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explorator 26.02 April 30, 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 soot suggests humans were present in the Nerja Cave (Spain) for some 41 000 years:

https://phys.org/news/2023-04-fossilized-soot-charcoal-reconstruct-history.html https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/987238 https://arkeonews.net/smoke-archeology-finds-evidence-humans-visited-nerja-cave-for-40000-years/
https://www.iflscience.com/humans-have-been-lighting-torches-inside-this-spanish-cave-for-41000-years-68628
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11406-230428-spain-nerja-cave-visitors

cf: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-32544-1

More on the 39 000 years bp 'leather punch board' from Spain:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/this-39600-year-old-bone-may-have-been-used-by-prehistoric-tailors-180982033/
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AFRICA
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More on the stable isotope map of Angola and its uses:

https://phys.org/news/2023-04-stable-isotope-angola-archaeologists-individual.html

More on the medieval wall paintings from Old Dongola (Sudan):

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/04/26/amid-an-unfolding-civil-war-unique-christian-wall-paintings-have-been-found-in-hidden-chambers-of-an-ancient-sudanese-city
https://greekcitytimes.com/2023/04/23/archaeologists-discovered-an-enigmatic-complex-of-rooms-interiors-of-which-covered-with-figural-scenes-unique-to-christian-art-with-greek-inscriptions/
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-741467 https://news.artnet.com/art-world/christian-paintings-old-dongola-sudan-polish-archaeologists-2283888
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11398-230426-sudan-dongola-medieval-paintings

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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT ============================================================
Not sure where to put this find of a Roman-era Buddha statue from an Isis temple in Berenice:

https://english.ahram.org.eg/News/498493.aspx https://egyptindependent.com/egypt-announces-discovery-of-a-statue-of-buddha-on-its-land-for-the-first-time/
https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2023/04/buddha-statue-found-egypt-points-ancient-india-links
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20230427-buddha-statue-found-in-egypt-points-to-ancient-india-links
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-04-28/buddha-statue-found-in-egypt-points-to-ancient-india-links/102280588
https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/buddha-statue-found-in-egypt-points-to-ancient-india-links-182730
https://greekreporter.com/2023/04/28/ancient-statue-buddha-egypt/ http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/67128 https://hyperallergic.com/818372/stone-buddha-found-in-egypt-sheds-light-on-indias-influence/
https://arkeonews.net/buddha-statue-discovered-in-ancient-city-of-berenice-egypt/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/04/statue-depicting-buddha-found-in-ancient-egyptian-city/147109
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/04/27/buddha-statue-found-at-berenike-on-the-red-sea-coast/

More on the 18th Dynasty tomb of Panehsy:

https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/ancient-cultures/ancient-egypt/lavish-new-kingdom-tomb-uncovered-at-saqqara/
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/04/25/3200-year-old-tomb-discovered-in-saqqara/

More on the neutron tomography study of six Egyptian animal sarcophagi:

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2023-04-24/ty-article/high-tech-peers-inside-sealed-ancient-egyptian-coffins-finds-lizards/00000187-b2d3-d3b7-abcf-b3d7c61f0000
https://hyperallergic.com/817357/2500-year-old-mummified-lizards-found-in-ancient-egyptian-coffins/
https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/scientists-study-the-secrets-of-2-500-year-old-mummified-animals
https://www.gizmodo.com.au/2023/04/researchers-blasted-ancient-egyptian-lizard-coffins-with-neutrons/

The mummified remains and objects from Bab el-Gasus (found in 1891) are going online:

https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/04/25/the-mummies-and-objects-of-the-bab-el-gasus-cache-go-online/

Feature on Christiane Desroches-Noblecourt:

https://www.apollo-magazine.com/christiane-desroches-noblecourt-biography-lynne-olson-egyptology/

Feature on Allard Pierson's study of mummy portraits:

https://www.classicult.it/en/allard-pierson-starts-international-research-on-twelve-mummy-portraits/

The 'mystery' of an 'impossible statue' currently in the National Museums Scotland may have been figured out:

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/ancient-egyptians/mystery-of-impossible-ancient-egyptian-statue-may-be-solved

Feature on the Ishtar Gate:

https://www.asor.org/anetoday/2023/04/ishtar-gate-babylon

Nine 3000 years bp child burials from Segzabad (Iran):

https://arkeonews.net/3000-year-old-skeletons-of-nine-children-were-discovered-in-qazvin-province-iran/

'Destruction' concerns for the 9000 years bp Tepe Sarab site:

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/484023/9-000-year-old-Tepe-Sarab-on-verge-of-destruction

Sassanid finds from Iran's Khorasan region include a number of plaster images:

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/484081/Archaeologies-hail-find-of-Sassanid-relics-in-northeast-Iran

Plans to resume digging at Ashraf hill in Iran's Isfahan province:

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/484130/Isfahan-s-archaeology-rich-hill-to-undergo-excavation

Interview with Abbas Amanat regarding their *Iran: A Modern History*:

https://yalebooks.yale.edu/2023/04/14/irans-modern-history-a-conversation-with-abbas-amanat/

There are apparently no relief images of women at Persepolis:

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/483894/Persepolis-bears-no-woman-carved-in-relief-archaeologist-says

Turkiye has put an 8000 years bp footprint from Yenisehir on display (some dig details here too):

https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/8000-year-old-footprint-on-display-for-1st-time-in-turkiyes-iznik/news

Israel continues to search for the Siloam Pool:

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2023-04-28/ty-article-magazine/.premium/israel-razed-the-last-orchard-in-silwan-in-search-of-siloam-pool-it-still-cant-be-found/00000187-c6d0-d9b4-abaf-eefe23910000

Dating an olive tree in Wadi Zeitan suggests it is 1500 years bp or so:

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2023-04-24/ty-article-magazine/genetic-tests-of-israeli-desert-olive-tree-reveal-roots-of-ancient-agriculture/00000187-b259-d86e-ade7-bbdd88160000

Grape seeds dating to the 8th century CE from a Byzantine monastery site in the Negev:

https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-741446 https://arkeonews.net/white-grape-pips-found-in-the-negev-dated-may-be-the-oldest-of-its-kind-worldwide/
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/04/27/new-insight-into-the-mystery-of-ancient-gaza-wine/

Finds from various periods (including 'triliths') from assorted sites in Oman:

https://english.radio.cz/czech-led-archaeological-team-discovers-mini-stonehenge-oman-8781199
https://www.sacbee.com/news/nation-world/world/article274700496.html http://www.archaeology.org/news/11403-230428-oman-arabian-stonehenge
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This Week in the Ancient Near East Podcast:

https://thisweekintheancientneareast.podbean.com/

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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS) ============================================================
Evidence of Bronze Age and Roman-era occupation near Newquay:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cornwall-65391193 https://the-past.com/news/bronze-age-and-roman-occupation-found-near-newquay/

A 5th century red figure plate from the dig at the sanctuary of Odesos:

https://www.bta.bg/en/news/culture/448287-varna-archaeologists-report-rare-5th-century-bc-find
https://www.novinite.com/articles/219828/Bulgaria%3A+Archeologists+from+Varna+discovered+an+Ancient+Object+with+an+analogue+only+in+the+Louvre

A 1st century CE Roman burial in Hungary includes medical equipment:

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article274758151.html https://news.yahoo.com/ancient-roman-doctor-made-mysterious-225540424.html https://www.iflscience.com/unique-discovery-of-a-roman-doctor-buried-with-his-equipment-68678
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/67108 https://arkeonews.net/tomb-of-a-roman-doctor-buried-with-unique-surgical-tools-unearthed-in-hungary/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/04/medical-equipment-found-in-roman-burial/147093

A 2000 years bp Roman suburb, including a bathhouse, from the Xanten military camp site:

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article274709086.html https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/nation-world/world/article274709086.html

Plenty of Roman remains found during a pre-construction dig in Belgium:

https://www.newsobserver.com/news/nation-world/world/article274782226.html https://news.yahoo.com/burnt-graves-full-ancient-roman-165739571.html https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article274782226.html https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/04/archaeologists-discover-roman-sanctuary-and-cemetery-in-belgium/147025

A major Roman silver coin hoard from Romania:

https://www.romania-insider.com/roman-silver-coins-discovered-dolj-romania-2023

A Roman burial at a housing development site in Hinckley/Nuneaton::

https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/local-news/plan-new-homes-near-hinckley-8381631
https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/local-news/roman-burial-site-discovered-nuneaton-26748014

... and Roman remains were found at a housing site in Wiltshire:

https://www.wiltshiretimes.co.uk/news/23479989.roman-remains-found-southwick-court-fields-homes-site/

I think we mentioned these remains of an underwater temple at Pozzuoli with Nabataean connections:

https://hyperallergic.com/817370/remains-of-submerged-nabatean-temple-uncovered-in-italy/
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/04/19/underwater-nabataean-temple-discovered-in-major-archaeological-find-in-italy
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-741637 https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/04/archaeologists-identify-a-submerged-temple-of-the-nabataeans-in-pozzuoli/146880
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11396-230426-italy-nabataean-temple

A Roman coin (and other items) hoard from Switzerland:

https://www.numismaticnews.net/world-coins/roman-coin-find-in-switzerland

Evidence via Google Earth of three previously-unknown Roman military camps in the Saudi Arabian desert:

https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2023-04-27-spectacular-new-find-roman-military-camps-desert-found-oxford-archaeologists-using
https://phys.org/news/2023-04-roman-military-archaeologists-google-earth.html https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-65391574 https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/roman-archaeologists-andrew-wilson-university-of-oxford-petra-b2327729.html
https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/23483565.new-roman-camps-found-desert-university-oxford/
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/04/27/lost-roman-camp-arabian-desert-google-earth-massacre/
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-12024639/Lost-Roman-camps-spotted-Google-Earth-hint-deadly-MASSACRE-1-900-years-ago.html
https://www.standard.co.uk/tech/science/andrew-wilson-university-of-oxford-petra-saudi-arabia-rome-b1077133.html
https://www.arabnews.com/node/2293826 https://www.timesofisrael.com/newly-identified-roman-army-camps-indicate-unknown-ancient-campaign-in-arabia/
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2023-04-27/ty-article/archaeologists-find-evidence-of-lost-ancient-roman-campaign-in-arabia/00000187-c2f6-d554-a5b7-defed94f0000
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-741390 https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/roman-camps-found-in-arabian-desert-hint-epic-attacks-in-106-ad/news
https://www.thenationalnews.com/world/uk-news/2023/04/26/uk-archaeologists-discover-roman-military-camps-in-arabian-desert/
https://news.yahoo.com/researchers-identify-three-roman-camps-050430844.html https://www.zmescience.com/science/history-science/archaeologists-find-ancient-roman-camps-in-the-arabian-desert-using-google-earth/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/04/roman-army-camps-identified-in-northern-arabia-using-google-earth/147115
https://arkeonews.net/archaeologists-identify-three-new-roman-camps-in-arabia/

... and a 'lost' 2nd century Roman fort was found in Scotland:

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/romans/lost-2nd-century-roman-fort-discovered-in-scotland
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-discover-lost-roman-fort-in-scotland-180982055/

Study suggests the Nazis were 'wrongly accused' of destroying Caligula's ships at Nemi:

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/nazis-were-false-culprits-for-destruction-of-caligula-s-pleasure-boats-qwzqrkwmn
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12015301/The-Nazis-WRONGLY-accused-torching-Caligulas-pleasure-boats-archaeologists-claim.html

A 'bridal carriage' excavated at Pompeii a couple years ago has been restored/reconstructed:

https://www.ansa.it/english/news/lifestyle/arts/2023/04/29/eros-and-pathos-in-pompeii-bridal-carriage_410b5185-5b38-4490-aa4e-427550320431.html

More on the Roman coin hoard found at Livorno:

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/roman-coins-found-tuscany-livorno-1234665828/
https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/nation-world/world/article274745966.html https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article274745966.html

More on possible sculpture representing people of Tartessos from a Bronze Age site in Spain:

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/2600-year-old-stone-busts-of-lost-ancient-tartessos-people-discovered-in-sealed-pit-in-spain
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/67101 https://arkeonews.net/archaeologists-have-uncovered-the-first-human-representations-of-the-people-of-mythical-tartessos/
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/04/26/first-human-representations-of-tartessian-culture/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11405-230428-spain-tartessos-busts

More on the Gallo-Roman necropolis near a Paris train station:

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/romans/ancient-necropolis-unearthed-just-feet-away-from-bustling-paris-train-station
https://www.euronews.com/culture/2023/04/24/no-one-has-seen-it-since-antiquity-archaeologists-uncover-ancient-necropolis-near-paris-me
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/67085 https://arkeonews.net/2000-year-old-graves-found-in-ancient-necropolis-beneath-paris-train-station/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/parisian-archaeologists-discover-gallo-roman-necropolis-under-train-station-180982056/

More on the find of a Hellenistic burial chamber in Naples using muon radiography:

http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/67096 https://www.iflscience.com/hidden-ancient-underground-necropolis-discovered-using-cosmic-rays-68602
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/04/archaeologists-use-muography-to-reveal-hidden-chamber-in-naples/147137

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

More on the Roman mosaic found near a vape shop in Colchester:

https://greekreporter.com/2023/04/26/roman-mosaic-shopping-mall-england/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/roman-mosaic-unearthed-at-shopping-mall-in-england-180982039/

More on the Roman tunnels under Lisbon:

https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/hidden-relics-lisbons-2000-year-old-roman-tunnels-harbor-history/news

Museum staff in Littlehampton are searching for a 'missing footprint' from the Angmering Roman villa excavations:

https://www.sussexexpress.co.uk/heritage-and-retro/retro/littlehampton-museum-staff-scour-the-country-for-missing-star-find-from-angmering-roman-villa-excavations-4122469

Finds recently declared treasure in Caerwent are hoped to suggest a Roman settlement in the area:

https://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/23489170.caerwent-treasure-undiscovered-roman-settlement/

Hyping the upcoming dig at the Carlisle Roman bath site:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cumbria-65387199 https://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/23478950.uncovering-roman-carlisle-excavate-bath-house/

Feature on the durability of ancient glass:

https://www.getty.edu/news/is-ancient-glass-unbreakable/

Features on Cleopatra:

https://isisnaucratis.medium.com/cleopatra-vii-the-gift-that-keeps-on-giving-f749b66c552c
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/cleopatra-egypt-pharaoh-life-history

Feature on Hypatia:

https://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-04-29/hypatia-of-alexandria-the-pop-star-of-antiquity-that-resists-oblivion.html

Feature on recent finds from Smyrna:

https://greekreporter.com/2023/04/25/smyrna-dig-ancient-greek-roman-past/

Feature on Vercingetorix:

https://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-04-24/caesars-prisoner-the-thrilling-story-of-the-gallic-rebel-vercingetorix-his-roman-guard-and-the-notorious-dungeons-of-mamertine.html

Feature on the Antonine Plague:

https://www.indonewyork.com/breaking/antiquity-antonine-plague-how-a-plague-ushered-in-the-fall-of-the-roman-2-h86537.html

Feature on how ugly Socrates was (!):

https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/hide-and-seek/202304/how-ugly-was-socrates

Feature on the Seleucids:

https://greekreporter.com/2023/04/28/seleucids-rivals-cleopatra-dynasty/

Feature on Dura Europos:

https://www.thecollector.com/dura-europos-pompeii-desert/

Feature on a ring found a few years ago that was connected to Pontius Pilate:

https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/ancient-cultures/ancient-israel/pontius-pilates-ring-reexamined/

Feature on the battle of Leuctra:

https://www.thecollector.com/battle-of-leuctra-thebans-spartans/

Feature on some Greek pyramids:

https://greekreporter.com/2023/04/28/ancient-pyramid-greece/ https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/06/the-greek-pyramids/139575

Feature on why Hadrianopolis was abandoned in the 7th century:

https://greekreporter.com/2023/04/22/ancient-greek-city-hadrianopolis/

Another feature on the Antikythera mechanism:

https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/04/25/the-promethean-antikythera-computer-of-greek-civilization/

Another feature pondering whether the Greeks saw blue like we do:

https://greekreporter.com/2023/04/25/did-ancient-greeks-see-blue/

Feature on mosaics from Halicarnassus associated with Phainos:

https://greekreporter.com/2023/04/24/villa-mosaic-ancient-greek-fisherman/ -----
Roman Archaeology Blog:

http://romanarc.blogspot.com/

Rogueclassicism:

http://rogueclassicism.com/ ============================================================
EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland) ============================================================
Remains of a major 6000 years bp settlement from France:

https://www.tri-cityherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article274788961.html https://www.mahoningmatters.com/news/nation-world/world/article274788961.html https://news.yahoo.com/6-000-old-settlement-full-210534882.html

2300 years bp Celtic scissors from burials in Munich:

https://arkeonews.net/2300-years-old-amazing-preserved-looks-almost-new-celtic-scissors-discovered-in-germany/

Overview of the excavations of a pottery production site (possibly mentioned in the Domesday Book) in Quedgeley East:

https://the-past.com/news/domesday-pottery-location-excavated-in-gloucestershire/

A medieval tableman gaming piece from excavations of a medieval building in Bedforshire:

https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-741350 https://arkeonews.net/archaeologists-discover-medieval-a-tableman-gaming-piece-in-bedfordshire-england/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/04/tableman-gaming-piece-discovered-in-medieval-building/147085

A metal detectorist in Lancaster found a 15th century ring depicting Mary and Jesus:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-lancashire-65383377 https://ca.news.yahoo.com/metal-detectorists-shock-15th-century-093423745.html

Construction workers came across remains of Krakow's medieval Szewska Gate:

https://www.thefirstnews.com/article/remains-of-krakows-mediaeval-szewska-gate-found-by-builders-38087

A drone survey may have located the site of the Battle of Marston Moor (1644):

https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/heritage-and-retro/heritage/battle-of-marston-moor-archaeological-drone-survey-reveals-possible-remains-of-burial-pits-from-civil-war-battle-in-yorkshire-4119964

More on the 1000 years bp Viking iron hoard found in a basement in Norway:

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/vikings/rare-1000-year-old-viking-age-iron-hoard-found-in-basement-in-norway

More on a metal detectorist finding 10th century Viking hacksilver and coins from a Jutland cornfield:

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/apr/21/hoard-of-1000-year-old-viking-coins-unearthed-in-denmark
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/67077 https://arkeonews.net/young-metal-detectorist-discovers-huge-viking-treasure-hoard-in-denmark/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11393-230424-denmark-viking-hoard

More on the Viking ship find at Karmoy Mound:

https://sciencenorway.no/archaeology-viking-age-vikings/new-discovery-of-a-viking-ship-in-norway/2187930
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/vikings/seemingly-empty-burial-mound-is-hiding-a-1200-year-old-viking-ship
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-741635 https://www.sacbee.com/news/nation-world/world/article274655121.html http://www.archaeology.org/news/11395-230425-norway-viking-ship-burial

More on Norse colonists in Greenland importing timber from North America:

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2023-04-23/ty-article/vikings-in-greenland-imported-wood-from-europe-and-canada/00000187-ae6b-d803-ad8f-fe7bcb2e0000

More on the identification of the earliest-known tartan:

https://the-past.com/news/earliest-known-true-tartan-identified/

A major conservation project at Caenarfon Castle is complete:

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/apr/27/caernarfon-castles-5m-revamp-takes-its-story-beyond-english-imperialism

Archaeologists in Nottingham are working to preserve a 200 years bp cave site before student housing is built:

https://nottstv.com/nottingham-archaeologists-working-to-protect-200-year-old-cave-before-student-block-is-built/
https://westbridgfordwire.com/200-year-old-nottingham-prison-cave-to-be-protected-before-student-homes-built-on-it/

Hyping an upcoming Neolithic dig in Jersey:

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-jersey-65401208

They're reviewing how archaeological finds in Scotland are processed:

https://www.scotsman.com/news/environment/review-launched-into-how-archaeological-finds-are-processed-in-scotland-4116358

An early notice of a dig at a future police station site in Cambridge:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-65391909 https://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/cambridge-news/archaeologists-dig-site-earmarked-new-26787338
https://www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/news/archaeological-dig-begins-at-milton-site-earmarked-for-new-p-9309921/

Feature on the 'Leaning Tower of Bristol':

https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/leaning-tower-bristol-being-dwarfed-8389931

Feature on 17th century protests in London over river pollution:

https://theconversation.com/noisome-stinking-scum-how-londoners-protested-river-pollution-in-the-1600s-204011

Feature on Urnes style brooches found in Norway over the years:

https://sciencenorway.no/archaeology-medieval-history-viking-age/this-brooch-became-high-fashion-during-the-late-viking-and-middle-age/2189994

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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 ============================================================
More on powerful women among the Mongolian Xiognu people:

https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2023/04/dna-shows-poorly-understood-empire-was-multiethnic-with-strong-female-leadership/
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-741600 https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/04/worlds-first-nomadic-empire-was-multi-ethnic-with-strong-female-leadership/147132

A Yayoi image of a whale on some pottery from Itoshima:

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20230426/p2a/00m/0na/020000c

An 1800 years bp 'festival mask' from a site in Osaka:

https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14893644 http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/67118 https://arkeonews.net/1800-year-old-wooden-mask-likely-used-in-farm-festivals-found-in-japan/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/04/1800-year-old-ritual-mask-uncovered-in-osaka-prefecture/147079
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11399-230426-japan-wooden-mask

More on chicken breeding in Japan dating to the 4th century BCE:

https://www.global.hokudai.ac.jp/blog/chicken-breeding-in-japan-dates-back-to-fourth-century-bce/
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/04/24/chicken-breeding-in-japan-dates-back-to-fourth-century-bce/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11394-230425-japan-chicken-breeding

Possible antiquities (Buddha statues, swords, a gong) from a cave in Laos:

https://en.vietnamplus.vn/laos-discovers-many-objects-believed-to-be-antiquities/252349.vnp

More on wideranging Polynesian migration:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/04/stone-artefacts-reveal-long-distance-voyaging-among-pacific-islands/147064
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/04/25/long-distance-voyaging-among-the-pacific-islands/

A student came across a Pandya period inscription in Madurai:

https://m.timesofindia.com/city/madurai/student-unearths-pandya-inscription-in-madurai/articleshow/99801634.cms

Concerns for a Buddhist cave site at Tamsuli:

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/environmentalists-urge-archaeology-dept-to-protect-buddhist-cave-at-tamsuli/articleshow/99769173.cms

Study suggests prolonged droughts may have brought an end to the Indus Civilization:

https://phys.org/news/2023-04-prolonged-droughts-indus-megacities.html https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/04/230426210533.htm https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/04/27/prolonged-droughts-likely-spelled-the-end-for-indus-megacities/

Isolation is apparently interfering with archaeology in Afghanistan:

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/04/25/isolation-is-thwarting-archaeological-discoveries-of-afghanistans-rich-heritage
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AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND ============================================================
Ancient Maori building techniques could apparently withstand earthquakes:

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/kahu/ancient-maori-building-techniques-proven-to-withstand-major-earthquakes/MVH2LHKHMRENBAWQ6WZBN2NYG4/
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NORTH AMERICA
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A fragment of a skull found in Louisiana back in 1985 has been dated to 3500 years bp:

https://www.wdsu.com/article/louisiana-skull-fragment-3500-years-old/43725763 https://www.heraldonline.com/news/nation-world/national/article274805136.html https://www.thenewstribune.com/news/nation-world/national/article274805136.html

A paleogenome study of people who settled in Alaska some 3000 years bp:

https://phys.org/news/2023-04-ancient-alaskan-cave-important-human.html https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/04/230424223113.htm https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/987183 https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-741281 https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/04/26/important-human-discovery-made-while-searching-for-ancient-bears/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11402-230427-alaska-native-dna

A possible 18th century well find in Woodstock (Virginia):

https://www.nvdaily.com/nvdaily/experts-have-mixed-opinions-about-age-of-old-woodstock-well/article_f806e90d-adaa-57e3-aa57-d18d9fefef3e.html

More on the 1000 years bp canoe extracted from Lake Waccamaw in North Carolina:

https://www.nhonews.com/news/2023/apr/26/1000-year-old-indigenous-canoe-excavated-lake-wacc/

More on earlier use of horses by Indigneous people:

https://www.wyomingpublicmedia.org/open-spaces/2023-04-28/new-research-finds-that-indigenous-people-were-using-horses-way-earlier-than-we-originally-thought

Plans to investigate a possible 19th century shipwreck on Daytona Beach Shores:

https://www.wesh.com/article/florida-shipwreck/43685512 https://www.wesh.com/article/daytona-beach-shipwreck-investigation/43728495 https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2023/04/27/archaeologists-check-out-suspected-shipwreck-in-daytona-beach-shores/
https://spotonflorida.com/fl-non-local-sources/4575360/archaeologists-to-examine-exposed-daytona.html

Feature on efforts to preserve adobe churches in New Mexico:

https://apnews.com/article/southwest-hispanic-mission-church-preservation-faith-a70650d37b3c969cd6d43829a2397984

Feature on the collapse of the Dixon bridge 150 years bp:

https://apnews.com/article/bridge-collapse-drowning-death-river-illinois-a24a97dd9479f1b3e4fe73aedc0846fc

A study using newspaper ads to trace Indigenous slavery in colonial America:

https://phys.org/news/2023-04-century-newspaper-ads-indigenous-slavery.html

cf: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/0144039X.2023.2189517

Funding to preserve Albany's oldest building:

https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/historic-albany-foundation-receives-federal-funds-17915547.php

Mike Ruggeri's listings of Ancient Americas lectures for May:

https://mikeruggerisevents.tumblr.com/ ============================================================
CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA ============================================================
A 1000 years bp adolescent mummified person bundle from the outskirts of Lima:

https://phys.org/news/2023-04-centuries-old-teenage-mummy-unearthed-peru.html https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/archaeologists-peru-find-adolescent-mummy-wrapped-bundle-2023-04-25/
https://www.reuters.com/video/watch/archaeologists-in-peru-find-adolescent-m-idOV752725042023RP1
https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/25/americas/peru-adolescent-mummy-intl-scli-scn/index.html
https://andina.pe/ingles/noticia-around-800yearold-mummy-uncovered-in-peru-937862.aspx
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-740198 https://uk.news.yahoo.com/peruvian-archaeologist-unearth-pre-incan-104839586.html
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20230425-centuries-old-teenage-mummy-unearthed-in-peru
https://www.dailysabah.com/life/history/archaeologists-unearth-1000-year-old-adolescent-mummy-in-peru
https://english.almayadeen.net/news/art-culture/archaeologists-in-peru-find-adolescent-wrapped-mummy
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/archeologists-find-adolescent-mummy-peru-cajamarquilla/
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/archaeologists-peru-find-adolescent-mummy-wrapped-bundle-rcna81283
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-04-25/archaeologists-in-peru-find-adolescent-mummy-wrapped-in-bundle/102264376
https://arkeonews.net/archeologists-in-peru-find-a-1000-year-old-adolescent-mummy-wrapped-in-bundle/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11400-230427-peru-cajamarquilla-mummified-child

... I think this is related to the above:

https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/peruvian-gas-firm-doubles-up-pre-hispanic-tomb-finder-2023-04-27/
https://nationalpost.com/pmn/news-pmn/peruvian-gas-firm-doubles-up-as-pre-hispanic-tomb-finder

INAH archaeologists found an image of the Mayan divinity K'awiil from an area in Mexico:


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