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explorator 25.09 June 19, 2022
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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, Brian Colless,
Don Buck, mata kimasitayo, and Ross W. Sargent for headses upses this week
(as always hoping I have left no one out).

Happy Fathers Day to all the fathers and father figures out there.

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EARLY HOMINIDS
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The 1.6 million years bp homo erectus from Gongwangling may represent the earliest hominin population in China:

https://phys.org/news/2022-06-homo-erectus-gongwangling-earliest-population.html
https://www.newsweek.com/ancient-site-could-location-oldest-known-early-human-fossils-china-1716187
https://www.archaeology.org/news/10637-220616-china-homo-erectus

Evidence of hominin fire creation in Israel some 800 000 years bp:

https://phys.org/news/2022-06-evidence-ancient-campsite-israel.html https://www.utoronto.ca/news/ai-powered-archaeology-draws-out-hidden-evidence-fire-use-early-humans
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-709319 https://www.timesofisrael.com/old-flame-israeli-researchers-find-evidence-of-fire-use-nearly-1-million-years-ago/
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/354814 https://www.jewishpress.com/news/archaeology-news/israeli-scientists-uncover-traces-of-fire-dating-back-at-least-800-millenia/2022/06/14/
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2022-06-13/ty-article/archaeologists-detect-hominin-use-of-fire-a-million-years-ago-in-israel/00000181-5c3d-d75c-ad83-fefd9c7c0000
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-10922739/Worlds-oldest-campfire-Ancient-flint-tools-humans-tamed-fire-1-MILLION-years-ago.html
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2323899-ai-finds-hidden-evidence-of-ancient-human-fires-1-million-years-ago/
https://www.science.org/content/article/artificial-intelligence-may-have-unearthed-one-world-s-oldest-campfires
https://www.archaeology.org/news/10638-220616-israel-fire-flint

cf: https://www.pnas.org/doi/epdf/10.1073/pnas.2123439119 ============================================================
AFRICA
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Feature on Kush:

https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/the-rise-fall-and-underestimated-rule-of-kush

Review of Paddy Docherty, *Blood and Bronze: the British Empire and the Sack of Benin*:

https://www.rfi.fr/en/africa/20220614-blood-and-bronze-unveiling-the-british-empire-s-brutality-in-nigeria-paddy-docherty-benin-bronzes-lord-salisbury-george-annesley
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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT ============================================================
Khufu-era stone granite stone blocks found in the Temple of the Sun at Matariya/Heliopolis:

https://egyptindependent.com/photos-stone-blocks-date-to-king-khufu-era-in-temple-of-the-sun-in-heliopolis-unearthed/
https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/116763/Egypt-discovers-blocks-dating-back-to-Khufu-s-reign-at
https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/116792/Unearthing-stone-blocks-from-reign-of-King-Khufu-deemed-important
https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2022/06/new-archaeological-discovery-king-khufus-reign
https://www.wam.ae/en/details/1395303057033 http://www.china.org.cn/arts/2022-06/14/content_78269512.htm https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/06/stone-blocks-from-reign-of-king-khufu-discovered-at-heliopolis/143827
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/06/15/stone-blocks-from-reign-of-king-khufu-discovered-at-heliopolis/

On the journalistic origins of Tut's curse:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/06/18/origin-tutankhamuns-curse-unwrapped-journalist-mad-not-getting/
https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/994/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/994/pub/994/page/26/article/NaN
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/curse-of-pharaohs-tomb-was-invented-by-rival-reporter-z7gnkw7xg

In case you're wondering about the Tut Opera:

https://egyptindependent.com/tutankhamun-opera-to-be-held-in-luxor-in-november-5-zahi-hawass-from-italy/

Searching for evidence of Pleistocene human presence on the Iranian plateau:

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/473675/Archaeologists-look-for-traces-of-Pleistocene-humans-on-Iranian

Evidence of Uruk-era urbanization from Iran's South Khorasan province:

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/473559/Archaeologists-in-eastern-Iran-excavate-relics-from-4th-millennium

A Seleucid-era tumulus (empty?) from Tepe Naqarechi (Iran):

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/473642/Archaeologists-discover-Seleucid-tumulus-find-no-traces-of-missing

A different sort of archaeological story ... a survey of Tall-e Kakestar (Iran) suggests there is no archaeological site there:

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/473607/Tall-e-Khakestar-stratigraphy-survey-finds-no-archaeological

Trying to figure out the identity of Palmyra's 'anonymous god':

https://www.thefirstnews.com/article/warsaw-archaeologist-solves-100-year-old-mystery-surrounding-identity-of-anonymous-god-31058

More on the 7th/8th century Islamic burials from Syria:

https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/116742/First-Muslims-in-the-Levant-Archaeological-evidence-in-Syria-reveals

Questioning the recent suggestion that climate change caused the fall of the Akkadian Empire:

https://www.asor.org/anetoday/2022/06/climate-fall-akkadian-empire

More on the 3400 years bp Mitanni-era city emerging from the Tigris:

https://www.dw.com/en/the-bronze-age-city-in-iraq-gifted-to-archeology-by-drought/a-62061527
https://www.wionews.com/videos/german-kurdish-archaeological-team-discover-3400-year-old-city-in-iraq-487797
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/ancient-city-emerges-as-mosuls-dam-is-drained-g8vd8jg0k
https://the-past.com/news/archaeologists-explore-bronze-age-site-emerging-from-mosul-dam/

Looters revealed a 2700 years bp Urartian temple near the city of Van:

https://arkeonews.net/treasure-hunters-revealed-a-2700-year-old-urartian-temple-in-the-east-of-turkey/

Feature on the Saffron Monastery in Turkiye:

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2022-06-14/ty-article-magazine/the-early-christian-monastery-built-on-a-sun-god-temple-in-turkey/00000181-6165-d0db-af99-79fd7dfe0000

Feature on cuneiform:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/ideas/videos/the-ancient-secrets-revealed-by-deciphered-tablets/p0bcq7gs

More on the recently-found section of the Jerusalem aqueduct:

https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/ancient-cultures/ancient-israel/jerusalem-aqueduct/?mqsc=E4144742&dk=ZE2260ZF0

... sort of related item on Hezekiah's Tunnel:

https://armstronginstitute.org/724-an-ingenious-sluice-gate-in-hezekiahs-tunnel-revealed-by-new-research

More on that Jacob the Proselyte tomb curse:

https://www.vice.com/en/article/93a59y/archaeologists-discover-ancient-tomb-marker-cursing-all-who-enter-in-israel

An interview with Joe Uziel and recent evidence for a Biblical earthquake:

https://www.israeltoday.co.il/read/surprised-by-archaeological-proof-for-bible-earthquake/

Opeddish sort of thing on recent finds in Gaza:

https://english.alaraby.co.uk/features/gazans-unearth-archaeological-goldmines-feat-chance

A 15th century inscription from Saudi Arabia:

https://arkeonews.net/1419-year-old-islamic-inscription-found-in-saudi-arabia/

Study suggests 6th century drought paved the way for the emergence of Islam:

https://phys.org/news/2022-06-droughts-sixth-century-paved-islam.html https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2022-06-16/ty-article-magazine/megadrought-contributed-to-fall-of-jewish-kingdom-in-arabia-rise-of-islam-study-suggests/00000181-6bf9-d82b-a3ab-ebfd877f0000
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/06/droughts-in-the-sixth-century-paved-the-way-for-islam/143889

Yemen is trying to get European countries to ban auctions of Yemeni antiquities:

https://www.arabnews.com/node/2105321/middle-east

Feature on the rise of the Ottoman Empire:

https://www.livescience.com/all-about-history-118

Review of a novel with the DSS as the center of the plot:

https://www.jpost.com/judaism/article-709639
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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 prehistoric necropolis site from Centuripe (Italian):

https://qds.it/nuova-scoperta-archeologica-carcaci-area-minacciata-discarica/ https://mediterraneoantico.it/articoli/scoperto-un-sito-preistorico-a-centuripe-enna/

Overviewish piece on finds made by the Swedish mission excavating a site near the Larnaca airport:

https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202206/1267964.shtml

A Gallo-roman worship complex from near Rennes:

https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/116864/Remains-of-a-2-100-year-old-Gallo-Roman-worship
https://arkeonews.net/an-important-gallo-roman-worship-complex-was-discovered-near-rennes-france/

Remains of a Roman road and associated settlement found prior to housing development work in Wickham:

https://cotswoldarchaeology.co.uk/wickham-roman-roadside-settlement-and-wells/

Road construction in Swindon is delayed by the find of Roman remains:

https://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/20215704.southern-connector-road-swindon-delayed-discovery-roman-remains/
https://www.wiltshirelive.co.uk/news/wiltshire-news/roman-remains-hindering-progress-brand-7214831

I think we mentioned this 1800 years bp patterned mosaic find from Pergamon:

https://arkeonews.net/an-1800-year-old-geometric-patterned-mosaic-was-discovered-in-turkeys-ancient-city-of-bergama/

A metal detectorist in Romania came across a major hoard of Roman coins:

https://www.romania-insider.com/silver-coin-treasure-found-central-romania https://www.g4media.ro/a-2000-years-old-treasure-with-about-300-roman-coins-discovered-in-mures-county-by-a-treasure-hunter.html

Some recently found Roman Gold coins are considered to be part of the Broads Hoard:

https://www.edp24.co.uk/lifestyle/heritage/roman-aurei-coins-found-norfolk-broads-9043340

Excavations are under way at Bulgaria's Aquae Calidae:

https://sofiaglobe.com/2022/06/12/archaeological-season-begins-at-bulgarias-aquae-calidae/

A chunk of stone fell off the Porta Maggiore this week:

https://phys.org/news/2022-06-roman-gate-bits-ancient-stone.html https://www.thelocal.it/20220615/roman-gate-closed-off-after-bits-of-ancient-stone-break-away/
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/italy-rome-porta-maggiore-ruins-b2101486.html
https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/roman-gate-closed-after-bits-of-ancient-stone-fall-off-174595

Plans for more excavations at the Molinete hill in Cartagena:

https://murciatoday.com/green_light_for_further_archaeological_excavation_of_the_molinete_hill_in_cartagena_1789823-a.html

More on phallic graffiti from Hadrian's Wall:

https://theconversation.com/the-discovery-of-a-new-phallic-carving-in-roman-northern-england-is-more-than-funny-it-could-be-a-powerful-talisman-184266
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-709217 https://www.iflscience.com/ancient-roman-dick-pic-reveals-1-700-year-old-grudge-carved-into-stone-64083
https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/06/archaeologists-unearth-phallus-graffiti-carved-in-stone-at-ancient-roman-fort/

More on the Hellenistic grave inscription found in a river in Epirus:

https://greekreporter.com/2022/06/12/ancient-tombstone-discovered-riverbed-greece/

More on that identification of an 'ephebic yearbook' inscription:

https://www.indonewyork.com/breaking/ancient-athenian-tablet-identifies-as-2000-year-old-graduation-yearbookn-h37337.html

... and the Onion's spin:

https://www.theonion.com/ancient-greek-yearbook-discovered-on-2-000-year-old-t-1849073215

Latest Pasts Imperfect newsletter:

https://pastsimperfect.substack.com/p/pasts-imperfect-61622

Paper on wine production in Roman and pre-Roman Italy:

https://www.ajaonline.org/state-discipline/4508

Feature on Linear A:

https://aeon.co/essays/without-a-rosetta-stone-can-linguists-decipher-minoan-script

Feature on Pythagoras:

https://www.thedailybeast.com/from-communing-with-animals-to-obsessive-bean-hatred-pythagoras-was-one-weird-dude

Feature on some curse tablets from a well in Athens:

https://www.indonewyork.com/breaking/discoveries-of-30-curse-tablets-show-how-athenian-bathhouse-well-became-h37348.html

Feature on Roman millefiori glass:

https://www.nola.com/entertainment_life/arts/article_e3e0bbbc-e909-11ec-940a-4353c33ef2eb.html

Feature on the Ryedale Hoard:

http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/64340

Feature on Roman Britain:

http://hnn.us/article/183349

Feature on the Gallic attack on the Oracle of Delphi:

https://greekreporter.com/2022/06/12/gauls-attacked-oracle-delphi/

Feature on the Palace of Knossos:

https://greekreporter.com/2022/06/13/inside-cretes-minoan-palace-of-knossos/

Feature on the Kerameikos:

https://greekreporter.com/2022/06/16/kerameikos-from-potters-quarter-to-greeces-largest-necropolis/

Feature on psychedelics and the Eleusinian Mysteries:

https://greekreporter.com/2022/06/13/psychedelics-ancient-greece-eleusinian-mysteries/

Feature on daily life in ancient Greece:

https://greekreporter.com/2022/06/14/ancient-greece-growing-up-in-athens-and-sparta/

Feature on some of Plato's ideas:

https://greekreporter.com/2022/06/15/plato-best-worst-ideas/

Feature on Archestratus and ancient Greek food:

https://greekreporter.com/2022/06/17/archestratus-and-the-secrets-of-ancient-greek-gastronomy/

Feature on the muses:

https://greekreporter.com/2022/06/16/muses-of-greek-mythology/

Feature on Aegae:

https://greekreporter.com/2022/06/15/aegae-the-cradle-of-ancient-macedonia/

Feature on what Elon Musk could learn from Aristotle:

https://theconversation.com/twitter-town-square-what-elon-musk-could-learn-from-aristotle-184766

Feature on one of Pompeii's recently-famous victims:

https://theconversation.com/the-explosive-history-of-the-2-000-year-old-pompeii-masturbating-man-180557

In case you're unaware of the threat to Classics at Roehampton:

https://tribunemag.co.uk/2022/06/fighting-for-higher-education-university-cuts

George Osborne is suggesting a sharing arrangement is possible regarding the Parthenon Sculptures:

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2022/06/15/there-is-a-deal-to-be-done-with-greece-over-parthenon-marbles-says-british-museum-chairman-george-osborne
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jun/16/parthenon-marbles-george-osborne-british-museum-greece
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/george-osborne-seeks-deal-on-elgin-marbles-tclpn03t7
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/06/15/greece-britain-could-share-elgin-marbles-museum-chair-flags/
https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/1004/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/1004/pub/1004/page/32/article/NaN
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/art-industry-news-british-museum-chairman-other-stories-2130704
https://www.euronews.com/culture/2022/06/15/britain-may-share-controversial-parthenon-marbles-with-greece-suggests-president-of-britis
https://www.ekathimerini.com/culture/1186804/british-museum-suggests-a-sharing-arrangement-of-parthenon-sculptures/
https://www.thenationalnews.com/world/uk-news/2022/06/15/parthenon-marbles-deal-could-be-struck-between-uk-and-greece/
https://greekcitytimes.com/2022/06/16/british-museum-hints-at-sharing-the-parthenon-sculptures-with-greece/
https://greekreporter.com/2022/06/15/parthenon-marbles-shared-greece-uk/ https://newseu.cgtn.com/news/2022-06-15/British-Museum-chief-says-return-of-Parthenon-Marbles-possible-1aTjYbwCkFi/index.html

... meanwhile a group of British MPs have called for their return:

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2022/jun/18/parthenon-marbles-must-return-to-greece-british-mps-and-peers-write

... and there was a major demonstration at the BM yesterday demanding the reunification of the marbles:

https://greekreporter.com/2022/06/19/reunify-parthenon-marbles-acropolis-museum/
https://www.ekathimerini.com/news/1187129/london-protest-calls-for-return-of-the-parthenon-marbles-to-greece/
https://www.thenationalherald.com/british-museum-protesters-want-parthenon-marbles-back-in-greece/
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Roman Archaeology Blog:

http://romanarc.blogspot.com/

Rogueclassicism:

http://rogueclassicism.com/ ============================================================
EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland) ============================================================
Bronze Age (and later) finds from a school development site in Houghton Regis:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-61809230 https://www.centralbedfordshire.gov.uk/news/article/736/roman_remains_revealed_on_houghton_regis_site_set_for_new_school

Latest HS2-related find is a major 5th/6th century Anglo Saxon burial site near Wendover:

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/jun/16/stunning-anglo-saxon-burial-site-found-along-hs2-route
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/hs2-anglosaxon-wendover-buckinghamshire-iron-age-b2102189.html
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/hs2-anglo-saxon-burial-site-graves-b2102308.html
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-61810503 https://www.euronews.com/culture/2022/06/16/141-anglo-saxon-graves-discovered-in-england-alongside-jewellery-weapons-and-earwax-remove
https://metro.co.uk/2022/06/16/hs2-uncovers-the-largest-anglo-saxon-burial-ground-in-the-uk-16833785/
https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/1005/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/1005/pub/1005/page/25/article/NaN
https://jerseyeveningpost.com/morenews/uknews/2022/06/16/hs2-archaeologists-find-anglo-saxon-burial-ground-containing-nearly-140-graves/
https://www.bucksherald.co.uk/news/people/video-shows-anglo-saxon-swords-and-shields-among-astonishing-fifth-century-finds-in-wendover-3731182
https://guernseypress.com/news/uk-news/2022/06/15/hs2-archaeologists-find-anglo-saxon-burial-ground-containing-nearly-140-graves/
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-10919825/Anglo-Saxon-burial-containing-141-skeletons-unearthed-HS2-archaeologists-Buckinghamshire.html
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2022/06/17/vast-anglo-saxon-burial-ground-discovered-during-work-on-the-uks-hs2-rail-route
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/64347 https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/06/discovery-of-anglo-saxon-burials-of-national-significance/143860
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/06/17/archaeological-discoveries-illuminate-the-anglo-saxon-dark-ages/

An Anglo Saxon ring with a Roman stone found by a metal detectorist in Kingsey a couple years ago:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-61764960

Remains of a 8th century (maybe) Viking shipyard at Birka:

https://arkeonews.net/archaeologists-find-viking-age-shipyard-in-swedish-island/

A metal detectorist found a missing piece of a Viking sword found last year:

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/06/220615211314.htm https://arkeonews.net/unique-viking-age-sword-found-in-norway/ https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/viking-age-shipyard-discovered-birka-sweden-1234632212/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/06/archaeologists-find-viking-age-shipyard/143855
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/06/16/unique-viking-age-shipyard-discovered-at-birka/

A 7th/8th century shipwreck from a stream near Bordeaux:

https://www.euronews.com/2022/06/17/archaeologists-discover-1300-year-old-shipwreck-in-southwest-france
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/archaeologists-race-time-study-crumbling-1300-year-old-shipwreck-rcna33855
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/french-archaeologists-in-race-against-time-to-learn-secrets-of-medieval-boat-fj25f98ct
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-10928519/Archeologists-race-against-time-save-1-300-year-old-shipwreck-France.html
https://arkeonews.net/1300-year-old-shipwreck-found-in-southwest-france/ http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/64330

Kitchen renovations in a Denmark town revealed a 1200 years bp runestone:

https://cphpost.dk/?p=134801

Study suggests the source for ivory used in 12th century artifacts from Kyiv was Greenland:

https://phys.org/news/2022-06-norse-settlers-walrus-ivory-kyiv.html https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-709756 https://partner.sciencenorway.no/archeology-geography-ntnu/old-norse-settlers-traded-walrus-ivory-with-kyiv/2040705
https://www.archaeology.org/news/10640-220617-medieval-ivory-trade

A development site in Herne Bay is revealing 1000 years bp artifacts:

https://www.kentonline.co.uk/herne-bay/news/1-000-year-old-artefacts-found-at-huge-housing-development-268865/

A metal detectorist came across a medieval Norwegian coin in Hungary:

https://www.livescience.com/viking-king-coin-discovered-hungary http://www.archaeology.org/news/10635-220615-medieval-silver-coin

Burnley's 'lost' medieval village may have been located:

https://www.burnleyexpress.net/news/people/archaeological-evidence-unearths-burnleys-lost-medieval-village-at-ightenhill-once-visited-by-king-edward-ii-3731848

Suggestion that human remains from the Battle of Waterloo may have been ground up for fertilizer (!):

https://phys.org/news/2022-06-bones-fallen-waterloo-soldiers-sold.html https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/956065 https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/jun/18/mystery-of-waterloos-dead-soldiers-to-be-re-examined-by-academics
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/06/18/ghoulish-theory-may-finally-solve-mystery-missing-waterloo-dead/
https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/993/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/993/pub/993/page/44/article/NaN
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-709776 https://www.iflscience.com/soldiers-bones-from-the-battle-of-waterloo-may-have-disappeared-as-bags-of-fertilizer-64112
https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/scientists-may-have-found-where-the-bodies-of-waterloo-went

More on the massive Iron Age frog burial (sort of) from near Cambridge:

https://www.livescience.com/amphibian-death-pit-iron-age-village/ https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/archaeologists-baffled-by-b2103301.html
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/jun/12/mass-frog-burial-baffles-experts-at-iron-age-site-near-cambridge
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-61784186 https://www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/news/thousands-of-ancient-frog-bones-found-at-cambridgeshire-site-9258954/
https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/thousands-of-frog-bones-found-in-the-uk-puzzle-archeologists-14062022/
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/64317 https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/06/frog-mystery-uncovered-near-iron-age-roundhouse/143832
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/06/15/more-than-8000-frog-bones-found-by-an-iron-age-roundhouse/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/housands-of-frog-bones-found-at-iron-age-settlement-180980251/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/10631-220613-england-ditch-frogs

More on the medieval human remains found beneath a Cork pub and their 'violent end':

https://www.irishcentral.com/news/skeletal-remains-nancy-spains-pub-cork https://www.thejournal.ie/nancy-spains-skeletons-cork-barrack-street-5788938-Jun2022/
https://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/more-bodies-which-met-violent-27213707

More on the find/identification of the site of the wreck of the Gloucester:

https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-709257 https://the-past.com/news/wreckage-of-17th-century-warship-hms-gloucester-discovered-off-norfolk-coast/
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/64307 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/shipwreck-gloucester-james-king-england-180980250/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/10630-220613-shipwreck-york-gloucester

More on the burials being revealed at the Leicester Cathedral dig:

https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/leicester-news/gallery/more-120-ancient-graves-uncovered-7187925

Anger in Limerick in the wake of the bulldozing of a Rath/Cashel site:

https://www.limerickleader.ie/news/local-news/837062/anger-over-destruction-of-ancient-archaeological-monument-in-county-limerick.html

Calls for the remains of St Olave's Church to be officially listed:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-norfolk-61797757

Hyping a just-under-way dig at a friary in Inverkeithing:

https://www.dunfermlinepress.com/news/20217629.inverkeithing-archaeological-dig-find-human-remains-friary/

A project to restore three 16th century synagoges in Venice:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/synagogues-venice-500-year-old-jewish-ghetto-180980259/

Old photos are helping to restore the Old Monastery of Agios Dionysios in Olympus:

https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/06/17/guided-by-a-forgotten-photograph-a-damaged-monastery-is-being-restored/

Plans for upgrades to Caerphilly Castle are described as 'Disneyesque':

https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/994/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/994/pub/994/page/23/article/NaN

Feature on historic English pub interiors:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-61797983

Feature on the 'ghost town' of Granadilla (Spain):

https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p0cdpdns/the-spanish-ghost-town-that-should-be-underwater
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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 ============================================================
From Sanxindui comes word of 13 000 new finds being made:

https://news.cgtn.com/news/2022-06-13/Some-13-000-relics-unearthed-from-new-Sanxingdui-ruins-site-discovery-1aPcmE2dNRK/index.html
https://www.shine.cn/news/nation/2206136744/ http://global.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202206/13/WS62a6eb76a310fd2b29e62657.html http://www.china.org.cn/arts/2022-06/17/content_78275194.htm https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202206/1268014.shtml https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202206/1268088.shtml http://www.china.org.cn/arts/2022-06/13/content_78267620.htm https://news.artnet.com/art-world/sacrificial-relics-sanxingdui-2130848 https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/13000-sacrificial-relics-bronze-box-altar-sanxingdui-china-1234631951/
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/sanxingdui-china-archaeology-artifacts-sacrificial-pits-shu-kingdom-rcna33643
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/64322 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/trove-of-13000-artifacts-sheds-light-on-enigmatic-chinese-civilization-180980254/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/10634-220615-china-sanxingdui-pits

... including some 'paper thin' copper items:

https://news.cgtn.com/news/2022-06-13/Paper-thin-copper-pieces-excavated-at-Sanxingdui-archaeological-dig-1aPYlNUBH7G/index.html
https://news.cgtn.com/news/2022-06-17/Wonders-of-Sanxingdui-The-bronze-sheet-1aVQb0TSHV6/index.html

... and a sacrificial altar:

https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/14/asia/china-archaeology-sanxingdui-altar-discovery-intl-hnk/index.html
https://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/sacrificial-altar-among-13-000-relics-unearthed-at-sanxingdui-archaeological-site-in-china-1.5945838
https://english.cctv.com/2022/06/15/VIDErZ6QhMLjrRf2v9MVZU11220615.shtml

... and a large bronze figurine:

https://news.cgtn.com/news/2022-06-16/Large-bronze-figurine-freshly-unearthed-from-China-s-Sanxingdui-Ruins-1aUqJdei6wU/index.html

... and four of the pits have been dated to 3000 years bp:

http://www.ecns.cn/news/cns-wire/2022-06-13/detail-ihazcpzs6469711.shtml

... and a piece has been 'matched' with an earlier find:

http://t.m.china.org.cn/convert/c_ygJxxcYb.html

... some background pieces:

http://www.ecns.cn/news/2022-06-14/detail-ihaziuqy8685892.shtml https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3181763/why-archaeologists-are-so-excited-chinas-sanxingdui-ruins
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3181557/ancient-treasure-trove-sheds-light-mysterious-chinese-kingdom

Remains of three large Wei and Jin Dynasty watercourses from Henan:

http://www.china.org.cn/china/2022-06/13/content_78266696.htm

The 'supine acrobat' from the 'acrobats pit' at Qin's tomb has gone on display:

http://www.china.org.cn/arts/2022-06/13/content_78266931.htm?f=pad&a=true

China has opened up a 'relic hospital' in Chongqing:

https://www.scmp.com/video/china/3181898/china-opens-relic-hospital-chongqing-better-preserve-world-heritage-dazu-rock

Deva fragments from Angkor Thom's west gate:

https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/deva-fragments-collected-angkor-thoms-west-gate
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501096947/deva-statue-fragment-discovered-in-excavation/

"Prehistoric" petroglyphs from a site in Tiruvannamalai district:

https://www.daijiworld.com/news/newsDisplay?newsID=969776

Possibly related petroglyphs from Bargur:

https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Coimbatore/ancient-rock-paintings-found-in-bargur/article65536228.ece

Assorted 2000 years bp finds from Odisha's Bargarh district:

https://theprint.in/india/2000-year-old-artefacts-believed-to-be-of-post-mauryan-period-found-in-odishas-bargarh/994004/
https://odishabytes.com/post-mauryan-site-discovered-in-odishas-bargarh-excavation-by-asi-sought/

Remains of a Maurya-era wall from Tilaurakot:

https://kathmandupost.com/province-no-5/2022/06/13/ruins-of-maurya-era-wall-unearthed-in-tilaurakot-kapilvastu

A 900 years bp Jain inscription from Kolanupaka:

https://telanganatoday.com/telangana-900-year-old-jain-inscription-found-in-kolanupaka

Excavations in the 'laterite caves' of Kudalllur have revealed three closed chambers and a passageway (date?):

https://www.onmanorama.com/travel/travel-news/2022/06/17/edappal-rock-cut-cave-excavation.html

Concerns for a Sri Krishnadevaraya era inscription in Palnadu:

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/inscription-dating-back-to-sri-krishnadevaraya-period-in-palnadu-lies-neglected/article65520405.ece

... and for a 12th century one at Kolanupaka village:

https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/hyderabad/2022/jun/19/12th-century-inscription-lies-in-neglect-2467259.html

Plans to study possible links between Indus signs and some graffit in Tamil Nadu:

https://www.deccanherald.com/national/south/tn-to-study-possible-links-between-graffiti-and-indus-signs-1117625.html

Feature on Shruthesh Acharya and the inscriptions he has read:

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mangaluru/this-archaeological-researcher-has-decoded-25-inscriptions/articleshow/92212815.cms

... and the ASI's epigraphy department:

https://www.newindianexpress.com/thesundaystandard/2022/jun/19/archaeological-survey-of-india-deciphers-74000historical-inscriptions-2467156.html

The ASI is seeking help determining the antiquity of an idol it recently seized:

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/asi-help-sought-to-ascertain-antiquity-of-seized-idol-asp/article65526510.ece

Excavations at Patna Museum have commenced:

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/archaeological-excavation-at-patna-museum-to-be-started-soon-official/articleshow/92265874.cms

An 18th century mummified shaman find from Siberia:

https://www.newsweek.com/shaman-burial-site-discovered-siberia-preserved-clothing-1716823
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AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND ============================================================
150 years bp building remains and artifacts from a dig in central Christchurch:


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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, Michael Joyce,
Richard Miller, Kris Curry, Rick Heli, Richard C. Griffiths, Frank MacKay, Floris Stijbos,
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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Evidence of a human presence (possibly heidelbergensis?) in Britain some 600 000 years bp:

https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/canterbury-suburbs-home-to-early-humans https://phys.org/news/2022-06-canterbury-suburbs-home-britain-earliest.html https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-kent-61888418 https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/1009/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/1009/pub/1009/page/24/article/NaN
https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/22/europe/early-humans-fordwich-england-kent-scn/index.html
https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/20226971.canterbury-homo-heidelbergensis-earliest-human-site-fringe-city/
https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/117074/Study-Human-ancestors-lived-in-Britain-s-caves-620-000
https://arkeonews.net/archaeologists-unearth-600000-year-old-evidence-of-britains-early-inhabitants/
https://www.iflscience.com/earliest-hand-axes-in-britain-were-not-crafted-by-homo-sapiens-64159
http://www.sci-news.com/othersciences/anthropology/britain-homo-heidelbergensis-10931.html
https://www.sciencealert.com/600-000-year-old-artifacts-reveal-some-of-britain-s-oldest-tool-makers
https://www.zmescience.com/science/anthropology/historic-city-in-the-uk-was-home-to-some-of-britains-earliest-humans-23062022/
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2325462-uks-earliest-hand-axes-were-made-by-ancient-humans-560000-years-ago/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/06/600000-year-old-evidence-of-britains-early-inhabitants/143920
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/06/23/canterbury-suburbs-were-home-to-some-of-britains-earliest-humans/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/10647-220623-canterbury-homo-heidelbergensis

cf: https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.211904

Evidence of the coexistence of aurochs and Neanderthals along the Gulf of Cadiz:

https://english.elpais.com/science-tech/2022-06-19/the-coast-of-the-giants-footprints-in-the-gulf-of-cadiz-confirm-the-coexistence-of-massive-aurochs-with-neanderthals-and-other-large-animals.html

More on 800 000 years bp hominin fire creation in Israel:

https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/archaeologists-use-ai-to-discover-one-of-the-worlds-oldest-campfires-at-one-million-year-old-site-in-israel/
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/06/20/scientists-uncover-traces-of-fire-dating-back-at-least-800000-years/

Feature on stone 'swiss army knives' from Southern Africa:

https://www.sapiens.org/archaeology/ancient-stone-swiss-army-knives/ ============================================================
AFRICA
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Suggestion that some Algerian petroglyphs may reveal psychedelic mushroom use:

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/psychedelic-mushroom-algeria ============================================================
ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT ============================================================
More on Khufu-era granite blocks from the Temple of the Sun at Matariya:

https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2022/06/new-archaeological-discovery-king-khufus-reign

Feature on what ancient Egyptians were concerned with (besides death):

https://phys.org/news/2022-06-ancient-egyptians-death.html

Pondering out obsession with Tut:

https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/why-are-we-so-obsessed-with-king-tut

... and what we missed in his tomb:

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/king-tut-exhibit-oxford

Assorted Christian relics (various periods) found during restoration of the Mar Thoas Church in Mosul which had been damaged by ISIL:

https://www.jpost.com/christianworld/article-709834

Excavations are resuming at Masuleh (Iran):

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/473820/Archaeologists-hope-to-shed-new-light-on-human-life-in-Masouleh

Excavations at the Didegan dam (aka Bostan Khani dam) have revealed assorted water structures from the Achaemenid era:

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/473941/Excavation-sheds-new-light-on-Achaemenid-water-structure

Feature on the petroglyphs ('prehistoric') in Ali Sadr cave:

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/473996/Iranian-cave-an-art-studio-for-prehistorical-humans-archaeologist

Studying teeth from royal cattle herds of Mesopotamia:

https://news.usask.ca/articles/research/2022/teeth-from-royal-cattle-herds-of-mesopotamia-shed-light-on-ancient-urban-cultures-usask-research.php
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-710318

Ashur now faces a threat from dam construction:

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2022/06/20/new-dam-could-drown-ancient-iraqi-city-of-ashur

More on Zakhiku emerging from the Tigris because of drought:

https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/20/world/iraq-city-unearthed-drought-scn/index.html

Iraq announced rewards for people who hand over artifacts to the government:

https://www.iraqinews.com/iraq/iraq-announces-reward-for-anyone-hands-over-artifacts-to-government/

More on evidence of early Islamic burials from Syria:

https://the-past.com/news/archaeologists-uncover-evidence-of-early-islamic-burials-in-syria/

Suggestion agriculture began in Turkiye some 10 500 years bp:

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2022-06-23/ty-article-magazine/where-did-agriculture-begin-in-turkey-10-500-years-ago/00000181-8fbe-d376-a1cf-efbf7f920000

Assorted seeds (ca 3000 years bp) from excavations at Misis (Turkiye):

https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/ancient-seeds-found-in-southern-turkiye-174684
https://www.dailysabah.com/life/history/3000-year-old-seeds-discovered-in-turkeys-ancientmopsuestia

Excavations are restarting at the long-inhabited site of Ani:

https://www.dailysabah.com/life/history/archaeologists-continue-to-unearth-ne-turkeys-ani-ruins
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/turkiye/excavations-resume-in-ancient-city-of-ani-in-northeastern-turkiye/2620164

More on the Neo Assyrian petroglyphs at Basbuk:

https://the-past.com/news/meeting-the-ancient-gods-under-a-turkish-house/

Feature on the Iskandarani structure near Amman:

https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/iskandarani-180-year-old-building-from-ottoman-empire-in-jordan/news

Remains of a 1200 years bp mosque (different one from last week) from Rahat in the Negev desert:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jun/22/one-of-earliest-known-mosques-found-in-israeli-negev-desert-say-experts
https://www.timesofisrael.com/one-of-the-oldest-mosques-in-the-world-uncovered-in-negev-bedouin-city-rahat/
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-710100 https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2022-06-22/ty-article/archaeologists-find-second-early-mosque-in-israel-built-by-spectacular-byzantine-estate/00000181-8a5f-d0ac-a7bd-ab5f7d010000
https://www.jewishpress.com/news/israel/9th-century-luxurious-estate-and-mosque-uncovered-in-bedouin-city-of-rahat/2022/06/22/
https://www.ynetnews.com/travel/article/bkbjskx59 https://www.israelhayom.com/2022/06/24/another-of-worlds-oldest-mosques-discovered-in-negev-bedouin-town/
https://english.alarabiya.net/life-style/art-and-culture/2022/06/22/Israeli-archaeologists-uncover-rare-early-mosque-in-Negev
https://english.alaraby.co.uk/news/1200-year-old-mosque-unearthed-palestinian-negev-village
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20220622-israeli-archaeologists-discover-one-of-oldest-known-mosques-in-the-world/
https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/israel-uncovers-a-rare-early-mosque-in-negev-174796
http://www.china.org.cn/world/Off_the_Wire/2022-06/22/content_78285259.htm https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/discovery-of-ancient-mosque-in-holy-land-suggests-peaceful-coexistence-between-christians-and-muslims-38t6hvh66
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20220622-israel-uncovers-rare-early-mosque-in-negev
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/06/archaeologists-find-ancient-mosque-in-israel/143939
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/israeli-desert-one-of-the-worlds-oldest-mosques-180980302/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/10650-220624-israel-mosque-rahat

Some monumental columns which were once in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre were moved to a museum:

https://www.jpost.com/christianworld/article-708684 https://catholicnews.com/ancient-marble-columns-from-church-of-the-holy-sepulcher-get-a-museum-home/
https://thetablet.org/ancient-marble-columns-from-church-of-the-holy-sepulcher-get-a-museum-home/

Feature on the archaeological 'richness' of Gaza:

https://phys.org/news/2022-06-rich-heritage-impoverished-gaza.html https://www.timesofisrael.com/rich-heritage-buried-under-impoverished-gaza-strip/
https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2022/06/rich-heritage-buried-under-impoverished-gaza-strip
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20220626-rich-heritage-buried-under-impoverished-gaza-strip
https://www.rfi.fr/en/international-news/20220626-rich-heritage-buried-under-impoverished-gaza-strip

Overviewish thing on the sites identified as possibly being Bethsaida:

https://greekreporter.com/2022/06/26/searching-lost-biblical-city-bethsaida/

Opeddish thing on the role of archaeology in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict:

https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/perspective/20220623-how-archaeology-is-instrumentalised-amid-the-israeli-palestinian-conflict
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This Week in the Ancient Near East Podcast:

https://thisweekintheancientneareast.podbean.com/

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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS) ============================================================
Possible find of the remains of the 4000 years bp city of Bassania in Albania:

https://arkeonews.net/archaeologists-may-have-found-the-lost-2000-year-old-ancient-city-of-bassania-in-albania/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/06/archaeologists-find-ancient-city-from-hellenistic-period/143914

A 5th/4th century BCE burial from beneath an Este parking lot:

http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/64376

A 3rd century BCE burial from Palermo (Italian):

https://www.siciliafan.it/palermo-sepoltura-iii-secolo-ac-foto/

Remains of a 1st century Roman sanctuary in the Netherlands:

https://www.independent.co.uk/tv/lifestyle/netherlands-roman-temple-archeology-discovery-b2106673.html
https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/volunteer-archaeologists-discover-ancient-roman-temple-netherlands-2022-06-21/
https://www.monumentaal.com/romeins-heiligdom-ontdekt-in-zevenaar/ https://www.cultureelerfgoed.nl/publicaties/publicaties/2022/01/01/vertalingen-persbericht-romeins-heiligdom
https://www.dutchnews.nl/news/2022/06/archaeologists-uncover-an-exceptionally-well-preserved-roman-shrine/
https://nltimes.nl/2022/06/20/archaeologists-find-1st-century-roman-sanctuary-netherlands
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-10937601/Volunteer-archaeologists-discover-ancient-Roman-temple-Netherlands.html
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-709976 https://nationalpost.com/pmn/entertainment-pmn/volunteer-archaeologists-discover-ancient-roman-temple-in-netherlands
https://www.dw.com/en/dutch-researchers-uncover-roman-temple-complex/a-62194895 http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/64386 https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/06/roman-sanctuary-discovered-in-the-netherlands/143933

Amphoras and other finds from under the sea at Porto Cesareo (Italian coverage):

https://www.quotidianodipuglia.it/lecce/porto_cesareo_anfore_necropoli_navi_reperti_archeologi-6766918.html
https://www.leccesette.it/ambiente/83586/archeologia-subacquea-a-porto-cesareo.html

A missing head from a statue of Hercules was found at the site of the Antikythera shipwreck:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jun/21/marble-head-of-hercules-pulled-up-from-roman-shipwreck-site-in-greece
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-10939455/Marble-head-believed-missing-piece-2-000-year-old-headless-statue-Hercules.html
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/underwater-excavation-marble-head-2133708 https://www.ekathimerini.com/culture/1187146/antikythera-shipwreck-dig-season-brings-up-massive-marble-head/
https://greekreporter.com/2022/06/19/marble-statue-human-teeth-discovered-at-greeces-antikythera-shipwreck/
https://www.tornosnews.gr/en/greek-news/culture/47375-antikythera-shipwreck-dig-season-yields-huge-marble-head.html
https://greekcitytimes.com/2022/06/20/antikythera-underwater-excavation-digs-up-amazing-discovery/
https://neoskosmos.com/en/2022/06/21/news/greece/antikythera-shipwreck-marine-excavation-uncovers-more-findings/
https://www.thenationalherald.com/important-new-findings-salvaged-from-antikythera-shipwreck/
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/marble-sculpture-found-in-shipwreck-thought-to-be-the-missing-head-of-heracles-of-antikythera-p3f6f2gsg
https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/117069/Marble-head-of-Hercules-recovered-from-ancient-Roman-shipwreck-in
https://hyperallergic.com/742282/massive-head-of-hercules-pulled-from-historic-roman-shipwreck/
https://www.iflscience.com/hercules-missing-marble-head-found-on-2-000-year-old-antikythera-shipwreck-64125
https://www.newsweek.com/hercules-head-statue-found-ancient-shipwreck-roman-greece-antikythera-1717974
https://arkeonews.net/antikythera-underwater-excavation-digs-up-new-discoveries-huge-marble-head/
https://www.vice.com/en/article/m7gjwb/head-of-hercules-discovered-in-ancient-antikythera-mechanism-shipwreck
http://www.sci-news.com/archaeology/new-antikythera-shipwreck-artifacts-10928.html
https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/06/the-antikythera-shipwreck-in-greece-continues-to-yield-priceless-treasures/
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/64404 https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/06/massive-marble-head-found-at-antikythera-shipwreck/143909
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/06/22/impressive-new-finds-from-the-antikythera-shipwreck/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/10648-220624-greece-antikythera-head

Plenty of excitement over the find of remains of a 'pregnant' tortoise at Pompeii:

https://phys.org/news/2022-06-tortoise-egg-pompeii-excavations.html https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jun/24/pompeii-excavation-unearths-remains-of-pregnant-tortoise-egg-mount-vesuvius
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-61931172 https://www.ansa.it/english/news/2022/06/24/surprise-at-pompeii-tortoise-with-its-egg-emerge-from-digs_ace99cfe-be36-47ab-b891-1b286d69780d.html
https://www.thedailybeast.com/ancient-pregnant-tortoise-excavated-at-pompeii https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidbressan/2022/06/24/remains-of-land-tortoise-shed-light-on-the-last-years-of-pompeii/
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-10949991/Remains-2-000-year-old-pregnant-tortoise-egg-discovered-ancient-Pompeii.html
https://www.independent.ie/world-news/remains-of-pregnant-tortoise-shed-light-on-pompeiis-destruction-41786335.html
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2022/06/24/2000-year-old-tortoise-egg-discovered-beneath-workshop-pompeii/
https://www.euronews.com/next/2022/06/24/us-italy-pompeii-tortoise https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/science/tortoise-its-egg-found-latest-pompeii-discovery-2022-06-24/
https://apnews.com/article/science-earthquakes-volcanic-eruptions-0c168c51faf0106d5ffaeb70a9716bea
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/64419

A Flavian-era (maybe) female figurine head from Tyana:

https://www.dailysabah.com/life/history/roman-marble-female-figure-found-in-turkeys-tyana

A private domus which stood on the site of the Baths of Caracalla prior to the baths has opened to the public:

https://apnews.com/article/religion-prayer-eaf4d21b4db66bfd6b5bd5c96d9daa07 https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/ancient-home-prayer-room-open-at-romes-baths-of-caracalla/2022/06/23/6c416546-f2f2-11ec-ac16-8fbf7194cd78_story.html
https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/ancient-home-prayer-room-open-romes-baths-caracalla-85583598
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/any-deity-would-do-for-the-ancient-romans-0gbgdm6g6
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/rome-ap-roman-naples-pompeii-b2107744.html

... and Turkiye has opened the Ploutonion in Heirapolis:

https://greekreporter.com/2022/06/23/ancient-gate-hell-hierapolis/

... related feature:

https://greekreporter.com/2022/06/23/scientists-reveal-ancient-gate-to-hell-mystery-in-ancient-greek-city/

An underwater survey off the Agios Petros island:

https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/06/23/underwater-survey-off-the-agios-petros-islet/

The 2000 years bp Roman baths at Ankara are undergoing restoration:

https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/2000-year-old-roman-baths-of-ankara-go-under-restoration/news

A child burial (date?) with grave offerings from Kalenderis:

https://greekreporter.com/2022/06/25/burial-gifts-discovery-infants-grave-first-ancient-greek-city/
https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/child-grave-with-bracelets-and-gifts-found-in-ancient-city-174798

Latest rethinking of the date of the eruption of Pompeii:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/23/world/europe/pompeii-mount-vesuvius-erupt.html
https://www.ansa.it/english/news/general_news/2022/06/23/pompeii-eruption-wasnt-in-summer-but-october-study_214d0b68-0dd9-4bc4-ae41-efcc3f481955.html

In case you missed the identification of the 'anonymous god of Palmyra':

https://scienceinpoland.pap.pl/en/news/news%2C92637%2Cpolish-researcher-solves-mystery-anonymous-god-palmyra.html
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-709951 https://www.zmescience.com/science/archaeologists-solve-100-year-old-mystery-of-anonymous-god-of-palmyra/
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/06/21/polish-researcher-solves-mystery-of-anonymous-god-of-palmyra/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/10646-220623-syria-palmyra-gods

... and a feature on funerary portraits from Palmyra:

https://www.asor.org/anetoday/2022/06/portraits-people-society-palmyra

Still yet another feature on the phallus-graffiti from Vindolanda:

https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/06/archaeologists-unearth-phallus-graffiti-carved-in-stone-at-ancient-roman-fort/

A followup to that thrift-shop Roman bust find:

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/roman-bust-stolen-texas-goodwill-thrift-shop/

Another award for the site of Nemea:

https://greekherald.com.au/culture/ancient-nemea-archeological-site-wins-european-cultural-heritage-award/

More arguing over plans for York's Roman Quarter:

https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/heritage-and-retro/heritage/roman-quarter-war-of-words-breaks-out-over-flawed-plans-for-archaeology-attraction-and-dig-in-york-3743244

Feature on the dig at the Casas del Turunuela sit in Spain:

https://elpais.com/cultura/2022-06-20/una-red-de-investigadores-para-desentranar-los-ultimos-secretos-de-tarteso.html

Feature on Robert F. Sutton:

https://www.archaeological.org/member-spotlight-robert-f-sutton/

Feature on Jeremy Swist's work with heavy metal and the ancient world:

https://www.brandeis.edu/now/2022/june/jeremy-swist-metal-music.html

Feature on an exhibit of finds made by Duke archaeologists at Vulci:

https://today.duke.edu/2022/06/digital-exhibit-reveals-buried-roman-era-secrets-uncovered-duke-archeologists

Feature on a burial from Irbid (made six years ago) and the inscirptions associated with it:

https://www.thenationalnews.com/weekend/2022/06/24/alas-for-me-i-am-dead-greco-roman-tomb-in-jordan-offers-clues-about-life-in-capitolias/

Feature on how gladiators prepared to do their stuff:

https://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/history-and-civilisation/2022/06/how-roman-gladiators-got-ready-to-rumble

Feature on Julius Caesar and the Wicker Man:

https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/julius-caesar-inspired-the-wicker-man/

Feature on the Pythagorean comma:

https://greekreporter.com/2022/06/20/ancient-greek-mathematician-philosopher-created-pythagorean-comma/

Feature on the ring of King Minos:

https://greekreporter.com/2022/06/24/the-ring-of-legendary-king-minos-a-tale-of-intrigue-and-deception/

There was a major protest at the British Museum regard the Parthenon Sculptures:

https://hyperallergic.com/741793/protesters-urge-british-museum-to-return-the-parthenon-marbles/
https://www.thenationalherald.com/british-museum-protesters-want-parthenon-marbles-back-in-greece/
https://greekreporter.com/2022/06/19/reunify-parthenon-marbles-acropolis-museum/
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/parthenon-marbles-british-museum-protest-1234632365/
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2022/06/20/political-pressure-and-protest-at-british-museum-keeps-parthenon-marbles-restitution-issue-in-the-spotlight

... while some British MPs are calling for their return as well:

https://greekherald.com.au/news/british-mps-call-parthenon-marbles-be-returned-greece-amid-museum-protest/

Meanwhile, Greece is apparently wary of the 'sharing arrangement' proposed by Osborne last week:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/06/25/elgin-marbles-deal-unlikely-greece-wary-legal-trap/
https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/987/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/987/pub/987/page/43/article/NaN

... in case you missed that:

https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/06/22/statements-by-chairman-of-the-british-museum-on-the-parthenon-sculptures/

Opeddish thing on Roman devaluation of currency:

https://www.cityam.com/roman-empire-has-lesson-for-andrew-bailey-on-devaluing-currency/

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Roman Archaeology Blog:

http://romanarc.blogspot.com/

Rogueclassicism:

http://rogueclassicism.com/ ============================================================
EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland) ============================================================
Pondering some 5000-8000 years bp petroglyphs in north-western Russia:

https://sciencenorway.no/archaeology-art-stone-age/who-painted-pictures-like-this-on-rock-walls-in-norway-5000-8000-years-ago/2035609

Neolithic finds from Stornoway:

https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/highlands-islands/4438488/archaeologists-stornoway-dig-3000-years-people/

Remains of a Bronze Age fortress in Co Galway:

https://www.rte.ie/news/regional/2022/0619/1305770-bronze-age-monument-discovered/
https://www.irishcentral.com/news/archaeologist-discovers-bronze-age-fortress-galway
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/bronze-age-fortress-coole-park-ireland-1234632707/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/10643-220622-ireland-ancient-fortress

Suggestion there was a Viking age in Norway 2000 years before the Viking existed:

https://sciencenorway.no/archaeology-bronze-age-ships/was-there-a-viking-age-in-norway--2000-years-before-the-vikings/1698522

Digging an Iron Age/Roman site in Pembrokeshire threatened by coastal erosion:

https://nation.cymru/news/dyfed-archaeological-trust-porth-y-rhaw/

Pondering why someone built a ceramics factory on a remote Norwegian Island where there is no clay:

https://sciencenorway.no/archaeology-history-iron-age/why-did-somebody-build-a-ceramics-factory-on-this-remote-island-2000-years-ago/2040865

A 6th century Langobard warrior burial from Moravia:

https://english.radio.cz/young-mans-grave-discovered-germanic-langobard-burial-site-8754151

Remains of an 8th century shipyard on a Swedish island:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/06/archaeologists-find-viking-age-shipyard/143855

Prehistoric and medieval finds from Calf Hill near Sabden:

https://www.burnleyexpress.net/heritage-and-retro/retro/archaeological-excavations-discover-prehistoric-and-medieval-finds-on-calf-hill-near-sabden-3743038

A metal detectorist found Saxon pendant with a Roman intaglio from a Buckinghamshire field (from 2019):

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-61764960

Medieval prayer beads from Lindisfarne:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/06/26/first-ever-example-prayer-beads-medieval-britain-discovered/

An update on the ongoing dig at a medieval settlement site at High Hunsley:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-humber-61889193

A dig at the Lawn in Lincolnshire is just getting under way:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-61841508

A dig/survey of man-made waterways along the Heacham river is also getting under way:

https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/sedgeford-dig-starts-2022-9061674

More on the Bronze Age (and later) finds from a school development site in Houghton Regis:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-61828225

More on Greenland as the source of ivory for medieval Kyiv:

https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/06/20/old-norse-settlers-traded-walrus-ivory-with-kyiv/
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-709756

More on the HS2-related Anglo-Saxon/Medieval cemetery find in Buckinghamshire:

https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/uk-world-news/hs2-archaeologists-find-burial-ground-24285389
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-uncover-early-medieval-cemetery-england-180980278/

More on what happened to the bones of the fallen at Waterloo:

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/06/220617210054.htm https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/956065 https://www.archaeology.org/news/10644-220622-belgium-waterloo-survey

More on Iron Age frog bones:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/housands-of-frog-bones-found-at-iron-age-settlement-180980251/

Simon Jenkins suggests there were no Celts:

https://nation.cymru/culture/there-were-no-celts-says-guardian-columnist-simon-jenkins-in-new-book/

Concerns for a 16th century altarpiece in Burgos:

https://elpais.com/espana/2022-06-20/los-siete-de-terradillos-contra-las-termitas-de-un-retablo-del-siglo-xvi.html

Concerns for some Goya frescoes in Madrid:

https://elpais.com/cultura/2022-06-25/los-frescos-de-goya-en-madrid-estan-en-riesgo-por-el-mal-estado-del-tejado-de-la-iglesia-que-los-alberga.html

Feature on medieval graffiti from various Cypriot contexts:

https://cyprus-mail.com/2022/06/19/deciphering-the-messages-in-mediaeval-graffiti/

Feature on a Neolithic necropolis in a 'hockey field' in Cadiz:

https://elpais.com/ciencia/2022-06-22/hachas-ninos-y-asesinatos-bajo-cesped-artificial-asi-es-la-necropolis-monumental-mas-antigua-de-espana.html

Feature on Scotland's bog bodies:

https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/who-were-scotlands-mysterious-bodies-in-the-bog

Feature on the Newton School of Metalwork:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-61812951

I think we've mentioned this Sutton Hoo ship recreation project:

https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/24/world/sutton-hoo-ship-reconstruction-scn/index.html
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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 ============================================================
1100 burials from a site in Sichuan:

http://www.china.org.cn/arts/2022-06/20/content_78280056.htm http://t.m.china.org.cn/convert/c_tLPHoagg.html

China is creating a digital archive of the finds from the Sanxingdui Ruins:

https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202206/1268576.shtml

Overviewish piece on some of the major finds from the Sanxingdui Ruins:

https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202206/24/WS62b4f0a4a310fd2b29e682fd.html http://www.china.org.cn/arts/2022-06/24/content_78288321.htm

Feature on the 'pirate queen' Zheng Yi Sao:

https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p0cgfmwn/zheng-yi-sao-the-most-successful-pirate-in-history

Latest feature on the threat to sites from the Mes Aynak copper mine:

https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/ancient-afghan-buddhist-city-threatened-by-chinese-copper-mine-101655872346410.html
https://www.dawn.com/news/1696226

4000 years bp copper weapons from a site in Uttar Pradesh:

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/4k-year-old-copper-weapons-found-under-a-field-in-ups-mainpuri/articleshow/92423442.cms
https://theprint.in/india/asi-finds-copper-figures-and-weapons-dating-back-3800-years-in-mainpuri/1012119/
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/copper-utensils-of-chalcolithic-age-found-in-attappady/article65565133.ece

39 Vijayanagar-era cannon balls unearthed at a Kampli fort site:

https://www.deccanherald.com/state/karnataka-districts/39-vijayanagar-era-cannon-balls-unearthed-at-kampli-fort-1119596.html

Questioning the nationalistic push for archaeology in Tamil Nadu:

https://theprint.in/features/stalins-archaeology-push-in-tamil-nadu-is-the-stuff-of-culture-wars-experts-have-a-warning/1006949/

Saka melting furnaces from Kazakhstan:

https://astanatimes.com/2022/06/kazakh-archaeologists-discover-ancient-saka-tribes-melting-furnaces-in-east-kazakhstan-region/

More on the origins of the Black Death in Asia:

https://phys.org/news/2022-06-black-death-centuries-old-mystery.html ============================================================
AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND ============================================================
Questioning the antiquity of Aboriginal stone artifacts found off the Pilbara coast a couple years ago:

https://phys.org/news/2022-06-australia-marine-aboriginal-archaeological-site.html

cf: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/gea.21917

Overview piece on finds made at the Kokatha Aboriginal site:

https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/the-significance-of-these-very-rare-aboriginal-shelters-has-been-revealed/634tt22qt
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NORTH AMERICA
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A 'mummified' woolly mammoth calf from the Yukon:

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-61936818 https://www.cp24.com/lifestyle/mummified-woolly-mammoth-calf-discovered-by-gold-miners-in-yukon-1.5962676
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/06/baby-mammoth-found-preserved-in-the-yukon/143960

We're beginning to read of potential sites and finds from the site of fires in Arizona over the past while:

https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/arizona-wildfires-sweep-land-rich-signs-ancient-life-85511588
https://apnews.com/article/wildfires-climate-science-fires-deserts-eccedaa5db1fcc84d68eb174a0a8323d
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/arizona-wildfires-sweep-land-rich-with-signs-of-ancient-life/2022/06/20/ca30f178-f0bb-11ec-ac16-8fbf7194cd78_story.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/06/22/arizona-wildfires-observatory-artifacts/
https://www.theintelligencer.com/news/article/Arizona-wildfires-sweep-land-rich-with-signs-of-17253520.php
https://www.newspressnow.com/news/national_news/arizona-fires-sweep-land-rich-with-ancient-sites-artifacts/article_19fe0336-2b3c-59bf-a62c-22afdaefc886.html
https://www.clintonherald.com/region/western-wildfires-archaeology/image_f3090755-2989-5cc2-9b22-bfbeabd7b712.html

Latest from the UNF dig at the Sarabay site on Big Talbot Island:

https://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/national-politics/article262882798.html
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/florida/articles/2022-06-25/unf-digs-deeper-to-reveal-possible-center-of-native-village

An update on the dig of a mid-19th century cemetery in downtown Guelph:

https://www.guelphtoday.com/local-news/city-continues-to-unearth-bone-fragments-at-former-parking-lot-5516794

A dig at a 19th century farm site near Lake Placid:

https://www.adirondackexplorer.org/stories/dig-to-find-history-in-the-dirt

More on the 17th century shipwreck off the Oregon coast:

https://www.kptv.com/2022/06/21/archaeologists-discover-historic-shipwreck-oregon-coast/

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