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explorator 26.19 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? August 27, 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, Simon Stoddart ,
Richard Campbell, Barbara Saylor Rodgers, Bob Heuman, David Critchley, Andrew Szegedy-Maszak,
Richard Miller, Kris Curry, Rick Heli, Richard C. Griffiths, Frank MacKay, Alexis D'Hautcourt,
Don Buck, mata kimasitayo, and Ross W. Sargent for headses upses this week
(as always hoping I have left no one out).

nb: there will be no Explorator next week due to travel to uncertain internet-availability locales; big double issue for the week that follows!

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EARLY HOMINIDS
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Working though 86 000 years of human occupation of Inakaya Cave in Canakkale:



Evidence Neanderthals were on Naxos some 200 000 years bp (not sure this is news):



Feature on Neanderthals:



Feature on Pamela Akuku's work with early humans and animals:


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AFRICA
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Feature on a 200 years bp Quran in Cape Town:



More on the 16th century plantation precursor on Sao Tome island:


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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT
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Zahi Hawass was (apparently) dropping hints about mummified remains of Nefertiti:



Feature on Egyptian 'within family' marriages:



Middle Bronze Age and Iron Age burials from Isgam Dasht (Iran):



Hyping an upcoming dig at the 9000 years bp site of Tepe Ozbaki:



Interesting study of DNA extracted from a 2900 years bp clay brick from Nimrud:










cf:

Feature on recent finds and current work on the Mashki Gate in Mosul:




Feature on efforts to save Mosul's last synagogue:



An 8200 years bp water channel from the Yesilova Hoyuk excavations:





A 2300 years bp figurine of Hekate from the ongoing excavations at Kelenderis:






... and some background on Kelenderis:



A 2000 years bp Greek inscription from the Metropolis excavations in Izmir:



Police performing practice dives off the coast of Yalova came across a 1700 years bp (maybe) shipwreck:




Latest work on Mount Zion is revealing evidence of Jerusalem's destruction by the Babylonians and the Romans:



More on the corbelled vault from Tel Shimron:




More on the Roman military amphitheatre from near Tel Megiddo:



Assorted finds from the seventh season of digging at the Al Abla site in Saudi Arabia (date?):



Hyping 285 archaeological site along Saudi Arabia's northern border:



Concerns for (looted(Yemeni items coming to auction in Tel Aviv:



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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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Archaic finds from the sanctuary of Poseidon dig at Helike:





Pondering that possible 1st century CE synagogue in Phanagoria:



A kouros sculpture and other finds from Despotiko:







Two more rams were brought up from the site of the Battle of the Aegades:



Remains of a 1st century BCE (maybe) Capitolium temple structure from Sarsina:




2000 years bp remains of Roman structures probably associated with a known villa from Mazarron:



Using chicken bones to date the destruction of Scythopolis (not sure how new this is):



Interesting vase inscription found during excavations on Belgium:



Overview of the ongoing first year dig at Fort Magna:



A dinosaur bone from a Roman site in Cambridge:





Remains of 2000 years bp Roman walls in a Swiss gravel pit:






X-ray analysis of some Pompeii victims' bones suggests they died of asphyxiation:











Overview of the ongoing dig at Caistor:




Calls for more study of the Roman remains at Southwick:



More on the find of two new fragments of the Fasti Ostienses:





More on what the recent finds from Civita Giuliana near Pompeii reveal about the lives of enslaved persons:


























More on the 2300 years bp finds from Carthage's tophet:



More on the opening of the Largo Argentina to the public:



More on the Macedonian-influenced staters found in Anglesey:



More on the find of an 1800 years bp denarius in a sandbox in Germany:



Review of Robin Lane Fox, *Homer and His Iliad*:



Review of Oliver Hekster, *Caesar Rules*:



Interview with Emily Hauser about *How Women Became Poets*:



An NEH grant for James Romm:



Pondering a probable fake sculpture of Alexander:



There were several features on Pompeii this week, including an item on when the city as found:




... and a general feature about the city:



... and daily life:



... five recent finds:



Feature on pants in ancient Rome:



Feature on the Hoxne Hoard:



Feature on Roman Caerleon:



Feature on Sophocles' attitude toward war:



Feature on a project to collect long-forgotten archaeological info in Athens:



Feature on travelling for pleasure in the ancient world:



Questioning the claim that ancient slavery 'wasn't all that bad':




Feature on the first excavations at Delos:



Latest Pasts Imperfect:


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Roman Archaeology Blog:



Rogueclassicism:


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EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland)
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Assorted 9000 years bp lithic finds from a site on the coast of Norway:




A 6500 years bp 'festival site' with plenty of red ochre fragments from a site near Carlisle:





A 5500 years bp menhir from Sao Bras de Alportel:



A study of land use in Late Neolithic Estonia:



Water work near Navenby revealed a possible 4000 years bp deer sacrifice site:





3000 years bp 'mummified' bees from a site in Portugal:




cf:

A 4th century CE Goth cemetery from Poland:




Medieval burials from the outskirts of Nola:



A medieval Muromian burial ground in the city of Muroma:



Archaeologists have found remains of a medieval tower in Lublin's Old Town (Poland) which was known from drawings:



Possible (maybe no) Knights Templar burials at White Ladies Priory:



A 1300 years bp warrior burial from a cemetery in Ingelheim:



A dozen 1000 years bp silver coins from a medieval fort site in Poland:



A study of York's medieval Jewish community:



More on the 8000 ?years bp 'stilt village' in Albania:




More on the study of residues in some Maykop-era cauldrons from the Caucasus:





More on claims of the possible location of Jomsborg:



Another court challenge for the Stonehenge Tunnel:



Concerns for the future of the Gunpowder Plot House:



Concerns over plans to turn a historic monastery in Cyprus into a mosque:



Protection for the remains of Bristol Castle:




Plans to 'rehome' the 18th century yacht, the Peggy, in Castletown:



The Gorbals' Citizens Theatre statues have been returned to its roof:



Feature on the Druids:


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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 Neolithic 'mussel shell dragon' from a site in China's Inner Mongola Autonomous region:








A study ?of the agricultural economy during the Yangshao era:



Assorted digs are getting underway in Liaoning province:



More on giant panda remains near the tomb of emperor Wen:




More on cranial modification practices among the Hirota people:






Malaysian petroglyphs dating 1600-1800 CE depict elite v indigenous conflict:





cf:

The Naga blustrade at Angkor Wat has been restored:



4000 years bp petroglyphs from Musapet:





More than 450 Vijayanagara gold coins near an Ankalamma temple:



The ASI is planning a 3d laser scan of the Lingaraj Temple in Odisha:


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AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND
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Latest finds relating to the Batavia:



Concerns for the wreck of the South Australian:



cf:
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NORTH AMERICA
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3000 years bp artifacts found at the excavation of an Alutiiq sod house site near Kodiak (Alaska):




Searching for remains of a 17th century Dutch for in Delaware:



A dig at Fort Fisher State Historic Site has revealed some Civil War tunnels:




An excavation of a well found last year at Jamestown is just getting underway:



A possible 19th century shipwreck off the coast of PEI:



Drought revealed a WWI era shipwreck in the Neches River in Evadale (Texas):



A study of the effects of the buffalo slaughter on Indigenous peoples:



cf:

More on Oregon as earliest occupation site in North America:





More on the burials of Confederate soldiers found in Colonial Williamsburg:





Hyping the impending opening of a 200 years bp time capsule at ?West Point:



Feature on the Anti-Rent War:


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CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA
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A 4000 years bp (maybe) polychrome wall from northern Peru:





Evidence of 'ritual beheading' at a pyramidal site among the 1000 years bp remains of Moral-Reforma:







Feature (I don't think this is 'new') on a Maya dish depicting a Wahyis spirit:



More on that pre-Inca 'thunder floor' from Peru:


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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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Feature on a Czech Neolithic boat recreation:



Feature on the Piltdown Man hoax:



Feature on the Hay Poisoner:



Feature on research into Shakespeare and race:



Feature on the Wildenstein art inheritance case:



On efforts to preserve the final notes of Kamikaze pilots:



Feature on Robert M Budd:



Feature on how Wordsworth dealt with his brother's death:



Feature on the Knights Templar:



Review of a couple of books relating to George Orwell:


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CURRENT EVENTS:
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In case you want to keep an eye on the latest search for Nessie:



Ongoing concerns for heritage items in Sudan:



Pondering what should be taken into account regarding slavery reparations:



On the role of 19th century plantations on the fires in Maui:



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LANGUAGE RELATED
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Feature on proto-Indo European:



Feature on the invention of the alphabet:



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PHILOSOPHERS AND MATTERS PHILOSOPHICAL
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Feature on Diogenes the Cynic:


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MUSEUM MATTERS
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Joseph Wright:



The accounts of thefts from the British Museum continued to develop this week and really dominated heritage news; picking up from where the BM kept the thefts a secret:



... and that the whistleblower's claims were unfounded:



... and claims that all the missing items were accounted for:



... and the collection 'safe':



The BM was warned of the thefts in 2021:



... but that the extent of what was missing wasn't revealed in 2021:



... and that it was 1500-2000 items taken:









... and items on what was stolen:




... and that it had been going on for two decades:




... and the prices on eBay were really low:




... and more about Greece renewing calls for the return of the Parthenon Sculptures:






... for which they were accused of 'opportunism':







... and an opEd:



Peter Higg's twitter handle was brought into the fray:



... and it was suggested he was promoted after the warning about the thefts:




Meanwhile, Hartwig Fischer complained that the dealer/informant didn't tell how many items were missing:





... and shortly thereafter he resigned over the affair:

















... as did deputy director Jonathan Williams:



... and we read of the police interviewing some unnamed man on the matter:










... and how it may be difficult to figure out what has been stolen because of poor records at the BM:



... but that some of the items had been recovered:






There were a handful of items on the whistleblower -- Ittal Gradel -- and his actions in the whole affair:







... and related items pondering how easy it was to steal from museums:




... and what the thefts mean for the BM's future plans:



... and how the reputation of the BM has been damaged (and other oped sort of things):









Now George Osborne has been casting blame for the crisis:




... and that recovery efforts were underway:






Now we are reading that there may have been earlier warnings:



Underfunding in the UK was also brought up as a factor:



Feature on the National Museum of Archaeology of Naples:



Emory's Michael C Carlos Museum is confonting a looted antiquities problem, sort of:



The Swedish National Museum has acquired a portrait of Count Fersen:



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AUCTIONS AND SALES RELATED
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Some Franklin Expedition-associated portraits are going on sale:



A da Vinci treatise is coming to auction:



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ON THE DNA FRONT
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A study of the genome of remains in a 3800 years bp family bural site in the Urals:







More on Otzi's genetic makeup:


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THE TECHY SIDE
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Study suggests teeth might preserve antibodies for centuries:



Stereoscopic imaging has revealed 'missing' Paleolithic petroglyph elements at La Pasiega cave in Cantabria:



More on the facial reconstruction (from death masks) of Bonnie Prince Charlie:





More on the use of drones at the site of the Battle of Bulge:



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TOURISTY THINGS
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Latest 'tourists behaving badly' are a pair of German tourists arrested for defacing the Vasari Corridor in Florence:




Palermo:


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PERFORMANCES AND MUSIC RELATED
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Shadow of a Doubt:



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CRIME BEAT
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An appeal to recover some portraits of Thomas Cromwell and Mary, Queen of Scots stolen two decades ago:



Canada's Vimy Ridge monument in France was vandalized with graffiti this week:



A medieval cross was stolen from a Lincolnshire church:



A fire at a historic pub in the UK has led to arson charges:



A British auctioneer is facing charges for selling stolen Greek coins from Gaza:




Feature on the 2001 antiquities theft at TCU:



Feature on the theft of Leonardo's Madonna of the Yarnwinder back in 2003:



More on the trio convicted of stealing a Ming Dynasty vase from a Swiss museum in 2019:


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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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The US is returning thousands of Achaemenid tablets from Persepolis to Iran:



A pre-Columblian incense burner was returned to Mexico by a US citizen:



More on desires for the Denver Art Museum to return antiquities to various southeast Asian countries:



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NUMISMATICA
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Feature on ancient Greek coins of Aiolis:



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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Gail T. Smith-Keizer:



Jean-Louis Georgelin:



Amnon Ben-Tor:





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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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