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    From david meadows@21:1/5 to All on Sun Jan 8 09:25:45 2023
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    explorator 25.38 January 8, 2023
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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, Bill Gebhardt,
    Don Buck, mata kimasitayo, and Ross W. Sargent for headses upses this week
    (as always hoping I have left no one out).

    n.b. there are some 'older' items in the 'Interest' sections (I think I'm pretty much caught up now)

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    EARLY HOMINIDS
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    Pondering the apparent disappearance of Neanderthals:

    https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/why-did-neanderthals-disappear

    A study of what scents various ancient hominids could perceive:

    https://phys.org/news/2023-01-ancient-humans-sensitivities.html

    cf: https://www.cell.com/iscience/pdf/S2589-0042(22)02181-2.pdf

    Comparing Neanderthal and Sapiens brains:

    https://theconversation.com/human-and-neanderthal-brains-have-a-surprising-youthful-quality-in-common-new-research-finds-191594
    https://phys.org/news/2023-01-human-neanderthal-brains-youthful-quality.html https://www.livescience.com/youthful-human-and-neanderthal-brains

    cf: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-022-01933-6

    More on the million-year-old homo erectus skull excavated in China:

    https://english.cctv.com/2023/01/03/VIDEdwiaMuS3yYvMJsX6ASvZ230103.shtml https://english.news.cn/20230105/d94363034bb6433ca190678ee3c3102a/c.html

    More on early humans wearing bearskins 300 000 years bp:

    https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/05/europe/bear-skins-prehistoric-clothing-scn/index.html
    https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/prehistoric-europeans-surviving-winter-fur-b2255116.html
    https://www.sciencealert.com/cut-marks-on-ancient-bones-reveal-what-was-in-fashion-320000-years-ago
    https://www.iflscience.com/humans-were-skinning-bears-to-wear-their-fur-320-000-years-ago-66923

    More on early humans sailing the Aegean some 450 000 years bp:

    https://greekcitytimes.com/2023/01/04/archaic-humans-sailed-to-aegean-islands-450000-years-ago-new-study-shows/
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    AFRICA
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    Feature on the Slave Wrecks Project (mostly with an Africa focus):

    https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jan/08/a-search-for-ourselves-shipwreck-becomes-focus-of-slavery-debate
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    ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT ============================================================
    Egypt made 26 archaeological announcements in 2022:

    https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/121752/Egypt-s-Ministry-of-Tourism-Antiquities-announces-26-archaeological-discoveries

    Feature on Egypt's Red List to recover assorted Egyptian artifacts:

    https://cairoscene.com/Buzz/National-Red-List-Will-Keep-Track-of-Smuggled-Egyptian-Artefacts

    More on the find of noble burials (and nine crocodile heads) from the Theban necropolis:

    https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/mysterious-crocodile-heads-discovered-ancient-egyptian-tomb-1234652532/

    More on the find of 60 'renegade mummies' from the tomb of Amenhotep Huy:

    https://news.artnet.com/art-world/archaeologists-discover-60-egyptian-mummies-luxor-2238388
    https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/01/04/discovery-of-60-mummies-in-egyptian-city-of-luxor-points-to-elaborate-burial-ground

    Feature on the bust of Nefertiti:

    https://egyptindependent.com/nefertiti-the-confused-egyptian-queen-between-her-original-homeland-and-her-german-residence/

    Feature on Tutankhamun's 'space dagger':

    https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p0dtmhm8/the-mystery-of-tutankhamun-s-space-dagger-

    In case you missed the revival of the 'tomb of Osiris' stuff:

    https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-egypt-tomb-of-osiris-735147367651

    A study of 200 skeletons taken from the Parthian/Sassanid burial ground in Gilan:

    https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/480515/200-ancient-human-skeletons-under-study-at-anthropology-laboratory

    Archaeologists have 'redrawn' the boundaries for the Neolithic village of Leylan in northwest Iran:

    https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/480453/Archaeologists-redraw-boundaries-for-Neolithic-village

    Concerns for sites in the area of the Chamshir Dam in southwest Iran:

    https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/480356/Historical-site-in-western-Iran-on-the-verge-of-sinking
    https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/480563/Reservoir-may-submerge-Elamite-Achaemenid-and-Islamic-relics

    Feature on the Ziggurat of Ur:

    https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20220822-the-ziggurat-of-ur-iraqs-answer-to-the-pyramids

    Feature on the Hanging Gardens:

    https://www.thecollector.com/hanging-gardens-babylon/

    Concerns arising for various sites in Assur:

    https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/archaeology-today/iraqs-capital-catastrophe/

    Vague item on the find of a possible Islamic-era site near Pul Alam (Afghanistan):

    https://www.ariananews.af/islamic-era-archeological-site-discovered-in-afghanistans-logar-province/

    Overview of finds in Turkey in December 2022:

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

    Overview of finds in Turkey in all of 2022:

    https://turkisharchaeonews.net/article/archaeology-turkey-2022-review

    In case you missed the restoration of a 2000 years bp Roman fountain in Kibyra (Turkiye):

    https://www.aa.com.tr/en/culture/after-1-300-years-water-to-again-flow-from-monumental-fountain-in-ancient-city-in-turkiye-/2776267
    https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/2000-year-old-fountain-flows-once-again-in-turkiyes-ancient-city/news
    http://www.archaeology.org/news/11104-230103-turkey-fountain-kibyra

    Feature on assorted problems folks had to deal with living in Catalhoyuk:

    https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/this-ancient-proto-city-was-plagued-with-modern-urban-problems

    More on the possible location of Zippalanda at Usakli Hoyuk:

    https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/ancient-cultures/ancient-near-eastern-world/hittite-cult-center-uncovered-in-turkey/
    https://arkeonews.net/the-circular-shaped-structure-unearthed-in-usakli-mound-may-point-to-the-holy-hittite-city-of-zippalanda/

    Remains of a Byzantine monk 'chained' with iron rings from Khirbat el-Masani:

    https://arkeonews.net/byzantine-monk-chained-with-iron-rings-unearthed-near-jerusalem/
    https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/01/byzantine-monk-chained-with-iron-rings-uncovered/145717

    Feature on the site of the Herodian fortress at Macareus:

    https://jordantimes.com/news/local/isolated-archaeological-site-offers-%E2%80%98time-capsule%E2%80%99-biblical-story

    A study of Late Middle Paleolithic production of blades and hafting from a site in Israel:

    https://phys.org/news/2023-01-mass-production-stone-bladelets-cultural.html

    cf: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-27321-5 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s41982-022-00131-x

    Evidence that the Canaanites were using silver for currency (maybe):

    https://www.timesofisrael.com/study-claims-hoards-of-3600-year-old-cut-silver-pieces-are-first-currency-in-levant/
    https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2023-01-08/ty-article/canaanites-also-used-silver-as-currency-archaeologists-deduce/00000185-90aa-d94b-ad8d-beefc4410000

    I think we mentioned this coin dating to the Bar Kochba Revolt from a dig in the Murabba'at caves:

    https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-726800

    Feature on the 'reconstruction' of a 5th century Christian 'cathedral' at Antiochia Hippos:

    https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2023-01-03/ty-article-magazine/archaeologists-reconstruct-huge-early-christian-cathedral-in-northern-israel/00000185-76c5-dfb6-a1a7-7ffd987d0000

    Feature on Michael Langlois' work detecting forgeries among the DSS and other texts:

    https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-unorthodox-scholar-uses-technology-expose-biblical-forgeries-180981290/?

    More on the finds from the Cave of Salome:

    https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/ancient-cultures/ancient-israel/cave-of-salome-excavated/

    More on plans to excavate at the Pool of Siloam site:

    https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/12/archaeologists-to-excavate-the-ancient-pool-of-siloam/145668
    https://greekreporter.com/2023/01/03/pool-siloam-open-jerusalem-after-2000-years/

    ... which seem connected to an ongoing project to reveal and revive the Pilgrimage Route:

    https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-726942

    Remains of a 5000 years bp settlement site in Al Mudhaibi (Oman):

    https://arkeonews.net/5000-year-old-settlement-unearthed-in-al-mudhaibi-oman/

    Feature on the location of the Luwian culture (by Zangger):

    https://www.asor.org/anetoday/2023/01/luwian-culture-map

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    This Week in the Ancient Near East Podcast:

    https://thisweekintheancientneareast.podbean.com/

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    ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS) ============================================================
    Still not really sure where to put this find of a 2000 years bp 'Scythian' burial ground in Siberia:

    https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2023-01-01/ty-article/siberian-gravediggers-find-2-000-year-old-scythian-style-cemetery/00000185-6d65-d591-a1fd-fd6d40ce0000
    https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/01/kurgan-tomb-from-lost-culture-discovered/145725
    http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/66063

    A Phoenician plaque from Cyprus (found in 2021):

    https://greekreporter.com/2023/01/07/ancient-plaque-cyprus-phoenician/

    A Hellenistic (?) Greek/Bactrian inscription from Tajikistan:

    https://akipress.com/news:690465:Rock_inscriptions_in_Greek_discovered_on_mountain_in_Central_Asia/
    https://greekcitytimes.com/2023/01/03/recently-discovered-inscriptions-from-the-greek-colonies-of-central-asia/
    https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-726432 https://greekreporter.com/2023/01/01/rock-inscriptions-greek-central-asia/

    A possible Gallo-Roman mausoleum site from near Neris-les Bains:

    https://www.inrap.fr/un-mausolee-antique-decouvert-neris-les-bains-allier-16994 https://greekcitytimes.com/2023/01/05/roman-era-mausoleum-uncovered-in-france-reveals-frieze-fragment-showing-an-image-of-the-greek-sea-god-triton/
    https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/gallo-roman-mausoleum-was-uncovered-in-france-1234652879/
    http://www.archaeology.org/news/11107-230104-france-mausoleum-fragments

    A well-preseved section of Roman road from Corby:

    https://www.northantstelegraph.co.uk/news/people/exceptionally-preserved-corby-roman-road-discovery-strengthens-understanding-of-towns-2000-year-old-manufacturing-roots-3975153

    Columns from Diocletian's palace at Split found incorporated into other structures (Croatian):

    https://dnevnik.hr/vijesti/hrvatska/ekskluzivne-snimke-antickih-stupova-koji-su-stoljecima-bili-skriveni-od-ociju-javnosti---757111.html

    Latest study revealing why Roman concrete was so durable:

    https://news.mit.edu/2023/roman-concrete-durability-lime-casts-0106 https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/01/230106144441.htm https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/jan/06/self-healing-roman-concrete-could-aid-modern-construction-study-suggests
    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/01/06/secret-ingredient-roman-concrete-means-buildings-can-last-millennia/
    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-11607129/How-Pantheon-stayed-intact-2-000-years.html
    https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2023-01-06/ty-article/researchers-reveal-why-ancient-roman-monuments-still-stand-after-millennia/00000185-81f1-df9e-a3bf-87f572a70000
    https://www.cnn.com/style/article/roman-concrete-mystery-ingredient-scn/index.html
    https://www.dw.com/en/how-ancient-romes-concrete-recipe-can-help-lower-emissions/a-64308279
    https://www.scotsman.com/heritage-and-retro/heritage/secret-to-durability-of-roman-concrete-that-has-stood-test-of-time-for-over-2000-years-finally-unearthed-3976887
    https://greekcitytimes.com/2023/01/07/ancient-roman-concrete-could-self-heal-thanks-to-hot-mixing-with-quicklime/
    https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-726884 https://www.science.org/content/article/scientists-may-have-found-magic-ingredient-behind-ancient-romes-self-healing-concrete
    https://www.sciencealert.com/we-finally-know-how-ancient-roman-concrete-was-so-durable
    https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/01/ancient-roman-concrete-could-self-heal-thanks-to-hot-mixing-with-quicklime/
    https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/01/secret-of-roman-concrete-solved/145758

    cf: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.add1602

    The Garonne treasure of 4001 Roman coins from a 2nd century shipwreck has gone on display:

    http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/66089

    Photos taken during the Thessaloniki metro project:

    https://greekcitytimes.com/2023/01/08/excavations-construct-salonica-metro/

    More on chemical analysis confirming a Roman presence at Kalkrise:

    https://www.europeantimes.news/2023/01/chemical-analysis-confirmed-the-site-of-death-of-the-xix-roman-legion/

    A plan to get more young people digging at Vindolanda:

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-64160591

    Feature on Persian accounts of Alexander:

    https://scroll.in/article/1040609/how-persian-literature-imagined-alexander-the-greats-romantic-relationships-around-the-world

    Feature on Roman gold mining in Las Medulas:

    https://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-01-07/this-is-how-the-romans-squeezed-the-gold.html

    Feature on the find of the Thracian Tomb of Kazanlak in Bulgaria during WWII:

    https://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/history-and-civilisation/2023/01/soldiers-stumbled-upon-a-2400-year-old-tomb-on-the-battlefields-of-wwii

    Feature/TV hype for Stortford's Roman past:

    https://www.bishopsstortfordindependent.co.uk/news/grange-paddocks-puts-bishops-stortford-of-the-roman-map-9291959/

    Feature on Cleomenes I of Sparta:

    https://www.thecollector.com/cleomenes-i-sparta-king/

    Feature on Roman road building:

    https://www.openculture.com/2023/01/how-the-ancient-romans-built-their-roads-the-lifelines-of-their-vast-empire.html

    Feature on the Legio V Macedonica:

    https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/01/legio-v-macedonica-the-last-roman-legion/145686

    Feature on the Trojan War:

    https://www.thecollector.com/was-the-trojan-war-real/

    Feature on the Peloponnesian War:

    https://www.thecollector.com/what-was-the-peloponnesian-war/

    Feature on Pliny the Elder's coverage of Classical art and architecture:

    https://www.thecollector.com/pliny-elder-art-and-architecture/

    ... and his Natural History in general:

    https://www.thecollector.com/pliny-elder-natural-history/

    Feature on Aesop:

    https://www.thecollector.com/who-was-aesop/

    Feature on the 'toys' of Dionysus:

    https://www.thecollector.com/toys-dionysus-mysteries/

    Feature on Roman business practices:

    https://spectator.com.au/2023/01/doing-good-business/

    Feature on sailing the Roman Mediterranean:

    https://www.thecollector.com/ancient-mariners-roman-mediterranean/

    Feature on the Roman navy:

    https://www.thecollector.com/roman-navy/

    Feature on the Year of the Five Emperors:

    https://www.thecollector.com/year-five-emperors/

    Feature on the Artemesion jockey sculpture:

    https://greekreporter.com/2023/01/06/jockey-of-artemision-greek-art-in-all-stunning-glory/

    Feature on ancient Greek colour perception:

    https://aeon.co/essays/can-we-hope-to-understand-how-the-greeks-saw-their-world

    Feature on the Curse of Atreus:

    https://greekreporter.com/2023/01/03/curse-house-atreus-greek-mythology/

    Feature on snow in ancient Greece:

    https://greekreporter.com/2023/01/04/ancient-greeks-snow/

    Feature on Dionysus in India:

    https://greekreporter.com/2023/01/06/greek-god-dionysus-campaign-india/

    Feature on Circe:

    https://greekreporter.com/2023/01/02/circe-witch-greek-mythology/

    At the start of the week we were reading about a possible 'landmark deal' regarding the Parthenon Sculptures (loan based):

    https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-01-03/parthenon-marbles-may-return-to-greece-in-exchange-deal-with-uk
    https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/greece-elgin-marbles-george-osborne-kyriakos-mitsotakis-parthenon-b2255753.html
    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/01/04/british-museum-panthenon-deal-elgin-marbles-loan/
    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/01/03/elgin-marbles-could-soon-returned-greece-landmark-deal/
    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/01/07/proposed-elgin-marbles-deal-may-see-ancient-greek-treasures/
    https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/1208/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/1208/pub/1208/page/4/article/NaN
    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11597017/Elgin-Marbles-soon-returned-Greece-long-term-loan-deal.html
    https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/elgin-marbles-one-step-from-athens-qxhnsc70c https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/elgin-marbles-close-to-greece-return-british-museum-george-osborne/
    https://www.ekathimerini.com/news/1201522/sculptures-deal-close-bloombeg-reports/
    https://greekherald.com.au/news/reports-suggest-parthenon-marbles-exchange-deal-between-greece-and-the-uk-is-close/
    https://greekreporter.com/2023/01/04/parthenon-marbles-returned-greece-under-long-term-loan-deal/
    https://greekcitytimes.com/2023/01/06/parthenon-marbles-swap-deal/ https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/elgin-marbles-could-be-sent-to-greece-as-part-of-cultural-exchange/news
    https://www.artforum.com/news/british-museum-acropolis-museum-closing-in-on-parthenon-marbles-agreement-89954
    https://news.artnet.com/art-world/parthenon-marbles-british-museum-greece-deal-2238087

    ... the British Museum confirmed discussions were happening:

    https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2023/jan/04/british-museum-in-talks-with-greece-over-return-of-parthenon-marbles
    https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/british-museum-says-constructive-discussions-over-parthenon-marbles-2023-01-04/
    https://www.dw.com/en/british-museum-confirms-talks-over-parthenon-marbles/a-64297043
    https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/greece-elgin-marbles-george-osborne-kyriakos-mitsotakis-parthenon-b2255753.html
    https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/british-museum-greece-elgin-marbles-george-osborne-elgin-b1050690.html
    https://www.apollo-magazine.com/art-news-british-museum-greece-parthenon/ https://hypebeast.com/2023/1/british-museum-parthenon-marbles-greece-repatriation-talks
    https://www.artnews.com/artnews/news/british-museum-confirms-secret-talks-greece-parthenon-marbles-1234652669/

    ... but Greece wouldn't confirm any deal:

    https://neoskosmos.com/en/2023/01/04/news/greece/greece-wont-confirm-report-of-parthenon-marbles-return-via-uk-exchange-deal/
    https://www.tornosnews.gr/en/greek-news/culture/48175-media-greece-denies-report-british-museum-will-return-parthenon-marbles.html
    https://greekcitytimes.com/2023/01/04/parthenon-sculptures-deal-denied-by-greek-culture-ministry/

    ... and once again, the 'ownership' is the sticking point:

    https://greekreporter.com/2023/01/05/parthenon-marbles-homeward-bound-times/ https://www.tornosnews.gr/en/greek-news/culture/48184-greek-ministry-of-culture-british-museum-has-no-legal-right-to-parthenon-marbles.html
    https://www.thenationalherald.com/ministry-of-culture-british-museum-has-no-legal-right-to-parthenon-sculptures-a-product-of-theft/
    https://neoskosmos.com/en/2023/01/06/news/greece/ministry-of-culture-british-museum-has-no-legal-right-to-parthenon-sculptures-a-product-of-theft/
    https://neoskosmos.com/en/2023/01/08/news/greece/you-cannot-borrow-something-that-has-been-stolen-from-you-syriza-says-on-parthenon-marbles/
    https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/greece-rejects-parthenon-marbles-loan-plan-statement-1234652854/

    ... and very many OpEds with different spins were spawned:

    https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/ed-vaizey-stunning-treasures-await-if-british-museum-returns-the-elgin-marbles-77n5zn8lv
    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/01/04/would-uncivilised-give-greece-elgin-marbles/
    https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/1176/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/1176/pub/1176/page/13/article/NaN
    https://www.ekathimerini.com/culture/1201656/is-a-deal-on-the-parthenon-sculptures-possible/
    https://www.ekathimerini.com/opinion/1201733/whats-the-deal-with-the-parthenon-sculptures/
    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/01/05/britain-should-give-elgin-marbles-greece/
    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/2023/01/06/fate-elgin-marbles-cant-george-osbornes-choice/
    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/01/06/george-osbornes-elgin-marbles-deal-dangerous-britains-museums/
    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11607903/ANDREW-PIERCE-gives-George-Osborne-right-send-Elgin-Marbles-Greece.html
    https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-elgin-marbles-and-the-rot-of-decolonisation/

    ... and former MPs were upset:

    https://www.gbnews.uk/news/elgin-marbles-row-explodes-as-ex-labour-mp-lashes-out-at-plans-to-send-sculpture-to-greece-an-unacceptable-precedent/419238

    ... and Stephen Fry voiced his views again:

    https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2023/jan/05/stephen-fry-calls-for-return-of-parthenon-marbles-to-athens

    ... and the 'poll' of regular folks regarding the sculptures was brought up:

    https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/public-support-sending-elgin-marbles-back-greece-british-museum-parthenon-sculptures-b1050709.html

    A background piece if you need a refresher:

    https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/celebrity/arid-41040848.html https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/uk/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-controversial-elgin-marbles-42261617.html

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    Roman Archaeology Blog:

    http://romanarc.blogspot.com/

    Rogueclassicism:

    http://rogueclassicism.com/ ============================================================
    EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland) ============================================================
    Roundup of finds in Norway in 2022:

    https://sciencenorway.no/archaeology/heres-what-norwegian-archaeologists-discovered-in-2022/2136667

    Study suggests the knowledge to produce pottery vessels came to Europe via Siberia:

    https://arkeonews.net/the-ability-to-produce-ceramic-vessels-came-to-europe-via-siberia-and-the-caspian-sea-region/
    https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/01/knowledge-for-producing-ceramic-vessels-also-came-to-europe-through-siberia-and-the-caspian-sea-region/145754

    Plenty of interest in an 'amateur's' suggestion that 20 000 years bp 'proto-writing' on Ice Age cave paintings might be a sort of lunar calendar:

    https://phys.org/news/2023-01-cave-ice-age-hunter-gatherers-lunar.html https://www.livescience.com/ice-age-cave-art-proto-writing-claim https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/jan/05/amateur-archaeologist-uncovers-ice-age-writing-system
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-64162799 https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/stone-age-code-is-cracked-by-amateur-archaeologist-36xrstjtc
    https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-times-view-on-a-stone-age-writing-breakthrough-cracking-the-code-52xwztht8
    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/01/05/mystery-ancient-dots-stripes-europes-caves-solved/
    https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-64162799 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11600289/Cave-art-decoded-cryptic-messages-deep-past-told-Ice-Age-hunters-pray-mating.html
    https://www.cnn.com/style/article/paleolithic-markings-animal-hunting-scli-scn-intl/index.html
    https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article270815547.html https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-726885 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25634202-800-mysterious-symbols-in-cave-paintings-may-be-earliest-form-of-writing/
    https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/amateur-archaeologist-decodes-ice-age-calendar-cave-paintings-animals-1234652741/
    https://www.vice.com/en/article/pkg95v/a-total-amateur-may-have-just-rewritten-human-history-with-bombshell-discovery
    https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/01/ancient-code-in-ice-age-drawings-solved/145737
    https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/could-these-cave-markings-be-the-earliest-form-of-writing-180981403/

    cf: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/cambridge-archaeological-journal/article/an-upper-palaeolithic-protowriting-system-and-phenological-calendar/6F2AD8A705888F2226FE857840B4FE19

    A 3000 years bp wooden 'wishing well' including some ritual deposits from Germering (Bavaria):

    https://arkeonews.net/the-ability-to-produce-ceramic-vessels-came-to-europe-via-siberia-and-the-caspian-sea-region/
    http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/66104 https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/01/ancient-wishing-well-with-ritual-deposits-discovered/145865

    Remains of a 2500 years bp 'pantry' (storage pit) from a school construction site in Gaukonigshofen:

    https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article270869242.html https://www.tri-cityherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article270869242.html

    Not sure if we mentioned this Pictish stone find from Ulbster in Caithness:

    https://the-past.com/news/second-pictish-stone-discovered-near-ulbster/

    A 9th/11th century Viking hall site from Hune (Denmark):

    https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-726926 https://www.iflscience.com/how-a-vast-viking-hall-discovered-in-denmark-is-linked-to-bluetooth-technology-66945
    https://news.artnet.com/art-world/largest-viking-hall-excavated-hune-northern-jutland-denmark-2238738
    https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-unearth-large-viking-hall-in-denmark-180981397/

    Evidence that the Flemish town of Ninove was inhabited in the 11th century:

    https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/en/2023/01/03/archaeologists-prove-that-ninove-was-already-inhabited-in-the-11/

    What they've learned so far from the dig at St Saviour's in Haverfordwest:

    https://uk.news.yahoo.com/pembrokeshires-medieval-mystery-could-soon-165359052.html

    A drone has revealed the outline of a 'lost' medieval moated manor house in Yorkshire:

    https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/heritage-and-retro/heritage/archaeologists-drone-discovers-outline-of-lost-medieval-moated-manor-house-in-fields-of-yorkshire-village-3977148

    A 16th century silver button found by a Shropshire metal detectorist has been declared treasure:

    https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/local-hubs/bridgnorth/2023/01/05/silver-button-found-in-fields-declared-as-treasure/

    A metal detectorist has found a 17th century gold ring in a Derbyshire field:

    https://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/news/local-news/treasure-hunters-unearth-centuries-old-7996578

    I think we mentioned the find of Portsmouth's sea defenses during excavations at Southsea Castle:

    https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/01/remains-of-portsmouths-historic-defences-found-during-excavations-at-southsea-castle/145734

    More on that Elizabethan shipwreck found in a Kent quarry:

    https://www.livescience.com/ship-discovered-from-queen-elizabeth-reign https://news.artnet.com/art-world/elizabethan-ship-quarry-kent-wessex-archaeology-2239483
    https://arkeonews.net/rare-elizabethan-ship-discovered-at-a-quarry/ http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/66057 https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/12/ship-from-elizabethan-period-found-buried-in-quarry/145680

    Plans for major restorations at the Sinai House in Burton:

    https://www.staffordshire-live.co.uk/news/burton-news/big-plans-historic-sinai-house-7895551

    Concerns for the site of Sycharth Castle (Wales):

    https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/1204/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/1204/pub/1204/page/25/article/NaN

    Feature on some Norwegian petroglyph hunters:

    https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/04/arts/design/petroglyph-hunters-norway.html

    Feature pondering whether ancient Britons were Celts:

    https://www.thecollector.com/were-the-britons-celts/
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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 13 200 years bp 'ancient hominid' site from Shandong:

    https://english.news.cn/20230107/d43f024bf71b4cdd8a569c11586e6ffe/c.html

    10 000 or so Palaeolithic stoneware items from Inner Mongolia:

    https://english.news.cn/20230103/6b92769a9404469b9947afbf926dfa5b/c.html

    Palaeolithic finds (and later) from a site near the Mulanxi river in Fujian:

    http://www.china.org.cn/arts/2023-01/05/content_85041519.htm

    Jade and stone finds (Neolithic and five Han Dynasty tombs) from the Lingjiatan site in Anhui:

    https://global.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202301/03/WS63b37dafa31057c47eba7542.html https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article270776022.html https://www.sacbee.com/news/nation-world/world/article270776022.html

    14 tombs ranging from Eastern Han Dynasty to Ming Dynasty from Hunan:

    https://dailytimes.com.pk/1045101/archaeologists-unearth-14-ancient-tombs-in-central-china/

    More than 300 tombs dating 4500 years bp or so from Henan:

    https://global.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202301/07/WS63b8ebd2a31057c47eba841f.html

    A study of repairs to the Great Wall:

    https://www.jpost.com/science/article-726479

    Archaeologists in Sri Lanka say there is no evidence bone fragments from the Mihintale monastery site are relics of Arhant Anula Theri:

    https://island.lk/no-scientific-evidence-to-prove-bone-fragments-are-relics-of-arahant-anula-archaeologists/

    Latest finds from excavations at a Harappan necropolis in Gujarat:

    https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/gujarats-harappan-necropolis-reveal-death-rituals-of-5000-years-ago/articleshow/96821787.cms

    A 14th century inscription/relief from Kundapur Taluk:

    https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/in-other-news/050123/rare-inscription-belonging-to-alupa-king-basava-shankara-alupendra-fou.html

    Feature on the Hindu Shahi Dynasty:

    https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/mindfly/the-hindu-shahi-dynasty-forgotten-clan-of-varaha-rajput/

    Plans for eight digs in Tamil Nadu this year:

    https://www.deccanherald.com/national/south/tamil-nadu-plans-archaeological-excavations-in-8-locations-this-year-1178239.html
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    AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND ============================================================
    More on the vandalism to petroglyphs at Koonalda Cave:

    https://www.iflscience.com/vandals-destroy-22-000-year-old-australian-cave-art-after-protection-calls-ignored-66934
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    NORTH AMERICA
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    Study suggests the Bering Land Bridge formed much later than previously thought:

    https://www.livescience.com/bering-land-bridge-formation-ice-age

    More on 'Indigenous' dogs at Jamestown:

    https://phys.org/news/2023-01-ancient-indigenous-dogs-jamestown-proof.html https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/01/04/jamestown-indigenous-dog-discovery/10982773002/
    https://www.journalgazette.net/opinion/bones-of-indigenous-dogs-found-at-jamestown/article_c32f1636-8d12-11ed-8a32-4fc6e643fd43.html

    More on those earliest projectile points from Idaho:

    https://www.kgw.com/article/news/history/osu-uncovers-oldest-projectile-points/283-2ce6241c-1b18-415e-9d97-452b859d876a

    More on the latest finds from the Franklin Expedition wrecks:

    https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/2022-excavation-franklin-ship-northwest-passage-1.6703841
    https://www.wireservice.ca/275-artifacts-were-recovered-from-the-wreckage-of-franklins-lost-voyage/
    https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-726931 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-recover-275-artifacts-from-franklin-shipwreck-in-the-canadian-arctic-180981391/

    Seeking a pardon for a soldier executed in 1813:

    https://www.timesunion.com/history/article/East-Greenbush-historian-seeks-gubernatorial-17692497.php


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  • From YHWH Allah@21:1/5 to david meadows on Fri Mar 17 13:12:07 2023
    On Sunday, January 8, 2023 at 11:25:47 AM UTC-6, david meadows wrote:
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    explorator 25.38 January 8, 2023 ===========================================================
    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, Bill Gebhardt,
    Don Buck, mata kimasitayo, and Ross W. Sargent for headses upses this week (as always hoping I have left no one out).

    n.b. there are some 'older' items in the 'Interest' sections (I think I'm pretty much caught up now)

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    EARLY HOMINIDS
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    Pondering the apparent disappearance of Neanderthals:

    https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/why-did-neanderthals-disappear

    A study of what scents various ancient hominids could perceive:

    https://phys.org/news/2023-01-ancient-humans-sensitivities.html

    cf: https://www.cell.com/iscience/pdf/S2589-0042(22)02181-2.pdf

    Comparing Neanderthal and Sapiens brains:

    https://theconversation.com/human-and-neanderthal-brains-have-a-surprising-youthful-quality-in-common-new-research-finds-191594
    https://phys.org/news/2023-01-human-neanderthal-brains-youthful-quality.html https://www.livescience.com/youthful-human-and-neanderthal-brains

    cf: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-022-01933-6

    More on the million-year-old homo erectus skull excavated in China:

    https://english.cctv.com/2023/01/03/VIDEdwiaMuS3yYvMJsX6ASvZ230103.shtml https://english.news.cn/20230105/d94363034bb6433ca190678ee3c3102a/c.html

    More on early humans wearing bearskins 300 000 years bp:

    https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/05/europe/bear-skins-prehistoric-clothing-scn/index.html
    https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/prehistoric-europeans-surviving-winter-fur-b2255116.html
    https://www.sciencealert.com/cut-marks-on-ancient-bones-reveal-what-was-in-fashion-320000-years-ago
    https://www.iflscience.com/humans-were-skinning-bears-to-wear-their-fur-320-000-years-ago-66923

    More on early humans sailing the Aegean some 450 000 years bp:

    https://greekcitytimes.com/2023/01/04/archaic-humans-sailed-to-aegean-islands-450000-years-ago-new-study-shows/
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    AFRICA
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    Feature on the Slave Wrecks Project (mostly with an Africa focus):

    https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jan/08/a-search-for-ourselves-shipwreck-becomes-focus-of-slavery-debate
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    ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT ============================================================
    Egypt made 26 archaeological announcements in 2022:

    https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/121752/Egypt-s-Ministry-of-Tourism-Antiquities-announces-26-archaeological-discoveries

    Feature on Egypt's Red List to recover assorted Egyptian artifacts:

    https://cairoscene.com/Buzz/National-Red-List-Will-Keep-Track-of-Smuggled-Egyptian-Artefacts

    More on the find of noble burials (and nine crocodile heads) from the Theban necropolis:

    https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/mysterious-crocodile-heads-discovered-ancient-egyptian-tomb-1234652532/

    More on the find of 60 'renegade mummies' from the tomb of Amenhotep Huy:

    https://news.artnet.com/art-world/archaeologists-discover-60-egyptian-mummies-luxor-2238388
    https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/01/04/discovery-of-60-mummies-in-egyptian-city-of-luxor-points-to-elaborate-burial-ground

    Feature on the bust of Nefertiti:

    https://egyptindependent.com/nefertiti-the-confused-egyptian-queen-between-her-original-homeland-and-her-german-residence/

    Feature on Tutankhamun's 'space dagger':

    https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p0dtmhm8/the-mystery-of-tutankhamun-s-space-dagger-

    In case you missed the revival of the 'tomb of Osiris' stuff:

    https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-egypt-tomb-of-osiris-735147367651

    A study of 200 skeletons taken from the Parthian/Sassanid burial ground in Gilan:

    https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/480515/200-ancient-human-skeletons-under-study-at-anthropology-laboratory

    Archaeologists have 'redrawn' the boundaries for the Neolithic village of Leylan in northwest Iran:

    https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/480453/Archaeologists-redraw-boundaries-for-Neolithic-village

    Concerns for sites in the area of the Chamshir Dam in southwest Iran:

    https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/480356/Historical-site-in-western-Iran-on-the-verge-of-sinking
    https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/480563/Reservoir-may-submerge-Elamite-Achaemenid-and-Islamic-relics

    Feature on the Ziggurat of Ur:

    https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20220822-the-ziggurat-of-ur-iraqs-answer-to-the-pyramids

    Feature on the Hanging Gardens:

    https://www.thecollector.com/hanging-gardens-babylon/

    Concerns arising for various sites in Assur:

    https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/archaeology-today/iraqs-capital-catastrophe/

    Vague item on the find of a possible Islamic-era site near Pul Alam (Afghanistan):

    https://www.ariananews.af/islamic-era-archeological-site-discovered-in-afghanistans-logar-province/

    Overview of finds in Turkey in December 2022:

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

    Overview of finds in Turkey in all of 2022:

    https://turkisharchaeonews.net/article/archaeology-turkey-2022-review

    In case you missed the restoration of a 2000 years bp Roman fountain in Kibyra (Turkiye):

    https://www.aa.com.tr/en/culture/after-1-300-years-water-to-again-flow-from-monumental-fountain-in-ancient-city-in-turkiye-/2776267
    https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/2000-year-old-fountain-flows-once-again-in-turkiyes-ancient-city/news
    http://www.archaeology.org/news/11104-230103-turkey-fountain-kibyra

    Feature on assorted problems folks had to deal with living in Catalhoyuk:

    https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/this-ancient-proto-city-was-plagued-with-modern-urban-problems

    More on the possible location of Zippalanda at Usakli Hoyuk:

    https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/ancient-cultures/ancient-near-eastern-world/hittite-cult-center-uncovered-in-turkey/
    https://arkeonews.net/the-circular-shaped-structure-unearthed-in-usakli-mound-may-point-to-the-holy-hittite-city-of-zippalanda/

    Remains of a Byzantine monk 'chained' with iron rings from Khirbat el-Masani:

    https://arkeonews.net/byzantine-monk-chained-with-iron-rings-unearthed-near-jerusalem/
    https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/01/byzantine-monk-chained-with-iron-rings-uncovered/145717

    Feature on the site of the Herodian fortress at Macareus:

    https://jordantimes.com/news/local/isolated-archaeological-site-offers-%E2%80%98time-capsule%E2%80%99-biblical-story

    A study of Late Middle Paleolithic production of blades and hafting from a site in Israel:

    https://phys.org/news/2023-01-mass-production-stone-bladelets-cultural.html

    cf: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-27321-5 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s41982-022-00131-x

    Evidence that the Canaanites were using silver for currency (maybe):

    https://www.timesofisrael.com/study-claims-hoards-of-3600-year-old-cut-silver-pieces-are-first-currency-in-levant/
    https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2023-01-08/ty-article/canaanites-also-used-silver-as-currency-archaeologists-deduce/00000185-90aa-d94b-ad8d-beefc4410000

    I think we mentioned this coin dating to the Bar Kochba Revolt from a dig in the Murabba'at caves:

    https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-726800

    Feature on the 'reconstruction' of a 5th century Christian 'cathedral' at Antiochia Hippos:

    https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2023-01-03/ty-article-magazine/archaeologists-reconstruct-huge-early-christian-cathedral-in-northern-israel/00000185-76c5-dfb6-a1a7-7ffd987d0000

    Feature on Michael Langlois' work detecting forgeries among the DSS and other texts:

    https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-unorthodox-scholar-uses-technology-expose-biblical-forgeries-180981290/?

    More on the finds from the Cave of Salome:

    https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/ancient-cultures/ancient-israel/cave-of-salome-excavated/

    More on plans to excavate at the Pool of Siloam site:

    https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/12/archaeologists-to-excavate-the-ancient-pool-of-siloam/145668
    https://greekreporter.com/2023/01/03/pool-siloam-open-jerusalem-after-2000-years/

    ... which seem connected to an ongoing project to reveal and revive the Pilgrimage Route:

    https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-726942

    Remains of a 5000 years bp settlement site in Al Mudhaibi (Oman):

    https://arkeonews.net/5000-year-old-settlement-unearthed-in-al-mudhaibi-oman/

    Feature on the location of the Luwian culture (by Zangger):

    https://www.asor.org/anetoday/2023/01/luwian-culture-map

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    ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS) ============================================================
    Still not really sure where to put this find of a 2000 years bp 'Scythian' burial ground in Siberia:

    https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2023-01-01/ty-article/siberian-gravediggers-find-2-000-year-old-scythian-style-cemetery/00000185-6d65-d591-a1fd-fd6d40ce0000
    https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/01/kurgan-tomb-from-lost-culture-discovered/145725
    http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/66063

    A Phoenician plaque from Cyprus (found in 2021):

    https://greekreporter.com/2023/01/07/ancient-plaque-cyprus-phoenician/

    A Hellenistic (?) Greek/Bactrian inscription from Tajikistan:

    https://akipress.com/news:690465:Rock_inscriptions_in_Greek_discovered_on_mountain_in_Central_Asia/
    https://greekcitytimes.com/2023/01/03/recently-discovered-inscriptions-from-the-greek-colonies-of-central-asia/
    https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-726432 https://greekreporter.com/2023/01/01/rock-inscriptions-greek-central-asia/

    A possible Gallo-Roman mausoleum site from near Neris-les Bains:

    https://www.inrap.fr/un-mausolee-antique-decouvert-neris-les-bains-allier-16994
    https://greekcitytimes.com/2023/01/05/roman-era-mausoleum-uncovered-in-france-reveals-frieze-fragment-showing-an-image-of-the-greek-sea-god-triton/
    https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/gallo-roman-mausoleum-was-uncovered-in-france-1234652879/
    http://www.archaeology.org/news/11107-230104-france-mausoleum-fragments

    A well-preseved section of Roman road from Corby:

    https://www.northantstelegraph.co.uk/news/people/exceptionally-preserved-corby-roman-road-discovery-strengthens-understanding-of-towns-2000-year-old-manufacturing-roots-3975153

    Columns from Diocletian's palace at Split found incorporated into other structures (Croatian):

    https://dnevnik.hr/vijesti/hrvatska/ekskluzivne-snimke-antickih-stupova-koji-su-stoljecima-bili-skriveni-od-ociju-javnosti---757111.html

    Latest study revealing why Roman concrete was so durable:

    https://news.mit.edu/2023/roman-concrete-durability-lime-casts-0106 https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/01/230106144441.htm https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/jan/06/self-healing-roman-concrete-could-aid-modern-construction-study-suggests
    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/01/06/secret-ingredient-roman-concrete-means-buildings-can-last-millennia/
    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-11607129/How-Pantheon-stayed-intact-2-000-years.html
    https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2023-01-06/ty-article/researchers-reveal-why-ancient-roman-monuments-still-stand-after-millennia/00000185-81f1-df9e-a3bf-87f572a70000
    https://www.cnn.com/style/article/roman-concrete-mystery-ingredient-scn/index.html
    https://www.dw.com/en/how-ancient-romes-concrete-recipe-can-help-lower-emissions/a-64308279
    https://www.scotsman.com/heritage-and-retro/heritage/secret-to-durability-of-roman-concrete-that-has-stood-test-of-time-for-over-2000-years-finally-unearthed-3976887
    https://greekcitytimes.com/2023/01/07/ancient-roman-concrete-could-self-heal-thanks-to-hot-mixing-with-quicklime/
    https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-726884 https://www.science.org/content/article/scientists-may-have-found-magic-ingredient-behind-ancient-romes-self-healing-concrete
    https://www.sciencealert.com/we-finally-know-how-ancient-roman-concrete-was-so-durable
    https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/01/ancient-roman-concrete-could-self-heal-thanks-to-hot-mixing-with-quicklime/
    https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/01/secret-of-roman-concrete-solved/145758

    cf: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.add1602

    The Garonne treasure of 4001 Roman coins from a 2nd century shipwreck has gone on display:

    http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/66089

    Photos taken during the Thessaloniki metro project:

    https://greekcitytimes.com/2023/01/08/excavations-construct-salonica-metro/

    More on chemical analysis confirming a Roman presence at Kalkrise:

    https://www.europeantimes.news/2023/01/chemical-analysis-confirmed-the-site-of-death-of-the-xix-roman-legion/

    A plan to get more young people digging at Vindolanda:

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-64160591

    Feature on Persian accounts of Alexander:

    https://scroll.in/article/1040609/how-persian-literature-imagined-alexander-the-greats-romantic-relationships-around-the-world

    Feature on Roman gold mining in Las Medulas:

    https://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-01-07/this-is-how-the-romans-squeezed-the-gold.html

    Feature on the find of the Thracian Tomb of Kazanlak in Bulgaria during WWII:

    https://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/history-and-civilisation/2023/01/soldiers-stumbled-upon-a-2400-year-old-tomb-on-the-battlefields-of-wwii

    Feature/TV hype for Stortford's Roman past:

    https://www.bishopsstortfordindependent.co.uk/news/grange-paddocks-puts-bishops-stortford-of-the-roman-map-9291959/

    Feature on Cleomenes I of Sparta:

    https://www.thecollector.com/cleomenes-i-sparta-king/

    Feature on Roman road building:

    https://www.openculture.com/2023/01/how-the-ancient-romans-built-their-roads-the-lifelines-of-their-vast-empire.html

    Feature on the Legio V Macedonica:

    https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/01/legio-v-macedonica-the-last-roman-legion/145686

    Feature on the Trojan War:

    https://www.thecollector.com/was-the-trojan-war-real/

    Feature on the Peloponnesian War:

    https://www.thecollector.com/what-was-the-peloponnesian-war/

    Feature on Pliny the Elder's coverage of Classical art and architecture:

    https://www.thecollector.com/pliny-elder-art-and-architecture/

    ... and his Natural History in general:

    https://www.thecollector.com/pliny-elder-natural-history/

    Feature on Aesop:

    https://www.thecollector.com/who-was-aesop/

    Feature on the 'toys' of Dionysus:

    https://www.thecollector.com/toys-dionysus-mysteries/

    Feature on Roman business practices:

    https://spectator.com.au/2023/01/doing-good-business/

    Feature on sailing the Roman Mediterranean:

    https://www.thecollector.com/ancient-mariners-roman-mediterranean/

    Feature on the Roman navy:

    https://www.thecollector.com/roman-navy/

    Feature on the Year of the Five Emperors:

    https://www.thecollector.com/year-five-emperors/

    Feature on the Artemesion jockey sculpture:

    https://greekreporter.com/2023/01/06/jockey-of-artemision-greek-art-in-all-stunning-glory/

    Feature on ancient Greek colour perception:

    https://aeon.co/essays/can-we-hope-to-understand-how-the-greeks-saw-their-world

    Feature on the Curse of Atreus:

    https://greekreporter.com/2023/01/03/curse-house-atreus-greek-mythology/

    Feature on snow in ancient Greece:

    https://greekreporter.com/2023/01/04/ancient-greeks-snow/

    Feature on Dionysus in India:

    https://greekreporter.com/2023/01/06/greek-god-dionysus-campaign-india/

    Feature on Circe:

    https://greekreporter.com/2023/01/02/circe-witch-greek-mythology/

    At the start of the week we were reading about a possible 'landmark deal' regarding the Parthenon Sculptures (loan based):

    https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-01-03/parthenon-marbles-may-return-to-greece-in-exchange-deal-with-uk
    https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/greece-elgin-marbles-george-osborne-kyriakos-mitsotakis-parthenon-b2255753.html
    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/01/04/british-museum-panthenon-deal-elgin-marbles-loan/
    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/01/03/elgin-marbles-could-soon-returned-greece-landmark-deal/
    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/01/07/proposed-elgin-marbles-deal-may-see-ancient-greek-treasures/
    https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/1208/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/1208/pub/1208/page/4/article/NaN
    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11597017/Elgin-Marbles-soon-returned-Greece-long-term-loan-deal.html
    https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/elgin-marbles-one-step-from-athens-qxhnsc70c
    https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/elgin-marbles-close-to-greece-return-british-museum-george-osborne/
    https://www.ekathimerini.com/news/1201522/sculptures-deal-close-bloombeg-reports/
    https://greekherald.com.au/news/reports-suggest-parthenon-marbles-exchange-deal-between-greece-and-the-uk-is-close/
    https://greekreporter.com/2023/01/04/parthenon-marbles-returned-greece-under-long-term-loan-deal/
    https://greekcitytimes.com/2023/01/06/parthenon-marbles-swap-deal/ https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/elgin-marbles-could-be-sent-to-greece-as-part-of-cultural-exchange/news
    https://www.artforum.com/news/british-museum-acropolis-museum-closing-in-on-parthenon-marbles-agreement-89954
    https://news.artnet.com/art-world/parthenon-marbles-british-museum-greece-deal-2238087

    ... the British Museum confirmed discussions were happening:

    https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2023/jan/04/british-museum-in-talks-with-greece-over-return-of-parthenon-marbles
    https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/british-museum-says-constructive-discussions-over-parthenon-marbles-2023-01-04/
    https://www.dw.com/en/british-museum-confirms-talks-over-parthenon-marbles/a-64297043
    https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/greece-elgin-marbles-george-osborne-kyriakos-mitsotakis-parthenon-b2255753.html
    https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/british-museum-greece-elgin-marbles-george-osborne-elgin-b1050690.html
    https://www.apollo-magazine.com/art-news-british-museum-greece-parthenon/ https://hypebeast.com/2023/1/british-museum-parthenon-marbles-greece-repatriation-talks
    https://www.artnews.com/artnews/news/british-museum-confirms-secret-talks-greece-parthenon-marbles-1234652669/

    ... but Greece wouldn't confirm any deal:

    https://neoskosmos.com/en/2023/01/04/news/greece/greece-wont-confirm-report-of-parthenon-marbles-return-via-uk-exchange-deal/
    https://www.tornosnews.gr/en/greek-news/culture/48175-media-greece-denies-report-british-museum-will-return-parthenon-marbles.html
    https://greekcitytimes.com/2023/01/04/parthenon-sculptures-deal-denied-by-greek-culture-ministry/

    ... and once again, the 'ownership' is the sticking point:

    https://greekreporter.com/2023/01/05/parthenon-marbles-homeward-bound-times/ https://www.tornosnews.gr/en/greek-news/culture/48184-greek-ministry-of-culture-british-museum-has-no-legal-right-to-parthenon-marbles.html
    https://www.thenationalherald.com/ministry-of-culture-british-museum-has-no-legal-right-to-parthenon-sculptures-a-product-of-theft/
    https://neoskosmos.com/en/2023/01/06/news/greece/ministry-of-culture-british-museum-has-no-legal-right-to-parthenon-sculptures-a-product-of-theft/
    https://neoskosmos.com/en/2023/01/08/news/greece/you-cannot-borrow-something-that-has-been-stolen-from-you-syriza-says-on-parthenon-marbles/
    https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/greece-rejects-parthenon-marbles-loan-plan-statement-1234652854/

    ... and very many OpEds with different spins were spawned:

    https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/ed-vaizey-stunning-treasures-await-if-british-museum-returns-the-elgin-marbles-77n5zn8lv
    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/01/04/would-uncivilised-give-greece-elgin-marbles/
    https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/1176/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/1176/pub/1176/page/13/article/NaN
    https://www.ekathimerini.com/culture/1201656/is-a-deal-on-the-parthenon-sculptures-possible/
    https://www.ekathimerini.com/opinion/1201733/whats-the-deal-with-the-parthenon-sculptures/
    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/01/05/britain-should-give-elgin-marbles-greece/
    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/2023/01/06/fate-elgin-marbles-cant-george-osbornes-choice/
    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/01/06/george-osbornes-elgin-marbles-deal-dangerous-britains-museums/
    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11607903/ANDREW-PIERCE-gives-George-Osborne-right-send-Elgin-Marbles-Greece.html
    https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-elgin-marbles-and-the-rot-of-decolonisation/

    ... and former MPs were upset:

    https://www.gbnews.uk/news/elgin-marbles-row-explodes-as-ex-labour-mp-lashes-out-at-plans-to-send-sculpture-to-greece-an-unacceptable-precedent/419238

    ... and Stephen Fry voiced his views again:

    https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2023/jan/05/stephen-fry-calls-for-return-of-parthenon-marbles-to-athens

    ... and the 'poll' of regular folks regarding the sculptures was brought up:

    https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/public-support-sending-elgin-marbles-back-greece-british-museum-parthenon-sculptures-b1050709.html

    A background piece if you need a refresher:

    https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/celebrity/arid-41040848.html https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/uk/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-controversial-elgin-marbles-42261617.html

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    Roman Archaeology Blog:

    http://romanarc.blogspot.com/

    Rogueclassicism:

    http://rogueclassicism.com/ ============================================================
    EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland) ============================================================
    Roundup of finds in Norway in 2022:

    https://sciencenorway.no/archaeology/heres-what-norwegian-archaeologists-discovered-in-2022/2136667

    Study suggests the knowledge to produce pottery vessels came to Europe via Siberia:

    https://arkeonews.net/the-ability-to-produce-ceramic-vessels-came-to-europe-via-siberia-and-the-caspian-sea-region/
    https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/01/knowledge-for-producing-ceramic-vessels-also-came-to-europe-through-siberia-and-the-caspian-sea-region/145754

    Plenty of interest in an 'amateur's' suggestion that 20 000 years bp 'proto-writing' on Ice Age cave paintings might be a sort of lunar calendar:

    https://phys.org/news/2023-01-cave-ice-age-hunter-gatherers-lunar.html https://www.livescience.com/ice-age-cave-art-proto-writing-claim https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/jan/05/amateur-archaeologist-uncovers-ice-age-writing-system
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-64162799 https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/stone-age-code-is-cracked-by-amateur-archaeologist-36xrstjtc
    https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-times-view-on-a-stone-age-writing-breakthrough-cracking-the-code-52xwztht8
    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/01/05/mystery-ancient-dots-stripes-europes-caves-solved/
    https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-64162799 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11600289/Cave-art-decoded-cryptic-messages-deep-past-told-Ice-Age-hunters-pray-mating.html
    https://www.cnn.com/style/article/paleolithic-markings-animal-hunting-scli-scn-intl/index.html
    https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article270815547.html https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-726885 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25634202-800-mysterious-symbols-in-cave-paintings-may-be-earliest-form-of-writing/
    https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/amateur-archaeologist-decodes-ice-age-calendar-cave-paintings-animals-1234652741/
    https://www.vice.com/en/article/pkg95v/a-total-amateur-may-have-just-rewritten-human-history-with-bombshell-discovery
    https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/01/ancient-code-in-ice-age-drawings-solved/145737
    https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/could-these-cave-markings-be-the-earliest-form-of-writing-180981403/

    cf: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/cambridge-archaeological-journal/article/an-upper-palaeolithic-protowriting-system-and-phenological-calendar/6F2AD8A705888F2226FE857840B4FE19

    A 3000 years bp wooden 'wishing well' including some ritual deposits from Germering (Bavaria):

    https://arkeonews.net/the-ability-to-produce-ceramic-vessels-came-to-europe-via-siberia-and-the-caspian-sea-region/
    http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/66104 https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/01/ancient-wishing-well-with-ritual-deposits-discovered/145865

    Remains of a 2500 years bp 'pantry' (storage pit) from a school construction site in Gaukonigshofen:

    https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article270869242.html https://www.tri-cityherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article270869242.html

    Not sure if we mentioned this Pictish stone find from Ulbster in Caithness:

    https://the-past.com/news/second-pictish-stone-discovered-near-ulbster/

    A 9th/11th century Viking hall site from Hune (Denmark):

    https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-726926 https://www.iflscience.com/how-a-vast-viking-hall-discovered-in-denmark-is-linked-to-bluetooth-technology-66945
    https://news.artnet.com/art-world/largest-viking-hall-excavated-hune-northern-jutland-denmark-2238738
    https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-unearth-large-viking-hall-in-denmark-180981397/

    Evidence that the Flemish town of Ninove was inhabited in the 11th century:

    https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/en/2023/01/03/archaeologists-prove-that-ninove-was-already-inhabited-in-the-11/

    What they've learned so far from the dig at St Saviour's in Haverfordwest:

    https://uk.news.yahoo.com/pembrokeshires-medieval-mystery-could-soon-165359052.html

    A drone has revealed the outline of a 'lost' medieval moated manor house in Yorkshire:

    https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/heritage-and-retro/heritage/archaeologists-drone-discovers-outline-of-lost-medieval-moated-manor-house-in-fields-of-yorkshire-village-3977148

    A 16th century silver button found by a Shropshire metal detectorist has been declared treasure:

    https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/local-hubs/bridgnorth/2023/01/05/silver-button-found-in-fields-declared-as-treasure/

    A metal detectorist has found a 17th century gold ring in a Derbyshire field:

    https://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/news/local-news/treasure-hunters-unearth-centuries-old-7996578

    I think we mentioned the find of Portsmouth's sea defenses during excavations at Southsea Castle:

    https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/01/remains-of-portsmouths-historic-defences-found-during-excavations-at-southsea-castle/145734

    More on that Elizabethan shipwreck found in a Kent quarry:

    https://www.livescience.com/ship-discovered-from-queen-elizabeth-reign https://news.artnet.com/art-world/elizabethan-ship-quarry-kent-wessex-archaeology-2239483
    https://arkeonews.net/rare-elizabethan-ship-discovered-at-a-quarry/ http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/66057 https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/12/ship-from-elizabethan-period-found-buried-in-quarry/145680

    Plans for major restorations at the Sinai House in Burton:

    https://www.staffordshire-live.co.uk/news/burton-news/big-plans-historic-sinai-house-7895551

    Concerns for the site of Sycharth Castle (Wales):

    https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/1204/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/1204/pub/1204/page/25/article/NaN

    Feature on some Norwegian petroglyph hunters:

    https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/04/arts/design/petroglyph-hunters-norway.html

    Feature pondering whether ancient Britons were Celts:

    https://www.thecollector.com/were-the-britons-celts/
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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/

    ============================================================
    ASIA AND THE SOUTH PACIFIC ============================================================
    A 13 200 years bp 'ancient hominid' site from Shandong:

    https://english.news.cn/20230107/d43f024bf71b4cdd8a569c11586e6ffe/c.html

    10 000 or so Palaeolithic stoneware items from Inner Mongolia:

    https://english.news.cn/20230103/6b92769a9404469b9947afbf926dfa5b/c.html

    Palaeolithic finds (and later) from a site near the Mulanxi river in Fujian:

    http://www.china.org.cn/arts/2023-01/05/content_85041519.htm

    Jade and stone finds (Neolithic and five Han Dynasty tombs) from the Lingjiatan site in Anhui:

    https://global.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202301/03/WS63b37dafa31057c47eba7542.html https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article270776022.html https://www.sacbee.com/news/nation-world/world/article270776022.html

    14 tombs ranging from Eastern Han Dynasty to Ming Dynasty from Hunan:

    https://dailytimes.com.pk/1045101/archaeologists-unearth-14-ancient-tombs-in-central-china/

    More than 300 tombs dating 4500 years bp or so from Henan:

    https://global.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202301/07/WS63b8ebd2a31057c47eba841f.html

    A study of repairs to the Great Wall:

    https://www.jpost.com/science/article-726479

    Archaeologists in Sri Lanka say there is no evidence bone fragments from the Mihintale monastery site are relics of Arhant Anula Theri:

    https://island.lk/no-scientific-evidence-to-prove-bone-fragments-are-relics-of-arahant-anula-archaeologists/

    Latest finds from excavations at a Harappan necropolis in Gujarat:

    https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/gujarats-harappan-necropolis-reveal-death-rituals-of-5000-years-ago/articleshow/96821787.cms

    A 14th century inscription/relief from Kundapur Taluk:

    https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/in-other-news/050123/rare-inscription-belonging-to-alupa-king-basava-shankara-alupendra-fou.html

    Feature on the Hindu Shahi Dynasty:

    https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/mindfly/the-hindu-shahi-dynasty-forgotten-clan-of-varaha-rajput/

    Plans for eight digs in Tamil Nadu this year:

    https://www.deccanherald.com/national/south/tamil-nadu-plans-archaeological-excavations-in-8-locations-this-year-1178239.html
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