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explorator 23.52 April 18, 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, Doug Weller,
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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Neanderthal footprints from a beach in Spain:

https://phys.org/news/2021-04-neanderthal-footprints-ancient-iberian-shoreline.html
https://www.livescience.com/neanderthal-footprints-children-playing-on-beach.html
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9634-210414-spain-neanderthal-footprints

cf: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-83413-8

Study determines some home erectus remains found at East Turkana in 1974 are 2 million years sp:

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/04/210413121007.htm https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-04/amon-sca041321.php https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/04/study-cements-age-and-location-of-hotly.html
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/04/14/study-cements-age-and-location-of-skull-from-early-human-homo-erectus/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/9636-210415-homo-erectus-fossils

Another study suggests the modern human brain originated some 1.7 million years bp in Africa:

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/ancient-humans-brain-apelike-modern-africa-evolution
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/dmanisi-hominins-brain-shape https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/04/12/modern-human-brain-originated-in-africa-around-1-7-million-years-ago/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9629-210413-homo-brain-organization

Remains of a cannibalized homo antecessor from a cave in Spain have been identified as belonging to a young girl:

https://www.livescience.com/girl-gran-dolina-cannibalized.html

cf: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33707343/

How finds from West Africa are affecting theories of human evolution:

https://theconversation.com/archaeology-in-west-africa-could-rewrite-the-textbooks-on-human-evolution-157610
https://allafrica.com/stories/202104120381.html

A feature of human evolution is apparently the development of 'hyper-cooling capacity':

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/04/210414100144.htm https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/04/the-chillest-ape-how-humans-evolved.html

Another study suggesting evidence from Bacho Kiro Cave (Bulgaria) of sapiens/Neanderthal 'mixing':

http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2021/04/14/earliest-dispersal-of-modern-humans-in-eurasias-mid-latitudes-regular-mixing-with-neanderthals-revealed-by-46000-year-old-remains-from-bulgarias-bacho-kiro-cave/

More on the role of 'water efficiency' in human evolution:

http://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/568/reader/reader.html?social#!preferred/0/package/568/pub/568/page/57/article/161934

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AFRICA
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Evidence for 'honey hunting' in West Africa some 3500 years bp:

http://www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2021/april/prehistoric-honey-harvesting.html https://phys.org/news/2021-04-ancient-pottery-reveals-evidence-honey.html https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-04/uob-apr041321.php https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-04/guf-3yh041521.php https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/04/210414100131.htm http://www.sci-news.com/archaeology/nok-people-honey-09558.html https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/04/ancient-pottery-reveals-first-evidence.html
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/04/15/first-evidence-for-honey-hunting-in-prehistoric-west-africa/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9637-210415-nigeria-honey-hunting

Not sure where to put this item on the earliest (Mesolithic) use of projectile points coming from South Africa:

https://news.asu.edu/20210412-new-research-suggests-projectile-weapons-were-used-regularly-during-middle-stone-age

Restoration/conservation work is going on in Tripoli's Old City:

https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20210415-libyan-capital-s-neglected-old-city-gets-facelift
https://thearabweekly.com/tripolis-old-city-gets-facelift-country-seeks-recovery
https://www.thenationalnews.com/mena/roman-marcus-aurelius-arch-in-tripoli-amongst-restoration-work-in-pictures-1.1205308

Feature on Mansa Musa:

https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p09dcbl0/the-richest-person-who-ever-lived ================================================================
ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT ================================================================

A mid-18th century shipwreck off Saadana Island in the Red Sea:

https://egyptindependent.com/photos-sunken-ship-bow-found-in-red-seas-saadana-island/
https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/100754/Bow-of-sunken-18th-century-ship-found-in-Egypt%E2%80%99s-Red
https://dailynewsegypt.com/2021/04/12/egypt-discovers-mid-18th-century-shipwreck-by-saadana-island-in-red-sea/
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/04/egypt-discovers-mid-18th-century.html
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/04/12/shipwreck-discovered-by-saadana-island-in-the-red-sea/

... and why it might have sunk:

https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/100886/Possible-reason-behind-the-sinking-of-ancient-Red-Sea-ship
https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/100886/What-caused-the-shipwreck-of-Saadana-Island%E2%80%99s-recently-discovered-ship

More on the major 'lost golden city' find near Luxor (focus varies):

https://phys.org/news/2021-04-famed-egyptian-archaeologist-reveals-ancient.html https://theconversation.com/the-discovery-of-the-lost-city-of-the-dazzling-aten-will-offer-vital-clues-about-domestic-and-urban-life-in-ancient-egypt-158874
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-56686448 https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/100804/Secrets-of-Luxor%E2%80%99s-%E2%80%98Lost-Golden-City%E2%80%99-continue-to-dazzle-the
https://www.npr.org/2021/04/11/986203219/archeologists-may-have-unearthed-the-lost-golden-city-of-egypt
https://www.npr.org/transcripts/986203219 https://www.cnn.com/videos/style/2021/04/12/rise-of-aten-ancient-egyptian-city-lon-orig-ep.cnn
https://www.arabnews.com/node/1841401/middle-east http://www.sci-news.com/archaeology/aten-city-09547.html https://www.apollo-magazine.com/rise-of-aten-luxor-city-life-ancient-egypt/ https://www.salon.com/2021/04/15/an-ancient-egyptian-city-as-well-preserved-as-pompeii-has-been-unearthed/
https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/egyptian-lost-golden-city-uncovered-near-luxor/
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/lost-golden-city-luxor-discovered-archaeologists-egypt
https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/04/archaeologists-find-lost-golden-city-buried-under-sand-for-3400-years/
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/04/egypts-newly-found-ancient-city-to-take.html

... and a very detailed post (in German ... google translate handles it well):

https://blog.selket.de/aus-der-archaeologie/sensationaller-fund-auf-luxors-westbank-die-verlorene-stadt-der-aufstieg-atons

... and the relationship of the find to some digs back in the 1990s and 1930s:

http://www.archeo3d.net/?p=3909

More on plans for a parade just for Tut:

https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2021/04/egypt-plans-another-royal-parade-time-king-tuts-gold-mask#ixzz6sLDR6I55

On the ancient Egyptians' 'obsession' with cats:

https://www.livescience.com/ancient-egypt-cats.html https://www.natureworldnews.com/articles/45729/20210417/ancient-egyptians-were-obsessed-with-cats-heres-why.htm

Feature on the Ebers papyrus:

https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/100755/Egypt%E2%80%99s-Ebers-Papyrus-The-oldest-medical-document-in-history

Feature on Ahmed Kamal Pasha and his ancient Egyptian dictionary:

https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/32/1169/408961/Folk/Inspiring-Minds/Ahmed-Kamal-Pasha,-the-first-Egyptian-Egyptologist.aspx

Feature on Medinet Habu and the Colossi of Memnon:

https://www.thenationalnews.com/mena/medinet-habu-and-colossi-of-memnon-egyptian-archaeology-in-pictures-1.1202203

Egypt has big hopes for archaeotourism now:

https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/50/1202/409102/AlAhram-Weekly/Economy/Opportune-time-for-archaeotourism.aspx

... while Egypt and Italy are talking cooperation in tourism and archaeology:

https://dailynewsegypt.com/2021/04/13/egypt-italy-discuss-strengthening-cooperation-in-tourism-archaeology/

Feature on the origins of the 'pharaoh's curse' in popular culture:

https://www.thenationalnews.com/lifestyle/why-the-pharoah-s-curse-is-a-myth-how-a-1904-media-report-gave-rise-to-a-legend-1.1204491

Egypt has completed the restoration of the Sultan Qansuh Abu Said dome:

https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/100944/Egypt%E2%80%99s-Ministry-of-Tourism-and-Antiquities-announces-completion-of-restoration

In case you missed the 6000 years bp burial of a dog (among other things) from Saudi Arabia:

https://www.livescience.com/earliest-evidence-dog-domestication-arabian-peninsula.html
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-04/tfg-aue040821.php https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/.premium-a-prehistoric-saudi-arabian-loved-a-dog-6-000-years-ago-1.9701847
https://scitechdaily.com/archaeologists-uncover-evidence-from-monumental-tombs-of-domesticated-dogs-in-ancient-arabian-peninsula/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9626-210412-neolithic-tomb-dog

Feature on assorted recent finds from Saudi Arabia:

https://english.ahram.org.eg/News/409054.aspx

A 7 000 years bp 'troglodyte' (architectural) near Faridan (Iran):

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/459930/Discover-7-000-year-old-underground-troglodyte

An inscription associated with Sargon II from Qabaq Tappeh (Iran):

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/459813/Relic-attributed-to-Neo-Assyrian-king-discovered-in-western-Iran

A Canaanite inscription from Lachish dating to 3500 years bp is being touted as a 'missing link' in the history of alphabetic writing:

https://phys.org/news/2021-04-oldest-piece-israel-ancient-shard.html https://www.livescience.com/alphabet-missing-link-israel.html https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/3500-year-old-inscription-unearthed-in-lachish-oldest-in-israel-665288
https://www.timesofisrael.com/missing-link-in-alphabets-history-said-unearthed-in-israel-on-canaanite-sherd/
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/.premium-canaanite-inscription-found-in-israel-is-missing-link-in-alphabet-s-history-1.9712097
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/bronze-age-pottery-fragment-found-in-israel-spells-out-earliest-days-of-alphabet-nncmxthk2
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/ancient-abcs-the-alphabet-s-missing-link-discovered-in-israel
https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-think-they-ve-found-a-missing-link-in-the-history-of-the-alphabet-itself
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/pottery-shard-may-be-missing-link-alphabets-development-180977527/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/04/archaeologists-find-alphabets-missing-link/138688

cf: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antiquity/article/early-alphabetic-writing-in-the-ancient-near-east-the-missing-link-from-tel-lachish/C73F769B7CF3A7E4E2607958A096B7D8

Byzantine burials from a site near the St Hilarion Monastery:

https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2021/04/new-archaeological-discovery-st-hilarion-monastery

An interview with the folks digging at Auga el-Foqa:

https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/excavating-auja-el-foqa/?mqsc=E4129719&dk=ZE1140ZF0

Feature on the dig at Abel Beth Maacha:

https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/digging-abel-beth-maacah/

Feature on 'excessive and deviant consumption' in the Hebrew Bible:

https://www.asor.org/anetoday/2021/04/consumption-hebrew-bible/

More on the crosses on the walls of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre:

https://aleteia.org/2021/04/12/mystery-of-crosses-on-walls-church-of-the-holy-sepulchre-may-have-been-solved/

... and a feature on Franciscan models of the structure:

https://aleteia.org/2021/04/16/franciscans-made-wooden-models-of-the-church-of-the-holy-sepulchre/

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This Week in the Ancient Near East Podcast:

https://thisweekintheancientneareast.podbean.com/

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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS) ================================================================
A very unique Roman villa/structure from outside Scarborough:

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/apr/14/roman-site-scarborough-first-kind-in-uk
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-56745840 https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/scarborough-roman-villa-remains-excavation-b1831771.html
http://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/571/reader/reader.html?social#!preferred/0/package/571/pub/571/page/35/article/163391
https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/heritage-and-retro/heritage/remains-of-high-status-roman-villa-and-bath-house-never-seen-before-in-britain-discovered-beneath-building-site-in-scarborough-3200186
https://mymodernmet.com/roman-villa-yorkshire/ http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/europe/2021-04/16/c_139883450.htm https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/04/roman-stately-home-unearthed-in.html
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/roman-ruins-yorkshire-may-be-first-their-kind-180977514/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/9638-210415-england-roman-villa

... and damage has already been caused there by 'vandals':

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-56771727 https://www.gazetteherald.co.uk/news/19237385.damage-caused-roman-archaeological-site-near-scarborough/
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/first-ever-ancient-roman-complex-discovered-in-britain-broken-into-665339
https://yorkmix.com/vandals-damage-site-of-major-roman-discovery-in-scarborough-hours-after-the-fantastic-find-was-revealed/
https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/19237675.police-investigate-damage-roman-archaeological-site/

Assorted finds from various periods at a metro station construction site in Kabatas:

https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/historical-artifacts-found-in-kabatas-163859

Latest finds from Salamis:

https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/04/16/results-of-the-underwater-excavations-off-salamina-in-2020/
https://greekreporter.com/2021/04/13/ancient-salamis-reveals-more-long-lost-secrets/

Remains of a 6th century BCE Greek settlement from Belvedere Spinello (Italian):

https://www.ansa.it/sito/notizie/cultura/arte/2021/04/13/archeologiascoperto-insediamento-epoca-greca-nel-crotonese_13db3264-8956-4e55-8ac4-9233d5519df6.html
https://www.corrieredellacalabria.it/2021/04/13/un-antico-insediamento-di-epoca-greca-ritrovato-a-belvedere-spinello-foto/
https://calabria7.it/individuato-nel-crotonese-un-sito-di-epoca-greca-recuperati-numerosi-reperti/
https://wesud.it/belvedere-spinello-kr-scoperti-reperti-archeologici-di-epoca-greca/

A 2500 years bp Rhaetian 'restaurant' find from Arco (Italian):

https://www.ladige.it/territori/riva-arco/2021/04/11/si-scava-all-ex-villa-san-pietro-e-spunta-un-ristorante-retico-di-2500-anni-fa-1.2885387

Remains of a Roman wall, possibly associated with an amphitheatre during factory renovations at Atripalda on the via Appia (all coverage in Italian):

https://www.atripaldanews.it/2021/04/12/ritrovamento-archeologico-in-via-appia-noi-atripalda-interroga-il-sindaco-e-la-soprintendenza/
https://www.irpiniaoggi.it/attualita-in-irpinia/attualita-attualita-in-irpinia/atripalda-che-scoperta-rinvenuti-setti-murari-di-epoca-romana-durante-lavori-a-impianto-di-carburanti/
https://www.irpinianews.it/atripalda-emerse-le-mura-dellantica-abellinum-sotto-un-impianto-di-carburanti/
https://www.itvonline.news/2021/04/12/un-muro-depoca-romana-emerso-durante-lavori-ad-atripalda/
https://www.orticalab.it/Atripalda-alla-luce-strutture-murarie https://www.nuovairpinia.it/2021/04/14/mura-romane-di-abellinum-antica-scoperte-ad-atripalda/

A 2nd century CE necropolis from Messina (all coverage in Italian):

https://www.agi.it/cultura/news/2021-04-16/messina-scavi-scoperta-necropoli-ellenistico-romana-12186095/
http://www.messinaora.it/notizia/2021/04/15/archeologia-scoperta-a-messina-una-necropoli-del-ii-sec-a-c/146455
https://metropolitanmagazine.it/ritrovata-una-necropoli-a-messina/

A 1st/2nd century CE Roman necropolis outside Sevilla:

https://murciatoday.com/archaeologists_locate_240_unexcavated_tombs_at_the_roman_necropolis_of_carmona_in_seville_1584199-a.html

Evidence of a possible Roman villa site near Caltanisseta (Italian):

https://www.lasicilia.it/news/cultura/407402/vallelunga-pratameno-scoperta-archeologica-nel-cantiere-di-rfi-c-e-un-alta-villa-romana.html
https://www.ilfattonisseno.it/2021/04/archeologia-scoperto-insediamento-romano-nel-nisseno/
https://catania.liveuniversity.it/2021/04/15/sicilia-scoperta-villa-romana-palermo-catania/

40 'jar burials' from a necropolis in Corsica dating from the 3rd to 6th centuries CE:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-9471183/City-dead-home-40-skeletons-buried-giant-jars-1-700-years-ago-Corsica.html
https://www.rfi.fr/en/france/20210410-necropolis-found-in-corsica-offers-rare-glimpse-into-lives-of-ancient-population-france-tunisia-ile-rousse-archaeology
https://www.sciencetimes.com/articles/30636/20210413/archaeologist-skeletal-remains-jars.htm
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/04/1700-year-old-necropolis-discovered-in.html
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-unearth-1000-year-old-skeletons-buried-in-jars-180977508/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/9631-210413-corsica-necropolis-amphorae

A 4th century CE (maybe) 'safe' from a Roman villa site in Mitreo (Spain):

https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/04/remains-of-wooden-safe-excavated-from.html

Evidence of emerald production in Roman Egypt:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-04/uocp-ner041421.php https://phys.org/news/2021-04-evidence-emerald-production-roman-egypt.html https://www.dw.com/en/ruins-gods-and-cats-romes-area-sacra-to-be-renovated/a-57209872
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/roman-site-of-julius-caesars-death-opens-to-tourists-8w0ntkdhn
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/04/new-evidence-regarding-emerald.html

Bulgari will be funding the restoration of the Largo di Torre Argentina:

https://www.wantedinrome.com/news/rome-to-open-largo-argentina-site-to-visitors-thanks-to-bulgari.html
https://www.dw.com/en/ruins-gods-and-cats-romes-area-sacra-to-be-renovated/a-57209872
https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20210414-from-cat-haven-to-tourist-hotspot-rome-to-open-area-sacra-archaeological-site

Plans for a 'tourist trail' linking theatres in Epirus:

https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/04/unearthing-little-known-ancient.html
https://www.euronews.com/2021/04/12/unearthing-the-little-known-ancient-theatres-of-greece-s-epirus-region

More on that bull figurine from Olympia:

https://www.columbiamissourian.com/news/nation_world/ancient-bronze-figurine-of-bull-uncovered-in-southern-greece/article_85256eed-f409-5ef9-b62d-6198691fd968.html

Review of Liv Albert, *Greek Mythology*:

https://www.memphisflyer.com/liv-alberts-greek-mythology-adds-a-new-spin-to-old-tales

Review of Robin Lane Fox, *Invention of Medicine*:

https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/the-invention-of-medicine-robin-lane-fox-review-alastair-blanshard/

Review of Wheatley and Dunn, *Demetrius the Besieger*:

https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/demetrius-the-besieger-pat-wheatley-charlotte-dunn-review-james-romm/

Review of Csapo and Wilson, *A Social and Economic History of the Theatre*:

https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/a-social-and-economic-history-of-the-theatre-to-300-bc/

Review of Bayliss, *The Spartans*:

https://www.strategypage.com/bookreviews/2169

Review of Stothard, *The Last Assassin*:

https://www.nationalreview.com/magazine/2021/05/03/the-bloody-fate-of-julius-caesars-killers/

Review of Kanigel, *Hearing Homer's Song*:

https://theamericanscholar.org/swimming-the-river-of-song/

Reviewish of a book on Christian archaeology in Malta:

https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/book-on-christian-archaeology-in-malta.864255

An interview with the new director at Pompeii, Gabriel Zuchtriegel:

http://www.theartnewspaper.com/interview/pompeii-s-new-director-gabriel-zuchtriegel-public-archaeology

Interview with Marc Domingo Gygax about his *Benefactors and the Polis* book:

https://humanities.princeton.edu/2021/04/13/faculty-author-qa-benefactors-and-the-polis-by-marc-domingo-gygax/

Madeline Miller was talking about Greek mythology:

https://www.unl.edu/classics/miller-joins-women-classical-mythology-course-zoom

Athena Kirk has written a book about ancient Greek lists:

https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2021/04/athena-kirk-explores-ancient-greek-lists-new-book-0

What Richard Talbert is up to:

https://whitmanwire.com/arts/2021/04/15/professor-richard-talbert-explores-conceptions-of-time-in-edward-f-arnold-visiting-professor-lecture/

Feature/lecture on the history of the symposium:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/12/dining/greek-wine-drinking-lecture.html

Feature on Epona (in a Roman context):

https://www.themarysue.com/epona-celtic-goddess-of-horses/

Feature on the Sacred Band of Thebes:

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/04/19/ancient-greeces-army-of-lovers

On Odysseus as the 'first Western man':

https://merionwest.com/2021/04/16/odysseus-the-first-western-man/

On the fall of the Roman empire as a precursor to modernity:

https://aeon.co/essays/how-the-fall-of-the-roman-empire-paved-the-road-to-modernity

On the identification of the 'Queen's Megaron' at Knossos:

https://neoskosmos.com/en/195077/escaping-the-queens-megaron-studying-sex-and-gender-in-the-ancient-world/

On Aristotle and America's 'decline':

https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3129253/did-aristotle-predict-americas-decline

On lessons from ancient Greece regarding 'risk':

https://greekreporter.com/2021/04/17/ancient-greek-approach-risk-lessons-offer-modern-world/

Feature on Philo of Alexandria:

https://mosaicmagazine.com/picks/religion-holidays/2021/04/philo-of-alexandria-sought-to-combine-greek-thought-with-sacred-scripture/

Feature on Greek polychromy:

https://greekreporter.com/2021/04/14/ancient-greek-masterpieces-were-painted-in-dazzling-colors/

Feature on Greek myth:

https://www.thenationalherald.com/culture_arts_literature/arthro/greek_mythology_continues_to_inspire_and_entertain-2191744/

Feature on Roman emperors who 'tried to destroy Christianity':

https://www.ncregister.com/blog/11-roman-persecutors

Feature on cities 'founded' by Alexander:

https://greekreporter.com/2021/04/12/cities-around-the-globe-founded-alexander-the-great/

Feature on the submerged ancient bridge of Itea:

https://greekreporter.com/2021/04/11/greece-unknown-submerged-ancient-bridge/

On Hellenistic philosophy and pandemics:

https://elpais.com/icon/cultura/2021-04-06/polis-de-balcon-estoicos-negacionistas-escepticos-lo-que-la-filosofia-helenistica-puede-ensenarnos-sobre-esta-pandemia.html

Lessons from ancient Rome on the dangers of luxury:

https://bigthink.com/technology-innovation/lessons-roman-empire-danger-luxury

Latest on the threat to Classics at UVM:

https://vtcynic.com/news/an-academic-persecution-the-death-of-classics-at-uvm/

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Roman Archaeology Blog:

http://romanarc.blogspot.com/

Rogueclassicism:

http://rogueclassicism.com/ ================================================================
EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland) ================================================================
Study supports previous suggestions that a sexual division of labour in Europe existed/emerged at the beginning of the Neolithic:

https://phys.org/news/2021-04-evidence-sexual-division-labor-farming.html https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-04/p-nes040721.php https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-04/uoy-ggs041321.php https://www.sciencefocus.com/news/womens-skilled-manual-work-was-a-crucial-part-of-ancient-farming-societies/
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/04/new-evidence-suggests-sexual-division.html
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/04/grave-goods-show-gendered-roles-for-neolithic-farmers/138691
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/04/15/sexual-division-of-labor-as-farming-arose-in-europe/

Remains of a Bronze Age (maybe) tomb from the Dingle Peninsula:

https://www.rte.ie/news/2021/0416/1210287-tombs-kerry-dingle-peninsula/ https://www.irishcentral.com/news/farmer-discovers-ancient-bronze-age-tomb-dingle-peninsula
https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster/arid-40268186.html

Bronze Age finds from a housing development site in Boxley:

https://www.hampshirechronicle.co.uk/news/19238903.bronze-age-treasures-discovered-hampshire-housing-development/

An Iron Age site found next to Norton Disney's Roman villa:

https://www.newarkadvertiser.co.uk/news/items-from-iron-age-discovered-at-site-of-roman-villa-9195792/
https://thelincolnite.co.uk/2021/04/norton-disney-archaeology-group-discover-treasures-on-controversial-site/

Remains of a Pictish 'power centre' near a hillfort site in Dunkeld:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-56719180 https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/lifestyle/2132395/secrets-of-kings-seat/

A 300 metre long 'wooden passage' from Pliska dating to the First Bulgarian Empire:

http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2021/04/15/300-meter-long-wooden-passage-between-inner-city-citadel-gates-discovered-in-capital-of-first-bulgarian-empire-pliska/

... and of a similar age are the latest finds from the Debnevo Fortress near Troyan:

http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2021/04/13/ancient-bulgar-strap-decorations-dugouts-from-medieval-bulgarian-empire-found-in-debnevo-fortress-near-troyan/

Plenty of items of interest from a 12th century necropolis near Radnevo (Bulgaria):

http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2021/04/11/wooden-coffin-burials-glass-jewels-discovered-in-vast-medieval-necropolis-near-bulgarias-radnevo/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9635-210415-bulgaria-medieval-cemetery

A medieval tile from a dig in Boxley:

https://www.inyourarea.co.uk/news/volunteer-finds-rare-medieval-tile-at-boxley-dig-site-near-maidstone/

Evidence that Muslim cuisine persisted after the Catholic conquest of Granada:

https://phys.org/news/2021-04-archaeology-persistence-muslim-cuisine-catholic.html

Recent metaldectorist finds from Wales have been declared treasure:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/metal-detectorists-have-unearthed-nine-treasures-wales-1-180977475/

Mapping the Hanseatic League:

https://phys.org/news/2021-04-revealing-routes-hanseatic-era-online.html https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-04/uog-rtr041421.php

Not sure of the date of the gold coins and bars found in a building slated for renovations in Morez (France):

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/apr/16/french-officials-perplexed-gold-bars-and-coins-found-stashed-old-house

Plans to excavate sites associated with the Battle of Weymouth:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-dorset-56770350

Plans for a dig at Tempsford prior to road construction:

https://www.biggleswadetoday.co.uk/news/people/archaeological-dig-at-tempsford-approved-ahead-of-potential-major-road-project-3197379

Latest argument that king Arthur was a Scot:

https://www.thenational.scot/news/19225682.new-research-backs-findings-king-arthur-scot/

More on that purported 4000 years bp '3d map:

http://www.sci-news.com/archaeology/saint-belec-stone-slab-map-09553.html https://hyperallergic.com/636991/4000-year-old-3d-map-of-france/

More on the 4000+ years bp bones and pottery from a site in Guernsey:

https://jerseyeveningpost.com/news/2021/04/11/ancient-bones-found-in-guernsey-could-be-from-four-individuals/

More on that 1800 years bp pottery production site in Poland:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-9463293/Massive-Roman-era-site-used-barbarians-1-800-years-ago-make-pottery-Poland.html

More on ancient cave painters and hallucinations:

https://www.livescience.com/upper-paleolithic-cave-art-oxygen-hallucinations.html
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/israeli-archaeologists-crack-mystery-of-cave-paintings-done-in-the-dark-1.9686181
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/cave-paintings-study-oxygen-deprivation-1234589412/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9630-210413-cave-painting-hypoxia

More on medieval Jews in England keeping kosher:

https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/800-year-old-toilet-reveals-british-jews-ate-herring-chicken-no-pig-665039
https://www.jta.org/quick-reads/earliest-evidence-of-kosher-diet-in-uk-found-in-800-year-old-animal-bones-from-oxford

On the legacy of the Knights Templar in Cyprus:

https://news.yahoo.com/knights-templar-legacy-lives-cyprus-063224284.html

Feature on St George's Chapel:

https://www.dw.com/en/st-georges-chapel-prince-philips-final-resting-place/a-57226853

Feature on dogs in Medieval Europe:

https://daily.jstor.org/the-hardworking-dogs-of-medieval-europe/

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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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ASIA AND THE SOUTH PACIFIC ================================================================
12 000 years bp human remains from a site in Guangdong:

https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202104/1220927.shtml

80+ bronze mirrors from 2000 years bp burials from the Xixian New Area in Shaanxi:

http://www.china.org.cn/china/2021-04/14/content_77406859.htm https://news.cgtn.com/news/2021-04-15/Over-2-000-year-old-bronze-mirrors-unearthed-at-cemetery-in-NW-China-ZtoVUlNwuQ/index.html
http://en.people.cn/n3/2021/0415/c90000-9839472.html http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/61166 http://www.archaeology.org/news/9639-210416-china-bronze-mirrors

Latest find from the Sanxingdui Ruins site is a unique bronze statue:

https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202104/1220995.shtml

I thought China had already come out with their top 10 finds from 2020:

http://www.ecns.cn/news/culture/2021-04-13/detail-ihakiuvi4580647.shtml http://epaper.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202104/14/WS60762d69a31099a2343555e9.html http://epaper.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202104/14/WS607632a3a31099a234355627.html https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202104/1220958.shtml https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202104/1221076.shtml

... and most are from Henan:

http://www.china.org.cn/arts/2021-04/15/content_77407818.htm

Feature on finds from the Zhaoguodong site which made the above lists:

https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202104/1221279.shtml

165 Han/Eastern Zhou burials from a site in Shandong:

http://www.ecns.cn/news/2021-04-12/detail-ihakiuvi4580461.shtml https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/04/165-ancient-tombs-found-in-east-china.html

More on similarities between Mayan and Sanxingdui relics:

http://epaper.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202104/12/WS60738a63a31099a234355541.html https://www.bignewsnetwork.com/news/268638426/feature-sanxingdui-and-mayan-cultures-similar-across-time-and-space

More on the human remains found at a military base in Guam:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/apr/17/ancient-human-remains-found-at-site-of-new-us-military-base-in-guam-prompts-investigation

Feature on the cave paintings from Sulawesi:

https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/what-the-oldest-known-cave-painting-reveals-about-early-humans-and-what-it

More on the purpose of the jars from Laos:


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