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explorator 26.03 May 7, 2023
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You can read explorator online at:

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Thanks to Arthur Shippee, Dave Sowdon, Edward Rockstein, Kurt Theis,
John McMahon, Barnea Selavan, Joseph Lauer, Mike Ruggeri, Hernan Astudillo,
Richard Campbell, Barbara Saylor Rodgers, Bob Heuman, David Critchley,
Richard Miller, Kris Curry, Rick Heli, Richard C. Griffiths, Frank MacKay,
Don Buck, mata kimasitayo, and Ross W. Sargent for headses upses this week
(as always hoping I have left no one out).

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EARLY HOMINIDS
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Tool study suggest there were three waves of Homo sapiens migrations into Europe:

https://phys.org/news/2023-05-stone-tools-migration-earliest-homo.html
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/modern-humans-migrated-into-europe-in-3-waves-ambitious-and-provocative-new-study-suggests
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/may/07/revealed-modern-humans-needed-three-tries-and-12000-years-to-colonise-europe
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2023-05-03/ty-article/sapiens-from-the-levant-made-three-attempts-to-settle-in-europe-study-shows/00000187-e0cd-d9b4-abaf-e8ff431d0000
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-742025
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/europes-first-humans-may-have-arrived-in-three-waves-180982107/

A study of the Banyoles jawbone and its implications for sapiens-neanderthal relations:

https://theconversation.com/enigmatic-human-fossil-jawbone-may-be-evidence-of-an-early-homo-sapiens-presence-in-europe-and-adds-mystery-about-who-those-humans-were-196555

Feature on Neanderthal culture and aesthetics:

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20230428-the-puzzle-of-neanderthal-culture-and-aesthetics
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AFRICA
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Israel will be excavating a couple of 'genizas' in Morocco:

https://www.timesofisrael.com/abraham-accords-allow-israelis-to-excavate-two-huge-genizas-found-in-rural-morocco/

A study of 140 000 years of cultural continuity at a west African site:

https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/05/05/longstanding-cultural-continuity-at-oldest-occupied-site-in-west-africa/

More on the wall paintings in Old Dongola:

https://the-past.com/news/medieval-wall-paintings-found-in-the-ancient-city-of-old-dongola-sudan/
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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT
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Greco-Roman pottery from the tell el-Maskhuta site in Ismailia:

https://www.egyptindependent.com/new-archaeological-discovery-in-ismailias-tell-al-maskhuta/
https://see.news/roman-artifacts-uncovered-in-ismailias-tell-el-maskhouta

Byzantine and Late Period finds from the Meir necropolis in Assiut:

https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContentP/9/500224/Antiquities/Byzantine-and-Late-Period-relics-uncovered-in-Meir.aspx

More on the find of the 3200 years bp tomb of Panehsy:

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/underground-tomb-complex-egypt-panehsy-2287515

More on the mummy-based study suggesting many children in Egypt were anemic:

https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-741729

More on the Philae Temple Graffiti Project:

https://www.uottawa.ca/about-us/media/news/news-all/egyptian-goddess-her-graffiti

Feature on Lord Carnarvon:

https://www.hampshirechronicle.co.uk/news/hampshire/23474421.archaeological-earl-earl-carnarvon/

Feature on Howard Carter:

https://observervoice.com/9-may-remembering-howard-carter-on-birthday-22196/

Pondering whether a fungal infection might explain Tutankhamun's 'curse':

https://bigthink.com/the-past/mummys-curse-fungus-mold-aspergillus/
https://www.iflscience.com/could-a-deadly-fungal-infection-explain-the-curse-of-tutankhamuns-tomb-68701

Finds from various periods from a site near the Great Wall of Gorgan in northern Iran:

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/484312/Ancient-relics-discovered-on-construction-site-in-northern-Iran

Inscriptions in Armenia are helping to trace the history of the Iranian lion symbol:

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/484342/Inscriptions-found-in-Armenia-may-push-back-history-of-Iran-s

A Safavid-era public bathhouse in Iran's West Azarbaijan province is undergoing restoration:

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/484340/Safavid-era-public-bathhouse-undergoes-restoration

Archaeologists continue to look for remains of a Laodicea Temple in Nahavand:

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/484406/Archaeologists-still-hoping-to-find-Laodicea-Temple

An AI model to translate Akkadian written in cuneiform:

https://techxplore.com/news/2023-05-machine-cuneiform-tablets.html
https://arkeonews.net/israeli-researchers-create-ai-to-translate-ancient-cuneiform-akkadian-texts/
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/05/03/translating-akkadian-to-english-with-neural-machine-translation/

Feature on coronation rituals in ancient Persia:

https://www.britishmuseum.org/blog/long-live-king-kings-accession-ritual-ancient-persia

Overview of the progress of the dig at the 4500 years bp site of Mobolla (Turkiye):

https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/traces-of-ancient-life-come-to-surface-in-mobolla-182848

Some ancient coins were revealed as Lake Iznik (Turkiye) recedes:

https://www.dailysabah.com/turkiye/2000-year-old-coins-surface-with-lake-izniks-withdrawal-in-turkiye/news
https://arkeonews.net/ancient-coins-surface-with-lake-izniks-withdrawal-in-turkiye/

Overview of archaeology in Turkiye for the month of April:

https://turkisharchaeonews.net/article/april-2023-turkish-archaeology

More on the excavation of the 1500 years bp St Polyeuktos church in Istanbul:

https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/1500-year-old-remains-of-istanbuls-st-polyeuktos-church-unveiled/news
https://greekreporter.com/2023/05/05/historic-church-unearthed-turkey/
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/turkiye/remains-of-1-500-year-old-church-unearthed-in-istanbul/2888147
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/05/archaeologists-excavate-historically-important-byzantine-church/147175

I think we've mentioned the concerns for the El-Unuk site amid Palestinian road construction:

https://www.israelhayom.com/2023/05/02/exclusive-biblical-site-under-threat-amid-ongoing-palestinian-construction/
https://www.israeltoday.co.il/read/biblical-site-under-threat-amid-ongoing-palestinian-construction/

Brown University is digitizing 10 000 ancient inscriptions from Israel:

https://www.jns.org/brown-university-project-is-digitizing-10000-ancient-israel-inscriptions/

Feature on the Lachish letters:

https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/ancient-cultures/ancient-israel/the-lachish-letters/

Studying 4000 years bp human remains to see biological effects of climate change in Bronze Age Arabia:

http://wam.ae/en/details/1395303153179
https://www.zawya.com/en/press-release/companies-news/ras-al-khaimah-archaeologists-and-us-university-team-partner-to-study-biological-effects-of-climate-change-in-bronze-age-arabia-rwqgq4wv

A followup piece on the cattle cult associated with the mustatils found in Saudi Arabia a while back:

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2023-05-07/ty-article/standing-stones-bones-archaeologists-excavate-neolithic-cattle-cult-site-in-saudi-arabia/00000187-e66e-d230-abc7-f77e018b0000

More on the 'trilith' structures (and other items) found recently in Oman:

https://greekreporter.com/2023/05/02/stonehenge-oman-desert/
https://artdependence.com/articles/archaeologists-unearth-unique-finds-in-oman/
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/archaeologists-digging-in-the-deserts-of-oman-have-discovered-a-mysterious-monument-theyre-calling-arabian-stonehenge-2291997
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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS)
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Remains of a possibly 'significant' Roman villa complex at a housing development site in Southwick Court Fields:

https://www.southwestfarmer.co.uk/news/23482843.roman-remains-found-southwick-court-fields-homes-site/

Highway construction on Crete revealed a Roman-era 'pipeline' (aqueduct):

https://greekreporter.com/2023/05/01/crete-ancient-roman-pipeline/

Roman and Egyptian figurines from a survey in Poland (!):

https://arkeonews.net/a-surprising-discovery-in-lublin-countryside-ancient-figurines-of-egyptian-and-roman-gods-found/

Latest finds (many structures) from near the Valley of the Temples (Italian):

https://www.unict.it/it/comunicati_stampa/valle-dei-templi-rilevati-nuovi-resti-archeologici-nord-della-plateia-i-l

I think we've mentioned this hoard of 175 silver denarii (and more) dating to the Republic from Livorno:

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/romans/2000-year-old-hoard-of-roman-coins-may-have-been-hidden-by-a-soldier-during-a-bloody-civil-war-in-italy
https://www.wral.com/story/buried-treasure-including-nearly-200-roman-coins-found-in-italy/20837163/
https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/01/world/roman-coins-buried-treasure-italy-scn/index.html
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11413-230503-tuscany-coin-hoard

Excavations of a drain at an 1800 years bp Roman bathhouse in Carlisle have revealed plenty of intaglios:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/01/science/ancient-romans-coin-drains.html
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/archaeologists-recover-trove-ancient-roman-214650445.html
https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2023/may/01/ancient-romans-dropped-their-bling-down-the-drain-/
https://the-past.com/news/major-roman-bathhouses-revealed-in-carlisle/

Some recent finds from Pompeii, including that fancy four-wheeled 'chariot' restored, have gone on display:

https://apnews.com/article/pompeii-chariot-ancient-rome-greece-exhibition-7957aaecc6edd7d7cada6e79a4c0a6d7
https://www.wantedinrome.com/news/italy-displays-pompeii-chariot-in-rome-exhibition.html
https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/pompeii-chariot-stars-in-rome-exhibit-probing-ancient-roots-182884
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/67171
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/05/04/reconstruction-of-the-ceremonial-chariot-from-civita-giuliana/

The British Museum have started a project relating to the Vindolanda Tablets:

https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/british-museum-launches-research-vindolanda-26834759

Study suggests there may have been kosher-observant Jews in the Roman army 2000 years bp:

https://www.timesofisrael.com/roman-army-may-have-included-kosher-observant-jews-2000-years-ago-study-finds/

Plans to restore the Asclepieion of Trikala:

https://greekreporter.com/2023/05/04/ancient-greek-asclepieion-trikala/

More on the Buddha statue found at Berenike (in case you missed it):

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/ancient-egyptians/1st-century-buddha-statue-from-ancient-egypt-indicates-buddhists-lived-there-in-roman-times
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-741997
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20230503-ancient-roman-era-buddha-statue-discovered-in-egypt/
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/buddha-statue-discovered-egypt-2295035
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/buddha-statue-uncovered-in-an-egyptian-port-city-sheds-light-on-trade-between-ancient-rome-and-india-1234666283/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/buddha-statue-found-berenike-egypt-180982075/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11421-230505-egypt-berenike-buddha

More on the 'new' Roman military camps in the Jordanian desert spotted via Google Earth:

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/romans/ancient-roman-camps-from-secret-military-mission-spotted-using-google-earth
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-65391574
http://www.jordantimes.com/news/local/archaeologists-discover-three-roman-camps-maan-using-satellite-imagery
https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/archaeology/a43726283/archeologists-uncover-ancient-roman-military-camps-images/
https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/ancient-cultures/lost-roman-army-camps-discovered-in-jordan/
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/05/03/roman-military-camps-identified-in-arabian-desert/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11408-230501-arabia-roman-camps

More on the Roman-era necropolis found near the Port Royal train station in Paris:

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/archaeology-ancient-roman-necropolis-paris-2289717

More on muography revealing a 2500 years bp necropolis in Naples:

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/cosmic-rays-reveal-2500-year-old-subterranean-burial-in-ancient-greek-necropolis
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-742267
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/05/02/hidden-hellenistic-underground-chamber-detected-in-naples/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11418-230504-naples-greek-tomb

More on the reconstructed gateway at Richborough Roman Fort:

https://theconversation.com/how-archaeologists-reconstructed-a-roman-gateway-to-tell-the-story-of-britains-invasion-204574
https://phys.org/news/2023-05-archaeologists-reconstructed-roman-gateway-story.html
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/archaeologists-reconstructed-roman-gateway-tell-112038537.html

More on the 1st century burial of a physician and their instruments in Hungary:

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/romans/1st-century-burial-holds-roman-doctor-buried-with-medical-tools-including-top-quality-scalpels
https://greekreporter.com/2023/05/06/grave-roman-doctor-uncovered/
https://telex.hu/english/2023/04/26/tomb-of-roman-physician-buried-with-his-medical-equipment-found-in-hungary
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11404-230501-hungary-roman-physician

More on the Roman mosaic recently revealed in Buckinghamshire:

https://the-past.com/news/roman-mosaic-uncovered-in-buckinghamshire/

More on the sculptures associated with the Tartessos civilization in Spain:

https://greekreporter.com/2023/05/02/spain-tartessos-people-bust/
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/first-human-representations-of-tartessos-2291671

More on the terracottas and other recent finds from Paestum:

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/paestum-greek-temple-terracotta-figurines-discovery-2292267

More on the 1700 years bp coin hoard found by a metal detectorist in Romania:

https://www.npr.org/2023/05/03/1173612127/treasure-hunter-with-a-metal-detector-stumbles-on-a-stash-of-silver-coins-in-rom
https://news.yahoo.com/someone-buried-treasure-1-700-203334596.html
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article274927746.html
https://www.bradenton.com/news/nation-world/world/article274927746.html

A Roman phallus ring is going on display:

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clel10y2219o

Three sections of a Roman wall in London have been given protected status:

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/may/03/roman-wall-city-of-london-given-protected-status
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clw9g3d153no
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/london-roman-ruins-national-heritage-listed-status-b1078507.html
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/05/03/london-londinium-wall-roman-museum-river-thames-archaeology/
https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/1329/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/1329/pub/1329/page/50/article/NaN
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-12040941/Remains-2-000-year-old-Roman-wall-built-seal-London-Thames-discovered.html

Review of Josiah Osgood, *Uncommon Wrath*:

https://merionwest.com/2023/04/29/review-uncommon-wrath-by-josiah-osgood/

Review of Shadi Bartsch, *Plato Goes to China*:

https://freebeacon.com/culture/why-the-chinese-are-reading-plato-aristotle-and-leo-strauss/

David Pritchard on the people of the Piraeus:

https://www.ekathimerini.com/culture/1209936/the-children-and-men-of-the-piraeus/
https://neoskosmos.com/en/2023/05/02/dialogue/opinion/the-children-and-men-of-the-piraeus/

Hyping Yaron Z. Eliav, *A Jew in the Roman Bathhouse*:

https://press.princeton.edu/ideas/rabbis-in-the-roman-public-bathhouse

Feature/Review on Honor Cargill-Martin's work on Messalina:

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/messalina-the-truth-about-romes-killer-whore-empress-l3qv9qv6q
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/books/non-fiction/meet-the-new-mary-beard-honor-cargill-martin/

Feature on possible evidence of 'chemical warfare' at Dura Europos:

https://www.iflscience.com/roman-soldiers-found-buried-in-their-own-tunnel-may-have-been-killed-by-chemical-warfare-68709

Feature on Roman maritime law:

https://www.asor.org/anetoday/2023/05/sea-of-law

Feature on Hypatia:

https://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-04-29/hypatia-of-alexandria-the-pop-star-of-antiquity-that-resists-oblivion.html
https://greekreporter.com/2023/05/03/hypatia-greek-philosopher/

Feature on ancient Greek technology things:

https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/05/05/greek-lighthouses-of-knowledge/

Feature on Roman glass:

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2023-05-02/ty-article/how-did-the-romans-make-glass-a-hill-in-israel-knows/00000187-dcd6-d9b4-abaf-fcfe66e90000

Feature on Alexander's plans to conquer Arabia:

https://greekcitytimes.com/2023/05/01/alexander-the-great-arabia-conquer/

Feature on the Library of Alexandria:

https://www.europeantimes.news/2023/05/did-the-library-of-alexandria-really-exist/

Feature on the Oracle of Delphi:

https://greekreporter.com/2023/05/01/priestess-pythia-delphi-oracle/

Feature on ancient Greek swimming:

https://greekreporter.com/2023/05/02/ancient-greeks-swimming-beach/

Feature on the funding of the building of the Colosseum:

https://aish.com/the-colosseums-jewish-connection/

Vienna's Kunsthistorisches Museum is in talks to return a pair of Parthenon sculptures in its possession:

https://apnews.com/article/parthenon-sculptures-greece-austria-acropolis-talks-6e42297de383993625414956123d40c0
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/05/02/parthenon-sculptures-greece-austria-acropolis-talks/2d137a00-e912-11ed-869e-986dd5713bc8_story.html
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/austria-says-talks-underway-returning-parthenon-marbles-greece-2023-05-02/
https://news.yahoo.com/greece-looks-vienna-boost-parthenon-175212059.html
https://www.thenationalnews.com/world/2023/05/02/talks-under-way-for-austria-to-lend-parthenon-marbles-to-greece/
https://www.thenationalherald.com/greece-looks-to-vienna-for-new-boost-on-parthenon-sculptures/
https://menafn.com/1106181690/Viennas-Kunsthistorisches-Museum-In-Talks-To-Send-Back-Parthenon-Marble-Pieces-To-Greece
https://greekreporter.com/2023/05/02/austria-return-parthenon-marbles-greece/
https://neoskosmos.com/en/2023/05/04/news/greece/austrian-museum-returns-parthenon-fragments-to-greece-reigniting-hope-for-repatriation-of-stolen-parthenon-marbles-held-in-british-museum/
https://www.tornosnews.gr/en/greek-news/culture/48801-austria-museum-discusses-loaning-greece-missing-parthenon-marble-pieces.html
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/05/04/viennas-kunsthistorisches-museum-in-talks-to-send-back-parthenon-marble-pieces-to-greece
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/austria-reptriates-two-small-parthenon-marbles-to-greece-2294596
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/kunsthistorisches-museum-greece-discuss-parthenon-marbles-return-1234666551/

... and some opeds raising hopes King Charles might be helpful regarding their return:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/05/04/a-way-for-king-charles-to-honor-his-greek-father/c2b54dd2-ea33-11ed-869e-986dd5713bc8_story.html
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2023-05-04/a-way-for-king-charles-to-honor-his-greek-father
https://hellenicnews.com/uk-should-follow-popes-example-and-return-parthenon-marbles-bloomberg-article-says/
https://neoskosmos.com/en/2023/05/05/dialogue/opinion/former-south-australian-mp-rachel-sanderson-demands-return-of-parthenon-sculptures/
https://www.ekathimerini.com/news/1210246/bloomberg-the-parthenon-sculptures-are-not-britains-to-keep/

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EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland)
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A 15 000 years bp stone with an image of a mammoth and a horse from Brno:

https://english.radio.cz/paleolithic-stone-engraving-mammoth-and-horse-discovered-ostrava-8782151

A 6000 years bp settlement site on Corsica:

https://www.newsobserver.com/news/nation-world/world/article274788961.html
https://arkeonews.net/the-6000-year-old-settlement-found-in-island-of-corsica/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11412-230503-corsica-neolithic-terraces

A 5000 years bp megalithic monument from Andalusia:

https://news.yahoo.com/ancient-stone-monument-spain-hid-152221762.html
https://www.thestate.com/news/nation-world/world/article275052621.html
https://arkeonews.net/archaeologists-discover-a-new-megalithic-monument-in-the-heart-of-andalusia-in-southern-spain-a-5000-year-old-secret/

A 3700 years bp stone dagger found by an 8-year-old in Norway:

https://www.star-telegram.com/news/nation-world/world/article275057861.html
https://www.macon.com/news/nation-world/world/article275057861.html

An 'investigation' is underway of a hillfort at Dumyat:

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cw4pn89wg4do
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/archaeologists-examine-possible-hilltop-powerbase-102615416.html

An Iron Age vessel hoard from Monmouthshire has been declared treasure:

http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/67192

Archaeologists are releasing footage of the 14th century Storfjord wreck (Norway):

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/05/underwater-archaeologists-reveal-footage-of-norways-oldest-shipwreck/147210

A large medieval tableman/gaming-piece from a site in Bedfordshire:

http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/67133

A medieval Arabic inscription found at a housing site in southern Malta:

https://arkeonews.net/rare-arabic-inscription-discovered-during-malta-housing-project-works/

Overview of a community excavation of a medieval site in Yorkshire:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/05/archaeology-project-is-documenting-yorkshires-lost-medieval-village/147200

Some 14th century silver coins found by a metal detectorist near Manchester:

https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/seven-inches-below-ground-greater-26844421

Overview of the dig at the 15th century Thurster Tower site:

https://www.johnogroat-journal.co.uk/news/pictures-thurster-tower-dig-at-sarclet-what-was-discovere-312305/

16th century medical waste, including 'urine flasks' from a dig at Caesar's Forum:

https://phys.org/news/2023-05-medical-renaissance-era-landfill-site-ancient.html
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/romans/ancient-urine-flasks-for-smelling-and-tasting-pee-uncovered-in-trash-dump-at-caesars-forum-in-rome
https://nypost.com/2023/05/01/archaeologists-unearth-medical-flasks-for-swilling-urine/
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-742217
https://www.iflscience.com/500-year-old-urine-flasks-discovered-in-rome-may-reveal-hints-about-historical-disease-control-68712
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/05/03/disease-control-and-disposal-of-infectious-materials-in-renaissance-rome/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11411-230502-rome-medical-waste

Analysis of 17th century human remains from the Ospedale Maggiore in Milan reveal the presence of opiates:

http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/67184

More on 2300 years bp scissors found in a Munich burial:

https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/05/02/like-new-a-2300-year-old-pair-of-scissors-surprises-researchers/

More on the 1000 years bp VIking hacksilver and coins found by a young (maybe) metal detectorist in Denmark:

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/vikings/double-hoard-of-viking-treasure-discovered-near-harald-bluetooths-fort-in-denmark
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/viking-coins-1000-year-old-unearthed-young-girl-denmark/

More on the 1000 years bp iron ingots 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
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11415-230503-norway-iron-ingots

More on evidence of a woman among the crew of the Vasa:

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/vasa-swedish-warship-dna-testing-2283621

More on a drone find of the possible site of the Battle of Marston Moor:

https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/23496765.drones-cameras-find-burial-pits-battle-marston-moor/
https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/23497247.drones-cameras-find-burial-pits-battle-marston-moor/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/05/possible-burial-pits-from-battle-of-marston-moor-identified-using-drones/147181

More on the VIking ship found at Karmoy Mound:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/05/20-metre-long-viking-ship-found-in-norway/147157

More on Vikings in Greenland importning North American timber:

https://sciencenorway.no/history-vikings/the-vikings-in-greenland-imported-timber-from-north-america-according-to-a-researcher/2190358

More on the study of the Stone of Destiny:

https://www.historicenvironment.scot/about-us/news/research-shines-new-light-on-the-stone-of-destiny/
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/05/04/research-shines-new-light-on-the-stone-of-destiny/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11414-230503-scotland-royal-stone

Some restored medieval stained glass has been returned to Malvern Priory:

http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/67152
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/05/04/malvern-piory-medieval-stained-glass-restored-and-reinstalled/

Feature on the use of Egyptian mummies in Victorian-era medicine:

https://gulfnews.com/games/play/spell-it-ancient-egyptian-mummies-in-european-medicine-1.1682973272005

A coin acquired by the Centre Charlemagne in Aachen refers to his third wife Fastrada:

http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/67199

In case you're in the market for the Earlshall Castle in Fife:

https://www.theguardian.com/money/2023/may/03/a-castle-fit-for-royalty-could-be-yours-if-you-have-8m-to-spare
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Archaeology in Europe News:

http://archaeology-in-europe.blogspot.com/

Medievalists.net:

https://www.medievalists.net/category/news/

Viking Archaeology Blog:

http://viking-archaeology-blog.blogspot.com/

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ASIA AND THE SOUTH PACIFIC
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A 1500 years bp petroglyph and several 1800-2000 years bp 'waterbodies' from a national park in Madhya Pradesh:

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhopal/2000-year-old-modern-society-unearthed-in-mp-tiger-reserve/articleshow/99971634.cms?from=mdr
https://www.indiatimes.com/news/india/remains-of-2000-year-old-modern-society-discovered-by-asi-in-bandhavgarh-tiger-reserve-601677.html

Assorted political historians have agreed on the site of Dara Shikoh's grave:

https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/delhi/2023/apr/30/left-right-wing-experts-agree-on-17th-centurydara-shikohs-grave-2570627.html

More on the study suggesting drought contributed to the end of Indus Civilization:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/04/periods-of-prolonged-droughts-caused-downfall-of-indus-megacities/147149

Latest 'missing artifact' case associated with Nancy Wiener:

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/missing-idol-of-lord-shiva-doris-weiner-cleveland-museum-art-1234666772/
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AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND
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A study (including isotope analysis) of the skeletal remains of eight Indigenous people from near 19th century Normanton:

https://phys.org/news/2023-05-isotope-analysis-stories-aboriginal-people.html
https://au.news.yahoo.com/isotope-analysis-helps-tell-stories-030322104.html

A project to map 'hidden' Northern Territory landscape altered by rising water 8000 years bp:

https://phys.org/news/2023-05-archaeologists-important-archaeological-landscape-australians.html
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/05/230505101703.htm
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/05/05/archaeologists-map-hidden-northern-territory-landscape/

cf: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0283006

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NORTH AMERICA
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A 9-year-old found a mammoth tooth in Oregon:

https://www.kansascity.com/news/nation-world/national/article275063761.html

A mystery 'stone doorway' found during a dig in Carbonear (Newfoundland):

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/carbonear-undergound-tunnel-discovered-1.6828021

The burial of one of the first colonists was found in Maryland:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2023/05/03/american-colonists-maryland-skeleton/

Looking for the site of an Algonquian village on Roanoke Island:

https://www.thecoastlandtimes.com/2023/05/04/first-colony-foundation-archaeologists-zero-in-on-site-of-algonquian-village/

Civil War soldier burials from Colonial Williamsburg:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2023/05/04/civil-war-grave-soldiers-williamsburg/

A gag order on archaeologists working on the Swan Tavern site in Charlottesville:

https://dailyprogress.com/news/local/as-archaeological-dig-ends-gag-order-keeps-swan-tavern-findings-under-wraps/article_1c189136-e78c-11ed-8092-5b92a321015b.html

A submerged 19th century cemetery and quarantine/hospital site in Dry Tortugas National Park near the Florida Keys:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/05/us/underwater-cemetery-hospital-dry-tortugas-florida.html
https://news.yahoo.com/submerged-island-off-florida-reveals-142155567.html
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/may/02/quarantine-hospital-dry-tortugas-national-park
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/florida-dry-tortugas-cemetery-discovered-b2332075.html
https://www.keysnews.com/news/local/quarantine-hospital-cemetery-discovered-at-fort-jefferson-in-dry-tortugas/article_73844ff6-e8fd-11ed-b568-2bf4ca7edd53.html
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/florida-keys/article274978691.html
https://www.wfla.com/news/florida/underwater-19th-century-hospital-graveyard-uncovered-in-florida-keys/
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/19th-century-hospital-cemetery-underwater-florida-keys-dry-tortugas/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/05/remains-of-quarantine-hospital-found-on-submerged-island/147164
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11419-230505-key-west-hospital

That recently-revealed shipwreck off Florida is larger than expected:

https://www.marineinsight.com/videos/mysterious-shipwreck-found-off-florida-is-3-times-bigger-than-initially-described/
https://www.star-telegram.com/news/nation-world/national/article274907701.html
https://www.aol.com/news/shipwreck-found-off-florida-beach-114532338.html

Feature on the Dixon Bridge collapse in 1873:

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

Hype for Ned Blackhwak, *The Rediscovery of America*:

https://news.yale.edu/2023/05/02/book-unmakes-us-history-include-long-excluded-native-americans
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CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA
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A 17th/18th century Janambre culture burial from Mexico:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/05/skeleton-found-in-rock-shelter-corresponds-with-the-relatively-unknown-janambre-culture/147188

Peruvian gas workers came across a 600 years bp tomb with mummified people, textiles, and ceramics:

https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-741679

Looking for a hidden cenote beneath a convent in Izamal:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/05/archaeologists-search-for-hidden-cenote-beneath-the-convent-of-san-antonio-de-padu/147195

More on the find of a sculpture of K'awiil on the Maya Train route:

https://news.yahoo.com/rare-sculpture-mayan-god-found-165216040.html
https://arkeonews.net/a-rare-statue-of-kawiil-mayan-god-of-lighting-have-uncovered-in-mexico/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11409-230502-mexico-k-awil-sculpture

More on Maya lime plaster:

https://www.zmescience.com/feature-post/technology-articles/engineering/archaeologists-find-the-secret-ingredient-of-maya-lime-plasters/

Feature on the peopling of St Thomas:

https://stthomassource.com/content/2023/05/04/the-first-people-to-call-our-islands-home/

Latest Aztlander newsletter (pdf):

https://aztlander.files.wordpress.com/2023/05/aztlander-v3-n5-may.pdf
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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 witches in Germany:

https://www.dw.com/en/a-witch-in-the-family/a-65447802

Czech archaeologists were testing a Neolithic boat recreation for a larger project next month:

https://english.radio.cz/archaeologists-test-replica-neolithic-boat-rozkos-reservoir-8781798
https://www.expats.cz/czech-news/article/czech-archeologists-test-early-stone-age-ship-on-hradec-kralove-reservoir

A possible identification of the stone bridge behind the Mona Lisa:

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2023/may/03/italian-historian-claims-to-have-identified-bridge-in-mona-lisa-backdrop
https://muscatinejournal.com/news/national/historian-claims-to-have-located-mystery-mona-lisa-bridge/article_5793d2cd-ba07-5b56-afdb-85c7a9982edd.html
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/italian-historian-claims-bridge-background-leonardo-da-vinci-mona-lisa-tuscany-1234666721/
https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/1330/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/1330/pub/1330/page/33/article/NaN

Feature on the British Royal Family's German roots:

https://www.dw.com/en/how-german-are-the-british-royals/a-63128994

Feature on some French aristocrats who survived the Reign of Terror and influenced art:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/interactive/2023/french-revolution-david-terror/

Feature on fake antiquities in the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library:

https://hyperallergic.com/818301/how-did-fake-antiquities-end-up-at-a-presidential-library/

A study of a man who was 'painted out' of a Vermeer:

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/vermeer-a-maid-asleep-man-painted-out-study-1234666800/

A hunt for Nazi loot in a Dutch village came up empty:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/01/world/europe/netherlands-buried-treasure.html
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12033915/Hunt-Nazi-gold-ends-failure-excavation-turns-little-WW2-era-bullet.html

Feature on the horns of Moses:

https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/people-cultures-in-the-bible/people-in-the-bible/the-horns-of-moses/

Feature on the Kama Sutra:

https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p0fl4b21/kama-sutra-a-misunderstood-ancient-erotic-manual

Feature on the Cultural Emergency Response people:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/05/arts/design/cultural-emergency-response.html

Feature on the 'Pearlies':

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/29/world/europe/london-pearly-kings-queens-cockney.html

Haven't had a 'who was Jack the Ripper' feature for a while:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12045715/Jack-Ripper-Met-cop-hated-opposite-sex-author-claims.html

Review of Kay Hessel, *The Story of Art Without Men*:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/02/books/the-story-of-art-without-men-katy-hessel.html

Review of S.C. Gwynne, *His Majesty's Airship*:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/01/books/review/his-majestys-airship-s-c-gwynne.html

Hyping Kelly Grovier's *The Art of Colour: The History of Art in 39 Pigments*:

https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20230428-a-history-of-art-in-7-colours

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CURRENT EVENTS:
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Feature on May Day:

https://www.albanyherald.com/arena/parade/what-s-the-history-of-may-day-and-why-do-we-celebrate-it/article_466a5b4b-d790-51e6-b82e-1f566dcfc0bb.html

Feature on 'coronation cuisine':

https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20230430-coronation-cuisine-the-food-fit-for-royalty

Feature on 'issues' that have affected previous coronations:

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/may/02/raining-molten-wax-hungry-peers-and-fainting-guests-coronations-of-yore-that-went-awry

Feature on the Stone of Destiny beyond coronations:

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/article/stone-of-scone-british-coronation

Review of six books on British monarchs and coronations:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/05/books/best-british-monarchy-coronation-books.html

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PHILOSOPHERS AND MATTERS PHILOSOPHICAL
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Feature on the Cynics and self satisfaction:

https://aeon.co/essays/from-the-cynics-self-sufficiency-to-an-ecology-of-wanking
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MUSEUM MATTERS
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Black Classicists in Texas:

https://www.texasstandard.org/stories/black-classicists-central-texas-austin-lovinggood-abner-oakwood-cemetery-classical-education/

Luxury and Power:

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2023/may/03/luxury-and-power-review-bender-persians-greeks-british-museum
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/art/reviews/review-luxury-power-greece-persia-british-museum/
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/british-museum-luxury-and-power-exhibition-times-luxury-kh0dhrncs
https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/exhibitions/luxury-and-power-persia-to-greece-british-museum-review-rhyton-drinking-b1078103.html
https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/1329/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/1329/pub/1329/page/84/article/NaN
https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/484352/London-exhibit-delves-into-luxury-and-power-in-Persia-Greece
https://www.artdependence.com/articles/british-museum-exhibition-luxury-and-power-persia-to-greece/
https://greekcitytimes.com/2023/05/03/luxury-and-power-persia-to-greece/

Sarah Bernhardt:

https://apnews.com/article/sarah-bernhardt-exhibition-paris-b529700a2a74c3611971f4b266eea1eb

Shakespeare's First Folio:

https://www.latimes.com/socal/daily-pilot/news/story/2023-05-06/uci-libraries-opens-exhibit-celebrating-400-years-of-shakespeares-first-folio

The Moment and Eternity: Between Us and the Ancients:

https://www.ekathimerini.com/culture/1210020/ancient-greek-masterpieces-showcased-in-rome/
https://apnews.com/article/pompeii-chariot-ancient-rome-greece-exhibition-7957aaecc6edd7d7cada6e79a4c0a6d7
https://greekcitytimes.com/2023/05/04/rome-great-works-greek-museums/

The Barnes Foundation building is now an art museum:

https://whyy.org/articles/st-joes-reopens-the-old-barnes-foundation-building-as-a-new-museum/

Feature on the Maritime Silk Road Museum of Guangdong:

https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202305/1290150.shtml

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AUCTIONS AND SALES RELATED
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Egypt is investigating a mummified head and hand in an auction gallery in the UK:

https://english.ahram.org.eg/News/499008.aspx
https://nationworldnews.com/egypt-seeks-to-stop-auctions-where-parts-of-a-mummy-are-offered/

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ON THE DNA FRONT
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Plenty of coverage of the recovery of a woman's DNA from a 20 000 years bp pendant:

https://theconversation.com/who-owned-this-stone-age-jewellery-new-forensic-tools-offer-an-unprecedented-answer-204797
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/25000-year-old-human-dna-discovered-on-paleolithic-pendant-from-siberian-cave
https://phys.org/news/2023-05-scientists-recover-ancient-woman-dna.html
https://phys.org/news/2023-05-stone-age-jewellery-forensic-tools.html
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/05/230503121312.htm
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/987754
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/may/03/recovery-of-ancient-dna-identifies-20000-year-old-pendants-owner
https://www.dailysabah.com/life/history/ancient-20000-year-old-pendant-reveals-prehistoric-womans-dna
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2023-05-03/ty-article/ancient-dna-recovered-from-pendant-shows-who-owned-it-20-000-years-ago/00000187-dbb1-d9b4-abaf-fbbf03740000
https://arkeonews.net/dna-from-20000-year-old-deer-tooth-pendant-reveals-woman-who-wore-it/
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2371898-dna-from-25000-year-old-tooth-pendant-reveals-woman-who-wore-it/
https://www.science.org/content/article/wore-ancient-deer-pendant-dna-reveals-stone-age-woman-surprising-origins
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11417-230504-denisova-pendant-dna

cf: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-01342-0
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-01482-3

More on the DNA study of some Pictish remains:

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/mysterious-painted-people-of-scotland-are-long-gone-but-their-dna-lives-on
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11407-230501-scotland-picts-genetics

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THE TECHY SIDE
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I think we had this facial reconstruction of Alexander a while ago:

https://greekreporter.com/2023/05/07/researchers-present-new-facial-reconstruction-of-alexander-the-great/

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TOURISTY THINGS
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Rome:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/01/travel/rome-sacred-places.html
https://www.ekathimerini.com/nytimes/1210004/rome-sacred-ground-for-nearly-3000-years-and-counting/

KIngston upon Thames:

https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20230502-kingston-upon-thames-londons-town-of-kings-and-queens

Tochni (Cyprus):

https://cyprus-mail.com/2023/05/04/relive-the-life-of-a-bygone-era/
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PERFORMANCES AND MUSIC RELATED
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An unfinished Rameau opera is finally being staged:

https://www.npr.org/2023/05/03/1173042566/a-forgotten-opera-premieres-280-years-late
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TV/DOCUMENTARY HYPISH THINGS
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Assorted coverage of the brouhaha about the upcoming Netflix docuseries about Cleopatra:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2023/05/03/telegraphcoukqueencleopatranetflixreview/
https://www.haaretz.com/life/2023-05-03/ty-article/.premium/new-netflix-series-on-cleopatra-causes-furor-in-egypt-over-casting-of-black-actress/00000187-e275-d4b0-af9f-f6fda3cc0000
https://neoskosmos.com/en/2023/05/01/dialogue/opinion/diatribe-carrying-on-about-cleo/
https://neoskosmos.com/en/2023/05/02/dialogue/opinion/go-woke-or-go-broke-a-wogs-view-of-netflixs-cleopatra/

... but Egypt seems especially angry:

https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/50/1207/498917/AlAhram-Weekly/Heritage/Cleopatra-was-not-black.aspx
https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2023/5/1/cleopatra-was-egyptian-whether-black-or-brown-matters
https://english.ahram.org.eg/News/498943.aspx

... and Zahi Hawass called on Egypt to make its own movie:

https://www.egyptindependent.com/zahi-hawass-calls-on-egypt-to-make-its-own-english-cleopatra-movie/

... and Egypt is now planning its own documentary:

https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/5/32/498732/Arts--Culture/Screens/Egyptian-documentary-channel-to-produce-film-about.aspx
https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/124068/UMS%E2%80%99s-Al-Wathaeqya-channel-to-produce-a-documentary-about-Cleopatra
https://egyptianstreets.com/2023/05/01/egypt-challenges-netflix-announcing-local-cleopatra-documentary/

... related oped:

https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/50/1204/498943/AlAhram-Weekly/Opinion/The-theft-of-Egyptian-and-Greek-history.aspx

... and a feature on what Cleopatra 'actually looked like':

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/0/queen-cleopatra-netflix-black-real-history-egypt/
https://greekreporter.com/2023/05/04/cleopatra-look-like/

... and a review of the series by a Classicist who has actually seen it:

https://theconversation.com/queen-cleopatra-experts-save-this-poorly-scripted-netflix-docuseries-204576

The Laureate:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-12055441/How-Robert-Graves-love-life-Claudius-look-tame-MATTHEW-BOND-reviews-Laureate.html
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CRIME BEAT
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This year's Operation Pandora has recovered 11 000+ stolen artifacts:

https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-742146
https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2023/0504/1380741-stolen-artefacts/
https://www.rfi.fr/en/international/20230505-interpol-says-11-000-stolen-artefacts-seized-in-europe-crackdown
https://in-cyprus.philenews.com/news/local/cyprus-police-participates-in-european-art-trafficking-bust-that-recovered-over-11000-artefacts-photos/
https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2023-05-04/roman-marble-bust-among-11-000-stolen-artefacts-recovered-in-european-crackdown

Followup to the attempted sale of an Eid Mar aureus a while ago:

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-sandhurst-graduate-one-of-the-words-rarest-coins-and-a-3m-fraud-2sj76kw22

More on illegal metal detecting at Colchester's archaeological park:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-essex-65417465
https://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/23487162.gosbecks-archaeological-park-colchester-targeted-theft/
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/gosbecks-archaeological-park-colchester-essex-police-b1077872.html

More on the pair convicted of trying to illegally sell some Alfred the Great coins:

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/may/04/metal-detectorists-jailed-for-conspiring-to-sell-rare-anglo-saxon-coins
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-tees-65481618
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/coins-alfred-the-great-ninth-century-180982103/

Seizures of looted art is affecting the market:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/05/arts/design/ownership-art-museums.html
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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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Cyprus is expecting returns from assorted European nations:

https://cyprus-mail.com/2023/05/01/more-cypriot-antiquities-to-be-repatriated-in-next-three-months/

... and the US returned some this week:

https://apnews.com/article/cyprus-us-ancient-antiquities-repatriated-6d58df485820be72332cb98818183955
https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/us-hands-cyprus-ancient-artifacts-4000-years-99015153
https://greekcitytimes.com/2023/05/03/80-ancient-artifacts-usa-cyprus/
https://www.ekathimerini.com/news/1210066/us-hands-cyprus-ancient-artifacts-some-4000-years-old/
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/05/03/repatriation-of-over-80-antiquities-to-cyprus/

Italy returned a looted stela to Turkiye:

https://apnews.com/article/italy-turkey-archaeology-stele-ancient-greece-6fd526892963aa5b0e240289c4d222f7
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11410-230502-italy-looting-turkey

The US is returning items to Yemen:

https://www.yemenonline.info/special-reports/7304

The Pope has expressed willingness to return items to various Indigenous peoples:

https://apnews.com/article/vatican-restitution-indigenous-parthenon-0e486d653bcac89f94854430ce29faf0

Some manuscripts looted during WWI and found in Manhattan will be returned to a Greek monastery:

https://greekreporter.com/2023/04/30/looted-manuscripts-greek-monastery-rediscovered-manhattan/

Criticism for the University of California's slow return of Native American artifacts:

https://www.nbcbayarea.com/investigations/university-of-california-native-american-remains-artifacts/3219789/

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NUMISMATICA
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Latest e-Sylum:

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

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

http://www.coinbooks.org/v26/club_nbs_esylum_v26n19.html
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Coin Week:

http://www.coinweek.com/

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OBITUARIES
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Dame Rosemary Cramp:

https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/leading-north-east-historian-archaeologist-26817153
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/professor-dame-rosemary-cramp-obituary-77fwbkgg5
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2023/05/04/rosemary-cramp-archaeologist-anglo-saxon-durham-obituary/

Robert G. Ousterhout:

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

David Fontijn:

https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2023/05/in-memoriam-professor-david-fontijn-1971-2023

Thomas Robinson:

https://www.legacy.com/ca/obituaries/theglobeandmail/name/thomas-robinson-obituary?id=51804266
https://www.artsci.utoronto.ca/news/memoriam-thomas-m-robinson-1936-2023

Judith Miller:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/06/world/europe/judith-miller-dead.html

Wolfgang Schivelbusch:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/04/books/wolfgang-schivelbusch-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/3274-audio-news-from-archaeologica-april-23rd-through-the-29th-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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