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    From david meadows@21:1/5 to All on Sun Oct 1 08:48:56 2023
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    explorator 26.22-24 October 1, 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, Andrew Szegedy-Maszak,
    Don Buck, mata kimasitayo, and Ross W. Sargent for headses upses this week
    (as always hoping I have left no one out).

    A partial catch up; lots to wade through ... we should be fully caught up by next week ...

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    EARLY HOMINIDS
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    Early humans deliberately made stone 'spheres' some 1.4 million years bp:

    https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/early-human-relatives-purposefully-crafted-stones-into-spheres-14-million-years-ago-study-claims
    https://phys.org/news/2023-09-early-humans-deliberately-mysterious-stone.html https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/who-or-what-made-these-mysterious-stone-balls-found-at-ancient-sites
    https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/ancient-cultures/ancient-israel/mysterious-million-year-old-stone-spheres/

    A 476 000 wooden 'structure' apparently build by hominins in Zambia/Tanzania:

    https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/archaeologists-in-zambia-discover-oldest-wooden-structure-in-the-world-dating-to-476000-years-ago
    https://phys.org/news/2023-09-archaeologists-world-oldest-wooden.html https://phys.org/news/2023-09-simple-oldest-early-humans-wood.html https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/09/230920111301.htm https://news.liverpool.ac.uk/2023/09/20/archaeologists-discover-worlds-oldest-wooden-structure/
    https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/20/science/ancient-human-woodworking.html https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/sep/20/oldest-wooden-structure-discovered-on-border-of-zambia-and-tanzania
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-66846772 https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/09/20/stone-age-renamed-wooden-structures-zambia-archaeologists/
    https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/oldest-human-structure-extinct-species-kalambo-river-b2415625.html
    https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20230920-world-s-oldest-wooden-structure-discovered-in-zambia
    https://apnews.com/article/early-humans-oldest-structure-zambia-wood-de6350a2c9704477a2df4e0a5ba8d311
    https://www.reuters.com/science/zambia-find-shows-humans-have-built-with-wood-476000-years-2023-09-20/
    https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/20/africa/oldest-wooden-structure-zambia-scn/index.html
    https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2023/09/22/1200975292/worlds-oldest-wooden-structure-defies-stone-age-stereotypes
    https://www.npr.org/2023/09/26/1201684470/500-000-year-old-structure-has-researchers-rethinking-early-human-intelligence
    https://www.npr.org/2023/09/21/1200898111/this-500-000-year-old-wood-structure-has-researchers-how-advanced-early-humans-w
    https://www.newsweek.com/earliest-structural-use-wood-500000-years-ago-discovered-1828532
    https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/simple-log-structure-oldest-early-humans-building-wood-103343219
    https://www.dw.com/en/worlds-oldest-wooden-structure-found-in-zambia/a-66878895 https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2023-09-20/ty-article/half-million-year-old-wooden-structure-found-in-zambia/0000018a-b1a5-d6d1-addb-f5afa0a90000
    https://www.zmescience.com/science/archaeology/archaeologists-discover-half-a-million-year-old-wooden-structure-and-its-not-built-by-homo-sapiens/
    https://www.sci.news/archaeology/wooden-structure-kalambo-falls-zambia-12283.html
    https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/earliest-evidence-of-wooden-construction-uncovered/
    http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/68306 https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/09/archaeologists-find-476000-year-old-wooden-structure/148632
    https://archaeonewsnet.com/archaeologists-discover-worlds-oldest-wooden-structure/2023/09/news/archaeology/163079/
    https://arkeonews.net/worlds-oldest-wooden-structure-476000-years-old-discovered-in-zambia/
    https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/09/21/archaeologists-discover-worlds-oldest-wooden-structure/
    https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-uncover-notched-logs-that-may-be-the-oldest-known-wooden-structure-180982942/
    https://www.archaeology.org/news/11756-230921-hominin-wood-structure

    cf: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02928-4 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06557-9 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02858-1

    A 300 000 years bp 'chinless jawbone' from China may be from a new branch on the human family tree:

    https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02924-8

    Study suggests the size of prey drove Paleolithic technology development:

    https://phys.org/news/2023-09-small-prey-compelled-prehistoric-humans.html

    Evidence of early humans wearing shoes some 146 000 years bp:

    https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/humans-fossil-footwear-oldest-evidence-b2409698.html
    https://arkeonews.net/ancient-footprints-offer-evidence-humans-wore-shoes-148000-years-ago/

    Neanderthal remains from Simanya Cave in Spain:

    https://www.aa.com.tr/en/culture/neanderthal-remains-over-50-000-years-old-discovered-in-spain/2996501

    On the debate over our perception of Neanderthals over the years:

    https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/sep/19/justice-for-neanderthals-what-the-debate-about-our-long-dead-cousins-reveals-about-us

    Pollen analysis suggests a major dispersal of humans into Eurasia occurred during a Pleistocene warming period:

    https://phys.org/news/2023-09-pollen-analysis-dispersal-modern-humans.html https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/09/230922141247.htm https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/09/25/when-and-how-did-the-flow-of-homo-sapiens-in-eurasia-happen/

    Feature on Altamura Man:

    https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/who-was-altamura-man-how-one-neanderthals-misfortune-became-a-blessing-for

    A box of bones donated to a Spanish museum back in the 1980s turns out to be Neanderthal:

    https://phys.org/news/2023-09-donated-artifacts-treasure-trove-neanderthal.html

    Another feature on early human species interbreeding:

    https://phys.org/news/2023-09-science-picture-ancient-kinds-humans.html https://apnews.com/article/neanderthals-denisovans-ancient-humans-dna-e671a140b75fab3791fbd1c4b77cb6e7

    Feature on homo floresiensis:

    https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/the-flores-man-hobbits-are-they-still-alive

    Review/interview with Cat Bohannon about her book on the role of females in human evolution:

    https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/sep/30/how-women-drove-evolution-cat-bohannon-on-her-radical-new-history-of-humanity

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    AFRICA
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    A study of pigment production in Ethiopia some 40 000 years bp:

    https://phys.org/news/2023-09-pigment-production-cultural-availability-mineral.html
    https://archaeonewsnet.com/pigment-production-adapted-to-cultural-changes-and-the-availability-of-mineral-resources-40000-years-ago-in-ethiopia/

    A study of depictions of animal tracks and human footprints in Neolithic petroglyphs from Namibia:

    https://phys.org/news/2023-09-stone-age-artists-human-animal.html https://www.popsci.com/science/namibian-cave-art-animals-stone-age/ https://www.newsweek.com/archeologists-discover-stone-age-animal-art-namibia-1826796
    https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/stone-age-engravings-of-animal-tracks-reveal-new-details-in-namibia-180982913/
    https://www.archaeology.org/news/11745-230915-namibia-rock-art

    cf: https://phys.org/news/2023-09-stone-age-artists-human-animal.html ============================================================
    ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT ============================================================
    5000 years bp 'wine jars' from Sohag:

    https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/509364/Antiquities/Ancient-Egypt/YearOld-wine-jars-found-intact-at-Abydos-in-Sohag.aspx

    Czech archaeologists have (re)discovered a 25th/24th century BCE tomb of Ptahshepses;

    https://english.radio.cz/czech-archaeologists-rediscover-famous-tomb-egyptian-high-official-8795587
    https://www.newsweek.com/lost-4400-year-old-tomb-found-ancient-egyptian-mummy-inside-1831034

    Some new rooms were discovered within the pyramid of Sahura:

    https://phys.org/news/2023-09-rooms-sahura-pyramid.html https://english.ahram.org.eg/News/509138.aspx https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/509072/Antiquities/Ancient-Egypt/In-Photos--chambers-discovered-inside-Sahure%E2%80%99s-Pyr.aspx
    https://egyptianstreets.com/2023/09/29/egyptian-german-team-unearths-storage-chambers-in-pyramid-of-king-sahure/
    https://menafn.com/1107148797/Egypt-Uncovered-Eight-Storage-Rooms-In-Pyramid-Of-Sahure
    https://english.news.cn/20230927/160c520a63834f338c5c3574f5d2416c/c.html https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-discover-new-rooms-inside-ancient-egyptian-pyramid/
    https://www.sci.news/archaeology/egyptian-pharaoh-sahure-pyramid-hidden-rooms-12307.html
    https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/09/27/eight-more-chambers-discovered-in-an-egyptian-pyramid/

    A Saite period (and later?) temples of Aphrodite, Amun, and more from Thonis-Heracleion:

    https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/50/1201/508719/AlAhram-Weekly/Egypt/New-sunken-treasures-discovered.aspx
    https://www.egyptindependent.com/egypt-uncovers-underwater-temple-of-goddess-aphrodite-in-abu-qir-bay/
    https://egyptianstreets.com/2023/09/20/sunken-sanctuary-of-aphrodite-and-temple-of-amun-discovered-in-egypt/
    https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/127092/The-joint-Egyptian-French-archaeological-mission-discovered-a-temple-of
    https://menafn.com/1107101374/Egypt-Announces-Divery-Of-Goddess-Aphrodite-Temple
    https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/ancient-egyptians/sunken-temple-and-sanctuary-from-ancient-egypt-found-brimming-with-treasures-and-secrets
    https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/egypt-thonisheracleion-ancient-treasure-b2416026.html
    https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-759771 https://greekreporter.com/2023/09/20/temple-aphrodite-found-underwater-heracleion-egypt/
    https://greekcitytimes.com/2023/09/21/archaeologists-discover-sunken-temples-of-amun-and-aphrodite-off-the-coast-of-egypt/
    https://www.thenationalnews.com/mena/2023/09/20/sunken-temples-of-aphrodite-and-amun-found-off-egypts-mediterranean-coast/
    https://www.cnn.com/travel/egypt-sunken-temple-discoveries/index.html https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/new-discoveries-underwater-ancient-port-city-thonis-heracleion-egypt-1234679933/
    https://arkeonews.net/underwater-researchers-found-temples-to-ancient-gods-in-sunken-city/
    http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/68335 https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/09/22/temple-of-aphrodite-revealed-in-thonis-heraklion/
    https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/09/temple-of-aphrodite-discovered-in-the-submerged-city-of-thonis-heracleion/148669
    https://www.archaeology.org/news/11757-230921-sunken-greek-temple

    Latest on the search for Cleopatra's tomb:

    https://egyptindependent.com/a-new-search-begins-for-queen-cleopatras-tomb-beneath-the-mediterranean-sea/

    Feature on Champollion:

    https://www.rfi.fr/en/france/20230930-how-french-linguist-jean-francois-champollion-unlocked-the-hieroglyphs-of-ancient-egypt

    Feature on the recreation of the 'scent of the afterlife':

    https://theconversation.com/the-scent-of-the-ancient-egyptian-afterlife-has-been-recreated-heres-what-it-smelled-like-213173
    https://phys.org/news/2023-09-scent-ancient-egyptian-afterlife-recreatedhere.html
    https://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-09-11/researchers-find-that-an-egyptian-mummys-eternal-balms-smelled-of-pine-beeswax-and-bitumen.html
    https://www.archaeology.org/news/11725-230906-egypt-mummification-recipes

    Feature on diplomatic messengers in Late Bronze Age Egypt:

    https://www.asor.org/anetoday/2023/09/diplomatic-messengers-egypt

    Archaeologists are demarcating a Sassanid-era tomb in Fars province (Iran):

    https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/489503/Archaeologists-demarcating-Sassanid-temple-in-southern-Iran

    1000+ Elamite-era clay seals (and more) from an emergency excavation in Kermanshah:

    https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/489442/Amazing-archaeological-finds-dating-back-to-Elamite-era-unearthed

    New evidence of the presence of Medes in western Iran:

    https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/488819/New-traces-of-Medes-discovered-in-western-Iran

    Hyping a new excavation in Iran's Kordestan region:

    https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/488912/Unearthing-mysteries-of-the-Bronze-Age-archaeologists-explore

    A study of Neolithic bird hunting in Upper Mesopotamia:

    https://phys.org/news/2023-09-passerine-birds-cranes-neolithic-bird.html

    Excavations at Kayalpinar have revealed a Hittite imperial archive:

    https://arkeonews.net/archaeologists-found-seal-impressions-that-could-change-hittite-history-in-kayalipinar/
    https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/09/archaeologists-uncover-imperial-hittite-archive/148583

    An inscription from Hattusa reveals the presence of a hitherto unknown Indo European language:

    https://phys.org/news/2023-09-indo-european-language-excavation-turkey.html https://www.uni-wuerzburg.de/en/news-and-events/news/detail/news/new-indo-european-language-discovered/
    https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/ritual-text-from-lost-indo-european-language-discovered-on-ancient-clay-tablet-in-turkey
    https://www.dailysabah.com/life/history/turkiye-tablet-dig-uncovers-mystery-language-clues
    https://www.trtworld.com/turkiye/excavators-discover-new-indo-european-language-in-turkiyes-hattusha-15079372
    https://www.newsweek.com/archaeologists-discover-previously-unknown-language-ancient-tablet-1829289
    https://www.cbsnews.com/news/unknown-language-ancient-tablets-turkey-hittites/ https://www.vice.com/en/article/93kzwv/archaeologists-discover-lost-ancient-language-on-mysterious-ritual-tablet
    https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/ancient-cultures/ancient-near-eastern-world/new-indo-european-language-discovered-at-hattusa/
    https://www.sci.news/archaeology/kalasma-language-12294.html https://www.zmescience.com/science/archaeology/ancient-lost-language-cuneiform-turkey/
    https://arkeonews.net/a-new-indo-european-language-discovered-in-the-hittite-capital-hattusa/
    https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/09/archaeologists-discover-previously-unknown-indo-european-language-in-turkey/148679
    https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/09/27/new-indo-european-language-discovered/
    https://www.archaeology.org/news/11765-230926-turkey-cuneiform-language

    Feature on the material religion of Levantine seafarers:

    https://www.asor.org/anetoday/2023/09/maritime-viewscapes

    8000 years bp cave paintings from Turkiye's Inkaya Cave:

    https://arkeonews.net/8000-year-old-cave-paintings-found-in-turkiyes-inkaya-cave-depict-life-and-death/

    Interesting statuary finds from Gobelkitepe and Karahantepe:

    https://arkeonews.net/new-discoveries-in-gobeklitepe-and-karahantepe-a-human-sculpture-with-a-realistic-facial-expression-found-in-karahantepe/

    A 3500 years bp grape seed from the Asagiseyit Mound site in Denizli:

    https://www.dailysabah.com/life/history/grape-seed-unearthed-in-turkiye-sheds-light-on-ancient-viticulture
    https://arkeonews.net/3500-year-old-grape-seed-remains-found-in-western-anatolia/

    An 8th century BCE Urartian horse burial from the Van Cavustepe castle site:

    https://arkeonews.net/the-discovery-of-great-importance-for-urartian-archeology-in-cavustepe-castle-discovered-a-horse-skeleton-with-a-bronze-curb-bit-in-its-jaw/

    A 2700 years bp burial of a possible earthquake victim from Ayanis (Turkiye):

    https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/2700-year-old-extremely-well-preserved-skeleton-found-in-fortress-in-turkey-may-be-an-earthquake-victim
    https://greekreporter.com/2023/09/12/2700-year-old-extremely-well-preserved-skeleton-found-turkey/
    http://www.archaeology.org/news/11736-230912-turkey-ayanis-castle

    Assorted 'cultural layers' from Asarcik Tepe:

    https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/09/traces-of-cultural-layers-found-at-asarcik-tepe/148481

    An update (including a Greek inscription) from the ongoing dig at Savatra:

    https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/head-of-alexander-the-great-bust-found-in-duzce-186452
    https://www.aa.com.tr/en/culture/turkiye-s-savatra-dig-findings-shed-light-on-ancient-life/2994644
    https://www.trtworld.com/turkiye/intact-altar-discovery-unearths-hidden-history-in-central-turkiye-15019224

    An intact bust of Alexander from Duzce:

    https://greekreporter.com/2023/09/22/marble-head-alexander-the-great-uncovered-turkey/
    https://greekcitytimes.com/2023/09/21/intact-bust-of-alexander-the-great-discovered-in-turkey/
    http://xn--trkiye_china-dlb.org.cn/

    Excavations of a shop site in Aizanoi revealed remains of plenty of 2000 years bp cosmetic items:

    https://www.dailysabah.com/life/history/archaeologists-find-2000-year-old-eyeshadow-blush-in-w-turkiye
    https://www.aa.com.tr/en/culture/makeup-materials-from-roman-era-unearthed-in-ancient-city-of-aizanoi-in-turkiye/2999909
    https://greekcitytimes.com/2023/09/24/rare-2000-year-old-makeup-and-jewelry-unearthed-in-ancient-greco-roman-city/
    http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/68347 https://arkeonews.net/archaeologists-find-2000-year-old-eyeshadow-and-blush-in-ancient-roman-city-of-aizanoi/
    https://www.archaeology.org/news/11771-230928-turkey-roman-cosmetics

    Remains of a 2000 years bp (Roman?) road from Phaselis:

    https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/ancient-street-to-come-to-surface-in-phaselis-186219

    This year's work at the underground remains of Hadrianopolis have revealed Roman and Byzantine finds:

    https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/byzantine-roman-traces-found-in-underground-settlement-186305
    https://news.artnet.com/art-world/sarayini-turkey-2355847

    An 1800 years bp statue/figure of a water nymph from Amasra:

    https://www.dailysabah.com/life/1800-year-old-water-nymph-statue-found-in-turkiyes-amasra/news
    https://arkeonews.net/beautiful-water-nymph-marble-statue-found-in-amastris-ancient-city/
    https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/09/marble-statue-depicting-a-nymph-uncovered-at-amasra/148511

    Hundreds of oil lamps (1800 - 2500 years bp) from Aigai:

    https://arkeonews.net/hundreds-of-oil-lamps-discovered-in-aigai-the-city-of-goats/

    Not sure when this inscription on the Lycian customs laws was found:

    https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/inscription-reveals-turkiyes-strategic-importance-in-maritime-trade-186279
    https://arkeonews.net/1900-years-old-a-customs-inscription-from-the-lycian-civilization-reveals-anatolias-strategic-importance-in-maritime-trade/

    A 1700 years bp Roman 'water tunnel' from Adiyaman:

    https://arkeonews.net/a-1700-year-old-roman-water-tunnel-dug-into-the-mountain-was-discovered-in-adiyaman-province-in-southeastern-turkiye/

    A 5th century CE children's cemetery from Konya:

    https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/mass-grave-of-children-unearthed-in-ancient-city-186342
    https://www.dailysabah.com/turkiye/5th-century-childrens-cemetery-found-in-turkiyes-konya/news
    https://greekcitytimes.com/2023/09/20/5th-century-a-d-eastern-roman/ https://www.archaeology.org/news/11751-230919-anatolia-children-cemetery

    Gordion was added to the UNESCO World Heritage list:

    https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/turkiyes-ancient-city-of-gordion-added-to-unesco-world-heritage-list/news
    https://www.aa.com.tr/en/culture/turkiye-s-ancient-city-of-gordion-poised-to-enter-unesco-world-heritage-list/2992203
    https://www.trtworld.com/turkiye/unesco-adds-turkiyes-ancient-city-of-gordion-to-world-heritage-list-15016561
    https://www.yenisafak.com/en/life/ancient-city-of-gordion-in-turkiye-added-to-unesco-world-heritage-list-3670624
    https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/penn-museum-excavation-designated-unesco-world-heritage-site

    ... as were some hypostyle mosques of medieval Anatolia:

    https://turkisharchaeonews.net/news/wooden-hypostyle-mosques-medieval-anatolia-added-unesco-world-heritage-list

    Hagia Sophia will be getting some damage repairs:

    https://www.ekathimerini.com/news/1220075/hagia-sophia-to-undergo-damage-repair/

    Concerns for the Adamkayalar reliefs:

    https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-760302

    Feature on exploring ancient irrigation tunnels in Jordan with a remote controlled car:

    https://phys.org/news/2023-09-ancient-irrigation-tunnels-remote-car.html

    A 4000 years bp Canaanite arch and vaulted stairway from Tel Shimron:

    https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/no-one-expected-to-find-what-we-did-4000-year-old-canaanite-arch-in-israel-may-have-been-used-by-cult
    https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-760302 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a-3800-year-old-mystery-monument-uncovered-in-israel-180982910/

    Evidence that Iron Age people at Qumran were herders, not farmers:

    https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2023-09-07/ty-article-magazine/iron-age-people-at-qumran-and-in-wilderness-of-judah-were-likely-herders-not-farmers/0000018a-6eae-d9af-a7db-6faf755a0000

    A Second Temple-era stone workshop from the West Bank:

    https://www.timesofisrael.com/archaeologists-find-ancient-stonemasons-workshop-in-jerusalem-outskirts/
    https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-759577

    A Hellenistic burial with a box mirror in Israel is being dubbed a 'courtesan burial':

    https://www.timesofisrael.com/rare-bronze-mirror-found-in-2300-year-old-grave-of-greek-courtesan-in-jerusalem/
    https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-760814 https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2023-09-27/ty-article/israeli-archaeologists-may-have-found-first-ever-grave-of-ancient-greek-hetaira/0000018a-d615-d971-afbb-df37fc1f0000
    https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/377536 https://www.ynetnews.com/travel/article/rk8u9ube6 https://greekreporter.com/2023/09/27/bronze-mirror-2300-year-old-grave-greek-courtesan/
    https://www.cnn.com/style/article/greek-courtesan-tomb-israel-scli-intl-scn/index.html
    https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/israel/archeology/1695800216-archeologists-for-first-time-unearth-tomb-of-ancient-greek-hetaira-courtesan
    https://arkeonews.net/a-courtesan-hetaira-tomb-was-discovered-in-a-burial-cave-during-excavations-in-via-hebron/
    https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/09/courtesan-tomb-discovered-in-cave/148725 http://www.archaeology.org/news/11770-230928-israel-box-mirror

    An early sixth century CE Greek inscription of a Psalm from a Christian site in Hyrcania:

    https://phys.org/news/2023-09-unearthing-ancient-faith-byzantine-greek.html https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1002821 https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-760618 https://www.timesofisrael.com/unique-byzantine-psalm-inscription-in-new-testament-greek-discovered-in-judean-desert/
    https://www.ynetnews.com/travel/article/hybtu2wlp https://greekcitytimes.com/2023/09/28/byzantine-greek-inscription-of-psalms-86-found-in-hyrcania-unearthing-ancient-faith/

    A pair of 1200 years bp 'farmhouses' from the Beer Sheva site:

    https://english.news.cn/20230922/10b009b0214445459a5c7ac4f612a98e/c.html

    More Roman sarcophagi from that burial ground in Gaza, now including lead sarcophagi:

    https://english.elpais.com/international/2023-09-24/archaeologists-unearth-the-largest-cemetery-ever-discovered-in-gaza-and-find-rare-lead-sarcophogi.html
    https://english.wafa.ps/Pages/Details/137733 https://www.timesofisrael.com/archaeologists-unearth-largest-cemetery-ever-found-in-gaza-with-rare-lead-sarcophogi/
    https://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/palestinians/2023-09-25/ty-article/archaeologists-unearth-rare-lead-sarcophogi-in-gazas-largest-roman-era-cemetery/0000018a-cdd4-da14-a1eb-ddde03d70000
    https://www.thenationalnews.com/mena/2023/09/23/archaeologists-study-roman-era-cemetery-in-the-gaza-strip-in-pictures/
    https://www.arabnews.com/node/2379481/offbeat https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20230926-gaza-strip-more-tombs-found-in-huge-roman-cemetery/
    https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/gaza-four-tombs-discovered-roman-necropolis https://apnews.com/article/gaza-roman-sarcophagi-archaeology-6db292772c3f013575d2ad1a91315d14
    https://www.thedailybeast.com/archaeologists-discover-gazas-largest-cemetery https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/archaeologists-unearth-largest-cemetery-discovered-gaza-find-rare-103444671
    https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20230923-four-tombs-discovered-in-roman-necropolis-in-gaza
    https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/excavation-roman-cemetery-reveals-coffins-gaza-city-1234680497/

    More on the four Roman swords found in a Dead Sea area cave:

    http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/68213 https://www.sci.news/archaeology/ein-gedi-swords-12256.html https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-uncover-four-roman-swords-in-israeli-cave-180982869/

    Feature on Erex Ben-Yosef's theories on David's mobile monarchy:

    https://www.timesofisrael.com/what-matters-now-to-archaeologist-erez-ben-yosef-king-davids-tent-dwelling-monarchy/

    Feature on socio-religious change in rural Roman Palestine:

    https://www.asor.org/anetoday/2023/09/horvat-midras-roman-palestine

    Feature on all the finds from Huqoq:

    https://aleteia.org/2023/09/24/new-findings-in-the-late-roman-synagogue-of-huqoq/

    Feature on the first marking of Yom Kippur:

    https://www.timesofisrael.com/first-recorded-evidence-of-yom-kippur-depicts-day-of-affliction-as-sectarian-struggle/

    Feature on Hamoudi Khalaily's long career:

    https://www.ynetnews.com/travel/article/syya07dk6

    Jericho was added to the UNESCO World Heritage list (with some backlash in Israel):

    https://www.timesofisrael.com/un-committee-votes-to-list-ancient-jericho-as-a-world-heritage-site-in-palestine/
    https://apnews.com/article/unesco-israel-palestinians-politics-jericho-d6d17926e7c67ef749ac0aa7d21d9cdd
    https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20230917-unesco-lists-ancient-ruins-near-west-bank-city-of-jericho-as-world-heritage-site
    https://www.thenationalnews.com/arts-culture/2023/09/17/unesco-world-heritage-list-2023-mena/
    https://www.algemeiner.com/2023/09/08/is-unesco-going-to-erase-jewish-history-from-another-israeli-city/
    https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/09/18/unesco-west-bank-archaeological-site-tell-es-sultan-jericho

    There was a fire at the Tel Gezer site:

    https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-759371

    Latest attempt at figuring out the Hezekiah inscription:

    https://www.ynetnews.com/article/bybnbwtkt

    7000 years bp animal bones and human remains from mustatils in Saudi Arabia:

    https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/bronze-age-girl-buried-with-more-than-150-animal-ankle-bones-potentially-to-help-her-to-the-next-world
    http://www.archaeology.org/news/11742-230914-saudi-arabia-mustatil https://greekreporter.com/2023/09/14/animal-bones-human-remains-saudi-arabia/ http://www.archaeology.org/news/11742-230914-saudi-arabia-mustatil

    Coverage of a conference devoted to finds at AlUla:

    https://www.egyptindependent.com/saudi-arabia-hosts-the-first-alula-world-archaeology-summit/
    https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/first-alula-world-archaeology-summit-wraps-up-with-wide-ranging-explorations-of-what-modern-society-can-learn-from-the-past-301929352.html
    https://www.cnn.com/travel/saudi-arabia-alula-archaeology-scn/index.html

    Overview of the six Mena sites added to UNESCO's World Heritage list:

    https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/unesco-adds-six-mena-sites-world-heritage-list

    Items found in the 1990s from a 400 years bp site along the Darb al-Hajj route associated with magic rituals:

    https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/magical-artifacts-found-along-centuries-old-pilgrimage-route-to-mecca-may-have-protected-against-evil-eye
    https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-758462 https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/376825 https://www.ynetnews.com/travel/article/syeqhd302 https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2023-09-12/ty-article/ancient-pilgrims-to-mecca-may-have-received-magic-services-in-southern-israel/0000018a-88a7-db38-a18b-fff757650000
    https://www.newsweek.com/unearthed-objects-used-magical-rituals-sorcerers-400-years-ago-1826101
    https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/ancient-cultures/magic-on-the-road-to-mecca/
    https://www.cbsnews.com/news/israel-artifacts-professional-sorcerers-magical-rituals/
    https://arkeonews.net/artifacts-used-for-ancient-magic-rituals-discovered-on-darb-al-hajj-route-from-cairo-to-mecca/

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    A 4th/3rd century BCE Thracian burial from Bulgaria:

    https://bnt.bg/news/archaeologists-discover-a-thracian-tomb-from-the-time-of-the-odrysian-kingdom-near-haskovo-321018news.html
    https://arkeonews.net/archaeologists-discovered-a-thracian-tomb-from-the-time-of-the-odrysian-kingdom-in-southern-bulgaria/

    A 2nd/3rd century Roman 'fridge' (the second one from the site) at Novae:

    https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article279472449.html https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/09/archaeologists-roman-soldiers-used-this-built-in-fridge-to-keep-their-wine-cool/
    http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/68281 https://arkeonews.net/archaeologists-discovered-how-wine-was-cooled-in-roman-legions-on-the-danube/
    https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/09/roman-fridge-found-at-novae/148589 http://www.archaeology.org/news/11752-230919-bulgaria-roman-refrigerator

    A 2000 years bp (maybe) 'battle elephant' bone from Spain:

    https://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-09-19/a-2000-year-old-battle-elephant-bone-was-found-in-spain-experts-are-investigating-whether-the-animal-fought-for-hannibal-or-julius-caesar.html
    https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/excavated-bone-may-belong-to-one-of-hannibals-elephants-5f9dmdzls
    https://www.newsweek.com/bone-sizeable-beast-ancient-battle-elephant-found-spain-1829232

    A 2000 years bp Roman wall from a site in Switzerland (we may have mentioned this):

    https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/roman-empire-archaeology-canton-zug-b2411340.html
    https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/archaeology/a44938215/ancient-roman-wall-discovered-in-switzerland/

    A possible 2000 years bp Roman circus site from Italica (Spain):

    https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article279069959.html https://www.juntadeandalucia.es/presidencia/portavoz/cultura/185359/Italica/circo/restos/estudiosgeofisicos/arqueologia/ciudadromana/Santiponce/Sevilla/ConsejeriadeTurismo/CulturayDeporte/JuntadeAndalucia

    An intact 1800 years bp stone sarcophagus from the ancient site of Durocortorum in France:

    https://www.newsweek.com/sarcophagus-found-france-skeleton-inside-1829885 https://arkeonews.net/extraordinary-discovery-in-france-an-unlooted-1800-year-old-roman-sarcophagus-discovered/

    A pair of 1800 years bp Roman swords from Cotswolds found by a metal detectorist:

    https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/romans/2-rare-roman-cavalry-swords-from-1800-years-ago-discovered-by-uk-metal-detectorist
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-66852580 https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/roman-swords-in-cotswolds-metal-detectorist-b2416439.html
    https://news.cotswold.gov.uk/news/ancient-roman-swords-unearthed-in-the-cotswolds-a-remarkable-archaeological-find
    https://www.newsweek.com/metal-detectorist-find-2000-year-old-roman-swords-1827862
    https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-760016 http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/68290 https://arkeonews.net/remarkable-archaeological-find-metal-detectorist-unearths-roman-cavalry-swords-in-north-cotswolds/
    https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/09/rare-roman-cavalry-swords-found-during-metal-detectorist-rally/148603
    https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/09/19/metal-detectorist-unearths-roman-cavalry-swords-in-north-cotswolds/

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    Palestinians want my Ark of my Covenant exhumed (Operation Al-Aqsa Flood) and Jews want my Ark of my Covenant crushed
    Persians want my Ark of my Covenant exhumed (Operation Al-Aqsa Ark) and Jews want my Ark of my Covenant crushed

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    Anonymous (ID: SoqMnKnk) 10/09/23(Mon)06:42:55 No.443970767▶>>443973219 >>443974719 >>443975730 >>443976030
    Palestinians want my Ark of my Covenant exhumed (Operation Al-Aqsa Flood) and Jews want my Ark of my Covenant crushed.
    Persians want my Ark of my Covenant exhumed (Operation Al-Aqsa Ark) and Jews want my Ark of my Covenant crushed.

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    Anonymous (ID: SoqMnKnk) 10/09/23(Mon)07:07:38 No.443973219▶
    443970767 (OP)
    Russians want my Ark of my Covenant exhumed (Operation Al-Aqsa Flood) and Jews want my Ark of my Covenant crushed.
    Chinese want my Ark of my Covenant exhumed (Operation Al-Aqsa Ark) and Jews want my Ark of my Covenant crushed.

    Anonymous (ID: eogLaRQ7) 10/09/23(Mon)07:21:45 No.443974719▶>>443975758 >>443976134
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    i got news for ya kiddo
    they already got it

    Anonymous (ID: xbsDyeit) 10/09/23(Mon)07:30:36 No.443975730▶
    443970767 (OP)
    Who gives a shit about a box that'll kill you if you touch it?

    Anonymous (ID: SoqMnKnk) 10/09/23(Mon)07:30:53 No.443975758▶>>443975932 File: The 3rd Temple.jpg (349 KB, 965x1085)
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    Anonymous (ID: eogLaRQ7) 10/09/23(Mon)07:32:31 No.443975932▶>>443976009 >>443975758
    I'm never impressed by threads that are drips and drabs of insinuations. make an effort. do the footwork. present your findings with sources and interpretations. there's no point to everyone yes-manning and pretending to be cool.

    Anonymous (ID: eogLaRQ7) 10/09/23(Mon)07:33:01 No.443976009▶
    443975932
    thats what /x/ is for, frankly.

    Anonymous (ID: qUUGc91D) 10/09/23(Mon)07:33:07 No.443976030▶>>443976229 >>443976855
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    muh brown people desert fairy tales

    Anonymous (ID: xLu0Sx0F) 10/09/23(Mon)07:33:54 No.443976134▶>>443976229 >>443974719
    They broke stonhenge? Tell me more about it as to why and when and how.

    Anonymous (ID: eogLaRQ7) 10/09/23(Mon)07:34:51 No.443976229▶
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    see, OP, you just get these kinds of replies if you don't make an effortthread. it's not about the you's

    443976134
    my point is if anything is buried there, they've already gotten their greedy paws all over the site.

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