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explorator 24.39 January 16, 2022
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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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Earliest homo sapiens in eastern Africa dates (now) to 230 000 years bp:

https://phys.org/news/2022-01-earliest-human-eastern-africa-dated.html https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/01/220112121507.htm https://www.livescience.com/volcano-reveals-modern-humans-older-than-thought https://cosmosmagazine.com/history/archaeology/east-african-fossils-may-be-oldest-modern-human-remains/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/01/earliest-human-remains-in-eastern-africa-dated-to-more-than-230000-years-ago/142510
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2022/01/earliest-human-remains-in-eastern.html
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/01/13/earliest-human-remains-in-eastern-africa-dated-to-230000-years-ago/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/east-africas-oldest-modern-human-fossil-is-way-older-than-previously-thought-180979384/\

cf: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-021-04275-8

2 million years bp cut marks are being used to suggest early hominids were hunting, not just scavenging:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-10398571/Archaeology-Cut-marks-animal-bones-ancestors-DID-begin-hunting-two-million-years-ago.html

A study of birch tar production methods (by Neanderthals?):

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-04161-3

Feature on Isaiah Nengo's anthropological activities:

https://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/history-and-civilisation/2022/01/this-kenyan-palaeoanthropologist-is-digging-deep-to-find-our-ancestors

Feature on the Denisovans:

https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/who-were-the-denisovans

More on 'early inventors' and 500 000 years bp 'technological revolutions':

https://www.sapiens.org/archaeology/stone-age-geniuses/ ============================================================
AFRICA
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A study of a Liberian script created in the 19th century is shedding light on the development of writing:

https://phys.org/news/2022-01-rare-african-script-clues-evolution.html https://www.sciencealert.com/rare-script-from-a-long-isolated-liberian-language-holds-clues-to-the-evolution-of-writing
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2022/01/rare-african-script-offers-clues-to.html

cf: https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/717779

Photoessay of assorted finds from Sudan over the years:

https://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/photography/2022/01/facing-an-uncertain-future-sudan-is-drawing-strength-from-its-ancient-past?image=mm9247_200202_05759

More on 50 000 years bp ostrich eggshell beads and their implications:

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/jan/16/trail-of-african-bling-reveals-50000-year-old-social-network
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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT ============================================================
Remains of structures associated with 4000 years bp turquoise mining in the Sinai:

https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/454963/Antiquities/Ancient-Egypt/In-Photos-Middle-Kingdom-mining-mission-premises-u.aspx
https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/111722/Archaeological-building-discovered-in-Egypt-s-Sinai
https://www.egyptindependent.com/egypt-mission-uncovers-headquarters-of-mining-activity-in-sinai-during-middle-kingdom/
https://dailynewsegypt.com/2022/01/12/egypt-unearths-headquarters-of-mining-expedition-leader-in-sinai-during-middle-kingdom/
https://www.thenationalnews.com/mena/egypt/2022/01/10/egyptian-archaeological-mission-unearths-miners-quarters-in-south-sinai/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/01/headquarters-of-ancient-egyptian-mining-mission-found-in-sinai/142496
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/01/12/headquarters-of-ancient-egyptian-mining-mission-found-in-sinai/

Blocks from a pair of massive limestone sphinx statues of Amenhotep III in Luxor:

https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/455206/Antiquities/Ancient-Egypt/In-Photos-Huge-blocks-for-Sphinxshaped-King-Amenho.aspx
https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/111835/Egypt-uncovers-blocks-of-huge-limestone-colossi-of-king-Amenhotep
https://www.egyptindependent.com/two-royal-statues-discovered-in-luxor/ http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/20220114/359dc519561c48cabc2c7edce3fee2d4/c.html

... a related feature on the 'Golden City':

https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p0bgt7gd/how-egypt-s-3000-year-old-golden-city-rose-from-the-sand

Evidence of use of bandages to wrap a wound (as opposed to a mummy) from Egypt:

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2303544-ancient-egyptian-mummy-of-a-young-girl-is-first-with-a-bandaged-wound/amp/

Murder has been ruled out as a cause of death for Tut:

https://www.egyptindependent.com/archaeologists-rule-out-murder-as-cause-of-king-tuts-death/

A Greco-Roman era rock cut tomb from west of Aswan:

https://english.ahram.org.eg/News/455265.aspx https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/111839/Egypt-uncovers-Greco-Roman-tomb-in-west-of-Aswan
https://www.egyptindependent.com/photos-greco-roman-era-cemetery-uncovered-in-aswan/
https://www.arabnews.com/node/2004951/middle-east http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/europe/20220115/87eb970260f7410c86235b5ee395bc47/c.html

More on the 'digital unwrapping' of the mummy of Amenhotep I:

https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2022/01/egyptian-archaeologists-unwrap-amenhotep-i-mummy-rewrite-history

More on the 2000 years bp foetus preserved in an Egyptian mummy:

https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/01/12/foetus-inside-egyptian-mummy-preserved-thanks-to-unusual-process/
https://elpais.com/ciencia/2022-01-13/el-feto-de-la-dama-misteriosa-la-unica-momia-egipcia-embarazada-conocida-resiste-2000-anos-encurtido-como-un-pepinillo.html

Feature on the Ptolemaic era:

https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/111767/Egypt%E2%80%99s-Ptolemaic-era-witnessed-the-flourishing-of-arts-sciences

Feature on a 2000 years bp pet cemetery in Berenice:

https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/ancient-humans-had-pets-too

Feature on Soknopaiou Nesos:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/01/soknopaiou-nesos-the-crocodile-cult-temple/142466

Feature on the Beni Hassan necropolis in El-Minya:

https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/111769/Beni-Hassan-Necropolis-in-El-Minya-A-testimony-to-the

Seleucid and Parthian finds from a site near Bisotun:

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/468970/Seleucid-Parthian-relics-unearthed-in-UNESCO-tagged-Bisotun

A Sassanid-era rock-carved inscription from Istakhr (Iran):

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/468890/Centuries-old-inscription-discovered-near-Istakhr-ancient-city

A Sassanid-era relief at Naqsh-e Rostam has been restored:

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/468930/Royal-bas-relief-restored-to-closest-original-state

Feature on Sassanid use of 'chemical warfare' at Dura Europos:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/01/the-first-known-case-of-chemical-warfare/142483

Earliest evidence for the arrival of broomcorn millet in Mesopotamia/Iraq is mid/late second millennium BCE:

https://www.rutgers.edu/news/ancient-mesopotamian-discovery-transforms-knowledge-early-farming
https://phys.org/news/2022-01-ancient-mesopotamian-discovery-knowledge-early.html
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/01/220111153706.htm http://www.sci-news.com/archaeology/earliest-multi-cropping-10456.html https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2022/01/ancient-mesopotamian-discovery.html
https://www.archaeology.org/news/10279-220113-iraq-broomcorn-millet

cf: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-03552-w

Plenty of coverage for the return of European archaeologists to Iraq:

https://phys.org/news/2022-01-european-archaeologists-iraq-years-war.html https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20220112-european-archaeologists-back-in-iraq-after-years-of-war
https://www.rfi.fr/en/european-archaeologists-back-in-iraq-after-years-of-war https://www.arabnews.com/node/2003261/middle-east https://www.timesofisrael.com/after-years-of-war-european-archaeologists-return-to-iraq-for-rare-finds/
https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/unearthing-ancients-archaeologists-finally-return-to-war-torn-iraq/news
https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/european-archaeologists-back-in-iraq-170720

Feature on Kudur-Mabuk:

https://www.asor.org/anetoday/2022/01/mesopotamian-ruler-without-a-crown

Excavations at a 6th century basilica site in Nicaea have revealed (another) mosaic:

https://www.aa.com.tr/en/turkey/mosaic-with-slave-thanking-god-for-his-freedom-unearthed-in-southern-turkiye/2470313
http://www.archaeology.org/news/10283-220114-turkey-christianity-basilica

Turkey has a new archaeological institute:

https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/turkeys-archaeology-institute-to-reveal-archaic-anatolian-history/news

Somewhat strange claim (in that I can't follow it) that 'start up managers' associated with mining activity in the Arava Valley is the reason for their success:

https://www.aftau.org/news_item/was-there-a-start-up-nation-in-ancient-canaan/ https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-692028 https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/320154

cf: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0260518

I think we mentioned this study of First Temple era seals and their implications for Jerusalem wealth at the time:

https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/clay-seals-give-clues-to-wealth-of-biblical-jerusalem/?mqsc=E4140841&dk=ZE2410ZF0

Reviewish of Andrew Lawler, *Under Jerusalem*:

https://www.timesofisrael.com/podcast-author-digs-into-wacky-but-true-tales-of-jerusalem-archaeology/

Interesting feature on the Yadin/Sukenik 'archaeological family':

https://www.jewishpress.com/sections/features/features-on-jewish-world/digging-into-the-yadin-sukenik-archaeological-family/2022/01/12/

Feature on the site of Gezer:

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/this-used-to-be-one-of-the-greatest-cities-of-ancient-israel-1.10453115

Feature on using the Bible as an 'archaeological travel guide' in Israel:

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium.MAGAZINE-how-to-use-the-bible-as-a-travel-guidebook-to-israel-1.10530389

More on latrine-revealed parasites among Jerusalem's elite:

https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/01/intestinal-parasites-plagued-jerusalems-wealthy-elite-toilet-excavation-reveals/

Aerial photography and related imagery has revealed a 'network' of 4500 years bp 'funerary avenues' in Saudi Arabia:

https://phys.org/news/2022-01-archaeologists-ancient-highways-arabia.html https://www.thenationalnews.com/gulf-news/saudi-arabia/2022/01/11/archaeologists-in-planes-help-to-reveal-ancient-highways-in-saudi-arabias-alula/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/01/survey-reveals-4500-year-old-network-of-funerary-avenues/142480?amp
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/01/11/ancient-tombs-reveal-funerary-avenues-in-north-west-arabia/

Feature on Safaitic petroglyphs in Jordan (mostly):

http://www.jordantimes.com/opinion/rawan-al-adwan/safaitic-rock-artancient-and-contemporary

More on that 4000 years bp board game find from Oman:

https://scienceinpoland.pap.pl/en/news/news%2C90889%2Carchaeologists-find-rare-4000-year-old-board-game.html
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20220109-oman-archaeologists-discover-4000-year-old-stone-board-game/
https://www.middleeasteye.net/discover/oman-stone-board-game-uncovered-archeologists
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-691928 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-10386063/Archaeology-Ancient-stone-board-game-4-000-year-old-Bronze-Age-settlement-Oman.html
https://www.newsweek.com/bronze-age-board-game-4000-years-old-oman-poland-archaeologists-1667416
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-unearth-4000-year-old-stone-board-game-in-oman-180979340/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/10284-220114-oman-game-board

... and this one includes other finds from the site:

https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/01/11/qumayrah-valley-ancient-towers-copper-trade-and-games/

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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS) ============================================================
5th-3rd century BCE Hellenistic (Roman?) burials from Antandros:

https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/centuries-old-graves-found-near-turkeys-ancient-city-antandros/news
https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/roman-era-tombs-found-around-ancient-antandros-170688

A platform of a temple of Athena/Minerva from Castro (Italian):

https://www.quotidianodipuglia.it/lecce/castro_dea_atena_salento_archeologi_campagna_scavi_d_andria_taranto_grecia-6437539.html

Latest major HS2 construction-related find are remains of a sizeable Roman-era market town in Norhamptonshire:

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/jan/11/roman-town-found-northamptonshire-field-hs2-route
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/hs2-dig-uncovers-the-roman-market-town-that-vanished-mxnhnrcvr
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-northamptonshire-59943179 https://www.independent.ie/videos/railway-archaeologists-uncover-vast-roman-trading-settlement-in-northamptonshire-41227566.html
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/hs2-route-roman-town-archaeologists-b1990651.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/01/11/roman-ruins-hs2-blackgrounds-britain/
https://www.cnn.com/style/article/roman-town-iron-age-archaeology-scli-scn-intl/index.html
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/roman-trading-town-unearthed-dig-uks-hs2-rail-project-rcna12128
https://news.sky.com/story/most-impressive-archaeological-site-could-transform-understanding-of-roman-era-12513109
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-10387235/HS2-dig-finds-ancient-road-2-000-year-old-coins.html
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/hs2-london-birmingham-northamptonshire-b975974.html
https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/01/archaeologists-unearth-ancient-roman-town-along-uk-high-speed-rail-route/
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2022/01/vast-roman-trading-settlement-unearthed.html

... associated with the above is apparently a 'dual carriageway':

https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/846/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/846/pub/846/page/38/article/261217

Another HS2-related find is a large Roman-era (maybe) wooden figure from a waterlogged ditch in Buckinghamshire:

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/jan/13/exquisite-roman-figure-found-on-hs2-dig-in-buckinghamshire
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-59972275 https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/buckinghamshire-roman-hs2-britain-london-b1992018.html
https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/848/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/848/pub/848/page/46/article/261668
https://www.thenational.scot/news/19843461.rare-roman-wooden-figure-uncovered-hs2-archaeologists-buckinghamshire/
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-10395239/Archaeology-Rare-Roman-wooden-figure-Buckinghamshire-ditch-HS2-archaeologists.html
https://www.bucksherald.co.uk/news/people/rare-roman-wooden-figure-uncovered-by-hs2-archaeologists-in-aylesbury-vale-3525596
https://www.cnn.com/style/article/hs2-roman-figure-buckinghamshire-scli-scn-intl/index.html
https://www.dw.com/en/rare-roman-wooden-figure-found-in-the-uk/g-58291898 https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/01/archaeologists-uncover-roman-wooden-figure/142519

... and the finds gave rise to an editorial about archaeology and making the HS2 'look good':

https://www.independent.co.uk/independentpremium/long-reads/hs2-archaeology-news-roman-mola-blackgrounds-b1990727.html

A badger (apparently) revealed a major 3rd-5th century Roman coin hoard in a Spanish cave:

https://phys.org/news/2022-01-burrowing-badger-unearths-roman-era-treasure.html https://www.livescience.com/badger-uncovers-roman-coins-in-spain https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jan/09/hungry-badger-may-have-uncovered-roman-coins-in-spanish-cave
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-59937510 https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/badger-beats-detectorists-roman-coins-spain-qnmts3c8x
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-10386551/Badger-uncovers-200-Roman-coins-Spanish-cave.html
http://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/846/reader/reader.html?social#!preferred/0/package/846/pub/846/page/68/article/263343
https://www.cnn.com/style/article/badger-roman-coins-spain-scli-intl-scn/index.html
https://www.npr.org/2022/01/11/1072019349/a-badger-gets-credit-for-finding-roman-coins-in-a-cave-in-northern-spain
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-01-11/badger-credited-for-unearthing-hoard-of-roman-coins/100748842
https://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/badger-leads-archeologists-to-hoard-of-roman-coins-in-spain-1.5734128
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20220110-burrowing-badger-unearths-roman-era-treasure-in-spain
https://www.rfi.fr/en/burrowing-badger-unearths-roman-era-treasure-in-spain https://www.sciencealert.com/hungry-badger-unexpectedly-discovers-roman-era-treasure-trove
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/hungry-badger-digs-up-roman-coins-in-spain-180979378/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/10275-220111-spain-roman-coins

Remains of an 1800 years bp Venus statue from a construction site in Zadar:

https://www.total-croatia-news.com/lifestyle/59345-venus-statue-in-zadar

Some Roman and Medieval coins found in Derbyshire a couple years ago have been declared treasure:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-derbyshire-59953977 https://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/news/local-news/hoard-roman-coins-found-derbyshire-6487133

... as was the just-found (major) Gobowen coin hoard from Shropshire:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-shropshire-59958128 https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/local-hubs/oswestry/gobowen/2022/01/12/gobowen-roman-coins-treasure-sheds-light-on-time-when-shropshire-was-like-helmand-province/
https://www.bordercountiesadvertizer.co.uk/news/19840047.history-experts-praise-detectorist-roman-coin-hoard-discovered-north-shropshire/
https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/local-hubs/north-shropshire/2022/01/11/shropshire-hoard-of-roman-silver-coins-hoard-declared-treasure-by-coroner/
https://www.shropshirelive.com/news/2022/01/11/hoard-of-roman-coins-found-in-gobowen-declared-treasure/

Overviewish report on the 2021 dig season at Agios Sozomenos-Djirpoulos:

https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/01/10/results-of-the-2021-agios-sozomenos-djirpoulos-excavations/

... and recent finds from Tenea:

https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/01/14/new-finds-at-ancient-tenea/

Not sure about this find (by metal detectorists) of a Roman (?) item being dubbed a 'paranormal paracetamol':

https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/people/amateur-archaeologists-find-extraordinary-roman-artefact-dubbed-paranormal-paracetamol-near-havant-3527867
https://greekcitytimes.com/2022/01/16/treasure-hunters-discover-greco-roman-artefact-they-call-the-paranormal-paracetamol/

In a major change of opinion, the London Times now believes the Parthenon Sculptures should be returned:

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-times-view-on-the-elgin-marbles-uniting-greeces-heritage-spdz5vz6k

... see also:

https://greekreporter.com/2022/01/12/parthenon-marbles-should-return-times/ https://www.ekathimerini.com/culture/1175376/the-times-case-for-return-of-parthenon-marbles-compelling/
https://www.thenationalherald.com/the-times-the-case-for-returning-the-elgin-marbles-to-athens-has-become-compelling/
https://greekcitytimes.com/2022/01/12/the-times-parthenon-sculptures/ https://www.tornosnews.gr/en/greek-news/culture/46186-london-times-support-the-return-of-the-parthenon-marbles-to-greece-after-50-years.html

... and the Greek PM continues his campaign for their return:

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2022/jan/10/time-has-come-for-uk-to-return-parthenon-marbles-says-greek-pm

... especially in the wake of the 'return' of that 'foot fragment' from Sicily:

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/greece-looks-to-returned-fragment-of-parthenon-as-blueprint-to-reclaim-elgin-marbles-kq6rnwwbw
https://apnews.com/article/entertainment-middle-east-arts-and-entertainment-greece-athens-d5bde6cf63210d97943b4e8666eda14a
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/kyriakos-mitsotakis-greece-parthenon-sculptures-parthenon-athens-b1990169.html
https://www.ekathimerini.com/culture/1175259/hope-marble-foot-will-push-uk-to-return-parthenon-sculptures/
https://www.ekathimerini.com/culture/1175193/parthenon-fragment-on-show-as-momentum-builds/
https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/greece-hopes-marble-foot-uk-return-sculptures-82180326
https://www.dw.com/en/italys-return-of-parthenon-fragment-to-greece-shakes-up-debate-in-uk/a-60146803
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20220110-parthenon-fragment-repatriated-from-sicily-to-greece
https://greekreporter.com/2022/01/10/parthenon-marbles-fragment-returns-home-acropolis-museum/
https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/parthenon-fragment-returns-to-greece--rekindling-campaign-for-uk-to-hand-over-marbles/47251250
https://hyperallergic.com/705224/italy-returns-parthenon-fragment-to-greece-shaking-up-debate-over-marbles-in-uk/
https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/greece-hopes-marble-foot-will-get-uk-to-return-sculptures-170697
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/01/13/parthenons-fagan-fragment-at-the-acropolis-museum/

... and other recent returns going on display:

https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/01/10/new-fragments-from-the-parthenon-at-the-acropolis-museum/

A nice backgrounder on how the Marbles made their way to Britain:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-the-much-debated-elgin-marbles-ended-up-in-england-180979311/

Not sure where to put this one on tales of a Turkish harem on the Acropolis:

https://theconversation.com/a-turkish-harem-on-the-acropolis-its-most-likely-a-greek-myth-170330
https://phys.org/news/2022-01-turkish-harem-acropolis-greek-myth.html https://menafn.com/1103539962/A-Turkish-harem-on-the-Acropolis-Its-most-likely-a-Greek-myth

A Hellenistic necropolis outside Naples is opening to the public:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/a-long-overlooked-necropolis-in-naples-reveals-the-enduring-influence-of-ancient-greece-180979385/
https://greekreporter.com/2022/01/14/greek-necropolis-naples/

More on that Santorini-related tsunami victim found on the Aegean coast:

https://www.livescience.com/skeleton-man-dog-ancient-thera-eruption-tsunami

More on that statue of a woman recently found at Epidaurus:

https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/01/12/the-statue-of-a-woman-with-a-full-length-chiton-came-to-light-in-epidaurus/

More on the Greeks probably not practicing infanticide:

https://www.zmescience.com/science/archaeology/no-ancient-greeks-probably-didnt-kill-their-weak-babies/

Reviewish of Roosevelt Montas, *Rescuing Socrates*:

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/01/ideas-vs-identity-liberal-arts-montas-padilla/621241/

Feature on a Latin paleography class at Dartmouth:

https://home.dartmouth.edu/news/2022/01/mastering-art-reading-medieval-manuscripts

Feature on an intaglio at the Ancient Greeks exhibition in Canberra:

https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/7575587/goddess-nike-a-cameo-appearance/?cs=14243

Feature on ancient Roman dog crucifixion:

https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-romans-used-to-crucify-dogs

Feature on Sparta:

https://aeon.co/essays/theres-more-to-sparta-than-martial-valour-and-austerity

Feature on garum:

https://www.eater.com/22867421/everything-you-ever-wanted-to-know-about-garum

Feature on Roman latrines:

https://nerdist.com/article/ancient-roman-latrines-opulent-gross-historian-explores/
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/ancient-roman-latrines-were-both-135552770.html

Feature on the Derveni Papyrus:

https://www.euronews.com/culture/2022/01/15/60-years-on-what-do-we-know-about-the-derveni-papyrus-europe-s-oldest-literary-text

Feature on that 'diver fresco' from Paestum:

https://greekreporter.com/2022/01/12/paestum-ancient-greek-fresco/

Feature on some aspects of Alexander's death:

https://www.snopes.com/articles/389606/alexander-the-great-false-death/

Feature on Roman reaction to British climate:

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/british-climate-drove-romans-up-the-wall-pzhvfs38g

A digital recreation of Olympia (we may have mentioned this):

https://www.designweek.co.uk/issues/10-16-january-2022/microsoft-a_da-rebuild-ancient-olympia/

... and one of ancient Rome:

https://nerdist.com/article/ancient-rome-reconstruction-3d-aerial-video/

Pondering our fascination with Pompeii:

https://www.inverse.com/culture/pompeii-and-death

Latest Pasts Imperfect newsletter:

https://pastsimperfect.substack.com/p/pasts-imperfect-11322

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Roman Archaeology Blog:

http://romanarc.blogspot.com/

Rogueclassicism:

http://rogueclassicism.com/ ============================================================
EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland) ============================================================
A major collection of Neotithic cattle remains from Dublin is causing a rethink of beef and cattle herding in that era:

https://www.ucd.ie/newsandopinion/news/2022/january/11/neolithiccattlesitecouldchangetheunderstandingofwhatbeefmeanttotheancientpeopleofireland/
https://phys.org/news/2022-01-neolithic-cattle-site-beef-meant.html https://www.irishtimes.com/news/science/neolithic-site-could-change-understanding-of-what-beef-meant-to-ancient-irish-1.4773282
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2022/01/neolithic-cattle-site-could-change.html
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/01/14/exceptional-faunal-assemblage-discovered-on-the-n2-kilshane-excavation/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/10276-220112-ireland-neolithic-cattle

Report on a middle Neolithic dig at Mas de Vignoles, assocation with the Chasseen culture:

https://www.inrap.fr/occupation-de-la-plaine-de-nimes-au-neolithique-16174

A pierced Iron Age gold coin from Acle has been declared treasure:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-59953890

A hoard of 2000 years bp Celtic gold 'rainbow cups' from Germany:

https://www.livescience.com/celtic-gold-hoard-discovered-germany http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/63115

A medieval elite Pomeranian (maybe) burial from Poland:

https://scienceinpoland.pap.pl/en/news/news%2C90777%2Ctreasure-trove-elite-found-1000-year-old-grave.html
http://www.archaeology.org/news/10277-220112-poland-medieval-grave

A trio of medieval burial vaults from Bruges:

https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/en/2022/01/11/painted-medieval-burial-vaults-discovered-in-bruges/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/10278-220113-bruges-medieval-vaults

Car park construction in Gloucester revealed remains of a medieval friary cloister:

https://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/news/gloucester-news/medieval-friary-underneath-gloucester-car-6472646

A major medieval coin hoard find (back in October) from Austria:

https://www.numismaticnews.net/world-coins/important-medieval-find-in-austria

17th century finds from a Plymouth navy yard dig:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-devon-59956016

Pondering the possibility of a Viking ship under a block of flats slated for demolition in Ostend:

https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/en/2022/01/15/ancient-viking-ship-under-ostend-block-of-flats/

More on horned helmets not being associated with Vikings:

https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/09/europe/vikings-horned-helmets-bronze-age-intl-scli-scn/index.html
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/iconic-viking-horned-helmets-actually-3000-years-old-180979339/

More on the workshop site associated with Sutton Hoo:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/sutton-hoo-treasures-likely-crafted-at-1400-year-old-workshop-180979337/

More on a pair of medieval objects with Runic/Latin inscriptions from Oslo:

http://www.sci-news.com/archaeology/artifacts-runic-inscriptions-norway-10443.html
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/newly-discovered-norwegian-runes-might-contain-a-medieval-joke-180979381/

More on the 'blood eagle' ritual:

https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/01/gruesome-viking-blood-eagle-ritual-is-anatomically-possible-study-finds/

A project to digitally restore Seaford Head's ancient hillfort:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/01/09/race-against-tide-archaeologists-digitally-restoring-seaford/
https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/843/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/843/pub/843/page/31/article/259830

Plans to resume digging at a site in Crowland associated with St Guthlac:

https://www.spaldingtoday.co.uk/news/st-guthlac-dig-is-set-to-resume-this-year-9235201/

I think we mentioned this study of motives for medieval 'graverobbing' in Europe a while ago:

https://phys.org/news/2022-01-archaeologists-believed-ancient-graves-europe.html

There's an HMS Victory conservation project under way:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-59950989

Pondering Henry VIII's austere tomb:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/01/new-article-explores-why-henry-viiis-tomb-is-austere-rather-than-lavish/142453

Funding to conserve assorted church monuments in Cyprus:

https://cyprus-mail.com/2022/01/15/transport-ministry-and-church-cooperate-for-preservation-works/

A Spanish village with one occupant has high hopes for a medieval cathedral restoration:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jan/12/hopes-cathedral-of-the-moorland-could-save-spanish-village-with-single-resident

Highlights of archaeological finds from Southwark in 2021:

https://www.southwarknews.co.uk/news/southwarks-archaeology-highlights-of-2021/

... and Berkshire:

https://www.getreading.co.uk/news/berkshire-history/buried-beneath-berkshire-archaeological-finds-22750889

Feature on the find of an Anglo-Saxon site in Deal last year:

https://theisleofthanetnews.com/2022/01/14/archaeologist-steve-tomlinson-discovering-an-incredible-anglo-saxon-burial-site/

Feature on Stonehenge:

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-secrets-of-stonehenge-fx9wgp7v0

Feature on one man's efforts to preserve floor tiles in Barcelona:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jan/10/a-man-on-a-mission-to-preserve-barcelonas-decorative-floor-tiles

Review of a book on mental illness among historical elites in Spain:

https://elpais.com/cultura/2022-01-10/la-locura-en-la-historia-de-espana-del-primer-manicomio-a-reyes-incapacitados.html
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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 ============================================================
A cluster of ancient tombs (Six Dynasties - Sui/Tang Dynasties) eras from Guangxi:

https://english.cctv.com/2022/01/10/ARTIxDPb4dmHCQi3tDNsz29F220110.shtml

24 tombs and assorted structures dating to the Shang Dynasty from Shaojiapeng:

https://www.msn.com/en-xl/news/other/3000-year-old-clan-cemetery-uncovered-in-central-china/ar-AAStqMZ?ocid=BingNewsSearch
http://www.archaeology.org/news/10272-220110-shang-dynasty-tombs

... not sure if this is the same site (also Shang Dynasty):

https://ukranews.com/en/news/825788-ancient-city-site-discovered-in-central-china


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