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explorator 24.23 September 26, 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, Terry Hinz,
Don Buck, mata kimasitayo, and Ross W. Sargent for headses upses this week
(as always hoping I have left no one out).

n.b. the 'e' key on my keyboard seems to be dying and doing weird things; I think I caught most instrances, but some weirdness in spelling might remain ...

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EARLY HOMINIDS
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150 000 years bp earrings from Morocco are the focus of a study on early non-verbal communication:

https://phys.org/news/2021-09-earrings-yearbut-youre-ancient.html https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/09/210922143305.htm https://www.zmescience.com/research/earrings-arent-just-fashionable-theyre-also-a-form-of-communication/
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/09/23/those-earrings-are-so-last-year/

cf: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abi8620

A study has figured out why modern humans don't have tails:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/21/science/how-humans-lost-their-tails.html

More on 200 000 years bp cavee art from a Tibetan cave:

https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/09/20/oldest-example-of-immobile-art-found-in-tibet/

More on making clothing in Morocco 120 000 years bp:

https://www.livescience.com/ancient-hominin-handprint-art-tibetan-plateau https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/.premium-cat-fur-was-in-fashion-for-over-100-000-years-archaeologists-deduce-1.10225573
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/study-uncovers-invention-of-clothing-goes-back-120000-years-679978
https://www.dailysabah.com/life/history/archaeologists-in-morocco-discover-oldest-bone-tools-for-clothesmaking
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/09/20/the-earliest-clothing-in-the-archaeological-record/

Feature on Black women working in the paleosciencs:

https://theplosblog.plos.org/2021/09/the-human-evolution-research-institute-challenging-traditional-narratives-and-fostering-a-new-generation-of-black-women-in-the-palaeosciences/
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AFRICA
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Marking the 180th anniversary of South Africa's Jewish community:

https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/celebrating-180th-birthday-of-south-africas-jewish-community-680004
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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT ================================================================
A study of mummified cats is shedding light on ancient dyes:

https://hyperallergic.com/678360/can-mummified-cats-help-unravel-the-mysteries-of-ancient-dyes/

Feature on a talk Howard Carter gave on the discovery of Tut's tomb:

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2021/sep/22/howard-carter-gives-talk-about-discovery-of-tutankhamun-tomb-1923

More on the 'ritual tools' associated with Hathor from Kafr El-Sheikh:

https://www.livescience.com/ritualistic-artifacts-temple-of-the-pharoahs https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/423305/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/Egyptian-archaeologists-unearth-collection-of-reli.aspx
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/ancient-religious-ritual-tools-unearthed-by-egyptian-archaeologists-680092
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-10025025/Archaeologists-Egypts-Hill-Pharaohs-golden-eye-Ra-pillar-dedicated-Hathor.html
https://kawa-news.com/en/pharaohs-daily-rituals-revealed-in-new-archaeological-finds/
https://www.thenationalnews.com/mena/2021/09/19/egypt-archaeologists-shed-light-on-ancient-religious-practices-at-hill-of-the-pharoahs/
https://cairoscene.com/Buzz/Pharaonic-Tools-for-Religious-Ritual-Unearthed-in-Kafr-El-Sheikh
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/ritualistic-tools-found-egypt-temple-of-the-pharaohs-1234604845/
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/09/20/ritualistic-tools-discovered-at-tel-al-fara-in-egypt/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/ancient-egyptian-tools-used-in-worship-of-the-goddess-hathor-discovered-180978744/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/10006-210920-egypt-ritual-temple

Restoration of the Mohammad Ali Mosque will soon be complete:

https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/107978/Restoration-of-Mohammad-Ali-Mosque-to-be-completed-in-a

Feature on the 7000 years bp Qoli Darvish Hill in Qom:

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/465231/7-000-year-old-hill-represents-Qom-s-civilization-and-culture

Somewhat vague item on evidence for 'prehistoric' metalworking at Tepe Kuzechi in Iran's Zanjan province:

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/465346/Archaeological-survey-finds-traces-of-metalworking-in-northwest

A survey of the region around Masouleh in northern Iran:

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/465395/Discoveries-cast-new-light-on-history-of-life-near-Masouleh

Achaemenid inscriptions on Mount Rahmat near Perspolis:

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/465317/Important-bas-relief-carvings-discovered-near-Persepolis

Feature on Hyrcania:

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/465276/Hyrcania-a-fertile-land-with-rich-turbulent-history

Assorted structures from West Azarbaijan have been restored:

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/465308/80-aging-monuments-being-restored-in-West-Azarbaijan

Latest Urartian finds from the Cavustepe Castle dig:

https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/urartian-graves-reveal-new-burial-customs-in-eastern-turkey/news

A blacksmithing shop is among the finds from various periods (?) from Sillyon:

https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/blacksmithing-workshop-discovered-in-ancient-city-of-sillyon-167980

More on the Hittite 'ancestor' of Mediterranean mosaics being found at Yozgat:

https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20210926-ancestor-of-mediterranean-mosaics-discovered-in-turkey

Featuree on Mount Nemrut:

https://www.dailysabah.com/gallery/sunrise-stargazing-and-massive-stone-heads-at-turkeys-mt-nemrut/images

Feature on some 'unique' tombstones from Hasankeyf (date?):

https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/tombstones-found-in-hasankeyf-unique-168032

More on life-size camel reliefs in Saudi Arabia dating to Neolithic times:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-9992791/Life-size-camel-carvings-Saudi-Arabia-TWICE-age-Stonehenge.html
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/ancient-saudi-arabian-camel-carvings-are-actually-older-than-stonehenge-and-the-pyramids-of-giza-2012754
https://www.natureworldnews.com/articles/47590/20210925/camel-carvings-al-jawf-saudi-arabia-8000-years-old.htm
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/life-size-camel-sculptures-in-saudi-arabia-are-older-than-stonehenge-pyramids-of-giza-180978693/

Hasmonean and Second Temple era finds from Itamar:

https://www.israelhayom.com/2021/09/20/the-land-is-speaking-samarian-dig-turns-up-hasmonean-era-artifacts/

Plenty of coverage for a controversial study suggesting a town in Jordan (being connected to Sodom by the authors) was destroyed by a cosmic outburst:

https://phys.org/news/2021-09-evidence-cosmic-impact-ancient-city.html https://www.sc.edu/uofsc/posts/2021/09/09_conversation_explosion.php https://www.christianitytoday.com/news/2021/september/sodom-meteor-biblical-archaeology-tall-el-hammam-airburst.html
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/did-the-destruction-of-this-middle-bronze-age-city-inspire-the-story-of-sodom-679997
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/meteor-destroyed-sodom-tell-el-hammam-valley-archaeologists-believe-c2fjvn0vv
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks/sep-25-bronze-age-town-destroyed-by-meteor-global-warming-makes-animals-shapeshift-and-more-1.6187428/ancient-jordanian-town-destroyed-by-a-meteor-blast-may-have-inspired-biblical-stories-scientists-say-1.6187436
https://news.yahoo.com/forget-meteor-talking-biblical-rape-090727328.html https://www.realclearscience.com/articles/2021/09/21/a_giant_space_rock_demolished_an_ancient_middle_eastern_city_795301.html
https://www.iflscience.com/editors-blog/tunguskatype-cosmic-explosion-may-have-destroyed-ancient-city-inspiring-bible-story/
https://theconversation.com/a-giant-space-rock-demolished-an-ancient-middle-eastern-city-and-everyone-in-it-possibly-inspiring-the-biblical-story-of-sodom-167678
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/destruction-of-city-by-space-rock-may-have-inspired-biblical-story-of-sodom-180978734/

cf: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-97778-3

4000 years bp finds from Erbil (Kurdistan):

https://www.kurdistan24.net/en/story/25637-PHOTOS:-Clay-artifacts-found-at-Erbil-archaeological-site-with-items-nearly-6,000-years-old

Feature on the Abu Saiba mound site and the Tylos culture in Bahrain:

https://www.newsofbahrain.com/index.php

More on another possibility for the purpose of Qumran:

https://www.biblical archaeology.org/daily/qumrans-true-purpose-discovered/

Feature on the sunken Neolithic Atlit Yam site:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/09/atlit-yam-the-sunken-neolithic-settlement/141434

Feature on celebrations of Sukkot some 2000 years bp:

https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/how-did-jews-celebrate-sukkot-2000-years-ago-archaeology-offers-answers-679833

Feature on what Jerusalem looked like 2500 years bp:

https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/what-did-biblical-jerusalem-look-like-some-2500-years-ago-680116

Feature on 'royal illness' in the Bible:

https://www.asor.org/anetoday/2021/09/royal-illness

More on that mass grave of Crusaders in Lebanon:

https://www.livescience.com/mass-grave-of-christian-crusaders https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/crusader-mass-grave-in-lebanon-sheds-light-on-cruelty-of-medieval-warfare-680138
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/mass-graves-of-13th-century-crusaders-reveal-brutality-of-medieval-warfare-180978712/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/10005-210920-lebanon-crusader-graves

Israeli forces 'sealed off' the site of Sebastia:

https://english.wafa.ps/Pages/Details/126180 https://imemc.org/article/soldiers-close-archeological-area-in-sebastia/

Some folks descended into the 'Well of Hell' sinkhole in Yemen:

https://www.livescience.com/well-of-hell-sinkhole-yemen-descent
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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS) ================================================================
Important Mycenean finds from Achaia (Italian coverage):

https://www.ilfriuli.it/articolo/tendenze/archeologia-scoperti-i-confini-del-regno-di-micene-narrati-da-omero/13/251614
https://friulisera.it/archeologia-nuove-scoperte-sulla-geografia-dei-palazzi-micenei-risultati-della-decima-campagna-uniud-sulla-necropoli-di-eghion/

2400 years bp dwellings of 'common townsfolk' from Miletos:

https://www.dailysabah.com/life/history/2400-year-old-homes-unearthed-in-turkey-focus-on-common-folk

A 2000 years bp oil amphora from a Swiss riverbed:

https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/ancient-oil-amphora-found-in-swiss-riverbed/46975456

Remains of a Hellenistic settlement at Laino Borgo (Italian):

https://ecodellojonio.it/articoli/attualita/2021/09/laino-borgo-gli-scavi-archeologici-portano-alla-luce-una-comunita-ellenistica

Windfarm construction in Lincolnshire revealed a Roman villa site (among other things):

https://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/news/grimsby-news/roman-villa-hidden-more-2000-5949497

Recent finds from the dig at the Carlisle Roman bath structure:

https://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/19600982.excavation-carlisle-roman-bathhouse-uncovers-fascinating-finds/

The Bergama amphitheatre was revealed to have 'box seats':

https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/exclusive-lodges-found-in-turkeys-colosseum-168085
http://www.ecns.cn/hd/2021-09-23/detail-iharfcwm3129419.shtml

There's apparently a massive quarry (just opened to the public) beneath the Temple of Claudius near the Colosseum:

https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/707/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/707/pub/707/page/59/article/212215

Amateur divers in Spain came across a nice hoard of Roman gold coins:

https://english.elpais.com/usa/2021-09-24/amateur-divers-find-perfectly-preserved-roman-treasure-in-spain.html
https://elpais.com/cultura/2021-09-21/dos-aficionados-descubren-bajo-el-mar-un-tesoro-romano-escondido-de-los-barbaros.html
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-10020389/Amateur-freedivers-discover-53-perfectly-preserved-Roman-gold-coins-coast-Alicante.html
http://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/roman-coins-spain-divers-scli-intl-scn/index.html
https://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/amateur-divers-discover-enormously-valuable-hoard-of-roman-coins-1.5597599
https://murciatoday.com/javea_divers_find_one_of_the_largest_collections_of_roman_gold_coins_in_europe_1650671-a.html
https://english.elpais.com/usa/2021-09-24/amateur-divers-find-perfectly-preserved-roman-treasure-in-spain.html
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/snorkellers-find-hoard-of-roman-gold-coins-rkz8t0npm

A 1600 years bp fountain from Istanbul:

https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/1600-year-old-fountain-discovered-in-istanbul-680301
http://www.china.org.cn/world/Off_the_Wire/2021-09/24/content_77772870.htm

Inscriptions are shedding light on earthquakes in Tripolis (Turkey):

https://www.aa.com.tr/en/culture/epigraphs-shed-light-on-earthquakes-in-turkeys-ancient-city-of-tripolis/2373548

A study of Etruscan origins (mostly DNA based):

https://phys.org/news/2021-09-legacy-etruscans.html https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/09/210924182513.htm https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/928823 https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/MAGAZINE-who-were-the-etruscans-dna-study-solves-origin-mystery-1.10236713

A study of millstones and other bakery-related technology from Volubilis:

https://news.utexas.edu/2021/09/21/roman-era-mixers-and-millstones-made-with-geology-in-mind/
https://phys.org/news/2021-09-roman-eramixers-millstonesmade-geology-mind.html https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/09/210921140124.htm https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/09/22/roman-era-mixers-and-millstones-made-with-geology-in-mind/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/10009-210922-morocco-roman-volubilis

cf: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abi7673

Study suggests that Roman resource overexploitation contributed to the abandonment of Zita (Tripolitana) in the third century CE:

https://phys.org/news/2021-09-roman-resource-exploitation-urban-collapse.html

The find of a Roman villa at Rossett is causing speculation there might be more Roman remains to be found:

https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/roman-villa-found-buried-under-21611784

Ongoing concerns for Leptis Magna:

https://www.bangkokpost.com/world/2187883/jewel-of-roman-empire-lies-neglected-in-libya-chaos
https://www.modernghana.com/news/1106853/jewel-of-roman-empire-lies-neglected-in-libya-chao.html

An online conference discussing the antiquities from the Venizelos Station:

https://www.ekathimerini.com/culture/1168485/international-forum-on-venizelos-station-antiquities/

More on the recent finds in Palaikastro Bay:

https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/09/21/underwater-research-completed-in-palaikastro-bay/

More on diet differences at Herculaneum:

https://www.inverse.com/culture/eat-like-a-roman

Major feature on Hobby Lobby's lawsuit with Dirk Obbink:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/24/arts/design/hobby-lobby-lawsuit-dirk-obbink.html

Madeline Miller on the Aeneid:

https://octavian.substack.com/p/madeline-miller-on-the-aeneid

Mary Beard on art collecting matters:

https://www.tatler.com/article/mary-beard-classical-busts-new-status-symbol

Someone has written Star Wars as epic poetry:

https://gizmodo.com/the-odyssey-of-star-wars-turns-the-original-trilogy-int-1847738612

Another feature on concerns regarding Acropolis renovations:

https://www.brown.edu/news/2021-09-03/acropolis

Feature on some students who were involved in the dig that found that well preserved burial at Pompeii:

https://dornsife.usc.edu/news/stories/3550/students-discover-preserved-pompeii-skeleton/

Time Team is at Banburyshire looking at a Roman villa:

https://www.banburyguardian.co.uk/heritage-and-retro/heritage/time-team-arrives-in-banburyshire-this-week-to-begin-excavating-the-site-of-a-huge-roman-villa-discovered-on-the-broughton-castle-estate-3391288

Feature on slavery in ancient Greece:

https://www.historyextra.com/period/ancient-greece/slavery-ancient-greece-life-society/

Feature on ancient Greek religion:

https://www.historyextra.com/period/ancient-greece/guide-ancient-greek-religion-gods-deities-myth-legend/

Feature on Tartessos:

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/tartessos-casas-del-turunuelo

Feature on assorted 'influential' ancient Greeks:

https://www.historyextra.com/period/ancient-greece/guide-famous-influential-ancient-greeks/

Feature on ancient Greek warfare:

https://www.historyextra.com/period/ancient-greece/greek-warfare-battles-hoplites/

Feature on women in Ancient Greece:

https://www.historyextra.com/period/ancient-greece/women-lives-work-ancient-greece/

Feature on Hippocrates:

https://www.historyextra.com/period/ancient-greece/medicine-ancient-greece-hippocrates-oath-humours/

Features on the Battle of Salamis:

https://www.historyextra.com/period/ancient-greece/battle-salamis-480-bc-facts-what-happened-who-won/
https://greekcitytimes.com/2021/09/22/on-this-day-in-480-bc-greece-wins-the-battle-of-salamis-2/
https://greekreporter.com/2021/09/22/archaeological-finds-battle-of-salamis/

Feature on the Battle of Thermopylae:

https://www.historyextra.com/period/ancient-greece/ancient-greece-history-guide-battle-thermopylae-300-spartans-last-stand-leonidas-xerxes/

Feature on Plato:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/22/magazine/searching-for-plato-with-my-7-year-old.html

Feature on Roman music:

https://www.stratfordobserver.co.uk/news/music-for-romans-32268/

Feature on Herodotus:

https://www.livescience.com/who-was-herodotus

Feature on ancient Crete:

https://www.argophilia.com/news/in-search-of-keftiu-the-shimmery-new-explanation/229779/

Feature on some iconic ancient Greek buildings:

https://mymodernmet.com/ancient-greek-classical-architecture-examples/

Feature on Hades and Persephone:

https://neoskosmos.com/en/2021/09/21/dialogue/opinion/the-romanticisation-of-hades-and-persephone/

Feature on pandemics and ancient Greek wars:

https://greekreporter.com/2021/09/22/how-a-pandemic-affected-ancient-greek-wars/

Feature on Greco-Roman finds from Myra over the years:

https://greekreporter.com/2021/09/26/greek-gods-and-mortals-come-to-life-in-terracotta-figurines/

Feature on Hadrianopolis:

https://greekreporter.com/2021/09/21/why-was-the-ancient-greek-city-of-hadrianopolis-abandoned/

Feature on ancient Greek oracles:

https://greekreporter.com/2021/09/24/what-questions-did-ancient-greeks-ask-the-oracles/

Feature on ancient Greek pets:

https://greekreporter.com/2021/09/19/snakes-apes-and-ferrets-the-ancient-greek-love-of-pets/

Feature on the statue of Zeus at Olympia:

https://www.grunge.com/610341/the-untold-truth-of-the-statue-of-zeus-at-olympia/

Feature on what social media would be for the Ancient Greeks:

https://www.stratfordobserver.co.uk/news/music-for-romans-32268/

Feature on race and imperialism in Ancient Rome:

https://blog.oup.com/2021/09/an-empire-of-many-colours-race-and-imperialism-in-ancient-rome/

Feature on the use of the ancient world by the far right:

https://www.historyextra.com/period/modern/classics-racial-hatred-how-far-right-hijacked-ancient-greco-roman-world/

Latest Pasts Imperfect newsletter:

https://pastsimperfect.substack.com/p/pasts-imperfect-92321
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http://romanarc.blogspot.com/

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http://rogueclassicism.com/ ================================================================
EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland) ================================================================
Earliest Upper Paleolithic remains in Europe from Bacho Kiro Cave suggests migrating humans had to deal with cold climatee:

https://phys.org/news/2021-09-early-homo-sapiens-groups-europe.html https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/09/210922143250.htm https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/928788 https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/first-modern-humans-in-europe-spread-despite-howling-ice-age-cold-1.10231906
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/early-humans-in-europe-endured-very-cold-climates-researchers-find-680267
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/09/23/early-homo-sapiens-groups-in-europe-faced-subarctic-climates/

cf: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abi4642

Evidence of 14 000 years bp nomadic hunters from Bradgate Park:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leicestershire-58653988

Remains of a 10 000 years bp chocolate flint mine from Poland:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/09/archaeologists-discover-chocolate-flint-mine-from-prehistoric-period/141487

A trio of medieval burial vaults from a church in Bruges:

http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/62282

A Slavic hillfort site in Poland has yielded a pile of medieval finds:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/09/slavic-stronghold-reveals-hundreds-of-artefacts-from-the-middle-ages/141465
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/62319

A medieval rock-lined burial associated with the San Bernabe Hermitage in Spain (I think we mentioned this):

https://phys.org/news/2021-09-excavation-hispano-visigothic-grave-ojo-guarea.html
https://www.archaeology.org/news/10001-210919-spain-hermitage-burial

More on the 125 years bp shipwreck revealed by calm water in Sheringham:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-norfolk-58669944

More on finds associated with Scotland's earliest railway:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-58624721 https://www.scotsman.com/heritage-and-retro/heritage/railway-history-rewritten-after-hidden-tracks-discovered-in-east-lothian-3390028
https://www.archaeology.org/news/10004-210920-scotland-wooden-railway

More on the 6th century gold hoard found by a metal detectorist in Denmark:

https://www.livescience.com/gold-hoard-sixth-century-denmark https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/iron-age-gold-hoard-discovered-in-denmark-680280

Possible remains of interest from Dublin relating to the burial of Robert Emmet:

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/remains-found-in-dublin-adds-intrigue-to-search-for-robert-emmet-s-grave-1.4679218

Feature on a dig at a Walthamstow secondary school which has found artifacts ranging over 3000 years:

https://www.guardian-series.co.uk/news/19596679.unearthing-3-000-years-history-walthamstow-secondary-school/

Feature on Viking shipbuilding:

https://www.rawstory.com/viking-ship/

Feature on the White Horse of Uffington:

https://daily.jstor.org/whence-the-white-horse-of-uffington/

Feature on the sunken town of Dunwich:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/09/the-sunken-town-of-dunwich/141499

Feature on St Catherine's Hill:

https://www.hampshirechronicle.co.uk/news/19604602.heritage-st-catherines-hill---winchesters-iron-age-predecessor/

Feature on Doggerland:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/09/archaeologists-to-bring-the-prehistoric-landscape-of-doggerland-to-life/141454

Remains of a V2 rocket from a field in Kent:

https://www.the-sun.com/news/3724789/nazi-german-terror-rocket-discovery-kent-england/
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/archaeologists-dig-in-landing-sites-of-german-v2-rockets-680277
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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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Feature on the Terracotta Warriors:

https://mymodernmet.com/terracotta-warriors-infographic/

... related:

https://daijiworld.com/news/newsDisplay?newsID=874395

Feature on the Da Qin Christian monastery in Shaanxi:

https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p09wrvcy/the-surprising-location-of-an-ancient-christian-mon

A 3000 years bp burial of a wealthy woman (Karasuk culture) from Siberia:

https://siberiantimes.com/other/others/news/siberian-lady-of-the-rings-rich-bronze-age-burial-reveals-stunning-set-of-funeral-jewellery/

Feature on decimal use in Japan some 2000 years bp:

https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14437190

A Megalithic eria Menhir from Basrur:

https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Mangalore/menhir-from-megalithic-period-found-in-basrur/article36561518.ece
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mangaluru/megalithic-menhir-found-at-basrur/articleshow/86376572.cms

Chola palace remains unearthed at Gangaikondacholapuram

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/chola-palace-remains-unearthed-at-gangaikondacholapuram/article36660632.ece

A possible medieval 'treasure trove' from Uttar Pradesh:

https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/india-news-mcd-engineer-who-discovered-dara-shukohs-grave-stumbles-upon-a-possible-medieval-era-treasure-trove-in-up/395706

Archaeologists are looking for sites in Puri's Jagannath Mandir:

https://www.news18.com/news/india/archaeologists-metal-detectors-hunt-lost-treasure-jagannath-mandir-puri-4220360.html

More on those 7200 years bp Toalean culture remains from Indonesia:

https://bigthink.com/the-past/ancient-toalean-dna/

Feature on trade along the Silk Road:

https://www.history.com/news/silk-road-trade-goods ================================================================
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Rio Tinto is accused of providing false information to a parliamentary inquiry:

https://nit.com.au/rio-tinto-accused-of-providing-false-information-to-parliamentary-inquiry/

More on the shell artifacts from a Murray River site:

https://phys.org/news/2021-09-rare-artefacts-murray-river.html https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-09-22/rare-shells-discovery-reveals-aboriginal-technology/100479600
http://www.archaeology.org/news/10003-210919-australia-shell-artifacts ================================================================
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Some human footprints from White Sands National Park in New Mexico have been dated to 23 000 years bp:

https://news.arizona.edu/story/earliest-evidence-human-activity-found-americas https://phys.org/news/2021-09-earliest-evidence-human-americas.html https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/09/210923161340.htm https://www.livescience.com/earliest-conclusive-evidence-found-of-humans-in-the-new-world
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/.premium-clovis-debunked-footprints-show-humans-in-america-23-000-years-ago-1.10235486
https://www.timesofisrael.com/new-mexico-footprints-show-humans-walked-in-north-america-some-23000-years-ago/
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/researchers-find-oldest-evidence-of-human-presence-in-americas-680298
https://theconversation.com/fossil-footprints-prove-humans-populated-the-americas-thousands-of-years-earlier-than-we-thought-168426
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/23/science/ancient-footprints-ice-age.html https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/23/americas/footprints-humans-arrive-in-north-america-scn/index.html
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-58638854 https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/sep/23/human-footprints-oldest-north-america
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/human-footprints-new-mexico-america-b1926115.html
http://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/706/reader/reader.html?social#!preferred/0/package/706/pub/706/page/59/article/211871
https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/fossil-footprints-show-humans-north-america-21000-years-ago-rcna2169
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/humans-existed-earlier-ancient-fossil-research/ https://www.wpr.org/ancient-footprints-show-humans-lived-americas-earlier-once-thought
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/09/archaeologists-find-oldest-known-human-footprints-in-the-americas/141495
https://www.zmescience.com/science/archaeology/23000-year-old-ghost-tracks-show-humans-arrived-in-the-americas-much-earlier-than-thought/
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-02597-1 https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/fossil-footprints-challenge-theory-when-people-first-arrived-americas
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/footprint-discovery-hints-at-humans-in-the-americas-more-than-20-000-years-ago/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/footprint-study-is-best-evidence-yet-that-humans-lived-in-ice-age-north-america-180978757/

cf: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abg7586

A Peguis First Nation burial with evidence of tuberculosis from Lockport, Manitoba:

https://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/historic-human-remains-found-at-dam-site-peguis-first-nation-chief-1.5592018

Latest finds from a dig at the Fort Raleigh National Historic site on Roanoke Island:

https://coastalreview.org/2021/09/latest-dig-yields-new-clues-at-fort-raleigh-historic-site/

A 'mysterious' 1691 coin from an Underground Railroad dig in Maryland:

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/national/article254381998.html

... while a dig at an Underground Railroad site in Ithaca is getting under way:

https://ithacavoice.com/2021/09/excavation-begins-to-uncover-more-of-ithacas-underground-railroad-history/

550 African American graves located in Lewes:

https://www.wboc.com/story/44816005/550-african-american-graves-possibly-discovered-in-lewes

Concerns for a Weybridge cemetery:

https://addisonindependent.com/news/creek-unsettles-dead-weybridge

Plans for a survey of the Dorthy Quincy Homestead in Quincy:

https://www.patriotledger.com/story/news/2021/09/21/archaeological-survey-planned-dorothy-quincy-homestead/5797812001/

Plans to find remains of a buried fort on Clemson's campus:

https://gsabusiness.com/news/education/81112/

A missing tombstone in Michigan was apparently being used as a marble slab to make fudge:

https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/24/us/gravestone-returned-after-missing-150-years-trnd/index.html

Dendrochronology provides evidence for a major 18th century tsunami that hit the Pacific Northwest:

https://www.wired.com/story/the-long-lost-tale-of-an-18th-century-tsunami-as-told-by-trees/

More on the burned layer at Jamestown being linked to Bacon's Rebellion:

https://www.dailypress.com/virginiagazette/va-vg-jamestown-rediscovery-bacons-rebellion-0916-20210917-4uw7agvjjvg3blllbhvoccic7i-story.html
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-10017199/Charred-remains-Jamestown-church-burned-1676-Bacons-Rebellion-discovered.html
https://www.archaeology.org/news/10002-210919-virginia-bacons-rebellion

Another feature suggesting humans weren't responsible for the extinction of woolly mammoths:

https://www.wwno.org/npr-news/2021-09-21/humans-may-not-have-hunted-woolly-mammoths-to-extinction-those-thousands-of-years-ago

Feature on New York's African Theatre:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/22/theater/african-grove-theater.html

Review of Ellis and Wood's recent books on the establishment of the US:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/21/books/review/the-cause-joseph-j-ellis-power-liberty-gordon-s-wood.html

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