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    From david meadows@21:1/5 to All on Sun May 22 09:32:03 2022
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    explorator 25.05 May 22, 2022
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    You can read explorator online at:

    https://exploratornews.wordpress.com/


    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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    A child's tooth is possibly evidence of a Denisovan presence in Laos 130 000+ years bp:

    https://phys.org/news/2022-05-child-tooth-clues-ancient-human.html https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/953079 https://www.livescience.com/possible-denisovan-tooth-found-laos/ https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/may/17/childs-130000-year-old-tooth-could-offer-clues-to-extinct-human-relative
    https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/tooth-laotian-cave-sheds-light-enigmatic-extinct-humans-rcna29351
    https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/tooth-found-in-laos-sheds-light-on-denisovans-enigmatic-group-of-extinct-humans/2022/05/19/e91f985a-d617-11ec-a904-5afa7042a688_story.html
    https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/17/asia/tooth-laos-denisovans-human-evolution-scn/index.html
    https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/little-denisovan-girl-s-tooth-found-in-laos-proving-species-vast-range-1.10808261
    https://www.gizmodo.com.au/2022/05/150000-year-old-human-tooth-is-rare-evidence-of-the-extinct-denisovans/
    http://www.sci-news.com/archaeology/laos-denisovan-10814.html https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/fossil-tooth-of-young-female-is-first-evidence-of-mysterious-denisovans-in-southeast-asia/
    https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/ancient-molar-found-in-laos-could-help-fill-in-a-gap-in-human-history-180980105/
    https://www.archaeology.org/news/10552-220518-denisovan-tooth-laos

    cf: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-29923-z

    A recent spin on some 3.6 million footprints from Laetoli suggest two distinct hominins were around at the time:

    https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/mysterious-hominin-left-its-mark-with-3-66-million-year-old-footprint

    Finds from the middle Paleolithic site at Boker Tachtit suggest both homo sapiens and Neanderthal were concurrently present there:

    https://greekreporter.com/2022/05/17/humans-neanderthals-lived-together-50000-years-ago/

    ... and a similar thing at the Grotte Mandrin cave site in France (we've mentioned this one):

    https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/neanderthals-and-homo-sapiens-shared-this-cave-50-000-years-ago

    OpEddish thing to rename homo sapiens:

    https://phys.org/news/2022-05-homo-sapiens-arrogant-faber-toolmaker.html ============================================================
    AFRICA
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    A call for updating Sudan's 'archaeological map':

    https://www.dabangasudan.org/en/all-news/article/miniters-sudan-s-archaeological-map-to-be-updeated
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    ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT ============================================================
    A Sixth Dynasty tomb of a high-ranking official from Saqqara:

    https://www.livescience.com/ancient-egyptian-tomb-royal-official https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/116078/Archaeologists-uncover-tomb-of-top-ancient-Egyptian-official
    https://news.artnet.com/art-world/royal-officials-tomb-discovered-egypt-2117718 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-egypt-unearth-4300-year-old-tomb-of-egyptian-dignitary-who-handled-secret-documents-pharaoh-180980120/
    https://www.archaeology.org/news/10548-220517-egypt-saqqara-mehtjetju

    cf: https://pcma.uw.edu.pl/en/2022/05/09/saqqara-discovery-of-a-royal-officials-tomb/

    85 tombs from various periods and a Ptolemaic temple of Isis from Sohag:

    https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2022/05/egyptian-mission-unearths-85-tombs-temple-isis-goddess-upper-egypt
    https://cairoscene.com/Buzz/Ancient-Temple-to-Egyptian-Goddess-Isis-Found-in-Upper-Egypt

    A 1500 years bp monumental tomb complex from Berenice Troglodytica:

    https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/05/monumental-tomb-complex-discovered-in-berenice-troglodytica/143665

    A project to restore the Abu Mena Monastery site (and take it off UNESCO's 'in danger' list) is complete:

    https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/50/1207/466379/AlAhram-Weekly/Heritage/Abu-Mena-project-completed.aspx
    https://www.egyptindependent.com/video-egypt-seeks-to-remove-abu-mena-site-from-unesco-list-of-world-heritage-in-danger/
    https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/115826/Archaeologist-highlights-importance-of-Egypt%E2%80%99s-Abu-Mena-Monastery-as-an

    Pondering what was stashed in the pyramids:

    https://www.livescience.com/what-is-inside-egyptian-pyramids

    Feature on five women making waves in Egyptology:

    https://scoopempire.com/the-most-prominent-egyptian-female-egyptologists/

    More on the restoration work at the Esna Temple:

    https://phys.org/news/2022-05-spectacular-ceiling-frescoes-temple-khnum.html https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/115823/Egyptian-German-archaeological-mission-restoring-Esna-Temple-succeeds-in-revealing
    https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-707001 https://www.artnews.com/gallery/art-news/news/ancient-reliefs-and-engravings-temple-of-esna-luxor-1234629098/
    http://www.sci-news.com/archaeology/temple-esna-frescoes-10817.html http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/64066 https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/05/16/esna-temples-true-colors-revealed/

    Feature on the natural mummy of Gebelein Man:

    https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/115872/Study-reveals-Gebelein-man-died-with-a-dagger

    Remains of a 'Seleucid satrap tomb' from Hamedan (iran):

    https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/472619/Archaeologists-hail-find-of-Seleucid-satrap-tomb-in-west-central

    Islamic-era pottery from an 'underground shelter' site in Iran's Gilan province:

    https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/472648/Ancient-potteries-discovered-in-underground-shelter

    A project to remap ancient Sirjan:

    https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/472700/Archaeologists-to-redraw-map-of-Sirjan

    Concerns for assorted sites in Iraq:

    https://www.thenationalnews.com/world/uk-news/2022/05/17/rival-elites-leave-iraqs-rich-cultural-heritage-crumbling/

    More on the Neo Assyrian subterranean complex found beneath a house in Turkey:

    https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/12/science/turkey-chamber-assyrian.html https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/MAGAZINE-unique-assyrian-relief-with-aramaic-text-found-beneath-turkish-house-1.10800939
    https://the-past.com/news/neo-assyrian-complex-with-rock-art-unearthed-beneath-a-turkish-village/

    More on that underground city from Turkey being associated with early Christianity:

    https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/huge-underground-city-refuge-early-christians-turkey-180980090/

    ... but now cf: https://www.thedailybeast.com/turkeys-ancient-underground-city-isnt-what-everybody-says-it-is

    Ongoing surveys in Eastern Badia (Jordan) have revealed traces of ancient caravan routes:

    https://www.jordantimes.com/news/local/archaeological-explorations-eastern-badia-unveil-traces-ancient-caravan-routes

    Jordanian and Finnish groups are conducting a survey in Irbid (Jordan):

    https://en.ammonnews.net/article/58413

    A 7500 years bp burial from Eilat might contain the earliest Asherah (maybe):

    https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/7-500-year-old-burial-in-eilat-contains-earliest-asherah-1.10802472

    The (local) source for Herod's calcite-alabaster bathtubs has been identified:

    https://phys.org/news/2022-05-herod-great-royal-alabaster-bathtubs.html https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/952952 https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/05/220517094848.htm https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/.premium.MAGAZINE-archaeologists-find-unexpected-source-of-stone-for-king-herod-s-bathtubs-1.10805061
    https://www.timesofisrael.com/source-of-alabaster-for-herod-the-greats-lavish-bathtubs-comes-out-in-the-wash/
    https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-706938 https://www.archaeology.org/news/10553-220518-israel-alabaster-bathtub

    Not sure if we've mentioned this identification of a palace of Herod at Caesarea Philippi (Banias):

    https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/biblical-sites-places/biblical-archaeology-sites/ruins-at-banias-king-herods-palace-identified-at-caesarea-philippi/?mqsc=E4144104&dk=ZE2250ZF0

    A new dig season at the Apollonia-Arsuf Crusader fortress is just getting under way:

    https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-706774

    Feature/study of game boards found at Tell es-Safi/Gath:

    https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-707353 https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/ancient-cultures/ancient-israel/ancient-board-games-2/?mqsc=E4144166&dk=ZE2250ZF0

    Feature on the Samaritan connection/reaction to restoration of Mount Gerizim sites:

    https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-706569

    Feature on the relationship between Moses and Aaron:

    https://www.haaretz.com/jewish/.premium.HIGHLIGHT-the-conspiracy-to-turn-aaron-into-moses-brother-1.10710541

    Feature on the Yavneh-Yam letter:

    https://aish.com/jewish-chutzpahs-ancient-precedent-commoner-sues-toxic-boss-2600-years-ago/

    OpEddish thing on Bar Kochba and Moshe Dayan:

    https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-706967
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    This Week in the Ancient Near East Podcast:

    https://thisweekintheancientneareast.podbean.com/

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    ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS) ============================================================
    A Bronze Age funeral pyre from northern Italy with a huge quantity of cremated human remains:

    https://cosmosmagazine.com/people/anthropology/bronze-age-funeral-pyre/

    Not sure if we've mentioned this Trajanic-era aqueduct find from Zadar:

    https://www.total-croatia-news.com/lifestyle/62820-zadar-archaeologists

    Roman-era finds prior to road construction in Swindon:

    https://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/20144962.update-progress-swindon-southern-connector-road-roman-finds/

    Recent finds from a Roman necropolis on Hvar:

    https://www.croatiaweek.com/spectacular-findings-of-ancient-necropolis-discovery-on-croatian-island-of-hvar-presented/

    An update on the Como hoard find from a few years back:

    http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/64122

    An Indiana Jones-inspired metal detectorist from Suffolk found a hoard of coins dating from the Iron Age to the principate of Claudius:

    https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-suffolk-61526245 https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/detectorist-unearths-haul-of-coins-in-suffolk-from-before-roman-invasion-bl75kj9f0
    https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/detectorist-unearths-roman-hoard-in-ashbocking-8981862
    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10826573/Detectorist-30-inspired-Indiana-Jones-finds-65-000-Roman-hoard.html

    More on the find of remains of a temple of Zeus Kasios in the Sinai:

    https://www.arabnews.com/node/2070401/art-culture

    More on the 'giants' from Sardinia:

    https://www.newsweek.com/tomb-saviors-2-giants-found-ancient-graveyard-could-have-been-bodyguards-1707067

    More on the partially-cremated Hellenistic-era burial from Istanbul:

    https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-706800

    The court decision in Italy ruling that a Minnesota museum has an illegally-acquired statue is back in the news:

    https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/20/arts/italy-ancient-statue-stolen.html

    Plans to restore the Latona of Veio:

    https://www.ansa.it/english/news/lifestyle/arts/2022/05/18/latona-of-veio-to-be-restored-at-etruscan-museum-in-rome_e97f29fd-8602-4b21-a2b4-1737520e1ff3.html

    Major funding for a study of Roman diets:

    https://global.umich.edu/newsroom/ancient-grains-grant-will-help-u-m-researchers-rethink-roman-diets/

    Excavations at the Roman fort at Alderney have resumed:

    https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-guernsey-61464804

    Reviewish of Page duBois, *Democratic Swarms*:

    https://pressblog.uchicago.edu/2022/05/17/page-dubois-on-the-chaotic-glory-of-greek-comedy.html

    Review of Judith Barringer, *Olympia: A Cultural History*:

    https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v44/n10/james-romm/no-cheating

    Review of Maggie Popkin, *Souvenirs and the Experience of Empire in Ancient Rome:

    https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/roman-souvenirs-kimberly-cassibry-maggie-popkin-book-review-mary-beard/

    Philip Freeman on Aristotle's Poetics:

    https://press.princeton.edu/ideas/aristotle-on-how-to-write-a-story https://aeon.co/essays/how-to-write-a-hollywood-blockbuster-with-aristotles-poetics

    Interview with Sarah Derbew about her book *Untangling Blackness in Greek Antiquity*:

    https://www.publicbooks.org/finding-black-people-in-antiquity-talking-the-future-of-classics-with-sarah-derbew/

    An interview with Steven Fine about the arch of Titus:

    https://www.thetorontotribune.com/2022/05/20/the-arch-of-titus-with-professor-steven-fine/

    A controversial statue of Diogenes in Turkey:

    https://greekreporter.com/2022/05/19/diogenes-statue-turkey-ancient-greek-philosopher/

    The Niarchos Foundation has cancelled a major grant to the Greek MoC for a museum for the burials found at Faliro:

    https://www.ekathimerini.com/culture/1184880/niarchos-foundation-cancels-e4-million-grant-to-culture-ministry-over-systematic-delays/

    Marking the anniversary of the find of the Antikythera Mechanism:

    https://greekcitytimes.com/2022/05/17/1902-antikythera-mechanism-2/ https://greekreporter.com/2022/05/17/antikythera-mechanism-legacy/

    ... and a related feature:

    https://greekcitytimes.com/2022/05/17/antikythera-mechanism-computer-2/

    Another feature on Schliemann:

    https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-many-myths-of-the-man-who-discoveredand-nearly-destroyedtroy-180980102/

    Feature on the 'Linen Book of Zagreb':

    https://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/history-and-civilisation/2022/05/what-was-the-mystery-message-written-on-this-mummys-wrappings

    Feature on Mithraic rituals:

    https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/mithraism-mithraeum-floor

    Feature on the Villa Poppaea:

    https://www.grunge.com/869165/neros-mistress-may-have-lived-in-this-pristinely-preserved-villa-buried-by-vesuvius/

    Feature on exotic animals and the Greeks and Romans:

    https://bigthink.com/the-past/exotic-animals-greece-rome/

    Feature on the Greek theatres at Messene and Sicyon:

    https://greekreporter.com/2022/05/15/ancient-greek-theaters-of-sicyon-and-messene-are-treasures-of-the-peloponnese/

    ... and the one at Prusias ad Hypium:

    https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/ancient-citys-theater-unique-in-turkey-173812

    Feature on Bactria:

    https://greekreporter.com/2022/05/15/bactria-the-ancient-greek-state-in-afghanistan-video/

    Feature on the Temple of Artemis in Evia:

    https://greekreporter.com/2022/05/18/temple-artemis-evia-greece/ https://greekcitytimes.com/2022/05/19/ancient-greece-secrets-of-long-lost-temple-of-artemis-revealed-after-100-year-search/

    Lots of attention for an explanation by Greek Statues have 'small packages':

    https://greekreporter.com/2022/05/19/greek-statues-small-penises/ https://www.wibc.com/blogs/hammer-and-nigel/learning-made-fun-why-greek-statues-have-small-packages/

    UK officials have apparently agreed to open talks to resolve the Parthenon Sculptures dispute:

    https://www.ekathimerini.com/culture/1184758/greece-uk-to-sit-down-for-formal-talks-on-returns-of-parthenon-sculptures/
    https://greekcitytimes.com/2022/05/18/the-parthenon-sculptures-greece-and-the-uk-agree-to-formal-talks/
    https://greekreporter.com/2022/05/18/greece-uk-agree-talks-parthenon-marbles/ https://greekherald.com.au/news/greece-uk-agree-hold-formal-talks-possible-return-parthenon-marbles/
    https://neoskosmos.com/en/2022/05/20/news/greece/landmark-talks-on-the-parthenon-sculptures-to-begin-between-the-uk-and-greece/
    https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/britain-agrees-to-elgin-marbles-talks-8h8hn8ws9
    https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/978/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/978/pub/978/page/26/article/NaN
    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10835679/British-officials-agree-talks-resolve-long-running-dispute-Greece-Elgin-Marbles.html
    https://news.artnet.com/art-world/restitution-talks-parthenon-marbles-2116907 https://hyperallergic.com/733911/greece-and-uk-agree-to-formal-talks-over-parthenon-marbles/
    https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/can-greece-and-uk-finally-broker-deal-to-return-elgin-marbles-parthenon-sculptures-athens-180980113/

    ... although museum officials seem to be casting doubt:

    https://www.ekathimerini.com/news/1184986/british-museum-insists-on-right-of-ownership/

    ... and a feature on William St Clair and his work exposing treatment of the sculptures in the British Museum:

    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/art/what-to-see/lone-scholar-exposed-british-museums-elgin-marbles-cover-up/

    OpEd on broadening and diversifying Classics:

    https://www.wsj.com/articles/dont-cancel-the-classics-broaden-and-diversify-them-education-college-charter-school-choice-systemic-racism-diversity-and-inclusion-clt-crt-ancients-greece-rome-homer-toni-morrison-11653079858

    Roman Archaeology Blog:

    http://romanarc.blogspot.com/

    Rogueclassicism:

    http://rogueclassicism.com/ ============================================================
    EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland) ============================================================
    Evidence of use of slash-and-burn land clearing techniques in the Ammer Valley some 8500 years bp:

    https://phys.org/news/2022-05-evidence-slash-and-burn-cultivation-mesolithic.html
    https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/05/evidence-of-slash-and-burn-cultivation-during-mesolithic/143636

    A study of the impact of rising sea levels in Mesolithic/Neolithic Iberia:

    https://phys.org/news/2022-05-impact-sea-human-groups-mesolithic.html

    cf: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17445647.2022.2071649

    A possible stone circle site at Castilly Henge near Bodmin:

    https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/may/19/rare-stone-circle-found-castilly-henge-prehistoric-ritual-site-cornwall
    https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/huge-ancient-underground-stone-circle-7102310
    https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/archaeologists-cornwall-bodmin-historic-england-england-b2082385.html
    https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cornwall-61492367 https://metro.co.uk/2022/05/19/rare-stone-circle-discovered-at-ancient-ritual-site-in-cornwall-16671662/
    https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-707195 https://www.thenationalnews.com/world/uk-news/2022/05/18/archaeologists-in-britain-find-stone-circle-within-prehistoric-ritual-site/
    https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/05/stone-circle-discovered-in-prehistoric-henge/143661

    Latest study of ancient faeces comes from Stonehenge and reveals (of course) plenty of parasites:

    https://phys.org/news/2022-05-prehistoric-faeces-reveal-parasites-feasting.html https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/05/220519204535.htm https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/952857 https://www.livescience.com/stonehenge-fossilized-feces-with-parasitic-worms/ https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/stonehenge-feast-fossils-reveal-neolithic-man-was-awful-cook-q2csvzxbp
    https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/may/20/stonehenge-builders-undercooked-offal-ancient-faeces-parasites
    https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-707287 https://www.sciencefocus.com/news/4500-year-old-poo-found-near-stonehenge-shows-neolithic-britons-were-infected-with-parasites/
    https://www.sciencealert.com/ancient-human-poo-reveals-what-the-builders-of-stonehenge-might-have-eaten
    https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/19/europe/ancient-poop-stonehenge-parasite-scn/index.html
    https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/952857 https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/05/faeces-found-near-stonehenge-contains-prehistoric-parasites/143652
    https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/05/20/prehistoric-faeces-reveal-parasites-from-feasting-at-stonehenge/

    ... while I think we mentioned evidence of 'hunting pits' all around Stonehenge:

    https://www.livescience.com/thousands-pits-found-around-stonehenge https://gizmodo.com/stonehenge-pits-found-1848931640

    A well-preserved Bronze Age spearhead found during wetlands construction in Cirencester:

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-61476377 https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/05/near-pristine-bronze-age-spear-discovered-during-wetlands-construction/143648
    https://www.archaeology.org/news/10555-220519-england-bronze-spearhead

    Study suggests that livestock and dairying led to a population boom in Eurasia during the Bronze Age:

    https://www.newsweek.com/got-milk-bronze-age-population-soared-thanks-livestock-1707595

    Bronze Age burial pits at an apartment development site in Dublin:

    https://www.independent.ie/regionals/dublin/dublin-news/bronze-age-burial-pits-on-site-of-proposed-priorsland-apartments-in-south-dublin-41661772.html

    A 14th century watermill from Blenheim Palace:

    https://www.oxfordshirelive.co.uk/news/oxfordshire-news/gallery/blenheim-palace-archaeologists-discover-14th-7104329

    We may have mentioned these 17 burials found at the Friary of St Saviour's:

    https://www.livescience.com/skeletons-found-medieval-friary-uk/

    More on the function of some Bronze Age daggers:

    https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-706839

    More on that 1700 years bp arrow-with-fletching-preserved find from Norway:

    http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/64078 https://www.archaeology.org/news/10542-220513-norway-glacier-arrow

    A project reconstructed a Bronze Age 'Aryan' bow:

    https://phys.org/news/2022-05-archaeologists-reconstruct-ancient-aryan.html

    Plans for a survey of potential Ice Age sites off Jersey:

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce9y5ery4kro

    Interesting series on the 'greatest finds' in Czech archaeology:

    https://english.radio.cz/czech-archaeologys-greatest-discoveries-8748606

    Review of Mike Pitts, *How to Build Stonehenge*:

    https://www.csmonitor.com/Books/Book-Reviews/2022/0518/We-can-t-know-the-why-of-Stonehenge.-This-book-reveals-the-likely-how

    Feature on assorted finds from melting glaciers recently:

    https://phys.org/news/2022-05-climate-reveals-unique-artifacts-ice.html

    Feature on Viking remains/finds from Borgund:

    https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/lost-viking-medieval-town-norway

    A study reveals evidence of an organized gang rape of enslaved Jewish girls and women in Livorno in the 17th century:

    https://phys.org/news/2022-05-phenomenon-female-jewish-slavery-uncovers.html

    Report on the restoration (?) of Dublin's Public Record Office archives:

    https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/may/22/irish-public-record-office-civil-war-bombardment-archives-reborn
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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 ============================================================
    Evidence of rice cultivation at a Neolithic site in Hanjing:

    https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/05/rice-cultivation-recorded-at-a-neolithic-site-from-8000-years-ago/143645

    A Tang Dynasty 'epitaph' from Hebei:

    http://www.china.org.cn/arts/2022-05/16/content_78220971.htm

    A study of incense remains from China's Famen Royal Temple:

    https://phys.org/news/2022-05-analysis-ancient-incense-famen-royal.html https://www.iflscience.com/chemistry/newly-identified-ancient-chinese-incense-ingredients-reveals-distance-of-early-trade-routes/

    Feature on one of China's woman conservationists:

    http://en.people.cn/n3/2022/0517/c90000-10097494.html

    Feature on the Deshou Place excavations:

    http://t.m.china.org.cn/convert/c_GD2DdOBB.html

    More Sanxingdui relics are hitting museums:

    https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202205/1265983.shtml

    17th century burials found during construction at National Ilan University in Taiwan:

    http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/64104

    More on dairy and population changes in ancient Mongolia:

    https://news.umich.edu/livestock-and-dairying-led-to-dramatic-social-changes-in-ancient-mongolia-u-m-study-shows/
    https://www.archaeology.org/news/10551-220519-mongolia-dairy-herds

    A medieval put found by a pair out for a walk in Japan's Gifu prefecture:

    https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14613723

    A project to study the origins of various finds from the 'Maritime Silk Route':

    https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/05/world-first-research-to-return-salvaged-objects-to-their-origins-on-the-maritime-silk-route/143628

    Remains of a 2500 years bp 'civilization' from Odisha:

    https://odishatv.in/news/miscellaneous/archaeologists-unearth-remains-of-2-500-years-old-civilisation-in-odisha-s-balasore-177066

    A 2000 years bp 'decorative terracotta bowl' from a Vembakottai site:

    https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Madurai/decorative-terracotta-bowl-found-in-vembakottai-archaeological-site/article65419947.ece

    A damaged 12th century lion sculpture from the Jagannath Temple:

    https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/damaged-lion-sculpture-found-in-debris-near-jagannath-temple-in-puri-101652716774500.html
    https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhubaneswar/puri-sculpture-may-be-from-ganga-period/articleshow/91628341.cms
    https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/lion-sculpture-found-during-excavation-for-puri-heritage-corridor/article65425491.ece
    https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/ancient-lion-sculpture-found-during-excavation-for-puri-heritage-corridor-2985342

    Assorted Tyagsimha era coins (and fragments) from Assam:

    https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/guwahati/ancient-copper-coins-found-in-assam/articleshow/91605939.cms

    A 10th century Buddha sculpture from Jogulamba:

    https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/10th-century-buddha-sculpture-discovered-in-jogulamba-dist/articleshow/91583283.cms
    https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/telangana/2022/may/16/how-experts-see-buddhist-sculptures-in-alampur-2453998.html

    A 12th century Shiva Lingam from Andhra Pradesh:

    https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/amaravati/excavation-uncovers-12th-century-shiva-lingam/articleshow/91697681.cms

    The ASI is releasing photos of the 'hidden rooms' of the Taj Mahal:

    https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/asi-pictures-22-underground-rooms-taj-mahal-1949833-2022-05-16
    https://scroll.in/latest/1024137/photos-of-taj-mahals-underground-cells-shared-by-archaeological-survey-of-india-before-court-order
    https://www.thehansindia.com/news/national/archaeological-survey-of-india-has-released-photographs-of-taj-mahal-conservation-work-742998

    Feature on the Rakhigarhi site:

    https://indianexpress.com/article/upsc-current-affairs/upsc-essentials/upsc-essentials-historical-tidbits-rakhigarhi-archaeological-site-7923346/

    Feature on India's 'singing temples':

    https://www.classicfm.com/discover-music/india-temples-musical-architecture/

    Pondering the legacy of Aurangzeb:

    https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-61519088

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    NORTH AMERICA
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    A 13 000 years bp red ochre mining site from Wyoming:

    http://www.uwyo.edu/uw/news/2022/05/research-confirms-eastern-wyoming-paleoindian-site-as-americas-oldest-mine.html
    https://phys.org/news/2022-05-eastern-wyoming-paleoindian-site-americas.html https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/05/220519125740.htm http://www.sci-news.com/archaeology/powars-ii-red-ocher-quarry-10825.html https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/05/research-confirms-eastern-wyoming-paleoindian-site-as-americas-oldest-mine/143669

    cf: https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2201005119

    An 8000 years bp human skull from a river in Minnesota:

    https://phys.org/news/2022-05-year-old-skull-minnesota-river.html https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/19/us/minnesota-human-skull.html https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/may/21/human-skull-minnesota-kayakers https://www.mprnews.org/story/2022/05/19/part-of-skull-found-along-minnesota-river-belongs-to-man-from-8000-years-ago
    https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2022/05/19/minnesota-river-skull-kayakers/
    https://apnews.com/article/science-oddities-minnesota-minneapolis-native-americans-d4722c10440e2e6ef074299c3f3fdb99
    https://time.com/6179803/8000-year-old-skull-minnesota-river/

    2000+ years bp Mississippian site on the Pee Dee River:

    https://www.wbtw.com/news/pee-dee/florence-county/florence-county-archaeological-dig-uncovers-artifacts-dating-back-more-than-2000-years/

    A study of early Chinese immigrant presence in Eugene, Oregon:

    https://phys.org/news/2022-05-archaeology-illuminates-chinese-businesses-eugene.html
    https://around.uoregon.edu/content/recent-archaeology-offers-clues-about-early-chinese-eugene
    https://www.archaeology.org/news/10556-220520-oregon-imported-artifacts

    A dig at the 1904 Long Point Schoolhouse site (SC) is commencing:

    https://abcnews4.com/newsletter-daily/cofc-professors-to-lead-3-week-archaeological-dig-of-long-point-schoolhouse-site-wciv
    https://www.counton2.com/news/local-news/charleston-county-news/cofc-archaeology-team-excavating-historic-african-american-school/

    'Lost' archaeological sites are emerging as Lake Powell's water level drops:

    https://www.knau.org/knau-and-arizona-news/2022-05-12/archaeological-sites-once-thought-lost-under-lake-powell-reappear-as-water-drops

    More on cave art from Alabama:

    https://bigthink.com/the-past/found-native-american-cave-art/

    More on the Clotilda:

    https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/unlocking-the-secrets-of-clotilda-the-last-known-slave-ship-180980107/

    Plans to search for remnants of the 17th century Stuarts Town in Beaufort:

    https://wpde.com/news/local/archaeologists-to-search-for-remnants-of-1600s-settlement-possibly-under-beaufort
    https://wach.com/news/local/archaeologists-to-search-for-remnants-of-1600s-settlement-possibly-under-beaufort

    Feature on petroglyphs in Montana:

    https://billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/searching-for-ghosts-rock-art-hides-in-montana-high-desert/article_f41b0440-109c-52fb-b28f-68817bc89a31.html

    Feature on the Battle of Fort Motte:

    https://www.postandcourier.com/news/sc-revolutionary-war-site-tells-story-of-woman-who-spurred-defeat-for-the-british/article_58cde90c-d2e1-11ec-beab-8f115f0b96db.html

    Feature on some 'founding mothers' of New Haven:

    https://mailchi.mp/dailynutmeg/new-haven-colony-founding-mothers-redux?e=2c38baa027

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    CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA ============================================================
    Glyphs on a Maya vessel found in the Yucatan last fall have been translated:

    http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/64074

    More on 'drugs' and the sacrifice of Inca children:

    https://www.sciencenews.org/article/inca-children-sacrifice-ayahuasca-chemical https://www.sciencealert.com/inca-children-destined-for-sacrifice-might-have-been-soothed-with-hallucinogenic-drugs
    https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/05/inca-priests-plied-child-sacrificial-victims-with-drugs/
    https://www.archaeology.org/news/10544-220516-inca-drug-sacrifice

    Feature on David Stuart and his role identifying the earliest known record of the Maya calendar:

    https://www.kvue.com/article/news/history/ut-austin-researcher-earliest-record-mayan-calendar/269-17b96294-ea2b-4a9b-bd5e-312fe10476ab

    Lots of press attention for archaeologist Eduardo Matos Moctezuma receiving a Princess of Asturias award:

    https://phys.org/news/2022-05-celebrated-mexican-archaeologist-major-spanish.html
    https://elpais.com/cultura/2022-05-18/el-arqueologo-mexicano-eduardo-matos-moctezuma-gana-el-premio-princesa-de-asturias-de-ciencias-sociales.html

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    explorator 25.05 May 22, 2022
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    You can read explorator online at:

    https://exploratornews.wordpress.com/


    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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    A child's tooth is possibly evidence of a Denisovan presence in Laos 130 000+ years bp:

    https://phys.org/news/2022-05-child-tooth-clues-ancient-human.html https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/953079 https://www.livescience.com/possible-denisovan-tooth-found-laos/ https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/may/17/childs-130000-year-old-tooth-could-offer-clues-to-extinct-human-relative
    https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/tooth-laotian-cave-sheds-light-enigmatic-extinct-humans-rcna29351
    https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/tooth-found-in-laos-sheds-light-on-denisovans-enigmatic-group-of-extinct-humans/2022/05/19/e91f985a-d617-11ec-a904-5afa7042a688_story.html
    https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/17/asia/tooth-laos-denisovans-human-evolution-scn/index.html
    https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/little-denisovan-girl-s-tooth-found-in-laos-proving-species-vast-range-1.10808261
    https://www.gizmodo.com.au/2022/05/150000-year-old-human-tooth-is-rare-evidence-of-the-extinct-denisovans/
    http://www.sci-news.com/archaeology/laos-denisovan-10814.html https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/fossil-tooth-of-young-female-is-first-evidence-of-mysterious-denisovans-in-southeast-asia/
    https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/ancient-molar-found-in-laos-could-help-fill-in-a-gap-in-human-history-180980105/
    https://www.archaeology.org/news/10552-220518-denisovan-tooth-laos

    cf: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-29923-z

    A recent spin on some 3.6 million footprints from Laetoli suggest two distinct hominins were around at the time:

    https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/mysterious-hominin-left-its-mark-with-3-66-million-year-old-footprint

    Finds from the middle Paleolithic site at Boker Tachtit suggest both homo sapiens and Neanderthal were concurrently present there:

    https://greekreporter.com/2022/05/17/humans-neanderthals-lived-together-50000-years-ago/

    ... and a similar thing at the Grotte Mandrin cave site in France (we've mentioned this one):

    https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/neanderthals-and-homo-sapiens-shared-this-cave-50-000-years-ago

    OpEddish thing to rename homo sapiens:

    https://phys.org/news/2022-05-homo-sapiens-arrogant-faber-toolmaker.html ============================================================
    AFRICA
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    A call for updating Sudan's 'archaeological map':

    https://www.dabangasudan.org/en/all-news/article/miniters-sudan-s-archaeological-map-to-be-updeated
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    ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT ============================================================
    A Sixth Dynasty tomb of a high-ranking official from Saqqara:

    https://www.livescience.com/ancient-egyptian-tomb-royal-official https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/116078/Archaeologists-uncover-tomb-of-top-ancient-Egyptian-official
    https://news.artnet.com/art-world/royal-officials-tomb-discovered-egypt-2117718 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-egypt-unearth-4300-year-old-tomb-of-egyptian-dignitary-who-handled-secret-documents-pharaoh-180980120/
    https://www.archaeology.org/news/10548-220517-egypt-saqqara-mehtjetju

    cf: https://pcma.uw.edu.pl/en/2022/05/09/saqqara-discovery-of-a-royal-officials-tomb/

    85 tombs from various periods and a Ptolemaic temple of Isis from Sohag:

    https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2022/05/egyptian-mission-unearths-85-tombs-temple-isis-goddess-upper-egypt
    https://cairoscene.com/Buzz/Ancient-Temple-to-Egyptian-Goddess-Isis-Found-in-Upper-Egypt

    A 1500 years bp monumental tomb complex from Berenice Troglodytica:

    https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/05/monumental-tomb-complex-discovered-in-berenice-troglodytica/143665

    A project to restore the Abu Mena Monastery site (and take it off UNESCO's 'in danger' list) is complete:

    https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/50/1207/466379/AlAhram-Weekly/Heritage/Abu-Mena-project-completed.aspx
    https://www.egyptindependent.com/video-egypt-seeks-to-remove-abu-mena-site-from-unesco-list-of-world-heritage-in-danger/
    https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/115826/Archaeologist-highlights-importance-of-Egypt%E2%80%99s-Abu-Mena-Monastery-as-an

    Pondering what was stashed in the pyramids:

    https://www.livescience.com/what-is-inside-egyptian-pyramids

    Feature on five women making waves in Egyptology:

    https://scoopempire.com/the-most-prominent-egyptian-female-egyptologists/

    More on the restoration work at the Esna Temple:

    https://phys.org/news/2022-05-spectacular-ceiling-frescoes-temple-khnum.html https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/115823/Egyptian-German-archaeological-mission-restoring-Esna-Temple-succeeds-in-revealing
    https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-707001 https://www.artnews.com/gallery/art-news/news/ancient-reliefs-and-engravings-temple-of-esna-luxor-1234629098/
    http://www.sci-news.com/archaeology/temple-esna-frescoes-10817.html http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/64066 https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/05/16/esna-temples-true-colors-revealed/

    Feature on the natural mummy of Gebelein Man:

    https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/115872/Study-reveals-Gebelein-man-died-with-a-dagger

    Remains of a 'Seleucid satrap tomb' from Hamedan (iran):

    https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/472619/Archaeologists-hail-find-of-Seleucid-satrap-tomb-in-west-central

    Islamic-era pottery from an 'underground shelter' site in Iran's Gilan province:

    https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/472648/Ancient-potteries-discovered-in-underground-shelter

    A project to remap ancient Sirjan:

    https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/472700/Archaeologists-to-redraw-map-of-Sirjan

    Concerns for assorted sites in Iraq:

    https://www.thenationalnews.com/world/uk-news/2022/05/17/rival-elites-leave-iraqs-rich-cultural-heritage-crumbling/

    More on the Neo Assyrian subterranean complex found beneath a house in Turkey:

    https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/12/science/turkey-chamber-assyrian.html https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/MAGAZINE-unique-assyrian-relief-with-aramaic-text-found-beneath-turkish-house-1.10800939
    https://the-past.com/news/neo-assyrian-complex-with-rock-art-unearthed-beneath-a-turkish-village/

    More on that underground city from Turkey being associated with early Christianity:

    https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/huge-underground-city-refuge-early-christians-turkey-180980090/

    ... but now cf: https://www.thedailybeast.com/turkeys-ancient-underground-city-isnt-what-everybody-says-it-is

    Ongoing surveys in Eastern Badia (Jordan) have revealed traces of ancient caravan routes:

    https://www.jordantimes.com/news/local/archaeological-explorations-eastern-badia-unveil-traces-ancient-caravan-routes

    Jordanian and Finnish groups are conducting a survey in Irbid (Jordan):

    https://en.ammonnews.net/article/58413

    A 7500 years bp burial from Eilat might contain the earliest Asherah (maybe):

    https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/7-500-year-old-burial-in-eilat-contains-earliest-asherah-1.10802472

    The (local) source for Herod's calcite-alabaster bathtubs has been identified:

    https://phys.org/news/2022-05-herod-great-royal-alabaster-bathtubs.html https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/952952 https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/05/220517094848.htm https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/.premium.MAGAZINE-archaeologists-find-unexpected-source-of-stone-for-king-herod-s-bathtubs-1.10805061
    https://www.timesofisrael.com/source-of-alabaster-for-herod-the-greats-lavish-bathtubs-comes-out-in-the-wash/
    https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-706938 https://www.archaeology.org/news/10553-220518-israel-alabaster-bathtub

    Not sure if we've mentioned this identification of a palace of Herod at Caesarea Philippi (Banias):

    https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/biblical-sites-places/biblical-archaeology-sites/ruins-at-banias-king-herods-palace-identified-at-caesarea-philippi/?mqsc=E4144104&dk=ZE2250ZF0

    A new dig season at the Apollonia-Arsuf Crusader fortress is just getting under way:

    https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-706774

    Feature/study of game boards found at Tell es-Safi/Gath:

    https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-707353 https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/ancient-cultures/ancient-israel/ancient-board-games-2/?mqsc=E4144166&dk=ZE2250ZF0

    Feature on the Samaritan connection/reaction to restoration of Mount Gerizim sites:

    https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-706569

    Feature on the relationship between Moses and Aaron:

    https://www.haaretz.com/jewish/.premium.HIGHLIGHT-the-conspiracy-to-turn-aaron-into-moses-brother-1.10710541

    Feature on the Yavneh-Yam letter:

    https://aish.com/jewish-chutzpahs-ancient-precedent-commoner-sues-toxic-boss-2600-years-ago/

    OpEddish thing on Bar Kochba and Moshe Dayan:

    https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-706967
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    This Week in the Ancient Near East Podcast:

    https://thisweekintheancientneareast.podbean.com/

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    ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS) ============================================================
    A Bronze Age funeral pyre from northern Italy with a huge quantity of cremated human remains:

    https://cosmosmagazine.com/people/anthropology/bronze-age-funeral-pyre/

    Not sure if we've mentioned this Trajanic-era aqueduct find from Zadar:

    https://www.total-croatia-news.com/lifestyle/62820-zadar-archaeologists

    Roman-era finds prior to road construction in Swindon:

    https://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/20144962.update-progress-swindon-southern-connector-road-roman-finds/

    Recent finds from a Roman necropolis on Hvar:

    https://www.croatiaweek.com/spectacular-findings-of-ancient-necropolis-discovery-on-croatian-island-of-hvar-presented/

    An update on the Como hoard find from a few years back:

    http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/64122

    An Indiana Jones-inspired metal detectorist from Suffolk found a hoard of coins dating from the Iron Age to the principate of Claudius:

    https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-suffolk-61526245 https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/detectorist-unearths-haul-of-coins-in-suffolk-from-before-roman-invasion-bl75kj9f0
    https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/detectorist-unearths-roman-hoard-in-ashbocking-8981862
    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10826573/Detectorist-30-inspired-Indiana-Jones-finds-65-000-Roman-hoard.html

    More on the find of remains of a temple of Zeus Kasios in the Sinai:

    https://www.arabnews.com/node/2070401/art-culture

    More on the 'giants' from Sardinia:

    https://www.newsweek.com/tomb-saviors-2-giants-found-ancient-graveyard-could-have-been-bodyguards-1707067

    More on the partially-cremated Hellenistic-era burial from Istanbul:

    https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-706800

    The court decision in Italy ruling that a Minnesota museum has an illegally-acquired statue is back in the news:

    https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/20/arts/italy-ancient-statue-stolen.html

    Plans to restore the Latona of Veio:

    https://www.ansa.it/english/news/lifestyle/arts/2022/05/18/latona-of-veio-to-be-restored-at-etruscan-museum-in-rome_e97f29fd-8602-4b21-a2b4-1737520e1ff3.html

    Major funding for a study of Roman diets:

    https://global.umich.edu/newsroom/ancient-grains-grant-will-help-u-m-researchers-rethink-roman-diets/

    Excavations at the Roman fort at Alderney have resumed:

    https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-guernsey-61464804

    Reviewish of Page duBois, *Democratic Swarms*:

    https://pressblog.uchicago.edu/2022/05/17/page-dubois-on-the-chaotic-glory-of-greek-comedy.html

    Review of Judith Barringer, *Olympia: A Cultural History*:

    https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v44/n10/james-romm/no-cheating

    Review of Maggie Popkin, *Souvenirs and the Experience of Empire in Ancient Rome:

    https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/roman-souvenirs-kimberly-cassibry-maggie-popkin-book-review-mary-beard/

    Philip Freeman on Aristotle's Poetics:

    https://press.princeton.edu/ideas/aristotle-on-how-to-write-a-story https://aeon.co/essays/how-to-write-a-hollywood-blockbuster-with-aristotles-poetics

    Interview with Sarah Derbew about her book *Untangling Blackness in Greek Antiquity*:

    https://www.publicbooks.org/finding-black-people-in-antiquity-talking-the-future-of-classics-with-sarah-derbew/

    An interview with Steven Fine about the arch of Titus:

    https://www.thetorontotribune.com/2022/05/20/the-arch-of-titus-with-professor-steven-fine/

    A controversial statue of Diogenes in Turkey:

    https://greekreporter.com/2022/05/19/diogenes-statue-turkey-ancient-greek-philosopher/

    The Niarchos Foundation has cancelled a major grant to the Greek MoC for a museum for the burials found at Faliro:

    https://www.ekathimerini.com/culture/1184880/niarchos-foundation-cancels-e4-million-grant-to-culture-ministry-over-systematic-delays/

    Marking the anniversary of the find of the Antikythera Mechanism:

    https://greekcitytimes.com/2022/05/17/1902-antikythera-mechanism-2/ https://greekreporter.com/2022/05/17/antikythera-mechanism-legacy/

    ... and a related feature:

    https://greekcitytimes.com/2022/05/17/antikythera-mechanism-computer-2/

    Another feature on Schliemann:

    https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-many-myths-of-the-man-who-discoveredand-nearly-destroyedtroy-180980102/

    Feature on the 'Linen Book of Zagreb':

    https://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/history-and-civilisation/2022/05/what-was-the-mystery-message-written-on-this-mummys-wrappings

    Feature on Mithraic rituals:

    https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/mithraism-mithraeum-floor

    Feature on the Villa Poppaea:

    https://www.grunge.com/869165/neros-mistress-may-have-lived-in-this-pristinely-preserved-villa-buried-by-vesuvius/

    Feature on exotic animals and the Greeks and Romans:

    https://bigthink.com/the-past/exotic-animals-greece-rome/

    Feature on the Greek theatres at Messene and Sicyon:

    https://greekreporter.com/2022/05/15/ancient-greek-theaters-of-sicyon-and-messene-are-treasures-of-the-peloponnese/

    ... and the one at Prusias ad Hypium:

    https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/ancient-citys-theater-unique-in-turkey-173812

    Feature on Bactria:

    https://greekreporter.com/2022/05/15/bactria-the-ancient-greek-state-in-afghanistan-video/

    Feature on the Temple of Artemis in Evia:

    https://greekreporter.com/2022/05/18/temple-artemis-evia-greece/ https://greekcitytimes.com/2022/05/19/ancient-greece-secrets-of-long-lost-temple-of-artemis-revealed-after-100-year-search/

    Lots of attention for an explanation by Greek Statues have 'small packages':

    https://greekreporter.com/2022/05/19/greek-statues-small-penises/ https://www.wibc.com/blogs/hammer-and-nigel/learning-made-fun-why-greek-statues-have-small-packages/

    UK officials have apparently agreed to open talks to resolve the Parthenon Sculptures dispute:

    https://www.ekathimerini.com/culture/1184758/greece-uk-to-sit-down-for-formal-talks-on-returns-of-parthenon-sculptures/
    https://greekcitytimes.com/2022/05/18/the-parthenon-sculptures-greece-and-the-uk-agree-to-formal-talks/
    https://greekreporter.com/2022/05/18/greece-uk-agree-talks-parthenon-marbles/ https://greekherald.com.au/news/greece-uk-agree-hold-formal-talks-possible-return-parthenon-marbles/
    https://neoskosmos.com/en/2022/05/20/news/greece/landmark-talks-on-the-parthenon-sculptures-to-begin-between-the-uk-and-greece/
    https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/britain-agrees-to-elgin-marbles-talks-8h8hn8ws9
    https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/978/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/978/pub/978/page/26/article/NaN
    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10835679/British-officials-agree-talks-resolve-long-running-dispute-Greece-Elgin-Marbles.html
    https://news.artnet.com/art-world/restitution-talks-parthenon-marbles-2116907 https://hyperallergic.com/733911/greece-and-uk-agree-to-formal-talks-over-parthenon-marbles/
    https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/can-greece-and-uk-finally-broker-deal-to-return-elgin-marbles-parthenon-sculptures-athens-180980113/

    ... although museum officials seem to be casting doubt:

    https://www.ekathimerini.com/news/1184986/british-museum-insists-on-right-of-ownership/

    ... and a feature on William St Clair and his work exposing treatment of the sculptures in the British Museum:

    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/art/what-to-see/lone-scholar-exposed-british-museums-elgin-marbles-cover-up/

    OpEd on broadening and diversifying Classics:

    https://www.wsj.com/articles/dont-cancel-the-classics-broaden-and-diversify-them-education-college-charter-school-choice-systemic-racism-diversity-and-inclusion-clt-crt-ancients-greece-rome-homer-toni-morrison-11653079858

    Roman Archaeology Blog:

    http://romanarc.blogspot.com/

    Rogueclassicism:

    http://rogueclassicism.com/ ============================================================
    EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland) ============================================================
    Evidence of use of slash-and-burn land clearing techniques in the Ammer Valley some 8500 years bp:

    https://phys.org/news/2022-05-evidence-slash-and-burn-cultivation-mesolithic.html
    https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/05/evidence-of-slash-and-burn-cultivation-during-mesolithic/143636

    A study of the impact of rising sea levels in Mesolithic/Neolithic Iberia:

    https://phys.org/news/2022-05-impact-sea-human-groups-mesolithic.html

    cf: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17445647.2022.2071649

    A possible stone circle site at Castilly Henge near Bodmin:

    https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/may/19/rare-stone-circle-found-castilly-henge-prehistoric-ritual-site-cornwall
    https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/huge-ancient-underground-stone-circle-7102310
    https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/archaeologists-cornwall-bodmin-historic-england-england-b2082385.html
    https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cornwall-61492367 https://metro.co.uk/2022/05/19/rare-stone-circle-discovered-at-ancient-ritual-site-in-cornwall-16671662/
    https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-707195 https://www.thenationalnews.com/world/uk-news/2022/05/18/archaeologists-in-britain-find-stone-circle-within-prehistoric-ritual-site/
    https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/05/stone-circle-discovered-in-prehistoric-henge/143661

    Latest study of ancient faeces comes from Stonehenge and reveals (of course) plenty of parasites:

    https://phys.org/news/2022-05-prehistoric-faeces-reveal-parasites-feasting.html https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/05/220519204535.htm https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/952857 https://www.livescience.com/stonehenge-fossilized-feces-with-parasitic-worms/ https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/stonehenge-feast-fossils-reveal-neolithic-man-was-awful-cook-q2csvzxbp
    https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/may/20/stonehenge-builders-undercooked-offal-ancient-faeces-parasites
    https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-707287 https://www.sciencefocus.com/news/4500-year-old-poo-found-near-stonehenge-shows-neolithic-britons-were-infected-with-parasites/
    https://www.sciencealert.com/ancient-human-poo-reveals-what-the-builders-of-stonehenge-might-have-eaten
    https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/19/europe/ancient-poop-stonehenge-parasite-scn/index.html
    https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/952857 https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/05/faeces-found-near-stonehenge-contains-prehistoric-parasites/143652
    https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/05/20/prehistoric-faeces-reveal-parasites-from-feasting-at-stonehenge/

    ... while I think we mentioned evidence of 'hunting pits' all around Stonehenge:

    https://www.livescience.com/thousands-pits-found-around-stonehenge https://gizmodo.com/stonehenge-pits-found-1848931640

    A well-preserved Bronze Age spearhead found during wetlands construction in Cirencester:

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-61476377 https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/05/near-pristine-bronze-age-spear-discovered-during-wetlands-construction/143648
    https://www.archaeology.org/news/10555-220519-england-bronze-spearhead

    Study suggests that livestock and dairying led to a population boom in Eurasia during the Bronze Age:

    https://www.newsweek.com/got-milk-bronze-age-population-soared-thanks-livestock-1707595

    Bronze Age burial pits at an apartment development site in Dublin:

    https://www.independent.ie/regionals/dublin/dublin-news/bronze-age-burial-pits-on-site-of-proposed-priorsland-apartments-in-south-dublin-41661772.html

    A 14th century watermill from Blenheim Palace:

    https://www.oxfordshirelive.co.uk/news/oxfordshire-news/gallery/blenheim-palace-archaeologists-discover-14th-7104329

    We may have mentioned these 17 burials found at the Friary of St Saviour's:

    https://www.livescience.com/skeletons-found-medieval-friary-uk/

    More on the function of some Bronze Age daggers:

    https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-706839

    More on that 1700 years bp arrow-with-fletching-preserved find from Norway:

    http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/64078 https://www.archaeology.org/news/10542-220513-norway-glacier-arrow

    A project reconstructed a Bronze Age 'Aryan' bow:

    https://phys.org/news/2022-05-archaeologists-reconstruct-ancient-aryan.html

    Plans for a survey of potential Ice Age sites off Jersey:

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce9y5ery4kro

    Interesting series on the 'greatest finds' in Czech archaeology:

    https://english.radio.cz/czech-archaeologys-greatest-discoveries-8748606

    Review of Mike Pitts, *How to Build Stonehenge*:

    https://www.csmonitor.com/Books/Book-Reviews/2022/0518/We-can-t-know-the-why-of-Stonehenge.-This-book-reveals-the-likely-how

    Feature on assorted finds from melting glaciers recently:

    https://phys.org/news/2022-05-climate-reveals-unique-artifacts-ice.html

    Feature on Viking remains/finds from Borgund:

    https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/lost-viking-medieval-town-norway

    A study reveals evidence of an organized gang rape of enslaved Jewish girls and women in Livorno in the 17th century:

    https://phys.org/news/2022-05-phenomenon-female-jewish-slavery-uncovers.html

    Report on the restoration (?) of Dublin's Public Record Office archives:

    https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/may/22/irish-public-record-office-civil-war-bombardment-archives-reborn
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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 ============================================================
    Evidence of rice cultivation at a Neolithic site in Hanjing:

    https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/05/rice-cultivation-recorded-at-a-neolithic-site-from-8000-years-ago/143645

    A Tang Dynasty 'epitaph' from Hebei:

    http://www.china.org.cn/arts/2022-05/16/content_78220971.htm

    A study of incense remains from China's Famen Royal Temple:

    https://phys.org/news/2022-05-analysis-ancient-incense-famen-royal.html https://www.iflscience.com/chemistry/newly-identified-ancient-chinese-incense-ingredients-reveals-distance-of-early-trade-routes/

    Feature on one of China's woman conservationists:

    http://en.people.cn/n3/2022/0517/c90000-10097494.html

    Feature on the Deshou Place excavations:

    http://t.m.china.org.cn/convert/c_GD2DdOBB.html

    More Sanxingdui relics are hitting museums:

    https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202205/1265983.shtml

    17th century burials found during construction at National Ilan University in Taiwan:

    http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/64104

    More on dairy and population changes in ancient Mongolia:

    https://news.umich.edu/livestock-and-dairying-led-to-dramatic-social-changes-in-ancient-mongolia-u-m-study-shows/
    https://www.archaeology.org/news/10551-220519-mongolia-dairy-herds

    A medieval put found by a pair out for a walk in Japan's Gifu prefecture:

    https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14613723

    A project to study the origins of various finds from the 'Maritime Silk Route':

    https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/05/world-first-research-to-return-salvaged-objects-to-their-origins-on-the-maritime-silk-route/143628

    Remains of a 2500 years bp 'civilization' from Odisha:

    https://odishatv.in/news/miscellaneous/archaeologists-unearth-remains-of-2-500-years-old-civilisation-in-odisha-s-balasore-177066

    A 2000 years bp 'decorative terracotta bowl' from a Vembakottai site:

    https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Madurai/decorative-terracotta-bowl-found-in-vembakottai-archaeological-site/article65419947.ece

    A damaged 12th century lion sculpture from the Jagannath Temple:

    https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/damaged-lion-sculpture-found-in-debris-near-jagannath-temple-in-puri-101652716774500.html
    https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhubaneswar/puri-sculpture-may-be-from-ganga-period/articleshow/91628341.cms
    https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/lion-sculpture-found-during-excavation-for-puri-heritage-corridor/article65425491.ece
    https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/ancient-lion-sculpture-found-during-excavation-for-puri-heritage-corridor-2985342

    Assorted Tyagsimha era coins (and fragments) from Assam:

    https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/guwahati/ancient-copper-coins-found-in-assam/articleshow/91605939.cms

    A 10th century Buddha sculpture from Jogulamba:

    https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/10th-century-buddha-sculpture-discovered-in-jogulamba-dist/articleshow/91583283.cms
    https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/telangana/2022/may/16/how-experts-see-buddhist-sculptures-in-alampur-2453998.html

    A 12th century Shiva Lingam from Andhra Pradesh:

    https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/amaravati/excavation-uncovers-12th-century-shiva-lingam/articleshow/91697681.cms

    The ASI is releasing photos of the 'hidden rooms' of the Taj Mahal:

    https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/asi-pictures-22-underground-rooms-taj-mahal-1949833-2022-05-16
    https://scroll.in/latest/1024137/photos-of-taj-mahals-underground-cells-shared-by-archaeological-survey-of-india-before-court-order
    https://www.thehansindia.com/news/national/archaeological-survey-of-india-has-released-photographs-of-taj-mahal-conservation-work-742998

    Feature on the Rakhigarhi site:

    https://indianexpress.com/article/upsc-current-affairs/upsc-essentials/upsc-essentials-historical-tidbits-rakhigarhi-archaeological-site-7923346/

    Feature on India's 'singing temples':

    https://www.classicfm.com/discover-music/india-temples-musical-architecture/

    Pondering the legacy of Aurangzeb:

    https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-61519088

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    NORTH AMERICA
    ============================================================
    A 13 000 years bp red ochre mining site from Wyoming:

    http://www.uwyo.edu/uw/news/2022/05/research-confirms-eastern-wyoming-paleoindian-site-as-americas-oldest-mine.html
    https://phys.org/news/2022-05-eastern-wyoming-paleoindian-site-americas.html https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/05/220519125740.htm http://www.sci-news.com/archaeology/powars-ii-red-ocher-quarry-10825.html https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/05/research-confirms-eastern-wyoming-paleoindian-site-as-americas-oldest-mine/143669

    cf: https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2201005119

    An 8000 years bp human skull from a river in Minnesota:

    https://phys.org/news/2022-05-year-old-skull-minnesota-river.html https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/19/us/minnesota-human-skull.html https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/may/21/human-skull-minnesota-kayakers https://www.mprnews.org/story/2022/05/19/part-of-skull-found-along-minnesota-river-belongs-to-man-from-8000-years-ago
    https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2022/05/19/minnesota-river-skull-kayakers/
    https://apnews.com/article/science-oddities-minnesota-minneapolis-native-americans-d4722c10440e2e6ef074299c3f3fdb99
    https://time.com/6179803/8000-year-old-skull-minnesota-river/

    2000+ years bp Mississippian site on the Pee Dee River:

    https://www.wbtw.com/news/pee-dee/florence-county/florence-county-archaeological-dig-uncovers-artifacts-dating-back-more-than-2000-years/

    A study of early Chinese immigrant presence in Eugene, Oregon:

    https://phys.org/news/2022-05-archaeology-illuminates-chinese-businesses-eugene.html
    https://around.uoregon.edu/content/recent-archaeology-offers-clues-about-early-chinese-eugene
    https://www.archaeology.org/news/10556-220520-oregon-imported-artifacts

    A dig at the 1904 Long Point Schoolhouse site (SC) is commencing:

    https://abcnews4.com/newsletter-daily/cofc-professors-to-lead-3-week-archaeological-dig-of-long-point-schoolhouse-site-wciv
    https://www.counton2.com/news/local-news/charleston-county-news/cofc-archaeology-team-excavating-historic-african-american-school/

    'Lost' archaeological sites are emerging as Lake Powell's water level drops:

    https://www.knau.org/knau-and-arizona-news/2022-05-12/archaeological-sites-once-thought-lost-under-lake-powell-reappear-as-water-drops

    More on cave art from Alabama:

    https://bigthink.com/the-past/found-native-american-cave-art/

    More on the Clotilda:

    https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/unlocking-the-secrets-of-clotilda-the-last-known-slave-ship-180980107/

    Plans to search for remnants of the 17th century Stuarts Town in Beaufort:

    https://wpde.com/news/local/archaeologists-to-search-for-remnants-of-1600s-settlement-possibly-under-beaufort
    https://wach.com/news/local/archaeologists-to-search-for-remnants-of-1600s-settlement-possibly-under-beaufort

    Feature on petroglyphs in Montana:

    https://billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/searching-for-ghosts-rock-art-hides-in-montana-high-desert/article_f41b0440-109c-52fb-b28f-68817bc89a31.html

    Feature on the Battle of Fort Motte:

    https://www.postandcourier.com/news/sc-revolutionary-war-site-tells-story-of-woman-who-spurred-defeat-for-the-british/article_58cde90c-d2e1-11ec-beab-8f115f0b96db.html

    Feature on some 'founding mothers' of New Haven:

    https://mailchi.mp/dailynutmeg/new-haven-colony-founding-mothers-redux?e=2c38baa027

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    CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA ============================================================
    Glyphs on a Maya vessel found in the Yucatan last fall have been translated:

    http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/64074

    More on 'drugs' and the sacrifice of Inca children:

    https://www.sciencenews.org/article/inca-children-sacrifice-ayahuasca-chemical https://www.sciencealert.com/inca-children-destined-for-sacrifice-might-have-been-soothed-with-hallucinogenic-drugs
    https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/05/inca-priests-plied-child-sacrificial-victims-with-drugs/
    https://www.archaeology.org/news/10544-220516-inca-drug-sacrifice

    Feature on David Stuart and his role identifying the earliest known record of the Maya calendar:

    https://www.kvue.com/article/news/history/ut-austin-researcher-earliest-record-mayan-calendar/269-17b96294-ea2b-4a9b-bd5e-312fe10476ab

    Lots of press attention for archaeologist Eduardo Matos Moctezuma receiving a Princess of Asturias award:

    https://phys.org/news/2022-05-celebrated-mexican-archaeologist-major-spanish.html
    https://elpais.com/cultura/2022-05-18/el-arqueologo-mexicano-eduardo-matos-moctezuma-gana-el-premio-princesa-de-asturias-de-ciencias-sociales.html

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