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explorator 24.22 September 19, 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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Impressions of hands and feet made by two kids in a Tibetan cave some 200 000 years bp are being called the world's earliest art:

https://phys.org/news/2021-09-footprint-art-dates-mid-ice-age.html https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/09/210914124953.htm https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/art-not-ancient-handprints-spark-debate-rcna2028
https://gizmodo.com/200-000-year-old-hand-art-found-near-a-tibetan-hot-spri-1847682046
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2352409X21003771 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/these-200000-year-old-hand-and-footprints-could-be-the-worlds-oldest-cave-art-180978702/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9997-210916-tibetan-plateau-prints

cf: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2095927321006174

A study of tools found a decade ago in Morocco suggests humans were making clothing 120 000 years bp:

https://phys.org/news/2021-09-earliest-bone-tools-morocco-years.html https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/09/210916114534.htm https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/sep/16/scientists-find-evidence-of-humans-making-clothes-120000-years-ago
https://www.thenationalnews.com/world/africa/2021/09/16/morocco-cave-dig-shows-clothes-were-made-with-bone-tools-120000-years-ago/
https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/16/africa/clothing-bone-tools-morocco-scn/index.html
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-science-clothing/moroccan-cave-yields-oldest-clues-about-advent-of-human-clothing-idUSKBN2GC1J4
https://www.upi.com/Science_News/2021/09/16/germany-animal-bones-clothing-pleistocene/2951631808600/
https://www.sciencealert.com/strong-evidence-found-for-the-manufacture-of-clothing-as-far-back-as-120-000-years
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/stone-age-bone-scraper-tools-animal-skin-leather-pelt-cave-morocco
https://www.archaeology.org/news/10000-210917-morocco-bone-tools

Some folks were 'role playing' as Neanderthals to figure out how they caught birds in caves:

https://phys.org/news/2021-09-scientists-neanderthals-explore-caught-birds.html

Feature on the 'oldest known' archaeological site:

https://www.livescience.com/oldest-archaeological-site.html https://www.news18.com/news/buzz/not-pyramids-of-giza-or-stonehenge-this-may-be-worlds-oldest-archaeological-site-4206371.html
https://www.sciencetimes.com/articles/33435/20210914/worlds-oldest-known-archaeological-site-candidates-2-5-million-years.htm

Feature on coastal Neanderthal life in Donana:

https://elpais.com/ciencia/2021-09-16/asi-vivian-los-neandertales-costeros-y-la-megafauna-en-donana-su-ultimo-refugio-europeo.html

Feature on Francis Kirera's work in Kenya:

https://den.mercer.edu/professors-work-in-kenya-investigates-site-of-newly-discovered-human-remains/

More on complex tool-making by late Neanderthals:

https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/09/13/late-neanderthals-used-complex-tool-making-techniques/

More on that study of a 42 000 years bp Neanderthal tooth from Iran:

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/neanderthal-tooth-in-iran-from-42-000-years-ago-redraws-human-evolution-1.10205461
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AFRICA
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Feature on the Sedeinga pyramids:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/09/the-sedeinga-pyramids/141379 ================================================================
ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT ================================================================
A collection of 'religious ritual tools' associated with Hathor from the Temple of the Pharaohs in Kafr El-Sheikh:

https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/423305/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/Egyptian-archaeologists-unearth-collection-of-reli.aspx
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/09/ritualistic-tools-discovered-at-tel-al-fara-in-egypt/141427

Egypt has reopened the tomb of Djoser after restoration:

https://phys.org/news/2021-09-egypt-ancient-tomb-king-djoser.html https://www.dailysabah.com/life/history/egypt-reopens-pharaoh-djosers-ancient-tomb-after-grand-restoration
https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/egypt-opens-ancient-tomb-king-djoser-restoration-80008986
https://www.republicworld.com/world-news/africa/egypt-reopens-south-tomb-of-king-djoser-for-tourists-and-locals-after-its-restoration.html
https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/724/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/724/pub/724/page/52/article/218757
https://apnews.com/article/middle-east-africa-egypt-cairo-science--cef2f2d37305aebb6015d23f2a13cb38
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/62229

... and again Egypt is announcing that there will be an announcement:

https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/107829/New-archaeological-discovery-in-Saqqara-to-be-announced-soon

Not sure where this one goes ... the Taliban is apparently trying to locate the Bactrian Treasure:

https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/taliban-to-track-secure-2000-year-old-bactrian-gold-treasure-report-101631932521548.html
https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/taliban-are-after-bactrian-gold-treasure-it-has-an-indian-connect-101632026306958-amp.html
https://ummid.com/news/2021/september/16.09.2021/hunt-on-to-track-and-locate-bactrian-treasure-taliban.html
https://daijiworld.com/news/newsDisplay?newsID=874223 https://tolonews.com/afghanistan-174680

A study suggests Achaemenid workers were paid wages in silver:

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/465107/Achaemenid-workers-paid-silver-for-wages-study-on-clay-tablets

The first phase of a project to restore the Chehel Payeh Caravanserai in Tabas is complete:

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/465105/Qajar-era-caravanserai-in-eastern-Iran-undergoes-restoration

The Shoghab necropolis near Busheher is opening to the public:

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/465157/Archaeologically-rich-cemetery-in-southwest-Iran-preparing-to

Feature on the hunt for Iraq's looted antiquities:

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/iraq-archaeology-museum-antiquities-looting-a8996676.html

Feature on the Tomb of Nahum:

https://www.timesofisrael.com/saving-iraqs-tomb-of-nahum-a-secret-mission-resurrects-kurdistans-jewish-past/

Feature on Israel's archaeological finds during Covid times:

https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/what-were-israels-archaeological-advances-during-covid-679436

Feature on the disputes around Tel Sebastia:

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium.HIGHLIGHT.MAGAZINE-the-west-bank-archaeological-site-at-the-center-of-a-jewish-palestinian-struggle-1.10208651

... and there seems to be a similar thing brewing at the Del Aroma site (maybe?):

https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/313511 https://presstories.com/2021/09/15/continued-destruction-of-antiquities-at-del-aroma-contrary-to-any-logic-or-morality/

I think we mentioned this 1500 years bp winepress, gold chain, and other items found at Ramat Ha-Sharon:

http://www.sci-news.com/archaeology/byzantine-winepress-ramat-ha-sharon-10058.html

... and a feature on the city:

https://www.israeltoday.co.il/read/this-city-is-older-than-originally-thought/

What is being described as a 3500 years bp mosaic has been found at Yozgat:

https://greekreporter.com/2021/09/15/worlds-oldest-mosaic-turkey/ https://www.thenationalnews.com/world/2021/09/16/worlds-oldest-mosaic-uncovered-in-turkey/

Byzantine-era iron axe and a 'machete' (and other household items) from a site in Assos:

http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/62222

45 Uruatian-era funerary urns from the necropolis of Cavustepe Castle:

https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/urns-found-in-cavustepe-castle-under-examination-167834

Digging is under way at a 3800 years bp Hittite temple site in Kayalipinar:

https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/archaeologists-to-reveal-hittite-temple-in-central-anatolia/news

... and at the Neolithic Cayonu Mound:

https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/excavations-in-cayonu-mound-to-shed-light-on-neolithic-era-167962

Digging has resumed at Alacahoyuk:

https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/works-ongoing-to-reveal-cultural-timeline-of-alacahoyuk-167854

Concerns for sites in occupied Afrin:

https://hawarnews.com/en/haber/archaeological-heritage-in-occupied-afrin-at-risk-h26733.html

Some 2700 years bp ushabtis found ages ago in Izmir are on display:

https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/2700-year-old-ushabtis-on-display-for-1st-time-in-turkeys-izmir/news

A mass grave of Crusaders found in Lebanon:

https://www.livescience.com/mass-grave-of-christian-crusaders http://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/724/reader/reader.html?social#!preferred/0/package/724/pub/724/page/50/article/218759
https://www.news18.com/news/buzz/mass-grave-of-13th-century-warriors-uncovered-by-archaeologists-in-lebanon-4217162.html
https://www.iflscience.com/editors-blog/mass-grave-of-christian-crusaders-shows-bloody-reality-of-medieval-war/

More on that 'cheating weight' from the City of David:

https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/first-temple-cheating-weight/

Redating of some life-size camel reliefs in Saudi Arabia suggest they date from the Neolithic, not Roman era:

https://phys.org/news/2021-09-life-sized-camel-northern-arabia-date.html https://www.livescience.com/neolithic-stone-camel-carvings.html https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-58570259 https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/MAGAZINE-surprise-monumental-camel-sculptures-in-arabia-are-prehistoric-archaeologists-find-1.10210585
https://www.vice.com/en/article/bvzekw/ancient-camel-sculptures-are-older-than-the-pyramids-and-stonehenge-scientists-discover
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/life-size-camel-sculptures-in-saudi-arabia-are-older-than-stonehenge-pyramids-of-giza-180978693/
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/09/15/life-sized-camel-carvings-in-northern-arabia-date-to-the-neolithic-period/

cf: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2352409X21003771
or: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2021.103165

General feature on the archaeology of a tell:

https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/how-to-tell-a-tell/
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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS) ================================================================
Seven (at least) Etruscan tombs from the Monterozzi necropolis (Italian):

http://www.tusciaweb.eu/2021/09/scoperte-nuove-tombe-etrusche-nella-necropoli-dei-monterozzi/

Latest finds from the dig at Himera includes a major structure associated with the 5th century BCE sanctuary (Italian):

https://palermo.gds.it/articoli/cultura/2021/09/12/lantica-himera-prende-forma-scoperti-un-nuovo-edificio-e-un-grande-vano-24fa9faf-649a-46d9-8ec4-dbe9cace23eb/

A 2nd century BCE shipwreck find off the coast of Croatia:

https://www.total-croatia-news.com/lifestyle/55944-ilovik https://www.archaeology.org/news/9988-210913-croatia-ancient-shipwreck

Remains of a Roman-era port in the Gulf of Paleokastro near Sitia (Crete):

https://greekreporter.com/2021/09/17/roman-port-discovered-under-sea-off-crete/ https://www.athina984.gr/en/2021/09/16/ypovrychia-ereyna-ston-kolpo-palaikastroy-siteias-gia-ti-morfi-poy-eiche-stin-archaiotita/
https://hellenicnews.com/underwater-ancient-coastline-in-sitia-crete/

Latest excavations at the ports of Claudius and Trajan have brought to light remains of a bathing complex (Italian):

https://www.fiumicino-online.it/articoli/attualita/porti-imperiali-di-claudio-e-traiano-la-campagna-di-scavo-porta-alla-luce-un-edificio-termale

Vine planting in the Penedes revealed Iberian finds and a Roman necropolis:

https://www.lavanguardia.com/local/barcelona/20210913/7716544/vina-cargada-historia-penedes-arqueologia-yacimiento.html

A possible sanctuary of Aphrodite find at Protaras (according to the mayor?):

https://cyprus-mail.com/2021/09/15/paralimni-mayor-says-finds-indicate-possibility-of-aphrodites-sanctuary/

Update on the dig at the site of the 1st century BCE Roman siege at Cerro Castarreno:

https://cadenaser.com/emisora/2021/09/13/radio_castilla/1631511825_586329.html

Remains of a 2000 years bp Roman sewage system from Tripolis in Turkey's Denizli proving:

https://www.aa.com.tr/en/culture/2-000-year-old-roman-sewage-system-unearthed-in-southwestern-turkey/2363624
https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/archaeologists-reveal-2000-year-old-sewage-system-in-sw-turkey/news
https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/roman-era-sewage-system-discovered-in-western-turkey-167855
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9995-210915-turkey-roman-sewer

I think we mentioned this Roman-era military equipment find from the Netherlands:

https://www.dutchnews.nl/news/2021/09/roman-finds-in-limes-area-in-utrecht-unique-in-the-world/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/9987-210913-netherlands-roman-artifacts

Remains of a Greek temple at Leontinoi (Italian):

https://qds.it/antica-leontinoi-emergono-resti-tempio-greco/ https://inchiestasicilia.com/2021/09/13/scavi-archeologici-a-leontinoi-emerge-un-tempio-greco/

A120 construction finds remains of a 2000 years bp 'lost settlement' near Little Hadham:

https://www.hertfordshiremercury.co.uk/news/hertfordshire-news/archaeological-dig-uncovers-remains-2000-5924599
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-58584488

I think we've mentioned these ongoing excavations at a Roman villa site near Wrexham:

https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/roman-villa-dating-1ad-could-21540520

Latest from the Roman villa dig at Rossett:

https://www.leaderlive.co.uk/news/19581639.rossett-get-latest-roman-villa-dig/

A dispute between archaeologists and developers is getting in the way of a study of those 80 bound burials (possibly Roman-era) from Buckingham:

https://www.bucksherald.co.uk/heritage-and-retro/heritage/dispute-halts-report-into-historic-mass-grave-in-buckingham-3380820
https://www.bucksfreepress.co.uk/news/19579456.buckingham-councillor-fears-relatives-mass-grave/
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-58563062

Excavations at Hyccara (Roman/Medieval) have resumed (Italian):

https://www.ansa.it/sicilia/notizie/2021/09/13/archeologia-nuovi-scavi-in-insediamento-rurale-di-hyccara_a101cf3b-c876-44c1-a942-335812da5c48.html
https://qds.it/archeologia-nuovi-scavi-hyccara/ https://www.ilmoderatore.it/si-scava-nellantica-hyccara-in-contrada-san-nicola-a-carini-pa/

Pompeiopolis will soon open to tourists:

https://www.dailysabah.com/life/history/turkeys-ancient-city-ofpompeiopolis-prepares-to-welcome-visitors

Solar farm construction concerns at the Ta'Hagrat (Neolithic) site on Malta:

http://www.independent.com.mt/articles/2021-09-16/local-news/Heritage-Malta-voices-concern-about-effects-of-proposed-solar-farm-on-Ta-Hagrat-site-6736236779

A project mapping the site of Flaviagusa:

https://www.burgosconecta.es/provincia/poza-continua-busqueda-20210910123333-nt.html?ref=https%3A%2F%2Ft.co%2F

Feature on a largely unexcavated Roman villa site found in 2014 in North Yorkshire:

https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/heritage-and-retro/heritage/95-per-cent-of-roman-villa-in-north-yorkshire-field-is-yet-to-be-uncovered-reveals-archaeologist-3382923
https://www.darlingtonandstocktontimes.co.uk/news/19584313.roman-villa-ancient-road-among-fascinating-finds-bedale-bypass-excavation/
https://www.northyorks.gov.uk/news/article/bypass-dig-reveals-how-much-has-changed-and-how-much-hasnt

More on the find of bits of a large statue of Hadrian from Aydin:

https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/roman-emperors-statue-discovered-in-aydin-167808
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-9994487/Eight-foot-statue-Roman-emperor-Hadrian-discovered-pieces-nearly-2-000-years-fell.html
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9990-210914-turkey-hadrian-statue

More on evidence for 'stressed poetry' in the 2nd century CE:

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/sep/12/the-guardian-view-on-a-hidden-history-of-poetry-it-depends-where-you-look
https://www.thenationalherald.com/culture_arts_music/arthro/ancient_greek_poem_prefigures_pop_and_rock_n_roll-3254858/

More on the return of antiquities to the Aghia Sophia metro station in Thessaloniki:

https://news.gtp.gr/2021/09/14/antiquities-return-to-thessaloniki-metro-station-site/
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/09/13/lina-mendoni-on-restoring-the-antiquities-to-the-aghia-sophia-station/

Review of James Howard-Johnston, *The Last Great War of Antiquity*:

https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-war-that-changed-the-world-in-the-early-seventh-century

Review of Natalie Haynes, *A Thousand Ships*:

https://quchronicle.com/73822/arts-and-life/book-of-the-week-a-thousand-ships-tells-the-little-regarded-story-of-overlooked-mythological-women/

Review of the *Cambridge Companion to Sappho*:

https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/cambridge-companion-to-sappho-book-review-barbara-graziosi/

In case you missed the social media criticism of a recent program about Atlantis:

https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/atlantis-no-serious-historian-thinks-160530039.html
https://www.thedailybeast.com/atlantis-which-no-serious-historian-thinks-existed-is-making-people-insane-on-twitter

Ninth installment of that series on the history of Roman Portugal:

https://www.theportugalnews.com/news/2021-09-13/a-misty-history-of-roman-portugal-part-9-the-spread-of-christian-judaism/62336

Pondering the idea of race in ancient Rome:

https://humanities.wustl.edu/features/kathryn-wilson-constructing-race-in-ancient-world

Feature on the ASCSA:

https://www.thenationalherald.com/archive_general_news_greece/arthro/the_american_school_of_classical_studies_continues_to_generate_knowledge_and_inspire-3254318/

Feature on some ancient collectors/looters of ancient Greek art:

https://greekcitytimes.com/2021/09/19/the-parthenon-report-in-praise-of-great-philhellenes/

Feature on restorations being conducted at the Sanliurfa museum, including an Amazon mosaic:

https://greekcitytimes.com/2021/09/15/turkey-unearthed-ancient-greek-mosaics-of-amazon-women-undergoing-restoration-work/
https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/careful-restoration-of-rare-artifacts-at-sanliurfa-museum/news

Feature on linothorax armour:

https://www.ancientworldmagazine.com/articles/glued-linen-armour/

Feature on the Limes Africanus:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/09/the-limes-africanus/141417

Feature on the site of Troy:

https://spectatorworld.com/life/search-iliad-troy/

Feature on the site of Aegae:

https://greekreporter.com/2021/09/14/aegae-the-cradle-of-ancient-macedonia/

Feature on Akrotiri:

https://greekreporter.com/2021/09/18/akrotiri-santorini-the-bronze-age-city-preserved-in-volcanic-ash/

Feature on Iklaina:

https://greekreporter.com/2021/09/17/iklaina-the-first-city-state-of-ancient-greece-and-europe/

Feature on Phryne:

https://greekreporter.com/2021/09/12/the-ancient-greek-model-who-disrobed-for-her-freedom/

Feature on the ancient Greek diet:

https://greekreporter.com/2021/09/13/ancient-greeks-were-gourmands-with-a-preference-for-fish/

Feature on Titus' Tunnel in Hatay:

https://www.dailysabah.com/life/travel/titus-tunneltourists-flock-to-hatays-ancient-engineering-marvel

Feature on the Anemoi:

https://greekreporter.com/2021/09/19/meet-the-anemoi-the-greek-gods-of-weather/

Feature on ancient Roman music:

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/music-of-the-romans-can-be-heard-again-thanks-to-scottish-songwriter-xvrrswrhw

Feature on paying taxes in ancient Greece:

https://greekreporter.com/2021/09/16/how-rich-greeks-once-paid-taxes-back-in-ancient-times/

Feature on the Cambridge Greek Lexicon:

https://greekreporter.com/2021/09/14/ancient-greek-lexicon/

Feature on a workshop making replicas of ancient Greek art:

https://greekreporter.com/2021/09/16/the-magic-of-recreating-ancient-greek-masterpieces-video/

Arguing over whether Socrates or Plato was 'most original':

https://bigthink.com/culture-religion/most-original-philosopher-plato/

Feature on Medea:

https://greekreporter.com/2021/09/16/euripides-medea-and-her-terrible-revenge-against-the-patriarchy/

Feature on Iris:

https://greekreporter.com/2021/09/17/iris-the-greek-goddess-of-the-rainbow/

Feature on Eva Palmer Sikelianos and her philhellenic lifestyle:

https://greekreporter.com/2021/09/14/eva-palmer-sikelianos-the-american-artist-who-lived-like-an-ancient-greek/

Some Colosseum-related humour from the Onion:

https://www.theonion.com/archeologist-discover-concession-stand-at-colosseum-tha-1847674741

Latest Pasts Imperfect newsletter:

https://pastsimperfect.substack.com/p/pasts-imperfect-91621

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http://rogueclassicism.com/ ================================================================
EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland) ================================================================
A 5000 years bp cist burial from the Aosta Valley (Italian):

https://lasentinella.gelocal.it/ivrea/cronaca/2021/09/11/news/donnas-scoperta-una-tomba-risale-a-cinquemila-anni-fa-1.40687504

Digging is under way at a 14 000 years bp site at Bradgate Park:

https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/local-news/weapons-ice-age-hunters-being-5919270

A 3 000 years bp bronze vessel found in 2017 in East Bohemia may have evidence of early millet beer brewing:

https://www.expats.cz/czech-news/article/oldest-millet-herbal-beer-may-have-been-brewed-in-east-bohemia

Bones found earlier this year by someone out walking their dog in Gloucestershire turn out to date to the Bronze Age:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-58588032

Pottery from a dig at Elmdon Park is hinting at a settlement there dating to 400 BCE:

https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/pottery-found-elmdon-park-proof-21576334

An interesting Iron Age 'shrine' featuring arranged animal bones from the Yorkshire Wolds:

https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/heritage-and-retro/heritage/iron-age-shrine-discovered-in-yorkshire-wolds-surrounded-by-carefully-placed-animal-skulls-and-bones-3385970

A Late Antiquity/Merovingian necropolis with 200+ burials from Alsace:

https://www.lefigaro.fr/culture/parures-d-or-et-chaudron-de-bronze-une-necropole-de-l-antiquite-tardive-exhumee-en-alsace-20210912

A pre-Norman Anglo Saxon church find from Aylesbury:

https://www.bucksherald.co.uk/heritage-and-retro/heritage/anglo-saxon-church-pre-dating-the-norman-era-discovered-in-aylesbury-3374179

A metal detectorist found an Anglo Saxon silver brooch near Somerset:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-somerset-58552915 https://www.express.co.uk/news/science/1492048/archaeology-news-somerset-detectorist-early-medieval-cheddar-trewhiddle-brooch
https://www.archaeology.org/news/9996-210915-anglo-saxon-brooch

Excavations at the Notre Dame do Bruges Cathedral have revealed a medieval burial vault:

https://www.brusselstimes.com/news/art-culture/185665/medieval-burial-vault-discovered-in-bruges/

Overviewish thing on finds from various periods near a 6th century Dublin church:

https://www.irishcentral.com/roots/history/dublin-viking-dig-first-prison-cells

Overviewish features on what we have learned about Otzi after 30 years:

https://www.livescience.com/otzi-the-iceman https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/tzi-the-iceman-what-we-know-30-years-after-his-discovery

A project is underway to repair cracks in lintels at Stonehenge:

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/sep/14/stonehenge-project-launched-to-repair-deep-lintel-cracks
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-58547463 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/stonehenge-repairs-decades-monument-180978630/

A Hispano-Visigothic (8th/9th century CE) burial from Ojo Guarena:

https://phys.org/news/2021-09-excavation-hispano-visigothic-grave-ojo-guarea.html
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/62258 https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/09/excavation-of-a-hispano-visigothic-grave-at-ojo-guarena/141394

Burials and a 1000 years bp cross find near a Sheffield church:

https://www.thestar.co.uk/heritage-and-retro/heritage/bones-and-1000-year-old-cross-discovered-by-builders-working-at-historic-sheffield-landmark-3380419

An 18th century burial site beneath a church in Lithuania:

https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/1495335/archeologists-unearth-18th-century-burial-site-under-church-in-lithuania-s-klaipeda

An 18th century lion's head figurehead/fixture of a shipwreck in the Gulf of Finland:

https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/mysterious_18th_century_warship_artefact_pulled_from_gulf_of_finland/12100320
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/62250

The 1722 Waggonway Project has made some significant finds:

https://www.eastlothiancourier.com/news/19584732.archaeologists-stunning-finds-national-significance/

Calm weather (!) revealed a 19th century shipwreck near Sheringham:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-norfolk-58599802

An historic kiln found near Constable's home has been reburied:

https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/housing/hills-building-group-on-kiln-in-east-bergholt-8319338

Latest claimant to the find of King John's Treasure:

https://www.spaldingtoday.co.uk/news/king-johns-hoard-has-been-found-says-treasure-hunter-9216466/
https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/long-lost-english-crown-jewels-25016562

Digging at Norton Priory at Runcorn is under way again:

https://hbcnewsroom.co.uk/norton-priory-unearths-more-of-its-archaeological-secrets/

Concerns for the Soriano Castle of Gormaz:

https://elpais.com/cultura/2021-09-14/una-granja-de-4200-cerdos-asedia-el-historico-castillo-soriano-de-gormaz.html

A call to put archaeology at the centre of planning legislation in the UK:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-suffolk-58517223

More on that 4000 years bp 'log coffin' burial found at a Lincolnshire golf course:

https://www.livescience.com/bronze-age-burial-golf-club https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/sep/10/rare-bronze-age-coffin-found-golf-course-pond-axe
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/62202 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/rare-bronze-age-coffin-discovered-golf-course-will-finally-be-displayed-180978637/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/9989-210913-england-log-coffin

More on the stone balls from a Neolithic tomb on Orkney:

https://www.livescience.com/mysterious-stone-balls-scottish-tomb-orkney https://www.sciencealert.com/archaeologists-have-uncovered-more-mysterious-stone-balls-from-a-neolithic-britain-tomb

More on that 1500 years bp gold hoard from Denmark:

https://www.cnn.com/style/article/denmark-gold-jewelry-find-scli-intl/index.html
https://www.newsweek.com/trove-gold-artifacts-pre-viking-era-unearthed-amateur-treasure-hunter-1629107
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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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Rome restored silk fabric from the Sanxindui dig:

http://www.china.org.cn/arts/2021-09/14/content_77751518.htm

I think we mentioned this 1500 years bp 'embracing couple' burial study:

https://phys.org/news/2021-09-joint-burial-year-old-skeletons-attitudes.html

More on the latest gold mask (and other items) find from Sanxindui:

https://www.cnn.com/style/article/sanxingdui-mask-pit-scn/index.html https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/sanxingdui-gold-mask-jade-knife-found-1234603667/

More on recent finds from Chenzhou:

https://ukranews.com/en/news/800128-over-30-cultural-relics-discovered-in-central-china-city

More on possible evidence of Silla-era human sacrifice from Wolseon:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-9986033/Remains-fourth-century-Korean-Moon-Temple-prove-human-sacrifice-ancient-Silla-no-myth.html
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/human-sacrifice-korea-gyeongju-silla-180978625/

Neolithic burials on a hilltop in Nalgonda:

https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/in-other-news/160921/4000-bc-neolithic-grooves-found-on-hill-top-of-pavuralagutta-in-nalgon.html

3000 years bp cave petroglyphs from Viet Nam's Nghe An province:

https://en.vietnamplus.vn/prehistoric-drawings-found-in-nghe-an-provinces-ancient-cave/207910.vnp

Two more 2600 years bp ring wells from Agaram:

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/two-new-ring-wells-at-agaram-may-well-mark-end-of-7th-phase/article36464780.ece

Gupta-era temple stairs and an inscription are among the latest finds from a dig in Uttar Pradesh's Etach:

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/1500-year-old-temple-remains-found-in-up/articleshow/86084469.cms
https://www.india.com/travel/articles/priceless-discoveries-from-gupta-period-in-uttar-pradeshs-etah-include-temple-stairs-inscription-4953443/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/9992-210915-india-gupta-temple

A 12th century sculpture of Ganesha from Andra Pradesh (we may have mentioned this):

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/12th-century-stone-idol-of-lord-ganesh-discovered/article36392393.ece
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-10001705/Stone-idol-elephant-headed-Hindu-god-800-years-ago-unearthed-Indian-village.html
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9993-210916-india-hinduism-ganesha

A 6th century hero stone and a Tamil inscription were restored in Tamatakallu:

https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/karnataka/2021/sep/15/karnataka-6th-century-hero-stone-tamil-inscription-restored-in-tamatakallu-2359027.html

Feature on Korkai's trade links with Egypt:

https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2021/sep/19/artefacts-reveal-korkais-trade-links-with-egypt-2360763.html
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Assorted shell artifacts (wide date range) from the Murray River in South Australia:

https://phys.org/news/2021-09-rare-artefacts-murray-river.html https://www.powerfmsa.com.au/news/local-news/110550-rare-shell-artefacts-discovered-on-murray-river
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Artifacts from a dig at Medicine Lodge (Wyoming) are set to be carbon dated to determine when the Crow people arrived in the area:

https://apnews.com/article/science-wyoming-animals-sheridan-0c186a7192a8d96bc59c6cf14bf7e2c0
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/wyoming/articles/2021-09-12/medicine-lodge-ceramics-point-to-early-crow-inhabitants
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/centuries-old-pottery-could-reveal-when-the-crow-arrived-in-wyoming-180978691
https://www.archaeology.org/news/9991-210914-medicine-lodge-campsite

662 Late Archaic and Early Woodland period tools from a site down the road from Kent State:

http://www.kentwired.com/latest_updates/article_91112a98-1696-11ec-af13-1f4be9f8ca16.html

The folks working at Jamestown found evidence of Bacon's Rebellion:


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