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explorator 25.47 March 12, 2023
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You can read explorator online at:
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Thanks to Arthur Shippee, Dave Sowdon, Edward Rockstein, Kurt Theis,
John McMahon, Barnea Selavan, Joseph Lauer, Mike Ruggeri, Hernan Astudillo, Richard Campbell, Barbara Saylor Rodgers, Bob Heuman, David Critchley,
Richard Miller, Kris Curry, Rick Heli, Richard C. Griffiths, Frank MacKay, Floris Strijbos,
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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Monkeys making stone flakes is raising questions about early human tool use:
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/03/10/1161652099/monkey-stone-flakes-early-humans-tools
https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/1275/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/1275/pub/1275/page/29/article/NaN
https://www.sciencealert.com/the-broken-stones-of-monkeys-look-uncannily-like-something-we-used-to-make
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-stone-wielding-macaques-can-tell-us-about-early-human-tool-use/
Pondering why humans don't have fur:
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20230310-why-dont-humans-have-fur
Feature on Kristina Eck and a heidelbergensis jawbone:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2023-03-12/homo-heidelbergensis-jawbone-kristina-eck-human-fossil-mandible/102035416
Feature on a smashed Cro-Magnon skull found in the 1800s:
https://www.iflscience.com/europe-s-earliest-modern-humans-may-have-smashed-each-other-s-skulls-in-67868
A DNA study (small sample?) has 'discovered' eight new prehistoric human groups:
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-733442 ============================================================
AFRICA
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A 2000+ bp Mauretanian burial from Qsirissi:
https://telquel.ma/instant-t/2023/03/07/decouverte-dune-tombe-mauretanienne-a-qsirissi-pres-de-larache_1803810/
Vague item on the find of Jewish antiquities and Hebrew texts (date?) in Tata (Morocco):
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-733526
More on the 25th/Nubian dynasty inscriptions found at Old Dongola:
https://www.livescience.com/remains-of-ancient-temple-with-hieroglyphic-inscriptions-discovered-in-sudan
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/03/ancient-egyptian-discovery-rewrites-history-of-sudanese-kingdom/146324
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11277-230310-sudan-old-dongola
More on calls to protect Libyan heritage sites:
https://www.africanews.com/2023/03/06/calls-to-protect-libyan-heritage-site-spoilt-by-vandals/
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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT ============================================================
A small shrine with a small sphinx statue currently being identified as possibly depicting Claudius from the temple of Dendera site:
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-smiley-dimpled-sphinx-statue-unearthed.html https://www.livescience.com/newfound-ancient-egyptian-sphinx-statue-may-depict-roman-emperor-claudius-but-not-everyone-agrees
https://english.ahram.org.eg/News/491186.aspx https://dailynewsegypt.com/2023/03/06/egypt-discovers-statue-of-great-sphinx-remains-of-claudius-cabin-next-to-dendera-temple/
https://egyptindependent.com/photos-sphinx-remains-of-roman-emperors-cabin-found-near-dendera-temple/
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20230307-archaeologists-find-smiling-sphinx-in-southern-egypt/
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/mar/06/sphinx-like-statue-and-shrine-discovered-in-southern-egypt
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-64870562 https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/egyptians-eye-claudius-in-face-of-newly-found-sphinx-wfdp6pdrn
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/smiling-mini-sphinx-with-dimples-egypt-b2296364.html
https://www.timesofisrael.com/archaeologists-in-egypt-unearth-sphinx-like-roman-era-statue-from-2000-years-ago/
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-733654 https://apnews.com/article/egypt-antiquities-sphinx-roman-emperor-tourism-caa5550fed3bc6d89002ed33fb41ba3a
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/egypt-antiquities-sphinx-roman-emperor-tourism/2023/03/06/2f7aab52-bc2a-11ed-9350-7c5fccd598ad_story.html
https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/archaeologists-egypt-unearth-sphinx-roman-era-statue-97654907
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/egypt-sphinx-roman-era-statue/ https://www.cnn.com/style/article/sphinx-shrine-discovery-egypt-scn-scli-intl/index.html
https://www.thedailybeast.com/sphinx-like-statue-and-shrine-from-roman-era-unearthed-in-egypt
https://hyperallergic.com/806725/mini-roman-era-sphinx-discovered-near-egyptian-temple/
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20230306-smiley-dimpled-sphinx-statue-unearthed-in-egypt
https://www.rfi.fr/en/international-news/20230306-smiley-dimpled-sphinx-statue-unearthed-in-egypt
https://greekreporter.com/2023/03/08/sphinx-statue-unearthed-egypt/ https://www.dailysabah.com/life/history/archaeologists-unearth-sphinx-with-smiley-face-dimples-in-egypt
https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/smiley-dimpled-sphinx-statue-found-in-egypt-181415
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-11829735/Sphinx-statue-smiley-face-two-dimples-unearthed-Egypt.html
https://www.trtworld.com/art-culture/smiley-dimpled-sphinx-statue-discovered-in-egypt-65894
https://www.euronews.com/culture/2023/03/07/egyptian-archaeologists-unearth-incredible-smiling-sphinx-of-roman-emperor
https://www.thenationalnews.com/mena/egypt/2023/03/06/roman-era-cabin-and-royal-sphinx-statue-uncovered-in-egypts-south/
https://english.news.cn/20230306/dadc389f4fc74c82bef3921dbbc8c6e8/c.html https://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/news/300823783/archaeologists-unearth-sphinxlike-romanera-statue-in-egypt
http://global.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202303/08/WS6407e6aea31057c47ebb3050.html https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/mini-sphinx-uncovered-in-egypt-roman-archaeology-1234660038/
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/archaeologists-have-discovered-an-adorable-version-of-egypts-most-famous-monument-a-miniature-sphinx-2267324
https://arkeonews.net/archaeologists-in-egypt-unearth-roman-era-cabin-and-royal-sphinx-statue/
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/66668 https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/03/roman-era-sphinx-uncovered-at-dendera-temple-complex/146385
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/03/08/sphinx-statue-and-roman-architectural-remains-found-in-dendera/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-egypt-unearth-small-sphinx-statue-180981770/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11271-230307-dendera-temple-sphinx
I think we mentioned the dig at Tell Timai revealing evidence of the rebellion mentioned in the Rosetta Stone:
https://theconversation.com/i-dug-for-evidence-of-the-rosetta-stones-ancient-egyptian-rebellion-heres-what-i-found-200318
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-archaeologists-dug-evidence-rosetta-stone.html
Not sure where to put this find (in a museum storeroom in Kent) of a 3500 years bp maul, purportedly from Saqqara:
https://www.kentonline.co.uk/canterbury/news/we-found-ancient-egyptian-artefact-while-tidying-up-283428/
Feature on Tutankhamun's last 100 days:
https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p0f7kpv0/tutankhamun-s-final-100-days-revealed
Feature on Egyptians being involved in Egyptian archaeology:
https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2023/0308/Egyptian-archaeologists-hold-their-own-history-in-their-hands
https://news.yahoo.com/egyptian-archaeologists-hold-own-history-081507962.html
More on the find of a 'hidden corridor' in the Pyramid of Khufu:
https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/491003/Antiquities/Ancient-Egypt/In-Photos-Egypt-unveils-discovery-of-corridor-insi.aspx
https://www.dw.com/en/egypt-researchers-seeking-secrets-in-great-pyramid-of-giza/a-64896514
https://mymodernmet.com/corridor-great-pyramid-giza/ https://www.sciencealert.com/corridor-discovered-in-great-pyramid-could-be-protecting-the-actual-burial-chamber
https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/ancient-cultures/ancient-egypt/hidden-corridor-found-inside-the-pyramid-of-khufu/
Feature on some 5000 years bp swords found 43 years ago in the Malatya Arslantepe mound:
https://arkeonews.net/the-worlds-oldest-and-first-swords-ever-discovered/
College students came across a piece of a 2000 years bp lioness statue at Ein Nashut:
https://www.timesofisrael.com/students-on-northern-israel-field-trip-stumble-onto-1500-year-old-lioness-carving/
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2023-03-06/ty-article/college-students-find-ancient-stone-lioness-during-field-trip-in-northern-israel/00000186-b709-de76-a9b7-b77dbbd80000
More reactions to the 'inauthentic' Darius ostrakon:
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2023-03-05/ty-article/the-darius-artifact-how-did-we-get-from-discovery-of-the-decade-to-disgrace/00000186-b19c-d2a9-a5d6-f7fdcfe40000
https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-733447 https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/368330 https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/archaeology-today/the-darius-ostracon/
More on evidence of trepanation from Megiddo:
https://the-past.com/news/early-example-of-cranial-surgery-identified-in-late-bronze-age-tomb/
Feature on wine making at ancient Yavne:
https://www.jpost.com/food-recipes/article-733864
Feature on Sumio Fujii's work at the Late Neolithic site Wadi Abu Tulayha (Jordan):
http://www.jordantimes.com/news/local/japanese-scholar-tries-decode-purpose-ancient-structures-southern-jordan
Feature on the debate over the origins of Edom:
https://www.asor.org/anetoday/2023/03/emergence-edom
A 2000 years bp (apparently looted) mummified person was found in the trash in Sanaa (Yemen):
https://www.arabnews.com/node/2265711/middle-east https://www.sacbee.com/news/nation-world/world/article272979680.html
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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS) ============================================================
23 000 years bp teeth from the Cave of the Malalmuerzo near Grenada:
https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/23-000-year-old-teeth-fill-an-ice-age-gap
A study of the animal remains and other contents of a Bronze Age well at Mycenae:
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/03/230301141405.htm
Remains of a(nother) Roman amphitheatre at Atequa:
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/03/roman-amphitheatre-discovered-at-ancient-ategua/146471
Possible evidence of a Roman shrine/altar near the Leicester cathedral burial area:
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/march/cathedral-roman-worship https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/mar/07/amazing-roman-altar-stone-unearthed-at-leicester-cathedral
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leicestershire-64840494 https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/leicester-news/ancient-roman-altar-discovered-underneath-8223297
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-11830127/Evidence-Roman-shrine-uncovered-archaeological-dig-graveyard.html
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/03/07/legend-proves-true-roman-temple-found-leicester-cathedral/
https://aleteia.org/2023/03/09/ancient-roman-shrine-discovered-under-anglican-cathedral/
https://www.itv.com/news/central/2023-03-07/could-a-roman-temple-have-once-stood-on-the-site-of-leicester-cathedral
https://apnews.com/article/uk-roman-shrine-dig-leicester-cathedral-archaeology-eaa9abf1be6b807072489227e1411ead
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/science/archaeologists-uncover-roman-shrine-under-graveyard-in-central-england
https://greekreporter.com/2023/03/08/shrine-greek-god-dionysus-discovered-leicester-cathedral/
https://greekcitytimes.com/2023/03/08/shrine-greek-god-leicester/ https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/roman-shrine-uncovered-beneath-graveyard-central-england-97679451
https://arkeonews.net/evidence-of-a-roman-shrine-dating-back-was-discovered-during-dig-at-leicester-cathedral/
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/66674 https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/03/excavations-reveal-roman-altar-stone-in-shrine-or-cult-room/146401
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/03/09/leicester-cathedral-revealed-a-roman-shrine-beneath-the-cathedral/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11273-230309-leicester-roman-shrine
... and some commentary on same from Mary Beard:
https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/was-mithras-worshipped-in-ancient-leicester-blog-post-mary-beard/
Evidence of a 2nd century CE Romano-Celtic temple near Lancaster Castle:
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-733970 https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/03/evidence-of-romano-celtic-temple-found-in-northern-britain/146420
https://arkeonews.net/evidence-of-rare-romano-celtic-temple-near-lancaster-castle-may-be-only-the-second-of-its-type/
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/03/09/researchers-help-reveal-evidence-of-rare-roman-temple/
A Colchester Vase is now considered 'sports memorabilia' and evidence of actual gladiatorial contests being fought in Britain:
https://www.livescience.com/gladiators-fought-in-roman-britain-action-packed-cremation-urn-carvings-reveal
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/mar/04/evidence-reveals-gladiators-fought-in-roman-britain
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-essex-64855991 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-11825561/Britain-hosted-GLADIATOR-fights-1-800-years-ago-ancient-vase-reveals.html
https://www.timesofisrael.com/ancient-roman-vase-is-1st-evidence-of-gladiator-battles-on-english-soil/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/03/07/roman-vase-gladiator-fight-uk/ http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/66650 http://www.archaeology.org/news/11269-230307-colchester-gladiator-vase
A 2nd century CE frigidarium find in a bathhouse excavation in Toledo:
https://efe.com/en/culture/2023-03-06/new-cold-water-pools-found-at-ancient-roman-bath-house-in-toledo/
https://www.laprensalatina.com/new-cold-water-pools-found-at-ancient-roman-bath-house-in-toledo/
https://www.thestate.com/news/nation-world/world/article272954515.html https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article272954515.html
Not sure if we mentioned this find of Roman coins (and more) by a hiker (initially) in the Swiss Alps:
https://www.newsweek.com/hoard-roman-coins-hiker-stumbles-lost-ancient-site-1786875
Remains of a Roman villa near the beach at Bibione (Italian):
https://www.archeomedia.net/san-michele-al-tagliamento-ve-unantica-villa-romana-sulla-spiaggia-di-bibione/
Evidence of a Roman public building of some sort found during building construction in Marche (Italian):
https://www.stilearte.it/un-edificio-pubblico-romano-con-marmi-pregiati-scoperto-durante-lavori-edilizi-nelle-marche/
https://www.ansa.it/sito/notizie/cultura/arte/2023/03/11/emergono-resti-a-fano-forse-e-la-basilica-di-vitruvio_b01b859d-1e44-4f71-86f4-d291d79a46cc.html
... and it's possibly the Basilica of Vitruvius (English):
https://www.ansa.it/english/news/2023/03/11/remains-of-basilica-of-vetruvius-may-have-been-found_5dba0e52-e8c0-4324-b162-a750b7929757.html
Investigating a possible Roman origin for an artificial watercourse in the Hessian Ried:
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/03/07/does-the-artificial-watercourse-in-the-hessian-ried-have-a-roman-past/
Over 1000 burials have been found in Halkidi (not sure this is news):
https://www.ekathimerini.com/multimedia/images/1206360/more-than-1000-ancient-graves-uncovered-in-halkidiki/
More on recent discoveries about Roman concrete:
https://www.npr.org/2023/02/22/1158783249/rome-wasnt-built-in-a-day-but-they-sure-had-strong-concrete
More on the find of a 'dry cleaners' at Pompeii:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/rebeccahughes/2023/03/06/2000-year-old-laundrette-amongst-first-finds-from-ambitious-new-pompeii-dig/
More on the accidental destruction of a 1700 years bp Roman sarcophagus in Romania:
https://universul.net/accidental-destruction-of-roman-sarcophagus-represents-significant-cultural-loss/
More on that identification of a Roman sex toy at Vindolanda:
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-732206 https://inews.co.uk/opinion/secret-dildos-from-history-get-hands-on-them-2194928
https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/03/remember-that-ancient-roman-dildo-it-might-just-be-an-old-roman-drop-spindle/
Plans for an 'upgrade' to the Kerameikos site:
https://news.gtp.gr/2023/03/08/kerameikos-archaeological-site-in-athens-to-get-upgrade/
Gloucester's King's Walk Bastion was flooded this week:
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-64918104 https://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/news/gloucester-news/gloucesters-underground-roman-fortress-kings-8236936
Interview with Jane Draycott about her Cleopatra Selene book:
https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/latenightlive/cleopatras-daughter-the-forgotten-queen/102058786
Interview with Francis Albarede regarding his study of the connection between ancient coinage and democracy:
https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2023/03/08/newfangled-coins-and-mercenaries-may-have-brought-about-democracy
Review of Shadi Bartsch, *Plato Goes to China*:
https://thefederalist.com/2023/03/08/mr-socrates-goes-to-beijing/
Review of Carlo Rovelli, *Anaximander and the Nature of Science*:
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25734290-500-anaximander-review-did-anaximander-create-science-asks-carlo-rovelli/
Feature on Mary Beard and Cambridge's recent short films connected to Classics:
https://www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/education/mary-beard-short-films-with-the-university-of-cambridge-aim-9302572/
Charlotte Higgins on the ethics of Medea:
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/mar/11/greek-tragedies-medea-ethical-nightmare-classics
Feature marking 50 years of the Vindolanda tablets:
https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/50-years-vindolanda-tablets-archaeological-26428365
Feature on the Acropolis:
https://www.artandobject.com/news/acropoliss-artificial-history
Feature on what ancient Greeks and Romans knew about the clitoris:
https://theconversation.com/did-clitorises-strike-fear-into-the-greeks-and-romans-200377
Feature on women's life in ancient Greece:
https://www.thenationalherald.com/womens-life-in-ancient-greece-grooming-and-care-of-the-body/
Feature on the myth of whiteness in Classical sculptures:
https://www.dw.com/en/how-the-myth-of-whiteness-in-classical-sculpture-was-created/a-64426809#:
Feature on the eruption of Vesuvius:
https://www.thecollector.com/famous-eruption-of-mount-vesuvius/
Pondering whether Homer existed:
https://greekreporter.com/2023/03/08/was-homer-real/
... and there's another multi-city staging of the Odyssey in the works:
https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2023/mar/08/travelling-homer-how-the-national-theatre-is-staging-a-multi-city-odyssey
An IWD-connected feature on Boudicca:
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/story-legendary-warrior-queen-boudica-050000905.html
I think we mentioned the use of sheep at Pompeii for grass maintenance purposes:
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/sheep-come-rescue-pompeii-ruins-2023-03-09/
https://www.jpost.com/omg/article-733796 https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/sheep-pompeii-ruins-conservation-intl-scli/index.html
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-03-10/sheep-rescue-pompeii-ruins/102077206
The Vatican announced the impending return/donation of the three Parthenon Sculpture fragments it had to Greece:
https://apnews.com/article/parthenon-vatican-return-marble-sculptures-61904ad33c9c8edf182f65c352a52829
https://greekcitytimes.com/2023/03/07/fragments-of-parthenon-sculptures-are-to-be-returned-from-the-vatican-in-the-next-few-days/
https://greekreporter.com/2023/03/07/vatican-returns-parthenon-marbles-greece/ https://thepublicsradio.org/article/vatican-greece-ink-deal-for-donation-of-parthenon-marbles
https://www.cnn.com/style/article/vatican-parthenon-greece-tan/index.html https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/vatican-greece-sculptures-elgin-marbles-british-museum-parthenon-athens-b1065402.html
https://www.dw.com/en/vatican-parthenon-marbles-to-return-to-greece/a-64907213 https://www.wsj.com/articles/vatican-signs-agreement-to-send-pieces-of-parthenon-back-to-greece-2c2d5242
https://aleteia.org/2023/03/09/the-vatican-donates-three-fragments-of-the-parthenon-to-greece/
https://www.euronews.com/culture/2023/03/07/pressure-mounts-on-british-museum-as-vatican-returns-parthenon-marbles-to-greece-end-of-ma
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/vatican-restitution-parthenon-marbles-greece-2266813
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/03/08/vatican-returns-parthenon-sculptures-to-greece-in-historic-event
... and Greece is asking for others to do the same:
https://www.reuters.com/article/pope-greece-parthenon/greece-asks-others-to-imitate-vatican-return-of-parthenon-pieces-idUSKBN2V915C
... and there was the suggestion that the return of others could be done without the 'ownership' issue coming into play:
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/parthenon-marbles-return-possible-without-ownership-accord-campaigners-say-2023-03-12/
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/artefact-swap-could-bring-an-end-to-elgin-marbles-saga-3n2p0hcq5
George Osborne suggests it's 'worth trying' to find a shared agreement:
https://www.ekathimerini.com/culture/1206499/british-museum-chair-worth-trying-to-find-solution-for-parthenon-sculptures/
https://greekcitytimes.com/2023/03/12/british-museum-osborn-london/
Latest Pasts Imperfect:
https://pastsimperfect.substack.com/p/pasts-imperfect-3623
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Roman Archaeology Blog:
http://romanarc.blogspot.com/
Rogueclassicism:
http://rogueclassicism.com/ ============================================================
EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland) ============================================================
A metal detectorist found a 3000 years bp perannular ring in Norfolk:
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-norfolk-64890939
An Iron Age dwelling and burial ground are being excavated in Oud-Turhout (Antwerp):
https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/en/2023/03/07/archaeologists-uncover-iron-age-cemetery-and-house-during-excava/
A gold disc excavated in Denmark a couple years ago contains a 5th century reference to Odin:
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-oldest-norse-god-odin-danish.html https://www.livescience.com/earliest-mention-of-odin-king-of-the-gods-found-in-treasure-hoard-from-denmark
https://sciencenorway.no/archaeology-ntb-english-runes/a-gold-coin-that-changes-history-oldest-known-reference-to-the-norse-god-odin-found-in-denmark/2166998
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/mar/08/oldest-known-reference-to-norse-god-odin-found-in-danish-treasure-trove
https://apnews.com/article/gold-god-odin-norse-denmark-buried-ca2959e460f7af301a19083b6eec7df4
https://arkeonews.net/the-oldest-odin-inscription-in-the-world-found-in-the-vindelev-treasure/
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/66692 https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/03/gold-disc-represents-the-oldest-reference-to-odin/146448
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11275-230309-denmark-odin-bracteate
A study of an Anglo Saxon burial of a couple from Lowbury Hill found back in 1913:
https://arkeonews.net/lowbury-hill-mystery-of-anglo-saxons-buried-1400-years-ago-may-soon-be-solved/
Evidence of a 700 years bp wharf/pier from an underwater site near Oslo:
https://www.sacbee.com/news/nation-world/world/article272772115.html https://arkeonews.net/ruins-of-the-700-year-old-wharf-possibly-used-by-royalty-found-in-oslo/
A metal detectorist (historian?) in the Netherlands found a 1000 years bp gold and silver hoard of coins and jewellery:
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/dutch-historian-finds-medieval-treasure-using-metal-detector-2023-03-09/
https://www.cnn.com/style/article/netherlands-treasure-discovery-metal-detector/index.html
https://nltimes.nl/2023/03/09/man-metal-detector-finds-1000-year-old-jewelry-noord-holland-city
https://www.paudal.com/2023/03/09/unique-medieval-treasure-found-with-metal-detector-in-hoogwoud/
https://onswestfriesland.nl/2023/nieuws_opmeer/de-schatvondst-van-hoogwoud-middeleeuwse-gouden-sieraden-en-zilveren-munten/
https://www.dutchnews.nl/news/2023/03/medieval-treasure-shows-west-frisians-had-international-network/
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-03-11/dutch-historian-finds-medieval-treasure-using-metal-detector/102083320
https://www.dailysabah.com/life/history/dutch-historian-unearths-1000-year-old-treasure-in-netherland
https://www.eastcoastdaily.in/2023/03/11/27-year-old-dutch-historian-discovers-a-stash-of-1000-year-old-antiquities.html
https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/in-pics-1-000-year-old-medieval-golden-treasure-discovered-in-netherlands-3847947
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/66700 https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/03/nationally-important-treasure-hoard-from-the-medieval-period-unveiled/146481
A metal detectorist also found a medieval silver brooch in Wirral:
https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/treasure-buried-800-years-found-26426504
https://www.wirralglobe.co.uk/news/23375863.wirral-detectorist-uncovers-medieval-treasure-buried-800-years/
A 'mysterious' medieval stone ball from North Wales:
https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/mysterious-stone-ball-found-north-26424528
Controversy over lack of preventative excavations at a medieval burial ground in Publier:
https://www.lemessager.fr/56455/article/2023-03-10/squelettes-decouverts-publier-des-fouilles-auraient-elles-du-etre-menees-plus
A 17th century hoard of Lithuanian coins from Poland:
https://www.livescience.com/17th-century-century-hoard-brimming-with-1000-coins-discovered-in-poland
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/66657 https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/03/treasure-hoard-containing-1000-coins-uncovered-in-eastern-poland/146371
Archaeologists have completed excavations at the home of Robert Boyle:
https://www.dorsetecho.co.uk/news/23367127.excavation-scientist-robert-boyles-stalbridge-home-completed/
A wreck from the War of Independence found off the coast of Halkidiki:
https://www.ekathimerini.com/culture/1206515/shipwreck-in-halkidiki-linked-to-1821-revolution/
https://greekreporter.com/2023/03/10/shipwreck-war-independence-discovered-greece/
A 19th century glass time capsule found during roundabout construction in Lower Silesia:
https://www.thefirstnews.com/article/builders-find-time-capsule-containing-19th-century-coins-and-documents-while-digging-up-roundabout-37053
More on steel tools being used on the 2900 years bp Iberian peninsula:
https://www.livescience.com/bronze-age-craftspeople-tempered-steel-more-than-1000-years-before-the-romans-did-it
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/02/230228154510.htm https://www.archaeology.org/news/11268-230306-bronze-age-steel
More on the find of an Anglo-Saxon pyramid sword mount (found last January):
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-suffolk-64860568
Concerns for coastal sites on the Cois Fharraige coastline:
https://www.irishcentral.com/roots/history/galway-prehistoric-sites
Review of Nicholas Orme, *Tudor Children*:
https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/tudor-children-nicholas-orme-book-review-anna-parker/
Feature on metal detectorist finds on display in Denmark:
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20230311-treasure-hunters-gems-go-on-display-in-denmark
Feature on the history of sugar production on Cyprus:
https://cyprus-mail.com/2023/03/05/sugar-island-from-the-lusignans-to-loukoumades/
Feature on a possible 'sacred' nature to some erratics at Alphamstone:
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-essex-64682781
Plans for a final dig at the Ness of Brodgar next year:
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy05zdvv1zjo https://www.orcadian.co.uk/excavations-to-end-at-ness-of-brodgar/
Some experimental archaeology recreating finds from Must Farm:
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-64890932
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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 ============================================================
Plenty of Yanshao culture remains, including ash pits, dwellings, and kilns from Shanxi:
http://en.people.cn/n3/2023/0308/c90000-10218889.html
Evidence of a Neolithic settlement (7000 years bp) from Anyang City:
http://www.china.org.cn/arts/2023-03/10/content_85159906.htm?f=pad&a=true
570 tombs with a wide range of dates from Sanmenxia City in Henan:
https://english.news.cn/20230310/72a901499843412b98667befb1013586/c.html http://www.china.org.cn/arts/2023-03/10/content_85158011.htm
... including burials of the Rong people:
http://www.ecns.cn/hd/2023-03-10/detail-ihcmhyte9005556.shtml
321 Eastern Zhou burials from Shanxi:
https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202303/1287027.shtml http://www.china.org.cn/arts/2023-03/10/content_85159440.htm
A Tang Dynasty cemetery from Shaanxi:
https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/nation-world/world/article272891550.html https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/03/cemetery-from-the-tang-dynasty-uncovered-in-china/146415
A Ming Dynasty mural tomb from Hunan:
http://en.people.cn/n3/2023/0307/c90000-10218333.html https://english.news.cn/20230308/92415a7ee5db42bfaddf15a25bc9fcb1/c.html http://www.china.org.cn/arts/2023-03/08/content_85152638.htm http://www.archaeology.org/news/11274-230309-china-joint-tomb
More on the bone Bronze Age skates from the Xinjian Uyghur Autonomous Region:
https://www.livescience.com/bronze-age-ice-skates-with-bone-blades-discovered-in-china
https://greekreporter.com/2023/03/09/bronze-age-ice-skates-bone-blades/ http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/66682 https://arkeonews.net/new-evidence-for-early-regional-exchanges-in-eurasia-ice-skates-made-of-animal-bones-over-3000-years-old/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11278-230310-china-bone-skates
Feature on a women's archaaeological team working in Chonqing:
https://english.news.cn/20230308/6161d4282d204ded9126b1d5c947cdc2/c.html https://www.ichongqing.info/2023/03/08/womens-archaeological-team-in-chongqing-shines-in-cultural-relics-excavation-and-research-women-power/
Feature on William Fitzhugh and his work studying Mongolian deer stones:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/national-museum-of-natural-history/2023/03/09/meet-the-smithsonian-scientist-studying-the-mysterious-mongolian-deer-stones/
More on that oversized 1600 years bp sword from Japan:
https://www.newsweek.com/huge-sword-japan-fight-evil-spirits-archaeology-1787008
More on the 2000 years bp deer antler musical instrument find from Viet Nam:
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/deer-antler-long-an-museum-storage-earliest-known-stringed-instruments-2261298
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/02/archaeologists-uncover-2000-year-old-stringed-instrument-in-vietnam/146259
Evidence of a prehistoric iron smelting site at Thoothukudi:
https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2023/mar/09/phd-scholar-finds-pre-historic-archaeological-site-near-thoothukudi-collectorate-2554379.html
Another inscription find from the Simhachalam Temple in Andhra Pradesh:
https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/andhra-pradesh/2023/mar/08/501st-inscription-found-at-simhachalam-temple-in-andhra-pradesh-2554227.html
A 12th century inscription and sculptures of a female warrior from Polavasa:
https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/telangana/2023/mar/12/12th-century-inscription-sheds-light-on-kakatiya-dynasty-expansion-2555257.html
House construction in Uttar Pradesh revealed a mid 19th century British coin and silver hoard:
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