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explorator 26.26 October 15, 2023
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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, Dorothy Lobel,
Don Buck, mata kimasitayo, and Ross W. Sargent for headses upses this week
(as always hoping I have left no one out).

A few catchup items in this one too ...

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EARLY HOMINIDS
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Study suggests Neanderthals were actively hunting cave lions:

https://phys.org/news/2023-10-neanderthals-dangerous-cave-lions.html
https://www.livescience.com/animals/extinct-species/oldest-evidence-of-neanderthals-hunting-cave-lions-dates-to-48000-years-ago-punctured-bones-reveal
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/12/science/archaeology-neanderthals-lions-hunting.html
https://www.science.org/content/article/neanderthals-hunted-and-revered-cave-lions
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11833-231013-neanderthal-cave-lion

cf: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-42764-0

Another study suggests homo erectus lived at high altitudes in Ethiopia 2 million years bp and produced both Oldowan and Acheulean tools:

https://phys.org/news/2023-10-reexamination-ancient-jawbone-ethiopia-homo.html
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1004056
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2397291-early-humans-lived-in-ethiopian-highlands-2-million-years-ago/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/articles/two-million-years-ago-homo-erectus-likely-lived-in-cool-high-altitude-environments-180983073/

cf: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.add9115

Another one on the intelligence of Neanderthals, as evidence by their cooking skills:

https://phys.org/news/2023-10-neanderthal-cuisine-excavations-reveal-neanderthals.html

cf: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/articles/two-million-years-ago-homo-erectus-likely-lived-in-cool-high-altitude-environments-180983073/

... similar:

https://theconversation.com/a-tooth-that-rewrites-history-the-discovery-challenging-what-we-knew-about-neanderthals-podcast-215313

More on the 476 000 years bp wooden structure found in Zambia:

https://phys.org/news/2023-10-discovery-half-million-year-old-wooden-wrong-underestimate.html
https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/20/africa/oldest-wooden-structure-zambia-scn/index.html
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/zambia-worlds-oldest-wooden-structure-2367672
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AFRICA
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England's first outpost in Africa (1631) may have been found in Ghana:

https://news.syr.edu/blog/2023/10/11/the-first-scramble-for-africa-maxwell-professor-unearths-englands-first-outpost/

A study of Garamantian water use:

https://phys.org/news/2023-10-ancient-society-sahara-rose-fell.html
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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT
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5000 years bp intact wine jars from the tomb of Meret-Neith in Abydos:

https://phys.org/news/2023-10-archaeologists-year-old-wine-tomb-meret-neith.html
https://www.sci.news/archaeology/meret-neith-wine-12342.html
https://www.sciencealert.com/archaeologists-discover-remains-of-5000-year-old-wine-in-ancient-egyptian-tomb
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11826-231011-egypt-queen-merneith-wine

More on the additional rooms located in Sahura's pyramid:

https://hyperallergic.com/849445/archaeologists-find-hidden-chambers-in-pyramid-of-egyptian-pharaoh/
https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/10/archaeologists-discovered-hidden-storerooms-in-sahuras-pyramid/

More on Old/Middle Kingdom mummified persons, statues, and more from a well in Saqqara:

https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/127616/Minister-of-Tourism-Antiquities-Ahmed-announces-the-discovery-of-colorful

Feature on ancient Egyptian beliefs about the Duat:

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/ancient-egypt-duat-netherworld

Feature on mapping subsurface Saqqara:

https://the-past.com/shorts/the-picture-desk/mapping-subsurface-saqqara/

A 'royal wall' (Cyrus?) find from Persepolis:

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/490077/Royal-wall-unearthed-in-Persepolis
https://www.iranintl.com/en/202310123633

A Sassanid-era military workshop site in a cave in northern Iran:

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/490037/Archaeological-dig-uncovers-military-workshop-in-cave-northern

The search for the Laodicea Temple in Nahavand (Iran) continues:

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/489989/Archaeologists-still-hoping-to-unearth-Laodicea-Temple-despite

Suggestion to dig at the 9000 years bp Tepe Ozbaki site for UNESCO registration purposes:

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/490117/9-000-year-old-site-near-Tehran-top-archaeologist-urges-preliminary

Reassessing the use of AI to translate Hittite texts:

https://phys.org/news/2023-10-artificial-intelligence-clay-tablets.html

Basra now has an antiquities library:

https://www.iraqinews.com/iraq/first-antiquities-library-opens-in-basra/

Feature on the Nimrud 'lens':

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/nimrud-lens-british-museum

Overview of excavations at a 4500 years bp site in Soran:

https://www.kurdistan24.net/en/story/32825-German,-Kurdish-archaeologists-discover-ancient-site-in-Soran

An 11 000 years bp (!) painted statue of a wild boar from Gobekli Tepe:

https://www.sci.news/archaeology/painted-wild-boar-statue-gobekli-tepe-12337.html

A trio of 7700 years bp human(ish) figurines from near Izmir:

https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/7-700-year-old-figurines-unearthed-in-izmir-186838
https://archaeonewsnet.com/figurines-dating-back-8000-years-unearthed-at-the-ulucak-tumulus-in-western-anatolia/

Evidence of increased violence in Mesopotamia and the Middle East (lots of cranial injuries) 4500 to 3300 BCE:

https://phys.org/news/2023-10-cranial-traumas-cities-built-violence.html
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2023-10-13/ty-article/study-reveals-the-scope-of-prehistoric-violence-in-the-middle-east/0000018b-2416-d3fc-a3bf-bfffeddc0000
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/ancient-skulls-reveal-shifts-in-human-violence-across-millennia/

Overview of the ongoing excavation of the Kumluca Middle Bronze Age shipwreck off the coast of Antalya:

https://www.dailysabah.com/turkiye/turkiyes-3600-year-old-shipwreck-reveals-ancient-treasures/news

Some of the 3500 years bp Hittite glyphs in found last year in Yerkapi tunnel have been translated:

https://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/68498

A hoard of 2000 years bp bronze coins from Alexandria Troas:

https://www.dailysabah.com/turkiye/2000-year-old-bronze-coins-unearthed-in-turkiyes-canakkale/news

A 1700 years bp iron trident find from Assos:

https://arkeonews.net/a-1700-year-old-trident-discovered-in-assos-ancient-city-in-turkiye/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/10/archaeologists-find-1700-year-old-trident/148826

More on the find of portrait head of Alexander the Great (2nd century CE) from Konuralp:

https://neoskosmos.com/en/2023/10/10/news/world/remarkable-discovery-in-turkey-alexander-the-greats-portrait-head-unearthed-in-konuralp-ancient-theatre/

Feature on UPenn's dig at Gordion and its World Heritage designation:

https://www.thedp.com/article/2023/10/penn-museum-excavation-unesco-world-heritage-gordion-turkiye

Plans for a georadar study of the 2000 years bp Karakus Tumulus:

https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/georadar-study-to-uncover-mysteries-of-ancient-tumulus-186903

A hoard of 7th century CE gold coins from the Golan Heights:

https://greekcitytimes.com/2023/10/08/archaeologists-uncover-hidden-stash-of-byzantine-gold-coins-in-israels-golan-heights/

More on the 6th century CE Psalm-inspired prayer inscription from Hyrcania:

https://www.thetablet.co.uk/news/17738/ancient-prayer-found-in-ruined-judean-fortress

More on the find a few weeks ago of four Roman swords in a Judean desert cave:

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/ancient-roman-swords-2369573

Feature on jar burials at Khirbet Qumran:

https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/ancient-cultures/daily-life-and-practice/baffling-burials/?mqsc=E4155638&dk=ZE33O0ZF0

More on pigment and bone processing in Neolithic Saudi Arabia:

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1003415
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11791-231009-saudi-arabia-neolithic-tools-art

cf: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0291085

Feature on the archaeology of the Black Desert:

https://www.asor.org/anetoday/2023/10/life-black-desert

Feature on Iron Age dog burials in the Levant:

https://www.asor.org/anetoday/2023/10/dogs-social-fabric
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https://thisweekintheancientneareast.podbean.com/

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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS)
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A 4th century BCE frescoed tomb from the Pontecagnano necropolis:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/10/painted-tomb-discovered-at-pontecagnano-necropolis/148814

An Iron Age/Roman agricultural community from near Coddington and Newark:

https://www.newarkadvertiser.co.uk/news/lives-of-working-people-told-by-discovery-of-roman-community-9334055/

A well-preserved 2000 years bp decorated tomb (dubbed the 'tomb of Cerberus') from Giugliano:

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/roman/mythical-hellhound-and-sea-centaurs-painted-on-2200-year-old-tomb-discovered-in-italy
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/10/10/archaeologists-untouched-roman-tomb-frescoes-cerberus-naple/
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-12614497/Tomb-Cerberus-discovered-Italy-Sealed-burial-chamber-features-fresco-three-headed-dog-said-guard-gates-underworld.html
https://www.newsweek.com/sealed-tomb-jesus-christ-italy-1833760
https://arkeonews.net/exceptional-discovery-of-a-fully-frescoed-chamber-tomb-dating-back-to-the-republican-and-imperial-roman-ages/
https://greekreporter.com/2023/10/13/ancient-tomb-cerberus-italy/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/10/sealed-tomb-of-cerberus-discovered-in-giugliano/148819
https://archaeonewsnet.com/exceptional-intact-burial-chamber-discovered-in-giugliano-campania/
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/10/12/the-tomb-of-cerberus-discovered-in-giugliano/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11832-231013-italy-cerberus-tomb

A 3rd century CE Roman shipwreck off Sicily has been recovered from the sea intact:

http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/68464

A study has found ancient traces of paint on the Parthenon sculptures:

https://phys.org/news/2023-10-scientific-analysis-reveals-true-parthenon.html
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/hidden-colors-and-intricate-patterns-discovered-on-the-2500-year-old-parthenon-marbles-from-ancient-greece
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2023/oct/11/colourful-beauty-parthenon-marbles-revealed-scientific-analysis
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/10/11/elgin-marbles-paint-egyptian-blue-purple/
https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/1487/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/1487/pub/1487/page/43/article/NaN
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-12614195/The-goddess-new-clothes-Scientists-discover-traces-paint-Parthenon-Sculptures-reveal-TRUE-colours.html
https://www.cnn.com/style/greek-parthenon-sculptures-painted-egyptian-blue-scn/index.html
https://www.newsweek.com/colors-ancient-greek-parthenon-marbles-revealed-1833809
https://arkeonews.net/scientists-discover-traces-of-paint-on-the-parthenon-sculptures-that-reveal-their-true-colours/
https://greekcitytimes.com/2023/10/12/scientific-study-unveils-parthenon-marbles-true-colours/
https://greekreporter.com/2023/10/11/parthenon-sculptures-colorful/
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/parthenon-marbles-paint-hidden-colors-study-1234682322/
https://archaeonewsnet.com/scientific-analysis-reveals-the-true-colours-of-the-parthenon-sculptures/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/10/new-study-identifies-traces-of-paint-used-to-decorate-the-parthenon-sculptures/148836
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/new-research-reveals-the-vibrant-paint-that-once-decorated-the-parthenon-marbles-180983058/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11835-231013-parthenon-sculptures-paint

cf: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antiquity/article/goddess-new-clothes-the-carving-and-polychromy-of-the-parthenon-sculptures/9D7277925E339AC98642081CBAAD8794

AI has helped to read a word on a burnt Herculaneum papyrus:

https://uknow.uky.edu/research/breakthrough-discovery-made-within-2000-year-old-herculaneum-scrolls
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/12/arts/design/herculaneum-scroll-vesuvius-word-purple.html
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/oct/12/researchers-use-ai-to-read-word-on-ancient-scroll-burned-by-vesuvius
https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/67103053
https://www.standard.co.uk/tech/vesuvius-challenge-ai-ancient-burned-scroll-b1113353.html
https://greekcitytimes.com/2023/10/13/ai-reads-greek-words-on-unopened-herculaneum-scrolls-for-first-time/
https://www.deseret.com/2023/10/11/23911461/pompeii-history-mount-vesuvius-eruption
https://greekreporter.com/2023/10/13/ai-decode-ancient-greek-word-herculaneum-scrolls/
https://arkeonews.net/researchers-use-ai-to-read-words-on-ancient-herculaneum-scroll-burned-by-vesuvius/
https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/ai-deciphers-herculaneum-scroll/
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-03212-1
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2397583-student-uses-ai-to-decipher-word-in-ancient-scroll-from-herculaneum/

cf; https://scrollprize.org/firstletters

More on the 2nd century CE Roman statue of a nymph from Tusculum:

https://www.zmescience.com/science/archaeology/the-nymph-of-tusculum-beautiful-statue-linked-to-ancient-god-of-wine-discovered-in-rome/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11789-231009-tusculum-nymph-statue

More on the Roman 'fridge' at Novae:

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/archeology-roman-fridge-2367053

Reviews of Emily Wilson's translation of the Iliad:

https://www.mentalfloss.com/posts/homer-the-iliad-emily-wilson-translation
https://www.nationalreview.com/magazine/2023/11/a-fresh-and-tragic-iliad/
https://www.wsj.com/arts-culture/books/the-iliad-of-homer-review-emily-wilson-makes-achilles-modern-8c82ad5c

Review of Natalie Haynes, *Divine Might*:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/books/article-12624725/Meet-Hera-Sybil-Fawlty-Greek-mythology.html

Review of Victoria Houseman, *American Classicist*:

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/comma-queen/the-edith-hamilton-way

Review of 300 000 Kisses: Tales of Queer Love from the Ancient World:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/14/style/300000-kisses-queer-love.html?unlocked_article_code=gNIJZcKPPCQAxhYmH2K_E-jkF-xzpMleNFCrn6W_835AIXcOdXiTLa7Haliy5IF9Yxcz8v3epl1n8P6czvnqvrFiNi4jwpNCAUFwLd-G-XEIywWHK_qN_mT-DB1ojSyIcS5EFt6xTrA6l-C-4HOus9gUcBbUXWJq3w4PNmuF6WPZ_y7EujZ9iU277lHcmP6ArIaECM8PWYetj1CGnJuatSZ7U2JGrMeHDsyZ9YOPXDu6yGXSXorB3ukw_JUpc1cFBMtH1ed4hu8_9cFocvxHLePSH2nUuh-t1H2Whwx6lUq5PzEmaJ3u6zobAeEQ9jCh6STtAUYScdjEgRsheNpf1w&smid=tw-share

Feature on the Grande Pompei project:

https://archaeonewsnet.com/italy-plans-to-expand-pompeii-in-bid-to-decongest-tourists/
https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/pompeii-expansion-grande-pompei/index.html

Plans for an archaeological walk linking sites in Rome:

https://www.wantedinrome.com/news/rome-seeks-designs-for-new-archaeological-walk.html

Marie-Claire Beaulieu on assorted plant metamorphoses stories:

https://theconversation.com/what-ancient-greek-stories-of-humans-transformed-into-plants-can-teach-us-about-fragility-and-resilience-207462

There's an augmented reality app for Greek monuments now:

https://apnews.com/article/acropolis-greece-virtual-restoration-augmented-reality-273f4a1c64c6aa72a1c3c3d39e34d252
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/10/08/acropolis-greece-virtual-restoration-augmented-reality/3f656164-6590-11ee-b406-3ea724995806_story.html
https://greekcitytimes.com/2023/10/08/innovative-technology-provides-virtual-glimpse-into-ancient-greek-sites-at-acropolis/
https://english.elpais.com/technology/2023-10-09/an-app-shows-how-ancient-greek-sites-looked-thousands-of-years-ago-its-a-glimpse-of-future-tech.html

Feature on the Ivory Bangle Lady:

https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/society/culture/the-ivory-bangle-lady-unravelling-the-complex-tale-of-a-roman-britain-enigma/

Feature on the Aeneid almost being destroyed:

https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/how-the-aeneid-was-nearly-destroyed/

Feature on Roman bathhouses:

https://bigthink.com/the-past/thermae-romae-bathhouses/

Feature on the tome of an Indian Buddhist monk in the Kerameikos:

https://greekreporter.com/2023/10/10/ancient-indian-buddhist-monk-athens/

Greece is still campaigning for the return of the Parthenon sculptures:

https://www.thenationalherald.com/british-museum-thefts-shouldnt-obscure-parthenon-marbles-return/

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Roman Archaeology Blog:

http://romanarc.blogspot.com/

Rogueclassicism:

http://rogueclassicism.com/
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EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland)
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Evidence of humans living at high elevations during the Ice Age in Spain:

https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/ice-age-people-lived-in-the-hills-and-mountains-not-just-at-sea-level

Remains of 7300 years bp wooden structures from the La Draga site (Spain):

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/10/7300-year-old-neolithic-structures-found-at-la-draga/148831

I think we mentioned this Neolithic cursus find on Arran:

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/ancient-neolithic-cursus-found-scotland-isle-of-arran-2365018

A 3000 years bp funerary stele from the Las Capellanias necropolis in Spain:

https://www.newsweek.com/mysterious-prehistoric-monument-discovered-archaeologists-very-rare-1834672
https://arkeonews.net/an-extraordinary-archaeological-discovery-in-spain-a-new-decorated-stela-has-been-found-in-context-in-the-3000-year-old-funerary-complex/
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/68510

2000 years bp dice from Poland:

https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/10/11/archaeologists-find-2000-year-old-dice-in-southern-poland/

Study suggests the Vikings had glass window panes:

https://arkeonews.net/danish-museum-says-vikings-had-stained-glass-windows/
https://archaeonewsnet.com/the-vikings-had-glass-in-their-windows/
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/10/11/the-vikings-had-glass-in-their-windows/

Analysis of some runestone inscriptions suggests Viking queen Thyra may have been very powerful:

https://phys.org/news/2023-10-runestones-reveal-power-viking-queen.html
https://www.zmescience.com/science/archaeology/thyra-viking-queen-bluetooth/
https://www.history.com/news/viking-queen-thyra-runestone

cf: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antiquity/article/lady-of-leadership-3dscanning-of-runestones-in-search-of-queen-thyra-and-the-jelling-dynasty/AAB7888A86FFF997927143CB68E872E0

Remains of a 13th century church in Thessaloniki:

https://greekreporter.com/2023/10/11/13th-century-church-cemetery-discovered-thessaloniki/

A medieval iron folding chair from a woman's burial from Bavaria:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/10/excavation-uncovers-early-medieval-folding-chair-made-from-iron/148842

A medieval key (and wall remains) at a housing development site in Claverham:

https://arkeonews.net/a-beautiful-medieval-key-discovered-in-claverham-village-uk/

A Crusader-era (maybe) sword find from a medieval church in Finland:

https://arkeonews.net/crusade-period-grave-field-and-a-sword-discovered-in-finland/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/10/archaeologists-find-crusader-era-cemetery-and-sword/148881

A series of 14th century frescoes found in a Franciscan church a couple years ago have been revealed:

http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/68489

Foundations of a 15th century wood road from Belgium:

http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/68501

A 330 years bp coin hoard find in Scotland with possible connections to the Glencoe Massacre:

https://www.gla.ac.uk/news/headline_1010204_en.html
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/330-year-old-coin-hoard-hidden-in-scottish-fireplace-may-have-been-buried-moments-before-macdonald-clan-massacre
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-67031984
https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/67051534
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/oct/09/coin-hoard-that-could-be-linked-to-glen-coe-massacre-found-under-fireplace
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/archaeology-student-finds-hoard-of-coins-with-link-to-glencoe-massacre-gf2xkrk0h
https://www.scotsman.com/heritage-and-retro/heritage/highland-clain-chiefs-hoard-of-coins-discovered-in-glencoe-4364349
https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/23841521.found-coins-may-hidden-glencoe-massacre-began/
https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/glencoe-massacre-coins-found/
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/10/09/coin-hoard-found-glencoe-massacre-clan-student-dig/
https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/1485/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/1485/pub/1485/page/11/article/NaN
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/glencoe-massacre-coins-found-b2426415.html
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-12608797/Coin-hoard-belonging-Highland-clan-chief-discovered.html
https://www.newsweek.com/coins-linked-infamous-massacre-fireplace-1833344
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/68481
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/10/11/coin-hoard-gives-fascinating-insight-into-life-before-the-glencoe-massacre/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/300-year-old-coins-found-under-fireplace-may-be-connected-to-the-glencoe-massacre-180983067/

I think we mentioned this 17th century child 'vampire burial':

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/05/science/archaeology-burial-vampires-revenants.html

Remains of an 18th century cold bath at Bath Assembly Rooms:

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/oct/08/archaeologists-uncover-rare-18th-century-cold-bath-under-bath-assembly-rooms
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-67026504
https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/whats-on/rare-18th-century-cold-bath-8814393
https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/whats-on/archaeologists-uncover-rare-18th-century-8814407
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/10/13/rare-18th-century-cold-bath-uncovered-in-bath-assembly-rooms/
https://www.archaeology.org/11830-231011-cold-water-bath

More on cannibalism in 15 000 years bp funerary contexts in Northern Europe:

https://www.zmescience.com/science/some-15000-years-ago-in-europe-cannibalism-was-pretty-common/
https://www.sciencealert.com/people-were-eating-them-long-ago-cannibalism-was-normal-study-says

More on that 700 years bp Serbian coin from Bulgaria:

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/700-year-old-coin-depicting-jesus-and-medieval-king-discovered-in-bulgaria
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11792-231010-bulgaria-serbian-jesus-coin

More on those Merovingian (?) gold foil figures from a 'pagan' temple in Norway:

https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/12/world/buried-gold-foil-figures-gullgubber-norway-scn/index.html
https://sciencenorway.no/archaeology-iron-age/another-gold-treasure-in-norway-1400-year-old-gold-foil-figures-found-in-pagan-temple/2253447

More on possibly-trodden-by-Shakespeare floorboard at King's Lynn:

https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-67007980
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/68474
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/10/09/theatre-discovers-medieval-stage-where-shakespeare-is-said-to-have-performed/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/did-shakespeare-perform-on-these-floorboards-180983033/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11785-231009-england-theater-floorboards

Overview piece on items found recently in melting ice in Norway:

https://www.caminteresse.fr/histoire/en-norvege-la-fonte-des-glaces-revele-un-tresor-archeologique-incroyable-11190347/

... and more on the 3000 years bp arrow with quartzite tip and fletching from NorwayL

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/very-rare-iron-age-arrow-with-quartzite-tip-uncovered-from-melting-ice-after-3500-years

Feature on the search for old mines in Wales:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-67088675

The Orangery at Blenheim Palace has been restored and reopened:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-66999054

Two Brighton Dome venues are reopening after refurbishment:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-67030033

Leicester Cathedral will be reopening soon:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leicestershire-67090903

Historic England will be 'tagging' shipwrecks to protect them from looting:

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2023/oct/11/forensic-marking-to-protect-englands-shipwreck-sites-from-thieves
https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/1487/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/1487/pub/1487/page/9/article/NaN
https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/23854167.eastbourne-shipwreck-off-sussex-coast-protected-marking/

Feature on metal detectorists in Italy:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/15/gold-lucky-charms-or-rusty-nails-on-the-hunt-with-italys-detectorists

Suggestion that medieval Europeans may have wiped out some whale species:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/15/science/european-whales-extinction.html
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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
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Some Eastern Zhou Dynasty burials exhibit blending of Shanxi culture with the local indigenous culture:

https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202310/1299534.shtml

A study of Northern Wei Dynasty paintings from Shanxi:

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41599-023-02166-z

A tomb of the founding emperor of the Northern Zhou Dynasty:

https://www.newsweek.com/archaeologists-discover-1500-year-old-tomb-ancient-emperor-china-1830421

Remains of a 1400 years bp settlement beneath a playground in Ningbo:

https://news.yahoo.com/treasure-stash-buried-emergency-1-175653686.html

Feature on the Yin Ruins site and oracle bones:

https://news.cgtn.com/news/2023-10-13/The-discovery-and-significance-of-Yin-Xu-and-oracle-bones-1nRU5Me3Hu8/index.html

... and a feature just on oracle bones:

https://news.cgtn.com/news/2023-10-13/Oracle-bone-inscriptions-the-ancestors-of-Chinese-characters-1nRZbAnpkpW/index.html

Feature on the restoration of some of the Terracotta Warriors:

https://en.gmw.cn/2023-10/09/content_36880120.htm

A scroll depicting a rat wedding is revealing info about cooking in medieval Japan:

https://phys.org/news/2023-10-scroll-depicting-rat-banquet-important.html

cf: https://phys.org/news/2023-10-scroll-depicting-rat-banquet-important.html

Overview item on a recently-found Indus Valley burial ground in Kutch:

https://www.hinduismtoday.com/hpi/2023/10/08/newly-discovered-graveyard-from-indus-valley-times-being-excavated-in-kutch-region/
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-66562257

Feature on stepwells in India:

https://www.dw.com/en/can-indias-ancient-stepwells-solve-its-water-crisis/a-67091265

Kangyui-era finds from a dig in south Kazakhstan:

https://en.inform.kz/news/kazakh-archeologists-unearth-unique-kangyui-epoch-artifacts-in-countrys-south-e2c38d/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/10/new-discoveries-at-deserted-medieval-town-of-dzhankent/148873
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AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND
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A midden from the 1800s near Hawke's Bay:

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/hawkes-bay-today/news/midden-cluster-from-the-1800s-unearthed-in-hawkes-bay/VFVUYXN2U5B3DKNY5WN65IB2CI/
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NORTH AMERICA
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Those footprints found in New Mexico have now been dated to 23 000 years bp:

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/debate-settled-oldest-human-footprints-in-north-america-really-are-23000-years-old-study-finds
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/the-1st-americans-were-not-who-we-thought-they-were
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/the-oldest-archaeological-sites-in-the-americas
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/oct/06/footprints-humans-americas-oldest-sign-new-mexico
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/05/science/footprints-tracks-new-mexico-age.html
https://phys.org/news/2023-10-evidence-footprints-mexico-oldest-humans.html
https://phys.org/news/2023-10-humans-america-years-earlier-thought.html
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1003412
https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/05/americas/ancient-footprints-first-americans-scn/index.html
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/humans-america-fossils-footprints-b2425548.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2023/10/05/oldest-human-footprint-americas-white-sands/
https://apnews.com/article/human-footprints-new-mexico-ancient-white-sands-33e086dac71d4054cd5f5122810a73bf
https://www.reuters.com/science/new-tests-confirm-antiquity-ancient-human-footprints-new-mexico-2023-10-05/
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fossilized-footprints-first-humans-america-older-21000-to-23000-years-old/
https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/10/theres-more-evidence-that-people-walked-at-white-sands-23000-years-ago/
https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/did-researchers-find-21-000-year-old-human-footprints-in-new-mexico
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/10/10/fossilised-footprints-white-sands-national-park-archaeology-first-humans-north-america
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11787-231006-whitesands-trackways-new-dates

cf: https://www.science.org/content/article/new-footprint-dates-bolster-claim-human-arrival-americas-during-ice-age
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adk3075

3000 years bp evidence of weaving from a sod house on Kodiak Island:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/09/archaeologists-uncover-3000-year-old-ancient-weavings-in-alaska/148437

Remains of a 900 CE - 1600 CE Native American village in Oshkosh:

https://wtaq.com/2023/10/09/oshkosh-road-construction-delayed-as-archaeologists-unearth-extensive-native-american-village/
https://cbsaustin.com/news/nation-world/road-construction-in-oskosh-wisconsin-delayed-as-archaeologists-unearth-extensive-native-american-village-cultural-resource-management-university-of-wisconsin-milwaukee-history-remnants
https://wpde.com/news/nation-world/road-construction-in-oskosh-wisconsin-delayed-as-archaeologists-unearth-extensive-native-american-village-cultural-resource-management-university-of-wisconsin-milwaukee-history-remnants

A 19th century shipwreck buried in St Augustine:

https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/14/us/florida-19th-century-boat-st-augustine-trnd/index.html
https://jaxtoday.org/2023/10/06/19th-century-ship-found-buried-in-st-augustine/
https://www.news4jax.com/news/local/2023/10/11/mysterious-boat-from-1800s-uncovered-by-construction-crews-during-downtown-st-augustine-road-project/
https://wsvn.com/news/local/florida/hidden-19th-century-wooden-boat-unearthed-in-downtown-st-augustine/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11834-231013-florida-boat-shoes

... and more:

https://www.firstcoastnews.com/video/news/local/1800s-fishing-boat-isnt-the-only-thing-archaeologists-found-under-a-st-augustine-road/77-13722d38-9207-40bc-a189-ac8e7c9325fb

The wreck of the Huronton has been located in Lake Superior:

https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/huronton-shipwreck-lake-superior/

Catching up with the search for remains of the Tulsa Race Massacre victims:

https://www.5newsonline.com/article/news/regional/oklahoma/search-remains-tulsa-race-massacre-victims/527-4228e099-d22a-488e-8149-089c4af6ecc2
https://www.kgou.org/oklahoma-news/2023-09-30/tulsas-third-excavation-of-oaklawn-concludes-over-50-unmarked-graves-found
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11780-231004-oklahoma-race-massacre

Heritage status for Ohio's Hopewell Earthworks:

https://slate.com/human-interest/2023/09/hopeton-earthworks-ohio-unesco-world-heritage-history.html
https://www.wkms.org/history/2023-09-18/ohios-hopewell-ceremonial-earthworks-to-become-unesco-world-heritage-sites
https://apnews.com/article/unesco-heritage-site-ohio-hopewell-61213918814b987d809f0aa631bab86d
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/19/arts/design/octagon-earthworks-ohio-world-heritage-site.html

Quagga mussel concerns for Great Lakes shipwrecks:

https://apnews.com/article/quagga-mussels-decaying-shipwrecks-great-lakes-841f6ae286d646d5818c94dbbeaf48de

Feature on birch bark in the archaeological record:

https://www.kamloopsthisweek.com/community/dig-it-birch-bark-in-the-archaeological-record-7601815

Low water levels at a man-made lake in Texas are revealing an underwater cave and remains of settlements from the 19th century:

https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/30/us/canyon-lake-cave-texas/index.html

Latest on the FBI's search for some Civil War gold:

https://apnews.com/article/civil-war-gold-fbi-dig-pennsylvania-6b5feca00ebf3e04638a8bbce992809d

Feature on the Esopus Wars:

https://www.timesunion.com/hudsonvalley/article/esopus-wars-native-americans-colonization-18406073.php

Review of Fergus Bordewich, *Klan War*:

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/oct/08/klan-war-ulysses-s-grant-book-fergus-bordewich
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CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA
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A study of violence among hunter-gatherers in the Atacama Desert:

https://phys.org/news/2023-09-long-term-history-violence-hunter-gatherer-societies.html
https://archaeonewsnet.com/2023/09/long-term-history-of-violence-in-hunter-gatherer-societies-uncovered-in-the-atacama-desert.html

Seven 2900 years bp elite burials from the Pallawcha Pampa site in Peru:

https://www.newsweek.com/archaeologists-discover-7-tombs-elite-lords-3000-years-ago-1827743

Gas work in Peru revealed a 1000 years bp children's burial ground:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/09/23/peru-lima-children-burial-ychsma/

Evidence ancient Amazonians created fertile 'dark earth':

https://phys.org/news/2023-09-ancient-amazonians-intentionally-fertile-dark.html
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/09/230920152306.htm
https://archaeonewsnet.com/ancient-amazonians-intentionally-created-fertile-dark-earth/2023/09/news/archaeology/163077/

Maya Train preliminaries have revealed 1500 years bp (?) housing complexes and a possible palace in Kabah:

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/palatial-1500-year-old-maya-structure-unearthed-in-mexico
https://arkeonews.net/archaeologists-discovered-1500-year-old-maya-palace-in-mexico/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11760-230922-mexico-kabah-palace

... and a Maya necklace made from conch shell:

https://www.theyucatantimes.com/2023/09/a-conch-necklace-decorated-with-ancient-maya-figurines-is-discovered-along-the-maya-train-route/
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/09/21/mexico-archaeologists-conch-shell-choker-necklace-maya-train

... and a 1000 years bp burial:

https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/ancient-maya-grave-found-mexico-tourist-rail-project-advances-2023-09-25/

A Palenque elite burial on the site of hotel construction near Palenque:

https://yucatanmagazine.com/archaeologists-discover-maya-tomb-on-the-grounds-of-hotel-near-palenque/
https://mexiconewsdaily.com/culture/archaeologists-uncover-ancient-grave-in-palenque/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/09/maya-tomb-with-funerary-offerings-found-during-hotel-construction/148713
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11768-230927-palenque-maya-burial

A painted snake carving from Tenochitlan:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/10/painted-aztec-snake-carving-found-in-mexico-city/148848

A study of income inequality in the Aztec empire:

https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/09/19/income-inequalities-within-the-aztec-empire-eased-the-way-of-the-conquistadores/

Legends of a temple on the Cerro de San Miguel are possibly confirmed:

https://www.vice.com/en/article/xgw553/archaeologists-discovered-a-lost-ancient-temple-of-legend-in-mexico
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/10/03/legend-of-a-temple-on-the-cerro-de-san-miguel-confirmed/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11827-231011-mexico-atlixco-temple-san-miguel

Hyping the possibility of 10 000 pre Columbian structures in the Amazon rain forest:

https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/10/world/pre-columbian-structures-amazon-discovery-scn/index.html
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/10-000-pre-columbian-structures-could-be-hidden-beneath-amazon-rain-forest/
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2396260-the-amazon-may-contain-thousands-of-undiscovered-ancient-structures/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-amazon-may-be-hiding-more-than-10000-pre-columbian-structures-180983031/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11825-231011-amazon-lidar-earthworks

cf: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.ade2541

Feature on excavations at a colonial site in Colombia:

https://phys.org/news/2023-10-colombian-jungle-americas-colonial.html

Feature on the Maya and annular solar eclipse predictions:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/10/the-maya-predicted-annular-solar-eclipses/148861

Feature on Maya water treatment:

https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/10/maya-reservoirs-relied-on-aquatic-plants-like-water-lilies-to-help-keep-water-clean/
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/10/10/ancient-maya-reservoirs-offer-lessons-for-todays-water-crises/

Feature on the San Jose shipwreck:

https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p0gj0wgc/san-jos-the-holy-grail-of-shipwrecks

A study of 'mummified poop' of pre Columbian cultures of the Caribbean:

https://phys.org/news/2023-10-mummified-poop-reveals-pre-columbian-cultures.html
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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/
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OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST
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A study of Neolithic cooking evidence in various cultures:

https://www.pnas.org/post/journal-club/modern-chemistry-reveals-hot-pots-neolithic-times

A study of witchcraft accusations in 16th/17th century England:

https://phys.org/news/2023-09-witchcraft-accusations-occupational-hazard-female.html

Pondering how ancient Roman and Mayan buildings are still standing:

https://phys.org/news/2023-10-ancient-roman-mayan-scientists-secrets.html
https://apnews.com/article/ancient-cement-plaster-concrete-roman-maya-copan-f5799b0009acc8145805610ee1972ac9
https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/ancient-roman-mayan-buildings-standing-scientists-unlocking-secrets-103678599

Controversy over plans for another expedition to the Titanic:

https://apnews.com/article/titanic-expedition-rmst-marconi-radio-ce027ac27d8f4804304b5f33fa471dda

... and now on hold:

https://apnews.com/article/titanic-artifacts-titan-nargeolet-law-grave-30c7316144e1233ded7bf2ad149576dd

Feature on female Fauvists:

https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20230912-how-female-fauvists-were-some-of-historys-most-audacious-painters

A lost Constable painting was found:

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2023/sep/01/constable-painting-of-alternative-hay-wain-scene-rediscovered

... as was a lost Artemisia Gentileschi:

http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/68366

Suggestion that Vlad the Impaler may have been vegan:

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/dracula-vegan-vlad-the-impaler-b2404883.html

Possible marginalia by the Venerable Bede:

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/sep/16/bible-margin-father-english-history-venerable-bede-manuscript

On the history of counting:

https://www.laphamsquarterly.org/roundtable/early-history-counting

On the history of the zipper:

https://www.dw.com/en/zip-it-up-the-zippers-130-year-history/a-66660527

... and sequins:

https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20230825-why-sequins-are-so-exhilarating-to-wear

... and macarons:

https://www.dw.com/en/round-colorful-and-sugary-sweet-macarons/video-66961641

What skeletons of 1918 flu victims reveals:

https://phys.org/news/2023-10-skeletal-debunk-myth-flu-pandemic.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/09/health/1918-flu-skeletons.html

On the Neolithic revolution:

https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/what-was-the-neolithic-revolution-and-how-did-it-change-human-societies

On the history of nurses:

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2023/09/27/1186083177/a-history-of-nurses-they-once-had-the-respect-theyre-now-trying-to-win

On Leonardo learning to draw from dead bodies:

https://bigthink.com/high-culture/leonardo-da-vinci-art/

... and a secret about the Mona Lisa:

https://apnews.com/article/mona-lisa-paint-recipe-leonardo-louvre-2b82601ad75f8514754966d74e95a211

cf: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jacs.3c07000

On the Mormon alphabet:

https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p0g8vr7g/the-mysterious-mormon-alphabet-that-time-almost-forgot

On pareidolia in early cave art:

https://phys.org/news/2023-09-role-pareidolia-early-human-cave.html

Studying the clothing in a Van Dyck portrait:

https://phys.org/news/2023-10-key-van-dyck-portrait-captures.html

A painting by Rosalba Carriera has been identified:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-manchester-66913856

Feature on Picasso:

https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-66843990

Restoration of a painting of Isabella de Medici:

https://www.openculture.com/2023/09/art-conservator-restores-a-painting-of-the-doomed-party-girl-isabella-de-medici.html

On a medieval skeleton and the history of syphilis:

https://www.wired.com/story/a-medieval-french-skeleton-is-rewriting-the-history-of-syphilis/
https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/09/the-history-of-syphilis-is-being-rewritten-by-a-medieval-skeleton/

cf: https://academic.oup.com/jid/article-abstract/228/5/503/7223878

The Library of Congress digitized 230 medieval manuscripts:

https://aleteia.org/2023/09/11/library-of-congress-digitizes-230-medieval-jewish-manuscripts/

Feature on six famous archaeologists:

https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/6-famous-archaeologists-you-need-to-know-about

Feature on the 'Necropolis Railway':

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-66507599

Feature on 'fairy mania' in Britain:

https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20230915-when-britain-was-gripped-by-fairy-mania

Feature on the first farmers:

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/who-were-the-first-farmers

On mapping sites with GPR before they disappear:

https://www.wired.com/story/scientists-have-an-audacious-plan-to-map-the-ancient-world-before-it-disappears/

Review of Gregg Hecimovich's biography of Hannah Crafts:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/14/books/hannah-crafts-biography-gregg-hecimovich.html
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CURRENT EVENTS:
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In case you missed the UNESCO World Heritage sites additions:

https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/new-unesco-world-heritage-sites-2023-b2414280.html
https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/66865671
https://www.dw.com/en/unesco-world-heritage-site-contenders-2023/g-66782715
https://www.cnn.com/travel/unesco-world-heritage-list-2023-preview/index.html
https://www.cnn.com/travel/unesco-world-heritage-sites-2023/index.html
https://apnews.com/article/unesco-erfurt-germany-jewish-heritage-1178ddd0596451c210b56c0e362d245c
https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1569
https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1669

Assorted coverage on the cutting down of the Sycamore Gap tree:

https://www.itv.com/news/tyne-tees/2023-09-28/world-famous-sycamore-gap-tree-believed-to-have-been-deliberately-felled
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/sep/28/famous-sycamore-gap-tree-at-hadrians-wall-found-apparently-cut-down
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-tyne-66947040

... and subsequent arrests:

https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/boy-arrested-felling-sycamore-gap-tree/

... and future plans:

https://www.npr.org/2023/10/11/1205066133/sycamore-gap-tree-trunk-removed
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/10/12/sycamore-gap-hadrians-wall-trunk-chopped-national-trust/
https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-england-tyne-67095112

... and Hadrian's Wall wasn't damaged:

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/extraordinary-luck-saved-hadrian-s-wall-from-damage-by-sycamore-w50rb0nmm

Flooding in Libya damaged sites and raised fears of plundering:

https://hyperallergic.com/844491/libyas-deadly-floods-tear-through-cultural-history/
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/libya-floods-cyrene-ancient-battered-risk-plundering
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20230920-fears-for-ancient-cyrene-after-libya-floods

... but also revealed some new sites:

https://www.thenationalherald.com/floods-reveal-new-ancient-structure-at-ancient-greek-city-near-derna/
https://greekreporter.com/2023/09/28/floods-libya-ancient-greek-city/
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/09/22/deadly-libya-floods-unearth-archaeological-remains-but-leave-key-sites-in-peril
https://www.newsweek.com/hidden-parts-ancient-greek-city-revealed-after-flooding-1831489
https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/libya-flood-disaster-damaged-ancient-city-revealed-new-remains-2023-10-05/
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/cyrene-libya-flood-2373747
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/video-ancient-structures-in-libya-revealed-by-devastating-floods/
https://archaeonewsnet.com/libya-floods-reveal-new-remains-at-ancient-cyrene/

The earthquake in Morocco damaged cultural sites:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/16/world/middleeast/morocco-earthquake-heritage.html

Saratoga Springs is rethinking its city seal:

https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/saratoga-springs-considers-retiring-offensive-18358306.php

Latest accounting of cultural damage in the Ukraine:

https://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/934471.html

... and a suggestion that Russians are conducting illegal excavations in Crimea:

https://news.yahoo.com/russians-conduct-15-illegal-excavations-082641970.html

Sites in Kyiv and Lviv have been added to the UN threatened list:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-66827743

... but Venice 'escaped':

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/14/world/europe/venice-unesco-danger-list-tourism.html

Feature on annular eclipse traditions in various Indigenous peoples in the Americas:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/10/science/annular-eclipse-indigenous-traditions.html
https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20231012-americas-ancient-sky-watchers
https://apnews.com/article/ring-of-fire-eclipse-native-american-tribes-a763c4574c90208af41b58a50405af87

... and eclipses in history:

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20231012-how-solar-eclipses-have-shaped-history

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MUSEUM MATTERS
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Manet Degas:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/09/arts/design/olympia-manet-degas-new-york-met-museum.html

Alexandria's Greco-Roman museum has reopened after years of renovations:

https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/44/510052/Antiquities/Museums/Renowned-GraecoRoman-Museum-in-Alexandria-has-fina.aspx
https://www.egyptindependent.com/photos-greco-roman-museum-in-alexandria-officially-reopens-to-the-public/
https://egyptianstreets.com/2023/10/13/alexandrias-graeco-roman-museum-re-opens-after-almost-two-decades-of-restoration//
https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/127683/After-18-years-of-restoration-Alexandria-s-Graeco-Roman-Museum
https://greekcitytimes.com/2023/10/12/alexandrias-graeco-roman-museum/
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/10/13/the-greco-roman-museum-of-alexandria-has-reopened/

The Archaeological Museum of Mytilene is getting some renovations:

https://greekcitytimes.com/2023/10/11/archaeological-museum-of-mytilene/

Museums in Wales are missing almost 2000 items:

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/welsh-museums-have-lost-nearly-2-000-items-7xw625xgh
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/10/10/almost-2000-items-missing-from-collection-of-waless-national-museums

... while UK museums are maintaining that art theft is 'rare':

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/uk-museums-contest-art-theft-after-british-museum-scandal-2376132

More on UNESCO's plans for a virtual museum of stolen cultural objects:

https://archaeonewsnet.com/unesco-to-launch-the-first-virtual-museum-of-stolen-cultural-objects/
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AUCTIONS AND SALES RELATED
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A ring associated with the Sheriff of Nottingham fetched a nice price:

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/ancient-ring-hidden-sheriff-nottingham-141247180.html

Dispute with a dealer over a sale of a Gabon mask:

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/dealer-sold-our-150-gabon-mask-for-4m-7z2n6bkj5

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ON THE DNA FRONT
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A study of DNA of a First Temple Israelite family:

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2023-10-09/ty-article/in-first-archaeologists-extract-dna-of-ancient-israelites/0000018b-138a-d2fc-a59f-d39b21fd0000

A repeat feature on Greeks using mercenaries at Himera:

https://greekreporter.com/2023/10/14/ancient-greek-mercenaries-distant-lands-dna-analysis/

Similarly with a study of Greek origin of Philistines:

https://greekreporter.com/2023/10/08/ancient-philistines-greek-origin-dna/

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CRIME BEAT
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conflict antiquities:

http://conflictantiquities.wordpress.com/

anonymous swiss collector:

http://www.anonymousswisscollector.com/

Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues:

http://paul-barford.blogspot.ca/

Looting Matters:

http://lootingmatters.blogspot.com/

Illicit Cultural Property:

http://illicit-cultural-property.blogspot.com/

SAFE:

http://www.savingantiquities.org/blog/

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REPATRIATION AND RECOVERY
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The Manhattan DA returned 19 items to Italy:

https://manhattanda.org/d-a-bragg-announces-return-of-19-antiquities-to-italy/
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/19-million-in-looted-antiquities-returned-by-manhattan-district-attorneys-office-to-italy-in-repatriation-ceremony-1234682407/
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/10/12/looted-italian-antiquities-returned-new-york

Switzerland returned a number of items to Turkiye:

https://www.aa.com.tr/en/europe/switzerland-returns-dozens-of-ancient-artifacts-to-turkiye/3015914

... and seized a number of items to return to Libya:

https://libyaobserver.ly/news/switzerland-hands-foreign-ministry-list-seized-libyan-antiquities

France retuned an item to Libya:

https://libyaobserver.ly/inbrief/libya-recovers-stolen-artifact-france

A painting stolen 30 years ago was returned to a Glasgow museum:

https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-67080739
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/painting-stolen-in-1989-identified-at-auction-and-returned-dmw0m967p

More on the seizure of a statue of Marcus Aurelius from the Cleveland Museum of Art:

https://archaeonewsnet.com/statue-of-marcus-aurelius-seized-in-new-york-as-part-of-investigation-into-stolen-antiquities-from-turkey/

... and a related feature on the Boubon Bronzes:

https://archaeonewsnet.com/the-bronzes-of-boubon-an-ancient-city-and-a-mystery/

Pondering when museums should return things:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/14/arts/design/restitution-looted-10-stories-mauritshuis.html

I think we mentioned the return of a stolen Van Gogh:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/12/arts/design/van-gogh-returned-dutch-museum.html

... and the return of items to Cambodia by Lindemann's heirs:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/12/arts/design/lindemann-cambodia-khmer-statues-looting.html

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NUMISMATICA
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Feature on the Dorian Cities of Rhodes:

https://coinweek.com/coins-of-the-dorian-cities-of-rhodes/

Latest e-Sylum:

http://www.coinbooks.org/v26/club_nbs_esylum_v26n41.html

... and the one which should appear later today:

http://www.coinbooks.org/v26/club_nbs_esylum_v26n42.html
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Coin Week:

http://www.coinweek.com/

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OBITUARIES
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Anthony Holden:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12612709/Writer-Anthony-Holden-biographer-King-Charles-author-40-books-dies-aged-76.html

Joseph Solodow:

https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2023/10/10/joseph-solodow-beloved-professor-and-scholar-of-latin-literature-dies-at-76/

Victor Nuovo:

https://www.addisonindependent.com/2023/10/12/middlebury-mourns-the-loss-of-victor-nuovo/
https://www.addisonindependent.com/2023/10/11/victor-lawrence-nuovo-91-of-middlebury/

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AUDIO/VIDEO NEWS
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Audio News from Archaeologica:

https://www.archaeologychannel.org/audio-guide/audio-news/3317-audio-news-from-archaeologica-october-1st-through-the-7th-2023
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GENERAL ARCHAEOLOGY NEWS BLOGS
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Archaeology Magazine News Page:

http://www.archaeology.org/news/

About.com Archaeology:

http://archaeology.about.com/

Archaeology Briefs:

http://archaeologybriefs.blogspot.com/

Atlas Obscura:

https://www.atlasobscura.com/

Heritage Daily:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/

Sapiens Archaeology:

https://www.sapiens.org/category/archaeology/

Taygete Atlantis excavations blogs aggregator:

http://planet.atlantides.org/taygete/
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PODCASTS/VODCASTS
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Archaeosoup:

http://www.youtube.com/user/Archaeos0up?feature=watch

Archaeology Podcast Network:

http://www.archaeologypodcastnetwork.com/
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