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explorator 24.42 February 6, 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
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EARLY HOMINIDS
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Another set of 100 000 years bp+ footprints from South Africa:

https://phys.org/news/2022-01-ancient-human-tracks-south-africa.html

A study of a 1.5 million years bp 'human' vertebra from the Jordan Valley is suggesting 'Out of Africa' happened in 'waves', not just a one-time thing:

https://phys.org/news/2022-02-prehistoric-human-vertebra-jordan-valley.html https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/02/220202080314.htm https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-695270 https://www.timesofisrael.com/scientists-find-oldest-evidence-of-humans-in-israel-a-1-5-million-year-old-bone/
https://www.israelhayom.com/2022/02/03/1-5-million-year-old-human-vertebra-uncovered-in-israels-jordan-valley/
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/archaeologists-discover-missing-link-in-human-evolution-in-israel-1.10584884
https://www.independent.co.uk/world/discovery-bone-ancient-human-migration-b2006040.html
https://cosmosmagazine.com/history/archaeology/human-evolution-oldest-humans-israel/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/02/vertebra-discovered-in-the-jordan-valley-tells-the-story-of-prehistoric-migration-from-africa/142665
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2022/02/prehistoric-human-vertebra-discovered.html
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/02/04/ancient-human-vertebra-discovered-in-jordan-valley/

cf: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-05712-y

A study suggests that human settlement on the Arabian peninsula 210 000-120 000 years bp was less influenced by climate than previously thought:

https://www.pr.uni-freiburg.de/pm-en/press-releases-2022/reconstruction-of-the-history-of-mankind-early-human-settlement-on-the-arabian-peninsula-less-influenced-by-climate-than-previously-thought
https://phys.org/news/2022-02-early-human-settlement-arabian-peninsula.html https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2022/02/early-human-settlement-on-arabian.html
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/02/02/early-human-settlement-in-arabia-less-influenced-by-climate-than-thought/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/10319-220203-arabia-dry-periods

cf: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-05617-w

Study suggests that Neanderthals at Lazaret Cave some 150 000 years bp placed their fire in the optimal location:

https://phys.org/news/2022-02-early-humans-hearth-optimal-caves.html https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/02/220201074539.htm https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/941778 https://www.npr.org/transcripts/1078358126 https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-695301 https://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-study-finds-early-humans-knew-to-situate-hearth-in-caves-optimal-spot/
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/neanderthals-in-french-cave-planned-exactly-where-to-place-their-fire-1.10579621
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2022/02/early-humans-placed-hearth-at-optimal.html
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/02/03/hearths-in-lower-palaeolithic-caves-positioned-for-maximum-comfort/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/10314-220202-fire-heat-smoke

cf: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-05517-z ============================================================
AFRICA
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More on use of 'leafy greens' in West Africa 3500 years bp:

https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/01/31/leafy-greens-first-dished-up-3500-years-ago/
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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT ============================================================
A 5th century church found a couple of decades ago in the Gaza strip has been restored and opened to the public:

https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2022/02/gaza-opens-1700-year-old-byzantine-church-public
https://aleteia.org/2022/01/31/restored-5th-century-church-on-gaza-strip-reveals-rare-ancient-floor-mosaics/

More on those 18 000 potsherds from various periods from Athribis:

https://phys.org/news/2022-01-pot-sherds-document-life-ancient.html http://www.sci-news.com/archaeology/athribis-ostraca-10520.html http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/63275 https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2022/01/more-than-18000-pot-sherds-document.html
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/01/18000-inscribed-sherds-documents-life-in-ancient-egyptian-city-of-athribis/142654
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/02/01/more-than-18000-pot-sherds-document-life-in-ancient-egypt/

cf: https://www.athribis.uni-tuebingen.de/

Zahi Hawass released his autobiography:

http://www.xinhuanet.com/africa/20220130/336c05cafa8c44e6ab99dff7ae853d85/c.html

An excerpt from Kara Conney, *The Good Kings*:

https://www.sapiens.org/archaeology/egypt-pharaoh-patriarchy-authoritarian/

Not sure how new this is, but Egypt has a number of 'deterrent laws' relating to harming antiquities:

https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/1/112400/Deterrent-penalties-to-demolishing-unlicensed-excavation-in-Egypt%E2%80%99s-antiquities-Law
https://www.egyptindependent.com/egypt-warns-of-harsh-penalties-for-anyone-who-defaces-artifacts-including-le50000-fine/

The Khufu Boat Museum was taken down and the view of the corner of Khufu's pyramid is now unobstructed:

https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/460530/Antiquities/Ancient-Egypt/Southern-corner-of-the-Great-Pyramid-of-Khufu-reve.aspx

Egypt and Switzerland are talking about cooperation regarding antiquties:

https://dailynewsegypt.com/2022/02/02/egypt-switzerland-discuss-means-of-cooperation-in-tourism-antiquities/

Feature on Shishak/Sheshonq I's conquest ot the southern Levant:

https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/people-cultures-in-the-bible/people-in-the-bible/shishaks-campaign-a-meeting-of-archaeology-and-the-bible/

Feature on gender-based violence in ancient Egypt:

https://www.asor.org/anetoday/2022/02/violence-gender-ancient-egypt

Feature on the find of Amenhotep III's 'golden city' a year or so ago:

https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20220203-the-discovery-of-egypts-lost-city

This clearly isn't ancient, but an Iranian archaeologist found a very strange item while diving in the Persian Gulf:

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/469832/Archaeologist-finds-bizarre-object-in-Persian-Gulf

An overview of finds in Turkey over the month of January:

https://turkisharchaeonews.net/article/january-2022-turkish-archaeology

More on the depiction of 'camel hybrids' on a restored temple in Iraq:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/01/ancient-art-depicts-early-camel-hybrids/142599

Feature on the Canaanite citadel at Gal On:

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium.MAGAZINE-few-places-offer-such-time-machine-israeli-citadel-transports-us-to-12th-c-b-c-e-1.10576906

Israel plans to spend a sizeable sum to protect and repairs heritage sites in Judea and Samaria, apparently:

https://www.heritagefl.com/story/2022/02/04/news/government-to-spend-32-million-to-protect-repair-heritage-sites-in-judea-and-samaria/16151.html

Not sure what to make of this item on a Second-Temple-era aqueduct near Efrat being 'ground into pebbles' for construction:

https://www.jewishpress.com/news/archaeology-news/next-to-efrat-arabs-destroy-second-temple-era-aqueduct/2022/01/30/
https://www.israelhayom.com/2022/01/31/pirate-palestinian-quarry-chips-away-at-ancient-aqueduct/

... and I'm not sure where to put this piece on the Pope encouraging 'Christian archaeology':

https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2022-02/pope-francis-letter-pontifical-academies-awards.html

... related piece on the find last year of the site of John the Baptist's beheading (a place of Herod):

https://www.vaticannews.va/en/world/news/2022-02/uncovering-the-site-of-john-the-baptist-s-martyrdom.html

... and the archaeologist the Vatican was honouring because of the find:

https://dailynewshungary.com/vatican-awarded-hungarian-archaeologist/

... and a piece on Christian archaeology in Israel in 2021:

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/TIMELINE-christian-archaeology-in-2021-more-than-just-the-four-horsemen-1.10496243

More on there being a 'start up nation' mentality in ancient Canaan:

https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/02/03/start-up-nation-in-ancient-canaan/

More on the find of a 3600 years bp settlement site in Saudi Arabia:

https://phys.org/news/2022-02-unexpected-evidence-year-old-settlement-uncovered.html

Photo essay on the sl-Hijr site in Saudi Arabia:

https://phys.org/news/2022-02-unexpected-evidence-year-old-settlement-uncovered.html
https://www.thenationalnews.com/gulf-news/2022/02/01/archaeological-site-al-hijr-in-saudi-in-pictures/
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2022/02/evidence-of-3600-year-old-settlement.html

cf: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0924271621002690

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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS) ============================================================
Helmets and weapons associated with the 6th century naval Battle of Alalia have been found during excavations at Velia:

https://phys.org/news/2022-02-ancient-helmets-temple-southern-italy.html https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/feb/01/archaeologists-uncover-ancient-helmets-and-temple-ruins-in-southern-italy
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/italy-archaeologists-rome-greek-pompeii-b2005332.html
https://www.ansa.it/english/news/2022/02/01/helmets-and-arms-from-battle-of-alalia-found-at-velia_b30abee1-ab28-4a07-a43c-8e85b0033338.html
https://www.ansa.it/sito/notizie/cultura/arte/2022/02/01/sorpresa-a-velia-ritrovati-gli-elmi-della-battaglia-di-alalia-esclusiva-ansa_3e7ac7a4-3c3c-4bd6-a6d7-8a99c5294a36.html
https://www.rainews.it/photogallery/2022/02/archeologia-rinvenuti-i-resti-del-tempio-arcaico-di-athena-sullacropoli-di-velia-1d929dfb-1b6a-42d7-9392-d9f4bd60c327.html
https://apnews.com/article/science-europe-arts-and-entertainment-italy-432b498b46930d7940343f13b8cb7318
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/ancient-helmets-temple-ruins-found-at-dig-in-southern-italy/2022/02/01/df5c85d8-8371-11ec-951c-1e0cc3723e53_story.html
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-695569 https://www.dw.com/en/italy-archaeologists-uncover-ancient-helmets-temple-ruins/a-60626551
https://greekcitytimes.com/2022/02/01/magna-graecia-helmets-greeks/ https://www.ekathimerini.com/culture/1176686/ancient-helmets-temple-ruins-found-at-dig-in-southern-italy/
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/ancient-helmets-temple-ruins-found-at-dig-in-southern-italy/ar-AATmN6D
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/helmets-temple-ruins-italy-1234617954/ https://www.euronews.com/culture/2022/02/03/unearthed-items-a-describe-a-time-where-italy-was-colonised-by-ancient-greece
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/02/ancient-helmets-found-alongside-archaic-ruins-in-the-acropolis-of-elea-velia/142660
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2022/02/ancient-helmets-temple-ruins-found-at.html
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/02/04/%CF%84emple-of-the-goddess-athena-discovered-in-southern-italy/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/10313-220202-italy-bronze-helmets

Remains of a Republic-era Roman bridge from te Via Tiburtina (Italian):

https://roma.corriere.it/notizie/cronaca/22_febbraio_04/roma-via-tiburtina-scoperto-ponte-romano-eta-repubblicana-409efe96-85a4-11ec-a4ee-1323196b6916.shtml
https://www.rainews.it/articoli/2022/02/scoperto-un-ponte-romano-di-et-repubblicana-sulla-tiburtina-9d099882-efef-4562-bc77-1db94255ba2d.html

Latest HS2 finds are apparently 40 decapitated skeletons among 425 burials at a 2000 years bp cemetery near Aylesbury:

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/feb/05/decapitated-roman-skeletons-found-on-hs2-route-near-aylesbury
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-60254154 https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/dozens-of-decapitated-skeletons-found-in-roman-cemetery-dig-b2008448.html
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/uk-news/archaeologists-discover-40-decapitated-skeletons-22993239
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/archaeologists-discover-40-beheaded-skeletons-roman-cemetery-b980783.html
https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/uk-news/2022/02/05/decapitated-skeletons-among-more-than-400-bodies-exhumed-from-roman-cemetery/
https://www.thejournal.ie/decapitated-skeletons-roman-cemetery-5674354-Feb2022/ https://www.bucksherald.co.uk/news/hs2-archaeologists-discover-secrets-of-ancient-roman-town-near-aylesbury-3553783
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-695586 http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/63292 https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/02/archaeologists-reveal-life-in-small-roman-town/142681

A Roman-era burial found during construction in the Gaza Strip:

https://phys.org/news/2022-01-hamas-bulldozers-unearth-roman-era-tomb.html https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-695237 https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/gaza-bulldozers-uncover-roman-era-burial-site-some-antiquities-carted-off/
https://www.ynetnews.com/travel/article/by001tnhay https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-695586 https://www.bucksfreepress.co.uk/news/19902272.skeletons-found-roman-town-along-hs2-line-aylesbury/
https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/19902364.decapitated-skeletons-found-roman-cemetery-fleet-marston/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/hamas-bulldozers-unearth-roman-era-tomb-in-gaza-city/2022/01/31/17fd2cba-82c5-11ec-951c-1e0cc3723e53_story.html
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-10477415/Archaeology-400-Roman-burials-including-HEADLESS-skeletons-uncovered-near-Aylesbury.html
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/02/05/forty-headless-roman-skeletons-unearthed-hs2-workers/
http://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/877/reader/reader.html?social#!preferred/0/package/877/pub/877/page/36/article/270640
https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/05/uk/decapitated-roman-skeletons-hs2-rail-excavation-intl-scli-gbr/index.html

The dig at the 2000 years bp theatre at Ismir have revealed a vomitorium:

https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/digs-in-izmir-discover-2000-year-old-passage-in-ancient-theater/news

Excavations at the Roman theatre dig at Santa Maria Capua Vetere have revealed a section of Roman road (Italian):

https://edizionecaserta.net/2022/02/01/scavi-allanfiteatro-viene-fuori-scoperta-archeologica/

A very interesting 1500 years bp Roman mosaic find from Germanicia (Turkey):

http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/63262 https://www.duvarenglish.com/1500-year-old-mosaic-found-in-ancient-city-of-germanicia-in-southeastern-turkey-news-60269

Not sure why this Roman tomb (plenty of decoration) from Corinth doesn't seem to have had much attention in the English press:

http://colorsandstones.eu/2021/09/11/painted-roman-tomb-found-in-corinth/

A roundup of two years of excavations in Messene:

https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/01/31/first-results-of-a-two-year-excavation-in-ancient-messene/

Renovations on a theatre in Romania revealed remains of a Roman wall of some sort:

https://universul.net/video-ancient-roman-wall-discovered-inside-romanian-theater-during-renovation-work/

A study of brass objects from Bohemia revealed details of trade between the Roman Empire and Germanic tribes 1st century BCE to 2ns CE:

https://english.radio.cz/brass-study-helps-uncover-close-ties-between-rome-and-germanic-bohemia-8741098

'Hybrid Byzantine ring pommeled swords' from a church site in Amorium:

https://www.livescience.com/rare-byzantine-swords-discovered

A Polish diplomat has apparently located the site of Thebasa:

https://rmx.news/poland/polish-diplomat-uncovers-ruins-of-ancient-byzantine-city-in-turkey/

Latest find by schoolkids-on-a-hike in Israel is a 1650 years bp coin of Valentinian I:

http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/20220201/e5ba5772e33445678b1c3c502d831c2f/c.html

Some statuary found at Claros a couple years ago is undergoing conservation work:

https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/pieces-of-cult-statues-removed-from-claros-171131

Funding to conserve and promote that Roman mosaic from Rutland:

https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/local-news/rutland-receives-40k-funding-help-6586867

More on the 'ditch' associated with Hadrian's Wall being revealed (again) near Carlisle:

https://the-past.com/news/disappearing-hadrians-wall-ditch-marked-in-cumbria/

... and desires for Newcastle's bit of the wall to get more attention:

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/newcastle-seeks-place-along-hadrians-wall-path-lpq03t8ph
https://www.northumberlandgazette.co.uk/heritage-and-retro/heritage/claims-that-hadrians-wall-ignores-city-3552564
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/feb/04/uncovering-the-real-route-of-hadrians-wall

... and concerns arising from late Heritage payments:

https://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/19880690.new-threat-facing-hadrians-wall-marks-1-900-years/

More on that Roman amphitheatre uncovered in Switzerland:

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/archaeologists-discover-gladiator-arena-switzerland-2068681
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/what-may-be-the-last-gladiator-arena-ever-built-discovered-in-switzerland-180979497/

More on the possibly-Roman wooden figurine from Buckinghamshire found a few weeks ago:

https://the-past.com/news/rare-roman-carving-found-in-buckinghamshire/

Roman drains in Colchester might be opened to the public:

https://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/19887934.ancient-roman-drains-colchester-opened-public/

Feature on efforts to save Pompeii from another natural disaster:

https://www.thedailybeast.com/pompeii-is-turning-into-a-high-tech-research-center-to-study-climate-change-and-archeological-preservation

Feature on some recent 'down-datings' of a couple of ancient Greek statues:

https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/01/31/considerations-on-two-recent-down-datings-of-ancient-greek-statues/

Feature on Roman finds from Colchester:

https://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/19893027.fascinating-ancient-roman-finds-colchester/

Feature on the Lapis Niger:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/01/the-mysterious-lapis-niger-roman-sanctuary/142627

Feature on the Amazons/Scythians:

https://aeon.co/essays/imagine-scythias-fierce-warrior-women-the-real-amazons

Feature on what Romans really looked like:

https://www.getty.edu/news/do-we-know-what-ancient-romans-looked-like/

Feature on the Little Epidauros Theatre:

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/jan/31/there-is-nothing-more-magical-resurrected-theatre-brings-ancient-greece-to-life

Feature on the fate of Cleopatra's children:

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/654953/what-happened-to-cleopatras-children

Feature on Roman roads:

https://www.zmescience.com/science/how-roman-roads-were-built/

Feature on Roman legions:

https://www.historyextra.com/period/roman/roman-legion-how-fight-how-many-men-weapons-armour-legionary-centurion/

Feature on jury duty in ancient Greece:

https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/7605249/jury-duty-in-ancient-greece/

Feature on clothing in ancient Greece:

https://www.artic.edu/articles/966/ancient-greek-dress-the-classic-look

Feature on ancient Greek tattoos:

https://greekreporter.com/2022/02/02/tattoos-ancient-greece/

Feature on the Temple of Aphaea:

https://greekreporter.com/2022/02/04/temple-aphaea-ancient-greek-aegina/

Feature on galley slaves:

https://cdapress.com/news/2022/jan/30/history-corner/

Feature on beer in ancient Greece:

https://greekcitytimes.com/2022/02/02/beer-in-greece-dates-back-bronze-age/

Review of Wheatley and Dunn, *Demetrius the Besieger*:

https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v44/n03/robert-cioffi/what-happened-that-night-on-the-acropolis

Feature on Andrew F. Stewart as the AIA's Gold Medal Award winner:

https://www.archaeological.org/announcing-the-2023-gold-medal-award-winner/

Richard Alston on race in ancient Rome:

https://theconversation.com/challenging-the-whiteness-of-classics-remembering-the-black-romans-175180

Charlotte Higgins on the Parthenon marbles:

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/feb/05/parthenon-marbles-greece-restitution

... and Paul Cartledge:

https://neoskosmos.com/en/2022/02/04/dialogue/opinion/dont-mistake-the-ancient-greeks-at-the-national-museum-with-the-parthenon-marbles/

In case you missed the Telegraph piece on the marbles a few weeks ago:

https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/02/04/daily-telegraph-article-on-the-return-of-the-parthenon-sculptures/

Peter Jones on choosing advisers:

https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/claudius-messalina-and-how-not-to-choose-political-advisers

Latest Pasts Imperfect newsletter:

https://pastsimperfect.substack.com/p/pasts-imperfect-2322

Escambia High School are regional Latin champions for the 30th consecutive year (!):

https://weartv.com/news/local/escambia-high-schools-latin-team-crowned-regional-champions-for-30th-consecutive-year

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Rogueclassicism:

http://rogueclassicism.com/ ============================================================
EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland) ============================================================
11 500 years bp evidence of consumption of wild cereals in the Balkans:

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/wild-cereal-farming-spread-ancient-europe-grain
https://www.archaeology.org/news/10317-220203-balkan-wild-cereals

Cave finds (some 5000 years bp, apparently) from Slovakia:

https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22830865/cave-discovered-with-human-remains.html

Partial remains of assorted Ice Age fauna from a construction site in Devon:

https://phys.org/news/2022-02-discovery-ice-age-fossils-devon.html https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-devon-60234766 https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/feb/03/remains-of-woolly-mammoth-found-on-devon-building-site

Finds from various periods from a pre-construction dig in Wiltshire:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-wiltshire-60197830 https://www.wiltshiretimes.co.uk/news/19890237.melksham-community-campus-dig-uncovers-2-700-years-history/

A study of the remains of a six-year old Anglo Saxon boy from Cambridgeshire revealed plenty of health issues:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-10468781/Archaeology-Anglo-Saxon-boy-Cambridgeshire-plague-meningitis-septic-arthritis.html

A 1400 years bp burial of a headless horse and rider from southern Germany:

https://www.livescience.com/headless-horse-and-rider-discovered https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-10467283/Archaeology-Headless-HORSE-skeleton-rider-unearthed-medieval-graveyard-Germany.html
http://www.archaeology.org/news/10318-220203-germany-headless-horse https://www.iflscience.com/editors-blog/ancient-headless-horse-and-rider-discovered-in-archaeological-dig-in-germany/

Remains of a medieval tiled floor from Gloucester:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-60233563 https://www.glosnews.com/articles/beautiful-mediaeval-tiled-floor-found-in-middle-of-gloucester

A medieval cog shipwreck from off the coast of Sweden:

https://phys.org/news/2022-02-medieval-ship-west-coast-sweden.html

cf: https://www.schoeningh.de/view/journals/ruhi/48/1/article-p89_7.xml

Remains of a medieval tower at Auckland Castle (we may have mentioned this one):

https://the-past.com/news/remains-of-medieval-tower-discovered-at-auckland-castle/

Fire destroyed a medieval church with a thatched roof in Norfolk:

https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/866/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/866/pub/866/page/22/article/267130

Human remains dating possibly to the 17th century were found in a blocked sewer in Devon:

https://www.itv.com/news/westcountry/2022-02-02/workmen-uncover-human-remains-from-1600s-in-old-sewer-pipes

Student residence construction revealed the 500 years bp foundations of Oxford University's 'lost college':

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-60214083 https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/19885618.remains-oxfords-lost-college-uncovered-archaeologists/
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/st-marys-college-razed-by-henry-viii-is-unearthed-in-oxford-ffwn8rhw6
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-10460547/Remains-Oxford-Universitys-lost-college-discovered.html
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-discover-foundations-of-oxford-universitys-lost-college-180979508/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/10316-220202-oxford-lost-college

Paintings associated with the Templars were revealed last September at the church of Saint-Martin de Linxe:

https://fr.aleteia.org/2022/02/02/sous-six-couches-de-badigeon-se-trouvaient-dinestimables-peintures-templieres/

Hopes that school construction might reveal finds from the Battle of Culloden:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-60200297

... and hopes of Bronze Age finds in advance of bridge construction in Scotland:

https://projectscot.com/2022/02/bronze-age-treasure-hoped-to-be-uncovered-ahead-of-118m-bridge-build/

The 6000 years bp walkway known as 'The Sweet Track' in Somerset has been conserved:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-somerset-60203225

On conservation efforts at various monuments in Cyprus:

https://in-cyprus.philenews.com/co-chair-of-technical-committee-passage-of-time-erosive-of-monuments/

More on that find of Ireland's oldest (so far) ink pen:

https://the-past.com/news/oldest-ink-pen-found-in-ireland/

More on a pair of Bronze Age hoards from Wales being declared treasure:

https://the-past.com/news/bronze-age-hoards-in-wales-declared-treasure/

More on plans to study the child mummies from Palermo:

https://www.ansamed.info/ansamed/en/news/sections/culture/2022/02/01/archaeology-mummies-reveal-childrens-life-in-1800s_94742caa-ee63-4ec2-8f82-e18bb8b2f5f6.html

More on 5500 years bp beer straws:

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/ancient-sumerian-beer-discovery-2066928

Feature on eight hoards found in Herefordshire over the years:

https://www.herefordtimes.com/news/19900339.buried-treasure-eight-ancient-hoards-found-herefordshire/

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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 ============================================================
Excavations at the 5000 years bp Suyang relics site in Henan reveal evidence of various cultural exchanges:

https://ukranews.com/en/news/829149-archaeologists-unearth-evidence-of-cultural-exchange-5-000-years-ago

That large bronze mask recently excavated at Sanxindui has been put on display:

http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/20220131/8078d5b5e93147c28cc5ae78dc656fd9/c.html
http://t.m.china.org.cn/convert/c_n59hNMUQ.html

Feature on the oldest (apparently) pair of trousers from Turfan:

https://aeon.co/videos/unravelling-the-surprisingly-epic-story-of-the-worlds-oldest-pair-of-trousers

Feature on the 800 years bp palace revealed during construction for the Beijing Olympics:

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/beijing-olympics-helped-archaeologists-discover-imperial-palace-2068467

Feature on 'rescue archaeology' in China:

https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/environment/article/3165080/what-happens-when-relics-are-found-during

Overviewish thing on finds made during a major dig in the Swabi district (including a Buddha stupa):

https://www.outlookindia.com/international/1800-year-old-bhuddist-artefacts-found-in-pakistan-s-khyber-pakhtunkhwa-province-news-82457
https://tribune.com.pk/story/2342046/archaeological-site-found-in-swabi

Remains of a 2000+ years bp Buddhist Temple from Swat:

https://www.livescience.com/early-buddist-temple-pakistan https://www.sciencealert.com/archaeologists-found-what-could-be-oldest-known-buddhist-temple-in-pakistan
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/63284 https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/01/archaeologists-find-ancient-2000-year-old-buddhist-temple/142647
https://www.archaeology.org/news/10320-220204-pakistan-barikot-temple

Remains of a Khakara style temple and various objects buried behind another temple near Bhubaneswar:

https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/odisha/2022/feb/06/excavation-behind-sari-deula-springs-ancient-surprises-2415994.html

An 8th/9th century CE Shiva temple (maybe) drom a Khoon village site:

https://www.dailyexcelsior.com/ancient-temple-remains-found-during-excavation-in-khoon-village/

A Ghandara-style Buddha head and assorted other finds found by locals near Taxila:

https://www.dawn.com/news/1672838/experts-hope-archaeological-finds-to-open-new-chapter-in-history

Concerns for some Iron Age/Megalithic burials in Hyderabad:

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/iron-age-burial-structures-found-in-state-of-neglect-in-yadadri-bhongir-dist/articleshow/89231741.cms

Feature on archaeological sites in Pakistan:

https://gulfnews.com/world/asia/pakistan/pakistans-trove-of-ancient-treasures-lost-civilizations-and-hidden-relics-1.85424402
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AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND ============================================================
Feature on four 'infamous' shipwrecks found on the Great Barrier Reef:

https://theconversation.com/from-australias-titanic-to-deadly-mutineers-4-infamous-shipwrecks-found-on-the-great-barrier-reef-175339
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NORTH AMERICA
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Study suggests northwestern Vancouver Island was probably a pleasant place 18 500 years bp:

https://hakaimagazine.com/news/northwestern-vancouver-island-likely-escaped-the-ice-age/

Major dispute between Australian and American teams regarding the former's identificaiton of the wreck of the Endeavour off Rhode Island (this one is kind of strange):

https://phys.org/news/2022-02-british-explorer-james-cook-endeavour.html https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/04/world/australia/captain-james-cook-hmb-endeavour.html
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-60239753 https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/australians-find-hms-endeavour-prompting-waves-of-anger-zfzcvl073
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/hms-endeavour-captain-cook-ship-wreck-b2006564.html
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10471237/US-archeologists-criticize-Australian-researchers-said-theyve-wreck-Endeavour.html
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/hms-endeavour-chartered-by-captain-james-cook-found-after-22-years/W4BMBXGBZ2MDOU2G3FHXGVCFYQ/
https://www.startribune.com/aussies-say-james-cooks-ship-was-found-us-says-not-so-fast/600142455/
https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/local/2022/02/03/james-cook-endeavor-shipwreck-dispute-newport-ri/6646469001/
https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/wreck-ship-sailed-james-cook-pacific-found-us-82638218
https://www.dw.com/en/captain-cooks-famed-endeavour-found-off-rhode-island-say-australian-researchers/a-60642746
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2022/02/has-shipwreck-of-hms-endeavour-finally-been-found-us-aussie-teams-at-odds/
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2022/02/04/have-archaeologists-discovered-captain-cooks-ship-endeavour

... a useful backgrounder:


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