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explorator 24.13 July 18, 2021
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You can read explorator online at:

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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, Robin Derricourt,
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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What we're learning about Neanderthal children:

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20210706-the-secret-lives-of-neanderthal-children

On Israel as a a crossroads for human evolution:

https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/israel-is-a-crossroads-for-human-evolution-673305

On the evolution of throwing:

https://www.sapiens.org/biology/evolution-throwing/

More on Neanderthal art:

https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/07/a-neanderthal-carved-a-geometric-design-in-bone-51000-years-ago/
https://www.apollo-magazine.com/neanderthal-culture-bone-carving-discovery-germany/

More on climate and human evolution:

https://cosmosmagazine.com/history/archaeology/ancient-human-body-size-linked-to-climate-change/
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/07/climate-changed-size-of-our-bodies-and.html
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/07/13/climate-changed-the-size-of-our-bodies-and-to-some-extent-our-brains/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/9844-210712-evolution-body-size ================================================================
AFRICA
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More on the 'galaxies' of Islamic burials in Sudan:

https://www.livescience.com/medieval-islamic-tombs-hidden-pattern-cosmology.html
https://phys.org/news/2021-07-statistical-methods-cosmology-reveal-tomb.html https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/07/ancient-islamic-tombs-cluster-like.html
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/experts-have-uncovered-thousands-medieval-islamic-tombs-arranged-galactic-pattern-180978140/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9843-210712-sudan-tomb-clusters

More on the 14th/15th century cave burials from Gabon exhibiting facial modifications:

https://www.livescience.com/facial-modification-gabon-cave.html https://phys.org/news/2021-07-statistical-methods-cosmology-reveal-tomb.html http://www.archaeology.org/news/9842-210712-gabon-cave-burials

More on the medieval cathedral in the Sudan:

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/found-medieval-nubia-cathedral ================================================================
ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT ================================================================
A study of some recently-found 3000 years bp bronze figurines from Tanis:

https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/egyptian-bronze-figurines-shed-light-on-ancient-commerce-674197

The pyramid complex of Sahura has been restored:

https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/07/15/the-pyramid-complex-of-pharaoh-sahura-has-been-restored/

Suggestion (?) that Tut's mask may have originally been Nefertiti's:

https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/106082/British-Express-Tutankhamun-s-mask-may-have-been-Nefertiti%E2%80%99s

More on that Greco-Roman pottery workshop from Tel Kom Aziza:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-9783977/Massive-pottery-workshop-dating-2-300-years-Greco-Roman-era-unearthed-Egypt.html
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/07/graeco-roman-pottery-workshop.html

Feature on the Rosetta Stone:

https://www.sciencetimes.com/articles/32331/20210717/rosetta-stone-unraveling-secrets-egyptian-hieroglyphics.htm
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/how-the-rosetta-stone-unlocked-the-secrets-of-ancient-civilizations

Feature on the origins of the cartouche:

https://www.asor.org/anetoday/2021/07/origins-of-the-cartouche

Feature on the French Institute for Oriental Archaeology's current projects in Egypt:

https://dailynewsegypt.com/2021/07/14/ifao-involved-in-35-archaeological-missions-across-egypt/

In case you missed the 'reunion' of Book of the Dead fragments in a New Zealand museum and the Getty:

https://phys.org/news/2021-07-bce-mummy-shroud-fragment-zealand.html https://www.livescience.com/book-of-the-dead-fragments-pieced-together.html https://news.artnet.com/art-world/two-segments-ancient-hieroglyph-reunited-1989384

Remains of a 4000 years bp settlement from Dhi Qar (Iraq):

https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2021/07/4000-year-old-city-discovered-iraq https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-9796309/4-000-year-old-city-Iraq-capital-state-formed-Babylonian-Empires-collapse.html
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/archaeologists-discover-4-000-year-old-ancient-city-in-iraqi-desert

A second 'neighbourhood' from Catal Huyuk:

https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/second-neighborhood-found-in-turkeys-neolithic-site-catalhoyuk/news

A study of various aspects of plant processing at Catal Huyuk:

https://phys.org/news/2021-07-aspects-neolithic-settlement-turkey.html https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-07/upf--aas071321.php https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/07/new-aspects-related-to-plant-processing.html
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/07/14/new-aspects-related-to-plant-processing-in-a-neolithic-settlement-in-turkey/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/9850-210714-catalhoeyuek-wild-plants

An 8500 years bp bone musical instrument of some sort from northwestern Turkey:

https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/8500-year-old-musical-instrument-found-in-nw-turkey/news
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/8000-year-old-musical-instrument-found-in-northwest-turkey-673823

4000 years bp finds (expected?) from the Accana Mound in Turkey:

https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/4000-year-old-remains-to-be-revealed-in-accana-mound-in-sw-turkey/news
https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/excavations-start-in-accana-mound-166358

Feature on Kimiyoshi Matsumura's long career digging in Anatolia:

https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/japanese-archaeologist-examines-anatolian-civilizations-in-situ-for-40-years-166347

Turkish 'factions' continue excavating at Ras Al-Ain:

https://www.syriahr.com/en/219449/

A study (mostly DNA-related) of remains of a 1600 years bp sheep found in an Iranian salt mine:

https://www.tcd.ie/news_events/articles/the-salt-sheep-of-chehrabad-ancient-history-brought-to-life-by-dna-from-1600-year-old-iranian-sheep-mummy/
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-07/tcd-df1071321.php https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/07/210714110531.htm https://www.livescience.com/preserved-DNA-sampled-sheep-mummy.html https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/1600-year-old-mummified-sheep-found-in-iranian-salt-mine-674061
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-9784173/Mummified-SHEEP-discovered-Iranian-salt-perfectly-preserved-soft-tissues.html
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/07/dna-from-1600-year-old-iranian-sheep.html
https://www.archaeology.org/news/9854-210715-iran-sheep-herds

Excavations at a Safavid-era bath house in Iran have commenced:

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/463009/Archaeological-work-starts-at-centuries-old-public-bathhouse

Feature on the Jiroft civilization:

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/463213/Jiroft-the-story-of-how-Iran-became-a-cradle-of-civilization

Iran added assorted sites to its national heritage list:

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/463067/Archaeological-hills-cemeteries-added-to-national-heritage-list

A section of Jerusalem's wall breached by the Babylonians in 586 BCE was revealed this week:

https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/archaeologists-find-part-of-jerusalems-wall-destroyed-on-the-9th-of-av-673794
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/309836 https://www.israelhayom.com/2021/07/14/found-missing-section-of-wall-that-defended-jerusalem-until-the-babylonian-conquest/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/first-temple-era-walls-razed-in-biblical-account-found-unbreached-in-jerusalem/
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/MAGAZINE-israeli-archaeologists-find-new-section-of-jerusalem-s-ancient-defensive-wall-1.9998944
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/309836 https://www.ynetnews.com/travel/article/bjfot11hpu http://www.sci-news.com/archaeology/first-temple-period-jerusalems-city-wall-09866.html

A 'Judges era' (maybe) pot from Khirbat el-Rai inscribed with the name Jerubbaal:

https://mfa.gov.il/MFA/IsraelExperience/History/Pages/Rare-inscription-relating-to-the-Book-of-Judges-found-12-July-2021.aspx
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/3000-year-old-inscription-bearing-name-of-biblical-judge-found-in-israel-673576
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/israeli-archaeologists-find-biblical-name-jerubbaal-inked-on-pot-from-judges-era-1.9990617
https://www.timesofisrael.com/five-letter-inscription-inked-3100-years-ago-may-be-name-of-biblical-judge/
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/309675 https://www.ynetnews.com/travel/article/rjqb99fao https://www.jns.org/rare-book-of-judges-era-inscription-found-in-southern-israel/
https://forward.com/fast-forward/472940/new-archaeological-find-in-israel-may-shed-light-on-the-era-of-biblical/
http://www.china.org.cn/arts/2021-07/13/content_77623392.htm http://www.ecns.cn/hd/2021-07-14/detail-ihapauxv0566063.shtml https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-9781533/3-100-year-old-inscription-pottery-fragment-uncovered-Israel-features-biblical-name.html
https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/biblical-artifacts/inscriptions/archaeological-evidence-of-gideon-the-judge/
http://www.sci-news.com/archaeology/biblical-judge-inscription-09861.html https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/3000-year-old-jug-holds-name-biblical-judge-180978159/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9847-210713-israel-alphabet-inscription

cf (pdf):

https://jjar.huji.ac.il/sites/default/files/jjar/files/rollston_et_al._2021_jjar_2_1-15.pdf

Semi-related study suggests alphabetic writing may have started 5000 years earlier than currently thought:

https://hub.jhu.edu/2021/07/13/alphabetic-writing-500-years-earlier-glenn-schwartz/

2700 years bp remains of a piglet from Jerusalem (possibly a repeat?):

https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/cryptic-2700-year-old-pig-skeleton-found-in-jerusalems-city-of-david-673989
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/MAGAZINE-oink-vey-pig-skeleton-discovered-in-first-temple-period-jerusalem-1.9906708
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/podcasts/PODCAST-listen-pigging-out-in-jerusalem-did-ancient-israelites-really-eat-pork-1.10002400
https://www.timesofisrael.com/this-little-piggy-went-to-jerusalem-2700-years-ago-raising-some-questions/

Two 2000 years bp 'Freedom to Zion' coins from a survey in the West Bank Binyamin region:

https://www.livescience.com/freedom-of-zion-coins-jewish-revolt-discovered.html https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/2000-year-old-freedom-to-zion-coins-found-in-binyamin-region-673677
https://www.timesofisrael.com/2000-year-old-coins-hailing-freedom-of-zion-jerusalem-uncovered-in-west-bank/
https://www.israelhayom.com/2021/07/13/ancient-coins-could-upend-theories-about-what-followed-the-roman-sack-of-jerusalem/
https://www.jewishpress.com/news/israel/jerusalem/bar-ilan-u-archaeologist-discovers-two-rare-coins-dating-back-to-jewish-revolts-against-rome/2021/07/13/
https://www.ynetnews.com/travel/article/r1znzzs6u https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-9784735/2-000-year-old-Freedom-Zion-coins-withy-features-Jewish-Roman-wars-Judea.html

Latest evidence of destruction at the Temple Mount Sifting Project (podcast):

https://www.timesofisrael.com/podcast-on-9-bav-find-evidence-of-destruction-at-temple-mount-sifting-project/

Feature on an ongoing dig at Beit El:

https://www.israelhayom.com/2021/07/18/seminary-students-dig-up-second-temple-finds-near-beit-el/

Feature on tunnels and cisterns beneath Temple Mount:

https://www.israelhayom.com/2021/07/18/49-cisterns-tell-the-story-of-the-destruction-of-the-temple-and-much-more/
https://www.jns.org/49-cisterns-tell-the-story-of-the-destruction-of-the-temple-and-much-more/

Feature on some nude female Canaanite figurines and their association (maybe) with birth rites:

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/MAGAZINE-birth-rites-in-canaan-the-enigma-of-the-figurines-1.9892078

More on that 2000 years bp structure found near the Western Wall:

https://www.livescience.com/magnificent-building-under-western-wall-israel.html https://thejewishvoice.com/2021/07/spectacular-second-temple-era-building-unveiled-in-jerusalem/

Feature on Tel Kadesh:

https://daily.jstor.org/the-archaeological-mystery-of-tel-kedesh/

An interview (podcast) with Aren Maeir about Gath of the Philistines:

https://thelandofisrael.com/view/1744

Hamas is claiming Israel is 'falsifying' Jerusalem history:

https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/hamas-israel-is-falsifying-jerusalem-history-673815

Israeli soldiers are accused of bulldozing a Canaanite cemetery in Palestine:

https://imemc.org/article/israeli-soldiers-bulldoze-the-oldest-and-largest-canaanite-cemetery-in-palestine/

A 6th century CE inscription/petroglyph associated with Nabonidas from Saudi Arabia:

https://www.arabnews.com/node/1893671/saudi-arabia https://saudigazette.com.sa/article/608810 https://english.alarabiya.net/life-style/art-and-culture/2021/07/16/Saudi-Arabia-discovers-6th-century-rock-inscriptions-of-Babylonian-king-in-Hail-
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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 major 3rd century BC hoard of Greek silver coins from Sharjah:

https://www.thenationalnews.com/uae/2021/07/15/treasure-trove-of-priceless-silver-coins-discovered-in-sharjah/
https://gulfnews.com/uae/education/409-silver-coins-dating-back-to-3rd-century-found-in-sharjahs-mleiha-area-1.80683196

Suggestion (not sure about this one) that the tomb of Olympias has been identified:

https://greekcitytimes.com/2021/07/10/bidas-alexander-the-great-korinos/

A 2000 years bp rock-cut 'banqueting site in the ruins of Nea Paphos:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/07/archaeologists-discover-ancient-banqueting-site-carved-in-bedrock/139668

A boundary stone from Claudius' expansion of Rome's pomerium found near Augustus' Mausoleum:

https://phys.org/news/2021-07-rare-stone-outlining-ancient-rome.html https://www.wantedinrome.com/news/rome-digs-up-ancient-border-stone-near-site-of-citys-first-emperor.html
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/07/16/2000-year-old-border-stone-emperor-claudius-uncovered-rome/
http://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/643/reader/reader.html?social#!preferred/0/package/643/pub/643/page/50/article/188518
https://www.timesunion.com/entertainment/article/Rare-stone-discovered-outlining-ancient-Rome-s-16319696.php
https://www.cbs17.com/news/rare-stone-discovered-outlining-ancient-romes-city-limits/
https://www.yahoo.com/news/rare-stone-discovered-outlining-ancient-170836088.html
https://www.theolympian.com/entertainment/celebrities/article252832973.html https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/rare-stone-discovered-outlining-ancient-rome-s-city-limits-1.5512065
https://notizie.tiscali.it/regioni/lazio/articoli/ritrovato-cippo-epoca-claudia-raggi-conoscere-meglio-nostre-origini-00001/
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/61795

Latest petroglyph Roman phallus find comes from Yorkshire:

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/roman-carved-penis-catterick-yorkshire-b1885815.html
https://www.timesnownews.com/the-buzz/article/huge-roman-stone-carved-penis-unearthed-during-archaeological-dig-in-yorkshire/786652

From the same region (and often with the above find also mentioned) comes the oldest remains of a pistachio in Britain, among other Roman (and later) finds:

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/archaeologists-cracking-roman-history-along-dere-street-one-of-britains-oldest-roads
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-57862964 https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/heritage-and-retro/retro/thousands-of-artefacts-including-countrys-earliest-pistachio-nut-reveal-history-of-roman-settlement-off-the-a1-near-catterick-3309722
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-9794997/Roman-fort-treasure-trove-artefacts-uncovered-Yorkshire.html

A Visigoth sarcophagus from the Mula Roman Villa site (Spain):

https://murciatoday.com/spectacular-visigoth-sarcophagus-discovered-in-mula-roman-villa-site_1617323-a.html
https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2021/07/17/ancient-sarcophagus-is-dug-up-in-good-condition-at-roman-site-in-murcia-area-of-spain/

Overviewish thing on the 2021 season did at Gourimadi:

https://www.athina984.gr/en/2021/07/14/anaskafiki-ereynas-2021-sto-gkoyrimadi-karystoy/

Martin Biddle thinks there should be a dig at Silver Hill (UK):

https://www.hampshirechronicle.co.uk/news/19443314.archaeologist-martin-biddle-calls-full-scale-digs-silver-hill/

A study of Roman cremation burials in Britain:

https://www.colchester.gov.uk/info/cbc-article/?id=KA-03774

Somewhat out of date news about the tomb of Aratus in Soli Pompeiopolis:

https://greekreporter.com/2021/07/11/memorial-tomb-of-ancient-greek-astronomer-aratus-unearthed-in-turkey/

Similarly out of date is a story on an Illyrian helmet found in Croatia a while ago:

https://greekreporter.com/2021/07/16/ancient-greek-helmet-found-in-stone-burial-chamber-in-croatia/

... and recent finds from Zominthos:

https://greekreporter.com/2021/07/11/new-secrets-unearthed-at-minoan-palace-of-zominthos-on-crete/

More on the Noceto Vasca Votiva and its purpose:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/3400-year-old-artificial-pool-italy-may-have-hosted-religious-rituals-180978148/

More on the Hellenistic/Thracian tower and sanctuary found at Burgas:

https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/07/observation-tower-ancient-sanctuary.html

More on the pair of Kouroi from the Temple of Zeus Lepsinos site:

https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/2-500-year-old-statues-inscription-unearthed-in-western-turkey-166256
https://www.dailysabah.com/life/history/archaeologists-discover-2500-year-old-artifacts-in-western-turkey
https://www.yenisafak.com/en/life/2500-year-old-statues-inscription-unearthed-in-western-turkey-3576272
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/07/two-kouros-statues-found-at-temple-of.html
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9849-210714-turkey-euromos-statues

More on the 'nude horseman' relief from Vindolanda:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/researchers-uncover-strange-carving-naked-man-roman-fort-180978146/

More on a Roman coin hoard from the Netherlands being a 'safe passage' offering:

https://www.livescience.com/roman-coin-hoard-by-river.html https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-9787913/Roman-coins-Dutch-riverbanks-offering-gods-safe-passage-water.html
https://www.archaeology.org/news/9845-210713-netherlands-roman-coins

Pondering why so many Greek statues are naked:

http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/why-are-there-so-many-naked-ancient-greek-statues/

Pondering the theory that Michelangelo faked the Laocoon:

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/history-magazine/article/laocoon-and-his-sons-michelangelo

Feature on Frank Snowden:

https://antigonejournal.com/2021/07/frank-snowden-personal-tribute/

Feature on Melanie Fillios and her work at Helike:

https://greekherald.com.au/community/dr-melanie-fillios-what-excavations-ancient-greek-sites-show-bronze-age/
https://www.abc.net.au/radio/programs/conversations/zooarchaeologist-fillios-bronze-age-pigs-ancient-dingoes/13434280

Feature on ataraxia:

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2021/jul/18/the-secret-to-happiness-in-uncertain-times-give-up-pursuing-it
https://medium.com/the-sophist/stoicism-what-is-ataraxia-822eca353510

Feature on Eunus and his slave revolt:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/07/eunus-the-roman-slave-who-declared-himself-king/139690

Feature on the development of Greek pottery:

https://mymodernmet.com/ancient-greek-pottery/

Feature on Fauvel's 'competition' with Elgin for the Parthenon sculptures:

https://greekreporter.com/2021/07/18/the-frenchman-who-vied-with-lord-elgin-for-the-parthenon-sculptures/

Feature on Elgin's actions:

https://greekcitytimes.com/2021/07/17/the-parthenon-report-the-crime-and-the-criminal-part-2/

Feature on Roman Portugal:

https://www.theportugalnews.com/news/2021-07-12/a-misty-history-of-roman-portugal-part-3/61018

Feature on a Roman amulet from Athens which was used to ward off plague:

https://greekreporter.com/2021/07/14/greek-immigrant-in-roman-era-london-used-amulet-to-ward-off-plague/

Feature on Plutarch as a vegetarian:

https://greekreporter.com/2021/07/11/ancient-greek-historian-plutarch-might-have-been-the-first-vegetarian/

Feature on Praxiteles' Hermes statue:

https://greekreporter.com/2021/07/13/hermes-of-praxiteles-statue-remains-a-timeless-symbol-of-hellenism/

Feature on the silver mines at Laurion:

https://greekreporter.com/2021/07/12/how-the-mines-of-laurion-saved-ancient-athens-and-western-civilization/

Feature on some ancient Greek Olympians:

https://greekreporter.com/2021/07/12/noteworthy-ancient-greek-olympians/

... not to be confused with a feature on the powers of Greek gods:

https://greekreporter.com/2021/07/13/greek-gods-12-immortals-unusual-powers/

Feature on 'doping' at the ancient Olympics:

https://greekreporter.com/2021/07/18/doping-in-ancient-greece-olympic-games/

Feature on Hercules:

https://jezebel.com/how-hercules-became-antiquitys-brawny-brainless-himbo-1847255343

Feature on Asklepios:

https://www.thenationalherald.com/culture/arthro/ancient_greek_healer_god_asklepios_sleep_and_sacred_dreams-2900034/

Feature on Miltiades' helmet:

https://greekreporter.com/2021/07/15/the-awe-inspiring-helmet-of-legendary-ancient-greek-warrior-miltiades/

On Ancient Greece as the home of football (maybe):

https://greekreporter.com/2021/07/14/football-ancient-greece/

Feature on Roman roads:

https://italicsmag.com/2021/07/15/all-roads-lead-to-rome/

Turns out some olive trees in Bidnija (Malta) date from medieval times, not Roman:

https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/myth-buster-study-finds-bidnija-olive-trees-medieval-not-roman.885925

Feature on Greek influence on US architecture:

https://greekreporter.com/2021/07/16/united-states-architecture-was-modeled-on-ancient-greece/

Another feature wondering about dodecahedra from Roman contexts:

https://bigthink.com/strange-maps/roman-dodecahedrons
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Roman Archaeology Blog:

http://romanarc.blogspot.com/

Rogueclassicism:

http://rogueclassicism.com/ ================================================================
EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland) ================================================================
7500 years bp cave paintings from Spain appear to depict honey gathering:

https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/07/well-preserved-cave-painting-of-honey.html

6000 years bp evidence of 'makeup' use from a site in Croatia:

https://phys.org/news/2021-07-oldest-cosmetics-ceramic-bottles-balkan.html https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-9780399/Stone-Age-Europeans-wore-makeup-6-000-years-ago-carried-portable-jars.html
https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidbressan/2021/07/15/stone-age-cosmetics-based-on-lead-mineral-oldest-of-its-kind/?sh=787423d365ef
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9851-210714-slovenia-cosmetic-bottles

HS2 construction revealed a major hoard of Iron Age coins in Hillingdon:

https://www.hillingdontimes.co.uk/news/19441113.iron-age-coins-found-hs2-dig-hillingdon/
https://www.independent.ie/world-news/and-finally/archaeologists-discover-hundreds-of-rare-coins-from-iron-age-on-hs2-route-40651112.html
https://www.mylondon.news/news/west-london-news/london-hs2-archaeologists-find-2200-21044553
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/hs2-london-hillingdon-duncan-wilson-skanska-b945635.html
http://www.irishnews.com/magazine/daily/2021/07/13/news/archaeologists-discover-hundreds-of-rare-coins-from-iron-age-on-hs2-route-2386213/
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/archaeologists-discover-hundreds-rare-coins-230100739.html
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/61776 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/hundreds-iron-age-coins-found-london-180978171/

A 'late antiquity' child burial from Estonia:

https://news.err.ee/1608277518/gallery-rare-untouched-burial-site-found-in-parnu-county
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9852-210715-estonia-child-burial

The Anchor Church cave in Derbyshire, once thought to have been a folly, may have been the residence of the deposed king Eardwulf in the early 9th century CE:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-57841943 https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/jul/15/derbyshire-cave-house-identified-as-ninth-century-home-to-exiled-king
https://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/news/fake-oldest-anglo-saxon-house-5663294 https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/662/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/662/pub/662/page/50/article/196050
https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/anglo-saxon-cave-house-scli-intl-gbr/index.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2021/07/17/anglo-saxon-cave-house/ https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/07/archaeologists-suggest-rock-cut-cave-was-home-of-exiled-anglo-saxon-king/139684
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/early-medieval-dwelling-may-be-united-kingdoms-oldest-home-180978185/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/9856-210716-england-cave-house

Viking-era textiles from a woman's burial in Norway:

https://partner.sciencenorway.no/archaeology-cultural-history-history/unique-viking-textiles-found-in-womans-grave/1876405

A Viking-era coin (and more?) hoard found by a metal detectorist on the Isle of Man:

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-isle-of-man-57841507 https://museumcrush.org/another-viking-hoard-offers-itself-up-on-the-isle-of-man/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9855-210716-viking-silver-coins

Evidence of iron smelting at Dartmoor much earlier than previously thought:

https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/discovery-dartmoor-mine-rewriting-more-5657254

Medieval French coins from Paris with a possible Viking connection:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/12/world/europe/medieval-french-coins-poland.html

Hundreds of medieval burials from a dig at St Patrick's Chapel in Whitesands:

https://www.westerntelegraph.co.uk/news/19436341.hundreds-medieval-skeletons-unearthed-st-patricks-chapel-whitesands/

Remains of Tudor gardens beneath an Essex golf course:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-57808629 https://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/19443019.remains-secret-tudor-jacobean-gardens-discovered-beneath-golf-course/
https://www.itv.com/news/london/2021-07-15/remains-of-tudor-gardens-discovered-beneath-golf-course-in-essex

A 'mystery' bottle of liquid from an 18th/19th century burial in Hull:

https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/news/hull-east-yorkshire-news/mystery-bottle-liquid-found-between-5661069

Elephant tusks from a 'slave ship' off Dingle have been recovered:

https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster/arid-40334807.html

Finds from various periods found during A30 upgrades in Cornwall:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cornwall-57846329

Finds from various periods, including 12 burials, from an Exeter leper hospital site:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-devon-57808532

Archaeologists are back digging at Elizabeth Castle:

https://www.itv.com/news/channel/2021-07-16/archaeologists-return-to-elizabeth-castle-to-learn-more-about-its-history
https://jerseyeveningpost.com/news/2021/07/15/archaeologists-survey-castles-officers-quarters-and-library/

More on Edward III gold coins from Norfolk:

https://www.coinworld.com/news/precious-metals/black-death-era-treasure-coins-located-in-uk

More on the age of the Cerne Abbas Giant:

https://www.sapiens.org/archaeology/cerne-abbas-giant/ https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2021/07/how-old-cerne-abbas-giant/619406/
https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/07/soil-samples-show-that-britains-rude-man-dates-back-to-medieval-period/

More on 5000 years bp evidence of yersina pestis:

https://theprint.in/science/bacteria-that-caused-black-death-killed-half-of-europe-in-14th-c-traced-to-5000-yr-old-man/687395/

A replica of a medieval Maronite cross:

https://cyprus-mail.com/2021/07/15/maronite-mediaeval-metal-cross-replicated/

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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 ================================================================
More on the 8200 years bp lacquerware from Zhejiang:

http://www.china.org.cn/arts/2021-07/12/content_77622333.htm

More on the Yuan Dynasty carved brick tombs from Jinan:

http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/61787

Not sure where to put this one on a possible 100 000 years bp (or maybe 15 000) petroglyph site in Haryana:

https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chandigarh/mangerbani-cave-paintings-1-lakh-years-old-archaeologists-7407264/
https://www.news18.com/news/buzz/prehistoric-cave-paintings-from-one-lakh-years-ago-discovered-in-faridabad-3973361.html
https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/palaeolithic-cave-paintings-found-in-corner-of-ncr-could-be-among-oldest-in-the-country-101626201354624.html

A full-length iron sword from a megalithic cist burial at Mayiladumparai:

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/megalithic-full-length-sword-unearthed/article35291887.ece

A 2300 (maybe) years bp well structure and other items from a site on the bank of the Noyyal river:

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/coimbatore/stone-well-like-structure-found-at-kodumanal-archaeological-site/articleshow/84079734.cms
https://www.archaeology.org/news/9839-210712-india-industrial-well

A 2000 years bp ring well from the Keeladi dig site:

https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2021/jul/16/archaeology-dept-unearths-another-ring-well-at-keezhadi-2330833.html
https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Madurai/first-ring-well-with-design-unearthed-at-keeladi-site/article35312904.ece

... not sure if this is from the same dig ... A terracotta head of a woman (date?) from a dig in Agaram:

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/head-of-a-terracotta-woman-figurine-with-hair-bun-found/article35354206.ece

A pair of 10th century Jain sculptures from Telangana:

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/telangana-1000-year-old-disfigured-jain-sculptures-found/articleshow/84396148.cms
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/history-buffs-discover-two-figures-from-jain-pantheon/article35307076.ece
https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/telangana/2021/jul/14/two-jain-sculptures-from-10thcentury-found-in-telanganas-siddipet-district-2329715.html

Remains of a two-room structure beneath the Golden Temple complex:

https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/punjab/2-room-structure-found-at-golden-temple-complex-284191

The ASI has plans to laser scan parts of the Shree Jagannath Temple:

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/asi-to-undertake-laser-scanning-in-puris-jagannath-temple/article35273608.ece
https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/asi-to-undertake-laser-scanning-in-shree-jagannath-temple/2118986

A survey is underway in northern Cebu:

https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1146885


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