Explorator 26.22-24

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explorator 26.22-24 October 1, 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, Andrew Szegedy-Maszak, Don Buck, mata kimasitayo, and Ross W. Sargent for headses upses this week (as always hoping I have left no one out).

A partial catch up; lots to wade through ... we should be fully caught up by next week ...

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EARLY HOMINIDS
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Early humans deliberately made stone 'spheres' some 1.4 million years bp:

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/early-human-relatives-purposefully-crafted-stones-into-spheres-14-million-years-ago-study-claims
https://phys.org/news/2023-09-early-humans-deliberately-mysterious-stone.html
https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/who-or-what-made-these-mysterious-stone-balls-found-at-ancient-sites
https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/ancient-cultures/ancient-israel/mysterious-million-year-old-stone-spheres/

A 476 000 wooden 'structure' apparently build by hominins in Zambia/Tanzania:

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/archaeologists-in-zambia-discover-oldest-wooden-structure-in-the-world-dating-to-476000-years-ago
https://phys.org/news/2023-09-archaeologists-world-oldest-wooden.html
https://phys.org/news/2023-09-simple-oldest-early-humans-wood.html
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/09/230920111301.htm
https://news.liverpool.ac.uk/2023/09/20/archaeologists-discover-worlds-oldest-wooden-structure/
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/20/science/ancient-human-woodworking.html
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/sep/20/oldest-wooden-structure-discovered-on-border-of-zambia-and-tanzania
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-66846772
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/09/20/stone-age-renamed-wooden-structures-zambia-archaeologists/
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/oldest-human-structure-extinct-species-kalambo-river-b2415625.html
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20230920-world-s-oldest-wooden-structure-discovered-in-zambia
https://apnews.com/article/early-humans-oldest-structure-zambia-wood-de6350a2c9704477a2df4e0a5ba8d311
https://www.reuters.com/science/zambia-find-shows-humans-have-built-with-wood-476000-years-2023-09-20/
https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/20/africa/oldest-wooden-structure-zambia-scn/index.html
https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2023/09/22/1200975292/worlds-oldest-wooden-structure-defies-stone-age-stereotypes
https://www.npr.org/2023/09/26/1201684470/500-000-year-old-structure-has-researchers-rethinking-early-human-intelligence
https://www.npr.org/2023/09/21/1200898111/this-500-000-year-old-wood-structure-has-researchers-how-advanced-early-humans-w
https://www.newsweek.com/earliest-structural-use-wood-500000-years-ago-discovered-1828532
https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/simple-log-structure-oldest-early-humans-building-wood-103343219
https://www.dw.com/en/worlds-oldest-wooden-structure-found-in-zambia/a-66878895
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2023-09-20/ty-article/half-million-year-old-wooden-structure-found-in-zambia/0000018a-b1a5-d6d1-addb-f5afa0a90000
https://www.zmescience.com/science/archaeology/archaeologists-discover-half-a-million-year-old-wooden-structure-and-its-not-built-by-homo-sapiens/
https://www.sci.news/archaeology/wooden-structure-kalambo-falls-zambia-12283.html
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/earliest-evidence-of-wooden-construction-uncovered/
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/68306
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/09/archaeologists-find-476000-year-old-wooden-structure/148632
https://archaeonewsnet.com/archaeologists-discover-worlds-oldest-wooden-structure/2023/09/news/archaeology/163079/
https://arkeonews.net/worlds-oldest-wooden-structure-476000-years-old-discovered-in-zambia/
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/09/21/archaeologists-discover-worlds-oldest-wooden-structure/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-uncover-notched-logs-that-may-be-the-oldest-known-wooden-structure-180982942/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11756-230921-hominin-wood-structure

cf: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02928-4
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06557-9
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02858-1

A 300 000 years bp 'chinless jawbone' from China may be from a new branch on the human family tree:

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02924-8

Study suggests the size of prey drove Paleolithic technology development:

https://phys.org/news/2023-09-small-prey-compelled-prehistoric-humans.html

Evidence of early humans wearing shoes some 146 000 years bp:

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/humans-fossil-footwear-oldest-evidence-b2409698.html
https://arkeonews.net/ancient-footprints-offer-evidence-humans-wore-shoes-148000-years-ago/

Neanderthal remains from Simanya Cave in Spain:

https://www.aa.com.tr/en/culture/neanderthal-remains-over-50-000-years-old-discovered-in-spain/2996501

On the debate over our perception of Neanderthals over the years:

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/sep/19/justice-for-neanderthals-what-the-debate-about-our-long-dead-cousins-reveals-about-us

Pollen analysis suggests a major dispersal of humans into Eurasia occurred during a Pleistocene warming period:

https://phys.org/news/2023-09-pollen-analysis-dispersal-modern-humans.html
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/09/230922141247.htm
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/09/25/when-and-how-did-the-flow-of-homo-sapiens-in-eurasia-happen/

Feature on Altamura Man:

https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/who-was-altamura-man-how-one-neanderthals-misfortune-became-a-blessing-for

A box of bones donated to a Spanish museum back in the 1980s turns out to be Neanderthal:

https://phys.org/news/2023-09-donated-artifacts-treasure-trove-neanderthal.html

Another feature on early human species interbreeding:

https://phys.org/news/2023-09-science-picture-ancient-kinds-humans.html
https://apnews.com/article/neanderthals-denisovans-ancient-humans-dna-e671a140b75fab3791fbd1c4b77cb6e7

Feature on homo floresiensis:

https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/the-flores-man-hobbits-are-they-still-alive

Review/interview with Cat Bohannon about her book on the role of females in human evolution:

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/sep/30/how-women-drove-evolution-cat-bohannon-on-her-radical-new-history-of-humanity

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AFRICA
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A study of pigment production in Ethiopia some 40 000 years bp:

https://phys.org/news/2023-09-pigment-production-cultural-availability-mineral.html
https://archaeonewsnet.com/pigment-production-adapted-to-cultural-changes-and-the-availability-of-mineral-resources-40000-years-ago-in-ethiopia/

A study of depictions of animal tracks and human footprints in Neolithic petroglyphs from Namibia:

https://phys.org/news/2023-09-stone-age-artists-human-animal.html
https://www.popsci.com/science/namibian-cave-art-animals-stone-age/
https://www.newsweek.com/archeologists-discover-stone-age-animal-art-namibia-1826796
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/stone-age-engravings-of-animal-tracks-reveal-new-details-in-namibia-180982913/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11745-230915-namibia-rock-art

cf: https://phys.org/news/2023-09-stone-age-artists-human-animal.html
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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT
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5000 years bp 'wine jars' from Sohag:

https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/509364/Antiquities/Ancient-Egypt/YearOld-wine-jars-found-intact-at-Abydos-in-Sohag.aspx

Czech archaeologists have (re)discovered a 25th/24th century BCE tomb of Ptahshepses;

https://english.radio.cz/czech-archaeologists-rediscover-famous-tomb-egyptian-high-official-8795587
https://www.newsweek.com/lost-4400-year-old-tomb-found-ancient-egyptian-mummy-inside-1831034

Some new rooms were discovered within the pyramid of Sahura:

https://phys.org/news/2023-09-rooms-sahura-pyramid.html
https://english.ahram.org.eg/News/509138.aspx
https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/509072/Antiquities/Ancient-Egypt/In-Photos--chambers-discovered-inside-Sahure%E2%80%99s-Pyr.aspx
https://egyptianstreets.com/2023/09/29/egyptian-german-team-unearths-storage-chambers-in-pyramid-of-king-sahure/
https://menafn.com/1107148797/Egypt-Uncovered-Eight-Storage-Rooms-In-Pyramid-Of-Sahure
https://english.news.cn/20230927/160c520a63834f338c5c3574f5d2416c/c.html
https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-discover-new-rooms-inside-ancient-egyptian-pyramid/
https://www.sci.news/archaeology/egyptian-pharaoh-sahure-pyramid-hidden-rooms-12307.html
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/09/27/eight-more-chambers-discovered-in-an-egyptian-pyramid/

A Saite period (and later?) temples of Aphrodite, Amun, and more from Thonis-Heracleion:

https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/50/1201/508719/AlAhram-Weekly/Egypt/New-sunken-treasures-discovered.aspx
https://www.egyptindependent.com/egypt-uncovers-underwater-temple-of-goddess-aphrodite-in-abu-qir-bay/
https://egyptianstreets.com/2023/09/20/sunken-sanctuary-of-aphrodite-and-temple-of-amun-discovered-in-egypt/
https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/127092/The-joint-Egyptian-French-archaeological-mission-discovered-a-temple-of
https://menafn.com/1107101374/Egypt-Announces-Divery-Of-Goddess-Aphrodite-Temple
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/ancient-egyptians/sunken-temple-and-sanctuary-from-ancient-egypt-found-brimming-with-treasures-and-secrets
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/egypt-thonisheracleion-ancient-treasure-b2416026.html
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-759771
https://greekreporter.com/2023/09/20/temple-aphrodite-found-underwater-heracleion-egypt/
https://greekcitytimes.com/2023/09/21/archaeologists-discover-sunken-temples-of-amun-and-aphrodite-off-the-coast-of-egypt/
https://www.thenationalnews.com/mena/2023/09/20/sunken-temples-of-aphrodite-and-amun-found-off-egypts-mediterranean-coast/
https://www.cnn.com/travel/egypt-sunken-temple-discoveries/index.html
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/new-discoveries-underwater-ancient-port-city-thonis-heracleion-egypt-1234679933/
https://arkeonews.net/underwater-researchers-found-temples-to-ancient-gods-in-sunken-city/
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/68335
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/09/22/temple-of-aphrodite-revealed-in-thonis-heraklion/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/09/temple-of-aphrodite-discovered-in-the-submerged-city-of-thonis-heracleion/148669
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11757-230921-sunken-greek-temple

Latest on the search for Cleopatra's tomb:

https://egyptindependent.com/a-new-search-begins-for-queen-cleopatras-tomb-beneath-the-mediterranean-sea/

Feature on Champollion:

https://www.rfi.fr/en/france/20230930-how-french-linguist-jean-francois-champollion-unlocked-the-hieroglyphs-of-ancient-egypt

Feature on the recreation of the 'scent of the afterlife':

https://theconversation.com/the-scent-of-the-ancient-egyptian-afterlife-has-been-recreated-heres-what-it-smelled-like-213173
https://phys.org/news/2023-09-scent-ancient-egyptian-afterlife-recreatedhere.html
https://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-09-11/researchers-find-that-an-egyptian-mummys-eternal-balms-smelled-of-pine-beeswax-and-bitumen.html
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11725-230906-egypt-mummification-recipes

Feature on diplomatic messengers in Late Bronze Age Egypt:

https://www.asor.org/anetoday/2023/09/diplomatic-messengers-egypt

Archaeologists are demarcating a Sassanid-era tomb in Fars province (Iran):

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/489503/Archaeologists-demarcating-Sassanid-temple-in-southern-Iran

1000+ Elamite-era clay seals (and more) from an emergency excavation in Kermanshah:

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/489442/Amazing-archaeological-finds-dating-back-to-Elamite-era-unearthed

New evidence of the presence of Medes in western Iran:

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/488819/New-traces-of-Medes-discovered-in-western-Iran

Hyping a new excavation in Iran's Kordestan region:

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/488912/Unearthing-mysteries-of-the-Bronze-Age-archaeologists-explore

A study of Neolithic bird hunting in Upper Mesopotamia:

https://phys.org/news/2023-09-passerine-birds-cranes-neolithic-bird.html

Excavations at Kayalpinar have revealed a Hittite imperial archive:

https://arkeonews.net/archaeologists-found-seal-impressions-that-could-change-hittite-history-in-kayalipinar/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/09/archaeologists-uncover-imperial-hittite-archive/148583

An inscription from Hattusa reveals the presence of a hitherto unknown Indo European language:

https://phys.org/news/2023-09-indo-european-language-excavation-turkey.html
https://www.uni-wuerzburg.de/en/news-and-events/news/detail/news/new-indo-european-language-discovered/
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/ritual-text-from-lost-indo-european-language-discovered-on-ancient-clay-tablet-in-turkey
https://www.dailysabah.com/life/history/turkiye-tablet-dig-uncovers-mystery-language-clues
https://www.trtworld.com/turkiye/excavators-discover-new-indo-european-language-in-turkiyes-hattusha-15079372
https://www.newsweek.com/archaeologists-discover-previously-unknown-language-ancient-tablet-1829289
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/unknown-language-ancient-tablets-turkey-hittites/
https://www.vice.com/en/article/93kzwv/archaeologists-discover-lost-ancient-language-on-mysterious-ritual-tablet
https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/ancient-cultures/ancient-near-eastern-world/new-indo-european-language-discovered-at-hattusa/
https://www.sci.news/archaeology/kalasma-language-12294.html
https://www.zmescience.com/science/archaeology/ancient-lost-language-cuneiform-turkey/
https://arkeonews.net/a-new-indo-european-language-discovered-in-the-hittite-capital-hattusa/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/09/archaeologists-discover-previously-unknown-indo-european-language-in-turkey/148679
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/09/27/new-indo-european-language-discovered/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11765-230926-turkey-cuneiform-language

Feature on the material religion of Levantine seafarers:

https://www.asor.org/anetoday/2023/09/maritime-viewscapes

8000 years bp cave paintings from Turkiye's Inkaya Cave:

https://arkeonews.net/8000-year-old-cave-paintings-found-in-turkiyes-inkaya-cave-depict-life-and-death/

Interesting statuary finds from Gobelkitepe and Karahantepe:

https://arkeonews.net/new-discoveries-in-gobeklitepe-and-karahantepe-a-human-sculpture-with-a-realistic-facial-expression-found-in-karahantepe/

A 3500 years bp grape seed from the Asagiseyit Mound site in Denizli:

https://www.dailysabah.com/life/history/grape-seed-unearthed-in-turkiye-sheds-light-on-ancient-viticulture
https://arkeonews.net/3500-year-old-grape-seed-remains-found-in-western-anatolia/

An 8th century BCE Urartian horse burial from the Van Cavustepe castle site:

https://arkeonews.net/the-discovery-of-great-importance-for-urartian-archeology-in-cavustepe-castle-discovered-a-horse-skeleton-with-a-bronze-curb-bit-in-its-jaw/

A 2700 years bp burial of a possible earthquake victim from Ayanis (Turkiye):

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/2700-year-old-extremely-well-preserved-skeleton-found-in-fortress-in-turkey-may-be-an-earthquake-victim
https://greekreporter.com/2023/09/12/2700-year-old-extremely-well-preserved-skeleton-found-turkey/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11736-230912-turkey-ayanis-castle

Assorted 'cultural layers' from Asarcik Tepe:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/09/traces-of-cultural-layers-found-at-asarcik-tepe/148481

An update (including a Greek inscription) from the ongoing dig at Savatra:

https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/head-of-alexander-the-great-bust-found-in-duzce-186452
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/culture/turkiye-s-savatra-dig-findings-shed-light-on-ancient-life/2994644
https://www.trtworld.com/turkiye/intact-altar-discovery-unearths-hidden-history-in-central-turkiye-15019224

An intact bust of Alexander from Duzce:

https://greekreporter.com/2023/09/22/marble-head-alexander-the-great-uncovered-turkey/
https://greekcitytimes.com/2023/09/21/intact-bust-of-alexander-the-great-discovered-in-turkey/
http://xn--trkiye_china-dlb.org.cn/

Excavations of a shop site in Aizanoi revealed remains of plenty of 2000 years bp cosmetic items:

https://www.dailysabah.com/life/history/archaeologists-find-2000-year-old-eyeshadow-blush-in-w-turkiye
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/culture/makeup-materials-from-roman-era-unearthed-in-ancient-city-of-aizanoi-in-turkiye/2999909
https://greekcitytimes.com/2023/09/24/rare-2000-year-old-makeup-and-jewelry-unearthed-in-ancient-greco-roman-city/
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/68347
https://arkeonews.net/archaeologists-find-2000-year-old-eyeshadow-and-blush-in-ancient-roman-city-of-aizanoi/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11771-230928-turkey-roman-cosmetics

Remains of a 2000 years bp (Roman?) road from Phaselis:

https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/ancient-street-to-come-to-surface-in-phaselis-186219

This year's work at the underground remains of Hadrianopolis have revealed Roman and Byzantine finds:

https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/byzantine-roman-traces-found-in-underground-settlement-186305
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/sarayini-turkey-2355847

An 1800 years bp statue/figure of a water nymph from Amasra:

https://www.dailysabah.com/life/1800-year-old-water-nymph-statue-found-in-turkiyes-amasra/news
https://arkeonews.net/beautiful-water-nymph-marble-statue-found-in-amastris-ancient-city/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/09/marble-statue-depicting-a-nymph-uncovered-at-amasra/148511

Hundreds of oil lamps (1800 - 2500 years bp) from Aigai:

https://arkeonews.net/hundreds-of-oil-lamps-discovered-in-aigai-the-city-of-goats/

Not sure when this inscription on the Lycian customs laws was found:

https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/inscription-reveals-turkiyes-strategic-importance-in-maritime-trade-186279
https://arkeonews.net/1900-years-old-a-customs-inscription-from-the-lycian-civilization-reveals-anatolias-strategic-importance-in-maritime-trade/

A 1700 years bp Roman 'water tunnel' from Adiyaman:

https://arkeonews.net/a-1700-year-old-roman-water-tunnel-dug-into-the-mountain-was-discovered-in-adiyaman-province-in-southeastern-turkiye/

A 5th century CE children's cemetery from Konya:

https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/mass-grave-of-children-unearthed-in-ancient-city-186342
https://www.dailysabah.com/turkiye/5th-century-childrens-cemetery-found-in-turkiyes-konya/news
https://greekcitytimes.com/2023/09/20/5th-century-a-d-eastern-roman/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11751-230919-anatolia-children-cemetery

Gordion was added to the UNESCO World Heritage list:

https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/turkiyes-ancient-city-of-gordion-added-to-unesco-world-heritage-list/news
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/culture/turkiye-s-ancient-city-of-gordion-poised-to-enter-unesco-world-heritage-list/2992203
https://www.trtworld.com/turkiye/unesco-adds-turkiyes-ancient-city-of-gordion-to-world-heritage-list-15016561
https://www.yenisafak.com/en/life/ancient-city-of-gordion-in-turkiye-added-to-unesco-world-heritage-list-3670624
https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/penn-museum-excavation-designated-unesco-world-heritage-site

... as were some hypostyle mosques of medieval Anatolia:

https://turkisharchaeonews.net/news/wooden-hypostyle-mosques-medieval-anatolia-added-unesco-world-heritage-list

Hagia Sophia will be getting some damage repairs:

https://www.ekathimerini.com/news/1220075/hagia-sophia-to-undergo-damage-repair/

Concerns for the Adamkayalar reliefs:

https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-760302

Feature on exploring ancient irrigation tunnels in Jordan with a remote controlled car:

https://phys.org/news/2023-09-ancient-irrigation-tunnels-remote-car.html

A 4000 years bp Canaanite arch and vaulted stairway from Tel Shimron:

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/no-one-expected-to-find-what-we-did-4000-year-old-canaanite-arch-in-israel-may-have-been-used-by-cult
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-760302
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a-3800-year-old-mystery-monument-uncovered-in-israel-180982910/

Evidence that Iron Age people at Qumran were herders, not farmers:

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2023-09-07/ty-article-magazine/iron-age-people-at-qumran-and-in-wilderness-of-judah-were-likely-herders-not-farmers/0000018a-6eae-d9af-a7db-6faf755a0000

A Second Temple-era stone workshop from the West Bank:

https://www.timesofisrael.com/archaeologists-find-ancient-stonemasons-workshop-in-jerusalem-outskirts/
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-759577

A Hellenistic burial with a box mirror in Israel is being dubbed a 'courtesan burial':

https://www.timesofisrael.com/rare-bronze-mirror-found-in-2300-year-old-grave-of-greek-courtesan-in-jerusalem/
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-760814
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2023-09-27/ty-article/israeli-archaeologists-may-have-found-first-ever-grave-of-ancient-greek-hetaira/0000018a-d615-d971-afbb-df37fc1f0000
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/377536
https://www.ynetnews.com/travel/article/rk8u9ube6
https://greekreporter.com/2023/09/27/bronze-mirror-2300-year-old-grave-greek-courtesan/
https://www.cnn.com/style/article/greek-courtesan-tomb-israel-scli-intl-scn/index.html
https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/israel/archeology/1695800216-archeologists-for-first-time-unearth-tomb-of-ancient-greek-hetaira-courtesan
https://arkeonews.net/a-courtesan-hetaira-tomb-was-discovered-in-a-burial-cave-during-excavations-in-via-hebron/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/09/courtesan-tomb-discovered-in-cave/148725
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11770-230928-israel-box-mirror

An early sixth century CE Greek inscription of a Psalm from a Christian site in Hyrcania:

https://phys.org/news/2023-09-unearthing-ancient-faith-byzantine-greek.html
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1002821
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-760618
https://www.timesofisrael.com/unique-byzantine-psalm-inscription-in-new-testament-greek-discovered-in-judean-desert/
https://www.ynetnews.com/travel/article/hybtu2wlp
https://greekcitytimes.com/2023/09/28/byzantine-greek-inscription-of-psalms-86-found-in-hyrcania-unearthing-ancient-faith/

A pair of 1200 years bp 'farmhouses' from the Beer Sheva site:

https://english.news.cn/20230922/10b009b0214445459a5c7ac4f612a98e/c.html

More Roman sarcophagi from that burial ground in Gaza, now including lead sarcophagi:

https://english.elpais.com/international/2023-09-24/archaeologists-unearth-the-largest-cemetery-ever-discovered-in-gaza-and-find-rare-lead-sarcophogi.html
https://english.wafa.ps/Pages/Details/137733
https://www.timesofisrael.com/archaeologists-unearth-largest-cemetery-ever-found-in-gaza-with-rare-lead-sarcophogi/
https://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/palestinians/2023-09-25/ty-article/archaeologists-unearth-rare-lead-sarcophogi-in-gazas-largest-roman-era-cemetery/0000018a-cdd4-da14-a1eb-ddde03d70000
https://www.thenationalnews.com/mena/2023/09/23/archaeologists-study-roman-era-cemetery-in-the-gaza-strip-in-pictures/
https://www.arabnews.com/node/2379481/offbeat
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20230926-gaza-strip-more-tombs-found-in-huge-roman-cemetery/
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/gaza-four-tombs-discovered-roman-necropolis
https://apnews.com/article/gaza-roman-sarcophagi-archaeology-6db292772c3f013575d2ad1a91315d14
https://www.thedailybeast.com/archaeologists-discover-gazas-largest-cemetery
https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/archaeologists-unearth-largest-cemetery-discovered-gaza-find-rare-103444671
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20230923-four-tombs-discovered-in-roman-necropolis-in-gaza
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/excavation-roman-cemetery-reveals-coffins-gaza-city-1234680497/

More on the four Roman swords found in a Dead Sea area cave:

http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/68213
https://www.sci.news/archaeology/ein-gedi-swords-12256.html
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-uncover-four-roman-swords-in-israeli-cave-180982869/

Feature on Erex Ben-Yosef's theories on David's mobile monarchy:

https://www.timesofisrael.com/what-matters-now-to-archaeologist-erez-ben-yosef-king-davids-tent-dwelling-monarchy/

Feature on socio-religious change in rural Roman Palestine:

https://www.asor.org/anetoday/2023/09/horvat-midras-roman-palestine

Feature on all the finds from Huqoq:

https://aleteia.org/2023/09/24/new-findings-in-the-late-roman-synagogue-of-huqoq/

Feature on the first marking of Yom Kippur:

https://www.timesofisrael.com/first-recorded-evidence-of-yom-kippur-depicts-day-of-affliction-as-sectarian-struggle/

Feature on Hamoudi Khalaily's long career:

https://www.ynetnews.com/travel/article/syya07dk6

Jericho was added to the UNESCO World Heritage list (with some backlash in Israel):

https://www.timesofisrael.com/un-committee-votes-to-list-ancient-jericho-as-a-world-heritage-site-in-palestine/
https://apnews.com/article/unesco-israel-palestinians-politics-jericho-d6d17926e7c67ef749ac0aa7d21d9cdd
https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20230917-unesco-lists-ancient-ruins-near-west-bank-city-of-jericho-as-world-heritage-site
https://www.thenationalnews.com/arts-culture/2023/09/17/unesco-world-heritage-list-2023-mena/
https://www.algemeiner.com/2023/09/08/is-unesco-going-to-erase-jewish-history-from-another-israeli-city/
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/09/18/unesco-west-bank-archaeological-site-tell-es-sultan-jericho

There was a fire at the Tel Gezer site:

https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-759371

Latest attempt at figuring out the Hezekiah inscription:

https://www.ynetnews.com/article/bybnbwtkt

7000 years bp animal bones and human remains from mustatils in Saudi Arabia:

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/bronze-age-girl-buried-with-more-than-150-animal-ankle-bones-potentially-to-help-her-to-the-next-world
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11742-230914-saudi-arabia-mustatil
https://greekreporter.com/2023/09/14/animal-bones-human-remains-saudi-arabia/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11742-230914-saudi-arabia-mustatil

Coverage of a conference devoted to finds at AlUla:

https://www.egyptindependent.com/saudi-arabia-hosts-the-first-alula-world-archaeology-summit/
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/first-alula-world-archaeology-summit-wraps-up-with-wide-ranging-explorations-of-what-modern-society-can-learn-from-the-past-301929352.html
https://www.cnn.com/travel/saudi-arabia-alula-archaeology-scn/index.html

Overview of the six Mena sites added to UNESCO's World Heritage list:

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/unesco-adds-six-mena-sites-world-heritage-list

Items found in the 1990s from a 400 years bp site along the Darb al-Hajj route associated with magic rituals:

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/magical-artifacts-found-along-centuries-old-pilgrimage-route-to-mecca-may-have-protected-against-evil-eye
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-758462
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/376825
https://www.ynetnews.com/travel/article/syeqhd302
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2023-09-12/ty-article/ancient-pilgrims-to-mecca-may-have-received-magic-services-in-southern-israel/0000018a-88a7-db38-a18b-fff757650000
https://www.newsweek.com/unearthed-objects-used-magical-rituals-sorcerers-400-years-ago-1826101
https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/ancient-cultures/magic-on-the-road-to-mecca/
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/israel-artifacts-professional-sorcerers-magical-rituals/
https://arkeonews.net/artifacts-used-for-ancient-magic-rituals-discovered-on-darb-al-hajj-route-from-cairo-to-mecca/

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https://thisweekintheancientneareast.podbean.com/

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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS)
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A 4th/3rd century BCE Thracian burial from Bulgaria:

https://bnt.bg/news/archaeologists-discover-a-thracian-tomb-from-the-time-of-the-odrysian-kingdom-near-haskovo-321018news.html
https://arkeonews.net/archaeologists-discovered-a-thracian-tomb-from-the-time-of-the-odrysian-kingdom-in-southern-bulgaria/

A 2nd/3rd century Roman 'fridge' (the second one from the site) at Novae:

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article279472449.html
https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/09/archaeologists-roman-soldiers-used-this-built-in-fridge-to-keep-their-wine-cool/
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/68281
https://arkeonews.net/archaeologists-discovered-how-wine-was-cooled-in-roman-legions-on-the-danube/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/09/roman-fridge-found-at-novae/148589
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11752-230919-bulgaria-roman-refrigerator

A 2000 years bp (maybe) 'battle elephant' bone from Spain:

https://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-09-19/a-2000-year-old-battle-elephant-bone-was-found-in-spain-experts-are-investigating-whether-the-animal-fought-for-hannibal-or-julius-caesar.html
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/excavated-bone-may-belong-to-one-of-hannibals-elephants-5f9dmdzls
https://www.newsweek.com/bone-sizeable-beast-ancient-battle-elephant-found-spain-1829232

A 2000 years bp Roman wall from a site in Switzerland (we may have mentioned this):

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/roman-empire-archaeology-canton-zug-b2411340.html
https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/archaeology/a44938215/ancient-roman-wall-discovered-in-switzerland/

A possible 2000 years bp Roman circus site from Italica (Spain):

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article279069959.html
https://www.juntadeandalucia.es/presidencia/portavoz/cultura/185359/Italica/circo/restos/estudiosgeofisicos/arqueologia/ciudadromana/Santiponce/Sevilla/ConsejeriadeTurismo/CulturayDeporte/JuntadeAndalucia

An intact 1800 years bp stone sarcophagus from the ancient site of Durocortorum in France:

https://www.newsweek.com/sarcophagus-found-france-skeleton-inside-1829885
https://arkeonews.net/extraordinary-discovery-in-france-an-unlooted-1800-year-old-roman-sarcophagus-discovered/

A pair of 1800 years bp Roman swords from Cotswolds found by a metal detectorist:

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/romans/2-rare-roman-cavalry-swords-from-1800-years-ago-discovered-by-uk-metal-detectorist
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-66852580
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/roman-swords-in-cotswolds-metal-detectorist-b2416439.html
https://news.cotswold.gov.uk/news/ancient-roman-swords-unearthed-in-the-cotswolds-a-remarkable-archaeological-find
https://www.newsweek.com/metal-detectorist-find-2000-year-old-roman-swords-1827862
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-760016
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/68290
https://arkeonews.net/remarkable-archaeological-find-metal-detectorist-unearths-roman-cavalry-swords-in-north-cotswolds/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/09/rare-roman-cavalry-swords-found-during-metal-detectorist-rally/148603
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/09/19/metal-detectorist-unearths-roman-cavalry-swords-in-north-cotswolds/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11753-230920-england-roman-swords

Electoral graffiti/inscriptions *inside* a house in Pompeii:

https://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-09-29/electoral-inscriptions-discovered-in-pompeii-reveal-clientelism-and-political-corruption-in-ancient-rome.html
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/09/28/pompeii-politician-bakery-bread-for-votes/
https://arkeonews.net/electoral-inscriptions-discovered-in-pompeii-reveal-clientelism-in-ancient-rome/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/09/electoral-inscriptions-found-in-pompeii-house/148739

A 3rd century CE burial ground with Gallic funerary practices near a Roman fort site in Germany:

http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/68275
https://arkeonews.net/roman-era-total-of-46-early-settler-burials-discovered-in-germany/

A 4th century (maybe) statue/figure of Triton from a housing development site in Kent:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12514211/Stunning-2-000-year-old-Roman-sculpture-son-Neptune-buried-two-feet-deep-A2-Kent.html
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article279301744.html
https://greekreporter.com/2023/09/14/greco-roman-sea-god-triton-england/
https://arkeonews.net/a-roman-statue-of-the-sea-god-triton-discovered-near-a2-london-road/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/09/archaeologists-find-statue-of-triton-in-roman-mausoleum/148555
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/09/14/roman-statue-of-triton/

Remains of the forum of an unknown Roman city at the La Cabaneta site in Zaragoza (Spain):

https://www.vice.com/en/article/4a3qbn/archaeologists-have-unearthed-the-remains-of-a-lost-ancient-roman-city
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/09/archaeologists-find-forum-from-unknown-roman-city/148518

Evidence of a tumor in a Roman-era skull from Spain:

https://www.cenieh.es/en/press/news/roman-period-cranial-tumor-case-detected
https://phys.org/news/2023-09-roman-period-cranial-tumor-case.html
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/09/28/a-roman-period-cranial-tumor-case-is-detected/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11767-230927-spain-skull-tumor

The Domus Tiberiana reopened to the public:

https://phys.org/news/2023-09-ancient-power-palazzo-rome-palatine.html
https://apnews.com/article/ancient-rome-palatine-emperor-domus-6f0edfddb40d30b644a7bc85f55630f8
https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/ancient-power-palazzo-romes-palatine-hill-reopens-tourists-103376638
https://www.wantedinrome.com/news/rome-to-reopen-domus-tiberiana-imperial-palace-on-palatine-hill.html
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/68312

More on the evidence for what actually killed people during the eruption of Vesuvius:

https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/elemental-analysis-sheds-light-on-pompeii-victims-final-moments/4018044.article

Reviews of Emily Wilson's translation of the *Iliad*:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/23/books/review/iliad-homer-emily-wilson.html
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/sep/27/the-iliad-by-homer-translated-by-emily-wilson-review-a-bravura-feat
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-iliad-by-homer-translated-by-emily-wilson-review-j23tbswkf
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/09/18/emily-wilson-profile
https://www.washingtonpost.com/books/2023/09/21/iliad-translation-emily-wilson-review/
https://yalereview.org/article/emily-greenwood-emily-wilson-the-iliad
https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-bloody-prequel-a-triumphant-new-translation-of-the-iliad/
https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/books/a45300595/emily-wilson-iliad-interview/
https://plus.thebulwark.com/p/preserving-homers-magic
https://slate.com/culture/2023/09/emily-wilson-iliad-translation-review.html

Interviews with Emily Wilson on same:

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/sep/09/the-iliad-may-be-ancient-but-its-not-far-away-emily-wilson-on-homers-blood-soaked-epic
https://www.washingtonpost.com/books/2023/09/20/emily-wilson-iliad-translation-terms/

Feature on Emily Wilson and Madeline Miller:

https://lithub.com/enduring-epics-emily-wilson-and-madeline-miller-on-breathing-new-life-into-ancient-classics/

Reviews of Mary Beard, *Emperor of Rome* and related interviews:

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/sep/23/were-not-the-first-generation-to-wonder-how-genuine-our-leaders-are-mary-beard-on-politicians-as-performers
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/sep/25/mary-beard-emperor-of-rome-interview-the-last-thing-id-want-is-a-world-in-which-we-all-agreed
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/emperor-of-rome-by-mary-beard-review-6pcbz0jmq
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/emperor-of-rome-ruling-the-ancient-roman-world-by-mary-beard-9rnwtb7nd
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/books/non-fiction/review-emperor-rome-mary-beard/
https://www.spectator.co.uk/podcast/mary-beard-emperor-of-rome/

Interview with Steven Ellis about excavations at Pompeii:

https://www.uc.edu/news/articles/2023/09/natgeo-turns-to-uc-classics-expert-for-answers-about-pompeii-excavations.html

FSU is marking 50 years of excavating at Cetamura del Chianti:

https://news.fsu.edu/news/fsuglobal/2023/09/07/fsu-department-of-classics-to-celebrate-50-years-of-excavation-at-cetamura-del-chianti/

Feature on DePauw's Trasimeno Field School dig:

https://thedepauw.com/depauw-students-unearth-italian-history/

A study of the optical properties of Roman 'wow glass':

https://www.livescience.com/chemistry/roman-glass-keeps-turning-into-photonic-crystals-scientists-finally-know-why
https://now.tufts.edu/2023/09/18/buried-ancient-roman-glass-formed-substance-modern-applications
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/09/230918153207.htm
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1001753
https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/ancient-roman-glass-fragment-changed-from-green-to-gold-over-time/4018127.article
https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/ancient-roman-glass-advanced-optical-tech/
https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/09/ancient-roman-wow-glass-has-photonic-crystal-patina-forged-over-centuries/

cf: https://www.pnas.org/cgi/doi/10.1073/pnas.2311583120

Feature on attitudes toward sex in ancient Rome:

https://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-09-18/sex-in-ancient-rome-a-violent-approach-to-lovemaking.html

Feature on what Greek tragedies teach us about grief:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/12/magazine/greek-tragedy.html

Pondering Greek stories of humans being changed into plants:

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

Feature on past excavations on Delos:

https://www.ekathimerini.com/culture/1220522/revisiting-the-first-excavations-on-delos/

In case you missed all the 'men thinking about Rome' things this week:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2023/09/14/roman-empire-trend-men-tiktok/
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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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A major 24 000 years bp cave art site from the Cueva Dones near Valencia:

https://phys.org/news/2023-09-archaeologists-reveal-largest-paleolithic-cave.html
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/09/230911141015.htm
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1001142
https://www.southampton.ac.uk/news/2023/09/cave-art.page
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/paleolithic-art-sanctuary-in-spain-contains-more-than-110-prehistoric-cave-paintings
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeologists-valencia-southampton-alicante-animals-b2410530.html
https://www.iflscience.com/unprecedented-24000-year-old-paleolithic-art-sanctuary-found-in-spain-70625
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2023-09-18/ty-article-magazine/archaeologists-accidentally-find-invisible-trove-of-prehistoric-art-in-spain/0000018a-a869-de77-a98f-eeff14c30000
https://www.sci.news/archaeology/cova-dones-paleolithic-cave-art-site-12260.html
https://arkeonews.net/archaeologists-reveal-largest-paleolithic-cave-art-site-in-eastern-iberia/
https://hyperallergic.com/844345/archaeologists-reveal-110-paleolithic-cave-markings-in-spain/
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/09/12/archaeologists-reveal-largest-palaeolithic-cave-art-site-in-eastern-iberia/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-discover-more-than-100-ancient-drawings-in-spanish-cave-180982898/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11738-230912-spain-cave-art

9500 years bp grass baskets (and more) from the Cueva de los Murcielagos in Spain:

https://phys.org/news/2023-09-evidence-oldest-hunter-gatherer-basketry-southern.html
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-66956483
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/30/science/ancient-woven-baskets-spain.html
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2023-09-27/ty-article/earliest-baskets-in-europe-from-almost-10-000-years-ago-found-in-spanish-cave/0000018a-d71f-d476-abcf-f7ff5b860000
https://www.newsweek.com/sandals-found-stone-age-burial-site-spain-1830889
https://arkeonews.net/evidence-of-the-oldest-hunter-gatherer-basketry-in-southern-europe-discovered-in-spanish-cave/
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/68389

cf: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adi3055

A 9000 years bp hunting camp site from near Bad Durrenberg:

https://www.newsweek.com/archaeologists-unearth-shaman-campsite-9000-years-ago-1826017
https://www.iflscience.com/archaeologists-unearth-9000-year-old-campsite-near-the-famous-bad-durrenberg-shaman-70672
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/09/archaeologists-excavate-9000-year-old-mesolithic-hunting-camp/148530

A lakeside village found a couple years ago under the waters of Lake Lucerne is 5400 years bp:

https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/lucerne-is-2-400-years-older-than-previously-thought/48842254

A possible deliberately-laid 'cobbled surface the Neolithic Dartmoor site:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-devon-66924400
https://www.teignmouth-today.co.uk/news/cobble-like-surface-unearthed-at-neolithic-dartmoor-site-640934

A Neolithic structure from the Isle of Arran:

https://www.jpost.com/science/article-759332

From the Cueva de los Marmoles near Granada comes evidence (5000-2000 years BCE or so) of human remains being dug up and 'modified' for various purposes:

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/cup-crafted-from-prehistoric-human-skull-discovered-in-cave-in-spain
https://phys.org/news/2023-09-ancient-human-spanish-caves-subsequently.html
https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/21/europe/ancient-human-remains-tools-scli-intl-scn/index.html
https://www.popsci.com/science/human-remains-tools/
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/ancient-human-skull-cup-spain-b2415720.html
https://archaeonewsnet.com/2023/09/ancient-human-remains-buried-in-spanish-caves-were-subsequently-manipulated-and-utilized.html
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11758-230922-spain-modified-bones

A study of the Bronze Age diet based on cauldron residues from the Caucasus:

https://greekreporter.com/2023/09/03/what-people-ate-bronze-age/

A clay beaker found near Exeter has been dated to 2300 BCE:

https://news.exeter.gov.uk/clay-beaker-found-just-outside-exeter-dates-back-to-2-300-bc/

A new examination of an arrow found in a melting glacier in Norway suggests it might be 4000 years bp:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/23/climate/arrow-glacier-melting-norway.html
https://www.npr.org/2023/09/06/1198032134/archeologists-norway-arrow-stoneage-4000-years-old
https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/glacial-archaeologists-have-recovered-a-4-000-year-old-arrow-from-melted-ice
https://hyperallergic.com/846838/melting-glacial-ice-in-norway-reveals-intact-bronze-age-arrow/
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/68240
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11730-230908-norway-arrow-shaft

... while a 3000 years bp arrow from another glacier site has a quartzite tip:

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/very-rare-iron-age-arrow-with-quartzite-tip-uncovered-from-melting-ice-after-3500-years
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/29/learning/ancient-arrow.html

A large 4000 years bp necropolis with monuments and cremation pits from Canaveral de Leon:

https://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-09-22/a-large-4000-year-old-necropolis-in-southern-spain-reveals-the-true-purpose-of-stelae.html

The Altar Stone at Stonehenge might now come from Wales:

https://news.sky.com/story/stonehenge-new-study-suggests-historic-monuments-altar-stone-may-not-be-welsh-as-previously-thoughtl-12971013

A water worker in Spain came across some 500 BCE (or so) gold torcs:

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/landslide-reveals-2500-year-old-richly-decorated-gold-necklaces-in-spain
https://www.cnn.com/style/article/spain-asturias-gold-necklaces-scli-intl/index.html
https://www.newsweek.com/waste-worker-discovered-spectacular-2500-year-necklaces-1826281
https://arkeonews.net/spanish-water-worker-discovered-2500-year-old-two-gold-necklaces/
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/68263
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/gold-torcs-found-in-northwest-spain-could-shed-light-on-celtic-roots-180982964/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11749-230918-spain-gold-torcs

A 2nd century BCE Celtic gold rainbow cup coin from Bavaria:

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/lost-rainbow-cup-coin-minted-by-celts-2000-years-ago-discovered-in-germany
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/68245
https://arkeonews.net/celtic-gold-rainbow-cup-coin-discovered-in-bavaria/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11734-230911-gold-rainbow-cup

Evidence of Iron Age iron production from Nesscliffe Hill:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-shropshire-66890049

Iron Age cremation burials with grave goods from a site in northwest Germany:

https://www2.lwl.org/de/LWL/portal/presse/pressemitteilungen/mitteilung/57785/
https://www.newsweek.com/archaeologists-discover-2000-year-old-graves-burnt-human-remains-1827341
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/09/neolithic-arrowhead-found-in-iron-age-burial/148597
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11754-230920-germany-cremation-pits

A 2200 years bp child's shoe from an Austrian mine:

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/outstanding-2200-year-old-childs-shoe-discovered-deep-underground-in-austrian-mine
https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/20/world/archeologists-discover-ancient-child-shoe-intl-scli-scn/index.html
https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/archaeologists-discover-2000-year-old-childs-shoe-with-laces-intact/
https://hyperallergic.com/845848/archeologists-find-remarkably-intact-2000-year-old-childs-shoe/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/2000-year-old-childs-shoe-found-in-austria-180982946/

3rd/2nd century 'Celtic dice' (just one) from a site in Poland:

https://arkeonews.net/the-oldest-celtic-dice-ever-discovered-in-poland/

A study of remains of a turtle found in a Roman Iron Age burial in Poland:

https://phys.org/news/2023-09-analysis-mystery-turtle-roman-iron.html
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11748-230918-poland-turtle-burial

Migration period gold items found by a metal detectorist in Norway:

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/norway-ap-denmark-copenhagen-stavanger-b2407370.html
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/68223
https://www.archaeology.wiki/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Gullbrakteat-Rennesoy-210x210.jpg
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/see-norways-gold-find-of-the-century-180982883/

A coin of Serbian king Stefan Uros II Milutin from a dig in Bulgaria:

https://www.newsweek.com/archaeologists-digging-fortress-coin-jesus-christ-1826045

Excavations at a pagan temple outside Lillehammer revealed plenty of 1500 years bp votive gold images:

https://sciencenorway.no/archaeology-iron-age/another-gold-treasure-in-norway-1400-year-old-gold-foil-figures-found-in-pagan-temple/2253447
https://www.newsweek.com/archaeologist-1500-year-old-treasure-pagan-temple-1827734
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/68298
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/09/votive-gold-hoard-found-in-pagan-temple/148608
https://arkeonews.net/1400-year-old-gold-foil-figures-found-in-pagan-temple/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11759-230922-norway-gold-foil

The person who carved the runes on the Jelling Stone has been identified:

http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/68379
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/09/archaeologists-identify-runesmith-who-carved-the-jelling-stone-runes/148744

A family looking for a lost earring found a Viking-era burial in Norway:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-66957309
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/norway-viking-era-burial-found-by-family-on-metal-detector-hunt-for-earring/

Burials and remains of a Viking-era settlement from Viru-Nigula:

https://news.err.ee/1609117811/archeologists-discover-human-bones-and-viking-era-settlement-in-viru-nigula

A stroll on a beach in Gotland by an eight year-old reveled a Viking belt buckle:

https://www.newsweek.com/boy-finds-viking-artifact-family-beach-vacation-1826381

A Viking-era horse's bridle from melting ice in Norway:

https://sciencenorway.no/archaeology-history-viking-age/melting-ice-near-norways-highest-mountain-reveals-horse-bridle-that-could-stem-from-the-viking-age/2253519
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11763-230925-norway-horse-bridle

A study of Viking-era combs is revealing much about the extent of their trade connections:

https://phys.org/news/2023-09-viking-hundreds-kilometers-arctic.html
https://archaeonewsnet.com/viking-trade-connections-stretched-over-hundreds-of-kilometers-to-the-arctic-research-shows/2023/09/news/archaeology/163083/
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/09/22/viking-trade-connections-stretched-over-hundreds-of-kilometres/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/09/viking-trade-connections-stretched-to-arctic-scandinavia/148695

Excavations at the Govan Old Church have revealed a medieval relief sort of thing being dubbed the 'Govan Warrior':

https://www.gla.ac.uk/news/headline_1003762_en.html
https://www.scotsman.com/heritage-and-retro/heritage/ancient-govan-warrior-sculpture-found-in-glasgow-in-remarkable-discovery-4339834
https://arkeonews.net/an-archaeological-dig-at-govan-old-churchyard-revealed-a-remarkable-new-find-an-early-medieval-govan-warrior-stone/
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/09/20/new-discovery-of-early-medieval-govan-warrior-stone/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/09/early-medieval-carved-stone-of-a-warrior-figure-found-in-glasgow/148620

The possible birthplace of Henry VII was excavated at Pembroke Castle:

https://www.westerntelegraph.co.uk/news/23811928.henry-vii-birthplace-scrutiny-pembroke-castle-dig/
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/09/26/king-henry-vii-born-pembrokeshire-tower-tudor-medieval/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/09/archaeologists-unearth-possible-birthplace-of-king-henry-vii-at-pembroke-castle/148708

Medieval finds from the Northampton Market Square redevelopment site:

https://www.northantslive.news/news/northamptonshire-news/incredible-medieval-finds-discovered-northampton-8736941

A 'battered' 14th century shoe from a construction site in Freiberg:

https://www.newsweek.com/ancient-leather-shoe-discovered-germany-1830957

A 14th century bronze cannon from off the coast of Marstrand (Sweden):

https://www.gu.se/en/news/shipboard-cannon-found-off-the-swedish-coast-may-be-the-oldest-in-europe
https://phys.org/news/2023-09-shipboard-cannon-swedish-coast-oldest.html
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/09/230913122741.htm
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/14th-century-shipboard-cannon-that-fired-stone-shots-may-be-europes-oldest-on-record
https://arkeonews.net/a-shipboard-14th-century-cannon-found-off-the-swedish-coast-may-be-the-oldest-in-europe/
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/68252
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/09/14/shipboard-cannon-found-off-the-swedish-coast/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11744-230914-sweden-ship-cannon

Study suggests some whale species may have been wiped out by medieval Europeans:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/15/science/european-whales-extinction.html

A 500 years bp game board slab from a Polish castle:

https://arkeonews.net/500-year-old-board-game-discovered-carved-into-a-stone-slab-in-a-polish-castle/

Overview of excavations at the mand of Court de Wyck:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/09/archaeologists-are-rediscovering-the-medieval-manor-of-court-de-wyck/148719

Study sugests students made Oxford the murder capital of late medieval England:

https://phys.org/news/2023-09-students-oxford-capital-late-medieval.html
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/sep/28/medieval-murder-maps-of-three-english-cities-london-oxford-york
https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/1472/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/1472/pub/1472/page/30/article/NaN
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-66925696

A metal detectorist found an impressive Tudor hooked tag:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-norfolk-66925655

Some playing cards used by Charles II turned up in an attic:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-norfolk-66925655

A 17th century 'child vampire burial' from Poland:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12552055/Child-vampire-body-Poland-17th-century-feared-body-archaeologists.html

A study of the wreck of the Santa Maria Magdalena (sank in 1810):

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/shipwreck-santa-maria-magdalena-buried-secrets-spanish-warship-sank-1810-killing-hundreds/

Feature on concerns for 'treasure hunters' working underwater sites:

https://phys.org/news/2023-09-treasure-hunters-pose-problem-underwater.html

More reaction to the Stonehenge tunnel plan:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-66843922
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-66864254

Restoration of Salisbury Cathedral is now complete:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-66753871
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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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A study of the diet of Middle-Late Neolithic Shangzhai people:

https://phys.org/news/2023-09-ancient-shangzhai-people-consumed-broomcorn.html

Evidence of a 3600 years bp water system from Henan:

https://english.news.cn/20230913/dd457412f486466e8f007fa275fe36ec/c.html
http://en.people.cn/n3/2023/0913/c90000-20071601.html
http://www.china.org.cn/arts/2023-09/14/content_116677760.htm

The tomb of the first emperor of the Northern Zhou dynasty was found in Xianyang:

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/1400-year-old-tomb-of-emperor-in-china-reveals-evidence-of-royal-power-struggle-among-brothers-and-a-warlord
https://english.news.cn/20230919/9b9a034e460a4f809aa2bf22af309499/c.html
http://en.people.cn/n3/2023/0920/c90000-20073916.html
http://t.m.china.org.cn/convert/c_r18e1QPn.html
https://www.newsweek.com/archaeologists-discover-1500-year-old-tomb-ancient-emperor-china-1830421
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/68355
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/09/archaeologists-uncover-tomb-of-emperor-xiaomin-of-northern-zhou/148701
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11772-230929-china-duke-tomb

... as was the tomb of Qin Er Shi, the second emperor of the Qin Dynasty:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/09/tomb-of-qin-er-shi-the-second-emperor-of-china/148689

Tombs with a wide range of dates in Shaanxi are shedding light on the location of 'Pingyang':

https://news.cgtn.com/news/2023-09-19/Ancient-tombs-shed-light-on-location-of-Pingyang-in-Shanxi-1ne4WziD7IQ/index.html

A late 6th century elite burial from a parking lot in Nara:

https://arkeonews.net/ancient-tomb-discovered-under-parking-lot-greenery-in-japan/

A 2500-1800 BCE burial of a woman in Kazakhstan:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/09/bronze-age-burial-found-in-kazakhstan/148492

A Bronze Age hexagonal based pyramid from Kazakhstan:

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/bronze-age-hexagonal-pyramid-not-like-anything-found-before-in-the-eurasian-steppe

A Bronze Age burial of a girl surrounded by assorted grave goods (including plenty of astragaloi) from Kazakhstan:

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/bronze-age-girl-buried-with-more-than-150-animal-ankle-bones-potentially-to-help-her-to-the-next-world

Thailand's Si Thep site has been added to UNESCO's Heritage list:

https://phys.org/news/2023-09-thailand-ancient-town-si-thep.html
https://archaeonewsnet.com/thailands-ancient-town-of-si-thep-added-to-world-heritage-list/2023/09/news/archaeology/163081/

... as has Cambodia's Koh Ker site:

http://www.china.org.cn/arts/2023-09/21/content_116699590.htm
https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/cambodia-s-koh-ker-archaeological-site-inscribed-on-unesco-world-heritage-list

Terracotta figurines from a megalithic dolmen site need Moodbidri:

https://www.deccanherald.com/india/karnataka/terracotta-figurines-found-in-a-megalithic-dolmen-site-at-mudukonaje-near-moodbidri-2682542

700 BCE terracotta figures from a site in Karnataka:

https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/bengaluru-news/unique-terracotta-figurines-dating-back-to-700-bce-found-in-dakshina-kannada-101694591409122.html
https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/karnataka/2023/sep/13/terracotta-figurines-dating-back-to-700-bce-found-in-karnatakas-dakshina-kannada-district-2614337.html
https://www.outlookindia.com/national/archaeologists-discover-700-bce-terracotta-figurines-in-karnataka-s-dakshina-kannada-news-317432
https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/karnataka/2023/sep/13/terracotta-figurines-dating-back-to-700-bce-found-in-karnatakas-dakshina-kannada-district-2614337.html

A pair of 2000 years bp (maybe) urns from the Vembakottai site:

https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Madurai/two-urns-unearthed-from-village-near-vembakottai-excavation-site/article67299433.ece

A 2000 years bp (maybe) burial urn found during roadwork in Tiruppur:

https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2023/sep/15/ancient-burial-urn-containing-skeletal-remains-unearthed-while-digging-road-in-tns-tiruppur-city-2614931.html

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NORTH AMERICA
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Evidence of when the Vikings reached North America (this might be old news by now):

https://www.zmescience.com/science/archaeology/viking-arrived-north-america-year/

The search for burials relating to the Tulsa Race Massacre revealed seven sets of human remains of interest this season (more to come?):

https://apnews.com/article/tulsa-race-massacre-mass-graves-457d6522f630bf0740659a1dfccb0af8
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/2023/09/30/tulsa-race-massacre-mass-graves/08a4b286-5fa2-11ee-b961-94e18b27be28_story.html
http://www.newson6.com/story/651776089203650662e20ce6/excavation-complete:-archaeologists-study-remains-found-at-oaklawn-cemetery
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11762-230925-tulsa-crate-burial

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OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST
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Feature on different ideas about beauty in the ancient world:

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2023-09-11/ty-article/the-ancient-rules-of-beauty-creating-a-female-identity-in-a-mans-world/0000018a-84c0-d16e-a78f-ced0b9840000

An identification of a 'lost' Artemisia Gentileschi painting:

https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/1435/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/1435/pub/1435/page/32/article/NaN

Recreating Celtic beer using analysis of pollen from a burial site:

https://arkeonews.net/czech-scientists-make-celtic-beer-using-analysis-of-pollen-from-burial-site/
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CURRENT EVENTS:
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The floods in Libya were raising concerns for ancient Cyrene:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/afp/article-12540133/Fears-ancient-Cyrene-Libya-floods.html
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/libya-floods-ancient-greek-archaeology-uncovered-1234680783/
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/09/22/deadly-libya-floods-unearth-archaeological-remains-but-leave-key-sites-in-peril
https://thearabweekly.com/experts-fear-ancient-cyrene-ruins-could-collapse-after-libya-floods

... but the floods also revealed some 'new' ancient structures near Derna:

https://greekcitytimes.com/2023/09/27/floods-reveal-new-parts-of-ancient-greek-city-in-libya/

The earthquakes in Morocco damaged some cultural sites:

https://www.dw.com/en/moroccos-deadly-earthquake-destroys-cultural-sites/a-66797784

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MUSEUM MATTERS
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Rubens and Women:

https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/1435/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/1435/pub/1435/page/33/article/NaN

The British Museum is accused of buying a shabti back in 2017 from a convicted smuggler without the proper checks:

https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/1472/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/1472/pub/1472/page/24/article/NaN

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ON THE DNA FRONT
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6000 years bp DNA extracted from remains in China:

http://www.china.org.cn/china/Off_the_Wire/2023-09/18/content_116693459.htm
http://en.people.cn/n3/2023/0919/c90000-20073525.html

DNA suggests an African origin for cattle in the Americas:

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/the-1st-american-cowboys-may-have-been-enslaved-africans-dna-evidence-suggests
https://new.nsf.gov/news/ancient-dna-reveals-early-african-origin-cattle

A study of the DNA of folks in the Angolan Namib:

https://phys.org/news/2023-09-deep-genetic-africa-reveals-unique.html
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/09/230922141244.htm

On the Neanderthal DNA we're still carrying around:

https://apnews.com/article/neanderthals-denisovans-genetics-dna-disease-e49cb7d939cfe5d583e7ed0af8751784

DNA suggests the first cowboys may have been enslaved Africans:

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/the-1st-american-cowboys-may-have-been-enslaved-africans-dna-evidence-suggests

On how DNA has transformed archaeology:

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/premium/article/ancient-dna-neanderthals-plague-genome-archaeology

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CRIME BEAT
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A 62 year-old man in Drama (Greece) was arrested in possession of assorted antiquities:

https://www.ekathimerini.com/news/1219887/treasures-of-antiquity-found-in-mans-garden-in-drama/
https://greekreporter.com/2023/09/13/ancient-treasure-found-mans-yard-drama-greece/
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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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OBITUARIES
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Damian Evans:

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/sep/14/damian-evans-death-archaeologist-dies-discovered-medieval-cities-near-angkor-wat
https://sarahparcak.substack.com/p/a-tribute-to-dr-damian-evans-1979

Kurt Raaflaub:

https://www.providencejournal.com/obituaries/ppvp0572473

Karen D. Vitelli:

https://www.pressherald.com/2023/09/20/obituarykaren-d-vitelli/

Elizabeth Jeffreys:

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/prof-elizabeth-jeffreys-obituary-8gr2m0q3c

Paul Woodruff:

https://news.utexas.edu/2023/09/26/ut-mourns-classicist-philosopher-and-university-leader-paul-woodruff/

E. Mary Smallwood:

https://www.scotsman.com/news/people/scotsman-obituaries-professor-e-mary-smallwood-classical-historian-and-author-4350400

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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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Archaeosoup:

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

Archaeology Podcast Network:

http://www.archaeologypodcastnetwork.com/
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