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explorator 23.23 September 27, 2020
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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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Latest early hominid DNA work involves sequencing the Y chromosomes of Neanderthals and Denisovans:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-09/m-yco092420.php https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/09/200924141449.htm https://phys.org/news/2020-09-neandertals-male-sex-chromosome-modern.html https://science.sciencemag.org/content/369/6511/1565.full https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2020/09/25/y-chromosomes-of-neandertals-and-denisovans-now-sequenced/
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/09/y-chromosomes-of-neanderthals-and.html

Feature/review on 'the Neanderthal's world':

https://www.sapiens.org/archaeology/kindred-neanderthal-book/

... and whether they really lived in caves:

https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/did-neanderthals-really-live-in-caves

A general feature on Neanderthals:

https://www.historyextra.com/period/prehistoric/everything-you-wanted-to-know-about-neanderthals-podcast/

More on those 120 000 years bp footprints from Saudi Arabia:

https://www.livescience.com/earliest-evidence-for-humans-on-arabian-peninsula-146445
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/footprints-in-saudi-arabia-could-prove-humans-were-there-120000-years-ago-643157
http://famagusta-gazette.com/2020/09/21/saudi-arabia-uncovers-ancient-footprints/
http://www.sci-news.com/archaeology/alathar-footprints-08869.html https://cosmosmagazine.com/history/archaeology/important-steps-on-the-arabian-peninsula/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/human-footprints-found-saudi-arabia-may-be-120000-years-old-180975874/

More on dust and 'out of Africa':

https://scitechdaily.com/ancient-human-civilization-may-have-been-controlled-by-dust/

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AFRICA
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Concerns for several at-risk African heritage sites:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/study-identifies-african-heritage-sites-threatened-climate-change-180975902/

Feature on warrior women of West Africa:

https://www.grunge.com/249782/the-true-story-of-west-africas-real-life-warrior-women/
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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT ================================================================
A burial shaft containing a limestone sarcophagus (and other items) from Tuna el Gebel:

https://egyptindependent.com/egypt-announces-discovery-of-limestone-sarcophagus-and-ushabti-statues-at-minya/
https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/92195/Egypt%E2%80%99s-Min-of-Tourism-Antiquities-uncovers-a-burial-shaft-that
https://cairoscene.com/Buzz/This-Immaculately-Preserved-Limestone-Coffin-was-Just-Found-at-Minya
https://english.aawsat.com/home/article/2526276/egyptian-archaeologists-continue-searching-ancient-treasures-minya
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2020-09/22/c_139386106.htm https://see.news/egyptian-archeological/ https://www.freepressjournal.in/world/pharaonic-tomb-discovered-in-egypt

The number of sarcophagi found at Saqqara recently is now up to 27 (or more?):

https://phys.org/news/2020-09-egypt-ancient-sarcophagi-saqqara.html http://egypttoday.com/Article/4/92196/Egypt%E2%80%99s-Min-of-Tourism-Antiquities-announces-discovery-of-14-coffins
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-54227282 https://www.albawaba.com/editors-choice/incredible-27-ancient-wooden-coffins-buried-2500-years-unveiled-egypt-1381850
https://www.arabnews.com/node/1737321 https://english.alarabiya.net/en/life-style/travel-and-tourism/2020/09/20/Egypt-discovers-14-ancient-tombs-at-Saqqara-south-of-Cairo
https://uk.reuters.com/article/instant-article/idUKKCN26C1W7 https://www.jpost.com/international/egypt-discovers-27-sarcophagi-more-than-2500-years-old-643037
https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/egypt-sarcophagi-1.5733602 https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/video-egyptian-archaeologists-discover-dozens-of-unopened-sarcophagi/
https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/archaeologists-unearth-27-coffins-egypts-saqqara-pyramid-73146389
http://www.ansamed.info/ansamed/en/news/sections/culture/2020/09/21/egyptarchaeologists-unearth-sarcophagi-buried-for-2500-yrs_023efddb-a072-4313-928c-18629d0d0367.html
https://www.cnn.com/style/article/egypt-sarcophagi-discovery-intl-hnk-scli/index.html
https://www.sciencealert.com/egypt-discovers-14-more-ancient-unopened-sarcophagi
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/09/another-14-intact-wooden-coffins.html

A study of mummified wild birds:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-09/c-wba092220.php https://phys.org/news/2020-09-wild-birds-egyptian-gods.html https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/09/200922112240.htm https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2020/09/23/wild-birds-as-offerings-to-the-egyptian-gods/

Not sure how recent this is, but we're hearing of 'secret chambers' associated with Tut's tomb again:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidbressan/2020/09/21/geophysical-survey-may-have-found-secret-chambers-in-king-tuts-tomb/

Feature on Amenhotep III and Tiye:

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/magazine/2020/09-10/king-tut-grandparents-tiye-amenhotep-egypt-royal-couple/

Feature on the restoration of a wooden statue of Horemheb in the GEM:

https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/92264/Video-Restoration-of-wooden-statue-of-Horemheb-in-Egypt%E2%80%99s-Grand

Feature on the Egyptian fortress at Buhen:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2020/09/buhen-the-sunken-ancient-egyptian-fortress/135148

The efforts to recover Nefertiti's head are heating up a bit:

https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/92229/Did-Egypt-send-an-official-letter-to-retrieve-Nefertiti-s

In case you missed the facial reconstruction and comparison to the mummy portrait of a child burial from the Roman period:

https://www.livescience.com/mummy-portraits-egypt-accuracy.html https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0238427 https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2020/09/25/ancient-egyptian-mummified-infants-reconstructed-face-compared-with-his-mummy-portrait-for-the-first-time/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/3-d-reconstruction-reveals-child-mummys-face-180975909/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9043-200921-mummy-portrait-reconstruction

The Siwa Oasis opened for tourists:

https://egyptindependent.com/siwa-reopens-archaeological-and-tourist-sites/

Review of Buchwald and Josefowicz, *The Riddle of the Rosetta*:

https://blogs.sciencemag.org/books/2020/09/20/the-riddle-of-the-rosetta/

Feature on gender inequality in Mesopotamia:

http://www.asor.org/anetoday/2020/09/metoo-potamia

A Parthian-era burial from Iran's Kordestan province:

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/452917/Millennia-old-tomb-skeleton-and-spearhead-unearthed-in-western

This week's news from Persepolis focuses on documenting recent finds:

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/452793/Persepolis-engraved-stones-fragments-being-documented

Evidence that chromium steel was being produced in Iran 1000 years bp or so:

https://phys.org/news/2020-09-chromium-steel-ancient-persia.html https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-09/ucl-csw092120.php https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/452879/Stunning-discovery-Iranians-were-making-20th-century-chromium
https://gizmodo.com/1-000-year-old-precursor-to-stainless-steel-found-in-ir-1845145184
http://www.sci-news.com/archaeology/chromium-crucible-steel-persia-08879.html https://www.sciencealert.com/the-origins-of-stainless-steel-date-back-1-000-years-earlier-than-we-realised
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2020/09/chromium-steel-was-first-made-in-ancient-persia/135630
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2020/09/23/chromium-steel-was-first-made-in-ancient-persia/
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/09/chromium-steel-was-first-made-in.html
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9051-200924-iran-chromium-steel

An Islamic-era tomb chamber found during a survey project in northwest Iran:

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/452694/Islamic-era-tomb-chamber-skeleton-discovered-in-northwest-Iran

More excavations at a fire temple site where Avicenna was imprisoned (maybe):

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/452746/Another-part-of-temple-where-Avicenna-jailed-unearthed-in-central

Recent digging at Hadrianopolis reveals the site was occupied 5500 years bp:

https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/zeugma-of-black-sea-3500-years-older-than-previously-thought/news

Remains of a loom, textile tools, and related items dating to 4000 years bp or so from Beycesultan:

https://www.trtworld.com/turkey/four-thousand-year-old-textile-mill-unearthed-in-western-turkey-39983

Feature on a dig shedding light on the history of the UAE and Oman (8000 years bp items, inter alia):

https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2020/09/24/new-clues-to-the-ancient-history-of-the-uae-and-oman-uncovered/

Another study of the 'mustatils' in northern Saudi Arabia suggests they were in use some 7000 years bp:

https://www.timesofisrael.com/mysterious-massive-stone-monuments-in-arabia-some-of-worlds-oldest-study-says/

1600 years bp mosaics emerge from a dig at a church in Mardin:

https://www.dailysabah.com/turkey/mosaics-in-ancient-church-in-southeastern-turkey-unearthed/news
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/culture/turkey-mosaics-in-ancient-church-unearthed/1981412
https://aleteia.org/2020/09/25/excavation-of-ancient-church-reveals-breathtaking-1600-year-old-floor-mosaic/
https://thetaiwantimes.com/ancient-mosaics-discovered-in-1600-year-old-turkish-church/5561
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9049-200923-turkey-mosaic-floor

I think we mentioned this 2000 years bp inkpot find from Israel:

https://menafn.com/1100845169/Discovery-of-two-thousand-year-old-ink-pot-in-Israel
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2020-09/23/c_139391187.htm

A study of a 7th/8th century CE shipwreck (including the masthead) found off northern Israel a while back:

https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/rare-masthead-from-ancient-shipwreck-found-in-northern-israel-643272

Feature on 'the earliest Israel':

https://bibleinterp.arizona.edu/articles/earliest-israel-territorial-history-highlands-canaan

Feature on the Jews under Byzantine rule:

https://www.jpost.com/jerusalem-report/how-jews-got-by-under-byzantine-rule-643413

Feature on the Phoenicians and purple dye:

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/magazine/2018/05-06/purple-reign-passion-phoenician-dye-built-vast-trading-empire/

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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS) ================================================================
A 3500 years bp Thracian rock altar with a sun disk from Erdine (Turkey):

https://www.aa.com.tr/en/culture/archeologists-discover-sun-disk-in-nw-turkey/1986088

A 2500 years bp burials of a 'scythian warrior couple' (and others):

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-8755583/Extraordinary-2-500-year-old-grave-ancient-Scythian-warrior-couple-unearthed-Siberia.html
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/09/2500-year-old-grave-of-warrior-couple.html

In case you missed the study of implications of nomad burials from Tuva:

https://phys.org/news/2020-09-tuva-raids-bloody-rituals-ancient.html https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/2020/09/ancient-empire-collapse-violent-nomad-burials/
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2020/09/21/raids-and-bloody-rituals-among-ancient-steppe-nomads/

Not a lot of coverage in English yet of this find of some pretty complete Roman armour from Kalkdriese:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8775385/Armour-Roman-soldier-unearthed-site-three-legions-wiped-9-AD.html
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/oldest-roman-body-armour-discovered-in-germany-p6lsv5jq6
https://www.ndr.de/nachrichten/niedersachsen/Roemischer-Schienenpanzer-in-Kalkriese-gefunden,kalkriese448.html

A pair of imperial burials (one cremation, one capuchin) from Aquino (Italian):

https://www.ciociariaoggi.it/news/cronaca/116934/aquino-nuova-scoperta-archeologica-dal-terreno-spuntano-2-tombe-di-eta-imperiale

A Roman floor found during home renovation in Diaz in Como (Italian):

https://www.corrieredicomo.it/la-scoperta-archeologica-pavimento-di-epoca-romana-in-via-diaz/

Finds from various periods from a dig prior to road construction in Gatteo (Italian)

https://www.livingcesenatico.it/2020/09/22/scavi-di-gatteo-riaffiora-un-accampamento-romano/

I think we mentioned these remains of a Roman military camp from the Netherlands:

https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2020/09/archaeologists-find-roman-camp-near-ermelo
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/09/archaeologists-find-roman-camp-in.html

Not sure if we mentioned this 2nd century CE Gallo-Roman winepress find:

https://www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2020/09/gallo-roman-wine-press-uncovered-in-touraine/
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/09/gallo-roman-wine-press-found-in-touraine.html

Some newly-found Roman stone blocks will be used to repair the Chester city walls:

https://www.chesterstandard.co.uk/news/18742810.newly-found-roman-stone-blocks-repair-chester-city-walls/

Not sure why this church in Lake Iznik seems to be in the Turkish press every week:

https://eu.greekreporter.com/2020/09/21/ancient-church-discovered-under-turkish-lake/

Latest AI facial reconstruction of interest is one of Alexander the Great:

https://greece.greekreporter.com/2020/09/21/is-this-what-alexander-the-great-really-looked-like/
https://neoskosmos.com/en/176110/could-this-be-the-face-of-alexander-the-great/ https://greekcitytimes.com/2020/09/22/artist-uses-ai-to-recreate-face-of-alexander-the-great/

This seems to be a feature on the Griffin Warrior tomb (not sure if anything new has been found):

https://greekcitytimes.com/2020/09/25/archaeologists-find-ancient-greek-tomb-filled-with-gold-silver-and-bronze/
https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1311948/archaeology-news-ancient-greece-griffin-warrior-tomb-gold-found-pylos-bronze-age-spt

An interpretation of the mosaic in the Roman House of Aion in Paphos:

https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/09/the-denouement-of-enigma-of-roman.html

The Roman house of Titus Macro at Aquileia has opened to the public (Italian):

https://www.agi.it/cultura/news/2020-09-25/aquileia-domus-tito-macro-9763192/ https://www.ilmessaggero.it/spettacoli/cultura/aquileia_apertura_domus_imperiale_tito_macro_tesoro_320_metri_quadri_di_mosaici-5486675.html

That Roman lead ingot found in the UK a couple years ago is now on display:

https://www.leaderlive.co.uk/news/18738762.unique-roman-lead-ingot-also-known-pig-show-wrexham-museum/
http://www.wrexham.com/news/unique-roman-lead-ingot-discovered-in-rossett-now-on-display-at-wrexham-museum-193521.html

Efforts to keep recent Roman finds from Grantham in Grantham:

https://www.granthamjournal.co.uk/news/call-to-save-thousands-of-roman-artefacts-for-grantham-9124328/

Assorted features marking the anniversary of the Battle of Salamis:

https://greece.greekreporter.com/2020/09/21/how-ancient-greeks-harnessed-wind-power-to-win-the-battle-of-salamis/
https://www.ekathimerini.com/257127/opinion/ekathimerini/comment/the-wests-eastern-frontier-from-thermopylae-and-salamis-to-the-aegean-sea
https://greekcitytimes.com/2020/09/22/on-this-day-in-480-bc-greece-wins-the-battle-of-salamis/
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2020/09/25/the-ancient-greeks-took-advantage-of-the-weather-conditions-in-the-naval-battle-of-salamis/

... and some related postage stamps:

https://greekcitytimes.com/2020/09/24/new-postal-stamps-commemorate-2500-years-since-the-battle-of-thermopylae-salamis/

Approval to move antiquities in the way of metro construction in Thessaloniki:

https://www.thenationalherald.com/archive_general_news_greece/arthro/cac_approves_temporary_removal_of_antiquities_to_build_thessaloniki_metro-898871/

Mosaics at North Leigh Roman Villa get some maintenance work:

https://www.witneygazette.co.uk/news/18745234.mosaics-north-leigh-roman-villa-get-deep-clean/

Latest installment of 'tourists behaving badly' is an Irish tourist who carved his initials into the Colosseum:

https://www.wantedinrome.com/news/rome-tourist-carves-his-initials-into-colosseum.html
https://www.irishpost.com/news/irish-tourist-in-trouble-with-italian-police-for-carving-initials-into-colosseum-193372
https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/rome-tourist-colosseum-carved-initials-police-italy-b549001.html
https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/tourist-colosseum-scli-intl/index.html

... meanwhile a Polish tourist fell into the Forum of Augustus:

https://www.wantedinrome.com/news/rome-tourist-rescued-after-falling-into-forum-of-augustus.html

An upcoming marathon reading of the Odyssey:

https://www.thestage.co.uk/news/72-actors-to-perform-all-24-books-in-the-odyssey-over-12-hours-online

Feature on the history of Roman glass:

https://hyperallergic.com/590149/seeing-through-the-history-of-ancient-roman-glass/

Feature on the intersection between Classics and Vietnamese cultures:

https://classicalstudies.org/node/35015

Feature on Wiiliam Sanders Scarborough:

https://blog.oup.com/2020/09/william-sanders-scarborough-and-the-enduring-legacy-of-black-classical-scholarship/

Feature on recent finds at the Roman/Byzantine site at Euromos:

https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/unique-finds-uncover-history-of-ancient-city-of-euromos-in-southwestern-turkey/news

Feature on Aelia Capitolina:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2020/09/aelia-capitolina-roman-jerusalem/135171

Feature with some Nero revisionism:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/new-nicer-nero-history-roman-emperor-180975776/

Feature on how to upset a Roman emperor:

https://www.historyhit.com/ways-to-upset-a-roman-emperor/

Feature on some early Christian apocryphal texts:

https://www.livescience.com/translated-christian-texts-wizards-demons.html

Feature on grief and mourning in the ancient Greek world:

https://theconversation.com/what-the-greek-classics-tell-us-about-grief-and-the-importance-of-mourning-the-dead-145827
https://www.westport-news.com/news/article/What-the-Greek-classics-tell-us-about-grief-and-15583366.php

Feature on the Galatians:

https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/biblical-topics/new-testament/who-were-the-galatians-in-the-bible/

Feature on herbal medicine in ancient Greek myth:

https://www.thenationalherald.com/food_travel_food/arthro/herbal_medicine_in_the_fantastical_myths_of_ancient_greece-889410/

Feature on the 'ring of legendary king Minos':

https://greece.greekreporter.com/2020/09/23/the-ring-of-legendary-king-minos-a-tale-of-intrigue-and-deception/

Feature on gamifying ancient Greek instruction:

https://classicalstudies.org/scs-blog/joshua-j-hartman/blog-how-might-we-gamify-ancient-greek

Feature on Roman roads:

https://interestingengineering.com/all-roads-really-did-lead-to-rome

Pondering the existence of Homer:

https://www.grunge.com/252166/why-homer-may-not-have-existed/

An ovatio for Randy Todd:

https://www.samford.edu/arts-and-sciences/news/2020/CAMWS-Honors-Todd-With-Ovatio

Review of Natalie Haynes, *Women in the Greek Myths*:

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/culture/women-in-the-greek-myths-by-natalie-haynes-review-from-pandora-to-medusa-6h6bbjzdc

Some classical reception in Bvlgari's fashion plans:

https://www.interviewmagazine.com/fashion/bvlgari-sustainable-fashion-future-involves-many-greek-statues

Some US congressmen urged the UK to return the Parthenon Marbles:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/09/21/us-members-congress-urge-britain-return-elgin-marbles-greece/
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8758191/US-Congress-urges-Boris-Johnson-return-Elgin-Marbles-Greece.html
https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1338447/elgin-marbles-greece-uk-boris-johnson-british-museum-united-states-congress
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/09/us-congress-members-call-on-uk-to.html
https://www.tornosnews.gr/en/greek-news/culture/41615-us-congressmen-send-letter-to-british-pm-for-return-of-elgin-marbles-to-greece.html
https://www.ekathimerini.com/257244/article/ekathimerini/news/us-congress-members-call-on-uk-to-return-parthenon-sculptures-to-greece
https://greekcitytimes.com/2020/09/24/greek-culture-minister-thanks-us-congress-members-in-favor-for-the-repatriation-of-the-parthenon-sculptures/

... cf a discussion in Perth (Australia):

https://neoskosmos.com/en/176394/perth-discussion-on-the-reunification-of-the-parthenon-marbles/

... and an OpEd basically telling the US to mind its own business:

https://thestreetjournal.org/2020/09/as-posturing-us-politicians-meddle-in-elgin-marbles-americans-urged-to-look-at-their-own-record/

OpEd on how Cicero would view the US government:

https://www.zocalopublicsquare.org/2020/09/23/roman-republic-cicero-statesman-america-today/ideas/essay/

A suggestion for a '490 BC Project':

https://www.independent.org/publications/policy_reports/detail.asp?id=13268

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Roman Archaeology Blog:

http://romanarc.blogspot.com/

Rogueclassicism:

http://rogueclassicism.com/ ================================================================
EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland) ================================================================
A study of the La Malia (Upper Palaeolithic) site on the Iberian peninsula:

https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/09/la-malia-site-window-onto-upper.html

An 8400 years bp dog burial from Sweden:

https://phys.org/news/2020-09-sweden-bones-dog-stone-age.html https://apnews.com/article/sweden-europe-f932cae34bb3bbf24555cc0843a27965 https://www.news18.com/news/buzz/sweden-bones-of-dog-found-at-stone-age-burial-site-2905421.html
https://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/Sweden-Bones-of-dog-found-at-Stone-Age-burial-15593477.php
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/59628 http://www.archaeology.org/news/9052-200925-sweden-dog https://www.archaeology.org/news/9052-200925-stone-age-sweden

A study of funerary and ritual behaviours of Neolithic Iberian populations:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-09/uos-nfa092520.php https://phys.org/news/2020-09-funerary-ritual-behaviors-neolithic-iberian.html https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/09/new-funerary-and-ritual-behaviours-of.html

A 1500 years bp burial of a 'Germanic lord' surrounded by skeletons of six women and animal remains:

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/ancient-germanic-lord-was-buried-with-circle-of-six-women-fq853sw0f

A 1000 years bp runestone from a Swedish field:

https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/09/1000-year-old-runestone-ploughed-up.html

A Viking-era child burial from Dublin:

https://www.rte.ie/news/dublin/2020/0925/1167539-viking-body-dublin/ https://www.irishpost.com/news/skeleton-of-viking-child-uncovered-during-dublin-archaeological-dig-193808
https://www.irishcentral.com/roots/history/viking-child-skeleton-dublin-excavation

A search for a medieval chapel in Shrewesbury was apparently at the 'wrong castle' but still found some interesting things:

https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/local-hubs/shrewsbury/2020/09/26/archaeologist-were-digging-in-the-wrong-castle-but-discoveries-made/

Plenty of things found at a medieval Cistercian monastery dig in Co. Meath:

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/sourdough-bakery-and-toilet-air-freshener-found-in-medieval-monk-settlement-in-meath-39548158.html
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/13th-century-french-monks-baked-sourdough-ireland-180975888/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9050-200923-ireland-medieval-monastery

A medieval seal find from Norfolk:

https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/medieval-seal-to-go-before-treasure-inquest-1-6852992

Recent finds from the castle of Zorita de los Canes:

https://elpais.com/cultura/2020-09-21/treinta-monjes-guerreros-y-un-bebe.html

I think we mentioned this 17th century shipwreck from the Battle of Fehmarn off the coast of Denmark:

http://cphpost.dk/?p=118451 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/sonar-reveals-17th-century-danish-shipwreck-180975901/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9042-200921-denmark-torstenson-war

A 19th century time capsule was found in the wall of the Manchester Jewish Museum:

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/sep/24/time-capsule-from-1873-found-buried-in-wall-of-manchester-jewish-museum

Seeking funding to continue the dig at Bamburgh Castle:

https://www.northumberlandgazette.co.uk/news/people/bamburgh-castle-archaeologists-launch-funding-appeal-hope-returning-finish-dig-2978445
https://www.berwick-advertiser.co.uk/news/people/bamburgh-castle-archaeologists-launch-funding-appeal-hope-returning-finish-dig-2978445

Assessing Cromwell's invasion of Scotland:

https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/18743305.cromwells-invasion-cost-lives-4000-scots/

Studying the slavery and colonial legacy of some of the UK's stately homes:

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/sep/22/national-trust-reassesses-colonial-history-of-properties
https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/national-trust-colonialism-slavery/index.html
https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/features/addressing-the-histories-of-slavery-and-colonialism-at-the-national-trust

A housekeeper's belongings emerge from a dig at the Cammo mansion:

https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/heritage-and-retro/retro/archaeologists-unearth-housekeepers-belongings-among-cammo-ruins-2979023
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9048-200923-scotland-cammo-estate

Concerns for the Newport Ship:

https://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/18747440.newport-ship-needs-help-spread-word-preserve/

More on the architecture of the Alhambra:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-09/uos-udi091720.php http://www.archaeology.org/news/9044-200922-spain-islamic-architecture

More on remains of a bishop beheaded by the Ottomans from Protaras:

https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/09/remains-of-bishop-beheaded-by-ottomans.html

More on the redating of the Nebra sky disk:

https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/21/world/nebra-sky-disc-prehistoric-star-map-sordid-history-scn/index.html
https://www.thedailybeast.com/germanys-national-treasure-isnt-as-special-as-they-thought
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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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Somewhat vague item on a Paleaolithic site from Shandong:

http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2020-09/26/c_139399194.htm http://www.china.org.cn/china/2020-09/27/content_76755750.htm

A 2000 years bp swan-shaped pot with 'medicinal wine' from Henan (found in May):

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8755511/2-000-year-old-medicinal-wine-discovered-ancient-bronze-pot-Chinese-archaeologists.html

A 2.5 km stretch of road dating back 2000 years from Luoyang (Henan):

http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2020-09/22/c_139385964.htm

A pair of 1800 years bp burials from Zixing City:

https://menafn.com/1100826701/Chinese-archaeologists-find-two-antique-graves-in-Hunan-Province

Pieces of a Qing Dynasty scroll from the 17th century have been reunited:

https://www.yahoo.com/news/split-decades-reunited-qing-dynasty-201623676.html

Finds from an excavation from Pattanam confirm trade links with Rome:

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kochi/kerala-sphinx-seal-ring-recovered-from-pattanam/articleshow/78227316.cms
https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Kochi/artefacts-unearthed-in-pattanam-indicate-ineractions-with-greco-roman-world/article32657842.ece
https://frontline.thehindu.com/arts-and-culture/heritage/the-roman-connection/article32588974.ece
https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/kochi/2020/sep/25/new-excavations-unravelpattanams-global-trade-past-2201449.html
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/09/roman-sphinx-seal-ring-recovered-from.html

Chola-era idols from a temple near Karaikal:

https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/ancient-idols-unearthed-from-pond-belonging-to-chola-era-temple-near-karaikal/1941621

A study suggests deities at a Madurai temple were named long after the temple itself:

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/madurai/deities-meenakshi-sundareswarar-got-names-after-17th-century/articleshow/78285684.cms

The Taj Mahal has reopened to tourists:

https://www.thedailystar.net/india/news/taj-mahal-open-tourists-after-over-6-months-1964901

Concerns that Rio Tinto will be causing more destruction to sites:

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/sep/21/rio-tinto-expected-to-destroy-124-more-aboriginal-sites-inquiry-told
https://www.news.com.au/finance/business/mining/more-ancient-sites-at-rio-projects-will-be-destroyed-juukan-inquiry-hears/news-story/f7adb50ade2998daed93cb5d831b84db
https://au.news.yahoo.com/significant-wa-heritage-sites-risk-070954630--spt.html

A 13 000 years bp engraved mammoth tusk find from Siberia:

http://www.sci-news.com/archaeology/engraved-mammoth-tusk-tom-river-08887.html

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NORTH AMERICA
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Pondering whether First Nations people traded with the Vikings in 1000 CE:

https://aeon.co/essays/did-indigenous-americans-and-vikings-trade-in-the-year-1000

A recent find of a War of 1812 burial in Burlington (VT) is raising thoughts that there may be more:

https://www.wcax.com/2020/09/22/discovery-of-war-of-1812-soldiers-grave-likely-one-of-many/

... related:

https://www.vpr.org/post/what-archaeologists-know-about-human-remains-discovered-burlington
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9055-200925-vermont-military-cemetery

Pondering the darker side of Vermont's history:

https://www.vpr.org/post/project-honoring-enslaved-vermonters-asks-state-confront-dark-side-our-history

A Native American burial from Santa Ana:

https://www.ocregister.com/2020/09/21/bones-found-in-santa-ana-from-native-american-no-crime-suspected/
https://abc7.com/santa-ana-remains-found-bones-native-american-burial/6508258/

Another rethinking of the Mayflower legacy:

https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Some-see-irony-in-COVID-s-impact-on-Mayflower-15585658.php

An historic house in New Haven was relocated (again):

https://your.yale.edu/news/2020/09/1807-historic-house-safely-relocated-again

An interesting project involving excavation, digitization, and repatriation of Native American artifacts from near Geneva (NY):

https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2020/09/artifacts-upstate-indigenous-towns-digitized-repatriated

Interesting feature on the Oneida community:

https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p08sbbn2/oneida-the-free-love-utopia-that-chased-immortality

Pondering who built Ohio's Serpent Mound:

https://www.cantonrep.com/news/20200913/archaeology-why-canrsquot-we-decide-who-built-serpent-mound-3-cultures-frequented-landmark

Feature (podcast) on the Pensacola Bay settlement:

https://www.abc.net.au/radio/programs/nightlife/this-week-in-history-the-emanuel-point-shipwreck/12676766

More on the excavations at that Hagerstown cabin site:


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