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explorator 25.18 August 21, 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,
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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Review of Peter Bellwood, *The Five-Million-Year Odyssey:
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/human-evolution-five-million-year-odyssey-review
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AFRICA
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Possible 400 000 years bp evidence of a human presence/settlement in Iran:
https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/475718/Oldest-human-settlement-in-Iran-identified
A study of homo sapiens presence in the Kalahari coinciding with periods of water availability:
https://www.news.uct.ac.za/article/-2022-08-15-kalahari-site-points-to-water-rich-periods-that-attracted-early-humans
https://news.griffith.edu.au/2022/08/17/stone-age-discovery-shows-homo-sapiens-survived-in-the-kalahari/
https://phys.org/news/2022-08-stone-age-discovery-homo-sapiens.html https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-714813 https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/08/early-humans-were-drawn-to-kalahari-during-water-rich-periods/144470
cf:
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0270104 ============================================================
ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT ============================================================
More on evidence that Howard Carter 'stole' Tutankhamun's treasure:
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2022/aug/13/howard-carter-stole-tutankhamuns-treasure-new-evidence-suggests
https://egyptindependent.com/details-of-howard-carters-theft-of-artifacts-from-tutankhamuns-tomb/
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/the-archaeologist-who-discovered-king-tuts-tomb-almost-certainly-stole-artifacts-from-it-a-new-book-reveals-2161023
https://www.iflscience.com/archaeologist-that-unearthed-tutankhamuns-tomb-stole-artifacts-from-it-newly-revealed-letter-suggests-64904
Egypt is renewing calls for the return of the Rosetta Stone to Egypt:
https://www.thenationalnews.com/world/2022/08/19/new-push-to-bring-rosetta-stone-back-to-egypt-amid-awakening-on-colonial-loot/
... some background:
https://www.thenationalnews.com/world/2022/08/19/what-is-the-rosetta-stone-all-you-need-to-know-as-british-museum-faces-claim-from-egypt/
The National Museum of Egyptian Civilization has received some xray equipment:
https://egyptindependent.com/egypt-receives-2-sophisticated-devices-to-scan-mummies/
Feature on sunken antiquities off Alexandria:
https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/118470/In-pics-Story-of-sunken-antiquities-in-Egypt-s-Alexandria
Feature on the restoration of the Golden Shrine of the temple at Medinet Habu:
https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/118183/Golden-Shrine-of-Luxor%E2%80%99s-Habu-Temple-restored-to-its-original
Feature on the apparent return of Egyptomania:
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-style-with-an-eternal-afterlife-the-return-of-egyptomania-lg6mlmg07
Overviewish thing on work being done at the Elymais/Parthian site at Hung-e Ashdar site in Iran:
https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/475648/Iranian-Italian-team-finishes-work-to-document-relief-carvings
[this one has the same photo as the previous?] 5th-3rd millennium BCE finds from Tepe Parandak:
https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/475645/Archaeologists-discover-Neolithic-Elamite-relics-near-Tehran
Evidence of iron smelting in Masuleh in the 5th-7th centuries AH:
https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/475734/Masuleh-yields-clues-about-ancient-smelting-workshops
Coverage of a dig at the 5th-8th century AH site of a 'governmental castle' in Ojan:
https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/475856/Archaeologists-excavate-castle-shedding-light-on-ancient-architecture
A team is 'tasked' with determining the 'legal boundary' of the Sialk Mound:
https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/475775/Archaeologists-tasked-to-reconsider-Sialk-Hills-boundary
A project to preserve the Sasanian Kartir inscription/relief:
https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/475852/Efforts-underway-to-protect-one-of-world-s-biggest-inscriptions
More on the possible decipherment of Elamite:
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-714651 https://www.dw.com/en/archaeological-mystery-ancient-elamite-script-from-iran-deciphered/a-62849976
cf:
https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/za-2022-0003/html
Feature on some Persian-era engraved gems:
https://artsandculture.google.com/story/eAWxHXd-0U7Edw
Assorted Abbasid-era finds from Najaf (Iraq):
https://www.iraqinews.com/iraq/archaeological-treasure-discovered-in-najaf/
A 5000 years bp 'goddess idol' (apparently) from Izmir:
https://www.dailysabah.com/life/history/5000-year-old-goddess-idol-found-in-turkiyes-izmir
Coverage of a paper presented suggesting there's evidence of ritual sacrifice at Jabal Khashabiyah (Jordan?):
http://www.jordantimes.com/news/local/evidence-ritual-sacrifice-unearthed-jabal-khashabiyah-archaeological-site-says-scholar
... and on research into the Jaya Palace:
http://www.jordantimes.com/news/local/jaya-palace-excavation-offers-insight-mediaeval-transformations
Controversy over a Bar Ilan University dig at multiple sites in Nabi Saleh:
https://www.arabnews.com/node/2144241/middle-east
... not sure if this is related:
https://www.allisrael.com/israeli-archaeologist-uncovers-second-temple-era-fortified-village
Construction concerns for Second Temple period artifacts near the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron:
https://www.israelhayom.com/2022/08/17/second-temple-period-artifacts-in-danger-due-to-construction-works-in-hebron/
More on the latest evidence identifying a site as the Bethsaida associated with Peter:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-11120891/Birthplace-St-Peter-Mosaic-suggests-born-biblical-city-Bethsaida.html
https://greekcitytimes.com/2022/08/18/archaeologists-have-uncovered-a-1500-year-old-mosaic-with-an-greek-inscription-to-st-peter/
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/archaeologists-discovered-birthplace-st-peter-2159490
https://www.newswire.com/news/new-inscription-with-petition-for-intercession-by-apostle-peter-21792135
https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/biblical-sites-places/biblical-archaeology-places/discovering_biblical_bethsaida/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/did-archaeologists-find-st-peters-birthplace-180980607/
Feature on the search for the 'lost tabernacle' at Shiloh somewhere:
https://www.israelhayom.com/2022/08/21/in-pursuit-of-the-legendary-lost-tabernacle/
Suggestion that soil deposition might provide evidence of the earthquake associated with Jesus' crucifixion:
https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/biblical-topics/crucifixion/jesus-crucifixion-reflected-in-soil-deposition/
Overviewish on the finds over the past while at AlUla and Khaybar (Saudi Arabia):
https://www.arabnews.com/node/2141631/saudi-arabia
Plans for an underwater survey between Umluj and Ras Sheikh Humaid on the Red Sea:
https://www.saudigazette.com.sa/article/624056/SAUDI-ARABIA/Heritage-Commission-to-start-surveying-submerged-antiquities-in-Red-Sea
https://english.aawsat.com/home/article/3819166/saudi-heritage-commission-reveals-antiquities-red-sea
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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 Bronze Age cremation urn from Vulci (Italian):
https://roma.corriere.it/notizie/cultura_e_spettacoli/22_agosto_19/archeologia-scoperta-vulci-urna-cineraria-3mila-anni-fa-eta-bronzo-cd78c276-1f04-11ed-92ac-ee7067074578.shtml
Evidence of third style wall decorations at the Roman temple of Cupra:
https://www.ansa.it/english/news/2022/08/17/yellow-blue-colors-like-pompeii-at-temple-of-cupra_82f27b52-1c6c-4ac7-9edf-4be929e4f2bf.html
https://tg24.sky.it/cronaca/2022/08/17/tempio-cupra-colori
A 1st/2nd century statue of Hermes from Falerii Novi (Italian):
https://storiearcheostorie.com/2022/08/18/flash-trovata-a-falerii-novi-una-statua-di-hermes/
https://www.finestresullarte.info/archeologia/viterbo-falerii-novi-scoperta-statua-romana-i-ii-secolo
Evidence of a Roman glass production facility at a housing development site in Bristol:
https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/roman-glass-factory-discovered-key-7462542
Another temple find from Peperikon:
https://www.bta.bg/en/news/culture/313178-new-ancient-temple-discovered-at-perperikon
https://arkeonews.net/a-new-temple-was-discovered-in-the-ancient-thracian-city-of-perperikon/
Remains of a 2200 years bp fountain from Assos:
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/culture/2-200-year-old-roman-fountain-unearthed-in-northwestern-turkiye/2661485
https://www.dailysabah.com/life/history/archaeologists-find-2200-year-old-roman-fountain-in-turkiyes-assos
https://www.trtworld.com/turkey/archeologists-unearth-2-200-year-old-roman-fountain-in-northwest-t%C3%BCrkiye-59782
Plenty of interest in the find of a collection of inscribed astragaloi in the Maresha-Bet Guvrin National Park:
https://www.timesofisrael.com/rare-knucklebone-dice-give-glimpse-of-hellenistic-gaming-in-ancient-israel/
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-714827 https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/358239 https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2022-08-16/ty-article-magazine/huge-number-of-knucklebones-for-prophecy-and-games-discovered-in-biblical-maresha/00000182-a627-d5cf-adf7-afbf84640000
https://www.ynetnews.com/travel/article/hkrljyk09 https://www.israelhayom.com/2022/08/17/israel-rare-collection-of-knuckle-bones-for-gambling-discovered-in-maresha/
https://www.newsweek.com/knuckle-bones-used-play-prayer-unearthed-ancient-city-1734414
https://greekreporter.com/2022/08/18/archaeology-discover-ancient-greek-game-bones/
http://www.china.org.cn/arts/2022-08/17/content_78375535.htm https://english.news.cn/20220817/2245fac5bca14989acee7a5ed5559e7c/c.html https://www.algemeiner.com/2022/08/16/cache-of-animal-bones-used-in-gaming-during-hellenistic-period-found-in-southern-israel/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/08/archaeologists-find-ancient-game-made-from-bones/144441
https://www.archaeology.org/news/10738-220817-israel-astragali
Analysis of plant and animal remains (among other things) is helping to date the destruction of Tel Iztabba (a Greek town) destroyed by the Hasmoneans:
https://phys.org/news/2022-08-chicken-bones-snail-shells-archaeologists.html http://www.archaeology.org/news/10739-220818-israel-hasmonean-campaign
More on the remains of a Roman bridge found on the via Tiburtina:
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/64886
... and the one associated with Nero:
https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2022/07/02/siccita-riaffiorano-i-resti-dellantico-ponte-neroniano-dal-tevere-in-secca/6647639/
More on the possibility of gladiator burials at Anavarza:
https://hyperallergic.com/754022/archaeologists-say-they-discovered-ancient-gladiator-tombs-in-southern-turkey/
More on the finds relating to the monumental tumulus at Laona (Cyprus):
https://cyprus-mail.com/2022/08/12/laona-burial-mound-was-hiding-a-lasting-mega-monument-archaeologists-find/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/10733-220815-cyprus-laona-rampart
In case you missed the possible identification of Natounia in Iraq:
https://www.archaeology.org/news/10697-220722-iraq-natounia-fortress
In case you missed the coverage of evidence relating to the Roman breaching of the walls of Jerusalem:
https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/ancient-cultures/ancient-israel/second_temple_destuction/
In case you missed the Greco-Roman era tomb complex from Aswan:
https://www.arabnews.com/node/2004951/middle-east
Plans for more digs in th area of the Roman temple found at Caistor St Edmund:
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-norfolk-62549919
... related:
https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/new-excavations-at-caistor-st-edmund-9216302
Plans for a shelter for the Villa of Theseus site at Nea Paphos continue:
https://archinect.com/news/bustler/8861/hugh-broughton-architects-wins-getty-shelter-prototype-contest-for-one-of-cyprus-most-important-archaeological-sites
Ten sites (mostly ancient) identified on the planned route of a Bulgarian railway line:
https://sofiaglobe.com/2022/08/17/ten-archaeological-sites-found-on-route-of-railway-line-in-bulgaria/
https://www.bta.bg/en/news/culture/313087-ten-new-archaeological-sites-discovered-before-launch-of-voluyak-dragoman-railwa
Concerns for the Appian Way:
https://lavocedinewyork.com/en/news/2022/08/19/finding-and-restoring-the-appian-way-can-we-do-before-its-too-late/
An Etruscan mirror find (?) in a New Jersey antique store:
https://www.nj.com/opinion/2022/08/created-before-jesus-walked-the-earth-and-found-in-new-jersey-opinion.html
A Roman boat replica is wending its way on the Danube:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/aug/15/volunteers-sail-roman-boat-replica-along-danube-to-budapest
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/replica-roman-boat-cruises-danube-2022-08-15/
https://news.yahoo.com/replica-roman-era-boat-sails-165036639.html https://nationalpost.com/pmn/news-pmn/replica-of-roman-boat-cruises-the-danube
Marking the 50th anniversary of the discovery of the Riace Bronzes:
https://www.wantedinrome.com/news/italy-marks-50-years-since-discovery-of-riace-bronzes.html
https://www.ansa.it/english/news/lifestyle/arts/2022/08/16/riace-bronzes-celebrated-on-50th-anniversary-of-discovery_3bbcf996-d23e-4544-8116-461fd00be224.html
https://www.lasicilia.it/cultura/news/i-50-anni-dei-bronzi-di-riace-l-emozione-di-mio-padre--1785111/
https://www.ansa.it/calabria/notizie/2022/08/14/cinquantanni-fa-il-ritrovamento-dei-bronzi-di-riace_13ff5e2e-8ba9-4e6f-989b-2f825e9e0584.html
Mary Beard on assorted ancient horses:
https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/making-your-horse-a-consul-blog-post-mary-beard/
... and on 'free speech' in ancient Rome:
https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/free-speech-in-ancient-rome-blog-post-mary/
Adrienne Mayor on ancient 'acoustic weapons':
https://theconversation.com/from-whistling-arrows-and-trumpeting-elephants-to-battle-cries-and-eerie-horns-ancient-soldiers-used-sound-to-frighten-and-confuse-their-enemies-182116
https://www.inverse.com/science/sound-as-a-weapon
Feature on Carleton's (Minn.) involvement digging at Pompeii:
https://www.carleton.edu/news/stories/carls-unearth-a-story-of-the-past-in-pompeii/
More coverage of the UCincinnati dig at Tharros:
https://www.uc.edu/news/articles/2022/08/enquirer-highlights-uc-classics-discoveries-in-italy.html
Interesting followup to that Pius zodiac coin find a few weeks ago:
https://www.universetoday.com/157170/ancient-coin-discovery-with-an-astronomical-mystery/
On the influence of stoicism on music:
https://theconversation.com/how-stoicism-influenced-music-from-the-french-renaissance-to-pink-floyd-181701
Feature on the technology being used in the Antikythera shipwreck dig:
https://greekherald.com.au/culture/advanced-technologies-used-in-a-new-phase-of-antikythera-excavation/
Feature on the Bassae frieze:
https://www.wsj.com/articles/bassae-frieze-from-the-temple-of-apollo-epikourios-masterpiece-british-museum-itkinos-centauromachy-amazonomachy-homer-ninth-labor-of-herakles-hippolyte-pausanias-arcadia-mount-kotylios-11660945170
Feature on crucifixion:
https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/biblical-topics/crucifixion/a-tomb-in-jerusalem-reveals-the-history-of-crucifixion-and-roman-crucifixion-methods/
Feature on Marcus Aurelius and persecution of Christians:
https://english.elpais.com/culture/2022-08-20/massacring-christians-a-stain-on-the-legacy-of-marcus-aurelius-as-romes-enlightened-emperor.html
https://elpais.com/babelia/2022-08-17/las-matanzas-de-cristianos-una-mancha-en-la-imagen-de-marco-aurelio-como-emperador-sabio.html
Feature on Theophrastus:
https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/in-search-of-the-peripatetic-philosopher-theophrastus
Feature on the 'biblical origins' of the Etruscans (sort of):
https://www.asor.org/anetoday/2022/08/biblical-origins-etruscans
Feature on a digital recreation of the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus:
https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/temple-of-artemis-revived-in-digital-environment-176179
Feature on five 'crazy' imperial accessions:
https://www.livescience.com/crazy-ways-roman-emperors-gained-throne
Feature on the ancient use of wreaths:
https://www.getty.edu/news/the-ancient-origins-of-the-flower-crown/
Feature on a polychrome version of the Prima Porta Augustus:
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/polychrome-augustus-of-prima-porta
Feature on Commodus:
https://www.history.com/news/commodus-worst-roman-emperor-gladiator
Feature on Evia's 'dragon houses':
https://www.ekathimerini.com/culture/1191295/the-ancient-riddle-of-evias-dragon-houses/
Feature on Peristeria:
https://greekreporter.com/2022/08/15/peristeria-the-mycenae-of-western-peloponnese/
Feature on the Diolkos:
https://greekreporter.com/2022/08/19/stone-road-ships-ionian-aegean/
The Parthenon Sculptures saga this week seems mostly focused on calls to change UK law:
https://www.thenationalherald.com/without-uk-law-change-greece-fears-parthenon-marbles-lost-forever/
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2022/08/14/elgin-marbles-caught-stalemate-without-uk-law-change-greece/
... while a robot created a 'perfect copy' of 'Selene's Stallion':
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11130735/A-horses-head-carved-robot-bid-make-replicas-Elgin-sculptures.html
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Roman Archaeology Blog:
http://romanarc.blogspot.com/
Rogueclassicism:
http://rogueclassicism.com/ ============================================================
EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland) ============================================================
A massive megalithic site of more than 500 standing stones from Helva (Spain):
https://phys.org/news/2022-08-huge-complex-stones-spain.html https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/aug/18/megalithic-complex-standing-stones-discovered-spain
https://www.independent.co.uk/independentpremium/world/megalithic-complex-spain-europe-b2148727.html
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20220818-huge-complex-of-500-standing-stones-found-in-spain
https://www.thelocal.es/20220819/huge-megalithic-complex-of-500-standing-stones-found-in-spain
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2022/08/19/megalith-site-discovered-southern-spain
https://elpais.com/cultura/2022-08-17/descubierta-en-huelva-una-de-las-mayores-concentraciones-megaliticas-de-europa.html
https://www.sciencealert.com/giant-megalithic-complex-of-500-standing-stones-is-among-the-largest-in-europe
https://www.archaeology.org/news/10741-220819-spain-megalithic-complex
Low water levels in a dam reservoir have exposed the Dolmen of Guadalperal (the 'Spanish Stonehenge'):
https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/drought-dolmen-guadalperal-spanish-stonehenge-reservoir-b2147719.html
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/spanish-stonehenge-emerges-drought-hit-dam-2022-08-18/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/spanish-stonehenge-emerges-drought-hit-dam-rcna43867
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/08/stone-circle-in-spain-emerges-from-reservoir-after-severe-droughts/144489
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/severe-droughts-have-revealed-the-spanish-stonehenge-2162308
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/spanish-stonehenge-emerges-drought-hit-dam-2022-08-18/
https://arkeonews.net/spanish-stonehenge-re-emerges-from-the-valdecanas-reservoir/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/08/stone-circle-in-spain-emerges-from-reservoir-after-severe-droughts/144489
Latest finds from the Ness of Brodgar site:
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-62594500
Report on excavations at an early Bronze Age cemetery at Mokrin (Serbia):
https://www.e-a-a.org/EAA/Publications/Tea/Tea_73/Short_Report/EAA/Navigation_Publications/Tea_73_content/Short_Report.aspx#73_mokrin
Evidence of several burial mounds around a site associated with the Czech founding myth at Mount Rip:
https://english.radio.cz/archaeologists-uncover-extensive-mound-burial-system-around-mythical-mount-rip-8759161
A number of burial mounds and other sites found in western Latvia:
https://eng.lsm.lv/article/culture/history/ancient-archaeological-sites-unearthed-in-western-latvia.a469547/
Melting ice in Norway revealed a 1500 years bp arrow:
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-715159 https://arkeonews.net/glacier-archaeologists-find-a-1300-year-old-arrow-in-melting-ice/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/08/glacial-archaeologists-find-arrow-in-melting-ice/144475
A medieval double burial in a circular ditch in Kirchheim am Neckar (Germany):
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/64933
A study of remains of monks/friars from Cambridge revealed they were 'riddled with parasites':
https://phys.org/news/2022-08-medieval-friars-riddled-parasites.html https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/08/220818190621.htm https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/961847 https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/aug/19/diy-fertiliser-may-be-behind-monk-parasite-torment-say-archaeologists-cambridge
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-62587662 https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/cambridge-all-saints-roman-europe-britain-b2148175.html
https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/19/uk/medieval-monks-parasites-study-gbr-scli-intl-scn/index.html
https://www.jpost.com/science/article-715127 https://www.zmescience.com/science/archaeology/archaeology-medieval-monk-parasites-19082022/
https://www.science.org/content/article/medieval-friars-were-riddled-parasites https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/medieval-friars-were-filled-with-worms
I think we mentioned this 17th century wooden figurehead 'caught' by Dutch shrimp fishermen:
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/64893
The heat in Europe has also revealed evidence of 250 years bp gardens at Lydiard:
https://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/20675007.250-year-old-ancient-gardens-lydiard-uncovered-heatwave/
A long-delayed dig at Dulverton Weir and Leat in search of a cobbled floor has finally been completed:
https://www.wsfp.co.uk/news/third-archaeological-dig-at-leat-completed-after-delays-560230
Finds from various periods from a site near the Danube in Germany:
https://www.livescience.com/stone-age-early-medieval-graves
Latest finds from the Glenlivet dig we've mentioned a few times over the past couple of months:
https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/homenews/20668291.glenlivet-distillery-dig-whisky-making-process-200-years-ago-revealed/
https://www.scotsman.com/heritage-and-retro/heritage/new-discoveries-add-flavour-to-scotlands-whisky-story-3810008
https://www.northern-scot.co.uk/news/pictures-glenlivet-archaeological-dig-reveals-mysteries-of-284767/
The wreck of the USS Jacob Jones has been located off the southwest coast of England:
https://nypost.com/2022/08/14/navy-destroyer-uss-jacob-jones-wreckage-found-by-divers-off-coast-of-england/
Overview of all sorts of site being revealed and emerging because of drought in Europe:
https://phys.org/news/2022-08-extreme-uncovers-lost-villages-ancient.html https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/europes-drought-exposes-ancient-stones-world-war-two-ships-waters-fall-2022-08-20/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/08/20/europe-drought-danube-spanish-stonehenge-climate/
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article264446131.html
... in a similar vein:
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/aug/15/llanwddyn-lost-welsh-village-reappeared-drought
More on that trove of gold rings from a Tiszapolgar culture burial from Romania:
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/scholars-uncover-nearly-170-ancient-gold-rings-buried-in-the-grave-of-a-noblewoman-in-romania-2159954
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/gold-rings-romania-prehistoric-grave-1234636623/
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/64901 https://www.archaeology.org/news/10735-220816-romania-gold-rings
More on prehistoric Britons marking burials sites with crystals:
https://www.livescience.com/crystals-neolithic-ceremonial-site-uk https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/08/prehistoric-people-used-crystals-to-mark-burial-sites/144444
https://www.sciencealert.com/hundreds-of-shimmering-crystal-fragments-discovered-at-prehistoric-burial-site
https://www.zmescience.com/science/prehistoric-people-in-the-uk-used-rare-crystals-to-mark-burial-sites-16082022/
An archaeologist is wondering where remains from a Sligo site excavated in the 1920s have gone to:
https://www.independent.ie/regionals/sligochampion/news/remains-of-24-people-discovered-in-sligo-in-1926-have-gone-missing-41916836.html
Anglo-Saxon artefacts are on display at Exeter Cathedral:
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-devon-62578032
Mosaics in the Florence Baptistery have been restored:
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/64908
A medieval map may show the location of the 'Welsh Atlantis':
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-62605682
Controversy over plans to build a hotel on a 300 years bp footpath in Salford:
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/aug/18/public-inquiry-build-hotel-over-300-year-old-footpath-salford
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Archaeology in Europe News:
http://archaeology-in-europe.blogspot.com/
Medievalists.net:
https://www.medievalists.net/category/news/
Viking Archaeology Blog:
http://viking-archaeology-blog.blogspot.com/
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A 'pignosed dragon' bronze is the latest find from the Sanxingdui excavations:
http://www.ecns.cn/news/culture/2022-08-16/detail-ihccfwfs9785991.shtml http://www.ecns.cn/news/culture/2022-08-17/detail-ihccfwfs9786981.shtml https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202208/1273094.shtml https://news.cgtn.com/news/2022-08-16/New-treasures-unearthed-from-the-Sanxingdui-Ruins-site-1cxDixBA8o0/index.html
I think we mentioned these six Eastern Han burials from Xi'an:
https://english.news.cn/20220811/fd88fea004bd419aa8964317e4b095e7/c.html
Remains of a Sui/Tang Dynasty temple from Gansu:
https://global.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202208/17/WS62fc379fa310fd2b29e7298c.html http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202208/17/WS62fc379fa310fd2b29e7298c.html
Receding waters of the Yangtze have reveal a trio of 600 years bp Buddhist statues:
https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/receding-water-levels-chinas-yangtze-reveal-ancient-buddhist-statues-2022-08-20/
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/china-yangtze-river-receding-reveals-ancient-buddhist-statues-2890636
Feature on Grand Canal culture and associated excavations:
http://www.china.org.cn/china/Off_the_Wire/2022-08/15/content_78372230.htm
More on the 'formula' for ancient Chinese bronze:
https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/09/world/ancient-bronze-chemistry-formula-scn/index.html
https://www.archaeology.org/news/10732-220815-ancient-china-bronze
Feature on Ayodhya:
http://www.china.org.cn/china/Off_the_Wire/2022-08/15/content_78372230.htm https://menafn.com/1104697989/The-Antiquity-Of-Ayodhya-And-Its-Emergence-As-A-World-Famous-City
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Study suggests boomerangs were used to shape/retouch lithic tools:
https://news.griffith.edu.au/2022/08/17/wood-sharpens-stone-boomerangs-used-to-retouch-lithic-tools/
https://phys.org/news/2022-08-wood-sharpens-stone-boomerangs-retouch.html https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/08/220816142800.htm https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/961921 https://www.sciencealert.com/theres-another-way-to-use-boomerangs-that-most-people-dont-know-about
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NORTH AMERICA
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Assorted finds from the Colonial Michilimackinac dig:
https://www.cheboygannews.com/story/news/history/2022/08/19/more-artifacts-uncovered-at-colonial-michilimackinac/65408858007/
https://www.mlive.com/news/2022/08/archaeologists-unearth-sugar-bowl-pocketknife-at-historic-michigan-fort.html
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/environment/2022/08/17/colonial-michilimackinac-dig-uncovers-18th-century-history-one-button-time/10354840002/
https://www.9and10news.com/2022/08/17/ceramics-pocketknife-among-recent-finds-at-colonial-michilimackinac-dig/
https://www.woodtv.com/news/michigan/64th-archaeological-field-season-uncovers-more-colonial-michilimackinac-history/
https://upnorthlive.com/news/local/archaeologists-at-fort-michilimackinac-will-soon-end-digging-season
Seven burials at a dig at an African Burial Ground in Kingston NY:
https://www.dailyfreeman.com/2022/08/16/remains-of-seven-people-discovered-at-pine-street-african-burial-ground-in-kingston/
Overviewish on a dig at a Jesuit plantation site in Southern Maryland:
https://cathstan.org/news/local/archaeological-dig-at-st-francis-xavier-parish-in-newtowne-offers-clues-on-life-at-jesuit-plantations-in-southern-maryland
A dig is underway at the Nels and Lilian Anderson Homestead in Bend, Oregon:
https://ktvz.com/news/bend/2022/08/18/archaeological-dig-starting-at-nels-and-lillian-anderson-homestead-ahead-of-highway-97-project/
More on preservation concerns for the wreck of the Endeavour off Rhode Island:
https://phys.org/news/2022-08-shipworms-captain-cook-endeavour.html https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/aug/17/worm-eaten-shipwreck-of-captain-cooks-endeavour-under-threat-from-more-marine-animals
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/the-wreck-of-captain-cooks-endeavour-termites-ocean-2160706
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/shipworms-are-destroying-the-ship-believed-to-be-captain-cooks-endeavour-180980599/
More on 12 000 years bp footprints in the Utah desert:
https://www.upr.org/utah-news/2022-08-16/twelve-thousand-year-old-footprints-were-discovered-in-the-great-salt-lake-desert
More on DNA and the Chincoteague ponies:
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2022/08/chincoteague-island-ponies-horses-tooth/671151/
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/chincoteague-pony-origin
Culvert replacement near Kent City (MI) revealed a skeleton of a Mastodon:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/construction-crews-stumble-upon-mastodon-skeleton-in-michigan-180980583/
Feature on Native American mound builders:
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/08/the-native-american-mound-builders/144453
Feature on the Watson Brake earthwork site:
https://www.thenewsstar.com/story/news/2022/08/19/ouachita-parish-archaeological-site-dates-back-3500-bce/10300703002/
Feature on the USS Constitution:
https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/this-day-history-august-19-old-ironsides-legend-born-victory
Plans to commemorate the Battle of Plattsburgh:
https://www.wamc.org/news/2022-08-19/battle-of-plattsburgh-organizers-outline-plans-for-this-years-commemoration
Review of Lucy Sante, *Nineteen Reservoirs*:
https://www.timesunion.com/hudsonvalley/culture/article/Lucy-Sante-Nineteen-Reservoirs-book-review-17380000.php
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/08/books/review-nineteen-reservoirs-lucy-sante.html
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