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explorator 23.20 September 6, 2020
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You can read explorator online at:

https://exploratornews.wordpress.com/

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

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-8689731/Menu-Neanderthals-included-cook-meats-bugs-eyeballs-vegetables.html

Pondering whether Neanderthals had a 'society':

https://www.sciencefocus.com/the-human-body/did-neanderthals-have-a-society/

Funding to study the Natodomeri site in Kenya:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-09/uoa-arn090220.php

I think we've mentioned this homo heidelbergensis horse butchery site:

http://www.sci-news.com/archaeology/homo-heidelbergensis-horse-butchery-site-08812.html

Possible evidence of human presence at the Moyjil site (Australia) 120 000 years bp:

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-09-05/moyjil-coastal-site-at-warrnambool-of-global-indigenous-heritage/12629934

More on using machine learning to differentiate Paleolithic toolkits:

https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/08/new-artificial-neural-network.html

More on how Neanderthals adapted to climate change:

https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/08/how-neanderthals-adjusted-to-climate.html

More on those 200 000 years bp beds in South Africa:

https://phys.org/news/2020-09-grass-ash-uncovering-year-beds.html https://theconversation.com/grass-on-ash-uncovering-200-000-year-old-beds-from-south-africa-145347
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AFRICA
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Feature on Kilwa (paywalled):

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/magazine/2020/07-08/abandoned-east-african-city-kilwa-controlled-medieval-gold-trade/

More on the destruction of the Jabal Maragha site in Sudan by illegal gold diggers:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/gold-diggers-destroy-ancient-kush-site-sudan-180975685/
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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT ================================================================
Egypt is sending antiquities abroad to promote tourism:

https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2020/08/egypt-archeology-czech-republic-museum-tourism.html

... and has upgraded facilities at the Giza Plateau too:

https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2020/08/egypt-restaurant-development-tourism-giza-pyramids.html

Sites were opening this week:

https://www.zawya.com/mena/en/life/story/Karnak_Temple_receives_first_tourists_as_Egypts_cultural_tourism_resumes-SNG_183523888/

Feature on the artists who created the Egyptian 'style' of art:

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/magazine/2020/07-08/anonymous-artists-invented-ancient-egypt-iconic-style/

Egypt is cracking down on people who climb antiquities 'without a license':

https://www.egyptindependent.com/climbing-up-egyptian-antiquities-without-license-now-a-punishable-offense/

Feature on Adam Henein and his work with the Sphinx:

https://www.middleeasteye.net/discover/egypt-adam-henein-sphinx-sculpture-papyrus-restoration

Feature on finds made by the Swedish mission in Egypt:

https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/91425/What-are-the-most-important-Egyptian-archaeological-discoveries-made-by

The remains of the 'Parthian Lady' found at Isfahan have been transferred to a museum:

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/452035/Newly-unearthed-Parthian-lady-to-be-transferred-to-Isfahan

A mapping survey of 'southern Iran' turned up a number of sites ((I can't connect to this this a.m. for some reason):

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/451936/Mapping-survey-discovers-ancient-sites-in-southern-Iran

Digging at Gobekli Tepe has resumed:

https://www.aa.com.tr/en/turkey/excavations-in-rock-tombs-to-bare-gobeklitepe-s-mystery/1964138

... and a feature on Gobekli Tepe with an astronomy spin:

https://astronomy.com/news/2020/09/gobekli-tepe-the-worlds-first-astronomical-observatory

8600 years bp sewing tools from Eksi Hoyuk:

https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/textile-tools-dating-back-8-600-years-found-in-denizli-157783
http://www.archaeology.org/news/8990-200831-neolithic-sewing-tools

Remains of a 3200 years bp Canaanite fortress near Kibbutz Galon:

https://www.livescience.com/ancient-egyptian-philistine-fortress-discovered.html
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-8682809/Fortress-dating-12th-century-BC-Israel-matches-structure-described-Bible.html
https://www.archaeology.org/news/8996-200902-israel-canaanite-fortress

Remains (maybe) of a Sennacherib-associated siege ramp at the site of Azekah:

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/.premium-archaeologists-find-assyrian-siege-ramp-at-biblical-city-of-azekah-1.9115899

Construction of a visitors center in Jerusalem revealed some Kingdom of Judah-era/Davidic/First Temple proto-Aeolian column capitals:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-54006773 https://www.algemeiner.com/2020/09/03/archaeological-dig-in-jerusalem-reveals-remains-from-era-of-ancient-kings-of-judah/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/at-popular-jerusalem-promenade-archaeologists-find-a-first-temple-era-mansion/
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/.premium-ruins-from-first-temple-period-palace-found-in-southern-jerusalem-1.9125375
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/286535 https://www.israelhayom.com/2020/09/03/excavators-unearth-parts-of-magnificent-palace-in-jerusalem/
https://hamodia.com/2020/09/03/archaeologists-find-first-beis-mikdash-era-palace-yerushalayim/
https://www.jewishpress.com/news/israel/jerusalem/magnificent-remains-of-judaean-kings-palace-discovered-under-jerusalems-famous-promenade/2020/09/03/
https://www.israel21c.org/rare-ancient-royal-mansion-unearthed-in-jerusalem/ https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/davidic-dynasty-symbol-found-in-jerusalem-once-in-a-lifetime-discovery-640929
https://www.upi.com/Science_News/2020/09/03/Limestone-artifacts-from-ancient-royal-mansion-unearthed-in-Jerusalem/9961599142026/
https://www.clevelandjewishnews.com/jns/israel-antiquities-authority-reveals-remains-of-first-temple-era-jerusalem-palace/article_4dd733a8-c44b-5fec-8353-606dc15483c3.html
http://www.china.org.cn/world/Off_the_Wire/2020-09/03/content_76667503.htm

Interesting rethink of a group of Phoenician figurines found off the coast of Israel in the 1970s:

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/01/science/archaeology-phoenician-israel-shavei-zion.html
https://www.deccanherald.com/science-and-environment/from-the-seabed-figures-of-an-ancient-cult-880821.html
https://www.archaeology.org/news/8995-200902-phoenician-figurines-offerings

A Danish-German project to study pottery production in ancient Jerash:

https://www.jordantimes.com/news/local/danish-german-project-seeks-shine-light-ancient-jerashs-pottery-production

A somewhat strange story of a 'mystery pit' being found on Temple Mount:

https://www.jewishpress.com/news/israel/jerusalem/mystery-new-pit-opens-in-temple-mount-floor/2020/08/31/

... followed by accusations that the Waqf had 'cemented' it over:

https://www.jewishpress.com/news/archaeology-news/waqf-cements-over-ancient-mysterious-pit-discovered-on-temple-mount/2020/09/01/
https://www.israeltoday.co.il/read/muslims-quickly-bury-suspected-jewish-history-on-temple-mount/
https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/israel/1598967531-report-mysterious-pit-uncovered-on-temple-mount-closed-by-waqf
https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/waqf-fills-hole-on-temple-mount-possibly-hiding-archaeological-treasures-640704

An Israeli energy company apparently came across some ancient shipwrecks back in 2016 and the IAA 'covered it up':

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-israeli-energy-company-found-ancient-shipwrecks-antiquities-authority-covered-it-up-1.9127798

Latest claims on which site is the actual ancient Bethsaida:

https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/site-of-jesuss-miracles-may-have-moved-over-time-expert-says-640846
https://aleteia.org/2020/09/04/archaeologist-claims-location-of-long-lost-city-of-bethsaida/

Not a lot of digging going on in ancient biblical cities, apparently:

https://www.christianitytoday.com/news/2020/september/archaeology-dig-delay-israel-biblical-covid.html

More on that 'face of God' figurine and the resulting dispute among archaeologists:

https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/facing-the-facts-about-the-face-of-god/
https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/biblical-scholars-reject-face-of-god-claim-640706
https://www.timesofisrael.com/face-of-god-archaeologist-claims-to-find-10th-cent-bce-graven-images-of-yahweh/
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/.premium-face-of-yahweh-claim-sets-off-archaeological-brouhaha-1.9116368

More on that 1200 years bp 'soap factory' from Rahat:

https://forward.com/culture/453594/1200-year-old-soap-factory-discovered-in-israel/

More on that 1300 years bp church near Mount Tabor:

https://www.thetablet.co.uk/news/13328/ancient-church-discovered-near-mount-tabor

Feature on epidemics in Mesopotamia:

http://www.asor.org/anetoday/2020/09/epidemics-mesopotamia

Feature on Sultan Selim:

https://macmillan.yale.edu/news/gods-shadow-sultan-selim-his-ottoman-empire-and-making-modern-world

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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS) ================================================================
There was a fire at the site of Mycenae this week:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/aug/30/wildfire-breaks-out-near-tomb-of-agamemnon-greece
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/08/fire-erupts-ancient-greek-site-mycenae-200830165758062.html

... but nothing was damaged, apparently:

https://www.ekathimerini.com/256394/article/ekathimerini/news/fire-at-mycenae-has-not-damaged-antiquities-ministry-says
https://greekcitytimes.com/2020/08/31/fire-at-mycenae-antiquities-not-damaged/ https://www.tornosnews.gr/en/greek-news/culture/41396-greek-ministry-of-culture-fire-at-mycenae-has-not-damaged-antiquities-videos.html
https://www.news18.com/news/buzz/selective-burnout-greek-wildfire-has-spared-key-archaeological-sites-2837363.html

... and the site reopened:

https://greekcitytimes.com/2020/09/01/mycenae-to-reopen-on-tuesday-following-wildfire/
https://greece.greekreporter.com/2020/09/01/archaeological-site-of-mycenae-reopens-after-wildfire/

There was also a fire at Selinunte (Italian):

https://itacanotizie.it/2020/08/30/fuochini/ https://www.siciliaogginotizie.it/2020/08/30/parco-di-selinunte-un-incendio-ha-minacciato-lacropoli/

Evidence of a Bronze Age settlement near Salento (Italian):

https://www.lecceprima.it/attualita/scoperta-archeologica-aspide-salento-3-settembre-2020.html

Evidence of a tsunami (vel simm.) hitting the Phoenician settlement at Cerro del Villar in the 7th century BCE:

https://elpais.com/cultura/2020-09-03/cataclismo-ambiental-en-la-isla-fenicia.html

A 2400 years bp terracotta 'mask' from Daskyleion:

https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/2-400-year-old-mask-unearthed-in-ancient-city-158021
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/culture/turkey-2-400-year-old-mask-unearthed-in-ancient-city/1964665

Remains of a Roman villa beneath and East Yorkshire football field:

https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/news/history/roman-villa-unearthed-brough-football-4482668

An 1800 years bp satyr relief from the Smyrna Theater site is undergoing restoration:

https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/relief-of-mythological-satyr-figure-under-restoration/news

Latest from the excavations at the Temple of Hadrian site in Cyzicus:

https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/from-part-to-whole-archaeologists-piece-together-ancient-stones-to-reveal-history-of-hadrian-temple/news

Roman finds made during the resumption of digging at Satala (Turkey):

https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/centuries-old-traces-in-satala-ancient-city-157851

Digging has resumed at Entella (Italian):

https://agcult.it/a/23775/2020-08-31/parco-archeologico-di-segesta-riprendono-gli-scavi-a-entella

Greek archaeologists aren't happy with the 'salvaging' operations off Antihythera:

https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2020/09/03/greek-archaeologists-on-the-salvaging-of-antique-artefacts-off-antikythera/

Graffiti vandals hit the amphitheatre at Caerleon (again):

https://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/18692338.graffiti-scrawled-roman-amphitheatre-caerleon/
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/caerleon-amphitheatre-roman-ruins-graffiti-18870581

Construction of a hotel on a Hellenistic site in Yeroskipou has been given the go-ahead:

https://cyprus-mail.com/2020/09/03/dismay-as-antiquities-department-give-go-ahead-for-hotel-on-ancient-site/

Pondering what the Romans were doing in Britain:

https://www.historyextra.com/period/roman/romans-britain-britannia-explotation-conquest-occupation-civilisation/

Feature on Bearsden Roman Bathhouse:

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/bearsden-roman-bathhouse

Feature on how ancient Romans kept cool:

http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/how-ancient-romans-kept-their-cool/

Interesting feature on birds in the ancient Mediterranean world:

https://aeon.co/essays/the-ancient-world-teemed-with-birds-now-we-think-with-them

Suggestion that Greek Tragedy can help us endure the pandemic:

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/can-greek-tragedy-get-us-through-the-pandemic

Marking the 2500th anniversary of Thermopylae and Salamis:

https://www.thenationalherald.com/archive_associations/arthro/embca_presents_the_2_500th_anniversary_of_battles_of_thermopylae_and_salamis-787060/

... and an opeddish thing on Salamis (paywalled):

https://www.wsj.com/articles/for-greece-the-battle-of-salamis-never-ended-11599145362

Charlotte Higgins on reading Horace:

https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/life/horace-and-me-poetry-return-harry-eyres-charlotte-higgins

Mary Beard was talking about imperial portraiture (paywalled):

https://www.wsj.com/articles/face-to-face-with-the-rulers-of-rome-11599242247

Feature on an early Iron Age burial of a woman and foetus on the Areopagus of Athens:

https://www.ancientworldmagazine.com/articles/rich-athenian-woman-child/

Feature on the Seven Wonders:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2020/09/the-seven-wonders-of-the-ancient-world/134967

Feature on Sparta:

https://greece.greekreporter.com/2020/09/01/harsh-lessons-from-the-ancient-greek-city-state-of-sparta/

Feature on gardens in ancient Greece:

https://lithub.com/we-have-ancient-greece-to-thank-for-contemporary-gardens/

Feature on death in ancient Rome:

https://www.thecollector.com/death-in-ancient-rome/

Feature on the portrayal of folks in Total War: Troy:

https://www.ancientworldmagazine.com/articles/sources-disinformation-bad-reconstructions/

Feature/explanation of Jason and the Argonauts:

https://www.grunge.com/242783/the-legend-of-jason-and-the-argonauts-finally-explained/

Folks might be interested in the Sator-Arepo side of the movie Tenet:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/0/starter-tenet-archaeological-mystery-behind-film-summer/
https://www.vox.com/culture/21419050/tenet-explained-sator-square-nolan

Feature on the Nashville Parthenon:

https://www.tennessean.com/story/life/shopping/ms-cheap/2020/09/01/nashville-parthenon-centennial-park-things-to-know/3441589001/

Feature on fifth-century Greece (somewhat out of date):

https://www.thegreatcoursesdaily.com/greece-in-the-fifth-century-an-athenian-perspective/

Spinning Cicero's first Philippic:

https://www.thenewamerican.com/culture/history/item/36904-for-pity-s-sake-what-is-this-voluntary-slavery-cicero-delivers-his-first-philippic

In case you missed the photorealistic recreations of Roman emperors:

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/behold-ai-puts-flesh-on-the-busts-of-roman-emperors-qzq25h586

More on Nemi seeking reparations from Germany regarding the destruction of Caligula's ships (Italian):

http://www.vivereroma.org/2020/09/03/il-comune-di-nemi-chiede-alla-germania-il-risarcimento-dei-danni-per-il-rogo-nazista-delle-navi-romane-nel-44/827430
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Roman Archaeology Blog:

http://romanarc.blogspot.com/

Rogueclassicism:

http://rogueclassicism.com/ ================================================================
EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland) ================================================================
Neolithic face pottery and obsidian from a site in Poland:

https://scienceinpoland.pap.pl/en/news/news%2C83670%2Cbowl-face-and-horns-found-7000-year-old-farmers-settlement.html
https://www.thefirstnews.com/article/remains-of-7000-year-old-jar-with-creepy-horned-human-face-found-in-neolithic-house-15418
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2020/09/04/bowl-depicting-a-human-face-with-horns/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2020/09/bowl-depicting-a-human-face-with-horns-found-in-ancient-settlement/134906
https://www.archaeology.org/news/8997-200903-neolithic-poland-pottery

Study of remains of a Mesolithic woman in Spain suggests she was dark skinned:

https://elpais.com/espana/galicia/2020-08-29/la-primera-mujer-del-mesolitico-estudiada-en-espana-era-de-piel-negra.html

Interesting study of the Maeshowe Neolithic cairn on Orkney shows that the side chambers are 'upside down':

https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/18696863.orkneys-houses-dead-topsy-turvey-glimpse-past/
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2020/09/04/upside-down-houses-for-the-dead-in-stone-age-tomb/

Home renovations (?) at a town in Slovakia uncovered some 7000 years bp finds:

https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22477047/7000-year-old-objects-discovered-during-small-construction-works.html

Assorted tech reveals a Bronze Age tradition in Britain of 'retaining and curating' human remains as relics:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-08/uob-rda082520.php https://phys.org/news/2020-08-radiocarbon-dating-ct-scans-reveal.html https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/08/200831224044.htm https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-53947808 https://www.theguardian.com/science/2020/sep/01/bronze-age-britons-keepsakes-parts-dead-relatives-archaeologists
https://www.sciencealert.com/bronze-age-brits-made-keepsakes-out-of-their-relatives-old-bones
https://www.zmescience.com/science/bronze-age-human-remains-burial-043242/ https://cosmosmagazine.com/history/anthropology/bones-were-big-in-bronze-age-britain/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/bronze-age-people-made-instruments-decorations-bones-their-dead-180975701/
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/08/radiocarbon-dating-and-ct-scans-reveal.html
http://www.archaeology.org/news/8994-200902-bronze-age-bone

A possible Bronze Age cremation burial at a hospital construction site in Ireland:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-foyle-west-54015998 https://www.rte.ie/news/ulster/2020/0902/1162844-bronze-age-urn-donegal/ https://www.irishcentral.com/roots/history/archaeologists-bronze-age-urn-donegal
https://www.leitrimobserver.ie/news/home/570982/bronze-age-discoveries-at-excavation-site-in-ballyshannon.html
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9001-200904-ireland-bronze-age

Evidence of an Iron Age (maybe) structure at Holyrood Park:

https://www.edinburghlive.co.uk/news/edinburgh-news/archaeologists-unearth-ancient-fort-built-18878778

In case you missed the remains of an early Christian chalice found at Vindolanda:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-tyne-53948801 https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/aug/29/hadrians-wall-dig-reveals-oldest-christian-graffiti-on-chalice
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8678719/Archaeologists-unearth-unique-5th-century-chalice-near-Hadrians-Wall.html
https://www.thetablet.co.uk/news/13316/archaeologists-find-fifth-century-chalice-in-roman-fort
https://aleteia.org/2020/09/01/5th-century-chalice-boasts-oldest-christian-graffiti-in-britain/
http://www.sci-news.com/archaeology/christian-chalice-vindolanda-08803.html https://www.heritagedaily.com/2020/09/remains-of-christian-chalice-unearthed-near-hadrians-wall/134933
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/1400-year-old-chalice-covered-christian-inscriptions-found-near-hadrians-wall-180975698/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/8988-200831-vindolanda-christian-chalice

Suggestion that the Nebra Sky disk dates to the Iron Age, not the Bronze Age:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-09/guf-ndo090320.php https://phys.org/news/2020-09-dating-nebra-sky-disk.html https://www.dw.com/en/nebra-sky-disc-age-iron-age/a-54815089 http://www.sci-news.com/archaeology/nebra-sky-disk-08816.html https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2020/09/04/new-dating-of-nebra-sky-disk/ https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/09/new-dating-of-nebra-sky-disk.html
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2020/09/new-dating-of-nebra-sky-disk/134943

A metal detectorist found a Saxon coin near Swindon:

https://www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk/farmer/18687937.detectorist-unearths-saxon-treasure-land-near-swindon/
https://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/18686975.detectorist-unearths-saxon-treasure-land-near-swindon/

Romanian archaeologists believe they have located the tomb of Andrew II:

https://balkaninsight.com/2020/09/02/archeologists-in-romania-discover-revered-hungarian-kings-tomb/

A medieval longhouse is being excavated on Iceland:

https://grapevine.is/news/2020/09/01/archaeological-excavations-in-arnarfjordur-reveal-medieval-longhouse/

A pair of 15th century battle axes from the Battle of Grunwald (Poland):

http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/59460

Conservation work at the church of Santa Maria Assunta on Torcello has revealed some pre-11th century fresco work:

https://www.apollo-magazine.com/discovery-medieval-wall-paintings-torcello-venice-lagoon/

Workers found a box containing the heart of a 19th century mayor in a Belgian fountain:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/heart-belgian-city-mayor-180975708/

Excavations at Shrewsbury Castle have resumed:

https://www.shropshirestar.com/entertainment/attractions/2020/09/02/archaeologists-dig-deeper-into-history-as-second-castle-excavation-starts/

A project to restore a Victorian ice house in Leicestershire has commenced:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leicestershire-53991240

Latest bragging about 'treasure find' success is from Lincolnshire:

https://www.skegnessstandard.co.uk/heritage-and-retro/heritage/lincolnshire-top-five-places-find-treasure-2958677

Feature on maps of the Lancashire area:

https://www.lancs.live/news/lancashire-news/lancashire-maps-dating-back-14th-18844077

Feature on the fear of the dead which medieval pandemics spawned:

https://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/history-and-civilisation/2020/09/medieval-pandemics-spawned-fears-of-the-undead-burials-reveal

Feature/opeddish thing on the legacy of the Vikings:

https://slate.com/culture/2020/09/vikings-neil-price-children-ash-elm.html

Feature on the 'Druid's Temple' in Yorkshire:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2020/09/the-druids-temple/134920

More on Stonehenge acoustics:

https://phys.org/news/2020-09-uncovering-acoustical-properties-stonehenge.html https://www.livescience.com/stonehenge-acoustics-amplification.html https://www.sciencenews.org/article/stonehenge-acoustics-sounds-voices-music https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/09/stonehenge-lego-scale-model-reveals-the-pagan-monuments-unique-soundscape/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/stonehenge-may-have-amplified-music-played-its-center-180975703/

More on that Viking burial of a left-handed warrior in Norway:

https://partner.sciencenorway.no/archaeology-ntnu-viking-age/viking-sword-found-in-grave-in-central-norway/1733656
https://www.livescience.com/viking-warrior-sword-left-burial.html https://www.lifeinnorway.net/archaeologists-find-viking-sword-in-central-norway-grave/
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/08/viking-sword-found-in-grave-in-central.html
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-uncover-grave-left-handed-viking-warrior-norway-180975734/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/8989-200831-norway-viking-grave

More on that 500 years bp sturgeon from a Baltic shipwreck:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/sep/04/rare-sturgeon-fish-found-preserved-in-danish-ship-that-sank-in-1495
https://www.thelocal.se/20200904/how-a-500-year-old-sturgeon-was-found-in-a-scandinavian-royal-shipwreck
https://www.thelocal.dk/20200904/how-a-500-year-old-sturgeon-was-found-in-a-scandinavian-royal-shipwreck
https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/500-year-old-sturgeon-found-in-danish-royal-shipwreck.816165
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/08/atlantic-sturgeon-in-kings-pantry.html

More on the study of parasitic infections over time in assorted sites in Europe:

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/09/parasitic-worms-found-medieval-human-remains-hold-secret-eradicating-them-today#
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/08/helminth-infections-common-in-medieval.html
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9000-200903-roundworm-whipworm-infections

More on 15 000 years bp 'abstract mammoth' art from Jersey:

http://www.sci-news.com/archaeology/magdalenian-abstract-art-channel-islands-08806.html
https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/paleolithic-cave-art-shows-land-now-submerged

More on walrus bones in a human burial (I think we mentioned this a while ago):

https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p08qbzsm/the-walrus-found-in-a-human-grave

More on preserving graffiti carved into New Forest trees:

https://www.salisburyjournal.co.uk/news/18687162.ancient-symbols-carved-new-forest-trees-recorded-posterity/
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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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A Han Dynasty text appears to be an anatomical atlas of the human body:

https://www.bangor.ac.uk/news/research/ancient-chinese-text-revealed-to-be-an-anatomical-atlas-of-the-human-body-44048
https://phys.org/news/2020-09-ancient-chinese-text-revealed-anatomical.html https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-8690979/Chinese-text-2-000-years-ago-pathways-human-body-oldest-anatomical-text.html
https://www.latercera.com/que-pasa/noticia/manuscritos-medicos-de-mawangdui-cientificos-afirman-que-este-texto-chino-de-2200-anos-es-el-atlas-humano-mas-antiguo-de-la-historia/APQTEDEEEZHLDCOZXHAUB3UU6A/
https://theconversation.com/this-ancient-chinese-anatomical-atlas-changes-what-we-know-about-acupuncture-and-medical-history-140506
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/09/ancient-chinese-anatomical-atlas.html
http://www.archaeology.org/news/8998-200903-china-medical-text

A Ming Dynasty burial from Hebei:

http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2020-09/01/c_139334252.htm

A 2nd century BCE (or so) inscribed pillar from Tamil Nadu:

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/madurai/memorial-stone-found-in-mutt-certified-tns-oldest/articleshow/77900526.cms
https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2020/sep/03/over-2000-year-old-tamizhi-inscriptions-found-near-usilampatti-2191775.html

Evidence suggests Keezhadi was continuously inhabited from at least the 6th century BCE:

https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2020/sep/02/findings-hint-keezhadi-was-continuously-inhabited-since-sixth-century-bce-2191353.html

A 1200 years bp temple from a site on the bank of the Arjuna River:

https://www.newindianexpress.com/good-news/2020/aug/27/sivakasi-1200-year-old-rock-cut-temple-discovered-on-riverbank-2188824.html
https://www.archaeology.org/news/8992-200901-india-temple-rooms

A 1200 years bp Telugu inscription find from Andhra Pradesh:

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/rare-inscription-unearthed/article32490807.ece
https://www.archaeology.org/news/8991-200901-india-telugu-inscription

A number of sites (but not the Taj) reopened in Agra:

https://www.nationalheraldindia.com/india/monuments-other-than-taj-mahal-to-reopen-from-tuesday-in-agra
https://www.punjabnewsexpress.com/national/news/monuments-other-than-taj-to-reopen-from-tuesday-in-agra-118538

Seeking the return of a cannonball from an 1846 battle with the Maori:

https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/archaeologist-calls-return-historic-cannonball-believed-stolen-transmission-gully-worksite

Feature on the Sky Caves of Nepal:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2020/09/the-mysterious-sky-caves-of-nepal/134980 ================================================================
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A drone survey at a sike in Kansas revealed earthworks that may be connected with Etzanoa:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-09/dc-dsr090320.php https://phys.org/news/2020-09-drone-survey-reveals-large-earthwork.html

Possible 18th century burials found during construction in a park in San Antonio:

https://www.ksat.com/news/local/2020/08/31/human-remains-found-near-downtown-san-antonio-park-to-be-exhumed/
https://www.ksat.com/news/local/2020/09/01/spiritual-ceremony-to-take-place-before-exhumation-of-human-remains-found-near-san-antonios-milam-park/

Paddle wheels from a 19th century steamer that sank in Lake Champlain were located:

https://phys.org/news/2020-09-paddlewheels-lake-champlain-steamer-sunk.html

Funding for conservation of artifacts from the Vore Buffalo Jump:

https://www.sundancetimes.com/story/2020/09/03/news/state-archaeologist-receives-save-americas-treasures-grant-for-vore-buffalo-jump/3008.html

Plans for an archaeological survey at Mitchell Airport (SD):

https://www.mitchellrepublic.com/news/government-and-politics/6645018-Archaeologists-to-survey-Mitchell-airport-land-for-historical-artifacts

Funding for projects associated with the Clotilda and Africatown community:

https://www.al.com/news/mobile/2020/09/clotilda-africatown-efforts-poised-to-move-forward.html

Feature on the Squamish Nation's archaeologist Rudy Reimer:

https://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/must-reads/squamish-nation-archaeologist-helps-indigenous-communities-share-their-history-their-way-2666649

More on that Lost Colony revisionism:

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/01/us/Roanoke-lost-colony.html

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Turns out there are plenty more mammoth skeletons at that airport construction site in Mexico City:

https://phys.org/news/2020-09-mammoth-central-mexico-airport-site.html https://www.startribune.com/mammoth-central-found-at-mexico-airport-construction-site/572311272/
https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/mexico-citys-new-airport-site-becomes-mammoth-central/
https://www.theyucatantimes.com/2020/09/200-mammoth-skeletons-discovered-under-mexico-city-airport-site/
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/ny-mammoths-mexico-discovery-airport-20200904-ih5zq3wbkvg3np4rcik6mr5kge-story.html

Marking the 40th anniversary of the discovery of the site of Copan:

http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/2159

Suggestion that cyclones may have contributed to the Maya collapse:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/severe-cyclones-may-have-played-role-maya-collapse-180975717/

Feature on the peopling of South America:


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