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explorator 25.30 November 13, 2022
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You can read explorator online at:
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Thanks to Arthur Shippee, Dave Sowdon, Edward Rockstein, Kurt Theis,
John McMahon, Barnea Selavan, Joseph Lauer, Mike Ruggeri, Hernan Astudillo, Richard Campbell, Barbara Saylor Rodgers, Bob Heuman, David Critchley,
Richard Miller, Kris Curry, Rick Heli, Richard C. Griffiths, Frank MacKay, Bill Gephardt,
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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Footprints in Spain suggest a human presence 200 000 years earlier than previously thought:
https://phys.org/news/2022-11-footprints-human-presence-spain-middle.html
Paper on migrations of Homo erectus in southeast Asia some 1.8 million years bp:
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-23206-9
Study makes possible connections between bones found in Sussex and Neanderthal remains in Spain:
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/nov/06/the-plot-thickens-new-study-reveals-complex-identity-of-ancient-britons
Pondering when early hominins first made use of fire:
https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/when-did-early-hominins-first-discover-fire
More on the Neanderthal diet:
https://greekreporter.com/2022/11/07/neanderthal-diet-archaeology-science/
More on the genetics of that Neanderthal family's remains in Siberia:
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2022-10-19/ty-article/ancient-dna-provides-first-insights-into-neanderthal-family/00000183-f04b-d49a-a7bf-fb5b806f0000
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AFRICA
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Feature on Somali archaeologist Sada Mire:
https://www.sapiens.org/archaeology/sada-mire-somali-archaeologist/
More on 6000 years bp watermelon seeds from Libya:
https://www.livescience.com/watermelon-seeds-prehistoric-herders-sahara
More on humans and the demise of megafauna on Madagascar some 1000 years bp:
https://www.science.org/content/article/human-population-boom-may-have-doomed-madagascar-s-giant-animals
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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT ============================================================
Tattoos on some women mummies from Deir el-Medina seem to have a 'protection in childbirth' function:
https://phys.org/news/2022-11-tattoos-ancient-egyptian-women-childbirth.html https://www.livescience.com/ancient-egyptian-mothers-protective-tattoos-childbirth
cf:
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/03075133221130089
Study suggests ancient Egyptians may have branded their slaves:
https://www.livescience.com/ancient-egypt-branding-irons-slaves
More on the tunnel found beneath Taposiria Magna (more in the Classics section on this too):
https://www.livescience.com/ancient-tunnel-found-under-egyptian-temple https://www.cbsnews.com/news/archaeologist-find-vast-tunnel-beneath-egyptian-temple/
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/archaeology-tunnel-underneath-taposiris-magna-1234645721/
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/11/07/ancient-rock-cut-tunnel-discovered-beneath-taposiris-magna-in-egypt/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-discover-4300-foot-long-tunnel-under-ancient-egyptian-temple-180981099/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/10972-221109-taposiris-magna-tunnel
More on the recent Tutankhamun-related finds associated with Teti (and others):
https://wusfnews.wusf.usf.edu/2022-11-07/100-years-after-unearthing-king-tuts-tomb-archaeologists-make-new-discoveries
https://www.npr.org/2022/11/07/1134653074/100-years-king-tut-tomb-egypt-stolen-jewelry
https://www.wuft.org/nation-world/2022/11/07/100-years-after-unearthing-king-tuts-tomb-archaeologists-make-new-discoveries/
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/king-teti-artifact-discoveries-king-tut-100-year-anniversary-2205785
More Tutankhamun centennial items:
https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/50/1207/479385/AlAhram-Weekly/Heritage/The-centennial-of-Tutankhamun.aspx
https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/50/1207/479387/AlAhram-Weekly/Heritage/The-untold-stories-of-Tutankhamun.aspx
... and you can visit the tomb 'virtually':
https://egyptindependent.com/photos-egypt-launches-first-virtual-visit-of-king-tutankhamuns-tomb-at-the-time-of-discovery/
Feature on how a 2600 years bp mummy ended up in Hull:
https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/news/hull-east-yorkshire-news/story-how-2600-year-old-7806672
More on the reliefs found during restoration at Mosul's Mashki Gate:
https://www.inquirer.com/news/iraq-nineveh-mashki-gate-penn-archaeologist-20221104.html
... and now we read about the role of 'community ownership' in the find:
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/new-archaeological-discoveries-iraq-uncover-questions-community-ownership
A 3200 years bp trepanned skull from Turkiye's Van province:
https://arkeonews.net/a-3200-year-old-trepanned-skull-discovered-in-eastern-turkeys-van-province/
An Egyptian (inscribed in demotic) amulet/seal from Amastria (Turkiye):
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-722204 http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/65655 https://arkeonews.net/unique-ancient-egyptian-amulet-seal-discovered-during-archeological-excavations-in-northern-turkiye/
General feature on shipwrecks found off the coast of Antalya over the past few years:
https://www.dailysabah.com/turkey/ancient-shipwrecks-in-turkiyes-antalya-excite-archaeologists/news
Overview of finds made over the years at Tell Himmah (Jordan):
https://menafn.com/1105140652/Archaeologists-Investigate-Early-Craftsmanship-At-Tell-Himmah
An ivory lice comb dating to 1700 BCE and inscribed with a Canaanite sentence from Lachish:
https://phys.org/news/2022-11-sentence-written-canaanite-language-plea.html https://phys.org/news/2022-11-israeli-archeologists-ancient-full-sentence.html https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/11/221109085807.htm https://www.timesofisrael.com/ivory-lice-comb-a-dating-head-scratcher-may-hold-earliest-canaanite-sentence/
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/09/science/ivory-comb-beard-lice.html https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/nov/09/oldest-known-written-sentence-discovered-on-a-head-lice-comb
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/nov/13/rather-comforting-weve-been-troubled-by-nits-for-millennia
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/nit-comb-helps-untangle-first-canaanite-sentence-mgp5pz6xd
https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/1151/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/1151/pub/1151/page/46/article/NaN
https://www.timesofisrael.com/ivory-lice-comb-a-dating-head-scratcher-may-hold-earliest-canaanite-sentence/
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2022-11-09/ty-article/israeli-archaeologists-find-first-whole-sentence-written-in-canaanite-on-a-lice-comb/00000184-56c1-dc83-a7fd-fef3777f0000
https://www.jewishpress.com/news/israel/hebrew-u-archaeologists/2022/11/09/ https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/362532 https://english.alarabiya.net/life-style/art-and-culture/2022/11/09/Archaeologists-find-rare-Canaanite-inscription-on-ivory-tomb-in-southern-Israel
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-721863 https://www.israelhayom.com/2022/11/09/first-ever-inscription-in-canaanite-language-found-in-israel/
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20221109-rare-canaanite-inscription-found-on-ivory-comb-in-israel
https://www.algemeiner.com/2022/11/09/first-canaanite-sentence-found-in-israel-on-ancient-ivory-comb/
https://www.independent.ie/world-news/and-finally/archaeologists-find-oldest-known-full-sentence-in-canaanite-script-on-comb-42130650.html
https://www.npr.org/2022/11/10/1135718944/archaeologists-find-an-ivory-comb-from-1700-b-c
https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/08/world/lice-comb-discovery-earliest-sentence-alphabet-scn/index.html
https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/israeli-archeologists-find-ancient-comb-full-sentence-92969040
https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/israel-archaeologists-find-ancient-comb-with-full-sentence-178414
https://global.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202211/10/WS636c5613a3105ca1f2275269.html https://news.artnet.com/art-world/worlds-oldest-alphabet-sentence-head-lice-warning-2208101
https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/biblical-artifacts/inscriptions/oldest_written_canaanite_sentence/?mqsc=E4148106&dk=ZE24N0ZF0
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/canaanite-comb-lice-israel-alphabet https://www.sciencealert.com/this-ancient-inscription-is-the-oldest-sentence-in-the-worlds-first-alphabet
https://arkeonews.net/archaeologists-discover-rare-caanite-inscription-on-ancient-ivory-comb/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/11/first-sentence-written-in-canaanite-language-discovered-on-ivory-comb/145168
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/scientists-translate-the-oldest-sentence-written-in-the-first-alphabet-180981101/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/10973-221110-israel-lice-comb
cf:
https://jjar.huji.ac.il/sites/default/files/jjar/files/jjar2_art4_lachish_p76-119_2022-10-12_01.pdf
More on the purported identification of the name Hezekiah on a limestone fragment:
https://mosaicmagazine.com/picks/history-ideas/2022/11/fifteen-years-after-its-discovery-researchers-have-deciphered-a-tablet-bearing-the-name-of-an-israelite-king/
cf:
http://www.rollstonepigraphy.com/?p=972
More on the 1400 years bp Christian monastery from UAE:
https://www.timesofisrael.com/sands-of-time-christian-monastery-possibly-pre-dating-islam-found-in-uae-dunes/
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-721697 https://arkeonews.net/a-christian-monastery-possibly-pre-dating-islam-found-in-uae/
Early Bronze Age silver jewellery from a burial at Wilayat of Saham in Oman:
https://timesofoman.com/article/123177-new-archaeological-discovery-discovered-in-north-al-batinah-governorate
https://www.omanobserver.om/article/1128034/oman/tourism/5000-year-old-silver-jewelry-found-in-oman
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article268470897.html https://arkeonews.net/oman-has-recovered-an-exceptional-collection-of-silver-jewelry-from-a-prehistoric-grave/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/10974-221110-oman-bronze-age
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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS) ============================================================
Bones and pottery dating to 5800 years BCE (maybe) from Gozitan (Malta):
https://www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/national/119637/bone_pottery_found_in_gozitan_construction_site_could_date_to_5800_bc#.Y3D3o-yvBhE
Remains of a 2200 years bp Greek bathhouse from Berenike:
https://www.livescience.com/ancient-greek-bathhouse-in-egypt https://greekcitytimes.com/2022/11/10/2200-year-old-greek-bathhouse-egypt/ https://greekreporter.com/2022/11/13/ancient-greek-bathhouse-unearthed-egypt/
Archaic finds from the Phalasarna Acropolis in Crete:
https://greekreporter.com/2022/11/12/ancient-greek-artifacts-unearthed-crete/
A significant find of 24 bronze Etruscan/Roman statues (2nd century BCE- 1st CE) from San Casciano dei Bagni:
https://phys.org/news/2022-11-discovery-bronzes-rewrites-italy-etruscan-roman.html
https://www.ansa.it/english/news/lifestyle/arts/2022/11/08/s.casciano-like-riace-24-bronzes-found-under-water_499d3aea-fdc5-439c-94d5-bf9ea8f2224a.html
https://cultura.gov.it/bronziscasciano https://www.livescience.com/ancient-bronze-statues-gods-italy/ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/08/exceptional-trove-of-24-ancient-statues-found-immersed-in-tuscan-spa
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2022/11/08/archeologists-italy-find-remarkable-hoard-ancient-bronze-statues/
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-63564404 https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/by-the-gods-ancient-statues-rise-from-tuscan-mud-c5gz0jsn5
https://www.independent.co.uk/independentpremium/world/bronze-statues-tuscany-italy-b2220503.html
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-11407383/Before-photos-Italys-bronze-statues-preserved-mud-2-000-years.html
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/exceptional-discovery-ancient-bronze-statues-emerge-tuscany-2022-11-08/
https://apnews.com/article/travel-europe-museums-821ea64144e67887773cb8ec2e95a147
https://www.euronews.com/next/2022/11/08/italy-archaeology https://www.thelocal.it/20221108/treasure-trove-of-ancient-roman-statues-unearthed-in-tuscany
https://www.thenationalnews.com/world/europe/2022/11/08/archaeologists-find-exceptional-bronze-statues-in-italian-thermal-baths/
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/italy-tuscany-bronze-statues-1.6644090 https://www.pbs.org/newshour/arts/these-bronze-statues-may-rewrite-history-of-how-the-roman-empire-began
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-11-09/italy-exceptional-discovery-of-ancient-bronze-statues-tuscany/101631900
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/italy-ancient-etruscan-statues-history-pre-roman-bronze-tuscany-rcna56158
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/2000-year-old-pre-roman-statues-discovered-that-archaeologists-say-could-rewrite-history/
https://www.cnn.com/style/article/italy-bronze-statues-tuscany/index.html https://www.wionews.com/photos/in-pics-italian-archaeologists-discover-24-beautifully-preserved-ancient-statues-in-tuscany-532542
https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2022-11-08/discovery-bronzes-rewrites-italy-etruscan-roman-history
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article268459332.html https://www.trtworld.com/art-culture/exceptional-haul-of-ancient-bronze-statues-unearthed-in-italy-62358
https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/-exceptional--discovery-as-ancient-bronze-statues-emerge-in-tuscany/48039714
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20221108-italy-unearths-exceptional-haul-of-ancient-bronzes
https://greekcitytimes.com/2022/11/09/italy-history-changing-statues/ https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/discovery-of-bronzes-rewrites-italys-etruscan-roman-history-178372
https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/120540/Italian-archaeologists-discover-exceptional-bronze-statues-in-Tuscany
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/italy-archaeology-ancient-bronze-statues-tuscany-1234645921/
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2022/11/08/a-discovery-that-will-rewrite-history-24-exceptionally-well-preserved-bronzes-unearthed-by-archaeologists-in-tuscany
https://arkeonews.net/a-trove-of-exceptional-stunningly-preserved-bronze-statues-found-at-an-ancient-thermal-spa-in-tuscany-italy/
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/65630 https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/11/ornate-collection-of-ancient-bronze-statues-discovered-in-tuscany/145145
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/11/09/large-group-of-bronze-statues-found-in-italy/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/groundbreaking-ancient-roman-bronze-statues-discovered-in-tuscany-180981105/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/10970-221109-tuscany-etruscan-bath
... and how the townsfolk are reacting:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/11/tuscan-town-savours-discovery-of-spa-trove-etruscan-roman-sanctuary
A previously-unknown major temple find near the Tempio Grande in Vulci:
https://phys.org/news/2022-11-previously-unknown-monumental-temple-tempio.html https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/971025 https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/11/221111103037.htm https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-722208 https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/11/sacred-monumental-building-of-the-etruscans-discovered-in-vulci/145163
A 2000 years bp Roman villa with plenty of kilns from a site in Wakefield:
https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/heritage-and-retro/heritage/remains-of-roman-villa-and-kilns-found-during-archaeological-dig-in-yorkshire-village-3891463
An 1800 years bp wine press from a Roman fortress site in Georgia:
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/11/1800-year-old-wine-press-uncovered-next-to-roman-fort/145151
Roman-era finds from a dig at St Albans Verulamium Park:
https://www.hertfordshiremercury.co.uk/news/hertfordshire-news/st-albans-verulamium-park-archeological-7796020
Latest finds from the Roman city of Suel suggest it was a major trading site:
https://www.surinenglish.com/malaga/mijas-fuengirola/roman-costa-del-sol-20221101094046-nt.html
Remains of 1st-4th century CE Roman structures from a development site in Deal:
https://premierconstructionnews.com/2022/11/11/roman-settlement-uncovered-in-archaeological-dig-in-deal/
A metal detectorist in Whetstone found a gold coin of Allectus:
https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/local-news/metal-detectorist-finds-roman-coin-7809304
A late Roman mosaic from excavations in Athens' Theatrou Square:
https://greekreporter.com/2022/11/10/ancient-mosaic-unearthed-athens-greece/ https://greekcitytimes.com/2022/11/11/ancient-foundations-unearthed-in-athens/ https://www.thenationalherald.com/late-roman-building-with-mosaic-floor-found-during-salvage-operations-in-athens/
A small rural necropolis site dating to the 5th century CE from Sante-Marie-aux-Chenes:
https://arkeonews.net/a-rural-necropolis-from-late-antiquity-discovered-in-northeastern-france/
Plenty of articles about the tunnel beneath Taposiris Magna were spinning a possible (not likely) connection to Cleopatra's tomb:
https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2022/11/dominican-egyptian-mission-unearths-ancient-tunnel-egypt
https://egyptindependent.com/photos-newly-discovered-tunnel-may-lead-to-queen-cleopatras-tomb-soon/
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2022/11/08/cleopatras-tomb-could-mysterious-tunnel-says-archaeologist/
https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/1151/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/1151/pub/1151/page/60/article/NaN
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/egypt-temple-tunnel-cleopatras-tomb-b2220206.html
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-11400503/Tunnel-temple-lead-tomb-Egypts-pharaoh-Cleopatra.html
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-11402921/Ancient-tombs-remain-mystery-archaeologists-Cleopatras-resting-place.html
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/egypt-archaeology-cleopatra-lost-tomb-taposiris-magna-alexandria-tunnel-b1038308.html
https://www.timesofisrael.com/archeologists-hope-tunnel-under-egyptian-temple-leads-to-long-lost-tomb-of-cleopatra/
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/362631 https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-721670 https://www.cnn.com/style/article/egypt-temple-cleopatra-lost-tomb-scli-intl-scn/index.html
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/archaeologists-discover-tunnel-beneath-an-egyptian-temple-that-may-lead-to-cleopatras-lost-tomb/ar-AA140K0z
https://www.deseret.com/u-s-world/2022/11/11/23453330/tunnel-ancient-egyptian-temple-osiris
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/archaeologist-find-vast-tunnel-beneath-egyptian-temple/
https://www.newsweek.com/cleopatra-tomb-tunnel-possibly-discovered-egypt-1757829
https://greekcitytimes.com/2022/11/09/egypt-amazing-photos-cleopatra/ https://greekcitytimes.com/2022/11/06/kathleen-martinez-team-discovers-1305-meter-greco-roman-tunnel-in-alexandria/
https://greekreporter.com/2022/11/08/tunnel-leading-cleopatra-tomb-found/ https://news.artnet.com/art-world/archaeologists-tunnel-cleopatra-tomb-2205456
... and a feature on the archaeologist, Kathleen Martinez:
https://www.grunge.com/1097117/who-is-kathleen-martinez-the-woman-whos-led-the-search-for-cleopatra-for-almost-20-years/
Excavations are just getting underway at a 4000 years bp site in Jumilla:
https://murciatoday.com/archaeological-dig-begins-4000_year_old-at-bronze-age-site-in-jumilla_1883086-a.html
Cyprus plans to digitize its ancient historical relics:
https://cyprus-mail.com/2022/11/07/digitisation-preserves-history-for-future-generations/
On some recent conservation efforts at Hadrian's Wall:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-63580902 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11416225/Hadrians-Wall-uneven-stop-Instagrammers-damaging-taking-selfies.html
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/11/10/hadrians-wall-gets-unattractive-makeover-turn-away-visitors/
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/hadrians-wall-faces-new-battle-with-hordes-of-selfie-hunters-3gwwj75sn
https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/sections-hadrians-wall-removed-at-25478255
https://www.ncl.ac.uk/press/articles/latest/2022/11/wallcaphar/
Not sure of the date of thise finds from Sannat (Malta):
https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/possible-archaeological-remains-found-sannat-square-works.992831
More on the Minoan bull sacrifice remains at Petras:
https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/ancient-cultures/sacrificial-minoan-bull/
More on the 2000 years bp Roman shipwreck in shallow waters off Croatia:
https://www.total-croatia-news.com/lifestyle/65859-roman-ship https://www.croatiaweek.com/2000-year-old-roman-boat-discovered-in-sea-off-sukosan-in-croatia/
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-722150 https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/ancient-roman-ship-croatia-archaeology-news-1234646226/
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/65653 https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/11/underwater-archaeologists-uncover-2000-year-old-roman-ship/145141
More on the Roman-era odeon remains found in Lissos:
https://www.livescience.com/ancient-odeon-discovered-crete https://www.archaeology.org/news/10975-221111-crete-roman-odeon
More on the Roman watchtower find at Volubilis:
https://scienceinpoland.pap.pl/en/news/news%2C94125%2Cpolish-archaeologists-co-discover-unique-roman-military-tower.html
https://arkeonews.net/archaeologists-find-a-roman-military-watchtower-in-morocco-for-the-first-time/
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/11/07/polish-archaeologists-co-discover-unique-roman-military-tower/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/10969-221108-morocco-roman-tower
More on the remains of a Byzantine business district at Ephesus:
https://the-past.com/news/new-discoveries-at-ephesus/
More on ancient Greek stone sphere gaming pieces:
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/ancient-greece-stone-spheres-purpose-b2219263.html
https://greekcitytimes.com/2022/11/08/mysterious-spheres-ancient-greek-board-game/
https://scitechdaily.com/what-was-the-purpose-of-the-mysterious-ancient-stone-spheres-scientists-finally-have-an-answer/
More on the 2000 years bp Roman villa with hypocaust from Kempten:
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-722148
More on the palimpsest of Hipparchus' star catalogue:
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/lost-ancient-star-catalog-found
More on Leonard Stern-associated Cycladic art going on display in Greece:
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/greek-ap-athens-metropolitan-museum-of-art-cyclades-b2220819.html
https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-aud-nw-greece-antiquities-20221108-pl6zsne73jgcvoyyeyydaadmya-story.html
Review of Stephanie McCarter's translation of Ovid's *Metamorphoses*:
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/11/14/should-ovids-metamorphoses-have-a-trigger-warning
Review of Francine Prose, *Cleopatra*:
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/cleopatra-her-history-her-myth-by-francine-prose-review-maneater-or-victim-r2pvlqp6m
Interview with Andrew F. Stewart:
https://www.archaeological.org/member-spotlight-andrew-f-stewart/
Applying the Iliad to assorted modern institutions:
https://neoskosmos.com/en/2022/11/08/dialogue/opinion/iliad-as-a-lesson-of-individual-v-33communal-need/
... and pondering Athenian democracy:
https://neoskosmos.com/en/2022/11/10/dialogue/opinion/athenian-democracy-makes-us-reflect-on-war-and-peace/
Feature on some 2700 years bp objects with Egyptian motifs in Salamanca:
https://elpais.com/cultura/2022-11-09/rompecabezas-arqueologico-en-salamanca-objetos-con-motivos-egipcios-reposan-bajo-el-casco-historico.html
Feature on Michael Ventris and Linear B:
https://www.greatbritishlife.co.uk/people/michael-ventris-deciphering-an-ancient-language-9356808
Public speaking tips from Cicero:
https://bigthink.com/the-past/cicero-public-speaking/
Feature on Hadrian's Wall:
https://smarthistory.org/hadrian-building-the-wall/
Feature on Vergina:
https://greekreporter.com/2022/11/08/vergina-tombs-macedonia-greek-origin/
Feature on the Battle of Issus:
https://greekcitytimes.com/2022/11/06/alexander-the-great-persian-empire-2/
Feature on Themistocles:
https://greekreporter.com/2022/11/09/themistocles-greek-general-saved-athens-persians/
Feature on Hannibal:
https://greekreporter.com/2022/11/11/hannibal-african-general-almost-conquered-rome/
Feature on 'Cyclopean' walls in Italy:
https://greekreporter.com/2022/11/07/mysterious-origin-italy-mycenaean-cyclopean-walls/
The Chair of the British Museum is rebuking calls to 'dismantle' the Parthenon Sculptures:
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/british-museum-george-osborne-parthenon-marbles-1234646029/
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2022/11/08/british-museum-chair-george-osborne-defies-restitution-movement-in-speech
... and an OpEd on where the Sculptures belong:
https://neoskosmos.com/en/2022/11/11/dialogue/opinion/parthenon-sculptures-belong-in-the-acropolis-museum-not-in-london/
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Roman Archaeology Blog:
http://romanarc.blogspot.com/
Rogueclassicism:
http://rogueclassicism.com/ ============================================================
EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland) ============================================================
A 172 years bp railway siding from Huddersfield:
https://www.networkrailmediacentre.co.uk/news/172-year-old-railway-siding-unearthed-in-huddersfield
More on the Mesolithic child burial (with fur and feathers) from Finland:
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/969987 https://www.livescience.com/child-burial-stone-age-finland https://hyperallergic.com/778179/child-who-lived-8000-years-ago-may-have-been-buried-with-a-wolf/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/10968-221107-finland-burial-fibers
More on that Ogham inscription on a Pictish stone from Scotland:
https://arkeonews.net/a-rare-ogham-inscription-found-on-pictish-stone-in-scottish-kirkyard/
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/65621
More on the 1000 years bp Viking jewellery from near Stockholm:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-unearth-trove-of-viking-age-jewelry-in-sweden-180981093/
Hopes of finding medieval remains in Shoreditch:
https://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/news/23109268.archaeologists-believe-16th-century-remains-shoreditch-streets/
13 sites in West Midlands have been added to the Heritage At Risk Register:
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-coventry-warwickshire-63571442
Concerns relating to ruins of a 'lost' Sir Titus Salt Mansion in Yorkshire:
https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/heritage-and-retro/heritage/archaeologists-raise-fears-that-ruins-of-lost-yorkshire-mansion-milner-field-near-saltaire-have-been-removed-without-permission-3910593
Feature on metal detectorists in Britain:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/11/13/britains-secret-army-metal-detectorists-who-outdoing-archaeologists/
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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 6000 years bp Neolithic site with assort small finds from Inner Mongolia:
http://www.china.org.cn/china/Off_the_Wire/2022-11/07/content_78506548.htm http://en.people.cn/n3/2022/1107/c90000-10168238.html
Study suggests that 'purposeful water management' was adopted 4000 years bp in northern China in response to the introduction of new grain types:
https://source.wustl.edu/2022/11/thirsty-wheat-needed-new-water-management-strategy-in-ancient-china/
https://phys.org/news/2022-11-thirsty-wheat-strategy-ancient-china.html https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/11/11/thirsty-wheat-needed-new-water-management-strategy-in-ancient-china/
Northern Wei Dynasty figurines from Shanxi:
https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202211/10/WS636cd85da310491754328ffe.html http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/65662 http://www.archaeology.org/news/10976-221111-china-tomb-figurines
Qing Dynasty royal architecture remains from Beijing's Old Summer Palace:
https://global.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202211/09/WS636aee61a3105ca1f2274d3f.html
Remains of rice fields razed in the 19th century at Beijing's Old Summer Palace:
https://www.ecns.cn/news/culture/2022-11-07/detail-ihcfsvky7638484.shtml
A study of oracle bone inscriptions from Yinxu:
https://news.cgtn.com/news/2022-11-10/China-shares-research-results-on-Yin-Ruins-oracle-bone-inscriptions-1eQwPsVqpLW/index.html
... and other items:
https://www.ecns.cn/hd/2022-11-11/detail-ihcfsvky7647073.shtml http://t.m.china.org.cn/convert/c_l7WET8TT.html
Feature on Yangshao culture:
https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202211/1279266.shtml
A pair of lions removed from Angkor Wat in the 90s for restoration have been (finally) returned:
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/lions-angkor-wat-return-home-again-after-restoration
Concerns for Megalithic-era burials in Tirupati:
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/tirupatis-megalithic-burial-sites-in-a-state-of-neglect/article65947330.ece
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AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND ============================================================
Study suggests Maori settlers arrived in Aotearoa in the 13th century:
https://phys.org/news/2022-11-ancestral-mori-quickly-rapid-climate.html https://www.stuff.co.nz/pou-tiaki/300733669/new-study-suggests-mori-settlers-arrived-in-aotearoa-as-early-as-13th-century
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/te-manu-korihi/478269/new-study-suggests-maori-settlers-arrived-in-aotearoa-as-early-as-13th-century
https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/news/national/new-study-suggests-maori-settlers-arrived-in-aotearoa-as-early-as-13th-century/
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NORTH AMERICA
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Study suggests that some parrot remains from the American Southwest may have been 'local' and not imported from Mexico:
https://news.utexas.edu/2022/11/08/old-bone-links-lost-american-parrot-to-ancient-indigenous-bird-trade/
https://phys.org/news/2022-11-bone-links-lost-american-parrot.html https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/11/221108142929.htm https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/970678 https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/11/09/old-bone-links-lost-american-parrot-to-ancient-indigenous-bird-trade/
A possible Native American village site found at a development site in Redding (California):
https://krcrtv.com/news/local/native-american-archaeological-village-found-at-redding-construction-site
A 600 years bp gold coin found in Newfoundland:
https://www.gov.nl.ca/releases/2022/tcar/1109n05/ https://www.cp24.com/lifestyle/human-interest/600-year-old-gold-coin-discovered-in-newfoundland-could-be-oldest-found-in-canada-1.6149270
https://atlantic.ctvnews.ca/mobile/600-year-old-gold-coin-discovered-in-newfoundland-could-be-oldest-found-in-canada-1.6145827
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/11/600-year-old-coin-may-be-oldest-found-in-canada/145160
Burials of 14 soldiers from the Battle of Camden:
https://www.postandcourier.com/militarydigest/americas-first-veterans-archaeological-dig-at-camden-battlefield-turns-up-human-remains/article_17a09dc8-5f98-11ed-9c65-ab4e2774c010.html
https://www.abccolumbia.com/2022/11/11/remains-of-fourteen-revolutionary-war-soldiers-discovered-at-camden-battlefield/
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