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Explorator 27.02
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=========================================================== explorator 27.02 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?November 10, 2024 =========================================================== ... still adapting You can read explorator online at: ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 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). ============================================================ CUT AND PASTE CORRIGENDA ============================================================ ============================================================ EARLY HOMINIDS ============================================================ New Archaeological Research Reveals Rare Evidence of Early Human Presence in Tajikistan - Archaeology - Haaretz.com ============================================================ AFRICA ============================================================ Lion Cavern in Eswatini is World’s Oldest Ochre Mine, Archaeologists Say | Sci.News News - Study Analyzes Paleolithic Ocher Use in Southern Africa - Archaeology Magazine Earliest evidence of Ephedra use found in 15,000-year-old Moroccan burial Researchers found evidence of the use of medicinal herbs in the Grotte des Pigeons Cave in Morocco dating back 15,000 years - Arkeonews ============================================================ ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT ============================================================ 4,000-year-old town discovered hidden in Arabian oasis Archaeology breakthrough! 4,000-year-old fort city found hidden in Saudi Arabian oasis | The Independent Archaeologists unearth forgotten city in Arabian desert built by 4,000-year-old advanced 'utopian' society | Daily Mail Online Bronze Age Town of Al-Natah Represents ‘Slow Urbanism,’ Archaeologists Say | Sci.News Archaeological town from bronze age discovered at Khaybar... Designs on ancient stone cylinders correspond to origin of writing in Mesopotamia, researchers discover Ancient Mesopotamian clay seals offer clues to the origin of writing | New Scientist New insights into the origins of writing Origins of world's earliest writing point to symbols on 'seals' used in Mesopotamian trade | Live Science News - Study Investigates the Origins of Writing - Archaeology Magazine With more than 11,000 years of history, Jericho is the oldest inhabited - The Jerusalem Post Unveiling the culinary tradition of ‘focaccia’ in Late Neolithic Mesopotamia by way of the integration of use-wear, phytolith & organic-residue analyses | Scientific Reports Joint US-Egypt archaeology team unearths 4,000-year-old tomb in Luxor | The Times of Israel Archaeologists Discover Ancient Egyptian Family Tomb Full of Necklaces, Bracelets and Rings | Smithsonian Archaeological mission discovers first Middle Kingdom tomb in South Asas - The Jerusalem Post Egyptian Tomb Brimming With ‘Exquisite’ Jewelry Comes to Light Rare tomb from Egypt's Middle Kingdom holds a wealth of jewelry and several generations of the same family | Live Science News - Middle Kingdom Tomb Discovered in Necropolis at Thebes - Archaeology Magazine New aspects of mummified Egyptians revealed by scans at Chicago’s Field Museum | CNN Burial chamber and grave goods of ancient Egyptian priestess discovered in Asyut New analysis suggests Tutankhamun's golden mask belonged to another - The Jerusalem Post 102 years ago, one of the all-time greatest archaeological discoveries w - The Jerusalem Post Archaeologists perplexed to find strangely modified sheep horns in ancient Egypt | The Independent Egypt as a Gateway for the Passage of Pathogens into the Ancient Mediterranean | The Journal of Interdisciplinary History | MIT Press The 3,300-year-old ancient Egyptian statue of Ramesses II said to have inspired Percy Shelley's 'Ozymandias' | Live Science Archaeologists Reveal Early Christian Church With 'Surprising' Crypts - Newsweek Massive Ancient Statue Uncovered at Garibin Tepe, Turkey - GreekReporter.com Giant Trove of Canaanite Cultic Artifacts Found in Northern Israel - Archaeology - Haaretz.com 1,200 years ago, a cat in Jerusalem left the oldest known evidence of 'making biscuits' on a clay jug | Live Science View ancient treasures at Jerusalem's new national archeology campus | The Times of Israel Identifying construction technologies and environmental connections at the Iron Age IIA settlement of Kh. es-Suwweida, Israel: A microarchaeological study - ScienceDirect ----- This Week in the Ancient Near East Podcast: ============================================================ ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS) ============================================================ Colchester Roman circus site homes rejected by council 1800 Years Old Roman Milestone Used as Seat at Turkish Mosque - Arkeonews Ancient DNA challenges prevailing interpretations of the Pompeii plaster casts: Current Biology DNA evidence rewrites histories for people buried in volcanic eruption in ancient Pompeii First DNA from Pompeii body casts illuminates who victims were Pompeii victims aren't who we thought they were, DNA analysis reveals | Live Science New DNA evidence upends what we thought we knew about Pompeii victims | Northern Public Radio: WNIJ and WNIU Ancient DNA reveals surprises about bodies found together in Pompeii | CNN Pompeii's 'Two Maidens' locked in dying embrace are a heterosexual couple, DNA analysis suggests DNA rewrites the history of Pompeii: The woman with the bracelet was a man and unrelated to the child on her lap | Science | EL PA?S English With DNA, Pompeii Narratives Take a Twist - The New York Times News - DNA From Pompeii’s Dead Analyzed - Archaeology Magazine Vergina: The Day Proof of Macedonia’s Greek Origin Was Uncovered - GreekReporter.com 'Purple tunic' from royal tomb belonged to Alexander the Great, scholar claims — but not everyone agrees | Live Science Ancient Roman Villa in Germany Yields Fragments of a Large Votive Monument News - Votive Monument Unearthed at Roman Villa in Germany - Archaeology Magazine Greek, Austrian Archaeologists Dig Reveals Poseidon Temple Details - The National Herald Archaeologists Discover Gold Plaque With Greek Inscription As Offering To Jupiter Dolichenus At Ancient Roman Fortress – Greek City Times 1,700-year-old School In Ancient Egypt Features Greek Text On The Wall – Greek City Times Astonishing Trove of Rare Roman Pottery Uncovered Beneath Sicilian Waters Fingerprints on ancient terracotta figurines show men, women and children worked on figurines Hex Files: Ancient "Curse" Tablet Offers Glimpse Into Historical Score-Settling – Greek City Times Scholars debunk myth of Roman settlement in China after DNA tests, doubt still draws tourists | South China Morning Post Excavations reveal Roman-era bathhouse, mosaics in Türkiye | Daily Sabah A bottle featuring an image of the myth of the Chimera monster discovered in a 2nd-century Roman necropolis - History and religion Buried with the Dead, These Vessels Told Stories for the Living | Getty News Italy's Pompeii to cap daily tourist numbers to 20,000 Pompeii limits visitors to protect ancient city from overtourism | Italy | The Guardian Pompeii limits visitors to protect ancient city from overtourism | Italy | The Guardian Lebanon's Ancient Heritage Under Threat as Israel Ramps Up Attacks Q&A: Looking at ancient Roman plagues through an environmental lens Pasts Imperfect (11.7.24) ----- Roman Archaeology Blog: Rogueclassicism: ============================================================ EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland) ============================================================ Coastal and Underwater Sites Contain Clues about Early Migrants to Sicily, Archaeologists Say | Sci.News Underwater caves yield new clues about Sicily's first residents | ScienceDaily Underwater Caves in Sicily Show Signs of Early Humans From 17,000 Years Ago | Discover Magazine 17,000-year-old remains of blue-eyed baby boy unearthed in Italy | Live Science Excavations in Haldensleben, Germany Reveal A Lost Settlement - Arkeonews Archaeologists Discover 8,000-Year-Old House: 'Extraordinary' - Newsweek News - Neolithic Dwelling Discovered in Serbia - Archaeology Magazine Oldest engravings of fishing discovered in Ice Age art - Durham University Oldest depictions of fishing discovered in Ice Age art: Camp site reveals 15,800-year-old engravings of fish trapping News - Details of Ice Age Engravings Examined in Germany - Archaeology Magazine Archaeologists Reveal Secrets of 15,800-Year-Old Ice Age Artifacts - Newsweek Cornish monument is 4,000 years older than was thought and ‘without parallel’ | Archaeology | The Guardian Ancient origins of Bodmin Moor’s "King Arthur's Hall" unveiled by archaeologists Archaeologists uncover Roman and prehistoric sites in Batina | Croatia Week Iron Age woman was buried with a knife stuck into her grave. Archaeologists aren't sure why. | Live Science Unusual Iron Age burial of woman found in Sweden with knife stuck in grave | ArchaeologyNews Online Magazine Bizarre 2,500-year-old burial of woman found with knife stuck to grave | The Independent News - Knife Stuck Into Iron Age Grave Puzzles Archaeologists - Archaeology Magazine Citizen scientists find hundreds of unknown burial mounds in the Netherlands News - Citizen Scientists Identify Prehistoric Burial Mounds in the Netherlands - Archaeology Magazine Archaeologists reveal the Lady of K?lleda Merovingian 'Lady of K?lleda' burial chamber revealed | ArchaeologyNews Online Magazine 'A flash of copper caught our attention': 4,000-year-old dagger discovered deep in Italian cave | Live Science News - Bones of Norway’s “Well Man” Analyzed - Archaeology Magazine Prehistoric craftsmen made fakes: Amber imitations that managed to confuse science | Culture | EL PA?S English News - Bronze Age Replica Amber Beads Analyzed - Archaeology Magazine Archeologists discover Early Bronze Age burial site near Olomouc | Radio Prague International Czech archaeologists uncover largest Bronze Age burial site in Moravia - Prague, Czech Republic Arrowheads carried by Bronze Age warriors reveal who fought on Europe’s oldest battlefield | CNN Assembling ancestors: the manipulation of Neolithic and Gallo-Roman skeletal remains at Pommer?ul, Belgium | Antiquity | Cambridge Core Archaeologists Are Bewildered by a Skeleton Made From the Bones of at Least Eight People Who Died Thousands of Years Apart | Smithsonian News - Analysis Identifies Mysterious Burial in Belgium - Archaeology Magazine A 2700-year-old collection of more than 60 bronze and iron objects found in Bükk in northwestern Hungary - Arkeonews Spectacular Celtic Burial Chamber from the 6th Century BC Discovered in the Center of a 65-Meter-Diameter Burial Mound in Germany Archaeologists found three large shipwrecks, 139 Viking Graves, and a ship-shaped mound in Sweden - Arkeonews Archaeologists Are Not Finding Late Roman and Anglo-Saxon Burials from the 5th Century in England – Where Are the Bodies? Unexpected medieval child burial found in Hungarian archaeological excavation - Daily News Hungary Lost medieval castle 'linked to Mary, Queen of Scots' is FOUND after 450 years: Archaeologists uncover remnants of Eddlewood Castle in South Lanarkshire | Daily Mail Online News - Possible Location of Eddlewood Castle Found in Scotland - Archaeology Magazine Mysterious bamboo waggon found in melted glacial path 700-year-old ancient Roman burial site discovered in Paris basement - Türkiye Today Basement renovation in home near Paris unearths cemetery spanning 700 years, with Roman-era graves | Live Science Derry archaeological dig hailed a great success - Derry Now Bones from a Tudor shipwreck could help modern medical research | CNN ‘Bodies were dropped down quarry shafts’: secrets of millions buried in Paris catacombs come to light | Paris | The Guardian Exceptional Discovery of a 200-Year-Old Time Capsule in Normandy Were the Vikings really that violent? | Live Science Archaeologist Valerio Gentile investigates Bronze Age spear combat - Leiden University Experimental archaeology sheds light on skill and technique in Bronze Age spear combat ---------- Archaeology in Europe News: Medievalists.net: Viking Archaeology Blog: ============================================================ METAL DETECTORIST FINDS ============================================================ Anglo-Saxon coin pendant found at Attleborough is 'very unusual' Metal Detectorists Unearth 1,000-Year-Old Viking Coins on a Small Island in the Irish Sea | Smithsonian Rare gold Rhenish guilder discovered near Kamień Pomorski Historic treasure discovered in Poland: hoard of rare 16th and 17th century coins - English Section Metal Detectorist’s Massive Find of 500 Bronze Age Relics Acquired by Scottish Museum Coin trove from time of Norman conquest becomes England’s highest-value find | Heritage | The Guardian ============================================================ ASIA AND THE SOUTH PACIFIC ============================================================ Israeli, Tajik archaeologists uncover ancient settlements in Tajikistan-Xinhua New Archaeological Research Reveals Rare Evidence of Early Human Presence in Tajikistan - Archaeology - Haaretz.com Archaeologists Reveals Rare Evidence of Early Human Presence in Tajikistan - Arkeonews News - Major Paleolithic Site Excavated in Central Asia - Archaeology Magazine Researchers Discover Enormous Ancient Cities Hidden in Uzbekistan’s Mountains 900-Year-Old Guardian Statues Emerge at Cambodian Temple Complex Italian, Pakistani archaeologists make new discoveries at Swat’s Bazira site - Newspaper - Pakistani, Korean archaeologists embark on excavation of Mankiala Stupa - Newspaper - Hoard of Mughal era coins uncovered in Chaubara Remnants dating back to 1,000 years found in Vanjinagaram panchayat; villagers ask for archaeological study - The Hindu Jasper, chert stones recovered from archaeological site in Tamil Nadu My extraordinary journey to visit the world’s last Stone Age tribe ============================================================ NORTH AMERICA ============================================================ Bison in Canada uncover 1,000-year-old sacred petroglyphs carved by Indigenous people Jamestown’s new director of archaeology ready to tell the rest of the story – Daily Press ============================================================ CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA ============================================================ Scientists detect traces of an ancient Mayan city in southern Mexico using laser-sensor technology Lost Maya city discovered in Mexico | CNN In Mexico, Archaeologists Spot a Maya City Behind a Wall of Trees - The New York Times A huge, ancient Maya city has been found in southern Mexico Laser Mapping Reveals Previously Unknown Maya City with Stone Pyramids in Mexico | Sci.News Student accidentally discovers a lost Mayan city in a Mexico jungle thanks to Google search | The Independent 'An offering to energize the fields': 76 child sacrifice victims, all with their chests cut open, unearthed at burial site in Peru | Live Science Archaeological discovery reveals hidden history of Mayan “Snake Kings” - The Jerusalem Post Research suggests that Tetelihtic could be the birthplace of the Totonac culture Indigenous elders and ritual specialists help to unlock the meaning of ancient Amazonian rock art - News ----- Mike Ruggeri's Ancient Americas Breaking News: Mike Ruggeri's Ancient Americas lecture channels on Youtube: Ancient MesoAmerica News: ============================================================ OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST ============================================================ Into the great wide open: How steppe pastoralist groups formed and transformed over time | ScienceDaily Ashmolean Museum pays ?4.5m to keep renaissance painting in UK Experts suggest Michelangelo depicted breast cancer in the Sistine Chapel fresco DNA Reveals History of Aurochs - Newsweek Bones from shipwreck suggest right- or left-handedness could affect how clavicle chemistry changes with age Padlocked 'vampire' died from illness, study finds | ArchaeologyNews Online Magazine ============================================================ FACIAL RECONSTRUCTIONS ============================================================ Reconstruction reveals face of a 17th century ‘vampire’ in Poland | CNN Scientists Recreate Face of 400-year-old "Vampire" Woman - GreekReporter.com New face of the Vampire Woman ============================================================ LANGUAGE RELATED ============================================================ Runes prove Elfdalian is distinct ancient Nordic language, say researchers | Sweden | The Guardian ============================================================ MUSEUM MATTERS ============================================================ Thousands Flock to Beijing Museum for Ancient Greek Exhibition - GreekReporter.com Ancient Greek Artifacts On Show In Beijing Exhibition – Greek City Times Intl scholars marvel at ancient treasures at China Archaeological Museum - 'Give us back our gods': Inside Nepal's Museum of Stolen Art BTA :: Exhibition of Ancient Thracian Treasures from Bulgaria, Romania, and Greece Unveiled in Los Angeles BTA :: Thracian Exhibition Is Getty Museum’s Third Event Presenting Interactions of Greece and Rome with Other Cultures, Director Timothy Potts Says ============================================================ AUCTIONS AND SALES RELATED ============================================================ Lock of George Washington’s hair among historic presidential items up for auction | CNN Charlestown historic shipwreck treasures to be auctioned ============================================================ ON THE DNA FRONT ============================================================ Oldest genome of Italy belongs to an infant ============================================================ CRIME BEAT ============================================================ Tourists Charged With Stealings Archaeological Artifacts @ Canyonlands National Park - Unofficial Networks Edoardo Almagià, the History of a Master Antiquities Fraudster–Finally Caught – La Voce di New York A Prominent Italian Dealer Has Been Charged With Trafficking Thousands of Looted Artifacts | Smithsonian Italian Dealer Accused of Trafficking 2,000 Artifacts Wanted by U.S. Authorities Investigators Say a High-Profile Dealer Trafficked 2,000 Looted Artifacts - The New York Times Metal detectorist who stole ?3m Viking hoard jailed for five more years | Crime | The Guardian Viking hoard thief Layton Davies jailed for five more years Police seize haul of historical artifacts from smugglers at Tehran airport - Tehran Times Iraqi authorities arrest antiquities dealer, seize 17 artifacts - Shafaq News Al-Wafd Party investigates alleged antiquities trafficking scheme involving members - Multimedia - Ahram Online ---------- conflict antiquities: anonymous swiss collector: Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: Looting Matters: Illicit Cultural Property: SAFE: ============================================================ REPATRIATION AND RECOVERY ============================================================ Egypt restores 67 artifacts from Germany-SIS Restoring Mexico's archaeological heritage to its rightful place U.S. Embassy to return artifacts from UNESCO-listed Ban Chiang Archaeological Site to Thailand | UNESCO Germany Returns Ancient Byzantine Artifact to Greece - GreekReporter.com US Repatriates 297 Stolen Antiquities to India, Marking a Milestone in Cultural Restitution - ArteFuse Iraq repatriates 387 ancient historical artifacts from the US ============================================================ NUMISMATICA ============================================================ Latest e-Sylum: E-Sylum v27n44, November 3, 2024 ------------------------ Coin Week: ============================================================ OBITUARIES ============================================================ Harry Smith obituary | Egyptology | The Guardian Hamilton Mourns Emeritus Professor George T. 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