on the perfume gardens of Versailles:



An interesting necklace seen in that scan of the Titanic:



On the origins of patriarchy:



Florence's Gallerie dell'Accademia owns the image rights to Michelangelo's David:



Revisiting the 1871 destruction of New York's Paleozoic Museum:



Yale Collections has a new search tool:



On how teachers can adapt to changing rules about teaching history in the US:


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CURRENT EVENTS:
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Feature on the US's first spelling bee champion:



On the origins of Pinkster:



On the origins of Memorial Day:



Sudan paramilitary groups took over the Khartoum museum:



... and there are concerns for the mummified human remains there:



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LANGUAGE RELATED
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On efforts to save the Syriac language:



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PHILOSOPHERS AND MATTERS PHILOSOPHICAL
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Feature on Diogenes the Cynic:



Another feature on modern applications of Stoicism:



Review of Robin Waterfield, *Plato of Athens*:


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MUSEUM MATTERS
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Casciano dei Bagni bronzes:






Return of the Gods:



Trojan Jewels:



Declaration of Arbroath:



Around the World in 80 Coins:



Art and Artifice:



Thirsty for Fashion:



cf:

Madame Yevonde:



Hic sunt dracones:



Mosul's Cultural Museum will reopen in 2026:



More on the Met's plans to find the looted art in its collection:




Feature on the Getty Villa:



The British Museum appears to be ending its relationship with BP:




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AUCTIONS AND SALES RELATED
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A Fra Angelico is coming to auction:



A painting of Marie Antoinette's dog brought in much more than expected:



More on the high price fetched by a Greek gold stater:



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ON THE DNA FRONT
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More on Pictish DNA:



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TOURISTY THINGS
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Iraq:


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PERFORMANCES AND MUSIC RELATED
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On Renaissance composer William Byrd:



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CRIME BEAT
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Police in Israel seized stolen bricks associate with the 10th Roman Legion:





I think we mentioned this bust in Ein Mahal a few weeks ago:



Feature on New York as a hub for illicit art trafficking:







More on that major bust in Italy which recovered some 3500 artifacts:


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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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A 16th century Nazi-looted painting was returned to Poland from Japan:




Italian police recovered a Roman statue head that was stolen 50 or so years ago:



It seems like Cameroon will be seeking returns from Germany:




More on the return of Symes-associated items to Italy:











Pondering the newly-arisen ownership questions of the Benin Bronzes:




Feature on repatriation (mostly India):




... and concerns that returned items might not be displayed:


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NUMISMATICA
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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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Ludwig Koenen:



Dame Rosemary Cramp:



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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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