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explorator 26.19 August 27, 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, Simon Stoddart ,
Richard Campbell, Barbara Saylor Rodgers, Bob Heuman, David Critchley, Andrew Szegedy-Maszak,
Richard Miller, Kris Curry, Rick Heli, Richard C. Griffiths, Frank MacKay, Alexis D'Hautcourt,
Don Buck, mata kimasitayo, and Ross W. Sargent for headses upses this week
(as always hoping I have left no one out).

nb: there will be no Explorator next week due to travel to uncertain internet-availability locales; big double issue for the week that follows!

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EARLY HOMINIDS
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Working though 86 000 years of human occupation of Inakaya Cave in Canakkale:

https://arkeonews.net/inkaya-cave-excavations-in-turkiyes-western-uncovers-86000-year-old-traces-of-human-life/

Evidence Neanderthals were on Naxos some 200 000 years bp (not sure this is news):

https://greekreporter.com/2023/08/21/neanderthals-early-humans-reached-greek-island-of-naxos-200000-years-ago/

Feature on Neanderthals:

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/neanderthals-our-extinct-human-relatives

Feature on Pamela Akuku's work with early humans and animals:

https://www.snexplores.org/article/pamela-akuku-archeologist-profile
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AFRICA
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Feature on a 200 years bp Quran in Cape Town:

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-66221758

More on the 16th century plantation precursor on Sao Tome island:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-12430259/First-slavery-plantation-discovered-Africa-Ruins-nearly-500-year-old-sugar-estate-located-tiny-island-west.html
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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT
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Zahi Hawass was (apparently) dropping hints about mummified remains of Nefertiti:

https://see.news/hawass-hints-at-imminent-unveiling-of-queen-nefertitis-mummy-at-bowers-museum

Feature on Egyptian 'within family' marriages:

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/did-the-ancient-egyptians-really-marry-their-siblings-and-children

Middle Bronze Age and Iron Age burials from Isgam Dasht (Iran):

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/488135/Ancient-tombs-discovered-in-northern-Iran

Hyping an upcoming dig at the 9000 years bp site of Tepe Ozbaki:

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/488228/Eighth-excavation-season-to-throw-new-light-on-9-000-year-old

Interesting study of DNA extracted from a 2900 years bp clay brick from Nimrud:

https://phys.org/news/2023-08-ancient-dna-year-old-clay-brick.html
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/08/230822111659.htm
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-66595058
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2023-08-24/ty-article/do-bricks-have-dna-this-one-from-ancient-mesopotamia-did/0000018a-280e-da97-a7cb-6ebe312e0000
https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/clay-brick-is-a-time-capsule-of-plants-from-over-2900-years-ago/
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/68106
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/08/researchers-extract-ancient-dna-from-a-2900-year-old-clay-brick/148366
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11699-230823-iraq-brick-dna

cf: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-38191-w

Feature on recent finds and current work on the Mashki Gate in Mosul:

https://www.thenationalnews.com/arts-culture/2023/08/21/mosul-archaeology-project-uncovers-spectacular-assyrian-relics/
http://www.aina.org/news/20230820222019.htm

Feature on efforts to save Mosul's last synagogue:

https://www.sun-sentinel.com/2023/08/22/the-race-to-save-mosuls-last-synagogue/

An 8200 years bp water channel from the Yesilova Hoyuk excavations:

https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/8-200-year-old-water-channel-discovered-in-izmir-185763
https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/historys-one-of-oldest-water-channels-discovered-in-turkiyes-izmir/news
https://arkeonews.net/one-of-the-earliest-water-channels-in-history-dating-back-8200-years-was-discovered-in-western-turkiye/

A 2300 years bp figurine of Hekate from the ongoing excavations at Kelenderis:

https://greekreporter.com/2023/08/21/greek-goddess-hecate-figurine-ancient-kelenderis/
https://greekcitytimes.com/2023/08/20/unearthing-the-ancient-greek-city-of-kelenderis-a-glimpse-into-the-goddess-hecates-realm/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/08/archaeologists-find-hecate-figurine-at-ancient-kelenderis/148333
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11702-230824-turkey-hecate-sculpture

... and some background on Kelenderis:

https://greekcitytimes.com/2023/08/20/unearthing-the-ancient-greek-city-of-kelenderis-a-glimpse-into-the-goddess-hecates-realm/

A 2000 years bp Greek inscription from the Metropolis excavations in Izmir:

https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/ancient-inscription-honoring-roman-governor-found-in-izmir/news

Police performing practice dives off the coast of Yalova came across a 1700 years bp (maybe) shipwreck:

https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/marine-teams-discover-1-700-year-old-shipwreck-185715
https://arkeonews.net/on-the-eastern-shore-of-the-marmara-sea-off-the-coast-of-yalova-a-1700-year-old-shipwreck-was-discovered/

Latest work on Mount Zion is revealing evidence of Jerusalem's destruction by the Babylonians and the Romans:

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2023-08-21/ty-article-magazine/evidence-of-jerusalems-destruction-at-hands-of-romans-and-babylonians-found-on-mount-zion/0000018a-170b-d84b-adfe-579b67c60000

More on the corbelled vault from Tel Shimron:

https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-northern-israel-massive-3800-year-old-monument-stuns-and-stumps-archaeologists/
https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/ancient-cultures/ancient-israel/canaanite-corbelled-vault/?mqsc=E4154385&dk=ZE3380ZF0

More on the Roman military amphitheatre from near Tel Megiddo:

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/blood-red-walls-of-roman-amphitheater-unearthed-near-armageddon-in-israel

Assorted finds from the seventh season of digging at the Al Abla site in Saudi Arabia (date?):

https://www.thenationalnews.com/gulf-news/saudi-arabia/2023/08/26/saudi-archaeologists-claim-significant-discoveries-at-al-abla-site/

Hyping 285 archaeological site along Saudi Arabia's northern border:

https://www.arabnews.com/node/2361536/saudi-arabia

Concerns for (looted(Yemeni items coming to auction in Tel Aviv:

https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2023/08/21/709322/Yemen-looted-antiquities-sale-Israel
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20230822-looted-yemen-antiquities-to-go-on-auction-in-israel/
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This Week in the Ancient Near East Podcast:

https://thisweekintheancientneareast.podbean.com/

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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS)
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Archaic finds from the sanctuary of Poseidon dig at Helike:

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article278490134.html
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/excavations-ancient-greek-city-helike-cult-center-1234677507/
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/68082

Pondering that possible 1st century CE synagogue in Phanagoria:

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/synagogue-unearthed-in-russia-may-be-one-of-the-oldest-outside-israel-but-not-everyone-is-convinced

A kouros sculpture and other finds from Despotiko:

https://greekreporter.com/2023/08/21/kouros-ancient-greek-sanctuary-despotiko/
https://greekcitytimes.com/2023/08/23/naked-kouros-statue-among-new-finds-at-despotiko/
https://www.thenationalherald.com/ancient-ruins-on-greek-island-show-2480-year-old-marble-statues/
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article278493769.html
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/08/naked-kouros-statue-among-new-finds-at-despotiko/148345

Two more rams were brought up from the site of the Battle of the Aegades:

https://storiearcheostorie.com/2023/08/23/archeologia-nuovi-ritrovamenti-dal-sito-della-battaglia-delle-egadi-dal-fondale-di-levanzo-riemergono-elmi-spade-monete-e-altri-due-rostri-foto/

Remains of a 1st century BCE (maybe) Capitolium temple structure from Sarsina:

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article278543394.html
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/08/roman-capitolium-temple-discovered-in-sarsina/148371

2000 years bp remains of Roman structures probably associated with a known villa from Mazarron:

https://murciatoday.com/more_roman_ruins_discovered_on_the_mazarron_beachfront_in_el_alamillo_2222895-a.html

Using chicken bones to date the destruction of Scythopolis (not sure how new this is):

https://greekreporter.com/2023/08/26/destruction-ancient-greek-city-scythopolis/

Interesting vase inscription found during excavations on Belgium:

https://www.lesoir.be/532300/article/2023-08-21/des-archeologues-belges-font-une-decouverte-unique

Overview of the ongoing first year dig at Fort Magna:

https://www.northumberlandgazette.co.uk/news/environment/unexpected-new-discoveries-made-at-vindolanda-charitable-trust-excavation-project-at-fort-of-magna-4269641

A dinosaur bone from a Roman site in Cambridge:

https://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/cambridge-news/archaeologists-find-dinosaur-bone-amongst-27561253
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article278461654.html
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-66579601

Remains of 2000 years bp Roman walls in a Swiss gravel pit:

https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/2000-year-old-roman-walls-discovered-in-swiss-canton-zug/48752592
https://greekreporter.com/2023/08/27/ancient-roman-complex-switzerland/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/08/archaeologists-uncover-large-roman-complex-in-gravel-quarry/148387
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11698-230823-roman-wall-swiss-alps

X-ray analysis of some Pompeii victims' bones suggests they died of asphyxiation:

https://phys.org/news/2023-08-analyses-pompeii-victims-x-ray-fluorescence.html
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/998728
ansa.it/english/news/lifestyle/arts/2023/08/24/asphyxiation-a-likely-cause-of-death-at-pompeii-study_28da5cf5-55a4-4541-8fa3-6c9793228cb6.html
https://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-08-23/residents-of-pompeii-who-fled-the-eruption-of-vesuvius-died-of-asphyxiation.html
https://greekreporter.com/2023/08/25/x-ray-helps-solve-pompeiis-victims-mystery/
https://www.sciencealert.com/plaster-used-to-cast-pompeis-victims-may-have-contaminated-their-remains
https://www.popsci.com/science/pompeii-chemical-analysis/
https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/08/how-did-the-pompeii-victims-of-vesuvius-eruption-die-let-us-count-the-ways/
https://gizmodo.com/x-ray-analysis-of-pompeii-victims-bones-suggest-they-s-1850765502

Overview of the ongoing dig at Caistor:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-norfolk-66548545
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-norfolk-66600069

Calls for more study of the Roman remains at Southwick:

https://www.wiltshiretimes.co.uk/news/23740624.call-investigation-roman-remains-southwick/

More on the find of two new fragments of the Fasti Ostienses:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/15/roman-fragments-emperor-hadrian-daily-events-calendar-ostia-antica-italy
https://arkeonews.net/two-new-fragments-of-the-fasti-ostienses-a-kind-of-chronicle-engraved-on-marble-slabs-have-been-found-in-the-ostia-antica-archaeological-park/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11700-230823-ostia-hadrian-calendar

More on what the recent finds from Civita Giuliana near Pompeii reveal about the lives of enslaved persons:

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/aug/20/bedroom-used-by-slaves-found-by-archaeologists-near-pompeii
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-cup/2023/08/20/rats-looting-roman-villa-vesuvius-eruption-slaves-pompeii/
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/08/20/rats-mice-fleeing-vesuvius-eruption-entombed-vases-pompeii/
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-12428295/Uncovering-history-Pompeiis-SLAVES-Archaeologists-discover-cramped-room-ancient-house-provides-rare-glimpse-lives-servants-Mount-Vesuvius-devastating-eruption.html
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/new-find-throws-light-life-slaves-romes-pompeii-2023-08-20/
https://www.reuters.com/video/watch/idsAlz?now=true
https://www.dw.com/en/pompeii-discovery-sheds-light-on-life-under-slavery/a-66584871
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-755465
https://greekreporter.com/2023/08/21/pompeii-slave-bedroom/
https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/1436/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/1436/pub/1436/page/45/article/NaN
https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/archaeologists-discover-slave-quarters-in-roman-villa-near-pompeii/news
https://www.nbcnews.com/video/slaves-bedroom-discovered-in-ancient-roman-villa-near-pompeii-191233605853
https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/slaves-ancient-rome-pompeii-intl/index.html
https://www.euronews.com/culture/2023/08/21/archaeologists-unearth-slave-bedroom-in-ancient-roman-villa-near-pompeii
https://www.ansa.it/english/news/lifestyle/arts/2023/08/20/slaves-lives-uncovered-at-pompeii-villa_5a063637-230b-4706-90b2-5c4cc635cd45.html
https://english.alarabiya.net/features/2023/08/20/New-find-throws-light-on-poor-living-conditions-of-slaves-in-Ancient-Rome-s-Pompeii
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/bedroom-enslaved-people-found-villa-pompeii-1234677358/
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/pompeii-servants-quarters-discovered-2352578
https://hyperallergic.com/840754/new-pompeii-discovery-sheds-light-on-slavery-in-ancient-rome/
https://arkeonews.net/new-finds-in-ancient-romes-pompeii-show-conditions-of-precarity-and-poor-hygiene-in-which-people-of-lower-status-lived-during-that-time/
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/68096
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/08/slave-room-found-at-roman-pompeii/148327
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/enslaved-individuals-slept-in-this-bedroom-untouched-since-mount-vesuvius-eruption-180982794/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11694-230822-pompeii-slavery-bedroom

More on the 2300 years bp finds from Carthage's tophet:

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/rare-gold-coins-and-cremated-infants-were-possible-sacrificial-gifts-to-the-ancient-gods-of-carthage

More on the opening of the Largo Argentina to the public:

https://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2023/08/20/exp-ancient-roman-crime-scene-italy-tourism-ben-wedeman-pkg-082003aseg3-cnni-world.cnn

More on the Macedonian-influenced staters found in Anglesey:

https://greekherald.com.au/culture/gold-coins-depicting-the-greek-god-apollo-discovered-in-wales/

More on the find of an 1800 years bp denarius in a sandbox in Germany:

http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/68120

Review of Robin Lane Fox, *Homer and His Iliad*:

https://www.historytoday.com/archive/review/homer-and-his-iliad-robin-lane-fox-review

Review of Oliver Hekster, *Caesar Rules*:

https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/caesar-rules-olivier-hekster-book-review-michael-kulikowski/?#Echobox=1692266646

Interview with Emily Hauser about *How Women Became Poets*:

https://press.princeton.edu/ideas/emily-hauser-on-how-women-became-poets

An NEH grant for James Romm:

https://midhudsonnews.com/2023/08/26/bard-professor-james-romm-receives-50000-neh-public-scholar-grant/

Pondering a probable fake sculpture of Alexander:

https://www.dw.com/en/restituted-sculpture-of-alexander-the-great-a-forgery/a-66599759

There were several features on Pompeii this week, including an item on when the city as found:

https://www.historytoday.com/archive/months-past/pompeii-found
https://www.historyextra.com/period/roman/archaeology-discovery-pompeii-herculaneum-plaster-casts-dead-when-who/

... and a general feature about the city:

https://www.historyextra.com/period/roman/last-hours-pompeii-mount-vesuvius-eruption-timeline/

... and daily life:

https://www.historyextra.com/period/roman/pompeii-streets-archaeology-daily-life-ancient-rome/

... five recent finds:

https://www.newsweek.com/fascinating-pomepii-finds-mount-vesuvius-eruption-1822197

Feature on pants in ancient Rome:

https://bigthink.com/the-past/pants-roman-history/

Feature on the Hoxne Hoard:

https://www.suffolklive.com/news/suffolk-news/how-biggest-ever-hoard-roman-8680963

Feature on Roman Caerleon:

https://britishheritage.com/history/roman-city-legion-caerleon-wales

Feature on Sophocles' attitude toward war:

https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/08/22/sophokles-against-war/

Feature on a project to collect long-forgotten archaeological info in Athens:

https://www.newyorker.com/news/annals-of-inquiry/the-hidden-archeologists-of-athens

Feature on travelling for pleasure in the ancient world:

https://engelsbergideas.com/notebook/ancients-abroad/

Questioning the claim that ancient slavery 'wasn't all that bad':

https://theconversation.com/dismantling-the-myth-that-ancient-slavery-wasnt-that-bad-205801
https://phys.org/news/2023-08-dismantling-myth-ancient-slavery-wasnt.html

Feature on the first excavations at Delos:

https://greekreporter.com/2023/08/22/excavations-greek-island-delos/

Latest Pasts Imperfect:

https://pastsimperfect.substack.com/p/pasts-imperfect-82423
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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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Assorted 9000 years bp lithic finds from a site on the coast of Norway:

https://partner.sciencenorway.no/archaeology-ntnu-stone-age/rare-stone-age-discovery-in-norway/2239871
https://phys.org/news/2023-08-rare-stone-age-discovery-mid-norway.html

A 6500 years bp 'festival site' with plenty of red ochre fragments from a site near Carlisle:

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/body-paint-festival-river-eden-archaeology-b2398463.html
https://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/23744683.ancient-festival-site-dating-back-6-500-years-found-near-carlisle/
https://greekreporter.com/2023/08/26/archaeological-find-supports-ancient-greek-explorers-account-britons/

A 5500 years bp menhir from Sao Bras de Alportel:

https://www.portugalresident.com/5500-year-old-menhir-discovered-in-sao-bras-de-alportel/

A study of land use in Late Neolithic Estonia:

https://phys.org/news/2023-08-doctoral-thesis-west-estonian-lowlands.html

Water work near Navenby revealed a possible 4000 years bp deer sacrifice site:

https://www.anglianwater.co.uk/news/ancient-sacrificial-offering-found-in-navenby--as-workers-prepare-for-a-new-water-grid/
https://www.lincolnshireworld.com/heritage-and-retro/heritage/ancient-deer-sacrifice-found-by-water-workers-in-village-4264030
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11701-230824-england-deer-sacrifice

3000 years bp 'mummified' bees from a site in Portugal:

https://phys.org/news/2023-08-bees-pharaohs-mummified-southwest-coast.html
https://arkeonews.net/hundreds-of-mummified-bees-inside-their-cocoons-from-the-time-of-the-pharaohs-found-in-portugal/

cf: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/spp2.1518

A 4th century CE Goth cemetery from Poland:

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/vast-gothic-cemetery-brimming-with-grave-goods-and-ornate-silver-jewelry-discovered-in-poland
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11706-230825-poland-goth-cemetery

Medieval burials from the outskirts of Nola:

https://arkeonews.net/medieval-hub-of-arts-crafts-center-discovered-in-nola-the-discovery-could-rewrite-the-history-of-early-medieval-nola/

A medieval Muromian burial ground in the city of Muroma:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/08/archaeologists-find-muromian-burial-ground-in-muroma/148339

Archaeologists have found remains of a medieval tower in Lublin's Old Town (Poland) which was known from drawings:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/08/archaeologists-find-remains-of-a-medieval-tower-in-lublins-old-town/148352

Possible (maybe no) Knights Templar burials at White Ladies Priory:

https://www.expressandstar.com/news/local-hubs/wolverhampton/2023/08/26/expert-asks-for-more-research-to-be-done-around-templar-graves/

A 1300 years bp warrior burial from a cemetery in Ingelheim:

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article278574959.html

A dozen 1000 years bp silver coins from a medieval fort site in Poland:

https://www.newsweek.com/archaeologists-discover-1000-year-old-silver-coins-medieval-fortress-1821999

A study of York's medieval Jewish community:

https://phys.org/news/2023-08-york-medieval-jewish-community.html

More on the 8000 years bp 'stilt village' in Albania:

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/europes-oldest-known-village-teetered-on-stilts-over-a-balkan-lake-8000-years-ago
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/is-this-the-oldest-village-in-europe-180982787/

More on the study of residues in some Maykop-era cauldrons from the Caucasus:

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/998318
https://www.sci.news/archaeology/ancient-caucasian-diet-12205.html
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11695-230822-caucasus-bronze-cauldrons

More on claims of the possible location of Jomsborg:

https://www.jpost.com/omg/article-755453

Another court challenge for the Stonehenge Tunnel:

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/aug/26/revival-of-stonehenge-road-tunnel-plan-triggers-new-legal-challenge

Concerns for the future of the Gunpowder Plot House:

https://www.expressandstar.com/news/local-hubs/dudley/kingswinford/2023/08/21/fears-for-future-of-gunpowder-plot-house/

Concerns over plans to turn a historic monastery in Cyprus into a mosque:

https://europeanconservative.com/articles/news/cyprus-national-outrage-over-turkish-plans-to-turn-historic-monastery-into-mosque/

Protection for the remains of Bristol Castle:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-bristol-66584645
https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/history/remains-bristol-castle-given-new-8696688

Plans to 'rehome' the 18th century yacht, the Peggy, in Castletown:

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-isle-of-man-66501432

The Gorbals' Citizens Theatre statues have been returned to its roof:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-66569750

Feature on the Druids:

https://aeon.co/essays/what-can-archaeology-tell-us-about-the-druids-dark-arts
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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 Neolithic 'mussel shell dragon' from a site in China's Inner Mongola Autonomous region:

http://t.m.china.org.cn/convert/c_xoU44m4g.html
https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202308/1296839.shtml
https://english.news.cn/20230825/a4902ad850134336989364519208a99d/c.html
https://arkeonews.net/archaeologists-discovered-a-dragon-made-of-mussel-shells-in-in-inner-mongolia/
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/68132
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/08/neolithic-shell-dragon-discovered-in-inner-mongolia/148395

A study of the agricultural economy during the Yangshao era:

https://phys.org/news/2023-08-evidence-formation-evolution-prehistoric-agricultural.html

Assorted digs are getting underway in Liaoning province:

http://www.ecns.cn/news/culture/2023-08-24/detail-ihcskrzm0992657.shtml

More on giant panda remains near the tomb of emperor Wen:

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/2200-year-old-remains-of-sacrificed-giant-panda-and-tapir-discovered-near-chinese-emperors-tomb
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11693-230821-china-sacrificial-pits

More on cranial modification practices among the Hirota people:

https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/why-did-an-ancient-japanese-society-practice-skull-modification
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/these-ancient-japanese-islanders-created-a-signature-skull-shape-by-molding-babies-heads-180982763/
https://arkeonews.net/japans-ancient-practice-of-cranial-modification-hirota-people-in-tanegashima/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11697-230822-japan-hirota-skulls

Malaysian petroglyphs dating 1600-1800 CE depict elite v indigenous conflict:

https://phys.org/news/2023-08-malaysian-art-depict-eliteindigenous-conflict.html
https://arkeonews.net/malaysian-rock-art-found-to-depict-ruling-class-and-indigenous-tribes-conflict/
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/radiocarbon-dating-of-borneo-cave-art-tells-a-hidden-history-of-centuries-old-indigenous-resistance-1234677600/

cf: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0288902

The Naga blustrade at Angkor Wat has been restored:

https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501347257/experts-restore-the-naga-balustrade-at-the-southern-ground-floor-of-angkor-wat/

4000 years bp petroglyphs from Musapet:

https://telanganatoday.com/prehistoric-rock-art-dating-back-to-4000-years-found-at-musapet
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/neolithic-rock-art-found-on-hillock-in-mahabubnagar/articleshow/102885530.cms?from=mdr
https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/hyderabad/2023/aug/21/neolithic-age-rock-art-found-in-mahbubnagar-2607189.html

More than 450 Vijayanagara gold coins near an Ankalamma temple:

https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/andhra-pradesh/2023/aug/24/over-450vijayanagara-gold-coins-unearthed-nearankalamma-temple-2608278.html

The ASI is planning a 3d laser scan of the Lingaraj Temple in Odisha:

https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/archaeological-survey-of-india-to-undertake-3d-laser-scan-of-odishas-lingaraj-temple/cid/1960875
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AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND
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Latest finds relating to the Batavia:

https://hakaimagazine.com/news/the-batavias-story-of-mutiny-and-murder-gets-a-new-chapter/

Concerns for the wreck of the South Australian:

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/aug/27/south-australias-oldest-european-shipwreck-at-risk-from-the-forces-that-uncovered-it

cf: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s41636-023-00403-5
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NORTH AMERICA
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3000 years bp artifacts found at the excavation of an Alutiiq sod house site near Kodiak (Alaska):

https://www.thecordovatimes.com/2023/08/25/ancient-grass-mat-artifacts-found-in-kodiak/
https://alaska-native-news.com/archaeologists-recover-3000-year-old-weavings-from-ancestral-alutiiq-settlement/69558/

Searching for remains of a 17th century Dutch for in Delaware:

https://www.capegazette.com/article/archaeological-survey-looks-1631-dutch-fort/263261

A dig at Fort Fisher State Historic Site has revealed some Civil War tunnels:

https://www.starnewsonline.com/picture-gallery/entertainment/local/2023/08/24/civil-war-tunnels-uncovered-at-fort-fisher-state-historic-site/70670648007/
https://www.wwaytv3.com/archeological-dig-at-fort-fisher-uncovering-remnants-of-civil-war-ammunition-magazine/

An excavation of a well found last year at Jamestown is just getting underway:

https://www.dailypress.com/2023/08/23/digging-deeper-jamestown-archaeologists-begin-excavations-inside-well-found-last-year/

A possible 19th century shipwreck off the coast of PEI:

https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/mysterious-shipwreck-overgrown-unidentified-found-174127096.html

Drought revealed a WWI era shipwreck in the Neches River in Evadale (Texas):

https://www.texasstandard.org/stories/neches-river-shipwreck-evadale-east-texas/

A study of the effects of the buffalo slaughter on Indigenous peoples:

https://phys.org/news/2023-08-buffalo-slaughter-left-impact-indigenous.html

cf: https://academic.oup.com/restud/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/restud/rdad060/7186113

More on Oregon as earliest occupation site in North America:

https://nbcmontana.com/news/offbeat/university-of-oregon-archaeologists-say-new-evidence-suggests-oregon-may-be-north-americas-oldest-human-occupation-site-clovis-culture-prehistoric-paleoamerican-stone-bone-orange-agate-mount-st-helens-ice-age-camel
https://wpde.com/news/offbeat/university-of-oregon-archaeologists-say-new-evidence-suggests-oregon-may-be-north-americas-oldest-human-occupation-site-clovis-culture-prehistoric-paleoamerican-stone-bone-orange-agate-mount-st-helens-ice-age-camel
https://kpic.com/news/local/university-of-oregon-archeologists-say-new-evidence-suggests-oregon-may-be-north-americas-oldest-human-occupation-site

More on the burials of Confederate soldiers found in Colonial Williamsburg:

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/remains-of-4-confederate-soldiers-amputated-legs-and-gold-coins-found-at-a-civil-war-battlefield-in-virginia
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/remains-found-in-williamsburg-were-confederate-soldiers-archaeologists-say-180982772/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11704-230825-williamsburg-confederate-soldiers

Hyping the impending opening of a 200 years bp time capsule at West Point:

https://www.timesunion.com/hudsonvalley/news/article/west-point-discovers-time-capsule-18309261.php

Feature on the Anti-Rent War:

https://www.timesunion.com/hudsonvalley/article/anti-rent-war-history-18287091.php
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CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA
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A 4000 years bp (maybe) polychrome wall from northern Peru:

https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/ancient-polychrome-wall-found-northern-peru-likely-over-4000-years-old-2023-08-24/
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-756178
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/68126

Evidence of 'ritual beheading' at a pyramidal site among the 1000 years bp remains of Moral-Reforma:

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/deformed-skulls-and-ritual-beheadings-found-at-maya-pyramid-in-mexico
https://www.newsweek.com/skulls-found-ancient-maya-site-reveal-gruesome-historical-ritual-1822581
https://mexiconewsdaily.com/culture/inah-reports-on-sacrificial-victims-at-ancient-maya-site-in-tabasco/
https://www.centredaily.com/news/nation-world/world/article278617214.html
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/08/evidence-of-ritual-beheading-identified-at-maya-pyramid/148381

Feature (I don't think this is 'new') on a Maya dish depicting a Wahyis spirit:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/08/archaeologists-uncover-maya-dish-depicting-wahyis-spirit/148358

More on that pre-Inca 'thunder floor' from Peru:

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/inca-stomped-salutes-thunder-god-dance-floor
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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 a Czech Neolithic boat recreation:

https://www.ekathimerini.com/culture/1218537/sailing-the-aegean-trade-routes-neolithic-style/

Feature on the Piltdown Man hoax:

https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/1438/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/1438/pub/1438/page/69/article/NaN

Feature on the Hay Poisoner:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-66439470

Feature on research into Shakespeare and race:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/books/2023/08/23/farah-karim-cooper-great-white-bard/

Feature on the Wildenstein art inheritance case:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/23/magazine/wildensteins-inheritance-case-art.html

On efforts to preserve the final notes of Kamikaze pilots:

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/japan/2023/08/15/history/museums-struggle-to-preserve-suicide-notes-of-japanese-wwii-pilots/

Feature on Robert M Budd:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/20/obituaries/overlooked-no-more-robert-m-budd.html

Feature on how Wordsworth dealt with his brother's death:

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/aug/27/wordsworth-romantic-poet-brother-death-shipwreck

Feature on the Knights Templar:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/europe/united-kingdom/england/london/knights-templar-trial-da-vinci-code-temple-church-stafford/

Review of a couple of books relating to George Orwell:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/26/books/review/orwell-dj-taylor-wifedom-anna-funder.html
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CURRENT EVENTS:
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In case you want to keep an eye on the latest search for Nessie:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/25/world/europe/loch-ness-monster-search-timeline.html

Ongoing concerns for heritage items in Sudan:

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-sudan-civil-war-ancient-heritage/

Pondering what should be taken into account regarding slavery reparations:

https://phys.org/news/2023-08-slavery-stole-africans-ideas-bodies.html

On the role of 19th century plantations on the fires in Maui:

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/aug/27/maui-wildfire-water-plantations-ecology

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LANGUAGE RELATED
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Feature on proto-Indo European:

https://www.ynetnews.com/culture/article/sj3xbgg6h

Feature on the invention of the alphabet:

https://www.asor.org/anetoday/2023/08/who-invented-alphabet

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PHILOSOPHERS AND MATTERS PHILOSOPHICAL
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Feature on Diogenes the Cynic:

https://greekreporter.com/2023/08/23/greek-philosopher-diogenes-the-cynic-the-first-anarchist/
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MUSEUM MATTERS
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Joseph Wright:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-derbyshire-66580641

The accounts of thefts from the British Museum continued to develop this week and really dominated heritage news; picking up from where the BM kept the thefts a secret:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12427053/British-Museum-disappearance-artefacts-secret.html

... and that the whistleblower's claims were unfounded:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/08/22/british-museum-whistleblower-ittai-gradel-two-years-ago/

... and claims that all the missing items were accounted for:

https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-66582935

... and the collection 'safe':

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-66592354

The BM was warned of the thefts in 2021:

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/british-museum-officials-were-warned-of-thefts-in-2021-emails-reveal-1234677515/

... but that the extent of what was missing wasn't revealed in 2021:

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2023/aug/23/british-museum-director-says-extent-of-missing-items-was-not-revealed-in-2021

... and that it was 1500-2000 items taken:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/08/21/british-museum-missing-more-than-1500-priceless-objects/
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12430415/British-Museum-serial-thief-stole-destroyed-nearly-2-000-precious-artefacts-worth-millions-pounds-YEARS-without-going-detected.html
https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/british-museum-thefts-artefacts-missing-sold-ebay-thief/
https://www.dw.com/en/british-museum-chair-estimates-2000-artifacts-were-stolen/a-66639060
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/more-than-1-500-treasures-missing-from-british-museum-hbd3hmzs7
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/internal-investigation-british-museum-ancient-artifacts-stolen-1234677434/
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/08/22/reports-claim-close-to-2000-artefacts-were-stolen-from-british-museum-according-to-internal-investigation

... and items on what was stolen:

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/suspected-thief-spent-at-least-20-years-plundering-british-museum-8pflw355n
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/what-was-stolen-theft-british-museum-london-b1101937.html

... and that it had been going on for two decades:

https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/british-museum-thief-stealing-artefacts-decades-uk/
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2023/aug/24/hundreds-of-items-missing-from-british-museum-since-2013

... and the prices on eBay were really low:

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/artifacts-stolen-british-museum-listed-ebay-1234677363/
https://greekreporter.com/2023/08/22/british-museum-artifacts-sold-ebay-50/

... and more about Greece renewing calls for the return of the Parthenon Sculptures:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/08/23/british-museum-thefts-elgin-marbles-greek-archaeologists/
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/british-museum-theft-greece-calls-for-return-of-parthenon-marbles-2352766
https://neoskosmos.com/en/2023/08/23/news/following-theft-of-1500-artifacts-at-the-british-museum-greece-loudens-calls-for-return-of-parthenon-sculptures/
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/08/23/greek-minister-and-archaeologists-question-british-museum-security-in-wake-of-alleged-thefts

... for which they were accused of 'opportunism':

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2023/aug/23/tory-mp-accuses-greeks-of-opportunism-over-missing-british-museum-items
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-66592354
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/greece-oportunism-british-museum-thefts-b2397934.html
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12435967/MP-accuses-Greeks-blatant-opportunism-demanding-Elgin-Marbles-returned-thousands-artefacts-British-Museum-lost-stolen.html
https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/its-laughable-for-greeks-to-say-the-elgins-are-at-risk/

... and an opEd:

https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/1414/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/1414/pub/1414/page/72/article/NaN

Peter Higg's twitter handle was brought into the fray:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12440181/Sacked-British-museum-curators-Twitter-ebay-seller-flogged-70-items-whistleblower-says-museum-director-idiot-lives-cloud-cloud-cuckoo-land.html

... and it was suggested he was promoted after the warning about the thefts:

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/sacked-british-museum-curator-was-promoted-to-oversee-elgin-marbles-knkx2vnr5
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12435967/MP-accuses-Greeks-blatant-opportunism-demanding-Elgin-Marbles-returned-thousands-artefacts-British-Museum-lost-stolen.html

Meanwhile, Hartwig Fischer complained that the dealer/informant didn't tell how many items were missing:

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/outgoing-british-museum-director-hartwig-fischer-speaks-out-for-the-first-time-about-the-thefts-that-took-place-under-his-watch-2353791
https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/british-museum-chief-left-frustrated-following-thefts-after-dealer-failed-to-dis/
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-66596432

... and shortly thereafter he resigned over the affair:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/25/arts/design/british-museum-director-resigns.html
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2023/aug/25/british-museum-director-hartwig-fischer-steps-down-after-suspected-thefts
https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-66621006
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/08/25/british-museum-director-hartwig-fischer-quits/
https://www.npr.org/2023/08/26/1196170833/the-director-of-the-british-museum-resigned-after-over-1-500-its-objects-went-mi
https://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/director-british-museum-steps-amid-controversy-thefts-ancient-102566598
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20230825-british-museum-director-resigns-after-spate-of-thefts-1
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/08/25/british-museum-thefts-director-resigns/
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/british-museum-theft-hartwig-fischer-b2399491.html
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12445895/British-Museum-director-Hartwig-Fischer-quits-apologises-whistleblower-scandal-stolen-artefacts.html
https://www.cnn.com/style/article/british-museum-director-theft-investigation-intl/index.html
https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/british-museum-director-resigns-over-stolen-items-2023-08-25/
https://apnews.com/article/british-museum-thefts-director-resigns-hartwig-fischer-b2de328dc2acb0dd90ef7eceb4897533
https://www.dw.com/en/british-museum-director-resigns-over-stolen-antiquities/a-66635372
https://hyperallergic.com/841066/british-museum-director-resigns-amid-theft-scandal/

... as did deputy director Jonathan Williams:

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/george-osborne-london-metropolitan-police-b2399634.html

... and we read of the police interviewing some unnamed man on the matter:

https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-66608285
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/police-interview-man-over-alleged-artefacts-thefts-at-british-museum-5bwm6fmr0
https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/london-police-interview-man-about-british-museum-thefts-2023-08-24/
https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/police-interview-man-british-museum-thefts/
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2023/aug/24/police-interview-man-in-connection-with-suspected-british-museum-thefts
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/british-museum-man-interviewed-police-b2398750.html
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/08/24/british-museum-thefts-stolen-items-man-interviewed-police/
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12441599/Met-Police-interview-man-British-Museum-thefts-revealed-sacked-curators-Twitter-ebay-seller-flogged-70-items-whistleblower.html

... and how it may be difficult to figure out what has been stolen because of poor records at the BM:

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2023/aug/25/artefacts-stolen-from-british-museum-may-be-untraceable-due-to-poor-records

... but that some of the items had been recovered:

https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-66626619
https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/british-museum-recovered-stolen-2000-items-102583760
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/british-museum-some-of-the-stolen-2000-items-were-recovered-officials-say/
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/british-museum-theft-artefacts-stolen-george-osborne-london-met-police-investigation-director-resign-b1103096.html

There were a handful of items on the whistleblower -- Ittal Gradel -- and his actions in the whole affair:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/22/arts/design/british-museum-thefts.html
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/08/23/ittai-gradel-british-museum-theft-evidence/
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/08/26/british-museum-missing-artefact-1963/
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12433883/British-Museum-warned-artefacts-stolen-thief-TWO-YEARS-bosses-no-evidence.html
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12446821/How-expert-turned-sleuth-unmask-astonishing-extent-British-Museum-thefts-snapping-precious-items-eBay-presenting-bosses-damning-dossier-evidence-claims-DIDNT-want-know.html

... and related items pondering how easy it was to steal from museums:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-66535958
https://www.economist.com/britain/2023/08/21/stealing-from-museums-is-easier-than-you-might-think

... and what the thefts mean for the BM's future plans:

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/08/25/the-inside-job-what-the-thefts-mean-for-the-british-museums-refurbishment-and-funding-plans

... and how the reputation of the BM has been damaged (and other oped sort of things):

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2023/aug/26/british-museum-reputation-damaged-treasures-loss
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/2023/08/24/british-museum-artifact-theft-colonisation-elgin-marbles/
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/aug/25/the-guardian-view-on-the-british-museum-losses-a-diplomatic-own-goal
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2023/aug/26/british-museum-reputation-damaged-treasures-loss
https://www.thenationalnews.com/weekend/2023/08/25/nightmare-at-the-british-museum-why-the-theft-scandal-wont-have-a-hollywood-ending/
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-times-view-on-the-british-museum-thefts-stolen-goods-vf7tf2wt6
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-66622424

Now George Osborne has been casting blame for the crisis:

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/british-museum-hartwig-fischer-resigns-thefts-stolen-artefacts-statement-2023-r9hdjvw2q
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/08/26/george-osborne-apologises-british-museum-thefts/

... and that recovery efforts were underway:

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2023/aug/26/recovery-british-museum-artefacts-under-way-george-osborne
https://www.cnn.com/style/article/british-museum-recovery-intl/index.html
https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/british-museum-seeks-recovery-some-2000-stolen-items-2023-08-26/
https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/british-museum-recover-stolen-items-george-osborne/

Now we are reading that there may have been earlier warnings:

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/british-museum-theft-security-items-higgs-b2397362.html

Underfunding in the UK was also brought up as a factor:

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/08/24/british-museum-theft-underfunding-of-uk-sector-has-weakened-safeguarding-of-collections-museums-body-says

Feature on the National Museum of Archaeology of Naples:

https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/romancing-the-stones-of-naples/

Emory's Michael C Carlos Museum is confonting a looted antiquities problem, sort of:

https://www.chronicle.com/article/the-little-museums-big-score

The Swedish National Museum has acquired a portrait of Count Fersen:

http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/68090

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AUCTIONS AND SALES RELATED
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Some Franklin Expedition-associated portraits are going on sale:

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-66620402

A da Vinci treatise is coming to auction:

https://news.artnet.com/market/leonardo-da-vinci-treatise-on-painting-sothebys-auction-2349361

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ON THE DNA FRONT
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A study of the genome of remains in a 3800 years bp family bural site in the Urals:

https://phys.org/news/2023-08-bronze-age-family-deciphered-paleogeneticists.html
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/999192
https://english.elpais.com/science-tech/2023-08-22/dead-by-30-dna-reveals-the-hard-life-of-a-shepherding-family-3800-years-ago.html
https://scitechdaily.com/decoding-the-bronze-age-scientists-unravel-the-secrets-of-an-ancient-family-system/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11705-230825-russia-bronze-age-family

More on Otzi's genetic makeup:

https://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/oetzi-shows-his-true-colors-new-analysis-indicates-that-austrian-iceman-was-anatolian-a-475dfdbe-cdab-4407-8b38-95d927831c4c#ref=rss
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THE TECHY SIDE
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Study suggests teeth might preserve antibodies for centuries:

https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-successfully-extract-stable-antibodies-from-800-year-old-medieval-human-teeth/?expand_article=1

Stereoscopic imaging has revealed 'missing' Paleolithic petroglyph elements at La Pasiega cave in Cantabria:

https://phys.org/news/2023-08-topographical-elements-paleolithic-art-revealed.html

More on the facial reconstruction (from death masks) of Bonnie Prince Charlie:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-66533482
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/24/world/europe/bonnie-prince-charlie-outlander-jacobite.html
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11696-230822-bonnie-prince-charlie

More on the use of drones at the site of the Battle of Bulge:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/drone-scans-reveal-new-information-from-battle-of-the-bulge-180982749/

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TOURISTY THINGS
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Latest 'tourists behaving badly' are a pair of German tourists arrested for defacing the Vasari Corridor in Florence:

https://www.cnn.com/travel/vasari-corridor-tourists-arrested-for-spraying-soccer-graffiti-on-460-year-old-italian-landmark/index.html
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/08/24/two-german-tourists-arrested-for-defacing-vasari-corridor-in-florence

Palermo:

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/08/17/travel/things-to-do-palermo-italy.html
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PERFORMANCES AND MUSIC RELATED
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Shadow of a Doubt:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/23/theater/edith-wharton-lost-play-debut.html

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CRIME BEAT
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An appeal to recover some portraits of Thomas Cromwell and Mary, Queen of Scots stolen two decades ago:

https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/1436/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/1436/pub/1436/page/36/article/NaN

Canada's Vimy Ridge monument in France was vandalized with graffiti this week:

https://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/canadian-national-vimy-memorial-vandalized-with-graffiti-1.6522151

A medieval cross was stolen from a Lincolnshire church:

https://www.lincolnshirelive.co.uk/news/local-news/priceless-medieval-cross-stolen-lincolnshire-8694929

A fire at a historic pub in the UK has led to arson charges:

https://apnews.com/article/crooked-british-pub-suspects-arrested-be62f387eef8750a2548c862c3c81ddc

A British auctioneer is facing charges for selling stolen Greek coins from Gaza:

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-66594076
https://www.arabnews.com/node/2362341

Feature on the 2001 antiquities theft at TCU:

https://fwtx.com/events/2001-antiquities-heist-tcu/

Feature on the theft of Leonardo's Madonna of the Yarnwinder back in 2003:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-66531242

More on the trio convicted of stealing a Ming Dynasty vase from a Swiss museum in 2019:

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/london-men-convicted-ming-dyansty-vase-theft-2353344
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conflict antiquities:

http://conflictantiquities.wordpress.com/

anonymous swiss collector:

http://www.anonymousswisscollector.com/

Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues:

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

Looting Matters:

http://lootingmatters.blogspot.com/

Illicit Cultural Property:

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

SAFE:

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

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REPATRIATION AND RECOVERY
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The US is returning thousands of Achaemenid tablets from Persepolis to Iran:

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/488225/Iran-says-U-S-will-return-thousands-of-ancient-tablets-after

A pre-Columblian incense burner was returned to Mexico by a US citizen:

https://mexiconewsdaily.com/culture/pre-columbian-incense-burner-returned-to-mexican-government/

More on desires for the Denver Art Museum to return antiquities to various southeast Asian countries:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/aug/23/denver-museum-return-looted-cambodia-thailand-vietnam
https://e.vnexpress.net/news/culture/vietnam-demands-return-of-stolen-artifacts-from-us-museum-4645084.html
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NUMISMATICA
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Feature on ancient Greek coins of Aiolis:

https://coinweek.com/ancient-greek-coins-of-aiolis-the-minor-cities/

Latest e-Sylum:

http://www.coinbooks.org/v26/club_nbs_esylum_v26n34.html

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

http://www.coinbooks.org/v26/club_nbs_esylum_v26n35.html
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Coin Week:

http://www.coinweek.com/

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OBITUARIES
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Gail T. Smith-Keizer:

https://www.gc.cuny.edu/news/professor-gail-t-smith-keizer-classicist-who-broke-down-barriers-professoriate-dies-85

Jean-Louis Georgelin:

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/08/21/jean-louis-georgelin-the-general-in-charge-of-the-notre-dame-rebuild-dies-in-hiking-accident

Amnon Ben-Tor:

https://www.timesofisrael.com/leading-archaeologist-who-dug-with-yigael-yadin-at-masada-and-hazor-dies-at-88/
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/flashes/613544
https://www.jns.org/jns/topic/23/8/26/313595/
https://armstronginstitute.org/942-in-memoriam-prof-amnon-ben-tor-king-of-hazor-1935-ndash-2023
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AUDIO/VIDEO NEWS
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Audio News from Archaeologica:

https://www.archaeologychannel.org/audio-guide/audio-news/3307-audio-news-from-archaeologica-august-13th-through-the-19th-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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