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Explorator 26.18
=========================================================== explorator 26.18 August 20, 2023 =========================================================== You can read explorator online at: https://exploratornews.wordpress.com/ 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). ============================================================ EARLY HOMINIDS ============================================================ More on homo erectus 'leaving' Europe because of the cold some 1.1 million years bp: https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/europes-1st-humans-were-likely-wiped-out-by-a-sudden-freeze-11-million-years-ago https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-66331558 https://www.archaeology.org/news/11679-230814-europe-ocean-sediments More on ice age cycles and early human interbreeding: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/08/230814122355.htm https://archaeonewsnet.com/2023/08/a-climate-orchestrated-early-human-love-story.html More on the Neanderthal petroglyphs at La Roche-Cotard: https://arkeonews.net/the-oldest-known-neanderthal-engravings-were-discovered-in-a-french-cave/ More on the unusual 300 000 years bp skull from China: https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-754588 ============================================================ AFRICA ============================================================ A study of the 16th century sugar plantation estate (slave-based labour) on Sao Tome island: https://phys.org/news/2023-08-plantation-revealed.html https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/plantation-slavery-was-invented-on-this-tiny-african-island-according-to-archaeologists https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/08/archaeologists-uncover-the-material-culture-of-slavery-on-sao-tome-island/148248 http://www.archaeology.org/news/11690-230818-slavery-sugar-plantation ============================================================ ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT ============================================================ Restoration work is underway at the Sariyat Al-Gabal Mosque in Cairo: https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/50/1207/506661/AlAhram-Weekly/Heritage/Restoration-of-the-Sariyat-AlGabal-Mosque.aspx Feature on animals in ancient Egypt: https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/50/1207/506664/AlAhram-Weekly/Heritage/Animals-in-ancient-Egypt.aspx More on the Greek shipwreck find near El Alamein: https://www.thenationalnews.com/mena/egypt/2023/08/15/how-engineer-and-his-sons-found-ancient-greek-ship-on-egypts-north-coast/ Excavations are underway at Ahvaz (Iran) where urn-like tombs were discovered last year during an oil drilling project: https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/487915/Archaeologists-start-new-dig-at-site-previously-yielded-urn-like Feature on a talk by Erkan Konyar on Urartian settlements in northwestern Iran: https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/488049/Turkish-archaeologist-highlights-Urartian-settlements-in-northwest Feature on scribal education in ancient Mesopotamia: https://www.laphamsquarterly.org/education/schoolboy-where-are-you-going A 3800 years bp cuneiform tablet from Turkiye's Accana tumulus: https://www.aa.com.tr/en/culture/3-800-year-old-cuneiform-clay-tablet-unearthed-in-ancient-tumulus-in-southern-turkiye/2965848 http://www.archaeology.org/news/11682-230815-turkey-cuneiform-tablet A 13th century BCE palatial structure from the Tepecik mound in Aydin: https://arkeonews.net/in-the-excavations-at-tepecik-mound-in-aydin-turkiye-a-palace-like-structure-dating-back-to-the-13th-century-bce-was-discovered/ A 2300 years bp lead weight from a nymphaeum excavation in Assos: https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/largest-roman-griffin-weight-unearthed-in-turkiyes-assos/news A 2300 years bp statue of Hecate (and other items) from Kelenderis in Mersin: https://arke
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Explorator 26.17
=========================================================== explorator 26.17 August 13, 2023 =========================================================== You can read explorator online at: https://exploratornews.wordpress.com/ 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, Caroline Tully, Don Buck, mata kimasitayo, and Ross W. Sargent for headses upses this week (as always hoping I have left no one out). ... a slow week ============================================================ EARLY HOMINIDS ============================================================ Study suggests homo erectus was in Europe for a while, then around 1.1 million years bp 'left' because of the cold for a few hundred thousand years:when they were replaced: https://phys.org/news/2023-08-massive-north-atlantic-cooling-event.html https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/08/230810141044.htm https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/997982 https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-66331558 https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/2023/august/ancient-ice-age-could-have-caused-first-europeans-go-extinct.html https://www.reuters.com/science/frigid-apocalypse-doomed-early-humans-europe-2023-08-10/ https://scitechdaily.com/europes-ancient-freeze-new-study-reveals-ancient-cooling-wiped-out-early-humans/ Climate is also being studied as a factor in 'early human inbreeding': https://phys.org/news/2023-08-climate-drivers-early-human-interbreeding.html A bone from the Grotte du Renne cave in France is leading to speculation about an unknown lineage of homo sapiens: https://arkeonews.net/anthropologists-discovered-a-bone-in-the-grotte-du-renne-cave-in-france-that-could-indicate-the-presence-of-a-previously-unknown-lineage-of-homo-sapiens/ All the speculation attached to homo naledi over the past while: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/human-evolution-timeline-archaeology-homo-sapiens-b2391333.html A 40 000 years bp bracelet from the Denisova Cave: https://medium.com/@ParanormalActivityBlog/archaeologists-have-discovered-a-40-000-year-old-bracelet-in-siberia-62f833b78811 More on the 'unusual' 300 000 years bp jaw found in China: https://phys.org/news/2023-08-china-human-lineage.html https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/strange-300000-year-old-jawbone-unearthed-in-china-may-come-from-vanished-human-lineage https://www.ctvnews.ca/mobile/world/300-000-year-old-skull-found-in-china-unlike-any-early-human-seen-before-1.6502239 https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/10/asia/ancient-skull-china-human-evolution-intl-scli-scn/index.html https://www.ynetnews.com/health_science/article/ryjn4f0j3 https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/an-ancient-skull-could-prompt-the-founding-of-a-new-human-species https://www.sciencealert.com/ancient-skull-found-in-china-is-unlike-any-human-seen-before http://www.archaeology.org/news/11631-230808-china-hominin-skull cf: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0047248423000908 ============================================================ AFRICA ============================================================ Feature on the petroglyphs in Tassili N¡¯Ajjer National Park (Algeria): https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/article/algeria-rock-art-prehistoric-sahara-petroglyphs ============================================================ ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT ============================================================ More on the 2300 years bp shipwreck off El Alamein: https://www.egyptindependent.com/photos-archaeologists-discover-remains-of-2300-old-sunken-ship-in-alamein/ https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/126127/Ministry-of-Tourism-Antiquities-Announces-The-Discovery-Of-An-Archaeological https://www.sacbee.com/news/nation-world/world/article278091472.html https://egyptianstreets.com/2023/08/07/egypts-coastal-waters-reveals-ancient-shipwreck-and-relics/ https://www.newsweek.com/2000-
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Explorator 26.16
=========================================================== explorator 26.16 August 6, 2023 =========================================================== You can read explorator online at: https://exploratornews.wordpress.com/ 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, Andrew Szegedy-Maszak, Don Buck, mata kimasitayo, and Ross W. Sargent for headses upses this week (as always hoping I have left no one out). ============================================================ EARLY HOMINIDS ============================================================ A 300 000 years bp jawbone from China is triggering talk of a possible third human species: https://phys.org/news/2023-08-china-human-lineage.html https://greekreporter.com/2023/08/05/remains-china-third-human-lineage/ https://www.iflscience.com/300000-year-old-hybrid-jawbone-discovered-with-ancient-and-modern-human-characteristics-70091 cf: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0047248423000908 More on the Hula Valley flint source finds: https://archaeonewsnet.com/2023/07/unearthing-ancient-intelligence.html More on evidence of 300 000 years bp woodworking skills by early humans: https://archaeonewsnet.com/2023/07/early-humans-were-weapon-woodwork-experts-study-finds.html ============================================================ AFRICA ============================================================ Evidence of the first (17th century) English slave fort (Fort Kormantine) on Ghana's coast: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-66359512 https://www.archaeology.org/news/11623-230802-ghana-fort-kormantine ============================================================ ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT ============================================================ A 2300 years bp shipwreck (looks Greek) off the shore of Alamein: https://www.egyptindependent.com/photos-archaeologists-discover-remains-of-2300-old-sunken-ship-in-alamein/ https://www.gulf-times.com/article/665905/region/shipwreck-from-3rd-century-bc-discovered-northwest-of-egypt https://www.thenationalnews.com/mena/2023/08/06/remains-of-ancient-merchant-ship-discovered-in-mediterranean-waters-near-el-alamein/ More on the 100+ Roman burials at a site in Gaza: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/roman-era-cemetery-tombs-gaza-180982634/ More on the xray/chemical analysis of some Egyptian funerary paintings: https://archaeonewsnet.com/2023/07/secrets-of-egyptian-painters-revealed-by-chemistry.html https://the-past.com/news/painting-secrets-revealed/ More on the pair of mummification workshops recently revealed at Saqqara: https://the-past.com/news/mummy-workshops/ Feature on ancient Greek settlements in Egypt: https://greekreporter.com/2023/08/02/settlements-ancient-greeks-egypt/ Feature on Abu Simbel: https://www.abc.net.au/radio/programs/nightlife/abu-simbel-rediscovered/102695422 Egypt has a large budget for the restoration of antiquities: https://www.arabnews.com/node/2348536/middle-east https://cairoscene.com/Buzz/EGP-30-Billion-Set-as-Budget-for-Restoration-of-Egyptian-Antiquities Zahi Hawass is suggesting Egypt 'invest in' Egyptian antiquities found in Saudi Arabia: https://www.egyptindependent.com/hawass-suggests-investing-in-egyptian-antiquities-discovered-in-saudi-arabia/ Evidence of a Parthian administrative center in northeast Iran: https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/487384/Archaeologists-hail-find-of-Parthian-administrative-center-in Feature on changes to the writing systems of various cultures in the Ancient Near East: https://www.asor.org/anetoday/2023/08/before-and-after-babel Review of Emily H Wilson, *Inanna*: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/aug/05/somehow-i-failed-to-clock-her-magnificence-was-the-worlds-first-literary-hero-a-woman Statue heads of Aphrodite and Dionysus from Aizanoi (not sure of the date of this find): https://greekreporter.com/2023/08
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Explorator 26.15
=========================================================== explorator 26.15 July 30, 2023 =========================================================== You can read explorator online at: https://exploratornews.wordpress.com/ 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, Caroline Tully, Don Buck, mata kimasitayo, and Ross W. Sargent for headses upses this week (as always hoping I have left no one out). ============================================================ EARLY HOMINIDS ============================================================ Excavations at the Yuanmou Man homo erectus site have resumed: https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202307/1294918.shtml A follow-up dig at a cave in Iran where Neanderthal evidence was found: https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/487273/Iranian-archaeologists-pursue-excavation-in-Neanderthal-cave Arguing against the idea that homo floresiensis used fire: https://www.sapiens.org/archaeology/homo-floresiensis-fire/ More on the Hula Valley site where early humans obtained flint some 750 000 years bp: https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/ancient-humans-made-expeditions-to-this-750-000-year-old-workshop https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/07/24/unearthing-ancient-intelligence-in-israels-hula-valley/ More on 300 000 years bp evidence of 'woodworking' from Shoningen: https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/deadly-stick-recovered-from-germany-dates-to-300-000-years-ago More on homo naledi purportedly intentionally burying their dead: https://www.wisconsin.edu/all-in-wisconsin/story/archaeologists-uncover-evidence-of-intentional-burial-cave-engravings-by-early-human-ancestor/ https://www.iflscience.com/homo-naledi-documentary-adds-fuel-to-already-heated-scientific-debate-69964 ============================================================ AFRICA ============================================================ The tombs of three celebrated 17th/18th century rabbis were found in Morocco: https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/article-752508 ============================================================ ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT ============================================================ More on xray/chemical imaging of Egyptian tomb paintings: https://phys.org/news/2023-07-hidden-ancient-egyptian-tomb-revealed.html A survey suggests the Viranshahr site (Iran) was occupied during the Parthian and Sassanian eras: https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/487169/Iranian-French-archaeological-survey-suggests-Viranshahr-inhabited Feature on Enheduana's poetry: https://aeon.co/essays/ancient-sumerian-poetry-turns-instability-into-cosmic-insight Feature on 'heartbreak' in ancient Mesopotamia: https://www.asor.org/anetoday/2023/07/heartbreak-distress-mesopotamia An 8000 years bp 'number stone' from Yesilova Hoyuk near Izmir: https://arkeonews.net/an-8000-year-old-number-stone-found-in-yesilova-mound/ Excavations in Istanbul's Bathonea site have revealed remnants of two ancient harbours and a lighthouse: https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/lost-ancient-harbors-lighthouse-found-in-istanbuls-bathonea-excavations/news https://arkeonews.net/turkeys-second-ancient-lighthouse-unearthed-in-the-ancient-city-of-bathonea/ Recent finds are sparking new excavations at Turkiye's Zerzevan Castle site: https://www.dailysabah.com/turkiye/discoveries-under-turkiyes-zerzevan-castle-spark-new-excavations/news 125+ Roman-era burials from Gaza: https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/least-125-tombs-discovered-roman-era-cemetery-gaza-officials-2023-07-24/ https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-752264 https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20230724-at-least-125-tombs-discovered-at-roman-era-cemetery-in-gaza-officials/ https://www.thenationalnews.com/mena/2023/07/24/skeletons-found-at-roman-era-cemetery-in-gaza-as-125-tombs-discovered/ https://gulfnews.com/photos/news/photos-125-tombs-most-with-skeletons-inta
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Explorator 26.14
=========================================================== explorator 26.14 July 23, 2023 =========================================================== You can read explorator online at: https://exploratornews.wordpress.com/ 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). ============================================================ EARLY HOMINIDS ============================================================ Evidence of Neanderthal-made bone tools from the Chez-Pinaud site (France): https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2023-07-17/ty-article/our-species-isnt-the-only-one-to-make-tools-from-animal-bones-archaeologists-report/00000189-6395-dc94-a78d-f3df6fb20000 https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/neanderthals-also-had-superior-toolmaking-abilities-not-just-humans A fossilized human parietal bone near the site where Peking Man was found years ago: http://www.china.org.cn/china/Off_the_Wire/2023-07/17/content_92745513.htm https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202307/1294549.shtml http://t.m.china.org.cn/convert/c_nnLLCZBB.html https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202307/18/WS64b5e721a31035260b816f87.html http://www.ecns.cn/news/culture/2023-07-18/detail-ihcrinym0650849.shtml http://www.ecns.cn/news/cns-wire/2023-07-18/detail-ihcrinym0651547.shtml https://news.cgtn.com/news/2023-07-17/New-ancient-human-parietal-bone-fossil-found-in-Beijing-1lvYwOsK5sk/index.html ... and digging has resumed at the 'Yuanmou ape-man site' in Yunnan: http://en.people.cn/n3/2023/0722/c90000-20047886.html A study of where early humans in the Hula Valley (Israel) procured the flint for their tools: https://phys.org/news/2023-07-early-humans-hula-valley-invested.html https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/996080 https://www.timesofisrael.com/chip-off-the-ol-block-ai-pinpoints-source-of-rocks-for-750000-year-old-tools/ https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-751626 http://www.archaeology.org/news/11606-230721-israel-hominin-flint A 300 000 years bp 'throwing stick' from Schoningen suggests early humans there were sophisticated woodworkers: https://phys.org/news/2023-07-early-humans-weapon-woodwork-experts.html https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/07/230719145940.htm https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/homo-sapiens-wood-stick-weapon-schoningen-b2378210.html https://www.sci.news/archaeology/middle-pleistocene-woodworking-skills-12113.html https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/07/21/early-humans-were-weapon-woodwork-experts-study-finds/ Evidence from South Africa suggests early humans 'drew in the sand' some 140 000 years bp: https://phys.org/news/2023-07-sand-beach-ancestors-years.html Tooth analysis sheds light on how Paranthropus robustus fits into the human family tree: https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/two-million-year-old-tooth-widens-the-ancient-human-family-tree Arguing over the intelligence of homo naledi: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/jul/22/small-brained-early-humans-homo-naledi-cleverer-storm ============================================================ AFRICA ============================================================ Brief item on vandalism at an archaeological site in Zuwara (Libya): https://libyaobserver.ly/inbrief/archaeological-site-was-vandalized-zuwara-city ============================================================ ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT ============================================================ Another Roman-era sarcophagus from Gaza: https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20230717-roman-era-sarcophagus-uncovered-in-gaza/ https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/roman-era-sarcophagus-uncovered-in-gaza/2947209 https://english.news.cn/20230717/851cfd448c8b448489cef4d0cb6b83a4/c.html https://www.yenisafak.com/en/news/roman-era-sarcophagus-unc
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Explorator 26.13
=========================================================== explorator 26.13 July 16, 2023 =========================================================== You can read explorator online at: https://exploratornews.wordpress.com/ 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). ============================================================ EARLY HOMINIDS ============================================================ DNA was extracted from Paranthropus robustus fossils: https://www.iflscience.com/oldest-ever-human-genetic-data-recovered-from-2-million-year-old-hominid-fossils-69760 https://www.archaeology.org/news/11588-230712-evolution-protein-analysis cf: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02242-z Pondering the fate of Neanderthals on the Camp Flegrei: https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/volcanos/were-neanderthals-really-killed-off-by-campi-flegrei-europes-awakening-supervolcano More on the 300 000 years bp 'giant' hand axes found in England: https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/giant-300000-year-old-hand-ax-found-in-england-may-have-been-used-for-prehistoric-butchery https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/jul/06/giant-handaxes-unearthed-kent https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-750020 https://news.artnet.com/art-world/giant-ice-age-handaxes-found-in-england-2334687 https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/what-was-this-massive-record-setting-stone-tool-used-for https://archaeonewsnet.com/2023/07/giant-stone-artifacts-found-on-rare-ice-age-site-in-kent.html https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/giant-hand-axes-discovered-in-england-point-to-prehistoric-humans-strength-and-skill-180982516/ ============================================================ AFRICA ============================================================ Feature on the find of the shipwreck of the gold-laden Bom Jesus in the Namibian desert: https://greekreporter.com/2023/07/12/the-long-lost-ship-found-in-the-desert-laden-with-gold/ ============================================================ ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT ============================================================ Xray/chemical imaging analysis reveals changes made by artists to 3000+ years bp tomb paintings in the Theban Necropolis: https://phys.org/news/2023-07-hidden-egyptian-revealed-chemical-imaging.html https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/07/230712165157.htm https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/ancient-egyptians/x-ray-scans-reveal-hidden-mysteries-in-ancient-egyptian-necropolis-paintings https://www.newsweek.com/mysteries-ancient-egyptian-artwork-revealed-after-3000-years-1812570 https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2023-07-12/ty-article/archaeologists-armed-with-analyzer-change-paradigm-of-ancient-egyptian-art/00000189-497b-de83-adc9-cffb3a720000 https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/egypt-pharaoh-painting-hidden-mystery-b2374449.html https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/afp/article-12292953/Ancient-Egypt-artists-altered-work-study-shows.html https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-749945 https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/13/style/ancient-egyptian-paintings-hide-secret-scn/index.html https://greekreporter.com/2023/07/15/x-rays-ancient-egyptian-tomb-art/ https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/07/x-rays-reveal-hidden-first-drafts-of-ancient-egyptian-paintings-at-theban-necropolis/ https://www.science.org/content/article/paint-egyptian-xray-egyptian-tomb-art https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/07/chemical-imaging-technology-reveals-hidden-details-in-ancient-egyptian-paintings/148004 http://www.archaeology.org/news/11593-230714-egypt-revised-paintings cf: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0287647 People seem to be questioning the safety of the Bent Pyramid for tourists
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Explorator 26.12
=========================================================== explorator 26.12 July 9, 2023 =========================================================== You can read explorator online at: https://exploratornews.wordpress.com/ 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). ============================================================ EARLY HOMINIDS ============================================================ 300 000 years bp 'giant' handaxes from a site in Kent: https://phys.org/news/2023-07-giant-stone-artifacts-rare-ice.html https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/994554 https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/07/230706002155.htm https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/jul/06/giant-handaxes-unearthed-kent https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-66112136 https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/ice-age-kent-britain-medway-thames-b2370341.html https://www.newsweek.com/archaeologists-find-ice-age-axe-large-neanderthals-history-1811261 https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/archaeologists-find-ice-age-axes-that-were-too-large-to-wield-wjjqr72st https://greekreporter.com/2023/07/07/ice-age-axe/ https://www.vice.com/en/article/g5y5n7/archaeologists-keep-unearthing-mysterious-giant-prehistoric-hand-tools https://www.sci.news/archaeology/giant-acheulean-handaxes-12068.html http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/67712 https://www.sciencealert.com/giant-axes-discovered-from-the-ice-age-but-why-are-they-so-huge https://arkeonews.net/giant-handaxe-discovered-at-ice-age-site-in-kent-uk/ https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/07/300000-year-old-giant-prehistoric-handaxes-found-in-kent/147948 More on humans grinding grains in Italy some 43 000 years bp: https://phys.org/news/2023-06-evidence-food-italy-neanderthal-to-homo-sapiens.html https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/07/06/the-old-grind-just-got-a-little-older/ https://www.archaeology.org/news/11568-230630-italy-food-grindingearly ============================================================ AFRICA ============================================================ Concerns for petroglyphs in Libya's Acacus Mountains: https://www.newarab.com/features/prehistoric-civilisation-libya-verge-extinction Feature on Aksum: https://www.archaeology.org/issues/515-2307/features/11500-aksum-ethiopia-eritrea-kingdom ============================================================ ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT ============================================================ A sort of overview of this year's archaeological activity in Egypt: https://www.mutualart.com/Article/Egyptian-Archaeology--Repatriations--Ren/F2E947CBA9449363 An interview with Zahi Hawas on various matters: https://www.thecollector.com/interview-dr-zahi-hawas/ ... and comments on the recent auction of a stuatue of Pamiu: https://www.egyptindependent.com/zahi-hawass-comments-on-auctioning-statue-of-pamiu-at-sothebys/ A survey has identified 91 Palaeolithic sites in eastern Iran:: https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/486526/91-Paleolithic-sites-discovered-in-eastern-Iran Evidence of a large Chalcolithic/Bronze Age smetling operation in the Shahdad region of Iran: https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/486405/Archaeologists-find-clues-about-prehistorical-smelting-workshops A French and Iranian group is resuming their survey of Viranshahr: https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/486406/Iranian-French-archaeologists-commence-follow-up-survey-in-northeast An early-Islamic petroglyph of the name of Allah from Fars: https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/486434/Petroglyph-bearing-name-Allah-discovered-in-Fars Review of Matt Waters, *King of the World: The Life of Cyrus the Great*: https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v45/n14/josephine-quinn/drowned-in-a-bowl-of-blood Burials dating to the 1st-4th centuries CE
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Explorator 26.11
=========================================================== explorator 26.11 July 2, 2023 =========================================================== You can read explorator online at: https://exploratornews.wordpress.com/ 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). ============================================================ EARLY HOMINIDS ============================================================ Possible 1.45 million years bp evidence of cannibalism among early hominins at a site in Kenya: https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/scientists-discover-what-could-be-the-oldest-evidence-of-cannibalism-among-ancient-human-relatives https://english.elpais.com/science-tech/2023-06-26/a-fossil-leg-bone-reveals-the-oldest-case-of-cannibalism-from-145-million-years-ago.html http://www.cnn.com/2023/06/26/world/fossilized-bone-may-reveal-ancient-cannibalism-scn/index.html https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/1380/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/1380/pub/1380/page/50/article/NaN https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/06/230626163847.htm https://www.sciencealert.com/mystery-human-relative-appears-to-have-been-butchered-and-eaten-1-45-million-years-ago https://www.sciencenews.org/article/fossil-hominids-stone-age-cannibalism https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/ancient-human-relatives-cannibalism/ https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/early-humans-carved-each-other-up-for-dinnertime https://www.nationalgeographic.com/premium/article/earliest-evidence-of-cannibalism-by-human-ancestors https://archaeonewsnet.com/2023/06/humans-evolutionary-relatives-butchered-one-another-1-45-million-years-ago.html https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/06/27/humans-butchered-and-ate-each-other-1-45-million-years-ago/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/our-human-relatives-butchered-and-ate-each-other-145-million-years-ago-180982425/ cf: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-35702-7 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02082-x Related feature on claims of cannibalism among hominids in the past: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/01/science/archaeology-hominids-cannibalism.html A study of five grindstones suggest hominids were processing grains 39 000 - 43 000 years bp in northern Italy: https://phys.org/news/2023-06-evidence-food-italy-neanderthal-to-homo-sapiens.html https://archaeonewsnet.com/2023/06/humans-and-neanderthals-milled-flour-several-thousand-years-earlier-than-previously-thought.html Studying the 'invisible' evidence of plant processing in the Philippines 39 000 years bp: https://phys.org/news/2023-06-invisible-technology-prehistoric-philippines.html https://archaeonewsnet.com/2023/06/evidence-for-basket-and-rope-making-in-prehistoric-philippines.html More on possible evidence of cannibalism among Neanderthals at Coves del Toll de Mola: https://www.newsweek.com/neanderthals-cannibalized-juveniles-archaeologists-discover-1808992 https://archaeonewsnet.com/2023/06/cannibalism-among-the-neanderthals-of-the-coves-del-toll-de-moia.html https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/06/26/cannibalism-among-the-neanderthals-of-the-coves-del-toll-de-moia/ More on the 57 000 years bp Neanderthal 'engravings' from La Roche-Cotard cave: https://www.france24.com/en/video/20230628-57-000-year-old-neanderthal-engravings-found-in-french-cave https://archaeonewsnet.com/2023/06/neanderthal-cave-engravings-identified-as-oldest-known-to-date.html More on the claim that naldedi buried their dead: https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/were-these-335-000-year-old-hominins-the-first-to-bury-their-dead More on the 42 000 years bp 'phallic pendant' from Mongolia: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/phallic-pendant-mon
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Explorator 26.10
=========================================================== explorator 26.10 June 25, 2023 =========================================================== You can read explorator online at: https://exploratornews.wordpress.com/ 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). ============================================================ EARLY HOMINIDS ============================================================ 57 000 years bp (or earlier) 'engravings' from the La Roche-Cotard cave are being attributed to Neanderthals: https://phys.org/news/2023-06-neanderthal-cave-engravings-oldest-years.html https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/jun/21/engravings-french-cave-oldest-known-neanderthals-scientists https://www.france24.com/en/culture/20230622-oldest-known-neanderthal-engravings-found-in-france-s-loire-valley https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/23/europe/neanderthals-french-cave-markings-scn/index.html https://news.yahoo.com/ancient-finger-painting-57-000-213337256.html https://www.vice.com/en/article/y3w3mm/archaeologists-discover-worlds-oldest-neanderthal-cave-engravings https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/these-prehistoric-paintings-are-57-000-years-old-but-who-painted-them https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/57000-year-old-neanderthal-markings-identified-in-sealed-french-cave-1234672251/ https://www.sciencealert.com/scratches-on-a-cave-wall-in-france-likely-to-be-earliest-example-of-neanderthal-art https://www.iflscience.com/worlds-oldest-cave-engravings-found-but-homo-sapiens-were-not-the-artist-69472 https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/oldest-known-neanderthal-engravings-found-sealed-off-in-cave-for-57000-years/ https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/06/could-these-marks-on-a-cave-wall-be-oldest-known-neanderthal-finger-paintings/ https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/06/researchers-find-oldest-known-neanderthal-engravings/147759 https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/06/23/oldest-known-neanderthal-engravings-unearthed-in-french-cave/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/oldest-known-neanderthal-engravings-discovered-in-french-cave-180982408/ cf: https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/06/archaeologists-have-uncovered-a-4000-year-old-solar-sanctuary-in-the-netherlands/147744 Evidence of Neanderthal cannibalism from the Coves del Toll de Mola cave (Spain): https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/06/evidence-of-neanderthal-cannibalism-found-in-spanish-cave/147832 Evidence of bone tools at the Chez-Pinaud-Jonzac Neanderthal site: https://phys.org/news/2023-06-unseen-industry-neanderthals-bone-tools.html More on the muscle reconstruction of Lucy and its implications: https://www.sciencealert.com/lucy-reconstructed-secrets-of-ancient-human-ancestor-revealed https://archaeonewsnet.com/2023/06/first-hominin-muscle-reconstruction-shows-3-2-million-year-old-lucy-could-stand-as-erect-as-we-can.html https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/06/19/lucy-could-stand-as-erect-as-we-can/ More on 86 000 years bp evidence of homo sapiens from the Tam Pa Ling cave on Laos: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/06/230621164756.htm https://scienceblog.com/538377/ancient-human-remains-in-laos-cave-hint-at-early-migrations/ https://archaeonewsnet.com/2023/06/researchers-get-rare-glimpse-of-our-first-ancestors-in-southeast-asia.html More on the 42 000 years bp 'phallic pendant' from Mongolia: https://phys.org/news/2023-06-ancient-pendant-mongolia-oldest-penis.html https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/42000-year-old-anatomically-accurate-penis-pendant-is-the-worlds-earliest-known-depiction-of-human-genitalia https://www.sciencealert.com/this-ancient-blob-may-be-the-oldest-phallic-depiction-ever-found https://news.artnet.com/art-world/pendant-mongolia-ear
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Explorator 26.09
=========================================================== explorator 26.09 June 18, 2023 =========================================================== You can read explorator online at: https://exploratornews.wordpress.com/ 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). ============================================================ EARLY HOMINIDS ============================================================ A reconstruction of Lucy's musculature to demonstrate that 'she' walked upright: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/06/230614220724.htm https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/32-million-year-old-human-ancestor-lucy-had-massive-leg-muscles-to-stand-up-straight-and-climb-trees https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/13/world/lucy-fossil-bipedalism-scn/index.html https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/06/3d-muscle-reconstruction-shows-3-2-million-year-old-lucy-walked-upright/ http://www.archaeology.org/news/11541-230616-lucy-bipedalism-climbing cf: https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.230356 Evidence of the presence of 86 000 years bp homo sapiens from the Tam Pa Ling Cave on Laos: https://phys.org/news/2023-06-rare-glimpse-ancestors-mainland-southeast.html https://theconversation.com/bones-the-cave-of-the-monkeys-and-86-000-years-of-history-new-evidence-pushes-back-the-timing-of-human-arrival-in-southeast-asia-206232 https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/86000-year-old-human-bone-found-in-laos-cave-hints-at-failed-population-from-prehistory https://saudigazette.com.sa/article/633365 https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-746598 https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/13/asia/laos-cave-early-human-fossils-scn/index.html https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/06/14/researchers-get-rare-glimpse-of-our-first-ancestors-in-southeast-asia/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-uncover-earliest-evidence-of-modern-humans-found-in-southeast-asia-180982377/ cf: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-38715-y A 42 000 years bp Mongolian pendant may be the earliest known phallic art: https://www.science.org/content/article/42-000-year-old-mongolian-pendant-may-be-earliest-known-phallic-art More on claims that homo naledi buried their dead: https://phys.org/news/2023-06-small-brained-ancient-human-cousins-dead.html https://www.sciencenews.org/article/homo-naledi-dug-cave-graves-carved-marks https://www.archaeology.org/news/11485-230606-homo-naledi-burials More on the oldest human footprint from South Africa: https://phys.org/news/2023-06-oldest-homo-sapiens-footprint-years.html On human evolution and curly hair: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/06/230607215834.htm Suggestion that 'Viking disease' may originate in Neanderthal genes: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/06/230614220521.htm https://arkeonews.net/hand-disease-known-as-viking-disease-may-have-its-origins-in-neanderthal-genes/ Controversial suggestion that fossils in Greece point to human ancestors evolving in Europe, not Africa: https://greekreporter.com/2023/06/12/greek-fossils-human-ancestors-europe-not-africa/ ============================================================ AFRICA ============================================================ More on genomic evidence being used to suggest farming arrived in northwest Africa via migrants from Europe and the Levant: https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/992352 https://archaeonewsnet.com/2023/06/ancient-genomes-show-that-the-farming-lifestyle-in-northwestern-africa-was-ignited-by-oversea-migrants-from-iberia-7400-years-ago.html https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/06/13/farming-lifestyle-in-northwestern-africa-was-ignited-by-oversea-migrant/ http://www.archaeology.org/news/11529-230612-africa-farming-migrati
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Explorator 26.08
=========================================================== explorator 26.08 June 11, 2023 =========================================================== You can read explorator online at: https://exploratornews.wordpress.com/ 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). ============================================================ EARLY HOMINIDS ============================================================ Study suggests homo naledi buried their dead in caves (and other things): https://news.wisc.edu/archeologists-uncover-evidence-of-intentional-burial-cave-engravings-by-early-human-ancestor/ https://phys.org/news/2023-06-small-brained-ancient-human-cousins-dead.html https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/extinct-human-relative-buried-their-dead-100000-years-before-modern-humans-did-study-claims https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/05/science/ancient-humans-homo-naledi-buried-dead.html https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/05/world/homo-naledi-burials-carvings-scn/index.html https://apnews.com/article/human-ancestor-burial-africa-homo-naledi-ca7cca3f0f5bd9e84da2ce5da33ef2fe https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/1270/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/1270/pub/1270/page/36/article/NaN https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2023/06/05/homo-naledi-burial https://www.newsweek.com/prehistoric-human-species-remains-homo-naledi-1804780 https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/06/05/burial-markings-show-extinct-humans-remembered-dead/ https://theconversation.com/major-new-research-claims-smaller-brained-homo-naledi-made-rock-art-and-buried-the-dead-but-the-evidence-is-lacking-207000 https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/06/anthropologists-find-evidence-that-homo-naledi-buried-their-dead-used-symbols/ https://www.sciencenews.org/article/homo-naledi-dug-cave-graves-carved-marks https://www.science.org/content/article/was-small-brained-human-relative-world-s-first-gravedigger-and-artist https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/this-small-brained-human-species-may-have-buried-its-dead-controlled-fire-and-made-art/ https://arkeonews.net/paleontologists-say-worlds-oldest-known-burial-site-found-in-south-africa/ https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/06/07/evidence-of-intentional-burial-cave-engravings-by-early-human-ancestor/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/ancient-human-relatives-may-have-buried-their-dead-180982308/ http://www.archaeology.org/news/11485-230606-homo-naledi-burials cf: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.06.01.543135v1 https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.06.01.543127v1 https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.06.01.543133v1 ... but there's already pushback on the claim: https://theconversation.com/major-new-research-claims-smaller-brained-homo-naledi-made-rock-art-and-buried-the-dead-but-the-evidence-is-lacking-207000 Study suggests Neanderthals had more complex adhesive creation techniques than previously thought: https://phys.org/news/2023-05-neanderthals-synthetic-material-underground-distillation.html http://www.archaeology.org/news/11490-230607-neanderthal-adhesive-production Latest study suggesting Neanderthals and sapiens may have lived together in Europe 54 000 years bp: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/europes-first-humans-may-have-arrived-in-three-waves-180982107/ A 30 000 years bp site in Spain suggests humans were wearing seashells (and freshwater ones) as ornaments: https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article276163511.html https://arkeonews.net/freshwater-and-marine-shells-used-as-ornaments-30000-years-ago-discovered-in-spain/ Interview with Ludovic Slimak: https://phys.org/news/2023-06-qa-ludovic-slimak-archaeologist-rewrite.html On Neanderthal DNA in modern humans
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Explorator 26.07
=========================================================== explorator 26.07 June 4, 2023 =========================================================== You can read explorator online at: https://exploratornews.wordpress.com/ 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). ============================================================ EARLY HOMINIDS ============================================================ A 700 000 years bp site with tools and animal bones found in a coal mine in Greece: https://phys.org/news/2023-06-newly-stone-tools-dawn-greek.html https://apnews.com/article/greece-archaeology-oldest-site-stone-tools-3e84007cde4d77a2725b7877b9b38335 https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/newly-discovered-stone-tools-drag-dawn-greek-archaeology-99767966 https://www.ekathimerini.com/culture/1212427/newly-discovered-stone-tools-drag-dawn-of-greek-archaeology-back-by-a-quarter-million-years/ https://greekcitytimes.com/2023/06/02/archaeological-breakthrough-ancient-greek-civilisation-rewritten-by-a-quarter-million-years/ https://www.archaeology.org/news/11478-230602-greece-lower-paleolithic Palaeolithic tools found on Lesvos: https://www.ekathimerini.com/culture/1212255/paleolithic-discovery-made-on-lesvos/ A study of that 'Neanderthal glue' which was in the news a few years ago: https://phys.org/news/2023-05-neanderthals-synthetic-material-underground-distillation.html https://www.sciencealert.com/neanderthals-may-have-been-the-first-to-carefully-concoct-this-substance A study of fire-making technique differences between Neanderthals and homo sapiens: https://phys.org/news/2023-05-neanderthal-human-fire-making-methods-intelligence.html Feature on homo erectus: https://www.spectator.com.au/2023/05/who-do-you-think-you-are/ ... and one on homo habilis: https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/what-we-know-about-homo-habilis More on the risks of flintknapping: https://www.spectator.com.au/2023/05/who-do-you-think-you-are/ https://www.newscientist.com/article/2376608-ancient-humans-may-have-risked-their-lives-making-stone-tools/ More on 153 000 years bp homo sapiens footprints in South Africa: https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/153000-year-old-footprints-from-south-africa-are-the-oldest-homo-sapiens-tracks-on-record ============================================================ AFRICA ============================================================ South African metal detectorists found a cache of 19th century muskets: https://northernnatalnews.co.za/388900/diggers-discover-a-piece-of-history/ Feature on the 'lost' cities of the Nigerian Sahara: https://phys.org/news/2023-06-mystery-lost-cities-nigerien-sahara.html ============================================================ ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT ============================================================ Analysis of some bracelets owned by Khufu's mother Hetepheres suggests the silver used to make them came from the Greek Aegean: https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/ancient-egyptians/ancient-egyptian-queens-bracelets-contain-1st-evidence-of-long-distance-trade-between-egypt-and-greece https://greekreporter.com/2023/05/30/bronze-age-trade-egypt-greece/ https://neoskosmos.com/en/2023/05/30/features/new-evidence-reveals-ancient-egyptian-and-greek-trade-extended-to-the-bronze-age/ https://www.sci.news/archaeology/queen-hetepheres-silver-bracelets-11961.html http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/67396 https://arkeonews.net/the-mystery-of-the-silver-bracelets-of-queen-hetepheres-in-her-celebrated-tomb-at-giza-has-been-solved/ https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/06/01/silver/ http://www.archaeology.org/news/11479-230602-egypt-greece-silver More on the mummification workshop
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Explorator 26.06
=========================================================== explorator 26.06 May 28, 2023 =========================================================== You can read explorator online at: https://exploratornews.wordpress.com/ 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). ============================================================ EARLY HOMINIDS ============================================================ Not sure where to put this study on the injury risks from flintknapping: https://www.kent.edu/cas/news/despite-dangers-early-humans-risked-life-threatening-flintknapping-injuries https://phys.org/news/2023-05-dangers-early-humans-life-threatening-flintknapping.html https://archaeonewsnet.com/2023/05/early-humans-risked-life-threatening-flintknapping-injuries.html https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/05/26/early-humans-risked-life-threatening-flintknapping-injuries/ http://www.archaeology.org/news/11469-230526-flintknapping-injury-risk A study of DNA suggests that humans 'arose' at various times and various places in Africa: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/17/science/human-origins-africa.html https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/dna-suggests-modern-humans-emerged-from-several-groups-in-africa-not-one-180982242/ Tracking the presence of homo sapiens in South Africa via the presence of lakes etc.: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/05/230519104542.htm https://archaeonewsnet.com/2023/05/ancient-climate-change-solves-mystery-of-vanished-south-african-lakes.html ... and the oldest homo sapiens footprint also comes from South Africa (153 000 years bp): https://theconversation.com/worlds-oldest-homo-sapiens-footprint-identified-on-south-africas-cape-south-coast-205310 https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-744381 Pondering whether homo floresiensis is still around: https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/the-flores-man-hobbits-are-they-still-alive More on the homo heidelbergensis footprints from Germany: https://www.pnas.org/post/journal-club/ancient-human-and-animal-footprints-offer-path-past-interactions More on humans using fire in Spain some 250 000 years bp: https://phys.org/news/2023-05-humans-europe-years-earlier-previously.html https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-744159 https://archaeonewsnet.com/2023/05/humans-were-making-fires-at-least-250000-years-ago-in-europe.html https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/05/24/humans-were-making-fires-at-least-250000-years-ago-in-europe/ https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/65682082 ============================================================ AFRICA ============================================================ Italy is funding a project to preserve and enhance a site in Axum: https://addisstandard.com/newsalert-italy-announces-e2-million-for-preservation-and-enhancement-of-ancient-axum-archaeological-site/ ============================================================ ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT ============================================================ Egypt announced the find of two major mummification workshops, a pair of tombs, and more from Saqqara: https://phys.org/news/2023-05-egypt-unveils-ancient-workshops-tombs.html https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/501754/Antiquities/Ancient-Egypt/In-Photos-Largest-ever-intact-embalming-workshop-u.aspx https://www.egyptindependent.com/egyptian-mission-uncovers-largest-embalming-workshops-in-saqqara-necropolis/ https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/124665/Egypt-announces-the-discovery-of-the-two-largest-mummification-workshops https://www.arabnews.com/node/2311286/middle-east https://www.thenationalnews.com/mena/egypt/2023/05/27/embalming-rooms-for-humans-and-animals-among-latest-finds-at-egypts-saqqara-necropolis/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2
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Explorator 26.05
=========================================================== explorator 26.05 May 21, 2023 =========================================================== You can read explorator online at: https://exploratornews.wordpress.com/ 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). ============================================================ EARLY HOMINIDS ============================================================ Suggestion that 200 000 years bp South Africa was 'inviting' to human ancestors: https://news.umich.edu/south-africas-desert-like-interior-may-have-been-more-inviting-to-our-human-ancestors/ https://phys.org/news/2023-05-south-africa-desert-like-interior-human.html https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/05/18/south-africas-desert-like-interior-more-inviting-to-our-human-ancestors/ http://www.archaeology.org/news/11447-230517-africa-glacial-landscapes Prehistoric hearths near Madrid suggest humans were making fires in Europe at least 250 000 years bp: https://phys.org/news/2023-05-humans-years-europe.html https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/may/18/scientists-find-oldest-known-evidence-of-humans-in-europe-using-fires-to-cook https://www.sciencealert.com/ancient-humans-in-europe-started-controlling-fire-far-far-earlier-than-we-thought A number of bone tools in a Neanderthal-associated cave in Siberia is causing a rethink: https://www.iflscience.com/bone-tools-in-neanderthal-cave-hint-at-prehistoric-osseous-industry-68967 Latest application of genomcs to human evolution has 'multiple origins' for homo sapiens: https://phys.org/news/2023-05-human-africa.html https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/05/230517121424.htm https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/17/science/human-origins-africa.html https://www.sciencealert.com/the-first-humans-out-of-africa-werent-quite-who-we-thought cf: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-01664-z https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06055-y More on the 300 000 years bp footprints from Germany being connected with homo heidelbergensis: https://uni-tuebingen.de/en/university/news-and-publications/press-releases/press-releases/article/300000-year-old-snapshot-oldest-human-footprints-from-germany-found/ https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/300000-year-old-footprints-reveal-extinct-humans-went-on-a-lakeside-family-outing-among-giant-elephants-and-rhinos https://www.sciencealert.com/oldest-examples-of-human-footprints-hint-at-our-ancestors-lives-300000-years-ago https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-743041 https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/05/16/300000-year-old-snapshot-oldest-human-footprints-from-germany-found/ https://www.archaeology.org/news/11437-230515-germany-hominin-footprints More on the legacy of Neanderthal noses: https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/neanderthals-passed-down-their-tall-noses-to-modern-humans-genetic-analysis-finds More on early humans' preference for 'mosaic landscapes': https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/05/230511164457.htm ============================================================ AFRICA ============================================================ Vague item on a possible Roman-era site find in Sabratha: https://lana.gov.ly/post.php?id=278607&lang=en Feature on the Queen of Sheba: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/legacy-of-queen-of-sheba-1.6836452 ============================================================ ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT ============================================================ More on the Byzantine and Late Period finds from the Meir Necropolis in Assiut: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/egypt-meir-necropolis-christian-finds-2300446 https://arkeonews.net/excavations-at-meir-necropolis-have-turned-up-funerary-artifacts-from-two-distinct-eras-of-ancient-history/ More
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Explorator 26.04
=========================================================== explorator 26.04 May 14, 2023 =========================================================== You can read explorator online at: https://exploratornews.wordpress.com/ 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). ============================================================ EARLY HOMINIDS ============================================================ Earliest evidence of cancer in humans comes from a 1.7 million years bp Paranthropus robustus or Homo ergaster bone: https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/whats-the-oldest-known-case-of-cancer-in-humans https://www.jpost.com/science/article-742886 A 300 000 years bp footprint find from Germany: https://phys.org/news/2023-05-year-old-snapshot-oldest-human-footprints.html http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/67249 Study suggests we get our nose-shape gene from Neanderthals: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2023/may/nose-shape-gene-inherited-neanderthals https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/1332/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/1332/pub/1332/page/20/article/NaN https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/05/230508104930.htm https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/neanderthals-passed-on-their-large-noses-to-modern-humans https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/05/study-finds-that-nose-shape-gene-is-inherited-from-neanderthals/147241 https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/05/10/nose-shape-gene-inherited-from-neanderthals/ A tooth enamel study is shedding light on hunting habits of Neanderthals and other early humans in western Europe: https://phys.org/news/2023-05-tooth-enamel-clues-hunter-gatherer-lifestyle.html https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/05/230509122036.htm https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/ancient-microbial-natural-products-reconstructed-from-neanderthal-dental-plaques/4017421.article ... and possible spinoffs for developing new antibiotics: https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/lost-bacteria-found-on-neanderthal-teeth-could-be-used-to-develop-new-antibiotics Study suggests early humans preferred/adapted to 'mosaic landscapes': https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/05/12/human-ancestors-preferred-mosaic-landscapes-and-ecosystem-diversity/ More on the study of fossilized soot and what it reveals about occupation of the Nerja Caves (Spain): https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/05/230509122036.htm https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/05/smoke-archaeology-reveals-early-humans-were-visiting-nerja-caves-41000-years-ago/ More on the study of tools suggesting there were three migrations of homo sapiens into Europe: https://www.sciencealert.com/it-took-waves-of-modern-humans-to-claim-europe-from-neanderthals https://cosmosmagazine.com/history/modern-humans-europe-three-waves/ https://www.archaeology.org/news/11424-230508-europe-migration-waves ============================================================ AFRICA ============================================================ Using isotope data to track ecological change in Lesothos over the past 60 000 years: https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/05/11/isotope-data-reveal-millennia-of-ecological-change-in-southern-africa/ ============================================================ ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT ============================================================ Byzantine and Late Period burials and texts from the Meir Necropolis in Assiut: https://cairoscene.com/Buzz/Byzantine-Burial-Chambers-Unearthed-in-Assiut-Necropolis https://www.dailynewsegypt.com/2023/05/08/remains-of-ancient-buildings-discovered-in-assiut/ https://www.arabnews.com/node/2299491/middle-east https://see.news/egyptian-archaeological-mission-uncovers-number-of-buildings-burials-from-late-ages-of-ancient-egypt-in-a
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Explorator 26.03
=========================================================== explorator 26.03 May 7, 2023 =========================================================== You can read explorator online at: https://exploratornews.wordpress.com/ 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). ============================================================ EARLY HOMINIDS ============================================================ Tool study suggest there were three waves of Homo sapiens migrations into Europe: https://phys.org/news/2023-05-stone-tools-migration-earliest-homo.html https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/modern-humans-migrated-into-europe-in-3-waves-ambitious-and-provocative-new-study-suggests https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/may/07/revealed-modern-humans-needed-three-tries-and-12000-years-to-colonise-europe https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2023-05-03/ty-article/sapiens-from-the-levant-made-three-attempts-to-settle-in-europe-study-shows/00000187-e0cd-d9b4-abaf-e8ff431d0000 https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-742025 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/europes-first-humans-may-have-arrived-in-three-waves-180982107/ A study of the Banyoles jawbone and its implications for sapiens-neanderthal relations: https://theconversation.com/enigmatic-human-fossil-jawbone-may-be-evidence-of-an-early-homo-sapiens-presence-in-europe-and-adds-mystery-about-who-those-humans-were-196555 Feature on Neanderthal culture and aesthetics: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20230428-the-puzzle-of-neanderthal-culture-and-aesthetics ============================================================ AFRICA ============================================================ Israel will be excavating a couple of 'genizas' in Morocco: https://www.timesofisrael.com/abraham-accords-allow-israelis-to-excavate-two-huge-genizas-found-in-rural-morocco/ A study of 140 000 years of cultural continuity at a west African site: https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/05/05/longstanding-cultural-continuity-at-oldest-occupied-site-in-west-africa/ More on the wall paintings in Old Dongola: https://the-past.com/news/medieval-wall-paintings-found-in-the-ancient-city-of-old-dongola-sudan/ ============================================================ ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT ============================================================ Greco-Roman pottery from the tell el-Maskhuta site in Ismailia: https://www.egyptindependent.com/new-archaeological-discovery-in-ismailias-tell-al-maskhuta/ https://see.news/roman-artifacts-uncovered-in-ismailias-tell-el-maskhouta Byzantine and Late Period finds from the Meir necropolis in Assiut: https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContentP/9/500224/Antiquities/Byzantine-and-Late-Period-relics-uncovered-in-Meir.aspx More on the find of the 3200 years bp tomb of Panehsy: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/underground-tomb-complex-egypt-panehsy-2287515 More on the mummy-based study suggesting many children in Egypt were anemic: https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-741729 More on the Philae Temple Graffiti Project: https://www.uottawa.ca/about-us/media/news/news-all/egyptian-goddess-her-graffiti Feature on Lord Carnarvon: https://www.hampshirechronicle.co.uk/news/hampshire/23474421.archaeological-earl-earl-carnarvon/ Feature on Howard Carter: https://observervoice.com/9-may-remembering-howard-carter-on-birthday-22196/ Pondering whether a fungal infection might explain Tutankhamun's 'curse': https://bigthink.com/the-past/mummys-curse-fungus-mold-aspergillus/ https://www.iflscience.com/could-a-deadly-fungal-infection-explain-the-curse-of-tutankhamuns-tomb-68701 Finds from various periods from a site near the Great Wall of Gorgan in northern Iran: https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/484312/
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Explorator 26.02
=========================================================== explorator 26.02 April 30, 2023 =========================================================== You can read explorator online at: https://exploratornews.wordpress.com/ 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). ============================================================ EARLY HOMINIDS ============================================================ A study of soot suggests humans were present in the Nerja Cave (Spain) for some 41 000 years: https://phys.org/news/2023-04-fossilized-soot-charcoal-reconstruct-history.html https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/987238 https://arkeonews.net/smoke-archeology-finds-evidence-humans-visited-nerja-cave-for-40000-years/ https://www.iflscience.com/humans-have-been-lighting-torches-inside-this-spanish-cave-for-41000-years-68628 http://www.archaeology.org/news/11406-230428-spain-nerja-cave-visitors cf: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-32544-1 More on the 39 000 years bp 'leather punch board' from Spain: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/this-39600-year-old-bone-may-have-been-used-by-prehistoric-tailors-180982033/ ============================================================ AFRICA ============================================================ More on the stable isotope map of Angola and its uses: https://phys.org/news/2023-04-stable-isotope-angola-archaeologists-individual.html More on the medieval wall paintings from Old Dongola (Sudan): https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/04/26/amid-an-unfolding-civil-war-unique-christian-wall-paintings-have-been-found-in-hidden-chambers-of-an-ancient-sudanese-city https://greekcitytimes.com/2023/04/23/archaeologists-discovered-an-enigmatic-complex-of-rooms-interiors-of-which-covered-with-figural-scenes-unique-to-christian-art-with-greek-inscriptions/ https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-741467 https://news.artnet.com/art-world/christian-paintings-old-dongola-sudan-polish-archaeologists-2283888 http://www.archaeology.org/news/11398-230426-sudan-dongola-medieval-paintings ============================================================ ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT ============================================================ Not sure where to put this find of a Roman-era Buddha statue from an Isis temple in Berenice: https://english.ahram.org.eg/News/498493.aspx https://egyptindependent.com/egypt-announces-discovery-of-a-statue-of-buddha-on-its-land-for-the-first-time/ https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2023/04/buddha-statue-found-egypt-points-ancient-india-links https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20230427-buddha-statue-found-in-egypt-points-to-ancient-india-links https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-04-28/buddha-statue-found-in-egypt-points-to-ancient-india-links/102280588 https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/buddha-statue-found-in-egypt-points-to-ancient-india-links-182730 https://greekreporter.com/2023/04/28/ancient-statue-buddha-egypt/ http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/67128 https://hyperallergic.com/818372/stone-buddha-found-in-egypt-sheds-light-on-indias-influence/ https://arkeonews.net/buddha-statue-discovered-in-ancient-city-of-berenice-egypt/ https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/04/statue-depicting-buddha-found-in-ancient-egyptian-city/147109 https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/04/27/buddha-statue-found-at-berenike-on-the-red-sea-coast/ More on the 18th Dynasty tomb of Panehsy: https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/ancient-cultures/ancient-egypt/lavish-new-kingdom-tomb-uncovered-at-saqqara/ https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/04/25/3200-year-old-tomb-discovered-in-saqqara/ More on the neutron tomography study of six Egyptian animal sarcophagi: https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2023-04-24/ty-article/h
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Explorator 26.01
=========================================================== explorator 26.01 April 23, 2023 =========================================================== You can read explorator online at: https://exploratornews.wordpress.com/ 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, Bill Gephardt, Don Buck, mata kimasitayo, and Ross W. Sargent for headses upses this week (as always hoping I have left no one out). Another year of Explorator in the archives! Thanks for reading and thanks especially to our group who send me headses upses every week! It makes my job easier! ============================================================ EARLY HOMINIDS ============================================================ Feature on toolmaking processes at the 1.2 million years bp Melka Kunture site (Ethiopia): https://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-04-19/how-the-first-mass-tool-workshop-in-history-functioned-12-million-years-ago.html Feature on the life expectancy of ancient humans: https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/what-was-the-life-expectancy-of-ancient-humans More on the 39 000 years bp 'leather punch board' find from Spain: https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2023-04-13/ty-article/miraculous-discovery-in-spain-a-tailoring-tool-from-40-000-years-ago/00000187-702c-dde0-afb7-7e3f17e30000 https://www.archaeology.org/news/11377-230417-spain-leather-punchboard ============================================================ AFRICA ============================================================ Concerns for dredging at the archaeological site of the Hesperides in Benghazi: https://libyaobserver.ly/news/benghazi-antiquities-watch-calls-halting-dredging-archaeological-city-hesperides ... and more on sites at risk from coastal erosion: https://www.ynetnews.com/travel/article/hytx1wnfh More on the wall paintings from Old Dongola: https://archeowiesci.pl/en/protection-for-tungul-new-unique-wall-paintings-discovered-in-old-dongola-sudan/ There is now a stable isotope map of Angola: https://news.ucsc.edu/2023/04/angola-isoscape.html ============================================================ ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT ============================================================ A neutron tomography study of six sealed Egyptian animal sarcophagi: https://phys.org/news/2023-04-insights-ancient-egyptian-animal-coffins.html https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/985810 https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/ancient-egyptians/hidden-contents-of-6-ancient-egyptian-coffins-sealed-for-thousands-of-years-revealed https://www.standard.co.uk/tech/science/egypt-british-museum-flynn-three-b1075594.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeologists-study-egypt-xrays-three-b2323641.html https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-739946 https://www.newsweek.com/secrets-sealed-egyptian-animal-coffins-revealed-first-time-1795636 https://news.yahoo.com/mummified-creatures-used-ancient-cult-221245053.html https://cosmosmagazine.com/history/archaeology/animal-mummies-were-sealed-in-their-own-coffins-neutrons-reveal-their-secrets/ https://gizmodo.com/ancient-egypt-lizard-coffins-neutron-imaging-scans-1850353809 https://www.iflscience.com/fantastic-beasts-found-inside-ancient-egyptian-coffins-sealed-for-1500-years-68556 https://arkeonews.net/advanced-imaging-techniques-reveal-secrets-of-sealed-ancient-egyptian-animal-coffins/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/lizard-remains-found-inside-2500-year-old-coffins-from-ancient-egypt-180982032/ cf: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-30468-4 A study has found many mummified Egyptian children had anemia: https://phys.org/news/2023-04-anemia-common-ancient-mummified-egyptian.html A study has figured out an 'impossible' Egyptian sculpture: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/04/21/kneeling-man-ancient-egypt-statue-riddle-solve-national-museums-scotland The Ramses I
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Explorator 25.52
=========================================================== explorator 25.52 April 16, 2023 =========================================================== You can read explorator online at: https://exploratornews.wordpress.com/ 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). ============================================================ EARLY HOMINIDS ============================================================ A 39 000 years bp 'leather punch board' from Spain: https://phys.org/news/2023-04-perforations-ancient-bone-fragment-base.html https://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-04-14/humans-were-already-sewing-their-clothes-nearly-40000-years-ago.html https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2023-04-13/ty-article/miraculous-discovery-in-spain-a-tailoring-tool-from-40-000-years-ago/00000187-702c-dde0-afb7-7e3f17e30000 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2368783-bone-fragment-reveals-humans-wore-leather-clothes-39000-years-ago/ cf: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adg0834 A study suggests a Neanderthal skull found in Gibraltar in 1848 has genetic connections to another Neanderthal from France: https://www.surinenglish.com/gibraltar/gibraltars-neanderthal-skull-reveals-more-its-secrets-20230414103823-nt.html More on humans 170 000 years bp dining on giant land snails in South Africa: https://www.sciencenews.org/article/homo-sapiens-supersized-snails http://www.archaeology.org/news/11369-230410-border-cave-snails Feature on Otzi: https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/who-was-oetzi-the-iceman ============================================================ AFRICA ============================================================ Erosion concerns for coastal sites in Libya: https://phys.org/news/2023-04-archaeological-sites-coastal-erosion-cyrenaican.html https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/984859 https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/04/libyan-archaeological-sites-in-danger-due-to-coastal-erosion/146907 Feature on the pyramid tombs of Libya: https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/04/the-pyramid-tombs-of-libya/146849 Pondering the cause of death of the 'Ballito Boy' some 2000 years bp: https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2023-04-12-what-killed-ballito-boy-2000-years-ago-and-why-its-relevant-now/ More on the Funji period wall paintings from Old Dongola: https://news.yahoo.com/hole-ground-leads-crypt-space-194846765.html https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/medieval-christian-paintings-sudan-dongola-nubia-1234663806/ http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/66976 More on the German origins of brass used in some Benin bronzes: https://www.livescience.com/benin-bronzes-were-crafted-of-metal-from-a-completely-unexpected-place http://www.archaeology.org/news/11370-230411-benin-bronzes-ore Feature on the Arabic manuscripts in Chinguetti: https://www.dw.com/en/the-ancient-archives-of-chinguetti/g-65285729 ============================================================ ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT ============================================================ A high-status 19th Dynasty tomb of Panehsy, a temple administrator, from the Saqqara necropolis: https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/495651/Antiquities/Ancient-Egypt/Tomb-of-steward-of-Amun-Temple,-smaller-chapels-un.aspx https://www.egyptindependent.com/photos-tomb-of-banhesi-from-the-ramessid-period-discovered-in-saqqara/ https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/123746/Egypt-announces-the-discovery-of-tomb-Panehsy-tomb-chapels-from http://www.china.org.cn/world/2023-04/12/content_85226175.htm http://www.china.org.cn/arts/2023-04/13/content_85226819.htm https://abcnews.go.com/International/archeologists-find-ancient-tomb-temple-guard-giza-pyramids/story?id=98530362 https://www.thestate.com/news/nation-world/world/article27423875
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Explorator 25.51
=========================================================== explorator 25.51 April 9, 2023 =========================================================== You can read explorator online at: https://exploratornews.wordpress.com/ 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). ============================================================ EARLY HOMINIDS ============================================================ A study of the Navalmaillo Rock shelter suggests Neanderthals had 'uneven' occupation routines: https://www.cenieh.es/en/press/news/new-clues-behavioral-variability-neanderthal-hunting-parties https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/04/05/new-clues-to-the-behavioral-variability-of-neanderthal-hunting-parties/ http://www.archaeology.org/news/11322-230403-spain-neanderthal-hunting Evidence that homo sapiens was eating very large land snails some 170 000 years bp: https://phys.org/news/2023-04-humans-giant-snails-apex-predator.html https://www.sciencenews.org/article/homo-sapiens-supersized-snails Feature on a Neanderthal site in Jersey: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-jersey-65174574 https://news.yahoo.com/archaeologists-revisit-jerseys-neanderthal-082144058.html Feature on human evolution: https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/how-did-humans-evolve ============================================================ AFRICA ============================================================ Not sure where to put this one: it appears that some Benin Bronzes were made with brass from Germany: https://phys.org/news/2023-04-benin-bronzes-german-brass.html https://www.livescience.com/benin-bronzes-were-crafted-of-metal-from-a-completely-unexpected-place https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/benin-bronzes-sculpted-from-metal-mined-in-germany-kf00fjdpp https://www.dw.com/en/benin-bronzes-made-of-german-brass/a-65232329 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/apr/05/benin-bronzes-made-from-brass-mined-in-west-germany-study-finds https://www.newscientist.com/article/2368057-famous-benin-bronzes-from-west-africa-used-metal-sourced-in-germany/ https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/04/shipwrecks-reveal-origins-of-metal-used-to-cast-the-benin-bronzes/146777 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/what-shipwrecks-reveal-about-the-origins-of-the-benin-bronzes-180981925/ cf: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0283415 Christian (and other) wall paintings from Funj period dwellings in Old Dongola: https://arkeonews.net/archaeologists-discovered-an-enigmatic-complex-of-rooms-interiors-of-which-covered-with-figural-scenes-unique-to-christian-art/ https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/04/07/new-discoveries-in-old-dongola-protection-for-tungul/ https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/04/archaeologists-uncover-ornate-christian-frescos-in-old-dongola/146809 Feature on the search for the 'legendary lost city' of Zerzura (Libya): https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/04/the-search-for-the-lost-city-of-zerzura/146743 Feature on the ancient city of Mapungubwe: https://theconversation.com/archaeology-shows-how-hunter-gatherers-fitted-into-southern-africas-first-city-800-years-ago-202774 https://phys.org/news/2023-04-archaeology-hunter-gatherers-southern-africa-city.html https://news.yahoo.com/archaeology-shows-hunter-gatherers-fitted-130220642.html More on the copper trade from South to Central Africa: https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/04/03/copper-artifacts-unearth-new-cultural-connections-in-southern-africa/ ============================================================ ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT ============================================================ Using mummy labels to reconstruct the climate of Roman Egypt: https://phys.org/news/2023-04-mummies-key-reconstruct-climat
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