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explorator 25.27 October 23, 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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DNA from Neanderthal remains found in a Siberian cave suggests they were a family:
https://phys.org/news/2022-10-neanderthal-family.html https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/10/221019111328.htm https://www.livescience.com/neanderthal-family-dna-analysis/ https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/oct/19/dna-of-13-neanderthals-reveals-exciting-snapshot-of-ancient-community
https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/1129/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/1129/pub/1129/page/34/article/NaN
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/19/science/first-neanderthal-family-russian-cave.html
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/dna-neanderthal-family-dynamics-research/ https://elpais.com/ciencia/2022-10-19/hallada-una-familia-neandertal-por-primera-vez-un-padre-y-su-hija-al-borde-de-la-extincion.html
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2022-10-19/ty-article/ancient-dna-provides-first-insights-into-neanderthal-family/00000183-f04b-d49a-a7bf-fb5b806f0000
https://apnews.com/article/science-travel-genetics-caves-d0a0791fc74c9a4de98ba4104152cd2d
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/10/ancient-genomes-of-thirteen-neandertals-provide-a-rare-snapshot-of-their-community-and-social-organisation/145029
http://www.archaeology.org/news/10939-221021-siberia-neanderthal-dna
cf:
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-05283-y https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-03339-7
A study of assorted sites in Central Asia suggests its importance for human ancestral migration:
https://phys.org/news/2022-10-central-asia-key-region-human.html https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/10/221021181032.htm
cf:
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0273984
Study suggests Neanderthals may have been carnivores (?):
https://www.cnrs.fr/fr/les-neandertaliens-semblent-avoir-ete-des-carnivores https://phys.org/news/2022-10-neanderthals-carnivores.html https://cosmosmagazine.com/history/neanderthal-tooth-enamel-carnivores/ http://www.archaeology.org/news/10938-221021-neanderthal-zinc-isotopes
cf:
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2109315119
More on Neanderthal-Sapiens coexisting and 'sharing' ideas:
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-719915 https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/10/17/how-long-did-modern-humans-and-neanderthals-co-exist/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/neanderthals-and-modern-humans-may-have-shared-ideas-for-tools-180980955/
More on the conclusions being reached from 'extinct human species' remains from Tunel Wielki cave:
https://www.sciencealert.com/half-a-million-year-old-signs-of-extinct-human-species-found-in-poland-cave
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/10/18/flint-tools-found-in-cave-among-the-oldest-ever-discovered-in-poland/
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AFRICA
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Something about the 'rescue' of 38 000 years bp geometric designs on a rock in South Africa:
https://theconversation.com/rock-stars-how-a-group-of-scientists-in-south-africa-rescued-a-rare-500kg-chunk-of-human-history-192508
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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT ============================================================
Plenty of items relating to the 100th anniversary of the find of Tutankhamun's tomb, starting with an overview of his life and death:
https://www.livescience.com/54090-tutankhamun-king-tut.html
... 10 things to know:
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/10-things-to-know-about-the-discovery-of-king-tuts-tomb
... assorted artifacts, including his 'hunting box':
https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/119912/Meet-Tutankhamun%E2%80%99s-hunting-box
... lots of footwear:
https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/120037/Tutankhamun%E2%80%99s-tomb-contained-over-100-special-footwear
... some figurines:
https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/119914/Tutankhamun-in-action
... his shrine:
https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/119958/Acquaint-yourself-with-Tutankhamun%E2%80%99s-gilded-wooden-shrine
... some earrings:
https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/119933/Ancient-Egyptians-created-dazzling-earrings
... assorted other objects from his tomb:
https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/119980/Tutankhamun%E2%80%99s-tomb-contained-spectacular-objects
... and features on Howard Carter:
https://egyptindependent.com/howard-carter-in-egypt/ https://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/history-and-civilisation/2022/10/unmasking-howard-carter-the-man-who-found-tutankhamun
... and others who worked on the excavations:
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-63314215
... and opEds on how Egypt seems to have been written out of the Tutankhamun centenary story:
https://www.thenationalnews.com/weekend/2022/10/21/how-egypt-has-been-written-out-of-the-tutankhamun-centenary-story/
More on calls for the return of the Rosetta stone (mostly from Zahi Hawass):
https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2022/10/egyptian-archaeologists-call-return-rosetta-stone
https://www.egyptindependent.com/zahi-hawass-requests-rosetta-stone-return-from-british-museum/
https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/478130/Antiquities/Ancient-Egypt/Egypt;s-Zahi-Hawass-mobilises-for-the-return-of-Ro.aspx
More on that falcon shrine recently revealed in Berenike:
https://www.livescience.com/ancient-egypt-falcon-temple
Another feature on the deciphering of hieroglyphs:
https://www.mentalfloss.com/posts/race-to-decode-ancient-egyptian-hieroglyphs
Folks were in Aswan to see the sun alignment at Ramses II's temple there:
https://english.ahram.org.eg/News/478259.aspx
A study of 12 000 years bp obsidian artifacts from Iran:
https://news.yale.edu/2022/10/17/new-analysis-obsidian-blades-reveals-dynamic-neolithic-social-networks
https://phys.org/news/2022-10-analysis-obsidian-blades-reveals-dynamic.html https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/10/new-analysis-of-obsidian-blades-reveals-dynamic-neolithic-social-networks/145004
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/10/18/new-analysis-of-obsidian-blades-reveals-dynamic-neolithic-social-networks/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/10933-221019-iran-obsidian-artifacts
A nice overview of Iranian history:
https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/477616/From-the-Paleolithic-to-the-Mongols-a-fragment-of-Iranian-history
Restoration work at Mosul's Mashki Gate have revealed some 2700 years bp reliefs among the damage caused by ISIL:
https://www.livescience.com/mashki-gate-assyrian-stone-carvings-iraq/ https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-63323825 https://www.cnn.com/style/article/iraq-archaeology-excavation-isis-intl-scli/index.html
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/iraq-isis-ancient-babylon-carvings-mashki-gate-nineveh-assyrians-rcna53101
https://www.rfi.fr/en/middle-east/20221019-ancient-carvings-discovered-at-iconic-iraq-monument-bulldozed-by-is
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/10/20/ancient-rock-carvings-found-at-iraq-monument-bulldozed-by-isil
https://www.thenationalnews.com/mena/iraq/2022/10/18/iraqi-archaeologists-discover-carved-slabs-from-assyrian-empire/
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-10-20/iraq-rock-carvings-found-after-islamic-state-destruction/101557986
https://www.iraqinews.com/iraq/iraqi-american-excavation-mission-discovers-8-mural-carvings-in-mosul/
https://www.dawn.com/news/1715947/ancient-carvings-discovered-at-iconic-iraqi-monument
https://arkeonews.net/2700-year-old-assyrian-carvings-found-near-mashki-gate-destroyed-by-isis/
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/rock-carvings-discovered-mashki-gate-1234643796/
13 reliefs from 2700 years bp from an 'archaeological park' in northern Iraq (I think this is different from the above):
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20221016-iraq-unveils-archaeological-park-with-ancient-carvings
https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/iraq-unveils-archaeological-park-with-ancient-carvings-177768
https://www.kurdistan24.net/en/story/29738-PHOTOS:-First-archeological-park-in-Iraq
http://www.aina.org/news/20221016223035.htm https://www.iraqinews.com/iraq/iraq-reveals-2700-year-old-carvings-from-the-assyrian-empire/
https://www.newsobserver.com/news/nation-world/world/article267498123.html https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article267498123.html
More on the drone survey of Lagash:
https://www.zmescience.com/science/one-of-the-first-cities-in-mesopotamia-resembled-modern-venice-17102022/
https://arkeonews.net/drone-photos-reveal-venice-of-the-fertile-crescent/
A 3000 years+ bp clay tablet from Buklukale is shedding light on Hittite-Hurrian relations:
https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14740837 https://arkeonews.net/important-discovery-showing-that-the-hittite-city-of-buklukale-close-ties-with-the-hurrian-society/
Feature on the Epic of Gilgamesh:
https://www.asor.org/anetoday/2022/10/prismatic-gilgamesh
2600 years bp Med Kingdom finds from Oluz Hoyuk:
https://arkeonews.net/2600-year-old-med-period-artifacts-found-in-oluz-hoyuk-in-turkey/
A 6th century CE Balbal from Kyrgyzstan:
https://arkeonews.net/a-stone-statue-balbal-with-height-up-to-3-meters-found-in-the-issyk-kul-region-of-kyrgyzstan/
Using drones to located the site of the 1071 Battle of Manzikert:
https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/drones-used-to-detect-exact-site-of-battle-of-manzikert-177785
More on the apparently recent (?) find of the location of the tomb of St Nicholas of Myra:
https://www.livescience.com/santa-saint-nicholas-burial-turkey https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-11329305/Tomb-Santa-Clause-Burial-spot-Saint-Nicholas-discovered-underneath-Turkish-church.html
https://news.yahoo.com/turkish-researchers-confirm-santa-claus-190806078.html https://fr.aleteia.org/2022/10/19/la-tombe-de-saint-nicolas-enfin-retrouvee/ https://arkeonews.net/archaeologists-unearthed-the-exact-place-of-the-tomb-of-saint-nicholas-also-known-as-santa-claus-and-the-floor-on-which-he-walked/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/10/original-burial-place-of-st-nicholas-located-by-archaeologists/145022
http://www.archaeology.org/news/10935-221020-turkey-st-nicholas
Feature on one of the people working to restore artifacts from Pergamon:
https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/masterful-touch-to-2000-year-old-artifacts-in-ancient-city-of-pergamon/news
Press coverage of a conference in Jordan relating to the archaeology of Zoara:
https://jordantimes.com/news/local/greek-archaeology-colloquium-discusses-biblical-city-story-lot
... and a paper on excavations at Tell Zira'a:
https://jordantimes.com/news/local/excavations-tell-zira-indicate-presence-elite-class-%E2%80%94-scholar
Feature on the Khatt Shebib wall in Jordan:
https://arkeonews.net/jordans-mysterious-ancient-wall-khatt-shebib/
Graffiti from a 15th century Swiss knight in the 'King David's Tomb' complex:
https://www.timesofisrael.com/inscription-bearing-name-of-hero-swiss-knight-found-in-king-davids-tomb/
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-720101 https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2022-10-20/ty-article/medieval-swiss-knight-left-graffiti-in-king-davids-tomb/00000183-f49f-db4c-abab-fd9f76b00000
https://www.jewishpress.com/news/israel/jerusalem/graffiti-left-by-swiss-knight-in-1466-discovered-on-mount-zion/2022/10/20/
https://www.ynetnews.com/travel/article/hjaxhirms https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/361409 https://gulfnews.com/world/mena/five-centuries-old-swiss-graffiti-found-in-jerusalem-1.91393313
https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2022/10/five-centuries-old-swiss-graffiti-found-jerusalem
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20221020-five-centuries-old-swiss-graffiti-found-in-jerusalem
https://www.algemeiner.com/2022/10/20/israeli-archaeologists-discover-graffiti-of-medieval-swiss-knight-in-king-david-tomb/
https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/five-centuries-old-swiss-graffiti-found-in-jerusalem-177878
http://www.china.org.cn/world/Off_the_Wire/2022-10/20/content_78477396.htm
More on the ivory plaques found at a 8th/7th century BCE palatial structure in the Jerusalem Walls National Park:
https://the-past.com/news/a-gift-for-an-ancient-palace/
Feature on the Timna Mines:
https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/ancient-cultures/ancient-israel/timna-mines-collapse/
Feature on Arab archaeologists working in Israel:
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2022-10-20/ty-article-magazine/the-groundbreaking-work-of-arab-archeologists-in-israel/00000183-f4dd-dfe9-a9d3-ffdf3b410000
Feature on digging at El Araj:
https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/archaeology-today/archaeologists-biblical-scholars-works/mud_monks-mosaics/
Feature on Tell-es Safi:
https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p0d8gprs/the-bible-s-buried-secrets-david-and-goliath
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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS) ============================================================
Recent finds from the Sanctuary of Apollo at Despotiko:
https://www.ekathimerini.com/culture/1195872/echoes-of-sacred-past-unearthed-on-despotiko/
https://greekcitytimes.com/2022/10/19/ancient-greek-temple-despotiko/ https://greekreporter.com/2022/10/17/ancient-greek-sanctuary-despotiko/ https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/10/20/mandra-of-despotiko-2022-excavation-and-restoration-works/
10 Etruscan tombs found in the Monterozzi necropolis near Tarquina:
https://greekreporter.com/2022/10/16/excavation-etruscan-tomb/ http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/65422
Overview of recent finds from the Etruscan site of Podere Cannicci:
https://the-past.com/news/exploring-etruscan-endurance/
From Phanagoria comes a burial of a woman believed to be a priestess of Aphrodite (and other things):
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2022-10-18/ty-article-magazine/archaeologists-find-grave-of-aphrodite-priestess-in-ancient-black-sea-city/00000183-eb70-da6b-a1fb-fbf5a13f0000
https://greekcitytimes.com/2022/10/19/phanagoria-aphrodites-medallions/ http://www.archaeology.org/news/10937-221020-phanagoria-necropolis-iran
A 2000 years bp whistle from a child burial in Assos:
https://www.dailysabah.com/turkey/2000-year-old-whistle-found-at-childs-grave-in-turkiyes-assos/news
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/65435 https://arkeonews.net/a-2000-year-old-whistle-was-found-in-a-childs-grave-in-the-ruins-of-assos-turkey/
A Roman villa with a bathhouse from Trottiscliffe:
https://www.kentonline.co.uk/malling/news/roman-villa-found-with-ancient-central-heating-system-275435/
A Roman military town find from northern Morocco:
https://tvpworld.com/64004934/polishmoroccan-archeological-team-discovers-roman-military-tower
Not sure if we mentioned this statue torso find from Amphipolis (last year):
https://greekreporter.com/2022/10/22/ancient-greek-statue-unearthed-amphipolis/
Those ancient Israeli opium containers we mentioned a week or so ago were made in Cyprus:
https://cyprus-mail.com/2022/10/16/ancient-israeli-opium-containers-were-made-in-cyprus/
Somewhat vague item on recent Roman-era finds from Antiocheia:
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/culture/late-roman-era-rooms-offering-vessels-unearthed-at-ancient-city-of-antiocheia-southern-turkiye/2717861
https://www.dailysabah.com/life/history/archaeologists-find-ancient-artifacts-in-southern-turkiye
https://azertag.az/en/xeber/Late_Roman_era_rooms_offering_vessels_unearthed_at_ancient_city_of_Antiocheia_southern_Turkiye-2345852
A late Roman-era silver pin find by a metal detectorist in Norfolk:
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-norfolk-63314973
A palimpsest of the Codex Climaci Rescriptus was found to also have Hipparchus' (long-lost) star catalogue:
https://phys.org/news/2022-10-hipparchus-stars.html https://www.livescience.com/hipparchus-star-map-found/ https://greekreporter.com/2022/10/19/ancient-greek-map-sky-found-orthodox-monastery/
https://greekcitytimes.com/2022/10/19/egypts-greek-orthodox-hipparchus/ https://www.ekathimerini.com/culture/1196074/first-known-map-of-nightsky-found-in-old-parchment/
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-11333319/Worlds-oldest-star-map-lost-2-000-years-hiding-ancient-manuscript.html
https://www.vice.com/en/article/akey3e/hipparchus-star-catalog-found https://www.news18.com/news/buzz/first-known-map-of-the-night-sky-found-hidden-in-medieval-parchment-in-egypt-6204529.html
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/medieval-parchment-worlds-oldest-star-map-2195744
https://www.sciencealert.com/oldest-map-of-the-night-sky-appears-hidden-within-medieval-codex
https://www.zmescience.com/science/astronomy/medieval-parchment-reveals-fabled-ancient-map-of-the-sky/
https://arkeonews.net/part-of-lost-star-catalog-of-hipparchus-found-hidden-in-medieval-parchment/
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-03296-1
cf:
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/00218286221128289
In case you missed the 1600 years bp mosaic found in Rastan:
https://www.livescience.com/roman-era-mural-discovered-syria https://www.npr.org/2022/10/21/1130422443/archeologists-unearth-a-1-600-year-old-mosaic-beneath-a-building-in-syria
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-11307601/Archaeologists-dig-Roman-mosaic-former-rebel-stronghold-Syria.html
https://syrianobserver.com/news/79492/warriors-in-trojan-war-dazzling-roman-mosaic-discovered-in-rastan-brings-hope-and-pride-to-syrians.html
https://hypebeast.com/2022/10/archaeologists-discover-roman-mosaic-rastan-syria https://mymodernmet.com/syria-rastan-mosaic/ https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/10/17/rare-mosaic-of-the-roman-era-found-in-syria/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/see-the-stunning-1600-year-old-mosaic-unearthed-in-syria-180980952/
... and apparent concerns for neighbouring properties:
https://english.enabbaladi.net/archives/2022/10/rare-roman-mosaic-discovery-threatens-owners-of-neighboring-houses-of-al-rastan-homs/
A pair of erotes from Smyrna are going on display:
https://www.ekathimerini.com/culture/1195919/nam-to-show-two-small-eros-statues-for-the-first-time/
https://www.thenationalherald.com/national-archaeological-museum-to-show-two-small-eros-statues-for-the-first-time/
https://greekcitytimes.com/2022/10/18/two-eros-of-smyrna-masterpieces-of-ancient-greece-at-athens-archaeological-museum/
One of the longest Latin inscriptions from Roman Britiain is going on display:
https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/heritage-and-retro/heritage/from-rome-to-yorkshire-words-of-ancient-britain-unveiled-in-leeds-3882588
https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/heritage-and-retro/heritage/one-of-longest-roman-inscriptions-ever-dug-up-in-uk-goes-on-display-for-first-time-in-1700-years-3883270
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/65447
Assorted projects in Malaga are delayed because of the find of a Roman-era hypocaust (it seems):
https://www.surinenglish.com/malaga/malaga-city/roman-findings-delaying-20221013105333-nt.html
A 'synagogue' found in 1991 in Beit Guvrin-Maresha National Park is now considered more likely to be a Roman temple:
https://bigthink.com/the-past/synagogue-israel-roman-temple/
More on the Roman ford (maybe) revealed at Evesham last week:
https://www.eveshamjournal.co.uk/news/23067202.workmen-discover-roman-ford-thought-almost-2-000-years-old-near-evesham/
https://www.cotswoldjournal.co.uk/news/23067202.workmen-discover-roman-ford-thought-almost-2-000-years-old-near-evesham/
https://arkeonews.net/a-cobbled-ford-uncovered-near-evesham-could-be-the-finest-roman-example-of-its-type-in-britain/
More on the Bronze Age village destroyed by Vesuvius some 4000 years bp:
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article267512938.html
More on the Medusa 'medal' from Perre:
https://greekcitytimes.com/2022/10/19/1800-year-old-ancient-medal-medusa/
More on the origins of soldiers who fought on the Greek side at Himera:
https://the-past.com/news/researchers-investigate-ancestral-origins-of-ancient-greek-army-combatants/
More on the possible find of a temple of Poseidon at Samicum:
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/archaeologists-have-found-the-temple-to-poseidon-recorded-in-the-greek-historian-strabos-ancient-encyclopedia-2190431
Review of Peter Stothard, *Crassus*:
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/crassus-the-first-tycoon-by-peter-stothard-review-s7c7nsdgk
Feature on Margaret L. Laird:
https://www.archaeological.org/member-spotlight-margaret-l-laird/
Marking the 30th anniversary of Dona Tartt's *Secret History*:
https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20221020-the-secret-history-a-murder-mystery-that-thrills-30-years-o
Feature/study of the fresco in the Tomb of the Diver in Paestum:
https://english.elpais.com/culture/2022-10-19/the-mystery-behind-a-famous-fresco-from-ancient-greece.html
https://greekreporter.com/2022/10/20/paestum-swimmer-ancient-greek-solved/
Feature on displays at Thessaloniki's metro stations:
https://greekcitytimes.com/2022/10/17/museum-thessaloniki-new-metro/
Feature on Sardinian nuraghi:
https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20221017-nuraghi-sardinias-mysterious-beehive-towers
Feature on Amphipolis:
https://greekreporter.com/2022/10/17/amphipolis-tomb-greece-archaeological-site/
Feature on (looted) Greek shipwrecks off Albania:
https://greekreporter.com/2022/10/17/dozens-of-ancient-greek-shipwrecks-found-looted-off-albanian-coast/
Feature on a Greek helmet dating to the time of the Persian wars which was found in Israel back in 2007:
https://greekreporter.com/2022/10/18/ancient-greek-helmet-found-israel/
Feature on Phaistos:
https://greekreporter.com/2022/10/20/phaistos-crete/
Feature on the Lion of Kea:
https://greekreporter.com/2022/10/18/lion-kea-ancient-greece/
Feature on women in Greek myth:
https://www.independent.co.uk/independentpremium/long-reads/ancient-greek-mythology-women-books-fiction-b2204264.html
Feature on Phryne:
https://greekreporter.com/2022/10/20/the-ancient-greek-model-who-disrobed-for-her-freedom/
Feature on some ancient Greek woman's footwear:
https://greekreporter.com/2022/10/16/1500-year-old-sandals-greek/
Feature on the Persian burning of the Acropolis:
https://greekreporter.com/2022/10/22/persian-desrtuction-athens-acropolis-burned/
In case you missed the story of the Roman bust at an Austin Goodwill a few months ago:
https://paisano-online.com/31790/arts-life/the-mysterious-story-of-the-roman-bust/
Feature on the Parthenon Project:
https://www.spectator.com.au/2022/10/relief-fund/
OpEd on returning the Parthenon Sculptures:
https://www.thenationalherald.com/its-time-to-return-the-elgin-marbles/
A majority of British folks are in favour of the Parthenon Sculptures' return:
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/10/18/54-of-the-british-for-the-parthenon-sculptures-repatriation/
Something about a 'loophole' that would allow the Sculptures to be returned being blocked (or about to be):
https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/1126/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/1126/pub/1126/page/31/article/NaN
Latest Pasts Imperfect:
https://pastsimperfect.substack.com/p/pasts-imperfect-102022
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Roman Archaeology Blog:
http://romanarc.blogspot.com/
Rogueclassicism:
http://rogueclassicism.com/ ============================================================
EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland) ============================================================
10 000 years bp 'bog bones' from a site in Germany:
https://www.livescience.com/stone-age-bog-bones-germany
A study suggests milk was being consumed/used in Central Europe some 7400 years bp:
https://www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2022/october/milk-use-in-prehistoric-europe.html https://phys.org/news/2022-10-dates-earliest-prehistoric-europe.html https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/10/19/research-directly-dates-the-earliest-milk-use-in-prehistoric-europe/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/10940-221021-europe-dairy-pottery
A 'mysterious structure' found in Cork Harbour years ago is now identified as a megalithic dolmen:
https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster/arid-40986065.html https://www.irishcentral.com/news/prehistoric-tomb-cork-harbour https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/10/partially-submerged-structure-is-a-prehistoric-tomb/145014
https://www.archaeology.org/news/10934-221020-ireland-portal-tomb
A study of the diets of Saqqaq people on Greenland beginning some 4500 years bp (and going for a few thousand years) suggests they had a varied diet:
https://phys.org/news/2022-10-genetic-analysis-bones-greenland-early.html
An Urnfield Culture (maybe) gold belt/diadem from the Czech Republic:
https://english.radio.cz/unique-bronze-age-belt-discovered-near-opava-8763557 http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/65458 https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/10/ornate-golden-belt-unearthed-by-czech-farmer/145017
http://www.archaeology.org/news/10936-221020-bronze-age-belt
A study of remains of an Orkney woman from 1800 years bp suggests she had a high seafood diet:
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz490gy49dlo http://www.archaeology.org/news/10932-221019-orkney-fish-diet
A Pictish cross find from Perthshire:
https://www.scotsman.com/heritage-and-retro/heritage/remains-of-pictish-period-cross-with-bird-carvings-uncovered-in-scottish-kirkyard-3888200
Using various techniques to determine whether Justinian's plague made it to Uppakra (Sweden):
https://phys.org/news/2022-10-modern-archaeology-reveals-secrets-iron.html
Study suggests that Vikings' self-image was influenced by ancient Rome:
https://phys.org/news/2022-10-vikings-self-image-ancient-rome.html
A 10th century 'Thor's Hammer' amulet from Sweden:
https://arkeonews.net/thors-hammer-amulet-discovered-in-sweden/ http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/65441
A study of medieval bones of upper class types in Norway suggests they had stronger bones:
https://phys.org/news/2022-10-medieval-norway-high-class-people-stronger.html https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/10/221019171912.htm
A study of medieval Islamic glass from Caerlaverock Castle:
https://www.historicenvironment.scot/about-us/news/medieval-islamic-glass-reveals-untold-histories/
https://arkeonews.net/medieval-islamic-glass-of-scottish-caerlaverock-castle-reveals-untold-histories/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/10/researchers-look-to-unravel-story-of-islamic-glass-found-in-scottish-castle/145025
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/10/20/medieval-islamic-glass-reveals-untold-histories/
Overview of work at Bedrule Castle:
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/destroyed-henry-viii-borders-castle-070000698.html
More on the 10 000 years bp infant burial from Liguria:
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/968539 https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/10/a-10000-year-old-infant-burial-provides-insights-into-the-use-of-baby-carriers-and-family-heirlooms-in-prehistory/145045
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/10/20/a-10000-year-old-infant-burial-provides-insights-into-prehistory/
More on the 280+ burials found beneath a department store in Wales:
https://www.westerntelegraph.co.uk/news/23069401.haverfordwest-dyfed-archaeological-dig-307-bodies-found/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/human-remains-may-have-revealed-the-site-of-a-medieval-friary-180980965/
https://uk.sports.yahoo.com/news/whopping-307-bodies-found-archaeological-065100243.html
More on the various footprints from the Formby coastline:
https://www.livescience.com/ancient-human-animal-footprints-england
A campaign to save a possible medieval church in Norwich doesn't seem to be working:
https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/local-council/anglia-square-medieval-church-listing-rejected-9339988
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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 ============================================================
Turkic petroglyphs depicting mammoths (?), among other things from the Gobi desert:
https://m.akipress.com/news:682899:Ancient_Turkic_petroglyphs_depicting_mammoths_found_in_Gobi_desert/
https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/traces-of-ancient-turks-found-in-gobi-desert-177762
https://greekreporter.com/2022/10/19/turkish-team-finds-ancient-turk-settlements-in-mongolia/
Feature on the Shuomen archaeological site:
https://ukranews.com/en/news/887562-archaeological-site-of-shuomen-ancient-port-in-e-china-s-zhejiang
Feature on Liu Bang:
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/10/liu-bang-the-peasant-that-become-an-emperor/145001
More on the 6000 years bp hunter/gatherer skull found in a cave in Taiwan:
https://phys.org/news/2022-10-year-old-skull-cave-taiwan-possibly.html https://www.archaeology.org/news/10929-221017-taiwan-hunter-gatherer
Damage to Japan's oldest toilet:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/oct/18/japans-oldest-toilet-damaged-as-driver-backed-up
The fallen face of an aspsara at Angkor's Ta Prohm temple was restored:
https://vodenglish.news/apsaras-face-reattached-at-ta-prohm-temple/
Excavations in Vembakottai are revealing centuries-old trade links with Afghanistan:
https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2022/oct/20/vembakottai-excavation-throws-light-on-trade-link-with-afghanistan-2509941.html
Kids digging in Madhya Pradesh came across a hoard of 282 British era coins:
https://www.freepressjournal.in/indore/mp-282-british-era-coins-found-in-maina-village
Mohenjo Daro is showing signs of recovery from the recent floods:
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/asia-pacific/ancient-mohenjo-daro-site-shows-signs-of-recovery-from-devastating-floods/2713338
... but there appears to be damage to the Ranikot fort in Sindh:
https://tribune.com.pk/story/2382702/floods-have-damaged-great-wall-of-sindh
Feature on S Paramasivan and their work preserving Chola bronzes in the 1930s:
https://scroll.in/article/1033460/how-an-innovative-scientist-found-a-cure-for-tamil-nadus-decaying-chola-bronze-deities-in-the-30s
Feature on the history of kantha in India:
https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20221020-the-stories-hidden-in-the-ancient-indian-craft-of-kantha
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AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND ============================================================
Not sure where to put this one on Aboriginal artifacts returning for exhibition in Hobart, but they're only a 'loan':
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/oct/19/stolen-tasmanian-aboriginal-artefacts-are-finally-home-but-theres-a-catch-theyre-only-on-loan
Seven Sisters Dreaming narrative has been identified in petroglyphs in the Marra Wonga rock shelter:
https://the-past.com/news/seven-sisters-dreaming-stories-identified-in-australian-rock-art/
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NORTH AMERICA
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A First Nations fire pit (and more) at a Williams Lake mall excavation site:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/williams-lake-mall-artifact-1.6620616
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