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explorator 23.42 February 7, 2021
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Thanks to Arthur Shippee, Dave Sowdon, Edward Rockstein, Kurt Theis,
John McMahon, Barnea Selavan, Joseph Lauer, Mike Ruggeri, Hernan Astudillo, Richard Campbell, Barbara Saylor Rodgers, Bob Heuman, David Critchley,
Richard Miller, Kris Curry, Rick Heli, Richard C. Griffiths, Frank MacKay,
Don Buck, mata kimasitayo, and Ross W. Sargent for headses upses this week
(as always hoping I have left no one out).

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EARLY HOMINIDS
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A study of Neanderthal teeth from Jersey is the latest evience of Neanderthal/homo sapiens interbreeding:

https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/2021/february/human-teeth-in-jersey-hint-at-neanderthal-homo-sapiens-interbreeding.html
https://phys.org/news/2021-02-closer-neanderthals-la-cotte-de.html https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-55882130 https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/01/europe/neanderthal-interbreeding-teeth-scn/index.html
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/neanderthal-humans-channel-islands-jersey-cave-b1795457.html
https://gizmodo.com/more-evidence-that-neanderthals-were-absorbed-by-huma-1846173050
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/02/neanderthal-teeth-from-la-cotte-de-st.html
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9414-210202-neanderthal-modern-human

see also: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0047248420302001

What we're learning from 50 000 years bp Neanderthal 'faecal sediments':

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-02/udb-ngm020321.php https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/02/neanderthals-faecal-sediments-reveals-how-gut-microbiota-benefits-our-health/137052

Not sure how they're dating the story of the Pleiades to 100 000 years bp:

https://www.livescience.com/pleiades-constellation-origin-story.html

Possible 120 000 years bp evidence of the use of symbols from some etched bones from Ramle (Israel):

https://phys.org/news/2021-02-prehistoric-bone-etchings-believed-oldest.html https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-02/thuo-nds020321.php https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/worlds-oldest-emojis-unearthed-at-prehistoric-site-in-israel-657683
http://www.sci-news.com/archaeology/engraved-aurochs-bone-nesher-ramla-israel-09326.html
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/essential-timeline-understanding-evolution-homo-sapiens-180976807/
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/02/120000-year-old-bone-etchings-believed.html
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/02/04/archaeologists-uncover-evidence-of-the-oldest-human-use-of-symbols/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/02/new-discovery-sheds-light-on-human-history-of-symbols/137045
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9420-210204-israel-engraved-bone

see also: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1040618221000021

Study suggests human 'thumb opposition' dates back 2 million years:

https://cosmosmagazine.com/the-body/thumbs-up-and-over/ https://gizmodo.com/human-thumbs-got-a-major-upgrade-2-million-years-ago-s-1846150313
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/01/modelling-study-of-ancient-thumbs.html
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/02/02/thumb-dexterity-helped-spark-the-development-of-human-culture/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/9411-210201-hominin-thumb-dexterity

A timeline of human evolution:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/essential-timeline-understanding-evolution-homo-sapiens-180976807/

More on that 350 000 years bp 'abrading tool' from Israel:

http://www.sci-news.com/archaeology/abrading-tool-tabun-cave-israel-09305.html

More on the Indonesian pig petroglyph:

https://www.sapiens.org/archaeology/cave-paintings/

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AFRICA
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More on evidence for early milk drinking in Africa:

https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/01/ancient-proteins-help-track-early-milk.html

More on malaria in 15th century Cabo Verde:

https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/01/malaria-threw-human-evolution-into.html

More on evidence for past 'greenings' of the Sahara:

https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/02/02/past-river-activity-in-northern-africa-reveals-multiple-sahara-greenings/
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/01/past-river-activity-in-northern-africa.html
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The finds from Taposiris Magna mentioned last week are being hyped this week because one (or more?) of the mummies had a gold tongue:

https://www.livescience.com/mummy-with-gold-tongue-discovered.html https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/03/science/egypt-mummy-golden-tongue.html https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-55902631 https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/ancient-mummies-golden-tongues-egypt-b1796430.html
http://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/499/reader/reader.html?social#!preferred/0/package/499/pub/499/page/48/article/137771
https://www.dw.com/en/egypt-2000-year-old-mummies-unearthed-with-golden-tongues/a-56447918
https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/97144/Live-Science-shed-light-on-Egyptian-mummy-with-golden-tongue
https://www.arabnews.com/node/1803321/art-culture https://greekcitytimes.com/2021/02/01/egypt-archaeological-discovery/ https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nation-world/ct-aud-nw-nyt-mummy-golden-tongue-20210203-5wmgkqpy6ff5vdj4uftnxr7f34-story.html
https://www.israelhayom.com/2021/02/04/egyptian-archeologists-discover-golden-tongued-mummies-near-alexandria/
https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/mummy-golden-tongue-scli-intl-scn/index.html https://www.sciencealert.com/a-2-000-year-old-mummy-was-found-buried-with-a-golden-tongue
https://www.9news.com.au/world/mummy-with-gold-tongue-found-in-egypt-linked-to-cleopatra-vii/e9f23075-cfbc-4101-a033-9b02371c7399
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-unearth-golden-tongued-mummy-egypt-180976905/
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/01/graeco-roman-burials-found-at-egypts.html
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/02/01/greco-roman-burials-found-at-taposiris-magna/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9413-210202-alexandria-osiris-mummies

A new analysis of a 20th Dynasty mummy suggests she had a 'mud carapace' as part of the embalming process:

https://phys.org/news/2021-02-uncovers-rare-mud-carapace-mortuary.html https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-02/p-nsu012721.php https://www.livescience.com/ancient-egyptian-mud-mummy.html https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/500/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/500/pub/500/page/40/article/138035
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/ancient-egyptian-mummy-wrapped-unusual-mud-shell
https://www.sciencealert.com/archaeologists-uncover-an-ancient-egyptian-mummy-wrapped-in-a-strange-mud-cocoon
https://www.iflscience.com/editors-blog/extremely-rare-mudcaked-mummy-reveals-unusual-ancient-egyptian-mortuary-practice/
https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/02/ancient-embalmers-used-mud-to-hold-a-damaged-mummy-together/
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/02/new-study-uncovers-rare-mud-carapace.html
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/02/05/discovery-of-a-rare-mud-carapace-used-on-a-mummified-individual/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/new-study-finds-mummy-inside-mud-shell-180976925/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9425-210205-mud-wrapped-mummy

Feature on a Chinese and Egyptian team's efforts at the Montu Temple in Luxor:

http://www.china.org.cn/photos/2021-02/02/content_77179639.htm

More on the Ptolemaic temple, Roman fort, and Coptic church remains from Aswan:

https://www.livescience.com/fort-church-temple-ancient-egypt.html https://uk.news.yahoo.com/ruins-ancient-fort-church-temple-120040020.html https://greekcitytimes.com/2021/02/03/ancient-ptolemaic-temple-egypt/

More on the recent find of a funerary temple at Saqqara:

http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/africa/2021-02/03/c_139718713.htm

OpEd on how the recent Saqqara finds should benefit Egypt:

https://elpais.com/cultura/2021-01-30/el-momento-de-saqqara.html

... and the recent finds from there have been transferred to the Alexandria National Museum:

https://www.egyptindependent.com/egypt-transfers-taposiris-magna-temple-discoveries-to-alexandria-national-museum/

Visiting the Abu Simbel temples virtually:

https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/97216/Haven%E2%80%99t-yet-visited-Egypt-s-Abu-Simbel-Temples-Now-you

On the role of environmental change in Egypt's early history:

https://theconversation.com/environmental-change-may-have-played-a-role-at-the-dawn-of-egyptian-history-heres-how-154429

Feature on who built the pyramids:

https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/who-built-the-egyptian-pyramids-not-slaves

Archaeologists are poking around the prehistoric site of Tol-e Qaleh (near Persepolis):

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/457630/Archaeologists-probe-Tol-e-Qaleh-near-Persepolis

Ecbatana is closer to heritage status:

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/457605/Ecbatana-once-summer-capital-of-Achaemenid-Empire-one-step

Feature on Sasanid Persia:

http://www.asor.org/anetoday/2021/02/last-empire-iran/

Feature on Darius the Great:

https://www.thecollector.com/darius-the-great-king-of-kings/

OpEddish thing on the challenges currently facing the site of Babylon:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/06/world/middleeast/babylon-iraq-archeology-conservation.html

Feature on the folks working on rebuilding Mosul:

https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-middle-east-55941928

I think we mentioned this find of a Luwian site at Turkmen-Karahoyuk:

https://www.zmescience.com/science/archaeology/turkey-unknown-kingdom-04022021/

Feature on why turtles were not eaten in the Levant some 10 000 years bp:

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/.premium-shell-shock-why-were-turtles-hardly-eaten-in-the-levant-10-000-years-ago-1.9487686

Feature on the work at the submerged Byzantine Kibatos Castle in the Sea of Marmara:

https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/underwater-research-reveals-secrets-of-submerged-kibatos-castle/news

Evidence of 6500 years bp olive 'pickling'/consumption from a site off the coast of Haifa:

https://www.haifa.ac.il/2021/02/02/ancient-olives/ https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/oldest-evidence-for-olive-eating-found-below-the-sea-657615
https://www.timesofisrael.com/evidence-of-olive-consumption-6600-years-ago-found-off-coast-of-haifa/
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/.premium-earliest-olive-pickling-factory-found-at-6-500-year-old-site-off-israeli-coast-1.9501993
https://www.jewishpress.com/news/israel/oldest-evidence-of-growing-olives-for-food-discovered-under-haifas-sea/2021/02/02/
https://www.ynetnews.com/travel/article/B1islZdeu

Some 5000 years bp dolmens first mentioned by the future George V and his brother have been 'rediscovered':

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/israeli-traces-footsteps-of-british-royals-to-uncover-ancient-tombs-2llbgh225

More on purple-dyed fabric dating to ca 1000 BCE from the Timna Valley:

https://www.livescience.com/rare-purple-textiles-discovered-israel.html https://news.artnet.com/art-world/purple-dye-archaeology-israel-1940853 https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/biblical-artifacts/artifacts-and-the-bible/the-royal-purple-of-david-and-solomon/
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/01/israeli-archaeologists-find-3000-year.html
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/fabric-dyed-royal-purple-3000-years-ago-found-israel-180976897/

More on evidence of a 7th century mosque at Tiberias:

https://www.livescience.com/very-old-mosque-found.html https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/.premium-one-of-the-world-oldest-mosques-found-in-tiberias-israel-1.9471405
https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/israel/1612022278-7th-century-mosque-found-in-northern-israeli-town-of-tiberias

Feature on the siege of Masada:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/02/the-siege-of-masada/137000

OpEd on damage and the like at Temple Mount:

https://www.jpost.com/opinion/damage-falsification-and-ill-will-on-the-temple-mount-opinion-657601

Problems trying to touristify Tell Megiddo:

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/.premium-destroying-armageddon-the-apocalypse-as-a-tourism-attraction-1.9488179

BAR has a new editor:

https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/first-person-glenn-j-corbett/bas-names-new-editor/

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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS) ================================================================
Hellenistic terracotta figurines from a theater site in Myra:

https://www.livescience.com/terracotta-figurines-discovered-turkey.html https://www.archaeology.org/news/9426-210205-turkey-terracotta-figurines

More Roman elite burials from the Santa Rosa necropolis in Vatican City:

https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/archaeologists-discover-friends-of-caesars-inside-vatican-city-657802

Anthropomorphic gravestones from the Bosporan kingdom:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/02/archaeologists-excavate-anthropomorphic-stele-at-roman-necropolis/137025

Remains of a 1st century CE Roman statue from Pola (Italian):

https://lavoce.hr/cronaca/cronaca-polese/pola-ritrovamento-storico-spunta-una-figura-togata-di-oltre-duemila-anni-fa

Latest finds from the wreck of Elgin's Mentor:

https://www.ekathimerini.com/261913/gallery/ekathimerini/in-images/mentor-shipwreck-research-continues
https://greece.greekreporter.com/2021/02/01/lord-elgins-shipwreck-yields-impressive-discoveries/
https://neoskosmos.com/en/184570/mentor-shipwreck-yields-new-finds-shedding-light-on-transport-of-looted-parthenon-marbles/
https://greekcitytimes.com/2021/02/02/treasure-lord-elgins-mentor-wreck/ https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/02/02/new-findings-from-the-historic-mentor-shipwreck/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9419-210203-parthenon-marbles-shipwreck

A scientific study of remains purported to be of St Philip and St James the Younger from Rome:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-02/uosd-sio020121.php https://phys.org/news/2021-02-scientific-believed-apostles.html https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/02/210201113552.htm https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/02/scientific-study-of-believed-remains-of-apostles/137009
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/02/scientific-investigations-of-believed.html
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/02/02/scientific-investigations-of-believed-remains-of-two-apostles/

More on the shipwrecks off Kasos:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-unearth-ancient-roman-artifacts-shipwreck-kasos-180976820/

More on puppy prints and swords from Sardis:

https://www.livescience.com/ancient-house-turkey-puppy-prints.html https://www.wionews.com/world/1500-year-old-house-with-ancient-paw-marks-of-dogs-found-in-turkey-361009
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9421-210204-turkey-sardis-swords

More on evidence of possible Boudicca-related Roman reprisals in Essex:

https://www.archaeology.co.uk/articles/news/evidence-of-roman-reprisals-in-essex-2.htm

More on Dr Ester Salgarella's work with Linear A:

https://greece.greekreporter.com/2021/01/28/minoan-language-linear-a-linked-to-linear-b-in-groundbreaking-new-research/

Funding to restore the Temple of Diana site at Nemi (Italian):

https://www.leggo.it/arte/nemi_stanziati_250mila_euro_per_recuperare_l_area_archeologica_e_il_tempio_di_diana-5745418.html

That Roman lead 'pig' ingot found by a metal detectorist a few years ago is going on display:

https://www.ilkleygazette.co.uk/news/19059240.rare-23-000-roman-lead-pig-ingot-will-take-pride-place-craven-museum/
https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/local-news/rare-roman-object-bought-23k-19760718

Reconstructing what was on the menu at that Pompeii thermopolium:

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/recreate-the-menu-of-pompeii-ancient-pub

A new digital map of the site of Pergamon:

https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/new-digital-maps-detail-izmirs-ancient-pergamon-city/news
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/culture/maps-of-ancient-city-in-turkey-now-available-online/2130643
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/02/new-detailed-map-reveals-extent-of-ancient-city-of-pergamon/137017

Feature on the possibility of temple prostitution associated with a temple of Aphrodite:

https://www.thedailybeast.com/mysteries-around-antiquitys-favorite-pimp-could-be-unlocked-by-temple-discovered-in-turkey

Feature on Horace's lyric poetry:

https://psyche.co/ideas/horaces-lyrics-of-friendship-offer-hope-to-our-troubled-world

Feature on Pandora's jar:

https://www.odt.co.nz/entertainment/books/pandoras-jar

Interesting feature on conserving a Roman sarcophagus at the Getty:

https://artsandculture.google.com/story/6AXRxqeEY3Ea1g

Feature on Jugurtha:

https://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/history-and-civilisation/2021/02/this-ruthless-african-king-knew-rome-was-for-sale-he-bought-it

Feature on Termessos:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/02/the-ancient-city-of-termessos/137055

Feature on Roman graffiti on Hadrian's Wall:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/02/the-roman-penises-carved-into-hadrians-wall/137034

Another feature pondering the existence of the Amazons:

https://www.livescience.com/who-were-amazon-warriors.html

Feature on the Peopling the Past project:

https://news.uwinnipeg.ca/innovative-digital-humanities-project-receives-national-recognition/

Features on folks pondering the current state of Classics this week ... first Dan-el Padilla Peralta:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/02/magazine/classics-greece-rome-whiteness.html

... and Shadi Bartsch:

https://www.newsday.com/opinion/commentary/classics-greece-rome-alt-right-homer-literature-ancient-history-capitol-riots-1.50142949
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/dont-yield-ancient-history-and-literature-to-the-alt-right/2021/02/03/3632ad7a-6635-11eb-886d-5264d4ceb46d_story.html

... and Dani Bostick:

https://www.learningforjustice.org/magazine/spring-2021/the-classical-roots-of-white-supremacy

... and Mary Beard was pondering what Classics is:

https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/what-is-classics-blog-post-mary-beard/

... and Andrew Sullivan:

https://andrewsullivan.substack.com/p/the-unbearable-whiteness-of-the-classics-d60

Semi-related opEd on ancient history and the US:

https://www.spectator.com.au/2021/02/rome-the-sequel/

As always at this time of year, explaining Roman numerals:

https://www.newsweek.com/why-super-bowl-2021-lv-roman-numerals-nfl-tradition-explained-1566870
https://sports.nbcsports.com/2021/02/01/super-bowl-2021-roman-numerals-naming/ https://www.wtsp.com/article/sports/nfl/superbowl/super-bowl-roman-numerals/67-e14dd406-2276-4815-8e35-e656c4ab416f

A nice Poseidon pareidolium:

https://nypost.com/2021/02/03/humongous-wave-bears-face-of-sea-god-poseidon/

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http://romanarc.blogspot.com/

Rogueclassicism:

http://rogueclassicism.com/ ================================================================
EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland) ================================================================ Neolithic/Chalcolithic finds from a site in Malaga:

https://www.euroweeklynews.com/2021/02/06/5000-year-old-archaeological-discovery-in-malaga/

A study of the Bronze Age diet in Switzerland:

https://www.unige.ch/communication/communiques/en/2021/que-mangeaient-les-suisses-a-lage-de-bronze/
https://phys.org/news/2021-02-swiss-bronze-age.html https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-02/udg-wdt020221.php https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/02/210202113755.htm https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/02/what-did-swiss-eat-during-bronze-age.html
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/02/03/what-did-the-swiss-eat-during-the-bronze-age/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9418-210203-bronze-age-farmers

Bronze age burials (and more) found at the Stonehenge tunnel site:

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/feb/04/archaeologist-unearth-bronze-age-graves-stonehenge-a303-tunnel-site
https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/somerset-news/archaeologists-unearth-neolithic-graves-stonehenge-4972747
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/02/excavations-in-stonehenge-landscape-reveals-neolithic-burials-bronze-age-enclosure/137064
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9423-210205-england-stonehenge-tunnel

Three Byzantine gold coins from Almus (Bulgaria):

http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2021/01/29/3-gold-coins-from-byzantine-empire-after-1071-battle-of-manzikert-found-in-bulgarias-lom-in-almus-lomgrad-ruins/

Remains of the hull of a medieval shipwreck in Estonia:

https://news.err.ee/1608092929/hulks-found-near-tallinn-lived-on-as-construction-material
https://www.archaeology.org/news/9417-210203-estonia-reused-shipwreck

An account of the ongoing dig at Caernarfon Castle:

https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/whats-been-found-caernarfon-castles-19769130

A trove of religious items found in a house in Drama (Greece):

https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/02/01/a-small-religious-treasure-found-in-drama/

Residues provide evidence of a thriving wine industry in medieval Islamic Sicily:

https://phys.org/news/2021-02-medieval-hint-wine-islamic-sicily.html https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/02/medieval-containers-hint-at-thriving.html
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/02/05/medieval-containers-hint-at-thriving-wine-trade-in-islamic-sicily/

Remains of a Victorian flagpole at Clifford's Tower:

https://yorkmix.com/remains-of-victorian-flagpole-discovered-by-archaeologists-at-cliffords-tower/

More on the Anglo-Saxon burials at Cambridge:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-55890358 https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/jan/30/find-of-the-century-medieval-hoard-of-treasures-unearthed-in-cambridge
https://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/cambridge-news/medieval-cemetery-kings-college-cambridge-19743374
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/medieval-cemetery-found-under-demolished-college-housing-180976907/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/9412-210201-anglo-saxon-cemetery

More on the find of a possible jewel from Henry VIII's crown (and more) by a metal detectorist:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leicestershire-55890488 https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/local-news/mechanic-metal-detector-finds-original-4951420
https://www.apollo-magazine.com/henry-viii-lost-crown-detectorist-tudor-gold/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/amateur-treasure-hunter-unearths-missing-centerpiece-henry-viiis-crown-180976902/

More on the history of the Champagne vineyards:

https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/01/history-of-champagne-vineyards-revealed.html

Reviewish of a book on the Bristol flood of 1607:

https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/history/bristols-great-flood-1607-fragile-4963873

Plans for an investigation of 'derelict' buildings at Castle Park (Bristol):

https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/archaelogists-investigate-derelict-buildings-castle-4962376

Efforts to save an imperial spa site in Romania:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-55827510

UK metal detectorists found a lot of things this year:

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2021/feb/03/buried-treasure-record-uk-haul-fuelled-by-rise-in-metal-detectorists

... and Hamphire seems to be a 'hotspot':

https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/500/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/500/pub/500/page/51/article/138028

... and some things it is hoped they will find:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/02/06/britains-archaeological-mysteries-four-treasures-still-unearthed/

A study of Venetian-era wells and cisterns from Chania:

https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/02/05/apokoronas-wells-and-cisterns-of-the-venetian-era/

Feature on Vainakh tower architecture:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/01/the-vainakh-towers/136991?amp
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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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Feature on Shenzhen:

https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/3117505/myth-busting-shenzhens-sleazy-past-short-lived

Review of a book on travellers to early 20th century Beijing:

https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/books/article/3119816/destination-peking-tales-early-20th-century-chinese

Feature on Angkor as a 'lost city':

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/01/seductive-appeal-urban-catastrophe/617878/

12th century inscriptions from Ankola are shedding light on Jain religion in Uttara Kannada:

https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/karnataka/2021/jan/31/inscriptions-in-ankola-bring-more-evidence-of-jain-religion-inuttara-kannada-2257669.html

Not sure if these remains of a Jain temple in Halebid are related to the above:

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/excavation-unravels-remains-of-a-jain-temple-in-halebid/article33744568.ece

Concerns for an Iron Age monument in Telegana:

https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/in-other-news/010221/iron-age-protohistoric-monument-dying-of-neglect-in-telangana.html
https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/pillar-of-blood-megalith-seeks-attention/article33720972.ece

2000 years bp Buddhist structures from Swat:

https://gandhara.rferl.org/a/archaeologists-uncover-2-000-year-old-buddhist-site-in-pakistan/31084195.html

Remains of a 10th century temple near Bhubaneswar:

https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/other/asi-unearths-10th-century-temple-during-excavation-in-bhubaneswar/ar-BB1ddlYb
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9422-210204-india-medieval-temple

A 5-foot Vishnu ideo from Tamil Nadu:

https://www.dtnext.in/News/City/2021/02/02161806/1274191/Ancient-Vishnu-idol-unearthed-in-Madurantakam.vpf
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mangaluru/karnataka-archaeologists-discover-vishnumurthy-sculpture-from-12th-century-ad/articleshow/80691643.cms
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/videos/city/bengaluru/watch-archaeologists-discover-vishnumurthy-sculpture-from-12th-century-ad-in-karnataka/videoshow/80692806.cms

The ASI has closed the Red Fort until further notice:

https://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/red-fort-to-remain-shut-till-further-notice-archaeological-survey-of-india-121020202038_1.html

... and the ASI has approved excavations relating to the origins of Ram Setu:

https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/ram-setu-exploration-given-nod-by-asi-govt-tells-parliament-101612322329207-amp.html

Excavations at a Buddhist 'university' site in Telhara will resume shortly:

https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/excavation-at-ancient-buddhist-university-site-in-bihar-s-telhara-set-to-resume-101612327729438.html

Feature on/concerns for the Taj Mahal:

https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/the-taj-mahal-can-india-save-this-corroding-beauty

Feature on the search for underwater Aboriginal sites off Australia:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/search-for-aboriginal-history-off-coast-of-australia-180976913/
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Remains of a horse from Utah once believed to date from the Ice Age turn out to be a domesticated Ute or Shoshone animal:

https://phys.org/news/2021-02-horse-reveal-insights-native-peoples.html https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-02/uoca-hrr020421.php https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/02/210204131410.htm

Latest on the search for African-American burials in Clearwater:

https://www.baynews9.com/fl/tampa/news/2021/02/05/archaeologists-uncover-more-artifacts-at-north-greenwood-cemetery
https://www.abcactionnews.com/news/region-pinellas/archaeologists-find-25-graves-so-far-on-old-school-property-that-was-once-a-clearwater-cemetery
https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/north-greenwood-cemetery-artifacts-uncovered/67-aa9b3b75-0bdd-4958-8f82-0dc837b94d37
https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/special-reports/erased/archaeologists-start-ground-truthing-to-confirm-graves-from-destroyed-black-cemetery-at-clearwater-school/67-aaaf4fa3-fbdb-4e44-aec0-b6ae7d62810c
https://www.abcactionnews.com/news/region-pinellas/archaeologists-find-more-than-a-dozen-graves-at-north-greenwood-cemetery

A contemporary Canadian artist is claiming he made an 'artifact' hailed as an important First Nations piece found a few weeks ago in BC:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/feb/06/canada-stone-figure-ray-boudreau-royal-british-columbia-museum
http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/canadian-artist-claims-an-alleged-indigenous-artefact-discovered-in-victoria-is-his-work

Plans/hopes a new technique will help find Native American sites in Wyoming:

https://www.wyomingpublicmedia.org/post/new-method-may-help-find-ancient-artifacts-wyoming#stream/0

More on remains of a Tlingit fort in Alaska:

http://www.sci-news.com/archaeology/tlingit-fort-09312.html https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/02/lost-alaskan-indigenous-fort-rediscovered-after-200-years/

More on dogs in North America some 15 000 years bp:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/canine-domestication-may-have-originated-ice-age-siberia-180976891/

More on Chumash shell currency:

https://www.news.ucsb.edu/2021/020161/ancient-economy https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/01/an-ancient-economy-chumash-indians-used.html
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/02/01/an-ancient-economy/ https://www.archaeology.org/news/9415-210202-chumash-shell-bead

Feature on some unmarked African-American refugee burials in Saskatchewan:

https://saskatoon.ctvnews.ca/their-stories-have-never-been-told-unmarked-graves-discovered-at-sask-heritage-site-1.5294444

Feature on some 17th century burials found at Rehoboth Bay (Maryland) a few years ago:

https://www.delmarvanow.com/story/news/local/delaware/2021/02/03/rehoboths-complicated-history-black-colonist-skeletons-averys-rest/4248931001/

Reviewish feature on a book on African American soldiers during the Civil War:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/new-book-pays-homage-african-american-civil-war-soldiers-180976879/

Review of *Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America 1619-2019*:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/four-hundred-years-black-history-keisha-blain-180976880/

Feature on 'congressional bullying' (and violence) in US history:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/29/opinion/political-violence-congress.html

Landmark status for an Abolitionist's home in Brooklyn:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/03/arts/design/brooklyn-abolitionists-home-landmark.html

On the origins of Black History Month:

https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/anxiety/episodes/origin-story-black-history-month

More reaction to the 1776 report:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/01/opinion/trump-1776-commission-report.html ================================================================
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INAH plans to open temples at Chichen Itza:

https://www.theyucatantimes.com/2021/01/inah-will-open-new-temples-in-the-middle-of-the-jungle-in-chichen-itza/

More on the golden eagle relief found at the Templo Mayor at Tenochitlan:

https://www.iflscience.com/editors-blog/giant-eagle-artwork-discovered-in-the-heart-of-aztec-capital/

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