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explorator 26.01 April 23, 2023
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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 Gephardt,
Don Buck, mata kimasitayo, and Ross W. Sargent for headses upses this week
(as always hoping I have left no one out).

Another year of Explorator in the archives! Thanks for reading and thanks especially to our group who send me headses upses every week! It makes my job easier!

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EARLY HOMINIDS
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Feature on toolmaking processes at the 1.2 million years bp Melka Kunture site (Ethiopia):

https://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-04-19/how-the-first-mass-tool-workshop-in-history-functioned-12-million-years-ago.html

Feature on the life expectancy of ancient humans:

https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/what-was-the-life-expectancy-of-ancient-humans

More on the 39 000 years bp 'leather punch board' find from Spain:

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2023-04-13/ty-article/miraculous-discovery-in-spain-a-tailoring-tool-from-40-000-years-ago/00000187-702c-dde0-afb7-7e3f17e30000
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11377-230417-spain-leather-punchboard ============================================================
AFRICA
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Concerns for dredging at the archaeological site of the Hesperides in Benghazi:

https://libyaobserver.ly/news/benghazi-antiquities-watch-calls-halting-dredging-archaeological-city-hesperides

... and more on sites at risk from coastal erosion:

https://www.ynetnews.com/travel/article/hytx1wnfh

More on the wall paintings from Old Dongola:

https://archeowiesci.pl/en/protection-for-tungul-new-unique-wall-paintings-discovered-in-old-dongola-sudan/

There is now a stable isotope map of Angola:

https://news.ucsc.edu/2023/04/angola-isoscape.html ============================================================
ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT ============================================================
A neutron tomography study of six sealed Egyptian animal sarcophagi:

https://phys.org/news/2023-04-insights-ancient-egyptian-animal-coffins.html https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/985810 https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/ancient-egyptians/hidden-contents-of-6-ancient-egyptian-coffins-sealed-for-thousands-of-years-revealed
https://www.standard.co.uk/tech/science/egypt-british-museum-flynn-three-b1075594.html
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeologists-study-egypt-xrays-three-b2323641.html
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-739946 https://www.newsweek.com/secrets-sealed-egyptian-animal-coffins-revealed-first-time-1795636
https://news.yahoo.com/mummified-creatures-used-ancient-cult-221245053.html https://cosmosmagazine.com/history/archaeology/animal-mummies-were-sealed-in-their-own-coffins-neutrons-reveal-their-secrets/
https://gizmodo.com/ancient-egypt-lizard-coffins-neutron-imaging-scans-1850353809
https://www.iflscience.com/fantastic-beasts-found-inside-ancient-egyptian-coffins-sealed-for-1500-years-68556
https://arkeonews.net/advanced-imaging-techniques-reveal-secrets-of-sealed-ancient-egyptian-animal-coffins/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/lizard-remains-found-inside-2500-year-old-coffins-from-ancient-egypt-180982032/

cf: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-30468-4

A study has found many mummified Egyptian children had anemia:

https://phys.org/news/2023-04-anemia-common-ancient-mummified-egyptian.html

A study has figured out an 'impossible' Egyptian sculpture:

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/04/21/kneeling-man-ancient-egypt-statue-riddle-solve-national-museums-scotland

The Ramses II exhibition in Paris is reviving questions about the pharaoh of the Exodus:

https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2023/04/egypt-archaeologists-refute-ramses-ii-exodus-connection

More on the find of the 18th Dynasty tomb of Panehsy:

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/ancient-egyptians/3300-year-old-ancient-egyptian-tombs-and-chapel-with-amazing-decorations-unearthed-at-saqqara
https://hyperallergic.com/815318/archaeologists-uncover-3200-year-old-egyptian-cemetery/

More on the cache of severed hands found at Tell el-Dab'a:

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/ancient-egyptians/severed-hands-buried-in-ancient-egyptian-palace-were-likely-trophies-exchanged-for-gold
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/cache-of-ancient-severed-hands-may-have-been-part-of-a-ritual-180982018/

More on the study of graffiti at the Temple of Isis:

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/temple-of-isis-egypt-ancient-graffiti-photogrammetry-2282967

More on the sizeable chamber found under the Great Pyramid a month or so ago:

https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/secret-30-foot-long-chamber-in-the-great-pyramid-discovered

Feature on the length of Egyptian dynasties:

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/ancient-egyptians/which-ancient-egyptian-dynasty-ruled-the-longest

More on climate change-related salt and sand concerns for sites in Iraq:

https://phys.org/news/2023-04-iraq-ancient-treasures-sand-blasted-climate.html https://www.timesofisrael.com/sandstorms-driven-by-climate-change-slowly-burying-iraqs-ancient-treasures/
https://www.rfi.fr/en/international-news/20230416-iraq-s-ancient-treasures-sand-blasted-by-climate-change
https://www.arabnews.com/node/2287916/middle-east https://thearabweekly.com/climate-change-threatens-iraqs-ancient-treasures-reverses-archaeological-work

More on the find of a Sumerian palace at Girsu:

https://the-past.com/news/lost-sumerian-palace-uncovered-in-iraq/

Features on Petra:

https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/bas-onsite/onsite-petra/ https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/the-nabataeans-and-the-lost-city-of-petra

Feature on the retirement of Adolfo Roitman at the Shrine of the Book:

https://www.israel21c.org/the-dead-sea-scrolls-have-an-argentine-accent/

Feature on the myth of the Twelve Tribes of Israel:

https://www.asor.org/anetoday/2023/04/myth-twelve-tribes

Evidence of large scale commercial viticulture in 4th-9th century Byzantine and early Islamic settlements in the Negev region:

https://phys.org/news/2023-04-ancient-dna-reveals-commercial-viticulture.html

cf: https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2213563120#executive-summary-abstract

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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS) ============================================================
Five sculptures which might represent images of the people of Tartessos people from the Bronze Age Casas del Turunuelo site in Spain:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-12000019/Is-look-lost-civilisation-linked-Atlantis.html
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-740000 https://www.vice.com/en/article/k7z85a/archaeologists-uncover-the-ancient-gods-of-a-lost-civilization-in-stunning-find
https://arkeonews.net/archaeologists-have-uncovered-the-first-human-representations-of-the-people-of-mythical-tartessos/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/04/archaeologists-uncover-the-first-human-representations-of-the-ancient-tartessos-people/147019

A 1st century BCE hoard of 175 silver Roman coins from near Livorno:

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/romans/2000-year-old-hoard-of-roman-coins-may-have-been-hidden-by-a-soldier-during-a-bloody-civil-war-in-italy

A 1st century BCE temple, possibly to Mars, from La Chapelle-des-Fougeretz:

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/roman-temple-found-in-france-may-have-been-dedicated-to-war-god-mars
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-739604 http://www.archaeology.org/news/11386-230419-france-roman-temple

A 2000 years bp Gallo-Roman necropolis from a site next to a Paris train station:

https://phys.org/news/2023-04-ancient-necropolis-unearthed-busy-paris.html https://www.rfi.fr/en/france/20230420-millennial-surprise-as-gallo-roman-graveyard-unearthed-in-paris-s-latin-quarter
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20230419-ancient-necropolis-unearthed-next-to-busy-paris-train-station
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ancient-necropolis-2000-year-old-graves-found-paris-train-station-archaeology/
https://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-04-21/archaeologists-uncover-2000-year-old-graves-in-the-heart-of-paris.html
https://news.yahoo.com/ancient-necropolis-unearthed-next-busy-121722847.html https://greekreporter.com/2023/04/22/ancient-necropolis-unearthed-paris/ https://www.lemonde.fr/en/science/article/2023/04/19/ancient-necropolis-rediscovered-in-the-heart-of-paris_6023443_10.html
https://www.iflscience.com/huge-ancient-necropolis-unearthed-next-to-busy-central-paris-train-station-68560
https://www.sciencealert.com/archaeologists-have-uncovered-an-ancient-cemetery-next-to-a-modern-paris-train-station
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11388-230420-france-lutetia-necropolis

A 1st century CE steelyard weight depicting Silenus/Dionysus from the dig in Cockermouth:

https://greekherald.com.au/news/bust-of-ancient-greek-figure-found-during-archaeological-dig-in-the-uk/
https://greekreporter.com/2023/04/17/greek-god-wine-unearthed-england/ https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/04/bust-depicting-greek-god-of-wine-making-found-in-cockermouth-england/147006

Fragments of a large wall painting (looks 1st century CE) from a portico in Cartagena's Roman theatre:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/04/fragments-of-large-wall-painting-found-in-cartagenas-roman-theatre/146994

Evidence of a Roman sanctuary and necropolis (1st-3rd century CE) near Zemst (Belgium):

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/04/archaeologists-discover-roman-sanctuary-and-cemetery-in-belgium/147025

Evidence of a Roman 'fortlet' along the Antonine Wall at Clydebank:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-65309762 https://www.scotsman.com/news/environment/roman-fortlet-lost-for-hundreds-of-years-found-near-primary-school-4108811
https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/23462434.antonine-wall-buried-remains-lost-roman-fortlet-discovered/
https://www.clydebankpost.co.uk/news/23462461.clydebank-lost-roman-fortlet-found-near-primary-school/
https://www.thenational.scot/news/23463136.archaeologists-uncover-remains-roman-fortlet-west-dunbartonshire/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/04/remains-of-roman-fortlet-discovered-next-to-antonine-wall/147001
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11389-230420-scotland-rome-fortlet

Plenty of coverage for the find of a very upscale 'lavish' wine-making facility at the Villa of the Quintilii site:

https://theconversation.com/a-newly-uncovered-ancient-roman-winery-featured-marble-tiling-fountains-of-grape-juice-and-an-extreme-sense-of-luxury-199670
https://phys.org/news/2023-04-newly-uncovered-ancient-roman-winery.html https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/apr/17/ancient-roman-winery-found-ruins-villa-of-quintilii-rome
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/04/19/httpswwwtelegraphcoukworld-news20230419-httpswwwtelegraphco/
http://romanarc.blogspot.com/2023/04/lavish-ancient-roman-winery-found-at.html https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-739874 https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/ancient-roman-winery-discovered-villa-quintilli-rcna79966
https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/rome-winery-intl-scli-scn/index.html https://news.yahoo.com/archaeologists-unearth-fanciful-ancient-winery-132300609.html
https://news.yahoo.com/ancient-romans-watched-people-stomp-193227476.html https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-739621 https://www.sciencealert.com/archaeologists-uncover-an-1800-year-old-roman-winery-of-unparalleled-opulence
https://www.science.org/content/article/roman-emperors-played-winemaker-day-swank-facility
https://gizmodo.com/archaeologists-unearth-a-fanciful-ancient-winery-near-r-1850349143
https://arkeonews.net/archaeologists-uncovered-a-unique-ancient-roman-winery-with-marble-tiling-and-fountains-of-grape-juice/
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/67037 https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/04/archaeologists-uncover-2000-year-old-roman-winery/146986
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/this-luxurious-roman-villa-had-its-own-winery-complete-with-wine-fountains-180982007/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11380-230418-rome-imperial-winery

cf: https://www.science.org/content/article/roman-winery

... related item on a statue of Hercules found there as well:

https://www.ansa.it/english/news/lifestyle/arts/2023/04/17/hercules-of-appian-way-visible-to-public_dca27499-a02d-4896-bb41-1ea680d81b9b.html

Rome has brought hundreds of items out of storage and put them on display in the Forum and environs:

https://apnews.com/article/ancient-rome-storerooms-antiquities-exhibition-forum-colosseum-61fc43bf42e8f96ed460193c0d785cbd
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/ap-rome-colosseum-italian-b2322885.html https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/roman-forum-artefacts-on-show-after-decades-in-the-dark-0bqqqwthv
https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/antiquities-plucked-storeroom-roman-forum-display-98699387
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/antiquities-plucked-from-storeroom-on-roman-forum-display/
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/hundreds-antiquities-displayed-rome-forum-rcna80580
https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/antiquities-on-show-in-roman-forum-182545 https://news.yahoo.com/ancient-roman-objects-emerge-storerooms-175312167.html https://news.yahoo.com/antiquities-plucked-storeroom-roman-forum-165436170.html

A high-tech approach to revealing the layout techniques of ancient Greek papyri:

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-33242-8

The Amphipolis tomb has opened to researchers:

https://greekreporter.com/2023/04/19/greece-partially-opens-amphipolis-tomb/ https://greekcitytimes.com/2023/04/19/amphipolis-tomb-opens-for-scientists-researchers/
https://www.ekathimerini.com/culture/1209006/amphipolis-tomb-opens-for-scientists-researchers/
https://www.tornosnews.gr/en/greek-news/greek-news/culture/48748-kasta-tomb-monument-opens-in-amphipolis-of-northern-greece.html

The Richborough Roman fort in Kent has reopened to the public with a reconstructed gateway:

https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/about-us/search-news/pr-2000-year-old-roman-gateway-reconstructed-at-richborough-roman-fort/
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-65304038 https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/apr/18/roman-gateway-rebuilt-exact-spot-invasion-britain
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/activity-and-adventure/roman-britain-rebuilt-the-gateway-to-britannia-is-back/
https://www.kentonline.co.uk/sandwich/news/to-rebuild-a-structure-on-the-exact-spot-of-the-original-is-285508/
https://theisleofthanetnews.com/2023/04/18/2000-year-old-roman-gateway-reconstructed-at-richborough-fort-and-new-museum-with-artefacts-displayed-for-first-time/
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/04/17/back-after-2000-years-the-roman-gateway-to-britain
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/67057

A legal case trying to save a possible Bronze Age wall in Malta:

https://www.maltatoday.com.mt/environment/townscapes/122374/lastditch_attempt_to_save_wall_that_could_date_back_to_bronze_age#.ZEUp_OwXZhE

The National Hellenic Museum staged a Homerathon:

https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2023/4/21/23693095/greek-students-read-odyssey-national-hellenic-museum-greektown-chicago-homerathon-homer

Hyping the 12th season of digging at the Roman settlement site at Bridge Farm:

https://www.sussexexpress.co.uk/news/investigations-of-roman-settlement-near-lewes-head-into-12th-season-4106496

More on the latest finds from the 'little temple' site at Paestum:

https://www.dw.com/en/sex-god-riding-a-dolphin-among-finds-unearthed-in-italy/a-65349210
https://apnews.com/article/italy-paestum-pompeii-ancient-greece-6df3966e0e2636528e20d9f6d10e66ae
https://news.yahoo.com/2-500-old-figurine-depicting-191814959.html https://uk.news.yahoo.com/greek-god-love-sex-riding-104700421.html https://greekreporter.com/2023/04/19/discoveries-ancient-greek-city-paestum-italy/
https://arkeonews.net/new-discoveries-at-ancient-greek-city-of-paestums-little-doric-temple-in-italy/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/04/ancient-greek-temple-discovery-sheds-new-light-on-ritual-activities-in-ancient-paestum/146941
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11383-230418-paestum-dolphin-bull

More on the submerged Nabataean temple found near Pozzuoli:

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/04/19/underwater-nabataean-temple-discovered-in-major-archaeological-find-in-italy
https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/ancient-cultures/ancient-rome/submerged-nabatean-temple-found/

More on the palimpsest of Ptolemy's Meteoroscope:

https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/04/hundreds-of-years-after-the-first-try-we-can-finally-read-a-ptolemy-text/

More on the recent mosaic find in Colchester:

https://hyperallergic.com/816644/stunning-roman-mosaic-found-beneath-uk-shopping-mall/

More on the 'incineration' of victims at Herculaneum:

https://phys.org/news/2023-04-exploring-bodies-people-town-pompeii.html https://bigthink.com/starts-with-a-bang/romans-incinerated-vesuvius/

More on the possible Mithras temple from Trier:

https://www.ledger-enquirer.com/news/nation-world/world/article274419375.html

More on the Roman coins found on a remote Swedish island:

https://news.yahoo.com/2-000-old-roman-coins-195257903.html

Items are returning to the Thessaloniki metro for display:

https://greekreporter.com/2023/04/21/greek-antiquities-return-thessaloniki-metro/

... while London's mayor says there are no plans to put archaeology displays in tube stations:

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/no-plans-host-ancient-artefacts-123603948.html

Review of Natalie Haynes, *Stone Blind*:

https://www.thereviewgeek.com/stoneblind-nataliehaynes-bookreview/

Review of Harry Mount and John Davie, *Et tu, Brute?*:

https://theconversation.com/caveat-emptor-a-new-book-on-the-best-lines-in-latin-misses-the-bigger-picture-203137
https://au.news.yahoo.com/caveat-emptor-book-best-lines-022837487.html

Review of Han Kang, *Greek Lessons*:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/books/2023/04/19/han-kang-greek-lessons-review-vegetarian/
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/18/books/review/greek-lessons-han-kang.html

Feature on Paul Veyne's work:

https://aeon.co/essays/the-scorched-earth-iconoclasm-of-the-historian-paul-veyne

Feature on assorted Roman things:

https://www.deseret.com/2023/4/21/23693235/how-did-rome-fall

Feature on the image of the Annunciation (maybe) at Dura Europos:

https://aleteia.org/2023/04/22/the-earliest-image-of-the-annunciation-known-to-date/

Feature on the Roman tunnels beneath Lisbon:

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/under-lisbons-streets-ancient-roman-galleries-tell-story-past-2023-04-22/
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/europe/under-lisbons-streets-ancient-roman-galleries-tell-story-of-the-past/articleshow/99688347.cms

Feature on the 'durability' of the myth of Atlantis:

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/premium/article/atlantis-myth-plato-archaeology-false

Feature on ancient Roman dental care:

https://www.openculture.com/2023/04/why-the-ancient-romans-had-better-teeth-than-modern-europeans.html

Feature on Julia the Elder:

https://www.thecollector.com/julia-the-elder-augustus-daughter/

Feature on Archestratus and his cookbook:

https://greekcitytimes.com/2023/04/19/archestratus-wrote-the-first-know-cookbook-ancient-greece/

Feature on reclining to eat in ancient Greece:

https://greekreporter.com/2023/04/16/why-did-ancient-greeks-recline-to-eat-and-drink/

Feature on some ancient Greek inventions:

https://www.thecollector.com/engineering-ancient-greece/

Feature on mermaids and sirens:

https://greekreporter.com/2023/04/20/history-of-mermaids-and-their-origins-in-ancient-greek-sirens/

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https://pastsimperfect.substack.com/p/pasts-imperfect-42023
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http://rogueclassicism.com/ ============================================================
EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland) ============================================================
Evidence of a Palaeolithic (20 000 years bp) bone tool workshop in El Miron Cave:

https://phys.org/news/2023-04-bone-tool-spain-el-mirn.html https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/04/archaeologists-identify-a-palaeolithic-bone-tool-workshop-in-spanish-cave/146948

A dig at a 10 000 years bp hunter-gatherer site in Dartmoor:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-devon-65337585

1000 years bp Viking iron bars found during cleanup of parents' house:

https://www.lifeinnorway.net/rare-viking-age-iron-bars-discovered-in-valdres/ https://arkeonews.net/a-woman-in-norway-found-viking-age-1000-year-old-hoard-in-basement/

A hoard of 300 or so 1000 years bp silver coins found by a young metal detectorist near a Viking fortress in Denmark:

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/apr/21/hoard-of-1000-year-old-viking-coins-unearthed-in-denmark
https://www.jpost.com/international/article-739922 https://www.irishcentral.com/roots/history/viking-treasure-trove-ireland-danish-cornfield
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-04-22/hoard-of-1000-year-old-viking-coins-unearthed-in-denmark/102255992
https://www.heraldonline.com/news/nation-world/world/article274588776.html https://nord.news/2023/04/19/treasures-from-harald-blatands-time-found-in-north-jutland/
https://news.yahoo.com/dream-hoard-1000-old-viking-123408573.html https://www.cbsnews.com/news/viking-coins-1000-year-old-unearthed-young-girl-denmark/
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/amateur-archeologist-silver-coins-980s-near-viking-castle-fyrkat-denmark-1234665257/

A 20 metre-long Viking ship find in a Karmoy mound previously thought to be empty:

https://sciencenorway.no/archaeology-viking-age-vikings/new-discovery-of-a-viking-ship-in-norway/2187930
https://arkeonews.net/a-viking-ship-discovered-at-salhushaugen-cemetery-in-norway/

Study suggests sea-level rise contributed to Vikings abandoning Greenland:

https://phys.org/news/2023-04-sea-level-southwest-greenland-contributor-viking.html
https://www.livescience.com/agu-floods-drove-vikings-from-greenland

cf: https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2209615120

... while a study suggests Norse colonists in Greenland imported timber from North America:

https://phys.org/news/2023-04-norse-greenlanders-imported-timber-north.html https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/04/norse-colonists-imported-timber-from-north-america-to-greenland/146977
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11391-230421-greenland-norse-wood

Word on Brussels' metro has revealed remains of its 14th century city wall:

https://www.thebulletin.be/works-brussels-metro-line-turn-archaeological-treasures
https://arkeonews.net/works-on-brussels-metro-line-uncovered-remains-of-the-second-city-wall/

A pair of 14th century shipwrecks found during construction of a railway tunnel in Sweden:

https://arkeonews.net/two-unique-mid-14th-century-shipwrecks-discovered-in-sweden/

Latest on the search for Henry VIII's Otford Palace site:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/04/archaeologists-reveal-traces-of-henry-viiis-otford-palace/146912

Not sure if we've mentioned the 16th century frescoes found during plaster removal at Florence's Palazzo Vecchio:

http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/67026

A pair of 17th century hawking rings linked to a Norfolk family:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-65276638

Plans to restore the castle on Zakynthos:

https://www.ekathimerini.com/culture/1209167/studies-for-restoration-of-castle-of-zakynthos-completed/
https://www.tornosnews.gr/en/greek-news/culture/48754-castle-of-the-greek-island-of-zakynthos-to-be-restored.html

Sussex Archaeology Society is trying to acquire a gold torc:

https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/23463622.sussex-archaeological-society-starts-appeal-acquire-gold-torc/
https://www.sussexexpress.co.uk/news/people/incredibly-rare-gold-from-the-iron-age-found-in-sussex-as-arachnologists-campaign-to-keep-it-in-local-museum-4110915

More on 3000 years bp evidence of 'drug use' from Menorca:

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/hair-europe-oldest-evidence-drug-use https://the-past.com/news/researchers-identify-first-direct-evidence-of-ancient-drug-use-in-europe/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11332-230407-menorca-hallucinogenic-drugs

Feature on the technology used to preserve three Viking ships in the Oslo museum:

http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/67050
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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 ============================================================
Plans to resume digging at the 5500 years bp Sanxincun site after a 30 year hiatus:

https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3217248/archaeologists-china-start-new-hunt-relics-5500-year-old-site
https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202304/1289303.shtml

Evidence of Tang Dynasty Han-Tibetan cultural exchanges from Xizang:

https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202304/1289363.shtml

China has 'deciphered' medical texts on a collection of bamboo slips found in Sichuan:

http://t.m.china.org.cn/convert/c_06j7CxTW.html http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/67067

Study suggests the Xiongnu 'confederation' may have led to China's building of the Great Wall:

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/ancient-princesses-helped-build-vast-warrior-empire-that-prompted-china-to-erect-the-great-wall

More on the 3500 years bp history of dairy consumption on the Tibetan Plateau:

https://phys.org/news/2023-04-reveals-year-history-dairy-consumption.html https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/04/230412153105.htm https://www.sciencefocus.com/news/dairy-was-essential-to-the-survival-of-ancient-humans-in-extreme-environments/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11382-230418-tibet-dairy-consumption

Evidence of chicken breeding in Japan dates back to the 4th century BCE:

https://phys.org/news/2023-04-chicken-japan-dates-fourth-century.html https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/04/chicken-breeding-in-japan-dates-back-to-fourth-century-bc/147057

Feature on the Rock Ship of Masuda:

https://arkeonews.net/rock-ship-of-masuda-japans-mysterious-monolith/

A Neolithic ginding stone from Madurai:

https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2023/apr/18/neolithic-age-grinding-stone-found-in-madurai-2566858.html

Feature on a dig associated with Hsiuen Tang/Xuanzang at Pataliputra:

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/findings-excite-archaeologists/articleshow/99702314.cms

Hoysala Dynasty brass sculptures from Belgravi:

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hubballi/rare-brass-emblem-and-sculpture-of-hoysala-dynasty-found-in-belagavi-village/articleshow/99600246.cms?from=mdr

13th century (maybe) panchaloha idols and copper plates from Sirkazhi:

https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Tiruchirapalli/panchaloha-idols-unearthed-in-sirkazhi/article66747122.ece
https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2023/apr/18/archaeologists-to-study-copperplates-unearthed-near-sirkazhi-in-tn-2566951.html

A hoard of 240 19th century silver coins from beneath a home in Madhya Pradesh:

https://www.timesnownews.com/viral/madhya-pradesh-mp-labourer-british-era-240-silver-coins-damoh-house-police-article-99665506

Study of Polynesian travelling/migration beyond the 180th meridian:

https://phys.org/news/2023-04-geochemical-analyses-stone-artifacts-reveal.html https://www.popsci.com/science/polynesia-seafaring-boats-history/ ============================================================
AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND ============================================================
Feature on 'favourite artifacts' from Christchurch:

https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/arts/131758795/archaeologists-reveal-their-favourite-artefacts-unearthed-in-christchurch

Studying how long ago the Australian Nullarbor plain dried out:

https://phys.org/news/2023-04-nullarbor-reveal-australia-lush.html

Plans to rebury remains of gold miners and early settlers in Otago:

https://www.stuff.co.nz/otago/131808085/historic-remains-of-gold-miners-and-early-settlers-to-be-reburied-in-otago
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NORTH AMERICA
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A 1000 years bp canoe found back in 2021 was taken out of Lake Waccamaw (NC) this week:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/apr/21/north-carolina-lake-native-american-canoe
https://www.wral.com/story/ancient-native-american-canoe-brought-to-surface-from-beneath-lake-waccamaw/20813769/
https://abc11.com/lake-waccmaw-native-american-canoe-ancient-discovery-indian-in-north-carolina/13133178/
https://arkeonews.net/nearly-1000-year-old-native-american-canoe-recovered-from-lake-waccamaw/
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/67045 http://www.archaeology.org/news/11385-230419-north-carolina-canoe

Overview of the dig at Oxmoor Farm, near Louisville:

https://www.whas11.com/article/news/local/oxmoor-farm-archaeological-dig-site-former-slave-homes/417-f2905b2a-8975-4909-ba4b-d0b18fb19ec2
https://www.whas11.com/video/news/local/archaeologists-uncover-buried-history-at-louisvilles-oxmoor-farm/417-16fe804a-6682-4791-b95d-fb1439582411

... and an overview of three years of digs at Montpelier:

https://www.whsv.com/2023/04/16/archaeology-findings-released-montpelier/

Debris from another possible shipwreck at Daytona Beach Shores:

https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2023/04/20/another-shipwreck-beach-erosion-reveals-debris-in-daytona-beach-shores/

Remains of a 1907 'experimental submarine' in Long Island Sound:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/apr/19/submarine-defender-wreckage-found-connecticut-1907-simon-lake
https://apnews.com/article/submarine-wreckage-divers-connecticut-long-island-sound-482c153fa328bf86ce12024c7fb6b05a

A pair of 1914 shipwrecks in Lake Superior:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/shipwrecks-lake-superior-curtis-marvin-180981995/

Latest on plans for an exhibit under the Lincoln Memorial:

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/lincoln-memorial-new-70-million-dollar-exhibit-construction-soon/

More on the source of Chaco Canyon's timber:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/where-did-chaco-canyons-timber-come-from-180981996/

Feature on shipwrecks found in Florida:

https://www.news-journalonline.com/story/news/history/2023/04/21/daytona-beach-shipwreck-one-of-many-in-florida-here-are-5-more-sites-st-augustine-ponte-vedra/70138589007/

Ongoing site concerns as Miami builds condos:

https://www.newsweek.com/miami-condo-building-trampling-over-history-tequesta-native-american-florida-1794120
https://prismreports.org/2023/04/17/miami-tequesta-indigenous-marketplace/ ============================================================
CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA ============================================================
Possible 2000 years bp sacrificial victims' remains at the Moral-Reforma site in Mexico:

https://phys.org/news/2023-04-mexico-sacrificial-victims-gulf-coast.html https://www.aa.com.tr/en/americas/13-human-remains-likely-sacrificed-for-mayan-temple-found-in-mexico/2877268
https://news.yahoo.com/massive-burial-tied-mayan-deity-182245526.html

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