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    From david meadows@21:1/5 to All on Sun Nov 22 08:12:22 2020
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    explorator 23.31 November 22, 2020
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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, Lampros Kallenos,
    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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    Feature on the debate over where modern humans first appeared:

    https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/where-was-the-birthplace-of-modern-humans

    Suggestion that stone handaxes had a 'practical and spirtual' side for early hominids:

    https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/.premium-hand-axes-made-of-bone-indicate-spiritual-motive-archaeologist-posits-1.9313914

    More on that recently-found Paranthropus robustus skull:

    https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/newly-unearthed-skull-reveals-how-ancient-hominids-evolved-survive-changing-climate-180976282/

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    AFRICA
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    Evidence of repeated occupation of the West African coast 62 000 - 25 000 years bp:

    https://www.shh.mpg.de/1911161/middle-stone-age-populations-repeatedly-occupied-west-african-coast?c=1606725
    https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-11/mpif-msa112020.php https://phys.org/news/2020-11-middle-stone-age-populations-repeatedly.html https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/11/middle-stone-age-populations-repeatedly.html

    In case you missed the news about the underwater sites found near Tunis (various periods):

    http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheArchaeologyNewsNetwork/~3/SeTet0wwjn0/underwater-archaeological-sites.html

    An interview with Maeve Leakey:

    https://www.theguardian.com/science/2020/nov/21/meave-leakey-definitely-africa-is-where-it-all-began

    Feature on the ancient kingdom of Kerma:

    https://www.heritagedaily.com/2020/11/kerma-the-ancient-african-kingdom/136144 ================================================================
    ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT ================================================================
    Last week we mentioned original pigments at the temple of Esna had been found:

    https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2020/11/16/original-pigments-of-inscriptions-at-the-temple-of-esna-found/

    ... and this week we're reading about conservation of the temple:

    http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/390113/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/EgyptGerman-archaeological-mission-resumes-conserv.aspx

    ... and how the temple is revealing the names of some previously-unknown (name-wise) constellations:

    https://www.livescience.com/ancient-egyptian-star-constellations.htm

    More on the 100 or so more 2500 years bp sarcophagi revealed at Saqqara last week:

    http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/393774/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/In-Photos-Egypt-announces-the-biggest-archaeologic.aspx
    https://www.livescience.com/more-mummies-saqqara-egypt-burial-shafts.html https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/15/world/middleeast/egypt-discovery-mummies.html
    https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/treasure-trove-of-mummy-coffins-in-egypt-saved-from-desert-2-500-years-on-cdl6ng88h
    https://www.scmp.com/news/world/africa/article/3109892/egypt-showcases-scores-2500-year-old-coffins-found-saqqara
    https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/egyptian-archaeologists-make-the-biggest-discovery-in-2020
    https://www.cnn.com/style/article/100-coffins-mummies-saqqara-scli-intl-scn/index.html
    https://www.9news.com.au/world/egypt-unveils-ancient-coffins-statues-found-in-saqqara/32086bb0-7a96-4009-91d4-bbcba8ce6322
    https://www.sciencetimes.com/articles/28224/20201115/100-more-coffins-found-egypts-necropolis-saqqara.htm
    https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/uncategorized/egypt-unveils-100-sarcophagi/ https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/11/egypt-finds-treasure-trove-of-over-100.html
    https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2020/11/16/more-than-100-sarcophagi-were-presented-last-saturday-in-saqqara/
    https://www.archaeology.org/news/9209-201116-egypt-saqqara-coffins

    ... and some overviewish things about recent finds at Saqqara:

    https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/archaeologists-are-just-beginning-unearth-mummies-and-secrets-saqqara-180976301/
    https://www.iol.co.za/travel/africa/why-egypts-saqqara-region-continues-to-give-up-its-sarcophagi-aaebd7ee-2156-542f-8269-fe90fb40356d

    An interesting 1800 years BCE tomb reveals evidence of a possible ancient Egyptian gynaecological treatment:

    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-8961247/Gynaecology-ancient-Egypt-REVEALED.html
    https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2020/11/20/ancient-egyptian-tomb-yields-gynecological-treatment-evidence/

    More on the recent analysis of the First Book of Breathing papyrus:

    https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/ancient-egypt-gods-death-archaeology-book-of-the-dead-books-of-breathing-1.9316371

    Feature on Amarna:

    https://www.heritagedaily.com/2020/11/amarna-the-city-of-the-heretic-pharaoh/136111

    An archaeologist is urging for conservation of the Achaemenid-era Bostan Khani Dam:

    https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/454693/Archaeologist-accentuates-proper-maintenance-of-Achaemenid-masterpiece

    Feature on efforts to preserve Iraq's antiquities from theft and the like:

    https://www.ft.com/content/56289a8e-5f68-4163-9bb2-c457000dd263

    Evidence that folks in Israel were contending with lead pollution some 3000 years bp:

    https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/.premium-people-in-biblical-israel-3-000-years-ago-suffered-lead-pollution-1.9318265
    https://gath.wordpress.com/2020/11/19/haaretz-piece-on-pollution-article/

    Interesting evidence found of Iron Age silver counterfeiting prior to the invention of coinage:

    https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/dirty-old-money-researchers-reveal-iron-age-silver-forgery-649864
    https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/.premium-counterfeiting-began-even-before-money-was-invented-archaeologists-deduce-1.9322163

    Feature on toilets in ancient Israel:

    https://www.israel21c.org/lifting-the-lid-on-israels-best-ancient-toilets/

    More on the Iron Age fort in the Golan:

    https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/11/iron-age-fort-discovered-on-golan.html

    More on those four 1000 years bp gold coins found in the Western Wall Plaza:

    http://www.sci-news.com/archaeology/gold-coins-fatimid-period-israel-09068.html https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/1000-year-old-gold-coins-found/ ================================================================
    ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS) ================================================================
    The big news this week appears to be the find (and casting) of two more victims of Vesuvius at Pompeii:

    https://www.ansa.it/english/news/lifestyle/arts/2020/11/21/pompeii-gives-back-whole-bodies-of-two-fugitives_775c9f93-2ce6-4a2f-8826-44abfd1390ad.html
    https://phys.org/news/2020-11-bodies-slave-unearthed-ashes-pompeii.html https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/nov/21/pompeii-dig-reveals-almost-perfect-remains-of-a-master-and-his-slave
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-55029538 https://www.dw.com/en/workers-in-athens-find-ancient-head-of-the-greek-god-hermes/a-55677876
    https://apnews.com/article/entertainment-volcanic-eruptions-37e83ba403c7bbd871c6c33c57c0a051
    https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/bodies-of-man-and-his-slave-unearthed-from-ashes-at-pompeii/2020/11/21/77589e9c-2bfa-11eb-9c21-3cc501d0981f_story.html
    https://www.reuters.com/article/instant-article/idAFKBN2810JI https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/21/europe/pompeii-rich-man-slave-bodies-scli-intl/index.html
    https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/pompeii-ruins-slave-and-rich-mans-bodies-found-lying-side-by-side-649817
    https://www.dw.com/en/pompeii-archaeologists-discover-bodies-of-man-and-his-slave/a-55686844
    https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Bodies-of-man-and-his-slave-unearthed-from-ashes-15744602.php
    https://www.startribune.com/bodies-of-man-and-his-slave-unearthed-from-ashes-at-pompeii/573152431/
    https://www.thedailybeast.com/two-corpses-of-master-and-slave-discovered-at-pompeii
    https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/11/the-bodies-of-cloaked-man-and-his-slave.html

    ... while a fresco of Theseus and Ariadne was also revealed:

    https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/stunning-fresco-of-ariadne-and-theseus-unearthed-at-pompeii-qbjxv23th

    A Punic tomb from Zejtun:

    https://www.independent.com.mt/articles/2020-11-17/local-news/Punic-tomb-complete-with-skeleton-and-pottery-unearthed-in-Zejtun-6736228728
    https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/11/punic-tomb-unearthed-in-maltas-zejtun.html

    Turkish fishermen netted a large bronze statue of a woman off the coast of Marmaris:

    https://greekcitytimes.com/2020/11/20/turkish-fishermen-300kg-statue/ https://eu.greekreporter.com/2020/11/20/missing-sister-of-kalymnos-lady-statue-discovered-on-aegean-seabed/
    https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/11/turkish-fishermen-net-300-kilo-ancient.html

    Recent finds from Vryokastraki (near Kythnos) ... various periods:

    https://greekcitytimes.com/2020/11/17/archaeologists-excavations-vryokastraki/

    Red figure pottery from Gravina (Italian):

    https://www.barinedita.it/cronaca/n4141-gravina-sulla-collina-delle-meraviglie-rinvenute-anfore-millenarie-e-la-tomba-di-un-atleta

    Possible remains of Caligula's palace have been revealed beneath a 19th century office building:

    https://www.wantedinrome.com/news/rome-unearths-remains-of-caligulas-lavish-palace-and-gardens.html
    https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/caligulas-ancient-rome-house-of-infamy-revealed-qhnht5djh
    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-8953225/Lavish-home-indulgent-Emperor-Caligula-discovered-Rome.html

    ... and a feature on Caligula:

    https://www.historyextra.com/period/roman/caligula-facts-life-biography-horse-consul-incitatus-little-boots-how-die/

    A inscriptional letter of Severus and Caracalla found at Nicopolis ad Istrum in the 1920s has been reassembled and translated:

    http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2020/11/12/roman-emperor-lied-thanked-city-for-bribe-reveals-newly-decoded-inscription-from-ancient-nicopolis-ad-istrum-in-bulgaria/
    https://www.archaeology.org/news/9211-201116-bulgaria-imperial-letter

    37 burials and remains of hypogea from Marsala (date?):

    https://itacanotizie.it/2020/11/21/sepolture/

    A Late Roman 'burgus' from excavations at the Pomodiana Fortress in northwest Bulgaria:

    http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2020/11/16/archaeologists-unearth-burgus-tower-fort-in-lesser-known-roman-danube-fortress-bulldozed-by-treasure-hunters-in-northwest-bulgaria/

    Europa Nostra has called for Thessaloniki antiquities to be preserved on site:

    https://news.gtp.gr/2020/11/20/europa-nostra-calls-thessaloniki-antiquities-preserved-on-site/

    Anthony Barrett's new book on Nero is spawning some revisionist commentary by various folks:

    https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/was-nero-that-bad-blog-post-mary-beard/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/what-was-nero-really-doing-while-rome-burned/2020/11/19/4118bd20-029d-11eb-897d-3a6201d6643f_story.html

    ... and an article with a similar spin seems unaware of Barrett's book:

    https://www.deseret.com/faith/2020/11/19/21570601/daniel-peterson-nero-fiddle-while-rome-burned-possibly-history-agrippina-shakespeare-richard

    Feature on Jennifer Stager's mosaic course:

    https://magazine.krieger.jhu.edu/2020/11/syllabus-past-meets-present-among-the-tiles/

    Hypish on Eric Rebillard's book on ealry marthyr narratives:

    https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2020/11/roman-historian-views-early-martyr-narratives-living-texts

    Feature on the Pantheon:

    https://www.cnn.com/style/article/pantheon-history-test-of-time/index.html

    Feature on what ancient Romans ate:

    http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/what-did-ancient-romans-eat/

    Feature on death in ancient Greece:

    https://www.thegreatcoursesdaily.com/death-in-ancient-greece/

    ... and a related piece:

    https://www.thegreatcoursesdaily.com/living-the-ancient-greek-death/

    ... and ancient Greek ideas about the afterlife:

    https://www.thegreatcoursesdaily.com/the-ancient-greek-afterlife-and-its-evolution/

    An Ecce Romani love story:

    https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/20/style/a-perfect-introduction-for-two-latin-lovers.html

    More on that head of Hermes (?) found in downtown Athens last week:

    https://www.culture.gov.gr/el/Information/SitePages/view.aspx?nID=3570 https://greekcitytimes.com/2020/11/15/head-of-ancient-statue-found-athens/ https://apnews.com/article/entertainment-athens-greece-3aa06a6d022a737170a45612c00ca97f
    https://www.dw.com/en/workers-in-athens-find-ancient-head-of-the-greek-god-hermes/a-55677876
    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-8953053/Ancient-Greek-gods-bust-Athens-sewage-work.html
    https://www.dailysabah.com/life/history/ancient-statue-of-greek-god-hermes-dug-up-in-athens
    https://naftemporiki.gr/story/1658594/ton-theo-ermi-apeikonizei-i-arxaia-kefali-pou-brethike-sto-kentro-tis-athinas
    https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3109963/ancient-bust-greek-god-hermes-found-during-athens-sewage-works
    https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2020/11/15/ancient-bust-greek-god-hermes-found-during-athens-sewage-work/6306713002/
    https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/ancient-greek-gods-bust-found-athens-sewage-works-74222854
    https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2020/11/16/head-of-hermes-found-in-downtown-athens/
    https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/ancient-bust-hermes-was-discovered-drainage-duct-180976320/
    http://www.archaeology.org/news/9210-201116-greece-hermes-sculpture

    More on figures of Demeter and Persephone being found at Anapa (Russia):

    https://greekcitytimes.com/2020/11/18/statuettes-goddess-demeter-anapa/ https://eu.greekreporter.com/2020/11/19/figurines-of-demeter-and-persephone-found-in-russias-black-sea-town-of-anapa/

    More on the (Roman) Barbegal mlll complex in France:

    https://www.uni-mainz.de/presse/aktuell/12510_ENG_HTML.php https://phys.org/news/2020-11-unique-hydraulics-barbegal-mills-world.html https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2020/11/16/the-worlds-first-industrial-plant/ https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/11/the-unique-hydraulics-in-barbegal-water.html
    https://www.archaeology.org/news/9223-201119-roman-water-wheels

    More on that Roman-era glass vase from Autun:

    https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/roman-vase-found-grave-site-france-1234576634/
    https://www.archaeology.org/news/9213-201117-france-roman-glass

    More on that Apollo seal from Israel's Tzurim Valley National Park:

    http://www.sci-news.com/archaeology/apollo-seal-09061.html

    More on MEPs asking the UK to return the Parthenon Marbles:

    https://www.argophilia.com/news/european-parliament-members-plead-with-the-uk-for-parthenon-marbles/227682/
    https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/11/30-meps-ask-boris-johnson-to-return.html

    More hype for the LEGO Colosseum coming out just in time for Saturnalia:

    https://hyperallergic.com/601959/rome-wasnt-built-in-a-day-lego-announces-colosseum-model/
    https://www.nbcnews.com/shopping/gift-guides/lego-roman-colosseum-set-n1248075 https://www.apollo-magazine.com/giant-lego-colosseum/
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    Roman Archaeology Blog:

    http://romanarc.blogspot.com/

    Rogueclassicism:

    http://rogueclassicism.com/ ================================================================
    EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland) ================================================================
    I think we mentioned the find of the 5000+ years bp 'upright' burial of the 'lady of Bietikow':

    https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/11/neolithic-skeleton-find-in-germany.html

    5 000 years bp kilns from a site in the Karlovo Valley (Bulgaria):

    http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2020/11/20/economic-section-of-5000-year-old-settlement-with-%D0%B0-dozen-kilns-found-in-central-bulgarian-valley/

    Interesting 4000+ years bp clay mask/figurine from a mound near Providiya (Bulgaria):

    http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2020/11/15/mouthless-prehistoric-alien-mask-mixing-human-animal-features-found-in-salt-pit-settlement-mound-in-bulgarias-provadiya/
    https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/11/mouthless-alien-mask-found-at-late.html

    Mesolithic and Bronze Age finds from a dig at an estate in the New Forest:

    https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-hampshire-54972027 https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/18885588.bronze-age-burial-site-found-new-forest/
    http://www.archaeology.org/news/9225-201120-new-forest-prehistory

    A massive 8th-11th century Muslim necropolis from near Zaragoza (Spain):

    https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/necropolis-muslim-intl-scli-scn/index.html https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/spanish-roadworks-reveal-ancient-islamic-burial-site-fw9qz2rg6
    https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20201119-spain-roadworks-run-into-ancient-muslim-burial-site/
    https://www.arabnews.com/node/1765436/world https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2020/11/22/archaeologists-find-4500-skeletons-at-8th-century-burial-ground-in-north-east-spain/
    https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/11/ancient-islamic-burial-ground.html

    Evidence that an 11th century fortress in Bulgaria was destroyed by Crusaders during the Third Crusade:

    http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2020/11/14/11th-century-byzantine-empire-fortress-in-southeast-bulgaria-destroyed-by-crusaders-from-third-crusade-archaeologists-find/

    A 13th century clergyman's burial from Veliko Tarnovo:

    http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2020/11/17/13th-century-clergymans-grave-with-gospel-of-john-inscription-on-pillow-brick-byzantine-gold-threads-found-in-medieval-bulgarian-capital-tarnovgrad/

    An inscribed horse shoulder blade (1300 CE or so) from the Rusocastro Fortress:

    http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2020/11/19/horse-shoulder-blade-with-mysterious-magic-ritual-marks-from-ca-1300-ad-discovered-in-rusocastro-fortress-in-southeast-bulgaria/
    http://www.archaeology.org/news/9226-201120-bulgaria-horse-bone

    A study of the impact of the transition from tribal to feudal living in 14th century Poland:

    https://phys.org/news/2020-11-transition-feudal-14th-century-impacted.html https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-11/sr-att111320.php https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/11/transition-to-feudal-living-in-14th.html
    https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2020/11/20/transition-to-feudal-living-in-14th-c-impacted-local-ecosystems/

    Finds from various periods from a housing development site in East Cambridgshire:

    https://www.elystandard.co.uk/news/prehistoric-graves-revealed-on-building-site-1-6935749
    http://www.archaeology.org/news/9224-201120-england-cambridgeshire-graves

    Remains of a 16th century military person from the bottom of a Lithuanian lake:

    https://www.livescience.com/medieval-soldier-lake-lithuania.html https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-8971059/Skeleton-16th-century-solider-discovered-underwater-bridge-inspection-Lithuania.html
    https://www.sciencetimes.com/articles/28348/20201120/remains-soldier-medieval-period-found-lithuanian-lake.htm
    https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/11/remains-of-medieval-soldier-found-in.html
    https://www.archaeology.org/news/9219-201119-lithuania-human-remains http://www.archaeology.org/news/9219-201119-lithuania-human-remains

    Evidence of a 'coverup' of a massacre at Shelford during the English Civil War:

    https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-54973017

    Plans to restore Lindow Man's peat bog:

    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/environment/2020/11/15/lindow-mans-peat-bog-restored-former-glory/

    In case you were wondering why the Stonehenge tunnal was a controversy:

    https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/controversial-stonehenge-tunnel-approved-180976319/

    ... and more coverage of it being approved:

    https://www.euronews.com/2020/11/20/anger-at-plans-to-build-a-dual-carriageway-beneath-uk-s-prehistoric-stonehenge
    https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/rival-factions-battle-for-soul-of-stonehenge-3wn5vfxfv

    Feature on five Scottish stone circles:

    https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/18880908.five-scottish-stone-circles-brodgar-callanish-calanais-arran-lewis-bronze-age/

    Scientists are trying to recreate the smell of 16th century Europe for some reason:

    https://www.livescience.com/scents-old-europe-history.html https://www.theguardian.com/science/2020/nov/17/scents-of-history-study-hopes-to-recreate-smells-of-old-europe

    Concerns for the Davidank Orthodox monastery:

    https://fr.aleteia.org/2020/11/16/haut-karabakh-le-sort-incertain-du-monastere-millenaire-de-dadivank/

    On how profits from slavery impacted the Scottish Highlands:

    https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/new-research-investigates-how-enslavement-profits-changed-landscape-scottish-highlands-180976311/

    More on finds being made in the vicinity of the Gjellestad ship (and their implications):

    https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/excavation-viking-ship-burial-continues-new-research-reveals-history-elite-scandinavian-society-180976273/
    https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/archaeologists-discover-incredible-1000-year-old-viking-burial-site-in-norway

    More on the cache of musket balls associated with Bonnie Prince Charlie:

    https://www.obantimes.co.uk/2020/11/18/trio-of-metal-detectorists-uncover-secret-jacobite-hoard-on-shore-of-lochaber-loch/
    https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/musket-balls-18th-century-jacobite-rebellion-found-scotland-180976366/
    http://www.archaeology.org/news/9221-201119-scotland-jacobite-ammunition

    More on the Henry VIII jousting yard find:

    https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/637556/henry-viii-accident-jousting-yard-discovery
    https://www.express.co.uk/news/science/1362733/royal-news-archaeology-henry-viii-jousting-accident-evg

    More on remains of a medieval port in Eindhoven:

    https://nltimes.nl/2020/11/15/remains-medieval-port-found-eindhoven http://www.archaeology.org/news/9212-201117-netherlands-gate-canal

    More on the burial of those 30 000+ years bp twins:

    https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/11/oldest-known-identical-twins-found-in.html

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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 ================================================================
    Neolithic finds (mostly ... some later items too) from China's Anhui province:

    http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2020-11/16/c_139519892.htm http://www.china.org.cn/arts/2020-11/16/content_76915880.htm

    Song Dynasty porcelain from a family cemetery in Shaanxi:

    http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2020-11/17/c_139522686.htm

    A 10th century 'romanesque' bathhouse from Xinjiang:

    http://www.ecns.cn/news/culture/2020-11-19/detail-ihaeatyh1833494.shtml

    More on those 3000 years bp leather balls from China:

    https://www.zmescience.com/science/3000-year-old-leather-balls-from-china-might-point-to-the-origin-of-polo/

    Feature on the Terracotta Warriors:

    https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/the-terracotta-army-what-these-life-size-clay-warriors-tell-us-about-ancient

    Feature on the Silk Road:

    https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/the-silk-road-was-more-than-a-vast-trade-route

    Late Jomon era finds from a dig in Fukushima:

    https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20201116/p2a/00m/0na/012000c

    XRay imaging of 3600 years bp pottery shards from Kyushu revealed impressions made by various weevils:

    https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-11/ku-xio111620.php https://phys.org/news/2020-11-x-ray-imaging-beetles-ancient-japanese.html https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/11/x-ray-imaging-of-beetles-world-in-3600.html
    https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2020/11/18/x-ray-imaging-of-a-beetles-world-in-ancient-earthenware/
    http://www.archaeology.org/news/9220-201119-japan-maize-weevils

    A recently-found Edo period document reveals a sort of Hosokawa clan code of conduct:

    https://phys.org/news/2020-11-laws-early-edo-japan-peace.html https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-11/ku-ndn111820.php https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2020/11/19/no-drinking-no-fighting-the-laws-of-early-edo-japan/
    https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/11/no-drinking-no-fighting-laws-of-early.html

    A 1300 years bp Lord Vishnu temple from Pakistan's Swat district:

    https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/ancient-hindu-temple-discovered-in-northwest-pakistan/article33141958.ece
    https://zeenews.india.com/world/1300-years-old-lord-vishnu-temple-discovered-in-pakistans-swat-district-2325777.html
    https://www.dawn.com/news/1591711/archaeologists-make-new-discoveries-in-ancient-swat-town
    https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/punjab/1-300-year-old-ancient-hindu-temple-discovered-in-pakistan-173170
    https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/ancient-hindu-temple-discovered-in-northwest-pakistan/1979256
    https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/lord-vishnus-1-300-year-old-temple-discovered-in-northwest-pakistan-2328135

    An interesting 16th century copper plate documenting abduction of women and their ransom:

    https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/madurai/16th-c-copper-plate-inscription-details-abduction-of-women-bribe/articleshow/79251994.cms

    Concerns (?) for remains of an unfinished 13th century shrine in the Warangal Urban district:

    https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/unfinished-temple-of-kakatiya-era-lies-in-ruins/article33103827.ece

    Excavating an Otago gold-rush cemetery has commenced:

    https://www.stuff.co.nz/otago/123405283/excavation-of-human-remains-from-otago-goldrush-era-begins
    https://www.odt.co.nz/regions/central-otago/archaeologists-find-six-previously-unknown-graves
    A 'road of bones' found in Siberia may be associated with Russia's 1917-22 civil war:

    https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/nov/17/russia-uncovers-road-of-bones-on-frozen-highway-in-siberia

    Another apology from an Australian mining company ... nothing destroyed though (yet):

    https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/nov/17/fortescue-regrets-causing-offence-with-threat-of-legal-action-during-bid-to-destroy-aboriginal-sites-in-pilbara
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    NORTH AMERICA
    ================================================================
    Evidence that ice melt was a major source of water for Ancestral Pueblans in New Mexico:

    https://www.usf.edu/news/2020/usf-led-geosciences-team-discovers-ancestral-puebloans-survived-from-ice-melt-in-new-mexico-lava-tubes.aspx
    https://phys.org/news/2020-11-geoscientists-ancestral-puebloans-survived-ice.html
    https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-11/uosf-gda111720.php https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/11/201118080741.htm https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/clues-to-puebloan-history-drip-away-in-melting-ice-caves/
    https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/11/geoscientists-discover-ancestral.html
    https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2020/11/19/ancestral-puebloans-survived-from-ice-melt-in-new-mexico-lava-tubes/
    http://www.archaeology.org/news/9222-201119-water-ancestral-puebloans

    A 170+ years bp (i.e. pre-contact) artifact of some sort from a Kelowna beach:

    https://www.kelownacapnews.com/news/artifact-estimated-more-than-170-years-old-found-on-kelowna-beach/
    https://www.similkameenspotlight.com/news/artifact-estimated-more-than-170-years-old-found-on-kelowna-beach/

    Latest from the dig at Colonial Williamsburg's First Baptist Church:

    https://www.dailypress.com/virginiagazette/va-vg-firstbaptist-latest-1114-20201116-jgnzmtybt5e3lbuawgvv5uff3i-story.html
    http://www.archaeology.org/news/9216-201118-williamsburg-church-site

    Plenty of finds from Revolutionary-War era site in Wethersfield (CT):

    https://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-news-connecticut-museum-archaeology-wethersfield-20201116-zadbiod5gvgedfq56o4se4hv34-story.html
    https://news.yahoo.com/recently-discovered-trove-artifacts-changing-111400589.html
    http://www.archaeology.org/news/9214-201117-connecticut-pequot-war

    Some more remains from Fort Douglas have been found on the University of Utah campus:

    https://www.fox13now.com/news/local-news/excavation-in-salt-lake-city-uncovers-secrets-from-1870

    Another possible lost Black cemetery site on MacDill Air Force base:

    https://www.tampabay.com/life-culture/history/2020/11/13/possible-black-cemetery-found-on-macdill-air-force-base/
    https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/possible-remains-early-20th-century-black-cemetery-found-florida-180976326/
    http://www.archaeology.org/news/9215-201117-florida-lost-cemetery

    Erosion revealed a possible 200 years bp shipwreck from Crescent Beach (Florida):

    https://thestreetjournal.org/2020/11/200-year-old-florida-shipwreck-found-when-erosion-washed-away-sand/
    https://www.firstcoastnews.com/article/news/local/shipwreck-revealed-as-waves-erode-sand-from-crescent-beach/77-522bd594-e0bc-40c2-ab4d-d8a46fa0bf3f
    https://www.firstcoastnews.com/article/news/local/more-of-a-shipwreck-on-the-beach-is-visible-archaeologists-have-theories-about-where-it-came-from/77-efe0f284-63fb-40c2-a449-0028a3324518
    https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/shipwreck-exposed-florida-coast-could-be-200-years-old-180976351/
    http://www.archaeology.org/news/9218-201118-florida-beach-shipwreck

    Feature on 'hobby archaeologists' in Ohio:

    https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/columns/2020/11/22/archaeology-amateurs-have-much-offer-searching-ohios-past/3778247001/

    Feature on the Chicago Fire:

    https://www.americanheritage.com/olearys-and-great-chicago-fire?fbclid=IwAR1A4alYosoL50eTwHcXQzaJlmkHgkqA1h7lW0W087ssvd3fUgCdFyG4rGQ

    Challenging the slave-holder claim regarding Alexander Hamilton:

    https://dailygazette.com/2020/11/15/hamilton-descendant-speaks-out-against-schuyler-mansion-report/

    More on the search for the home of Harriet Tubman's father:

    http://www.wboc.com/story/42919108/maryland-archaeologists-search-for-home-clues-of-harriet-tubmans-father

    Reviewish of Thomas Ricks, *First Principles*:

    https://whyy.org/episodes/what-the-greeks-and-romans-taught-the-founding-fathers/
    ================================================================
    CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA ================================================================
    Feature on LIDAR locating Maya sites:

    https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p08rwhzr/the-maya-world-untouched-for-centuries http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20200914-in-guatemala-the-maya-world-untouched-for-centuries

    Pondering the Dominican Republic's African past:

    http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20201117-santo-domingo-the-city-that-kept-slavery-silent

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    Mike Ruggeri's Ancient Americas Breaking News:

    http://goo.gl/1VdeA

    Ancient MesoAmerica News:

    http://ancient-mesoamerica-news-updates.blogspot.com/ ================================================================
    OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST ================================================================
    Not sure where to put this one on whether Jesus was 'ugly' and how the early church portrayed Him:

    https://www.thedailybeast.com/was-jesus-ugly-the-early-church-thought-so

    ... or this one on the lessons of France's wars of religion and the US:

    https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/11/wars-religion-france-polarization.html

    Suggestion that a piece of 'graffiti' on the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence may have been done by Michelangelo:

    https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/new-research-says-michelangelo-may-have-made-carving-palazzo-vecchio-180976310/


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