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explorator 25.07 June 5, 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).
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EARLY HOMINIDS
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What they're learning from Neanderthal DNA from the dirt of Estatuas Cave in Spain:
https://www.science.org/content/article/dna-cave-dirt-tells-tale-how-some-neanderthals-disappeared
A study suggests Cueva de Ardales (also Spain) was used as an art venue by Neanderthals and sapiens for over 50 000 years:
https://phys.org/news/2022-06-famous-art-cave-spain-ancient.html https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/06/220601142635.htm http://www.sci-news.com/archaeology/cueva-de-ardales-10864.html https://www.sciencealert.com/humans-used-this-one-cave-in-spain-for-a-mind-blowing-50-000-years
https://cosmosmagazine.com/history/spanish-cave-art-prehistoric/ https://gizmodo.com/spain-cave-neanderthal-rock-art-ancient-humans-1848997269 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/artists-have-been-painting-on-the-walls-of-this-spanish-cave-for-58000-years-180980191/
Feature on what ancient DNA (mostly Denisovan) reveals about humans:
https://phys.org/news/2022-06-molecular-archaeology-ancient-genes.html
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AFRICA
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Feature on relations between Britain and North Africa before empires were a big thing:
https://aeon.co/essays/from-enemies-to-neighbours-british-merchants-in-the-maghreb
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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT ============================================================
From the Saqqara Necropolis comes the find of 250+ wooden sarcophagi and a 'cachette' of 150 bronze statues of various Egyptian divinities:
https://phys.org/news/2022-05-egypt-trove-newly-ancient-artifacts.html https://www.livescience.com/ancient-egyptian-mummies-statues-discovered-saqqara https://english.ahram.org.eg/News/467066.aspx https://egyptindependent.com/photos-egypt-uncovers-an-important-and-the-largest-cache-of-bronze-statues-in-saqqara-animals-necropolis/
https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/116307/Egyptian-archaeological-mission-succeeds-in-unearthing-largest-bronze-statue-cache
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/may/31/trove-of-ancient-egyptian-coffins-and-statues-found-at-cemetery-near-cairo
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/egypt-ap-cairo-hosni-mubarak-mostafa-waziri-b2090307.html
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-708056 https://www.timesofisrael.com/egypt-displays-newly-discovered-ancient-artifacts-from-necropolis-of-saqqara/
https://www.saudigazette.com.sa/article/621192 https://www.dailysabah.com/life/history/newly-discovered-egyptian-mummies-take-capital-cairo-on-journey
https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/statuette-of-architect-among-new-cache-of-ancient-egyptian-artifacts-174202
https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/archaeologists-uncover-trove-ancient-egyptian-mummies-2022-05-30/
https://www.dw.com/en/egypt-hundreds-of-ancient-sarcophagi-and-statuettes-uncovered/a-61979990
https://www.euronews.com/culture/2022/06/01/egypt-unveils-massive-haul-of-newly-discovered-ancient-artefacts-in-saqqara
https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/egyptian-discoveries-1.6472380 https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/05/31/egypt-mummies-saqqara-coffins-bronze-antiquities/
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20220530-statuette-of-architect-among-new-cache-of-ancient-egyptian-artifacts
https://english.news.cn/20220530/c271877e0296478480e379a668e65e22/c.html https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/egypt-displays-trove-newly-discovered-ancient-artifacts-85064667
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/egypt-saqqara-tomb-250-mummies-latest-discoveries-ancient-history/
https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/egypt-statues-sarcophagi-saqqara-scn/index.html
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/egypt-discovered-250-mummies-saqqara-2124317 https://www.sciencealert.com/hundreds-of-ancient-mummies-discovered-in-vast-egyptian-necropolis
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/05/archaeologists-uncover-cache-of-bronze-statues-and-sarcophagi-at-saqqara/143736
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/05/31/250-coffins-with-mummies-and-150-bronze-statues-found-in-saqqara/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-unveil-hundreds-of-sarcophagi-at-saqqara-and-theyre-not-done-yet-180980168/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/10581-220531-egypt-saqqara-coffins
Feature on sexuality in ancient Egypt:
https://smoda.elpais.com/placeres/papiro-erotico-sexo-en-el-antiguo-egipto-exposicion-hijas-del-nilo/
Feature on the Saadana Island wreck excavation (18th century shipwreck in the Red Sea):
https://egyptianstreets.com/2022/06/02/more-than-a-shipwreck-glimpsing-18th-century-trade-on-saadana-island/
More on the restoration of the Temple of Esna:
https://menafn.com/1104297208/Restoration-Of-Ancient-Temple-In-Egypt-Built-By-Greeks-Reveals-Stunning-Drawings-In-Bright-Colours
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/restoration-of-a-temple-in-egypt-reveals-vulture-like-vibrant-art-goddesses-180980144/
More on recreating Cleopatra's perfume:
https://www.egyptindependent.com/after-2000-years-can-cleopatras-perfume-ever-be-recreated/
Feature on a 'half mummy' found in 2014 in Luxor:
https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2022/05/half-mummy-confuses-egyptian-archaeologists
Ongoing concerns for Cairo's City of the Dead:
https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2022/05/road-plan-could-bring-demolitions-cairos-city-dead
Plenty of interesting finds at a 9000 years bp burial/settlement site at Tepe Ahranjan:
https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/473134/Village-dwellers-buried-dead-beneath-houses-archaeological-evidence
Drought in Iraq revealed remains of a 3400 years bp settlement site/city associated with the Mitanni Empire:
https://uni-tuebingen.de/en/university/news-and-publications/press-releases/press-releases/article/a-3400-year-old-city-emerges-from-the-tigris-river/
https://phys.org/news/2022-05-year-old-city-emerges-tigris-river.html https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/06/220601200021.htm https://www.livescience.com/ancient-city-in-iraq-emerges-after-drought https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/3-400-year-old-city-discovered-in-northern-iraq/2601633
https://english.alarabiya.net/life-style/art-and-culture/2022/06/02/Extreme-drought-reveals-ruins-of-3-400-year-old-ancient-city-in-Iraq-
https://www.dailysabah.com/life/history/archaeologists-find-3400-year-old-city-in-iraqs-duhok
https://www.newsweek.com/archaeologists-rush-investigate-3400-year-old-city-emerging-tigris-river-1711827
https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/ancient-city-iraq-unearthed-extreme-drought-rcna31424
https://www.sciencealert.com/a-shrinking-reservoir-has-revealed-the-ruins-of-a-3-400-year-old-city
https://www.iflscience.com/editors-blog/drought-reveals-ruins-of-3400yearold-city-by-the-tigris-river-again/
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2022/06/03/climate-change-reveals-ancient-city-iraq-zakhiku
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/06/3400-year-old-city-emerges-from-the-tigris-river/143760
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/05/31/a-3400-year-old-city-emerges-from-the-tigris-river/
The monthly roundup of finds in Turkiye:
https://turkisharchaeonews.net/article/may-2022-turkish-archaeology
Feature on the role of women at various digs in Turkiye:
https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/rural-womens-touch-in-archaeology-174226
Feature on Turkish-European Archaeology Days:
https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/events/turkish-european-archaeology-days-to-show-backstage-research-of-digs
https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/european-archaeology-days-to-start-in-istanbul-174265
Remains of a possible 8th/7th centuries BCE 'monumental administrative center' at Mordot Arnona:
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2022-06-01/ty-article/jerusalem-discovery-light-ancient-jerusalem-under-the-assyrians/00000181-1448-d272-a187-7d68ab970000
Remains of a (known?) 2200 years bp 'outpost'/fortress near the road that led to Jerusalem at Ma'ale Romaim:
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-708020
Slightly younger Hasmonean fortifications from Horvat Tefen:
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-708087
A segment of a Roman-era aqueduct from Jerusalem's Old City:
https://www.timesofisrael.com/new-segment-of-jerusalems-2000-year-old-low-level-aqueduct-revealed/
https://www.jewishpress.com/news/israel/jerusalem/segment-of-roman-aqueduct-excavated-in-jerusalems-armon-hanatziv-neighborhood/2022/05/29/
https://www.ynetnews.com/travel/article/b1vzqhxu5 https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/328406 https://www.israelhayom.com/2022/06/02/new-section-of-ancient-engineering-wonder-excavated-in-jerusalem/
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-707974 http://www.china.org.cn/world/Off_the_Wire/2022-05/30/content_78243102.htm
A 'curse inscription' from the tomb of 'Jacob the Convert/Proselyte' at Beit She'arim:
https://www.timesofisrael.com/1800-year-old-grave-marker-for-jacob-the-convert-stumbled-upon-at-beit-shearim/
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-708390 https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2022-05-31/ty-article-magazine/converts-curse-against-robbers-found-in-ancient-galilee-grave/00000181-19f8-d9b4-a199-bdfe62b10000
More on that 2100 years bp abandoned farmstead site in Israel:
https://www.livescience.com/ancient-farmstead-discovered-israel https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/ancient-cultures/daily-life-and-practice/galilean-farm/?mqsc=E4144390&dk=ZE2250ZF0
http://www.sci-news.com/archaeology/horbat-assad-farmstead-10857.html https://www.archaeology.org/news/10577-220529-israel-abandoned-farmstead
Feature on the Ein Gedi Synagogue:
https://www.hadassahmagazine.org/2022/05/01/roots-amid-the-rubble/
Archaeologists talk about misuse of history on Jerusalem Day:
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-707992
A round-up piece with 'five recent finds from the Middle East':
https://www.middleeasteye.net/discover/middle-east-five-new-archaeological-finds-egypt-gaza-oman-iraq-jordan
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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) ============================================================
A study of wool production in Bronze Age Italy:
https://phys.org/news/2022-06-industrial-wool-textiles-bronze-age.html https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/954267 https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-708345 https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/06/01/industrial-manufacturing-of-wool-and-wool-textiles-in-the-bronze-age-italy/
A late Hellenistic burial monument found during construction of Istanbul's Haydarpasa train station:
https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/haydarpasa-station-offers-big-surprises-174204
A 1st century BCE burial of a woman on a bronze 'mermaid bed' from Kozani:
https://www.livescience.com/ancient-woman-buried-bronze-bed-greece https://www.sciencealert.com/2-100-year-old-skeleton-of-greek-woman-found-lying-on-bronze-mermaid-bed
Remains of the first military amphitheatre known from the Southern Levant from the dig at the Legio VI Ferrata base near Megiddo:
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-708197
An 1800 years bp geometric mosaic from Pergamon:
https://greekcitytimes.com/2022/06/02/1800-year-old-geometric-patterned-mosaic-found-in-the-ancient-greek-city-pergamon-now-modern-turkey/
https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/1800-year-old-geometric-patterned-mosaic-found-in-turkeys-pergamon/news
A Roman-era well (and building foundations) from southwestern Germany:
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/64200
A metal detectorist in Kent came across a silver Roman-era penis amulet:
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/penis-jewellery-roman-metal-detector-b2090959.html
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10870953/Roman-silver-penis-pendant-measures-meagre-1-2-inches-unearthed-Kent.html
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/64206
A large 4th/5th century Roman necropolis from Rockenberg:
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/64184
An elite 4th/5th century CE burial from Berenike:
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/06/02/%CE%B1n-elite-tomb-with-complete-set-of-grave-goods/
An inscription which was in a National Museum of Scotland collection for over a 100 years turns out to be an ephebe list:
https://www.ekathimerini.com/culture/1185858/ancient-greek-slab-at-scottish-museum-found-to-list-military-academy-cadets/
https://greekcitytimes.com/2022/06/02/ancient-greek-equivalent-of-graduate-school-yearbook-discovered-on-stone/
https://greekreporter.com/2022/06/03/ancient-greek-graduate-school-yearbook-discovered/
https://metro.co.uk/2022/06/02/ancient-slab-turns-out-to-be-2000-year-old-graduate-school-yearbook-16754153/
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/graduates-in-1st-century-athens-had-yearbook-f7wtj3wck
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/06/02/immortalised-worlds-oldest-school-yearbook-class-ad41/
A study of coins found with various people who were fleeing Pompeii:
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-01542-0
More on the genome sequencing from some Pompeii victims:
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/26/science/pompeii-vesuvius-dna-archaeology.html
https://www.science.org/content/article/first-genome-pompeii-victim-holds-surprises
https://boingboing.net/2022/05/30/sequencing-the-genome-of-a-pompeii-resident-and-solving-a-2000-year-old-mystery.html
More on that Bronze Age family cremation site in Italy:
https://phys.org/news/2022-05-unique-cremation-site-late-bronze.html https://www.archaeology.org/news/10580-220531-italy-cremation-platform
cf:
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0267532
More on the identification of 134 ancient settlements north of Hadrian's Wall:
https://www.ed.ac.uk/news/2022/study-sheds-light-on-life-beyond-rome-s-frontier https://phys.org/news/2022-06-life-rome-frontier.html https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-discover-134-ancient-settlements-north-of-hadrians-wall-180980183/
More on the 1700 years bp phallus and insult inscription on Hadrian's Wall near Vindolanda:
https://www.livescience.com/roman-penis-graffiti-stone-uk https://greekreporter.com/2022/06/03/ancient-roman-graffiti-vindolanda/ https://www.archaeology.org/news/10578-220531-england-insult-graffiti
A call for a focus on the ethnic history at Hadrian's Wall:
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-61661813
Concerns and plans for the Appian Way:
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/article/reviving-europes-first-superhighway
Plenty of digs are under way at Aegean sites:
https://www.ekathimerini.com/multimedia/images/1185506/aegean-gripped-by-excavation-fever/
CBS's 60 Minutes was looking at Caligula last week:
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/caligula-rome-60-minutes-2022-05-29/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/roman-emperor-caligula-coffee-table-60-minutes-2022-05-29/
Features on Jacques Bailly and his Spelling Bee activities:
https://www.merriam-webster.com/word-matters-podcast/episode-90-an-interview-with-jacques-bailly
https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/what-is-a-spelling-bee-pronouncer
Feature on Kimberly Bowes' research into Rome's working poor:
https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/regular-folks-roman-empire-kimberly-bowes-archaeology-economics
An interview with Natalie Haynes on women in Greek myth:
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/writersandcompany/natalie-haynes-on-the-fantastic-and-fearsome-women-of-greek-myth-1.6475566
Not sure where to put this feature on the creation of a 'money economy' at the beginning of the Iron Age:
https://www.asor.org/anetoday/2022/06/new-money-iron-age
Feature on Fishbourne Roman Palace:
https://www.sussexexpress.co.uk/news/people/the-fishbourne-home-of-britains-archeological-jewel-3713857
Feature on Jewish converts under the Roman empire:
https://mosaicmagazine.com/picks/history-ideas/2022/06/the-jewish-converts-of-antiquity/
A metal detectorists' account of finding assorted Roman coins:
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2022/jun/03/experience-i-found-a-hoard-of-161-roman-coins-in-one-weekend
In case you were wondeirng where 'Istanbul' somes from:
https://greekreporter.com/2022/05/29/istanbul-vs-constantinople-and-why-both-are-greek-cities/
Feature on the silver mines at Laurion:
https://greekreporter.com/2022/05/30/mines-laurion-athens-western-civilization/
Feature on the Odrysian Kingdom:
https://neoskosmos.com/en/2022/06/01/dialogue/opinion/odrysian-kingdom-a-rough-diamond-in-the-ancient-world/
Feature on the woman doctor Agnodice:
https://greekreporter.com/2022/05/30/agnodice-first-woman-doctor-ancient-greece/
Feature on Plutarch being a vegetarian:
https://greekreporter.com/2022/05/30/ancient-greek-historian-plutarch-vegetarian/
Feature on Tantalus:
https://greekreporter.com/2022/05/30/greek-myth-tantalize-tantalus/
Feature on the locations of assorted Greek myths:
https://greekreporter.com/2022/06/03/real-locations-greek-myths/
Feature on ancient Roman morals (I think):
https://pacification.substack.com/p/american-times-roman-morals?s=r
If Romans had Google Maps:
https://bigthink.com/strange-maps/omnesviae-roman-roads-map/
Feature on the origins of conflict between the Greeks and Persians:
https://greekreporter.com/2022/06/03/ancient-greeks-persians-history/
Feature on stability features of the Parthenon:
https://greekreporter.com/2022/05/28/pathenon-construction-engineering/
Varied coverage of the Parthenon Sculptures saga ... nothing really new this week (mostly opeddish):
https://www.heraldscotland.com/politics/20173797.issue-day-elgin-marbles-row-deepens/
https://www.ekathimerini.com/culture/1185834/the-parthenon-marbles-an-ever-poignant-question/
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/may/28/why-shouldnt-greeks-have-marbles-back-we-proved-we-lost-ours-years-ago
https://greekcitytimes.com/2022/06/01/stephen-fry-asks-british-museum-to-be-classy-and-return-parthenon-sculptures/
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2022/jun/01/it-is-dishonourable-for-the-british-museum-to-keep-the-parthenon-marbles
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Roman Archaeology Blog:
http://romanarc.blogspot.com/
Rogueclassicism:
http://rogueclassicism.com/ ============================================================
EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland) ============================================================
Latest Norwegian melting ice patch find is a 3000 years bp shoe:
https://www.livescience.com/bronze-age-shoe-norway-ice-patch
A man-made Viking era cave from Iceland:
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/64192 https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/05/man-made-viking-era-cave-discovered-in-iceland/143731
A survey has identified the remains of Greasley Castle in Nottinghamshire:
https://the-past.com/news/survey-identifies-remains-of-greasley-castle-in-nottinghamshire/
Metal detectorists in Cumberland found a medieval copper thing:
https://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/20182244.brampton-longtown-metal-detectorists-find-medieval-artefact/
The rudder of the HMS Invincible was found in the Solent:
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-hampshire-61637171 https://www.archaeology.org/news/10582-220601-shipwreck-invincible-rudder
Evidence of tb and syphilis from the 200 years bp cemetery at John Radcliffe's Infirmary:
https://the-past.com/news/new-analysis-from-oxford-hospital-cemetery/
A hoard of 1000 BCE bronze axes (and more) found by a metal detectorist in Carmarthenshire back in 2020 has been declared treasure:
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-61632636
Rethinking those 'alternative' burials usually connected to fear of vampires:
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2022-05-29/ty-article-magazine/strange-burials-reveal-fear-of-vampires-in-old-poland-or-do-they/00000181-0f3c-d1d5-afd5-8f7edc140000
Feature on efforts to save the 'underwater Lascaux' off France:
https://phys.org/news/2022-05-undersea-stone-age-cave-art.html https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20220530-race-to-save-undersea-stone-age-cave-art-masterpieces
https://www.dailysabah.com/life/history/underwater-stone-age-cave-in-danger-due-to-climate-change
Feature on the TREE project in Cyprus:
https://cyprus-mail.com/2022/05/31/rich-wooden-heritage-of-cyprus-focus-of-joint-initiative/
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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 ============================================================
25 Qing Dynasty tombs from Hunan:
https://ukranews.com/en/news/858942-25-qing-dynasty-tombs-discovered-in-china-s-hunan
Ming Dynasty tombs from Hubei:
https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202205/1266820.shtml
Feature/study on the role of rice beer in ancient Chinese civilization:
https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/environment/article/3180155/how-ancient-rice-beer-helped-brew-chinese
Feature on some South China Sea pirates:
https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/3179279/history-real-pirates-who-dressed-passengers
Kushan-era brick walls from Patna:
https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/archaeological-survey-of-india-in-patna-unearths-brick-walls-believed-to-be-of-kushan-age/cid/1868317
https://www.financialexpress.com/lifestyle/science/asi-in-patna-unearths-brick-walls-believed-to-be-of-kushan-age/2548427/
Workers in Chanugondla village came across a pile of metallic weights (and took them home; many have been recovered) of unspecified date:
https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/andhra-pradesh/2022/jun/03/workers-digging-pits-at-andhra-pradeshschanugondla-village-stumble-upon-ancient-plates-2461283.html
Feature on the Chinese Civilization Origin Program:
https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202205/1266823.shtml
China has plans to digitize and connect cultural resources into a central database:
https://www.scmp.com/tech/policy/article/3179135/china-forms-grand-plan-digitalise-and-connect-countrys-cultural
Feature on women in Genghis Khan's empire:
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/mongol-empire-women
Concerns for 'abandoned' Hindu idols in Sanguem:
https://www.heraldgoa.in/Goa/SHOCKING-REVELATION-Centuriesold-Hindu-idols-lying-abandoned-at-Curdi/190078
Terracotta and other finds (wide date range) from a site near Kolkata:
https://www.outlookindia.com/travel/ancient-artefacts-uncovered-at-historic-site-near-kolkata-news-199797
Plans for excavations in Patna to find remains of ancient Patliputra:
https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/patna-news/survey-set-to-begin-in-patna-for-remains-of-ancient-patliputra-101654102211059.html
Feature on the Indus Valley Civilization:
https://www.livescience.com/what-was-the-indus-valley-civilization
Feature on India's 'Persian history':
https://www.middleeasteye.net/discover/india-persian-history-lost-achamenids-mughals
Feature on Jaipur's Jantar Mantar:
https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20220530-jantar-mantar-indias-mysterious-gateway-to-the-stars
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AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND ============================================================
A dig at a colonial Perth site suggests life was difficult:
https://thewest.com.au/lifestyle/university-of-notre-dame-study-of-east-perth-burial-site-reveals-hardships-of-life-in-colonial-perth-c-6817913
A shipwreck uncovered on Bribie Island might actually be two (19th century?) wrecks:
https://www.sunshinecoastnews.com.au/2022/06/01/bribie-wreckage-may-be-two-vessels/
More on early Australians dining on Genyornis eggs some 50 000 years bp:
https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/genyornis https://www.archaeology.org/news/10583-220601-australia-eggshell-protein ============================================================
NORTH AMERICA
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Evidence of plant cultivation by the Nuchatlaht people on Nottka Island:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/nuchatlaht-forest-garden-research-1.6469488
A drought in Arizona is revealing sites as Lake Powell's water levels recede:
https://www.npr.org/transcripts/1102070651
Revelation that Harvard possesses human remains of enslaved individuals and thousands of Native Americans:
https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2022/6/1/draft-human-remains-report/
More on the 8000 years bp skull found by kayakers in Minnesota:
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-708245 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/minnesota-kayakers-find-8000-year-old-skull-in-river-180980130/
Plans to reinter remains of War of 1812 soldiers exhumed in Burlington, Vermont:
https://www.wcax.com/2022/06/05/exhumed-war-1812-veterans-burlington-reinterred-lakeview-cemetery/
Feature on an archaeology lab opening at Fort Frederica National Monument:
https://thebrunswicknews.com/news/local_news/archaeology-lab-at-fort-frederica-holds-great-expectations/article_dcd9f2bc-95b9-59ad-be0d-11cbcd079574.html
Feature on Jamestown:
https://www.livescience.com/38595-jamestown-history.html
Feature on claims about a comet ending Hopewell civilization:
https://www.dispatch.com/story/opinion/2022/06/02/hopewell-culture-claims-exploding-comet-ohio-destroyed-civilization/9999016002/
Honours for Leah Rogers for her work at Mount Vernon:
https://www.press-citizen.com/story/life/2022/06/02/state-historical-society-iowa-archeologist-honored-award-mount-vernon/7476503001/
Review of David Fischer, *African Founders*:
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/31/books/review/david-hackett-fischer-african-founders.html
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CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA ============================================================
A network of passages was found beneath the 3000 years bp Chavin de Huantar temple:
https://www.independent.co.uk/world/archaeologists-discover-passageways-peruvian-temple-b2090895.html
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/archaeologists-discover-passageways-3000-year-old-peruvian-temple-2022-05-30/
https://www.euronews.com/next/2022/05/30/us-peru-archaeology https://www.theyucatantimes.com/2022/05/3000-years-old-network-of-passageways-discovered-in-peru/
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/chavin-de-huantar-temple-peru-hidden-passageways-1234630589/
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-708115 https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/05/hidden-tunnels-discovered-beneath-chavin-de-huantar-temple-complex/143743
The severed had of a Mayan maize divinity (possibly Early/Late Classic) from Palenque:
https://phys.org/news/2022-06-ancient-mayan-maize-god-sculpture.html https://english.elpais.com/culture/2022-06-04/the-discovery-of-a-head-of-the-mayan-maize-god-hidden-in-chiapas-for-more-than-1300-years.html
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/64220 https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-708570 https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/06/severed-head-of-maya-maize-god-unearthed-in-palenque/143755
https://www.newsweek.com/huge-mayan-corn-gods-head-dating-back-1300-years-discovered-mexico-1712414
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/xiol-ancient-mayan-city-mexican-construction-site-1234630429/
A 1000 years bp Aztatlan (probably) site from Mazatlan:
https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/construction-archaeological-site-mazatlan/ https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/05/archaeologists-unearth-an-aztatlan-burial-site/143750
42 burials from a 16th century cemetery next to a hospital in Peru:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-10867645/Archaeologists-unearth-colonial-era-cemetery-Peru.html
More on the remains of a Maya city found on the Yucatan peninsula:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/may/27/mexico-mayan-city-xiol-discovered https://www.dailysabah.com/life/history/industrial-park-build-reveals-ancient-mayan-city-in-yucatan
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/xiol-ancient-mayan-city-mexican-construction-site-1234630429/
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2022/06/01/archeologists-discover-maya-metropolis-yucatan
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/construction-crew-stumbles-on-1400-year-old-ruins-of-maya-mayan-city-180980171/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/10576-220529-mexico-maya-xiol
More on Lidar revealing Casarabe urbanism in Bolivia:
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/jun/02/amazon-rainforest-archaeology-settlements-bolivia-casarabe
https://www.zmescience.com/science/archaeology/civilization-amazon-discovered-01062022/
https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/lost-society-found-in-amazon-rainforest
More on 'drugging' of Inca children prior to sacrifice:
https://phys.org/news/2022-06-hair-fingernail-inca-children-drugged.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/inca-child-sacrifice-drugs-cocaine-b2092447.html
Feature on Mesoamerican art 200-900 CE:
https://smarthistory.org/reframing-art-history/mesoamerica-middle-200-900/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mesoamerica-middle-200-900
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Mike Ruggeri's Ancient Americas Breaking News:
http://goo.gl/1VdeA
Mike Ruggeri's Ancient Americas lecture channels on Youtube:
https://mikeruggerisyoutube.tumblr.com/
Ancient MesoAmerica News:
http://ancient-mesoamerica-news-updates.blogspot.com/ ============================================================
OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST ============================================================
Feature on the worlds oldest tattoo parlour (in Jerusalem):
https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p0c9th22/the-world-s-oldest-tattoo-parlour
Feature on the London plane tree:
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20220601-are-city-forests-disappearing
Feature on human sacrifice in various cultures:
https://bigthink.com/the-past/human-sacrifice-ritual-history/
A Lorenzetti fresco has been restored:
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/06/01/the-buongoverno-construction-site-reveals-lorenzettis-treasures/
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CURRENT EVENTS:
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Looking at the Uvalde events through the lens of Greek epic:
https://neoskosmos.com/en/2022/06/03/dialogue/opinion/reading-greek-epic-through-another-massacre/
An item on Queen Elizabeth and the British Museum:
https://blog.britishmuseum.org/queen-elizabeth-ii-and-the-british-museum/
Feature on a Ukrainian security guard who save a pile of artworks:
https://elpais.com/cultura/2022-05-31/el-vigilante-que-se-jugo-la-vida-para-salvar-de-las-bombas-rusas-las-obras-de-la-artista-ucrania-primachenko.html
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PHILOSOPHERS AND MATTERS PHILOSOPHICCAL ============================================================
Feature on the 'Fable of a Frog in the Well' in the Zhuangzi:
https://aeon.co/essays/zhuangzis-ancient-fable-about-the-personal-and-the-political
Review of Donald Robertso, *How to Think Like a Roman Emperor*:
https://philosophynow.org/issues/150/How_to_Think_Like_a_Roman_Emperor_by_Donald_Robertson
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MUSEUM MATTERS
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Pharaoh of the Two Lands:
https://english.ahram.org.eg/News/467203.aspx
Erotic art of Pompeii:
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