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explorator 26.10 June 25, 2023
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You can read explorator online at:
https://exploratornews.wordpress.com/
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, Christopher Kimberley,
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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57 000 years bp (or earlier) 'engravings' from the La Roche-Cotard cave are being attributed to Neanderthals:
https://phys.org/news/2023-06-neanderthal-cave-engravings-oldest-years.html https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/jun/21/engravings-french-cave-oldest-known-neanderthals-scientists
https://www.france24.com/en/culture/20230622-oldest-known-neanderthal-engravings-found-in-france-s-loire-valley
https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/23/europe/neanderthals-french-cave-markings-scn/index.html
https://news.yahoo.com/ancient-finger-painting-57-000-213337256.html https://www.vice.com/en/article/y3w3mm/archaeologists-discover-worlds-oldest-neanderthal-cave-engravings
https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/these-prehistoric-paintings-are-57-000-years-old-but-who-painted-them
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/57000-year-old-neanderthal-markings-identified-in-sealed-french-cave-1234672251/
https://www.sciencealert.com/scratches-on-a-cave-wall-in-france-likely-to-be-earliest-example-of-neanderthal-art
https://www.iflscience.com/worlds-oldest-cave-engravings-found-but-homo-sapiens-were-not-the-artist-69472
https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/oldest-known-neanderthal-engravings-found-sealed-off-in-cave-for-57000-years/
https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/06/could-these-marks-on-a-cave-wall-be-oldest-known-neanderthal-finger-paintings/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/06/researchers-find-oldest-known-neanderthal-engravings/147759
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/06/23/oldest-known-neanderthal-engravings-unearthed-in-french-cave/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/oldest-known-neanderthal-engravings-discovered-in-french-cave-180982408/
cf:
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/06/archaeologists-have-uncovered-a-4000-year-old-solar-sanctuary-in-the-netherlands/147744
Evidence of Neanderthal cannibalism from the Coves del Toll de Mola cave (Spain):
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/06/evidence-of-neanderthal-cannibalism-found-in-spanish-cave/147832
Evidence of bone tools at the Chez-Pinaud-Jonzac Neanderthal site:
https://phys.org/news/2023-06-unseen-industry-neanderthals-bone-tools.html
More on the muscle reconstruction of Lucy and its implications:
https://www.sciencealert.com/lucy-reconstructed-secrets-of-ancient-human-ancestor-revealed
https://archaeonewsnet.com/2023/06/first-hominin-muscle-reconstruction-shows-3-2-million-year-old-lucy-could-stand-as-erect-as-we-can.html
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/06/19/lucy-could-stand-as-erect-as-we-can/
More on 86 000 years bp evidence of homo sapiens from the Tam Pa Ling cave on Laos:
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/06/230621164756.htm https://scienceblog.com/538377/ancient-human-remains-in-laos-cave-hint-at-early-migrations/
https://archaeonewsnet.com/2023/06/researchers-get-rare-glimpse-of-our-first-ancestors-in-southeast-asia.html
More on the 42 000 years bp 'phallic pendant' from Mongolia:
https://phys.org/news/2023-06-ancient-pendant-mongolia-oldest-penis.html https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/42000-year-old-anatomically-accurate-penis-pendant-is-the-worlds-earliest-known-depiction-of-human-genitalia
https://www.sciencealert.com/this-ancient-blob-may-be-the-oldest-phallic-depiction-ever-found
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/pendant-mongolia-earliest-phallic-art-2324393 https://arkeonews.net/a-42000-year-old-pendant-found-in-northern-mongolia-may-be-the-earliest-known-phallic-art/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11547-230621-mongolia-pendant-paleolithic
More on 'Viking disease' being passed on in Neanderthal genes:
https://archaeonewsnet.com/2023/06/the-viking-disease-can-be-due-to-gene-variants-inherited-from-neanderthals.html
More on multiple origins from closely related populations for homo sapiens:
https://archaeonewsnet.com/2023/06/new-model-for-human-evolution-suggests-homo-sapiens-arose-from-multiple-closely-related-populations.html
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AFRICA
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Pondering depictions of one-horned creatures in art across southern Africa:
https://phys.org/news/2023-06-unicorns-southern-africa-fascinating-story.html ============================================================
ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT ============================================================
The pyramid of Queen Titi Sheri in Abydos has been restored:
https://english.ahram.org.eg/News/503571.aspx https://english.news.cn/20230622/a052bc08048940df903c567b22304b39/c.html https://www.egyptindependent.com/queen-titi-sheri-pyramid-in-abydos-restored-alongside-discovery-of-king-ahmose-era-cemetery/
More on evidence of hydraulic engineering along the Nile in Egypt and Sudan:
https://www.sciencealert.com/ancient-structure-along-river-nile-is-oldest-hydraulics-system-of-its-kind
Remains of a settlement that was 'prosperous' during the Sassanid era from western Iran:
https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/485912/New-traces-of-ancient-city-revealed-in-western-Iran
A dig at the Gabri site yas revealed Achaemenid, Parthian, and Sassanid-era pottery:
https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/485958/Archaeologists-unearth-potteries-dating-from-Achaemenid-Parthian
Feature on Ennigaldi-Nanna and the first museum:
https://mymodernmet.com/ennigaldi-nanna-founded-the-first-museum-in-the-world/
Feature on the book of Esther as a source for Achaemenian history:
https://www.asor.org/anetoday/2023/06/esther-achaemenian-history
Review of Matt Waters, *King of the World: The Life of Cyrus the Great*:
https://www.nationalreview.com/magazine/2023/07/10/the-cyrus-the-great-we-thought-we-knew/
More on locating sites in Iraq using AI:
https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/archaeology-today/telling-a-tell-with-artificial-intelligence/?mqsc=E4152929&dk=ZE3260ZF0
More on translating cuneiform using AI:
https://www.iflscience.com/google-translate-for-cuneiform-archaeologists-have-used-ai-to-find-a-way-69495
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/06/archaeologists-use-artificial-intelligence-ai-to-translate-5000-year-old-cuneiform-tablets/147816
A 1600 years bp mosaic with Trojan War scenes is being excavated at al-Rastan City (Syria):
https://english.news.cn/20230623/4168a71a12ff4a8984908ea7309d0ffd/c.html http://www.china.org.cn/world/Off_the_Wire/2023-06/23/content_88938467.htm https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Syrian-Archaeologists-Unveil-1600-Year-Old-Greek-Mosaic-20230623-0006.html
https://it.euronews.com/cultura/2023/06/23/siria-scoperto-un-nuovo-mosaico-romano-vicino-a-homs
A monument to Ishtar from Nimrud (I think this is a few months old, newswise):
https://www.iflscience.com/relics-of-historys-first-known-goddess-emerge-in-assyrian-city-razed-by-isis-69503
Feature on the art of Dura Europos:
https://the-past.com/feature/the-gods-of-dura-europos/
Finds from several eras but mostly focusing on the find of a Cimmerian settlement site in Anatolia:
https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/japanese-archaeologist-reveal-1st-settlement-of-cimmerians-in-anatolia/news
https://arkeonews.net/archaeologists-reveal-first-settlement-of-cimmerians-in-anatolia/
An overview of the state of underwater archaeology in Turkiye:
https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkiyes-underwater-archaeological-map-prepared-184081
4th century BCE pebble mosaics from a 'wealthy' building complex in Sinop:
https://arkeonews.net/mosaics-found-in-turkeys-sinop-belong-to-dining-room-of-a-wealthy-family/
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/67602
2300 years bp burials within the city wall of Iznik:
https://www.dailysabah.com/turkiye/secrets-revealed-burials-found-within-city-walls-in-turkiyes-iznik/news
Feature on Jordan's Roman-era water tunnel of Umm Qais:
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/jordans-roman-era-waterway-water-tunnel-of-umm-qais/2928577
Study suggests a Tel Shikmona factora was manufacturing purple dye in the First Temple era:
https://www.timesofisrael.com/purple-from-holy-temple-objects-traced-to-snail-guts-at-3000-year-old-haifa-factory/
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2023-06-21/ty-article/archaeologists-discover-secret-to-the-prosperity-of-the-biblical-kingdom-of-israel/00000188-dda6-df52-a79d-dda704dc0000
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-746977
Latest attempt at identifying the 'real Bethsaida':
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2023-06-22/ty-article-magazine/how-a-mix-up-in-antiquity-involving-jesus-could-help-identify-the-real-bethsaida/00000188-de03-df52-a79d-de238bae0000
More on 12 000 years bp bone 'flutes' from a Natufian site in Israel:
https://storiearcheostorie.com/2023/06/20/archaeonews-tiny-flutes-from-12000-years-ago-found-in-israel-may-imitate-calls-of-predatory-birds/
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/06/22/the-first-prehistoric-wind-instruments-discovered-in-the-levant/
Feature on the Amorites:
https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/people-cultures-in-the-bible/who-were-the-amorites/
More on the suggestion that Bronze Age Jerusalem was centred on Temple Mount:
https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/ancient-cultures/ancient-israel/ancient-jerusalem-not-where-we-thought/
Pondering when humans first started to 'settle down' (in the ANE):
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/when-did-humans-start-settling-down-180982328/
Feature on Lawrence of Arabia:
https://www.thecollector.com/who-was-lawrence-of-arabia/
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https://thisweekintheancientneareast.podbean.com/
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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS) ============================================================
Plenty of 15th/14th century grave goods from the Hala Sultan Tekke site (Cyprus):
https://cyprus-mail.com/2023/06/23/rich-trove-of-burial-items-uncovered-during-excavations-near-tekke/
https://greekcitytimes.com/2023/06/24/excavations-at-dromolaxia-vyzakia-site-unearth-rich-burial-gifts/
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/06/23/excavations-at-dromolaxia-vyzakia-hala-sultan-tekke/
Etruscan pottery and pieces of iron chalics from the Etruscan necropolis of Crocifisso del Tufo in Orvieto (Italian):
https://www.stilearte.it/scavo-archeologico-calici-di-ferro-e-buccheri-etruschi-scoperti-nella-necropoli-del-crocifisso-del-tufo-di-orvieto/
A 4th century BCE painted tomb burial from Pontecagnano (all coverage is Italian so far):
https://salerno.occhionotizie.it/pontecagnano-tomba-guerriero/ https://www.italia2tv.it/2023/06/23/archeologia-scoperta-una-tomba-a-camera-dipinta-nella-necropoli-di-potecagnano/
https://www.stilearte.it/tomba-affrescata-di-un-guerriero-del-iv-secolo-a-c-trovata-ora-in-campania-il-defunto-indossava-una-coroncina-doro/
Early report of a 3rd century BCE shipwreck full of amphorae off the coast of Hvar:
https://total-croatia-news.com/lifestyle/3rd-century-ship/
Roman era pottery found in an agricultural trench during roadwork in Malta:
https://lovinmalta.com/news/local/roman-pottery-trenching-works-along-salini-road-as-phase-one-completed/
A tease of a 'relief' depicting an agathodemon being revealed at Pompeii (Italian):
https://www.stilearte.it/trovato-a-pompei-altorilievo-di-un-serpente-agatademone-indica-la-presenza-di-un-larario-che-sara-portato-alla-luce/
A 1900 years bp silver phalera from Vindolanda:
https://arkeonews.net/volunteer-archaeologists-discovered-a-1900-year-old-silver-military-decoration-in-vindolanda/
A quotation from Virgil identified on an 1800 years bp olive oil amphora from Spain:
https://phys.org/news/2023-06-archaeological-poem-virgil-remnants-roman.html https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/993263 https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/jun/21/virgil-quote-found-on-fragment-of-roman-jar-unearthed-in-spain
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jun/24/ancient-roman-pot-virgil-poetry
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article276615686.html https://arkeonews.net/found-in-spain-a-poem-by-virgil-engraved-in-a-roman-amphora/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/virgil-quote-roman-jar-180982426/
cf:
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-roman-archaeology/article/abs/las-georgicas-de-virgilio-in-figlinis-a-proposito-de-un-grafito-ante-cocturam-sobre-un-anfora-olearia-betica/742CDE20EED6987767C896C2A1F01739
The site where Julius Caesar was assassinated (and the Largo Argentina cat sanctuary) opened to the public:
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/20/world/europe/rome-julius-caesar-assassination.html
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/20/julius-caesar-murder-site-rome-open-tourists
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2023/jun/19/square-where-julius-caesar-was-killed-will-open-to-public-in-rome
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/julius-caesar-assassination-arena-rome-b2360610.html
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-12211797/Ancient-Rome-temples-complex-ruins-building-Caesar-stabbed-opens-tourists.html
https://apnews.com/article/rome-ancient-temples-julius-caesar-726e7c504f4a173dbe6ba322fbfabc18
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/rome-square-julius-caesar-was-killed-tourists-pompey-rcna90320
https://www.forbes.com/sites/suzannerowankelleher/2023/06/20/rome-site-of-caesars-assassination/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/06/19/rome-ancient-temples-julius-caesar/6a457b54-0ed2-11ee-8d22-5f65b2e2f6ad_story.html
https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/ancient-rome-temples-complex-ruins-building-caesar-stabbed-100204118
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-06-20/ancient-roman-temple-complex-with-ruins-of-building-where-caesar/102498830
https://www.thedailybeast.com/rome-opens-site-of-julius-caesars-assassination-as-a-tourist-attraction
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-746850 https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/et-tu-brute-square-where-caesar-was-stabbed-to-welcome-visitors/news
https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/ancient-roman-temple-complex-opens-to-tourists-184096
https://in-cyprus.philenews.com/news/international/rome-to-open-ancient-square-where-julius-caesar-was-killed/
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-rome-to-open-ancient-square-where-julius-caesar-was-killed-2/
https://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/destinations/europe/italy/300909450/rome-opens-up-ancient-temples-complex-including-ruins-of-building-where-julius-caesar-was-stabbed
https://www.artdependence.com/articles/roman-ruins-where-caesar-was-stabbed-opens-to-tourists/
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/area-sacra-rome-caesar-assassination-2324333 https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/julius-caesar-stabbing-site-rome-opens-public-1234672130/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/julius-caesar-murder-rome-180982409/
More on the Roman mausoleum site revealed in London:
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/romans/completely-unique-roman-mausoleum-discovered-in-rubble-of-london-building-site
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-747165 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/roman-mausoleum-found-london-180982395/
More on coins linked to the Legio X Fretensis being found in Georgia:
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/romans/1st-century-coins-from-jewish-revolt-against-the-romans-discovered-near-the-black-sea
Hyping the dig just getting underway at Birdoswald fort:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/65944108
The DNA sequence of a pair of victims from Pompeii has been worked out (this seems to be an old story):
https://greekreporter.com/2023/06/20/dna-pompeii-victim-sequenced/
The dig at Carlisle (where the big heads were found) has been extended until July:
https://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/23594802.incredible-carlisle-archaeological-dig-extended-july/
... related:
https://www.kpcnews.com/columnists/article_87b9132d-fa50-5b4b-a4f1-0da42a5b82b1.html
Hyping the new Metro station to be built under Rome's Forum:
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/italy-rome-metro-new-700m-station-ancient-forum-nglxgzmwh
An interview with Paul Cartledge about Cleopatra:
https://www.thecollector.com/interview-queen-cleopatra-with-prof-paul-cartledge-oxford/
Review of Jane Draycott, *Cleopatra's Daughter*:
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/23/books/review/cleopatras-daughter-jane-draycott.html
Review of Adam Nicolson, *How to Be: Life Lessons from the Early Greeks*:
https://www.spectator.com.au/2023/06/from-anaximander-to-zeno/
Feature on a small bronze hand found at Vindolanda a few years ago:
https://www.thecollector.com/interview-queen-cleopatra-with-prof-paul-cartledge-oxford/
Feature on how ancient Athens was 'more genuinely democratic' than modern systems:
https://theconversation.com/how-the-ancient-greeks-kept-ruthless-narcissists-from-capturing-their-democracy-and-what-modern-politics-could-learn-from-them-208042
Feature on gladiators:
https://eaglesanddragonspublishing.com/gladiators-of-ancient-rome/
Feature on the Epiacum Roman Fort:
https://www.lancs.live/news/cumbria-news/cumbrias-ancient-fort-thats-best-27183028
Feature on the 'rules' of the Trojan War:
https://www.ancientworldmagazine.com/articles/rules-trojan-war-heralds-nightfall/
Feature on toga parties through the ages:
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/history-of-toga-parties-times-luxury-zc62dnh5d
Feature on the Antikythera Mechanism:
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/indiana-jones-antikythera-mechanism-2311525
Feature on ancient Greek marriage and wedding ceremonies:
https://www.thecollector.com/ancient-greek-weddings-facts/
Feature on the circus which was once on the site of the Vatican:
https://aleteia.org/2023/06/22/did-you-know-the-vatican-was-once-a-chariot-race-arena/
Feature on Dionysus:
https://greekreporter.com/2023/06/19/dionysus-modern-olympic-god/
Feature on Nike:
https://greekreporter.com/2023/06/19/nike-greek-goddess-sports-brand/
Feature on ancient Greek 'melee weapons':
https://greekreporter.com/2023/06/20/deadliest-melee-weapons-on-the-ancient-greek-battlefield/
Feature on the Greek Dark Ages:
https://greekreporter.com/2023/06/19/ancient-greek-dark-ages/
Feature on the Eleusinian mysteries:
https://the-past.com/feature/eleusinian-mysteries/
Feature on Theano of Crotone:
https://greekreporter.com/2023/06/18/theano-philosopher-wife-pythagoras/
Feature on the wars between Greece and Persia:
https://greekreporter.com/2023/06/18/ancient-greeks-persians-history/
Feature on Keats' 'Chapman's Homer' poem:
https://www.nysun.com/article/poem-of-the-day-on-first-looking-into-chapmans-homer
Another feature on headless Roman statues:
https://greekreporter.com/2023/06/21/ancient-roman-statues-headless/
Latest Pasts Imperfect newsletter:
https://pastsimperfect.substack.com/p/pasts-imperfect-62223
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http://romanarc.blogspot.com/
Rogueclassicism:
http://rogueclassicism.com/ ============================================================
EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland) ============================================================
7000 years bp fish traps from Lake Tesse (Norway):
https://sciencenorway.no/archaeology-stone-age/7000-year-old-fish-traps-excavated-in-norwegian-mountain-lake-a-race-against-time-as-the-water-is-coming-in/2213166
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article276648131.html https://www.archaeology.org/news/11546-230620-norway-mountains-fishing
A 4000 years bp 'Stonehenge-like' sanctuary from the Netherlands:
https://phys.org/news/2023-06-dutch-unveil-year-old-stonehenge-like-discovery.html
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/4500-year-old-stonehenge-sanctuary-discovered-in-the-netherlands
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/21/archaeologists-unearth-stonehenge-netherlands
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/stonehenge-netherlands-dutch-religious-site-b2362026.html
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/06/23/archaeologists-discover-4000-year-old-sanctuary-with-solar-calendar-in-tiel/
https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/stonehenge-like-4000-year-old-sanctuary-discovered-netherlands-2023-06-21/
https://www.dailysabah.com/life/history/archaeologists-find-4000-year-old-shrine-in-netherlands
https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/dutch-unveil-4-000-year-old-stonehenge-like-discovery-184160
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-747101 https://www.ynetnews.com/travel/article/rjvl9ozu2 https://www.dw.com/en/dutch-archaeologists-find-4000-year-old-shrine/a-65996139 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-06-22/stonehenge-like-sanctuary-discovered-in-the-netherlands/102511728
https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3224939/4000-year-old-dutch-stonehenge-site-unveiled-netherlands
https://www.sciencealert.com/4000-year-old-stonehenge-monument-first-of-its-kind-in-the-netherlands
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/stonehenge-of-the-netherlands-2326240 https://arkeonews.net/archaeologists-find-4000-year-old-sanctuary-in-netherlands/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/06/archaeologists-have-uncovered-a-4000-year-old-solar-sanctuary-in-the-netherlands/147744
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/06/23/archaeologists-discover-4000-year-old-sanctuary-with-solar-calendar-in-tiel/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11553-230623-netherlands-solar-calendar
4000 years bp burials of victims of two different varieties of plague from Austria:
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/06/austrias-oldest-bronze-age-plague-victims-identified/147810
A metal detectorist in Poland came across a Bronze Age jewellery hoard:
https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/nation-world/world/article276578541.html http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/67548
A metal detectorist in Norfolk found a Viking-era bronze die of some sort:
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-norfolk-65987904
Excavations at a 12th/13th century settlement site in Russia have revealed a seal depicting St George (inter alia):
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/06/seal-depicting-st-george-among-finds-found-near-suzdal/147824
A medieval sword found in Amiens last year has gone on display:
https://www.newsweek.com/ancient-sword-medieval-found-great-condition-1808116
Latest interesting flea market find is a medieval hand cannon (!):
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/67580
A medieval gaming piece with runic inscriptions from rescue excavations in Trondheim (Norway):
https://sciencenorway.no/archaeology-history-medieval-history/medieval-gaming-piece-with-runic-inscription-discovered-in-norway/2215701
https://www.lifeinnorway.net/gaming-piece-with-runes-found-in-trondheim/ http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/67558 https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/06/archaeologists-find-gaming-piece-with-runic-inscriptions/147685
A study of the wealth made via slavery by past rulers in the Netherlands:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/19/dutch-study-reveals-extent-of-wealth-made-via-slavery-from-three-past-rulers-king-willem-alexander
Finds from various periods from a dig near Rimavska Sobota (Slovakia):
https://spectator.sme.sk/c/23183311/special-find-unearthed-during-archaeological-research-near-rimavska-sobota.html
Finds from various periods from a development site dig in Truro:
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cornwall-65950602
More on 4000 years bp evidence of yersina pestis in Britain:
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jun/19/ancient-britons-stonehenge-killers-plague-britain-migration
More on viking runes found during kitchen renovations in Denmark:
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/denmark-ancient-stone-viking-runes-2320332
More on Bronze Age burials near Stonehenge:
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/vast-cemetery-of-bronze-age-burial-mounds-unearthed-near-stonehenge
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/bronze-age-cemetery-stonehenge-180982397/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11545-230620-england-burial-mounds
More on that (suspiciously) well-preserved 3000 years bp sword from a German burial:
https://phys.org/news/2023-06-german-archaeologists-bronze-age-sword.html https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/octagonal-sword-from-bronze-age-burial-in-germany-is-so-well-preserved-it-shines
https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/65944195 https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/archaeologists-unearth-3000-year-old-sword-in-germany/news
https://mymodernmet.com/ancient-sword-germany/ https://www.zmescience.com/science/archaeologists-find-perfectly-preserved-ancient-octagonal-old-sword-its-almost-shining/
https://arkeonews.net/archaeologists-find-a-3000-year-old-bronze-sword-in-germany/
https://archaeonewsnet.com/2023/06/german-archaeologists-find-bronze-age-sword-so-well-preserved-it-almost-shines.html
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/bronze-age-sword-germany-180982399/ http://www.archaeology.org/news/11544-230620-germany-bronze-sword
More on the petroglyphs recently found in Norway:
https://www.star-telegram.com/news/nation-world/world/article276573466.html https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/06/hiker-finds-bronze-age-pictographs-in-norway/147707
More on plans to raise the 3000 years bp Zambratija shipwreck (sewn boat) off the coast of Croatia:
https://www.iflscience.com/divers-want-to-recover-this-3000-year-old-shipwreck-from-croatias-seafloor-69458
More on violence in early farming societies of Neolithic Europe:
https://phys.org/news/2023-06-warfare-responsible-boom-bust-neolithic-societies.html
More on the depiction of a Viking ship found on Iceland:
https://www.sacbee.com/news/nation-world/world/article276576981.html https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/06/depiction-of-viking-ship-found-in-iceland/147694
Official pondering of the future of the Scatness site:
https://www.shetnews.co.uk/2023/06/23/trust-keen-to-hear-islanders-views-on-the-future-of-scatness-iron-age-site/
Concerns for London's Liverpool Street Station:
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-65950261
Concerns/feature on St Peter-on-the-Wall church:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/2023/06/24/sacred-mysteries-a-saxon-church-on-a-roman-wall-by-the-sea/
Conservation of some Turkish-held churches on Cyprus have been completed:
https://in-cyprus.philenews.com/news/local/conservation-of-turkish-held-panagia-chryseleousa-agios-antonios-churches-completed/
A dig near Caerau Hillfort in Cardiff has resumed:
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1vzz6ynwr4o
... related:
https://nation.cymru/news/bronze-age-house-in-cardiff-excavated-under-city-park/
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/cardiff-bronze-age-experts-action-cardiff-university-b1089484.html
A grant to study early inhabitants of Scotland:
https://www.aberdeenlive.news/news/aberdeen-news/university-aberdeen-archaeologist-gets-17m-8544363
Feature on 20 'Polish Stonehenge' sites (7000 years bp):
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/06/19/about-20-polish-stonehenge-structures-have-been-identifie/
Feature on the acoustics of Stonehenge:
https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p0frkb7n/what-did-stonehenge-sound-like-
Feature on recreating the Viking diet:
https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20230619-what-did-the-vikings-eat
Feature on recreating Ipswich Ware:
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-suffolk-65950740
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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 ============================================================
Eastern Zhou Dynasty finds (including musical instruments and a wooden oar) from two site in Shaoxing:
https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202306/21/WS6492b0eca310bf8a75d6b218.html
A Warring States tomb from Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region:
http://www.china.org.cn/arts/2023-06/21/content_88591591.htm http://t.m.china.org.cn/convert/c_7319eMcc.html
A Spring and Autumn period 'large-scale building site' from Shaanxi:
http://www.china.org.cn/arts/2023-06/23/content_88903634.htm http://t.m.china.org.cn/convert/c_ThBsCbee.html
A 2000 years bp bunch of Zongzi from a tomb excavating in Xinyang:
http://www.china.org.cn/china/Off_the_Wire/2023-06/21/content_88640749.htm http://t.m.china.org.cn/convert/c_qrhJju7A.html
What ceramics reveal about Chinese trade in the 14th century:
https://phys.org/news/2023-06-ceramics-story-14th-century-chinese.html
Overview of a recent Chinese project using a submersible to locate assorted shipwrecks:
https://global.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202306/20/WS6490e61aa310bf8a75d6ac73.html
Restoration and reinstallation of some sandstone pillars at Angkor Wat;
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/angkor-pillars-repaired-reinstalled
400 (or more) Chola-era finds from an excavation in Vadakkapattu:
https://www.dtnext.in/news/tamilnadu/asi-finds-400-chola-era-artefacts-in-vadakkupattu-excavation-site-719899
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AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND ============================================================
9000 years bp tools found by divers off the coast of Western Australia:
https://www.watoday.com.au/national/western-australia/ancient-artefacts-found-at-long-lost-underwater-site-off-australian-coast-20230619-p5dhmw.html
https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/8242770/ancient-indigenous-cutting-tools-found-off-wa-coast/
More on Moluccan boats depicted on Australian petroglyphs:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/australian-rock-art-boat-mystery-180982400/
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NORTH AMERICA
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Evidence of macaw breeding in southwestern New Mexico as early as the 12th century:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2023/06/19/north-americas-first-parrot-breeders-got-started-earlier-than-we-knew/?sh=39f7af355979
Possible foundations of a French and Indian Wars post in Halifax (Pennsylvania):
https://www.dailyitem.com/news/dig-uncovers-suspected-foundations-relics-from-french-and-indian-war-post/article_21d31468-107a-11ee-bc5f-3330eb5365eb.html
Latest finds being put together at the Colonial Fort Michilimackinac dig:
https://www.mlive.com/news/2023/06/archeologists-piece-together-earthenware-sherds-found-at-historic-michigan-fort.html
Human remains found at a West Asheville construction site likely belonged to former enslaved persons and parishioners associated with an African American Church:
https://mountainx.com/news/remains-at-construction-site-were-likely-former-slaves-parishioners-of-african-american-church/
Digging up a parking lot in downtown Montreal revealed remains of an early 19th century stone house:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/archeological-dig-hydro-quebec-artifacts-montreal-1.6886600
https://montreal.citynews.ca/2023/06/23/hydro-quebec-montreal-archeological-treasure/
Feature on a study of 16th and 17th century Indigenous pottery in McMaster's collection:
https://brighterworld.mcmaster.ca/articles/indigenous-archaeology-foodways-cooking-vessels/
We're beginning to read of things found in that Shuyler statue time capsule:
https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/first-catholic-governor-suicide-18161524.php
More on early evidence of freshwater fishing in Alaska:
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