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explorator 25.41 January 29, 2023
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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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A 1.2 million years bp obsidian (!) workshop from Ethiopia:
https://phys.org/news/2023-01-obsidian-handaxe-making-workshop-million-years.html
https://www.vice.com/en/article/n7zx77/archaeologists-discover-12-million-year-old-workshop-in-mind-blowing-find
cf:
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-022-01970-1
The Cueva Des-Cubierta in Spain suggests an accumulation of herbivore skulls collected by Neanderthals was 'symbolic':
https://phys.org/news/2023-01-large-animal-skulls-neanderthal-cave.html
cf:
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-022-01503-7 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-00229-4
A study of the role of 'smell' in Denisovan and Neanderthal lives:
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/01/27/study-offers-new-insight-on-what-ancient-noses-smelled/
Using fossil teeth to reveal human brain evolution:
https://theconversation.com/fossil-teeth-reveal-how-brains-developed-in-utero-over-millions-of-years-of-human-evolution-new-research-193167
... and a study of thin tooth enamel in homo antecessor:
https://www.cenieh.es/en/press/news/neanderthals-are-not-only-species-whose-dentition-characterized-possession-thin-enamel
https://www.archaeology.org/11150-230126-homo-antecessor-teeth
On how large mammals impacted human evolution:
https://theconversation.com/large-mammals-shaped-the-evolution-of-humans-heres-why-it-happened-in-africa-196398
Another 'rethinking the Neanderthals' piece:
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2023-01-28/ty-article/sensitive-and-vulnerable-neanderthals-may-not-have-been-that-different-from-us/00000185-f5f1-d4a2-adb5-f5f992840000
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AFRICA
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A study of water use at Great Zimbabwe:
https://phys.org/news/2023-01-uncovers-mystery-large-city-southern.html https://www.classicult.it/en/the-water-mystery-of-the-first-large-city-in-southern-africa-great-zimbabwe/
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/01/26/research-uncovers-water-mystery-of-the-first-large-city-in-southern-africa/
cf:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213305422000388
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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT ============================================================
A 4300 years bp mummified person wrapped in gold leaf (the 'oldest') from near the Step Pyramid at Saqqara:
https://egyptianstreets.com/2023/01/26/egypt-discovers-oldest-mummy-ever-found/ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/26/archaeologist-hails-possibly-oldest-mummy-yet-found-in-egypt
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-64415816 https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/archaeologist-hails-possibly-oldest-mummy-yet-found-egypt-2023-01-26/
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ancient-egypt-oldest-non-royal-mummy-ever-discovered-saqqara-wrapped-in-gold/
https://www.cnn.com/style/article/egypt-oldest-mummy-uncovered-intl-scli-scn/index.html
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-729935 https://www.thenationalnews.com/mena/egypt/2023/01/26/4300-year-old-gilded-mummy-discovered-in-cairos-saqqara-necropolis/
https://see.news/french-archaeologist-we-found-mummy-of-a-man-covered-with-gold-leaf-called-messi
https://greekreporter.com/2023/01/29/egypt-oldest-mummy/ https://www.rte.ie/news/newslens/2023/0127/1352138-egypt-discovers-oldest-most-complete-unroyal-mummy/
https://www.smh.com.au/world/middle-east/archaeologists-hail-hekashepes-oldest-and-most-complete-mummy-yet-found-20230127-p5cftb.html
https://www.sciencealert.com/archaeologists-mayve-discovered-the-oldest-and-most-complete-egyptian-mummy-yet
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/egypt-oldest-mummy-found-cairo-1234655499/
... there were other finds near this one as well, including the tomb of the 'secret keeper', which is the headline in other pieces:
https://phys.org/news/2023-01-egypt-unveils-ancient-secret-keeper.html https://egyptindependent.com/egypt-announces-important-archaeological-discoveries-in-saqqara/
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20230126-egypt-unveils-ancient-secret-keeper-tomb-golden-mummy
https://www.dailysabah.com/life/history/egypt-unearths-secret-keeper-tomb-golden-mummy-at-saqqara
https://www.trtworld.com/life/new-excavation-unearths-tombs-and-sarcophagus-in-egypt-64897
https://www.dailysabah.com/life/history/egypt-unearths-secret-keeper-tomb-golden-mummy-at-saqqara
https://www.timesofisrael.com/egypt-unveils-ancient-tombs-of-secret-keeper-tomb-gold-leaf-covered-mummy/
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/egypt-luxor-ancient-egypitian-discoveries-compelete-city-13th-dynasty-burial-site/
https://jordantimes.com/news/region/egypt%C2%A0unveils-ancient-%E2%80%98secret-keeper%E2%80%99-tomb-golden-mummy
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/egypt-unveils-tombs-and-sarcophagus-in-new-excavation/2023/01/26/bf676ea4-9d84-11ed-93e0-38551e88239c_story.html
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2023/01/27/ancient-egypt-discoveries-oldest-mummy-tombs-luxor/11126227002/
... and with an emphasis on Old Kingdom tombs and statuary (and Zahi Hawass):
https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/484966/Antiquities/Ancient-Egypt/In-Photos-Egyptian-mission-discovers-Old-Kingdom-t.aspx
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/egypt-ap-cairo-giza-pyramids-memphis-b2269796.html
https://egyptindependent.com/egypt-announces-important-archaeological-discoveries-in-saqqara/
https://abcnews.go.com/International/egypt-discovers-4300-year-tombs-ancient-burial-ground/story?id=96684870
https://apnews.com/article/politics-egypt-government-zahi-hawass-cairo-196c34bb3629842a02c42b40362a519b
https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2023-01-26/egypt-unveils-tombs-and-sarcophagus-in-new-excavation
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/science/egypt-unveils-tombs-and-sarcophagus-in-new-excavation-outside-of-cairo
https://www.npr.org/2023/01/27/1151958356/egypt-unveils-tombs-and-a-sarcophagus-in-a-new-excavation
https://www.dw.com/en/egypt-unveils-4300-year-old-mummy-tombs/a-64530366 https://www.independent.co.uk/news/egypt-ap-cairo-giza-pyramids-memphis-b2269796.html
https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/africa/300793499/egypt-unveils-dozens-of-new-archaeological-discoveries-including-ancient-tombs
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/01/27/new-important-finds-from-saqqara/
Evidence of a (failed) revolt against Ptolemaic rulers (mentioned in the Rosetta Stone) from Tell Timai:
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/01/27/where-the-swords-met-bone-archaeological-evidence-found-of-ancient-egyptian-rebellion-mentioned-on-the-rosetta-stone
A 'complete' 1800 years bp 'Roman' city find on the east bank of Luxor:
https://www.livescience.com/ancient-roman-residences-with-pigeon-towers-discovered-in-luxor-egypt
https://www.egyptindependent.com/photos-first-full-residential-city-discovered-in-eastern-luxor/
https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2023/01/egypt-archaeologists-uncover-complete-roman-city
https://www.dailysabah.com/life/history/archaeologists-unearth-1800-year-old-complete-roman-city-in-egypt
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/egypt-archaeologists-uncover-complete-roman-city-luxor
https://www.trtworld.com/art-culture/egypt-uncovers-complete-ancient-roman-city-in-luxor-64823
https://cairoscene.com/Buzz/An-Ancient-Roman-Era-City-Has-Been-Totally-Unearthed-in-Luxor
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/culture/egypt-says-it-discovered-ancient-city-in-luxor/2796451
https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/egypt-archaeologists-uncover-complete-roman-city-180388
https://thearabweekly.com/egypt-archaeologists-uncover-complete-roman-city-heart-luxor
https://www.rfi.fr/en/international-news/20230124-egypt-archaeologists-uncover-complete-roman-city
https://www.thenationalnews.com/mena/egypt/2023/01/24/remains-of-ancient-roman-city-unearthed-in-luxor-on-eastern-nile-bank/
https://english.news.cn/20230125/59c91784fedc4da59b5763c088b3ade1/c.html https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/africa/300793499/egypt-unveils-dozens-of-new-archaeological-discoveries-including-ancient-tombs
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/egypt-unveils-tombs-and-sarcophagus-in-new-excavation/2023/01/26/bf676ea4-9d84-11ed-93e0-38551e88239c_story.html
https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/roman-city-luxor-egypt-scli-intl/index.html https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article271655457.html https://www.ansamed.info/ansamed/en/news/sections/generalnews/2023/01/24/entire-ancient-roman-city-discovered-in-luxor_b4a2f947-d17e-4bd6-a6d2-6b6ba1efbd57.html
https://www.sciencealert.com/archaeologists-find-hidden-ruins-of-complete-roman-era-city-in-egypt
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/roman-city-found-luxor-egypt-1234655068/ https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/01/remains-of-roman-city-found-in-luxor/146009
... and an overview of all the recent finds:
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/egypt-luxor-ancient-egypitian-discoveries-compelete-city-13th-dynasty-burial-site/
https://english.news.cn/20230126/8ff9491d7f9746a6bf04de5733aacc24/c.html
More on the find of a 16 metre long copy of the Book of the Dead at Saqqara:
https://www.livescience.com/ancient-egypt-book-of-the-dead-papyrus-found https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-729263 https://greekreporter.com/2023/01/23/16-meter-long-book-dead-ancient-papyrus-egypt-sarcophagus/
More on the find of a 3500 years bp royal tomb near Luxor:
https://www.livescience.com/ancient-egyptian-royal-tombs-discovered https://greekreporter.com/2023/01/24/royal-tomb-found-luxor-egypt/ https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/01/royal-tomb-unearthed-in-luxor/145938
More on the burial of a child with 142 dogs at the Fayum Oasis necropolis:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/ancient-egyptian-child-discovered-buried-with-142-dogs-puppies/ar-AA16xMit
https://www.thedailybeast.com/why-is-an-ancient-egyptian-mass-grave-of-dogs-stumping-archaeologists
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/01/child-buried-with-142-dogs-in-ancient-egyptian-necropolis/145952
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11143-230123-egypt-child-dogs
More on 10 well-preserved 2500 years bp crocodile mummies from an Egyptian tomb at Qubbat al-Hawa:
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/18/science/mummified-crocodiles-egypt-tomb.html https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/mummified-crocodiles-1.6723261 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/cache-of-mummified-crocodiles-discovered-in-egypt-180981487/
Feature on an 'all-Egyptian team' working in the Valley of the Kings:
https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2023/0125/In-Valley-of-the-Kings-dig-an-all-Egyptian-team-makes-its-mark
Feature on the phonetic hieroglyphic alphabet:
https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v45/n03/james-davidson/at-the-british-museum
A 5000 years bp stoneware workshop find in Jiroft:
https://arkeonews.net/5000-year-old-stoneware-workshop-found-in-iran/
A Sassanid-era petroglyph from Marvdasht:
https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/481346/Sassanid-petroglyph-on-marriage-found-in-Marvdasht
A study of the effect of shifting monsoon seasons on the rise and fall of Persian civilizations over 4000 years:
https://liu.se/en/news-item/climate-change-may-have-impacted-the-rise-and-fall-of-middle-eastern-civilisations
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11149-230126-iran-climate-agriculture
Tehran will be hosting an international archaeology conference:
https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/481128/Tehran-to-host-intl-symposium-on-archaeology
More on calls for further excavations at the Chamshir Dam site:
https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/481169/Chamshir-Dam-archaeologist-calls-for-further-excavations
Overview feature on UPenn's (and UPisa's) dig at Lagash (this overlaps with the next item):
https://phys.org/news/2023-01-unearthing-archaeological-lagash-site-southern.html
https://www.zmescience.com/science/archaeology/archaeology-in-iraq-shows-how-people-lived-5000-years-ago/
Remains of a 5000 years (or so) bp 'tavern' from Lagash:
https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/lagash-southern-iraq-site-unearthing-archaeological-passing-time
https://nypost.com/2023/01/28/5000-year-old-tavern-discovered-on-archeological-dig/
https://www.tri-cityherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article271648927.html https://www.archaeology.org/news/11151-230127-iraq-lagash-tavern
756 artifacts from various periods in Basra:
https://www.iraqinews.com/iraq/more-than-750-artifacts-discovered-in-basra/
A study of kinship and marriage practices in Neolithic Anatolia:
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/01/25/kinship-formation-in-neolithic-anatolia-helped-communities-avoiding-inbreeding/
Overview of recent finds from Heraclea:
https://www.dailysabah.com/turkey/excavation-restoration-unearth-cultural-assets-in-ancient-heraclea/news
1500 years bp Byzantine finds from a peach orchard in Iznik:
https://arkeonews.net/1500-year-old-byzantine-artifacts-found-under-a-peach-orchard-in-turkeys-iznik/
A 'complete sequence' from Early Bronze Age to Iron Age of finds from Megiddo is causing a bit of a rethink of chronology:
https://www.haaretz.com/2023-01-22/00000185-d960-d2d9-ab95-ffe0729e0000
Feature on a 2500 years bp 'love letter' on the sarcophagus of Antigonos:
https://www.iflscience.com/2-500-year-old-love-letter-revealed-in-ancient-general-s-sarcophagus-67272
https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/this-ancient-2500-year-old-love-grief-letter-is-the-most-romantic-thing/
6th century CE mosaics from a large building complex near Jericho:
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/01/ornate-collection-of-mosaics-uncovered-near-jericho/145920
A 'mysterious handprint' find in a 1000 years bp 'moat' in Jerusalem:
https://www.livescience.com/mystery-handprint-crusades-moat-jerusalem https://www.timesofisrael.com/mysterious-handprint-found-in-1000-year-old-jerusalem-defensive-moat/
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/366421 https://www.ynetnews.com/travel/article/rkll6wajs https://www.jns.org/ancient-moat-and-enigmatic-hand-imprint-uncovered-in-jerusalem/
https://www.israelhayom.com/2023/01/25/archaeologists-baffled-by-ancient-handprint-discovered-in-jerusalem/
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-729562 https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2023-01-25/ty-article/archaeologists-discover-ancient-moat-carved-into-jerusalem-bedrock/00000185-e808-d8d4-add7-f90f2b340000
https://www.thenationalnews.com/mena/2023/01/26/mysterious-ancient-hand-print-discovered-in-jerusalem-in-pictures/
https://www.rfi.fr/en/middle-east/20230125-ancient-jerusalem-hand-imprint-baffles-israel-experts
https://greekreporter.com/2023/01/26/ancient-hand-imprint-israel/ https://www.iflscience.com/mysterious-hand-imprint-discovered-in-1-000-year-old-moat-wall-in-jerusalem-67243
https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/archaeology-today/jerusalems-medieval-moat/
https://arkeonews.net/a-carved-hand-imprint-unearthed-in-a-1000-year-old-jerusalem-defensive-moat/
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/01/27/mysterious-hand-imprint-found-next-to-the-city-of-jerusalem-walls/
More on 4000+ years bp ostrich eggs from a desert campsite in Israel:
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/01/ancient-campsite-where-people-cooked-ostrich-eggs/145925
More on 3600 years bp evidence of use of silver as 'currency' from Israel and Gaza:
https://www.livescience.com/ancient-silver-hoards-israel-gaza http://www.archaeology.org/news/11146-230124-levant-hacksilver-currency
More on 1300 years bp Silk Road-related textile finds from Israel:
https://mosaicmagazine.com/picks/history-ideas/2023/01/archaeologists-discover-the-silk-roads-israeli-branch/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11144-230123-israel-arava-fabric
South Korea is apparently helping to restore a Sebastia site as Palestinian:
https://www.jewishpress.com/news/global/asia/korea/south-korea-helping-restore-sebastia-antiquities-site-as-a-palestinian-heritage-site/2023/01/22/
Israel's defense minister is pledging to safeguard the Mount Ebal site:
https://www.jns.org/gallant-pledges-to-safeguard-archaeological-site-at-mount-ebal-from-palestinian-damage/
... related:
https://www.jewishpress.com/news/eye-on-palestine/palestinian-authority/palestinian-authority-marketing-homes-on-jewish-archaeological-site/2023/01/28/
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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS) ============================================================
1st century BCE Roman wells and a writing tablet from Sens (France):
https://www.stilearte.it/portato-alla-luce-misterioso-quartiere-romano-di-sens-senigalia-latrine-vasche-pozzi-monete-false/
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/66257
A Gallo-Roman rural settlement including an interesting well from a site in southern France:
https://www.archeomedia.net/francia-un-profondo-pozzo-e-una-fattoria-del-periodo-romano-trovati-ed-esplorati-dagli-archeologi/
Plenty of interesting finds in the search for the start of the Appian Way (but the search was called off):
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/26/world/europe/roman-road-appian-way-beginning-italy.html
https://www.soprintendenzaspecialeroma.it/eventi/uno-scavo-di-ricerca-appia-regina-viarum_307/
https://news.yahoo.com/rome-archaeologists-search-start-appian-033355082.html https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/water-spoils-archaeological-quest-queen-roman-roads-2023-01-24/
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/roman-road-dig-yields-centuries-of-treasures-lkcjhh7hp
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20230127-rome-archaeologists-search-for-start-of-appian-way
https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/rome-archaeologists-search-for-start-of-appian-way-180429
https://www.wantedinrome.com/news/italy-rome-via-appia-antica-appian-way.html https://www.thelocal.it/20230127/rome-archaeologists-continue-search-for-start-of-appian-way/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11148-230125-rome-appian-way
... and they're seeking UNESCO status for the road as well:
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20230127-rome-archaeologists-search-for-start-of-appian-way
Remains of a 2000 years bp road from Cluj-Napoca (Romania):
https://www.romania-insider.com/archaeologists-roman-road-cluj-napoca-romania https://www.romaniajournal.ro/society-people/2000-year-old-roman-road-discovered-in-the-center-of-cluj-napoca/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11145-230124-romania-roman-road https://arkeonews.net/archaeologists-found-a-2000-year-old-roman-road-in-cluj-napoca-in-northwest-romania/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11145-230124-romania-roman-road
... and receding waters revealed an Etruscan/Roman road along Lake Trasimene which originally ran from Chiusi to Perugia:
https://www.perugiatoday.it/eventi/cultura/la-scoperta-il-trasimeno-si-ritira-e-a-sant-arcangelo-viene-alla-luce-la-strada-che-univa-chiusi-a-perugia.html
https://initalia.virgilio.it/lago-trasimeno-tesoro-scoperta-storica-ipotesi-67971
2000 years bp Roman gemstones from near Hadrian's Wall in Carlisle:
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jan/28/roman-bathers-gems-carved-stones-archaeologists-hadrians-wall
Not sure if we mentioned these 17 decapitated burials (Roman?) and Roman finds from a site near St Neots (Cambridgshire):
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-64358866 https://nypost.com/2023/01/24/mass-burial-of-decapitated-roman-bodies-found-in-uk/
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/decapitated-roman-remains-found-england-archaeology-1234654669/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/01/decapitated-skeletons-found-in-roman-cemetery/146003
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11154-230126-england-roman-headless
Sewer work near the Appian Way also revealed a life-sized statue of someone in the guise of Hercules (looks 1st/2nd century CE):
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/27/ancient-statue-of-hercules-emerges-from-rome-sewerage-repairs
https://greekcitytimes.com/2023/01/27/life-size-statue-hercules-rome/ https://greekreporter.com/2023/01/28/statue-hercules-discovered-rome/ https://www.stilearte.it/lavori-per-la-fognatura-a-roma-meraviglioso-dal-fondo-della-valletta-riemerge-antica-statua-di-ercole/
https://gulfnews.com/world/europe/ancient-marble-statue-of-hercules-emerges-after-sewer-work-in-rome-park-1.93505110
https://www.ansa.it/english/news/lifestyle/arts/2023/01/27/roman-statue-of-hercules-emerges-from-rome-park-sewer-work_d84a1400-6cec-4e78-ba88-0dabee46278a.html
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/01/construction-workers-find-life-sized-statue-of-hercules/146043
4th century CE amphora burials from Corsica:
https://www.archeomedia.net/corsica-sepolti-nel-iv-secolo-in-grosse-anfore-che-servivano-per-limportazione-di-vino-olive-e-salse/
A 4th century CE building with a hypocaust find from the site of Carthage:
https://www.leconomistemaghrebin.com/2023/01/26/carthage-decouverte-des-vestiges-dun-edifice-thermal-probablement-construit-au-ive-siecle-apres-j-c/
5th century child burials (in amphorae) along with some puppies from a site in Umbria:
https://www.stilearte.it/umbria-il-mistero-dei-47-bambini-del-v-secolo-che-dormono-per-sempre-nelle-anfore-scavi-e-simboli-stregoneschi/
A 'mysterious' Roman dodecahedron find from Belgium:
https://www.livescience.com/roman-dodecahedron-discovered-belgium https://www.iflscience.com/rare-discovery-of-roman-dodecahedron-fragment-adds-to-archaeological-mystery-67294
Overview of the dig season and latest finds at Tenea/Chilimodi:
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/01/25/new-finds-from-ancient-tenea-chiliomodi-corinthia/
Falling Christmas decorations caused some damage at the Verona arena:
https://www.ansa.it/english/news/general_news/2023/01/23/arena-of-verona-damaged-by-falling-xmas-decorations_4904746e-3d83-45bc-a6a0-1327d6056d82.html
A 'missing' Roman votive inscription was 'rediscovered' in the collection of a Romanian library:
https://www.stiripesurse.ro/long-lost-spectacular-roman-artifact-depicting-god-silvanus-rediscovered-in-batthyaneum-collection_2760110.html
More on the reopening of the House of the Vettii:
https://phys.org/news/2023-01-pompeii-house-vettii-reopens-roman.html
More on the 'secret' of Roman concrete:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/self-healing-concrete-may-have-preserved-ancient-roman-structures-180981411/
More on endogamic marriage in Bronze Age Greece:
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-729450 https://www.thedailybeast.com/dont-blame-the-egyptians-for-this-ancient-greek-kink
https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/16/europe/ancient-cousins-marriage-scli-intl-scn/index.html
https://news.yahoo.com/don-t-blame-egyptians-ancient-040140357.html https://www.archaeology.org/news/11137-230119-greece-cousin-marriage
More on Sponsian:
https://www.historytoday.com/archive/missing-pieces/lost-emperor
The Winged Victory of Brescia is back in it Capitoline Temple:
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/66238
The guy who found the Shropshire Hoard wants it to stay in the UK:
https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/local-hubs/oswestry/gobowen/2023/01/26/man-who-discovered-shropshire-roman-coin-hoard-wants-them-to-stay-in-county/
Shadi Bartsch on Chinese appreciation for Western classics:
https://press.princeton.edu/ideas/yes-the-chinese-care-about-the-western-classics
Interview with Tom Holland on ancient Greek views of India:
https://www.wionews.com/entertainment/lifestyle/news-exclusive--tom-holland-on-ancient-greek-perceptions-of-india-as-a-land-of-wonders-and-navigating-propaganda-555875
Feature on Sergey Ivanov at Northwestern:
https://dailynorthwestern.com/2023/01/24/lateststories/sergey-ivanov-teaches-classics-at-northwestern-after-fleeing-his-home-in-russia/
Feature on evidence of pagan and Christian worship along the via Egnatia:
https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/biblical-sites-places/mary-isis-and-the-goddesses-of-the-via-egnatia/
Feature on the oil and wine trade in ancient Greece:
https://www.asor.org/anetoday/2023/01/oil-wine-people
Feature on the Temple of Apollo at Didyma:
https://turkisharchaeonews.net/article/apollo-my-mind
Feature on a structure on top of the Athenian Temple of Olympian Zeus:
https://greekreporter.com/2023/01/22/building-top-temple-olympian-zeus/
Feature on how the 'myth of whiteness' was created for classical sculpture:
https://www.dw.com/en/how-the-myth-of-whiteness-in-classical-sculpture-was-created/a-64426809
Feature on the probably origin of the Cyclops:
https://greekcitytimes.com/2023/01/28/cyclops-ancient-greeks-myth/
Feature on Plato and the Lord of the Rings:
https://greekreporter.com/2023/01/24/plato-ring-allegory-lord-of-the-rings/
Feature on Philopoemen:
https://greekreporter.com/2023/01/26/philopoemen-the-last-great-general-of-ancient-greece/
Feature on Linear A:
https://greekreporter.com/2023/01/28/decoding-linear-a-the-writing-system-of-the-ancient-minoans/
Feature on the 'Greek' origin of Troy:
https://greekreporter.com/2023/01/28/greek-origin-troy/
In the Parthenon sculptures saga, this week we were hearing that they'd be returned to Greece this year (hopefully?):
https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/elgin-marbles-they-are-coming-home-greece-british-museum-george-osborne/
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/elgin-marbles-to-return-this-year-says-greek-official-tgsg3frcn
https://greekcitytimes.com/2023/01/23/parthenon-marbles-to-return-this-year-says-greek-official/
... and where they would be housed at the Acropolis Museum:
https://www.thenationalherald.com/parthenon-marbles-may-be-housed-in-british-annex-at-acropolis-museum/
... and that getting a deal was 'difficult, but not impossible':
https://www.ekathimerini.com/news/1202959/agreement-on-parthenon-sculptures-difficult-but-not-impossible-says-culture-minister/
https://greekherald.com.au/news/difficult-but-not-impossible-greek-culture-minister-on-return-of-parthenon-marbles/
https://greekreporter.com/2023/01/24/parthenon-marbles-return-greece-difficult-not-impossible/
https://www.thenationalherald.com/agreement-on-permanent-return-of-parthenon-marbles-difficult-but-not-impossible/
... and an item that the rumours of their return were overhyped:
https://greekherald.com.au/news/british-museum-trustee-says-rumours-of-parthenon-marbles-return-to-greece-are-overhyped/
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/1/24/rumours-of-parthenon-marbles-return-overhyped-experts-say
... and there was a feature on Boris Johnson and the sculptures:
https://www.ekathimerini.com/news/1202884/boris-johnson-and-the-parthenon-marbles/
... and another feature on making copies:
https://www.openculture.com/2023/01/robots-are-carving-replicas-of-the-elgin-marbles.html
... and more OpEds with various spins:
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jan/24/britain-parthenon-marbles-return-museums
https://www.irishcentral.com/opinion/cahirodoherty/britain-lose-marbles https://www.telegraph.co.uk/art/what-to-see/case-keeping-elgin-marbles/ https://cyprus-mail.com/2023/01/25/the-steal-deal-elgin-lobbyists/
Latest Pasts Imperfect newsletter:
https://pastsimperfect.substack.com/p/pasts-imperfect-12623
Comparing Kevin McCarthy to Didius Julianus:
https://www.zocalopublicsquare.org/2023/01/23/kevin-mccarthy-ancient-roman-emperor/ideas/essay/
Heinz is first with the Roman numeral Super Bowl attention this year:
https://www.adweek.com/creativity/heinz-puts-super-bowls-use-of-roman-numerals-on-trial/
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11 000 years bp human gone from Heaning Wood bone Cave in Great Urswick:
https://phys.org/news/2023-01-earliest-human-northern-britain.html https://cumbriacrack.com/2023/01/24/some-of-the-uks-oldest-human-remains-dating-back-11000-years-found-in-cumbria/
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cumbria-64400523 https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/oldest-northerner-remains-cave-cumbria-b2269525.html
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-11679029/Britains-oldest-northerner-Human-remains-Cumbria-cave-date-11-000-years.html
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article271728982.html https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/01/archaeologists-find-11000-year-old-human-remains-in-british-cave/146014
https://arkeonews.net/the-earliest-human-remains-11000-year-old-discovered-in-northern-britain/
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/01/25/earliest-human-remains-discovered-in-northern-britain/
A Mesolithic/Neolithic burial from Germany's oldest burial ground:
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/66267
Study suggests Neolithic farming societies in Europe were violent:
https://phys.org/news/2023-01-violence-widespread-early-farming-society.html https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/01/23/violence-was-widespread-in-early-farming-society/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11147-230125-neolithic-violent-injuries
Bronze age burials from near Ely:
https://www.elystandard.co.uk/news/23270148.bronze-age-remains-skeletons-found-village-near-ely/
Roman to medieval finds from a site in West Flanders:
https://www.brusselstimes.com/belgium/357786/excavations-in-west-flanders-unearth-archaeological-finds-from-roman-era
'Citizen archaeologists' have identified more than 1000 possible burial mound sites in the Utrecht and Veluwe region:
https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2023/01/citizen-scientists-discover-more-than-1000-new-burial-mounds
https://phys.org/news/2023-01-citizen-scientists-burial-mounds.html https://www.dutchnews.nl/news/2023/01/citizens-archaeology-project-finds-hundreds-of-new-burial-mounds/
https://arkeonews.net/citizen-scientists-discover-more-than-1000-new-burial-mounds-in-a-dutch-archaeological-project/
An Iron Age votive deposit of bronze items (Lusatian) from near Chelmo (Poland):
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/66304 https://arkeonews.net/dozens-of-unique-bronze-ornaments-discovered-in-a-drained-peat-bog-in-poland/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/01/bronze-treasures-found-among-sacrificial-deposits/146030
Remains of an Iron Age chariot axle from Sizewell:
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-suffolk-64401388 https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-729818 https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/01/rare-iron-age-axle-found-in-suffolk/146025
A housing development site in Northamptonshire reveals a 4000 years bp site used for 'ritual activity' possibly for 2000 years of use:
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/01/roman-ritual-centre-found-near-northampton/145908
https://the-past.com/news/excavations-in-overstone-reveal-remains-of-a-bronze-age-barrow-and-a-roman-shrine/
In case you missed the neutron imaging of an 800 years bp pendant:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/neutrons-help-scientists-see-inside-800-year-old-pendant-and-find-tiny-bones-180981444/
... or the 'replica' Bronze Age sword from Hungary at the Field Museum which is now deemed authentic:
https://www.iflscience.com/museum-discovers-its-replica-sword-is-actually-3-000-years-old-67206
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/01/23/authentic-3000-year-old-bronze-age-sword-at-field-museum/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11152-230126-bronze-age-sword
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