===============================================================
explorator 24.10 June 27, 2021
===============================================================
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, Magnus Fiskesjö,
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 skull found in China back in the 1930s that was previously classified as homo heidelbergensis is now being touted as a new species: homo longi:

https://www.livescience.com/dragon-man-human-species.html https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/06/210625120419.htm https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/25/science/dragon-man-skull-china.html https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/jun/25/massive-human-head-in-chinese-well-forces-scientists-to-rethink-evolution
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-57432104 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-9725059/Archaeology-Dragon-Man-150-000-years-ago-replace-Neanderthals-closest-relative.html
http://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/641/reader/reader.html?social#!preferred/0/package/641/pub/641/page/36/article/187880
https://theconversation.com/homo-longi-extinct-human-species-that-may-replace-neanderthals-as-our-closest-relatives-found-in-china-163328
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/146000-year-old-fossil-dubbed-dragon-man-might-be-one-our-closest-relatives-180978062/

... while Israel is also claiming a new species find being dubbed the 'nesher ramla homo':

https://phys.org/news/2021-06-nesher-ramla-homo-fossil-discovery.html https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-06/tu-ant062321.php https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-06/bu-nfd062221.php https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/06/210624141540.htm https://www.livescience.com/unknown-human-ancestor-israel.html https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/jun/24/fossilised-bones-found-in-israel-could-belong-to-extinct-humans
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-57586315 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-9722109/Archaeology-Nesher-Ramla-Homo-new-type-ancient-human-discovered-Israel.html
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/new-prehistoric-human-unknown-to-science-discovered-in-israel-671949
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/MAGAZINE-new-type-of-ancient-human-discovered-in-israel-homo-nesher-ramla-1.9935799
https://elpais.com/ciencia/2021-06-24/hallado-en-israel-un-misterioso-grupo-humano-que-pudo-originar-a-los-neandertales.html
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/meet-nesher-ramla-early-human-discovered-an-israeli-cement-site-2021-06-24/
https://inews.co.uk/news/science/archaeologists-discover-new-early-human-israel-middle-east-1069872
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2021/06/25/new-early-human-found-israel-fossil-site-neanderthal-ancestor/5343087001/
https://www.stuff.co.nz/science/300342090/archaeologists-in-israel-discover-evidence-of-new-species-of-human
https://www.livescience.com/unknown-human-ancestor-israel.html https://science.sciencemag.org/content/372/6549/1424.full https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-have-found-hints-of-a-previously-unknown-type-of-ancient-human
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/06/a-new-type-of-homo-unknown-to-science.html?m=1
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/06/25/new-fossil-discovery-from-israel-points-to-complicated-evolutionary-process/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9809-210625-israel-nesher-ramla

... and this morning, apparently Israeli archaeologists believe nesher ramla and longi are the same species:

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/israel-archaeologists-chinese-hominin-dragon-man-may-be-homo-nesher-1.9937326

DNA recovered from the sediment of Denisova Cave (Siberia) suggests three distinct groups of humans (and plenty of animals) occupied the site over a 300 000 year span:

https://phys.org/news/2021-06-dna-sediment-reveals-epic-history.html https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/06/210623113857.htm https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/.premium-archaeologists-discover-who-really-lived-in-siberia-s-denisova-cave-1.9931811
https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/06/denisovans-were-the-first-hominins-to-arrive-at-denisova-cave/
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2021/06/ancient-siberian-cave-hosted-neanderthals-denisovans-and-modern-humans-possibly-same
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9807-210624-denisova-cave-dna

Another feature on the intelligence of Neanderthals:

https://www.sciencefocus.com/comment/neanderthals-werent-just-smart-they-might-have-taught-humans-a-thing-or-two/

Evidence (new?) Neanderthals reached Naxos 200 000 years bp:

https://greekreporter.com/2021/06/21/neanderthals-early-humans-reached-greek-island-of-naxos-200000-years-ago/

On the connection between apes and humans:

https://www.sapiens.org/biology/ape-conservation-human-evolution/

More on Neanderthals and homo sapiens apparently 'meeting' in the Negev:

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/.premium-did-modern-humans-and-neanderthals-really-meet-in-the-negev-1.9925572

In case you missed the suggestion that 30 000 years bp 'hand stencils' from Gargas Cave might be 'sign language':

https://www.insidescience.org/news/cave-paintings-may-depict-ice-age-sign-language

In case you missed the new method of finding genes modern humans inherited from Neanderthals and Denisovans:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-06/uoc--nmc061721.php https://www.archaeology.org/news/9802-210621-genes-machine-learning ================================================================
AFRICA
================================================================
Illicit antiquities trade concerns in Mali:

https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2021-06-23-malis-global-illicit-antiquities-trade-is-decimating-the-nations-rich-cultural-heritage/

Feature on Old Dongola:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/06/the-deserted-capital-of-old-dongola/139567
================================================================
ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT ================================================================
A 2300 years bp fragment of mummy linen wrap in New Zealand has been matched to a fragment at the Getty:

https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/education/125550494/artefact-created-2300-years-ago-contains-text-from-the-book-of-the-dead
https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC2106/S00060/300bce-mummy-shroud-fragment-in-nz-finds-match-in-us.htm
https://www.odt.co.nz/star-news/star-lifestyle/star-entertainment/mystery-unraveling-around-2300yo-egyptian-mummy-shroud

A man and his mother-in-law were killed while illegally excavating near the Giza pyramids:

https://www.egyptindependent.com/man-his-mother-in-law-die-while-illegally-excavating-antiquities-at-giza-pyramids/

More on that 26th Dynasty stela find by an Egyptian farmer:

https://www.livescience.com/farmer-finds-ancient-egypt-stela.html https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/biblical-era-egyptian-stele-discovered-by-farmer-671706
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-9725781/Farmer-stumbles-2-600-year-old-tablet-pharaoh-strangled-death-subjects.html
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/farmer-stumbles-2600-year-old-egyptian-carving-180978045/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/9799-210620-egypt-stela-apries

More on Egyptian sources for copper in the Third Intermediate Period:

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/pharaohs-mummy-figurines-source-ancient-egyptian-copper-1234596386/
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/06/18/egyptian-canaanite-copper-trade-was-going-strong-during-the-early-iron-age/

More on plans to look for more evidence of Ramesses III's activities in Arabia:

https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/ancient-cultures/ancient-egypt/ramesses-iii-in-arabia/

Concerns for assorted old mosques in Egypt:

https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2021/06/ancient-mosques-egypt-await-rescue

A study of 'lost Jewish surnames' in Alexandria:

https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/ex-israel-envoy-reveals-forgotten-jewish-surnames-in-alexandria-egypt-671591

A 13 000 years bp comet strike (possibly depicted at Gobekli Tepe) is being suggested as a civilization inducing event (or something like that):

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/06/210624114509.htm https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/06/comet-strike-may-have-sparked-key-shift-in-human-civilization/139564

Remains of a 4000 years bp (previously unknown) city in southern Iraq:

https://www.kurdistan24.net/en/story/24834-Russian-archaeologists-discover-4,000-year-old-city-in-southern-Iraq
https://shafaq.com/en/Iraq-News/Russian-archaeologists-discover-a-4-000-year-old-city-south-of-raq

A dig at a Neolithic site in Sanliurfa is under way:

https://www.dailysabah.com/life/history/neolithic-archaeological-work-begins-in-turkeys-sanliurfa

... as is a 'rescue excavation' at the Tozkoparan Mound in Turkey's Tunceli province:

https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/tuncelis-tozkoparan-mound-hosts-new-archaeological-excavations/news

Feature on the 3200 years bp Yazilikaya Rock Temple in Turkey and its 'underworld' connections:

https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/crazy-archeological-find-is-there-an-underworld-under-the-earth-671590
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/hittite-rock-art-cosmological-view-hattusa-1234597021/

Searching for the site of the Battle of Manzikert (1071):

https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/experts-look-for-traces-of-crucial-anatolia-battle-165711

More on the 2800 years bp Urartian 'castle' from Van:

https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/2-800-year-old-urartian-castle-discovered-in-eastern-turkey-165584
https://greekreporter.com/2021/06/26/2800-year-old-castle-urartu-civilization-turkey/
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/castle-urartu-turkey-1234596501/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/researchers-discover-2800-year-old-castle-eastern-turkey-180978035/
https://www.archaeology.org/9797-210620-turkey-castle-walls

Russia is leading the way in restoration of Palmyra:

https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2021/06/russia-gains-foothold-syrias-palmyra-through-archaeological-restoration

Latest military-connected 'excavations', this time in Jendires:

https://www.syriahr.com/en/218387/ http://www.hawarnews.com/en/haber/new-grave-violations-documented-in-afrin-destruction-sabotage-of-antiquities-and-human-trafficking-h25381.html

More on the 'military memorial mound' at Tell Banat:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/archaeologists-propose-4500-year-old-burial-mound-was-worlds-first-military-memorial-180977981/

Feature on religious sites in Iron Age Transjordan:

https://www.asor.org/anetoday/2021/06/temples-cult-places-transjordan

The latest conflict in Gaza apparently damaged Palestinian antiquities:

https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2021/06/count-gaza-antiquities-among-casualties-israel-hamas-war

Feature on an 8th century BCE earthquake in Israel and the archaeological evidence for it:

https://www.thetorah.com/article/israels-earthquake-8th-century-bce

More on that 'evil eye' amulet:

https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/amulet-against-evil-eye-offers-look-at-jewish-life-in-talmudic-israel-669202

More on that 1000 years bp egg:

https://www.zmescience.com/science/fossil-friday-1000-year-old-egg-israel-35252/

Feature on the search for Abraham's father (Terah):

https://watchjerusalem.co.il/1233-has-abrahams-father-terah-been-discovered

Not sure if this is a 'new' ancient Judean date palm 'resurrection' or not:

https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p09m0v4x/extinct-tree-from-the-time-of-jesus-rises-from-the-dead
-----
This Week in the Ancient Near East Podcast:

https://thisweekintheancientneareast.podbean.com/

================================================================
ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS) ================================================================
Remains of a 2nd century BCE Roman military camp from northern Portugal:

https://phys.org/news/2021-06-experts-roman-soldiers-conquer-northwest.html https://www.sciencetimes.com/articles/31916/20210625/taking-high-ground-ancient-roman-camp-used-cross-mountains-northwest.htm
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/06/experts-discover-camp-used-by-10000.html?m=1

Roman (and Saxon) finds from a Worcestershire housing development:

https://www.eveshamjournal.co.uk/news/19390303.ancient-roman-saxon-site-found-worcestershire-housing-development/

Hopes for Roman finds from an ongoing dig at a development site in Gloucester's King's Square:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-57596953 https://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/news/gloucester-news/archaeologists-excavate-kings-quarter-redevelopment-5561104

A Roman seal ring (100-50 BCE) from a site in the Pyrenees:

http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/61633

Excavations at Claros are continuing and under way:

https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/cult-statues-under-restoration-in-oldest-oracle-center-165704

Excavations at the villa of Theodoric at Galeata have resumed (Italian):

https://www.ilrestodelcarlino.it/forl%C3%AC/cronaca/nuovo-scavo-a-galeata-altre-scoperte-1.6510515

Plenty of press attention for the opening-to-the-public of the Colosseum's hypogeum:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jun/25/underground-tunnels-of-romes-colosseum-fully-opened-to-public
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/26/world/europe/colosseum-underground-opens.html
https://www.thelocal.it/20210626/colosseums-underground-labyrinth-restored-to-eerie-splendour
https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/colosseum-rome-underground-hypogea/index.html
https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/colosseums-visitors-finally-stand-among-ghosts-lions-gladiators-2021-06-25/
https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/641/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/641/pub/641/page/49/article/187907
https://www.cbs.com/shows/cbs_this_morning/video/YM9G56paEBRBoRwdCBfovVlik0mWCOXd/after-massive-restoration-rome-s-iconic-arena-opens-up-substructure-under-main-stage/
https://billingsgazette.com/news/world/the-heart-of-romes-colosseum-reopens-to-the-public/video_e674d2ce-b4e8-503c-8527-6c6826ba1a8f.html
https://www.timesunion.com/entertainment/article/Colosseum-tourists-can-go-underground-to-see-16273971.php
https://news.yahoo.com/heart-romes-colosseum-reopens-public-114855065.html http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/61651

Nice feature on the current excavations at Falerii Novi:

https://theconversation.com/unearthing-falerii-novis-secrets-in-the-hot-italian-summer-an-archaeologist-reports-from-the-dig-162527

A study/inspection of the Idaean Cave:

https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/06/24/inspection-of-the-idaean-cave/

Plans for a dig to find more of Buxton's Roman past:

https://www.buxtonadvertiser.co.uk/news/people/uncovering-the-secrets-of-roman-buxton-going-back-thousands-of-years-3281979

Hyping an upcoming dig at Birdoswald Roman fort:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cumbria-57612323 https://cumbriacrack.com/2021/06/25/major-new-archaeological-dig-for-birdoswald-revealed/
https://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/19400064.penrith-mp-backs-excavation-birdoswald-hadrians-wall/
https://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/19395961.major-excavation-birdoswald-hadrians-wall-cumbria/

Turkey plans to restore the Temple of Zeus Lepsynos:

https://greekcitytimes.com/2021/06/22/restore-temple-of-zeus-lepsynos/

The Lycabettus HIll is getting a 'makeover':

https://greekcitytimes.com/2021/06/22/lycabettus-hill-major-makeover/

Fundraising to restore a Roman kiln 'in a museum cellar' in Highgate Wood:

https://www.hamhigh.co.uk/lifestyle/heritage/outnumbered-stars-call-for-return-of-highgate-kiln-8074524

Feature on damage to antiquities from Beirut's port blast a while ago:

https://www.cnn.com/videos/style/2021/06/23/lebanon-beirut-port-blast-repairing-rare-glass-artifacts-wedeman-pkg-ctw-intl-ldn-vpx.cnn

Feature on the 'whitewashing' of Rome:

https://aeon.co/essays/colonialism-is-built-on-the-rubble-of-a-false-idea-of-ancient-rome

More on the 4th century necropolis find from a palace garden in Hvar:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-9708063/Archaeology-Ancient-necropolis-dating-4th-century-garden-Croatian-palace.html

More on the 'mini Pompeii' found beneath a Verona theatre:

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/ancient-roman-hotel-discovered-verona-1234596570/

Review of Powell, *Greek Poems to the Gods*:

https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/singing-to-the-gods-a-millennium-s-span-of-ancient-greek-hymns-gloriously-portrayed

Reviewish/interviewish with Aaron Poochigian about his new Aristophanes translation:

https://www.lareviewofbooks.org/article/patriotic-obscenity-aaron-poochigian-and-the-comedy-of-aristophanes

Feature on Brittany DeMone's work with ancient coins at the Nickle Galleries:

https://www.ucalgary.ca/news/doctoral-candidate-shines-light-past-nickle-galleries

Feature on the HIERON network's research into Greek sanctuaries:

https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2021/06/network-on-greek-sanctuaries-leads-to-new-perspectives-on-antiquity

Feature on ancient Roman slave collars:

https://daily.jstor.org/slave-collars-in-ancient-rome/

Feature on some Greek 'pyramids':

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/06/the-greek-pyramids/139575

Feature on what people were eating in Italy 2000 years bp:

https://www.inverse.com/innovation/how-technology-reveals-the-ancient-kitchen

A (large) project to resurrect garum:

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/garum-fish-sauce

Feature on portraiture in Greek bronzes:

https://cyprus-mail.com/2021/06/21/the-birth-of-portraiture-bronzes-from-the-hellenistic-age/

Feature on the myth of Daphne:

https://theconversation.com/friday-essay-rethinking-the-myth-of-daphne-a-woman-who-chooses-eternal-silence-over-sexual-assault-162521

Feature on Roman olive oil and military activities in Croatia:

https://www.oliveoiltimes.com/business/europe/pottery-shards-in-croatia-reveal-roman-olive-oil-and-military-history/95723

Folks might be interested in a registry of sites in Greece:

https://www.ekathimerini.com/culture/1163333/archaeological-site-registry-available-online/

Feature on (Greek) Bactria:

https://greekreporter.com/2021/06/21/bactria-the-ancient-greek-state-in-afghanistan-video/

Feature on daily life in ancient Athens:

https://greekreporter.com/2021/06/22/everyday-life-in-ancient-athens/

Feature on ancient Greek ideas of beauty:

https://greekreporter.com/2021/06/24/ancient-greek-beauty-standards-would-you-be-beautiful/

Feature on the Pythagorean comma:

https://greekreporter.com/2021/06/22/ancient-greek-mathematician-philosopher-created-pythagorean-comma/

Feature on some of ancient Greece's astronomical discoveries:

https://greekreporter.com/2021/06/22/four-amazing-astronomical-discoveries-from-ancient-greece/

Feature on a krater depicting the death of Orpheus:

https://www.ancientworldmagazine.com/articles/tattooed-thracians-killing-orpheus/

Feature on Greek fire:

https://greekreporter.com/2021/06/23/greek-fire/

Feature on the Labours of Hercules:

https://greekreporter.com/2021/06/25/twelve-labors-of-hercules-exemplify-greek-mythology/

Feature on ancient Greek music:

https://greekreporter.com/2021/06/25/rediscovering-the-music-of-the-ancient-greeks-video/

Feature on ten ancient Greek temples:

https://greekreporter.com/2021/06/24/ancient-greek-temples/

Feature on some Greek ruins in Italy:

https://greekreporter.com/2021/06/24/the-breathtaking-ancient-greek-ruins-of-italy-photos/

On the origins of the word 'lesbian':

https://www.rte.ie/lifestyle/living/2021/0621/1229478-queer-history-lesson-the-history-behind-the-word-lesbian/

Another feature on Plato's Allegory of the Cave:

https://greekreporter.com/2021/06/22/plato-allegory-cave-connection-present-greece/
-----
Roman Archaeology Blog:

http://romanarc.blogspot.com/

Rogueclassicism:

http://rogueclassicism.com/ ================================================================
EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland) ================================================================
A study of a 14 000 years bp female from the Iberian peninsula (dubbed Linya):

https://www.classicult.it/en/homo-sapiens-linya-lived-in-the-northeast-of-the-iberian-peninsula-14000-years-ago/

A 6000+ years bp submerged settlement site spotted off the coast of Croatia:

https://www.independent.co.uk/tv/news/archaeologists-discover-sunken-croatia-settlement-v664a23b2
https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/science/archaeologist-discovers-6000-year-old-island-settlement-off-croatian-coast-2021-06-24/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/9811-210625-croatia-neolithic-settlement

Some West Kerry petroglyphs may be 4500 years old:

https://www.independent.ie/regionals/kerryman/news/west-kerry-rock-art-may-be-4500-years-old-40569276.html

A study of Bronze Age Scandinavia copper trading networks:

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/06/210617115530.htm

Halstaat-era sturctures and burials from Colmar:

http://www.antea-archeologie.com/news/97/92/Decouverte-d-une-sepulture-de-l-age-du-Fer-exceptionnellement-conservee-a-Colmar-Haut-Rhin.html

A 2500 years bp Iberian sculpture of some sort (bad photo) from a Cosa Blanca farm:

https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2021/06/23/experts-say-costa-blanca-find-of-ancient-sculpture-dates-back-to-the-fifth-century-bc-in-spain/

A study based on finds from the Iron Age settlement of Broxmouth suggests folks kept 'mementos'/ were reluctant to throw things away for quite a while:

https://phys.org/news/2021-06-tradition-mementos-memory-dates-years.html https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-06/uoy-tok062121.php https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/jun/22/iron-age-people-emotionally-attached-objects-researcher
https://edition.cnn.com/2021/06/22/europe/mementos-death-scn-scli-intl/index.html
https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/19399901.broxmouth-hillfort-study-reveals-clues-ancient-people-kept-loved-ones-mundane-keepsakes/
https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/19392954.iron-age-people-sentimental-say-university-york-researchers/
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/iron-age-scotland-residents-kept-mementos-of-dead-loved-ones-study-671843
https://www.sciencealert.com/we-might-have-been-keeping-mementos-of-loved-ones-for-thousands-of-years
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/06/22/tradition-of-keeping-mementos-dates-back-at-least-2000-years/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/9804-210622-scotland-roundhouse-mementos

Finds from various periods from a dig at Irchester's Chester House Estate:

https://www.northantstelegraph.co.uk/news/people/irchester-historic-chester-house-estate-dig-unearths-pottery-roman-coins-beads-and-a-building-3284897

A study suggests that being 'Anglo-Saxon' was a matter of language and culture, not genetics:

https://www.sfu.ca/sfunews/stories/2021/06/being-anglo-saxon-a-matter-of-language-and-culture--not-genetics.html
https://phys.org/news/2021-06-anglo-saxon-ancestry-mutable.html https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-06/p-aaw061621.php https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-06/uos-baw062321.php https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/06/210623144901.htm https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/06/24/being-anglo-saxon-was-a-matter-of-language-and-culture-not-genetics/

Parts of the keel of the Gjellestad ship were to be 'lifted' this past week:

https://norwaytoday.info/news/photo-the-keel-of-the-gjellestad-viking-ship-will-be-lifted-from-the-ground-on-tuesday/

Not sure if we mentioned this 12th century bathhouse found in a Spanish tapas bar in Seville:

https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20210617-the-discovery-of-spains-hidden-bathhouse

Evidence of a medieval cloister and plenty of burials from a church garden in Pisa (Italian):

https://www.meteoweb.eu/2021/06/scoperta-archeologica-in-pieno-centro-storico-a-pisa/1699881/

Three 13th century gold coins found by a metal detectorist in Norfolk:

https://www.livescience.com/gold-coin-hoard-black-death.html https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-norfolk-57520248 https://inews.co.uk/news/uk/gold-coin-dating-back-black-death-found-metal-detectorist-1062161
https://www.derehamtimes.co.uk/news/rare-leopard-coin-found-in-norfolk-8072516 https://newseu.cgtn.com/news/2021-06-20/Rare-13th-century-gold-coins-found-in-the-UK--11fBc3He8w0/index.html
https://www.archaeology.org/news/9806-210624-medieval-gold-coins

More on individual burials of plague victims in Cambridgeshire:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-9701765/Medieval-plague-victims-buried-individually-considerable-care.html
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/06/22/medieval-plague-victims-were-buried-individually-with-considerable-care/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/some-black-death-victims-were-buried-care-not-mass-graves-180978025/

More on rethinking medieval 'graverobbing':

https://www.livescience.com/medieval-graves-reopened.html https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/archaeologists-explore-medieval-grave-robbing-phenomenon-671687
https://www.sciencetimes.com/articles/31817/20210620/unraveling-mysteries-europeans-re-opening-graves-1-400-years-ago.htm
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/why-did-medieval-people-reopen-graves-180978034/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9800-210620-europe-grave-reopening

A Devon farmer was fined for ploughing historical land:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-devon-57558098

A 'refurb' of Nottingham Castle is in the works:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-57490256

Lava from the Fagradalsfjall volcano is getting in the way of mapping sites in Iceland:

https://grapevine.is/news/2021/06/22/archeologists-fight-lava-to-map-out-ancient-monuments/

Funding to protect a number of sites in Co Sligo:

https://www.independent.ie/regionals/sligochampion/news/funding-to-protect-archaeology-sites-40563859.html

Feature on the search for submerged Alpine sites:

https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/hidden-treasures-how-science-is-helping-unearth-ancient-submerged-alpine-settlements/46686036

Feature on how prehistoric communities on the British coast dealt with rising sea levels:

https://www.independent.co.uk/independentpremium/long-reads/prehistory-rising-sea-levels-islands-b1866339.html

Feature on the ethnically-diverse crew of the Mary Rose:

https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-wales-57601942

A virtual reconstruction of Lincoln Castle in Henry II's time:

https://www.lincolnshirelive.co.uk/news/lincoln-news/reconstruction-shows-lincoln-castle-seen-5554618

Review of Alice Roberts, *Ancestors*:

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/jun/26/ancestors-by-alice-roberts-review-a-story-of-movement-and-migration

There's a judicial review under way of the Stonehenge tunnel decision:

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/jun/23/stonehenge-road-tunnel-grant-shapps-go-ahead-unlawful-high-court-told

... and potential Heritage Status ramifications:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-57586416 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/unesco-weighs-changes-to-stonehenges-cultural-heritage-status-180978058/

Venice might be in danger of getting 'endangered' status:

https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/venice-unesco-endangered-list/index.html

Feature on anti-Semitism in 1850s Europe:

https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/how-were-jews-discriminated-in-the-1850s-in-europe-671908
----------
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/

================================================================
ASIA AND THE SOUTH PACIFIC ================================================================
Remains of a 1000 years bp bridge from Kaifeng City:

https://www.manilatimes.net/2021/06/27/news/world/1000-yr-old-bridge-discovered-in-china/1804757

Overview of recent finds made in various digs along the Silk Road:

http://www.china.org.cn/arts/2021-06/21/content_77577354.htm

Feature on the Niya ruins:

https://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/incredible-xinjiang-niya-ruins%EF%BC%9Aa-mysterious-civilization-buried-in-desert

A study of skeletal remains at Kyoto University identified a 3 000 years bp shark attack victim:

https://phys.org/news/2021-06-year-old-shark-victim.html https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-06/uoo-3sa062321.php https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/06/210623141647.htm https://www.livescience.com/shark-attack-victim-3000-years-ago.html https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/24/asia/shark-attack-japan-scn-intl-scli/index.html https://news.sky.com/story/man-who-died-3-000-years-ago-with-790-injuries-is-earliest-known-shark-attack-victim-12340152
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/06/3000-year-old-shark-attack-victim-found-by-oxford-led-researchers/139557
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2352409X21002777?dgcid=author
https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/06/cold-case-files-archaeologists-discover-3000-year-old-victim-of-shark-attack/
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/06/25/3000-year-old-shark-attack-victim-found-by-oxford-led-researchers/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9808-210624-japan-shark-attack

25000 years bp petroglyphs from Madyah Pradesh:

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhopal/madhya-pradesh-25000-year-old-rock-paintings-found-in-buxwah/articleshow/83704261.cms

Evidence favourable monsoons contributed to paddy cultivation in Vidarbha:

https://indianexpress.com/article/india/favourable-monsoon-3000-years-ago-saw-dominance-of-paddy-cultivation-in-arid-vidarbha-study-7369738/

A celt manufacturing site (date?) from Tamil Nadu (note: not Celtic):

https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2021/jun/22/team-finds-celt-manufacturing-areas-in-north-tn-2319693.html

Coin moulds (200 BCE-100 CE) conected to the Malavas dynasty (?) from Nagar Fort in Tonk:

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/coin-moulds-of-malavas-era-found-in-tonk/articleshow/83855896.cms

Agricultural activities threaten Iron Age sites near Hyderabad:

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/3500-yr-old-iron-age-structures-facing-threat-from-agri-activities/articleshow/83759429.cms

Concerns for Iron Age megalithic burial sites at Kandur:

https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/telangana/2021/jun/23/archaeologists-see-threat-to-iron-age-megalithic-burial-sites-at-kandur-2320164.html
https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/in-other-news/230621/3500-year-old-relics-in-kandur-village-of-mahbubnagar-cry-for-attent.html

Domestic tourism is straining Tibet's historic sites:

https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3138141/tibets-historic-sites-facing-strain-domestic-tourism-boom

More on shipwrecks found off the coast of Singapore:

https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/from-seabed-to-a-museum-how-divers-recovered-artefacts-from-singapores-historic-shipwrecks
http://epaper.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202106/23/WS60d26b00a31099a2343576de.html ================================================================
AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND ================================================================
A study of bones from Kangaroo Island to determine the effect of later human settlement there:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-06/cu-abp062021.php https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/06/210621104253.htm https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/06/22/ancient-bones-provide-clues-about-kangaroo-islands-past-and-future/

More on Rio Tinto's treatment of Aboriginal objects:


[continued in next message]

--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
* Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)