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explorator 25.25 October 9, 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,
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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Stone tools from a cave in Poland date to 450 000 to 550 000 years bp (much earlier than previously thought):

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/10/flint-tools-found-in-tunel-wielki-cave-have-been-dated-to-half-a-million-years-ago/144931

In case you missed the Nobel prize for medicine/physiology going to someone researching Neanderthal and Denisovan genomes:

https://www.nytimes.com/video/health/100000008564410/nobel-prize-winner-medicine.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/03/health/nobel-prize-medicine-physiology-winner.html
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-63116304 https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/1118/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/1118/pub/1118/page/12/article/NaN
https://www.npr.org/2022/10/03/1126518643/the-nobel-prize-in-medicine-has-been-awarded-for-research-on-evolution
https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/03/europe/nobel-prize-medicine-2022-winner-intl-scn/index.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2022/10/03/nobel-prize-medicine-svante-pbo/
https://www.latercera.com/que-pasa/noticia/entrevista-al-nobel-2022-el-hombre-que-descifro-a-los-neandertales/BR6EYBAB3ZB2TL6LSLTJV2J2PY/
https://elpais.com/ciencia/2022-10-03/premio-nobel-de-medicina-para-svante-paabo-por-sus-descubrimientos-en-genetica-de-especies-extintas.html
https://www.biobiochile.cl/noticias/ciencia-y-tecnologia/ciencia/2022/10/03/experto-en-genetica-svante-paabo-gana-nobel-de-medicina-por-hallazgos-en-genoma-de-especies-extintas.shtml
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/discoveries-about-ancient-human-evolution-win-2022-nobel-prize-in-physiology-or-medicine/
https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/10/nobel-in-medicine-goes-to-the-man-who-brought-us-the-neanderthal-genome/
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-03086-9

Feature on the Denisovans:

https://phys.org/news/2022-10-mysterious-denisovans.html

More on the 1 000 000 years bp skull find in China:

https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3194136/million-year-old-skull-found-china-fills-human-evolutionary-gap
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AFRICA
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On the growing interest in Nubian archaeology:

https://www.newscientist.com/article/0-why-ancient-nubia-is-finally-emerging-from-egypts-long-shadow/
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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT ============================================================
A training school in Egypt revealed a tomb dating to Ptolemaic times:

https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/119668/Excavation-training-program-leads-to-discovery-of-Ptolemaic-era-cemetery

A Late Roman religious complex site from Berenike featuring headless falcons:

https://www.uab.cat/web/newsroom/news-detail/shrine-discovered-with-rituals-never-seen-to-take-place-before-in-an-egyptian-temple-1345830290613.html?detid=1345870351966
https://phys.org/news/2022-10-shrine-egyptian-temple-evidence-previously.html https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/10/221006121140.htm https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-719129 https://arkeonews.net/an-inscription-containing-15-headless-falcons-and-unknown-ancient-rituals-found-in-an-ancient-egyptian-temple/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/10/falcon-shrine-discovery-contains-previously-unknown-ancient-rituals/144921
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/10/07/shrine-discovered-with-rituals-never-seen-before-in-an-egyptian-temple/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/10913-221007-egypt-falcon-shrine

I think we mentioned the restoration of the Esna temple:

https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2022/09/egyptian-archaeologists-uncover-ancient-inscriptions-temple-esna

Academics are adding their names to the list of folks who want the Rosetta Stone returned to Egypt::

https://www.reuters.com/article/egypt-antiquities/egypt-calls-for-return-of-rosetta-stone-200-years-after-it-was-deciphered-idUSKBN2R01DC
https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/119621/British-academics-sign-petition-calling-for-returning-Rosetta-Stone-to
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/10/6/egypt-calls-for-return-of-rosetta-stone
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/rosetta-stone-egypt-british-museum-return-calls-b1030538.html
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-719027 https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20221005-egypt-calls-for-return-of-rosetta-stone-200-years-after-it-was-deciphered/
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11273045/Will-British-Museum-face-fight-Rosetta-Stone-Academics-calling-return-Egypt.html
https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/1117/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/1117/pub/1117/page/27/article/NaN
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/new-campaign-return-rosetta-stone-2187676 https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/archaeologists-demand-british-museum-return-rosetta-stone-1234642390/
https://www.apollo-magazine.com/rosetta-stone-egypt-british-museum-restitution/

... related opEd:

https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/1118/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/1118/pub/1118/page/71/article/NaN

More on the find of the sarcophagus of Ramses II's 'treasurer':

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-11274505/Archaeologists-hail-dream-discovery-pink-granite-sarcophagus-unearthed-near-Cairo.html
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/oct/02/egypt-saqqara-ptah-em-wia-archaeologists-discover-sarcophagus-cairo
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/sarcophagus-of-king-ramses-iis-treasurer-discovered-in-egypt-archaelogy-1234641473/
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/egyptian-archaeologists-just-uncovered-the-sarcophagus-of-king-ramses-iis-royal-treasurer-2186522
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/oct/02/egypt-saqqara-ptah-em-wia-archaeologists-discover-sarcophagus-cairo

More on impending announcements about the mummy of Nefertiti:

https://www.latercera.com/la-tercera-tv/noticia/arqueologos-hallan-los-restos-de-la-que-seria-la-momia-de-la-faraona-egipcia-nefertiti/7JPWZ5PU6JFSBIXKTRMR3FY7MY/

Egypt was marking the 100th anniversary of the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb:

https://egyptindependent.com/egypt-celebrates-100th-anniversary-of-king-tuts-tomb-discovery/

... and a feature on Tasmanian archaeologist Arthur Mace's role in the excavations:

https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/news/2022/10/king-tuts-forgotten-man/

Feature on various divinities associated with death/the underworld in ancient Egypt:

https://www.livescience.com/ancient-egyptian-god-of-death

Feature on the environment in Egypt when the pyramids were being put up:

https://www.livescience.com/was-ancient-egypt-a-desert

Pondering how 'old' ancient Egypt is:

https://www.livescience.com/how-old-is-ancient-egypt/

Review of John Gaudet, *Papyrus* (I think):

https://www.wsj.com/articles/papyrus-book-review-in-an-ancient-library-reading-was-raucous-11664548976

Burials from various periods from a site in northwest Iran:

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/477340/Ancient-tomb-chambers-found-by-accident-in-northwest-Iran

Landmines are hindering archaeological work in Azerbaijan:

https://en.trend.az/azerbaijan/politics/3653629.html

Overviewish piece on finds made over the years at a monumental synagogue site in Sardis:

https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2022/10/monumental-synagogue-emerges-ancient-ruins-turkey

Finds from underwater excavations at a submerged Byzantine church site in Lake Iznik include a pendant depicting St Nicholas:

https://arkeonews.net/a-pendant-with-a-figure-of-st-nicholas-found-in-the-ancient-church-hidden-in-turkish-lake/

13 000 years bp structural remains from Mardin:

https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/13-000-year-old-buildings-discovered-in-mardin-177435

More news of 'mercenaries' looting antiquities in Afrin:

https://hawarnews.com/en/haber/turkey-and-its-mercenaries-continue-to-loot-antiquities-in-occupied-afrin-h33095.html
https://anfenglish.com/rojava-syria/occupation-forces-continue-to-loot-antiquities-in-afrin-62816

Plans to display the thousands of finds associated with Karak Castle (Jordan) made over the past few years:

https://www.jordannews.jo/Section-109/News/Karak-Castle-retrieves-6-000-artifacts-22732

44 7th century CE gold coins hidden in a wall at Caesarea Philippi/Banias:

https://www.livescience.com/byzantine-empire-gold-coin-hoard/ https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-63122180 https://www.timesofisrael.com/dozens-of-gold-coins-discovered-in-secret-cache-dating-from-muslim-conquest/
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-718813 https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2022-10-03/ty-article/44-gold-coins-hidden-during-arab-conquest-of-israel-found-in-countrys-north/00000183-9dec-d425-abef-ddec823f0000
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/360698 https://www.jewishpress.com/news/israel/44-byzantine-gold-coins-discovered-in-ancient-caesarea-philippi-banias/2022/10/03/
https://www.ynetnews.com/travel/article/hymvvb00mo https://www.israelhayom.com/2022/10/04/gold-coins-dating-to-muslim-conquest-of-jerusalem-discovered-in-northern-israel/
https://greekreporter.com/2022/10/04/byzantine-treasure-gold-coins-israel/ https://news.artnet.com/art-world/gold-coins-muslim-2187952 https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/ancient-cultures/ancient-israel/banias-roman-coin-hoard/
https://www.thenationalnews.com/mena/2022/10/04/dozens-of-7th-century-gold-coins-found-in-ancient-wall-by-israeli-archeologists/
https://www.algemeiner.com/2022/10/03/israeli-archaeologists-find-44-byzantine-gold-coins-hidden-during-muslim-conquest/
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/gold-coins-hidden-wall-israel-byzantine-empire-rcna50593
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-10-04/gold-coins-buried-in-wall-found-israeli-archaeologists/101498558
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/10/treasure-hoard-uncovered-at-ancient-paneas/144898
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/10/05/44-byzantine-gold-coins-discovered-in-the-hermon-river-national-park/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/10870-221004-israel-gold-coins

More on the 6th/7th century mosaics from Khirbat al-Minya:

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/965976

Again we read of Israeli forces 'storming' an archaeological site near Nablus:

https://english.wafa.ps/Pages/Details/131176

Evidence of settlements in Oman's Qurayat Province dating back more than 3000 years bp:

https://arkeonews.net/archaeological-settlements-dating-back-3000-years-found-in-qurayat-oman/

Feature on documents on wooden sticks over a long span of South Arabian history:

https://www.asor.org/anetoday/2022/10/carved-signed-crossed-out

More on hunting 'kites' in Jordan and Syria:

https://the-past.com/news/hundreds-of-prehistoric-hunting-traps-identified-across-the-arabian-desert/
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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS) ============================================================
A 2nd millenium BCE pithos 'rescue' from Agios Vasilios of Piges:

https://greekreporter.com/2022/10/09/rare-prehistoric-jar-salvaged-by-special-fire-service-forces-in-greece/

Overview of the 2022 excavation season at the Bronze Age site of Laonin tou Porakou (Erimi):

https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/10/03/erimi-laonin-tou-porakou-new-finds/

Wind farm work in Caristo (Euboea) revealed the sites of some ancient marble quarries:

https://greekcitytimes.com/2022/10/07/three-ancient-marble-quarries-found-in-greece-with-unfinished-columns/

The find of a small head of Athena in temple D at Agrigento suggests the temple might not be associated with Hera (Italian)

https://www.rainews.it/articoli/2022/10/agrigento-riemersa-dallo-scavo-vicino-il-tempio-una-testina-di-terracotta-della-dea-atena-elmata--d6655e75-9dbf-4fbb-8001-5bfade155c02.html
https://www.ansa.it/canale_viaggiart/it/regione/sicilia/2022/10/07/trovata-testa-dea-atena-in-scavi-tempio-ad-agrigento_01cb6937-aa2a-451c-8f07-a5d4ad33ebda.html
https://www.meteoweb.eu/2022/10/agrigento-testa-dea-atena/1001157020/ https://www.agrigentonotizie.it/cronaca/scavi-archeologici-statute-atena-ritrovamenti-tempio-giunone.html
https://www.agrigentonotizie.it/cronaca/valle-dei-templi-tempio-giunone-atena-ricerca-scuola-normale-pisa.html

A possible temple of Poseidon find from southern Greece:

https://greekreporter.com/2022/10/08/temple-poseidon-unearthed-greece/

DNA studies on a mass burial associated with the battle of Himera confirm that the Greeks had 'mercenaries' among them:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/04/science/greece-sicily-himera-genetics.html https://politpost.com/2022/10/04/paid-to-fight-even-in-ancient-greece/ https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/paid-to-fight-even-in-ancient-greece/ https://greekreporter.com/2022/10/06/dna-analysis-ancient-greece-mercenaries-distant-lands/
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2022-10-03/ty-article/who-crushed-the-carthaginians-in-sicily-2-500-years-ago-not-exactly-the-greeks/00000183-9ea4-deb9-a5c7-feb467380000
https://www.science.org/content/article/mercenaries-may-have-helped-ancient-greeks-turn-tide-war
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/10/06/the-diverse-genetic-origins-of-a-classical-period-greek-army/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/mercenary-soldiers-were-more-common-in-greek-battles-than-historians-let-on-180980902/

cf: https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2205272119

A probable Roman shipwreck (date?) find off the coast near Grado (Italian):

https://www.udinetoday.it/cronaca/due-nuovi-relitti-navi-romane-grado.html https://www.ilfriuli.it/articolo/cultura/a-grado-scoperti-due-inediti-relitti-di-epoca-romana/6/272310
https://www.udine20.it/trovati-resti-di-un-inedito-relitto-di-eta-romana-nella-laguna-di-grado/2022/10/06/

2nd/1st century BCE Roman finds underwater off the coast of Ponza:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/09/underwater-roman-remains-discovered-off-ponza-coast/144674

A largely intact 2000 years bp statue of Hercules find from Philippi:

https://hyperallergic.com/766347/2000-year-old-hercules-statue-unearthed-in-greece/
https://www.star-telegram.com/news/nation-world/world/article266851566.html https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/hercules-sculpture-discovered-greece-1234641639/
https://www.cnn.com/style/article/hercules-statue-philippi-greece-intl-scli-scn/index.html
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2022/10/07/hercules-statue-discovered-ancient-greek-city/8195021001/
https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/europe/300706895/classical-statue-of-hercules-nearly-2000-years-old-found-in-greece
https://www.insidehook.com/daily_brief/history/hercules-statue-archaeologists-philippi
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-718941 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-11279777/Archaeologists-unearth-preserved-2-000-year-old-status-Roman-god-Hercules-Greece.html
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/10/2000-year-old-hercules-statue-unearthed-at-ancient-city-of-philippi/144863
https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/statues-hercule-greece-04102022/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-unearth-larger-than-life-hercules-statue-in-greece-180980885/

A 1st century CE (maybe) cobbled Roman ford site from near Evesham:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-hereford-worcester-63158201 https://www.archaeology.org/news/10915-221007-england-roman-ford

Evidence of a 1st century CE (maybe) jetty off the coast of Croatia:

https://www.total-croatia-news.com/lifestyle/65641-istria http://www.archaeology.org/news/10874-221005-croatia-roman-pier

... related feature on assorted finds made off the coast of Croatia over the years:

https://www.croatiaweek.com/croatian-underwater-archeologist-leading-search-for-priceless-statues-in-the-adriatic-sea/

A 1st/2nd century CE burial ground near Nimes:

https://arkeonews.net/early-imperial-cemetery-in-nimes-in-the-south-of-france/ http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/65272

Column capitals and bases from Portus (date?):

https://mediterraneoantico.it/articoli/scoperti-due-capitelli-e-tre-basi-di-colonne-di-marmo-sul-molo-nord-sud-di-portus-attuale-fiumicino/

An 1800 years bp military 'medal' featuring the face of Medusa from Perre (Turkiye):

https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/archaeologists-find-1800-year-old-military-medal-in-turkiyes-perre/news
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/culture/archaeologists-unearth-1-800-year-old-military-medal-in-southeastern-turkiye/2703554
https://www.yenisafak.com/en/life/archaeologists-unearth-1800-year-old-military-medal-in-southeastern-turkiye-3653269
https://azertag.az/en/xeber/Archaeologists_unearth_1800_year_old_military_medal_in_southeastern_Turkiye-2322224
https://arkeonews.net/1800-year-old-bronze-military-medal-with-medusa-head-found-in-southeastern-turkey/
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/65302 http://www.archaeology.org/news/10914-221007-turkey-medusa-medal

Passing mention of a Romano-British settlement site being found during work on the Stroudwater canal project:

https://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/news/history/roman-remains-discovered-ahead-work-7648409

Similar detail in mention of ancient Roman settlements being found during excavation work for a railway that will connect Oxford and Cambridge:

https://www.oxfordshirelive.co.uk/news/oxfordshire-news/roman-settlements-found-during-east-7661715

DNA suggests three late Roman burials from Cheddington reveal a 'family tragedy':

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-63077187 https://news.yahoo.com/roman-dna-bone-analysis-reveals-064507861.html

A Trajanic-era Roman mosaic find from Plotinopolis (Italian):

https://www.archeomedia.net/grecia-scoperto-un-incredibile-mosaico/

'New' mosaic finds from Hadrianopolis (date?):

https://greekcitytimes.com/2022/10/09/new-mosaics-unearthed-in-ancient-greek-city-hadrianopolis-located-in-the-black-sea/
https://arkeonews.net/new-mosaics-unearthed-in-zeugma-of-the-black-sea/ https://aleteia.org/2022/10/07/excavation-of-ancient-city-hadrianopolis-yields-wonderful-mosaics/

Overviewish piece on the site of Flavia Sabora:

https://english.elpais.com/culture/2022-10-07/flavia-sabora-lost-roman-town-is-rediscovered-under-a-crop-field-in-spain.html
https://elpais.com/cultura/2022-10-04/la-ciudad-romana-flavia-sabora-emerge-de-un-campo-de-cereal-en-malaga.html

The Roman Quarter in York is officially approved:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-63157813 https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/23023401.eboracum---major-roman-quarter-york---approved-council-chiefs/

A 4th century Roman pin from East Walton found by a metal detetorist has been declared treasure:

https://www.lynnnews.co.uk/news/roman-pin-found-in-west-norfolk-village-dates-back-to-350ad-9277250/

A study suggests modern pesticides may have accelerated the corrosion of a Roman bowl:

https://phys.org/news/2022-10-archaeology-modern-pesticide-corrosion-ancient.html
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/967055 https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/roman-csi-sittingbourne-kent-university-of-oxford-b2197213.html
https://www.thenational.wales/news/23027949.modern-pesticide-accelerates-corrosion-ancient-roman-bowl---study/
https://www.standard.co.uk/tech/science/sittingbourne-writing-kent-university-of-oxford-b1030827.html
https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/23029767.polluted-soil-may-threaten-preservation-buried-archaeological-material-study-finds/
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/modern-pesticide-accelerates-corrosion-of-ancient-roman-bowl-study/ar-AA12FLgj
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2022-10-06/ty-article/2-000-year-old-roman-copper-bowl-found-corroded-by-pesticides/00000183-ad26-de7e-a7cf-fdfe9e770000
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-17902-9 https://www.archaeology.org/news/10916-221007-england-pesticide-corrosion

More on the possible 'rediscovery' of silphium:

https://www.thenationalherald.com/miracle-plant-consumed-by-ancient-greeks-rediscovered-2000-years-later/

More on stone spheres from various sites possibly being gaming pieces:

https://the-past.com/news/mysterious-stone-spheres-may-have-been-used-for-ancient-greek-board-game-study-finds/

More on the Roman 'fridge' find from a legionary camp in Bulgaria:

https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/10/07/archaeologists-find-ancient-fridge-in-roman-camp/

Joel Christensen on what a laureate is:

https://www.brandeis.edu/now/2022/october/laureate-explainer-christensen.html

Reviewish of T. Corey Brennan, *the Fasces*:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/10/01/symbolic-fasces-lincoln-memorial/

Reviewish/hype for a groups translation of Nonnus:

http://today.ku.edu/2022/10/03/longest-and-wildest-greek-epic-receives-first-english-translation-renowned-team

Review of Raaflaub and Damon, *The Landmark Julius Caesar*:

https://www.strategypage.com/bookreviews/2345

Review of Peter Stothard, *Crassus: The First Tycoon*:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/books/article-11288881/Crassus-ancient-Romes-powerful-man-whod-worth-12-billion-today.html

Feature on recent finds from Pompeii:

https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/ancient-cultures/ancient-rome/excavating-pompeii-middle-class/

Feature on a Vaccea culture inscription:

https://elpais.com/cultura/2022-10-03/el-marmolista-vacceo-que-no-sabia-escribir-y-grabo-la-inscripcion-funeraria-al-reves.html

Feature on the excavations at Iklaina:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/03/travel/iklaina-archaeology-greece.html https://www.thenationalherald.com/a-buried-ancient-greek-town-reveals-mycenaean-daily-life/

Feature on ancient Roman (and earlier) 'bikinis':

https://lavocedinewyork.com/en/news/2022/10/05/did-the-ancient-romans-invent-the-bikini/

Feature on Nestor's Cup:

https://greekreporter.com/2022/10/02/nestors-cup-with-racy-inscription-buried-with-remains-of-three-people/

The Greek PM planned to tell his UK counterpart that the time was right for the return of the Parthenon Sculptures:

https://www.ekathimerini.com/news/1194699/pm-to-tell-british-counterpart-time-is-right-for-the-return-of-the-parthenon-marbles/
https://greekreporter.com/2022/10/02/greece-return-parthenon-marbles-liz-truss/ https://neoskosmos.com/en/2022/10/03/news/greece/mitsotakis-to-request-the-return-of-the-parthenon-marbles/
https://news.gtp.gr/2022/10/03/greece-steps-up-drive-for-return-of-parthenon-marbles/

... and some British MPs apparently were flown to Greece:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/10/01/elgin-marbles-repatriation-campaign-sees-british-mps-flown-greece/

... but the new British PM is not in favour of their return:

https://hyperallergic.com/767128/liz-truss-says-no-to-returning-the-parthenon-marbles-to-greece/
https://www.ekathimerini.com/culture/1195106/truss-rules-out-deal-over-return-of-parthenon-sculptures/
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2022/10/05/uk-prime-minister-liz-truss-rules-out-deal-with-greece-over-parthenon-marbles-british-museum
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/new-u-k-prime-minister-liz-truss-says-she-does-not-support-repatriating-the-parthenon-marbles-to-greece-2186895
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/liz-truss-parthenon-marbles-return-agreement-1234641923/
https://www.artforum.com/news/uk-prime-minister-liz-truss-refuses-return-of-parthenon-marbles-to-greece-89414
https://www.thenationalherald.com/new-british-premier-truss-rules-out-parthenon-marbles-return/

... opeddish on same:

https://greekcitytimes.com/2022/10/04/unesco-reclaiming-the-parthenon-sculptures-as-a-global-public-good/
https://www.apollo-magazine.com/liz-truss-parthenon-marbles-greece/

... meanwhile, we learn that Lord Elgin didn't pay customs duty when he brought them to the UK:

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2022/oct/07/lord-elgin-paid-no-british-customs-tax-parthenon-marbles-letters-reveal

Latest Pasts Imperfect newsletter:

https://pastsimperfect.substack.com/p/pasts-imperfect-10622

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EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland) ============================================================
A 10 000 years bp (maybe) hunter-gatherer 'rest stop' from Cairngorms:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-63158291

8000+ years bp (and younger) )footprints from a beach in northwest England with biodiversity implications:

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-63036911 https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/1118/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/1118/pub/1118/page/11/article/NaN
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/10/ancient-footprints-found-on-uk-beach/144907
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/10/ancient-footprints-found-on-uk-beach/144907?amp
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/10/06/ancient-footprints-on-uk-beach-record-demise-of-a-biodiversity-hotspot/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/10873-221004-england-footprint-coastline

A possible 7000 years bp mass grave site in Slovakia with possible human sacrifice victims:

https://www.livescience.com/neolithic-mass-grave-slovakia

Possible 7000 years bp evidence of fish traps in Lake Tesse (Norway):

https://sciencenorway.no/archaeology-stone-age/7000-year-old-fish-traps-discovered-in-the-norwegian-mountains/2085776
http://www.archaeology.org/news/10869-221003-norway-paleolithic-fishing

Latest melting-ice find in Norway includes a pre-Viking era arrow, among other things:

https://www.zmescience.com/other/pieces/pre-viking-arrow-05102022/

Evidence of a 1400 years bp 'royal hall of east Anglian kings' in Suffolk:

https://www.suffolk.gov.uk/council-and-democracy/council-news/show/royal-hall-of-the-east-anglian-kings-found-in-suffolk
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-suffolk-63127584 https://www.itv.com/news/anglia/2022-10-04/ancient-hall-of-kings-dating-back-1400-years-unearthed
https://arkeonews.net/1400-year-old-royal-hall-found-in-suffolk-uk/ https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/10/royal-hall-of-the-first-kings-of-east-anglia-has-been-discovered-in-suffolk/144892
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/10/05/royal-hall-of-the-east-anglian-kings-found-in-suffolk/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/10875-221005-england-royal-hall

Rethinking whether Tsar Samuel built the St Achilles Basilica:

https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/10/04/was-the-st-achilles-basilica-built-by-tsar-samuel/

9th to 12 century finds at a monastery site near Zeitz:

https://www.indonewyork.com/breaking/archeology-excavations-on-monastery-grounds-confirm-early-settlement-h46831.html

A study of Viking-age beadmaking from the Ribe site:

https://phys.org/news/2022-10-upcycling-viking-beadmakers-secrets-revealed.html https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/10/221003110238.htm https://www.eurekalert.org/multimedia/960189 https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/10/04/upcycling-from-the-past-viking-beadmakers-secrets-revealed/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/10877-221005-ribe-bead-workshop

cf:

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12520-022-01646-8

800 years bp monastic burials from Wicklow:

https://www.irishcentral.com/roots/history/monk-remains-discovered-wicklow-abbey

Poland's Wladyslaw the Elbow-High was apparently taller than generally believed:

https://notesfrompoland.com/2022/10/04/polands-elbow-high-king-was-taller-than-believed-finds-camera-probe-of-tomb/
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-11276551/Polish-king-nicknamed-Elbow-high-short-stature-two-feet-taller.html

Remains of the original (maybe) floor of the Branicki Palace (Poland) were revealed:

https://scienceinpoland.pap.pl/en/news/news%2C93770%2Carchaeologists-uncover-unique-find-bialystoks-branicki-palace-courtyard.html
http://www.archaeology.org/news/10879-221006-poland-branicki-palace

A number of medieval manuscripts found 'behind a hidden door' in a church in Romania:

https://fr.aleteia.org/2022/10/07/des-manuscrits-medievaux-decouverts-dans-une-eglise-en-roumanie/

Assorted finds from various periods from coastal sites in Shetland:

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/archaeologists-rescue-smuggling-box-from-being-swept-out-to-sea-rl22378xh
https://www.shetlandtimes.co.uk/2022/10/05/c0astal-site-treasures-saved-from-sea-by-archaeologists

Assorted artifacts including a 14th century French coin from Stroud have been declared treasure:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-63130998 https://www.stroudnewsandjournal.co.uk/news/23018160.relics-discovered-eastcombe-declared-treasure---king-charles-iv-coin-british-museum-wants/
https://www.punchline-gloucester.com/articles/aanews/silver-pendant-found-by-metal-detectorist-declared-treasure

A 19th century British shipwreck off Sweden is apparently 'accessible':

https://divernet.com/scuba-news/swedish-divers-survey-british-annie-shipwreck/

Feature on the ongoing excavations at Brodie Castle:

https://www.forres-gazette.co.uk/news/volunteers-dig-for-history-at-brodie-castle-289956/

There are apparently over 120 shipwrecks off the coast of Lithuania:

https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/1792318/baltic-treasures-over-120-shipwrecks-lay-off-the-lithuanian-coast

Pipeline construction in Belgium has revealed 200+ sites:

https://www.brusselstimes.com/300615/80-kilometre-archaeological-site-in-west-flanders

LiDAR revealed hundred of sites between Belarus and Poland:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/10/lidar-reveals-lost-landscape-containing-hundreds-of-ancient-monuments/144917

More on the 7000 years bp 'ring structure' near Prague:

https://www.livescience.com/neolithic-roundel-structure-prague

More on Viking women weaving a 'standardized' cloth:

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/viking-women-weavin-power-2178165

They're still arguing over what to do with Sandsfoot Castle:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-dorset-63087101

'Treasure' was found 23 times in Gloucestershire in the past year:

https://www.cotswoldjournal.co.uk/news/22800697.treasure-found-gloucestershire/

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Archaeology in Europe News:

http://archaeology-in-europe.blogspot.com/

Medievalists.net:

https://www.medievalists.net/category/news/

Viking Archaeology Blog:

http://viking-archaeology-blog.blogspot.com/

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ASIA AND THE SOUTH PACIFIC ============================================================
A 3400 years bp 'treasure trove' from Zhengzhou:

https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/article/3194082/it-one-chinas-oldest-metropolises-and-archaeologists-just-found

A hoard of 2000 years bp bronze coins, among other things, from Xi-an:

http://www.china.org.cn/arts/2022-10/03/content_78449325.htm https://english.news.cn/20221002/97ea68b342e1487aaf77ad80d3a1cea1/c.html

Feature on some recent major finds in China:

https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/trending-china/article/3194045/major-breakthroughs-4-archaeological-sites-china

Feature on the tomb the deposed Han emperor Liu He:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/10/tomb-of-deposed-han-emperor-reveals-a-dynastys-grandeur/144928

Not sure if we mentioned these 24 Buddhist cave sites from the Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve:

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/buddhist-caves-discovered-india-tiger-reserve-2185513


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