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explorator 24.18 August 22, 2021
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You can read explorator online at:

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Thanks to Arthur Shippee, Dave Sowdon, Edward Rockstein, Kurt Theis,
John McMahon, Barnea Selavan, Joseph Lauer, Mike Ruggeri, Hernan Astudillo, Richard Campbell, Barbara Saylor Rodgers, Bob Heuman, David Critchley,
Richard Miller, Kris Curry, Rick Heli, Richard C. Griffiths, Frank MacKay, Andy Szegedy-Maszak,
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 homo longi:

https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/homo-longi-extinct-human-species-that-may-replace-neanderthals-as-our
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AFRICA
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The DAI is helping with the restoration of pyramids in Sudan:

https://www.altaghyeer.info/en/2021/08/21/german-archaeological-institute-aids-in-sudanese-pyramids-restoration-efforts-with-lab-donation/

Feature on 17th-19th century petroglyphs made by fugitive enslaved folk in South Africa:

https://phys.org/news/2021-08-south-africa-bandit-slaves-art.html

More on that 80 000 years bp child burial from Kenya found a few months ago:

https://www.express.co.uk/news/science/1477146/archaeology-news-african-human-burial-site-kenya-mtoto-child-ancient-history-latest-spt
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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT ================================================================
More on the recently-found 6th century Christian settlement at Marea:

https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2021/08/archaeologists-surprised-discovery-6th-century-christian-town-egypt#ixzz73cQo1XCn
https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/ancient-cultures/ancient-egypt/ancient-christian-settlement-discovered-in-egypt/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/ancient-christian-settlement-egypt-shows-evidence-advanced-urban-planning-180978486/

Feature on the Book of the Dead:

https://www.middleeasteye.net/discover/book-of-the-dead-ancient-egypt-universal-message

Feature on the Karnak Temple and 'Road of Rams':

https://dailynewsegypt.com/2021/08/21/history-of-karnak-temple-and-road-of-rams/

Feature on cats in ancient Egypt:

https://www.history.com/news/cats-ancient-egypt

Photo feature on modern papyrus production in Egypt:

https://elpais.com/elpais/2021/08/11/album/1628681229_568615.html

Interesting drone photos of the pyramids at Giza:

https://mymodernmet.com/alexander-ladanivskyy-drone-giza-pyramid-photo/

Feature on the events of the eastern Mediterranean ca 1200 BCE:

https://www.asor.org/anetoday/2021/08/world-end-1200-bce

5th century (earlier?) reliefs from Daskyleion depicting Persian conflict of some sort with the Greeks:

https://m.yenisafak.com/en/news/ancient-relief-depicting-greek-persian-war-unearthed-in-nw-turkey-3578495
https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/ancient-relief-discovered-in-balikesir-excavations-167143
https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/reliefs-from-5th-century-bc-found-in-western-turkeys-daskyleion/news
https://greekcitytimes.com/2021/08/17/turkey-discovery-of-ancient-relief-depicting-greco-persian-wars/
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/culture/ancient-relief-discovered-in-northwestern-turkey/2336764
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9945-210818-turkey-daskyleion-relief

... archaeologists are also studying the 'culinary culture' of the Lydians at the same site:

https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/archaeologists-explore-culinary-culture-of-lydians-with-dentist-tools/news

Finding evidence of fluctuations in the earth's magnetic field from Neolithic tools from Jordan:

https://phys.org/news/2021-08-magnetic-field-years-today.html https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/08/210816161332.htm https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/.premium-breakthrough-technique-detects-magnetic-field-in-prehistoric-stone-tools-1.10125401
https://www.sciencealert.com/flint-neolithic-artefacts-offer-a-new-way-to-probe-the-history-of-earth-s-magnetic-field

cf: https://www.pnas.org/content/118/34/e2100995118

Feature on Gobekli Tepe:

https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20210815-an-immense-mystery-older-than-stonehenge

Evidence that the Kingdom of Judah was involved in olive oil production in the 7th century:

https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/even-after-assyria-won-judeans-produced-olive-oil-in-biblical-shephelah-677217

A 1500 years bp agricultural-industrial site featuring (inter alia) a winepress, structural foundations and a gold coin from Ramat Hasharon:

https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/cookware-gold-coin-shed-light-on-life-in-ramat-hasharon-1500-years-ago-677057
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/seek-and-ye-shall-find-byzantine-activity-in-tel-aviv-suburb-1-500-years-ago-1.10128902
https://www.timesofisrael.com/building-project-unearths-ancient-history-in-tel-aviv-suburb/
https://hamodia.com/2021/08/18/evidence-found-ancient-agricultural-activity-ramat-ha-sharon/
http://t.m.china.org.cn/convert/c_yVsixR22.html https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202108/1231937.shtml https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/israel/1629281259-byzantine-era-wine-press-discovered-near-tel-aviv
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9949-210820-israel-byzantine-industry

More on that 'lump' of 4th century coins found on a beach in Israel:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-9904963/1-700-year-old-coins-ancient-ship-sailing-Mediterranean-Israel.html
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/ancient-1700-year-old-coins-found-on-israeli-beach-676687
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/camping-trip-leads-discovery-1700-year-old-coins-israel-180978464/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/9942-210817-israel-shipwreck-coins

Feature on the digging going on at night in Jerusalem's Old City:

https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/excavations-by-night-677165

Another piece arguing about the 'real' site of Bethsaida:

https://greekreporter.com/2021/08/17/searching-lost-biblical-city-bethsaida/

Paywalled review of a book on the Herods:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/new-book-plumbs-the-role-of-the-herods-in-forming-early-jewish-christian-views/2021/08/17/3a245234-ffab-11eb-87e0-7e07bd9ce270_story.html

More on Babylonian trigonometry:

https://www.thedailybeast.com/was-geometry-invented-by-bureaucrats-and-not-a-greek-genius

More on hyenas and Saudi Arabian caves:

https://www.news18.com/news/buzz/archaeologists-find-1-5-km-long-bed-of-bones-in-saudi-arabian-cave-4091975.html

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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) ================================================================
The big news this week was the find at Pompeii of a 'nearly intact' burial of freedman who funded Greek and Latin entertainment:

https://www.ansa.it/english/news/lifestyle/arts/2021/08/17/unique-tomb-with-semi-mummified-body-found-at-pompeii_b615f418-3a87-4a7a-ba8f-efcebed64580.html
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/aug/17/human-remains-in-tomb-are-best-preserved-ever-found-in-pompeii
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/aug/21/levelling-up-pompeii-grave-at-site-shows-how-a-former-slave-went-far
https://www.livescience.com/pompeii-mummy-slave-porta-sarno.html https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-9901007/Archaeologists-skeleton-evidence-Greek-Pompeii.html
https://www.livescience.com/pompeii-mummy-slave-porta-sarno.html https://phys.org/news/2021-08-archaeologists-skeleton-evidence-greek-pompeii.html
https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/world/europe/well-preserved-skeleton-sheds-light-on-culture-in-ancient-pompeii-20210818-p58jmx.html
https://www.theage.com.au/world/europe/well-preserved-skeleton-sheds-light-on-culture-in-ancient-pompeii-20210818-p58jmx.html
https://apnews.com/article/europe-science-arts-and-entertainment-2ef592e3a5fb152aa50549d193aae0c2
https://www.reuters.com/article/italy-pompeii/well-preserved-skeleton-sheds-light-on-culture-in-ancient-pompeii-idUSL1N2PO0N8
https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/newly-unearthed-skeleton-gives-insight-into-ancient-pompeii/news
https://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2021/08/18/skeleton-pompeii-orig-jk.cnn https://elpais.com/revista-de-verano/2021-08-17/marcus-venerius-el-nuevo-mecenas-que-emerge-de-entre-las-ruinas-de-pompeya.html
https://www.euronews.com/video/2021/08/17/pompeii-discovery-first-evidence-greek-was-also-used-in-ancient-rome
https://greekreporter.com/2021/08/18/pompeii-skeleton-proves-greek-culture-thriving-ancient-rome/
https://neoskosmos.com/en/207625/freed-slaves-tomb-provides-evidence-that-greek-was-part-of-ancient-pompeiis-cultural-life/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/skeleton-of-freed-slave-in-pompeii-offers-1st-proof-greek-spoken-there/
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/discovery-partially-mummified-skeleton-proves-greek-theater-thriving-roman-pompeii-1999822
https://www.zmescience.com/science/archaeology/archaeologists-find-best-preserved-human-remains-in-pompeii/
http://www.therepublic.com/2021/08/17/eu-italy-pompeii-discovery-2/ https://www.livescience.com/pompeii-mummy-slave-porta-sarno.html https://georgykantorblog.wordpress.com/2021/08/17/a-new-find-from-pompeii/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/rebeccahughes/2021/08/17/extraordinary-tomb-discovery-provides-first-evidence-of-greek-culture-at-pompeii/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-uncover-most-well-preserved-human-remains-pompeii-date-180978455/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9944-210818-pompeii-human-remains

... and one of the urns has remains of three infants, apparently:

https://www.madeinpompei.it/2021/08/21/pompei-anche-i-resti-di-tre-infanti-nellurna-ritrovata-nella-tomba-di-marco-venerio-secondo/

A statue of Hygieia from Aizanoi:

https://www.aa.com.tr/en/culture/statue-of-greek-health-goddess-hygieia-unearthed-in-turkey/2340226
https://greekreporter.com/2021/08/19/statue-of-greek-goddess-hygieia-unearthed-in-turkey/

Roman pottery (and earlier finds) from a quarry project in the Arreton Valley:

https://www.iwradio.co.uk/news/isle-of-wight-news/roman-pottery-among-artefacts-unearthed-in-very-exciting-arreton-valley-project/

Remains of four 'aligned columns' from the Salar Roman Villa dig:

https://www.granadahoy.com/vivir/hallazgo-arqueologico-Villa-Romana-Salar-base-columnas_0_1601840363.html

Bus station construction in Exeter revealed remains of a Roman fort:

https://news.exeter.gov.uk/report-into-roman-fort-discovery-highlights-important-and-fascinating-find/

A Roman fort site was also confirmed on National Trust land in Devon:

https://www.theexeterdaily.co.uk/news/local-news/national-trust-confirms-its-first-devon-roman-fort

Overviewish thing on recent finds from Despotiko:

https://www.ekathimerini.com/multimedia/images/1166400/uninhabited-aegean-island-yields-yet-more-surprises/

Week three of the Interactive Dig at Zominthos:

https://www.archaeological.org/zominthos-2021-week-3/

... and weeks 4-5:

https://www.archaeological.org/zominthos-2021-weeks-4-5/

... and a feature on the palace of Zominthos:

https://www.ekathimerini.com/culture/1166415/the-inexhaustible-palace-of-zominthos/

A 5th/4th century workshop complex is the focus of the Kouklia dig this year:

https://cyprus-mail.com/2021/08/21/kouklia-dig-focuses-on-workshop-complex/

The Palaepaphos Urban Landscape Project is about to start digging:

https://in-cyprus.philenews.com/archaeological-research-unit-conducts-excavations-for-palaepaphos-urban-landscape-project/

Plans to restore 2300 years bp columns at the Temple of Apollo at Didim:

https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/2300-year-old-columns-in-turkeys-temple-of-apollo-to-be-restored/news

More on recent finds from Peperikon:

https://www.novinite.com/articles/210796/New+Archeological+Findings+at+Bulgaria%E2%80%99s+Perperikon
https://bnt.bg/news/new-archaeological-finds-at-the-ancient-site-of-perperikon-297822news.html

Feature on the underwater archaeological park at Baiae:

https://phys.org/news/2021-08-ancient-romans-party.html https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20210821-diving-among-ancient-ruins-where-romans-used-to-party

Next installment of that series on Roman Portugal:

https://www.theportugalnews.com/news/2021-08-16/a-misty-history-of-roman-portugal-part-6-the-economy/61761

Feature on the Late Roman fort of Caer Gybi:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/08/caer-gybi-angleseys-roman-fort/139903

The Theatre at Ephesus reopened to tourists:

https://www.dailysabah.com/life/history/2300-year-old-iconic-ephesus-theatre-reopens-for-visitors

Zeugma's House of the Muses is also now open to the public:

https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/roman-house-of-muses-to-welcome-visitors-in-turkeys-zeugma/news
https://m.yenisafak.com/en/news/roman-era-house-of-muses-to-open-to-visitors-in-turkey-3578565
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/62026

I think we mentioned the concerns arising from construction near a Punic/Roman tower on Malta:

https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/protected-punic-roman-tower-becomes-a-construction-site.893518

Daniel Mendelsohn on the Odyssey:

https://octavian.substack.com/p/daniel-mendelsohn-on-the-odyssey?

Review of Pat Barker, *The Women of Troy*:

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/aug/20/the-women-of-troy-by-pat-barker-review-bleak-and-impressive
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-women-of-troy-by-pat-barker-review-rewriting-homer-for-the-metoo-age-633qrbm87

Elliot Ackerman on the Anabasis:

https://octavian.substack.com/p/elliot-ackerman-on-the-anabasis

Feature on how to 'read' a broken Roman statue:

https://www.artandobject.com/video/how-read-broken-roman-statue-head-nero

Feature on Roman emperors being aware of the 'camera lie':

https://www.spearswms.com/how-the-roman-emperors-made-the-ancient-equivalent-of-the-camera-lie/

Feature on 'happiness' in Pompeii:

https://theconversation.com/what-a-baker-from-ancient-pompeii-can-teach-us-about-happiness-166010

Feature on Colchester and its loss of capital status to London:

https://www.essexlive.news/news/essex-news/way-colchester-lost-status-englands-5780321

Feature on the Pax Romana:

https://www.history.com/news/pax-romana-roman-empire-peace-augustus

Feature on what ancient Greeks ate every day:

https://greekcitytimes.com/2021/08/14/what-did-the-ancient-greeks-eat/

Feature on the Minoan diet:

https://greekreporter.com/2021/08/19/minoans-sophisticated-diet-included-imported-spices-from-asia/

cf: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12520-021-01375-4

Feature on Herodotus:

https://greekreporter.com/2021/08/16/the-greek-historian-herodotus-known-as-the-father-of-history/

Feature on Plato's best and worst ideas:

https://greekreporter.com/2021/08/18/plato-best-worst-ideas/

Another feature on the Antikythera Mechanism:

https://www.livemint.com/opinion/columns/genius-at-the-bottom-of-the-sea-11629392600599.html

More on concerns about how the British Museum is treating the Parthenon Marbles;

https://news.gtp.gr/2021/08/16/greece-slams-british-museum-for-lack-of-care-calls-for-return-of-parthenon-marbles/

More on that feeding-to-the-lions key handle:

https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/leicester-news/dig-discovery-hints-leicester-people-5761965

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Roman Archaeology Blog:

http://romanarc.blogspot.com/

Rogueclassicism:

http://rogueclassicism.com/ ================================================================
EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland) ================================================================
A project to date the petroglyphs (mostly Mesolithic, it seems) in a cave in the Fontainebleau forest:

https://www.ouest-france.fr/sciences/archeologie/archeologie-dans-la-foret-de-fontainebleau-un-art-rupestre-unique-et-fragile-f1b23924-f9f3-11eb-8856-ae31b3de7322

A possible Neolithic 'cursus monument' on Arran:

https://www.scotsman.com/news/opinion/columnists/possible-neolithic-ritual-site-on-arran-may-be-a-monument-to-shared-human-endeavour-scotsman-comment-3351604
https://www.scotsman.com/heritage-and-retro/heritage/archaeologists-search-for-enormous-ancient-ritual-site-on-scottish-island-3351332

3000 years bp vases full of jewellery and weapons from a site in Auvergne Rhone-Alpes:

https://www.francetvinfo.fr/culture/patrimoine/archeologie/des-vases-des-bijoux-et-des-armes-decouverte-exceptionnelle-d-objets-de-l-age-du-bronze-dans-l-allier_4743353.html

A pair of Wielbark culture burial mounds from Poland provide evidence of the profession of the occupants:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/08/burial-mounds-containing-grave-goods-indicate-profession-of-those-interred/139896

An ongoing excavation in Salamanca:

https://elpais.com/cultura/2021-08-19/una-diosa-egipcia-en-salamanca.html

An 8 foot tall, 1600 years bp wooden 'idol' find from a bog in Co Roscommon:

https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-40358522.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2021/08/20/ireland-pagan-deity-bog-idil/ https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/gortnacrannagh-idol-ireland-1234601873/ https://www.art-insider.com/ancient-pagan-wood-idol-discovered-in-roscommon-bog-ireland/2688
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/1600-year-old-wooden-idol-found-ireland-180978453/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/9941-210816-ireland-wooden-idol

Remains of a 'lost' 8th century monastery associated with Queen Cynethryth was unearthed near a church in Berkshire:

https://www.reading.ac.uk/news-and-events/releases/PR858751.aspx https://www.getreading.co.uk/news/reading-berkshire-news/university-reading-archaeologists-make-breakthrough-21340550
https://phys.org/news/2021-08-archaeologists-lost-monastery-queen-mercia.html https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-berkshire-58258647 https://www.itv.com/news/meridian/2021-08-19/archaeologists-discover-8th-century-monastery-on-the-banks-of-the-river-thames
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/an-anglo-saxon-queen-s-monastery-rediscovered
http://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/698/reader/reader.html?social#!preferred/0/package/698/pub/698/page/21/article/209420
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/lost-monastery-run-anglo-saxon-queen-discovered-180978485/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9948-210820-england-queen-cynethryth

I think we mentioned this Viking hoard from the Isle of Man:

https://museumcrush.org/another-viking-hoard-offers-itself-up-on-the-isle-of-man/

A langsax long knife with possible Viking connections from Poland:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/08/rare-langsax-fighting-blade-discovery/139946

A change in papal law in the 14th century allowing monks more meat apparently caused digestive issues for some at Muchelney Abbey:

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2021/aug/19/meat-rich-diet-of-13th-century-monks-caused-digestive-issues-research-finds
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/meat-diet-monks-digestive-issues-b1905139.html
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-9905615/Muchelney-Abbey-build-toilet-block-14th-century-meat-gave-monks-diarrhoea.html

Remains of a medieval St Mary's Abbey from a Museum Gardens dig in York:

https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/heritage-and-retro/heritage/archaeological-dig-at-museum-gardens-in-york-reveals-lost-buildings-that-were-once-part-of-medieval-st-marys-abbey-3345871
https://www.archaeology.org/news/9943-210817-york-medieval-abbey

Two medieval jewellery hoards from Russia:

http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/61998

Remains of a medieval structure from the heart of Genoa:

https://www.finestresullarte.info/archeologia/genova-importante-scoperta-archeologica-complesso-medievale-loggia-banchi

A dig in Dover's Market Square prior to a 'major revamp' is under way:

https://www.kentonline.co.uk/dover/news/digging-for-the-past-252398/

A dig at Alderney's 'Nunnery' is under way again, hoping to determine if it was, in fact, a Nunnery:

https://gsy.bailiwickexpress.com/gsy/news/we-do-not-know-if-nunnery-was-ever-fact-nunnery/#.YSJRs9NyphF

Hopes for Spanish Armada evidence from plans to dredge up a Galician port/estuary:

https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2021/08/15/dredging-up-history-galicia-clean-up-project-could-shed-light-on-mysteries-of-spanish-armada/

A study of lead content of bones from Italy dating from 12 000 BCE to the 17th century mirrors evidence of increased lead production:

https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/12000-year-old-cemetery-reveals-effect-of-metal-pollution-on-humans-676805
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/.premium-bones-in-12-000-year-old-cemetery-mirror-history-of-deadly-lead-production-1.10119592
https://www.sciencealert.com/human-burials-for-12-000-years-reveal-the-steady-rise-of-lead-pollution
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/lead-has-been-getting-humans-bones-5000-years-180978444/

cf: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.est.1c00614

18th century (or earlier) graffiti found at the Kibworth Harcourt mill:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leicestershire-58259268

A mass grave associated with a Nazi massacre from Poland's 'Death Valley':

https://www.livescience.com/wwii-nazi-mass-grave-found-poland.html https://www.newsweek.com/archaeologists-discover-mass-world-war-ii-grave-uncover-nazi-massacre-1620718
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2021/08/archaeologists-unearth-nazi-era-massacre-poland-s-death-valley
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/08/nazi-war-crimes-revealed-in-death-valley/139918

cf: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antiquity/article/an-archaeology-of-death-valley-poland/297404A3A2C060EA27B9E9CC176DBC75

Detectorist finds declared treasure this week include some coins stashed during the time of Charles I:

https://www.gentside.co.uk/history/coins-stashed-during-reign-of-charles-i-declared-treasure_art7974.html

Overviewish thing on the dig season at Anchor Church Field:

https://www.lincolnshirelive.co.uk/news/archaeologists-on-cliff-hanger-possible-5813186
https://www.spaldingtoday.co.uk/news/saxon-poo-among-exciting-finds-uncovered-at-dig-9212108/

Concerns for Stonehenge-associated sites in Pembrokeshire:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-58247235

... arising from:

https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-wales-58250138 https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/697/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/697/pub/697/page/39/article/209168

A catalog of underwater sites in Andalucia has been produced:

https://www.euroweeklynews.com/2021/08/16/presenting-andalucias-underwater-archaeological-chart/

Feature on Viking-era (S)Nottingham:

https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/history/history-nottingham-known-snotingeham-held-5801153

Not sure about this: protestors 'seized' Ediburgh Castle citing Magna Carta:

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/aug/17/protesters-claim-to-seize-edinburgh-castle-citing-magna-carta

More on the 5000 years bp wooden stakes from the Ness of Brodgar:

https://www.insidehook.com/daily_brief/history/orkney-ness-brodgar-wooden-stakes-scotland

More on the origins of the so-called 'Arthur's Stone':

https://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/19518527.archaeologists-reveal-herefordshire-stone-age-monuments-origins/
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-9897977/Origins-Arthurs-Stone-revealed-archaeologists.html

More on that medieval 'sword pyramid' from Norfolk:

https://www.livescience.com/mysterious-sword-pyramid.html

On the ongoing threat to archaeology programs in the UK:

https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/700/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/700/pub/700/page/30/article/208309

... and the department in Worcester is closing now:

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/worcester-university-to-close-its-archaeology-department-in-another-blow-to-heritage-sector

Larry Landtrain isn't going over well at Lindisfarne:

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/aug/18/row-larry-landtrain-visitors-lindisfarne

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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 ================================================================
A pair of Jin dynasty brick tombs from Shaanxi:

https://news.cgtn.com/news/2021-08-15/Brick-tombs-from-the-Jin-Dynasty-discovered-in-Shanxi-Province-12KHecRxo3u/index.html

Latest 'embracing lovers' burial is a 1600 years bp tomb from Datong:

http://www.china.org.cn/arts/2021-08/16/content_77695826.htm http://en.people.cn/n3/2021/0818/c90000-9885190.html https://news.cgtn.com/news/2021-08-16/Over-1600-year-old-tomb-of-embracing-lovers-unearthed-in-Datong-12LLCTHDswU/index.html
https://www.bignewsnetwork.com/news/270728877/over-1600-yr-old-tomb-of-embracing-lovers-unearthed-in-north-china

On the love for archaeology (and paleontology) in China:

https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/social-welfare/article/3145438/why-china-love-archaeology-and-palaeontology

Feature on sites being revealed from melting ice in Mongolia:

https://scroll.in/article/1002794/in-mongolia-melting-ice-is-revealing-hidden-archaeological-treasures

30 Late Bronze Age burials from the Okinsk region of Buryatia:

https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/106980/30-tombs-dating-back-to-the-Late-Bronze-Age-discovered

Neolithic sites from Eastern Ghats (Tamil Nadu):

https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2021/aug/17/neolithic-period-sites-found-in-eastern-ghats-2345700.html

Remains of an ancient temple from a Bhargavi riverbed in Odisha:

https://www.deccanherald.com/national/east-and-northeast/ruins-of-ancient-temple-found-in-bhargavi-riverbed-in-odisha-1021312.html
https://pragativadi.com/survey-group-rediscovering-lost-heritage-stumbles-upon-remains-of-ancient-temple-in-bhargavi-river-bed/

Feature on that punch-marked 36d century coin from the Keeladi site:

https://www.dtnext.in/News/TamilNadu/2021/08/22022317/1313393/Silver-coin-shows-economic-activities-in-3rd-century-.vpf

Feature on Madras before the British:

https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/2021/aug/17/building-a-city-before-the-british-came-calling-2345584.html

Feature on the Ramappa temple just added to the Heritage List:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-58255574

Study suggests Indus Valley folk spoke a Dravidian language:

https://science.thewire.in/the-sciences/nature-study-ancestral-dravidian-language-indus-valley-elephant-pilu/
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NORTH AMERICA
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Using remote sensing and machine learning to reveal 3000-5000 years bp shell rings and mounds in the American Southeast:

https://news.psu.edu/story/666605/2021/08/19/research/remote-sensing-and-machine-learning-reveal-archaic-shell-rings
https://phys.org/news/2021-08-remote-machine-reveal-archaic-shell.html

Clay roof tiles from the Powder Magazine site at Colonial Williamsburg:

https://www.dailypress.com/virginiagazette/va-vg-powder-magazine-dig-0816-20210819-uwnepcvqxbdodfpof4nj5c32yu-story.html
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9947-210820-williamsburg-powder-magazine

A skull found in Flathead Lake (Montana) is believed to be a Native American of uncertain date:

https://www.yahoo.com/news/skull-discovered-flathead-lake-deemed-021700282.html

A 'secret' Tennessee site of some sort has been preserved:

https://foxchattanooga.com/news/local/secret-tennessee-archeological-site-preserved

A dig in Brantford has been halted until First Nations reps can monitor the dig:

https://tworowtimes.com/news/local/brantford-archaeological-dig-halted-until-indigenous-reps-on-site/

Feature on what the CZU Lightning Complex Fire in California last year revealed:

https://www.npr.org/2021/08/17/1028368032/kitchen-sisters-voices-of-survivors-of-the-czu-lightning-complex-fire
http://www.kitchensisters.org/present/what-fire-reveals/

Feature/study of shellfish management in the Pacific Northwest:

https://www.sfu.ca/sfunews/stories/2021/08/humans-managed-shellfish-and-their-predators-for-millennia--stud.html
https://phys.org/news/2021-08-humans-shellfish-predators-millennia.html https://www.uvic.ca/news/topics/2021+traditional-foodways-need-protection+news

cf: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10021-021-00671-3

Feature on former Connecticut state archaeologist Nick Bellantoni:

https://www.nhregister.com/lifestyle/article/Meet-Connecticut-s-real-life-Indiana-Jones-16397930.php

Feature on local historian (Potrero) Peter Linenthal:

https://www.potreroview.net/local-historian-keeps-past-alive/

Colonial Williamsburg has acquired a Paul Revere tankard:

http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/62035

A map detailing Florida's disappearing Native American sites:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/map-details-florida-disappearing-landscape-180978364/
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CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA ================================================================
Another study casting doubt on claims of cannibalism among the Caribs:

https://phys.org/news/2021-08-dispelling-false-cannibalistic-caribsagain.html https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/926065

The Coba Archaeological Zone has reopened after negotiations over how many tourists can visit:

https://www.theyucatantimes.com/2021/08/after-both-sides-reach-an-agreement-coba-archaeological-zone-reopens-under-inah/

Feature on the Palpa geoglyphs:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/08/the-mysterious-palpa-geoglyphs/139923

Feature on the Maya 'Star Wars':

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/08/the-star-wars/139929

Feature on Spanish colonial officials fearing 'powerful clothing':

https://psyche.co/ideas/why-spanish-colonial-officials-feared-the-power-of-clothing?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=HTLGI21

Feature on Cuicuilco:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/08/cuicuilco-the-mesoamerican-city-destroyed-by-a-volcano/139951

Folks don't think much of Mexico's replica Aztec pyramid, apparently:

https://www.archpaper.com/2021/08/mexico-builds-templo-mayor-replica-light-up/ -----
Mike Ruggeri's Ancient Americas Breaking News:

http://goo.gl/1VdeA

Mike Ruggeri's Ancient Americas lecture channels on Youtube:

https://mikeruggerisyoutube.tumblr.com/

Ancient MesoAmerica News:

http://ancient-mesoamerica-news-updates.blogspot.com/ ================================================================
OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST ================================================================
Not sure where to put this one: British archaeologists are battling with Turkey over seeds found at various sites:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/seeds-conflict-british-archaeologists-battling-turkish-government-seeds-180978357/

... nor this one on connections between genetics and language families in northeast Asia:

https://phys.org/news/2021-08-history-written-grammar.html

cf: https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/7/34/eabd9223

Feature on Lady Wroth and her secret codes:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/secret-codes-lady-wroth-first-female-english-novelist-180978365/

Some middle schoolers are trying to clear the name of a Salem Witch Trial victim:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/20/us/elizabeth-johnson-jr-salem-witch-trials.html
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/aug/19/salem-witch-trials-pardon-woman-elizabeth-johnson

Feature on the Boleyn family:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/rise-and-fall-tudor-englands-scandalous-boleyn-family-180978480/

On the French and Lafayette:


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