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explorator 26.07 June 4, 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, Tom V,
Richard Campbell, Barbara Saylor Rodgers, Bob Heuman, David Critchley, Suzan Mazur,
Richard Miller, Kris Curry, Rick Heli, Richard C. Griffiths, Frank MacKay, Lucas Morron,
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 700 000 years bp site with tools and animal bones found in a coal mine in Greece:

https://phys.org/news/2023-06-newly-stone-tools-dawn-greek.html https://apnews.com/article/greece-archaeology-oldest-site-stone-tools-3e84007cde4d77a2725b7877b9b38335
https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/newly-discovered-stone-tools-drag-dawn-greek-archaeology-99767966
https://www.ekathimerini.com/culture/1212427/newly-discovered-stone-tools-drag-dawn-of-greek-archaeology-back-by-a-quarter-million-years/
https://greekcitytimes.com/2023/06/02/archaeological-breakthrough-ancient-greek-civilisation-rewritten-by-a-quarter-million-years/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11478-230602-greece-lower-paleolithic

Palaeolithic tools found on Lesvos:

https://www.ekathimerini.com/culture/1212255/paleolithic-discovery-made-on-lesvos/

A study of that 'Neanderthal glue' which was in the news a few years ago:

https://phys.org/news/2023-05-neanderthals-synthetic-material-underground-distillation.html
https://www.sciencealert.com/neanderthals-may-have-been-the-first-to-carefully-concoct-this-substance

A study of fire-making technique differences between Neanderthals and homo sapiens:

https://phys.org/news/2023-05-neanderthal-human-fire-making-methods-intelligence.html

Feature on homo erectus:

https://www.spectator.com.au/2023/05/who-do-you-think-you-are/

... and one on homo habilis:

https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/what-we-know-about-homo-habilis

More on the risks of flintknapping:

https://www.spectator.com.au/2023/05/who-do-you-think-you-are/ https://www.newscientist.com/article/2376608-ancient-humans-may-have-risked-their-lives-making-stone-tools/

More on 153 000 years bp homo sapiens footprints in South Africa:

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/153000-year-old-footprints-from-south-africa-are-the-oldest-homo-sapiens-tracks-on-record
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AFRICA
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South African metal detectorists found a cache of 19th century muskets:

https://northernnatalnews.co.za/388900/diggers-discover-a-piece-of-history/

Feature on the 'lost' cities of the Nigerian Sahara:

https://phys.org/news/2023-06-mystery-lost-cities-nigerien-sahara.html

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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT ============================================================
Analysis of some bracelets owned by Khufu's mother Hetepheres suggests the silver used to make them came from the Greek Aegean:

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/ancient-egyptians/ancient-egyptian-queens-bracelets-contain-1st-evidence-of-long-distance-trade-between-egypt-and-greece
https://greekreporter.com/2023/05/30/bronze-age-trade-egypt-greece/ https://neoskosmos.com/en/2023/05/30/features/new-evidence-reveals-ancient-egyptian-and-greek-trade-extended-to-the-bronze-age/
https://www.sci.news/archaeology/queen-hetepheres-silver-bracelets-11961.html http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/67396 https://arkeonews.net/the-mystery-of-the-silver-bracelets-of-queen-hetepheres-in-her-celebrated-tomb-at-giza-has-been-solved/
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/06/01/silver/ http://www.archaeology.org/news/11479-230602-egypt-greece-silver

More on the mummification workshops and tombs found last week in Saqqara:

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/ancient-egyptians/2300-year-old-egyptian-mummification-workshops-found-at-saqqara
https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContentMulti/501832/Multimedia.aspx https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/05/28/egypt-mummy-workshop-3300-years-old-mummification/
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/egypt-archaeology-ancient-mummification-workshop-b2347595.html
https://www.cnn.com/style/article/egypt-mummification-workshops-intl-scli-scn/index.html
https://greekreporter.com/2023/05/29/ancient-workshops-tombs-saqqara-egypt/ https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/8214581/egypt-unveils-ancient-mummification-workshops-tombs/
https://www.techtimes.com/articles/292069/20230530/archaeologists-uncover-massive-mummification-workshops-ancient-egypt.htm
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/pharaonic-mummification-workshops-and-tombs-unearthed-in-egypt-1234669903/
https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/embalming-facilities-discovered-at-famous-egyptian-site
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/05/archaeologists-discover-ancient-egyptian-tombs-and-mummification-workshops/147451
https://archaeonewsnet.com/2023/05/largest-ever-mummification-workshop-uncovered-in-saqqara.html
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11473-230530-egypt-tomb-embalming

Neolithic shell beads are shedding light on early seafaring on the Caspian Sea:

https://phys.org/news/2023-05-shell-beads-discovery-stone-age.html https://archaeonewsnet.com/2023/05/shell-beads-discovery-sheds-light-on-stone-age-seafaring.html
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11477-230601-caspian-sea-trade

Overview of finds made during rescue digs at the Chaparabad Dam site in Oshnavieh (Iran):

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/485350/Excavation-sheds-new-light-on-Oshnavieh-s-historical-sites

Feature on the Great Wall of Gorgan:

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/485334/The-Great-Wall-of-Gorgan-an-ancient-marvel-of-military-construction

Feature on Mesopotamian 'sub-floor' burials:

https://psyche.co/ideas/why-ancient-mesopotamians-buried-their-dead-beneath-the-floor

Hype for Eckart Frahm, *Assyria: The Rise and Fall of the World's First Empire*:

https://news.yale.edu/2023/05/26/assyria-chronicling-rise-and-fall-worlds-first-empire

Studying the fortress of Dmanisis Gora to figure out why the people were so resilient in the transition from Bronze to Iron Ages:

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/991295 https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/06/archaeologists-study-fortress-in-southern-georgia-to-understand-community-resilience/147527

More on 3000 years bp flour traces from Armenia:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/armenia-bakery-flour-discovery-180982247/

The roundup of archaeological activities in Turkey in May:

https://turkisharchaeonews.net/article/may-2023-turkish-archaeology

More on the tunnel and rooms found beneath the ruins of St Polyeuctus Church in Istanbul:

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/hidden-tunnel-and-rooms-unearthed-under-1500-year-old-church-in-istanbul
https://greekcitytimes.com/2023/06/02/hidden-rooms-church-istanbul/

... where they also found a small statue of Pan:

https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/1-700-year-old-greek-god-pan-statue-unearthed-in-istanbul-183657
https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/excavations-in-istanbul-unearth-statue-of-greek-deity-pan/news
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20230601-part-of-greek-god-pan-statue-unearthed-in-istanbul/
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/culture/part-of-greek-god-pan-statue-unearthed-in-istanbul/2912269
https://arkeonews.net/god-pan-statue-unearthed-at-istanbuls-historical-church-of-st-polyeuctus/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/06/statue-depicting-pan-found-in-istanbul/147522

Excavations are underway at a 2600 years bp site on Sedir Island:

https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/excavations-start-on-popular-sedir-island-183533

Concerns arising from the slow pace of restoration work at Palmyra:

https://phys.org/news/2023-06-lags-syria-famed-roman-palmyra.html https://apnews.com/article/syria-palmyra-ruins-archeology-heritage-784ff4473db36c83d440d9945b7f602c
https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/restoration-lags-syrias-famed-roman-ruins-palmyra-war-99781961

A call for immediate conservation work at Umm ar-Rasas:

http://www.jordantimes.com/news/local/jordanian-archaeologist-calls-%E2%80%98urgent%E2%80%99-conservation-work-umm-ar-rasas

Study suggests the Canaanites at Megiddo included wine in their funerary activities:

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2023-05-25/ty-article/ancient-canaanites-at-megiddo-raised-a-glass-to-the-dead-archaeologists-find/00000188-5328-dde3-abf9-fb29226d0000

In case you missed the find of a burial cave with ossuaries during possibly questionable construction in Mashhad:

https://greekcitytimes.com/2023/05/29/israeli-archaeologists-1850/ https://www.artdependence.com/articles/israeli-operation-to-prevent-looting-has-led-to-discovery-of-burial-caves/
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/1850-year-old-stone-ossuaries-retrieved-by-israeli-authorities-1234669899/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/05/operation-to-prevent-looting-has-led-to-discovery-of-burial-caves/147475

More on evidence of dysentery from Kindgom of Judah era toilets:

https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/early-toilets-reveal-dysentery-in-old-testament-jerusalem
https://phys.org/news/2023-05-early-toilets-reveal-dysentery-testament.html https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/05/230526121100.htm https://www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/news/study-of-faeces-in-2-500-year-old-toilets-reveal-dysentery-i-9314802/
https://www.jns.org/israel/jerusalem/23/5/29/291418/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2023/06/03/archaeology-dysentery-parasite-jerusalem/
https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/ancient-cultures/ancient-israel/did-biblical-kings-have-dysentery/
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/05/29/early-toilets-reveal-dysentery-in-old-testament-jerusalem/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/jerusalem-parasite-dysentery-180982278/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11474-230530-jerusalem-ancient-dysentery

More on the Second Temple era 'receipt' inscription found in the City of David:

https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/ancient-cultures/ancient-israel/receipt-in-the-city-of-david/?mqsc=E4152446&dk=ZE3250ZF0

Feature on Queen Berenice:

https://www.thetorah.com/article/queen-berenice-a-woman-of-contrasts

4300 years bp copper ingots from near Ibra (Oman):

https://phys.org/news/2023-06-archaeologists-year-old-copper-ingots-oman.html

An Arabic inscription dating to 380 (Nabataean):

https://saudigazette.com.sa/article/633013

More on the 8000 years bp 'blueprints' from Saudi Arabia:

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2023-05-29/ty-article-magazine/8-000-year-old-plans-for-animal-mega-traps-discovered-in-saudi-arabia-jordan/00000188-6673-dde3-abf9-fe7bd3e90000

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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) ============================================================
Overview of the Epipalaeolithic and Neolithic sites at Agios Ioannis/Vretsia-Roudias:

https://archaeonewsnet.com/2023/05/archaeological-excavations-at-agios-ioannis-vretsia-roudias-cyprus.html
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/05/30/archaeological-excavations-at-agios-ioannis-vretsia-roudias-cyprus/

A Mycenean tomb excavated near Amphikleia:

https://greekreporter.com/2023/05/28/mycenean-tomb-unearthed-greece/

Skeletons of two women and a child (more earthquake victims) were found at Pompeii this week:

https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/newly-found-pompeii-skeletons-give-further-evidence-of-earthquake/news
https://www.ansa.it/english/news/lifestyle/arts/2023/05/29/remains-of-3-victims-of-79-ad-eruption-found-in-pompeii_0a80c006-65f4-4b23-8ed0-4d75841c425e.html
https://www.iflscience.com/skeletons-of-two-women-and-child-are-newest-victims-found-at-pompeii-69150
https://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/news/132191298/remains-of-three-new-pompeii-victims-unearthed
https://www.euronews.com/culture/2023/05/30/three-skeletal-remains-and-two-new-frescos-uncovered-at-pompeii-site
https://www.artdependence.com/articles/new-victims-from-pompeii-emerge-from-the-excavation-of-the-house-of-the-chaste-lovers/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/05/new-discoveries-at-pompeiis-regio-ix/147468

Roman-era burials found during street construction in Barcelona:

https://www.newsweek.com/ancient-graves-1500-year-old-human-remains-found-below-city-streets-1804056

Over 50 pairs of 2000 years bp tweezers from the dig Wroxeter City:

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article275958996.html https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12141851/Archaeologists-unearth-50-pairs-tweezers-excavation-2000-year-old-settlement.html
https://www.sciencealert.com/discovery-of-more-than-50-tweezers-reveals-ancient-roman-obsession-with-hair-removal
https://arkeonews.net/more-than-50-pairs-of-tweezers-found-during-a-major-excavation-of-a-2000-year-old-roman-settlement-romans-to-blame-for-no-body-hair-trend/

Using 3d scans to study Roman 'liquid gypsum' burials:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-65789725 https://www.york.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/2023/research/3d-scans-mysterious-roman-burial-practice/
https://yorkmix.com/roman-burial-rituals-revealed-thanks-to-3d-scans-of-1600-year-old-remains-found-in-york/
https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/23561985.yorkshire-museum-university-york-roman-secrets/

A 1700 years bp Roman 'craft district' from Therouanne (France):

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article276040296.html https://www.mahoningmatters.com/news/nation-world/world/article276040296.html http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/67410 https://arkeonews.net/1700-year-old-roman-shoes-and-craft-district-found-in-france/

A new reading of that inscribed ring associated with Pilate 'rediscovered' a few years ago:

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2023-05-31/ty-article/one-pilate-ring-to-confuse-them-all/00000188-71e7-d2d1-afbe-7deffb1f0000

Not sure about this identification of a Roman game board on the wall of a temple in India:

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolhapur/ancient-roman-games-found-engraved-on-walls-of-kopeshwar-temple-at-khidrapur/articleshow/100665271.cms

More on evidence of the Legio X Fretensis' presence in Georgia:

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article275957086.html https://www.mercedsunstar.com/news/nation-world/world/article275957086.html https://arkeonews.net/archaeologists-conducting-excavations-at-the-roman-fort-of-apsaros-in-georgia-found-evidence-of-the-legion-x-fretensis/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/05/study-finds-evidence-of-legio-x-fretensis-in-georgia/147438
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/06/01/legio-x-fretensis-was-stationed-at-apsaros-in-colchis/

More on the ancient quarry found near Tas-Silg in Malta:

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article275925006.html https://arkeonews.net/ancient-quarry-discovered-near-tas-silg-archaeological-complex-in-malta/

More on the Iron Age house find in Thorikos:

https://greekreporter.com/2023/05/31/iron-age-house-discovered-greece/ https://greekcitytimes.com/2023/06/02/iron-age-house-athens-changes/ https://archaeonewsnet.com/2023/05/unique-archaeological-find-in-thorikos-greece.html
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/05/29/unique-archaeological-find-in-thorikos-greece/

More on the pair of large Roman-era heads excavated at Carlisle:

https://arkeonews.net/ancient-quarry-discovered-near-tas-silg-archaeological-complex-in-malta/

More on the Roman face, phallus, and cornucopia carvings in Spain:

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/romans/heavy-rains-expose-ancient-phallus-and-imposing-face-carvings-at-roman-fort-in-spain
https://www.iflscience.com/unique-2000-year-old-roman-phallus-face-and-horn-carving-discovered-in-spain-69138
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11476-230601-spain-castellum-carvings

More on the study of a Roman purse found at Merida:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/05/archaeologists-analyse-remains-of-roman-purse-found-in-merida/147279

More on the doctor burial in Hungary:

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/roman-doctor-remains-grave-hungary-2307528 https://archaeonewsnet.com/2023/05/roman-physician-buried-with-his-medical-equipment-found-in-hungary.html

More on the analysis of Roman perfume from Spain:

https://www.archaeology.org/news/11475-230531-spain-roman-perfume

Hoping to find a Roman road at a dig in Killerton:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c29zgwdn4n1o

Review of Honor Cargill-Martin, *Messalina*:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/03/books/review/messalina-honor-cargill-martin.html

... and in her own words:

https://www.historyextra.com/period/roman/video-honor-cargill-martin-who-was-messalina-roman-empire/

On AI and the myth of Talos:

https://engelsbergideas.com/notebook/the-ancient-forerunner-of-ai/ https://journals.openedition.org/ephaistos/10885

Feature on the Medusa Krater in the Cleveland Museum and its questionable provenance:

https://oscillations.net/2023/05/29/metoo-the-looted-medea-vase/

Feature on the project to restore the Alexander mosaic:

https://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-05-31/the-odyssey-of-restoring-the-most-famous-roman-mosaic-in-the-world-seven-tons-two-million-pieces-and-a-2000-year-old-mortar.html

Feature on the ancient pronunciation of Latin:

https://www.newscientist.com/lastword/mg25834411-100-do-we-actually-know-how-the-ancient-romans-pronounced-latin-words/

Feature on Roman and Byzantine baths in the southern Levant:

https://www.asor.org/anetoday/2023/06/baths-southern-levant

Feature on the policing of women's wine-drinking in Rome:

https://theconversation.com/a-kiss-to-detect-wine-on-her-breath-the-violent-policing-of-women-drinking-in-ancient-rome-202039
https://menafn.com/1106365912/A-Kiss-To-Detect-Wine-On-Her-Breath-The-Violent-Policing-Of-Women-Drinking-In-Ancient-Rome

Feature on ancient attitudes toward suicide:

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2023-05-31/ty-article/a-suicide-manual-from-ancient-greece-and-rome/00000188-7112-d2d1-afbe-7d1f1b430000

Feature on Arianna Traviglia's work using robotic technology to reconstruct Pompeii frescoes:

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-01741-3

Feature on the Gallic Empire:

https://www.thecollector.com/what-was-the-gallic-empire/

Feature on Roman traders in Madurai:

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/when-roman-merchants-and-soldiers-came-to-madurai-to-trade-in-pepper/article66894159.ece

Feature on Greek colonization:

https://mankind.substack.com/p/the-era-of-greek-colonization

Feature on Greek slavery:

https://greekreporter.com/2023/05/30/slavery-ancient-greece/

Feature on Greek sea monsters:

https://greekreporter.com/2023/05/30/sea-monsters-ancient-greek-mythology/

Feature on Archestratus:

https://greekreporter.com/2023/05/30/archestratus-and-the-secrets-of-ancient-greek-gastronomy/

Feature on Etruscan archaeology:

https://www.thecollector.com/archaeological-finds-the-etruscans/

Feature on the Pythagoras Cup:

https://www.iflscience.com/pythagoras-the-prankster-and-his-greedy-pythagorean-cup-69170

Feature on Sol Invictus:

https://bigthink.com/the-past/sol-invictus/

Feature on Heracleion:

https://greekreporter.com/2023/06/01/underwater-city-heracleion-egypt-ancient-greece/

Feature on Daedala:

https://greekreporter.com/2023/06/02/ancient-greeks-crete-city-asia/

Feature on Classical reception in the Age of Revolution:

https://aeon.co/essays/why-the-age-of-revolution-loved-the-classical-world -----
Roman Archaeology Blog:

http://romanarc.blogspot.com/

Rogueclassicism:

http://rogueclassicism.com/ ============================================================
EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland) ============================================================
4000 years bp evidence of yersinia pestis bacteria from burials in Cumbria and Somerset:

https://phys.org/news/2023-05-dna-year-old-plague-discoveredthe-oldest.html https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/05/230530125355.htm https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-65759673 https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/may/30/oldest-evidence-of-plague-in-britain-found-in-4000-year-old-human-remains
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-65759673 https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/31/world/plague-dna-britain-scn/index.html https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2023-05-30/ty-article/when-did-plague-reach-britain-archaeologists-find-earliest-victims/00000188-6bfe-d2d1-afbe-7ffff08c0000
https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/the-plague-has-infected-europeans-for-at-least-4-000-years
https://www.technologynetworks.com/genomics/news/4000-year-old-dna-reveals-oldest-plague-cases-found-in-britain-373982
https://archaeonewsnet.com/2023/05/4000-year-old-plague-dna-found-the-oldest-cases-to-date-in-britain.html
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/05/31/4000-year-old-plague-dna-found-the-oldest-cases-to-date-in-britain/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/4000-year-old-dna-is-the-oldest-evidence-of-plague-in-britain-180982273/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11480-230602-britain-plague-outbreak

cf: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-38393-w

Bronze Age finds from a housing development site in Harnham:

https://www.salisburyjournal.co.uk/news/23552492.archaeological-digs-uncover-bronze-age-findings-harnham/

Remains of a Bronze Age fortress in Galway:

https://www.galwaybeo.ie/culture/whats-on-news/major-galway-park-historical-find-8479074

A Bronze Age barrow burial ground from Salisbury:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/05/archaeologists-uncover-giant-bronze-age-barrow-cemetery/147488
https://arkeonews.net/excavations-near-stonehenge-uncover-bronze-age-barrow-cemetery/
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/06/01/uncovering-a-bronze-age-barrow-cemetery/

A possibly Bluetooth-connected 1000 years bp Viking coin hoard found in Denmark:

https://www.icenews.is/2023/05/30/archaeologists-discover-masses-of-1000-year-old-viking-coins-in-denmark/
https://www.euronews.com/culture/2023/05/29/spectacular-treasure-trove-of-1000-year-old-viking-coins-unearthed-in-denmark
https://www.numismaticnews.net/world-coins/viking-coins-of-harald-bluetooth

Latest suggestion for the possible site of Viking Jomsborg:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/05/archaeologist-suggests-location-of-legendary-viking-settlement-of-jomsborg/147482

An 800 years bp runic/Latin inscription in a Zealand church is an IOU:

http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/67379 https://arkeonews.net/an-inscription-written-in-both-runic-and-latin-script-on-a-church-wall-in-denmark-turned-out-to-be-still-a-legally-significant-promissory-note/

More on those 'palaeolithic open rings' from France:

http://today.ku.edu/2023/05/23/rings-puzzling-paleolithic-artifacts-may-be-linked-spearthrower-finger-loops
https://phys.org/news/2023-05-puzzling-finger-loops-prehistoric-weapon.html https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/150-year-old-mystery-of-strange-half-circles-from-paleolithic-site-in-france-finally-solved
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11471-230530-france-finger-loop

More on the 7000 years bp burial found in Poland:

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/perfectly-preserved-7000-year-old-skeleton-unearthed-during-renovation-in-poland
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11463-230524-poland-neolithic-skeleton

More on the 2700 years bp petroglyphs revealed in Sweden:

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/2700-year-old-petroglyphs-depicting-people-ships-and-animals-discovered-in-sweden
https://www.vice.com/en/article/93ka7z/archaeologists-discover-dozens-of-mysterious-ancient-stone-carvings-hidden-under-moss

More on the submerged 14th century church in Rungholt:

https://cosmosmagazine.com/history/archaeology/medieval-trading-post-buried-beneath-the-sea-resurrected/
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/remains-of-lost-city-of-rungholt-charted-for-first-time-x3p6ww8m2

Study suggests Ireland's first settlers came from Wales:

https://www.irishcentral.com/news/irelands-settlers-wales

Excavations have resumed at Soulton Hall near Wem:

https://www.whitchurchherald.co.uk/news/23562188.shropshire-excavation-resumes-wems-soulton-hall/

Seeking funding to excavate a possible chapel at Snodhill Castle:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-hereford-worcester-65722406

A good price for a Shetland Castle, but it needs a lot of work:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-65753691

Digital tours of medieval castles in Cyprus:

https://cyprus-mail.com/2023/05/31/cyprus-mediaeval-castles-to-get-digital-tour-upgrade/
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/preserving-cyprus-medieval-heritage-digitally

Using turf to protect the walls of Lincoln's Medieval Bishop's Palace:

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd16n61xy80o

Pondering what Stonehenge sounded like:

https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20230601-what-did-stonehenge-sound-like

Feature on Mon Graupius:

https://www.aberdeenlive.news/news/aberdeen-news/mysterious-aberdeenshire-battle-mons-graupius-8493402
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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 ============================================================
Latest finds/overview from the Shang Dynasty site at Zhaigou:

https://en.gmw.cn/2023-05/31/content_36599954.htm https://news.cgtn.com/news/2023-05-31/Remarkable-Shang-Dynasty-discoveries-in-north-China-1kfJPU166bu/index.html
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/05/high-status-tombs-from-lijiaya-culture-discovered-in-northern-shaanxi/147499

A fortified settlement site associated with the Datuotou culture from Beijing:

http://en.people.cn/n3/2023/0602/c90000-20026954.html http://www.china.org.cn/arts/2023-06/02/content_86126069.htm http://www.china.org.cn/arts/2023-06/02/content_86104419.htm https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/05/archaeologists-discover-fortified-settlement-from-the-datuotou-culture/147494

A 3200 years bp settlement site from Shaanxi:

http://www.china.org.cn/arts/2023-06/01/content_86025642.htm http://en.people.cn/n3/2023/0531/c90000-20026120.html

A 3000 years bp settlement site from Hebei:

https://english.news.cn/20230602/da32602684de4c8cbfa6bb58b2250bfc/c.html http://www.china.org.cn/china/2023-06/03/content_86197991.htm

Latest finds announced from the pair of shipwrecks found recently in the South China Sea:

https://www.shine.cn/news/nation/2305318966/ https://www.archaeology.org/news/11472-230530-ming-porcelain-shipwrecks

More on the 2700 years bp leather saddle from a woman's burial in Yanghai:

https://phys.org/news/2023-05-saddle-unearthed-china-oldest.html https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3222738/saddle-2700-year-old-xinjiang-tomb-and-clue-history-horse-riding
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/05/earliest-dated-saddle-in-china-for-horse-riding-identified-from-burial/147462

Feature on archaeology in China:

http://global.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202305/28/WS647374e5a310b6054fad573e.html

China livestreamed a dig:

https://english.news.cn/20230603/872324fe7f244592982df8fe8e8089b1/c.html http://www.china.org.cn/arts/2023-06/04/content_86291287.htm

A Yayoi sarcophagus burial from the Yoshinogari site in Kyushu:

http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/67389 https://arkeonews.net/the-largest-stone-coffin-grave-found-so-far-at-the-yoshinogari-ruins/

Neolithic stone tools from Hyderabad:

https://www.indianarrative.com/culture-news/ancient-stone-axes-found-in-hyderabad-link-region-to-neolithic-era-144161.html

An update on plans for Delhi's Purana Qila site:

https://theprint.in/india/excavated-remains-at-delhis-purana-qila-site-will-be-preserved-culture-minister-reddy/1603131/

... and some recent finds:

https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/ancient-copper-wheel-arrowhead-coins-unearthed-at-purana-qila-site-4079310

Polish archaeologists are planning excavations in India:

https://www.polskieradio.pl/395/7791/Artykul/3180860,polish-archaeologists-plan-digs-in-india

Concerns for a 16th century temple in Kadapa:

https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/andhra-pradesh/2023/jun/03/16th-century-temple-pillars-cry-for-attention-in-kadapa-2581404.html

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AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND ============================================================
More on Moluccan boats being identified in some Arnhem Land petroglyphs:

https://phys.org/news/2023-05-archaeologists-moluccan-boats-australia-indonesia.html
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/990727 https://www.theadvocate.com.au/story/8213768/rock-paintings-evidence-of-elusive-aust-indo-encounters/
https://www.nationaltribune.com.au/archaeologists-identify-moluccan-boats-on-nt-rock-art-drawings/
https://archaeonewsnet.com/2023/05/archaeologists-identify-moluccan-boats-on-rock-art-drawings-in-australias-northern-territory.html
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/05/31/archaeologists-identify-moluccan-boats-on-nt-rock-art-drawings/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/06/moluccan-boats-from-indonesia-identified-in-australian-rock-art/147513
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NORTH AMERICA
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Study suggests Ice Age North Americans were freshwater fishing folk:

https://gizmodo.com/ice-age-north-americans-engaged-freshwater-fishing-1850496792

... but the earliest Alaskans didn't eat fish for 1000 years, apparently:

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2023-06-03/ty-article/why-the-earliest-alaskans-didnt-eat-fish-for-1-000-years/00000188-76ad-dd65-abae-76bd9b680000

Finds from various periods (8000 years bp to 19th century) at a dig at Weirs Beach (NH):

https://www.vnews.com/Dartmouth-archaeology-team-uncovers-8-000-year-old-history-at-the-Weirs-51115802

The Kalispel Tribe is working with WSU folks on a dig at at 5000 years bp site in Washington:

https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/kalispel-tribe-partners-with-wsu-researchers-5000-year-old-archeological-dig/XQWYI445BNFTLBJYSQNVGV2JHY/

I think we mentioned this 400 years bp burial of a boy in St Mary's (Maryland):

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-uncover-400-year-old-skeleton-in-sister-colony-to-jamestown-180982178/

A bone/ivory gaming die from the Colonial Michilimackinac dig:

https://www.audacy.com/wwjnewsradio/news/local/archaeologists-unearth-artifact-at-colonial-michilimackinac
https://www.9and10news.com/2023/05/30/michilimackinac-archaeologists-find-old-die-just-ahead-of-official-season/

Revolutionary War reenactors are protesting a strip mall development on a potential Revolutionary War burial ground in Fishkill, NY:

https://www.timesunion.com/hudsonvalley/realestate/article/continental-commons-fishkill-supply-depot-protest-18073486.php

Feature on Maj. Gen. George H. Thomas:

https://theconversation.com/us-army-maj-gen-george-h-thomas-journey-from-enslaver-to-union-officer-to-civil-rights-defender-205950

Feature on Montana's mining history:

https://nbcmontana.com/news/montana-moment/charcoal-kilns-stand-witness-to-southwest-montanas-mining-history

Feature on the Potlatch ban in Canada:

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/secretlifeofcanada/the-potlatch-ban-1.6860891

Review/interview with Ned Blackhawk, *The Rediscovery of America*:

https://www.wshu.org/connecticut-news/2023-05-26/yale-professor-examines-native-american-history-in-new-book

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