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explorator 26.02 April 30, 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,
Don Buck, mata kimasitayo, and Ross W. Sargent for headses upses this week
(as always hoping I have left no one out).

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EARLY HOMINIDS
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A study of soot suggests humans were present in the Nerja Cave (Spain) for some 41 000 years:

https://phys.org/news/2023-04-fossilized-soot-charcoal-reconstruct-history.html
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/987238
https://arkeonews.net/smoke-archeology-finds-evidence-humans-visited-nerja-cave-for-40000-years/
https://www.iflscience.com/humans-have-been-lighting-torches-inside-this-spanish-cave-for-41000-years-68628
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11406-230428-spain-nerja-cave-visitors

cf: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-32544-1

More on the 39 000 years bp 'leather punch board' from Spain:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/this-39600-year-old-bone-may-have-been-used-by-prehistoric-tailors-180982033/
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AFRICA
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More on the stable isotope map of Angola and its uses:

https://phys.org/news/2023-04-stable-isotope-angola-archaeologists-individual.html

More on the medieval wall paintings from Old Dongola (Sudan):

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/04/26/amid-an-unfolding-civil-war-unique-christian-wall-paintings-have-been-found-in-hidden-chambers-of-an-ancient-sudanese-city
https://greekcitytimes.com/2023/04/23/archaeologists-discovered-an-enigmatic-complex-of-rooms-interiors-of-which-covered-with-figural-scenes-unique-to-christian-art-with-greek-inscriptions/
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-741467
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/christian-paintings-old-dongola-sudan-polish-archaeologists-2283888
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11398-230426-sudan-dongola-medieval-paintings

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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT
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Not sure where to put this find of a Roman-era Buddha statue from an Isis temple in Berenice:

https://english.ahram.org.eg/News/498493.aspx
https://egyptindependent.com/egypt-announces-discovery-of-a-statue-of-buddha-on-its-land-for-the-first-time/
https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2023/04/buddha-statue-found-egypt-points-ancient-india-links
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20230427-buddha-statue-found-in-egypt-points-to-ancient-india-links
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-04-28/buddha-statue-found-in-egypt-points-to-ancient-india-links/102280588
https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/buddha-statue-found-in-egypt-points-to-ancient-india-links-182730
https://greekreporter.com/2023/04/28/ancient-statue-buddha-egypt/
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/67128
https://hyperallergic.com/818372/stone-buddha-found-in-egypt-sheds-light-on-indias-influence/
https://arkeonews.net/buddha-statue-discovered-in-ancient-city-of-berenice-egypt/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/04/statue-depicting-buddha-found-in-ancient-egyptian-city/147109
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/04/27/buddha-statue-found-at-berenike-on-the-red-sea-coast/

More on the 18th Dynasty tomb of Panehsy:

https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/ancient-cultures/ancient-egypt/lavish-new-kingdom-tomb-uncovered-at-saqqara/
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/04/25/3200-year-old-tomb-discovered-in-saqqara/

More on the neutron tomography study of six Egyptian animal sarcophagi:

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2023-04-24/ty-article/high-tech-peers-inside-sealed-ancient-egyptian-coffins-finds-lizards/00000187-b2d3-d3b7-abcf-b3d7c61f0000
https://hyperallergic.com/817357/2500-year-old-mummified-lizards-found-in-ancient-egyptian-coffins/
https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/scientists-study-the-secrets-of-2-500-year-old-mummified-animals
https://www.gizmodo.com.au/2023/04/researchers-blasted-ancient-egyptian-lizard-coffins-with-neutrons/

The mummified remains and objects from Bab el-Gasus (found in 1891) are going online:

https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/04/25/the-mummies-and-objects-of-the-bab-el-gasus-cache-go-online/

Feature on Christiane Desroches-Noblecourt:

https://www.apollo-magazine.com/christiane-desroches-noblecourt-biography-lynne-olson-egyptology/

Feature on Allard Pierson's study of mummy portraits:

https://www.classicult.it/en/allard-pierson-starts-international-research-on-twelve-mummy-portraits/

The 'mystery' of an 'impossible statue' currently in the National Museums Scotland may have been figured out:

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/ancient-egyptians/mystery-of-impossible-ancient-egyptian-statue-may-be-solved

Feature on the Ishtar Gate:

https://www.asor.org/anetoday/2023/04/ishtar-gate-babylon

Nine 3000 years bp child burials from Segzabad (Iran):

https://arkeonews.net/3000-year-old-skeletons-of-nine-children-were-discovered-in-qazvin-province-iran/

'Destruction' concerns for the 9000 years bp Tepe Sarab site:

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/484023/9-000-year-old-Tepe-Sarab-on-verge-of-destruction

Sassanid finds from Iran's Khorasan region include a number of plaster images:

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/484081/Archaeologies-hail-find-of-Sassanid-relics-in-northeast-Iran

Plans to resume digging at Ashraf hill in Iran's Isfahan province:

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/484130/Isfahan-s-archaeology-rich-hill-to-undergo-excavation

Interview with Abbas Amanat regarding their *Iran: A Modern History*:

https://yalebooks.yale.edu/2023/04/14/irans-modern-history-a-conversation-with-abbas-amanat/

There are apparently no relief images of women at Persepolis:

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/483894/Persepolis-bears-no-woman-carved-in-relief-archaeologist-says

Turkiye has put an 8000 years bp footprint from Yenisehir on display (some dig details here too):

https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/8000-year-old-footprint-on-display-for-1st-time-in-turkiyes-iznik/news

Israel continues to search for the Siloam Pool:

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2023-04-28/ty-article-magazine/.premium/israel-razed-the-last-orchard-in-silwan-in-search-of-siloam-pool-it-still-cant-be-found/00000187-c6d0-d9b4-abaf-eefe23910000

Dating an olive tree in Wadi Zeitan suggests it is 1500 years bp or so:

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2023-04-24/ty-article-magazine/genetic-tests-of-israeli-desert-olive-tree-reveal-roots-of-ancient-agriculture/00000187-b259-d86e-ade7-bbdd88160000

Grape seeds dating to the 8th century CE from a Byzantine monastery site in the Negev:

https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-741446
https://arkeonews.net/white-grape-pips-found-in-the-negev-dated-may-be-the-oldest-of-its-kind-worldwide/
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/04/27/new-insight-into-the-mystery-of-ancient-gaza-wine/

Finds from various periods (including 'triliths') from assorted sites in Oman:

https://english.radio.cz/czech-led-archaeological-team-discovers-mini-stonehenge-oman-8781199
https://www.sacbee.com/news/nation-world/world/article274700496.html
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11403-230428-oman-arabian-stonehenge
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https://thisweekintheancientneareast.podbean.com/

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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS)
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Evidence of Bronze Age and Roman-era occupation near Newquay:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cornwall-65391193
https://the-past.com/news/bronze-age-and-roman-occupation-found-near-newquay/

A 5th century red figure plate from the dig at the sanctuary of Odesos:

https://www.bta.bg/en/news/culture/448287-varna-archaeologists-report-rare-5th-century-bc-find
https://www.novinite.com/articles/219828/Bulgaria%3A+Archeologists+from+Varna+discovered+an+Ancient+Object+with+an+analogue+only+in+the+Louvre

A 1st century CE Roman burial in Hungary includes medical equipment:

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article274758151.html
https://news.yahoo.com/ancient-roman-doctor-made-mysterious-225540424.html
https://www.iflscience.com/unique-discovery-of-a-roman-doctor-buried-with-his-equipment-68678
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/67108
https://arkeonews.net/tomb-of-a-roman-doctor-buried-with-unique-surgical-tools-unearthed-in-hungary/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/04/medical-equipment-found-in-roman-burial/147093

A 2000 years bp Roman suburb, including a bathhouse, from the Xanten military camp site:

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article274709086.html
https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/nation-world/world/article274709086.html

Plenty of Roman remains found during a pre-construction dig in Belgium:

https://www.newsobserver.com/news/nation-world/world/article274782226.html
https://news.yahoo.com/burnt-graves-full-ancient-roman-165739571.html
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article274782226.html
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/04/archaeologists-discover-roman-sanctuary-and-cemetery-in-belgium/147025

A major Roman silver coin hoard from Romania:

https://www.romania-insider.com/roman-silver-coins-discovered-dolj-romania-2023

A Roman burial at a housing development site in Hinckley/Nuneaton::

https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/local-news/plan-new-homes-near-hinckley-8381631
https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/local-news/roman-burial-site-discovered-nuneaton-26748014

... and Roman remains were found at a housing site in Wiltshire:

https://www.wiltshiretimes.co.uk/news/23479989.roman-remains-found-southwick-court-fields-homes-site/

I think we mentioned these remains of an underwater temple at Pozzuoli with Nabataean connections:

https://hyperallergic.com/817370/remains-of-submerged-nabatean-temple-uncovered-in-italy/
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/04/19/underwater-nabataean-temple-discovered-in-major-archaeological-find-in-italy
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-741637
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/04/archaeologists-identify-a-submerged-temple-of-the-nabataeans-in-pozzuoli/146880
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11396-230426-italy-nabataean-temple

A Roman coin (and other items) hoard from Switzerland:

https://www.numismaticnews.net/world-coins/roman-coin-find-in-switzerland

Evidence via Google Earth of three previously-unknown Roman military camps in the Saudi Arabian desert:

https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2023-04-27-spectacular-new-find-roman-military-camps-desert-found-oxford-archaeologists-using
https://phys.org/news/2023-04-roman-military-archaeologists-google-earth.html
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-65391574
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/roman-archaeologists-andrew-wilson-university-of-oxford-petra-b2327729.html
https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/23483565.new-roman-camps-found-desert-university-oxford/
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/04/27/lost-roman-camp-arabian-desert-google-earth-massacre/
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-12024639/Lost-Roman-camps-spotted-Google-Earth-hint-deadly-MASSACRE-1-900-years-ago.html
https://www.standard.co.uk/tech/science/andrew-wilson-university-of-oxford-petra-saudi-arabia-rome-b1077133.html
https://www.arabnews.com/node/2293826
https://www.timesofisrael.com/newly-identified-roman-army-camps-indicate-unknown-ancient-campaign-in-arabia/
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2023-04-27/ty-article/archaeologists-find-evidence-of-lost-ancient-roman-campaign-in-arabia/00000187-c2f6-d554-a5b7-defed94f0000
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-741390
https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/roman-camps-found-in-arabian-desert-hint-epic-attacks-in-106-ad/news
https://www.thenationalnews.com/world/uk-news/2023/04/26/uk-archaeologists-discover-roman-military-camps-in-arabian-desert/
https://news.yahoo.com/researchers-identify-three-roman-camps-050430844.html
https://www.zmescience.com/science/history-science/archaeologists-find-ancient-roman-camps-in-the-arabian-desert-using-google-earth/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/04/roman-army-camps-identified-in-northern-arabia-using-google-earth/147115
https://arkeonews.net/archaeologists-identify-three-new-roman-camps-in-arabia/

... and a 'lost' 2nd century Roman fort was found in Scotland:

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/romans/lost-2nd-century-roman-fort-discovered-in-scotland
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-discover-lost-roman-fort-in-scotland-180982055/

Study suggests the Nazis were 'wrongly accused' of destroying Caligula's ships at Nemi:

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/nazis-were-false-culprits-for-destruction-of-caligula-s-pleasure-boats-qwzqrkwmn
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12015301/The-Nazis-WRONGLY-accused-torching-Caligulas-pleasure-boats-archaeologists-claim.html

A 'bridal carriage' excavated at Pompeii a couple years ago has been restored/reconstructed:

https://www.ansa.it/english/news/lifestyle/arts/2023/04/29/eros-and-pathos-in-pompeii-bridal-carriage_410b5185-5b38-4490-aa4e-427550320431.html

More on the Roman coin hoard found at Livorno:

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/roman-coins-found-tuscany-livorno-1234665828/
https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/nation-world/world/article274745966.html
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article274745966.html

More on possible sculpture representing people of Tartessos from a Bronze Age site in Spain:

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/2600-year-old-stone-busts-of-lost-ancient-tartessos-people-discovered-in-sealed-pit-in-spain
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/67101
https://arkeonews.net/archaeologists-have-uncovered-the-first-human-representations-of-the-people-of-mythical-tartessos/
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/04/26/first-human-representations-of-tartessian-culture/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11405-230428-spain-tartessos-busts

More on the Gallo-Roman necropolis near a Paris train station:

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/romans/ancient-necropolis-unearthed-just-feet-away-from-bustling-paris-train-station
https://www.euronews.com/culture/2023/04/24/no-one-has-seen-it-since-antiquity-archaeologists-uncover-ancient-necropolis-near-paris-me
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/67085
https://arkeonews.net/2000-year-old-graves-found-in-ancient-necropolis-beneath-paris-train-station/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/parisian-archaeologists-discover-gallo-roman-necropolis-under-train-station-180982056/

More on the find of a Hellenistic burial chamber in Naples using muon radiography:

http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/67096
https://www.iflscience.com/hidden-ancient-underground-necropolis-discovered-using-cosmic-rays-68602
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/04/archaeologists-use-muography-to-reveal-hidden-chamber-in-naples/147137

cf: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-32626-0

More on the Roman mosaic found near a vape shop in Colchester:

https://greekreporter.com/2023/04/26/roman-mosaic-shopping-mall-england/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/roman-mosaic-unearthed-at-shopping-mall-in-england-180982039/

More on the Roman tunnels under Lisbon:

https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/hidden-relics-lisbons-2000-year-old-roman-tunnels-harbor-history/news

Museum staff in Littlehampton are searching for a 'missing footprint' from the Angmering Roman villa excavations:

https://www.sussexexpress.co.uk/heritage-and-retro/retro/littlehampton-museum-staff-scour-the-country-for-missing-star-find-from-angmering-roman-villa-excavations-4122469

Finds recently declared treasure in Caerwent are hoped to suggest a Roman settlement in the area:

https://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/23489170.caerwent-treasure-undiscovered-roman-settlement/

Hyping the upcoming dig at the Carlisle Roman bath site:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cumbria-65387199
https://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/23478950.uncovering-roman-carlisle-excavate-bath-house/

Feature on the durability of ancient glass:

https://www.getty.edu/news/is-ancient-glass-unbreakable/

Features on Cleopatra:

https://isisnaucratis.medium.com/cleopatra-vii-the-gift-that-keeps-on-giving-f749b66c552c
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/cleopatra-egypt-pharaoh-life-history

Feature on Hypatia:

https://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-04-29/hypatia-of-alexandria-the-pop-star-of-antiquity-that-resists-oblivion.html

Feature on recent finds from Smyrna:

https://greekreporter.com/2023/04/25/smyrna-dig-ancient-greek-roman-past/

Feature on Vercingetorix:

https://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-04-24/caesars-prisoner-the-thrilling-story-of-the-gallic-rebel-vercingetorix-his-roman-guard-and-the-notorious-dungeons-of-mamertine.html

Feature on the Antonine Plague:

https://www.indonewyork.com/breaking/antiquity-antonine-plague-how-a-plague-ushered-in-the-fall-of-the-roman-2-h86537.html

Feature on how ugly Socrates was (!):

https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/hide-and-seek/202304/how-ugly-was-socrates

Feature on the Seleucids:

https://greekreporter.com/2023/04/28/seleucids-rivals-cleopatra-dynasty/

Feature on Dura Europos:

https://www.thecollector.com/dura-europos-pompeii-desert/

Feature on a ring found a few years ago that was connected to Pontius Pilate:

https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/ancient-cultures/ancient-israel/pontius-pilates-ring-reexamined/

Feature on the battle of Leuctra:

https://www.thecollector.com/battle-of-leuctra-thebans-spartans/

Feature on some Greek pyramids:

https://greekreporter.com/2023/04/28/ancient-pyramid-greece/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/06/the-greek-pyramids/139575

Feature on why Hadrianopolis was abandoned in the 7th century:

https://greekreporter.com/2023/04/22/ancient-greek-city-hadrianopolis/

Another feature on the Antikythera mechanism:

https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/04/25/the-promethean-antikythera-computer-of-greek-civilization/

Another feature pondering whether the Greeks saw blue like we do:

https://greekreporter.com/2023/04/25/did-ancient-greeks-see-blue/

Feature on mosaics from Halicarnassus associated with Phainos:

https://greekreporter.com/2023/04/24/villa-mosaic-ancient-greek-fisherman/
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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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Remains of a major 6000 years bp settlement from France:

https://www.tri-cityherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article274788961.html
https://www.mahoningmatters.com/news/nation-world/world/article274788961.html
https://news.yahoo.com/6-000-old-settlement-full-210534882.html

2300 years bp Celtic scissors from burials in Munich:

https://arkeonews.net/2300-years-old-amazing-preserved-looks-almost-new-celtic-scissors-discovered-in-germany/

Overview of the excavations of a pottery production site (possibly mentioned in the Domesday Book) in Quedgeley East:

https://the-past.com/news/domesday-pottery-location-excavated-in-gloucestershire/

A medieval tableman gaming piece from excavations of a medieval building in Bedforshire:

https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-741350
https://arkeonews.net/archaeologists-discover-medieval-a-tableman-gaming-piece-in-bedfordshire-england/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/04/tableman-gaming-piece-discovered-in-medieval-building/147085

A metal detectorist in Lancaster found a 15th century ring depicting Mary and Jesus:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-lancashire-65383377
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/metal-detectorists-shock-15th-century-093423745.html

Construction workers came across remains of Krakow's medieval Szewska Gate:

https://www.thefirstnews.com/article/remains-of-krakows-mediaeval-szewska-gate-found-by-builders-38087

A drone survey may have located the site of the Battle of Marston Moor (1644):

https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/heritage-and-retro/heritage/battle-of-marston-moor-archaeological-drone-survey-reveals-possible-remains-of-burial-pits-from-civil-war-battle-in-yorkshire-4119964

More on the 1000 years bp Viking iron hoard found in a basement in Norway:

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/vikings/rare-1000-year-old-viking-age-iron-hoard-found-in-basement-in-norway

More on a metal detectorist finding 10th century Viking hacksilver and coins from a Jutland cornfield:

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/apr/21/hoard-of-1000-year-old-viking-coins-unearthed-in-denmark
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/67077
https://arkeonews.net/young-metal-detectorist-discovers-huge-viking-treasure-hoard-in-denmark/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11393-230424-denmark-viking-hoard

More on the Viking ship find at Karmoy Mound:

https://sciencenorway.no/archaeology-viking-age-vikings/new-discovery-of-a-viking-ship-in-norway/2187930
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/vikings/seemingly-empty-burial-mound-is-hiding-a-1200-year-old-viking-ship
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-741635
https://www.sacbee.com/news/nation-world/world/article274655121.html
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11395-230425-norway-viking-ship-burial

More on Norse colonists in Greenland importing timber from North America:

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2023-04-23/ty-article/vikings-in-greenland-imported-wood-from-europe-and-canada/00000187-ae6b-d803-ad8f-fe7bcb2e0000

More on the identification of the earliest-known tartan:

https://the-past.com/news/earliest-known-true-tartan-identified/

A major conservation project at Caenarfon Castle is complete:

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/apr/27/caernarfon-castles-5m-revamp-takes-its-story-beyond-english-imperialism

Archaeologists in Nottingham are working to preserve a 200 years bp cave site before student housing is built:

https://nottstv.com/nottingham-archaeologists-working-to-protect-200-year-old-cave-before-student-block-is-built/
https://westbridgfordwire.com/200-year-old-nottingham-prison-cave-to-be-protected-before-student-homes-built-on-it/

Hyping an upcoming Neolithic dig in Jersey:

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-jersey-65401208

They're reviewing how archaeological finds in Scotland are processed:

https://www.scotsman.com/news/environment/review-launched-into-how-archaeological-finds-are-processed-in-scotland-4116358

An early notice of a dig at a future police station site in Cambridge:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-65391909
https://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/cambridge-news/archaeologists-dig-site-earmarked-new-26787338
https://www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/news/archaeological-dig-begins-at-milton-site-earmarked-for-new-p-9309921/

Feature on the 'Leaning Tower of Bristol':

https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/leaning-tower-bristol-being-dwarfed-8389931

Feature on 17th century protests in London over river pollution:

https://theconversation.com/noisome-stinking-scum-how-londoners-protested-river-pollution-in-the-1600s-204011

Feature on Urnes style brooches found in Norway over the years:

https://sciencenorway.no/archaeology-medieval-history-viking-age/this-brooch-became-high-fashion-during-the-late-viking-and-middle-age/2189994

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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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More on powerful women among the Mongolian Xiognu people:

https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2023/04/dna-shows-poorly-understood-empire-was-multiethnic-with-strong-female-leadership/
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-741600
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/04/worlds-first-nomadic-empire-was-multi-ethnic-with-strong-female-leadership/147132

A Yayoi image of a whale on some pottery from Itoshima:

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20230426/p2a/00m/0na/020000c

An 1800 years bp 'festival mask' from a site in Osaka:

https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14893644
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/67118
https://arkeonews.net/1800-year-old-wooden-mask-likely-used-in-farm-festivals-found-in-japan/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/04/1800-year-old-ritual-mask-uncovered-in-osaka-prefecture/147079
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11399-230426-japan-wooden-mask

More on chicken breeding in Japan dating to the 4th century BCE:

https://www.global.hokudai.ac.jp/blog/chicken-breeding-in-japan-dates-back-to-fourth-century-bce/
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/04/24/chicken-breeding-in-japan-dates-back-to-fourth-century-bce/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11394-230425-japan-chicken-breeding

Possible antiquities (Buddha statues, swords, a gong) from a cave in Laos:

https://en.vietnamplus.vn/laos-discovers-many-objects-believed-to-be-antiquities/252349.vnp

More on wideranging Polynesian migration:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/04/stone-artefacts-reveal-long-distance-voyaging-among-pacific-islands/147064
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/04/25/long-distance-voyaging-among-the-pacific-islands/

A student came across a Pandya period inscription in Madurai:

https://m.timesofindia.com/city/madurai/student-unearths-pandya-inscription-in-madurai/articleshow/99801634.cms

Concerns for a Buddhist cave site at Tamsuli:

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/environmentalists-urge-archaeology-dept-to-protect-buddhist-cave-at-tamsuli/articleshow/99769173.cms

Study suggests prolonged droughts may have brought an end to the Indus Civilization:

https://phys.org/news/2023-04-prolonged-droughts-indus-megacities.html
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/04/230426210533.htm
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/04/27/prolonged-droughts-likely-spelled-the-end-for-indus-megacities/

Isolation is apparently interfering with archaeology in Afghanistan:

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/04/25/isolation-is-thwarting-archaeological-discoveries-of-afghanistans-rich-heritage
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AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND
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Ancient Maori building techniques could apparently withstand earthquakes:

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/kahu/ancient-maori-building-techniques-proven-to-withstand-major-earthquakes/MVH2LHKHMRENBAWQ6WZBN2NYG4/
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NORTH AMERICA
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A fragment of a skull found in Louisiana back in 1985 has been dated to 3500 years bp:

https://www.wdsu.com/article/louisiana-skull-fragment-3500-years-old/43725763
https://www.heraldonline.com/news/nation-world/national/article274805136.html
https://www.thenewstribune.com/news/nation-world/national/article274805136.html

A paleogenome study of people who settled in Alaska some 3000 years bp:

https://phys.org/news/2023-04-ancient-alaskan-cave-important-human.html
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/04/230424223113.htm
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/987183
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-741281
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/04/26/important-human-discovery-made-while-searching-for-ancient-bears/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11402-230427-alaska-native-dna

A possible 18th century well find in Woodstock (Virginia):

https://www.nvdaily.com/nvdaily/experts-have-mixed-opinions-about-age-of-old-woodstock-well/article_f806e90d-adaa-57e3-aa57-d18d9fefef3e.html

More on the 1000 years bp canoe extracted from Lake Waccamaw in North Carolina:

https://www.nhonews.com/news/2023/apr/26/1000-year-old-indigenous-canoe-excavated-lake-wacc/

More on earlier use of horses by Indigneous people:

https://www.wyomingpublicmedia.org/open-spaces/2023-04-28/new-research-finds-that-indigenous-people-were-using-horses-way-earlier-than-we-originally-thought

Plans to investigate a possible 19th century shipwreck on Daytona Beach Shores:

https://www.wesh.com/article/florida-shipwreck/43685512
https://www.wesh.com/article/daytona-beach-shipwreck-investigation/43728495
https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2023/04/27/archaeologists-check-out-suspected-shipwreck-in-daytona-beach-shores/
https://spotonflorida.com/fl-non-local-sources/4575360/archaeologists-to-examine-exposed-daytona.html

Feature on efforts to preserve adobe churches in New Mexico:

https://apnews.com/article/southwest-hispanic-mission-church-preservation-faith-a70650d37b3c969cd6d43829a2397984

Feature on the collapse of the Dixon bridge 150 years bp:

https://apnews.com/article/bridge-collapse-drowning-death-river-illinois-a24a97dd9479f1b3e4fe73aedc0846fc

A study using newspaper ads to trace Indigenous slavery in colonial America:

https://phys.org/news/2023-04-century-newspaper-ads-indigenous-slavery.html

cf: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/0144039X.2023.2189517

Funding to preserve Albany's oldest building:

https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/historic-albany-foundation-receives-federal-funds-17915547.php

Mike Ruggeri's listings of Ancient Americas lectures for May:

https://mikeruggerisevents.tumblr.com/
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CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA
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A 1000 years bp adolescent mummified person bundle from the outskirts of Lima:

https://phys.org/news/2023-04-centuries-old-teenage-mummy-unearthed-peru.html
https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/archaeologists-peru-find-adolescent-mummy-wrapped-bundle-2023-04-25/
https://www.reuters.com/video/watch/archaeologists-in-peru-find-adolescent-m-idOV752725042023RP1
https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/25/americas/peru-adolescent-mummy-intl-scli-scn/index.html
https://andina.pe/ingles/noticia-around-800yearold-mummy-uncovered-in-peru-937862.aspx
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-740198
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/peruvian-archaeologist-unearth-pre-incan-104839586.html
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20230425-centuries-old-teenage-mummy-unearthed-in-peru
https://www.dailysabah.com/life/history/archaeologists-unearth-1000-year-old-adolescent-mummy-in-peru
https://english.almayadeen.net/news/art-culture/archaeologists-in-peru-find-adolescent-wrapped-mummy
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/archeologists-find-adolescent-mummy-peru-cajamarquilla/
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/archaeologists-peru-find-adolescent-mummy-wrapped-bundle-rcna81283
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-04-25/archaeologists-in-peru-find-adolescent-mummy-wrapped-in-bundle/102264376
https://arkeonews.net/archeologists-in-peru-find-a-1000-year-old-adolescent-mummy-wrapped-in-bundle/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11400-230427-peru-cajamarquilla-mummified-child

... I think this is related to the above:

https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/peruvian-gas-firm-doubles-up-pre-hispanic-tomb-finder-2023-04-27/
https://nationalpost.com/pmn/news-pmn/peruvian-gas-firm-doubles-up-as-pre-hispanic-tomb-finder

INAH archaeologists found an image of the Mayan divinity K'awiil from an area in Mexico:

https://riviera-maya-news.com/archaeologists-discover-first-representation-of-mayan-god-kawiil-in-mexico/2023.html
https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/rare-statue-mayan-god-kawiil-found-maya-train/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/04/rare-statue-of-maya-lighting-god-found-in-mexico/147143

A study of early inhabitants of Puerto Rico:

https://phys.org/news/2023-04-oldest-human-puerto-rico-reveal.html
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/986629
https://www.science.org/content/article/oldest-human-remains-puerto-rico-contradict-idea-simple-island-nomads

cf: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0284291

Feature on the strength of Maya masonry:

https://www.popsci.com/science/ancient-maya-plaster/

A pair of anthropologists believe they have figured out the Mayan 819-count calendar system:

https://phys.org/news/2023-04-anthropologist-pair-mystery-mayan-day.html
https://arkeonews.net/researchers-solve-the-mystery-of-mayan-819-day-calendar/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/04/study-reveals-new-secrets-of-the-maya-calendar/147121

cf: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0956536122000323

Protestors interrupted a talk in LA by Richard Hansen over his work at El Mirador (Guatemala):

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-04-23/protesters-disrupt-talk-by-author-richard-hansen-at-l-a-times-festival-of-books
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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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Feature on the origins of the Bible:

https://www.dw.com/en/what-is-the-historical-origin-of-the-bible/a-65421193

Study suggests 'digesta' was a source of carbs for Ice Age types;

https://news.umich.edu/digesta-an-overlooked-source-of-ice-age-carbs/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11401-230427-hunter-gatherer-bison-digesta

Pondering the origin of clothing:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/when-did-clothing-originate-180982030/

A study suggests 18th-century clay pipes were used also as weapons and surgical tools:

https://theconversation.com/researchers-discover-18th-century-clay-tobacco-pipes-were-used-as-weapons-and-surgical-tools-204295

Anne Boleyn spent her final days shopping, apparently:

https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/1321/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/1321/pub/1321/page/39/article/NaN

Some 'coronation etchings' depicting Charles II were found in the back of a cupboard:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-65384921
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/notting-hill-london-king-british-museum-royal-collection-b1076582.html

Feature ranking Vermeers:

https://www.artnews.com/list/art-news/artists/johannes-vermeer-best-paintings-where-1234664602/

Feature on Minerva Parker Nichols:

https://www.fastcompany.com/90868426/the-forgotten-story-of-americas-first-female-architect

Feature on the myth of Atlantis:

https://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/history-and-civilisation/2023/04/why-the-myth-of-atlantis-just-wont-die

Feature on the Antiquarian Book Fair:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/27/arts/new-york-antiquarian-book-fair.html

Feature on the winds of the 1903 Ulysses Storm:

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-65365106

The first mega-tsunami on record since antiquity was triggered by the Tonga volcanic eruption:

https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/tsunami/1st-mega-tsunami-on-record-since-antiquity-was-triggered-by-tonga-volcanic-eruption

Greece is allowing pets at some archaeological sites:

https://www.ekathimerini.com/news/1209668/should-pets-be-allowed-inside-archaeological-sites-with-their-humans/

Latest musings about ChatGPT with some ancient Greek spin (for better or worse):

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/04/28/simon-winchester-chatgpt-ai-ancient-greeks/

More on the find of the wreck of the Montevideo Maru:

https://phys.org/news/2023-04-explorers-wwii-ship-sunk-allied.html

More on the hidden symbols found on the 'Stone of Destiny':

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/hidden-symbols-and-anomalies-discovered-in-800-year-old-stone-of-destiny-to-be-used-in-charles-iiis-coronation
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/researchers-find-hidden-markings-on-coronation-stone-of-destiny-180982044/

... which is headed to Westminster Abbey:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-65411666
https://www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news/video/stone-of-destiny-taken-to-london-for-king-charles-coronation-171839557724

... and is controversial:

https://theconversation.com/king-charles-iii-coronation-what-the-controversy-over-an-ancient-stone-tells-us-about-historical-symbols-in-the-modern-age-202171

Review of a trio of books on the history of warfare:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/27/books/review/new-military-history-books.html
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CURRENT EVENTS:
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Celebrating Rome's 2776th birthday:

https://greekreporter.com/2023/04/24/rome-celebrate-birthday/
https://gulfnews.com/photos/lifestyle/in-pictures-rome-celebrates-2776th-birthday-with-historical-parade-1.1682321795126

Feature on the history of British coronations:

https://britishheritage.com/king-charles-iii-history-british-coronations
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ANIMAL AND PLANT DOMESTICATIONS
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On the history or olive oil:

https://www.thedailymeal.com/1270182/ancient-origins-olive-oil/

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LANGUAGE RELATED
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On efforts to revive the Cornish language:

https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20230423-why-cornwall-is-resurrecting-its-indigenous-language

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PHILOSOPHERS AND MATTERS PHILOSOPHICAL
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Feature on monist philosophy:

https://aeon.co/essays/monist-philosophy-and-quantum-physics-agree-that-all-is-one
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MUSEUM MATTERS
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Shakespeare First Folios:

https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20230424-shakespeare-first-folio-goes-on-display-in-london
https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/london-exhibit-to-showcase-6-rare-copies-of-shakespeares-first-folio/news
https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/shakespeare-first-folio-goes-on-display-in-london-182635
https://news.yahoo.com/six-shakespeare-first-folios-rare-224912415.html

Lavinia Fontana:

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2023/apr/24/bottom-fondling-audacity-lavinia-fontana-nude

Pompeii:

https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1212413

Silhouette Portraits:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/29/arts/william-bache-album-smithsonian-arsenic.html

Re:mancipation:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/26/arts/design/chazen-museum-emancipation.html

What That Quilt Knows About Me:

https://apnews.com/article/quilt-exhibit-folk-art-museum-4f236fad74a0d131baa7a21f347179f0

cf: https://folkartmuseum.org/exhibitions/whatthatquiltknowsaboutme/

Egyptomania:

https://observer.case.edu/egyptomania-the-cmas-exploration-of-egyptian-culture-in-western-fashion/

Beatrix Potter;

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/26/arts/design/beatrix-potter-peter-rabbit-science.html

Recent finds from Guangzhou:

https://news.cgtn.com/news/2023-04-26/Flurry-of-new-archaeological-discoveries-exhibited-in-Guangzhou-1jjCMTJquuA/index.html

Roman antiquities on show in the Roman Forum:

https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/antiquities-on-show-in-roman-forum-182545

Plans for a Shakespeare Museum in London:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/museum-of-shakespeare-built-on-the-site-of-a-former-theater-coming-to-london-next-year-180982025/

There are three new antiquities museums on Crete:

https://greekreporter.com/2023/04/25/crete-three-new-museums/

Pondering the sources of the Met's Native American objects:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/apr/25/metropolitan-museum-of-art-native-american-objects-provenance

An underground tomb museum will be opening in Xinjiang soon:

https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202304/1289660.shtml

More on the kylix from the Met that was seized last week:

https://www.thenationalherald.com/ny-times-highlights-experts-distrust-of-ancient-kylix-reassembled-from-fragments/
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AUCTIONS AND SALES RELATED
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A Shakespeare First Folio is up for sale:

https://www.npr.org/2023/04/25/1172005590/shakespeare-first-editions-on-sale-for-7-5-million

Reynolds' 'Portrait of Omai' was saved for the nation:

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/portrait-of-omai-by-joshua-reynolds-saved-for-nation-in-50m-sale-xt3zl3zdl

Questions about some Nazi-connected jewels coming to auction at Christie's next week:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/27/arts/design/heidi-horten-jewelry-christies-nazi-era.html

More on the upcoming auction of an Eid Mar denarius:

https://www.coinworld.com/news/world-coins/ides-of-march-coin-from-hunt-collection-comes-to-auction

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ON THE DNA FRONT
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There are 10 000+ ancient human genomes so far:

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-01403-4

A DNA study of the Picts:

https://www.abdn.ac.uk/news/16965/
https://phys.org/news/2023-04-modern-day-scottish-welsh-northern-irish.html
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-65423713
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/mysterious-painted-people-of-scotland-are-long-gone-but-their-dna-lives-on

A DNA study of the early inhabitants of Adichanallur:

https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2023/apr/30/archaeologists-compare-dna-samples-to-affirmadichanallur-early-inhabitants-were-ancestors-of-present-populace-2570626.html

More on DNA suggesting a multiethnic Mongolian empire:

https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/04/24/the-multiethnic-structure-of-mongolias-first-nomadic-empire/

Feature on Rosalind Franklin's role in the discovery of DNA:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/25/science/rosalind-franklin-dna.html

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THE TECHY SIDE
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Feature on using near-infrared hyperspectral imaging and radiocarbon dating on bone artifacts:

https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/04/24/protecting-the-cultural-heritage-of-ancient-bone-artifacts-is-now-possible/

Feature on muon tomography:

https://cerncourier.com/a/cosmic-rays-for-cultural-heritage/

Feature on the process of facial reconstructions:

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/article/archaeology-agvi-greek-stoneage-facial-reconstruction?

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TOURISTY THINGS
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A high-speed train will connect Rome to Pompeii soon:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/high-speed-train-rome-pompeii-180982019/

Ad Gefrin:

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/article/ad-gefrin-northumberland-anglo-saxon-museum-and-distillery

Pompeii's amphitheatre:

https://www.thetravel.com/what-was-the-pompeii-amphitheater-used-for/

Villa of the Mysteries:

https://www.thetravel.com/what-is-the-villa-of-the-mysteries-pompeii/

Criticism of Italy's use of Botticelli's Venus as an 'influencer':

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/art-critics-ridicule-rebirth-of-botticellis-venus-in-tourism-ads-8g9fb3sxr

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PERFORMANCES AND MUSIC RELATED
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The Laureate:

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/apr/28/menage-a-quatre-why-most-poetic-biopics-are-romantic-fiction

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TV/DOCUMENTARY HYPISH THINGS
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In case you've missed some of the chatter about Netflix's upcoming docuseries on Cleopatra:

https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/41/498583/Antiquities/GrecoRoman/Egyptian-experts-weigh-in-on-controversy-over-Cleo.aspx
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/apr/28/cleopatra-was-light-skinned-egypt-tells-netflix-in-row-over-drama
https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/egypt-cleopatra-white-skinned-netflix-b2328739.html
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/queen-cleopatra-black-egypt-netflix-series-rcna81924
https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/light-vs-black-egypt-netflix-in-row-over-cleopatras-skin-color/news
https://greekcitytimes.com/2023/04/25/imdb-queen-cleopatra-fictionalized/
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CRIME BEAT
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An Iraqi court has confirmed that ISIL smuggled artifacts through Syria and Turkey:

https://www.iraqinews.com/iraq/iraqi-court-confirms-isis-smuggled-artifacts-through-turkey-syria/

Nighthawking at the Colchester Roman site:

https://www.colchester.gov.uk/info/cbc-article/?id=KA-04365
https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/23487192.illicit-metal-detecting-colchester-archaeological-site/
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/gosbecks-archaeological-park-colchester-essex-police-b1077872.html

Details from the trial of a pair found guilty of trying to sell some Anglo-Saxon coins:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-65417465
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-tyne-65401761
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-tees-65416744
https://www.herefordtimes.com/news/23485825.pair-guilty-off-conspiring-sell-coins-linked-herefordshire-hoard/
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-tees-65335873
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/apr/27/two-men-guilty-of-trying-to-sell-history-changing-anglo-saxon-coins-illegally
https://www.durham.police.uk/News/News-Articles/2023/April/Viking-coins-recovered-during-a-police-investigation-have-changed-the-shape-of-British-history.aspx
https://www.thenationalnews.com/world/uk-news/2023/04/27/pair-facing-prison-over-plot-for-illegal-sale-of-rare-british-coins/
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/collectors-guilty-scheme-to-sell-viking-coins-herefordshire-hoard-2292782

A follow-up to the 'crayoning' of a statue at Croome:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-hereford-worcester-65352459?

55 Hindu relics stolen from temples across India were found in the home of a Chennai-based collector:

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/55-hindu-relics-stolen-from-temples-across-india-have-been-located-in-the-home-of-an-art-collector-2290442

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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 US returned a number of items (including Khipus) to Peru:

https://santamariatimes.com/news/state-and-regional/sculptures-artifacts-returned-to-peru-in-la-ceremony/article_c8f1dc1f-30e8-5085-b3d3-8def3d489737.html
https://news.yahoo.com/peru-recovers-over-180-historical-163103612.html

The Manhattan DA announced the return of three antiquities to Yemen, taken from a Met board member:

https://manhattanda.org/d-a-bragg-announces-three-antiquities-repatriated-to-yemen/
https://www.reuters.com/world/new-york-repatriates-three-antiquities-yemen-after-seizing-them-met-board-member-2023-04-28/
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20230428-new-york-repatriates-three-antiquities-to-yemen-after-seizing-them-from-met-board-member/
https://www.thenationalnews.com/world/us-news/2023/04/28/new-york-repatriates-three-antiquities-to-yemen-after-seizing-them-from-met-board-member/
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/manhattan-district-attorney-repatriates-antiquities-yemen-investigation-shelby-white-1234665967/

The US also returned more than 80 items to Cyprus:

https://cyprus-mail.com/2023/04/25/eighty-ancient-cypriot-artifacts-repatriated-from-us/
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/us-returns-over-80-cypriot-antiquities-in-repatriation-ceremony

... and assorted items to Bulgaria:

https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/ancient-coins-miscellaneous-materials-returned-bulgaria-following-hsi-newark-led

Italy returned an illegally-exported stele to Turkiye:

https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/italy-returns-ancient-stele-illegally-exported-turkey-98938145
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/04/28/italy-turkey-archaeology-stele-ancient-greece/80a1abe6-e5da-11ed-9696-8e874fd710b8_story.html
https://english.aawsat.com/home/article/4299611/italy-returns-ancient-stele-illegally-exported-t%C3%BCrkiye
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-12026071/Italy-returns-ancient-stele-illegally-exported-Turkey.html
https://greekcitytimes.com/2023/04/29/italy-returns-ancient-greek-stele-illegally-exported-back-to-turkey/

17th century manuscripts looted during WWI from a Greek monastery rediscovered turing office renovations were returned:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/28/arts/greek-monastery-kosinitza-mansucripts-looted.html
https://www.ekathimerini.com/nytimes/1209880/looted-greek-monastery-manuscripts-rediscovered-during-manhattan-office-renovation/

A Hanuman idol stolen in 2012 will be returning to a Tamil Nadu temple:

https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1919348
https://theprint.in/economy/india-retrieves-idol-of-lord-hanuman-stolen-in-14-15th-century-pm-modi-says-constantly-working-to-ensure-prized-heritage-comes-back-home/1538400/
https://orissadiary.com/stolen-sculpture-of-lord-hanuman-belonging-to-chola-period-retrieved-handed-over-to-idol-wing-tamil-nadu/
https://swarajyamag.com/culture/stolen-in-2012-500-year-old-hanuman-idol-to-come-back-to-this-temple-in-tamil-nadu-soon

More on Turkiye waiting for the return of Septimius Severus' head:

https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/emperor-septimius-waiting-for-his-missing-head-182591
https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/roman-emperor-septimus-statue-still-waits-for-its-missing-head/news

Feature on the Shellal mosaic, which seems to be a repatriation case we'll read more about soon:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11442121/How-WW1-Diggers-stole-Shellal-Mosaic-real-owners-want-back.html
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NUMISMATICA
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Latest e-Sylum:

http://www.coinbooks.org/v26/club_nbs_esylum_v26n17.html

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

http://www.coinbooks.org/v26/club_nbs_esylum_v26n18.html
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Coin Week:

http://www.coinweek.com/

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OBITUARIES
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John Ellis Jones:

https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2023/apr/23/john-ellis-jones-obituary

Peter Duus:

https://humsci.stanford.edu/feature/peter-duus-authority-modern-japanese-nation-dies-88

Robert Ousterhout:

https://arth.sas.upenn.edu/news/tribute-bob-ousterhout

Emily Meggett:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/26/dining/emily-meggett-dead.html

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AUDIO/VIDEO NEWS
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Audio News from Archaeologica:

https://www.archaeologychannel.org/audio-guide/audio-news/3273-audio-news-from-archaeologica-april-16th-through-the-22nd-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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