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explorator 24.24 October 3, 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, Ken Berry,
Richard Miller, Kris Curry, Rick Heli, Richard C. Griffiths, Frank MacKay, Terry Hinz,
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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An 'untouched' 40 000 years bp Neanderthal cave chamber from Gibraltar:

https://phys.org/news/2021-09-hidden-chamber-vanguard-cave-gorham.html https://www.livescience.com/cave-chamber-gibraltar-last-neanderthal-hideout https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/sep/28/gibraltar-cave-chamber-discovery-could-shed-light-on-neanderthals-culture
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/40000-year-old-sealed-cavern-in-gibraltar-gives-new-insight-into-neanderthal-life-680884
https://www.newsweek.com/excavators-unseal-cave-after-40000-years-search-clues-neanderthal-existence-1633512
https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/neanderthals-cave-gibraltar-scn-scli-intl/index.html
https://www.stuff.co.nz/science/126525427/sealed-off-for-40000-years-neanderthal-cave-discovery-in-gibraltar
https://www.natureworldnews.com/articles/47637/20210929/researchers-uncovered-long-hidden-chamber-famous-gibraltar-cave.htm
https://www.archaeology.org/news/10024-210930-gibraltar-neanderthals-cave

Not sure if we've mentioned this large quantity of 130 000 years bp artifacts from the Qinghai-Tibet plateau:

http://www.ecns.cn/news/cns-wire/2021-09-28/detail-iharmkpe0572151.shtml http://www.ecns.cn/news/culture/2021-09-28/detail-iharmkpe0571969.shtml

More on those 140 000+ years bp shell beads from Morocco:

https://www.science.org/content/article/world-s-oldest-known-beads-found-morocco
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/worlds-oldest-jewelry-discovered-in-moroccan-cave-180978766/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/10013-210927-morocco-shell-beads

More on 200 000 years bp children's handprints from a Tibetan cave:

https://mymodernmet.com/childrens-handprints-in-cave-art/ https://bigthink.com/the-past/oldest-cave-art-2/

Feature on the evolution of throwing:

https://www.sapiens.org/biology/evolution-throwing/

On the 'boom' in interest in human prehistory:

https://elpais.com/babelia/2021-10-01/el-boom-de-la-prehistoria-somos-cavernicolas-con-internet.html
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AFRICA
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Feature on 50 years of archaeology in Nigeria:

https://thenationonlineng.net/50-years-of-nigerian-archaeology-and-national-development/

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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT ===========================================================
Arrest of an illegal digger led to the find of a Greco-Roman temple in Sohag:

https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/108363/A-Greco-Roman-Temple-was-uncovered-in-Sohag

Plans to investigate possible Pharoanic artifacts in Afghanistan:

https://www.arabnews.com/node/1936511/middle-east

Egypt has restored a New Kingdom column near the presidential palace:

https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/425073/Antiquities/Ancient-Egypt/Cairo-restores-New-Kingdom-granite-column-in-Saray.aspx
https://cairoscene.com/Buzz/Restoration-Begins-on-Ancient-Egyptian-Column-in-Saraya-El-Qobbah

Feature on the sunken cities in the Alexandria area:

https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/50/1209/423953/AlAhram-Weekly/Focus/Tales--of-sunken-cities.aspx

In case you missed the latest facial reconstruction of some mummies based on genetic data:

https://www.livescience.com/ancient-egyptian-mummies-faces-reconstructed-dna https://dailynewsegypt.com/2021/10/03/egypt-recovers-two-antiquities-from-belgium/

A Russian university has given Zahi Hawass an honorary doctorate:

https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/108291/Russian-University-for-Humanities-grants-honorary-doctorate-to-Egyptologist-Zahi

More on the find of 'tools' related to the worship of Hathor:

https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2021/09/egypt-unearths-tools-used-ancient-rituals

An archaeological survey at Dalma Tepe (Iran) is under way after a sixty-year hiatus:

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/465575/Archaeological-survey-begins-on-Dalma-Tepe-after-six-decade-hiatus

European archaeologists are in Iraq helping with restoration/conservation efforts:

https://saudigazette.com.sa/article/611551/World/Asia/European-archaeologists-rehabilitate-antiquities-in-Iraq

Interesting 11 000 years bp sculptures of humans (maybe) from the site of Karahantepe in Turkey's Sanliurfa province (not sure how recent these finds are):

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-10050217/Stunning-carvings-human-figures-heads-uncovered-Karahantepe.html
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/culture/human-depictions-3d-sculptures-of-karahantepe-site-to-shed-light-on-history/2376573
https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/turkeys-stone-hills-to-shed-light-on-neolithic-settlements/news
https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/human-depictions-show-talent-of-ancient-people-168210

An overview of finds in Turkey during September:

https://turkisharchaeonews.net/article/september-2021-turkish-archaeology

Hasmonean-era artifacts, including a silver coin and a stone structure, from Samaria:

https://www.israelhayom.com/2021/09/20/the-land-is-speaking-samarian-dig-turns-up-hasmonean-era-artifacts/

Feature explaining erosion at Jericho without reference to the Bible:

https://www.ncregister.com/blog/jericho-and-archaeology-disproof-of-the-bible

Feature on Eilat Mazar:

https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/let-the-stones-speak-for-themselves/

Feature on water sustainability in Jerusalem over the years:

https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/water-sustainability-throughout-jerusalems-history-680736

Feature on how Jews celebrated Sukkot 2000 years bp:

https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/how-did-jews-celebrate-sukkot-2000-years-ago-archaeology-offers-answers-679833
https://mosaicmagazine.com/picks/religion-holidays/2021/09/celebrating-sukkot-2000-year-ago/

I think we mentioned this hoard of British liquor bottles dating back to WWI at Ramle:

https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/how-much-alcohol-did-british-soldiers-drink-while-stationed-in-israel-during-wwi-680779

OpEd on 'Biblical Archaeology':

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2021/9/24/2054176/-There-should-be-no-Biblical-Arachaeology

Latest identification of Mount Sinai (in Saudi Arabia):

https://nypost.com/2021/10/02/archaeologist-claims-mount-sinai-found-in-saudi-arabia/

Latest Noah's Ark-related claim:

https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/has-the-location-of-noahs-ark-finally-been-proven-using-3d-scans-680890

More on purported cosmic impact at the purported site of Sodom:

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/09/210928102235.htm https://www.zmescience.com/science/cosmic-impact-could-be-inspiration-behind-biblical-story-of-sodom/
https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/was-biblical-sodom-destroyed-by-a-cosmic-blast/
https://www.christianitytoday.com/news/2021/september/sodom-meteor-biblical-archaeology-tall-el-hammam-airburst.html
https://buzz.magatopia.com/2021/09/scientific-analysis-of-meteor-strike.html

More on the Second Temple era quarry site in Jerusalem:

http://www.sci-news.com/archaeology/second-temple-period-quarry-10108.html

Link correction from last week (apologies): on the suggestion that Qumran was a pilgrimage site:

https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/qumrans-true-purpose-discovered/

... and some more items on the same:

https://www.livescience.com/medieval-damascus-document-dead-sea-scroll-mystery https://www.timesofisrael.com/1000-year-old-document-may-reveal-why-dead-sea-scrolls-were-stashed-in-qumran/

cf: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/12/8/578

A hoard of 1000 years bp silver coins from Sharjah (UAE):

https://www.wam.ae/en/details/1395302974915 https://www.msn.com/en-ae/news/national/1000-year-old-islamic-coins-discovered-in-sharjah/ar-AAOX6vO?ocid=BingNewsSearch
http://www.archaeology.org/news/10028-211001-abbasid-silver-coins

Latest feature on the folks competing to loot antiquities in Yemen:

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20210929-yemens-parties-to-the-conflict-compete-to-loot-taiz-antiquities/

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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS) ===========================================================
The gate to the temple of Zeus at Magnesia was revealed this week:

https://www.dailysabah.com/life/history/archaeologists-find-magnesias-zeus-temple-gate-in-turkey
https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/gate-of-zeus-temple-discovered-in-western-turkey-168181
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/culture/zeus-temples-entrance-gate-found-in-turkeys-aegean-province/2375608
https://www.trtworld.com/life/unearthed-zeus-temple-gate-in-turkey-s-ancient-city-of-magnesia-50280
https://greekreporter.com/2021/09/27/gate-to-temple-of-zeus-unearthed-in-magnesia-turkey/
https://www.thenationalherald.com/food_travel_travel/arthro/zeus_temple_entrance_gate_unearthed_in_ancient_greek_city_of_magnesia-3342570/
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/zeus-temple-gate-unearthed-in-turkey-680564 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/all-but-forgotten-greek-temple-rediscovered-in-turkey-180978776/

Remains of a wooden (coffered?) ceiling dating to the 3rd century CE from a fountain in front of a temple of Apollo in Chartres:

https://www.lechorepublicain.fr/chartres-28000/loisirs/ce-qu-ont-decouvert-les-archeologues-sur-les-vestiges-en-bois-exceptionnels-du-site-de-saint-martin-au-val-a-chartres_14018822/

1800 years bp rock tombs from Blaundus (Turkey):

https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/1800-year-old-rock-tombs-found-in-turkeys-ancient-city-blaundus/news

An interesting 1800 years bp Venus figurine from a dig Gloucester's Forum development site:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-58736866 https://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/news/gloucester-news/centuries-old-pocket-sized-pin-6001181
https://www.archaeology.org/news/10026-210930-england-venus-figurine

A Roman temple complex in Tyre:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/09/archaeologists-excavate-roman-temple-complex-in-tyre/141542
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/roman-temple-discovered-in-ancient-phoenician-city-tyre-1234605517/

A section of Roman road from a former hospital site in Colchester:

https://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/19613644.ancient-roman-ruins-discovered-ex-hospital-site/

... and there were calls for it to be turned into a tourist attraction:

https://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/19616360.calls-colchester-roman-road-turned-attraction/

... and fears that it will be destroyed to build houses:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-essex-58752445

Time Team 'unlocked the secret' of the Roman villa at Broughton:

https://www.banburyguardian.co.uk/heritage-and-retro/heritage/archeologists-have-unlocked-the-secret-of-why-the-roman-villa-was-built-in-a-quiet-valley-two-miles-from-banbury-time-teams-tim-taylor-sums-up-the-first-dig-of-the-legacy-project-3399087
https://www.banburyguardian.co.uk/heritage-and-retro/heritage/roman-villa-dig-produces-countless-artefacts-scores-of-time-team-archeologists-descend-on-the-banbury-area-this-weekend-for-their-first-visit-to-the-site-near-broughton-castle-3396948

Roman baths had 'spa' treatments too, apparently:

https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/742/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/742/pub/742/page/42/article/223254

Research suggests the indigenous people of Sicily (the Elymians) were active traders:

https://phys.org/news/2021-09-indigenous-population-ancient-sicily-traders.html https://www.alphagalileo.org/en-gb/Item-Display/ItemId/213026?returnurl=https://www.alphagalileo.org/en-gb/Item-Display/ItemId/213026
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/10/01/the-indigenous-population-of-ancient-sicily-were-active-traders/

In case you missed the find of the 3500 years bp 'ancestor' of Mediterranean mosaics in Turkey:

https://phys.org/news/2021-09-ancestor-mediterranean-mosaics-turkey.html https://www.zmescience.com/science/oldest-mosaic-turkey-hittites-2646226/ https://www.trtworld.com/art-culture/turkey-discovers-ancestor-of-mediterranean-mosaics-50256
https://www.arabnews.com/node/1936096 http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/62338

Excavations are under way at Mokissos:

https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/excavations-start-at-mokissos-168158

Interesting restoration of the Arch of Septimius Severus going on:

https://www.efe.com/efe/english/destacada/bacteria-generated-calcite-to-save-millennia-old-roman-arch/50000261-4631204

Feature on conservation efforts at Volubilis:

https://blogs.getty.edu/iris/our-cultural-heritage-is-who-we-are-its-our-identity/

Concerns arising from the 'rehabilitation' of the ancient port at Assos:

https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/ongoing-rehabilitation-works-at-assos-ancient-port-cause-uproar-168294

Plans for volcanic research around Santorini:

https://www.ekathimerini.com/society/1168508/digging-deep-to-unlock-the-past-and-future-in-santorini/

Vague item on a dig under way (?) at Uzuncaburc:

https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/uzuncaburc-finds-shed-light-on-history-168236

Feature on the Roman villa at Costigliole being an 'ancient B&B' (Italian):

https://www.targatocn.it/2021/09/28/leggi-notizia/argomenti/attualita/articolo/la-villa-romana-di-costigliole-fu-anche-un-bb-dellantichita.html

Feature on the archaeological remains of Phanagoria:

https://www.yenisafak.com/en/world/russias-ancient-city-of-phanagoria-sheds-light-on-history-with-turkish-traces-3581419

More on Etruscan origins:

https://www.livescience.com/origins-of-etruscans-discovered https://www.sciencealert.com/dna-has-finally-revealed-the-mysterious-origins-of-the-ancient-etruscans
http://www.sci-news.com/archaeology/etruscans-origin-10105.html https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/dna-analysis-shows-early-etruscans-were-homegrown-180978772/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/10021-210929-italy-etruscans-origins

More on finds from the Roman baths at Carlisle:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cumbria-58699164 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/tiles-fit-for-the-emperor-found-at-remains-of-roman-building-beneath-english-cricket-club-180978763/

... and a bit of a 'wrap up' piece on same:

https://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/19616096.roman-dig-carlisle-cricket-club-draws-close/

More on 'box seats' at the amphitheatre at Bergama:

https://www.livescience.com/box-seats-at-roman-empire-arena https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-10036759/Ancient-amphitheatres-Turkey-box-seating.html
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/amateur-divers-find-hoard-of-53-roman-gold-coins-in-spain-180978768/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/10023-210929-spain-gold-coins

cf: DAI overview of the 2021 campaign at the amphitheatre at Pergamon:

https://www.dainst.blog/transpergmikro/work-at-the-amphitheatre-of-pergamon-in-the-2021-campaign/

More on the hoard of Roman gold coins found by divers off the coast of Spain:

https://www.livescience.com/divers-find-roman-empire-coin-hoard-spain https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/enormously-valuable-roman-coins-discovered-168163

More on inscriptions etc. shedding light on ancient earthquakes in Tripolis:

https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/epigraphs-skeletal-remains-reveal-earthquakes-in-turkeys-tripolis/news

More on concerns for the site of Leptis Magna:

https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/after-decade-of-chaos-libyas-roman-jewel-city-lies-in-limbo/news
https://www.arabnews.com/node/1936031 https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/travel-leisure/article/3150241/jewel-ancient-roman-empire-has-lain-neglected-years-amid
http://www.albawaba.com/slideshow/remains-roman-empire-abandoned-libya-1448762

Reviews of Mary Beard, *Twelve Caesars*:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/books/non-fiction/twelve-caesars-mary-beard-review-drains-even-ideal-reader-goodwill/
https://www.wsj.com/articles/twelve-caesars-mary-beard-review-roman-emperors-of-memory-11633098791

... and an OpEd by MB on statues, ancient and modern:

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/sep/28/statues-history-power-culture-wars-public-art

Interview with Anika Prather on Howard University and related matters:

https://thepointmag.com/dialogue/above-the-veil/

Interview with Debby Sneed on ramps at ancient temples:

https://www.upr.org/post/undisciplined-architecture-access

Feature on efforts to widen the appeal of Classics in the UK:

https://eminetra.com/professors-and-students-are-trying-to-expand-the-appeal-of-classics/768216/
https://www.economist.com/britain/2021/10/02/professors-and-students-seek-to-widen-the-appeal-of-classics

Feature on the 'post-Classics future:

https://www.historians.org/publications-and-directories/perspectives-on-history/september-2021/the-classicists-in-the-history-department-do-we-face-a-post-classics-future

Feature on race issues in Classics:

https://paw.princeton.edu/article/color-classics

In case you couldn't get around the paywall on that NYT piece on Dirk Obbink last week:

https://bdnews24.com/science/2021/09/27/he-taught-ancient-texts-at-oxford.-now-he-is-accused-of-stealing-some

UNESCO is upping the pressure for the return of the Parthenon Marbles:

https://www.ekathimerini.com/news/1168875/unesco-ups-pressure-for-return-of-parthenon-sculptures/
https://news.gtp.gr/2021/10/01/unesco-calls-on-uk-to-reconsider-returning-parthenon-marbles-to-greece/
https://greekreporter.com/2021/09/30/unesco-urges-return-parthenon-marbles-greece/
https://hellenicnews.com/greek-minister-of-culture-high-time-for-parthenon-sculptures-to-come-home/

... related feature/oped on 'integrity':

https://greekcitytimes.com/2021/10/03/the-parthenon-report-a-tale-of-two-integrities/

Feature on Massimo Osanna:

https://elpais.com/cultura/2021-09-28/massimo-osanna-el-arqueologo-que-salvo-pompeya.html

Feature on sex in ancient Rome:

http://www.historiamag.com/sex-in-ancient-rome/

Interesting feature on 3d technology (and others) at Vulci:

https://www.artandobject.com/articles/vulci-3000-lidar-3d-renderings-and-future-archaeology

... and a 3d reconstruction of the Zejtun Roman Villa:

https://newsbook.com.mt/en/3d-digital-reconstruction-of-zejtun-roman-villa-launched/

Review of David Cardona, *Roman Architecture in Malta*:

https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/reconstructing-the-past.904894

Feature on Roman London:

https://www.mylondon.news/news/life-before-london-britains-original-21709736

Feature on a Late Bronze Age 'woman warrior' burial found a century ago in Georgia:

https://www.rferl.org/a/georgia-ancient-history-woman-warrior/31488064.html

Feature on ancient refrigeration:

https://www.laphamsquarterly.org/roundtable/do-you-want-build-icehouse

Feature on Venus Cloacina:

https://daily.jstor.org/venus-of-the-sewers/

Feature on Pheidippides:

https://www.historyextra.com/period/ancient-greece/pheidippides-marathon-runner-battle-athens-persia-sparta/

Feature on Sparta:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/sparta-much-more-army-warriors-180978583/

Feature on the Pantheon:

https://www.ancientworldmagazine.com/articles/pantheon-rome/

Feature on the legacy of Socrates:

https://www.open.edu/openlearn/history-the-arts/culture/philosophy/thinkers/socrates-teacher-paragon-or-chatterbox

Feature on the anniversary of the Battle of Salamis:

https://greekherald.com.au/culture/history/on-this-day-480bc-greeks-defeat-persians-battle-salamis/

Feature on the (mis)use of Molon Labe:

https://www.thedailybeast.com/molon-labe-is-the-gun-loving-rights-favorite-greek-taunt

Feature on Messalina:

https://www.ancientworldmagazine.com/articles/empress-messalina/

Feature on the various fashion companies helping restore assorted monuments in Italy:

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/italys-monuments-getting-makeover-062554448.html

Feature on ancient prosthetics:

https://greekreporter.com/2021/09/26/ancients-invented-prosthetics/

Feature on ostracism:

https://greekreporter.com/2021/09/28/ancient-athens-art-exiling-enemies/

Feature on that theory that the Parthenon is misnamed:

https://greekreporter.com/2021/10/03/the-parthenon-has-had-the-wrong-name-for-centuries-new-theory-claims/

Feature on some 'obscure' Greek myth details:

https://greekreporter.com/2021/09/28/10-things-you-missed-about-greek-mythology/

Feature on ancient Amazons:

https://greekreporter.com/2021/09/28/amazons-could-have-existed-in-ancient-greece/

Folks might be interested in a retelling of Star Wars as an ancient epic:

https://www.starwars.com/news/the-odyssey-of-star-wars-excerpt-interview

Latest Pasts Imperfect newsletter:

https://pastsimperfect.substack.com/p/pasts-imperfect-93021

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http://rogueclassicism.com/ ===========================================================
EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland) ===========================================================
Remains of a 5000 years bp fortified site from Granada:

https://www.elespanol.com/cultura/historia/20210928/hallan-granada-poblado-fortificado-hace-anos-conservacion/615439184_0.html

A Bronze Age sword from a Finnish garden:

https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/bronze_age_sword_found_in_western_finland_garden/12125175

A 3000 years bp 'golden sun bowl' from a site in Austria:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/10/discovery-of-a-lifetime-golden-sun-bowl-discovered-in-prehistoric-settlement/141559

Finds from various periods at Peperikon:

https://www.novinite.com/articles/211572/Bulgarian+Archaeologists+Unearth+Unique+City+of+Dead+at+Perpericon

A 700 years bp gold ring found in Cheshire by a metal detectorist:

https://www.winsfordguardian.co.uk/news/19616774.treasure-hunter-finds-700-year-old-gold-medieval-ring-cheshire/

A 650 years bp warrior's remains found back in 1991 were reexamined and found to show the man had had his fractured jaw wired roughly a decade before his death:

https://www.livescience.com/byzantine-warrior-fractured-jaw https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-10049647/Skull-14th-century-Byzantine-warrior-fractured-jaw-threaded-gold-uncovered-Greece.html
https://greekreporter.com/2021/10/02/byzantine-warrior-gold-threaded-jaw-greece/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/10027-211001-greece-byzantine-medicine

A pair of kilns of widely varying dates from Cesena (Italian):

https://www.corriereromagna.it/cesena-scavi-archeologici-trovati-antichi-forni/

A project to digitize a collection of photos of the Sutton Hoo dig is now complete and available online:

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/sep/29/prickles-down-the-neck-project-reveals-unsung-female-heroes-of-sutton-hoo-dig
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-suffolk-58727183 https://www.eadt.co.uk/lifestyle/heritage/barbara-wagstaff-and-mercie-lack-sutton-hoo-photos-8369188
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/650788/sutton-hoo-treasure-images-online https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/see-newly-digitized-photos-from-the-sutton-hoo-excavation-180978783/

Weather apparently threatens a window that Charles I couldn't break through:

https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/737/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/737/pub/737/page/35/article/223730

The largest remaining ornamental canal at Castle Ward has been restored:

https://www.newsletter.co.uk/heritage-and-retro/retro/largest-remaining-ornamental-canal-is-restored-at-castle-ward-3401871

This seems to be hyping the potential of a dig for a 'lost' Hampshire medieval village:

https://www.hampshirelive.news/news/history/lost-hampshire-medieval-village-abbotstone-5953059

More on folks enduring cold climate at Bulgaria's Bacho Kiro Cave some 45 000 or so years bp:

https://www.mpg.de/17542108/0916-evan-early-homo-sapiens-groups-in-europe-faced-subarctic-climates-150495-x
http://www.archaeology.org/news/10020-210928-bulgaria-modern-humans

More on that prehistoric chocolate flint mine from near Krakow:

https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/10/01/prehistoric-chocolate-flint-mine-found-in-krakow/

More on the remains of a V2 from Kent:

https://www.kentonline.co.uk/malling/news/nazi-terror-weapon-unearthed-in-cornfield-254494/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/10017-210927-england-german-rocket

Robert Falcon Scott's ship is in need of repairs due to weather damage:

https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/740/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/740/pub/740/page/30/article/224388

Funding for a dig in rural Northumberland:

https://www.northumberlandgazette.co.uk/news/people/archaeological-dig-in-rural-northumberland-given-the-go-ahead-thanks-to-grant-3403581

Pondering Neolithic stone spheres found all over the UK:

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/mysterious-neolithic-stone-balls

Feature on quarantine-stations in Venice:

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/venice-lazzaretto-nuovo-graffiti ----------
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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A 32 000 years bp human skull from a Henan Cave:

http://www.ecns.cn/news/2021-09-27/detail-iharmkpe0571488.shtml

Remains of 5000 years bp silk and alcohol from the Yangshao Village site in Henan:

http://www.china.org.cn/arts/2021-10/01/content_77786526.htm

Some 2000 years bp scale weights from Kyushu:

https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14437190 http://www.archaeology.org/news/10018-210928-japan-yayoi-weights

A four-faced head of Deva from Angkor Thom shows connections with India, apparently:

https://www.daijiworld.com/news/newsDisplay?newsID=877943

16 000 -25 000 years bp human remans from a cave on the Wallacea islands:

https://phys.org/news/2021-09-jawbone-indonesian-cave-oldest-human.html https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-10042203/Human-jawbone-dating-25-000-years-discovered-cave-Indonesian-island-Sulawesi.html
https://gizmodo.com/ice-age-human-jawbone-found-on-indonesian-island-known-1847768191
https://cosmosmagazine.com/history/palaeontology/decoding-the-secrets-of-a-forgotten-human-history-during-the-pleistocene/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/10029-211001-indonesia-sulawesi-pleistocene

... not sure if this is the same story:

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/caveman-in-indonesia-may-have-ruined-his-teeth-making-rope-1.10250794

Study suggests early Pacific islanders may have been the first conservationists:

https://phys.org/news/2021-09-early-pacific-islanders-conservationists.html

cf: https://www.pnas.org/content/118/40/e2022209118

Feature on the Kiribati Armour:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/09/the-kiribati-armour/141535

A petroglyph site near Idupulapaya:

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/rock-art-site-found-near-idupulapaya/article36767047.ece

A pair of 'female figurines' (reliefs?) dating to the 5th century CE from Kodumudi:

https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Coimbatore/two-female-figurines-unearthed-at-anjur-village-in-kodumudi/article36687120.ece

Similar-looking (to the above) figures from Nagarkurnool dating to 1000 years bp:

https://telanganatoday.com/treasure-of-sculptures-found-in-nagarkurnool-village http://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/in-other-news/031021/archeologists-find-1000-year-old-sculptures-in-nagarkurnool-village.html

A long-missed Mauryan-era brick platform is raising hopes of finding a 'lost' Ashoka pillar site in Meerut:

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/2000-yr-old-meerut-find-may-lead-to-lost-ashoka-pillar-site/articleshow/86572563.cms
https://www.deccanherald.com/national/north-and-central/2000-year-old-meerut-find-may-lead-to-lost-ashoka-pillar-site-report-1035048.html

Digs at ten sites in Tamil Nadu have come to an end:

https://www.deccanherald.com/national/south/archaeological-excavations-in-tn-come-to-a-close-1035929.html

Feature on India's maharajahs:

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-58638962

Feature on the port of Muziris:

https://www.deccanherald.com/national/scrolls-leaves-the-lost-port-of-muziris-1036228.html

Evidence of humans hunting mammoths above the Arctic Circle in Siberia some 26 000 years bp:

https://www.livescience.com/northernmost-stone-age-hunters-found

Neolithic finds from Nyasha Island:

https://indiaeducationdiary.in/tomsk-state-university-tsu-archaeologists-found-rare-neolithic-artifacts-on-nyasha-island/

A 4000 years bp bull geoglyph from southern Siberia:

https://siberiantimes.com/other/others/news/bull-geoglyph-twice-as-old-as-nazca-lines-chile-and-predating-uffington-horse-uk-discovered-in-siberia/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/09/bull-geoglyph-discovered-in-southern-siberia/141527
http://www.archaeology.org/news/10025-210930-siberia-bull-geoglyph

Feature on the Pegtymele petroglyphs and a recent find of a reindeer one:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/10/reindeer-petroglyph-discovered-during-mapping-expedition-of-ancient-rock-art/141550
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A 19th century Maori site from a Marlborough bay:

https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/local-democracy-reporting/300419256/exciting-archaeological-finds-proof-of-known-occupation-in-marlborough-bay
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/proof-of-small-maori-settlement-found-in-marlboroughs-waikawa-bay/OSUNMYL2YGOVU7FZZTHG6YFPR4/
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/ldr/452725/maori-relics-discovered-during-works-at-waikawa-bay
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NORTH AMERICA
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Indigenous finds from a North York site dating to 1300 CE (maybe):

https://www.toronto.com/opinion-story/10488360-indigenous-artifacts-from-as-early-as-1300-a-d-found-in-north-york/

Drought in North Dakota has revealed a 130 years bp shipwreck:

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/north-dakota-drought-exposes-130-year-old-shipwreck-abner-oneal/

Hundreds of previously unidentified African-American burials from a cemetery in Lewes:

https://jamn1075.iheart.com/content/2021-09-27-archaeologists-uncover-hundreds-of-black-graves-near-church/

More on those 23 000 years bp footprints from New Mexico:

https://mymodernmet.com/oldest-human-fossil-footprints-white-sands/ https://bigthink.com/the-past/human-migration-north-america-26000-years-ago/ https://cosmosmagazine.com/history/archaeology/ancient-footprints-in-north-america/
https://kvoa.com/news/2021/09/29/uarizona-professor-assists-in-the-discovery-of-the-oldest-archeological-site-in-america/
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/09/27/earliest-evidence-of-human-activity-in-the-americas-found/

Concerns arising from development of a site near a Battle of Baltimore field hospital:

https://www.baltimoresun.com/maryland/baltimore-county/bs-md-co-dundalk-graves-storage-units-20210927-bnteid4wcfatrgljoercpeqqfa-story.html

Ongoing concerns arising from gas line construction in northern BC:

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-two-arrested-as-academics-share-concerns-over-indigenous-artifacts-at/

The Wupatki National Monument will be conserved:


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