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explorator 24.16 August 8, 2021
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Thanks to Arthur Shippee, Dave Sowdon, Edward Rockstein, Kurt Theis,
John McMahon, Barnea Selavan, Joseph Lauer, Mike Ruggeri, Hernan Astudillo, Richard Campbell, Barbara Saylor Rodgers, Bob Heuman, David Critchley,
Richard Miller, Kris Curry, Rick Heli, Richard C. Griffiths, Frank MacKay,
Don Buck, mata kimasitayo, and Ross W. Sargent for headses upses this week
(as always hoping I have left no one out).

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EARLY HOMINIDS
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65 000 years bp pigment in Spain's Cueva de Ardales is being connected with Neanderthals now:

http://www.cnrs.fr/en/neanderthals-indeed-painted-andalusias-cueva-de-ardales https://phys.org/news/2021-08-neanderthals-andalusia-cueva-de-ardales.html https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/08/210802160624.htm https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/aug/02/tinted-cave-stalagmites-are-neanderthal-art-say-archaeologists
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-58070141 http://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/682/reader/reader.html?social#!preferred/0/package/682/pub/682/page/65/article/206424
https://www.dw.com/en/egypt-ancient-pharaohs-boat-transported-to-new-museum/a-58795005
https://scitechdaily.com/prehistoric-cave-art-neanderthals-indeed-painted-andalusias-cueva-de-ardales/
https://www.sciencealert.com/new-study-confirms-neanderthals-created-ancient-spanish-cave-art-60-000-years-ago
https://www.archaeology.org/news/9881-210804-spain-neanderthal-art

cf: https://www.pnas.org/content/118/33/e2021495118

Pondering homo longi:

https://www.sapiens.org/biology/homo-longi/

More on Neanderthal blood types:

https://www.sciencealert.com/surprise-neanderthal-blood-discovery-hints-at-their-origins-and-downfall
https://cosmosmagazine.com/people/anthropology/neanderthal-blood-same-as-modern-humans/

cf: https://www.sciencealert.com/surprise-neanderthal-blood-discovery-hints-at-their-origins-and-downfall

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AFRICA
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Feature on the petroglyphs at Abourma (Djibouti):

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/afp/article-9867675/Djiboutis-hidden-rock-art-offers-window-past.html
https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/abourma-rock-art-site-hidden-gem-in-djibouti/news

Questioning why there are so few World Heritage sites in Africa:

https://www.dw.com/en/why-are-there-so-few-unesco-world-heritage-sites-in-africa/a-58741541

... while rebels have taken control of one in Ethiopia:

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-58101912 ================================================================
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Evidence of a Coptic-era (and beyond) urban settlement at Marea:

https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/106658/Polish-mission-announces-discovery-of-unique-urban-complex-in-ancient
https://www.trtworld.com/life/a-byzantine-urban-project-in-marea-egypt-is-a-rare-archaeological-find-48952

A report on the progress of restoration of the Great Hypostyle Hall at Karnak:

https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/106540/60-of-restoration-of-Great-Pillar-Hall-of-Karnak-Temple
https://tntribune.com/phar-old-job-ancient-egyptian-james-bond-temple-gets-face-lift/

The transfer of the Khufu ship to the GEM was the focus of a fair bit of coverage this week:

https://www.egyptindependent.com/antiquities-minister-discusses-developments-in-khufu-ship-transfer-gem-progress/
https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/418527/Egypt/Politics-/Khufus-Boat-to-begin-long-journey-to-Grand-Egyptia.aspx
https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/106692/Egypt%E2%80%99s-Ministry-of-Tourism-Antiquities-transfers-king-Khufu-ship-from
http://www.samfordcrimson.com/20210807-in-pictures-egypt-pharaohs-solar-boat-moved-to-giza-museum.html
https://abcnews.go.com/International/4600-year-pharaohs-boat-makes-48-hour-journey/story?id=79340432
https://www.wbal.com/article/index/527551?title=4600-year-old-pharaohs-boat-makes-48-hour-journey-to-new-museum
https://www.bbc.com/news/in-pictures-58088867

Photos of coloured relief paintings inside a tomb from Saqqara (not sure when it was found):

http://en.people.cn/n3/2021/0804/c90000-9880244.html

4th century BCE wicker baskets with remains of fruit (and other items) from the submerged ruins of Thonis-Heracleion:

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/aug/02/fruit-baskets-from-fourth-century-bc-found-in-ruins-of-thonis-heracleion
https://greekcitytimes.com/2021/08/02/ancient-greek-egyptian-thonis/ https://greekreporter.com/2021/08/04/2200-year-old-fruit-baskets-found-in-underwater-city-of-heracleion/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/4th-century-bce-baskets-still-containing-fruit-found-in-sunken-egyptian-city/
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/61940 https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/thonis-heracleion-egypt-scli-intl-scn/index.html
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-uncover-2400-year-old-fruit-baskets-underwater-egyptian-city-180978350/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/9882-210804-egypt-fruit-baskets

Feature on various factors contributing to the 'destruction' of Berenike:

https://greekreporter.com/2021/08/07/hellenistic-egypt/

Parthian/Sassanid burials revealed during the sixth dig season at Liar-Sang-Bon (Iran):

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/463586/Excavation-sheds-new-light-on-ancient-cemetery-in-northern-Iran

Six sites in Iran's Chaharmahal-Bakhtiari province were given national heritage status:

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/463598/Six-archaeological-sites-approved-as-national-heritage-in-Iran

Feature on Susa:

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/463806/Susa-get-to-know-Iran-s-legendary-ruined-city

Feature on the Ziggurat of Chogha Zanbil:

https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p09rb221/the-mysterious-man-made-mountain-built-3-000-years-ago

Remains of a Seljuk-era structure from Ardabil:

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/463713/Archaeologists-discover-Seljuk-era-structure-in-Ardabil

The Safavid-era Paskuh fortress in Sistan-Baluchestan is undergoing restoration:

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/463671/Safavid-era-fortress-undergoes-restoration

A Babylonian tablet (not Plimpton 322, but associated with the same researchers) is possibly the oldest (3700 years bp) evidence of applied geometry:

https://theconversation.com/how-ancient-babylonian-land-surveyors-developed-a-unique-form-of-trigonometry-1-000-years-before-the-greeks-163428
https://phys.org/news/2021-08-mathematician-reveals-world-oldest-geometry.html https://www.livescience.com/earliest-form-of-pythagorean-triplet https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/aug/05/australian-mathematician-discovers-applied-geometry-engraved-on-3700-year-old-tablet
https://www.inverse.com/innovation/ancient-geometry-babylonian-tablet https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/babylonians-discovered-trigonometry-1500-years-before-greeks-1234600894/
http://www.sci-news.com/archaeology/si-427-babylonian-clay-tablet-09934.html https://www.iflscience.com/editors-blog/this-ancient-tablet-secretly-held-the-oldest-evidence-of-applied-geometry-in-the-world/
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/08/05/the-worlds-oldest-example-of-applied-geometry/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/ancient-tablet-shows-babylonians-used-pythagorean-geometry-1000-years-pythagoras-180978376/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/9890-210806-babylonian-tablet-geometry

More on the Nabonidus petroglyph in Saudi Arabia:

https://greekreporter.com/2021/08/06/last-king-of-babylon-depicted-in-saudi-arabia-rock-carving/

Excavations will be resuming at the 5500 years bp site of Cadir Hoyuk:

https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/excavations-restart-on-5500-year-old-settlement-in-turkeys-yozgat/news

Excavations will also be resuming at Alacahuyuk:

https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/archaeological-digs-to-start-in-central-turkeys-alacahoyuk/news

... where there is a 'weed' problem, apparently:

https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/struggle-against-weed-continues-in-alacahoyuk-166790

A roundup of archaeological news from Turkey over the past month:

https://turkisharchaeonews.net/article/july-2021-turkish-archaeology

Evidence that Natufians in northern Israel were trading/importing basalt some 15 000 years bp:

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/natufians-in-northern-israel-brought-basalt-from-afar-15-000-years-ago-1.9955795

Evidence of an 8th century BCE earthquake from various sites in Israel which is mentioned in the Bible:

https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/evidence-of-2800-year-old-biblical-earthquake-found-in-jerusalem-675809
https://www.timesofisrael.com/archaeologists-unearth-1st-jerusalem-evidence-of-quake-from-bibles-book-of-amos/
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/311137 https://www.israelhayom.com/2021/08/04/archaeologists-find-tangible-proof-of-biblical-catastrophe/
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/.premium-evidence-of-biblical-earthquake-uncovered-by-israeli-archaeologists-in-jerusalem-1.10084286
https://www.ynetnews.com/magazine/article/bk4ocn001f https://hamodia.com/2021/08/04/archaeological-evidence-earthquake-occurred-malchus-yehudah-uncovered-yerushalayim/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/scientists-find-evidence-8th-century-bc-earthquake-described-old-testament-180978385

Archaeologists have found the location (maybe) where the Arameans breached the walls of Philistine Gath:

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/archaeologists-find-where-the-arameans-breached-walls-of-philistine-gath-1.10076941
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/in-a-seinfeld-moment-israeli-archaeologists-hail-momentous-find-of-nothing-1.10076941

More on the section of Jerusalem's wall connected to the Babylonian invasion:

https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/311342

Feature on recent finds from Azekah:

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/TIMELINE-in-photos-excavating-biblical-azekah-1.10051449

Arguing for el-Araj as the actual site of Bethsaida:

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/MAGAZINE-the-case-of-el-araj-as-the-real-bethsaida-the-lost-city-of-the-gospels-1.10070642

Feature on Timothy Harrison and his work at Tell Tayinat:

https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/canadian-archeologist-devotes-life-to-history-of-southern-turkey/news
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/turkey/canadian-archeologist-dedicates-his-life-to-excavations-in-southern-turkey/2327959

Feature on Scott Stripling and his work at Shiloh:

http://katytimes.com/stories/katy-based-bible-archaeologist-heads-to-israel,4416

Israel has taken control of the Jerusalem Archaeological Park:

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-israeli-right-wing-group-to-lose-control-over-jerusalem-archaeological-park-1.10048780?__twitter_impression=true

Russia is restoring a number of Syrian sites:

https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2021/08/russias-new-twist-syria-policy-restore-archaeological-sites

Some new UNESCO Heritage Sites in Saudi Arabia:

https://greekreporter.com/2021/08/03/unesco-sites-greek-writings-saudi-arabia/

A Syrian-Hungarian team is studying the medieval Margat Castle in Jordan:

http://www.jordantimes.com/news/region/syrian-hungarian-archaeological-mission-explores-margat-castle

Not sure where to put this one ... hyenas have apparently filled a Saudi Arabian cave with bones of various kinds (including human) over the past 7000 years:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-uncover-extensive-pile-animal-and-human-bones-saudi-arabia-cave-180978375/
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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS) ================================================================
This year's work at Troy has included undoing some of the damage Schliemann did:

https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/schliemanns-destruction-in-turkeys-troy-repaired-after-150-years/news
https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/schliemanns-destruction-still-in-troy-after-150-years-166867

A Phrygian temple from Turkey's Afyonkarahisar province:

https://www.yenisafak.com/en/video-gallery/news/archaeologists-unearth-phrygian-temple-in-western-turkey-3578012

A 2400 years bp pithos burial from Antandros:

https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/2400-year-old-pithos-burial-unearthed-in-turkeys-antandros/news

A 1900 years bp grave stele from Parion:

https://www.yenisafak.com/en/video-gallery/news/archaeologists-unearth-1900-year-old-treasure-in-turkeys-ancient-city-of-parion-3577791

An important intact votive deposit from a sanctuary at San Casciano dei Bagni:

http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/61950 https://www.adnkronos.com/un-tesoro-romano-scoperto-nel-santuario-di-san-casciano-dei-bagni_3L3af2fzDwXx4H50x9uBGp

A Roman coin from Norfolk was apparently 'deliberately damaged' in antiquity:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-norfolk-58001605

I think we mentioned this hoard of Roman military equipment from Son Catlar (Menorca):

https://web.ua.es/en/actualidad-universitaria/2021/julio2021/26-31/university-of-alicante-inaph-team-of-researchers-discovers-a-store-full-of-roman-materials-in-son-catlar.html
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-9856313/Massive-hoard-Roman-weapons-dating-100-BC-ancient-settlement-Spain.html
https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1472490/Archaeology-news-Historic-Roman-Army-Menorca-Rome-Empire-Punic-Carthage
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/spanish-archaeologists-have-found-trove-roman-weapons-ancient-settlement-1-180978327/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/9879-210803-spain-roman-weapons

A gold chain necklace from Deultum:

http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/61914

New excavations at the theatre of Perinthos are about to begin:

https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/ancient-theater-of-perinthos-to-be-unveiled-in-nw-turkey/news
https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/theater-of-ancient-city-to-be-unearthed-166765

... while there is evidence Perinthos was founded by colonists from Samos ca 600 BCE:

https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/ancient-theater-of-perinthos-to-be-unveiled-in-nw-turkey/news

Excavations have resumed at Pompeiopolis:

https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/excavations-start-in-pompeiopolis-166844

Mapping of the underwater site at Amathus is complete:

https://cyprus-mail.com/2021/08/03/underwater-works-at-amathus-completed/

A bronze item from Leicester is being used to support the idea that lions were used in executions in Roman Britain:

https://www.kcl.ac.uk/news/thrown-to-the-lions-new-evidence-from-roman-britain-executions-revealed
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/bronze-artefact-reveals-lions-roared-in-for-the-kill-in-roman-leicester-zssvfp6k6

Funding for excavations of a Roman bathhouse in Carlisle:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cumbria-58116874 https://cumbriacrack.com/2021/08/06/unearthing-carlisles-roman-past-thanks-to-99900-boost/
https://www.lancs.live/news/local-news/carlisles-roman-bathhouse-excavated-after-21242709

Feature on 'Watling Temple (found three years ago):

https://www.kentonline.co.uk/sittingbourne/news/remains-of-2-000-year-old-roman-temple-to-be-unveiled-251866/

A statue of Alfred the Great is apparently a reworked Roman statue:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/08/07/ancient-origins-londons-alfred-great-statue-revealed/
http://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/686/reader/reader.html?social#!preferred/0/package/686/pub/686/page/40/article/204292

More on that Claudian boundary stone:

https://www.livescience.com/sacred-stone-legend-of-romulus-remus-rome.html https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/rare-boundary-stone-dated-emperor-claudius-reign-unearthed-rome-180978362/

More on the Roman road and canal found in the Netherlands:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/08/archaeologists-uncover-major-roman-road-and-canal-in-the-netherlands/139818

More on the amphora-laden shipwreck off Palermo:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-9852403/Roman-shipwreck-dating-2-200-years-packed-wine-jars-coast-Sicily.html
https://www.euronews.com/2021/08/02/ancient-roman-vessel-discovered-off-sicilian-coast
https://www.maritime-executive.com/article/video-archaeologists-discover-roman-wreck-laden-with-amphorae

More on the Roman road beneath a Venice lagoon:

https://mymodernmet.com/roman-road-discovered-venice/

More on that Visigoth sarcophagus from a Roman site in Spain:

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/visigoth-sarcophagus-los-villaricos-spain-1234600662/

The recently-revealed thermopolium at Pompeii is opening to the public:

https://www.wantedinrome.com/news/pompeii-to-open-roman-fast-food-diner-to-visitors.html
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2021/08/06/roman-fast-food-restaurant-recently-unearthed-pompeii-will-open/
http://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/684/reader/reader.html?social#!preferred/0/package/684/pub/684/page/59/article/206661
https://mediterraneoantico.it/articoli/news/pompei-completato-lo-scavo-del-termpolium-della-regio-5/

Old news of finds (2018, I think) from the Temple of Artemis in Evia:

https://greekreporter.com/2021/08/03/new-finds-reveal-more-of-greek-goddess-sanctuary/

... and old news on use of moveable stages at ancient Greek theatres:

https://www.thenationalherald.com/culture/arthro/japanese_researcher_on_use_of_moveable_stages_in_ancient_greek_theater-3011941/

The fires in Greece threatened the site of Olympia this week:

https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/7372029/greek-fires-threaten-ancient-olympia/
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2021/08/05/ancient-greek-site-olympia-threat-raging-wildfires/
https://www.dailysabah.com/world/europe/devastating-forest-fires-approach-ancient-greek-site-of-olympia
https://www.independent.co.uk/tv/climate/ancient-olympia-wildfires-first-olympics-v27971d98
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20210805-greece-battles-to-control-fire-close-to-ancient-olympic-site

... but it was saved (it seems ... some press coverage is behind):

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/site-ancient-olympics-saved-greece-turkey-battle-raging-wildfires-n1276013
https://www.thedailybeast.com/greek-firefighters-manage-to-save-ancient-olympics-site-as-flames-continue-to-rage
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/fires-rage-greece-cultural-heritage-sites-narrowly-avoid-disaster-180978382/

... and arson suspects are in custody:

https://ens-newswire.com/ancient-olympia-saved-from-wildfire-arson-suspects-in-custody/

A recently-found mosaic in Rimini is being reburied (Italian):

https://www.corriereromagna.it/rimini-il-mosaico-romano-torna-sotto-terra/ https://www.chiamamicitta.it/le-terme-romane-di-rimini-tornano-sottoterra-cemento-sul-grande-mosaico/

Feature on Naomi Neufeld's 'Sport and Festival' course at the University of Toronto:

https://phys.org/news/2021-08-olympics-students-explore-pankration-ancient.html https://www.utoronto.ca/news/pankration-olympics-underway-u-t-course-explores-ancient-games

Feature on Victoria Austen's Classical wikipedia assignment:

https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/modern-twist-on-teaching-classics-575004922.html

The UK plans to teach Latin in more state schools to end its perception as 'elitist':

https://news.sky.com/story/latin-to-be-taught-in-more-state-schools-in-bid-to-remove-elitist-perception-12369071
https://schoolsweek.co.uk/latin-excellence-programme-classics-gavin-williamson/

... and, of course, there are various opinions on the plan:

https://www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/news/cambridge-professor-mary-beard-backs-schools-scheme-to-make-9210088/
https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/arts-and-books/why-latin-isnt-just-for-posh-boys
https://ie-today.co.uk/news/plan-to-teach-latin-in-state-schools-utterly-misconceived-says-former-head/
https://www.varsity.co.uk/news/21833 https://unherd.com/2021/08/latin-is-the-language-of-the-enemy/
<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/education/2021/aug/08/requiescat-in-pace-no-need-to-resurrect-latin-in-schools">Requiescat in pace: no need to resurrect Latin in schools | Letters | The Guardian</a>

A Boston University project to teach Classical things to low income high school students:

https://www.bu.edu/articles/2021/humanities-center-summer-program-teaches-the-classics-high-schoolers-teagle-foundation-grant/

Feature on Jon Frey and is work at Isthmia:

https://cal.msu.edu/news/digitizing-discoveries-classical-studies-professor-to-lead-legacy-dig-in-ancient-greece/
https://msutoday.msu.edu/news/2021/bringing-an-archeology-project-into-the-digital-age

Review of LJ Trafford, *Sex and Sexuality in Ancient Rome*:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-9851709/Was-Ancient-Rome-REALLY-sexual-free-all.html?ito=1490
https://www.nation.lk/online/was-ancient-rome-really-a-sexual-free-for-all-106990.html

Review of Stephen Fry, *Troy*:

https://www.dawn.com/news/1638017/fiction-fry-does-the-iliad

... and an interviewish/feature thing on Stephen Fry:

https://greekcitytimes.com/2021/08/08/in-conversation-stephen-fry/

Feature on Helike:

https://aeon.co/essays/how-a-vanished-ancient-greek-city-helps-us-think-about-disasters

Another feature on polychromy of statues in antiquity:

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-08-07/think-classical-sculptures-were-white-marble-think-again/100323028
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ancient-greek-roman-sculptures-reveal-their-true-colors/

In case you need a handy list of Latin insults:

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/649087/latin-insults

Feature on 'carpe diem':

https://daily.jstor.org/how-carpe-diem-got-lost-in-translation/

Feature on ancient Greek democracy:

https://www.history.com/news/ancient-greece-democracy-origins

Feature on Asklepios and Mnemosyne:

https://daily.jstor.org/healing-and-memory-in-ancient-greece/

Feature on how Athens got its name:

https://greekreporter.com/2021/07/31/the-original-names-of-the-city-athens-and-their-history/

Feature on six ancient women philosophers:

https://greekreporter.com/2021/08/01/ancient-greek-female-philosophers-should-know-about/

Feature on ancient Greek priestesses:

https://greekreporter.com/2021/08/01/priestesses-women-status-ancient-greece/

Feature on the Battle of Chaeronea:

https://greekherald.com.au/culture/history/this-day-philip-ii-macedons-army-claims-victory-battle-chaeronea/

Feature on a ring from Knossos and the Myceneans:

https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2021-08-05-from-the-ancient-city-of-knossos-the-lady-of-the-ring/

Another call for the return of the Parthenon Marbles:

https://greekcitytimes.com/2021/08/02/world-hellenic-inter-parliamentary-body-calls-for-return-of-parthenon-sculptures/

... while returns to Iraq are raising hopes of the return too:

https://greekreporter.com/2021/08/06/looted-artifacts-returned-to-iraq-could-open-path-for-parthenon-marbles/

An examination of the 'moral argument' for their return:

https://greekcitytimes.com/2021/08/07/the-parthenon-report-morality-vs-law/ -----
Roman Archaeology Blog:

http://romanarc.blogspot.com/

Rogueclassicism:

http://rogueclassicism.com/ ================================================================
EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland) ================================================================
14 000 years bp remains/burial of a woman from the Cova Gran de Santa LInya site (Spain):

https://www.alphagalileo.org/en-gb/Item-Display/ItemId/211400?returnurl=https://www.alphagalileo.org/en-gb/Item-Display/ItemId/211400

Remains of a Neolithic or Bronze Age 'monument' from near Bedford:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-57926247

200+ Late Bronze Age burials from a site in Germany:

https://www.az-online.de/altmark/stendal/archaeologische-grabung-bei-insel-200-bis-250-graeber-vermutet-90893451.html

A Bronze Age 'village elder' burial from Burwell:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-58106514

An alignment of thirteen menhirs at a construction site in Switzerland:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/08/archaeologists-unearth-alignment-of-menhirs-at-saint-leonard/139857

A metal detectorist came across some 3000 years bp tools in Shropshire:

https://www.mywelshpool.co.uk/viewernews/ArticleId/20884

... this seems related to the above:

https://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/19496482.bronze-age-medieval-items-unearthed-monmouthshire/

A metal detectorist came across an Anglo-Saxon 'sword pyramid mount':

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-norfolk-57999456 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-9861719/1-400-year-old-Anglo-Saxon-sword-pyramid-metal-detector-Norfolk.html
https://www.news18.com/news/buzz/metal-detector-finds-6th-century-ornate-sword-pyramid-in-uk-town-4050218.html
https://inews.co.uk/news/metal-detectorist-unearths-sutton-hoo-era-norfolk-sword-pyramid-mount-1131302
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/61921 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/amateur-treasure-hunter-discovered-medieval-sword-pyramid-mount-180978363/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/9880-210803-england-sword-pyramid

Foundations of the medieval Butcher's Bridge in Ljubljana:

https://www.total-slovenia-news.com/made-in-slovenia/8700-remains-of-medieval-butcher-s-bridge-found-in-ljubljana
https://english.sta.si/2930180/archaeologists-find-butchers-bridge-remains-from-medieval-ljubljana
https://www.archaeology.org/news/9889-210806-slovenia-medieval-bridge

Remains of a 13th century (maybe) castle on the grounds of Soulton Hall in Shropshire:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-shropshire-58069335 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-9869947/Archaeologists-13th-century-castle-finding-wall-blocks-wood-Shropshire.html
https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/local-hubs/north-shropshire/wem/2021/08/02/castle-unearthed-in-north-shropshire-countryside/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9888-210805-england-soulton-castle-remains

Metal detectorists found a hoard of medieval coins in Warwickshire:

https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/local-news/metal-detectorists-discover-rare-collection-21235475

A mass grave 'hundreds of years old' found during building work at St Mary's Church in Thakeham:

https://www.worthingherald.co.uk/news/people/human-remains-discovered-in-south-downs-village-3331088

Thieves looking for lead appear to have 'accidentally' burst open a tomb filled with 600 years bp skeletons:

https://www.midlothianadvertiser.co.uk/news/people/thieves-burst-open-tomb-at-dalkeith-graveyard-filled-with-600-year-old-skeletons-3332363

Grazing sheep and goats helped reveal some long-hidden burial markers in Cork County:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/sheep-help-uncover-historic-graves-ireland-180978336/

A Baltic shipwreck might turn out to be the Swan:

https://www.dutchnews.nl/news/2021/08/sailing-ship-discovered-in-baltic-sea-may-have-been-the-17th-century-swan/

Concerns for the wreck of La Girona off the coast of Co Antrim:

https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/681/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/681/pub/681/page/36/article/202493

A hidden Nazi cache from Hagen:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/08/hidden-nazi-cache-revealed-in-hagen/139846

More on the find of a William the Conqueror coin at Richmond Castle:

https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/heritage-and-retro/heritage/archaeological-dig-at-richmond-castle-reveals-forgotten-entrance-and-silver-penny-from-william-the-conquerors-reign-3331615
https://www.itv.com/news/tyne-tees/2021-08-04/now-what-do-we-have-here-dig-uncovers-ancient-treasure-at-richmond-castle

More on that medieval 'female warrior' burial from Finland:

https://www.utu.fi/en/news/press-release/weapon-grave-of-suontaka-hattula-in-finland-reveals-flexible-gender-roles-in-the
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/dna-tests-solve-mystery-finnish-warrior-buried-women-clothes-middle-ages-2c79rv6lt
https://www.livescience.com/medieval-grave-non-binary-warrior-finland.html https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/08/02/new-interpretations-for-the-weapon-grave-of-suontaka/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9877-210802-finland-suontaka-grave

More on the Anchor Church Caves 'house':

https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/08/02/9th-century-anglo-saxon-cave-house-identified-in-derbyshire/

The Wentworth Woodhouse estate is being restored:

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/grand-house-gets-set-to-bloom-again

Feature on the Cucuteni-Trypillia culture:

https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20210805-cucuteni-trypillia-eastern-europes-lost-civilisation

Feature on women's involvement in the English Civil War:

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/english-civil-war-women

Martin Biddle is now in favour of a dige at Silver Hill:

https://www.hampshirechronicle.co.uk/news/19483882.professor-martin-biddle-explains-u-turn-silver-hill-digs/

Brian May found what might be the oldest family photo taken at Stonehenge:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-wiltshire-58058188

... and the latest on the Stonehenge tunnel thing:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-58092117

Review of Michael Pye, *Antwerp*:

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/aug/08/antwerp-the-glory-years-by-michael-pye-review-the-medieval-mammon
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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 ================================================================
Study suggests Bronze Age farmers in China preferred cows to sheep and goats:

https://source.wustl.edu/2021/08/til-the-cows-come-home/ https://phys.org/news/2021-08-bronze-age-farmers-gave-preferential.html https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/08/210804141206.htm https://www.archaeology.org/news/9886-210805-china-bronze-age-cattle

Evidence of a 2500 years bp coin minting site from Henan:

https://phys.org/news/2021-08-china-oldest-coin-making-facility.html https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/oldest-archaeological-monetary-minting-mold-discovered-in-china-676134
https://www.news18.com/news/buzz/2600-year-old-mint-discovered-in-china-could-be-worlds-oldest-coin-factory-4056611.html
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/oldest-mint-spade-coins-chinese-foundry-1234601047/
http://www.sci-news.com/archaeology/guanzhuang-coin-mint-09937.html https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/08/ancient-coin-mint-discovered-in-china-from-over-2500-years-ago/139852

cf: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antiquity/article/radiocarbondating-an-early-minting-site-the-emergence-of-standardised-coinage-in-china/178ECC2B245A017BF684BE1EFC732BD1

Major ruins found in Nara are suggesting it was once an imperial residence:

https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14385163

Restoration of the Angkor-era Bay Kaek temple is under way and almost complete:

https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/angkor-era-temple-restoration-nears-completion

A Bronze Age dolmen from South Korea found in 2007 has been identified as a gravyard (marker?) rather than an altar:

http://www.ajudaily.com/view/20210802160757005

A Sangam-era iron dagger with a wooden handle from Konthagai:

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/for-the-first-time-keeladi-site-yields-iron-dagger-with-wooden-handle-madurai/article35732053.ece
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/madurai/iron-dagger-with-wooden-handle-skeletal-remains-found-at-konthagai/articleshow/85113562.cms

A 14th century Kakatiya inscription from Andhra Pradesh:


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