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explorator 25.03 May 8, 2022
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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, Adrienne Mayor,
Don Buck, mata kimasitayo, and Ross W. Sargent for headses upses this week
(as always hoping I have left no one out).

Apologies for lateness this week! ============================================================
CUT AND PASTE CORRIGENDA ============================================================
In our previous issue, I messed up the url for the DNA history of the Patagonian sheepdog:

https://journals.plos.org/plosgenetics/article?id=10.1371/journal.pgen.1010160 ============================================================
EARLY HOMINIDS
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A study of ancient predators to figure out how ancient humans did (and did not) find food:

https://phys.org/news/2022-05-ancient-predators-humans-didor-didntfind.html https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/951615 https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/05/04/study-sheds-light-on-how-humans-did-or-didnt-find-food/

cf: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-09480-7

A study of paleolithic tools and the role of visual perception in their use:

https://phys.org/news/2022-05-paleolithic-tools-visual-perception.html ============================================================
AFRICA
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Feature on archaeological work at Tombos (Sudan):

https://theconversation.com/archaeological-site-along-the-nile-opens-a-window-on-the-nubian-civilization-that-flourished-in-ancient-sudan-174575
https://www.sapiens.org/biology/reinterpreting-life-and-death-in-ancient-nubia/ https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/ancient-sudan-archaeology-tombos

Feature on Great Zimbabwe:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/05/great-zimbabwe/143523 ============================================================
ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT ============================================================
A 6th dynasty burial of an Egyptian royal clerk at Saqqara:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/05/archaeologists-discover-tomb-of-ancient-egyptian-royal-clerk-at-saqqara/143476

Ptolemaic-era burials and structures from Sohag:

https://egyptindependent.com/checkpoint-remains-of-archaeological-temple-from-the-ptolemaic-era-discovered-in-sohag/
https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/115511/Huge-archaeological-discoveries-in-Gabal-el-Haridi-area-of-Sohag
https://menafn.com/1104159927/85-Ancient-Tombs-Unearthed-In-Egypt&source=30 https://greekreporter.com/2022/05/06/tombs-egypt-death-certificates-greek/ https://www.thestatesman.com/world/85-ancient-tombs-unearthed-egypt-1503068188.html
https://www.bignewsnetwork.com/news/272539706/85-ancient-tombs-unearthed-in-upper-egypt
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/05/new-archaeological-discoveries-at-gabal-el-haridi/143508
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/05/05/85-ancient-egyptian-tombs-isis-temple-and-tower-house/

More on the 4500 years bp Canaanite statue from the Gaza Strip:

https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2022/04/4500-year-old-canaanite-statue-discovered-gaza

More on smells of Egyptian tombs:

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/ancient-smell-odor-artifacts-texts-egypt-archaeology

Again we're reading of plans to do a muon scan of the Great Pyamid:

https://www.nbcnews.com/science/innovation/scientists-want-use-cosmic-rays-map-great-pyramid-gizas-secrets-rcna24839

Egypt plans on restoring/renovating a Muhammad Al Pasha era weapons factory/warehouse for tourist purposes:

https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2022/04/egypt-launches-renovation-rare-weapon-cache-dating-back-muhammad-ali-pasha-era

Feature on the Hawara Pyramid:

https://egyptianstreets.com/2022/05/05/tales-from-the-past-the-hawara-pyramid-and-egypts-lost-labyrinth/

Feature on the Giza Pyramids:

https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/115569/The-endless-secrets-of-the-Great-Pyramids-of-Giza

Review of Toby Wilkinson, *Tutankhamun's Trumpet*:

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/tutankhamuns-trumpet-by-toby-wilkinson-review-egypts-secrets-revealed-drcjspfl2

Excavations at the 9000 years bp settlement site in the Ahranjan mound (Iran) are under way:

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/472331/Archaeologists-to-find-more-about-what-is-called-oldest-settlement

Feature on Middle Bronze Age 'warrior burials' in the Near East:

https://www.asor.org/anetoday/2022/05/warrior-burials-near-east

Overviewish piece on the ongoing digs at Kardamis (Assyrian/Hittite):

https://www.dailysabah.com/life/history/digs-shed-light-on-hittite-assyrian-history-of-turkeys-karkamis

Feature on Karahan Tepe:

https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/does-an-unknown-extraordinarily-ancient-civilisation-lie-buried-under-eastern-turkey-

A Hellenistic-era lamp from Samaria:

https://www.israelhayom.com/2022/05/02/clay-candle-dating-back-to-hellenistic-period-discovered-in-samaria/
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-705674 https://www.jwire.com.au/2300-year-old-clay-candle-uncovered-at-samaritan-high-priesthood-compound-in-samaria/
https://www.jewishpress.com/news/israel/ancient-samaritan-clay-candle-found-near-stone-bath-at-mount-gerizim-site/2022/05/02/

Study of the sources of Herod the Great's bathtubs:

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-11651-5

More on those possible Crusader-era hand grenades from Jerusalem:

https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-705882 https://www.sciencesetavenir.fr/archeo-paleo/archeologie/l-ancetre-du-cocktail-molotov-utilise-pendant-les-croisades-retour-sur-une-decouverte-fascinante_163244
https://aleteia.org/2022/05/03/archaeologists-find-crusader-era-hand-grenade-in-jerusalem/
https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/05/could-this-pottery-shard-be-a-1000-year-old-hand-grenade-signs-point-to-yes/

Another feature on the Ebal Amulet (nothing new, it seems):

https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-705816

James VanderKam has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences:

https://al.nd.edu/news/latest-news/notre-dame-scholar-of-dead-sea-scrolls-elected-to-american-academy-of-arts-and-sciences/

Review of Andrew Lawler, *Under Jerusalem*:

https://jewishreviewofbooks.com/jewish-history/12261/the-treasure-of-the-jews/

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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) ============================================================
A pair of 3000 years bp 'boxer' statues from Mont'e Prama (Sardinia):

https://www.ansa.it/english/news/lifestyle/arts/2022/05/07/two-more-giants-discovered-at-monte-prama_1df5612a-8f6e-4b4c-8c0b-291a9091ffcd.html
https://www.thelocal.it/20220507/two-more-statues-of-iron-age-boxers-unearthed-in-sardinia
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/may/08/iron-age-boxer-statues-torsos-discovered-in-sardinian-necropolis
https://english.alarabiya.net/variety/2022/05/07/Archaeologists-unearth-two-more-statues-of-Iron-Age-boxers-in-Sardinia
https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/torsos-of-2-iron-age-boxer-statues-unearthed-in-sardinia-italy/news

A 2nd century funerary altar dedicated to a young girl from Rome:

https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-705848 https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/workers-in-rome-dig-up-second-century-childs-luxury-tomb-vv2jlxz0x
https://www.casilinanews.it/200252/cultura/archeologia/roma-trovata-ara-funeraria-valeria-ii-secolo-d-c.html
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/63981

A 2nd-4th century sarcophagus from Izmit, belonging to 'The Protector of the Divine Flank':

http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/63995

A hoard of 4th-7th century Roman coins found by metal detectorists in Wiltshire:

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/roman-wiltshire-essex-britain-mayfair-b2071563.html
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/wiltshire-essex-britain-mayfair-roman-empire-b997976.html
https://www.wiltshiretimes.co.uk/news/20117020.metal-detectorists-find-ancient-roman-coins-wiltshire/
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10778183/Three-metal-detectorist-friends-stumbled-hoard-150-Roman-coins.html
https://metro.co.uk/2022/05/05/metal-detectorists-find-40000-worth-of-roman-coins-next-to-tent-16589224/
https://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/20117185.canvey-man-helps-find-ancient-roman-coins-worth-around-40k/
https://www.thenationalnews.com/world/uk-news/2022/05/04/hoard-of-161-roman-coins-found-beneath-campsite-in-wiltshire/

Plenty of press attention for a bust of Germanicus (maybe) that turned up in a Texas Goodwill:

https://phys.org/news/2022-05-woman-bought-sculpture-goodwill-ancient.html https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/06/us/roman-bust-goodwill-san-antonio-museum.html
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ancient-roman-sculpture-bought-goodwill-texas-germany-wwii/
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/woman-bought-sculpture-goodwill-3499-was-actually-missing-ancient-roma-rcna27617
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10787021/Texas-antiques-dealer-bought-priceless-2-000-year-old-Roman-bust-local-Goodwill-store-35.html
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-61357483 https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2022/05/07/2000-year-old-roman-bust-sold-3499-us-charity-shop/
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/bargain-hunter-picks-up-2-000-year-old-roman-bust-for-35-5wh2b6xsz
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/roman-general-thrift-store-texas-b2072223.html
https://www.npr.org/2022/05/07/1097376953/she-found-a-2-000-year-old-sculpture-at-goodwill-it-took-years-to-get-rid-of-it
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/goodwill-find-in-texas-turns-out-to-be-ancient-roman-bust/2022/05/06/78eab5d2-cd67-11ec-b7ee-74f09d827ca6_story.html
https://www.forbes.com/sites/carlieporterfield/2022/05/05/this-ancient-roman-bust--which-may-have-been-looted-by-an-american-soldier-in-germany--will-return-home-after-selling-for-35-at-a-texas-goodwill/
https://www.tpr.org/arts-culture/2022-05-04/so-the-35-sculpture-you-got-at-an-austin-goodwill-was-looted-from-a-museum-during-wwii-now-what
https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/07/us/ancient-roman-statue-bought-texas-goodwill-trnd/index.html
https://www.star-telegram.com/news/nation-world/national/article261085032.html https://www.kut.org/life-arts/2022-05-04/so-the-35-sculpture-you-got-at-an-austin-goodwill-was-looted-from-a-museum-during-wwii-now-what
https://www.sheltonherald.com/news/houston-texas/article/Missing-Roman-bust-Texas-goodwill-sculpture-17148302.php
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/roman-bust-goodwill-san-antonio-museum-of-art-1234627574/
https://www.sanantoniomag.com/the-crazy-story-of-a-first-century-roman-bust-now-on-display-at-the-san-antonio-museum-of-art/
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2022/05/04/roman-bust-germany-goodwill-store-texas-restitution
https://www.newsweek.com/texas-woman-buys-priceless-roman-bust-goodwill-store-1703705
https://boingboing.net/2022/05/05/priceless-ancient-roman-bust-sold-for-34-99-at-a-texas-goodwill.html
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/ancient-roman-sculpture-likely-looted-during-wwii-turns-up-at-texas-goodwill-180980045/

In case you missed the 1800 years bp marble bathtub from Aphrodisias seized from smugglers:

https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-705869 https://greekreporter.com/2022/04/25/ancient-marble-bathtub-greek-city-aphrodisias/
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/63988

Latest study trying to pin down the date of the eruption of Thera:

https://phys.org/news/2022-05-home-thera-volcano-eruption-date.html https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2022/05/researchers-home-in-on-thera-volcano.html
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/05/03/researchers-home-in-on-thera-volcano-eruption-date/

A study of board gaming materials (maybe) from Mycenae:

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/360191197_Why_so_Serious_An_Extraordinary_Cone_Shell_Group_from_Mycenae_and_the_Problem_of_Identifying_Mycenaean_Board_Gaming_Material

cf: https://academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/advance-article/doi/10.1093/pnasnexus/pgac048/6575909

More on the greco-roman pottery workshop from the outskirts of Alexandria:

https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2022/04/egyptian-archaeologists-unearth-ancient-amphora-workshop-alexandria
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2022/04/graeco-roman-pottery-workshop-found-in.html

More on the Temple of Zeus found at the site of Pelusium:

https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2022/05/ancient-temple-zeus-uncovered-sinai
https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/ancient-cultures/ancient-egypt/temple-of-zeus/

More on the Phoenician necropolis found during waterworks in Spain:

https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2022/04/phoenician-necropolis-discovered-in.html

More on the looting of a 2200 years bp shipwreck off Cannes:

https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2022/04/outrage-as-2200-year-old-shipwreck.html

More on the hoard of Constantinian-era coins from Switzerland:

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/metal-detectorist-pot-of-gold-switzerland-2109857
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/roman-coins-constantine-the-great-uncovered-by-amateur-1234627938/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/amateur-archaeologist-in-switzerland-stumbles-onto-trove-of-coins-dated-to-constantine-the-greats-reign-180980025/

More on evidence of Roman beer production in Bedfordshire:

https://the-past.com/news/evidence-of-roman-beer-production-in-bedfordshire/

More on the restoration of the theatre at Laodicea:

https://greekreporter.com/2022/04/28/ancient-greek-amphitheater-laodicea/

More on the Phoenician 'sacred pool' in Motya:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/ancient-harbor-sacred-pool-scanning-stars-180979997/

More on that 'portable Roman toilet' story from a month or more ago:

https://www.zmescience.com/science/archaeology/roman-storage-vessels-turn-out-to-be-portable-toilets/

More on phallic graffiti on Hadrian's Wall:

https://www.zmescience.com/science/archaeology/hadrians-wall-penises-archaeology-30032019/

Ancient Nemea was given European Heritage Status:

https://news.gtp.gr/2022/05/04/ancient-nemea-gets-european-heritage-label-status/

... while Italy is seeking UNESCO Heritage status for the Appian Way:

https://www.wantedinrome.com/news/italy-unesco-world-heritage-status-appian-way.html

Review of Daisy Dunn, *Not Far from Brideshead*:

https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/books/book-of-the-day/2022/05/gilbert-murray-the-oxford-don-who-made-greek-chic

Another feature on using AI to figure out Greek inscriptions:

https://aeon.co/videos/how-machine-learning-can-help-historians-decode-ancient-inscriptions

Feature on taberna in Pompeii:

https://the-past.com/feature/lets-go-on-a-pub-crawl-round-pompeii/

A series of videos on the last days/hours of Pompeii:

https://www.openculture.com/2022/05/the-last-morning-in-pompeii-the-night-pompeii-died.html

Feature on the Iseum Savariense:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/05/the-iseum-savariense/143503

Feature on the greco-roman Anfushi tombs in Alexandria:

https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/115498/Anfushi-Tombs-one-of-the-most-important-Greco-Roman-monuments

Feature on Bishop's Stortford's Roman past:

https://www.bishopsstortfordindependent.co.uk/news/fascinating-finds-reveal-bishops-stortfords-past-as-a-roma-9251991/

Feature on assorted bits of Latin in Gloucestershire:

https://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/news/gloucester-news/latin-names-associated-gloucestershire-what-7008184

Feature on the Christian chapel in Rome's Colosseum:

https://aleteia.org/2022/05/04/the-secret-chapel-inside-romes-colosseum/

Feature on folks using Virgil for prophecy purposes:

https://www.mentalfloss.com/posts/virgil-poetry-predicted-future

Feature on Pausanias:

https://greekreporter.com/2022/05/07/pausanias-cultural-geographer-of-ancient-greece/

Feature on Alexander's plans to conquer Arabia:

https://greekcitytimes.com/2022/05/01/alexander-the-great-arabia/

Feature on Odysseus' bow:

https://greekreporter.com/2022/05/03/how-does-odysseus-bow-fare-against-modern-versions-of-the-weapon/

Feature on Alexander and the Opis Mutiny:

https://greekcitytimes.com/2022/05/03/alexander-the-great-opis-mutiny/

Feature on Medusa:

https://greekreporter.com/2022/05/04/medusa-fearsome-goddess-greek-mythology/

Feature on love magic in ancient Greece and Rome:

https://greekreporter.com/2022/05/04/spells-charms-erotic-dolls-love-magic-in-ancient-greece-and-rome/

Feature on Jason and the Argonauts:

https://greekcitytimes.com/2022/05/03/jason-and-the-argonauts-video/

Another feature on Taylor Swift and Latin (UK):

https://mancunion.com/2022/05/04/taylor-swift-teachers-latin-more-accessible/

Feature on Heinrich Schliemann:

https://greekreporter.com/2022/05/02/heinrich-schliemann-discoverer-troy/

Feature on what teeth studies reveal about the Battle of the Himera (we had this a while ago):

https://greekreporter.com/2022/05/02/millennia-old-teeth-military-history-ancient-greece/

Similarly old news is a feature on the Celts importing Greek olive oil and wine some 2600 years bp:

https://greekreporter.com/2022/04/28/celts-imported-greek-pottery-olive-oil-and-wine-2600-years-ago/

cf: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0218001

Varying coverage of a legal case arising from a Temple of Athena in Turkey being used as a gateway to a nightclub:

https://greekcitytimes.com/2022/05/05/turks-temple-of-athena-nightclub/ https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/nightclub-opening-door-to-side-temple-ends-up-in-court-173528

Feature on the Parthenon sculptures:

https://greekcitytimes.com/2022/05/03/everything-you-wanted-to-know-about-the-parthenon-sculptures-and-are-not-afraid-to-ask/

... and Stephen Fry was pushing for giving them the scanning treatment:

https://greekreporter.com/2022/05/03/stephen-fry-return-parthenon-marbles-greece/

Michael Cosmopoulos was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences:

https://greekreporter.com/2022/05/07/greek-archaeologist-cosmopoulos-elected-american-academy/

Tiziana D'Angelo is now the director of the temples at Paestum:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/may/08/i-wept-with-joy-young-director-made-guardian-of-italys-temples-of-paestum

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http://romanarc.blogspot.com/

Rogueclassicism:

http://rogueclassicism.com/ ============================================================
EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland) ============================================================
Three 'pile dwelling' sites (with range of mostly Neolithic dates) from Lake Ohrid:

https://balkaninsight.com/2022/05/05/lost-world-prehistoric-houses-found-in-lake-ohrid-thrill-archeologists/

A Neolithic warrior (including a woman) burial ground from Fleury-sur-Orme:

https://www.livescience.com/neolithic-woman-warrior-burial-france https://phys.org/news/2022-05-dna-analysis-norman-neolithic-monumental.html

A medieval coin hoard from Poland:

https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2022/04/dog-digs-up-huge-haul-of-medieval-coins.html

Medieval finds from a dig at Hyde Abbey:

https://www.hampshirechronicle.co.uk/news/20123056.major-archaeological-discovery-hyde-abbey/

A water project on the Isle of Lewis revealed medieval structures and assorted small finds:

https://www.thenational.scot/news/20118098.important-glimpse-medieval-life-lewis-outer-hebrides-water-project-find/

Remains of a 16th century barbican from Trnava:

https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22887244/archaeologists-uncover-part-of-a-trnava-barbican.html
http://www.archaeology.org/news/10519-220503-slovakia-defensive-gate

Plenty of graffiti found from various periods in a 'hunt' in Orkney's Magnus Cathedral:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-61284844

More on the study suggesting Bronze Age daggers were functional, not just status symbols:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-10774565/Bronze-Age-daggers-NOT-status-symbols-study-claims.html
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/how-were-bronze-age-daggers-used-to-kill-animals-and-maybe-humans-1.10777764
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2022/04/research-finally-answers-what-bronze.html
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/05/03/research-finally-answers-what-bronze-age-daggers-were-used-for/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/10518-220502-bronze-age-daggers

More on the pre-Stonehenge (Mesolithic) landscape:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-bristol-61258455 https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/05/this-is-what-the-salisbury-plain-looked-like-before-stonehenge/
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/05/03/study-reveals-stonehenge-landscape-before-the-world-famous-monument/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/10517-220502-stonehenge-mesolithic-environment

More on 6000 years bp 'friendship ornaments' from Finland:

https://www.livescience.com/stoneage-friendship-ornaments https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/05/05/friendship-ornaments-from-the-stone-age/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/10521-220503-broken-slate-rings

cf: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10816-022-09556-8

More on the diet of Anglo Saxon royalty:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/29/world/europe/anglo-saxon-kings-diet.html https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/05/europe/meat-vegetables-anglo-saxon-england-kings-scn/index.html
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/what-did-kings-eat

cf: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/anglo-saxon-england/article/food-and-power-in-early-medieval-england-a-lack-of-isotopic-enrichment/46263E5BB81F455CD873220C0B7601B9

More on the apparent influx of continental European women to Orkney during the Bronze Age:

https://phys.org/news/2022-05-skeletal-bronze-age-orkney-cemetery.html

More on that 1700 years bp sandal from Norway:

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/ice-age-sandal-norway-2105130

More on that 18th century shipwreck from Estonia:

https://www.connaissancedesarts.com/monuments-patrimoine/archeologie/en-estonie-decouverte-dun-exceptionnel-navire-du-xiiie-siecle-enfoui-sous-terre-11173165/

A hoard of Iron Age coins found in the 1990s has been declared treasure:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-61348636

Concerns for sites in Scotland arising from the 'detecting boom':

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/detecting-boom-puts-ancient-sites-in-peril-mcvzw89jm

Latest news on Anglo-Saxon reconstructions at Butser Farm:

https://the-past.com/news/butser-ancient-farm-launches-latest-reconstruction/

Feature on that bust of a 'Bohemian Druid' which you will probably recognize:

https://english.radio.cz/czech-archaeologys-greatest-discoveries-8748606/2

Feature on a project to reconstruct the Sutton Hoo ship:

https://www.york.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/2022/research/sutton-hoo-carver/

Feature on a project building a replica Iron Age roundhouse at Flag Fen:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-61322631

Feature on the burial of a medieval Kukruse 'lord' (Estonia) ... not sure when it was found:

https://news.err.ee/1608587605/grave-of-kukruse-lord-provides-clues-about-medieval-estonians-lives

Feature on what medieval peasant life was like:

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2022/05/medieval-history-peasant-life-work/629783/

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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 ============================================================
I think we mentioned these 'ritually beheaded' crocoduies from Guangdong:

http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/63966

A high altitude (5000 metres) cave site (1700-2300 years bp) from Tibet:

https://news.cgtn.com/news/2022-05-01/New-archaeological-findings-reveal-prehistoric-civilization-in-Tibet-19Gu1WlPxbq/index.html
https://news.cgtn.com/news/2022-05-01/China-s-highest-altitude-archaeological-site-excavated-in-Tibet--19G7bPxXb7a/index.html

Remains of 12th century 'fairy carvings' from the Takav Gate at Angkor:

http://www.china.org.cn/world/Off_the_Wire/2022-05/02/content_78198174.htm https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501067853/puzzling-apsara-carvings-found-on-angkor-thom-gate/
https://www.nationmultimedia.com/international/40015184 https://www.archaeology.org/news/10522-220504-cambodia-angkor-apsara

A 5000 years bp 'jewellery factory' site in a Haryana Indus Valley site:

https://www.indiatoday.in/india/haryana/story/5000-year-old-jewellery-factory-haryana-indus-valley-site-rakhi-garhi-asi-1946740-2022-05-08

A terracotta lamp (uncertain date) from a dig at Vembakottai (Tamil Nadu):

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/ancient-terracotta-lamp-unearthed-at-vembakottai-in-tamil-nadu/articleshow/91285656.cms

Chola-era inscriptions from Villupuram:

https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2022/may/04/archeologists-discover-inscriptions-dating-back-to-chola-period-in-villupuram-2449441.html

Plans for an underwater survey of the Korkai port:

https://www.deccanherald.com/national/south/tamil-nadu-to-conduct-offshore-reconnaissance-survey-of-ancient-port-1106761.html

DNA from a pair of human burials from Harrapan-era Rakhigarhi have been sent for analysis:

https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/haryana/dna-samples-from-2-human-skeletons-found-in-burial-pits-at-harappan-era-rakhigarhi-sent-for-analysis-392985

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NORTH AMERICA
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Plenty of press coverage of high-tech detection of 1000+ bp cave art from northern Alabama:

https://phys.org/news/2022-05-3d-photogrammetry-reveals-ancient-native.html https://phys.org/news/2022-05-ancient-cave-art-hi-tech-archaeology.html https://www.livescience.com/3d-scans-uncover-native-american-cave-art https://theconversation.com/ancient-cave-art-how-new-hi-tech-archaeology-is-revealing-the-ghosts-of-human-history-182168
https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/americas-largest-cave-figures-discovered-alabama-rcna26203
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/cave-drawings-spirits-archaeology-1234627524/
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/may/05/largest-us-cave-figures-alabama-carvings?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2022/05/06/alabama-caves-ancient-drawings-digital-scan-technology/9644676002/
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/alabama-cave-drawings-native-americans-b2071688.html
https://www.science.org/content/article/largest-native-american-cave-art-revealed-3d-scans
https://mymodernmet.com/mud-glyphs-3d-mapping-cave-art/ https://www.thedailybeast.com/3d-tech-is-helping-archaeologists-unearth-ancient-indigenous-art
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/archaeologists-find-large-scale-mud-art-in-alabama-cave-1.10777099
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/3d-scans-reveal-largest-cave-art-in-north-america
https://www.iflscience.com/editors-blog/largest-known-native-american-cave-art-revealed-by-3d-images/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/05/largest-native-american-cave-art-discovered-using-3d-scanning-technology/143493
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/3-d-scans-reveal-gigantic-native-american-cave-art-in-alabama-180980004/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/10525-220505-alabama-cave-art

cf: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antiquity/article/discovering-ancient-cave-art-using-3d-photogrammetry-precontact-native-american-mud-glyphs-from-19th-unnamed-cave-alabama/695DFD2980B69D520A56A320D6549E76

They're back looking at the Clotilda:

https://apnews.com/article/business-alabama-united-states-mobile-trending-news-fba06900c0966fe7d795ef448a7d71f7

... and the Franklin Expedition wreck sites:

https://www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2022/05/research-resumes-franklin-expedition-wreck-sites

Searching for another Black cemetery in Tampa:

https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/special-reports/erased/archaeologists-search-black-cemetery-graves-tampa-st-joseph-aid-walker-stone/67-41ca4842-cd8c-4832-8bde-268566654c93

'Mystery' markings on some bricks found at George Washington's birthplace:

https://www.newsobserver.com/news/nation-world/national/article261080007.html

More on the 19 cannons found in the Savannah River:

https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2022/04/revolutionary-find-19-cannons-in-river.html

A study of an Abenaki site in Vermont will be getting underway soon:

https://www.wcax.com/2022/05/02/history-abenaki-site-vermont-be-rewritten-by-native-americans/

I think we mentioned this study questioning claims related to 'Ohio's oldest house':

https://www.dispatch.com/story/opinion/2022/04/27/archaeology-new-research-casts-doubt-ohios-oldest-house/7450904001/

Latest idea about the 'Lost Colony':

https://www.obxtoday.com/new-discovery-by-croatoan-archaeological-society-helps-to-further-dispel-the-myth-of-the-lost-colonists/

Latest feature questioning the primacy of Clovis culture:

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/was-clovis-culture-the-first-sign-of-humans-in-the-americas-after-all-1.10773710

A round up of Ancient America's zoom lectures for the month:

https://mikeruggerisancientamericasevents.wordpress.com/ ============================================================
CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA ============================================================
A 5000 years bp burial of a woman who engaged in fishing, apparently, from Aspero (Peru):

https://andina.pe/ingles/noticia-peru-ancient-remains-of-fisherwoman-found-in-aspero-caral-civilizations-fishing-town-891634.aspx

Carvings possibly depicting ballcourts from Quiechapa:

https://www.livescience.com/ballcourt-carvings-mexico-ritual-bloodletting https://www.archaeology.org/news/10524-220504-mexico-ritual-ballcourts

Remains of a Late Postclassic Aztec house and later colonial-era structures from a site in Mexico City:

https://www.livescience.com/aztec-house-discovered-mexico https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/05/excavations-discover-aztec-house-and-elements-of-colonial-and-industrial-past/143500

More on the 900 years bp tzompantli skull rack site found in Mexico City:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/05/world/americas/mexico-skulls-cave.html https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mexico-skulls-not-crime-scene-human-sacrifice-ad-900/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/skulls-thought-to-belong-to-modern-murder-victims-actually-date-to-the-pre-hispanic-period-180980015/

More on drugs and Inca child sacrifices:

https://www.zmescience.com/science/the-incas-drugged-young-children-with-coca-leaves-and-ayahuasca-before-sacrificing-them-to-calm-them-down/

More on the earliest evidence (maybe) of a Maya calendar:

https://bigthink.com/the-past/mayan-calendar-hieroglyphs/

Feature on La Quemada:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/04/la-quemada-the-mysterious-mesoamerican-complex/143441

Latest Aztlander Magazine of the Americas (pdf):

https://aztlander.files.wordpress.com/2022/05/aztlander-v2-n5.pdf
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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: the fifth installment of a series on Homer and the Hebrew Bible:


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