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explorator 24.08 June 13, 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, Magnus Fiskesjo,
Richard Miller, Kris Curry, Rick Heli, Richard C. Griffiths, Frank MacKay, Suzan Mazur,
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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Studying the diet of Siberian Neanderthals:

https://phys.org/news/2021-06-siberian-neanderthals-ate-animals.html http://www.archaeology.org/news/9747-210610-neanderthal-siberia-food

Pondering the 'disappearance' of the Neanderthals:

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

More on that 78 000 years bp child burial in Kenya:

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/.premium.HIGHLIGHT-human-toddler-from-78-000-years-ago-found-buried-with-head-on-a-pillow-1.9775501
https://www.sapiens.org/archaeology/kenya-cave-human-burial/ ================================================================
ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT ================================================================
Egypt is planning (?) digs related to evidence of a Ramses III presence in Saudi Arabia:

https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2021/06/egypt-traces-relics-ramses-iii-back-saudi-arabia
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20210609-ancient-egypt-excavation-underway-to-show-ramses-iiis-link-to-saudi/

A recently-found pharaonic border stela is now in the Ismailia Museum:

https://www.egyptindependent.com/ismailias-museum-of-antiquities-receives-stela-dating-back-to-26th-dynasty/
https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/104683/Egypt%E2%80%99s-Ismailia-Museum-receives-a-sandstone-stela-dating-back-to
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/06/07/pharaonic-border-stela-received-at-ismailia-museum/

... background on the find:

https://tntribune.com/phar-old-find-farmer-discovers-ancient-egyptian-monument-as-he-plants-crop/

Feature on Maya's two tombs:

https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/06/11/two-tombs-for-one-man-the-case-of-maya/

Feature on Egypt's 'Versailles':

https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/50/1207/413865/AlAhram-Weekly/Heritage/Reopening-%E2%80%98Egypt%E2%80%99s-Versailles%E2%80%99.aspx

Feature/reviewish on Egypt's Golden Mummies:

https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/06/11/golden-mummies-of-egypt/

Feature on Karaftu Caves (Iran):

https://greekreporter.com/2021/06/11/caraftu-caves-the-mysterious-lair-of-hercules-in-western-iran/

The Holy Quran Academy in Sharjah has added some manuscripts to its collection:

https://gulfnews.com/uae/rare-qurans-sharjah-adds-17-manuscripts-from-719-1785-ce-1.1623136811106

Latest recreation of the Ur lyre:

https://alumniandfriends.uchicago.edu/s/uchicago-review-story?name=Recreating+the+Gold+Lyre+of+Ur&mc_cid=5f9ecf9de6&mc_eid=7f3eff4794

Plans for excavations at the 5000 years bp site at Menjez (Lebanon):

https://www.the961.com/archaeologists-excavate-historic-site-lebanon/

Feature on Assyrian Women from Assur and Kanesh:

https://www.asor.org/anetoday/2021/06/housewives-weavers-businesswomen

Feature on nude female figurines from Canaan:

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/.premium.MAGAZINE-birth-rites-in-canaan-the-enigma-of-the-figurines-1.9892078

A 7000 years bp seal impressing from Tel Tsaf:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-06/thuo-ssa061021.php https://phys.org/news/2021-06-sealed-signed-and-delivered.html https://www.livescience.com/oldest-seal-impression-israel.html https://www.timesofisrael.com/7000-year-old-seal-impression-marks-prehistoric-site-as-early-trade-hub/
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/archaeologists-find-unique-7-000-year-old-stamped-sealing-in-northern-israel-1.9891723
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/7000-year-old-seals-shed-light-on-business-activities-in-ancient-israel-670633
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/307823 http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2021-06/10/c_1310000885.htm https://www.jwire.com.au/archeologists-find-7000-years-old-commercial-seal-impression-oldest-ever-to-be-found-in-israel/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/06/archaeologists-unveil-7000-year-old-seal-impressions/139437

cf: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00758914.2021.1923906

A 2000 years bp stone anchor from Israel's northern coast:

https://www.timesofisrael.com/ancient-stone-anchor-used-for-2000-years-found-on-israels-northern-coast/

A 1000 years bp (almost) intact egg from a Yavne cesspit:

https://www.timesofisrael.com/preserved-in-poop-1000-year-old-chicken-egg-found-in-yavne-cesspit/
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/307753 https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/1000-year-old-chicken-egg-one-of-the-oldest-ever-found-in-israel-670496
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/.premium-israeli-archaeologists-find-whole-1-000-year-old-egg-and-accidentally-break-it-1.9888356
https://www.israel21c.org/whole-ancient-chicken-egg-discovered-in-israel/ https://www.euronews.com/2021/06/09/israel-antiquities-authority-unveils-1000-year-old-chicken-egg-in-excavations
https://greekreporter.com/2021/06/10/enormous-roman-era-basilica-with-nike-tyche-statues-unearthed-in-israel/
https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/dig-accidentally-cracks-ancient-chicken-egg-preserved-in-toilet-contents-for-1000-years/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/intact-1000-year-old-chicken-egg-found-israel-180977970/

A study of sea level changes in the Eastern Mediterranean from the Middle Bronze Age to the Roman period:

https://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/pressrelease/archaeologists-investigate-past-impact-of-sea-level-changes-at-israeli-coastal-sites
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-06/p-rps060221.php

A study (by Jodi Magness) of the toilet practices at Qumran:

https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/dead-sea-scrolls-scholar-flushes-out-mystery-670357

On who really destroyed Solomon's Temple:

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/.premium-who-really-destroyed-solomon-s-temple-in-jerusalem-1.9900539

On recent claims about the tower of Babel:

https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-recent-tower-of-babel-discovery-is-madness

Israel and Italy are cooperating on Bethsaida and Etruscan Archaeology:

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/.premium-israeli-italian-colleges-to-collaborate-on-bethsaida-etruscan-archaeology-1.9885659

Italy is also cooperating with Jordan:

http://www.jordantimes.com/news/local/italy-jordan-unite-cultural-heritage

More on the 3000 years bp bone point in Gath:

https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/3000-year-old-bone-point-sheds-light-on-dramatic-fall-of-biblical-gath-670446

More on the 2000 years bp Herod-associated basilica in Ashkelon:

https://www.israeltoday.co.il/read/magnificent-2000-year-old-basilica-revealed-in-ashkelon/
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/israel-discovers-ancient-roman-basilica-1978508
http://www.sci-news.com/archaeology/ashkelon-basilica-09742.html https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-uncover-2000-year-old-roman-basilica-180977926/

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This Week in the Ancient Near East Podcast:

https://thisweekintheancientneareast.podbean.com/

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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS) ================================================================
Possible evidence of Neolithic wine production in Greece:

https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/06/10/a-glass-of-wine-from-neolithic-times/

The Noceto Vasca Votiva (excavated in 2005) has been dated to 1600-1300 BCE and is now connected to a water ritual:

https://phys.org/news/2021-06-link-ancient-wooden-ritual.html https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-06/cu-rla060921.php https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/06/210610091139.htm https://www.newswise.com/articles/view/752702/?sc=c52 http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/61545 https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/06/researchers-link-ancient-wooden-structure-to-water-ritual/139442

Three Roman columns found in the Tiber near Ostia:

https://www.wantedinrome.com/news/ostia-antica-roman-columns-discovered-in-river-tiber.html
https://www.adnkronos.com/scoperte-tre-colonne-di-marmo-sul-letto-del-tevere-a-ostia-antica_1Ra90jAW9GSrCKA2pYwrNe
https://www.msn.com/it-it/video/notizie/in-fondo-al-tevere-con-gli-archeologi-subacquei-cos%C3%AC-abbiamo-ritrovato-le-colonne-imperiali/vi-AAKQ2Hn
https://www.radiocolonna.it/cultura-e-spettacolo/scoperte-in-fondo-al-tevere-tre-antiche-colonne-romane/

Roman pottery among the items found at a dig in Portslade:

https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/19357263.roman-pottery-found-archaeological-dig-portslade/

A pair of Roman burials from Arconate (Italian):

https://www.sportlegnano.it/2021/06/arconate-emerse-due-tombe-romane-in-pieno-centro/279647/

An Iberian lead plate from Yatova:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/06/the-first-iberian-lead-plate-found-in-a-regulated-excavation-in-the-pico-de-los-ajos-in-yatova-is-in-archaic-writing/139450

A 2nd century CE wall and 4th century CE burials froma site in Hvar:

https://www.croatiaweek.com/archaeological-sensation-on-hvar-necropolis-from-late-antiquity-period-discovered/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/9744-210609-croatia-island-necropolis

A shackled Roman-era burial from Rutland is being connected with slavery:

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/jun/07/shackled-skeleton-identified-rare-evidence-roman-britain
https://www.livescience.com/shackled-slave-burial-roman-britain.html https://phys.org/news/2021-06-discovery-shackled-skeleton-ditch-slavery.html https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leicestershire-57387812 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-9659363/Skeleton-Roman-slave-bound-shackles-discovered-Rutland.html
https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/08/uk/shackled-skeleton-roman-slave-scli-intl-gbr-scn/index.html
https://www.stamfordmercury.co.uk/news/rare-shackled-skeleton-hailed-as-unique-roman-find-9202555/
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/61518 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/why-was-man-buried-shackles-roman-britain-180977904/
https://theconversation.com/what-the-discovery-of-a-shackled-skeleton-in-a-ditch-reveals-about-slavery-in-roman-britain-162317
https://www.archaeology.org/news/9742-210609-england-shackled-skeleton

... and Mary Beard comments on same:

https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/the-shackles-of-slavery-and-the-perils-of-certainty/

Spanish archaeologists are studying a Roman eagle sculpture that was up for sale online:

https://spanishnewstoday.com/archaeologists-study-mystery-roman-eagle-recovered-by-police-in-badajoz_1608917-a.html

Interesting before/after photos of the excavation of the Stadium of Magnesia ad Maeander:

https://twistedsifter.com/2021/06/before-after-ancient-greek-stadium-excavation-utkrey/

There seems to be some arguing going on over Thessaloniki Metro finds:

https://www.athina984.gr/en/2021/06/09/metro-thessalonikis-gia-diastrevlosi-ton-legomenon-tis-linas-mendoni-kanei-logo-to-yppoa/

The Bath Archway Project will be on display soon:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-somerset-57433362

Not sure about plans to build on the Tartessian necropolis of Huelva:

https://elpais.com/cultura/2021-06-07/cuatro-torres-de-cemento-taparan-la-gran-necropolis-tartesica-de-huelva.html

More on the large number of decapitated burials from some Roman cemeteries in Cambridgeshire:

https://www.livescience.com/decapitated-skeletons-roman-cemetery.html

More on the 'jar of curse material' from Athens:

https://greekreporter.com/2021/06/06/archaeologists-discover-ancient-curse-tablets-in-athens-well/
https://www.thenationalherald.com/science/arthro/study_reveals_ancient_greek_cursed_pot_with_bones_of_dismembered_chicken-2649468/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archeologists-unearth-2300-year-old-cursed-chicken-jar-180977938/

cf: https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2972/hesperia.90.1.0079?seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents

More on archaeologist reaction to accessibility changes made to the site of the Acropolis:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jun/10/acropolis-now-greeks-outraged-at-concreting-of-ancient-site
https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/acropolis-makeover-stirs-greek-antiquity-row-165323
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/06/07/acropolis-accessibility-to-the-archaeological-site-to-be-completed/

More on the destruction of the palace of Maximian in Cordoba 30 years ago:

https://elpais.com/cultura/2021-06-02/cordoba-gano-una-estacion-de-ave-y-perdio-el-mayor-palacio-del-imperio-romano.html

Review of a biography of Milman Parry:

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/06/14/the-classicist-who-killed-homer

Review of Guy de la Bedoyere, *Gladius*:

https://www.strategypage.com/bookreviews/2181

James Romm on the Sacred Band of Thebes:

http://historynewsnetwork.org/article/180453

... and a feature on 'special forces' in ancient Greece (not by Romm):

https://greekreporter.com/2021/06/10/special-forces-ancient-greece/

Feature on 'Romanizing' Athens:

https://blog.oup.com/2021/06/archaeology-architecture-and-romanizing-athens/

Feature on disability in ancient Greece:

https://www.cambridge.org/core/blog/2021/06/10/studying-disability-in-ancient-greece/

Feature on Perrhe:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/06/the-ancient-city-of-perrhe/139461

Feature on Civita di Bagnoregio:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/06/civita-di-bagnoregio-the-etruscan-dying-town/139426

Feature on the mosaic of Theros in the Thessaloniki Museum:

https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/06/09/mosaic-of-theros-in-the-thessaloniki-archaeological-museum/

Feature on an Etruscan pyramid near Viterbo:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/06/the-etruscan-pyramid/139400

Feature on Mycenean warfare:

https://www.ancientworldmagazine.com/articles/mycenaean-warfare/

Feature on the Alexander Mosaic:

https://greekcitytimes.com/2021/06/10/nike-piks-please-justdontdoit/

Feature on the Pantheon:

https://mymodernmet.com/facts-about-the-roman-pantheon/

Feature on the gilded bronzes of Pergola (Italian):

https://www.ilmetauro.it/75-anni-dalla-scoperta-dei-bronzi-dorati-di-pergola-le-iniziative/

Feature on Thermopylae:

https://greekreporter.com/2021/06/09/the-battle-of-thermopylae-when-the-greeks-fought-to-defend-civilization/

Feature on Vergina:

https://greekreporter.com/2021/06/08/the-tombs-of-vergina-when-definitive-proof-of-macedonias-greek-origin-was-uncovered/

Feature on Diogenes the Cynic:

https://bigthink.com/personal-growth/life-advice-diogenes-cynic

Feature on ten finds from Greece last year:

https://greekreporter.com/2021/06/06/top-ten-most-spectacular-greek-archaeological-discoveries-of-2020/

Marking the anniversary of the fall of Troy:

https://greekcitytimes.com/2021/06/11/on-this-day-the-fall-of-troy/

... and the death of Alexander:

https://greekcitytimes.com/2021/06/10/323-bc-alexander-the-great/

... and the latter is the subject of a graphic novel/comic:

https://www.gamesradar.com/alexander-the-greats-complex-life-and-legacy-explored-in-new-reimena-yee-comic/

Some Odysseus revisionism (sort of):

https://www.nationofchange.org/2021/06/10/odysseus-how-the-worlds-master-of-contrivance-dresses-down-todays-creepy-lying-losers/

On Greeks mixing wine with seawater:

https://greekreporter.com/2021/06/12/why-ancient-greeks-mixed-wine-with-seawater/

On heaven and hell in ancient Greece:

https://greekreporter.com/2021/06/12/the-ancient-greece-concepts-for-heaven-and-hell/

Feature on five ancient sites getting a 'makeover':

https://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/travel/2021/06/five-ancient-sites-getting-a-magnificent-makeover-from-hadrians-wall-to-the-colosseum

Feature on Avgi:

https://greekreporter.com/2021/06/07/avgi-the-mesolithic-teenager-makes-her-debut-at-the-acropolis-museum/
https://christiantoday.com/article/oxford.professor.sued.by.museum.of.the.bible.over.papyrus.fragments/136909.htm

On the tragedy roots of modern horror:

https://www.fangoria.com/original/greek-tragedy-and-horror-part-ii/

Another feature on Marcus Aurelius' Meditations:

https://news.yahoo.com/remain-humble-roman-emperor-030000022.html

Some opEds on Princeton's changes to its Classics program:

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/06/princeton-classics-major-latin-greek/619110/
https://theboar.org/2021/06/princeton-removes-greek-latin-classics-students-combat-institutional-racism/

... related:

https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/06/07/the-war-on-the-classics/

... and why teens should study classics:

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/studying-classics-gives-teens-the-homer-advantage-rqvt78ctg

OpEd on cultural diplomacy and the Parthenon:

https://greekcitytimes.com/2021/06/07/cultural-diplomacy-failed-parthenon/

More on Greece honouring Jack Davis and Sharon Stocker:

https://www.wvxu.org/post/uc-researchers-honored-greece-discovery-bronze-age-masterpiece#stream/0

More on Hobby Lobby's suit agains Dirk Obbink:

https://www.christianpost.com/news/hobby-lobby-sues-oxford-prof-for-7m-over-stolen-bible-fragments.html
https://christiantoday.com/article/oxford.professor.sued.by.museum.of.the.bible.over.papyrus.fragments/136909.htm
https://www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/us/2021/june/ancient-bible-fragments-at-heart-of-crime-case-pitting-hobby-lobby-against-former-oxford-professor
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/hobby-lobby-files-usd7m-lawsuit-against-former-oxford-professor-over-allegedly-stolen-papyrus-fragments-he-sold

In case you missed the Nike PIKS brouhaha:

https://greekreporter.com/2021/06/09/nike-celebrates-greek-goddess-of-victory-but-misspells-name/
https://greekcitytimes.com/2021/06/10/nike-piks-please-justdontdoit/
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Roman Archaeology Blog:

http://romanarc.blogspot.com/

Rogueclassicism:

http://rogueclassicism.com/ ================================================================
EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland) ================================================================
Evidence of a human presence in Dorset some 6000 years bp:

https://www.dorsetecho.co.uk/news/19353573.interesting-historical-finds-dorset-downs/
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-dorset-57411051

Evidence of a residential area near the 2800 BCE-2200 BCE 'German Stonehenge' site:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/06/large-residential-area-discovered-at-ringheiligtum-pommelte-the-german-stonehenge/139445

1000 years bp textiles from a Viking woman's burial in Norway:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/06/unique-viking-textiles-found-in-womans-grave/139453

A Carolingian era coin hoard from Poland may have been part of a ransom paid to Vikings to save Paris from invasion:

https://www.livescience.com/silver-coin-hoard-poland-historic-ransom.html http://www.archaeology.org/news/9745-210610-poland-carolingian-coins

Medieval (and other) finds from a dig at Portslade's Old Manor House:

https://www.brightonandhovenews.org/2021/06/08/archaeological-dig-begins-at-norman-manor-house/

Study suggests a fashion craze for pointy toed shoes led to plenty of bunions in medieval Britain:

https://phys.org/news/2021-06-fashion-pointy-unleashed-plague-bunions.html https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-06/uoc-ffp060821.php https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/06/210611085617.htm https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-57427365 https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/jun/11/medieval-fashion-for-pointy-shoes-linked-to-rise-in-bunions
https://www.gizmodo.com.au/2021/06/extremely-sexy-pointy-shoes-warped-the-feet-of-medieval-europeans/
https://theconversation.com/fashion-for-pointy-shoes-unleashed-a-wave-of-bunions-in-medieval-england-162570

Organic residues are giving an idea of Islamic cuisine in medieval Sicily:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-06/p-cpi060921.php https://phys.org/news/2021-06-ceramics-insights-medieval-islamic-cuisine.html

Highway construction in Hull is revealing assorted items from a 200 years bp graveyard:

https://metro.co.uk/2021/06/07/hull-jewellery-and-coins-found-at-burial-site-being-dug-up-for-roadworks-14731563/

A medieval gold ring from a Hereford area farm has been classified as treasure:

https://www.herefordtimes.com/news/19358017.medieval-ring-discovered-herefordshire-farm-inquest-hears/

An 18th century wooden road from Poland:

http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/61529 https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/06/archaeologists-discover-18th-century-wooden-road/139416

Bradford archaeology students uncovered a 19th century cobbled street:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leeds-57402460 https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/education/yorkshire-archaeologists-sensationally-discover-new-victorian-site-in-bradford-3268517
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9668855/Bradford-archaeology-students-unearth-Victorian-cobbled-road-1880s-running-campus.html

Shropshire is trying to purchase a pile of Bronze Age objects:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-shropshire-57442482

A 19th century 'Frozen Charlotte' doll from a scottish beach:

https://www.foxnews.com/travel/woman-finds-rare-doll-scottish-beach

Fire destroyed an Iron Age house recreation in Perthshire:

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/jun/12/devastating-fire-destroys-recreated-iron-age-dwelling-on-loch-tay
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-57452498

More on elk tooth ornaments/rattles:

https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/06/07/stone-age-raves-to-the-beat-of-elk-tooth-rattles/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/elk-tooth-ornaments-reveal-ancient-dance-moves-180977902/

More on that 3800 years bp gold hair item from Germany:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/researchers-germany-have-uncovered-earliest-gold-ornament-region-inside-3800-year-old-tomb-180977894/

More on that 400 years bp wooden box with candles in it from melting glacial ice in Norway:

https://phys.org/news/2021-06-candle-years-glacier-norway.html https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-9660761/Melting-Norwegian-glacier-releases-500-year-old-perfectly-preserved-wooden-box-candles.html
https://gizmodo.com/archaeologists-open-frozen-wooden-box-found-on-viking-m-1847032969
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/melting-norwegian-glacier-reveals-centuries-old-beeswax-candle-180977944/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9738-210607-norway-candle-box

More on that burial featuring a girl with a finch in her mouth:

https://www.livescience.com/girl-burial-finch-in-mouth-poland.html

cf: https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/pz-2021-0008/html

Erosion concerns for Skara Brae:

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/race-against-time-to-save-prehistoric-settlement-from-erosion-7smtb0lk3

More on evidence Stavanger Cathedral in Norway was built over a Viking settlement:

https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/cathedral-in-norway-believed-to-have-been-built-over-viking-settlement-670411

Feature on the Cucuteni-Trypillia culture:

https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p09kw6r2/trypillia-7000-year-old-civilisation-silenced-by-communists

Feature on the find of a lost Viking settlement from the Lendbreen ice patch:

https://secretsoftheice.com/news/2021/06/09/the-lost-viking-settlement-in-the-mountains/
https://metro.co.uk/2021/06/09/melting-norwegian-glacier-releases-500-year-old-viking-treasures-14744410/

Feature on a really lucky metal detectorist:

https://www.kentonline.co.uk/malling/news/detectorist-strikes-gold-three-times-248076/

Feature on the wreck of the White Ship:

https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/628/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/628/pub/628/page/67/article/183776

... and how it was found:

https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/627/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/627/pub/627/page/19/article/183527

Feature on the UK's forgotten 'fifth nation' (Cornwall):

http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20210606-cornwall-the-uks-forgotten-fifth-nation

Feature/talk on the Vikings in Cork:

https://www.thecork.ie/2021/06/12/the-vikings-and-cork-raiding-trading-and-the-development-of-the-town/
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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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Remains of a 4500 years bp bamboo-mud 'cabin' from Sichuan:

https://news.cgtn.com/news/2021-06-08/Remains-of-4-500-year-old-bamboo-mud-cabin-found-in-China-10UXLIcVGM0/index.html
http://www.china.org.cn/china/Off_the_Wire/2021-06/07/content_77554108.htm http://www.archaeology.org/news/9740-210608-china-bamboo-cabin

A Ming Dynasty Great Wall fort from Shaanxi:

https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202106/1225832.shtml https://archive.shine.cn/nation/Remains-of-Great-Wall-castle-dug-up/shdaily.shtml

General feature on the finds from Sanxingdui:

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/sanxingdui-relics-shine-new-light-on-ancient-china-8j8khzrtr

Feature on the Xihoudu site (early use of fire):

http://epaper.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202106/11/WS60c2b033a31099a234356c68.html

A new dating method suggests a human presence on the Tibetan Plateau for over 5000 years:

https://theconversation.com/world-first-artefact-dating-method-shows-humans-have-lived-in-the-shadow-of-the-himalayas-for-more-than-5-000-years-161822
https://scroll.in/article/996601/a-new-method-of-dating-artefact-shows-humans-have-lived-on-the-tibetan-plateau-for-over-5000-years

cf: https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/7/23/eabb3424

A Pala era Buddhist monastery/shrine from a Jharkhand Village:

https://en.gaonconnection.com/buddhist-monastery-jharkhand-village-rural-india-covid-second-wave-pandemic-monks/

Vague item on a stone idol find in Bahraich:

https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/bahraich-stone-idol-found-in-field-admin-informs-archaeology-dept/2098827

Another inscribed potsherd from the Keeladi excavations:

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/keeladi-excavations-one-more-potsherd-with-name-inscribed-on-it-unearthed/articleshow/83461603.cms

Assorted excavations have resumed in India:

https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Madurai/excavation-work-resumes-in-adichanallur-sivakalai-and-korkkai/article34781332.ece
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/excavation-resumes-at-adichanallur-and-sivakalai-sites/article34784821.ece
https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Coimbatore/excavation-resumes-at-kodumanal/article34800428.ece

Neolithic tools apparently were being 'worshipped' in Tirupathur:

https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2021/jun/08/neolithic-stone-tools-worshipped-at-tribal-hamlets-in-tamil-nadus-jawadhu-hills-2313415.html

A call for the creation of heritage panels to protect the sites of Tamil Nadu:

https://in.news.yahoo.com/form-heritage-panels-protect-monuments-172822052.html https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/constitute-heritage-commission-to-protect-ancient-monuments-temples-hc/article34756907.ece

Concerns over illegal construction near a 3000 years bp temple in Peshawar:

https://www.aninews.in/news/world/asia/hindu-community-in-paks-peshawar-outraged-over-illegal-construction-at-3000-year-old-temple20210609233039/

A study of what Polynesians were doing in Asia prior to migration:

https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/444286/early-polynesians-mingled-through-asia-before-migration-study

Feature on Fayaz Tepe and the 1st-3rd century stupa there:

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/fayaz-tepe

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AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND ================================================================
Study postulating possible foraging habitats of pre-contact Aboriginal peoples in Australia's Western Desert:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-06/uoa-nii060621.php https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/06/new-insights-into-survival-of-ancient-western-desert-peoples/139396
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/06/08/new-insights-into-survival-of-ancient-western-desert-peoples/

Maori people may have seen Antarctica as early as the 7th century CE:

https://phys.org/news/2021-06-mori-antarctica-7th-century.html

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/444346/maori-may-have-discovered-antarctica-say-researchers
https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/10/australia/new-zealand-maori-antarctica-intl-hnk-scn/index.html
https://gizmodo.com/polynesians-discovered-antarctica-over-1-300-years-ago-1847071576
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9782-210611-antarctic-maori-explorers

cf: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03036758.2021.1917633 ================================================================
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I think we mentioned the UNF finding of the lost Indigenous settlement of Sarabay on Talbot Island:

https://www.unf.edu/publicrelations/media_relations/articles/UNF_archaeology_researchers_uncovering_lost_Indigenous_settlement.aspx
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-06/uonf-uau060821.php https://phys.org/news/2021-06-uncovering-lost-indigenous-settlement-sarabay.html
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/06/210608154438.htm https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/archeologists-discovered-indigenous-settlement-florida-1234595417/
https://www.news4jax.com/features/2021/06/07/unf-archaeology-team-finds-lost-indigenous-settlement-on-talbot-island/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/06/archaeologists-uncover-lost-indigenous-ne-florida-settlement-of-sarabay/139419
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/06/10/uncovering-the-lost-indigenous-settlement-of-sarabay/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/9743-210609-florida-sarabay-contact

Archaeologists are giving a site near Plymouth Roack one last look before historical park development:

https://phys.org/news/2021-06-archaeologists-hilltop-plymouth.html https://www.boston25news.com/news/weird-news/archaeologists-dig/UOFAGI2LWVKA4KYYKPTYBC4F7Q/
https://www.pressherald.com/2021/06/10/archaeologists-dig-hilltop-over-plymouth-rock-one-last-time/
https://wbznewsradio.iheart.com/content/archaeologists-excavate-hilltop-overlooking-plymouth-rock/
https://www.local10.com/news/weird-news/2021/06/10/archaeologists-dig-hilltop-over-plymouth-rock-one-last-time/

Study suggests Native Americans were among the first coppersmiths:

https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/columns/2021/05/16/no-corn-menu-ancient-ohioans/5066655001/
https://interestingengineering.com/native-americans-could-be-the-worlds-first-coppersmiths?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=Article&utm_campaign=organic&utm_content=Jun08
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2021/03/ancient-native-americans-were-among-world-s-first-coppersmiths

Feature on a dig going on in Daniel Boone National Forest:

https://www.wkyt.com/2021/06/07/eku-archaeology-students-working-find-artifacts-daniel-boone-national-forest/

Assorted universities are working on a dig with the Coeur d'Alene people:

https://www.kxly.com/archaeology-project-looks-at-history-of-military-occupation-on-coeur-dalene-ancestral-land/
https://www.kivitv.com/news/archaeology-students-working-with-coeur-dalene-tribe-hopes-to-uncover-colonial-history

So far, 27 burials associated with the Tulsa Race Massacre have been found:

https://www.publicradiotulsa.org/post/confirmed-burials-now-total-27-massacre-mass-grave-dig-skeletal-anaylsis-begin-wednesday
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/09/us/tulsa-burial-race-massacre.html

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