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explorator 23.49 March 28, 2021
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Thanks to Arthur Shippee, Dave Sowdon, Edward Rockstein, Kurt Theis,
John McMahon, Barnea Selavan, Joseph Lauer, Mike Ruggeri, Hernan Astudillo, Richard Campbell, Barbara Saylor Rodgers, Bob Heuman, David Critchley,
Richard Miller, Kris Curry, Rick Heli, Richard C. Griffiths, Frank MacKay,
Don Buck, mata kimasitayo, and Ross W. Sargent for headses upses this week
(as always hoping I have left no one out).

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EARLY HOMINIDS
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DNA research is suggesting more evidence of the Denisovans and their relation to modern humans is waiting to be found:

https://www.nhm.ac.uk/press-office/press-releases/new-evidence-in-search-for-the-mysterious-denisovans-.html
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/03/210323084732.htm https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-03/uoa-nei031921.php https://www.sciencealert.com/we-just-got-even-more-evidence-of-humans-interbreeding-with-mysterious-denisovans
https://theconversation.com/evolutionary-study-suggests-prehistoric-human-fossils-hiding-in-plain-sight-in-southeast-asia-157587
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/03/new-evidence-in-search-for-mysterious.html
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/03/new-evidence-in-search-for-the-mysterious-denisovans/138135

... this coverage suggests Denisovans also saved assorted beasts from extinction:

https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/546/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/546/pub/546/page/47/article/154843

cf: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-021-01408-0

Study suggests Oldowan and Acheulean stone tools are possibly tens of thousands of years older than previously thought:

https://www.kent.ac.uk/news/science/28246/the-worlds-earliest-stone-technologies-are-likely-to-be-older-than-previously-thought
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-03/uok-twe032421.php https://phys.org/news/2021-03-world-earliest-stone-technologies-older.html https://www.jpost.com/health-science/early-stone-technologies-found-to-be-much-older-than-researchers-thought-663415
http://www.sci-news.com/archaeology/oldowan-acheulean-flaked-stone-technologies-09489.html
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/03/worlds-earliest-stone-technologies.html
https://www.archaeology.org/news/9551-210325-statistical-model-tool

A study of the 800 000 years bp remains of 'the Girl of Gran Dolina':

https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/03/22/the-girl-of-gran-dolina/

Suggestion that homo floresiensis might be closer to modern humans than previously thought:

https://www.wionews.com/science/scientists-discover-true-origins-of-hobbit-species-that-roamed-asia-50000-years-ago-372494
https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/hobbits-sort-of-existed-and-might-be-related-to-us

More on human brain size and hunting:

http://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/545/reader/reader.html?social#!preferred/0/package/545/pub/545/page/10/article/154326

More on Neanderthal toothpick use:

https://www.sciencealert.com/evidence-shows-neanderthals-took-care-of-their-teeth-with-toothpicks

cf: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0047248420301901

Feature on how close we are to Neanderthals:

https://english.elpais.com/usa/2021-03-20/neanderthals-how-close-are-we-to-our-extinct-relatives.html

Feature on Shanidar Cave:

https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/blog/neanderthal-life-death-shanidar-cave/

Feature on the Denisovans:

https://cosmosmagazine.com/history/palaeontology/tightening-the-dragnet-on-denisovans/

Feature on homo erectus:

https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/homo-erectus-what-do-we-know-about-our-early-ancestors

Feature on Neanderthal speech capabilities:

https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/could-neanderthals-talk-breakthrough-study-suggests-our-ancient-cousins-had
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AFRICA
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A recent find of petroglyphs from Tanzania (date?):

https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/magazine/new-ancient-rock-art-found-in-tanzania-3321412

Ongoing concerns for sites in Libya:

https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20210325-bulldozers-and-looting-threaten-libya-s-ancient-treasures
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/ancient-city-of-cyrene-looted-for-its-treasures-h3n0qv0bd

Feature on the 'Cradle of Humankind' site(s) outside Johannesburg:

https://theconversation.com/a-forgotten-settlement-in-the-cradle-of-humankind-adds-a-note-to-southern-african-history-157783

Feature on Sudan's pyramids:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/22/travel/sudan-archaeology-meroe.html

As might expected, there's a feature on the Suez Canal:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/03/26/suez-canal-history/ ================================================================
ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT ================================================================
Evidence of a temple dating to Ptolemy I from Sharuna:

https://www.euroweeklynews.com/2021/03/26/major-discovery-in-egypt-made-by-barcelona-museum-archaeologists/

A medieval/Coptic tombstone from Luxor:

https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/280309/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/Newly-discovered-Coptic-tombstone-in-Luxor-belonge.aspx

Plenty of hype for the 'Pharaohs Golden Parade' coming next week:

https://dailynewsegypt.com/2021/03/23/egypts-highly-anticipated-royal-mummies-parade-set-for-3-april/
https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/99942/10-mummies-from-cache-of-royal-mummies-in-tomb-of
https://egyptianstreets.com/2021/03/24/catch-egypts-pharaohs-golden-parade-from-tahrir-to-national-museum-on-april-3/

Once again, Egypt announces that it will be making an announcement ... apparently major finds from Luxor:

https://egyptindependent.com/minister-of-tourism-and-antiquities-announces-major-new-discoveries-in-luxor/

More on evidence of a volcanic eruption affecting Berenike:

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2271871-volcanic-eruption-may-have-forced-ancient-egyptians-to-abandon-a-city/
https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidbressan/2021/03/21/volcanic-eruptions-may-have-led-to-fall-of-ancient-egyptian-civilization/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9552-210325-egypt-berenice-well

More on that brewery site in Egypt:

https://boingboing.net/2021/03/24/archaeologists-found-the-oldest-mass-production-brewery-in-ancient-egyptian-ruins.html

A study of long-term adaptation of agricultural practices to climate change at the Cadir Hoyuk site:

https://phys.org/news/2021-03-ancient-farmers-climate-grazing-meant.html https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-03/uoc-faf032421.php https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/03/210324113350.htm

A study based on finds from Akl Hoyuk suggests Neolithic sheep breeders had to deal with a high mortality rate among their flocks:

https://phys.org/news/2021-03-early-neolithic-sheep-breeders-high-mortality.html
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-03/lm-tlb032321.php https://phys.org/news/2021-03-early-neolithic-sheep-breeders-high-mortality.html

Feature questioning a lion hunt staged by Ashurbanipal:

https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20210325-the-lion-hunt-of-ashurbanipal-the-2700-year-old-fake-news

More on the scroll finds (and other items) from Israel's 'Cave of Horror':

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-56405090 https://www.businessinsider.com/6000-year-old-skeleton-of-child-found-in-israel-2021-3
https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2021/03/23/dead-sea-scrolls

... in case you missed the 6000 years bp child burial:

https://www.dailysabah.com/life/history/6000-year-old-child-skeleton-discovered-in-israel

More on the renewed Shapira Scroll debate:

https://www.livescience.com/early-ten-commandments-biblical-text-claim.html https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/10/arts/bible-deuteronomy-discovery.html https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/lost-biblical-scroll-may-have-been-2700-years-old-israeli-scholar-says-662720

Feature on the site of Azekeh:

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-israel-s-mini-pompeii-captures-the-moment-civilization-collapsed-3-000-years-ago-1.9646337

Feature on the Church of the Holy Sepulchre:

https://www.asor.org/anetoday/2021/03/commemorating-jesus-holy-sepulchre

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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS) ================================================================
Remains of a Hellenistic/Roman quarry near Izmir:

https://www.dailysabah.com/life/history/ancient-roman-stone-quarry-unearthed-in-izmir

A Roman mosaic find at a 1st century Roman villa site in Jaen (Spain):

https://www.euroweeklynews.com/2021/03/23/large-roman-mosaic-discovered-in-small-town-in-jaen/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/03/archaeologists-discover-giant-mosaic-in-roman-villa-complex/138139
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/giant-roman-mosaic-discovered-by-archeologists-in-southern-spain-663059

A gold Roman seal from a Norfolk field:

https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/latest-norfolk-treasures-include-roman-seal-featuring-elephant-7850896

Remains of Roman walls beneath a Subway in Gloucester's King's Square:

https://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/news/gloucester-news/roman-remains-found-under-subway-5225168

A 2nd century CE Roman burial from Pomigliano (Italian):

https://www.fanpage.it/napoli/pomigliano-le-tombe-dellimpero-romano-scoperte-sono-del-ii-secolo-dc/

Doubts are being cast over the provenance of the most recently-found Sappho poem fragments (7 years ago):

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/mar/25/doubts-cast-over-provenance-of-unearthed-sappho-poems

A study suggests the eruption of Vesuvius killed Pompeiians quickly:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/mar/22/vesuvius-wiped-out-all-life-pompeii-15-minutes-study-pyroclastic-flow-cloud-gases-ash
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/vesuvius-gas-cloud-killed-pompeii-in-20-minutes-gln08b22m
https://www.wionews.com/world/residents-of-pompeii-suffocated-within-15-minutes-after-volcanic-eruption-finds-study-372466
https://www.iflscience.com/environment/vesuvius-killed-the-people-of-pompeii-in-just-17-minutes-new-study-suggests/
https://theconversation.com/pompeii-ancient-remains-are-helping-scientists-learn-what-happens-to-a-body-caught-in-a-volcanic-eruption-157979
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/03/pompeii-duration-of-pyroclastic.html

cf: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-84456-7

Conservation work has started on remains of Horncastle's Roman Wall:

https://www.horncastlenews.co.uk/news/people/work-finally-starts-to-save-horncastle-roman-wall-3180594
https://www.lincolnshirelive.co.uk/news/history/lincolnshire-towns-1700-year-old-5204910]

Plans for excavations to resume at Sissi late this year:

https://www.argophilia.com/news/sissi-archaeological-project-to-move-forward-in-2021/228619/

Plans for more excavations at that site in Negrar di Valpolicella where a mosaic was 'rediscovered' last year:

https://www.veronasera.it/attualita/negrar-villa-romana-archeologia-vini-valpolicella-unesco-24-marzo-2021.html

Plans to resture the lighthouse at Patara:

https://www.dailysabah.com/life/history/lighthouse-of-antalyas-ancient-patara-to-give-light-again

Plans for redevelopment/integration of the Paphos Gate site in Nicosia:

https://cyprus-mail.com/2021/03/27/works-to-integrate-paphos-gate-antiquities-with-the-city-to-begin-in-july/

Restoration of the theatre at Elea-Velia is complete (Italian):

https://www.ilroma.net/news/campania/completato-il-restauro-dellantico-teatro-elea-velia

Greece reopened the Acropolis and assorted other archaeological sites this week:

https://greekreporter.com/2021/03/22/greece-opens-acropolis-other-archaeological-sites/

A copy of a votive plaque from Golgi will soon be on display in Athienou:

https://cyprus-mail.com/2021/03/26/copy-of-important-athienou-artefact-to-go-on-show/

More on the bronze bull figurine exposed by rains at Olympia:

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-56460693 https://news.artnet.com/art-world/greek-bull-figurine-discovered-1954381 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/greek-archaeologists-find-3000-year-old-bronze-bull-180977290/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9535-210322-greece-bronze-bull

More on the Roman arena find at Mastaura (Turkey):

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-9392449/Archaeology-Roman-arena-Turkey-held-gladiator-fights-20-000-spectators-1-800-years-ago.html

More on the evidence for a possible Roman port on the River Wear:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-tyne-56468718 https://www.archaeology.org/news/9550-210325-roman-river-port

More on the return of that section of mosaic flooring from Caligula's ship(s) at Nemi:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/14/world/europe/caligula-mosaic-ship-italy.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/mosaic-archaeology-roman-caligula-floating-palace-b1820509.html

Related feature on the horti lamiani and Caligula's palace there:

https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/money-and-power/a35800671/caligula-museum-horti-lamiani-rome/

More on the reopening of the Mausoleum of Augustus:

https://www.apollo-magazine.com/mausoleum-augustus-rome-restoration-website/

Review of Emma Southon, *A Fatal Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum*:

https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/03/21/rome-murder-politics-southron/ https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/03/stabbing-crucifixion-eaten-by-eels-learn-all-about-murder-the-roman-way/

Review of Hall and Stead, *A Peoples History of Classics*:

https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v43/n07/katherine-harloe/weavers-and-profs

Review of Michael Fontaine, *How to Tell a Joke*:

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/cicero-floored-roman-rivals-jokes-puns-ancient-history-9dqnh7d90

Reviewish of Madeline Miller, *Song of Achilles*:

https://arbiteronline.com/2021/03/23/review-the-song-of-achilles-this-retelling-of-a-classical-greek-poem-is-a-recommended-read/

Greece gave Paul Cartledge one of its highest honours:

https://neoskosmos.com/en/191840/professor-paul-cartledge-receives-one-of-greeces-highest-honours/

Andrea De Giorgi received a Shelby White-Leon Levy grant:

https://news.fsu.edu/news/arts-humanities/2021/03/23/fsu-classics-professor-awarded-shelby-white-leon-levy-grant-to-publish-research/

Feature/study of Roman cavalry saddles:

https://www.horsetalk.co.nz/2021/03/28/mystery-roman-cavalry-saddle-wooden-tree/

Feature on Hadrian's aqueduct at Caesarea:

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/hadrianic-aqueduct-of-caesarea

Feature on Oplontis:

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/article/buried-by-vesuvius-this-ancient-villa-is-overlooked-alternative-to-pompeii

Feature on Sarmizegetusa Regia:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/03/sarmizegetusa-regia-the-mountain-capital-of-the-dacians/138232

Feature on the Beachy Head Lady:

https://museumcrush.org/the-mystery-of-beachy-head-lady-a-roman-african-from-eastbourne/

Feature on Greek mythology and storytelling:

https://www.arabnews.com/node/1831327/lifestyle

Not sure where to put this 'oldest recipe found in Egypt', which was written in Greek:

https://greekreporter.com/2021/03/22/oldest-recipe-found-egypt-written-greek/

Feature on the Torlonia Marbles:

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/torlonia-marbles-ancient-art-returns-to-public-view-in-rome/

Feature on a workshop in Athens which makes replicas of ancient art:

https://greekreporter.com/2021/03/22/magic-recreating-ancient-greek-masterpieces-py-of-the-magic-of-recreating-ancient-greek-masterpieces-video/

Feature on a Roman sandal from Spain:

https://elpais.com/cultura/2021-03-22/la-sandalia-romana-de-esparto-mas-antigua-que-piso-hispania.html

Feature on the cathartic side of Greek tragedy:

https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-cathartic-technology-of-greek-tragedy-11616601743

On the ancient roots of souvlaki:

https://greekreporter.com/2021/03/23/ancient-roots-greek-souvlaki-worlds-first-fast-food/

Latest opEd on the Parthenon Marbles:

https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/ct-nbs-column-parthenon-marbles-tl-0325-20210322-trowrt43greozo22c4ig6mutea-story.html

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Roman Archaeology Blog:

http://romanarc.blogspot.com/

Rogueclassicism:

http://rogueclassicism.com/ ================================================================
EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland) ================================================================
A new study suggests the Shigir Idol is apparently older than previously thought:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/22/science/archaeology-shigir-idol-.html https://news.artnet.com/art-world/shigir-idol-new-research-1953647 https://www.sciencealert.com/the-world-s-oldest-known-wooden-statue-is-even-older-than-we-thought
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/earliest-surviving-wood-sculpture-even-older-previously-thought-180977320/

cf: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1040618220306455

Evidence of a Mesolithic human presence at the Threave Estate in Dumfries and Galloway:

https://www.gallowaygazette.co.uk/news/environment/amateur-archaeologists-shine-a-light-on-thousands-of-years-of-dumfries-and-galloways-history-3175996

Not sure how this relates to the previous item, but it's a major 6000 years bp 'ceremonial site' also from D&G:

https://www.scotsman.com/heritage-and-retro/heritage/massive-ancient-ceremonial-site-on-par-with-salisbury-plain-discovered-in-scotland-3180278

Burrowing rabbits helped reveal some 9000 years bp prehistoric fins on Skokholm Island:

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/mar/25/welsh-rabbits-serve-up-prehistoric-finds-on-tiny-skokholm-island
http://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/550/reader/reader.html?social#!preferred/0/package/550/pub/550/page/49/article/156537
https://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/burrowing-rabbits-dig-up-9-000-year-old-artifacts-on-welsh-island-1.5364692
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/prehistoric-tools-uncovered-wales-bunnies-180977350/

Plenty of artifacts emerging from 7000 years bp 'ritual pits' in Bulgaria:

http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2021/03/20/120-rituals-pits-in-7000-years-old-pit-field-found-in-northeast-bulgaria-prehistoric-bull-figurines-remarkable/

A 7000 years bp pottery slab with 'proto-writing' from Bulgaria:

http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2021/03/24/yet-another-7000-year-old-slab-with-likely-proto-writing-found-in-bulgaria-in-transitional-stone-to-copper-age-settlement/

Remains of a major 5000 years bp burial ground in Poland:

https://www.livescience.com/ancient-cemetery-fortress-discovered-poland.html

Evidence that Bronze Age miners working in Austria had 'pre processed' food delivered to them:

https://phys.org/news/2021-03-bronze-age-sites-deliveries-pre-processed.html https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-03/p-bam031721.php https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/.premium-bronze-age-miners-in-the-alps-imported-pre-processed-foods-1.9651055
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/03/bronze-age-mining-sites-received.html
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9556-210326-alps-mining-grains

A Roman-period pottery production centre from Poland:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/03/discovered-polands-largest-pottery-production-centre-from-roman-period/138225

Some Merovingian-era burials from Uppsala included feather-filled 'bedding' for the deceased:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-03/nuos-wdb032521.php https://phys.org/news/2021-03-warriors-bedding-ease-journey-realm.html https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/03/210325115407.htm https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/27/europe/feather-bedding-sweden-ancient-intl-scli-scn/index.html
https://www.wral.com/iron-age-warriors-were-buried-with-luxury-feather-bedding/19597404/
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/03/warriors-down-bedding-could-ease.html
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/61038

cf: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352409X21000407

Human remains dating to 1500 years bp from a construction site in Co Wicklow:

https://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/human-remains-around-1500-years-23805948
https://www.thejournal.ie/ancient-human-remains-wicklow-5393615-Mar2021/ https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/1-500-year-old-skeleton-discovered-in-co-wicklow-dig-1.4522080

The River Hunters crew came across some Viking era finds on the River Ouse:

https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/people/presenters-discover-viking-and-medieval-artefacts-on-bed-of-river-ouse-in-york-while-filming-tv-show-river-hunters-3177708

A medieval silver 'snail man' artifact found last year is thought to have been some sort of ancient joke/meme:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-56489787 https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/mar/22/snail-man-relic-ancient-joke-british-museum
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/silver-snail-found-in-a-field-is-medieval-meme-says-british-museum-bzl72k2kd
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/03/22/medieval-meme-revealed-british-museem-snail-man-image-found/
http://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/546/reader/reader.html?social#!preferred/0/package/546/pub/546/page/46/article/154525
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/700-year-old-snail-man-ornament-was-part-medieval-meme-180977311/

Remains of a medieval nunnery (and more) from excavations at Jesus College:

https://www.varsity.co.uk/news/21127 https://thetab.com/uk/cambridge/2021/03/24/archaeologists-uncover-structure-from-medieval-nunnery-at-jesus-college-149494
https://www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/news/archaeologists-unearth-medieval-structure-of-nunnery-that-pr-9191927/

A hidden crypt with human remains beneath a convent in Malaga:

https://www.euroweeklynews.com/2021/03/28/hidden-crypt-uncovered-underneath-convent-casares-malaga/

Evidence that medieval Jews in Britain kept kosher:

https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/did-medieval-jews-observe-kashrut-663401 https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/299277 https://www.jns.org/archaeologists-discover-first-evidence-that-medieval-jews-in-britain-kept-kosher/
https://www.clevelandjewishnews.com/jns/archaeologists-discover-first-evidence-that-medieval-jews-in-britain-kept-kosher/article_c38beb49-a12a-5972-b64f-c0e26f18d6ae.html

Plans to investigate the St Mary le Port site in Bristol prior to redevelopment:

https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/archaelogists-investigate-derelict-buildings-castle-4962376

Funding to conserve some Bronze Age boats found at Must Farm a decade ago:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-56491304

More on the remains of a bishop's palace being found in Somerset:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-somerset-56373242 http://www.archaeology.org/news/9537-210322-medieval-bishop-palace

More on Stonehenge possibly originating in Wales:

http://www.sci-news.com/archaeology/waun-mawn-09484.html

Assorted features marking various aspects of the bicentennial of the Greek War of Independence:

https://greekreporter.com/2021/03/23/greeks-revolted-123-times-before-the-war-of-independence/
https://www.ekathimerini.com/opinion/1157742/1821-the-war-of-independence-and-the-freedom-of-the-greeks/
https://hellenicnews.com/forerunner-of-1821-war-of-independence/ https://hellenicnews.com/that-greece-might-be-free-thoughts-on-the-bicentenary-of-the-revolution-of-1821/
https://greekreporter.com/2021/03/26/greek-revolution-1821-documentary-greece/ https://www.thenationalherald.com/archive_guest_columnists/arthro/the_greek_revolution_of_1821-2070224/
https://www.arabnews.com/node/1831267 https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2103/S00082/celebrating-200-years-of-greek-independence.htm
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/europe/2021-03/23/c_139828056.htm

... related loans from France:

http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/europe/2021-03/23/c_139828097.htm

Concerns over 'metal detecting holes' at the Magna Carta site:

https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey-news/national-trust-concerned-100-metal-20269426

Feature/hype for some Neolithic 'rock art stone balls' from Scotland:

https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/19174920.mystery-scotlands-ancient-rock-art-stone-balls-set-unveiled/

Feature on Viking clothing:

https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/what-real-vikings-wore-according-to-archaeologists

Feature on mudlarking:

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/644059/how-london-mudlarks-unearth-thames-treasures

In case you were wondering what a LEGO version of the Sutton Hoo helmet would look like:

http://www.irishnews.com/magazine/daily/2021/03/26/news/father-and-daughter-build-lego-replica-of-sutton-hoo-helmet-2268822/
https://inews.co.uk/light-relief/offbeat/father-and-daughter-build-sutton-hoo-helmet-entirely-from-lego-pieces-931558
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Archaeology in Europe News:

http://archaeology-in-europe.blogspot.com/

Medievalists.net:

https://www.medievalists.net/category/news/

Viking Archaeology Blog:

http://viking-archaeology-blog.blogspot.com/

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Evidence of 3000 years bp 'fruit wine' from Shaanxi:

http://www.ecns.cn/news/2021-03-22/detail-ihaitayy1354140.shtml

More on the finds from Sanxingdui:

https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3126676/sanxingdui-researchers-say-newly-found-sites-china-date-back-far
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/asiapacific/2021-03/26/c_139838562.htm http://en.people.cn/n3/2021/0327/c90000-9833195.html https://news.cgtn.com/news/2021-03-23/Archaeologists-unearth-more-gold-jade-ivory-relics-at-Sanxingdui-YRdtXxIg6Y/index.html
https://www.archaeology.org/news/9539-210323-china-sanxingdui-pits

... some with a major focus this week on a 3000 years bp gold mask:

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-56492881 https://www.cnn.com/style/article/sanxingdui-gold-mask-intl-hnk/index.html https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/3000-year-old-mask-found-in-china-sheds-light-on-mysterious-civilization-662932
https://english.aawsat.com/home/article/2878476/archaeologists-find-3000-year-old-gold-mask-sichuan
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-uncover-3000-year-old-chinese-artifacts-180977294/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9539-210323-china-sanxingdui-pits

... and the nutty alien theory is is being used to support now:

https://www.scmp.com/culture/article/3126720/historical-discovery-revives-wild-theories-alien-civilisation-ancient-china

... and how archaeologists do their work there:

https://news.cgtn.com/news/2021-03-21/How-do-archaeologists-record-locations-of-relics-found-at-Sanxingdui--YOGb0ess3m/index.html

... and the dating:

https://news.cgtn.com/news/2021-03-23/Sanxingdui-s-No-4-pit-could-be-3200-years-old-YRwIfA7yzm/index.html

More on that Spring and Autumn period 'facial cream' from Shaanxi:

https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/article/3126208/chinese-scientists-discover-skin-whitening-cream-man-2700-years

Hong Kong officials are reviewing the historical status of a number of buildings:

https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3126283/they-deserve-another-look-hong-kong-heritage-officials

Plans for a resort near the Angkor temples were turned down:

https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Companies/Cambodia-rejects-Naga-s-plan-for-resort-near-Angkor-temples

Indus Valley Civilization date (maybe? could be Chalcolithic) for some 'terracotta cakes' from Kothakonda:

https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/in-other-news/280321/terracotta-cakes-found-on-kothakonda-hillock.html

3700-3200 BCE 'potholes' and later artifacts from Neelakantapuram:

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/pre-historic-postholes-found-at-neelakantapuram/article34126228.ece

Possible 7th-12 century CE petroglyphs from Andhra Pradesh:

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/visakhapatnam/ancient-rock-carvings-discovered-in-skulam/articleshow/81727558.cms

A 'centuries old' Vishnu idol from Karnataka:

https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/centuriesold-vishnu-idol-unearthed/2054019

Evidence of 16th century quarries from Srisailam:

https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/in-other-news/240321/16th-century-quarries-found-in-srisailam.html
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/ancient-quarries-of-srisailam-temple-found/article34164932.ece

A 400 years bp stone inscription from Madurai:

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/madurai/stone-inscription-from-nayak-period-found/articleshow/81728982.cms
https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Madurai/nayak-period-inscription-found/article34144159.ece

The ASI completed restoration of a 400 years bp St Xavier silver casket:

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/asi-completes-restoration-of-400-year-old-silver-casket-of-st-xavier/articleshow/81621717.cms

Feature on Mohenjo Daro

For reasons unknown, the Guam government isn't revealing details about some ancient burials:

https://www.guampdn.com/story/news/local/2021/03/21/camp-blaz-ancient-burial-sites-marine-corps-base/6949429002/

Latest 'apology' sort of thing from Rio Tinto:

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/mar/23/rio-tinto-pledges-to-protect-cultural-heritage-after-juukan-gorge-disaster
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Interesting study/redating of coppersmithing in the 'Old Copper Culture' of the Great Lakes region:

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2021/03/ancient-native-americans-were-among-world-s-first-coppersmiths
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9536-210322-old-copper-culture

A possible Colville nation site from a vacation property in Washington:

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/national/article250196850.html

A study of 13th century moccasins is shedding light on how the Dene language may have spread:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/dene-migration-moccasin-1.5957499

Remains of a 600 years bp canoe from Cape Porpoise (Maine):

https://www.newscentermaine.com/video/news/archaeologists-unearth-canoe-estimated-to-be-over-600-years-old-at-cape-porpoise/97-39e0fbf4-8de7-43be-a45d-83a74c58b11f

Evidence of Marylands earliest English settlement after a 90 year search (!):

https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2021/03/22/maryland-colonial-site-discovered/
https://www.wbaltv.com/article/beginnings-of-maryland-found-in-st-marys-county-archeologists/35938562
https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/archaeologists-unearth-remains-387-year-old-colonial-fort-maryland-rcna515
https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/photos-archaeologists-uncover-lost-colonial-fort-in-maryland/2621230/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/researchers-finally-discover-remains-st-marys-fort-180977310/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/9538-210323-maryland-colonial-fort

... while the bomb squad had to detonate a Civil War era cannonball found in Frederick County, Maryland:

https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/28/us/maryland-cannonball-civil-war-detonate-trnd/index.html

A probable burial ground of enslaved people from the John Dickinson Plantation in Delaware:

https://news.delaware.gov/2021/03/23/burial-ground-identified-at-john-dickinson-plantation/
https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/archaeologists-discover-area-of-delaware-plantation-where-slaves-were-likely-buried/2753413/
https://www.wdel.com/news/archaeologists-discover-area-of-dover-plantation-where-slaves-were-likely-buried/article_7fcceee2-8cb8-11eb-b472-ef2dcd9a120c.html

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