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explorator 25.40 January 22, 2023
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You can read explorator online at:
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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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I think we mentioned this redating of hominin footprints in Spain to 295 800 years bp:
https://the-past.com/news/hominin-footprints-in-spain/
Trying to figure out the diet of homo erectus from tooth analysis:
https://phys.org/news/2023-01-early-humans-tooth-enamel-reveals.html
Another tooth study compared Neanderthal and homo antecessor teeth:
https://phys.org/news/2023-01-neanderthals-species-dentition-characterized-thin.html
cf:
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-022-01947-0
Climate change apparently didn't affect Neanderthal hunting strategies at the Cobe-Grenal (France) site:
https://phys.org/news/2023-01-neanderthal-site-combe-grenal-france-strategies.html
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/01/230118195840.htm
Study/feature on artistic abilities of Neanderthals:
https://theconversation.com/neanderthals-the-oldest-art-in-the-world-wasnt-made-by-homo-sapiens-194113
https://phys.org/news/2023-01-neanderthals-oldest-art-world-wasnt.html
Not sure where to put this item on the role of altruism in human development:
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/jan/16/altruism-towards-other-species-may-have-helped-humans-thrive-study-finds
cf:
https://www.cabidigitallibrary.org/doi/10.1079/hai.2023.0001 ============================================================
AFRICA
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War-related concerns for Ethiopian antiquities:
https://issafrica.org/iss-today/ethiopia-loses-national-treasures-to-the-northern-war
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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT ============================================================
A 16 metre long copy of a Book of the Dead from a site in Siaqqara (first such in a century!):
https://www.egyptindependent.com/intact-ancient-papyrus-scroll-uncovered-in-saqqara-the-first-in-a-century/
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/archaeologists-uncover-52-foot-long-ancient-papyrus-intact-50-bce-1234654565/
https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/01/archaeologists-discovered-a-new-papyrus-of-egyptian-book-of-the-dead/
https://arkeonews.net/egyptian-archaeologists-discovered-16-meters-long-ancient-papyrus-with-spells-from-the-book-of-the-dead/
Another crocodile find ... this time, ten 5th century BCE crocodile mummies from tombs at Qubbat al-Hawa:
https://phys.org/news/2023-01-mummified-crocodiles-insights-mummy-making.html https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/01/230118195848.htm https://www.brusselstimes.com/belgium/356058/belgian-archaeologists-investigate-egyptian-tomb-containing-mummified-crocodiles
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-728450 https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/18/science/mummified-crocodiles-egypt-tomb.html https://uk.style.yahoo.com/spanish-archaeologists-discover-egyptian-crocodile-150903444.html
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/01/ancient-egyptian-tomb-uncovered-with-mummified-crocodiles/145977
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/01/20/egyptian-tomb-with-ten-crocodile-mummies-discovered%E2%80%AF/
cf:
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0279137
Excavations at the Faiyum Oasis necropolis have revealed a child buried with 142 dogs (date?):
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-729101 https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/01/child-buried-with-142-dogs-in-ancient-egyptian-necropolis/145952
More on the recently-found 18th Dynasty (or so) apparently royal tomb find at Luxor:
https://www.livescience.com/ancient-egyptian-royal-tombs-discovered https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/484227/Antiquities/Ancient-Egypt/Royal-tomb-from-Thutmosid-period-discovered-on-Lux.aspx
https://menafn.com/1105431428/Egypt-Unveils-Ancient-Royal-Tomb-In-Luxor https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-728571 https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/ancient-egyptian-tomb-may-be-royal-female-from-rule-of-thutmosid-pharaohs-w707tqwdc
https://www.npr.org/2023/01/15/1149342572/ancient-egypt-royal-tomb-luxor-archeology
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-11639559/Ancient-Egyptian-tomb-final-resting-place-QUEEN-princess-18th-Dynasty.html
https://jordantimes.com/news/region/egypt%C2%A0unveils-ancient-royal-tomb-luxor https://www.rte.ie/news/newslens/2023/0115/1346856-egypt-ancient-royal-tomb/ https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/archaeologists-have-uncovered-a-new-royal-tomb-in-luxor-egypt-1234653890/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/01/royal-tomb-unearthed-in-luxor/145938 https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/01/17/royal-tomb-discovery-reported-at-luxors-western-valleys/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11134-230118-luxor-royal-tomb
Restoration of a number of columns of the Great Hypostyle Hall at Karnak is complete:
https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContentP/9/484551/Antiquities/In-Photos-A-group-of--columns-of-Karnak-Temples%E2%80%99-G.aspx
https://see.news/egypt-completes-restoration-of-37-columns-of-karnak-temple https://www.archaeology.org/news/11141-230120-egypt-clean-columns
Another feature on Egypt wanting the return of the Rosetta Stone from the British Museum:
http://www.milwaukeeindependent.com/newswire/ownership-ancient-artifacts-debated-egyptians-seek-return-rosetta-stone-british-museum/
Feature on the large number of excavations currently underway led by Egyptian archaeologists :
https://cairoscene.com/Buzz/Egyptian-Archeologists-are-Leading-50-Excavations-Across-the-Country
Feature on literature in ancient Egypt:
https://www.britishmuseum.org/blog/page-turners-literature-ancient-egypt
Feature/interview on a biography of George Reisner:
https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2023/01/new-bio-explores-times-scholarship-of-egyptologist-george-reisner/
Remains of a 5000 years bp stoneware workshop at Jiroft:
https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/480910/5000-year-old-stoneware-workshop-discovered-in-Jiroft
Evidence of a 3rd millennium BCE settlement site in northwestern Iran:
https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/480990/Traces-of-millennia-old-town-discovered-in-northwest-Iran
A Sassanid-era petroglyph of a horseman from Marvdasht:
https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/481076/Sassanid-petroglyph-of-horseman-discovered-in-Marvdasht
Excavations at Seymarah have revealed finds ranging from the Parthian era to the early Islamic period:
https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/480911/Seymareh-dig-uncovers-relics-dating-from-Parthian-to-early-Islamic
A pair of Amorite-Akkadian bilingual inscriptions found thirty years ago have (finally) been published:
https://www.haaretz.com/2023-01-20/00000185-ca23-d3a8-a3cf-cf3326430000
Feature on how Late Bronze Age kings dealt with rumours:
https://www.asor.org/anetoday/2023/01/kings-bronze-age-rumors
Feature on the 'Baghdad Battery':
https://www.iflscience.com/is-the-2-000-year-old-baghdad-battery-actually-a-battery-67119
A three-room Urartian tomb find from Ercis (Turkiye):
https://arkeonews.net/three-room-urartian-tomb-with-liquid-offering-area-libation-found-in-eastern-turkey/
The DAI is marking 25 years of research at Gobekli Tepe:
https://www.dainst.blog/the-tepe-telegrams/2023/01/16/over-twenty-five-years-of-research-at-gobekli-tepe/
Feature on Catalhoyuk:
https://www.outlookindia.com/outlooktraveller/explore/story/72954/catalhoyuk-discovering-one-of-the-worlds-oldest-cities
cf:
https://www.cairn.info/revue-d-assyriologie-2022-1-page-113.htm
Feature on conserving ancient manuscripts in Iraq:
https://en.qantara.de/content/iraqs-cultural-heritage-iraqi-conservators-strive-to-preserve-ancient-manuscripts
A study of Middle Paleolithic hunting evidence from the Nahal Mahanayeem Outlet (Jordan):
https://www.newsweek.com/humans-surprising-technique-kill-giant-cows-60000-years-ago-1774183
cf:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2352409X22004400 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-27321-5
Overview of the Beit Ras excavations, with a focus on glass production there:
https://jordantimes.com/news/local/beit-ras-excavations-offer-glimpse-ancient-glass-production
https://menafn.com/1105431389/Beit-Ras-Excavations-Offer-Glimpse-Into-Ancient-Glass-Production
Not sure if we mentioned this find of a Bar Kokhba revolt coin from the Nahal Darga Nature Reserve:
https://www.algemeiner.com/2023/01/19/archeologists-find-ancient-hebrew-coin-dated-to-jewish-rebellion-against-rome-year-two-of-the-freedom-of-israel/
1300 years bp Silk Road-connected textiles from trash deposits in the Aravah:
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-728990 https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2023-01-20/ty-article/archaeologists-find-exotic-imports-in-trash-pile-on-israeli-silk-road/00000185-cf51-d3a8-a3cf-cf712cf10000
https://www.algemeiner.com/2023/01/18/evidence-of-ancient-silk-road-found-in-israels-aravah/
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article271319217.html https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/01/material-evidence-of-silk-road-found-in-israel/145967
More on the find of 4000+ years bp ostrich eggs found next to a fire pit site in the Negev:
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/365972 https://mosaicmagazine.com/picks/history-ideas/2023/01/ancient-ostrich-eggs-in-the-negev/
https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/ancient-cultures/ancient-israel/ancient-ostrich-eggs-over-easy/
Israel's Techniion and the University of Haifa have launched a collaboration project:
https://www.timesofisrael.com/israels-technion-u-of-haifa-announce-game-changing-microarchaeology-collaboration/
Feature on excavations in El-Araj:
https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/bas-onsite/digging-in-el-araj/
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https://thisweekintheancientneareast.podbean.com/
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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS) ============================================================
A DNA study suggests that at least one group in Minoan Crete was practicing endogamy/cousin marriage:
https://www.mpg.de/19726152/0110-evan-marriage-in-minoan-crete-150495-x https://phys.org/news/2023-01-marriage-minoan-crete-revealed-ancient.html https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/01/230116112549.htm https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/976292 https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/16/europe/ancient-cousins-marriage-scli-intl-scn/index.html
https://www.thedailybeast.com/dont-blame-the-egyptians-for-this-ancient-greek-kink
https://news.yahoo.com/don-t-blame-egyptians-ancient-040140357.html https://www.thenationalherald.com/family-ties-ancient-greeks-encouraged-first-cousins-to-marry/
https://www.iflscience.com/ancient-greeks-often-married-their-first-cousins-scientists-surprised-to-find-67099
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/01/study-using-archaeogenetics-reveals-news-insights-in-minoan-marriage/145941
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/01/17/marriage-in-minoan-crete/ https://www.archaeology.org/news/11137-230119-greece-cousin-marriage
cf:
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-022-01952-3
An Etruscan necropolis from Vetulonia (all coverage Italian):
https://www.ansa.it/toscana/notizie/2023/01/17/scoperta-necropoli-etrusca-vicino-a-vetulonia_1cc8b338-b77b-4cd0-bf84-4eea96499508.html
https://ilglobo.com/en/news/etruscan-necropolis-discovered-near-vetulonia-88495/
https://www.globalist.it/culture/2023/01/17/vetulonia-nuova-scoperta-archeologica/
Archaeo-spelologists found a 647 metre section of an Augustan aqueduct in Naples (Italian):
https://www.stilearte.it/archeo-speleologi-napoletani-trovano-un-lungo-tratto-647-metri-dellacquedotto-romano-daugusto/
Overview of recent finds from the site of Tenea:
https://greekreporter.com/2023/01/20/ancient-greek-settlement-tenea-discover-first-time/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/01/new-discoveries-at-lost-city-of-tenea/145995
Remains of a Gallo-Roman rural settlement site in Beziers:
https://www.inrap.fr/une-occupation-neolithique-et-un-etablissement-rural-gallo-romain-beziers-17014
More on the reopening of the House of the Vettii in Pompeii:
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/pompeii-reopens-house-of-vettii-penis-fresco-2243508
https://www.ntd.com/house-of-freed-slaves-restored-in-pompeii_894787.html
... and a related feature on Roman sexuality:
https://theconversation.com/pompeiis-house-of-the-vettii-reopens-a-reminder-that-roman-sexuality-was-far-more-complex-than-simply-gay-or-straight-197978
More on the reasons for the durability of Roman concrete:
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/chemists-long-lasting-roman-concrete https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/the-reason-why-2-000-year-old-roman-concrete-is-still-so-strong
https://www.openculture.com/2023/01/the-mystery-finally-solved-why-has-roman-concrete-been-so-durable.html
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/ancient-roman-concrete-has-self-healing-capabilities/
More on the identification of a Temple of Poseidon at Samikon:
https://www.ekathimerini.com/culture/1202508/structure-believed-to-be-long-lost-temple-to-poseidon-unearthed-in-peloponnese/
https://hyperallergic.com/793898/archaeologists-find-possible-remains-of-temple-of-poseidon/
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/01/16/mainz-university-contributes-to-recent-discovery-of-the-temple-of-poseidon/
More on Hipparchus' Star Catalog:
https://www.rit.edu/science/news/rit-scientists-help-rediscover-earliest-known-star-map-using-multispectral-imaging
More on finds from the Colosseum drains:
https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/archaeological-treasures-hide-beneath-the-colosseum
More on coins of Sponsian:
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/emperor-sponsian-coins
More on the remains found during Thessaloniki Metro construction of the past years:
https://arkeonews.net/ancient-ruins-hidden-under-thessaloniki-metro-revealed/
More on the San Casciano dei Bagni bronzes:
https://the-past.com/news/spectacular-bronzes-found-in-italy/
Feature/hyping the Alma Mater Studiorum of Unibo working at Thuburbo Maius in Tunisia:
https://www.ansamed.info/ansamed/en/news/sections/culture/2023/01/20/archaeology-bologna-alma-mater-at-work-in-tunisia_69ad5db0-47b0-4c02-bab1-dd029c0ae2ae.html
Greece is planning to protect the site of Poltinopoli:
https://news.gtp.gr/2023/01/13/greece-to-highlight-archaeological-site-of-plotinopoli-in-evros-with-mild-interventions/
A UCL project studying interactions between Greece and Egypt from prehistory to the Byzantine era:
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/01/16/greece-in-egypt-and-egypt-in-greece-from-homer-to-rome-and-byzantium/
Joel Christensen on ancient reunions:
https://www.brandeis.edu/now/2023/january/reunions-ancient-greece-christensen.html
https://www.ekathimerini.com/society/1202349/reunions-can-be-nostalgic-and-painful-as-well-as-happy-as-the-ancient-greek-heroes-achilles-and-odysseus-show-us/
Jane Draycott on Cleopatra Selene:
https://aeon.co/essays/there-was-another-more-successful-queen-cleopatra
Review of Christopher Beckwith, *The Scythian Empire*;
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-scythian-empire-book-review-history-the-riders-from-the-steppe-11674233967
Feature on Madeline Miller's myth retellings:
https://www.ubyssey.ca/culture/the-echo-of-modern-world-in-madeline-millers-greek-mythology-inspired-stories/
Feature on A.E. Stallings' poetry:
https://www.thenation.com/article/culture/ae-stallings-afterlife-poems/
Feature on the enduring attraction of Classics:
https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/stage/2023/01/18/why-the-classical-world-still-grips-the-contemporary-imagination/
Feature on food and sex in Greek literature:
https://neoskosmos.com/en/2023/01/21/dialogue/ancient-greece/diatribe-on-lionesses-and-cheesegraters-1/
Review of Graver and Long, *Fifty Letters of a Roman Stoic*:
https://dartreview.com/seneca-in-short-professor-margaret-gravers-50-letters-of-a-roman-stoic/
Review of Peter Stothard, *Crassus: The First Tycoon*:
https://www.nationalreview.com/magazine/2023/02/06/crassus-not-the-noblest-roman-of-them-all/
Feature on a possible Etruscan wine-making site found a couple decades ago in Tuscany:
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/ancient-etruscan-wine
Feature on the Domus Aurea:
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/ancient-roman-concrete-has-self-healing-capabilities/
Feature on the death of Cleopatra:
https://www.iflscience.com/how-did-cleopatra-die-the-queen-of-egypt-s-death-still-mystifies-67160
Feature on Plato's Timaeus:
https://www.thecollector.com/plato-timaeus-how-was-the-cosmos-created/
Feature on Plato's Theaetetus:
https://www.thecollector.com/plato-theaetetus-what-is-knowledge/
A virtual tour of Ancient Athens:
https://www.openculture.com/2023/01/a-virtual-tour-of-ancient-athens-fly-over-classical-greek-civilization-in-all-its-glory.html
In regards to the Parthenon Sculptures, we read this week of 'secret talks' going on:
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/17/arts/design/parthenon-sculptures-elgin-marbles-negotiations.html
https://www.jordannews.jo/Section-124/Odd-Bizarre/After-220-years-the-fate-of-the-parthenon-marbles-rests-in-secret-talks-26512
https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/art/2023/01/19/elgin-marbles-greece-and-british-museum-in-secret-talks-to-decide-fate-of-parthenon-sculptures/
https://www.thenationalherald.com/the-new-york-times-shines-light-on-the-marbles/
... and of a 20-year loan agreement proposal:
https://www.thenationalherald.com/greece-talked-20-year-parthenon-marbles-loan-from-british-museum/
... and more OpEds from various viewpoints:
https://www.standard.co.uk/comment/greek-elgin-marbles-must-stay-uk-b1054504.html
https://europeanconservative.com/articles/news/elgin-marbles-back-to-athens/ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/01/14/british-museum-loses-marbles-nationalism-triumphs-humanitys/
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Roman Archaeology Blog:
http://romanarc.blogspot.com/
Rogueclassicism:
http://rogueclassicism.com/ ============================================================
EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland) ============================================================
Evidence of a Mesolithic settlement site from North Yorkshire:
https://www.manchester.ac.uk/discover/news/stone-age-hunter-gatherers-in-britain/
https://phys.org/news/2023-01-archaeologists-stone-age-hunter-gatherers-britain.html
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0j89q8eye3o https://www1.chester.ac.uk/news/archaeologists-shed-light-lives-stone-age-hunter-gatherers-britain
https://arkeonews.net/10500-year-old-stone-age-hunter-gatherer-settlement-found-in-england/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/01/preserved-10500-year-old-stone-age-hunter-gatherer-settlement-discovered/145983
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11140-230120-england-mesolithic-wetlands
A study of evidence for violence and warfare in Neolithic communities of Northwest Europe:
https://phys.org/news/2023-01-violence-widespread-early-farming-society.html
A study of Bronze Age Balearic Islanders' eating and social habits:
https://phys.org/news/2023-01-bronze-age-social-habits-balearic.html https://www.archaeology.org/news/11139-230119-menorca-egalitarian-diet
2000 years bp waterlogged wooden remains (including a ladder) from a highway construction site in Bedfordshire:
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/66232 https://www.stilearte.it/una-scala-di-legno-di-2000-anni-fa-trovata-in-un-pozzo-scoperto-durante-lavori-stradali/
https://www.archeomedia.net/gran-bretagna-una-scala-di-legno-di-2000-anni-fa-trovata-in-un-pozzo-scoperto-durante-lavori-stradali/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/01/excavations-reveal-waterlogged-remains-from-iron-age/145990
1800+ years bp runestone find from near Oslo:
https://sciencenorway.no/archaeology-language-runes/worlds-oldest-rune-stone-found-in-norway-archaeologists-believe/2141404
https://phys.org/news/2023-01-world-oldest-runestone-norway.html https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/jan/17/worlds-oldest-runestone-found-in-norway-archaeologists-say
https://apnews.com/article/norway-oslo-31524a0dbb0405b08fb2fba6ffafdfaa https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-01-18/norway-runestone-discovered-archaeological-find-2000-years-old/101866640
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-729204 https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/norway-archaeologists-find-worlds-oldest-runestone-rcna66066
https://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/norway-archaeologists-find-worlds-oldest-runestone-96476413
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/science/archaeologists-in-norway-find-worlds-oldest-runestone
https://www.dw.com/en/archaeologists-find-worlds-oldest-runestone-in-norway/a-64427741
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/archaelogy-news-norway-worlds-oldest-rune-stone-1234654100/
https://arkeonews.net/worlds-oldest-dated-rune-stone-found-in-norway/ https://news.artnet.com/art-world/norway-worlds-oldest-runestone-early-runic-writing-2244113
https://www.zmescience.com/science/archaeology/archaeologists-in-scandinavia-find-worlds-oldest-runestone/
https://www.sciencealert.com/worlds-oldest-runestone-uncovered-in-norway-spells-out-a-mysterious-word
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/66187 https://www.archaeology.wiki/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/svingerudsteinen1000px-210x210.jpg
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/sensational-runestone-discovered-in-norway-may-be-the-worlds-oldest-180981470/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/newly-discovered-norwegian-runes-might-contain-a-medieval-joke-180979381/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11138-230119-norway-runestone
Carbon dating has pushed the founding of Gdansk back to ca 930 CE:
https://scienceinpoland.pap.pl/en/news/news%2C94792%2Carchaeological-discovery-pushes-founding-date-gdansk-60-years-back.html
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11131-230117-poland-gdansk-foundation
Latest HS2-related finds seems to be evidence of Civil War damage at Coleshill Manor (this will be on Digging for Britain):
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jan/21/coleshill-towers-remains-history-english-civil-war
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-coventry-warwickshire-64348115 https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/hs2-civil-war-discovery-pistol-b2266561.html
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/01/21/first-shots-fired-english-civil-war-unearthed-archaeologists/
https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/hs2-archaeologists-find-scars-early-26037168 https://www.warwickshireworld.com/heritage-and-retro/retro/video-hs2-archaeologists-uncover-scars-of-early-civil-war-battle-in-warwickshire-3995999
Mapping Iron Age tunnels in Scotland:
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/scotland-tunnels-highlands-laser-b2265294.html
https://www.wired.com/story/laser-scanning-tunnels/ https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/01/lasers-are-mapping-scotlands-subterranean-iron-age-structures/145958
cf:
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12520-022-01707-y
An Iron Age farmstead site in Newsham:
https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/archaelogical-dig-northumberland-line-newsham-25974268
Finds from various periods at a construction site in Gap (France):
https://www.inrap.fr/paysage-ancien-et-industrie-moderne-gap-hautes-alpes-17006
More on the 7000 years bp mass burial of decapitated people from Slovakia:
https://www.jpost.com/science/article-728609 https://news.am/eng/news/739667.html https://www.iflscience.com/a-massacre-or-something-stranger-37-headless-skeletons-raise-questions-67104
https://arkeonews.net/headless-skeletons-discovered-in-prehistoric-mass-grave/ https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/01/16/headless-skeletons-in-a-settlement-trench-a-7000-year-old-mass-grave/
More on the 3000 years bp ritual well from Germany:
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/3000-year-old-wishing-well-unearthed-in-germany-1234654281/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-discover-3000-year-old-wishing-well-in-germany-180981428/
More on the 'princely Hun' burial from Romania:
https://www.livescience.com/princely-tomb-hun-warrior-romania https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/warriors-tomb-discovered-romania-expressway-construction-1234654522/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11135-230119-romania-princely-tomb
More on the current dig at Sheffield Castle:
https://the-past.com/news/history-of-sheffield-castle-foundations-revealed-by-archaeologists/
More on the 'Harpole treasure' found in Northamptonshire:
https://the-past.com/news/remarkable-early-medieval-burial-found-in-northamptonshire/
More on 'cave writing' on ancient petroglyphs:
https://www.npr.org/2023/01/13/1149135787/amateur-archaeologist-deciphers-20-000-year-old-cave-writing
https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/ancient-humans-first-written-words-are-20-000-years-old
In case you missed the neutron imaging of a 900 yeas bp pendant from Germany:
https://www.livescience.com/medieval-pendant-relics-neutron-imaging
Arguing over preserving a 1901 bridge in Prague:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/21/like-knocking-down-the-eiffel-tower-battle-to-save-historic-prague-bridge
Three finds from various periods found by detectorists in Shropshire have been declared treasure:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-shropshire-64339535 https://www.shropshirelive.com/news/2023/01/20/three-finds-discovered-by-shropshire-detectorists-declared-treasure/
https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/local-hubs/bridgnorth/2023/01/19/incredible-bronze-age-gold-ring-a-part-of-a-roman-amulet-case-and-a-medieval-gold-ring-all-declared-treasure-at-shropshire-inquests/
Feature on the project to rebuild the Newport Ship:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-64151535 https://www.iflscience.com/how-archaeologists-will-rebuild-the-newport-ship-and-solve-the-world-s-largest-3d-puzzle-67176
Feature on ram-shaped gravestones in Georgia:
https://www.sapiens.org/archaeology/gravestones-caucasus/
Feature on the Mount Keeffe Chalice:
https://www.independent.ie/regionals/corkman/news/valuable-north-cork-chalice-from-16th-century-held-far-from-home-in-a-british-museum-42296754.html
Feature on the Red lady of Paviland:
https://theconversation.com/red-lady-of-paviland-the-story-of-a-33-000-year-old-skeleton-and-the-calls-for-it-to-return-to-wales-197204
Feature on Britain's 'greatest' archaeological discoveries:
https://www.historyextra.com/period/general-history/britains-greatest-archaeological-discoveries/
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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 ============================================================
40 000 years bp evidence of human activity from a site in Ziyang City (Sichuan):
https://english.news.cn/20230115/1d4270ab8579412f97fb31caa2216995/c.html https://global.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202301/17/WS63c5e7aba31057c47eba9f6e.html https://eng.belta.by/partner_news/view/new-evidence-of-prehistoric-human-activity-found-in-southwest-china-155990-2023/
https://www.gulf-times.com/article/653420/international/china/new-evidence-of-prehistoric-human-activity-found-in-southwest-china
21 royal Han burials from Hunan:
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/66178
Remains of 240 royal storehouses dating to the Northern Wei Dynasty in a plaace site in Luoyang city:
http://en.people.cn/n3/2023/0119/c90000-10198333.html
43 burials spanning four dynasties from the Dongsanlingzi Tombs excavations:
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article271334477.html
Feature on China's rewriting of Tibetan history:
https://bitterwinter.org/zhangzhung-how-china-reinvents-tibetan-history/
Overview of a ANA and UHawaii dig at Angkor Wat:
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ana-university-hawaii-wrap-archaeology-dig
... while restoration of a causeway at Angkor Wat is almost complete:
https://cne.wtf/2023/01/21/restoration-of-angkor-wat-causeway-almost-complete/
Connecting Qing dynasty isolationism to modern China:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/16/what-the-isolationist-qing-dynasty-tells-us-about-xi-jinpings-china
A possible 11th/12th century CE Shiva lingam from Aarey:
https://www.mid-day.com/amp/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/mumbai-shiv-lingam-found-inside-aarey-could-be-from-11th-or-12th-century-ce-says-asi-23266156
Mughal era coins and other finds from Bazar-Navagaon:
https://www.dailypioneer.com/2023/state-editions/mughal-period-coins--antiquities-found.html
Revising the history of Calicut:
https://phys.org/news/2023-01-tale-cities-history-calicut-wrong.html
cf:
https://press-files.anu.edu.au/downloads/press/n10694/pdf/03_nunn_kumar.pdf
On the 'Scythian' or whatever it is culture revealed by Russian archaeologists a couple weeks ago:
https://www.thedailybeast.com/did-russian-archaeologists-really-discover-a-new-ancient-culture
https://news.yahoo.com/did-russian-archaeologists-really-discover-095028323.html
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/kurgan-tomb-siberia-clues-unknown-scythian-culture-2242729
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NORTH AMERICA
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An NSF grant to study Cahokia:
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/977016 https://www.wshu.org/2023-01-17/ct-archeologist-to-unearth-mysteries-buried-at-cahokia-a-massive-midwestern-indigenous-city
https://www.ctpublic.org/news/2023-01-17/ct-archeologist-to-unearth-mysteries-buried-at-cahokia-a-massive-midwestern-indigenous-city
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/01/19/archaeologist-awarded-nsf-grant-to-study-prehistoric-city-creation/
... and one to study hurricane-damaged sites in Florida:
https://www.psu.edu/news/research/story/archaeologists-awarded-nsf-grant-survey-hurricane-damaged-heritage-sites/
Account of a Brown dig at a 19th-century Providence family residence:
https://www.brown.edu/news/2022-12-20/archaeology
Introductory sort of thing on a dig happening in Charlottesville (Va):
https://www.cbs19news.com/story/48178584/archaeological-dig-begins-on-the-site-for-court-renovation-project-possibility-of-grave-discovery
The Elam Ives House in Hamden was saved and is undergoing restoration:
https://www.nhregister.com/news/article/Hamden-Elam-Ives-house-to-be-restored-17723564.php
Feature on Isaac Shelby:
https://news.coinupdate.com/from-the-colonels-desk-isaac-shelby-the-man-the-medal-the-mysteries/
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CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA ============================================================
2000 years bp Zapotec murals depicting warfare from tombs in southern Mexico:
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/archaeologists-unearth-colourful-pre-hispanic-tombs-with-striking-murals-dated-2000-years-from-mexico/articleshow/97157889.cms?from=mdr
A study of the Maya obsidian market in Guatemala:
https://news.wsu.edu/press-release/2023/01/05/new-study-suggests-mayas-utilized-market-based-economics/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11129-230117-guatemala-maya-obsidian
A pre-construction survey of a pipeline site in southern Mexico reveal a possible Maya settlement site:
https://www.inah.gob.mx/boletines/par-de-plataformas-da-cuenta-de-un-sitio-maya-que-no-figuraba-en-el-atlas-arqueologico-de-tabasco
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