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explorator 25.36-37 January 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, Alan,
Don Buck, mata kimasitayo, and Ross W. Sargent for headses upses this week
(as always hoping I have left no one out).

... Happy New Year! A somewhat incomplete issue but plenty long enough; I'll
finish the catchup next week ...

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EARLY HOMINIDS
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A roundup of 'human evolution' finds in 2022:

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2022-12-28/ty-article-timeline/hominins-on-the-briny-and-other-human-evolution-stories-in-2022/00000185-58bb-d6a2-adf5-79fbe70e0000

An 800 000 years bp+ homo erectus skull from China's Hubei province:

https://news.cgtn.com/news/2022-12-27/Million-year-old-fossilized-skull-of-Homo-erectus-excavated-in-China-1g6oYNMMxl6/index.html
https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202212/28/WS63ac3f47a31057c47eba6a95.html

A 40 000 years bp cave site in Spain may be the 'last hangout' for Neanderthals:

https://www.iflscience.com/cave-chamber-closed-for-40-000-years-found-in-neanderthals-last-hangout-66822

300 000 years bp evidence of humans wearing bearskins from a site in Lower Saxony:

https://phys.org/news/2022-12-humans-skins-years.html
https://www.jpost.com/science/article-726262
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11094-221223-europe-bear-skin

cf: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0047248422001543

More on 300 000 years bp evidence of tool use from that same site in Lower Saxony:

https://uni-tuebingen.de/en/university/news-and-publications/press-releases/press-releases/article/tiny-flakes-tell-a-story-of-tool-use-300000-years-ago/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/12/300000-year-old-flakes-indicate-ancient-tool-use/145554
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/12/19/tiny-flakes-tell-a-story-of-tool-use-300000-years-ago/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11089-221221-sharp-flint-flakes

More on the suggestion that hominins were sailing the Mediterranean 450 000 years bp:

https://phys.org/news/2022-12-human-ancestors-aegean-sea.html
https://www.sciencealert.com/ancient-humans-may-have-sailed-the-mediterranean-450000-years-ago
https://www.salon.com/2022/12/28/our-human-ancestors-learned-to-sail-half-a-million-years-ago-study-suggests/

More on why hominins may have started walking:

https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/12/19/early-humans-may-have-first-walked-upright-in-the-trees/

Study suggests that some 50 000 years bp stone tools from Brazil may have been made by monkeys:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/12/50000-year-old-stone-tools-were-made-by-monkeys/145671

Haven't had a Neanderthal revisionism piece in a while:

https://www.newsweek.com/2023/01/13/neanderthals-were-smart-sophisticated-creative-misunderstood-1769443.html

... on something on human/Neanderthal interbreeding:

https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/forensic-anthropology-expands-the-view-on-human-neanderthal-interbreeding

Feature/interview on Chris Stringer's work with assorted early hominins:

https://www.theguardian.com/focus/2022/dec/31/chris-stringer-origins-of-man-lifelong-mission
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AFRICA
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A pair of 6th/7th century (Aksumite) churches from Adulis:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/12/archaeologists-excavate-ancient-churches-from-african-kingdom/145447

Feature on archaeology in Sudan by Sudanese archaeologists:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/dec/27/young-sudanese-archaeologists-dig-up-history-as-west-knows-best-era-ends

Feature on Nubian civilization:

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/article/sudan-archaeology-pyramdis-kush-nubia
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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT
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Egyptian archaeology roundups for 2022:

https://www.livescience.com/10-amazing-discoveries-ancient-egypt-2022
https://egyptindependent.com/egyptian-archaeological-discoveries-recovered-antiquities-in-2022/

60 or so 18th Dynasty mummies from a site near the vizier Amenhotep Huy site:

https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-726323
https://www.laprensalatina.com/spanish-egyptologists-unearth-60-mummies-at-luxor-site/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11103-221230-egypt-luxor-tombs

New Kingdom noble tombs from the Theban necropolis containing (among other things) crocodile heads:

https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-725805
https://www.newsweek.com/nine-crocodile-skulls-found-inside-ancient-egyptian-tombs-1768837
https://arkeonews.net/polish-archaeologists-have-uncovered-nine-crocodile-heads-within-ancient-egyptian-tombs-of-nobles/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/12/crocodile-heads-found-in-tombs-of-ancient-egyptian-nobles/145615

Not sure if we've mentioned this year's 26th Dynasty finds from Tel El-Deir featuring some gold foil figures of various shapes and deities:

https://www.livescience.com/ancient-egyptian-burials-with-gold-idols
https://english.ahram.org.eg/News/482905.aspx
https://egyptindependent.com/tombs-discovered-in-ruins-of-tell-al-deir-in-new-city-of-damietta/
https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/121456/Several-tombs-discovered-in-ruins-of-Tell-Al-Deir-Necropolis
https://www.thenationalnews.com/mena/egypt/2022/12/19/egypt-discovers-tombs-tiles-and-amulets-at-nile-delta-site/
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/twenty-2500-year-old-tombs-unearthed-in-tel-el-deir-egypt-1234651296/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/12/late-period-tombs-discovered-at-tel-el-deir/145609
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11087-221220-egypt-damietta-tombs

Finds from Ptolemaic/Roman eras at the Temple of Khnum site in Esna:

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article270478217.html
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/roman-baths-discovered-in-egypts-temple-of-khnum-1234652408/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/12/new-findings-at-temple-of-khnum-in-egypt/145650

More on rethinking the purpose of mummification:

https://www.sciencealert.com/we-may-have-been-all-wrong-about-ancient-egyptian-mummies-scholars-argue

More on Egyptian faience production and gold:

https://arkeonews.net/polish-researchers-reveal-what-ancient-egyptian-faience-has-to-do-with-gold/

A study identifying birds depicted on panels from the 'Green Room' at Amarna (found in 1924):

https://phys.org/news/2022-12-bird-species-depicted-ancient-finely.html
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/pigeons-plagued-cities-of-ancient-egypt-too-7tk25lsdn
https://www.sciencealert.com/birds-in-ancient-egyptian-paintings-show-artists-may-have-twisted-the-truth

ARCE marked the centennial of the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb:

https://cairoscene.com/Buzz/ARCE-Celebrates-100-Year-Anniversary-of-Discovery-of-King-Tut-s-Tomb

Some nice satellite photos of various sites in Egypt:

https://www.middleeasteye.net/discover/egypt-pyramids-nile-cairo-suez-space-looks-nasa-esa

Remains of a Sassanid fire temple in northeastern Iran:

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/479901/Ruins-of-Sassanid-fire-temple-discovered-in-Iran

Finds from various periods at the Chamshir Dam construction site in Iran:

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/480062/Chamshir-Dam-archaeologists-race-against-time-to-safeguared
https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/479888/Excavation-sheds-new-light-on-Sassanid-Islamic-site

A 5000 years bp fingerprint on an item from the Burnt City:

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/480115/Fingerprint-from-5-000-years-ago-found-in-Burnt-City

Plans to resume excavations at a Burnt City site where an Elamite tablet was found last year:

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/480235/Burnt-City-archaeologists-to-re-excavate-site-Elamite-tablet

A metal kiln site from Susa (not sure of the date):

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/480151/Ruins-of-ancient-metal-kiln-unearthed-in-Susa

The dig at the Douzlakh Salt Mine site have concluded:

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/480267/Excavation-sheds-new-light-on-ancient-mine-in-Zanjan

Mining operations near the Teymareh petroglyph site have 'distorted' them:

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/480181/Millennia-old-petroglyph-site-distorted-by-mining-operations

Rethinking the destruction associated with the fall of the Bronze Age:

https://www.asor.org/anetoday/2022/12/fall-bronze-age

The Van excavations revealed an Urartian temple:

https://www.dailysabah.com/life/history/archaeologists-discover-urartian-kings-temple-in-van-excavations
https://arkeonews.net/archaeologists-revealed-urartian-king-menua-second-temple-in-van-excavations/

Medieval earrings from Turkiye's Ani Ruins site are going on display:

https://www.dailysabah.com/life/history/medieval-gold-lynx-earrings-from-ani-ruins-set-for-2023-exhibition
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/65993

A 2000 years bp Roman fountain in Kibrya has been restored (and it functions):

https://www.trtworld.com/art-culture/2-000-year-old-fountain-restored-in-t%C3%BCrkiye-s-ancient-city-of-gladiators-64025
https://arkeonews.net/after-1300-years-water-to-again-flow-from-monumental-fountain-in-the-city-of-gladiators-in-turkey/
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-11586381/Fountain-stood-Turkeys-ancient-City-Gladiators-2-000-years-ago-restored.html

Feature on Karahan Tepe:

https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/most-read-2022-is-an-unknown-extraordinarily-ancient-civilisation-buried-under-eastern-turkeymost-read-2022/

More on the 16 500 years bp 'votive pit' from Turkiye's Gedikkaya Cave:

https://arkeonews.net/in-turkeys-gedikkaya-cave-a-stone-figurine-was-discovered-inside-a-16500-year-old-votive-pit/

More on the 11 000 years bp 'narrative scene' relief from Sayburc:

https://the-past.com/news/neolithic-carvings-discovered-in-turkey-may-represent-the-earliest-known-narrative-scene/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/12/archaeologists-discover-oldest-known-narrative-scene-dating-from-11000-years-ago/145452

The Hittite city of Zippalanda may have been identified in the Usakli mound site:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/12/new-discoveries-could-help-confirm-usakli-hoyuk-as-the-lost-hittite-city-of-zippalanda/145656
https://arkeonews.net/the-circular-shaped-structure-unearthed-in-usakli-mound-may-point-to-the-holy-hittite-city-of-zippalanda/
https://www.telegranducato.it/2022/12/20/trovata-zippalanda-grande-scoperta-delluniversita-di-pisa/
https://www.tio.ch/dal-mondo/cronaca/1631768/citta-ittita-resti-zippalanda-costruzione

Feature on ancient Nineveh:

https://theconversation.com/the-2-700-year-old-rock-carvings-from-when-nineveh-was-the-most-dazzling-city-in-the-world-196435

Feature on the drought-revealed site of Zachiku:

https://www.dw.com/en/the-bronze-age-city-in-iraq-gifted-to-archeology-by-drought/a-62061527

Concerns for a basilica in Hierapolis:

https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/ancient-basilica-under-danger-of-collapse-179450

Biblical archaeology roundups for 2022:

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2022-12-27/ty-article-timeline/king-solomons-throne-and-other-biblical-jewish-archaeology-stories-of-2022/00000185-53e0-d481-abc5-d7f25fab0000
https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/archaeology-today/top-ten-2022/?mqsc==E&dk=ZE24D0ZF0mqsc=E4149011&dk=ZE24D0ZF0

Christian archaeology roundup for 2022:

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2022-12-27/ty-article-timeline/plea-to-st-peter-and-other-christian-archaeology-stories-of-2022/00000185-53a6-d6a2-adf5-73e638600000

7000 years bp cotton fibres (from Pakistan!) from a Jordan valley site:

https://www.timesofisrael.com/7000-year-old-fibers-in-jordan-valley-oldest-known-evidence-of-cotton-in-near-east/
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2022-12-19/ty-article/cotton-from-prehistoric-pakistan-found-in-7-200-year-old-village-in-israel/00000185-2a82-d08f-abdd-fa92488d0000
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-725202
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/ancient-cotton-fibers-discovered-israel-2233118
https://arkeonews.net/jordan-valley-reveals-earliest-cotton-use-in-the-ancient-near-east/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11086-221220-israel-neolithic-cotton

In case you missed the flooding of Petra this week:

https://abcnews.go.com/International/video/jordans-historic-petra-evacuated-gorge-begins-flood-95868581
https://www.ansamed.info/ansamed/en/news/sections/generalnews/2022/12/27/jordans-petra-flooded-by-torrential-rain_4deb6859-832b-49e5-92a9-135862a23265.html
https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2022/12/flash-floods-force-evacuations-jordans-iconic-petra
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11576135/Desert-city-Petra-FLOODED-tourists-evacuated-freak-heavy-rainfall-lashes-Jordan.html

Plenty of hype for assorted finds from the so-called 'tomb of Salome' (midwife of Jesus) in Tel Lachish (found in the 1980s!):

https://www.livescience.com/jesus-midwife-cave-excavated
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/dec/20/excavations-reveal-pilgrims-lamps-and-inscriptions-at-tomb-of-salome-jesus-christ
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2022-12-20/ty-article/evidence-of-christian-pilgrimages-found-at-tomb-of-jesus-midwife-in-israel/00000185-2f0b-d51b-a5cf-ef4b1df90000
https://www.jewishpress.com/news/israel/second-temple-spectacular-salome-burial-cave-uncovered-in-lachish-forest/2022/12/20/
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/364672
https://www.timesofisrael.com/burial-cave-dedicated-to-jesus-midwife-salome-reveals-treasures-ahead-of-opening/
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-725353
https://apnews.com/article/religion-jerusalem-israel-1a6ed996171da6b954ec67811c4f983c
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/signs-salome-said-be-nurse-baby-jesus-unearthed-israel-2022-12-20/
https://www.thedailybeast.com/tomb-of-jesus-midwife-being-excavated-archaeologists-announce
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20221220-israel-unveils-finds-from-tomb-of-early-christian-figure
https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/archaeologists-discover-cave-of-salome-jesus-midwife-in-israel/news
https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/israel-unveils-finds-from-tomb-of-early-christian-figure-179499
https://menafn.com/1105340620/A-Christmas-Miracle-Israeli-Archaeologists-Are-Newly-Excavating-A-Tomb-Believed-To-Belong-To-Jesuss-Midwife
https://greekcitytimes.com/2022/12/21/ancient-greek-inscriptions-and-prayer-lamps-found-inside-a-2000-year-old-burial-site-in-jerusalem-prove-this-is-the-cave-of-holy-salome/
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-11558255/Israel-unveils-finds-tomb-early-Christian-figure.html
https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/israeli-archaeologists-excavating-jesus-midwife-tomb-95594796
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/science/archaeologists-excavate-jesuss-midwife-tomb-in-israel
https://www.newsweek.com/tomb-jesus-midwife-revealed-extraordinary-photos-1768774
https://aleteia.org/2022/12/22/tomb-of-marys-midwife-will-soon-open-to-public/
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/salome-cave-jesus-midwife-tomb-israel-antiquities-authority-2234396
https://www.sciencealert.com/pilgrim-artifacts-uncovered-at-tomb-named-after-figure-at-christs-birth
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/12/2000-year-old-burial-cave-linked-to-salome-from-nativity/145622
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/12/21/a-2000-year-old-family-tomb-was-uncovered-in-the-salome-cave/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/unraveling-the-secrets-of-a-burial-cave-dedicated-to-jesus-midwife-180981366/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11092-221222-christian-tomb-cave

Children out for a walk found a 2000 years bp oil lamp at Kibbutz Parod:

https://www.timesofisrael.com/children-out-for-a-stroll-in-north-discover-2000-year-old-lamp-in-the-ground/
https://www.ynetnews.com/travel/article/s1gywfroj
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-725338
https://www.jewishpress.com/news/archaeology-news/2000-year-old-candle-found-by-fourth-grade-students-excites-israeli-archaeologists/2022/12/19/
https://www.algemeiner.com/2022/12/19/israeli-kids-find-2000-year-old-oil-lamp-in-upper-galilee/

Feature on the ongoing search for more Dead Sea Scrolls (and more) in the Murabaat Cave:

https://news.yahoo.com/israeli-archaeologists-excavate-ancient-cave-071409189.html
https://www.straitstimes.com/multimedia/photos/in-pictures-israeli-archaeologists-search-for-the-dead-sea-scrolls-at-the-judean-desert

Plans to excavate the site of the Siloam Pool in the City of David:

https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-right-wing-group-to-fully-excavate-biblical-siloam-pool-in-east-jerusalem/
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-725901
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/365022
https://www.algemeiner.com/2022/12/27/2700-year-old-biblical-pool-of-siloam-in-jerusalem-to-be-excavated-opened-to-public/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/12/archaeologists-to-excavate-the-ancient-pool-of-siloam/145668

More on claims of decipherment of inscriptions being connected to King Hezekiah:

https://www.timesofisrael.com/bible-scholars-sensational-hezekiah-inscription-claims-prompt-researchers-outcry/
https://www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/israel/2022/december/israel-professor-discovery-of-king-hezekiah-inscriptions-among-the-lsquo-most-important-rsquo-archaeological-finds-ever

More on the half-shekel rebel coin from Ophel:

https://arkeonews.net/an-extremely-rare-half-shekel-coin-from-year-three-of-the-great-revolt-discovered/

... and the 2200 years bp arrowheads (etc) connected with the Maccabean Revolt:

https://www.ynetnews.com/travel/article/rjwsb26oo

More on the 2200 years bp cache of silver coins (mostly Ptolemaic) from near the Dead Sea:

https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/ancient-cultures/ancient-israel/coin-hoard-maccabees-and-antiochus-iv/?mqsc=E4148911&dk=ZE24D0ZF0
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/12/coin-hoard-minted-by-ptolemy-vi-found-in-israel/145562

More on geomagnetic dating at Old Testament-associated sites:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/20/science/archaeology-bible-geomagnetism.html

Feature on fingerprints on ancient pottery shards in Israel:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/what-fingerprints-tell-us-about-jerusalems-ancient-artisans-180981238/

Israel wants to use remote sensing technology from find ancient sites:

https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-embarks-on-challenge-to-find-sensor-tech-to-map-archaeological-sites/

Feature on the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem:

https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/bas-onsite/church-of-the-nativity/

Interview with Joe Uziel about preserving the DSS:

https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/archaeology-today/preserving-the-dead-sea-scrolls/

Overview of archaeology in the UAE in 2022:

https://www.thenationalnews.com/opinion/comment/2022/12/22/uae-archaeology-had-a-golden-year-in-2022/

Neolithic (not sure about the dating in this one) cosmetic-related items from a mass grave site in Oman:

https://www.heraldonline.com/news/nation-world/world/article270354977.html

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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS)
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Roundups of Greek archaeology finds from 2022:

https://greekherald.com.au/culture/the-top-five-greek-archaeological-discoveries-of-2022/
https://greekcitytimes.com/2022/12/23/top-5-greek-archaeological-2022/

Roundup of Roman archaeology finds from 2022:

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article270567082.html

I think we mentioned these Bronze Age Minoan lead ingots from near Caesarea:

https://greekreporter.com/2022/12/18/bronze-age-minoan-ingots-cyprus/

Not sure where to put this 2000 years bp Scythian burial site from Siberia:

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2023-01-01/ty-article/siberian-gravediggers-find-2-000-year-old-scythian-style-cemetery/00000185-6d65-d591-a1fd-fd6d40ce0000

Overview of the 2022 excavation season at Vryokastro on Kythnos:

https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/12/21/excavations-at-vryokastro-on-kythnos-cyclades-in-2022/

1st/2nd century Roman statuary from a Roman site in Hungary (you need to translate the first one):

https://www.glasistre.hr/kultura/2022/12/21/predstavljeni-arheoloski-nalazi-pronadeni-na-podrucju-lucice-valbandon-mramorne-glava-apolona-najvr-836699

Assorted heads/statues of Greco-Roman divinities from Aizanoi:

https://greekcitytimes.com/2022/12/24/greek-sculptures-of-eros-heracles-were-found-during-the-excavations-in-the-ancient-city-of-aizanoi/
https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/statue-heads-found-in-ancient-city-of-aizanoi-179596
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-726066
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/greek-gods-archaeology-statues-aizanoi-phrygia-1234652197/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/12/heads-of-several-greek-gods-found-during-excavations-at-aizanoi/145660
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11096-221227-turkey-aizanoi-sculptures

... including one complete statue:

http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/66037
https://www.europeantimes.news/2022/12/first-whole-statue-discovered-during-the-excavations-of-the-ancient-city-of-aizanoi-central-turkey/

Overview of finds made from the Gelderland Roman temple complex in the Netherlands:

https://www.dutchnews.nl/news/2022/12/gelderland-roman-temple-complex-yields-80000-artifacts/
https://www.heraldonline.com/news/nation-world/national/article270344747.html
https://www.ledger-enquirer.com/news/nation-world/national/article270344747.html
https://www.heraldonline.com/news/nation-world/national/article270344747.html

A 2nd/3rd century CE Roman domus find from Reims:

https://www.leparisien.fr/marne-51/une-rue-romaine-une-villa-cossue-et-une-fresque-dachille-decouvertes-au-coeur-de-reims-27-12-2022-UP3IMHKDKVHTHLPLOZH6DZIZ54.php
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/12/archaeologists-uncover-high-status-roman-domus/145674

A major hoard of 800 Roman coins found by metal detectorists in Romania:

https://universul.net/800-roman-coins-unearthed-by-amateur-metal-detectorists-in-romania/

Ukrainian troops digging trenches have apparently revealed an ancient Roman settlement in Kherson:

https://news.yahoo.com/ukrainian-troops-uncover-ancient-roman-211200158.html

A metal detectorist in Burston found a Roman gold earring:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-norfolk-63989057

More on drought triggering Attila's invasion of Rome (and elsewhere):

https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/drought-encouraged-attilas-huns-to-attack-the-roman-empire-tree-rings-suggest
https://www.livescience.com/attila-the-hun-raided-to-escape-drought
https://www.sciencealert.com/attila-the-hun-attacked-rome-to-save-his-people-from-starvation-new-study-suggests
https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidbressan/2022/12/19/severe-droughts-triggered-barbarian-invasion-leading-to-the-downfall-of-the-roman-empire/?sh=6bc94e675a2a
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11090-221221-carpathian-drought-raiders

More on metallurgical evidence of Varus' legions at Kalkriese:

https://www.kalkriese-varusschlacht.de/presse/pressemappe-metallurgischer-fingerabdruck.html

More on archaeological opposition to the Stern collection being on display in Greece:

https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/12/23/the-agreement-on-the-stern-collection-antiquities-should-be-cancelled/

More on snacking at the Colosseum (etc.):

https://mymodernmet.com/snacks-colosseum-rome/

More on Yale digitally reproducing Dura Europos:

https://news.yale.edu/2022/12/13/digitally-rebuilding-lost-city

Overview of finds made at the Rutland Roman Villa:

https://the-past.com/news/return-to-rutland-roman-villa/

On ancient Leicester:

https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/leicester-news/gallery/ancient-leicester-revealed-excavations-under-7971376

Plans to 'upgrade' the site of ancient Corinth:

https://news.gtp.gr/2022/12/19/archaeological-site-of-ancient-corinth-to-see-upgrade/

Plans to study claims of Malana folks' descent from soldiers of Alexander:

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/is-malana-a-child-of-alexanders-army-gene-study-may-solve-mystery-soon/articleshow/96656304.cms
https://greekcitytimes.com/2022/12/20/malana-greek-indians-village/

The Greek culture ministry is getting involved in artifact reproductions:

https://www.ekathimerini.com/culture/1201051/culture-ministry-investing-in-artifact-reproductions/
https://news.gtp.gr/2022/12/29/greek-art-replicas-to-find-new-home-in-athens/

Review of T. Corey Brennan, *The Fasces*:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/books/what-to-read/worlds-dangerous-political-symbol/

Hyping Paul Belonick, *Restraint, Conflict, and the Fall of the Roman Republic*:

https://www.uchastings.edu/2022/12/19/assistant-uc-hastings-professor-paul-belonick-pens-new-book-on-fall-of-roman-empire/

Peter Stothard on the lessons of Crassus:

https://time.com/6242611/a-warning-for-todays-super-rich-from-ancient-romes-wealthiest-man/

Another feature on Greek colour perception:

https://aeon.co/essays/can-we-hope-to-understand-how-the-greeks-saw-their-world

Feature on bathing in Homer:

https://www.artofmanliness.com/living/leisure/take-a-homeric-bath/

Feature on Galen:

https://www.thecollector.com/galen-pergamum-roman-philosopher-physician/

Feature on recreating ancient Greek armour:

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/greek-blacksmith-ancient-armor

Feature on Roman dodecahedra:

https://english.elpais.com/culture/2022-12-19/weapons-mystical-devices-or-candle-holders-the-mystery-of-the-roman-dodecahedra.html

Feature on the Golden Ass:

https://www.thecollector.com/apuleius-golden-ass-love-soul/

Feature on ancient Greek funeral customs:

https://greekreporter.com/2022/12/29/greek-funeral-customs-from-ancient-times-to-today/

Feature on Greeks in the Ramayana:

https://greekreporter.com/2022/12/27/greeks-ramayana-epic-poem-india/

Feature on the Cynics:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3ct38th

Feature on sailing in the ancient Mediterranean:

https://www.thecollector.com/ancient-mariners-roman-mediterranean/

Feature on Nikopolis:

https://greekreporter.com/2022/12/30/nikopolis-roman-era-greece/

Feature on Greek art in foreign museums:

https://greekreporter.com/2022/12/28/ten-magnificent-greek-works-foreign-museums/

Feature on the Oracle of Delphi:

https://greekreporter.com/2022/12/18/ancient-greek-oracle-delphi/

Feature on Alexander and Diogenes the Cynic:

https://greekreporter.com/2022/12/22/alexander-great-diogenes-philosophy/

Feature on Plato's Symposium:

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/hide-and-seek/202212/the-ancient-story-at-the-origin-of-modern-romantic-love

Feature on Alexander's legacy:

https://www.historyextra.com/period/ancient-greece/alexander-great-legacy-icon-reputation/

Feature on Aurelian:

https://www.thecollector.com/who-was-emperor-aurelian/

Feature on the possibility of female archaic artists:

https://greekreporter.com/2022/12/25/researcher-says-female-artisans-may-have-created-fine-pottery-during-archaic-period/

Suggestion that Archimedes designed the Antikythera Mechanism:

https://greekreporter.com/2022/12/19/antikythera-mechanism-archimedes/

Feature on Constantine Cavafy and the Parthenon Sculptures:

https://www.thenationalherald.com/constantine-cavafys-struggle-for-the-parthenon-marbles/

More on the Vatican returning three Parthenon sculpture fragments to Greece:

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2022/dec/19/pope-francis-orders-parthenon-marbles-held-by-vatican-be-returned-to-greece
https://apnews.com/article/pope-francis-greece-religion-vatican-city-6e6d4043fd46c4b81e3d7849c9a14c66
https://www.cnn.com/style/article/vatican-greece-parthenon-sculptures/index.html
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/pope-donates-parthenon-marbles-in-vatican-to-greek-orthodox-church-1234650894/
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/pope-francis-vatican-parthenon-marbles-return-greece-2232177
https://www.thenationalherald.com/vatican-return-of-parthenon-fragments-puts-pressure-on-british-museum/
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/19/world/europe/vatican-parthenon-marbles-greece.html
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/12/22/the-vatican-returns-three-fragments-from-the-parthenon/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/vatican-museum-will-return-parthenon-sculptures-to-greece-180981354/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11084-221219-parthenon-sculpture-repatriation

... and a related OpEd:

https://www.ekathimerini.com/opinion/1200405/the-parthenon-sculptures-now-what/
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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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Roundup of archaeological finds in North Wales in 2022:

https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/biggest-north-wales-secrets-unearthed-25679112

Roundup of finds from Worcestershire in 2022:

https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/roman-roads-woolly-mammoths-gems-25688747

Study suggests hunter-gatherers quickly spread pottery-making techniques beginning ca. 5900 BCE:

https://phys.org/news/2022-12-hunter-gatherer-social-pottery-making-wide.html
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/12/221222123035.htm
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/975095
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2022-12-26/ty-article/ancient-pottery-casts-light-on-social-networks-among-european-hunter-gatherers/00000185-4df7-d5f5-a1ff-edffd7fb0000
https://www.science.org/content/article/ancient-hunter-gatherers-were-potters-too
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11093-221222-europe-early-pottery

Bronze/early Iron Age ankle bracelets from a burial in Aubagne (France):

https://arkeonews.net/in-france-a-burial-with-six-ankle-bracelets-was-uncovered/
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/65984

Rethinking a Bronze Age site in Slovakia:

https://phys.org/news/2022-12-year-old-cemetery.html

Prehistoric and Roman finds from the site of a future nuclear power station site in Suffolk:

https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/23206431.sizewell-c-archaeological-dig-team-make-rare-finds/

A 4th/5th century 'princely' burial (and more) from Romania:

https://www.romania-insider.com/warrios-princely-tomb-unearthed-motoway-romania
https://arkeonews.net/a-princely-tomb-discovered-in-the-infrastructure-project-of-the-a7-ploiesti-buzau-highway-in-romania/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11088-221221-romania-horse-warrior

A Viking burial from downtown Oslo:

https://sciencenorway.no/archaeoloy-viking-age-vikings/viking-grave-discovered-in-the-middle-of-norways-capital-oslo/2128522
https://www.lifeinnorway.net/viking-grave-discovered-in-western-oslo/
https://www.bradenton.com/news/nation-world/world/article270379737.html
https://arkeonews.net/for-the-first-time-a-viking-age-grave-rich-in-artifacts-has-been-found-in-norways-capital-city-oslo/
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/66004
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/12/viking-age-grave-containing-remains-of-shield-uncovered/145628
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11098-221227-norway-oslo-grave

A giant hall from the era of Harald Bluetooth found in North Jutland, Denmark:

https://arkeonews.net/a-large-hall-from-the-time-of-viking-harald-bluetooth-discovered/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/12/giant-hall-from-viking-harald-bluetooths-reign-discovered/145644
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11101-221228-denmark-viking-hall

A medieval bone flute from Kent:

https://the-past.com/news/hitting-the-right-note-medieval-bone-flute-found-in-kent/

An Elizabethan-era shipwreck found in a Kent quarry (possibly tv hype):

https://www.kentonline.co.uk/romney-marsh/news/extraordinary-elizabethan-shipwreck-discovery-to-feature-o-279663/
https://kccmediahub.net/kcc-heritage-conservation-team-advises-on-shipwreck-found-in-kent-quarry/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/12/ship-from-elizabethan-period-found-buried-in-quarry/145680

Construction of new flood defences in Southsea are revealing details about the history of Southsea Castle:

https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/people/southsea-castles-undiscovered-past-is-revealed-amid-excavation-for-flood-defences-3960182

Ottoman-era inscriptions from Tyrnavos (Greece):

https://greekcitytimes.com/2022/12/20/tyrnavos-with-ottoman-scripture/

Recent finds suggest Gdanks is older that previously thought:

http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/66031

Finds from various periods made by Devon metal detectorists:

https://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/news/plymouth-news/gallery/devon-treasure-hunters-uncover-medieval-7956603

More on the 'goldsmith's toolkit' finds from a burial near Stonehenge:

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/dec/16/archaeologists-find-near-stonehenge-ancient-goldsmiths-toolkit
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-725360
https://www.sciencealert.com/stonehenge-toolkit-reveals-how-amazing-gold-artifacts-were-crafted-4000-years-ago
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/12/21/ancient-goldworking-tool-kit-revealed/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11085-221219-gold-bronze-age

More on the medieval shipwreck in a Norwegian lake:

https://www.ntd.com/medieval-ship-found-in-norways-biggest-lake_887876.html?

More on the possible 3600 BCE sacrificial victim bog body from Denmark:

http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/65960
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/bog-body-romu-roskilde-denmark-ritual-sacrifice-2233404
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/human-remains-ritual-sacrifice-danish-bog-body-1234651222/
https://www.sciencealert.com/well-preserved-bog-body-unearthed-in-denmark-might-be-remains-of-an-ancient-ritual
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/12/archaeologists-find-bog-body-skeletal-parts-from-possible-sacrifice/145570

More on the 1300 years bp gold and gemstone necklace find in a burial in Northamptonshire:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/12/archaeologists-uncover-once-in-a-lifetime-1300-year-old-gold-and-gemstone-necklace/145442

Trying to save a 1000 years bp cave complex in Ukraine:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/dec/25/a-second-front-fight-to-save-cave-complexes-from-developers-in-ukraine

Feature on preservation work at the Doge's Palace in Venice:

https://apnews.com/article/entertainment-painting-e73f3b11cf8a41a222cb3dd43d09f9e3

Haven't had a feature on stabilizing the Tower of Pisa in ages:

http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/65973

Fundraising to preserve the HMS Unicorn:

https://www.scotsman.com/heritage-and-retro/heritage/ps20m-bid-to-save-scotlands-oldest-ship-and-make-it-a-prime-attraction-3969316

Feature on Gloucester Castle:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/12/rediscovering-gloucesters-lost-castle/145559

Feature on the Picts:

https://www.scotsman.com/heritage-and-retro/heritage/the-picts-12-amazing-facts-about-the-ancient-people-that-protected-scotland-from-the-roman-empire-3965400

Feature on the Viking beserker:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/12/the-viking-berserker/145605

Feature on some myths associated with the Vikings:

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/facts-vs-fiction-how-the-real-vikings-compared-to-the-brutal-warriors-of-lore

Feature on the Staffordshire Hoard:

https://historicengland.org.uk/whats-new/research/understanding-the-staffordshire-hoard/
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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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Roundups of Chinese archaeology in 2022:

https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202212/1282365.shtml
https://news.cgtn.com/news/2022-12-24/CMG-Top-10-archaeological-news-stories-from-China-in-2022-1g1OU5GhvRS/index.html

20 000 years bp evidence of human activity from Fujian:

http://en.people.cn/n3/2022/1219/c90000-10185617.html
http://www.china.org.cn/arts/2022-12/19/content_85018128.htm

300+ 4500 years bp burials from Henan:

https://english.news.cn/20221229/6d49ddb53d0f43909644d02e1dff1331/c.html
https://www.nation.com.pk/31-Dec-2022/hundreds-of-4-500-yr-old-tombs-found-in-central-china
https://www.shine.cn/news/nation/2212294523/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11102-221230-china-suyang-tombs

680+ fragments of Buddha and pagoda statues dating to the Tang Dynasty in Shaanxi:

https://www.tri-cityherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article270304322.html

Han Dynasty finds from Hebei:

https://www.shine.cn/news/nation/2212224303/
http://www.china.org.cn/arts/2022-12/25/content_85025925.htm
https://news.cgtn.com/news/2022-12-23/Han-Dynasty-relics-excavated-from-ancient-city-ruins-in-north-China-1fZM7bs55VC/index.html

A 1.5 ton hoard of bronze (mostly Song Dynasty) coins from Jiangsu:

https://arkeonews.net/1-5-tons-of-bronze-coins-found-in-east-china/
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/65967

14 burials from various periods from Hunan:

https://english.news.cn/20221227/7499384400ab40f5910cfc0f49015668/c.html
http://www.china.org.cn/arts/2022-12/28/content_85029828.htm
https://www.sacbee.com/news/nation-world/world/article270523367.html

A study of environmental changes by materials used to build the Great Wall in northwestern China:

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-27071-4

A rethinking of the 'timing' of human settlement in the tropical Pacific:

https://phys.org/news/2022-12-years-sea-level-micronesia-hint-humans.html
https://phys.org/news/2022-12-scientists-theory-human-settlement-tropical.html
https://www.jpost.com/science/article-725793
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-26799-3

Pondering the canals at Nan Madol:

https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/12/enigmatic-canal-filled-ruins-may-have-been-above-water-when-built/

Archaeology suggests the Mauryas didn't unite India:

https://theprint.in/opinion/did-the-mauryas-really-unite-india-archaeology-says-no/1275078/

Concerns for the 12th century 500-pillar Dvikutalayam:

https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/telangana/2022/dec/24/12th-century-500-pillar-dvikutalayam-cries-for-attention-2531192.html

Feature on the stone dancer from Harappa:

https://tribune.com.pk/story/2392790/the-stone-dancer-of-harappa

Feature on Mohenjodaro:

https://www.dawn.com/news/amp/1728973

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AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND
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Roundup of archaeological finds in Aotearoa in 2022:

https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/300774161/aotearoas-fascinating-ancient-treasures-discovered-in-2022

Really a crime story, but vandals have destroyed Aboriginal petroglyphs at Koonalda Cave:

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2022/dec/21/ancient-aboriginal-rock-art-destroyed-by-vandals-in-tragic-loss-at-sacred-sa-site
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/aboriginal-rock-art-south-australia-destroyed-1234651494/
https://www.tri-cityherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article270340222.html
https://hypebeast.com/2022/12/vandals-destroyed-nullarbor-plain-art-koonalda-cave
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/30000-year-old-indigenous-cave-drawings-in-australia-have-been-destroyed-180981363/

Rethinking the suggestion that soot in Antarctic ice was exclusively from Maori fires:

https://theconversation.com/research-linking-soot-in-antarctic-ice-exclusively-with-early-maori-fires-was-flawed-there-were-other-sources-elsewhere-194816
https://phys.org/news/2022-12-linking-soot-antarctic-ice-exclusively.html

cf: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-05519-x
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NORTH AMERICA
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15 700 years bp (!) projectile points from Idaho:

https://today.oregonstate.edu/news/oregon-state-archaeologists-uncover-oldest-known-projectile-points-americas
https://phys.org/news/2022-12-archaeologists-uncover-oldest-projectile-americas.html
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/12/221226094527.htm
https://www.sciencefocus.com/news/ancient-stone-weapons-link-the-ice-age-people-america-asia/
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/idaho-weapons-discovery-oregon-university-b2250605.html
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-725664
https://www.science.org/content/article/deadly-sharp-points-found-idaho-could-be-first-american-made-tools
https://arkeonews.net/oldest-known-arrowheads-uncovered-in-the-americas/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/12/oldest-known-projectile-points-uncovered-in-the-americas/145638
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11100-221227-idaho-dart-points

cf: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.ade1248

Mastodon blood detected on a 13 000 years bp stone tool excavated in Hamilton (Ontario):

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/evidence-mammoth-butcher-in-ontario-1.6693736
https://globalnews.ca/news/9358574/mastodon-blood-found-2000-hamilton-excavation/

Study suggests the Bering Land Bridge emerged later in the last Ice Age than previously thought:

https://phys.org/news/2022-12-bering-bridge-late-ice-age.html
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/12/221226151545.htm
https://arkeonews.net/a-scientific-surprise-bering-land-bridge-formed-surprisingly-late-during-last-ice-age/

cf: https://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2206742119

Latest finds from Jamestown include bones of ancient Native American dogs:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2022/12/29/dogs-native-jamestown-discovered/

Hurricane Fiona exposed some 18th century human remains at the Louisbourg Fortress:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/fortress-louisbourg-bones-fiona-1.6695179

Overview of this year's 'dig' of the Franklin shipwrecks:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/franklin-expedition-excavation-1.6690878
https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2022/12/18/hallowed-space-divers-pull-275-artifacts-from-2022-excavation-of-franklin-ship.html
https://www.iflscience.com/hundreds-of-artifacts-found-in-wreck-of-the-doomed-franklin-expedition-66836
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/hms-erebus-parks-canada-recovered-artifacts-leather-folio-2236362
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/artifacts-franklin-shipwreck-lost-expedition-archaeology-1234652034/
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/66022
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11091-221222-arctic-shipwreck-erebus

A 'mystery shipwreck' on North Carolina's Outer Banks:

https://www.pilotonline.com/history/vp-nw-shipwreck-skeleton-mystery-20221218-end6xwltxrcntlw4z465mwhq2u-story.html

Overview of three digs which were part of the City Archaeology Program in Boston:

https://www.einnews.com/pr_news/607591444/city-archaeology-program-completes-three-months-of-digs

A 'grisly' find at Red Bank Battlefield Park last summer:

https://historynewsnetwork.org/article/184632

Feature on the 'First Americans':

https://aeon.co/essays/the-first-americans-a-story-of-wonderful-uncertain-science

Pondering the European conquest of Native Americans:

https://www.theatlantic.com/books/archive/2022/12/native-american-history-indigenous-continent-pekka-hamalainen/672600/

Feature on the 8000 years bp Danger Cave site:

https://www.kuer.org/health-science-environment/2022-12-27/danger-cave-still-evokes-life-as-it-was-at-a-great-salt-lake-of-8-000-years-ago
https://www.sltrib.com/news/2022/12/28/danger-cave-still-evokes-life-it/

Feature on the impact of the Transcontinental railroad on the US:

https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20221212-how-the-transcontinental-railroad-forever-changed-the-us

Feature on the enslavement of Native Americans:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2022/12/20/native-americans-slavery-congress-new-mexico/

Pondering whether the Civil War in the US was 'inevitable':

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/21/magazine/civil-war-jan-6.html

Funding for archaeologists to assess damage to cultural sites in Florida:

https://news.ufl.edu/2022/12/hurricane-ian-damage-indigenous-calusa-sites/
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/974859

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CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA
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A LiDAR survey of a region of Guatemala has revealed 1000 or so Maya settlement sites:

https://phys.org/news/2022-12-huge-year-old-mayan-civilization-northern.html
https://www.vice.com/en/article/3admdv/archaeologists-discover-huge-lost-civilization-in-guatemala
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/guatemala-mirador-calakmul-karst-basin-lidar-maya-settlements-2235254
https://www.zmescience.com/science/lost-2000-year-old-mayan-civilization-in-guatemala-rediscovered-with-the-help-of-lasers/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/12/aerial-survey-reveals-dense-wealth-of-pre-classic-maya-sites/145602
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11095-221223-guatemala-maya-lidar

Assorted Moche structural remains dating to 850 BCE or so from Peru's Huaca Bandera site:

https://andina.pe/ingles/noticia-power-and-death-in-mochica-elite-administrative-funerary-uses-of-huaca-bandera-922888.aspx
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11099-221227-peru-mochica-structures

Analysis of some 1000 years bp (or so) painted skulls from Peru:

https://www.livescience.com/ancient-skulls-red-fingerpaint-peru
https://phys.org/news/2022-12-characterizing-red-pigment-ancient-bone.html
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-725810
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11097-221227-peru-painted-skulls

More on recently-located Nazca geoglyphs:

https://www.livescience.com/168-new-nazca-lines-peru
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/dec/19/peru-nazca-plain-ancient-art-new-designs-discovered
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/researchers-discover-over-100-new-ancient-designs-perus-nazca-lines-2022-12-19/
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/researchers-discover-100-new-ancient-designs-perus-nazca-lines-rcna62533
https://www.npr.org/2022/12/21/1144481159/nazca-lines-new-images-peru-geoglyphs
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-725267
https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14790414
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2022/12/21/168-new-nazca-lines-geoglyphs-peru-drones
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/168-newly-identified-geoglyphs-added-to-perus-nazca-lines-1234650917/
https://www.zmescience.com/science/archaeologists-discover-more-than-150-new-nazca-lines-in-peru/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/12/168-nazca-geoglyphs-identified-in-peru/145525

More on spider monkey remains at Teotihuacan:

https://news.asu.edu/20221228-spider-monkey-remains-uncovered-central-mexico-tells-important-story-trade-and-politics
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/11/archaeologists-find-evidence-of-gift-diplomacy-between-teotihuacan-and-the-maya/145304

More on the lifesized headless statue find from the Maya city of Oxkintok:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/12/excavations-uncover-headless-life-size-maya-statue/145499

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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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Roundups of archaeological finds (not specific to one nation) in 2022:

https://greekreporter.com/2022/12/28/archaeological-discoveries-2022/
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/2022s-best-archaeological-discoveries-2231752

The recreation of the Sutton Hoo ship is underway:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-suffolk-64030439

Suggestion that chronic dysentery didn't kill Edward the Black Prince:

https://phys.org/news/2022-12-chronic-dysentery-killer-edward-black.html

Feature on 'masking culture' in Cyprus:

https://www.kentonline.co.uk/romney-marsh/news/extraordinary-elizabethan-shipwreck-discovery-to-feature-o-279663/

Feature on how John the Baptist's head ended up in a French cathedral:

https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-wild-tale-of-how-john-the-baptists-head-ended-up-in-frances-largest-cathedral

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MUSEUM MATTERS
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Wood items from Vesuvius:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/herculaneum-vesuvius-eruption-wood-buried-exhibit-1.6677630

Schliemann:

https://english.elpais.com/culture/2022-12-22/the-thousand-faces-of-heinrich-schliemann-the-man-who-discovered-troy.html

Tutankhamun:

https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/events/boy-king-tutankhamuns-treasure-comes-to-istanbul-for-1st-time

Pompeii:

https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/new-exhibit-based-on-pompeii-to-open-at-museum-of-science-and-industry-in-2023/3033868/
https://buffalonews.com/news/world/exhibit-showcases-ancient-roman-items-preserved-by-volcanic-mud/video_115c0ccb-4c86-565f-bba5-e2f09fca895f.html

Persia to Greece:

https://fadmagazine.com/2022/12/20/major-exhibition-luxury-and-power-persia-to-greece-to-open-in-2023/

Vermeer:

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/dec/28/vermeer-2023-exhibition-amsterdam-masterpieces

Femme Fatale in Art:

https://www.dw.com/en/femme-fatale-in-art-from-male-fantasy-to-female-emancipation/g-64074352

cf: https://www.dw.com/en/femme-fatale-in-art-from-male-fantasy-to-female-emancipation/g-64074352

Visualizing the Virgin Mary:

https://www.npr.org/2022/12/30/1145559044/visualizing-the-virgin-shows-mary-in-the-middle-ages

cf: https://www.getty.edu/art/exhibitions/mary/

Etruscan Spina:

https://www.ansamed.info/ansamed/en/news/sections/culture/2022/12/21/etruscan-spina-great-mediterranean-port-on-show_b3a3cfea-ada7-424d-9a7d-0108003c2040.html
https://www.tgcom24.mediaset.it/cultura/archeologia-ferrara-mostra-etruschi_58949408-202202k.shtml

Alexander the Great:

https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v45/n01/james-romm/at-the-british-library

More on the opening of a new archaeological museum in Aigai:

https://greekreporter.com/2022/12/19/greece-opens-new-museum-aigai-macedonia/
https://www.ekathimerini.com/news/1200628/pm-inaugurates-the-new-museum-of-aigai-in-vergina/
https://greekcitytimes.com/2022/12/19/vergina-new-museum-of-aigai/
https://www.tornosnews.gr/en/greek-news/culture/48088-greek-pm-opens-new-museum-at-vergina-the-center-of-macedonian-civilization.html
https://news.gtp.gr/2022/12/20/vergina-polycentric-museum-of-aigai-opens-its-doors/

Feature on the Throop Pharmacy Museum:

https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Throop-Museum-17643368.php

Feature on the centennial of the Manx Museum:

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-isle-of-man-64042109

OpEd on museums and looted art:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/13/arts/museums-looted-art-repatriation.html

OpEd on repatriation/cession of the Stern collection:

https://www.ekathimerini.com/opinion/1200681/repatriation-or-cession/
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ON THE DNA FRONT
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Roundup of historical DNA studies in 2022:

https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/20/world/year-in-ancient-dna-discoveries-2022-scn/index.html

Identifying Gregor Mendel from DNA:

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2022/12/30/1142202365/gregor-mendel-genetics-dna-analyzed

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CLIMATE MATTERS
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Climate change concerns for the pyramids and Sphinx:

https://egyptindependent.com/climate-change-threatens-sphinx-and-giza-pyramids/
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TOURISTY THINGS
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Castel Sant'Angelo:

https://www.thetravel.com/why-visit-castel-santangelo-in-rome/

Ostia Antica:

https://www.heraldnet.com/life/rick-steves-ruins-at-the-roman-port-of-ostia-antica-rival-pompeiis/

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TV/DOCUMENTARY HYPISH THINGS
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More reviews/reactions to Ancient Apocalypse;

https://www.thenation.com/article/culture/ancient-apocalypse-graham-hancock/
https://boingboing.net/2022/12/29/archaeologist-david-wengrow-pushes-back-against-ancient-apocalypse-urges-us-to-consider-the-power-of-everyday-people.html
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CRIME BEAT
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An antiquities bust in Ostia:

https://roma.corriere.it/notizie/cronaca/22_dicembre_26/ostia-vasi-e-anfore-di-interesse-storico-ritrovati-in-un-garage-e-sequestrati-c4d1c282-2ffd-4472-97e0-39fcd93adxlk.shtml

An arrest for antiquities theft in Drama:

https://www.ekathimerini.com/news/1201017/man-arrested-for-antiquities-theft-in-drama/

A major bust of a pair of antiquities collectors in Alicante:

https://www.aa.com.tr/en/europe/spanish-police-bust-massive-illegal-bone-artifact-collections/2776368
https://euroweeklynews.com/2022/12/30/archaeological-artefacts-skeletal-remains-seized-alicante/

Arrest of a man trying to sell a Roman-era sarcophagus in Turkiye:

https://www.dailysabah.com/life/history/turkiye-detains-suspect-trying-to-sell-roman-era-sarcophagus

Arrests for trafficking antiquities in Al-Bayda (Libya):

https://libyaobserver.ly/inbrief/two-people-custody-charges-trafficking-antiquities-al-bayda

Major fine for a pair of detectorists found guilty of not declaring a major Viking hoard find in Herefordshire:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-hereford-worcester-64056018
https://www.malverngazette.co.uk/news/23214780.thieves-stole-anglo-saxon-buried-treasure-leominster-must-pay/
https://www.firstpost.com/world/uk-court-slaps-1-2-million-euro-fine-on-treasure-hunters-who-sold-1100-year-old-anglo-saxon-valuables-11894301.html
https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/crime/2022/12/24/jailed-men-who-stole-viking-treasure-hoard-given-warning-if-they-dont-repay-600000-each/
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/65999

More on the recovery of most of the loot from the Dresden Green Vault:

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/german-police-recover-bulk-booty-120-mln-dresden-diamonds-heist-2022-12-17/
https://rmx.news/crime/robbery-of-the-century-germany-recovers-millions-in-stolen-jewels-from-dresden-museum-heist-after-cutting-deal-with-arab-clan-member/
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2022/12/19/police-recover-31-objects-stolen-from-dresdens-green-vault-museum-in-audacious-art-heist

More on the theft of detectorist finds from the Museum of Lancashire:

https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/1197/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/1197/pub/1197/page/45/article/NaN
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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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Greek coins seized in Chicago will be repatriated to Greece:

https://greekreporter.com/2022/12/23/ancient-greek-coins-seized-chicago-repatriated-greece/

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NUMISMATICA
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Two weeks' worth of e-Sylum:

http://www.coinbooks.org/v25/club_nbs_esylum_v25n51.html
http://www.coinbooks.org/v25/club_nbs_esylum_v25n52.html

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Coin Week:

http://www.coinweek.com/

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OBITUARIES
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Peter Parsons:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2022/12/18/peter-parsons-oxford-regius-professor-greek-who-deciphered-many/

Ross Thomas:

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/dec/18/ross-thomas-obituary

Ramsay MacMullen

https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2022/12/21/ramsay-macmullen-emeritus-professor-of-history-and-classics-dies-at-94/

Fred Schroeder:

https://www.legacy.com/ca/obituaries/theglobeandmail/name/frederic-schroeder-obituary

Oscar While Muscarella:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/22/arts/oscar-white-muscarella-dead.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2022/12/29/oscar-white-muscarella-met-museum-archaeologist-who-exposed-looted-artifacts-fakes-dies-91/

Hans P. Dietz:

https://www.thejournal-news.net/stories/hans-p-dietz-89,80644
https://wgel.com/obituaries/2022/12/hans-peter-dietz/

Penelope Mackie:

https://dailynous.com/2022/12/29/penelope-mackie-1953-2022/

Marios Philippides:

https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/gazettenet/name/marios-philippides-obituary?id=38496765

Benedict XVI:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/31/world/europe/benedict-xvi-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/3228-audio-news-from-archaeologica-december-18th-through-the-24th-2022

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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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