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explorator 25.43 February 12, 2023
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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 2.9 million years bp example of the 'Oldowan toolkit' from a site in Kenya (and attributed to paranthropus):
https://phys.org/news/2023-02-million-year-old-butchery-site-reopens-case.html https://phys.org/news/2023-02-stone-age-discovery-fuels-mystery.html https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/2023/february/oldest-remains-ancient-human-relative-paranthropus-suggest-possible-tool-use.html
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/02/230209141458.htm https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/feb/09/discovery-ancient-stone-tools-prehistoric-mystery-whodunnit
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-64595418 https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/stone-age-discovery-fuels-mystery-made-early-tools-97011778
https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/09/world/first-stone-tools-hippo-scn/index.html https://www.pbs.org/newshour/science/stone-age-discovery-in-kenya-fuels-mystery-of-who-made-the-earliest-tools
https://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/history-and-civilisation/2023/02/3-million-year-old-stone-tools-found-and-our-ancestors-likely-didnt-make-them
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-731311 https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/1242/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/1242/pub/1242/page/42/article/NaN
https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2023-02-10/fossils-animal-bones-stone-tools-early-hominin-east-africa/101937222
https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queensland/puzzled-archaeologists-find-stone-tools-that-don-t-match-human-remains-20230209-p5cj7j.html
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2358821-early-hominin-paranthropus-may-have-used-sophisticated-stone-tools/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/02/2-9-million-year-old-butchery-site-offers-window-into-the-dawn-of-stone-age-technology/146166
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/who-made-the-first-stone-toolkits-180981606/
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/02/10/who-made-the-first-stone-tools/
cf:
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abo7452 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-00386-6
A cave near Lisbon provides evidence that Neanderthals were dining on crab:
https://phys.org/news/2023-02-proof-neanderthals-ate-crabs-coffin.html https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/07/science/neanderthals-crab-portugal.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/neanderthals-seafood-crabs-portugal-lisbon-b2277967.html
https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/07/world/neanderthal-diet-crabs-scn/index.html https://blog.frontiersin.org/2023/02/07/proof-that-neanderthals-ate-crabs-is-another-nail-in-the-coffin-for-primitive-cave-dweller-stereotypes/
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/archaeologists-neanderthal-feast-roasted-crab-2253410
https://www.zmescience.com/science/neanderthals-were-way-more-sophisticated-than-you-think-they-even-enjoyed-a-refined-delicacy/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/neanderthals-dined-on-crab-90000-years-ago-180981604/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11184-230208-neanderthal-crab-roast
Neanderthals were present on the Iberian Peninsula at Gipuzkoa much later than previously thought:
https://phys.org/news/2023-02-neanderthals-longer-gipuzkoa-previously-thought.html
cf:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ajpa.24694
Possible Neanderthal remains from Somerset:
https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/somerset-news/human-remains-found-somerset-cave-8134861
More on evidence from Germany that Neanderthals were hunting elephants:
https://www.science.org/content/article/neanderthals-lived-groups-big-enough-eat-giant-elephants
https://www.sciencealert.com/neanderthals-hunted-giant-elephants-much-larger-than-the-ones-today
https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/neanderthals-hunted-and-ate-straight-tusked-elephants
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/02/08/evidence-that-neanderthals-hunted-giant-elephants/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11180-230206-neanderthal-elephant-feast
More on the 1.2 million years bp obsidian workshop in Ethiopia:
https://www.livescience.com/massive-1-million-year-old-tool-workshop-in-ethiopia-made-by-clever-group-of-unknown-human-relatives
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AFRICA
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A 500 years bp pre-colonial Khoisan horn container from South Africa:
https://theconversation.com/500-year-old-horn-container-discovered-in-south-africa-sheds-light-on-pre-colonial-khoisan-medicines-199192
https://phys.org/news/2023-02-year-old-horn-south-africa-pre-colonial.html
Feature on the Pylon of the Nubian Lion Temple at Naga:
https://smarthistory.org/pylon-nubian-lion-temple-naga/ ============================================================
ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT ============================================================
I think we mentioned this Greco-Roman funerary complex and related finds at Gerza:
https://the-past.com/news/funerary-structure-and-fayum-portraits-unearthed/
Egypt has opened the 4000 years bp tomb of Meru on Luxor's west bank to the public:
https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/egypt-opens-4000-year-old-tomb-luxors-west-bank-oldest-open-public-2023-02-09/
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-731129 https://english.alarabiya.net/life-style/travel-and-tourism/2023/02/09/Egypt-opens-4-000-year-old-tomb-on-Luxor-s-West-Bank
https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/meru-tomb-luxor-egypt-open/index.html
... and more archaeological sites:
https://english.ahram.org.eg/News/487825.aspx https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/02/10/more-archaeological-sites-to-see-in-luxor/
... and the Djehuty and Hery tombs were 'inaugurated':
https://egyptindependent.com/photos-following-restorations-egypt-inaugurates-the-djehuty-and-hery-tombs/
More on evidence from Tell Temai of the 'Great Revolt' mentioned in the Rosetta Stone (and elsewhere):
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/01/27/where-the-swords-met-bone-archaeological-evidence-found-of-ancient-egyptian-rebellion-mentioned-on-the-rosetta-stone
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11176-230206-egypt-great-revolt
More on the 4300 years bp gold-wrapped mummified person from Saqqara:
https://theconversation.com/archaeologists-have-discovered-a-mummy-wrapped-in-gold-heres-what-it-tells-us-about-ancient-egyptian-beliefs-199155
https://phys.org/news/2023-02-archaeologists-mummy-goldhere-ancient-egyptian.html
More on the study of mummification items from an embalming workshop in Saqqara:
https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/50/1207/487732/AlAhram-Weekly/Heritage/Towards-the-secrets-of-mummification.aspx
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/egyptian-mummy-chemical-mixtures http://www.archaeology.org/news/11181-230207-embalming-recipes-preservation
In case you missed the CT scan of a 2300 years bp mummified lad bearing 49 amulets:
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/02/ct-scan-reveals-49-amulets-in-ancient-egyptian-mummy/146185
Concerns for the 2000 years bp Zal Castle (Afghanistan):
https://amu.tv/en/34886/
Feature on five powerful queens of the Persian Empire:
https://www.thecollector.com/ancient-persian-empire-queens/
More on that 11 000 years bp 'narrative scene' from a the Sayburc relief:
https://www.zmescience.com/science/anthropology/is-this-man-holding-his-penis-the-worlds-oldest-depiction-of-a-narrative-scene/
https://the-past.com/news/neolithic-narrative-scene-identified-in-turkey/
More on evidence of a 5000 years bp 'tavern' from Lagash:
https://edition.cnn.com/style/article/5000-year-old-tavern-iraq-archaeology-intl-scli-scn/index.html
https://www.iraqinews.com/iraq/archeologists-discover-restaurant-in-iraq-dating-back-thousands-of-years/
More on the pair of 4000 years bp cuneiform tablets written in Amorite:
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/02/lost-canaanite-language-decoded-on-ancient-clay-tablets/146110
A tree-ring study suggests drought may have contributed to the collapse of the Hittite Empire in the 12th century BCE:
https://phys.org/news/2023-02-drought-hittite-empire-collapse.html https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/02/230208124227.htm https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/feb/08/ancient-hittite-empire-tree-study-drought
https://www.timesofisrael.com/climate-change-may-explain-mysterious-collapse-of-hittite-empire-study-finds/
https://www.jpost.com/environment-and-climate-change/article-731029 https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/02/08/climate-change-drought-history/
https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/climate-change-may-have-toppled-hittite-empire-study-180769
https://www.rfi.fr/en/science-environment/20230209-climate-change-may-have-toppled-hittite-empire-study
https://www.zmescience.com/science/climate-change-may-be-to-blame-for-the-downfall-of-the-hittite-civilization/
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2358511-a-three-year-drought-may-have-brought-down-the-ancient-hittite-empire/
https://arkeonews.net/drought-accelerated-hittite-empires-collapse/ https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/02/09/rare-drought-coincided-with-hittite-empire-collapse/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/02/study-suggests-that-collapse-of-hittite-empire-was-accelerated-by-drought/146170
cf:
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-05693-y https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-00271-2
An AI bot to work out what's on Babylonian cuneiform tablets:
https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/481677/Linguists-shed-new-light-on-Gilgamesh-epic-using-AI-tool
https://arkeonews.net/new-ai-tool-fragmentarium-brings-ancient-babylonian-texts-together/
Feature on the translation (by Amanda Podany) of a cuneiform tablet in the Louvre:
https://aeon.co/essays/in-the-3700-year-footsteps-of-a-king-a-barber-and-a-slave
A 1600 years bp 'Mesopotamian style' gold bead from the City of David:
https://www.timesofisrael.com/rare-1600-year-old-gold-bead-found-by-teenager-in-jerusalems-city-of-david/
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2023-02-08/ty-article/archaeologists-find-rare-mesopotamian-style-gold-bead-in-jerusalem/00000186-2fea-d2f6-afe6-3fef59d30000
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-730923 https://www.jns.org/everyone-was-very-excited-rare-ancient-gold-bead-uncovered-in-jerusalem/
https://www.algemeiner.com/2023/02/08/1600-year-old-gold-bead-unearthed-in-jerusalem-in-very-very-special-find/
https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/ancient-cultures/ancient-israel/roman-era-gold-bead/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/02/ornately-fashioned-gold-bead-found-in-jerusalem-park/146153
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/02/09/rare-gold-bead-more-than-1600-years-old-discovered-in-city-of-david/
The el-Janab Cave near Nablus has a 6000 year history of being a 'hiding place' apparently:
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2023-02-09/ty-article/cave-where-generations-hid-for-6-000-years-found-in-west-bank/00000186-35ec-d48c-afdf-b7ee6d1f0000
Feature on the history of the Tetragrammaton:
https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/biblical-artifacts/inscriptions/the-history-of-the-tetragrammaton/
Feature on the archaeology of monotheistic religions in the Near East:
https://www.asor.org/anetoday/2023/02/absences-archaeology-history-monotheistic-religions
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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS) ============================================================
Etruscan terracotta votive heads from Kainua in Marzabotto:
https://www.stilearte.it/teste-votive-di-terracotta-emergono-dallarea-sacra-della-citta-etrusca-di-kainua-a-marzabotto/
Finds from various periods, including an 'ancient road' and Roman farmsteads in Devon:
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-devon-64512968 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11731397/Ancient-path-believed-built-Romans-unearthed-2-000-years.html
A Roman parade mask found by an 'amateur archaeologist' in Romania:
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/02/roman-parade-mask-discovered-in-romania/146135
A 2nd century Roman 'helmet handle' found during excavations at Corby:
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-northamptonshire-64508603
A 2nd century or so sanctuary of Mithras from the Villa del Mitra site in Cabra (Spain):
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/1800-year-old-sanctuary-to-mithras-uncovered-by-archaeologists-in-spain-1234656474/
https://arkeonews.net/1800-year-old-sanctuary-to-mithras-discovered-in-spain/ https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/02/sanctuary-dedicated-to-mithras-found-at-the-villa-del-mitra/146138
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11185-230208-spain-villa-del-mitra
A 1600 years bp late Roman burial ground with signs of 'fear of reanimated corpses':
https://www.livescience.com/fear-of-reanimated-corpses-may-explain-mysterious-burials-at-1600-year-old-cemetery
Concerns for an 'undiscovered' Roman villa site in Trowbridge:
https://www.wiltshiretimes.co.uk/news/23308063.roman-site-near-trowbridge-threatened-plan-180-homes/
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/undiscovered-roman-villa-faces-destruction-by-developers-cg7w9mzdw
Latest finds from the dig at Hania on Crete:
https://www.ekathimerini.com/culture/1204402/hanias-ancient-palace-on-kastelli-hill/
Metro construction in Rome revealed a 4th century (maybe) CE gold glass of Roma:
https://www.ansa.it/english/news/2023/02/02/metro-c-works-uncover-rome-woman-symbol-of-city_77141ede-3a21-47ac-8625-f17969dc58b9.html
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/golden-glass-depicting-the-personification-of-rome-found-in-the-subway-1234657020/
https://arkeonews.net/gold-glass-roma-unearthed-in-the-excavations-of-the-rome-subway/
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/66399 http://www.archaeology.org/news/11189-230209-roma-glass-image
The Getty has acquired a portrait bust of Antoninus Pius:
https://www.getty.edu/news/getty-to-acquire-ancient-portrait-bust-of-roman-emperor-antoninus-pius
More on the statue of Decius (probably) as Hercules found during sewer construction in Rome:
https://www.livescience.com/statue-of-slain-roman-emperor-dressed-as-hercules-found-near-sewer-in-rome
https://www.euronews.com/culture/2023/02/06/ancient-statue-of-hercules-discovered-during-sewage-repair-works-in-rome
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/ancient-statue-hercules-discovered-during-154044771.html
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/ancient-marble-statue-of-emperor-dressed-as-hercules-discovered-in-roman-sewer-180981602/
More on the dodecahedron found by a metal detectorist in Belgium:
https://hyperallergic.com/799191/hobbyist-with-metal-detector-discovers-enigmatic-roman-artifact/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/amateur-archaeologist-discovers-mysterious-roman-object-possibly-used-for-magic-180981582/
More on the remains of the Augustan aqueduct at Naples:
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/ancient-roman-aqueduct-found-naples-1234656532/
More on the study of Roman tiles found at a tile factory site in Corby:
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-northamptonshire-64411756 https://www.archaeology.org/news/11179-230206-roman-discarded-tiles
More on the opening of the House of the Vettii:
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/art-pompeii-house-of-the-vettii
AI is being used to 'decipher' a book about Alexander the Great among the carbonized papyri from Herculaneum:
https://www.livescience.com/ai-is-deciphering-a-2000-year-old-lost-book-describing-life-after-alexander-the-great
A study finds similarities between Book of Revelation descriptions and ancient curse tablets:
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/979086 https://arkeonews.net/researchers-found-similar-descriptions-in-the-book-of-revelation-and-ancient-curse-tablets/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/02/book-of-revelation-has-terminology-similar-to-ancient-curse-tablets/146163
Feature on the Royal Tombs of Vegina:
https://www.ekathimerini.com/culture/1203939/diving-into-the-world-of-the-dead/
Houses in Pompeii are being equipped with solar panels that look like Roman terracotta tiles:
https://www.cnn.com/style/article/pompeii-dyaqua-solar-panels-tan/index.html https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/02/06/ancient-pompeii-site-installs-invisible-solar-panels-that-look-like-roman-terracotta-tiles
Plans to excavate a Roman mosaic in Colchester:
https://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/23310318.red-lion-yard-roman-mosaic-to-unveiled-colchester/
Plans to 'stabilize' the Cave of San Biagio at Stabiae for touristy purposes:
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/66391
Questioning the restoration of the Tralleis arch:
https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/visitors-surprised-by-archs-restoration-in-tralleis-180633
Joel Christensen gave ChatGPT a homeric task:
https://neoskosmos.com/en/2023/02/07/life/do-chatbots-dream-of-electric-22heroes/
Review of Shadi Bartsch, *Plato Goes to China*:
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/china-and-the-noble-lie
Review of Lee Fratantuono, *The Battle of Actium*:
https://www.strategypage.com/bookreviews/2409
Feature on Hellenistic sculpture:
https://www.artandobject.com/news/hellenistic-sculpture-realist-art-ancient-greece
Feature on Schliemann in Turkiye:
https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/portrait/famous-travelers-to-turkiye-heinrich-schliemann-iliad-inspired-archaeologist
Feature on ancient Epidaurus:
https://greekcitytimes.com/2023/02/04/ancient-underwater-city-epidaurus/
Feature on Chicester's Roman walls:
https://www.sussexexpress.co.uk/news/people/chichesters-roman-walls-a-brief-history-4022906
Feature on remains of a Roman bathhouse in Glasgow:
https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/scotland-now/scottish-city-home-remains-ancient-29167641
Feature on how Alexander the Great became Iskandar Zulkarnain:
https://scroll.in/article/1043072/how-alexander-the-great-became-iskandar-zulkarnain-the-legendary-ancestor-of-malay-kings
Feature on Pompey's Pillar in Alexandria:
https://www.telegraphindia.com/my-kolkata/places/pompeys-pillar-in-alexandria-a-majestic-monument-in-the-egyptian-city-founded-by-alexander-the-great/cid/1914286
Feature on the moving and restoration of a mosaic from Dion a few decades ago:
https://www.openculture.com/2023/02/watch-conservationists-moving-restoring-an-exquisite-ancient-greek-mosaic.html
Feature on Romans 'stealing' other peoples' divinities:
https://www.scienceabc.com/social-science/why-did-the-romans-steal-other-peoples-gods.html
Feature on Greek influence on Tolkien:
https://neoskosmos.com/en/2023/02/11/dialogue/opinion/diatribe-tolkien-and-the-greeks/
Fishbourne Roman Palace was cleaning things up:
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/environment/west-sussex-chichester-andrew-matthews-b1059497.html
https://www.thenational.scot/news/national/23314040.fishbourne-roman-palace-starts-brush-up-2-000-year-old-mosaics/
In case you were wondering why Sisyphus was trending on Twitter this week:
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/why-everyone-twitter-talking-ancient-160342997.html
The Greek PM and George Osborne apparently had 'secret meetings' about the Parthenon Marbles:
https://www.thenationalherald.com/report-says-mitsotakis-secretly-discussed-loan-of-parthenon-marbles/
https://www.ekathimerini.com/culture/1204434/ft-report-details-secret-meetings-between-mitsotakis-british-museum-chair-over-parthenon-marbles/
https://www.ft.com/content/aad9827f-a552-49d4-a462-06425b9f86e3 https://greekreporter.com/2023/02/10/secret-meetings-parthenon-marbles/
Feature on the law which apparently is in the way of repatriation of the sculptures:
https://observer.com/2023/02/the-uk-has-a-60-year-old-law-prohibiting-repatriation-of-art-is-that-about-to-change/
... and Greece's 'allies' in the pursuit:
https://www.ekathimerini.com/culture/1204146/greeces-allies-in-fight-for-parthenon-marbles/
... and assorted OpEds on the subject:
https://greekcitytimes.com/2023/02/10/michel-nobodys-learning-anything-meaningful-from-british-museums-parthenon-marbles-display-2/
https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2023/10-february/comment/columnists/paul-vallely-there-are-no-self-evident-truths-in-elgin-marbles-debate
... and another feature on the 'backstory' of how the sculptures ended up in the British Museum:
https://kottke.org/23/02/how-the-parthenon-marbles-ended-up-in-the-british-museum
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https://pastsimperfect.substack.com/p/pasts-imperfect-2923
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http://rogueclassicism.com/ ============================================================
EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland) ============================================================
A 3000 years bp burial from Romania:
https://www.romania-insider.com/3000-year-old-human-skeleton-found-romania-2023 http://www.archaeology.org/news/11191-230210-romania-bronze-age
LiDAR revealed a 5th century fortress at the Castro Valente site in Spain:
https://www.livescience.com/lasers-reveal-ruins-of-5th-century-fortress-in-spanish-forest
Remains of a medieval street pavement in Estonia:
https://news.err.ee/1608880634/medieval-tallinn-street-pavement-unearthed-in-kalamaja-neighborhood
Remains of a 14th century synagogue from a building later converted to a church (and later a disco) in Utrera (Spain):
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/feb/07/spain-former-bar-in-utrera-andalucia-confirmed-as-lost-medieval-synagogue
https://www.timesofisrael.com/archaeologists-uncover-rare-remains-of-14th-century-spanish-synagogue/
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-731153 https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2023-02-09/ty-article-magazine/remains-of-medieval-pre-expulsion-synagogue-found-in-spain/00000186-31b5-dd52-ada6-fdff9e710000
https://apnews.com/article/spain-religion-0eb587461b0255c085ac112a90e1e4fc https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/archaeologists-uncover-rare-14th-century-spanish-synagogue-96947685
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/66433 https://arkeonews.net/a-former-spanish-disco-pub-confirmed-as-lost-medieval-synagogue/
A 'treasure trove' of spices from the wreck of a 15th century ship found back in the 1960s:
https://phys.org/news/2023-02-trove-spices-world-sunken-fifteenth-century.html https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-731250 https://www.newsweek.com/shipwreck-500-year-old-floating-castle-gribshunden-found-thrilling-haul-1780019
A 500 years bp burial of a possible 'anchoress' in the foundations of a medieval York church:
https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/news/mysterious-skeleton-revealed-be-unusual-lady-anchoress-york-barbican
https://phys.org/news/2023-02-mysterious-skeleton-revealed-unusual-lady.html https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/23307234.york-nun-lady-isabel-german-spent-life-shut-single-room/
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-64571638 https://uk.news.yahoo.com/discovered-skeleton-syphilitic-york-nun-050000759.html
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11190-230210-anchoress-skeletal-remains
cf:
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0281010
Excavations of a 400 years bp palace destroyed by the Nazis in Poland have revealed plenty of artifacts in the sewage system:
https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/nation-world/world/article272219173.html
More on that 2500 years bp bronze hoard found by metal detectorists in Poland:
https://scienceinpoland.pap.pl/en/news/news%2C95140%2Cplace-sacrifice-2500-years-ago-years-found-near-chelmno.html
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11182-230207-poland-bronze-sacrifice
More on Vikings travelling with their horses/dogs:
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/02/230201195426.htm https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-64431142 https://www.archaeology.org/news/11178-230206-vikings-dogs-horses
More on the metal detectorist find of a pendant with connections to Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon:
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2023/jan/31/metal-detectorist-tudor-gold-pendant-henry-viii-katherine-of-aragon-warwickshire
https://historicengland.org.uk/whats-new/news/tudor-jewel-discovered/ https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/pendant-henry-viii-catherine-of-aragon-found-england-metal-detector-1234656505/
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/metal-detectorist-tudor-pendant-henry-viii-2251891
https://hypebeast.com/2023/2/metal-detectorist-discovers-pendant-henry-viii-katherine-of-aragon
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11173-230203-tudor-gold-heart
More on all the prehistoric burial mounds identified across the Netherlands:
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/citizen-scientists-netherlands-find-burial-mounds-lidar-2253367
In case you missed the 17th century French aristocratic woman's gold-strengthened teeth:
https://www.livescience.com/17th-century-frenchwomans-innovative-gold-dental-work-was-likely-torturous-to-her-teeth
Plans for a dig at an Iron Age mound at Skipsea Castle in Yorkshire:
https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/heritage-and-retro/heritage/archaeologists-prepare-for-new-dig-to-probe-iron-age-origins-of-mound-under-skipsea-castle-in-yorkshire-4017977
Hever Castle is putting some prayer books belonging to Catherine of Aragon and Anne Boleyn on display:
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-kent-64569913
Protection for a 19th century shipwreck of 'crockery' off the coast of Kent:
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2023/feb/09/wreck-of-ship-carrying-rare-ordinary-crockery-wins-protection-off-kent-coast
A project to restore the Florence Baptistery's dome mosaics:
https://apnews.com/article/italy-florence-entertainment-f7f3760db6a81462876eef2fa9f209f0
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/66416
Feature on hunter-gatherers' activities around Stonehenge:
https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/how-hunter-gatherers-used-the-land-around-stonehenge
Feature on 'ancient' remains found beneath a Chichester pub a few years ago:
https://www.sussexexpress.co.uk/news/people/mystery-surrounds-ancient-discovery-beneath-the-floor-of-a-chichester-pub-4016487
Rethinking what we know about the Plague:
https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-plague-didnt-start-when-and-how-you-probably-think-it-did
Rethinking the cause of death of an 18th century Swiss woman (related to Boris Johnson, apparently):
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2023-02-07/ty-article/what-killed-the-mummified-swiss-woman-maybe-something-weve-never-seen-before/00000186-2c41-df2e-a59f-ee5b7b280000
Plans to reconstruct the Newport medieval shipwreck:
https://theconversation.com/newport-ship-after-20-years-work-experts-are-ready-to-reassemble-medieval-vessel-found-in-the-mud-198198
https://phys.org/news/2023-02-newport-ship-years-experts-ready.html
Funding to preserve the ruins of Lady Jane Grey's home:
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leicestershire-64572986
Germany is declining to excavate some WWI soldiers' remains from a collapsed tunnel:
https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/11/europe/germany-winterberg-tunnel-wwi-soldiers-intl-scli/index.html
Digging for Britain will be talking about the bishop's monkeys at Auckland Castle:
https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/23312556.auckland-castle-item-rings-bell-bishops-monkey/
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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 ============================================================
21 Western Han Dynasty burials of possible royal subordinates from Changsha:
https://ukranews.com/en/news/912001-archaeologists-unearth-possible-subordinate-tombs-of-royal-mausoleum-in-central-china
The scale of the 1600 years bp metal working site in Zhujiaping has been revealed:
https://www.kansascity.com/news/nation-world/world/article272370378.html https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article272370378.html
More on that large 4th century sword from Nara:
https://www.livescience.com/7-foot-long-sword-from-4th-century-japan-may-have-protected-deceased-from-evil-spirits
https://www.zmescience.com/science/archaeologists-discover-a-massive-sword-that-protected-against-evil/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/massive-sword-and-mirror-unearthed-from-1600-year-old-burial-mound-in-japan-180981588/
Restoration work on Angkor Thom's Takav gate is complete:
http://t.m.china.org.cn/convert/c_pe6GsQ9S.html
Palaeolithic carvings/petroglyphs from Aravalis:
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/gurgaon/stone-age-carvings-found-in-aravalis-in-gurgaon/articleshow/97628269.cms
'Prehistoric' petroglyphs from a site in Telangana:
https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/telangana/2023/feb/12/prehistoric-rock-paintings-found-in-telanganas-yadadri-district-2546693.html
Analysis of finds from Keeladi pushes the Sangam age back to 800 BCE:
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/asis-keeladi-report-pushes-sangam-age-further-back-to-800-bce/article66486407.ece
Possible Gupta-era relievs from a hill site in Bhagalpur:
https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/patna-news/archaeologists-find-gupta-age-carvings-on-hillock-in-bhagalpur-101676133512957.html
A 2200 years bp Tamil Brahmi inscription from Madurai:
https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Madurai/over-2000-year-old-inscription-found-in-tirupparankundram/article66486815.ece
https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2023/feb/09/centuries-old-tamil-brahmi-inscription-found-in-madurai-2545741.html
A 14th/15th century find of a Nagabrahma statuefrom Udupi:
https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/in-other-news/080223/rare-sculpture-of-nagabrahma-found-in-udupi-district.html
Feature on the current controversy associated with the Ramcharitmanas epic:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-64556116
Study suggests a rise in sea levels 26 000-6000 years bp drove human migration in Southeast Asia:
https://phys.org/news/2023-02-prehistoric-human-migration-southeast-asia.html https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/02/230206104123.htm https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/02/10/sea-level-rise-drove-prehistoric-human-migration-in-sea/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11186-230208-sundaland-flooding-migration ============================================================
NORTH AMERICA
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Study of the impact of climate change on early migration to the Americas:
https://phys.org/news/2023-02-early-human-migration-americas-linked.html https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/02/230206193957.htm
cf:
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2208738120
An unexploded Civil War artillery shell find from Gettysburg:
https://thehill.com/homenews/3851040-unexploded-civil-war-era-device-found-in-gettysburg-national-military-park/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2023/02/09/artillery-gettysburg-unexploded-battlefield/
https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/09/us/civil-war-shell-gettysburg-pennsylvania/index.html
A 19th century wreck of the Nucleus in Lake Superior:
https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/researchers-find-19th-century-shipwreck-lake-superior/story?id=97004710
cf:
https://www.shipwreckmuseum.com/shipwreck-society-discovers-a-bad-luck-barquentine-in-the-shipwreck-coast-of-lake-superior/
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