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explorator 25.28 October 30, 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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A study of the frontal sinuses of early humans:
https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/2022/october/sinuses-offer-new-way-studying-evolution-ancient-humans.html
https://phys.org/news/2022-10-sinuses-evolution-ancient-humans.html http://www.archaeology.org/news/10956-221028-hominin-frontal-sinus
cf:
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abp9767
Studying whether Paleolithic ancestors had a paleo diet:
https://phys.org/news/2022-10-ancient-humans-paleo-diet.html https://www.sapiens.org/biology/paleo-diet-inaccurate/
More on that Neanderthal family from a Siberian cave:
https://www.livescience.com/neanderthal-family-dna-analysis https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/10/24/meet-the-first-neanderthal-family/
More on Neanderthals being carnivores:
https://www.sciencealert.com/ancient-tooth-finally-reveals-whether-neanderthals-were-carnivores#l9n0o7rmorkylzni3mt
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/10/24/neanderthals-appear-to-have-been-carnivores/
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AFRICA
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Feature on Mansa Musa:
https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/celebrity/article/3195577/who-was-mansa-musa-richest-man-history-and-what-would-his
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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT ============================================================
The celebrations of the finding of Tutanhamun's tomb continue with a feature on chariots found in the tomb:
https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/120065/Tutankhamun%E2%80%99s-tomb-contained-6-chariots-when-discovered-in-1922
... and a necklace:
https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/120105/Learn-about-Tutankhamun%E2%80%99s-symbolic-necklace
... three shabtis:
https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/120161/Carter-finds-3-iconic-shabtis-in-Tutankhamun%E2%80%99s-tomb-upon-discovery
... his chair:
https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/120218/Learn-about-Tutankhamun%E2%80%99s-spectacular-chair
... his writing materials holder:
https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/120220/Tutankhamun%E2%80%99s-gilded-brush-holder-portrays-beauty-of-ancient-Egyptian-art
... the fetuses of his daughters:
https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/120221/How-were-the-fetuses-of-Tutankhamun%E2%80%99s-daughters-discovered
... and nine other 'treasures':
https://www.livescience.com/king-tut-treasures-ancient-egypt
... and a feature on Tutankhamun as a warrior:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/reimagining-tutankhamun-as-a-warrior-180980657/
... and more on suggestions Carter stole jewellery from the tomb:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11369219/BBC-documentary-claims-Howard-Carters-celebrated-discovery-Tutankhamun-1922-blighted.html
... and an overview of the discovery and its aftermath:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/africa/egypt/how-forgotten-boy-king-inspired-us-visit-egypt/
... and ongoing debates about his tomb:
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/30/science/tutankhamen-nefertiti-archaeology.html
.. on Ernest Harold Jones, who was part of the excavation team:
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-63314215
On the recently-revived debate over the identification of Nefertiti's tomb:
https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/ancient-cultures/ancient-egypt/queen_nefertitis_tomb/?mqsc=E4147760&dk=ZE23O0ZF0
More on the sun alignment activities at Ramses II's temple in Aswan:
https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/478259/Antiquities/Ancient-Egypt/In-photos-Thousands-witness-sun-alignment-at-King-.aspx
More on the Rosetta Stone:
https://english.ahram.org.eg/News/478466.aspx
Feature on tomb-raiding in the New Kingdom:
https://www.laphamsquarterly.org/roundtable/policing-necropolis
Elamite-era burials from the basin of the Khersan Dam in Iran:
https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/477908/A-race-against-time-archaeologists-find-relics-from-Elamite
Digging is just getting underway at the Seymareh site:
https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/478072/Ancient-Seymareh-archaeologists-carving-new-trenches-on-the
Concerns for and a call for resumption of excavations at Isfahan's Ashraf Hill site:
https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/478122/Ashraf-hill-of-Isfahan-archaeologist-urges-need-to-resume-excavations
Feature on some giant reliefs of Sennacherib in Iraq:
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/iraqs-ancient-frieze-survives-war-and-isis-to-reveal-its-gods-gdsxsl2x5
A US mission is digging in Iraq:
https://www.iraqinews.com/iraq/u-s-mission-participates-in-excavating-antiquities-in-iraq/
More on the reliefs found while restoring the Mashki Gate in Mosul:
https://phys.org/news/2022-10-year-old-iraq-mosul.html https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/oct/26/archaeologists-unearth-2700-year-old-rock-carvings-in-iraq
https://menafn.com/1105077840/Archaeologists-Restoring-Monument-Damaged-By-Islamic-State-Discover-Ancient-Stone-Carvings-Unseen-For-Millennia
https://www.wral.com/2-700-year-old-rock-carvings-discovered-in-iraqs-mosul/20539172/
https://mymodernmet.com/assyrian-carvings-mashki-gate/ https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2022/10/25/archaeologists-restoring-monument-damaged-by-islamic-state-discover-ancient-stone-carvings-unseen-for-millennia
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/archaeologists-restoring-an-ancient-isis-destroyed-monument-in-mosul-just-found-seven-incredibly-preserved-assyrian-carvings-buried-beneath-it-2198057
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archeologists-unearth-ancient-stone-carvings-in-northern-iraqi-city-of-mosul-180980989/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/10944-221024-iraq-nineveh-carvings
11 000 years bp grinding stones from a Gobeklitepe temple complex:
https://arkeonews.net/at-gobeklitepe-believed-to-be-the-earliest-known-mesolithic-temple-complex-grinding-stones-were-discovered/
Iraq is working on preserving some 'Baghdadi-style' heritage buildings:
https://english.news.cn/20221029/860a2773c86b41ad9697045e61838e39/c.html
More on the location of the tomb of St Nicholas in Turkey:
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-720342
Ongoing concerns for archaeological finds in the Gaza Strip:
https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2022/10/gazas-archaeological-discoveries-left-vulnerable
A cache of WWI Arab weaponry near Jaffa:
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-720675
More on medieval graffiti from David's Tomb:
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-720101 https://www.jns.org/graffiti-of-medieval-knight-discovered-in-jerusalem/ https://aleteia.org/2022/10/23/medieval-swiss-war-heros-name-found-within-king-davids-tomb/
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/10/26/a-graffiti-with-the-name-of-knight-adrian-von-bubenberg/
Feature on Isaiah and his times:
https://www.asor.org/anetoday/2022/10/history-of-isaiah
Feature/interview with Rachel Hallote on archaeology and politics:
https://jewishstandard.timesofisrael.com/when-archaeology-and-politics-intertwine/
More on 'kites' in Saudi Arabia:
https://www.thenationalnews.com/gulf-news/2022/10/24/alulas-research-support-transformative-in-shedding-new-light-on-ancient-kite-structures/
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/research-supported-royal-commission-alula-070000311.html
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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) ============================================================
8th/7th century BCE Etruscan burials from the Ponte Rotto necropolis (Italian):
http://www.tusciaweb.eu/2022/10/gli-scheletri-2900-anni-piu-antichi-vulci-tutta-letruria/
A dig at La Alcuida (Alicante) is hoping to find some context for the Dama de Elche sculpture:
https://euroweeklynews.com/2022/10/30/archaeologists-believe-la-alcudia-alicante-dig-will-put-la-dama-into-context/
Overview of this season's finds at Amphipolis:
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/10/25/the-acropolis-of-ancient-amphipolis-continues-to-reveal-its-secrets/
Overview of the dig season at the Late Bronze Age settlement site of Erimi-Pitharka this year:
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/10/27/erimi-pitharka-2022/
Remains of an Augustan-era amphitheatre (?) from Siponto (Italian):
https://www.finestresullarte.info/archeologia/rinvenuta-parte-anfiteatro-romano-seconda-campagna-scavi-siponto
Google Earth images helped to find a villa complex (with bath house) in Kent:
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/roman-villa-complex-identified-using-google-earth-images-england-1234644282/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/10/archaeologists-uncover-roman-villa-complex-in-kent/145053
https://www.archaeology.org/news/10950-221026-england-roman-villa
A Roman villa with kilns site from a Wakefield village housing development site:
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leeds-63378298 https://www.wakefieldexpress.co.uk/heritage-and-retro/heritage/remains-of-roman-villa-and-kilns-found-during-archaeological-dig-in-wakefield-village-3891387
https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/heritage-and-retro/heritage/remains-of-roman-villa-and-kilns-found-during-archaeological-dig-in-yorkshire-village-3891463
Components of a domus water system were found at Stabiae:
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/65496 https://www.ansa.it/canale_viaggiart/it/regione/campania/2022/10/24/da-stabiae-riemergono-elementi-dellantico-sistema-idrico_8bf5454e-4a9c-4918-bb08-381a2318608c.html
https://napoli.repubblica.it/cronaca/2022/10/24/news/archeologia_a_stabiae_ritrovato_un_antico_serbatoio_in_piombo_di_epoca_romana-371500509/
https://gds.it/speciali/viaggi/2022/10/24/da-stabiae-riemergono-elementi-dell-antico-sistema-idrico-62926994-abf8-4750-9775-578abe150a01/
https://www.vesuviolive.it/ultime-notizie/444992-stabiae-serbatoio-sistema-idrico/
http://pompeiisites.org/comunicati/da-stabiae-riemergono-elementi-dellantico-sistema-idrico-2/
A 1st century CE (or later) 'salt warehouse' from the Lio Piccolo 'maritime villa' site (Italian):
https://giornalenordest.it/archeologia-un-possente-edificio-in-legno-emerge-dagli-scavi-dalla-villa-romana-a-lio-piccolo/
https://www.veneziatoday.it/cronaca/scavi-lio-piccolo-emersa-struttura-lignea-epoca-romana.html
Remains of a 2000 years bp odeion (maybe) and other structures from Lissos:
https://greekcitytimes.com/2022/10/26/2000-ancient-odeum-discovered-crete/ https://greekreporter.com/2022/10/26/ancient-greek-theater-discovered-crete/ https://www.tornosnews.gr/en/greek-news/greek-news/culture/47773-excavations-at-a-remote-ancient-site-on-crete-island-unearth-large-public-building.html
https://www.newsobserver.com/news/nation-world/national/article267945067.html https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article267945067.html
Remains of a 1st-3rd century Roman watchtower from Volubilis:
https://www.kansascity.com/news/nation-world/world/article267987952.html https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/ancient-roman-watchtower-volubilis-morocco-1234644605/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/10/roman-observation-tower-uncovered-in-ancient-city-of-volubilis/145066
A very large Roman column base (maybe) from the foot of Mount Hermon in Israel:
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-720666
Vague item on a 'coffin rest with Roman inscription' from Antalya:
https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/coffin-rest-with-roman-inscription-being-used-in-antalya-178069
Small Roman finds dating to the 4th century or so from the dig at Farndon:
https://www.leaderlive.co.uk/news/23082569.farndon-archaeological-finds-roman-remains/
https://www.chesterstandard.co.uk/news/23082772.chester-10-day-archaeological-dig-uncovers-roman-remains/
Late Roman-era offering vessels (and more) from excavations at ancient Antioch (Antakya):
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/culture/late-roman-era-rooms-offering-vessels-unearthed-at-ancient-city-of-antiocheia-southern-turkiye/2717861
https://www.dailysabah.com/life/history/archaeologists-find-ancient-artifacts-in-southern-turkiye
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/late-roman-era-rooms-clay-offering-vessels-uncovered-in-ancient-christian-city-of-antioch-1234644764/
https://azertag.az/en/xeber/Late_Roman_era_rooms_offering_vessels_unearthed_at_ancient_city_of_Antiocheia_southern_Turkiye-2345852
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-720663 https://arkeonews.net/roman-era-chambers-and-clay-offering-vessels-found-in-antiocheia-ancient-city-in-southern-turkey/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/10951-221027-turkey-antioch-pottery
More on the 2100 years bp burial of a woman (possibly a priestess of Aphrodite) from Phanagoria:
https://www.livescience.com/ancient-greek-phanagoria-aphrodite-cult-burial https://greekreporter.com/2022/10/29/silver-medallion-goddess-aphrodite-russia/ https://arkeonews.net/in-russia-archaeologists-2100-year-old-medallion-of-goddess-aphrodite-and-a-warrior-tomb-unearthed/
A 4th/5th century pin found by a metal detectorist in Norfolk:
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-norfolk-63314973
7th century CE remains of a business/dining district at Ephesus:
https://www.oeaw.ac.at/en/news/ephesos-more-than-1400-year-old-area-of-the-city-discovered-under-a-burnt-layer-2
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/65534 https://arkeonews.net/sensational-find-in-ephesus-more-than-1400-year-old-district-discovered/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/10/researchers-uncover-an-early-byzantine-business-and-gastronomy-district-at-ancient-ephesos/145088
More on the possible Roman ford at Evesham:
https://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/23074530.roman-road-potentially-world-important-discovery-made-near-evesham/
https://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/23082411.history-buffs-2-000-year-old-roman-road-discovery-near-evesham/
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/hidden-roman-road-dating-back-141948843.html https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/uk-news/hidden-roman-road-discovered-field-25346867
https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/hidden-roman-road-found-workmen-25339329
https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/hidden-roman-road-unearthed-midlands-25358889
https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/new-pictures-released-hidden-roman-25361267
https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/hidden-roman-road-discovered-field-7742665
More on the palimpsest of Hipparchus' star catalog:
https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/30/us/christian-manuscript-star-map-scn-trnd/index.html
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2022/10/24/lost-star-catalogue-found-hidden-on-the-pages-of-a-medieval-manuscript
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/10/researchers-discover-lost-fragments-of-the-star-catalogue-composed-by-the-greek-astronomer-hipparchus/145058
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/medieval-manuscript-oldest-map-of-the-stars-Hipparchus-180980993/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/10942-221024-greek-star-map
The site of a Roman camp in Uffington has been given protected status:
https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/local-hubs/shrewsbury/2022/10/27/former-roman-camp-for-up-to-10000-soldiers-granted-special-status/
Restoration plans for a Dacian fortress at Sarmisegetuza:
https://www.stiripesurse.ro/dacian-fortress-from-sarmisegetuza-to-be-restored-through-national-recovery-and-resilience-plan_2626265.html
Review of James Porter, *Homer: The Very Idea*:
https://merionwest.com/2022/10/24/review-homer-the-very-idea-by-james-i-porter/
What Rebecca Benefiel is up to:
https://columns.wlu.edu/rebecca-benefiel-to-deliver-endowed-professorship-lecture/
Feature on William Sanders Scarborough:
https://face2faceafrica.com/article/all-about-the-former-slave-who-authored-a-greek-textbook-in-1881
Feature on the Folkestone mosaic:
https://the-past.com/news/rediscovering-a-roman-mosaic-at-folkestone/
Feature/book hype on the Traprain Treasure:
https://www.scotsman.com/news/opinion/columnists/shedding-new-light-on-some-of-scotlands-greatest-roman-silver-treasures-dr-fraser-hunter-3896425
Feature on ancient Greek views of populists and dictators:
https://theconversation.com/what-is-the-difference-between-a-populist-and-a-dictator-the-ancient-greeks-have-answers-191719
Feature on a mock trial of Alexander the Great last week:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/10/27/putting-history-trial-may-confound-cancel-squad/
Feature on colour in classical art:
https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p0crtd9v/chromophobia-who-stole-the-colour-from-classical-art-
Feature on the ongoing search for more evidence of the 'Kariv group' in Ukraine:
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2022-10-27/ty-article-magazine/ancient-burial-ground-of-elites-in-ukraine-reveals-brief-history-of-europe/00000184-1869-d74a-a5ff-d8eb17740000
Feature on 'loaded dice' in ancient Rome:
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/romans-gambled-with-loaded-dice-to-win-large-sums-6k5tl6xc8
Feature on Kleisthenes:
https://www.historyextra.com/period/ancient-greece/kleisthenes-who-life-why-important/
Feature on ancient perfumery:
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/what-witches-smell-like
Feature on Egyptomania in ancient Rome (and later):
https://www.artic.edu/articles/990/egyptomania-in-ancient-rome-and-gilded-age-america
Feature on the 'invention' of the Classical temple:
https://www.nd.edu/stories/lefkandi/
Feature on the House of Menander:
https://greekreporter.com/2022/10/25/house-menander-pompeii-ancient-greek-themes/
Feature on an earthquake that hit Crete in 365 CE:
https://greekreporter.com/2022/10/27/ancient-earthquake-destroyed-everything-crete/
Feature on protecting antiquities in Greek museums during WWII:
https://greekreporter.com/2022/10/28/greek-antiquities-nazi/
Feature on horses in ancient Greece:
https://greekreporter.com/2022/10/22/horses-ancient-greece/
Feature on some ancient Greek traitors:
https://greekcitytimes.com/2022/10/24/traitors-of-ancient-greece/
Feature on the 'allure' of a Classics degree:
https://udallasnews.com/2022/10/26/the-allure-of-a-classics-degree/
Rather late repeat of a feature on the dig at Falerii Novi:
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/969311
A nice 'ancient Mediterranean history' quiz:
https://pursuit.unimelb.edu.au/articles/think-you-know-your-ancient-history -----
Roman Archaeology Blog:
http://romanarc.blogspot.com/
Rogueclassicism:
http://rogueclassicism.com/ ============================================================
EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland) ============================================================
Analysis of cereal grains preserved at the 4th milliennium BCE site at Balbridie reveal regional variations in farming practices:
https://the-past.com/news/early-farming-practices-at-balbridie-brought-to-light/
Excavations of a Late Iron Age burial ground near Koping (Sweden) revealed to Viking-era swords (and more):
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article267881532.html https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/10/archaeologists-unearth-two-viking-age-swords-in-burial-ground/145069
A gold sword pommel dating to ca 700 CE from Stirling is now in the possession of Scotland's national museums:
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-63373168 https://www.scotsman.com/heritage-and-retro/heritage/metal-detectorists-find-of-lifetime-as-rare-700ad-gold-sword-pommel-uncovered-3890476
https://www.thenational.scot/news/23072166.rare-medieval-golden-sword-pommel-given-scotlands-national-museums/
https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/archaeologists-rave-exceptionally-rare-1300-28337043
https://arkeonews.net/exceptionally-rare-gold-sword-pommel-given-to-scottish-national-museums/
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/65484
A hoard of 'unhacked' Viking silver found during the excavation of a Viking house at Taby:
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/65519
Not sure if we mentioned this metal detectorist find of some Viking-era hack silver near Stjordal:
https://www.lifeinnorway.net/viking-silver-discovery-norway/ https://sciencenorway.no/archaeology-viking-age-vikings/one-vikings-lost-silver-treasure-discovered-by-metal-detector-enthusiast/2098786
https://arkeonews.net/exceptional-viking-age-silver-treasure-found-in-norway/ http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/65510
A DNA study suggests the 'herring trade' began at least in Viking times:
https://phys.org/news/2022-10-ancient-dna-herring-viking-age.html
Overview/book hype of what excavations at Richmond Castle revealed:
https://www.darlingtonandstocktontimes.co.uk/news/23082818.amazing-finds-unearthed-richmond-castle-archaeological-dig/
A 14th century funerary slab with original red paint from a tomb in Saint-Quentin (France):
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/65477
The cargo of the 15th century wreck of the Skafto off Sweden is shedding light on medieval trade routes:
https://phys.org/news/2022-10-skaft-cargo-tale-15th-century.html https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/10/221024102915.htm https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/968872 https://theorkneynews.scot/2022/10/25/from-the-copper-mines-of-slovakia-15thc-trade-routes-across-europe/
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/10/26/skafto-wrecks-cargo-tells-a-tale-of-15th-century-trade-routes/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/10952-221027-sweden-skafto-trade
cf:
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10572414.2022.2076518
The 'sister' shipwreck to the Vasa (which sank in 1629) has been located off the coast of Stockholm:
https://phys.org/news/2022-10-swedes-17th-century-sister-vessel.html https://www.thelocal.se/20221025/lost-17th-century-warship-found-in-sweden https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/oct/24/lost-17th-century-warship-found-in-sweden
https://apnews.com/article/science-europe-stockholm-sweden-a4e6ab17088997f4230e981a969dafba
https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/warship-wreck-sweden-applet-intl-scli-scn/index.html
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/shipwreck-17th-century-warship-applet-found-sister-vessel-vasa-sweden/
https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/world-news/swedes-find-17th-century-sister-vessel-to-famed-vasa-warship-42093571.html
https://idsb.tmgrup.com.tr/ly/uploads/images/2022/10/26/237796.jpg https://www.dawn.com/news/1716790/lost-17th-century-warship-found-in-sweden https://news.artnet.com/art-world/vrak-museum-of-wrecks-applet-sweden-warship-wreck-2199959
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-discover-lost-17th-century-warship-applet-in-sweden-180981006/
A 400 years bp ring find by a metal detectorist in Kent:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11353057/Great-British-Mystery-gold-ring-unearthed-Paul-Hollywoods-former-1-4m-home.html
A 'virtual autopsy' on a 17th century child mummy from an Austrian tomb suggests they died due to vitamin D deficiency:
https://phys.org/news/2022-10-virtual-autopsy-17th-century-mummified-toddler.html
https://www.livescience.com/virtual-autopsy-mummified-toddler-renaissance-austria/
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/rare-baby-mummy-identified-as-austrian-noble/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/10/researchers-conduct-virtual-autopsy-of-a-mummified-17th-century-child/145078
http://www.archaeology.org/news/10954-221027-austria-toddler-malnutrition
A 19th century embossed brass button from a dig at Dulverton Leat:
https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/fascinating-find-dulverton-archaeology-team-7747805
More on the 300+ burials beneath a former Wales department store:
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/archaeologists-find-300-bodies-under-24873944
More on a 'mysterious structure' in Cork Harbour being identified as a tomb:
https://arkeonews.net/a-mysterious-partially-submerged-structure-in-ireland-is-a-prehistoric-tomb-archaeologist-says/
More on the Saqqaq people on Greenland some 4500 years bp having a more varied diet than previously thought:
https://phys.org/news/2022-10-genetic-analysis-bones-greenland-early.html http://www.archaeology.org/news/10945-221025-greenland-fish-mammals
More on the high seafood diet of a 2000 years bp Orkney woman:
https://phys.org/news/2022-10-teeth-analysis-hints-diet-iron.html
Funding to conserve a medieval church and mosque on Cyprus:
https://cyprus-mail.com/2022/10/24/swiss-foundation-donates-funds-to-conserve-mediaeval-church-and-mosque/
Feature on the Old Fortress of Corfu:
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/10/25/corfu-the-old-fortress-and-its-secrets/
Feature on the early civilization of the Azores:
https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p0d94gnt/was-the-azores-home-to-an-ancient-civilisation-
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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 ============================================================
Feature on the site of Xanadu:
https://azertag.az/en/xeber/Site_of_Xanadu___an_archaeological_site_and_summer_capital_of_Chinese_Yuan_dynasty-2352218
Restoration of an Angkor Wat causeway is almost complete:
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/angkor-wat-causeway-restoration-90-cent-complete
A 1st century inscribed bowl from Telangana:
https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/telangana/2022/oct/30/1st-century-stone-bowl-sheds-light-on-buddhist-influence-in-telangana-2513087.html
A major study of inscriptions in the Madurai Meenakshi Amman temple:
https://thefederal.com/states/south/tamil-nadu/cholas-never-stepped-into-madurai-meenakshi-temple-in-200-years-study/
A 170 years bp wooden inscription find from a temple in Odisha:
https://www.deccanherald.com/national/east-and-northeast/archaeologists-come-across-170-year-old-wooden-inscription-in-odisha-temple-1156183.html
https://www.ptinews.com/news/east/archaeologists-come-across-170-year-old-wooden-inscription-in-odisha-temple/440569.html
Feature on the Gupta dynasty:
https://www.news9live.com/knowledge/gupta-dynasty-history-origin-rulers-all-you-need-to-know-one-of-the-largest-empires-203865
Feature on the date of the Mahabharata war (?):
https://www.hindustantimes.com/books/dating-the-mahabharata-war-a-tale-of-eclipses-archaeology-and-genealogies-101666958664189.html
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AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND ============================================================
More on documenting First Nations Australians carvings in boab trees:
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/10/24/race-against-time-to-find-ancient-indigenous-carving/
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NORTH AMERICA
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I think we mentioned this 11 000 years bp fish weir found off the coast of Alaska:
https://www.thenewstribune.com/news/nation-world/national/article267429037.html https://www.newsweek.com/ancient-fish-trap-stone-tool-discovered-alaska-1754888 https://www.archaeology.org/news/10947-221025-alaska-fish-weir
The exact location of the Revolutionary War prison at Camp Security in Pennsylvania was revealed this week:
https://phys.org/news/2022-10-evidence-revolutionary-war-prison.html https://www.wdio.com/front-page/world-national/dig-finds-evidence-of-revolutionary-war-prison-camp-location/
https://www.cbs19news.com/story/47578554/dig-finds-evidence-of-revolutionary-war-prison-camp-location
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/revolutionary-war-pow-camp-british-troops-pennsylvania/
https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2022-10-28/archaeological-dig-evidence-revolutionary-war-prison-camp
https://www.irishexaminer.com/world/arid-40994036.html
Low water levels of the Mississippi revealed Civil War-era bullets and a cartridge box plate in Memphis:
https://abcnews.go.com/US/civil-war-relics-found-memphis-bridge-mississippi-river/story?id=92065643
Drought has also allowed 1100 more feat of the Smallin Civil War Cave to be mapped:
https://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2022/oct/27/drought-ozarks-unearths-1100-feet-cave-used-spies-/
https://www.ky3.com/2022/10/26/1100-feet-smallin-civil-war-cave-discovered-due-drought/
Exhumations have resumed for DNA to identify Tulsa Race Massacre victims:
https://apnews.com/article/tulsa-oklahoma-forensics-city-massacres-b0c4350019a6b4af80429e9a511a7874
https://www.registercitizen.com/news/article/Exhumations-to-resume-Bid-to-ID-Tulsa-Race-17534778.php
Review of Kerri Greenidge, *The Grimkes*:
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/29/books/review/the-grimkes-kerri-greenidge.html
Review of Sam Roberts, *The New Yorkers*:
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/25/books/review/the-new-yorkers-sam-roberts.html
Review of Stacy Schiff, *The Revolutionary*:
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/22/books/review/the-revolutionary-samuel-adams-stacy-schiff.html
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CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA ============================================================
A stele depicting two unidentified Mayan deities was found during Mayan Train excavations in Uxmal:
https://mexicodailypost.com/2022/10/23/new-mayan-gods-found-during-the-excavations-of-the-mayan-train/
https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/ancient-maya-stela-uxmal/ https://www.archaeology.org/news/10949-221026-uxmal-maya-stela
Plenty of finds (including bullets from Spanish guns) from a dig at Tayasal (Guatemala):
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20221029-excavators-uncover-artifacts-at-site-of-last-mayan-stronghold
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/excavation-mayan-culture-human-burial-grounds-bullets-ceramics-tayasal-guatemala/
https://www.dawn.com/news/1717654/excavators-uncover-artefacts-at-site-of-last-mayan-stronghold
https://news.yahoo.com/burial-grounds-bullets-uncovered-last-160810101.html
Eight colonial-era mummies from Lima (we may have mentioned this find):
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/archaeologists-unearth-eight-colonial-era-mummies-peru-2022-10-13/
https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/science/archaeologists-unearth-eight-colonial-era-mummies-in-peru/article66008858.ece
A study of urbanization and landscape modifications at Calakmul:
https://www.uc.edu/news/articles/2022/10/ancient-maya-faced-bane-of-urban-sprawl-too.html
https://www.ucalgary.ca/news/ucalgary-research-collaboration-reveals-new-urbanization-and-landscape-modifications-ancient-maya
https://phys.org/news/2022-10-collaboration-reveals-urbanization-landscape-modifications.html
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/969114 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/calgary-archeologist-light-technology-mayan-city-1.6634250
https://mexiconewsdaily.com/culture/laser-imaging-astonishing-size-calakmul/ https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/10/lidar-reveals-extent-of-maya-city-beneath-jungle-canopy/145081
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20221029-excavators-uncover-artifacts-at-site-of-last-mayan-stronghold
Mike Ruggeri's Ancient Andean News has a few items of interest:
https://mikeruggerisancientandeannews.tumblr.com/
US Army bullets found at the site of the 1918 Porvenir massacre:
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2343922-us-army-bullets-unexpectedly-found-at-1918-mexico-border-massacre-site/
Feature on Costa Rica's Retes archaeological site:
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