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explorator 26.11 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? July 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, Christopher Kimberley,
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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Possible 1.45 million years bp evidence of cannibalism among early hominins at a site in Kenya:















cf:


Related feature on claims of cannibalism among hominids in the past:



A study of five grindstones suggest hominids were processing grains 39 000 - 43 000 years bp in northern Italy:




Studying the 'invisible' evidence of plant processing in the Philippines 39 000 years bp:




More on possible evidence of cannibalism among Neanderthals at Coves del Toll de Mola:





More on the 57 000 years bp Neanderthal 'engravings' from La Roche-Cotard cave:




More on the claim that naldedi buried their dead:



More on the 42 000 years bp 'phallic pendant' from Mongolia:



More on the evidence that homo sapiens reached what is now Laos some 86 000 years bp:




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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT
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More commentary arising from the Netflix Cleopatra:




Digging 'speculation trenches' at a pair of sites in southwest Iran to protect them from urban expansion:



A monument depicting Ishtar and other items from excavations at Nimrud:




On Iraq's desire to recover looted antiquities:



Feature on the Japanese digs at the Hittite site at Buklukale:



Feature on the ongoing excavations at the Kultepe Kanis-Karum Mound:



A roundup of activity at sites in Turkiye in June:



Feature on underwater archaeology in Turkiye:



More on the 1600 years bp mosaic with Trojan War scenes from Al-Rastan:



An overview of excavations in the Wisad Pools by the Eastern Badiyah Archaeological Project:



Dozens of burials (possibly all women) from a 2500 years bp tomb in the Negev:



Dig diary of the first week of excavations at Tel Burna this season:



Controversial study suggests David was a major ruler and the Kingdom of Judah expanded earlier than previously thought:




Feature on an ASOR tour of Israel and Palestinian territories:



Feature on studying archaeology at TAU:



Another feature on the possible identification of Bethsaida:



More on Natufian bird bone flutes from Israel:



Feature on concerns for archaeological sites in Yemen:


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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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I think we mentioned these Bronze Age Minoan lead ingots found off Israel a while ago:



A 1st century BCE (probably) Greek altar find from Segesta:






A newly-revealed fresco from Pompeii was early on said to depict an early form of pizza:





























... then some coverage started pointing out it wasn't really pizza:
















... then Farrell Monaco set the record straight with its ancient identification and a recipe:



A 1st century CE (or earlier) burial from Nuceria (Italian):




An inscription of Hadrian from Ostia Antica:



An overview of what they found on the Carlisle dig this season:



Overview of archaeology at the Gallo-Roman site in Alderney:



A metal detectorist found a ?2000 years bp hoard of pewter dishes, bowls, and cups from a site in Suffolk:






A sculpture of a head from Lake Nemi, possibly associated with Caligula's ships:






Plenty of Roman sites being found in Germany's coal-mining Rhineland:



Roman-era pottery associated with the military from a site in Paderborn (Germany):





Feature on McMaster's dig at Metaponto:



More on the Virgil quotation on an amphora from Spain:






More on the site of Julius Caesar's assassination being opened to the public:



More on the Medusa phalera found at Vindolanda:




More on the 3rd century BCE shipwreck found off the coast of Croatia:






More on the Roman mausoleum find from central London:



More on the completion of this year's season of digging at Hala Sultan Tekke:



Plans to save a 2500 years bp Phoenician shipwreck off Spain for later recovery:






The Pantheon now has an entrance fee:



Honor Cargill-Martin on Messalina:



Emily Wilson on translations of the Iliad:



Mary Beard on emperors last words:



Reviews of Tom Holland, *Pax*:




Review of Andre Tavares, *Vitruvius Without Text*:



A virtual reality app for ancient Greece:




Feature on the 'resurrection' of a reburied bird mosaic in Caesarea:



Feature on ancient Roman graffiti:



Feature on Greek kingdoms in Asia Minor after Alexander:



Feature on why Marcus Aurelius wrote the Meditations:



Feature on Ovid's Metamorphoses:



Feature on Demosthenes:



Feature on Roman baths:



Feature on the pronunciation of Latin:



Feature on the Pantheon dome and why it hasn't collapsed:



Feature on the Roman origins of Worcestershire sauce:



Feature on the Colossus of Rhodes:



Feature on the Kerameikos:



Feature on earthquakes and the location of ancient Greek temples:



Feature on the Zeugma mosaics:



Feature on the throne at Knossos:



Feature on Midas:



Feature on assorted Greek colonies:



Feature on Greek mercenaries:



Pondering who is buried in the Amphipolis Tomb:



Feature on Hera:



Feature on ancient Greek pets:



Again we are reading of desire for a 'win-win' deal on the Parthenon sculptures, this time from London's mayor:





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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Study suggests violent conflict and social disintegration was an important factor in shaping Neolitic farming societies in Europe:



Specializing in sheep farming contributed to the rapid expansion of Neolithic communities in the Mediterranean:





cf:

A Neolithic 'ritual centre' find from east/central Poland:



A study of the Canada Real dolmen suggests there are more underground structures associated with it:



A Bronze Age metal hoard found during exploration of a Roman battle site in Switzerland:







A pair of metal detectorists in Dorchester came across 14 bronze axe heads dating to 1700-1400 BCE:




80 Merovingian-era burials from near Lac du Bourget (France):



Study suggests some ivory rings found in elite Anglo-Saxon burials came from African elephants:




A 12th/13th century seal depicting St George from the Suzdal Opole (Russia):



A 13th century gold ring found by a metal detectorist in Antrobus has been declared treasure:



Burned remains of a very large 14th century structure in Estonia:



Medieval and later finds from a dig in Truro:



More on the 4000 years bp 'Stonehenge-like' sanctuary found in the Netherlands:





More on the 2000 years bp burial from Romania featuring a wolf skull to protect it:




Hyping a just-underway dig at Arthur's Stone:



A dig is underway to locate remains of Lowther's medieval castle:



The search is on for the burial site of a 19th century elephant in Gloucestershire:



Marie Antoinette's private apartment at Versailles has reopened to the public:



The 13th century Lord Mayor's Chapel in Brisol is reopening to the public:



Feature on Charlemagne:


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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 major Shang Dynasty era site from Zhaigou (Shaanxi):



A ?2000 years bp tomb with plenty of bronze items from the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region:





22 tombs spanning 1600 years (some with preserved murals) from Kaifeng:



A cluster of tombs and some stone sculptures (date?) from the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region:



A Tang Dynasty 'palace maids' cemetery from Shaanxi:



Tracking 14th century Chinese trade with ceramics:



That giant iron sword found in Japan a while ago apparently needs a lot of cleaning:



A Khmer-era stone gate from a Buddhist shrine in northern Thailand:




An 'old' sculpture of Lakshmi found by 'locals' digging the land in Baramulla:





Brief item on a potsherd (date?) inscribed with 'Puli' in Tamil characters from Thulukkarpatti:



1000 years bp pillars featuring Jain sculptures found in Moinabad:







Overview of the past ("exciting") week of archaeology in Tamil Nadu:



Concerns for the Sakaleswara Swamy temple on assorted artifacts in Palnadu:



Rain has seriously damaged the 2500 years bp site of Purana Qila:



Feature on Sri Lankan epigrapher Don Martino de Ziwa Wickremasinghe:


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AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND
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A study suggests Maori folk arrived on Enderby island as early as 1400 CE:



More on the stone artifacts found by divers off the coast of Western Australia:






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NORTH AMERICA
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14 000 years bp evidence of human presence at a site in Sunrise Wyoming:



4500 years bp Indigenous artifacts from a park in downtown Hamilton (Ontario):



A study of Black property ownership in the 1850s Adirondacks:



More on the earthenware sherds recently found at the Michillimackinac dig:



More on the remains of a 19th century stone house from downtown Montreal:




Overview/feature on the UMass Boston dig at the Jeremiah Lee Mansion in Marblehead:



Feature on ISU's field school at the Noble-Wieting site near Heyworth:



Feature on the West Virginia State University field school at the John P Hale house in Malden:


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CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA
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Remains of a 400 years bp wooden ship from Chalco de Diaz Covarrubias (Mexico):




A large labyrinth of underground chambers for the burial of Zapotec elite from the Mitla site in Mexico:



A 1000 years bp wall in Peru was built to protect against El Nino flooding:



A study of the catacombs beneath the church of St Bartholomew in Hueypoxtla:



More on the find of the Maya city of Ocumtun in the 'jungles of Mexico':






Feature on Maya comet tracking:



Feature on the restoration of Ixil Maya wall paintings in Guatemala:


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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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The release of the new Indiana Jones movie released a lot of different interviews and opeds on what real archaeologists think about him:












... and things about the Antikythera Mechanism:



A study of foraging societies around the world suggests that women did a lot of the hunting too:










cf:

Yale Library has made Ottoman-Turkish manuscripts accessible:



Feature on women soldiers in various cultures and times:



Feature on the Suda:



Feature on Anupgiri Gosain:



Feature on J.C.Leyendecker:



Feature on motivation to dig up the past:



Vienna's Wiener Zeitung has stopped print production after 320 years:



Constance Garnett on translating Tolstoy:



Review of Stacy Schiff, *The Revolutionary*:



Reviews and related items on Elizabeth Winkler, *Shakespeare Was a Woman*:



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CURRENT EVENTS:
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OpEd comparing Prigozhin and Julius Caesar:



Feature on July 4th traditions:



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PHILOSOPHERS AND MATTERS PHILOSOPHICAL
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Feature on Aristippus of Cyrene:



On Aristotle and living well (this is a book review):


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MUSEUM MATTERS
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Chaeronea:



Alexander the Great;



Codex Atlanticus:



Thomas Commeraw:



cf:

Diva:



Joshua Reynolds:



Last Supper Tapestry:




Constable:



Colonial issues are being raised at the Pitt Rivers Museum:



Latest update on progress at the Grand Egyptian Museum:



The British Museum is under fire for using translations of Chinese poems without crediting the translator:




A Vermont museum has received a gift of a major collection of Native American art:



The Hermitage Amsterdam is rebranding:







There's a new Chinese Canadian Museum in Vancouver:


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AUCTIONS AND SALES RELATED
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A medieval hand cannon purchased at a flea market in Hertfordshire fetched a nice price:



And Eid Mar silver denarius also fetched a nice price:



Really big bucks for that Klimt we mentioned last week:




An auction of a Mesoamerican stone yoke in Austria was cancelled and the piece returned to Mexico:




A pair of portraits by Rembrandt are coming to auction:



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THE TECHY SIDE
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New camera technology for use in restoration of paintings:



A facial reconstruction of homo floresiensis:




Facial reconstruction of a Bronze Age woman from 3800 years bp Scotland:



More on the facial reconstruction of a teenaged Anglo-Saxon girl:






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TOURISTY THINGS
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Jordan:



On the tourists behaving badly side of things, there was plenty of coverage of the guy who carved his girlfriend's name into the Colosseum:


















... then his identity was revealed as a fitness instructor from Bristol:













... and he was begging forgiveness:




... and then there were related OpEds:




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PERFORMANCES AND MUSIC RELATED
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Democracy Project:



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CRIME BEAT
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Police in Spain recovered a 1900 years bp Roman bust and other items during a raid:




Four metal detectorists were caught at the Baylham Roman site:




Feature on anti-smuggling busts in Turkiye:



Feature on illegal digging and smuggling in Iran:



More on restitution paid by Latchford's daughter:



More on the conviction of a California man for smuggling a mosaic from Syria:



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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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Iraq has apparently recovered some 23 000 artifacts over the past three years:



... related:



The National Museum of Denmark returned a 17th century feather cape to Brazil:



More on US returns to India:



More on the return of a smuggled Sassanid relief from the UK to Iran:





More on the US return of a number of coins to Greece:




Feature/review of Elizabeth Kadetsky, *The Goddess Complex*:



Feature on Arthur Brand's efforts to recover some smuggled mosaics:



OpEd on repatriation by museums:



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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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Rita Reif:



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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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