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explorator 25.22 September 18 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, David Brear,
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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CUT AND PASTE CORRIGENDA ============================================================
This error wasn't cut and paste related: last week I suggested that development of York's Roman Quarter had been approved; it hasn't. It has been recommended for approval.

Apologies for any confusion caused.

https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/21253428.yorks-roman-quarter-decision-postponed-councillors-learn-queens-death-mid-way-meeting
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EARLY HOMINIDS
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Recent excavations in Romania are shedding light on the lives of the earliest modern humans in Europe (40 000 years bp):

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/964530 https://idw-online.de/de/news801132 https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/09/15/life-of-earliest-modern-humans-in-europe/

More on that 1.8 million years bp tooth from Georgia (not the US one):

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/sep/09/1-point-8-million-year-old-tooth-of-early-human-found-on-dig-in-georgia
https://menafn.com/1104846045/Archaeologists-Have-Found-A-18-Million-Year-Old-Human-Tooth
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-11206745/Worlds-oldest-TOOTH-outside-Africa-Student-digs-1-8million-year-old-molar-country-Georgia.html
https://www.zmescience.com/science/ancient-tooth-georgia-homo-erectus-92462452/ http://www.archaeology.org/news/10819-220912-georgia-hominin-tooth

Latest feature on Neanderthal-Sapiens interbreeding:

https://discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/forensic-anthropology-expands-the-view-on-human-neanderthal-interbreeding
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AFRICA
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Beads from a cave near Lake Malawi suggest European traders used already-established Indigenous trade routes:

https://news.yale.edu/2022/09/15/beads-show-european-trade-african-interior-used-indigenous-routes
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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT ============================================================
Not sure where to put this breaking story: a Ramses II-era burial cave found at a popular beach near Tel Aviv:

https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-717442 https://www.timesofisrael.com/frozen-in-time-3300-year-old-burial-cave-accidentally-discovered-at-popular-beach/
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2022-09-18/ty-article/intact-burial-cave-from-time-of-ramesses-ii-discovered-on-israeli-coast/00000183-4f76-dfd0-a5f7-4ff79b830000
https://www.ynetnews.com/travel/article/h1nji4nwo https://www.israeltoday.co.il/read/its-like-indiana-jones-israeli-archaeologists-excited-over-new-discovery/

Excavations at the Saqqara necropolis have revealed several blocks of white cheese dating to the 26th Dynasty:

https://www.thenationalnews.com/mena/2022/09/12/archaeologists-uncover-2600-year-old-blocks-of-white-cheese-in-egypt/
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-717365 https://www.esquireme.com/news/halloumi-archaeologists-egypt http://www.archaeology.org/news/10832-220914-egypt-saqqara-cheese

... not sure if that was part of the 6th season of the Egyptian mission at Saqqara getting underway:

https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/119041/The-6th-season-of-the-excavations-of-Egyptian-archaeological-mission

Illegal digs at the ancient site of Memphis revealed a pair limestone rooms covered in hieroglyphics and dating to the New Kingdom:

https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2022/09/another-illegal-dig-unearths-archaeological-discovery-egypts-giza

A hoard of Fatamid/Mameluke -era coins from a site in Esna:

https://www.livescience.com/gold-silver-coins-egypt-islamic-era https://dailynewsegypt.com/2022/09/13/cache-containing-a-collection-of-currencies-found-in-the-city-of-esna/
https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/119068/Egyptian-archaeological-mission-uncovered-a-cache-containing-number-of-coins
https://see.news/cache-with-collection-of-coins-discovered-in-esna/ https://www.thenationalnews.com/mena/egypt/2022/09/12/archaeologists-discover-islamic-coin-haul-in-upper-egypt/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/09/coin-hoard-uncovered-from-islamic-era/144655

Egypt has resumed the restoration of Beni Hasan tombs:

https://www.egyptindependent.com/egypt-resumes-restoration-of-beni-hasan-tombs/

Feature on the Rosetta Stone:

https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/ancient-cultures/ancient-egypt/text-treasures-the-rosetta-stone-key-to-egyptian-hieroglyphs/

Photo feature on the 100th anniversary of the discovery of Tutankamun's tomb:

https://www.scmp.com/photos/today-photos/3192608/pictures-100th-anniversary-tutankhamun-discovery

... and a feature on the origins of his funerary mask:

https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/the-origins-of-king-tuts-3-300-year-old-funerary-mask

... and an interesting OpEd on Egyptians reclaiming their history:

https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20220915-tutankhamun-egyptians-bid-to-reclaim-their-history
https://www.rfi.fr/en/international-news/20220915-tutankhamun-egyptians-bid-to-reclaim-their-history
https://gulfnews.com/world/mena/tutankhamun-egyptians-bid-to-reclaim-their-history-1.90602467

More on the Nile's role in transporting material to build the pyramids at Giza:

https://www.livescience.com/giza-pyramids-built-nile-high-water/

More on Zahi Hawass's apparent impending announcement of having found the mummy of Nefertiti:

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/egyptologist-believes-nefertiti-has-been-discovered-2177294
https://www.newsweek.com/nefertiti-mummy-maybe-found-ancient-egypt-1742968 https://arkeonews.net/the-famous-archaeologist-says-he-will-announce-the-discovery-of-the-mummy-of-queen-nefertiti-one-of-egyptologys-main-riddles-next-month/

Iraq is open to tourists again:

https://www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2022/9/11/iraq-ancient-ruins-open-up-to-tourism-after-is-atrocities
https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2022/09/iraq-ancient-ruins-open-tourism-after-atrocities#ixzz7eb6G7cbw

Feature on the Hanging Gardens:

https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/a-2-500-year-old-mystery-the-hanging-gardens-world-wonder

Possible evidence of animal herding at Abu Hureyra 12 800 to 12 300 years bp:

https://today.uconn.edu/2022/09/ancient-dung-reveals-earliest-evidence-for-animal-tending/
https://phys.org/news/2022-09-ancient-dung-reveals-epipaleolithic-animal.html https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/09/220914141024.htm https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-11206549/Ancient-dung-reveals-evidence-worlds-farmers-12-800-year-old-Stone-Age-village.html
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-717297 https://www.sciencealert.com/ancient-poop-suggests-humans-tended-animals-2000-years-earlier-than-we-thought
https://www.archaeology.org/news/10834-220916-syria-hunter-gatherers

cf: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0272947

249 Hittite glyphs found in a tunnel at the ancient site of Hattusa:

https://www.aa.com.tr/tr/kultur/hattusada-bulunan-249-hiyeroglif-hitit-donemine-isik-tutacak/2682308
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/65087 https://arkeonews.net/an-exciting-discovery-in-hattusa-the-capital-of-the-hittites/

Four Aramaic inscriptions (date?) from Turkey's Van region:

https://arkeonews.net/aramaic-four-inscriptions-found-for-the-first-time-in-eastern-turkey/

I think we mentioned this 1600 years bp writing set found in Istanbul:

https://www.aa.com.tr/en/culture/rare-1-600-year-old-writing-set-unearthed-in-istanbul/2685964
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/65124

A 5th century CE Roman bath in Mersin was restored:

https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/ancient-bath-with-mosaic-restored-176960

More on that ornamental wall plate from an Urartian castle:

http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/65097

Feature on the Neolithic Ba'ja site in Jordan:

https://www.dw.com/en/they-called-her-jamila-the-mystery-of-stone-age-baja/a-62837799

Feature on the latest season at Khirbet Balu'a (Jordan):

https://jordantimes.com/news/local/american-archaeologist-traces-khirbet-balus-rich-past

Feature on camels in the Ancient Near East:

https://www.asor.org/anetoday/2022/09/camels-biblical-world

A monumental structure near Beit Guvrin long thought to be a synagogue is actually and 1800 years bp Roman temple, apparently:

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/ancient-synagogue-israel-actually-roman-temple-2175569
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2022-09-12/ty-article/.highlight/monumental-ancient-structure-in-central-israel-isnt-a-synagogue-after-all/00000183-320d-d256-aba7-f77f912e0000

A Palestinian farmer in Gaza unearthed an impressive Byzantine-era mosaic:

https://www.timesofisrael.com/unearthed-byzantine-mosaic-hailed-as-one-of-gazas-greatest-archaeological-treasures/
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2022-09-16/ty-article/palestinian-farmer-discovers-a-stunning-byzantine-mosaic-in-gaza/00000183-4578-dbf6-aff7-4dfd28d30000
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-717423 https://english.alarabiya.net/News/middle-east/2022/09/16/Byzantine-mosaics-discovered-under-farm-in-Gaza
https://apnews.com/article/middle-east-israel-gaza-strip-hamas-c18596b981334f862b41fafff481046c
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/palestinian-farmer-discovers-rare-ancient-treasure-in-gaza/2022/09/16/03118520-3586-11ed-a0d6-415299bfebd5_story.html
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/palestinian-farmer-discovers-rare-ancient-mosaic-gaza-byzantine-rcna48031
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-11218523/Palestinian-farmer-discovers-rare-ancient-treasure-Gaza.html
https://greekcitytimes.com/2022/09/16/palestinian-farmer-byzantine-mosaic/ https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/article/3192820/farmer-gaza-was-planting-tree-discovery-ancient-treasure-left
https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/middle-east/300690532/palestinian-farmer-discovers-rare-ancient-treasure-in-gaza

Really a repatriation story ... a silver quarter shekel recovered in 2017 and dating to the Great Revolt was returned to Israel from the US:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/12/arts/design/rare-silver-coin-jews-israel.html
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-62875673 https://www.independent.co.uk/news/jewish-ap-manhattan-district-attorney-britain-jerusalem-b2166245.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/us-returns-looted-ancient-jewish-coin-to-israel/2022/09/13/7fad941c-3364-11ed-a0d6-415299bfebd5_story.html
https://www.cnn.com/style/article/quarter-shekel-coin-returned-israel/index.html
https://www.nbcboston.com/news/national-international/us-returns-looted-ancient-jewish-coin-to-israel/2833674/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/rare-stolen-2000-year-old-silver-coin-returned-to-israeli-authorities-in-us/
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/359733 https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2022-09-13/ty-article/.premium/u-s-returns-coin-from-jewish-revolt-against-romans-to-israel/00000183-361e-d741-afb7-f69fcd050000
https://www.israelhayom.com/2022/09/13/israel-to-get-rare-coin-minted-by-jews-as-show-of-independence-against-rome/
https://www.jewishpress.com/news/jewish-news/manhattan-da-returns-69-c-e-silver-quarter-shekel-stolen-by-pa-arabs/2022/09/13/
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/359733 https://www.ynetnews.com/travel/article/hyb7nttlo https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2022/09/14/2000-year-old-israeli-coin-repatriated-from-us
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/rare-coin-minted-by-jews-revolting-against-ancient-romans-returns-to-israel-1234639260/
https://www.algemeiner.com/2022/09/13/us-returns-stolen-rare-shekel-coin-minted-by-jewish-rebels-2000-years-ago/
https://nationalpost.com/pmn/entertainment-pmn/us-returns-looted-ancient-jewish-coin-to-israel
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/silver-quarter-shekel-coin-jewish-revolt-israel-180980788/

Another report of settlers 'breaking into' the site of Sebastia:

https://english.wafa.ps/Pages/Details/130837

More on that Paleo-Hebrew 'Dead Sea Scroll' fragment recovered by Israel from Montana:

https://metro.co.uk/2022/09/11/dead-sea-scroll-dating-back-2700-found-6000-miles-away-in-the-us-17350948/
https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/biblical-artifacts/dead-sea-scrolls/paleo_hebrew_papyrus/

Feature on UNC's involved in the dig at Huqoq:

https://www.dailytarheel.com/article/2022/09/university-excavations-feature

Feature on Herodium:

https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/bas-onsite/onsite-herodium/

Feature on the Bible confirming the existence of assorted folks:

https://www.baslibrary.org/biblical-archaeology-review/43/3/6

A pair of sites dating to 6500 BCE in Abu Dhabi:

https://www.khaleejtimes.com/uae/uae-two-neolithic-sites-dating-back-to-6500-bce-discovered-in-abu-dhabi

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https://thisweekintheancientneareast.podbean.com/

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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS) ============================================================
Overview of finds at a 1st century CE Roman camp site near Uzice:

https://www.telegraf.rs/english/3555600-archaeologists-find-arrows-coins-and-horseshoe-in-serbias-seat-of-prophets-dark-discovery-from-roman-era

Overview of recent finds at Tarquinia (Italian):

https://www.univrmagazine.it/2022/09/16/nuovi-scavi-archeologici-a-tarquinia/

A Hadrian's wall 'turret' found at a development site near Ouseburn:

https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/historians-excited-roman-wall-turret-25034469

Roman-era harbour 'equipment' near Pula:

https://www.total-croatia-news.com/lifestyle/65455-istrian-waters

Underwater finds of architectural elements (?) off Ponza:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/09/underwater-roman-remains-discovered-off-ponza-coast/144674
https://www.radioroma.it/2022/09/16/scoperta-archeologica-nelle-acque-dellisola-di-ponza-la-donna-fiore-sulle-lastre-di-epoca-romana/
https://www.castellinotizie.it/2022/09/16/sensazionale-scoperta-archeologica-allisola-di-ponza-dalle-acque-riemergono-lastre-di-terracotta-di-epoca-romana/
https://www.latinaquotidiano.it/scoperta-archeologica-ponza/

Digging has resumed at a Hellenistic-era site at Catena (Italian):

https://qds.it/nuova-campagna-scavi-svelare-passato-troina/

New excavations are underway at Ostia Antica (Italian):

https://www.nuovosud.it/articoli/175416-fattinotizie/primi-ritrovamenti-nella-campagna-di-scavi-ad-ostia-antica

Excavations continue at the theatre of Perinthos site:

https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/thraces-largest-theater-unearthed-in-perinthos-176922

Interesting experimental archaeology project to test ancient sailing abilities:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2022/09/17/seafarers-mediterranean-wind-david-gal/

cf: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10816-022-09567-5

Possibly a crime story, but a senior citizen in Italy learned that her deceased hubby had a cache of antiquities in his closet (Italian):

https://www.rainews.it/articoli/2022/09/90enne-trova-reperti-archeologici-in-armadio-marito-defunto-5608e002-bda5-47af-9095-941221469f53.html
https://www.agi.it/cronaca/news/2022-09-16/anziana-trova-tesoro-armadio-chiuso-da-trenta-anni-18106521/
https://www.triesteprima.it/cronaca/reperti-archeologici-carabinieri.html

That Roman figurine of Venus found at a Kings' Walk development site a while ago is going on display:

https://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/roman-artefact-dug-up-during-7569697

Excavations continue at the Sanctuary of Apollo site in Mugla:

https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/excavations-continue-at-apollo-sanctuary-176875

In Cyprus the state 'has a responsibility' to finance restoration of monuments:

https://cyprus-mail.com/2022/09/16/state-has-a-responsibility-to-finance-restoration-of-ancient-monuments/

More on the reburial of that 'unique' Roman villa site in Scarborough:

https://bigthink.com/the-past/roman-artifact-scarborough-reburial/

More on the 'ethnicity' of the Griffin Warrior:

https://neoskosmos.com/en/2022/09/16/news/greece/griffin-warrior-was-greek-ancient-dna-research-proves/

Feature on the University of Toronto's involvement in the dig at Falerii Novi:

https://www.utoronto.ca/news/researchers-piece-together-story-ancient-roman-city-one-artifact-time
https://phys.org/news/2022-09-piece-story-ancient-roman-city.html

Feature on Joseph Howley's classes at Columbia College:

https://www.college.columbia.edu/cct/issue/fall-2022/article/joseph-howley

Honours for Daniel Mendelsohn:

https://www.bard.edu/news/bard-college-professor-daniel-mendelsohn-wins-italys-prestigious-2022-malaparte-prize-2022-09-15

Feature on the Pantheon:

https://www.openculture.com/2022/09/the-beauty-ingenuity-of-the-pantheon-ancient-romes-best-preserved-monument-an-introduction.html

Feature on 'famous' sarcophagi in Turkish museums:

https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/world-famous-sarcophagi-in-turkish-museums/news

Feature on Pythagoras:

https://www.inverse.com/culture/pythagoras-cult-history

Feature on Roman prisons:

https://aleteia.org/2022/09/13/being-a-prisoner-in-ancient-rome/

Feature on US cities with 'ancient' names:

https://bigthink.com/strange-maps/classical-town-names/

Feature on Roman bathrooms:

https://medium.com/lessons-from-history/the-disturbing-truth-about-the-bathrooms-in-ancient-rome-a2afc9d12aba

Feature on silphium:

https://www.tastingtable.com/1009648/the-extinct-herb-ancient-romans-put-on-everything/

Feature on a 2300 years bp 'curse jar' found in the Athenian Agora a few years ago:

https://greekreporter.com/2022/09/17/ancient-greece-jar-contained-curse-to-kill-paralyze-55-people/

The Acropolis Museum will be hosting a meeting about the return of the Sculptures:

https://news.gtp.gr/2022/09/15/acropolis-museum-to-host-intl-meeting-on-return-of-parthenon-marbles/
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Roman Archaeology Blog:

http://romanarc.blogspot.com/

Rogueclassicism:

http://rogueclassicism.com/ ============================================================
EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland) ============================================================
Searching for ties between Wales and Ireland some 30 000 years bp:

https://www.cambrian-news.co.uk/news/footsteps-in-time-tracking-our-ancient-ancestors-562938?#Echobox=1662895228

Remains of a 7000 years bp circular structure from a site near Prague:

https://english.radio.cz/archaeologists-prague-uncover-ancient-neolithic-structure-8760696
https://arkeonews.net/near-prague-a-mysterious-7000-year-old-circular-structure/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/10822-220912-prague-vinor-structure

Study suggests that 6000 years bp Scottish farmers weren't using manure to fertilize their crops:

https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/homenews/21859258.balbirdie-ancient-site-reveals-neolithic-farmers-avoided-manure/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/09/early-scottish-farmers-didnt-use-manure-to-fertilise-their-fields/144641

An Iron Age cremation burial in a mound in northwest Poland:

http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/65119

A 2000 years bp dog skull from an Iron Age structure did at Long Melford:

https://www.suffolknews.co.uk/sudbury/news/archaeologists-unearth-2-000-year-old-dog-skull-during-excav-9272802/

Medieval finds from Ovriokaston on Lesvos:

http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/65109 https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/09/15/new-data-from-excavations-at-ovriokastron-on-lesvos/

A dig at Ghent Cathedral revealed some 'bone walls' and a painted 14th century vault, among other things:

https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/en/2022/09/14/bone-walls-discovered-during-dig-at-ghent-cathedral/

100 medieval child burials (and more?) from a dig at St Saviours:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11204447/Welsh-town-sees-remains-one-children-unearthed-archaeologists.html
https://metro.co.uk/2022/09/11/remains-of-up-to-100-children-found-during-dig-at-holy-site-in-wales-17352330/
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/remains-of-up-to-100-children-found-during-dig-at-holy-site-in-wales/ar-AA11HNnC

Latest finds from the 15th century wreck of the Gribshunden off Sweden:

https://phys.org/news/2022-09-edge-science-reveals-gribshunden-shipwrecked.html

cf: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10437-022-09486-6

A 16th century heating unit from a castle in Poland:

https://scienceinpoland.pap.pl/en/news/news%2C93464%2Cbeautiful-cocklestoves-wawel-castle-style-found-zelechow.html
https://www.archaeology.org/news/10821-220912-poland-ceramic-tiles

Feature on the USheffield dig at Bishop's House in Meersbrook Park (17th century?):

https://www.thestar.co.uk/heritage-and-retro/heritage/archaeological-dig-commences-near-bishops-house-in-sheffield-3839350

Remains of a huge Victorian-era cellar found the wake of pub demolition in Hull:

https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/news/hull-east-yorkshire-news/huge-victorian-cellar-uncovered-demolished-7593427

More on that 'vampire burial' in Poland:

https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-717019

More on that medieval burial of a woman including a 'folding chair':

https://www.livescience.com/folding-chair-medieval-burial-germany https://iflscience.com/super-rare-metal-folding-chair-among-treasures-found-in-early-medieval-woman-s-grave-65371

cf: https://www.blfd.bayern.de/mam/blfd/presse/1400_jahre_alter_klappstuhl_pm_22_08_29.pdf

More on the 17 'Jewish' bodies found in a medieval English well:

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2022-09-12/ty-article/the-conundrum-of-the-17-jewish-bodies-found-in-a-medieval-english-well/00000183-324e-d6c9-a197-7a4f34de0000

More on the 'Spanish Stonehenge':

https://bigthink.com/the-past/avocado-farm-spanish-stonehenge/

Latest on the search for the body of Red Hugh O'Donnell:

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/i-know-where-its-not-historian-hints-at-new-clue-in-hunt-for-the-missing-remains-of-red-hugh-odonnell-41980903.html
https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/how-an-italian-clue-could-solve-the-mystery-of-irish-hero-red-hugh-odonnells-final-burial-place-41985868.html

Feature on a reassembled 5000 years bp pot found 42 years ago In Fife:

https://phys.org/news/2022-09-bronze-age-food-vessel-unearthed.html https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/1092/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/1092/pub/1092/page/33/article/NaN

Feature on the Carnac Alignments:

https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20220914-carnac-alignments-brittanys-mysterious-standing-stones

Feature/study on Viking women and textiles:

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/viking-textiles-show-women-had-tremendous-power/

Feature on Mother Shipton's Cave:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/09/mother-shiptons-cave/144665
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Archaeology in Europe News:

http://archaeology-in-europe.blogspot.com/

Medievalists.net:

https://www.medievalists.net/category/news/

Viking Archaeology Blog:

http://viking-archaeology-blog.blogspot.com/

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ASIA AND THE SOUTH PACIFIC ============================================================
A Shang Dynasty gold 'funeral mask' from a tob in Zhengzhou:

https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3192915/ancient-chinese-gold-mask-raises-wealth-questions-about-shang
https://english.news.cn/20220916/86caed68b9d74aec8e25ceb55f827084/c.html http://en.people.cn/n3/2022/0916/c90000-10148246.html https://www.macaubusiness.com/archaeologists-unearth-ancient-gold-funeral-mask-in-china/

Overview of what has been salvaged so far from the Yangtze River Estuary No. 2 shipwreck:

https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202209/1275181.shtml

Overview of recent Xia and Shang Dynasty excavation projects:

https://news.cgtn.com/news/2022-09-18/China-s-new-archaeological-discoveries-dating-back-thousands-of-years-1dnAi3XAZuo/index.html

Study suggests synthesized lead white cosmetics were being used in China at least from the early Spring and Autumn period:

https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/article/3192312/new-evidence-suggests-oldest-known-skin-whitening-cosmetics
http://t.m.china.org.cn/convert/c_xHRuKA9O.html

Interesting feature on saving antiquities in China's Forbidden City during WWII:

https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/books/article/3192072/race-against-time-save-forbidden-citys-treasures

'Ice Age' finds from Pilanduk Cave in Palawan:

https://upd.edu.ph/new-last-ice-age-findings-in-palawan-cave/ https://www.thestatesman.com/lifestyle/up-archaeologists-discover-ice-age-human-settlement-in-pilanduk-cave-palawan-1503111260.html
https://mb.com.ph/2022/09/13/pinoy-archeologists-unearth-last-ice-age-discoveries-in-palawan/
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1663792/archaeologists-discover-human-occupation-in-pilanduk-cave-palawan-dating-back-to-ice-age
https://www.archaeology.org/news/10836-220916-philippines-ice-age

A 2300 years bp burial at an excavation site in Ho Chi Minh City:

https://en.vietnamplus.vn/2300yearold-skeleton-unearthed-in-hcm-city/237279.vnp http://www.archaeology.org/news/10828-220915-vietnam-giong-ca-vo

Stone tools (date?) from a cave in Maharashtra:

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-62901846

Not sure if these giant stone jars from India are a new find or a repeat of the finds from a few months ago:

https://www.northeasttoday.in/2022/09/12/researchers-discovered-megalithic-stone-jars-in-meghalaya-archaeological-phenomenon-linked-with-laos-indonesia/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/09/archaeologists-discover-giant-stone-jars-in-india/144632

A 400 years bp Naick stone inscription from near Theni:

https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Madurai/400-year-old-naick-era-stone-inscription-found-near-theni/article65889270.ece

Not sure if we've mentioned this particular Hindu site v mosque dispute in Gyanvapi:

https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2022/sep/12/gyanvapi-mosque-case-hindu-side-to-seek-for-asi-survey-carbon-dating-of-shivling-in-case-of-favour-2497435.html

Feature on Chola naval dominance:

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/the-naval-prowess-of-the-cholas/article65896674.ece

Remains of a Buddhist temple found in Kyrgyzstan are opening to the public:

https://arkeonews.net/the-ruins-of-a-thousand-year-old-buddhist-temple-will-be-opened-to-the-public-in-kyrgyzstan/

More on that evidence of 30 000 years bp amputation from Indonesia:

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/prehistoric-childs-amputation-is-oldest-surgery-of-its-kind/
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AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND ============================================================
A project to digitize finds associated with the Pandora shipwreck:

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-09-18/hms-pandora-shipwreck-digital-museum-tropical-queensland-archive/101438522
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NORTH AMERICA
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A 17th century (?) Jesuit 'trade ring' from the Fort St Joseph site:

https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/nation-world/national/article265297941.html
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/09/jesuit-trade-ring-uncovered-at-fort-st-joseph/144645
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/09/14/jesuit-trade-ring-found-at-fort-st-joseph/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/10829-220914-michigan-jesuit-ring

18th century Catholic artifacts from the Fort Vancouver dig:

https://www.detroitcatholic.com/news/archaeological-digs-in-pacific-northwest-uncover-catholic-artifacts

A project has figured out the Inuit history behind a British museum's collection of whaling artifacts:

https://nunatsiaq.com/stories/article/toronto-u-k-groups-uncover-inuit-history-behind-whaling-artifacts/

I think we mentioned this study of Cahokia's North Plaza a while ago:

https://the-past.com/news/research-sheds-new-light-on-cahokias-north-plaza/

More on evidence of the site of the Native American village of Palica beneath a 19th century house in St Augustine:

https://www.firstcoastnews.com/article/news/history/archaeological-bonanza-found-under-a-historic-home-in-st-augustine/77-b211fe33-a9f1-4098-8674-025ab9585a2c
https://www.archaeology.org/news/10816-220909-florida-palica-village

Plans for more DNA extraction from Tulsa Race Massacre burials:

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/dna-sought-remains-possible-massacre-victims-rcna47979?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=news_tab

Feature on Serpent Mound and the Milky Way:

https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/columns/2022/09/15/look-up-for-another-view-of-ancient-mounds/69493331007/

Feature on Nan Rothschild, *Buried Beneath the City*:

https://news.columbia.edu/news/archaeological-history-new-york-built-everyday-artifacts
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CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA ============================================================
A site associated with Moche artisans of various types from the Licapa II site in the Chicama Valley of Peru:

https://andina.pe/ingles/noticia-peru-artisan-neighborhood-of-moche-elite-discovered-in-chicama-valley-909882.aspx

Petroglyphs (date?) from the Inca Trail near Machu Picchu:

https://andina.pe/ingles/noticia-peru-cave-art-found-on-inca-trail-crossing-archaeological-park-of-machu-picchu-910079.aspx

Overviewish piece on the excavations at the Maya site of Sak Tz'i in Mexico:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/13/science/archaeology-mayan-mexico.html http://www.archaeology.org/news/10830-220915-mexico-maya-kingdom

Concerns for a possible 8000 years bp cave site with a human skeleton in it ... on the Maya Train route:

https://phys.org/news/2022-09-ancient-skeleton-mexico-cave-threatened.html https://apnews.com/article/floods-science-mexico-caribbean-ca311afd8f066c7fbabf79f6bf72f9a0
https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/science/ancient-skeleton-found-in-mexico-cave-threatened-by-train/
https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/ancient-skeleton-found-mexico-cave-threatened-train-89823191
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ancient-skeleton-found-tulum-mexico-cave-threatened-maya-train/
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/prehistoric-human-skeleton-mexico-cave-flooded-ice-age-maya-train-rcna47638
https://tulsaworld.com/news/science/ancient-skeleton-found-in-mexico-cave-threatened-by-tourist-train/article_bf37839e-5991-54dd-9881-de1848053933.html
https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/8000-year-old-skeleton-discovered-in-tulum-cave/
https://www.dailysabah.com/life/history/ancient-skeleton-found-in-mexico-cave-threatened-by-train
http://www.archaeology.org/news/10831-220914-mexico-prehistoric-bones

... and the government says the skeleton was registered back in 2019 and isn't threatened:

https://phys.org/news/2022-09-mexican-poses-threat-skeleton.html https://lasvegassun.com/news/2022/sep/16/mexican-government-says-train-poses-no-threat-to-s/

... while the find of remains of a major Maya city on the route appears to have halted the project:

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/ancient-maya-city-paamul-ii-halts-ongoing-railroad-project-mexico-1234639440/

More on the Spanish Lookout site in Central Belize:

https://news.illinois.edu/view/6367/96235859 https://www.zmescience.com/science/anthropology/archaeologists-maya-neighborhood-12092022/

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