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explorator 25.47 March 12, 2023
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You can read explorator online at:

https://exploratornews.wordpress.com/

Thanks to Arthur Shippee, Dave Sowdon, Edward Rockstein, Kurt Theis,
John McMahon, Barnea Selavan, Joseph Lauer, Mike Ruggeri, Hernan Astudillo,
Richard Campbell, Barbara Saylor Rodgers, Bob Heuman, David Critchley,
Richard Miller, Kris Curry, Rick Heli, Richard C. Griffiths, Frank MacKay, Floris Strijbos,
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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Monkeys making stone flakes is raising questions about early human tool use:

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/03/10/1161652099/monkey-stone-flakes-early-humans-tools
https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/1275/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/1275/pub/1275/page/29/article/NaN
https://www.sciencealert.com/the-broken-stones-of-monkeys-look-uncannily-like-something-we-used-to-make
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-stone-wielding-macaques-can-tell-us-about-early-human-tool-use/

Pondering why humans don't have fur:

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20230310-why-dont-humans-have-fur

Feature on Kristina Eck and a heidelbergensis jawbone:

https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2023-03-12/homo-heidelbergensis-jawbone-kristina-eck-human-fossil-mandible/102035416

Feature on a smashed Cro-Magnon skull found in the 1800s:

https://www.iflscience.com/europe-s-earliest-modern-humans-may-have-smashed-each-other-s-skulls-in-67868

A DNA study (small sample?) has 'discovered' eight new prehistoric human groups:

https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-733442
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AFRICA
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A 2000+ bp Mauretanian burial from Qsirissi:

https://telquel.ma/instant-t/2023/03/07/decouverte-dune-tombe-mauretanienne-a-qsirissi-pres-de-larache_1803810/

Vague item on the find of Jewish antiquities and Hebrew texts (date?) in Tata (Morocco):

https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-733526

More on the 25th/Nubian dynasty inscriptions found at Old Dongola:

https://www.livescience.com/remains-of-ancient-temple-with-hieroglyphic-inscriptions-discovered-in-sudan
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/03/ancient-egyptian-discovery-rewrites-history-of-sudanese-kingdom/146324
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11277-230310-sudan-old-dongola

More on calls to protect Libyan heritage sites:

https://www.africanews.com/2023/03/06/calls-to-protect-libyan-heritage-site-spoilt-by-vandals/
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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT
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A small shrine with a small sphinx statue currently being identified as possibly depicting Claudius from the temple of Dendera site:

https://phys.org/news/2023-03-smiley-dimpled-sphinx-statue-unearthed.html
https://www.livescience.com/newfound-ancient-egyptian-sphinx-statue-may-depict-roman-emperor-claudius-but-not-everyone-agrees
https://english.ahram.org.eg/News/491186.aspx
https://dailynewsegypt.com/2023/03/06/egypt-discovers-statue-of-great-sphinx-remains-of-claudius-cabin-next-to-dendera-temple/
https://egyptindependent.com/photos-sphinx-remains-of-roman-emperors-cabin-found-near-dendera-temple/
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20230307-archaeologists-find-smiling-sphinx-in-southern-egypt/
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/mar/06/sphinx-like-statue-and-shrine-discovered-in-southern-egypt
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-64870562
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/egyptians-eye-claudius-in-face-of-newly-found-sphinx-wfdp6pdrn
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/smiling-mini-sphinx-with-dimples-egypt-b2296364.html
https://www.timesofisrael.com/archaeologists-in-egypt-unearth-sphinx-like-roman-era-statue-from-2000-years-ago/
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-733654
https://apnews.com/article/egypt-antiquities-sphinx-roman-emperor-tourism-caa5550fed3bc6d89002ed33fb41ba3a
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/egypt-antiquities-sphinx-roman-emperor-tourism/2023/03/06/2f7aab52-bc2a-11ed-9350-7c5fccd598ad_story.html
https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/archaeologists-egypt-unearth-sphinx-roman-era-statue-97654907
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/egypt-sphinx-roman-era-statue/
https://www.cnn.com/style/article/sphinx-shrine-discovery-egypt-scn-scli-intl/index.html
https://www.thedailybeast.com/sphinx-like-statue-and-shrine-from-roman-era-unearthed-in-egypt
https://hyperallergic.com/806725/mini-roman-era-sphinx-discovered-near-egyptian-temple/
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20230306-smiley-dimpled-sphinx-statue-unearthed-in-egypt
https://www.rfi.fr/en/international-news/20230306-smiley-dimpled-sphinx-statue-unearthed-in-egypt
https://greekreporter.com/2023/03/08/sphinx-statue-unearthed-egypt/
https://www.dailysabah.com/life/history/archaeologists-unearth-sphinx-with-smiley-face-dimples-in-egypt
https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/smiley-dimpled-sphinx-statue-found-in-egypt-181415
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-11829735/Sphinx-statue-smiley-face-two-dimples-unearthed-Egypt.html
https://www.trtworld.com/art-culture/smiley-dimpled-sphinx-statue-discovered-in-egypt-65894
https://www.euronews.com/culture/2023/03/07/egyptian-archaeologists-unearth-incredible-smiling-sphinx-of-roman-emperor
https://www.thenationalnews.com/mena/egypt/2023/03/06/roman-era-cabin-and-royal-sphinx-statue-uncovered-in-egypts-south/
https://english.news.cn/20230306/dadc389f4fc74c82bef3921dbbc8c6e8/c.html
https://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/news/300823783/archaeologists-unearth-sphinxlike-romanera-statue-in-egypt
http://global.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202303/08/WS6407e6aea31057c47ebb3050.html
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/mini-sphinx-uncovered-in-egypt-roman-archaeology-1234660038/
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/archaeologists-have-discovered-an-adorable-version-of-egypts-most-famous-monument-a-miniature-sphinx-2267324
https://arkeonews.net/archaeologists-in-egypt-unearth-roman-era-cabin-and-royal-sphinx-statue/
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/66668
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/03/roman-era-sphinx-uncovered-at-dendera-temple-complex/146385
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/03/08/sphinx-statue-and-roman-architectural-remains-found-in-dendera/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-egypt-unearth-small-sphinx-statue-180981770/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11271-230307-dendera-temple-sphinx

I think we mentioned the dig at Tell Timai revealing evidence of the rebellion mentioned in the Rosetta Stone:

https://theconversation.com/i-dug-for-evidence-of-the-rosetta-stones-ancient-egyptian-rebellion-heres-what-i-found-200318
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-archaeologists-dug-evidence-rosetta-stone.html

Not sure where to put this find (in a museum storeroom in Kent) of a 3500 years bp maul, purportedly from Saqqara:

https://www.kentonline.co.uk/canterbury/news/we-found-ancient-egyptian-artefact-while-tidying-up-283428/

Feature on Tutankhamun's last 100 days:

https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p0f7kpv0/tutankhamun-s-final-100-days-revealed

Feature on Egyptians being involved in Egyptian archaeology:

https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2023/0308/Egyptian-archaeologists-hold-their-own-history-in-their-hands
https://news.yahoo.com/egyptian-archaeologists-hold-own-history-081507962.html

More on the find of a 'hidden corridor' in the Pyramid of Khufu:

https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/491003/Antiquities/Ancient-Egypt/In-Photos-Egypt-unveils-discovery-of-corridor-insi.aspx
https://www.dw.com/en/egypt-researchers-seeking-secrets-in-great-pyramid-of-giza/a-64896514
https://mymodernmet.com/corridor-great-pyramid-giza/
https://www.sciencealert.com/corridor-discovered-in-great-pyramid-could-be-protecting-the-actual-burial-chamber
https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/ancient-cultures/ancient-egypt/hidden-corridor-found-inside-the-pyramid-of-khufu/

Feature on some 5000 years bp swords found 43 years ago in the Malatya Arslantepe mound:

https://arkeonews.net/the-worlds-oldest-and-first-swords-ever-discovered/

College students came across a piece of a 2000 years bp lioness statue at Ein Nashut:

https://www.timesofisrael.com/students-on-northern-israel-field-trip-stumble-onto-1500-year-old-lioness-carving/
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2023-03-06/ty-article/college-students-find-ancient-stone-lioness-during-field-trip-in-northern-israel/00000186-b709-de76-a9b7-b77dbbd80000

More reactions to the 'inauthentic' Darius ostrakon:

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2023-03-05/ty-article/the-darius-artifact-how-did-we-get-from-discovery-of-the-decade-to-disgrace/00000186-b19c-d2a9-a5d6-f7fdcfe40000
https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-733447
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/368330
https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/archaeology-today/the-darius-ostracon/

More on evidence of trepanation from Megiddo:

https://the-past.com/news/early-example-of-cranial-surgery-identified-in-late-bronze-age-tomb/

Feature on wine making at ancient Yavne:

https://www.jpost.com/food-recipes/article-733864

Feature on Sumio Fujii's work at the Late Neolithic site Wadi Abu Tulayha (Jordan):

http://www.jordantimes.com/news/local/japanese-scholar-tries-decode-purpose-ancient-structures-southern-jordan

Feature on the debate over the origins of Edom:

https://www.asor.org/anetoday/2023/03/emergence-edom

A 2000 years bp (apparently looted) mummified person was found in the trash in Sanaa (Yemen):

https://www.arabnews.com/node/2265711/middle-east
https://www.sacbee.com/news/nation-world/world/article272979680.html
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https://thisweekintheancientneareast.podbean.com/

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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS)
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23 000 years bp teeth from the Cave of the Malalmuerzo near Grenada:

https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/23-000-year-old-teeth-fill-an-ice-age-gap

A study of the animal remains and other contents of a Bronze Age well at Mycenae:

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/03/230301141405.htm

Remains of a(nother) Roman amphitheatre at Atequa:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/03/roman-amphitheatre-discovered-at-ancient-ategua/146471

Possible evidence of a Roman shrine/altar near the Leicester cathedral burial area:

https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/march/cathedral-roman-worship
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/mar/07/amazing-roman-altar-stone-unearthed-at-leicester-cathedral
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leicestershire-64840494
https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/leicester-news/ancient-roman-altar-discovered-underneath-8223297
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-11830127/Evidence-Roman-shrine-uncovered-archaeological-dig-graveyard.html
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/03/07/legend-proves-true-roman-temple-found-leicester-cathedral/
https://aleteia.org/2023/03/09/ancient-roman-shrine-discovered-under-anglican-cathedral/
https://www.itv.com/news/central/2023-03-07/could-a-roman-temple-have-once-stood-on-the-site-of-leicester-cathedral
https://apnews.com/article/uk-roman-shrine-dig-leicester-cathedral-archaeology-eaa9abf1be6b807072489227e1411ead
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/science/archaeologists-uncover-roman-shrine-under-graveyard-in-central-england
https://greekreporter.com/2023/03/08/shrine-greek-god-dionysus-discovered-leicester-cathedral/
https://greekcitytimes.com/2023/03/08/shrine-greek-god-leicester/
https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/roman-shrine-uncovered-beneath-graveyard-central-england-97679451
https://arkeonews.net/evidence-of-a-roman-shrine-dating-back-was-discovered-during-dig-at-leicester-cathedral/
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/66674
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/03/excavations-reveal-roman-altar-stone-in-shrine-or-cult-room/146401
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/03/09/leicester-cathedral-revealed-a-roman-shrine-beneath-the-cathedral/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11273-230309-leicester-roman-shrine

... and some commentary on same from Mary Beard:

https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/was-mithras-worshipped-in-ancient-leicester-blog-post-mary-beard/

Evidence of a 2nd century CE Romano-Celtic temple near Lancaster Castle:

https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-733970
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/03/evidence-of-romano-celtic-temple-found-in-northern-britain/146420
https://arkeonews.net/evidence-of-rare-romano-celtic-temple-near-lancaster-castle-may-be-only-the-second-of-its-type/
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/03/09/researchers-help-reveal-evidence-of-rare-roman-temple/

A Colchester Vase is now considered 'sports memorabilia' and evidence of actual gladiatorial contests being fought in Britain:

https://www.livescience.com/gladiators-fought-in-roman-britain-action-packed-cremation-urn-carvings-reveal
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/mar/04/evidence-reveals-gladiators-fought-in-roman-britain
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-essex-64855991
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-11825561/Britain-hosted-GLADIATOR-fights-1-800-years-ago-ancient-vase-reveals.html
https://www.timesofisrael.com/ancient-roman-vase-is-1st-evidence-of-gladiator-battles-on-english-soil/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/03/07/roman-vase-gladiator-fight-uk/
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/66650
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11269-230307-colchester-gladiator-vase

A 2nd century CE frigidarium find in a bathhouse excavation in Toledo:

https://efe.com/en/culture/2023-03-06/new-cold-water-pools-found-at-ancient-roman-bath-house-in-toledo/
https://www.laprensalatina.com/new-cold-water-pools-found-at-ancient-roman-bath-house-in-toledo/
https://www.thestate.com/news/nation-world/world/article272954515.html
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article272954515.html

Not sure if we mentioned this find of Roman coins (and more) by a hiker (initially) in the Swiss Alps:

https://www.newsweek.com/hoard-roman-coins-hiker-stumbles-lost-ancient-site-1786875

Remains of a Roman villa near the beach at Bibione (Italian):

https://www.archeomedia.net/san-michele-al-tagliamento-ve-unantica-villa-romana-sulla-spiaggia-di-bibione/

Evidence of a Roman public building of some sort found during building construction in Marche (Italian):

https://www.stilearte.it/un-edificio-pubblico-romano-con-marmi-pregiati-scoperto-durante-lavori-edilizi-nelle-marche/
https://www.ansa.it/sito/notizie/cultura/arte/2023/03/11/emergono-resti-a-fano-forse-e-la-basilica-di-vitruvio_b01b859d-1e44-4f71-86f4-d291d79a46cc.html

... and it's possibly the Basilica of Vitruvius (English):

https://www.ansa.it/english/news/2023/03/11/remains-of-basilica-of-vetruvius-may-have-been-found_5dba0e52-e8c0-4324-b162-a750b7929757.html

Investigating a possible Roman origin for an artificial watercourse in the Hessian Ried:

https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/03/07/does-the-artificial-watercourse-in-the-hessian-ried-have-a-roman-past/

Over 1000 burials have been found in Halkidi (not sure this is news):

https://www.ekathimerini.com/multimedia/images/1206360/more-than-1000-ancient-graves-uncovered-in-halkidiki/

More on recent discoveries about Roman concrete:

https://www.npr.org/2023/02/22/1158783249/rome-wasnt-built-in-a-day-but-they-sure-had-strong-concrete

More on the find of a 'dry cleaners' at Pompeii:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/rebeccahughes/2023/03/06/2000-year-old-laundrette-amongst-first-finds-from-ambitious-new-pompeii-dig/

More on the accidental destruction of a 1700 years bp Roman sarcophagus in Romania:

https://universul.net/accidental-destruction-of-roman-sarcophagus-represents-significant-cultural-loss/

More on that identification of a Roman sex toy at Vindolanda:

https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-732206
https://inews.co.uk/opinion/secret-dildos-from-history-get-hands-on-them-2194928
https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/03/remember-that-ancient-roman-dildo-it-might-just-be-an-old-roman-drop-spindle/

Plans for an 'upgrade' to the Kerameikos site:

https://news.gtp.gr/2023/03/08/kerameikos-archaeological-site-in-athens-to-get-upgrade/

Gloucester's King's Walk Bastion was flooded this week:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-64918104
https://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/news/gloucester-news/gloucesters-underground-roman-fortress-kings-8236936

Interview with Jane Draycott about her Cleopatra Selene book:

https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/latenightlive/cleopatras-daughter-the-forgotten-queen/102058786

Interview with Francis Albarede regarding his study of the connection between ancient coinage and democracy:

https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2023/03/08/newfangled-coins-and-mercenaries-may-have-brought-about-democracy

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

https://thefederalist.com/2023/03/08/mr-socrates-goes-to-beijing/

Review of Carlo Rovelli, *Anaximander and the Nature of Science*:

https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25734290-500-anaximander-review-did-anaximander-create-science-asks-carlo-rovelli/

Feature on Mary Beard and Cambridge's recent short films connected to Classics:

https://www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/education/mary-beard-short-films-with-the-university-of-cambridge-aim-9302572/

Charlotte Higgins on the ethics of Medea:

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/mar/11/greek-tragedies-medea-ethical-nightmare-classics

Feature marking 50 years of the Vindolanda tablets:

https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/50-years-vindolanda-tablets-archaeological-26428365

Feature on the Acropolis:

https://www.artandobject.com/news/acropoliss-artificial-history

Feature on what ancient Greeks and Romans knew about the clitoris:

https://theconversation.com/did-clitorises-strike-fear-into-the-greeks-and-romans-200377

Feature on women's life in ancient Greece:

https://www.thenationalherald.com/womens-life-in-ancient-greece-grooming-and-care-of-the-body/

Feature on the myth of whiteness in Classical sculptures:

https://www.dw.com/en/how-the-myth-of-whiteness-in-classical-sculpture-was-created/a-64426809#:

Feature on the eruption of Vesuvius:

https://www.thecollector.com/famous-eruption-of-mount-vesuvius/

Pondering whether Homer existed:

https://greekreporter.com/2023/03/08/was-homer-real/

... and there's another multi-city staging of the Odyssey in the works:

https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2023/mar/08/travelling-homer-how-the-national-theatre-is-staging-a-multi-city-odyssey

An IWD-connected feature on Boudicca:

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/story-legendary-warrior-queen-boudica-050000905.html

I think we mentioned the use of sheep at Pompeii for grass maintenance purposes:

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/sheep-come-rescue-pompeii-ruins-2023-03-09/
https://www.jpost.com/omg/article-733796
https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/sheep-pompeii-ruins-conservation-intl-scli/index.html
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-03-10/sheep-rescue-pompeii-ruins/102077206

The Vatican announced the impending return/donation of the three Parthenon Sculpture fragments it had to Greece:

https://apnews.com/article/parthenon-vatican-return-marble-sculptures-61904ad33c9c8edf182f65c352a52829
https://greekcitytimes.com/2023/03/07/fragments-of-parthenon-sculptures-are-to-be-returned-from-the-vatican-in-the-next-few-days/
https://greekreporter.com/2023/03/07/vatican-returns-parthenon-marbles-greece/
https://thepublicsradio.org/article/vatican-greece-ink-deal-for-donation-of-parthenon-marbles
https://www.cnn.com/style/article/vatican-parthenon-greece-tan/index.html
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/vatican-greece-sculptures-elgin-marbles-british-museum-parthenon-athens-b1065402.html
https://www.dw.com/en/vatican-parthenon-marbles-to-return-to-greece/a-64907213
https://www.wsj.com/articles/vatican-signs-agreement-to-send-pieces-of-parthenon-back-to-greece-2c2d5242
https://aleteia.org/2023/03/09/the-vatican-donates-three-fragments-of-the-parthenon-to-greece/
https://www.euronews.com/culture/2023/03/07/pressure-mounts-on-british-museum-as-vatican-returns-parthenon-marbles-to-greece-end-of-ma
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/vatican-restitution-parthenon-marbles-greece-2266813
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/03/08/vatican-returns-parthenon-sculptures-to-greece-in-historic-event

... and Greece is asking for others to do the same:

https://www.reuters.com/article/pope-greece-parthenon/greece-asks-others-to-imitate-vatican-return-of-parthenon-pieces-idUSKBN2V915C

... and there was the suggestion that the return of others could be done without the 'ownership' issue coming into play:

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/parthenon-marbles-return-possible-without-ownership-accord-campaigners-say-2023-03-12/
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/artefact-swap-could-bring-an-end-to-elgin-marbles-saga-3n2p0hcq5

George Osborne suggests it's 'worth trying' to find a shared agreement:

https://www.ekathimerini.com/culture/1206499/british-museum-chair-worth-trying-to-find-solution-for-parthenon-sculptures/
https://greekcitytimes.com/2023/03/12/british-museum-osborn-london/

Latest Pasts Imperfect:

https://pastsimperfect.substack.com/p/pasts-imperfect-3623
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Roman Archaeology Blog:

http://romanarc.blogspot.com/

Rogueclassicism:

http://rogueclassicism.com/
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EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland)
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A metal detectorist found a 3000 years bp perannular ring in Norfolk:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-norfolk-64890939

An Iron Age dwelling and burial ground are being excavated in Oud-Turhout (Antwerp):

https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/en/2023/03/07/archaeologists-uncover-iron-age-cemetery-and-house-during-excava/

A gold disc excavated in Denmark a couple years ago contains a 5th century reference to Odin:

https://phys.org/news/2023-03-oldest-norse-god-odin-danish.html
https://www.livescience.com/earliest-mention-of-odin-king-of-the-gods-found-in-treasure-hoard-from-denmark
https://sciencenorway.no/archaeology-ntb-english-runes/a-gold-coin-that-changes-history-oldest-known-reference-to-the-norse-god-odin-found-in-denmark/2166998
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/mar/08/oldest-known-reference-to-norse-god-odin-found-in-danish-treasure-trove
https://apnews.com/article/gold-god-odin-norse-denmark-buried-ca2959e460f7af301a19083b6eec7df4
https://arkeonews.net/the-oldest-odin-inscription-in-the-world-found-in-the-vindelev-treasure/
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/66692
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/03/gold-disc-represents-the-oldest-reference-to-odin/146448
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11275-230309-denmark-odin-bracteate

A study of an Anglo Saxon burial of a couple from Lowbury Hill found back in 1913:

https://arkeonews.net/lowbury-hill-mystery-of-anglo-saxons-buried-1400-years-ago-may-soon-be-solved/

Evidence of a 700 years bp wharf/pier from an underwater site near Oslo:

https://www.sacbee.com/news/nation-world/world/article272772115.html
https://arkeonews.net/ruins-of-the-700-year-old-wharf-possibly-used-by-royalty-found-in-oslo/

A metal detectorist (historian?) in the Netherlands found a 1000 years bp gold and silver hoard of coins and jewellery:

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/dutch-historian-finds-medieval-treasure-using-metal-detector-2023-03-09/
https://www.cnn.com/style/article/netherlands-treasure-discovery-metal-detector/index.html
https://nltimes.nl/2023/03/09/man-metal-detector-finds-1000-year-old-jewelry-noord-holland-city
https://www.paudal.com/2023/03/09/unique-medieval-treasure-found-with-metal-detector-in-hoogwoud/
https://onswestfriesland.nl/2023/nieuws_opmeer/de-schatvondst-van-hoogwoud-middeleeuwse-gouden-sieraden-en-zilveren-munten/
https://www.dutchnews.nl/news/2023/03/medieval-treasure-shows-west-frisians-had-international-network/
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-03-11/dutch-historian-finds-medieval-treasure-using-metal-detector/102083320
https://www.dailysabah.com/life/history/dutch-historian-unearths-1000-year-old-treasure-in-netherland
https://www.eastcoastdaily.in/2023/03/11/27-year-old-dutch-historian-discovers-a-stash-of-1000-year-old-antiquities.html
https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/in-pics-1-000-year-old-medieval-golden-treasure-discovered-in-netherlands-3847947
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/66700
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/03/nationally-important-treasure-hoard-from-the-medieval-period-unveiled/146481

A metal detectorist also found a medieval silver brooch in Wirral:

https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/treasure-buried-800-years-found-26426504
https://www.wirralglobe.co.uk/news/23375863.wirral-detectorist-uncovers-medieval-treasure-buried-800-years/

A 'mysterious' medieval stone ball from North Wales:

https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/mysterious-stone-ball-found-north-26424528

Controversy over lack of preventative excavations at a medieval burial ground in Publier:

https://www.lemessager.fr/56455/article/2023-03-10/squelettes-decouverts-publier-des-fouilles-auraient-elles-du-etre-menees-plus

A 17th century hoard of Lithuanian coins from Poland:

https://www.livescience.com/17th-century-century-hoard-brimming-with-1000-coins-discovered-in-poland
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/66657
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/03/treasure-hoard-containing-1000-coins-uncovered-in-eastern-poland/146371

Archaeologists have completed excavations at the home of Robert Boyle:

https://www.dorsetecho.co.uk/news/23367127.excavation-scientist-robert-boyles-stalbridge-home-completed/

A wreck from the War of Independence found off the coast of Halkidiki:

https://www.ekathimerini.com/culture/1206515/shipwreck-in-halkidiki-linked-to-1821-revolution/
https://greekreporter.com/2023/03/10/shipwreck-war-independence-discovered-greece/

A 19th century glass time capsule found during roundabout construction in Lower Silesia:

https://www.thefirstnews.com/article/builders-find-time-capsule-containing-19th-century-coins-and-documents-while-digging-up-roundabout-37053

More on steel tools being used on the 2900 years bp Iberian peninsula:

https://www.livescience.com/bronze-age-craftspeople-tempered-steel-more-than-1000-years-before-the-romans-did-it
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/02/230228154510.htm
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11268-230306-bronze-age-steel

More on the find of an Anglo-Saxon pyramid sword mount (found last January):

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-suffolk-64860568

Concerns for coastal sites on the Cois Fharraige coastline:

https://www.irishcentral.com/roots/history/galway-prehistoric-sites

Review of Nicholas Orme, *Tudor Children*:

https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/tudor-children-nicholas-orme-book-review-anna-parker/

Feature on metal detectorist finds on display in Denmark:

https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20230311-treasure-hunters-gems-go-on-display-in-denmark

Feature on the history of sugar production on Cyprus:

https://cyprus-mail.com/2023/03/05/sugar-island-from-the-lusignans-to-loukoumades/

Feature on a possible 'sacred' nature to some erratics at Alphamstone:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-essex-64682781

Plans for a final dig at the Ness of Brodgar next year:

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy05zdvv1zjo
https://www.orcadian.co.uk/excavations-to-end-at-ness-of-brodgar/

Some experimental archaeology recreating finds from Must Farm:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-64890932

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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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Plenty of Yanshao culture remains, including ash pits, dwellings, and kilns from Shanxi:

http://en.people.cn/n3/2023/0308/c90000-10218889.html

Evidence of a Neolithic settlement (7000 years bp) from Anyang City:

http://www.china.org.cn/arts/2023-03/10/content_85159906.htm?f=pad&a=true

570 tombs with a wide range of dates from Sanmenxia City in Henan:

https://english.news.cn/20230310/72a901499843412b98667befb1013586/c.html
http://www.china.org.cn/arts/2023-03/10/content_85158011.htm

... including burials of the Rong people:

http://www.ecns.cn/hd/2023-03-10/detail-ihcmhyte9005556.shtml

321 Eastern Zhou burials from Shanxi:

https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202303/1287027.shtml
http://www.china.org.cn/arts/2023-03/10/content_85159440.htm

A Tang Dynasty cemetery from Shaanxi:

https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/nation-world/world/article272891550.html
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/03/cemetery-from-the-tang-dynasty-uncovered-in-china/146415

A Ming Dynasty mural tomb from Hunan:

http://en.people.cn/n3/2023/0307/c90000-10218333.html
https://english.news.cn/20230308/92415a7ee5db42bfaddf15a25bc9fcb1/c.html
http://www.china.org.cn/arts/2023-03/08/content_85152638.htm
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11274-230309-china-joint-tomb

More on the bone Bronze Age skates from the Xinjian Uyghur Autonomous Region:

https://www.livescience.com/bronze-age-ice-skates-with-bone-blades-discovered-in-china
https://greekreporter.com/2023/03/09/bronze-age-ice-skates-bone-blades/
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/66682
https://arkeonews.net/new-evidence-for-early-regional-exchanges-in-eurasia-ice-skates-made-of-animal-bones-over-3000-years-old/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11278-230310-china-bone-skates

Feature on a women's archaaeological team working in Chonqing:

https://english.news.cn/20230308/6161d4282d204ded9126b1d5c947cdc2/c.html
https://www.ichongqing.info/2023/03/08/womens-archaeological-team-in-chongqing-shines-in-cultural-relics-excavation-and-research-women-power/

Feature on William Fitzhugh and his work studying Mongolian deer stones:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/national-museum-of-natural-history/2023/03/09/meet-the-smithsonian-scientist-studying-the-mysterious-mongolian-deer-stones/

More on that oversized 1600 years bp sword from Japan:

https://www.newsweek.com/huge-sword-japan-fight-evil-spirits-archaeology-1787008

More on the 2000 years bp deer antler musical instrument find from Viet Nam:

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/deer-antler-long-an-museum-storage-earliest-known-stringed-instruments-2261298
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/02/archaeologists-uncover-2000-year-old-stringed-instrument-in-vietnam/146259

Evidence of a prehistoric iron smelting site at Thoothukudi:

https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2023/mar/09/phd-scholar-finds-pre-historic-archaeological-site-near-thoothukudi-collectorate-2554379.html

Another inscription find from the Simhachalam Temple in Andhra Pradesh:

https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/andhra-pradesh/2023/mar/08/501st-inscription-found-at-simhachalam-temple-in-andhra-pradesh-2554227.html

A 12th century inscription and sculptures of a female warrior from Polavasa:

https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/telangana/2023/mar/12/12th-century-inscription-sheds-light-on-kakatiya-dynasty-expansion-2555257.html

House construction in Uttar Pradesh revealed a mid 19th century British coin and silver hoard:

https://www.ndtv.com/cities/old-coins-silver-ornaments-found-during-construction-of-house-in-up-3853526

Feature on the relationship between Keeladi and Madurai:

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/chennai-suburb-or-something-else-altogether/articleshow/98444815.cms

Feature on how Hindu divinities absorbed Iranian and Greek ideas:

https://theprint.in/opinion/shiva-skanda-how-hindu-gods-absorbed-iranian-greek-ideas/1391759/

Feature on the ongoing dig at the Harappan site of Rakhigarhi:

https://theprint.in/opinion/why-are-we-digging-rakhigarhi-a-9th-time-this-harappan-site-is-a-gift-that-keeps-giving/1420819/

Feature on the Shigir Idol found back in 1890:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/earliest-surviving-wood-sculpture-even-older-previously-thought-180977320/

Feature on what was traded along the Silk Road:

https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/what-was-traded-on-the-silk-road

The wreck of the USS Albacore (submarine) has been identified off the coast of Japan:

https://the-past.com/news/wreck-of-lost-us-submarine-from-wwii-identified-off-the-coast-of-japan/

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NORTH AMERICA
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Indigenous human remains found during construction of the Twin Ports Interchange in Duluth:

https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/local/indigenous-remains-found-during-twin-ports-interchange-construction

18th century finds from the Court Square excavations in Charlottesville:

https://dailyprogress.com/news/local/court-square-excavation-turns-up-slices-of-18th-century-life-and-death/article_752acc26-be01-11ed-84bd-3f43be564491.html

A Civil War mass burial from the Colonial Williamsburg site:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2023/03/07/mass-grave-civil-war-williamsburg/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=news_tab
https://www.13newsnow.com/article/news/local/virginia/williamsburg/colonial-williamsburg-virginia-scientist-uncover-human-remains-linked-to-civil-war/291-87aab249-7fed-4387-aa1d-a7ef77f3a86c

More on the wreck of the Ironton found in Lake Huron:

https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/03/scientists-have-found-lake-huron-wreck-of-19th-century-ship-that-sank-in-1894/
https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/preserved-sunken-ship-found-in-shipwreck-alley-after-120-years

Feature on Elizabeth Kallenbach's work studying human use of native Oregon plants over 12 millennia:

https://around.uoregon.edu/content/researcher-digs-grass-and-stems-study-early-americans

Sorting out Gerrit Smith's land grants of 1846:

https://www.adirondackalmanack.com/2023/03/untangling-timbucto-and-the-roots-of-gerrit-smiths-land-grants-of-1846.html
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CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA
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Remains of a pre-Columbian temple complex near Barranca (Peru):

https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-733977
https://arkeonews.net/unique-tombs-wrapped-in-high-quality-fabrics-and-painted-bodies-were-discovered-at-monumental-temple-in-peru/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/03/archaeologists-uncover-a-pre-columbian-temple-complex/146441

A study of the colours used in Wari pottery:

https://phys.org/news/2023-03-ancient-pots-hint-power-empire.html
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-733982
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/03/08/the-colors-on-these-ancient-pots-hint-at-the-power-of-an-empire/

cf: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2352409X23000482

Studying finds from the Casas Grandes site in Northern Mexico:

https://phys.org/news/2023-03-ancient-artifacts-reveal-roots-casas.html
https://news.byu.edu/byu-archaeologists-dig-up-artifacts-from-little-known-time-period-in-casas-grandes-mexico

A study of 24 ancient Mexican cities suggests 'collective government and infrastructure' contributed to their success:

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/981007
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/03/06/collective-governance-and-infrastructure-helps-societies-last-longer/

Feature on the various Moais found on Easter Island:

https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/national-international/dried-up-lake-uncovers-new-easter-island-statue-heres-how-many-moais-have-been-discovered-so-far/3170906/
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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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Notre Dame will be reopening in 2024:

https://apnews.com/article/notre-dame-spire-reconstruction-reopening-2024-fire-d99092589b54c5f1f512a4c953dc7b07
https://fr.aleteia.org/2023/03/10/la-date-de-reouverture-de-notre-dame-de-paris-confirmee/

... and they're trying to recreate the acoustics:

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/03/03/magazine/notre-dame-cathedral-acoustics-sound.html
https://aleteia.org/2023/03/07/repairing-the-sonic-fingerprint-of-notre-dame-de-paris/

On the history of the Stone of Scone:

https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20230305-the-disputed-history-of-the-coronation-stone

On the Repertorium project to digitize medieval manuscripts:

https://neumz.com/repertorium/

Feature on identifying the women behind a 132 years bp Boston Harbor adventure journal:

https://www.wgbh.org/news/local-news/2023/03/08/amateur-sleuths-unveil-the-women-behind-132-year-old-boston-harbor-adventure-journal

Recreating an Iron Age alcoholic brew based on residue from a buried cauldron:

https://www.iflscience.com/2-500-year-old-booze-brewed-up-from-recipe-found-in-iron-age-burial-67815

Valparaiso University wants to sell artworks to pay for renovations:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/10/arts/design/valparaiso-museum-paintings-sale-okeeffe.html

Studying the insurance records of Shackleton's Endurance:

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-64818864

A reality show where artists compete to paint like Vermeer:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/paint-like-vermeer-new-reality-show-180981737/

More on that frozen Siberian bear:

https://www.livescience.com/prehistoric-mummified-bear-discovered-in-siberian-permafrost-isnt-what-we-thought
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/researchers-examine-3500-year-old-brown-bear-preserved-in-siberian-permafrost-180981747/?

More on identification of whale behaviour in ancient accounts:

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/02/230228154458.htm
https://www.nationalobserver.com/2023/03/06/news/old-norse-texts-shed-light-mysterious-whale-feeding-strategy

Review of David Waldstreicher, *Odyssey of Phillis Wheatley*:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/07/books/review/the-odyssey-of-phillis-wheatley-david-waldstreicher.html
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CURRENT EVENTS:
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Overviews of damage to cultural properties in the wake of the Turkish/Syrian earthquakes:

https://turkisharchaeonews.net/article/one-month-after-quake-cultural-properties-damage-assessment
https://www.trtworld.com/turkey/how-t%C3%BCrkiye-is-taking-care-of-its-cultural-heritage-in-quake-hit-regions-65950

... and the damage in Antakya:

https://www.wsj.com/articles/turkey-earthquake-antioch-antakya-93bbdc96
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/3/6/quake-hit-antakya-communities-seek-role-in-saving-rich-heritage

The statues on Mount Nemrut weren't damaged:

https://www.yenisafak.com/en/news/unesco-listed-monumental-mount-nemrut-statues-survive-turkiye-quakes-3661728

The Audubon Society has changed its name:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/mar/05/bird-union-audubon-society-name-change
https://www.audubon.org/magazine/spring-2021/what-do-we-do-about-john-james-audubon

... and the University of Richmond is dealing with the effects of renaming its law school:

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2023/03/01/law-school-denaming-sparks-donor-debacle

Comparing Ukraine to the Peloponnesian War:

https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/03/10/the-war-in-ukraine-is-a-world-peloponnesian-war/
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ANIMAL AND PLANT DOMESTICATIONS
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More on early horseback riding among the Yamnaya people:

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/03/230303175829.htm
https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/first-evidence-for-horseback-riding-dates-back-5-000-years-181361
https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/06/world/earliest-horse-riders-scn/index.html
https://www.sciencealert.com/researchers-have-found-the-earliest-evidence-of-horseback-riding-yet
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-find-evidence-of-earliest-known-horseback-riders-180981754/

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PHILOSOPHERS AND MATTERS PHILOSOPHICAL
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On a 'misreading' of Plato's Republic on democracy:

https://www.wsj.com/articles/plato-republic-socrates-democracy-leo-strauss-3118c01b

Pondering what made life worth living for ancient philosophers:

https://psyche.co/ideas/whats-a-life-worth-living-for-the-ancients-it-depends

Nietzsche on art:

https://bigthink.com/high-culture/nietzsche-art-life/
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MUSEUM MATTERS
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Islanders:

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2023/mar/05/islanders-the-making-of-the-mediterranean-fitzwilliam-museum-cambridge-review-art-of-extraordinary-intimacy

Roman Landscapes:

https://www.wsj.com/articles/roman-landscapes-visions-of-nature-and-myth-from-rome-and-pompeii-review-idylls-of-ancient-italy-b7b7f7d7
https://www.samuseum.org/artwork/exhibition/romanlandscapes/

The Sun: Source of Light in Art:

https://www.museum-barberini.de/en/ausstellungen/9493/the-sun-source-of-light-in-art

Venus in a gold bikini:

https://neoskosmos.com/en/2023/03/08/news/greece/acropolis-museum-presents-venus-in-a-gold-bikini-in-celebration-of-iwd/
https://news.gtp.gr/2023/03/07/acropolis-museum-welcomes-venus-in-a-gold-bikini/
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/03/08/venus-in-a-gold-bikini/

Keeladi artifacts now have their own museum:

https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/cm-stalin-inaugurates-museum-displaying-artefacts-excavated-from-keeladi-site-101678090541778.html

The Denver Art Museum has cut references to a trustee who had ties with Douglas Latchford:

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/denver-art-museum-removes-donors-name-1234660521/
https://www.9news.com/article/news/local/emma-bunker-name-removed-dam/73-930b67fd-62fb-46f9-880b-e87858c2a19e

Seems like the Grand Egyptian Museum will be opening soon:

https://egyptindependent.com/grand-egyptian-museum-offers-guided-tours-in-limited-areas/

A Glens Falls gallery is trying to acquire works associated with one of Buffalo Bill's associates:

https://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/47457/20230308/glens-falls-gallery-wants-your-help-to-bring-home-outsider-artist-s-wood-carvings
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AUCTIONS AND SALES RELATED
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A 2000 years bp Celtic bronze figure with a hinged phallus went to auction this week:

https://www.livescience.com/hinged-phallus-of-2000-year-old-fertility-figurine-was-clearly-intended-to-dangle

... and fetched a nice price:

https://www.irishnews.com/news/uknews/2023/03/09/news/bronze_nude_figure_with_hinged_phallus_sells_at_auction_for_2_200-3120686/
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/bronze-nude-figure-hinged-phallus-133649016.html
https://www.jerseyeveningpost.com/morenews/uknews/2023/03/09/bronze-nude-figure-with-hinged-phallus-sells-at-auction-for-2200/

High hopes for an 18th century Chinese imperial bowl coming to auction:

https://en.thevalue.com/articles/sothebys-hk-spring-sale-2023-alice-cheng-qianlong-falangcai-bowl

A first edition of Copernicus' de Revolutionibus is up for sale:

https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/03/rare-pristine-first-edition-of-copernicus-de-revolutionibus-up-for-sale/

A Brueghel the Younger painting found in a French home is heading to auction:

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2023/mar/08/rare-breughel-the-younger-painting-found-behind-door-in-french-home
https://hyperallergic.com/807641/original-pieter-brueghel-found-in-french-home-heads-to-auction/
https://news.artnet.com/market/family-france-brueghel-behind-door-auction-2267940

Some dessert dishes commissioned by France's Louis-Philippe I are coming to auction:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/mar/12/ones-old-china-set-of-plates-fit-for-the-queen-comes-up-for-auction

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ON THE DNA FRONT
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More on the study of the genomes of 356 European hunter-gathers:

https://www.livescience.com/unknown-lineage-of-ice-age-europeans-discovered-in-genetic-study
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11267-230306-europe-hunter-gatherers
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THE TECHY SIDE
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Study suggests magnetic field anomalies could help locate/study submerged sites:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/03/magnetic-fields-could-provide-the-key-to-studying-submerged-civilisations/146463
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/03/10/magnetic-fields-to-be-used-to-explore-submerged-civilisations/

Using dendrochronology and strontium analysis to find the origins of some 400 years bp timber used to build houses in Denmark:

https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/03/06/tree-rings-and-strontium-point-to-the-provenance-of-400-year-old-timber/

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TOURISTY THINGS
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Roman France:

https://www.connexionfrance.com/article/Mag/Explore-France/Explore-the-sites-to-see-the-legacy-of-France-s-glorious-Roman-past

Sassi/Matera:

https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20230309-italys-impressive-subterranean-civilisation

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TV/DOCUMENTARY HYPISH THINGS
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African Queens: Njinga:

https://news.yale.edu/2023/03/06/bringing-early-modern-african-queen-limelight

Mary Cassatt:

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/mar/07/mary-cassatt-painting-the-modern-woman-review-fine-portrait-of-a-neglected-artist
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CRIME BEAT
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A UK Auction house director was arrested for falsifying provenance of several ancient coins:

https://observer.com/2023/03/exclusive-uk-auction-house-director-arrested-for-4-1-million-roman-coin-fraud/
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/worlds-most-expensive-coin-fake-provenance-roman-eid-mar-1234659762/

Three 5th/6th century BCE swords which were seized by US customs last year were returned to Ukraine:

https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/03/10/ukraine-weapons-sword-embassy-russia/

A Cypriot man was arrested trying to remove stone from the Acropolis:

https://greekreporter.com/2023/03/06/modern-elgin-arrested-steal-pieces-acropolis/

A large fine for an 18-year-old who did some vandalizing of the Ggantija temples in Malta:

https://lovinmalta.com/gozo/italian-18-year-old-fined-hefty-e15000-after-vandalising-ancient-ggantija-temples/

Vandalism on a 3000 years bp Assyrian relief:

https://www.sbs.com.au/language/assyrian/en/podcast-episode/vandalism-on-a-three-thousand-years-old-assyrian-wall-sculptures/mlabtkvai

American tourists caught putting graffiti on the Colosseum:

https://www.nola.com/opinions/americans-wuz-here-two-tourists-leave-their-mark-on-romes-colosseum-jarvis-deberry/article_b81b6135-3810-506c-8680-f8968aca08e0.html

The Salvator Mundi case is heading to court:

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/03/07/leonardos-salvator-mundi-heads-to-court-in-case-against-sothebys
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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 FBI returned to Iraq an item looted from the Iraq Museum in Baghdad in 2003:

https://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/stolen-art-returned-to-iraq
https://www.griffindailynews.com/news/2-700-year-old-antiquity-repatriated-to-iraqi-government/article_029083ad-6d86-5c18-8aa4-5a28e1b6b358.html

A court has decided that Turkiye waited to long to seek the return of the Stargazer (!):

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/03/10/new-york-court-rules-against-repatriation-of-turkish-artefact
https://hyperallergic.com/807246/turkey-waited-too-long-to-repatriate-marble-stargazer-idol-court-rules/

Peru returned some seized Roman coins to Italy:

https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/peru-returns-seized-roman-coins-to-italy-181492

More on calls for the repatriation of the remains of the Red Lady:

https://www.sapiens.org/archaeology/paviland-red-lady/

On Ethiopian plunder now residing in London:

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/ethiopian-treasures-revealed-westminster-abbey-british-museum-b1065326.html

On repatriating 100+ looted statues still in Cambridge:

https://www.varsity.co.uk/science/25187
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NUMISMATICA
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Feature on why some ancient coins are so valuable:

https://coinweek.com/ancient-coins/what-makes-the-most-expensive-ancient-coins-so-valuable/

Latest e-Sylum:

http://www.coinbooks.org/v26/club_nbs_esylum_v26n10.html

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

http://www.coinbooks.org/v26/club_nbs_esylum_v26n11.html
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Coin Week:

http://www.coinweek.com/

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OBITUARIES
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Robert Harris:

https://www.lordandstephens.com/obituary/Robert-Harris

Charles H. Khan:

https://dailynous.com/2023/03/06/charles-h-kahn-1928-2023/

Bernard Barcio:

https://www.indystar.com/story/news/education/2023/03/07/bernard-barcio-latin-teacher-known-for-his-catapult-contest-dies/69951386007/

Peter Parsons:

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/professor-peter-parsons-obituary-d9cx3lm06

Matt Hancock:

https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/my-memories-of-matt-hancock/
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AUDIO/VIDEO NEWS
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Audio News from Archaeologica:

https://www.archaeologychannel.org/audio-guide/audio-news/3263-audio-news-from-archaeologica-february-26th-through-march-4th-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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