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explorator 25.29 November 6, 2022
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Thanks to Arthur Shippee, Dave Sowdon, Edward Rockstein, Kurt Theis,
John McMahon, Barnea Selavan, Joseph Lauer, Mike Ruggeri, Hernan Astudillo, Richard Campbell, Barbara Saylor Rodgers, Bob Heuman, David Critchley,
Richard Miller, Kris Curry, Rick Heli, Richard C. Griffiths, Frank MacKay,
Don Buck, mata kimasitayo, and Ross W. Sargent for headses upses this week
(as always hoping I have left no one out).

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EARLY HOMINIDS
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A new study of how early hominids made use of fire:

https://phys.org/news/2022-11-technique-easier-human-ancestors.html

Suggestion that the Neanderthal demise was due to interbreeding with sapiens:

https://phys.org/news/2022-10-neanderthal-extinction-sex.html https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/1140/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/1140/pub/1140/page/39/article/NaN
https://www.iflscience.com/the-demise-of-neanderthals-may-have-been-a-lot-sexier-than-previously-thought-65996

cf:

https://paleoanthropology.org/ojs/index.php/paleo/article/view/130

... or maybe it was because of their carnivorous diet:

https://theconversation.com/neanderthals-how-a-carnivore-diet-may-have-led-to-their-demise-193764
https://phys.org/news/2022-11-neanderthals-carnivore-diet-demise.html

Suggestion that Upper Paleolithic cave dwellers may have used echolocation:

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/human-echolocation

A project trying to make connections between 430 000 years bp remains from La Sima de los Huesos in Spain and the Boxgove fossils from West Sussex:

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/nov/06/the-plot-thickens-new-study-reveals-complex-identity-of-ancient-britons

Study suggests environmental pressures drove human evolution:

https://cosmosmagazine.com/science/human-evolution-driven-by-environment/

More on the sinuses of early hominids:

https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/10/31/sinuses-offer-new-way-of-studying-the-evolution-of-ancient-humans/

More on the Neanderthal family from Siberia:

https://www.sapiens.org/biology/neanderthal-family-ancient-dna/ ============================================================
AFRICA
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A study of some 6000 years bp watermelon seeds dropped in a cave by nomads in Libya:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/watermelon-seeds-were-snacked-before-its-flesh-became-sweet-180981008/

A correlation between human expansion on Madagascar some 1000 years bp and the loss of large vertebrates there:

https://phys.org/news/2022-11-human-expansion-years-linked-madagascar.html https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/11/221104113440.htm

cf: https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(22)01602-5 ============================================================
ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT ============================================================
Plenty of features on the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb to mark the centennial of the find:

https://theconversation.com/more-than-a-story-of-treasures-revisiting-tutankhamuns-tomb-100-years-after-its-discovery-193293
https://phys.org/news/2022-11-story-treasures-revisiting-tutankhamun-tomb.html https://daily.jstor.org/the-discovery-of-king-tuts-tomb/ https://www.ansamed.info/ansamed/en/news/sections/culture/2022/11/04/tuts-tomb-discovery-100-later-first-publicized-event_b2abdab1-5d9a-49ac-a387-ada36d855787.html
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11392579/More-buried-treasure-BENEATH-King-Tuts-tomb-according-new-research.html
https://www.dw.com/en/tutankhamun-a-chance-discovery/a-63622150 https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/graphics/2022/11/03/king-tuts-tomb-discovered-100-years-ago-month/8169298001/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-howard-carter-discovered-king-tuts-golden-tomb-180981052/

... and a feature on the Egyptians who worked on the discovery and excavation:

https://www.livescience.com/untold-story-king-tut-discovery

... and the importance of the find to archaeology:

https://phys.org/news/2022-11-tutankhamun-tomb-greatest-archaeological-discoveries.html
https://lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/november-2022/Why-Tutankhamuns-tomb-remains-one-of-the-greatest-archaeological-discoveries-ever-made

... and how Egypt was celebrating:

https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContentMulti/479141/Multimedia.aspx https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/120358/Egypt-organizes-glamorous-ceremony-celebrating-the-centenary-of-discovering-Tutankhamen%E2%80%99s
https://dailynewsegypt.com/2022/11/06/how-did-egypt-celebrate-the-100th-anniversary-of-the-discovering-of-king-tutankhamuns-tomb/
https://www.thenationalnews.com/mena/egypt/2022/11/05/luxor-marks-centenary-of-discovery-of-king-tutankhamuns-tomb-with-little-fanfare/

... and features pondering what might still be in the tomb (the Nefertiti connection):

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/30/science/tutankhamen-nefertiti-archaeology.html
https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2022/oct/31/king-tut-died-long-ago-but-the-debate-about-his-to/
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/king-tut-tutankhamun-tomb-discovery-archaeology
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/king-tut-mysteries-endure-100-years-after-discovery/

... and overviews of finds from the tomb:

https://www.history.com/news/king-tut-tomb-artifacts

... a look at his meteoric iron dagger:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/11/the-mystery-of-tutankhamuns-meteoric-iron-dagger/145104

... and his mask:

https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/120400/Tutankhamun%E2%80%99s-funerary-mask-an-unparalleled-piece-of-art

... and his 'throne':

https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/section/arts-humanities/ https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/120328/Acquaint-yourself-with-Tutankhamun%E2%80%99s-golden-throne

... a gilded hand fan:

https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/120242/Meet-the-gilded-hand-fan-of-Tutankhamun

... golden pectoral:

https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/120293/Learn-about-Tutankhamun%E2%80%99s-spectacular-golden-pectoral

... the 'long-lost' jewellery found in the British Museum:

https://www.livescience.com/king-tutankhamun-long-lost-jewelry

... and features on Howard Carter:

https://www.mentalfloss.com/posts/howard-carter-king-tut-archaeologist-facts

... and what Tutankhamun looked like:

https://www.livescience.com/what-did-king-tutankhamun-look-like/

... and items on 'the curse' of course:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2022/11/04/king-tut-tomb-curse/ https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/middle-east/300731550/king-tuts-tomb-was-discovered-100-years-ago--and-unleashed-a-curse
https://www.newsweek.com/newsweek-com-king-tutankhamun-mummy-curse-killed-nine-explorers-1755992

... and Tutankamun's popularity at seances in the 1920s:

https://theconversation.com/how-tutankhamun-became-a-popular-spirit-at-seances-in-the-1920s-193762

... and how it (eventually) led to the creation of the 'blockbuster' museum exhibition:

https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-king-tutankhamun-created-blockbuster-exhibits-and-reinvented-the-museum-gift-shop

Howard Carter's home is open to the public after some renovations:

https://www.thenationalnews.com/mena/egypt/2022/11/06/howard-carters-home-in-egypt-reopens-to-tourists-after-renovation/
https://english.alarabiya.net/life-style/art-and-culture/2022/11/05/Howard-Carter-home-opens-to-mark-100-year-anniversary-of-discovery-of-King-Tut-s-tomb

Feature on Egypt before Tutankhamun:

https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/479151/Antiquities/Ancient-Egypt/Egypt-before-Tutankhamun.aspx

Zahi Hawass also revealed that the site contains plenty of items associated with King Teti:

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/egypt-tutankhamun-tomb-ancient-mummies-discovery-giza-king-feti-cairo-rcna55700
https://www.aol.com/news/archaeologists-discover-trove-ancient-coffins-150815432.html

A monumental "tunnel-aqueduct" system and other finds revealed at Taposiris Magna:

https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/479063/Antiquities/Ancient-Egypt/In-Photos-Ancient-Greekreplica-monumental-tunnelaq.aspx
https://see.news/dominican-egyptian-archaeological-temple-of-taposiris-magn http://www.china.org.cn/world/Off_the_Wire/2022-11/04/content_78501165.htm https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/ancient-stone-tunnel-discovered-in-egypt/ar-AA13IpiZ?li=BBnbfcL
https://greekcitytimes.com/2022/11/06/kathleen-martinez-team-discovers-1305-meter-greco-roman-tunnel-in-alexandria/
https://arkeonews.net/dominican-mission-discovers-1305-meter-greco-roman-ancient-rock-cut-tunnel-in-alexandria/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/11/ancient-rock-cut-tunnel-discovered-beneath-tapuziris-magna/145130

Five items Egypt wants back for assorted foreign museums:

https://www.middleeasteye.net/discover/egypt-five-relics-want-back-foreign-museums

Archaeological activities continue at Pasargadae:

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/478165/10-restoration-teams-following-routines-in-Pasargadae

Feature on Koldewey's excavations of the site of Babylon and the texts found there:

https://www.asor.org/anetoday/2022/11/modern-wars-ancient-governance

More on the reliefs found at the Mashki Gate:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/11/archaeologists-uncover-2700-year-old-intricate-rock-carvings-in-ancient-nineveh/145124
https://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/history-and-civilisation/2022/10/stunning-ancient-artwork-found-at-site-attacked-by-isis

Overview of archaeological finds in Turkey for the month of October:

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

Feature on the Temple of the Winged Lions in Petra:

https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/ancient-cultures/ancient-near-eastern-world/petra-temple-of-the-winged-lions/

In case you missed the application of geomagnetic dating techniques to various sites in Israel:

https://www.thedailybeast.com/can-this-magnetic-technology-prove-bible-stories-are-real
https://aleteia.org/2022/11/03/biblical-battles-confirmed-in-new-archaeological-study/
https://www.dw.com/en/old-testament-battles-confirmed-in-new-study/a-63586330

cf: https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2209117119

Claims about a mention of Hezekiah in a fragmentary inscription from the City of David excavated back in 2007:

https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-721274 https://aleteia.org/2022/11/05/new-archaeological-evidence-of-biblical-king-hezekiah-found-in-jerusalem/
https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/ancient-cultures/ancient-israel/hezekiah-monumental-inscription/?mqsc=E4147881&dk=ZE24O0ZF0

A possible 1400 years bp Christian monastery site from the UAE:

https://apnews.com/article/pope-francis-religion-dubai-united-arab-emirates-abu-dhabi-9d660941b79c99bbdb986b81453d8c9d
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article268232487.html https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/christian-monastery-possibly-pre-dating-islam-found-uae-92585639
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/christian-monastery-possibly-pre-dating-islam-found-in-uae/2022/11/03/ec83ca7a-5b46-11ed-bc40-b5a130f95ee7_story.html
https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2022/1104/Beneath-the-sands-of-time-a-new-Christian-discovery-in-Middle-East
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-11384905/Christian-monastery-possibly-pre-dating-Islam-UAE.html
https://aleteia.org/2022/11/04/ancient-christian-monastery-discovered-in-the-united-arab-emirates/
https://cruxnow.com/church-in-the-middle-east/2022/11/christian-monastery-possibly-pre-dating-islam-found-in-uae
https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/middle-east/300730505/ancient-christian-monastery-that-possibly-predates-islam-uncovered-in-uae
https://arkeonews.net/a-christian-monastery-possibly-pre-dating-islam-found-in-uae/

Feature on the Ottoman empire:

https://theconversation.com/five-things-you-need-to-know-about-the-ottoman-empire-192137
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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS) ============================================================
Evidence of a Minoan-era bull sacrifice from Petras:

https://greekcitytimes.com/2022/10/31/bull-head-minoan-elite-society/ https://greekreporter.com/2022/10/31/minoan-sacrificial-bull-head-unearthed-crete/
https://hellenicnews.com/bulls-sacrifice-at-petras-may-be-earliest-record-of-such-ritual-in-minoan-tombs-archaeologist-says/
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/65577 https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/11/02/m-tsipopoulou-talks-about-a-bulls-sacrifice-in-the-petras-cemetery/

A project in Cyprus has revealed a number of ancient copper mines:

https://cyprus-mail.com/2022/11/02/remains-of-ancient-copper-mines-investigated/
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/11/04/metallurgical-heritage-at-asgatas-kalavasos/

A Hellenistic burial from Chieti (not sure when this was found):

https://greekreporter.com/2022/11/04/hellenistic-grave-chieti-italy/

Not sure if we mentioned this find (with the help of Google Earth) of a Roman villa and bathhouse from Kent:

https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/nation-world/world/article268099267.html

2 000 years bp fragments of statuary from Aizanoi:

https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/statue-fragments-found-in-aizanoi-178169

A 2 000 years bp burial of a mother and child from Parion:

https://arkeonews.net/in-parion-one-of-the-most-important-cities-of-the-troas-region-2000-year-old-mother-child-graves-were-unearthed/

Plenty of 2 000+ years bp pottery sherds from a dig at the Derby Racecourse:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-derbyshire-63398846

A 2 000 years bp Roman villa with hypocaust from Kempten, Bavaria:

https://arkeonews.net/2000-year-old-unique-luxury-roman-villa-with-underfloor-heating-found-in-germany/
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/65571

I think we mentioned these remains of a Roman temple near/under a Christian church on the coast of Croatia:

https://scienceinpoland.pap.pl/en/news/news%2C94018%2Cpolish-croatian-team-discover-ancient-temple-under-church-dalmatia.html
https://www.tri-cityherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article268247337.html https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/ancient-roman-temple-roman-church-croatia-1234645018/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/10958-221031-croatia-roman-ridit

A Roman shipwreck off Croatia:

https://www.total-croatia-news.com/lifestyle/65859-roman-ship

A 4th century CE (or thereabouts) Roman industrial site revealed after a 10-day dig in Cheshire:

https://www.cheshire-live.co.uk/news/chester-cheshire-news/roman-remains-discovered-during-ten-25424543

Nice followup feature on that massive coin hoard from Tomares excavated a few years ago:

https://english.elpais.com/culture/2022-11-03/researchers-unveil-secrets-of-the-largest-stash-of-roman-coins-ever-found-in-spain.html
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/65601

More on the 1700+ years bp Roman watchtower from Volubilis (Morocco):

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article267987952.html http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/65583 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-unearth-first-of-its-kind-roman-watchtower-in-morocco-180981066/

More on the 1400 years bp 'business and gastronomy district' find at Ephesus:

https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/10/31/ephesos-area-of-the-city-discovered-under-a-burnt-layer/

More on the 'water system' items found at Stabiae:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/11/ancient-water-system-uncovered-at-roman-stabiae/145135

More on the excavations at Falerii Novi:

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/ancient-roman-city-dig-house-elite-family-2201825

More on family relationships revealed in a burial of three individuals at Cheddington:

https://the-past.com/news/ancient-dna-reveals-family-relationships-in-late-roman-grave/

More on the Aphrodite medallion from Phanagoria:

https://greekcitytimes.com/2022/11/01/russian-archaeologists-unearth-2100-year-old-medallion-of-greek-goddess-aphrodite/

More on the possible Odeion find from Lissos:

https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/11/02/public-building-discovered-at-lissos-in-chania/

More on the Roman ford/road find at Evesham:

https://the-past.com/news/rare-ford-unearthed-at-evesham/

Latest cause of death suggestion for Alexander is pancreatic necrosis:

https://greekreporter.com/2022/11/06/greek-scientists-say-alexander-the-great-died-of-pancreatic-necrosis/

A pub in Cambridge is displaying a recently-found Roman road:

https://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/history/cambridge-pub-displays-roman-road-25434605
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-63487685

Roman artifacts found decades ago in Goring have gone on display:

https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/1140/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/1140/pub/1140/page/39/article/NaN

Plans for the Temple of Apollo in Antalya to be restored as an archaeological museum:

https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/temple-of-apollo-to-be-restored-as-archaeological-museum-178225

Feature on mosaics on display in Athens' metro:

https://www.ekathimerini.com/culture/1196980/transported-through-history-greek-mosaic-floor-graces-new-subway-station/
https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/transported-through-history-greek-mosaic-floor-graces-new-subway-station-2022-11-02/

Cycladic art from Leonard Stern's collection went on display this week, despite protests from archaeologists:

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ancient-greek-artifacts-go-display-first-time-amid-protests-2022-11-02/
https://www.ekathimerini.com/multimedia/images/1197031/rare-cycladic-antiquities-displayed-at-athens-museum/
https://greekcitytimes.com/2022/11/03/private-collectors-ancient-greek-artifacts-go-on-display-for-the-first-time-in-athens/
https://news.gtp.gr/2022/11/04/greece-celebrates-return-of-15-ancient-cycladic-treasures-from-stern-collection/
https://menafn.com/1105128117/American-Billionaires-Cycladic-Antiquities-Collection-Unveiled-In-Athens-As-Greece-And-Metropolitan-Museum-Of-Art-Reach-Agreement
https://cyprus-mail.com/2022/11/03/ancient-greek-artifacts-go-on-display-for-first-time-amid-protests/
https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/ancient-greek-artifacts-displayed-for-1st-time-amid-controversy/news
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2022/11/03/american-billionaires-cycladic-antiquities-collection-unveiled-in-athens-as-greece-and-metropolitan-museum-of-art-reach-agreement
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/11/03/cycladic-treasures-on-their-return-journey/

... some background on the controversy:

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/metropolitan-museum-of-art-greece-stern-cycladic-art-1234645574/

Feature on Michele Valerie Ronnick and the 14 Black Classicists project:

https://news.olemiss.edu/visiting-classics-professor-to-discuss-um-exhibition/

Interview with Gregory Nagy:

https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2022/11/3/15q-greg-nagy/

Interview with Irene Vallejo:

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/nov/05/philologist-irene-vallejo-alexander-the-greats-library-was-the-first-step-towards-the-internet-papyrus-invention-books-ancient-world

Book hype for Adrastos Omissi, *Emperors and Usurpers*:

https://blog.oup.com/2022/10/civil-war-and-the-end-of-the-roman-empire/

Review of Francine Prose, *Cleopatra*:

https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/books/review-in-cleopatra-francine-prose-dispels-the-sexualized-mythology-surrounding-a-powerful-ruler

Review of Peter Stothard, *Crassus*:

https://engelsbergideas.com/book-review/what-was-it-like-to-be-romes-richest-man/

Bodrum is commemorating Herodotus:

https://www.aa.com.tr/en/culture/ancient-greek-historian-herodotus-commemorated-in-his-hometown-bodrum/2728913
https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/workshop-held-in-bodrum-celebrates-ancient-greek-historian-herodotus/news

Feature on Roman 'bones of the dead' cookies for Halloween:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/kristinakillgrove/2015/10/31/how-the-ancient-romans-gave-us-bones-of-the-dead-cookies-for-halloween/?sh=24a7981438a9

Feature on assorted appropriations of the ancient world in modern times:

https://www.historytoday.com/archive/head-head/how-has-ancient-world-been-appropriated-modernity

Feature on some golden Roman helmets found by a Serbian farmer back in the 1950s:

https://www.telegraf.rs/english/3578331-elderly-farmer-found-valuable-roman-objects-in-serbian-corn-field

Feature on ancient shorthand in manuscripts:

https://www.thedailybeast.com/there-are-still-codes-throughout-ancient-roman-literature
https://uk.sports.yahoo.com/news/still-codes-throughout-ancient-roman-033829257.html

Feature on the Antikythera Mechanism:

https://www.historytoday.com/archive/great-debates/computer-aegean

Feature on the durability of Roman concrete:

https://cordis.europa.eu/article/id/442439-what-made-roman-concrete-so-durable

Feature on Sappho:

https://aeon.co/videos/sapphos-homoerotic-poetry-was-beloved-in-ancient-greece-and-burned-centuries-later

Feature on a burial of a Greek girl who was wearing a ceramic wreath:

https://greekreporter.com/2022/11/02/ancient-greek-girl-buried-wearing-ceramic-flower-wreath/

Feature on Dispilio:

https://greekreporter.com/2022/11/06/prehistoric-settlement-greece/

Feature on the Temple of Aphaea on Aegina:

https://greekreporter.com/2022/10/29/temple-aphaea-ancient-greek-aegina/

Feature on the underwater mines

Feature on ancient Greek women artists:

https://greekreporter.com/2022/11/01/ancient-greek-female-artists-feminine-aesthetics-antiquity/

Feature on ancient Greek laws relating to tyrants:

https://greekreporter.com/2022/11/04/ancient-greek-laws-against-tyrants/

Feature on the nachleben of Alexander the Great:

https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/arts-and-books/alluring-legacy-alexander-the-great

Feature on Carl Sagan and Eratosthenes:

https://greekreporter.com/2022/11/01/carl-sagan-ancient-greek-eratosthenes/

Feature on the Hellenikon pyramid:

https://greekreporter.com/2022/11/01/carl-sagan-ancient-greek-eratosthenes/

Feature on ancient Greek opinions about extraterrestrial life:

https://greekreporter.com/2022/10/31/ancient-greece-extraterrestrial/

The 'perfect replica' of one of the Parthenon Sculptures was revealed this week (not at the British Museum):

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/elgin-marbles-perfect-replica-unveiled-with-british-museum-in-talks-bmxvfjvq7
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/replicas-parthenon-marbles-freud-museum-2202419
https://greekcitytimes.com/2022/11/02/parthenon-replica-british-museum/ https://greekherald.com.au/news/replica-of-parthenon-marbles-unveiled-in-the-uk-to-fuel-repatriation-debate/
https://www.thenationalnews.com/world/uk-news/2022/11/01/perfect-replica-of-parthenon-marbles-supports-sensible-deal-for-their-return-to-greece/
https://greekreporter.com/2022/11/01/parthenon-marbles-replica-london/ https://www.thenationalnews.com/world/uk-news/2022/11/01/perfect-replica-of-parthenon-marbles-supports-sensible-deal-for-their-return-to-greece/

Meanwhile, the British Museum plans to fix the gallery where the Parthenon Sculptures are displayed:

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2022/11/03/as-infrastructure-crumbles-british-museum-plans-to-fix-parthenon-marbles-gallery-next
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/british-museum-parthenon-gallery-rosetta-project-1234645580/

Latest Pasts Imperfect newsletter:

https://pastsimperfect.substack.com/p/pasts-imperfect-11322-f9e

In case you missed coverage of the world record breaking cardboard Trojan Horse from Bridlington:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-humber-63500464 https://greekreporter.com/2022/11/05/giant-trojan-horse-breaks-guinness-world-record/
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Roman Archaeology Blog:

http://romanarc.blogspot.com/

Rogueclassicism:

http://rogueclassicism.com/ ============================================================
EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland) ============================================================
A Mesolithic child burial (with traces of fur and feathers) from Finland:

https://phys.org/news/2022-11-stone-age-child-bird-feathers.html https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/02/world/stone-age-child-burial-scn/index.html https://scienceblog.com/534669/stone-age-child-was-buried-with-bird-feathers-plant-fibers-and-fur/
https://www.sciencealert.com/ancient-child-grave-reveals-the-oldest-feathers-ever-found-in-finland
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/11/03/a-stone-age-child-buried-with-bird-feathers-plant-fibers-and-fur/

cf: https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/02/world/stone-age-child-burial-scn/index.html

A 2400 years bp long-inhabited settlement site from a housing development site in St Neots:

https://www.huntspost.co.uk/news/23088994.iron-age-farm-uncovered-near-2-400-home-site-town/

A Pictish inscription on a carved stone from Scotland:

https://www.livescience.com/pictish-stone-with-medieval-alphabet-scotland https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/rare-medieval-script-discovered-on-stone-carved-by-scotlands-painted-people/ar-AA13C3eB
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/11/archaeologists-uncover-pictish-inscribed-stone-in-scotland/145108
http://www.archaeology.org/news/10964-221103-pictish-cross-slab

A small 5th century CE rural necropolis excavation from Sainte-Marie-aux-Chenes (France):

https://arkeonews.net/a-rural-necropolis-from-late-antiquity-discovered-in-northeastern-france/

A pair of 1200 years bp Viking burials with 'upright swords' in Sweden:

https://www.livescience.com/two-vikings-swords-buried-upright-sweden

A 1000 years bp 'Thor's Hammer' amulet from Sweden:

https://www.livescience.com/thor-hammer-amulet-found-sweden http://www.archaeology.org/news/10966-221104-sweden-thor-hammer

A 1000 years bp Viking silver find from Taby (Sweden):

https://arkeonews.net/1000-year-old-viking-silver-treasure-found-in-sweden/ https://news.artnet.com/art-world/in-a-once-in-a-lifetime-discovery-swedish-archaeologists-unearth-a-cache-of-viking-silver-2202955
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/10/1000-year-old-viking-age-treasure-hoard-uncovered-in-stockholm/145097
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/11/01/viking-silver-treasure-uncovered-in-taby-in-stockholm/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/10963-221102-viking-silver-hoard

... and a metal detectorist in Norway came across some similarly-aged silver jewellery as well:

https://sciencenorway.no/archaeology-viking-age-vikings/one-vikings-lost-silver-treasure-discovered-by-metal-detector-enthusiast/2098786
https://phys.org/news/2022-11-viking-age-silver-treasure-stjrdal.html https://www.livescience.com/amateaur-finds-viking-silver-hoard-norway

Remains of a 15th century medieval church destroyed in the Thirteen Years' War in Poland:

https://scienceinpoland.pap.pl/en/news/news%2C93979%2Cfoundations-medieval-church-described-dlugosz-found-slawkow.html
http://www.archaeology.org/news/10960-221101-poland-medieval-church

A housing development site in Coventry has revealed a section of that city's 500 years bp walls:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-coventry-warwickshire-63478723

More on evidence that large scale trade in herring dates to Viking times:

https://phys.org/news/2022-10-ancient-dna-herring-viking-age.html https://www.archaeology.org/news/10957-221031-viking-fish-trade

More on the wreck of the 'sister ship' of the Vasa:

https://www.livescience.com/swedish-warship-wreck-discovered/

More on the Formby footprints:

https://the-past.com/news/8000-years-of-footprints-preserved-at-formby/

Norfolk apparently leads the way in treasure finds:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-norfolk-63504690

Funding for the Birnbeck Pier project:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-63458315

National Trust Members are about to vote on the Stonehenge Tunnel project:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-wiltshire-63518693

The Kent Archaeological Society purchased a number of Anglo-Saxon items before they could be auctioned:

http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/65563 https://arkeonews.net/kent-archaeological-society-purchased-an-anglo-saxon-hoard-ahead-of-a-london-auction/

A museum has offered to house artefacts found at that big dige in Haverfordwest:

https://www.westerntelegraph.co.uk/news/23097064.archaeological-dig-artefacts-wanted-haverfordwest-museum/
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/museum-offers-house-treasures-recent-070000299.html

Gerard Pique is building a hotel on a medieval Islamic necropolis:

https://www.dailysabah.com/sports/football/piques-opulent-hotel-to-be-built-on-medieval-islamic-necropolis

Feature on burials in Venice during times of plague:

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/bones-and-skeletons-in-venice
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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 Yanshao-era ring trench and burials from Xianyang:

https://www.shine.cn/news/nation/2211022196/

A 4000 years bp courtyard from Shaanxi:

https://english.news.cn/20221031/5831ff47be2340ed8b86ee9714472c1b/c.html

The 'Horse Power' project will be excavating the mausoleum of the first Qin emperor and looking at the ancient horse trade:

https://the-past.com/news/new-project-to-explore-horse-trade-in-ancient-china-and-mongolia/

Examination of a Han Dynasty silk fragment in the Hunan Museum revealed 'blessing sentences':

http://en.people.cn/n3/2022/1103/c90000-10166816.html

Remains of a razed royal rice field at Beijing's Old Summer Palace:

https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202211/1278814.shtml

Feature on oracle bones:

https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202210/1278384.shtml https://www.smithsonianmag.com/videos/smn-chinaswarriorqueen-clip01-oraclebone-yt-bug/

A 170 years bp wooden inscription from Odisha:

https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/170-year-old-wooden-inscription-found/cid/1893856

Concerns for Iron Age monuments in Taeangana:

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/iron-age-monuments-in-telangana-cry-for-attention/article66099902.ece

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AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND ============================================================
13th-15 century CE Polynesian tools from Norfolk Island:

https://australian.museum/about/organisation/media-centre/archaeological-artefacts-norfolk-island/
https://www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2022/10/31/archaeological-artefacts-found-on-norfolk-island-.html
https://phys.org/news/2022-10-archaeological-artifacts-norfolk-island.html https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/11/04/priceless-archaeological-artefacts-found-in-norfolk-island-national-park/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/10962-221102-norfolk-island-adze

On the search for a 'war trophy' (a WWI Ottoman gun) in Dunedin:

https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/130264461/the-hunt-for-an-extremely-rare-war-trophy-buried-somewhere-in-dunedin
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NORTH AMERICA
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13 000 years bp (maybe) bison bones from a construction site in Saanich (BC):

https://vancouverisland.ctvnews.ca/bison-bones-thousands-of-years-old-found-at-saanich-construction-site-1.6138545

First Nations artifacts found during shopping mall renovations in Williams Lake (BC):

https://www.vicnews.com/news/shopping-mall-dig-reveals-indigenous-artifacts-and-evolution-of-archeology/
https://www.cp24.com/news/dig-at-b-c-shopping-mall-reveals-indigenous-artifacts-and-evolution-of-archeology-1.6138735

17 (or 21? or 24?) more Tulsa Race Massacre burials:


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