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explorator 25.45 February 26, 2023
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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, Robin Derricourt,
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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Evidence of use of bows and arrows by modern humans in France some 54 000 years bp:
https://phys.org/news/2023-02-bow-and-arrow-technology-modern-humans-europe.html
https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/1255/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/1255/pub/1255/page/39/article/NaN
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2023-02-22/ty-article/modern-humans-with-bows-and-arrows-invaded-france-54-000-years-ago/00000186-790b-dc22-afe7-797f234f0000
https://edition.cnn.com/2023/02/23/world/france-cave-earliest-bow-arrow-use-outside-africa-scn
https://www.sciencealert.com/bows-were-being-used-in-europe-40000-years-earlier-than-we-thought
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archery-may-have-arrived-in-europe-thousands-of-years-earlier-than-thought-180981690/
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/02/23/bow-and-arrow-technology-of-the-first-modern-humans-in-europe/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11252-230224-france-bows-arrows
cf:
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.add4675 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-00526-y
Feature on Palaeolithic children:
https://aeon.co/essays/what-was-it-like-to-grow-up-in-the-last-ice-age https://boingboing.net/2023/02/20/what-was-it-like-being-a-child-during-the-last-ice-age.html
Feature on adaptability among Neanderthal groups in various places:
https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/02/neanderthals-spread-diverse-cultures-across-eurasia-before-we-came-along/
More on Neanderthals eating seafood:
https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/did-neanderthals-eat-seafood-neanderthals-cooked-and-ate-crab-off-the-coast
More on Paranthropus and the Oldowan toolkit:
https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/researchers-unearth-3-million-year-old-tools
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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT ============================================================
A group of 22 Persian, Roman, and Coptic tombs from Minya:
https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/41/489649/Antiquities/GrecoRoman/In-Photos--Persian,-Roman-and-Coptic-tombs-discove.aspx
https://www.egyptindependent.com/around-22-tombs-dating-back-to-different-eras-discovered-in-upper-egypt/
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article272595872.html https://greekreporter.com/2023/02/26/group-persian-roman-coptic-tombs-discovered-egypt/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/02/coptic-era-tombs-uncovered-in-upper-egypts-minya/146289
That 16-metre scroll of the Book of the Dead has gone on display:
https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContentP/9/488450/Antiquities/In-Photos-Waziri-I-Papyrus-on-display-for-first-ti.aspx
https://www.livescience.com/see-photos-of-stunningly-preserved-52-foot-long-book-of-the-dead-papyrus-from-ancient-egypt
https://apnews.com/article/politics-middle-east-egypt-cairo-de982a0960d26b90025b83cef9b50914
https://www.thenationalnews.com/mena/2023/02/21/second-longest-ancient-scroll-unveiled-in-special-ceremony-at-egyptian-museum/
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/egypt-ap-cairo-tahrir-square-b2286076.html https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-11789521/See-preserved-52-foot-long-Book-Dead-papyrus-laid-ancient-Egyptian-tomb.html
https://www.thenationalnews.com/mena/2023/02/21/second-longest-ancient-scroll-unveiled-in-special-ceremony-at-egyptian-museum/
https://www.seattlepi.com/news/world/article/egypt-unveils-renovated-wing-of-oldest-museum-17795268.php
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/66560
Zahi Hawass was speaking on recent finds at Saqqara:
https://www.arabnews.com/node/2254981/art-culture
Feature on Mostafa Waziri:
https://egyptian-gazette.com/egypt/meet-the-guardian-of-egyptian-antiquities/
The sun illuminated the face of Ramses II at Aswan last week:
https://egyptindependent.com/sun-illuminates-face-of-ramses-ii-in-aswan/
A possible 2000 years bp burial from Gilan (Iran):
https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/482161/Newly-discovered-ancient-grave-may-allow-archaeologists-to-retrace
Plans for an underwater survey of the Persian Gulf:
https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/482202/Archaeologists-to-commence-underwater-survey-in-Persian-Gulf
More on the 4500 years bp Sumerian palace site at Girsu:
https://www.livescience.com/4500-year-old-sumerian-temple-dedicated-to-mighty-thunder-god-discovered-in-iraq
https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/482084/Archaeologists-hail-find-of-Sumerian-palace-in-southern-Iraq
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/feb/17/discovery-of-4500-year-old-palace-in-iraq-may-hold-key-to-ancient-civilisation
https://greekreporter.com/2023/02/21/4500-year-old-sumerian-palace-discovered-iraq-desert/
https://www.iraqinews.com/iraq/4500-year-old-sumerian-temple-discovered-in-iraq/
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-732247 https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/archaeologists-discover-remains-4500-year-old-lost-palace-iraq-1234658416/
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/02/20/lost-royal-sumerian-palace-and-temple-discovered-in-ancient-city-of-girsu/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11243-230217-girsu-palace-temple
More on the 5000 years bp 'tavern' site at Lagash:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2023/02/21/worlds-oldest-tavern-lagash-iraq/
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/iraqi-sumerian-tavern-beer-recipe-2258061
Overview of a survey of the area between Al Hai and Rasan Naqab (Jordan):
https://jordantimes.com/news/local/swiss-archaeologist-examines-settlement-continuity-petra
A 3700 years bp Phoenician seal impression from Nahariya:
http://www.china.org.cn/arts/2023-02/21/content_85117762.htm
Late Bronze Age evidence of angular notched trephination ('brain surgery') from a burial at Megiddo:
https://phys.org/news/2023-02-archaeologists-uncover-early-evidence-brain.html https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/02/230222141115.htm https://www.livescience.com/3400-years-ago-brain-surgery-left-man-with-square-hole-in-his-skull-ancient-bones-suggest
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/europe-experts-asia-b2287440.html https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-732389 https://www.timesofisrael.com/earliest-brain-surgery-in-the-middle-east-uncovered-at-megiddo/
https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/22/world/bronze-age-brain-surgery-scn/index.html https://wamu.org/story/23/02/22/clues-to-bronze-age-cranial-surgery-revealed-in-ancient-bones/
https://www.newsweek.com/grave-elite-bronze-age-brothers-mystery-disease-discovered-1782580
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/02/22/1158721573/clues-to-bronze-age-cranial-surgery-revealed-in-ancient-bones
https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2023-02-23/evidence-brain-surgery-brothers-meggido-bronze-era-israel/101989790
https://www.sciencealert.com/evidence-of-one-of-the-earliest-brain-surgeries-has-been-uncovered-in-israel
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/02/evidence-of-bronze-age-cranial-surgery-found-at-ancient-megiddo/146270
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/02/23/early-evidence-of-brain-surgery-in-ancient-near-east/
cf:
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0281020
A family out hiking near Modin came across a 1400 years bp clay figure (the end of a candle holder):
https://www.timesofisrael.com/family-comes-face-to-face-with-1400-year-old-decorative-clay-figure/
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-732257
Some Roman-era burials were vandalized at Tel Kedesh:
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-732658
More coverage of that inscribed Canaanite ivory comb found a while ago:
https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p0f3svrh/decoding-oldest-known-sentence-written-in-first-alphabet
Feature on the rush to preserve the Pilgrimage Road site in Jerusalem mentioned a few weeks ago:
https://www.detroitcatholic.com/news/discovery-of-pilgrimage-road-reveals-archaeologists-race-against-time-in-jerusalem
Feature on medieval Holy Land souvenirs:
https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/biblical-sites-places/holy-land-souvenirs/
Three pre-Islamic gold rings and a Musnad inscription found during excavations at Al-Ukhdud:
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/a-rare-inscription-in-an-ancient-arabian-script-was-uncovered-by-archaeologists-in-saudi-arabia-1234658685/
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article272575157.html
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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS) ============================================================
A 3rd century BC burial of a woman on Sardinia with a 'nail hole' in her skull:
https://www.livescience.com/3rd-century-bc-woman-was-buried-facedown-with-a-nail-hole-in-her-skull-heres-why
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/ancient-european-woman-mysterious-burial-b2287158.html
https://www.sciencealert.com/a-nail-hole-in-this-roman-skull-may-have-been-an-outdated-public-health-measure
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11249-230222-sardinia-punic-burial
cf:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2352409X23000214
Brief item on the find of a 2000 years bp stove (kiln?) from Genoa:
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article272573667.html https://www.sacbee.com/news/nation-world/world/article272573667.html
Evidence of 'wooden defenses' (wooden spikes) from a Roman fort site near a silver mine in Germany:
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/archaeologists-discover-ancient-roman-fort-wooden-spikes-germany-bad-ems-1234658682/
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/archaeologists-failed-ancient-roman-silver-mining-operation-2259563
https://arkeonews.net/archaeologists-have-found-a-fort-that-the-romans-built-to-protect-their-silver-mines-complete-with-wooden-spikes/
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/66552 https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/02/roman-military-camps-and-evidence-of-silver-mining-found-in-the-bad-ems-area/146263
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11253-230224-germany-roman-wood
... with more emphasis on the silver mining:
https://phys.org/news/2023-02-hidden-romans-tons-silver-shores.html https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/02/230221132146.htm https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/980406 https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/02/22/hidden-from-the-romans-200-tons-of-silver-on-the-shores-of-the-river-lahn/
A (late?) Roman era necropolis revealed in Friuli (Italian):
https://www.stilearte.it/necropoli-romana-emerge-durante-lavori-in-friuli-la-localita-esatta-tenuta-segreta-per-timore-di-furti/
An item identified as a 'darning tool' found years ago at Vindolanda is now being identified as an ancient sex toy:
https://www.livescience.com/smooth-wooden-phallus-found-at-a-roman-fort-was-likely-a-sex-toy
https://phys.org/news/2023-02-discarded-roman-artifact-good-luck.html https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/feb/20/its-not-a-darning-tool-its-a-very-naughty-toy-roman-dildo-found
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/roman-dildo-found-northumberland-newcastle-b2285673.html
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-tyne-64678612 https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/ancient-roman-dildo-1.6755242 https://edition.cnn.com/2023/02/20/world/roman-wooden-phallus-sex-object-intl-scli-scn
https://www.macon.com/news/nation-world/world/article272555225.html https://english.elpais.com/international/2023-02-22/hadrians-wall-treasure-trove-reveals-first-known-sex-toy-from-roman-world.html
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/02/20/oldest-roman-sex-toy-found-hadrians-wall/
https://www.thedailybeast.com/ancient-artifact-might-actually-be-only-known-roman-dildo-experts-say
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/ake5d8/ancient-roman-phallus-vindolanda https://hyperallergic.com/802678/could-this-be-the-first-known-ancient-roman-dildo/
https://www.euronews.com/culture/2023/02/21/wood-you-believe-it-2000-year-old-sex-toy-found-at-vindolanda-roman-fort-in-northumberland
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-732206 https://www.zmescience.com/science/this-roman-lucky-charm-may-actually-be-an-ancient-dildo/
https://www.sciencealert.com/this-wooden-phallus-might-be-a-rare-2000-year-old-dildo
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/first-known-roman-sex-toy-dildo-phallic-object-england-1234658422/
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/66535 https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/02/disembodied-wooden-phallus-could-be-a-roman-sex-toy/146246
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/02/21/discarded-roman-artefact-may-have-been-more-than-a-good-luck-charm/
... and who might have made it:
https://theconversation.com/roman-dildo-could-have-been-made-by-shoemakers-an-expert-in-ancient-prosthetics-explains-200387
... and a related item on the long history of such devices:
https://theconversation.com/the-long-and-satisfying-28-000-year-history-of-the-dildo-200278
https://phys.org/news/2023-02-year-history-dildo.html https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/love-sex/sex-toys-history-romans-dildo-b2288055.html
Overview of a couple of decades of digging at the Fanum Martis site in France:
https://www.inrap.fr/les-dernieres-etudes-des-vestiges-du-quartier-occidental-de-fanum-martis-nord-17088
Overview of recent finds from Salona:
https://www.total-croatia-news.com/news/66598-ancient-salona
Evidence that the Hala Sultan Tekke region (Cyprus) was larger in antiquity than previously thought:
https://cyprus-mail.com/2023/02/24/hala-sultan-tekke-area-was-larger-in-antiquity-than-once-thought/
More on the Roman 'hall' from the villa excavations at Posillipo:
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-732115 https://www.republicworld.com/world-news/europe/archaeologists-in-italy-unearth-2000-year-old-hall-where-emperor-and-knights-used-to-party-articleshow.html
More on 'self-healing' Roman concrete:
https://hyperallergic.com/802267/roman-concrete-had-self-healing-properties-study-finds/
A guy in the UK found an ancient Greek coin in his garden (hmmm):
https://www.northantslive.news/news/northamptonshire-news/lucky-northamptonshire-gardener-raking-after-8173045
https://www.northantstelegraph.co.uk/news/people/lucky-gardener-found-ancient-greek-coin-while-weeding-in-wellingborough-4040645
https://greekreporter.com/2023/02/18/man-finds-ancient-greek-coin-garden/
A trio of Classics folks chatting about the Iliad:
https://www.ctpublic.org/show/the-colin-mcenroe-show/2023-02-21/anger-politics-death-revisiting-the-iliad-through-a-modern-lens
Catherine Baker was talking about assorted items from Pompeii:
https://dailycollegian.com/2023/02/dr-catherine-baker-discusses-artifacts-from-pompeii-excavation-project/
Daisy Dunn on Augustus' marriage laws:
https://spearswms.com/baby-boom-rewards-have-an-ancient-history-of-failure/
Review of Carlo Rovelli, *Anaximander*:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/books/what-to-read/anaximander-carlo-rovelli-review-meet-forgotten-father-science/
A pair of Muse sculptures are back with the Diana and Actaeon group at Caserta (Italian):
https://www.stilearte.it/due-splendide-muse-scolpite-in-epoca-romana-tornano-alla-reggia-di-caserta-dopo-90-anni-di-assenza/
Feature on what mythological narratives reveal about Mycenean trade:
https://www.asor.org/anetoday/2023/02/mythological-narratives-mycenaean-trade
Feature on Hercules and Japan:
https://www.patheos.com/blogs/thereligioushistorynerd/2023/02/how-hercules-reached-japan/
Feature on Hindu/Greek religious syncretism:
https://theprint.in/opinion/shiva-skanda-how-hindu-gods-absorbed-iranian-greek-ideas/1391759/
Feature on reassembling broken frescoes from Pompeii using AI/robotics:
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2023-02-23/ty-article-magazine/israeli-robot-helps-uncover-pompeiis-beauty/00000186-7998-d38d-ada7-79dbf3070000
Feature on recreating a lost drama of Aeschylus:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/theatre/what-to-see/how-david-greig-staging-aeschyluss-greek-tragedy-egyptians-when/
Feature on Hadrian's visits to Turkiye:
https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/famous-travelers-to-turkiye-hadrian-emperor-with-wanderlust/news
Feature on Indo-Roman relations:
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/02/evidence-of-indo-roman-relations/146284
Feature on three queens of ancient Caria:
https://www.thecollector.com/caria-queens/
Feature on three ancient Greek women philosophers:
https://www.thecollector.com/three-ancient-greek-female-philosophers-to-know/
Feature on Cleopatra:
https://www.thecollector.com/cleopatra-ancient-egypt-ruler/
Feature on Trajan's column:
https://www.thecollector.com/what-is-the-story-behind-trajans-column/
Feature on the status of Vestal Virigins:
https://retrospectjournal.com/2023/02/19/the-unique-status-of-vestal-virgins-in-roman-society/
Feature on Arrian:
https://greekreporter.com/2023/02/24/arrian-biographer-alexander-the-great/
Feature on Alexander's dog:
https://scroll.in/article/1043785/not-just-alexander-the-great-there-are-myths-around-his-pet-dog-too
Feature on Alexander in Zoroastrian literature:
https://scroll.in/article/1043934/why-alexander-the-great-was-treated-with-hostility-in-zoroastrian-literature
Feature on the ancient Greeks of the Tamil Nadu region:
https://greekreporter.com/2023/02/19/ancient-greeks-tamil-nadu-india/
There's word of an Odyssey movie in the works:
https://greekreporter.com/2023/02/21/movie-homer-odyssey-filmed-greece/ https://greekherald.com.au/lifestyle/entertainment/new-movie-on-homers-odyssey-to-be-filmed-in-greece/
Nothing really new in the Parthenon Sculptures saga this week ... general pieces about the negotiations:
https://www.thenationalherald.com/return-reunification-loan-parthenon-marbles-wheeling-and-dealing/
Latest Pasts Imperfect:
https://pastsimperfect.substack.com/p/pasts-imperfect-22323
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http://romanarc.blogspot.com/
Rogueclassicism:
http://rogueclassicism.com/ ============================================================
EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland) ============================================================
A mesolithic site from the Vale of Pickering:
https://the-past.com/news/mesolithic-site-found-in-the-vale-of-pickering/
Evidence that humans living on the Mediterranean coast 9500 years bp may have had a heavier fish diet than previously thought:
https://www.york.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/2023/research/mediterranean-hunter-gatherers-marine-resources/
https://phys.org/news/2023-02-mediterranean-hunter-gatherers-marine-resources-previously.html
Remains of a 6000 years bp settlement associated with 'megalithic builders' from France:
https://phys.org/news/2023-02-archaeologists-homes-europe-monument-makers.html https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2023-02-21/ty-article/archaeologists-find-homes-of-europes-first-monument-builders-and-theyre-fortified/00000186-6dc6-dc51-a197-7fce6ec20000
https://arkeonews.net/6000-year-old-settlement-was-home-to-europes-first-megalithic-monument-makers/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/02/6000-year-old-settlement-of-europes-prehistoric-megalithic-builders/146255
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11251-230222-france-prehistoric-megaliths
3500 years bp arrowheads made of mussel shells from Norwegian glaciers:
https://sciencenorway.no/archaeology-bronze-age-glaciers/archaeologists-surprised-when-3500-year-old-arrowheads-made-of-shells-melted-out-of-the-ice-in-the-norwegian-mountains/2157675
A 3000 years bp toddler's shoe from Kent:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11787153/Bronze-Age-childs-shoe-suggests-problem-toddlers-dropping-things-stretches-3-000-years.html
https://theisleofthanetnews.com/2023/02/21/birchington-archaeologist-discovers-3000-year-old-bronze-age-toddlers-shoe-possibly-oldest-found-in-country-and-smallest-unearthed-in-world/
https://arkeonews.net/3000-year-old-leather-shoe-discovered-on-a-beach-in-kent-uk/
Six Iron Age burials found beneath a Highlands kitchen:
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-64756840 https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/highlands-islands/5435818/story-of-six-mystery-skeletons-found-under-applecross-home/
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/66586
6th-8th century CE evidence of trepanation on a woman's skull from Italy:
https://phys.org/news/2023-02-volunteering-cranial-surgery-medieval-italy.html
A study of plague in Denmark 1000-1800 CE:
https://phys.org/news/2023-02-deadly-document-evolution-plague-hundreds.html
A study of the height of people in Milan over 2000 years:
https://phys.org/news/2023-02-human-height-unchanged-years-milan.html
Vikings apparently left rune graffiti on the Great Lion in Venice:
https://sciencenorway.no/archaeology-history-runes/vikings-tagged-the-great-lion-in-venice-with-runes/2157444
A 13th century coin and jewellery hoard found by a metal detectorist in Germany:
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article272583291.html http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/66527
Construction of the Moscow-Kazan highway revealed a medieval burial ground featuring an embroidered deisis depicting Jesus and John the Baptist:
https://arkeonews.net/in-medieval-burial-ground-a-rare-embroidered-deisis-depicting-jesus-christ-was-discovered/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/02/rare-embroidered-deisis-depicting-jesus-christ-found-in-medieval-burial-ground/146293
A 300 years bp mikveh find at Auschwitz:
https://www.jpost.com/judaism/article-732128
A fire in a 17th century Catholic church in Wissen:
https://www.ak-kurier.de/akkurier/www/artikel/126844-brand-in-der-katholischen-kirche-wissen--verdaechtiger-ist-auf-freiem-fuss
More on the Iron Age axle find from Suffolk:
https://the-past.com/news/iron-age-axle-revealed-in-suffolk/
More on the 'resilience' of Kent monks in the wake of attacks by Vikings:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-11769411/Pillaging-Vikings-didnt-wipe-Englands-Anglo-Saxon-monks-all.html
More on the All Saints Anchoress:
https://aleteia.org/2023/02/22/archaeologists-identify-the-remains-of-a-medieval-anchoress/
More on Vikings travelling with their animals:
https://the-past.com/news/first-evidence-that-vikings-travelled-with-animals-across-the-north-sea/
More on the Tudor jewellery find by a metal detectorist last month:
https://www.npr.org/2023/02/21/1158580513/metal-detectorist-discovers-exquisite-tudor-necklace-linked-to-king-henry-viii
More on the medieval ship buried under a Wirral pub parking lot:
https://www.medievalists.net/2023/02/there-is-a-medieval-ship-under-this-building/
More on the medieval synagogue that became a hospital/church/bar:
https://www.livescience.com/medieval-synagogue-that-predates-the-inquisition-found-hidden-under-spanish-nightclub
Some new underwater footage of the wreck of the Gloucester:
https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-england-norfolk-64758552
... and more on its remains going on display:
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/feb/25/remains-of-17th-century-shipwreck-go-on-display-in-norfolk
All the burials they're finding at Leicester Cathedral are slowing down restoration efforts:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-64723462
The Museum of Somerset acquired a medieval brooch found by a metal detectorist a couple years ago:
https://www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk/news/23339149.medieval-brooch-acquired-museum-somerset/
The Lavatory de la Madeleine has been restored:
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/66576
Feature on Milan's Duomo and the constant need for restoration:
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/19/world/europe/milan-italy-duomo-cathedral.html
Feature on artifacts found during Amsterdam's metro construction:
https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/25/world/amsterdam-train-tunnel-science-newsletter-wt-scn/index.html
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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 ============================================================
Evidence of 5000 years bp flood control/irrigation from a site in Hubei:
http://www.china.org.cn/arts/2023-02/23/content_85124173.htm http://en.people.cn/n3/2023/0223/c90000-10212010.html
3000 years bp bone skates froma site in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region:
http://www.china.org.cn/china/2023-02/26/content_85128698.htm?f=pad&a=true
The latest major site uncovered in China is the Dahuzui site, dating to the Western Zhou Dynasty era:
https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202302/1285945.shtml
A large Liao Dynasty building foundation find from Inner Mongolia:
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202302/21/WS63f47df7a31057c47ebb000b.html http://www.china.org.cn/arts/2023-02/22/content_85121500.htm http://en.people.cn/n3/2023/0221/c90000-10210923.html
Tang tri-coloured pottery from a 1300 years bp burial in Jinan:
http://www.china.org.cn/china/Off_the_Wire/2023-02/24/content_85127317.htm
More on the 2400 years bp flush toilet find from Shaanxi:
https://english.news.cn/20230219/87ea452c215e46bb841986a79a53b0d8/c.html https://www.livescience.com/2,400-year-old-flush-toilet-unearthed-in-China-could-be-one-of-the-worlds-oldest
https://www.cnn.com/style/article/china-oldest-toilet-remains-discovered-intl-hnk/index.html
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-732404 https://www.yahoo.com/news/archeologists-china-burst-laughter-unearthing-132857193.html
https://www.sciencealert.com/2200-year-old-flush-toilet-found-in-china-likely-one-of-the-oldest-ever-discovered
China is building a National Base of Underwater Archaeology:
https://english.news.cn/20230221/ac04d26922df4cfa92e20c465a3285f5/c.html http://www.china.org.cn/china/Off_the_Wire/2023-02/21/content_85119970.htm
Feature on William Honeychurch's work in Mongolia:
https://news.yale.edu/2023/02/21/mobile-culture-yale-archaeologist-sifts-through-mongolias-ancient-past
Feature on life at a 1500 years bp fortress on the Great Wall:
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article272585959.html
China was highlighting six finds from 2022:
https://english.news.cn/20230222/564dc89e1a1447c98e23db32da7ae738/c.html http://www.china.org.cn/arts/2023-02/23/content_85123754.htm http://en.people.cn/n3/2023/0222/c90000-10211486.html
Using lake sediments to study changes to Tibetan religious activities during the past millennium:
https://phys.org/news/2023-02-tibetan-religious-millennium-revealed-lake.html
More on 3000 years bp milk residue from Tibet:
http://www.china.org.cn/arts/2023-02/20/content_85115012.htm?f=pad&a=true
A 2000 years bp deer-antler-stringed-instrument find from a site in Viet Nam:
https://phys.org/news/2023-02-year-old-instrument-uncovered-vietnam.html https://arkeonews.net/southeast-asias-oldest-stringed-instrument-may-be-a-2000-year-old-antler/
https://www.newsobserver.com/news/nation-world/world/article272570690.html https://www.iflscience.com/a-2-000-year-old-antler-in-vietnam-may-be-oldest-music-instrument-of-its-kind-67618
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/02/archaeologists-uncover-2000-year-old-stringed-instrument-in-vietnam/146259
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11248-230221-vietnam-music-instrument
A 12th century hero stone inscribed in Tamil from Srikalahasti:
https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/andhra-pradesh/2023/feb/26/12th-century-hero-stone-inscription-in-tamil-unearthed-in-srikalahasti-2551085.html
There seems to be discussion/arguing going on over finds from Keeladi:
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/explained-the-significance-of-the-findings-in-keeladi/article66541961.ece
https://scroll.in/article/1044567/debating-whether-tamil-nadus-keeladi-is-harappan-or-pre-harappan-is-pointless-says-archaeologist
Feature on Akbar's 'connection' to Alexander:
https://scroll.in/article/1044229/feeling-an-affinity-with-alexander-the-great-akbar-commissioned-a-special-manuscript-on-his-life
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AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND ============================================================
Interesting study searching for the Indigenous creator of a bark painting made at the beginning of the 20th century:
https://phys.org/news/2023-02-bark-mystery-artist-important-family.html ============================================================
NORTH AMERICA
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7000 years bp finds from a potential condo site in Miami is causing controversy:
https://www.newsweek.com/miami-florida-condos-ancient-artifacts-bible-1782733
More on the find of a live Civil War shell at Gettysburg:
https://www.livescience.com/archaeologists-find-unexploded-artillery-shell-under-gettysburg-battlefield
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11246-230221-civil-war-shell
Interesting bit of experimental archaeology relating to Chaco Canyon:
https://phys.org/news/2023-02-scientists-hauling-chaco-canyon-mystery.html https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/02/these-scientists-lugged-logs-on-their-heads-to-resolve-chaco-canyon-mystery/
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/02/23/scientists-may-have-solved-a-chaco-canyon-mystery/
Researchers are working to identify the remains of the Revolutionary War soldiers found at the Camden battlefield a while ago:
https://www.wltx.com/article/news/local/street-squad/revolutionary-war-soldiers-excavated-camden-identities/101-81161969-b92a-46e8-b120-5c473c25cd96
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11244-230217-south-carolina-soldiers
A bit of flotsam that washed ashore in New York may be part of the SS Savannah:
https://phys.org/news/2023-02-flotsam-york-famous-ss-savannah.html https://apnews.com/article/science-new-york-city-bronx-savannah-oceans-dc09efafd9b191d0715a084516527ed5
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ss-savannah-shipwreck-fire-island-new-york/ https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/flotsam-found-off-new-york-famous-ss-savannah-97436695
Feature on the 1898 Wilmington coup:
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wound-healed-activists-recount-1898-wilmington-coup-terrorized/story?id=96955381
Feature on Richard Henry Greene, Yale's first Black graduate:
https://yalealumnimagazine.org/articles/5622-history-found
The unmarked grave of a Black Galveston priest killed in the Great Galveston Flood was found:
https://www.episcopalnewsservice.org/2023/02/24/galveston-churches-discover-pioneering-black-priests-unmarked-grave/
Feature on the oldest bell in Quebec:
https://www.riposte-catholique.fr/archives/174961
Review of Jon K. Lauck, *The Good Country*:
https://newrepublic.com/article/170700/searching-spirit-midwest-lauck-good-country-review
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CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA ============================================================
Conservation work has revealed assorted architectural features at the royal acropolis at Ek' Balam:
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/02/new-discoveries-at-ek%CA%BC-balam-during-conservation-works/146296
30 Chancay culture burials from Peru:
https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/peruvian-archaeologists-unearth-30-pre-inca-era-graves-2023-02-25/
A 1200 years bp Wari temple complex from Peru:
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