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explorator 24.14 July 25, 2021
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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, Yaron Z. Eliav,
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 65 000 years bp stone point from Germany is shedding light on Neanderthal hunting:
https://phys.org/news/2021-07-stone-tool-story-neanderthal.html https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/07/stone-tool-tells-story-of-neanderthal.html
https://www.archaeology.org/9864-210723-germany-neanderthal-point
Study based on fire use suggests widespread cultural diffusion of knowledge began ca 400 000 years bp:
https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2021/07/widespread-cultural-diffusion-of-knowledge-started-400-thousand-years-ago
https://phys.org/news/2021-07-widespread-cultural-diffusion-knowledge-thousand.html
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/07/widespread-cultural-diffusion-of.html
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/07/23/widespread-cultural-diffusion-of-knowledge-started-400000-years-ago/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/9861-210721-hominin-fire-building
New research is causing a rethink of Paranthropus' eating habits:
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-07/uoo-rn072221.php https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/07/210723105253.htm https://sciencex.com/news/2021-07-fossil-tooth-fractures-microscopic-enamel.html
Feature on the early-human-made stone tools found in Israel:
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/earliest-stone-tools-linked-to-modern-humans-outside-africa-found-in-israel-1.9900819
More on the impact of the Toba eruption on humans 74 000 years bp:
https://theconversation.com/when-an-ancient-volcanic-supereruption-caused-sudden-cooling-early-humans-got-lucky-164199
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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT ================================================================
A Ptolemaic-era warship (and other items) from Abu Qir Bay in Alexandria:
https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/106180/Egyptian-French-archaeological-mission-discovers-warship-from-Ptolemaic-era-remains
https://www.egyptindependent.com/photos-alexandrias-sunken-city-of-heracleion-reveals-new-treasures/
https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContentP/9/417416/Heritage/In-Photos-The-sunken-city-of-Th%C3%B4nisHeracleion-in-A.aspx
https://english.alarabiya.net/life-style/travel-and-tourism/2021/07/20/Archaeologists-in-Egypt-unveil-military-vessel-Greek-funerary-site-in-sunken-city
https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/egypt-finds-ancient-military-vessel-greek-graves-sunken-city-2021-07-19/
https://www.rfi.fr/en/international/20210720-french-egyptian-archeology-mission-discovers-military-vessel-greek-funerary-in-sunken-city
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/ancient-greek-egyptian-ship-gives-up-its-secrets-after-2-200-years-h7mdsg37g
https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/thonis-heracleion-sunken-city-greece-egypt/index.html
https://elpais.com/cultura/2021-07-20/hallada-una-galera-de-tiempos-de-los-ptolomeos-en-la-bahia-de-abukir-cerca-de-alejandria.html
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/egypt-finds-ancient-military-vessel-greek-graves-in-sunken-city-674337
https://greekcitytimes.com/2021/07/19/greek-artefacts-egyptian-french/ https://greekreporter.com/2021/07/19/ancient-greek-shipwreck-discovered-egypt/ https://greekherald.com.au/culture/egypt-finds-ancient-military-vessel-greek-graves-sunken-city-thonis-heracleion/
https://www.thenationalnews.com/mena/2021/07/19/egypt-discovers-ancient-warship-in-sunken-city-off-alexandria/
https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202107/1229082.shtml http://en.people.cn/n3/2021/0720/c90000-9874299.html https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/07/archaeologists-find-ancient-egyptian-warship-sunk-near-alexandria/
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/divers-discover-ancient-military-vessel-thonis-heracleion-1991300
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/07/the-sunken-city-of-thonis-heracleion-in.html
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/07/21/funerary-tumulus-and-shipwreck-revealed-at-the-sunken-city-of-thonis-heracleion/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/07/underwater-archaeologists-discover-ancient-shipwreck-in-sunken-city/139726
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/divers-find-second-century-military-ship-sunken-egyptian-city-180978244/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9859-210720-thonis-heracleion-shipwreck
More on where Egypt was getting its copper (based on some recently-found figurines from Tanis) 3 000 years bp:
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/egyptian-bronze-figurines-shed-light-on-ancient-commerce-674197
https://themedialine.org/life-lines/3000-year-old-egyptian-figurines-shed-light-on-bronze-age-collapse/
https://www.ynetnews.com/travel/article/b1jj11ufrd https://mosaicmagazine.com/picks/history-ideas/2021/07/whats-copper-from-the-negev-doing-in-3000-year-old-egyptian-statues/
Egypt has plans for another Pharaohnic parade, this time in Luxor:
https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2021/07/egypt-plans-another-pharaohic-parade-time-luxor
More on the reunion of Book of the Dead fragments at the Getty and in a New Zealand Museum:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/researchers-reattach-separated-book-dead-fragments-180978226/
10 000 years BCE cheese residues from a Turkish cave are suggesting connections to a local dessert:
https://www.dailysabah.com/turkey/food-from-bc-10000-may-be-ancestor-of-turkish-towns-dessert/news
An update on the ongoing dig at Qazvin/Shad Shahpur:
https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/463253/Iranian-archaeologists-in-search-of-new-clues-on-history-of-Qazvin
More on the 1600 years bp sheep remains from an Iranian salt mine:
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/07/20/the-salt-sheep-of-chehrabad/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/researchers-recover-dna-1600-year-old-naturally-mummified-sheep-leg-180978230/
Feature on Babylonian trigonometry:
https://hyperallergic.com/662569/plimpton-322-tablet-reveals-babylonians-studied-trigonometry-before-greeks/
More on the 6th century BCE (not CE as I had last week ... sorry) petroglyph and cuneiform inscription associated with Nabonidus from Saudi Arabia:
https://www.livescience.com/longest-cuneiform-inscription-last-babylon-king-saudi-arabia.html
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/61854 https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1472/?fbclid=IwAR0W_FffqSxKxRPPemizQmIP2_LlA5iw1Ivxgseg7DK6q4RcPeLyaBOq-xU
More on that First Temple pig skeleton from Jerusalem:
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/MAGAZINE-did-jews-in-ancient-jerusalem-dine-on-swine-1.9906708
https://www.zenger.news/2021/07/20/pig-skeleton-raises-questions-about-ancient-jewish-identity-kosher-diet/
More on that Jerubbaal pot fragment:
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/07/3100-year-old-pottery-fragment.html
More on the 2000 years bp structure found near the Western Wall:
https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/biblical-sites-places/temple-at-jerusalem/lavish-second-temple-city-hall-unveiled-in-jerusalem/
More on cisterns and tunnels beneath Temple Mount:
https://www.israelhayom.com/2021/07/18/49-cisterns-tell-the-story-of-the-destruction-of-the-temple-and-much-more/
More on prehistoric shark teeth found in Jerusalem:
https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/biblical-sites-places/jerusalem/shark-week-in-biblical-jerusalem/
Rethinking 'nude female' figurines from Israel and the Levant:
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/archaeology-has-a-problem-with-females-and-figurines-1.10012823
Suggestion the Babylonians weren't the ones who destroyed Solomon's Temple:
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/who-really-destroyed-solomon-s-temple-in-jerusalem-1.9900539
Pondering Noah's ark:
https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/people-cultures-in-the-bible/people-in-the-bible/how-did-noah-build-the-ark/
Pondering how archaeology informs the Bible:
https://www.insights.uca.org.au/what-does-archaeology-tell-us-about-scripture/
What medieval Jewish sages felt about pushup bras:
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium.MAGAZINE-how-medieval-jewish-sages-felt-about-push-up-bras-1.10021103
How coffee affected social life in 16th century Jerusalem:
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium.MAGAZINE-how-coffee-revolutionized-jerusalem-social-life-in-the-16th-century-1.10021870
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This Week in the Ancient Near East Podcast:
https://thisweekintheancientneareast.podbean.com/
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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS) ================================================================
Evidence of a Roman road and assorted structures from a Venice lagoon:
https://phys.org/news/2021-07-roman-road-venice-lagoon.html https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-07/sr-arr071621.php https://www.livescience.com/submerged-roman-road-venice-lagoon.html https://www.ansamed.info/ansamed/en/news/sections/culture/2021/07/22/roman-road-found-under-venice_d0dd22a5-af60-4c5f-9cbf-89614d5d0882.html
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jul/23/ancient-roman-road-and-dock-discovered-in-venice-lagoon
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/.premium-submerged-roman-road-shows-venice-may-have-been-inhabited-early-on-1.10016614
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/ruins-of-roman-roadlead-venice-to-reconsider-century-of-its-birth-m2drrdzlc
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/roman-road-discovered-venice-lagoon-1234599704/
https://www.sciencealert.com/an-ancient-roman-road-has-been-found-in-the-venice-lagoon
http://www.sci-news.com/archaeology/treporti-channel-road-09892.html https://gizmodo.com/archaeologists-find-ancient-roman-road-in-the-venetian-1847342259
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2284967-ancient-roman-road-discovered-at-the-bottom-of-the-venice-lagoon/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/07/archaeologists-discover-roman-road-in-the-venice-lagoon/139722
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/07/roman-road-discovered-in-venice-lagoon.html
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/roman-road-found-beneath-venice-lagoon-180978262/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9863-210723-venice-rome-dock
cf:
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-92939-w
Gaming counters and other items found in the latest digs at Birdoswald Roman Fort:
https://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/19464335.gaming-counters-among-latest-finds-birdoswald-roman-fort-along-hadrians-wall/
An overview of recent finds from Gourimadi:
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/07/19/new-finds-at-gourimadi-karystos/
A pair of rock-cut rooms excavated at Zeugma:
https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/rock-chambers-unearthed-in-zeugma-166472 https://www.yenisafak.com/en/video-gallery/news/archaeologists-unearth-two-rock-cut-rooms-in-ancient-city-of-zeugma-3576935
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9865-210723-zeugma-rock-chambers
A 6th century coin hoard from Phanagoria:
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/07/archaeologists-discover-6th-century-coin-hoard-in-ancient-phanagoria/139744
The first week of digging at Zominthos is online via Archaeology Magazine's interactive dig:
https://www.archaeological.org/zominthos-2021-week-1/
A study of imprints of fabrics on Bronze Age seals from Lerna and Phaistos:
https://scienceinpoland.pap.pl/en/news/news%2C88459%2Cunknown-types-ancient-greek-textiles-identified.html
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9858-210719-greece-fabric-imprints
Questioning claims that the tomb of Olympias has been identified:
https://www.livescience.com/alexander-the-great-mom-olympias-tomb.html
News of a mosaic find on Paphos, but it isn't the Theseus mosaic pictured in the article, if it's a new find at all:
https://greekreporter.com/2021/07/20/ancient-mosaic-paphos-cyprus/
Not sure how recent this find of an 'offering ground' near the Fabrika Mound near Nea Paphos is either:
https://greekcitytimes.com/2021/07/22/archaeologists-find-offering-ground-in-cyprus/
A Roman sarcophagus found in the 1930s featuring interior reliefs (!) has been conserved:
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/61842
Concerns for the antiquities revealed by Thessaloniki's metro construction:
https://www.euronews.com/2021/07/23/the-eu-must-act-now-to-protect-thessaloniki-s-antiquities-view
Cyprus is hoping the underwater sites at Amathus will be a tourist draw:
https://phys.org/news/2021-07-cyprus-showcases-ancient-undersea-harbor.html https://cyprus-mail.com/2021/07/21/amathus-underwater-works-picks-up-pace/ https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/7347692/cyprus-showcases-ancient-undersea-harbour/
https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/cyprus-showcases-ancient-undersea-harbor-draw-tourists-78920864
https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/destinations/2021/07/19/ancient-harbor-diving-cyprus-tourists-travel-amathus/8011466002/
https://www.heraldbulletin.com/news/nation_world/cyprus-showcases-ancient-undersea-harbor-to-draw-tourists/image_e51623e3-8942-5282-b607-f650244bf9fc.html
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/07/cyprus-showcases-ancient-undersea.html
Pompeii's lupanar is reopening to the public:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2021/07/18/pompeiis-notorious-brothel-reopen-visitors-restoration/
http://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/664/reader/reader.html?social#!preferred/0/package/664/pub/664/page/43/article/196808
http://www.samfordcrimson.com/20210718-pompeiis-notorious-brothel-to-reopen-to-visitors-after-restoration.html
Conservation work at Largo Argentina is under way:
https://www.wantedinrome.com/news/rome-starts-work-at-largo-argentina-site-ahead-of-bvlgari-project.html
Some sort of political dispute over all the burial mounds in Ukraine:
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/row-over-ancient-tombs-gets-to-the-heart-of-ukraines-modern-identity-tn3zlpq87
Funding for more digs at Carsulae (Italian):
https://corrieredellumbria.corr.it/news/umbria/28019253/terni-carsulae-scavi-archeologici-associazione-astra-autorizzazione-ministero-cultura-domus.html
Opeddish thing on recent upgrades on the Acropolis:
https://www.ekathimerini.com/culture/1164843/plastic-surgery-fail-on-the-acropolis/
More on recent finds made during road construction in Yorkshire:
https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/19465369.north-yorkshire-excavation-site-reveals-secrets-roman-settlement/
https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/local-news/weirdest-things-dug-up-crews-21087149
More on that recently found Claudian pomerium boundary marker find:
https://apnews.com/article/europe-science-arts-and-entertainment-rome-9db54446337b9312b3f666a87cdc4efc
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-9806087/Experts-rare-stone-outlining-city-limits-ancient-Rome.html
https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/rare-stone-discovered-outlining-ancient-romes-city-limits-166398
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/07/rare-stone-discovered-outlining-ancient.html
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9857-210719-rome-pomerium-stone
More on the Visigoth sarcophagus from the Mula Roman Villa site:
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/07/sarcophagus-from-the-visigoth-period-discovered-in-roman-necropolis/139702
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/perfectly-preserved-visigoth-coffin-unearthed-from-roman-ruins-in-southern-spain-h52qrsxp3
More on Colchester Museum's analysis/exhibition of Roman cremation burials:
https://advisor.museumsandheritage.com/news/colchester-museums-exhibition-showcases-unprecedented-scientific-analysis-roman-cremation-burials/
Brendan Burke is the Mellon Professor of Classical Studies at the American School of Classical Studies in Athens:
https://pappaspost.com/canadian-classicist-brendan-burke-appointed-to-prestigious-post-at-american-school-in-athens/
Interview with Bianca Warley (UCT) on the importance of accessibility to Classics:
https://www.news.uct.ac.za/article/-2021-07-21-increasing-access-to-awe-and-splendour-of-the-ancient-world
Interview/spotlight with Ervan Garrison:
https://www.archaeological.org/member-spotlight-ervan-garrison/
Feature on a hoard found at Thetford in Norfolk 42 years ago:
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-norfolk-57929603
Feature on the warrior women of ancient Scythia:
https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/the-forgotten-history-of-amazon-warrior-women-of-ancient-scythia
Feature on the ancient Roman diet:
https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20210719-what-did-the-ancient-romans-eat
Feature on Hadrian's Gate in Kemer (Turkey):
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/hadrians-gate
Feature on claims of being Seleucid descendants in Kyrgyzstan:
https://greekreporter.com/2021/07/21/greek-descendants-of-the-seleucid-dynasty-in-todays-kyrgyzstan/
Feature on Plato's Atlantis:
https://aeon.co/videos/not-a-lost-kingdom-but-a-parable-how-to-read-athens-in-platos-story-of-atlantis
Feature on Nero's critics:
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/it-was-neros-critics-who-were-on-fiddle-vw22wsld5
Feature on Troy:
https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/city-of-legend-digging-up-the-true-story-of-troy
Feature on the Parthenon in Ottoman possession:
https://greekcitytimes.com/2021/07/24/the-parthenon-report-mohammeds-cat-part-1/
Feature on the temple of Zeus at Nemea:
https://greekcitytimes.com/2021/07/22/the-temple-of-zeus-at-nemea-greece/
Feature on how Classics is changing as a discipline:
https://paw.princeton.edu/article/essay-looking-beyond-language-classics-evolves
Pondering the expression on Laocoon's face:
https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20210721-laocon-and-his-sons-the-ultimate-expression-of-suffering
Answering the question why there are so many naked Greek statues:
https://blogs.getty.edu/iris/why-are-there-so-many-naked-ancient-greek-statues/
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Roman Archaeology Blog:
http://romanarc.blogspot.com/
Rogueclassicism:
http://rogueclassicism.com/ ================================================================
EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland) ================================================================
A study has determined what Tollund Man's last meal was:
https://phys.org/news/2021-07-date-gut-contents-tollund.html https://www.livescience.com/bog-body-tollund-man-last-meal.html https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/frugal-last-meal-man-2400-years-ago-scientists-see-signs-human-sacrifi-rcna1463
https://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/researchers-analyze-last-meal-of-tollund-man-bog-body-1.5517112
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/tollund-mans-last-meal https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/07/the-tollund-mans-last-meal.html
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/tollund-man-europe-bog-body-meal-food-history-mummy-180978247/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9862-210722-denmark-iron-age
cf:
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antiquity/article/last-meal-of-tollund-man-new-analyses-of-his-gut-content/E79FB52BAEF8B59BE2280F182C76DEBF
The 15th century chapel of Aghioi Theodoroi has been restored:
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/07/22/restoration-of-the-aghioi-theodoroi-chapel-at-fourka/
Medieval chain mail 'accidentally' found on the banks of the Odra River (Poland):
https://polandin.com/54928179/medieval-chain-mail-accidentally-found-on-odra-rivers-banks
A pair of Viking burials found on Orkney in 2015 are undergoing analysis:
https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/19462010.papa-westray-viking-graves-archaeologists-begin-examine-artefacts/
Hyping a dig in Rechki (Belarus) with finds from various periods:
https://eng.belta.by/society/view/archaeologists-unearth-trove-of-medieval-artifacts-in-minsk-oblast-141768-2021/
More on the Viking coin hoard found by a metal detectorist on the Isle of Man:
https://www.livescience.com/viking-hoard-piggy-bank.html http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/61829 https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/07/another-viking-treasure-hoard-discovered-on-the-isle-of-man/139696
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-uncover-piggy-bank-hoard-united-kingdoms-isle-man-180978231/
More on the Anchor Church cave and its association (now) with Hardulph/Eardwulf:
https://www.livescience.com/king-hides-in-ancient-cave.html https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/medieval-anglo-saxon-dwelling-discovered-in-derbyshire-uk-674568
https://www.insider.com/england-exiled-hermit-king-lived-ancient-cave-house-experts-say-2021-7
https://news.yahoo.com/exiled-english-king-became-hermit-150807438.html https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/anchor-church-cave-england-king-eardwulf-saint-hardulph-1234599260/
https://thehill.com/changing-america/enrichment/education/563710-secrets-of-cave-dwelling-may-include-a-king-who-became
Liverpool apparently has lost its World Heritage status:
https://www.dw.com/en/why-liverpool-lost-its-unesco-world-heritage-listing/a-58608706
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-07-22/why-liverpool-lost-unesco-world-heritage-status
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/liverpool-loses-unesco-world-heritage-status-180978252/
... and Stonehenge might be next:
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/jul/23/stonehenge-may-be-next-uk-site-to-lose-world-heritage-status
Concerns arising from turf cutting at the Ceide Fields site:
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/excessive-turf-cutting-poses-risk-of-bog-slide-at-prehistoric-ceide-fields-site-8t0hrldm8
Concerns about a 2000 years bp village on the Outer Hebrides falling into the sea:
https://www.scotsman.com/heritage-and-retro/heritage/the-2000-year-old-village-in-outer-hebrides-at-risk-of-falling-into-the-sea-3314207
Some 3000 years bp Bronze Age tools from Shropshire have been declared treasure:
https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/local-hubs/north-shropshire/2021/07/22/bronze-age-tools-discovered-under-shropshire-farmland/
Feature on the Jelling Viking Stone Ship:
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/07/the-giant-jelling-viking-stone-ship/139717
A number of Spanish academics want us to focus on the positive aspects of the Middle Ages:
https://english.elpais.com/usa/2021-07-19/plagues-famine-torture-historians-try-to-set-the-record-straight-on-the-middle-ages.html
Feature on some mysterious aspects of Nottingham's slab square:
https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/nottingham-news/wall-used-run-through-middle-5646031
Feature on finds over the years in Hartford:
https://www.huntspost.co.uk/news/hartford-village-history-8152832
Feature on a restoration/revisioning of the former seat of the Clan MacTavish:
https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/highlands/3336349/was-this-how-this-ancient-castle-used-to-look-historian-brings-seat-of-the-clan-mactavish-back-to-life-after-its-ruins-were-revealed-for-the-first-time-in-200-years/
Feature on 15th century suspended irrigation use in Switzerland:
https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20210721-switzerlands-gravity-defying-solution
Feature on the bacini of some churches in Crete:
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/07/19/ceramics-in-plain-sight-the-bacini-of-the-churches-of-crete/
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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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Late Eastern Han/Tang Dynasty burials from Chenzhou:
https://www.bignewsnetwork.com/news/270440800/11-ancient-tombs-unearthed-in-central-china
China is including archaeological/art exhibitions in some of its newly-built subway stations:
http://en.people.cn/n3/2021/0719/c90000-9873868.html
More on that 3000 years bp shark attack victim from Japan:
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/skeleton-oldest-known-shark-attack-victim-japan
A major paleolithic site from Faridabad:
https://in.news.yahoo.com/palaeolithic-possibly-largest-indian-subcontinent-134041035.html
https://www.sify.com/news/palaeolithic-site-possibly-largest-in-indian-subcontinent-spotted-in-faridabads-mangarbani-hill-forest-news-national-vhsoajibabgai.html
https://illinoisnewstoday.com/paleolithic-ruins-found-in-the-mangarbani-forest-in-faridabad/304826/
25 000 years bp petroglyphs from a diamond mine site in Madhya Pradesh:
https://www.freepressjournal.in/bhopal/asi-certifies-25000-year-old-rock-paintings-in-buxwaha-diamond-mine-site-in-madhya-pradesh
A 6th/7th century temple site from near Puri:
https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/schools/centuries-old-post-gupta-era-temple-discovered-near-pipili-285903
Archaeologists were digging in the parking lot after a structure was found near the Golden Temple:
https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/chandigarh-news/asi-team-examines-old-structure-found-at-golden-temple-101626809258780.html
https://www.punjabnewsexpress.com/punjab/news/archaeological-department-visited-the-jora-ghar-in-golden-temple-and-excavated-the-parking-lot-143392
Excavations at the Mahakal Temple in Ujjain brought to light some human bones:
https://www.freepressjournal.in/indore/ujjain-human-bones-found-during-excavation-in-mahakal-temple
A 'hero stone' from Harur:
https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Coimbatore/hero-stone-discovered-near-harur/article35435421.ece
Concerns for recently-found Kakatiya-era sculptures:
https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/in-other-news/180721/archaeologists-unearth-13th-century-sculptures.html
https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/kakatiya-era-sculptures-in-neglect/article35399816.ece
Overviewish thing on various digs going on in Tamil Nadu:
https://newstodaynet.com/index.php/2021/07/23/excavations-bring-out-important-and-interesting-details-about-ancient-tamilnadu/
Feature on petroglyphs in India in the wake of recents finds at Haryana:
https://www.financialexpress.com/lifestyle/science/prehistoric-cave-paintings-discovered-near-delhi-ncr-a-look-at-indias-ancient-cave-arts/2294167/
Feature on an ongoing dig at Korkai (which I think we've mentioned at some point):
https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/brick-structure-unearthed-in-tamil-nadu-s-korkai-may-date-back-to-2000-years-101626975302272.html
https://www.thehansindia.com/tamilnadu/a-2000-year-old-brick-construction-discovered-in-tamil-nadus-korkai-697521
Also from Korkai comes possible evidence of an ancient conch processing industry:
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/madurai/evidences-suggest-conch-industry-may-have-existed-in-ancient-korkai/articleshow/84671526.cms
https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2021/jul/24/perforated-pipes-found-at-ancient-korkai-site-2334577.html
Feature on the 70+ years excavations at Hastinapur:
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/meerut/70-yrs-on-hastinapur-excavations-looking-for-mahabharata-link/articleshow/84563388.cms
Feature on how relics of Ketavan the Martyr were found:
https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/india-found-relics-of-georgian-queen-400-years-after-her-murder-pm-shares-tale-101627197129307.html
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A First Nations burial site from a beach in Kyuquot (British Columbia):
https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2021/07/23/ancestral-remains-found-in-kyuquot.html
I think we mentioned some skulls found in Lake Jackson (Florida) are of Native American descent:
https://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/2021/07/23/lake-jackson-skulls-florida-native-american-archaeologists-drydown-disappearing-water/8067717002/
https://www.wctv.tv/2021/07/23/skulls-found-lake-jackson-determined-be-native-american-ancestry/
Feature on excavations in the backyard of Key West's Oldest House:
https://keysweekly.com/42/historical-dig-research-archeologists-dig-into-1800s-life-in-key-west/
Feature on plenty of 5000 to 2000 years bp stone tools found over the years at a Farm in Killbuck (OH):
https://www.the-daily-record.com/story/news/2021/07/21/tools-5-000-years-old-found-holmes-county-now-cleveland-museum/7949999002/
Plans to excavate sites associated with railroad labour camps in Sioux City:
https://siouxcityjournal.com/news/local/archaeologists-to-research-labor-camps-at-historic-railroad-site-in-sioux-city/article_6493ba6b-9e4c-59bd-92d1-31b1807831d7.html
A company 'deeply regrets' drilling holes in a Native American petroglyph site in California:
https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2021-07-19/caltech-fined-for-damaging-native-american-cultural-site
... while elsewhere in California, Native Americans are trying to protect the West Berkeley Shellmound Sacred Site:
https://www.hcn.org/articles/south-archaeology-the-fight-over-a-5-000-year-old-burial-site-in-california
Concerns for burial sites in Charleston:
https://abcnews4.com/newsletter-daily/new-push-to-protect-and-preserve-charleston-burial-sites
... and efforts to save historic homes there too:
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/24/us/charleston-sc-flooding-climate-change.html
Feature on the Giant Blythe Intaglos Desert geoglyphs:
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/07/the-giant-blythe-intaglios-desert-geoglyphs/139735
Interesting feature on a 19th century Brazilian who fought segregation in a US court and won:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-57946802 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/0144039X.2020.1860651?journalCode=fsla20&
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A flood control tunnel in Mexico City found in 2009 and dating to the 1600s will be reburied because of COVID costs, apparently:
https://phys.org/news/2021-07-mexico-archaeological-virus.html http://www.tribtown.com/2021/07/23/lt-mexico-archaeology-3/ https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/mexico-bury-archeological-find-virus-costs-79014913
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/rest-of-world/mexico-to-bury-archaeological-find-because-of-virus-costs/articleshow/84680824.cms
Controversy over those petroglyphs purportedly found a short while ago in Colombia:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/when-claims-discoveries-amazon-ring-false-180978250/
Parrot and Macaw remans from the Atacama Desert:
https://scitechdaily.com/mummified-parrots-found-by-archaeologists-point-to-trade-in-the-ancient-atacama-desert/
More on that shipwreck in Antigua:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-57878969
Marking 110 years of Machu Picchu:
https://andina.pe/ingles/noticia-peru-machu-picchu-celebrates-110-years-since-its-leap-to-fame-854731.aspx
Feature on the Inca Cave Temple of the Moon:
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/07/the-incan-cave-temple-of-the-moon/139749
Feature on Palenque's archaeological zone:
https://mexiconewsdaily.com/mexicolife/palenque-boasts-remains-of-maya-dynasty/
Feature on marble vessels from the Americas:
https://blogs.loc.gov/maps/2021/07/a-culture-of-stone-carving-the-marble-vessels-of-the-ancient-americas/
More on using fecal evidence to explain the collapse of the Maya:
https://www.biobiochile.cl/noticias/ciencia-y-tecnologia/ciencia/2021/07/09/cientificos-descubren-pistas-sobre-el-colapso-de-los-mayas-en-antiguas-heces-humanas.shtml
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Mike Ruggeri's Ancient Americas Breaking News:
http://goo.gl/1VdeA
Mike Ruggeri's Ancient Americas lecture channels on Youtube:
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