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explorator 25.02 May 1, 2022
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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,
Don Buck, mata kimasitayo, and Ross W. Sargent for headses upses this week
(as always hoping I have left no one out).

n.b. Next week I'll be without most of my useful tech so there's a good probabilty Explorator will be late ... Sunday evening or even Monday. Apologies ...
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EARLY HOMINIDS
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Study suggests Neanderthals could handle various climate conditions:

https://phys.org/news/2022-04-neanderthals-north-reveal-tolerance-humans.html https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/04/220426101653.htm https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/950838 https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/04/neanderthals-of-the-north/143452 https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2022/04/neanderthals-of-north.html https://www.archaeology.org/news/10512-220428-germany-neanderthal-climate

cf: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0277379122001500

A 40 000 years bp Neanderthal tooth find from Belgium:

https://www.thebulletin.be/discovery-neanderthal-tooth-belgium-excites-european-researchers

Feature on a 350 000 years bp hand axe found in a Bishop's Stortford garden years ago:

https://www.bishopsstortfordindependent.co.uk/whats-on/get-a-handle-on-dating-humans-stortford-presence-thanks-to-9251514/

More on the suggestion that homo floresiensis might still be around:

https://www.livescience.com/homo-floresiensis-hobbit-survives ============================================================
AFRICA
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Feature on the Nubian/Kush site at Tombos (Sudan):

https://theconversation.com/archaeological-site-along-the-nile-opens-a-window-on-the-nubian-civilization-that-flourished-in-ancient-sudan-174575

Feature on the Mesolithic/Neolithic site of Shaqadud (Sudan):

https://english.radio.cz/czech-institute-archaelogy-hopes-discover-hidden-worlds-remote-area-sudan-8748733

Review of Bonnie Effros, *Incidental Archaeologists: French Officers and the Rediscovery of Roman North Africa*:

https://www.strategypage.com/bookreviews/2295

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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT ============================================================
More on the ongoing restoration of the Ben Ezra synagogue in Old Cairo:

https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/50/1207/465332/AlAhram-Weekly/Heritage/Renovating-the-Ben-Ezra-Synagogue.aspx

Egypt restored the Mausoleum of Sultan Qansuh Abu Said:

https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/50/1207/465330/AlAhram-Weekly/Heritage/Egypt-restores-Mausoleum-of-Sultan-Qansuh-Abu-Said.aspx

Feature on queens of Ptolemaic Egypt:

https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/50/1207/465333/AlAhram-Weekly/Heritage/Queens-of-Ptolemaic-Egypt.aspx

More on the smells of Egyptian tombs:

https://elpais.com/ciencia/2022-04-20/pescado-fruta-y-cera-de-abeja-asi-huele-una-tumba-noble-del-antiguo-egipto.html

Review of a couple of books relating to Nefertiti:

https://elpais.com/cultura/2022-04-30/la-arqueologa-accidental-que-oyo-caminar-a-nefertiti.html

Feature on the 'recipes' for ancient Egypt makeup:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/04/recipes-of-ancient-egyptian-makeup-more-diverse-than-previously-thought/143411

Feature on the Kom El Shoqafa catacombs in Alexandria:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/04/kom-el-shoqafa-catacombs-the-theatre-of-the-dead/143464

Feature on a project to revive Jewish heritage sites in Egypt:

https://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/egypt/.premium.MAGAZINE-yiddish-in-cairo-egyptians-rescue-centuries-of-jewish-life-from-garbage-dumps-1.10752999

Marking the 66th anniversary of Egypt's Antiquities Registration Center:

https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/115272/66-years-passed-since-establishing-Egypt%E2%80%99s-Antiquities-Registration-Center

Digging has resumed at the 9000 years bp Tepe Ahranjan site in northwestern Iran:

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/472236/Archaeologists-probe-9-000-year-old-hill-in-northwestern-Iran

"Hundreds" of inscription and relief fragments (various dates, probably) from Persepolis:

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/472050/Hundreds-of-engraved-stones-discovered-in-Persepolis
https://ifpnews.com/stone-discovered-persepolis/

Feature on Enheduanna:

https://www.aramcoworld.com/Home/Articles/Was-Enheduanna-the-World-s-First-Author

Remains of a 1900 years bp 'undeground city' from Midyat (Turkey):

https://www.dailysabah.com/life/history/excavations-reveal-huge-underground-city-in-turkeys-mardin
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-704928 https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/ancient-underground-city-southern-turkey-discovered-1234626509/

An overviewish piece on the past month's finds from Turkey:

https://turkisharchaeonews.net/article/april-2022-turkish-archaeology

Feature on a 5000 years bp jar burial (including a child) on display at the Amasya Museum:

https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/ancient-baby-burial-draws-interest-at-museum-173292

A 4500 years bp head of a statue of Anat (maybe) from the Gaza Strip:

https://phys.org/news/2022-04-ancient-goddess-sculpture-farmer-gaza.html https://www.livescience.com/canaanite-goddess-statue-gaza https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-61228553 https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/gaza-farmer-canaanite-goddess-statue-b2066765.html
https://www.timesofisrael.com/hamas-says-stone-statuette-dating-back-over-4500-years-found-in-gaza/
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-705170 https://www.israelhayom.com/2022/04/28/4500-year-old-sculpture-of-ancient-goddess-unearthed-in-gaza-strip/
https://www.jewishpress.com/news/hamas-government-discovers-4500-years-old-canaanite-statue/2022/04/25/
https://www.palestinechronicle.com/canaanite-sculpture-dating-back-to-2500-bc-discovered-in-gaza/
https://www.arabnews.com/node/2071161/offbeat https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-10751653/Ancient-goddess-sculpture-farmer-Gaza-Strip.html
https://www.cnn.com/style/article/gaza-canaanite-goddess-statue-scli-intl-scn/index.html
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/farmer-finds-4500-year-old-statuette-gaza/ https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/gaza-strip-farmer-sculpture-ancient-goddess-war-canaanite-rcna26259
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2022/04/canaanite-sculpture-of-goddess-anat.html

An investigation into the destruction of antiquities in Gaza:

https://www.algemeiner.com/2022/04/25/investigation-into-destruction-of-gazas-antiquities-glosses-over-real-archaeological-crimes/

Analysis of some ceramics from 11th/12th century Jerusalem suggests they were a form of hand grenade:

https://phys.org/news/2022-04-ancient-grenades-explosive-weapons-medieval.html https://www.timesofisrael.com/was-monty-pythons-holy-hand-grenade-of-antioch-fact-crusader-era-explosive-found/
https://boingboing.net/2022/04/27/hand-grenades-from-1000-years-ago-found-in-jerusalem.html
https://www.sciencealert.com/researchers-think-they-ve-found-ancient-1-000-year-old-hand-grenades
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2022/04/ancient-hand-grenades-explosive-weapons.html

cf: http://www.sci-news.com/archaeology/medieval-hand-grenade-10745.html

An analysis of Dead Sea sediment is revealing climate phase periods:

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/04/220427100454.htm https://www.jpost.com/science/article-705318

Feature on residents of Mi'ilya excavating the Crusader remains beneath their homes:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/30/world/middleeast/miilya-israel-archaeology-crusaders-byzantine.html

More coverage of the Mt Ebal 'curse tablet':

https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/biblical-artifacts/inscriptions/mt_ebal_inscription/
https://baptistnews.com/article/is-a-new-archaeological-find-from-mount-ebal-a-game-changer-or-not/

Latest claims of Palestinian destruction of Temple Mount antiquities:

https://www.israelhayom.com/2022/04/29/palestinians-mark-ramadan-by-destroying-temple-mount-antiquities/

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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) ============================================================
Remains of a 2500 years bp Phoenician necropolis from Osuna (Spain):

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/apr/26/unprecedented-phoenician-necropolis-osuna-spain
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/spain-osuna-necropolis-archaeology-1234626786/
https://www.rte.ie/news/newslens/2022/0428/1294793-phoenician-necropolis-found-in-southern-spain/

Remains of a Temple of Zeus Kasios revealed at Pelusium:

https://phys.org/news/2022-04-egypt-ancient-temple-zeus-unearthed.html https://www.livescience.com/zeus-temple-ancient-egypt https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/465230/Antiquities/Ancient-Egypt/Egypt-uncovers-remains-of-Zeus-Caseous-Temple-in-N.aspx
https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/115274/Ruins-of-ancient-temple-for-Zeus-Cassius-discovered-in-Egypt%E2%80%99s
https://egyptianstreets.com/2022/04/27/egyptian-archaeological-team-unearths-zeus-cassius-temple-remains/
https://www.egyptindependent.com/photos-remains-of-zeus-cassius-temple-unearthed-in-north-sinai-archaeological-area/
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/ap-zeus-egypt-tourism-mostafa-waziri-b2065079.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/egypt-ruins-of-ancient-temple-for-zeus-unearthed-in-sinai/2022/04/25/2e75b7b2-c4b7-11ec-8cff-33b059f4c1b7_story.html
https://apnews.com/article/science-travel-middle-east-africa-lifestyle-793e1f095439dbf19fa32181d19ba647
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-705259 https://www.dailysabah.com/world/africa/ruins-of-ancient-zeus-temple-unearthed-in-egypts-sinai
https://www.arabnews.com/node/2070401/art-culture https://greekcitytimes.com/2022/04/26/egyptian-archaeologists-unearthed-the-ruins-of-a-temple-for-the-ancient-greek-god-zeus/
https://greekreporter.com/2022/04/26/temple-ancient-greek-god-zeus-unearthed-egypt/
https://neoskosmos.com/en/2022/04/28/news/world/zeus-temple-uncovered-in-egypts-sinai-peninsula/
https://www.newsweek.com/egypt-finds-temple-dedicated-zeus-king-gods-1701475 https://www.ekathimerini.com/culture/1182973/ruins-of-ancient-temple-for-zeus-unearthed-in-sinai/
https://wamu.org/story/22/04/25/ruins-of-an-ancient-temple-for-zeus-were-unearthed-in-egypt/
https://www.npr.org/2022/04/25/1094730176/ruins-of-an-ancient-temple-for-zeus-were-unearthed-in-egypt
https://www.wpr.org/ruins-ancient-temple-zeus-were-unearthed-egypt https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/national-international/egypt-ruins-of-ancient-temple-for-zeus-unearthed-in-sinai/3661878/
https://www.zmescience.com/science/archaeology/zeus-worshipped-egypt-29042022/ https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/04/ancient-temple-dedicated-to-zeus-uncovered-in-northern-sinai/143418
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2022/04/ruins-of-ancient-temple-dedicated-to.html
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-discover-temple-egypt-greek-god-zeus-180979989/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/10508-220427-egypt-zeus-temple

In case you missed the Roman pottery workshop find from Alexandria:

https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-705447

Assorted Roman finds from Bishop's Stortford:

https://www.bishopsstortfordindependent.co.uk/news/fascinating-finds-reveal-bishops-stortfords-past-as-a-roma-9251991/
https://www.hertfordshiremercury.co.uk/news/hertfordshire-news/roman-skeletons-weapons-discovered-during-7004357

A 2000 years bp Romano-British burial site from the Fens:

https://www.cambstimes.co.uk/news/stunning-archaeological-finds-in-whittlesey-8916500

Remains of an 1800 years bp sewer system in Mastaura:

https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/sewer-system-found-in-ancient-city-of-mastaura-173192

A major 4th century hoard of coins from Switzerland (we may have mentioned this one):

https://www.livescience.com/pot-of-roman-coins-switzerland https://www.archaeology.org/news/10516-220429-switzerland-roman-coins

A 2nd century BC shipwreck off Cannes has been damaged and looted since it was found back in 2017:

https://www.rfi.fr/en/france/20220428-outrage-as-2-200-year-old-shipwreck-looted-off-french-riviera
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/shipwreck-fort-royal-1-looted-damaged-france/ https://www.dawn.com/news/1687177/2200-year-old-shipwreck-pillaged-off-france

Excavations have resumed in the theater area of Kastabla:

https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/excavations-resume-in-kastabala-173269

Overviewish thing on recent finds from Epidaurus:

https://greekreporter.com/2022/04/24/epidaurus-asclepion-archaeological-dig-uncovers-layers-of-ancient-greek-history/

Some recently-found Diana figurines are going on display in Izmir for the first time:

https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/diana-figurines-on-display-for-the-first-time-173326

Pondering the abandonment of Hadrianapolis:

https://greekreporter.com/2022/04/26/why-was-the-ancient-greek-city-of-hadrianopolis-abandoned/

The site of Nemea is getting EU Heritage status:

https://www.ekathimerini.com/culture/1183240/ancient-nemea-to-receive-eu-heritage-label/
https://www.thenationalherald.com/eu-cultural-heritage-label-awarded-at-the-archeological-site-of-nemea/
https://www.tornosnews.gr/en/greek-news/culture/47061-ancient-nemea-in-peloponnese-of-greece-to-receive-eu-heritage-label.html

Calls for a removal of a busy road to allow more of Colchester's Roman Circus to be excavated:

https://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/20092058.colchester-roman-circus-calls-made-remove-busy-road/

More on the 'Roman mercenary' burial from Wales:

https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-705072

More on Pompeii's robot dog:

https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/pompeii-robot-dog-26042022/

More on evidence of a financial crisis of sorts in the Late Roman Republic:

https://the-past.com/news/analysis-of-roman-coinage-sheds-light-on-financial-crisis/

More on those now-restored Roman busts from Stoke Mandeville:

https://the-past.com/news/new-details-of-stoke-mandevilles-roman-busts/

Feature on Robert Littman:

https://www.archaeological.org/member-spotlight-robert-littman/

Feature on osteoarchaeologist Efthymia Nikita's work with prehistoric burials:

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/MAGAZINE-the-trailblazing-archaeologist-uncovering-the-stories-of-prehistoric-skeletons-1.10682859

Kyle Harper os a Carnegie Fellow:

https://www.ou.edu/web/news_events/articles/news_2022/ou-professor-named-andrew-carnegie-fellow

A US prof (Stephen Kershner) also likes the Taylor Swift approach to Latin learning:

https://www.clarksvilleonline.com/2022/04/25/apsu-professor-says-give-taylor-swift-a-try-if-your-struggling-with-latin/

Brock's Classics department has a new name:

https://brocku.ca/brock-news/2022/04/new-name-for-one-of-brocks-oldest-departments/

Feature on the annual Homerathon at UTA:

https://www.theshorthorn.com/news/students-faculty-share-why-they-meet-annually-to-recite-the-odyssey/article_f0268dee-c261-11ec-a696-774d5675c243.html

Review of Simon Forder, *The Romans in Scotland*:

https://www.scottishfield.co.uk/culture/books/an-academic-read-covering-the-romans-in-scotland/

Review of Barry Strauss, *The War that Made the Roman Empire*:

https://fredericksburg.com/entertainment/book-review-author-delves-into-battle-that-built-roman-empire/article_5ab4b90e-6f78-5ca4-8514-82842d16b84c.html

Feature on the Battle of the Aegates shipwrecks:

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20220426-battle-of-the-aegates-the-shipwrecks-rewriting-roman-history

Feature on efforts to preserve underground Greco-Roman remains (including mosaics) at Durres:

https://balkaninsight.com/2022/04/27/operation-mosaic-quest-to-preserve-priceless-art-of-underground-durres/

Feature on Egyptian scarabs found in pre-Roman Italy:

https://www.asor.org/anetoday/2022/04/scarabs-pre-roman-italy

Feature on Alexander's plans to conquer Arabia:

https://greekcitytimes.com/2022/05/01/alexander-the-great-arabia/

Feature on Nero:

https://www.livescience.com/40277-emperor-nero-facts.html

see also: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct38s7

Feature on those decapitated Roman-era burials from Suffolk found a couple years ago:

https://www.sciencealert.com/mysterious-skeleton-with-head-placed-at-feet-is-an-ancient-puzzle-we-ve-seen-before
https://metro.co.uk/2022/04/25/archeological-mystery-of-decapitated-skeleton-leaves-experts-baffled-16528348/

Feature on Hadrian's Villa:

https://mymodernmet.com/hadrians-villa/

Feature on the restoration of the theatre at Laodicea:

https://greekreporter.com/2022/04/28/ancient-greek-amphitheater-laodicea/

Feature on camels in ancient Greece:

https://greekreporter.com/2022/04/29/what-happened-camels-greece/

Feature on spintriae:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/04/roman-spintriae/143391

Feature on ancient Greek mathematics:

https://elpais.com/ciencia/cafe-y-teoremas/2022-04-18/las-matematicas-como-se-pensaban-en-la-grecia-antigua.html

Feature on daily life in ancient Athens:

https://greekreporter.com/2022/04/25/everyday-life-in-ancient-athens/

Feature on Greek fire:

https://greekreporter.com/2022/04/25/greek-fire/

Feature on the Macedonian Sarissa:

https://greekcitytimes.com/2022/04/27/macedonian-sarissa/

Feature on cities founded by Alexander:

https://greekcitytimes.com/2022/04/30/egypt-india-alexander-the-great/

Feature on the Lamia:

https://greekreporter.com/2022/04/27/lamia-the-man-devouring-goddess-of-greek-mythology/

Australia again has voiced its support for the return of the Parthenon Sculptures:

https://greekcitytimes.com/2022/04/28/australian-arts-minister-reaffirms-support-for-return-of-parthenon-sculptures/
https://www.tornosnews.gr/en/greek-news/culture/47035-greek-culture-minister-confirms-australian-support-for-return-of-elgin-marbles.html

... while Stephen Fry presented a proposal relating to the sculptures:

https://www.ekathimerini.com/multimedia/images/1183244/stephen-fry-presents-parthenon-sculptures-proposal/

Not sure what this 'interactive investigation' into some coins of Alexander the Great is about:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-d4a6df1b-995d-4d0d-a562-43bd47b86afb

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Roman Archaeology Blog:

http://romanarc.blogspot.com/

Rogueclassicism:

http://rogueclassicism.com/ ============================================================
EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland) ============================================================
Neolithic/Bronze Age burials from a cave in Spain:

https://murciatoday.com/archaeologists-in-murcia-find-hundreds-of-prehistoric-human-remains-in-a-cave_1767135-a.html

'Stone Age' 'friendship ornaments' (at least that's the theory) from Finland:

https://phys.org/news/2022-04-friendship-ornaments-stone-age.html https://www.newswise.com/articles/friendship-ornaments-from-the-stone-age https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-10766925/Stone-Age-BFFs-Hunter-gatherers-gave-friendship-pendants-6-000-years-ago.html
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/04/purposeful-fragmentation-of-ornaments-during-the-stone-age/143415
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2022/04/friendship-ornaments-from-stone-age.html

cf: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10816-022-09556-8

A study of what hunter-gatherers were up to before Stonehenge went up:

https://phys.org/news/2022-04-stonehenge-monuments-hunter-gatherers-habitats.html
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/04/220427140650.htm https://www.livescience.com/stonehenge-ancient-hunting-ground https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/before-stonehenge-whispers-of-sanctity-from-9-000-years-ago-1.10763576
https://www.zmescience.com/science/archaeology/life-before-stonehenge-hunterers-27042022/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/04/new-study-reveals-landscape-4000-years-before-stonehenge-construction/143460
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2022/04/study-reveals-stonehenge-landscape.html

cf: https://phys.org/news/2022-04-remote-ireland-survived-millennium-environmental.html

A study of Bronze Age daggers from Britain and Ireland suggests they were functional and not status symbols:

https://phys.org/news/2022-04-bronze-age-daggers.html https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/951244 https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/04/220429144946.htm http://www.sci-news.com/archaeology/pragatto-daggers-10760.html https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/04/research-overturns-the-function-of-bronze-age-daggers/143472

cf: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-09983-3

GPR has detected another possible (deep) Viking boat burial in Norway:

https://www.livescience.com/viking-boat-burial-found-norway https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-10743181/Viking-ship-discovered-30ft-underground-Norway-using-RADAR.html
http://www.archaeology.org/news/10513-220428-norway-boat-burial

An isotopic study of human remains from Cramond:

https://the-past.com/news/unraveling-medieval-lives-with-isotopic-analysis/

Remains of English Civil War defences found at King's Lynn:

https://the-past.com/news/english-civil-war-defences-unearthed-in-kings-lynn/

A study of the plight of Jewish slaves in Renaissance Europe:

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/grisly-discovery-reveals-plight-of-jewish-slaves-in-renaissance-europe-1.10742651

Overviewish on recent research into Greasley Castle:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-61241466 https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/local-news/exciting-new-discoveries-made-forgotten-6993373

Restoration of Leicester Cathedral has revaled an awful lot of burials:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leicestershire-61232074

Interesting study of human remains found in a Zejtun back in the 1960s:

https://www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/national/116435/carbon_dating_unravels_mystery_zejtun_secret_skeleton_trove#.Ym6UsvMXZhF

A study of 1000 years of responses to environmental change on the Antrim Plateau:

https://phys.org/news/2022-04-remote-ireland-survived-millennium-environmental.html
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/04/220427140645.htm https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2022/04/remote-ireland-community-survived.html

cf: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-humber-61081173

More on Magdalenian 'firelight animation':

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/ancient-art-by-firelight-2103829 https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2022/04/prehistoric-people-created-art-by.html

cf: https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2022/04/prehistoric-people-created-art-by.html

More on that 1500 years bp sandal/shoe from a Norwegian alpine pass:

https://phys.org/news/2022-04-year-old-resembling-roman-sandal-norwegian.html https://www.livescience.com/iron-age-sandal-mountain-norway https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/04/archaeologists-found-a-1500-year-old-sandal-frozen-in-norwegian-ice/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/melting-ice-in-norway-reveals-1700-year-old-sandal-180979972/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/10506-220426-norway-glacier-sandal

More on the pre-Viking medieval diets in Britain:

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/950285 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-61178452 https://www.livescience.com/anglo-saxons-were-largely-vegetarian/ https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2022/04/anglo-saxon-kings-were-treated-to-huge.html
https://www.archaeology.org/news/10473-220425-anglo-saxon-feast

More on the medieval transport vessel found during construction in Estonia:

https://www.livescience.com/medieval-cargo-ship-estonia https://news.err.ee/1608568228/paper-biggest-shipwreck-of-its-kind-unearthed-at-tallinn-construction-site
http://www.archaeology.org/news/10476-220426-estonia-tallinn-shipwreck

More on that study of parasitic infections in Britain from the Bronze Age to the 19th century:

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/950215 https://www.livescience.com/parasites-found-in-early-uk https://www.sciencealert.com/study-reveals-british-history-s-most-worm-infested-people-and-it-s-not-who-d-imagine
http://www.archaeology.org/news/10472-220425-britain-parasitic-worms

More on the 14th century burials from Haverfordwest:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-61215697 https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/many-more-skeletons-expected-unearthed-23828035
https://www.archaeology.org/news/10507-220426-wales-medieval-friary

Windfarm concerns for Doggerland:

https://www.independent.co.uk/independentpremium/long-reads/britains-atlantis-doggerland-archaeology-wind-farm-b2060899.html

Maritime paintings in the Hull Maritime Museum have been conserved:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-humber-61081173

Review of Antonia Fraser, *The Case of the Married Woman*:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/29/books/review/antonia-fraser-case-married-woman.html

Feature suggesting there may have been women rulers in Bronze Age Spain:

https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p0c37hr3/did-women-rule-during-the-bronze-age-

Feature on Neolithic structures in the Czech Republic:

https://english.radio.cz/czech-archaeologys-greatest-discoveries-8748606/1

Feature on what can be viewed during Lichfield Cathedral library tours:

https://www.expressandstar.com/news/local-hubs/staffordshire/2022/04/29/lichfield-cathedral-library-tours-provide-insight-into-13th-century-space/

Feature on the Alhambra and its water supply:

https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20220428-the-spanish-city-where-water-defies-gravity

Feature on the virtual reconstruction of the Celtic gate in Staffelberg:

http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/63961

Feature on the Picts:

https://www.livescience.com/who-were-picts-scotland

Feature on making cave art as an 'all ages activity':

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/ancient-hand-art-children

Feature on Cattedown Man, found in Devon over a century ago:

https://www.devonlive.com/news/history/skulls-bones-unearthed-secret-devon-7011538
https://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/news/history/skulls-bones-uncovered-secret-plymouth-7013042

Feature on Canary Island mummies:

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/meet-the-mummies-youve-never-heard-of

Feature on Armenia's culinary history:

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/armenian-food-history-manuscripts

A metal detectorist suggests PAS delays are putting heritage at risk:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-hampshire-61237192
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Archaeology in Europe News:

http://archaeology-in-europe.blogspot.com/

Medievalists.net:

https://www.medievalists.net/category/news/

Viking Archaeology Blog:

http://viking-archaeology-blog.blogspot.com/

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ASIA AND THE SOUTH PACIFIC ============================================================
A Sui/Tang Dynasty porcelain kiln site from Shanxi:

https://english.news.cn/20220421/7fe7b85d3d1540159b970b01629f1e1d/c.html

China is seeking international cooperation in archaeology:

https://global.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202204/25/WS6265f856a310fd2b29e590dd.html

Feature on 14 000 years bp pottery made by hunter-gatherers in Japan:

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/among-the-earliest-in-world-pottery-by-hunter-gatherers-in-japan-1.10768997

A large 8th/9th century (?) statue find from Angkor Wat:

https://www.news24.com/News24/archaeologists-at-angkor-wat-find-large-buried-statue-20170731

I think we mentioned this earliest documented Aurora mention from a Chinese text:

https://www.livescience.com/oldest-description-candidate-aurora/

A cluster of Megalithic-era burials from Kollegal:

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/megalithic-burial-cluster-excavated-near-kollegal/article65360062.ece

Three burial grounds dating to 1500 BCE at Biligri Ranganathaswamy Temple Hills:

https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/karnataka/2022/apr/30/three-cemeteries-of-1500-bc-found-at-biligiri-ranganathaswamy-temple-hills-mysore-2448140.html

A 2800 years bp burial from the 'cave of Pandavas' in Karnataka:

https://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-2800-year-old-burial-site-discovered-at-cave-of-pandavas-in-karnataka-2948844

Carbon dating suggests Asurgarh is Odisha's oldest fortified settlemetn:

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/carbon-dating-finds-asurgarh-is-odishas-oldest-fortified-settlement/article65351205.ece

A trio of 12th century hero stones from Annur:

https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2022/apr/25/three-12th-century-hero-stones-discovered-at-annur-in-kovai-2446253.html

More on Lapita pottery and the colonization of the Pacific Islands:

https://cosmosmagazine.com/history/archaeology/pacific-islands-migration-new-discovery-png/
https://www.abc.net.au/radio-australia/programs/pacificbeat/lapita-pottery-sheds-light-on-pacific-migration/13856358
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2022/04/discovery-sheds-light-on-why-pacific.html
https://www.archaeology.org/news/10474-220425-lapita-pacific-migration

More on the online Encyclopedia of Indian Art:

https://www.cnn.com/style/article/map-academy-india-art-encyclopedia/index.html

Plans to preserve monuments in Mes-e-Aynak:

https://thekabultimes.gov.af/plan-made-to-preserve-artefacts-in-mes-e-aynak/ ============================================================
AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND ============================================================
Feature on the 'buried village' of Te Wairoa:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/04/the-buried-village-of-te-wairoa/143401 ============================================================
NORTH AMERICA
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The 19 cannons found in the Savannah River probably sand in 1779, apparently:

https://phys.org/news/2022-04-revolutionary-cannons-river-sunk.html https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/30/us/cannons-american-revolution-savannah.html https://www.oregonlive.com/history/2022/04/19-cannons-from-american-revolution-found-in-river-dredging.html
https://www.npr.org/2022/04/29/1095643209/savannah-river-british-cannons-1779-discovery
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/revolutionary-find-19-cannons-in-river-likely-sunk-in-1779/2022/04/28/1565a94c-c73e-11ec-8cff-33b059f4c1b7_story.html

Feature on the ongoing dig at the Westover Plantation site:

https://richmond.com/news/local/digging-for-long-hidden-history-at-a-former-plantation-in-charles-city-county/article_726b7c32-7e23-5030-9cb8-71700f18db83.html

Some rethinking about Ohio's 'oldest house':

https://www.dispatch.com/story/opinion/2022/04/27/archaeology-new-research-casts-doubt-ohios-oldest-house/7450904001/

More on the latest study (UWyoming) challenging ideas of the peopling of the Americas:

https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2022/04/study-challenges-theories-of-earlier.html
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CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA ============================================================
Overviewish thing on excavations at the Atitlan site, in a volcanic crater in Guatemala:

https://www.newsweek.com/lost-maya-city-volcano-crater-lake-atitlan-archaeologists-1701774

A 'crime scene' from a cave in Mexico City turned out to be a tzompantli skull rack site dating to ca 900 CE:

https://www.gob.mx/cultura/prensa/teorizan-que-existio-un-tzompantli-en-la-cueva-de-comalapa-en-chiapas?idiom=es
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/apr/27/mexico-skulls-guatemala-boder

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