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explorator 25.51 April 9, 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,
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 study of the Navalmaillo Rock shelter suggests Neanderthals had 'uneven' occupation routines:

https://www.cenieh.es/en/press/news/new-clues-behavioral-variability-neanderthal-hunting-parties
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/04/05/new-clues-to-the-behavioral-variability-of-neanderthal-hunting-parties/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11322-230403-spain-neanderthal-hunting

Evidence that homo sapiens was eating very large land snails some 170 000 years bp:

https://phys.org/news/2023-04-humans-giant-snails-apex-predator.html https://www.sciencenews.org/article/homo-sapiens-supersized-snails

Feature on a Neanderthal site in Jersey:

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-jersey-65174574 https://news.yahoo.com/archaeologists-revisit-jerseys-neanderthal-082144058.html

Feature on human evolution:

https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/how-did-humans-evolve ============================================================
AFRICA
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Not sure where to put this one: it appears that some Benin Bronzes were made with brass from Germany:

https://phys.org/news/2023-04-benin-bronzes-german-brass.html https://www.livescience.com/benin-bronzes-were-crafted-of-metal-from-a-completely-unexpected-place
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/benin-bronzes-sculpted-from-metal-mined-in-germany-kf00fjdpp
https://www.dw.com/en/benin-bronzes-made-of-german-brass/a-65232329 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/apr/05/benin-bronzes-made-from-brass-mined-in-west-germany-study-finds
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2368057-famous-benin-bronzes-from-west-africa-used-metal-sourced-in-germany/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/04/shipwrecks-reveal-origins-of-metal-used-to-cast-the-benin-bronzes/146777
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/what-shipwrecks-reveal-about-the-origins-of-the-benin-bronzes-180981925/

cf: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0283415

Christian (and other) wall paintings from Funj period dwellings in Old Dongola:

https://arkeonews.net/archaeologists-discovered-an-enigmatic-complex-of-rooms-interiors-of-which-covered-with-figural-scenes-unique-to-christian-art/
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/04/07/new-discoveries-in-old-dongola-protection-for-tungul/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/04/archaeologists-uncover-ornate-christian-frescos-in-old-dongola/146809

Feature on the search for the 'legendary lost city' of Zerzura (Libya):

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/04/the-search-for-the-lost-city-of-zerzura/146743

Feature on the ancient city of Mapungubwe:

https://theconversation.com/archaeology-shows-how-hunter-gatherers-fitted-into-southern-africas-first-city-800-years-ago-202774
https://phys.org/news/2023-04-archaeology-hunter-gatherers-southern-africa-city.html
https://news.yahoo.com/archaeology-shows-hunter-gatherers-fitted-130220642.html

More on the copper trade from South to Central Africa:

https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/04/03/copper-artifacts-unearth-new-cultural-connections-in-southern-africa/
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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT ============================================================
Using mummy labels to reconstruct the climate of Roman Egypt:

https://phys.org/news/2023-04-mummies-key-reconstruct-climate-ancient.html https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/04/ancient-mummy-labels-help-to-reconstruct-climate-of-roman-egypt/146786
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/04/06/mummies-provide-key-to-reconstruct-the-ancient-mediterranean-climate/

More on the study of a cache of severed hands found at Tell el-Dab'a:

https://phys.org/news/2023-04-palace-pits-severed-ancient-egyptian.html https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-736155 https://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-04-06/severed-hands-for-the-pharaoh-archaeologists-find-first-physical-evidence-of-enemy-mutilation-in-ancient-egypt.html
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-11942033/Archaeologists-discover-12-severed-HANDS-Egyptian-palace.html
https://www.thenationalnews.com/mena/2023/04/06/severed-hands-found-in-northern-egypt-are-proof-of-gruesome-war-practice-study-says/
https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/04/gruesome-cache-of-severed-hands-is-evidence-of-trophy-taking-in-ancient-egypt/
https://www.science.org/content/article/severed-hands-unearthed-ancient-egyptian-site-may-have-been-battle-trophies
https://www.sciencealert.com/a-pit-of-severed-hands-could-be-the-remains-of-a-grisly-ancient-egyptian-ceremony
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/66907 https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/04/04/severed-hands-from-avaris-medically-documented/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11331-230407-egypt-severed-hands

More on studying and recording 2000 years of ancient graffiti in Egypt:

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/03/230330172143.htm https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/04/03/recording-2000-years-of-ancient-graffiti-in-egypt/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11329-230406-egypt-phillae-graffiti

More on the 2000 mummified rams' heads found at the Ramses II temple in Abydos:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-discovered-2000-ram-skulls-temple-pharaoh-ramses-ii-180981911/

More on the murals depicting a Ptolemaic-era zodiac from the Temple of Esna:

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/ancient-egyptian-zodiac-murals-uncovered-temple-esna-luxor-1234663012/
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/temple-of-esna-egypt-zodiac-ceiling-reliefs-2275064
https://hypebeast.com/2023/4/ancient-egypt-zodiac-discovery-temple-of-esna https://hyperallergic.com/812841/rare-zodiac-reliefs-discovered-in-ancient-egyptian-temple/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/ancient-zodiac-paintings-on-egyptian-temple-see-the-light-of-day-after-2200-years-180981927/

More on the amulets revealed in a scan of the mummified remains of 'The Golden Boy':

https://the-past.com/news/golden-mummies-share-their-secrets/

More on the finds a while ago at the Dra Abu el-Naga necropolis in Luxor:

https://the-past.com/news/burial-complex-unearthed-at-dra-abu-el-naga-necropolis/

Feature on 'swimming girl spoons' from the New Kingdom:

https://www.asor.org/anetoday/2023/04/swimming-girl-spoons-egypt

Feature on the death of Lord Carnarvon:

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/death-of-lord-carnarvon-9dqvcb0gw

Feature on the Biblical plagues of Egypt:

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2023-04-09/ty-article/how-many-plagues-were-there-in-egypt-not-what-you-thought/00000187-46f1-df9b-a9d7-c7fdf1b00000

Feature on when the mummified remains of Ramses were taken to Paris in 1976:

https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20230406-1976-when-ramses-came-to-paris-for-a-mummy-makeover

... and reflecting on France's role in Egyptology:

https://www.france24.com/en/video/20230407-as-ramses-comes-to-paris-france-s-role-in-egyptology-examined

78 Iron Age burials from Tepe Sagz Abad:

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/483351/Archaeologist-elaborates-on-Iron-Age-burial-chambers

Feature on Cecile Michel's work publishing Mesopotamian texts:

https://www.csmc.uni-hamburg.de/news/2023-03-13-mesopotamian-bulletins.html

Assertions that American looting of Syrian sites is still happening:

https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2023/04/03/700906/US-occupation-forces,-allied-SDF-militants-intensify-theft-of-Syrian-antiquities
https://english.almayadeen.net/news/art-culture/if-not-oil-then-antiquities-us-looting-of-syrian-wealth-cont

... and wondering where a number of Iraq's antiquities are twenty years after the US invasion:

https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2023/4/7/20-years-after-the-us-invasion-where-are-iraqs-antiquities

Latest 'decipherment' is on a Sabaean inscription on a jar found in 2012 near Temple Mount and dating to the time of Solomon:

https://en.huji.ac.il/news/sabaean-inscription-large-clay-jar-deciphered-and-discovered-less-300-meters-site
https://www.timesofisrael.com/newly-deciphered-inscription-gives-clue-to-biblical-queen-of-shebas-jerusalem-visit/
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2023-04-03/ty-article/inscription-in-ancient-arabian-script-found-on-sherd-from-solomon-era-jerusalem/00000187-46e0-d9dd-a7a7-5ee749560000
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-736266 https://arkeonews.net/archaeologists-deciphered-the-sabaean-inscription-on-a-clay-jar-finds-link-between-king-solomon-and-the-queen-of-sheba/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/04/clay-jar-points-to-connection-between-israel-under-the-reign-of-king-solomon-and-the-kingdom-of-sheba/146751
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/04/04/sabaean-inscription-on-a-large-clay-jar-deciphered/

1800 years bp apotropaic gold jewellery from a sarcophagus on Mount Scopus fond back in 1971 has been studied and is now on display:

https://www.timesofisrael.com/begone-evil-eye-ancient-jerusalem-childs-amulet-on-show-50-years-after-discovery/
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2023-04-03/ty-article/spectacular-gold-jewels-worn-against-evil-eye-in-roman-jerusalem-go-on-exhibit-finally/00000187-4619-df9b-a9d7-c79d7bb30000
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/369575 https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-736230 https://www.ynetnews.com/travel/article/b1enuf00wh https://www.jns.org/jerusalem-burial-cave-yields-1800-year-old-gold-against-evil-eye/
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/evil-eye-jewelry-protect-girl-roman-jerusalem-unveiled-rcna77857
https://www.iflscience.com/goddess-symbol-adorns-1800-year-old-gold-jewelry-from-jerusalem-cave-68286

More on that 6000 years bp copper fish hook from Ashkelon:

https://greekreporter.com/2023/04/05/6000-year-old-fishhook-shark/ https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/israel/archeology/1680080709-israeli-archeologists-discover-6-000-year-old-copper-fishing-hook-in-ashkelon
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11315-230330-israel-copper-fishhook

Interview with Yonatan Adler on the origins of Judaism:

https://www.timesofisrael.com/what-matters-now-to-archaeologist-prof-yonatan-adler-the-origins-of-judaism/

Feature on keeping kosher while serving in the Roman army:

https://www.jns.org/jews-could-have-kept-kosher-passover-in-ancient-roman-army-per-new-paper/
https://www.israelhayom.com/2023/04/05/were-jews-allowed-to-keep-kosher-passover-in-ancient-roman-army/

Feature on the walls of Jericho:

https://www.iflscience.com/the-walls-of-jericho-may-be-a-biblical-and-deeply-fascinating-lie-68325

Feature on the history of pilgrimage to the Holy Land:

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2023-04-02/ty-article-magazine/the-true-history-of-early-christian-pilgrimage-to-the-holy-land/00000187-410a-db91-adcf-5f1f2dd30000
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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS) ============================================================
A 6th century BCE intact Etruscan tomb from Vulci:

http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/66946 https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/04/etruscan-tomb-discovered-in-ruins-of-ancient-vulci/146815

A Hellenistic 'hidden chamber' from a necropolis in Naples:

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-32626-0

A submerged opus sectile floor at baia:

http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/66954

A 1st century CE Roman statue find from a site in Istanbul:

https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/1-900-year-old-statue-discovered-in-istanbul-182066
https://famagusta-gazette.com/2023/04/05/ancient-roman-statue-unearthed-in-excavations-in-central-istanbul/
http://www.china.org.cn/arts/2023-04/04/content_85209980.htm http://t.m.china.org.cn/convert/c_027PdKNN.html https://english.news.cn/20230405/163ed3ebeaea4eecb493edb0eccdff4b/c.html https://arkeonews.net/a-roman-statue-unearthed-on-the-site-of-st-polyeuctus-church-which-once-constantinoples-largest-church/

A 2nd century Roman ring depicting Apollo found by a metal detectorist near Chelmsford:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-essex-65202077

Medusa mosaics excavated at the 2nd century Villa of the Antonines near Rome:

https://www.livescience.com/mysterious-mosaics-depicting-medusa-uncovered-at-2nd-century-roman-villa
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/ancient-mosaics-of-medusa-discovered-in-roman-villa-1234663310/
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-738757 https://greekcitytimes.com/2023/04/09/mosaics-of-greek-medusa-found-in-ancient-greco-roman-villa/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11333-230407-italy-medusa-mosaics

A 4th century CE (or so) sanctuary of Mars and other structures from La Chapelle-des-Fougeretz:

https://www.inrap.fr/sanctuaire-de-la-chapelle-des-fougeretz-de-la-fouille-au-laboratoire-ille-et-17156
https://www.stilearte.it/scoperto-santuario-di-marte-terme-e-necropoli-recuperati-755-oggetti-tra-gioielli-e-armi-e-un-paio-di-scarpe/
https://news.yahoo.com/2-000-old-roman-sanctuary-183513382.html http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/66926 https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/04/new-discoveries-from-roman-site-in-north-western-france/146769

Possible illegal excavations are going on at Eraclea Minoa:

https://www.agrigentonotizie.it/cronaca/eraclea-minoa-scavi-clandestini-tombaroli-furti.html
https://www.agrigentooggi.it/i-tombaroli-sono-tornati-in-azione-rinvenuti-trenta-scavi-abusivi/
https://siciliatv.org/2023/04/08/rinvenuti-scavi-abusivi-nellarea-archeologica-avviate-le-indagini/

More on the Roman remains found at Exeter Cathedral:

https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-736182 https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/archaeologists-unearth-exciting-exeter-roman-8309919

More on the find of the text of Ptolemy's *Meteoroscope* in a medieval manuscript:

https://www.livescience.com/hidden-ptolemy-text-printed-beneath-a-latin-manuscript-deciphered-after-200-years

More on the Venus figurine excavated from a Roman trash pit in Rennes:

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/venus-statue-garbage-dump-brittany-france-inrap-2278066
https://hypebeast.com/2023/4/1800-year-old-venus-statuettes-discovered-roman-era-trash-france

More on using AI to recover the text from Herculaneum scrolls:

https://www.i-programmer.info/news/204-challenges/16196-can-ml-unlock-the-secrets-of-the-herculaneum-scrolls.html

More on the Roman mosaic found at a future Aldi site in Olney:

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/roman-villa-england-aldi-supermarket-2272588

More on the copper trade and Hala Sultan Tekke:

https://in-cyprus.philenews.com/news/local/cypriot-village-was-major-copper-trading-hub-in-antiquity-study-reveals/

More on the 'drop spindle' from Vindolanda:

https://the-past.com/news/unusual-artefact-from-vindolanda-re-investigated/

In case you missed it: that gold Ides of March coin auctioned a while ago was returned to Greece:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/rare-coin-marking-julius-caesers-death-repatriated-to-greece-180981917/

Pondering the location of Alexander's tomb:

https://www.livescience.com/where-is-alexander-the-greats-tomb

Feature on the 'modern' view of religion dating to 303 CE:

https://phys.org/news/2023-04-classicist-modern-view-religion-dates.html https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2023/04/classicist-modern-view-religion-dates-303-ad

Feature on a project on Roman gardening at Union College:

https://www.union.edu/news/stories/202303/ancient-rome-modern-times-union-garden-state-mind

Feature on Greco-Roman myth in John Wick:

https://hyperallergic.com/812479/john-wick-gives-a-bone-cracking-lesson-in-greco-roman-mythology/

Feature on updating Homer:

https://www.frontporchrepublic.com/2023/04/updating-homer-for-sensitive-modern-readers-a-tongue-in-cheek-proposal/

Feature on Roman river transport:

https://pursuit.unimelb.edu.au/articles/all-rivers-lead-to-rome

Brief feature on a study of ancient Greek textiles:

https://www.ekathimerini.com/multimedia/images/1208262/ancient-textiles-draw-archaeologists-interest/

Feature on Pliny the Elder's *Natural History*:

https://knowablemagazine.org/article/society/2023/pliny-elder-first-encyclopedia

Feature on how the treasures of Troy ended up in Russia:

https://www.rbth.com/arts/336030-gold-troy-ussr-war-booty

Feature on Roman marriage:

https://www.getty.edu/news/ancient-roman-wedding-traditions/

Feature on plaster casts of victims of Vesuvius:

https://mymodernmet.com/pompeii-casts/

Feature on the remains of bread found at Pompeii:

https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20230406-arculata-the-bread-that-survived-pompeii

Feature on the oldest photo of the Acropolis:

https://greekreporter.com/2023/04/05/oldest-photograph-acropolis-athens-greece/

Feature on Classics and education of Black persons:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/04/05/black-educators-endorse-classics/

Feature on the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus:

https://www.thecollector.com/temple-of-artemis-ephesus/

Feature on Constantine and Christianity:

https://www.thecollector.com/constantine-great-conversion-christianity/

Feature on Boudicca and feminism:

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/apr/02/boudicca-returns-as-a-21st-century-feminist-2000-years-after-her-death

Feature on the Antikythera Mechanism:

https://greekcitytimes.com/2023/04/03/antikythera-ancient-greek/

Feature on the resurgence in popularity of Greek myth:

https://www.standard.co.uk/insider/greek-invasion-ancient-myths-stages-books-tiktok-b1071837.html

Feature on 'special forces' in various ancient Greek armies:

https://greekreporter.com/2023/04/05/special-forces-ancient-greece/

OpEd on why the Parthenon Sculptures should be returned:

https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/magazine/elgin-marbles-sarah-baxter-athens-british-museum

... and a study on why they shouldn't:

https://www.modernghana.com/news/1223245/new-study-advises-british-government-and-british.html

Feature on the sculptures:

https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/are-the-parthenon-marbles-coming-home-to-greece/

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https://pastsimperfect.substack.com/p/pasts-imperfect-4623

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EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland) ============================================================
A mesolithic stone mace head found during excavations near Buckingham:

https://arkeonews.net/mesolithic-stone-mace-head-found-during-excavation-of-a-site-near-buckingham/

Study suggests Neolithic farmers in Poland were processing cow, goat, and sheep milk:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/04/neolithic-farmers-processed-cow-goat-and-sheep-milk/146792
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/04/07/neolithic-farmers-processed-cow-goat-and-sheep-milk/

Analysis of some 3000 years bp hair suggests some folks in Menorca were consuming 'drugs' in some form:

https://phys.org/news/2023-04-evidence-drug-bronze-age-ceremonies.html https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/985003 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-65211722 https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/06/science/psychedelics-bronze-age.html https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/apr/07/bronze-age-people-hallucinogenic-drugs-menorca-study
https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/1299/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/1299/pub/1299/page/23/article/NaN
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/psychedelic-drugs-ancient-europe-evidence-menorca
https://www.sciencealert.com/ancient-hair-reveals-traces-of-hallucinogenic-drugs-taken-3600-years-ago
https://scitechdaily.com/archaeologists-discover-first-direct-evidence-of-drug-use-in-ancient-europe/
https://arkeonews.net/first-direct-evidence-of-drug-use-as-part-of-bronze-age-ritual-ceremonies-in-europe/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/04/direct-evidence-of-ancient-bronze-age-drug-use-found-in-menorca/146802
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11332-230407-menorca-hallucinogenic-drugs

cf: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-31064-2

A metal detectorist came across a hoard of some Bronze Age jewellery and an axe head in Poland:

http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/66902

Remains of a trio of Bronze Age roundhouses and later finds from a housing development site in Newquay:

https://www.cornwall.gov.uk/council-news/environment-culture-and-planning/series-of-ancient-dwellings-discovered-in-newquay/
https://www.falmouthpacket.co.uk/news/23434522.bronze-age-dwellings-discovered-newquay-housing-deveopment/

Study suggests that Viking shields found in 1880 on the Gokstad ship may have actually been used in combat:

https://phys.org/news/2023-04-viking-age-ceremonial-burial-shields.html https://www.livescience.com/1100-year-old-ceremonial-viking-shields-were-actually-used-in-battle-study-suggests
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/66936 http://www.archaeology.org/news/11326-230405-norway-combat-shields

A fake/imitation gold Arabic dinar found in Norfolk a couple years ago may have Viking origins:

https://arkeonews.net/an-imitation-arabic-dinar-discovered-in-norfolk-may-have-been-made-by-vikings/
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/66914

A residue analysis of a medieval stone cresset suggests it was used as a light source:

https://the-past.com/news/first-residue-analysis-of-a-medieval-stone-cresset/

A 12th century Irish brooch from a Galway beach (find was made back in 2016):

https://www.irishcentral.com/roots/history/american-student-12th-century-brooch-galway-beach

Foundations of a medieval church from Trnava:

https://spectator.sme.sk/c/23155112/archaeologists-unearth-unique-renaissance-parking-space-and-funeral-church.html

Study suggests one of the crew people on the sunken Vasa was a woman:

https://phys.org/news/2023-04-sunken-warship-vasa-crewmen-woman.html https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/04/230404114034.htm https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/08/world/europe/sweden-vasa-warship-woman.html https://apnews.com/article/sweden-vasa-warship-woman-8e5d15c5acf623e0115368be61084152
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/04/06/one-of-vasas-crewmen-was-a-woman/ http://www.archaeology.org/news/11327-230405-sweden-vasa-woman

Excavations at Westminster revealed a 19th century 'fish token':

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-65203790 https://www.londonworld.com/news/good-friday-westminster-excavators-find-antique-carved-fish-4095865

More on the suggestion that Stonehenge wasn't originally a calendar sort of thing:

https://www.livescience.com/was-stonehenge-an-ancient-calendar-a-new-study-says-no
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11321-230403-stonehenge-winter-solstice

More on the 'golden tomb' being excavated in Armenia:

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/archaeologists-in-armenia-discover-ancient-golden-tomb-2278370

Funding for three archaeological projects in Co Wexford:

https://www.independent.ie/regionals/wexford/news/three-co-wexford-archaeological-projects-receive-100000-each-in-funding-42422600.html

Some Bronze Age and medieval finds from Wales have been declared treasure:

https://the-past.com/news/bronze-age-and-medieval-finds-from-wales-declared-treasure/

Wales plans to conserve/take over care of Llys Rhosyr:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-65197383 https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/apr/08/wales-to-conserve-ruins-of-medieval-court-llys-rhosyr-for-public-visits

Feature on the early years of Queen Victoria:

https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p0ffbyb9/line-of-succession-the-early-years-of-queen-victoria

The source of some 'mystery carvings' in an Edinburgh workshop have been traced to a dismantled medieval church:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-65163553
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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 ============================================================
Possible evidence of 6000 years bp python consumption from a site in China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region:

https://english.news.cn/20230403/e89b607faaa64cd791c3d660d035f86e/c.html http://www.archaeology.org/news/11323-230404-china-python-hunting

A 4500 years bp tiger-patterned ritual axe (maybe) from a site in Wuxi City:

http://www.china.org.cn/photos/2023-04/04/content_85210022.htm http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/66918 https://arkeonews.net/4500-year-old-tiger-patterned-ritual-weapon-uncover-in-east-china/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/04/archaeologists-uncover-4500-year-old-ritual-weapon-engraved-with-tigers/146757

A 3000 years bp cave tomb site from China's Tibet Autonomous Region:

https://pakobserver.net/chinas-tibet-discovers-3000-years-old-cave-tomb/

Slideshow sort of thing of a number of sites from various periods in China:

https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202304/04/WS642b6d6aa31057c47ebb82e9_1.html

I think we mentioned the Southern Song Dynasty kiln sites from Suzhou:

https://ukranews.com/en/news/922726-ancient-kiln-sites-discovered-in-china-s-jiangsu

A Jin Dynasty tomb with a 'skylight' (seems to be a recent find?):

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/stunning-tomb-with-skylight-in-carved-chamber-uncovered-from-jin-dynasty/

More on the study of yak milk consumption among Mongol Empire elites:

https://news.umich.edu/yak-milk-consumption-among-mongol-empire-elites/ https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/03/230331144517.htm https://www.iflscience.com/frozen-mummies-of-the-mongol-empire-are-rising-from-melted-permafrost-68341
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/04/03/yak-milk-consumption-among-mongol-empire-elites/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11330-230406-mongolia-yak-milk

Ongoing excavations at Pattanam suggest there was no 'institutionalized religion' there:

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/at-the-heart-of-pattanams-excavations-lies-a-secular-plural-life/article66688099.ece

Myanmar is restoring pagodas in Bagan:

https://www.bignewsnetwork.com/news/273717494/myanmar-to-restore-murals-at-pagodas-of-world-heritage-site

Filipino bishops are digitizing centuries of church records:

https://aleteia.org/2023/04/05/filipino-bishops-digitize-donate-4-centuries-of-records-for-preservation/
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AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND ============================================================
On the cause of 'fairy circles' and Aboriginal knowledge of same:

https://theconversation.com/first-peoples-knowledge-of-mysterious-fairy-circles-in-australian-deserts-has-upended-a-long-standing-science-debate-202956

cf: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-023-01994-1 ============================================================
NORTH AMERICA
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A bridge project in Newark (I think) has revealed a 2000 years bp Hopewell site:

https://www.newarkadvocate.com/story/news/local/2023/04/06/cherry-valley-road-bridge-project-reveals-2000-year-old-dwelling-site/70076812007/

Details are emerging about the burials associated with the First Baptist Church in Williamsburg (VA):

https://apnews.com/article/black-church-graves-colonial-williamsburg-2066a8491c4cb761ce75c4e9c9e514b2
https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2023/04/06/graves-bones-african-american-church-williamburg/
https://www.wtkr.com/news/archeologists-uncover-63-unmarked-graves-of-african-americans-in-williamsburg

Munitions artifacts suggest the site of the Battle of Medina has been found:

https://sanantonioreport.org/munitions-artifacts-point-to-location-of-1813-medina-battlefield/

More on Don Blakeslee's word on Etzanoa:

http://www.derbyinformer.com/news/area_news/wichita-state-professor-uncovers-forgotten-native-nation/article_b6bfcd3e-d310-11ed-be39-cbe87e81d837.html

More on the earlier arrival of horses in North American plains cultures:

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/03/230330172129.htm https://www.aaas.org/news/indigenous-cultures-adopted-spanish-horses-european-arrival-american-west
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/native-americans-spread-horses-through-the-west-earlier-than-thought-180981912/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11328-230405-native-american-horses

More on the Kenwood Academy fire in Albany:

https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/reward-offered-kenwood-fire-albany-17874758.php
https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/kenwood-academy-insurance-policy-dispute-focus-17878201.php

More on the sabertoothed cat skull find from Iowa:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/04/first-evidence-of-sabertoothed-cat-inhabiting-the-state-of-iowa/146797

There's an ongoing dispute over plans for a luxury hotel on an ancestral site in Miami:

https://news.yahoo.com/photo-story-see-archaeologists-digging-203552258.html https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/04/07/miami-officials-approve-luxury-high-rise-despite-native-american-site
https://hyperallergic.com/813098/contested-miami-ancestral-site-to-be-considered-for-landmark-designation/
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CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA ============================================================
Study suggests less predictable rainfall may have contributed to the decline of Classic Maya societies 1100 years bp:

http://news.unm.edu/news/less-predictable-rainfall-may-have-caused-disintegration-of-early-maya-societies
https://phys.org/news/2023-04-rainfall-disintegration-early-maya-societies.html -----
Mike Ruggeri's Ancient Americas Breaking News:

http://goo.gl/1VdeA

Mike Ruggeri's Ancient Americas lecture channels on Youtube:

https://mikeruggerisyoutube.tumblr.com/

Ancient MesoAmerica News:

http://ancient-mesoamerica-news-updates.blogspot.com/ ============================================================
OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST ============================================================
An Old Syriac translation of the New Testament was identified in a palimpsest:

https://phys.org/news/2023-04-fragment-year-old-testament.html https://www.oeaw.ac.at/en/news/new-testament-fragment-of-1750-year-old-translation-discovered
https://arkeonews.net/a-fragment-with-the-oldest-syriac-translation-of-the-new-testament-discovered/

cf: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/new-testament-studies/article/new-double-palimpsest-witness-to-the-old-syriac-gospels-vat-iber-4-ff-1-5/0DBE3923810C204EB39118267EB41614

Examination of a replica of the 'Stone of Scone' has revealed some hitherto unseen Roman numerals:

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/historic-environment-scotland-roman-edinburgh-castle-westminster-abbey-charles-b2314749.html
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11939657/Roman-numerals-Stone-Destiny-ahead-Kings-coronation.html
https://www.scotsman.com/heritage-and-retro/heritage/roman-numerals-found-on-stone-of-destiny-ahead-of-king-charles-iii-coronation-4094201
https://arkeonews.net/roman-numerals-discovered-on-stone-of-destiny-ahead-of-king-charles-iii-coronation/

A possible unattributed Vermeer at the Philadelphia MoA:

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/vermeer-copy-philadelphia-museum-of-art-attribution-1234663109/

Pondering Picasso:


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