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explorator 26.06 May 28, 2023
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You can read explorator online at:

https://exploratornews.wordpress.com/

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

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EARLY HOMINIDS
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Not sure where to put this study on the injury risks from flintknapping:

https://www.kent.edu/cas/news/despite-dangers-early-humans-risked-life-threatening-flintknapping-injuries
https://phys.org/news/2023-05-dangers-early-humans-life-threatening-flintknapping.html
https://archaeonewsnet.com/2023/05/early-humans-risked-life-threatening-flintknapping-injuries.html
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/05/26/early-humans-risked-life-threatening-flintknapping-injuries/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11469-230526-flintknapping-injury-risk

A study of DNA suggests that humans 'arose' at various times and various places in Africa:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/17/science/human-origins-africa.html
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/dna-suggests-modern-humans-emerged-from-several-groups-in-africa-not-one-180982242/

Tracking the presence of homo sapiens in South Africa via the presence of lakes etc.:

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/05/230519104542.htm
https://archaeonewsnet.com/2023/05/ancient-climate-change-solves-mystery-of-vanished-south-african-lakes.html

... and the oldest homo sapiens footprint also comes from South Africa (153 000 years bp):

https://theconversation.com/worlds-oldest-homo-sapiens-footprint-identified-on-south-africas-cape-south-coast-205310
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-744381

Pondering whether homo floresiensis is still around:

https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/the-flores-man-hobbits-are-they-still-alive

More on the homo heidelbergensis footprints from Germany:

https://www.pnas.org/post/journal-club/ancient-human-and-animal-footprints-offer-path-past-interactions

More on humans using fire in Spain some 250 000 years bp:

https://phys.org/news/2023-05-humans-europe-years-earlier-previously.html
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-744159
https://archaeonewsnet.com/2023/05/humans-were-making-fires-at-least-250000-years-ago-in-europe.html
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/05/24/humans-were-making-fires-at-least-250000-years-ago-in-europe/

https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/65682082
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AFRICA
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Italy is funding a project to preserve and enhance a site in Axum:

https://addisstandard.com/newsalert-italy-announces-e2-million-for-preservation-and-enhancement-of-ancient-axum-archaeological-site/
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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT
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Egypt announced the find of two major mummification workshops, a pair of tombs, and more from Saqqara:

https://phys.org/news/2023-05-egypt-unveils-ancient-workshops-tombs.html
https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/501754/Antiquities/Ancient-Egypt/In-Photos-Largest-ever-intact-embalming-workshop-u.aspx
https://www.egyptindependent.com/egyptian-mission-uncovers-largest-embalming-workshops-in-saqqara-necropolis/
https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/124665/Egypt-announces-the-discovery-of-the-two-largest-mummification-workshops
https://www.arabnews.com/node/2311286/middle-east
https://www.thenationalnews.com/mena/egypt/2023/05/27/embalming-rooms-for-humans-and-animals-among-latest-finds-at-egypts-saqqara-necropolis/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/27/egypt-antiquities-saqqara/28cf3b10-fc80-11ed-bafc-bf50205661da_story.html
https://www.timesofisrael.com/egypt-unveils-recently-discovered-ancient-workshops-tombs-in-saqqara-necropolis/
https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/egypt-unveils-recently-discovered-ancient-workshops-tombs-saqqara-99648305
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-744354
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/ancient-tombs-mummification-workshops-unearthed-egypt-rcna86550
https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/egypt-unearths-mummification-workshops-tombs-ancient-burial-ground-2023-05-27/
https://www.dw.com/en/egypt-unveils-ancient-workshops-used-to-make-mummies/a-65753893
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/05/archaeologists-discover-ancient-egyptian-tombs-and-mummification-workshops/147451

Digging has resumed at Kom el-Dikka in Alexandria:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/05/archaeologists-excavate-kom-el-dikka-in-alexandria/147395

A study of what mummified bodies reveal about climate in ancient Egypt:

https://english.elpais.com/science-tech/2023-05-20/how-mummies-help-us-understand-the-climate-in-ancient-egypt.html

Some Egyptian coffin lids in Israel underwent scanning:

https://www.timesofisrael.com/ancient-egyptian-sarcophagi-undergo-ct-scans-at-jerusalem-hospital-to-reveal-craft/
https://www.israeltoday.co.il/read/ancient-egyptian-coffin-lids-undergo-ct-scan-in-jerusalem/

... which seemed to cause confusion/a brouhaha in Egypt:

https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/501471/Antiquities/Ancient-Egypt/Egypt-denies-sending-sarcophagus-lids-to-Israel-fo.aspx
https://egyptindependent.com/egypt-denies-transferring-artifacts-for-examination-in-israel/
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20230522-egypt-denies-sending-artefacts-to-israel-for-examination/
https://www.arabnews.com/node/2308521/middle-east

Not sure what to make of reports of 'bulldozing' of sites in the City of the Dead:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/05/21/amateur-archaeologists-rescue-artefacts-egypt/

Feature on the career of Udjahorresnet:

http://www.archaeology.org/issues/508-2305/features/11337-egypt-persian-period-udjahorresnet

Feature on the bust of Nefertiti:

https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/498776/Antiquities/Ancient-Egypt/Nefertiti-The-beautiful-lady-who-went-from-Egypt-t.aspx

More on a possible fungal connection being made to 'Tut's curse':

https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-744222

Traces of 3000 years bp flour from a Urartian site in Armenia:

https://scienceinpoland.pl/en/news/news%2C96541%2Carmenia-large-amounts-flour-residue-discovered-3000-years-old-building.html
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/mysterious-white-powdery-substance-found-inside-3000-year-old-ruins-in-armenia-isnt-what-it-seems
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/bakery-metsamor-armenia-wheat-flour-2305913
https://archaeonewsnet.com/2023/05/large-amounts-of-flour-residue-discovered-in-3000-years-old-building-in-metsamor-armenia.html
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/05/23/large-amounts-of-flour-residue-discovered-in-3000-years-old-building/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11460-230524-armenia-flour-storage

Feature on Gertrude Bell:

https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/famous-travelers-to-turkiye-gertrude-bell-nation-founder-archaeologist/news

Rescue digs at the Chaparabad Dam site in Iran:

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/485076/Excavations-underway-in-Chaparabad-Dam-to-safeguard-relics

More on early evidence of romantic kissing in 4500 years bp Mesopotamia:

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/05/230518172004.htm
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2023/may/18/first-records-of-human-kissing-may-date-back-1000-years-earlier-than-estimated
https://mymodernmet.com/earliest-recorded-kiss/
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2023-05-23/ty-article/herpes-in-mesopotamia-was-it-caused-by-the-emergence-of-kissing/00000188-48cb-de00-a588-ffcbf4b10000
https://archaeonewsnet.com/2023/05/the-first-documented-kiss-took-place-in-the-middle-east-4500-years-ago.html
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11455-230522-kissing-mesopotamia-india

More on the use of AI to read Mesopotamian texts:

https://phys.org/news/2023-05-ai-ancient-mesopotamian-literature.html
https://menafn.com/1106313064/AI-Is-Helping-Us-Read-Ancient-Mesopotamian-Literature
https://archaeonewsnet.com/2023/05/ai-is-helping-us-read-ancient-mesopotamian-literature.html

More on Bronze Age Baltic amber beads from Europe being identified in Iraq:

https://phys.org/news/2023-05-bronze-age-long-distance-baltic-amber.html
https://www.arabnews.com/node/2308286/offbeat
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11458-230523-iraq-amber-beads

Coverage of an archaeological conference in Jordan:

https://jordantimes.com/news/local/conference-sheds-light-jordans-archaeological-heritage%C2%A0

A study of 3500 years bp pottery from Megiddo suggests Canaanites made wine offerings to the deceased:

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2023-05-25/ty-article/ancient-canaanites-at-megiddo-raised-a-glass-to-the-dead-archaeologists-find/00000188-5328-dde3-abf9-fb29226d0000

A study of a pair of toilets from Jerusalem dating to the Kingdom of Judah has revealed evidence of dysentery:

https://phys.org/news/2023-05-early-toilets-reveal-dysentery-testament.html
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/990044
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/2500-year-old-poop-from-jerusalem-toilets-contain-oldest-evidence-of-dysentery-parasite
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/oldest-dysentery-giardia-parasite-toilet
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-744327
https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/25/middleeast/ancient-toilets-disease-scn/index.html
https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/05/soil-samples-from-iron-age-toilets-show-dysentery-was-widespread-in-jerusalem/
https://archaeonewsnet.com/2023/05/early-toilets-reveal-dysentery-in-old-testament-jerusalem.html
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/05/faeces-from-early-toilets-indicates-dysentery-in-kingdom-of-judah/147433

cf: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/parasitology/article/giardia-duodenalis-and-dysentery-in-iron-age-jerusalem-7th6th-century-bce/FD98E6D61F8D264616547EA4EBED69E4

A study of a 4th century Roman glass-making facility at Jalame el-Asafna (Israel):

https://www.asor.org/anetoday/2023/05/dig-deeper-glass-jalame

Israeli archaeologists apparently want to stop digging for a while:

https://www.haaretz.com/magazine/2023-05-24/ty-article-magazine/.premium/why-israels-archaeologists-want-to-stop-digging/00000188-4da5-df79-a19d-ffbda0950000

Feature on the 4 BCE Shavout rebellion:

https://www.thetorah.com/article/forgotten-shavuot-history-the-4-bce-rebellion-and-the-therapeutae

Feature/oped on Israeli digging under the Al-Aqsa Mosque (?):

https://www.aljazeera.com/program/inside-story/2023/5/22/whats-driving-israeli-excavations-under-al-aqsa-mosque

... and the visit of an EU representative to Sebastia:

https://english.wafa.ps/Pages/Details/135961
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/371897

More on the 2000 years bp 'receipt' inscription from Jerusalem:

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/2000-year-old-stone-receipt-discovered-in-jerusalem
https://hypebeast.com/2023/5/historic-discovery-of-2000-year-old-receipt-in-jerasulem
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/a-2000-year-old-chalkstone-receipt-carved-with-customer-names-and-prices-was-just-uncovered-in-jerusalem-2306881

More on that 1800 years bp shipwreck off Israel full of Roman construction marble:

https://famagusta-gazette.com/2023/05/22/eastern-mediterranean-shipwreck-reveals-exciting-cargo/
https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/ancient-cultures/ancient-israel/roman-shipwreck-found-off-israels-coast/
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/shipwreck-israeli-coast-2303579
https://the-past.com/news/shipwrecked-cargo-containing-roman-era-marble-artefacts-discovered-in-israel/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/Diver-Unearths-Marble-Columns-from-Roman-Rule-of-Israel-180982224/

Apparently you can purchase yeast found in a 3000 years bp beer glass:

https://www.timesofisrael.com/brew-your-own-ancient-beer-yeast-from-3000-year-old-philistine-beer-jug-now-on-sale/

More on 8000-9000 years bp inscribed 'blueprints' from Jordan:

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/05/230519104539.htm
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/17/science/ancient-architecture-desert-kites.html
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/archaeologists-engravings-earliest-architectural-renditions-2307061
https://archaeonewsnet.com/2023/05/rock-engravings-in-jordan-and-saudi-arabia-are-oldest-known-scaled-building-plans-in-human-history.html
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/05/22/oldest-architectural-plans-detail-mysterious-desert-mega-structures/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-discover-the-oldest-known-blueprints-180982207/
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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS)
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A 10th/9th century BCE structure (and later finds) from Thorikos:

https://arkeonews.net/archaeologists-discovered-the-earliest-iron-age-house-in-athens-and-attica/

Brief item on a 5th century BCE vessel of some sort found near Jicin (Czechia):

https://english.radio.cz/ancient-vessel-fifth-century-bc-discovered-near-jicin-8784200

An ancient quarry/temple site found during trenching work in Marsaxlokk (Malta):

https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/ancient-quarry-discovered-trenching-works-marsaxlokk.1034106

Some very large Roman heads (probably akroteria) from the Carlisle Cricket Club dig:

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4npmy7r0g3o
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/roman-cumbria-carlisle-uk-government-b2344954.html
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/cumbria-carlisle-uk-government-b1083454.html
https://www.guardian-series.co.uk/news/national/23544715.rare-roman-sculptures-unearthed-cumbria/
https://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/23542986.carlisle-cricket-clubs-yields-yet-incredible-roman-history/
https://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/23545106.find-lifetime---roman-artefacts-unearthed-carlisle-dig/
https://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/23546835.carlisles-roman-finds-put-city-map/
https://cumbriacrack.com/2023/05/24/howzat-finds-of-a-lifetime-at-carlisle-roman-dig/
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12119377/Retired-nurse-finds-two-sculpted-Roman-heads-Hadrians-wall-archaeological-dig.html
https://www.itv.com/news/border/2023-05-24/archaeological-dig-in-carlisle-unearths-two-roman-carved-heads-on-just-day-two
https://www.thedailybeast.com/priceless-roman-artifacts-found-at-carlisle-cricket-club
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article275818031.html
https://www.newsweek.com/two-huge-roman-head-sculptures-found-sports-club-finds-lifetime-1802845
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-744321
https://arkeonews.net/two-monumental-sculpted-roman-heads-unearthed-in-carlisle-northern-england/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/05/colossal-carved-heads-found-at-roman-bathhouse-near-hadrians-wall/147422
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/67345
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/05/26/uncovering-roman-carlisle-2023-roman-artefacts-unearthed/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11466-230525-england-roman-sculptures

Roman pottery from the dig at Alderney:

https://guernseypress.com/news/2023/05/23/alderney-dig-unearths-roman-pottery-but-no-walls/

... and a possible Bronze Age skeleton:

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-guernsey-65690671
https://news.yahoo.com/alderney-dig-uncovers-potential-bronze-203359898.html

A 2000 years bp Romano-British jug found near Peterborough:

https://www.cambsnews.co.uk/news/2000-year-old-romano-british-jug-unearthed-near-peterborough/10835/
https://www.huntspost.co.uk/news/23545122.ancient-jug-found-construction-site-near-peterborough/

A 2000 years bp rock-carved face, phallus, and cornucopia from Benidorm (Spain):

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/romans/heavy-rains-expose-ancient-phallus-and-imposing-face-carvings-at-roman-fort-in-spain
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-12119845/Only-Benidorm-Archaeologists-discover-carvings-PHALLUS-2-000-year-old-Roman-fort.html
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-743920

Evidence of bird sacrifice in Isis rituals at Pompeii:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2023/05/21/pompeii-excavation-indicates-birds-were-important-in-isis-cult/

Evidence of the Legio X Fretensis in Georgia:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/05/study-finds-evidence-of-legio-x-fretensis-in-georgia/147438
https://arkeonews.net/archaeologists-conducting-excavations-at-the-roman-fort-of-apsaros-in-georgia-found-evidence-of-the-legion-x-fretensis/

A study of a preserved Roman perfume container from Spain has revealed the presence of patchouli:

https://phys.org/news/2023-05-proof-roman-empire-patchouli.html
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/990407
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/ancient-roman-perfume-likely-to-be-patchouli-archaeologists-say-0zvdfphlt
https://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-05-26/researchers-discover-what-a-perfume-from-ancient-rome-smelled-like-patchouli.html
https://www.newswise.com/articles/patchouli-perfumed-the-roman-empire
https://www.iflscience.com/composition-of-roman-perfume-identified-for-first-time-and-it-smelled-like-patchouli-69118
https://arkeonews.net/researchers-identified-for-the-first-time-the-composition-of-a-roman-perfume-more-than-2000-years-old/
https://archaeonewsnet.com/2023/05/scientists-determine-the-chemical-composition-and-fragrance-of-ancient-roman-perfume.html

cf: https://www.mdpi.com/2571-9408/6/6/236

The Temple of Venus and Rome has reopened:

http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/67353

There have been 112 'heritage discoveries' in Malta over the past year:

https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/cisterns-cart-ruts-silo-pits-112-heritage-discoveries-made-last-year.1032809

More on the 4th century CE watchtower found in Switzerland:

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/romans/1700-year-old-roman-watchtower-ruins-discovered-in-switzerland
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11464-230525-switzerland-roman-watchtower

More on the restoration of the colossal gilded statue of Hercules in the Vatican:

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/hercules-vatican-2307003

More on the pair of eathquake victims found at Pompeii:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/may/16/pompeii-dig-finds-skeletal-remains-dating-back-to-vesuvius-earthquake
https://www.ynetnews.com/travel/article/h1zm11kvsh
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11448-230518-pompeii-skeletal-remains

More on that Roman doctor burial from Hungary:

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/roman-doctor-remains-grave-hungary-2307528

More on cosmic rays revealing a Hellenistic tomb beneath Naples:

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/cosmic-ray-scanning-has-revealed-a-greek-tomb-hidden-beneath-the-city-of-naples-2302149
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/archaeology-news-ancient-greek-catacombs-naples-subatomic-particles-1234669448/

More on evidence Romans had snub-nosed dogs:

https://archaeonewsnet.com/2023/05/scientists-prove-that-romans-were-breeding-small-bulldogs.html

Review of Jane Draycott, *Cleopatra's Daughter*:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/23/books/review/cleopatras-daughter-jane-draycott.html
https://www.wsj.com/articles/cleopatras-daughter-review-life-in-mothers-shadow-e3b13b7e

Review of Peter Stothard, *Crassus*:

https://merionwest.com/2023/05/26/review-crassus-the-first-tycoon-by-peter-stothard/

AE Stallings on Keats' sonnet about the Elgin Marbles:

https://hudsonreview.com/?p=21151#.ZG0CHiUpCEc
https://hudsonreview.com/?p=21151#.ZG0CHiUpCEc

... and a feature on AE Stallings:

https://news.uga.edu/a-e-stallings-classical-influence/

Feature on women's rebellion in Greek mythology:

https://theconversation.com/what-greek-mythology-teaches-us-about-womens-resistance-and-rebellion-200519
https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/what-greek-mythology-teaches-us-about-women-s-18114129.php

Another feature on Roman dodecahedra:

https://boingboing.net/2023/05/23/what-is-the-function-of-these-mysterious-ancient-roman-dodecahedrons.html

Feature on Etruscan jewellery:

https://www.artandobject.com/news/etruscan-jewelry-and-charm-gold-antiquity

Feature on Roman merchants in Madurai:

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/when-roman-merchants-and-soldiers-came-to-madurai-to-trade-in-pepper/article66894159.ece

Feature on what ancient Greek sounded like:

https://greekreporter.com/2023/05/23/ancient-greek-sounded-like/

Feature on the sword of Damocles:

https://greekreporter.com/2023/05/26/sword-damocles-power-ancient-greece/

Feature on Pericles:

https://greekreporter.com/2023/05/22/pericles-democracy-ancient-greek/

Feature on the palace of Aigai:

https://greekreporter.com/2023/05/21/palace-aigai-biggest-building-ancient-greece/

Feature on the mines at Laurion:

https://greekreporter.com/2023/05/21/mines-laurion-athens-western-civilization/

Socrates was found 'not guilty' in the latest mock trial:

https://greekreporter.com/2023/05/24/socrates-famous-trial-recreated/

Latest Pasts Imperfect newsletter:

https://pastsimperfect.substack.com/p/pasts-imperfect-52523
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http://rogueclassicism.com/
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EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland)
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A study of the bone tool-making activities at El Miron Cave (Spain) 20 000 years bp:

https://the-past.com/news/palaeolithic-bone-tool-workshop-identified-in-spanish-cave/

Rethinking the function of some 'paleolithic open rings' found in the 19th century:

https://phys.org/news/2023-05-puzzling-finger-loops-prehistoric-weapon.html
https://arkeonews.net/puzzling-rings-may-be-finger-loops-from-prehistoric-weapon-systems/

Rethinking a piece of portable Magdalenian art found back in the 1960s from Gipuzkoa (Spain):

https://phys.org/news/2023-05-re-appraisal-piece-portable-art-gipuzkoa.html
https://archaeonewsnet.com/2023/05/early-humans-risked-life-threatening-flintknapping-injuries.html

7000 years bp cave paintings from Penaguila (Spain) found during a drone survey:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/05/archaeologists-discover-cave-paintings-using-drones/147412
https://www.techtimes.com/articles/291892/20230524/archaeologists-discover-neolithic-cave-paintings-spain-drones.htm

2700 years bp petroglyphs from a 'mossy rock' in Sweden:

http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/67319

A late Iron Age 'cult city' site near Sunnfjord (Norway):

https://www.sacbee.com/news/nation-world/world/article275718846.html
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article275718846.html
https://news.yahoo.com/prehistoric-cult-uncovered-along-edge-151727341.html

Prehistoric and late medieval settlement sites from Mikolajki:

https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/05/25/archaeologists-discover-traces-of-prehistoric-settlements-mikolajki/

Excavations at the Old Black Lion Pub site in Northampton have revealed early English ceramics and more:

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cxe78dmn6xjo

A church submerged in a storm surge in 1362 in Rugholt was located:

https://press.uni-mainz.de/lost-since-1362-researchers-discover-the-church-of-a-sunken-medieval-trading-place/
https://phys.org/news/2023-05-lost-church-sunken-medieval.html
https://www.newsweek.com/church-vanished-700-years-ago-rediscovered-1802972
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/05/archaeologists-discover-lost-church-in-submerged-medieval-settlement/147417
https://archaeonewsnet.com/2023/05/researchers-discover-the-church-of-a-sunken-medieval-trading-place.html
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/05/25/researchers-discover-the-church-of-a-sunken-medieval-trading-place/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11468-230526-germany-rungholt-medieval

Pre-construction digs in Norway have revealed the full extent of the medieval 'King's Wharf' in Oslo:

https://sciencenorway.no/archaeology-history-medieval-history/archaeologists-had-to-destroy-nearly-all-of-the-medieval-kings-wharf-soon-after-they-excavated-it/2197805
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11459-230523-norway-medieval-wharf

A teen metal detectorist in Norway came across a Viking-era ax:

https://www.bnd.com/news/nation-world/world/article275831161.html

A study of VIking shields:

https://sciencenorway.no/archaeology-viking-age-vikings/new-studies-are-upending-our-ideas-about-viking-shields/2203358

Overview of the ongoing digs at a manor house site in Besselsleigh:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-65614660
https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/23548495.besselsleigh-manor-excavation-uncovers-fascinating-find/

Excavations at a Spanish castle site have revealed a complete suit of 16th century armour:

https://www.archeomedia.net/spagna-scoperta-unantica-armatura-nei-pressi-di-un-castello/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/05/complete-suit-of-armour-found-in-excavations-at-spanish-castle/147375

More on the 7000 years bp burial and pottery found in Poland:

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/perfectly-preserved-7000-year-old-skeleton-unearthed-during-renovation-in-poland
https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/1072293-aarchaeologists-find-7000-year-old-perfectly-preserved-skeleton
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11463-230524-poland-neolithic-skeleton

More on the 7000 years bp submerged road found off the coast of Croatia:

https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-744045
https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/underwater-road-leads-to-ancient-hvar-settlement

More on the 1100 years bp breastplate from Bulgaria inscribed with possible Cyrillic writing:

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/1100-year-old-breastplate-to-ward-off-evil-may-contain-the-oldest-cyrillic-writing-ever-found
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-744322
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/67326
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11462-230524-bulgaria-cyrillic-inscription

More on burial evidence of child labour from Yorkshire:

https://www.surreycomet.co.uk/news/national/23529983.first-direct-evidence-harrowing-lives-pauper-apprentices-uncovered/
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/05/22/scientists-unearth-forgotten-children-of-the-past/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11456-230522-england-mills-children

... and semi-related roof tile handprints:

https://boingboing.net/2023/05/23/handprints-of-child-laborers-discovered-on-roof-tiles-at-victorian-era-construction-site.html

Hyping a just-starting dig at Wirral (Roman/Viking questions):

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-merseyside-65724985

Norfolk had a big year in 'treasure' finds:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-norfolk-65650308

Feature on life in medieval Europe:

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/what-life-in-medieval-europe-was-really-like

Feature on Sardinia's Mone d'Accoddi:

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/ancient-european-ziggurat-sardinia

Feature on the Picts:

https://www.thecollector.com/picts-mysterious-people-scotland/
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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 2700 years bp leather saddle from a woman's tomb in Yanghai:

https://phys.org/news/2023-05-saddle-unearthed-china-oldest.html
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/2700-year-old-leather-saddle-found-in-womans-tomb-in-china-is-oldest-on-record
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11467-230526-china-yanghai-saddle

A cluster of Eastern Han Dynasty tombs from Linghai City:

https://english.news.cn/20230525/910a2aeb0c624b6297a1658a572c9542/c.html
https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202305/25/WS646f134fa310b6054fad5180.html
http://www.china.org.cn/arts/2023-05/26/content_85629475.htm
http://en.people.cn/n3/2023/0525/c90000-20023796.html

12 Yuan dynasty tombs from Shandong:

https://arkeonews.net/12-tombs-with-beautiful-decorations-and-carved-bricks-from-the-period-of-kublai-khan-the-grandson-of-genghis-khan-found-in-china/

A pair of Ming-era shipwrecks from the South China Sea:

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/may/24/south-china-sea-shipwrecks-give-clues-about-historic-silk-road-trade-routes
https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2023/05/25/2003800392
https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202305/1291158.shtml
https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202305/21/WS6469b289a310b6054fad42f0_2.html
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article275659401.html
https://arkeonews.net/ming-era-two-shipwrecks-found-in-south-china-sea/
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/67334

Feature on jade burial suits:

https://www.iflscience.com/jade-burial-suits-why-the-ancient-chinese-lay-their-dead-to-rest-in-such-opulence-69129

An Edo period vase for holy oil used by 'hidden Christians' in Japan:

https://arkeonews.net/vase-for-holy-oil-used-by-hidden-christians-in-japan/

Angkor-era finds from the Angkor Archaeological Park:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/05/over-1000-artefacts-from-angkor-era-found-at-angkor-archaeological-park/147400

More than 30 burials of Khan descendents (18th century) in Azerbaijan:

https://en.trend.az/azerbaijan/society/3752116.html

Feature marking the 50th anniversary of the excavations at the Cheonmachong site in South Korea:

https://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20230524000501

Feature on the Murud-Janjira fort:

https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p0fngc6l/a-marvel-of-engineering-on-india-s-west-coast

'Prehistoric' 'cup marks' and sculptures from a site near Sinhagad:

https://www.punekarnews.in/pune-ancient-engravings-and-sculptures-unearthed-at-sinhagad-fort/

Pre-Ashokan petroglyphs from the Jubilee Hills near Hyderabad:

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/archaeologist-from-city-discovers-rock-paintings-of-pre-ashokan-age/articleshow/100406797.cms

Neolithic stone tools from near Hyderabad:

https://www.deccanherald.com/national/south/archaeologists-find-neolithic-stone-tools-in-hyderabad-1221772.html
https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/science/archaeologists-find-neolithic-stone-tools-in-hyderabad/article66891919.ece

400 Mughal-era coins found during construction at an Uttar Pradesh temple site:

https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/nearly-400-mughal-era-coins-found-at-construction-site-in-up-2383004-2023-05-23

Evidence of a Chola-era brick channel from Gangaikondacholapuram:

https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Tiruchirapalli/brick-channel-unearthed-at-gangaikondacholapuram/article66892837.ece

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AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND
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A pair of 'mysterious' boats in some Arnhem Land rock art have been identified as Malukkan/Moluccan:

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05-28/nt-moluccan-boat-arnhem-land-rock-art/102400042

More on the wreck of the Batavia:

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/premium/article/batavia-shipwreck-australia-archaeology
https://archaeonewsnet.com/2023/05/further-dark-secrets-of-batavia-shipwreck-laid-bare.html
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NORTH AMERICA
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Evidence of the French and Indian war from excavations at the Fort Necessity National Battlefield:

https://dailycaller.com/2023/05/23/scientists-verify-bullets-george-washington-french-indian-war/
https://news.yahoo.com/scientists-1754-ballistics-first-shots-200503064.html
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/05/archaeologists-uncover-first-shots-of-the-french-and-indian-war/147406
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/05/24/archaeology-project-uncovers-first-shots-of-the-french-and-indian-war/

A push to bury remains of 44 Revolutionary War American soldiers found during construction at Lake George five years ago:

https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/push-get-american-revolution-soldiers-buried-lake-18112486.php

Feature on digs at Lakehead University's Thunder Bay campus:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/thunderbay-archaeology-lakeheaduniversity-1.6855064

Feature on a University of Alberta field school on Metis land in St Albert:

https://edmontonjournal.com/news/local-news/metis-settlement-land-in-st-albert-now-site-of-u-of-a-archaeology-field-school

Feature on 'Indigenous-led archaeology' in Quebec and Ontario:

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/unreserved/indigenous-led-archaeology-1.6854258

In case you missed the coverage of evidence the Norse in Greenland were making use of North American timber:

https://arkeonews.net/more-evidence-shows-vikings-came-to-north-america-before-columbus/
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CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA
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An Ichma culture burial from Peru's Northern Lima Province:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/05/tomb-from-the-ichma-culture-found-in-peru/147388

Earliest evidence of wine consumption in the Americas domes from15th century pottery from the Puerto Rica region:

https://phys.org/news/2023-05-earliest-evidence-wine-consumption-americas.html
https://www.cranfield.ac.uk/press/news-2023/earliest-evidence-of-wine-consumption-in-the-americas-found-in-caribbean
https://greekreporter.com/2023/05/23/earliest-evidence-wine-america-caribbean/
https://archaeonewsnet.com/2023/05/earliest-evidence-of-wine-consumption-in-the-americas-found-in-caribbean.html
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/05/24/earliest-evidence-of-wine-consumption-in-the-americas-found-in-caribbean/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11461-230524-caribbean-european-wine

A trio of pyramids in the Izamal Archaeological zone are undergoing cleaning and restoration:

https://www.theyucatantimes.com/2023/05/pyramids-of-the-izamal-archaeological-site-are-maintained-and-cleaned-up/

More on the Chancay culture elite burial from Peru's Huaral province:

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article275698496.html
https://www.kansas.com/news/nation-world/world/article275698496.html
https://www.euronews.com/video/2023/05/23/peruvian-archaeologists-find-pre-incan-tomb-of-chancay-culture-leader-left-with-four-llama
https://greekreporter.com/2023/05/24/pre-inca-tomb-peru/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11465-230525-peru-chancay-paddle

Feature on Erika Lucero Robles Cortes' work studying Mexica-era crocodiles:

https://mexiconewsdaily.com/culture/archaeologist-unveils-mysteries-of-mexica-croc-fascination/
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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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Study suggests Elizabeth I was greatly affected by the loss of her mother (Anne Boleyn) when she was young:

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/may/26/elizabeth-i-heavily-influenced-by-loss-of-mother-anne-boleyn-at-young-age

Questioning some recently-donated Degas sculptures at Purdue:

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/opinion/purdue-degas-donation-valsuani-foundry-1234669297/

Feature on King David La'amea Kalakaua and his travels:

https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20230521-king-david-laamea-kalkaua-the-first-king-to-travel-around-the-world

Dali's St John of the Cross is returning to Glasgow:

https://www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/arts_ents/23539869.glasgow-salvador-dali-masterpiece-return-home/

On how Keats wrote *Ode on a Grecian Urn*:

https://www.openculture.com/2023/05/how-john-keats-writes-a-poem-a-line-by-line-breakdown-of-ode-on-a-grecian-urn.html

Feature on Robert Frost's house:

https://www.wshu.org/news/2023-05-25/robert-frost-im-done-with-apple-picking

Feature on the search for palimpsests:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/23/science/medieval-books-hidden-manuscripts.html

Feature on the history of 'nepo babies':

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/05/29/the-world-a-family-history-of-humanity-simon-sebag-montefiore-book-review

Feature on the gender of ancient remains:

https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-744388

Pondering what the 'longest-lasting' civilization was:

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/what-was-the-longest-lasting-civilization

On the history of 'skinny jeans':

https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2023/may/23/skinny-jeans-fashion-history

On Danish artists prepping canvases with beer-brewing leftovers:

https://phys.org/news/2023-05-danish-masters-prepped-canvases-leftovers.html
https://apnews.com/article/danish-golden-age-beer-paintings-1717e9bfe5a9d253e24a0a5ebc1398cf

On Indian automata:

https://theprint.in/opinion/medieval-indian-engineers-in-the-7th-century-built-robots-inspired-future-inventions/1592229/

Marking the 100th anniversary of Sayers' *Whose Body?*:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/21/books/review/dorothy-sayers-whose-body-at-100.html

In case you're looking to buy an old lighthouse:

https://apnews.com/article/lighthouses-free-auction-preservation-coast-guard-7d6c66717a14d9488520a90f07b96f46

More on the 3d digital model of the Titanic:

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/stunning-full-scale-scan-of-titanic-reveals-complete-shipwreck-for-the-1st-time
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11454-230522-titanic-digital-model

Naoise Mac Sweeney on the idea of Western Civilization:

https://lithub.com/why-the-idea-of-western-civilization-is-more-myth-than-history/
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CURRENT EVENTS:
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Latest museum looting by Russian forces:

https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-crime/3712996-russians-loot-museum-reserve-tauric-chersonesos.html

Connecticut is the latest to exonerate a number of 17th century 'witches':

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-65724066

On the history of Memorial Day:

https://apnews.com/article/memorial-day-sales-origin-holiday-travel-fb7ff68ede0b98e9d8b4f0ee3b267785

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LANGUAGE RELATED
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Pondering who was first to speak English:

https://theconversation.com/curious-kids-who-was-the-first-person-to-speak-english-205695

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PHILOSOPHERS AND MATTERS PHILOSOPHICAL
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Review of Robin Waterfield's edition of Epictetus:

https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v45/n11/emily-wilson/i-have-gorgeous-hair

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MUSEUM MATTERS
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Luxury and Power:

https://www.wsj.com/articles/luxury-and-power-persia-to-greece-review-trades-of-imperial-taste-ee5b5c8d
https://aeon.co/videos/what-wine-vessels-reveal-about-politics-and-luxury-in-ancient-athens-and-persia

Tutankhamun: Excavating the Archive:

https://english.ahram.org.eg/News/501490.aspx
https://www.egyptindependent.com/british-embassy-celebrates-100th-anniversary-of-tutankhamun-tomb-discovery/

From Aphrodite to Eros:

https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/aphrodite-eros-greek-vases-exhibition-archaeology-museum.1034064

Marcus Aurelius bust:

https://www.artdependence.com/articles/getty-exhibits-a-unique-golden-portrait-bust-of-the-roman-emperor-marcus-aurelius/

Sarah Bernhardt:

https://www.sun-sentinel.com/2023/05/23/sarah-bernhardt-still-immortal-100-years-after-her-death/

Renaissance Marriage Portraits:

https://artdaily.com/news/157607/-Painted-Love--Renaissance-Marriage-Portraits--at-The-Holburne-Museum

Van Gogh Cypresses:

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2023/may/24/met-museum-vincent-van-gogh-exhibition

Crown Jewels:

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/may/25/new-tower-of-london-display-acknowledges-complex-history-of-crown-jewels

Into + Caribbean:

https://the-past.com/news/history-of-indian-indenture-in-the-british-caribbean-explored-in-new-display-at-museum-of-london-docklands/

Our Lands, Our Home, Our Heart/Nda'keenã , Weekeyaak , Nda'anã:

https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/mohicans-explain-history-new-berkshires-museum-18121875.php

Sweet and Sour Animal Book:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/25/arts/design/langston-hughes-elmer-brown-exhibition-cleveland.html

Roman beauty practices:

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckrk54gv3ymo
https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/about-us/search-news/pr-wroxeter-romans-to-blame-for-no-body-hair-trend/
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/may/24/body-hair-removal-what-romans-did-for-us-english-heritage
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/may/26/from-the-romans-to-sex-and-the-city-how-body-hair-went-out-of-fashion-in-the-uk
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/they-came-they-saw-they-tweezed-manscaping-traced-back-to-romans-hppbqnkw0
https://www.shropshirestar.com/entertainment/attractions/2023/05/25/shropshires-super-smooth-ancient-romans-were-trendsetters-of-hair-removal/

Over half of the GEM's 'heavy antiquities' are in place, apparently:

https://www.egyptindependent.com/over-50-of-gems-heavy-antiquities-now-inside-main-exhibition-halls/

Spain is opening The Royal Collections Gallery:

https://apnews.com/article/spain-museum-gallery-royal-art-madrid-collections-1cfdb32a837174599649818d9e8ff002
https://www.wsls.com/entertainment/2023/05/22/new-madrid-museum-set-to-unveil-five-centuries-of-spains-royal-collections/

The National Archaeological Museum of Naples is opening a new branch:

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/05/26/national-archaeological-museum-naples-new-branch-real-albergo-dei-poveri

Two-part feature on the Louvre:

https://www.readersdigest.co.uk/culture/art-theatre/the-story-of-the-louvre-museum
https://www.readersdigest.co.uk/culture/art-theatre/the-story-of-the-louvre-museum-part-2

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AUCTIONS AND SALES RELATED
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Big bucks for a 2000 years bp Gold Greek Stater:

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/05/26/ancient-greek-gold-coin-from-crimea-sells-for-a-record-breaking-48m
https://news.artnet.com/market/ancient-greek-coin-most-expensive-6-million-2307811
https://menafn.com/1106299700/A-2000-Year-Old-Gold-Greek-Stater-Just-Fetched-6-Million-At-Auction-Making-It-The-Most-Expensive-Ancient-Coin-Ever-Sold
https://greekreporter.com/2023/05/24/ancient-greek-coin-record-sell-millions-swiss-auction/
https://www.ekathimerini.com/culture/1211799/ancient-greek-coin-sells-for-record-price-at-swiss-auction/
https://greekherald.com.au/news/ancient-greek-coin-most-expensive-ever-sold-at-6-million/

Tipu Sultan's looted sword fetched a very high price:

https://www.bonhams.com/press_release/36561/
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/05/23/looted-indian-sword-tipu-sultan-bonhmas-14m
https://www.bonhams.com/auction/28300/lot/175P/the-bedchamber-sword-of-tipu-sultan-reg-1782-1799-a-fine-gold-koftgari-hilted-steel-sword-sukhela-india-18th-century/

... as did a watch owned by China's last emperor:

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/china-last-emperor-puyi-watch-auction-hong-kong-patek-philippe-rcna85944

A Franklin Expedition associated flag has been 'saved for the nation':

https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/1344/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/1344/pub/1344/page/37/article/NaN
https://www.swlondoner.co.uk/news/26052023-rare-naval-expedition-flag-saved-from-overseas-purchase

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THE TECHY SIDE
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Feature on ancient plaque analysis and what it reveals:

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2023-05-21/ty-article/seeing-the-invisible-humans-of-archaeology-through-the-gunk-on-their-teeth/00000188-3d70-d805-a7c9-fdf965d90000

Feature on a new engineering technique that could help preserve historic stone buildings and bridges:

https://techxplore.com/news/2023-05-historic-stone-bridges-technique.html

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TOURISTY THINGS
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Carthage:

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/article/what-to-do-in-carthage-ruins-renovations-historic-sites

Delos:

https://www.thetravel.com/what-to-know-about-delos-island-in-greece/

Termessos:

https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/turkiyes-ancient-city-termessos-beckons-visitors-all-year/news

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CRIME BEAT
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Police in Israel saved some Bar Kochba-era ossuaries from grave robbers (family building a house spin too):

https://www.timesofisrael.com/family-building-a-house-in-northern-israel-destroys-1800-year-old-burial-cave/
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-743940
https://www.jns.org/jns/archaeology/23/5/23/290185/
https://www.jewishpress.com/news/archaeology-news/bar-kochba-era-sarcophagi-uncovered-in-galilee-vandalized-cave/2023/05/23/

Afghan authorities prevented smuggling of hundreds of items in the past year:

https://www.ariananews.af/hundreds-of-artifacts-stopped-from-being-smuggled-out-of-afghanistan-in-past-year/

More on the major bust and recovery of 3500+ items in Italy recently:

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/italy-arrests-raiders-ancient-art-recovers-3500-items-2023-05-24/
https://www.cnn.com/style/article/italy-artifacts-arrests-intl-scli/index.html
https://www.ansa.it/english/news/2023/05/24/art-cops-uncover-archaeological-relic-trafficking-ring_b6810d77-93da-4a74-b9ac-537dc833cc25.html
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/italian-police-recover-looted-artifacts-1234669793/
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/italy-antiquities-trafficking-ring-busted-3500-relics-2309290
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-744266
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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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Buckingham Palace has rejected calls to return the remains of Ethiopia's Prince Alemayehu:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-65588663
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/buckingham-palace-prince-alemayehu-ethiopia-british-museum-b1082994.html
https://www.thedailybeast.com/charles-wont-exhume-teenage-ethiopian-prince-buried-at-windsor-because-it-might-disturb-his-ancestors
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/royal-family-refuses-return-remains-ethiopian-prince-alemayehu-britain-rcna85721
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/prince-dejatch-alemayehu-ethiopia-england-repatriation-180982239/

A pair of collectors in San Diego are retuning a number of items to Mexico:

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/two-san-diego-collectors-surrendered-65-archaeological-objects-to-mexico-1234669463/

Native American remains from Massachusetts are apparently still in some museums:

https://www.nepm.org/regional-news/2023-05-24/dozens-of-native-remains-from-western-mass-still-in-museums-despite-decades-old-repatriation-law

More on the major busts in Italy recently:

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/italian-police-recover-looted-artifacts-1234669793/

More on Australia returning items to Cyprus:

https://cyprus-mail.com/2023/05/24/cyprus-antiquities-returned-from-australia/
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/australian-citizens-collaborate-to-repatriate-cypriot-treasures
https://greekherald.com.au/news/36-cypriot-antiquities-repatriated-to-cyprus-from-australia/

More on the US returning a couple of items to Iraq:

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/05/24/iraqi-antiquities-seized-new-york-repatriated
https://www.artdependence.com/articles/manhattan-district-attorney-bragg-returns-two-ancient-stone-figures-to-iraq/
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/looted-iraqi-antiquities-repatriated-shelby-white-2305885
https://menafn.com/1106291207/Two-Ancient-Sculptures-That-Were-On-Loan-To-The-Met-Have-Been-Repatriated-To-Iraq

More on the US returning an Olmec sculpture to Mexico:

https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/back-mexico-earth-monster-sculpture-points-ancient-beliefs-2023-05-27/
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/pre-columbian-olmec-sculpture-returned-to-mexico-1234669329/
https://www.laprensalatina.com/iconic-olmec-stone-sculpture-repatriated-from-us-now-on-display-at-mexico-museum/

More on Greece receiving a number of items associated with Robin Symes:

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-65657620
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05-21/greece-recovers-hundreds-of-artefacts-from-art-thief/102373896
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/greece-wins-back-hundreds-of-stolen-artifacts-from-the-disgraced-dealer-robin-symes-after-a-17-year-legal-battle-2306650
https://www.thenationalherald.com/greece-recovers-hundreds-of-stolen-artifacts-alexanders-statue/
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/greece-culture-351-looted-antiquities-legal-battle-art-dealer-robin-symes-1234669156/
https://menafn.com/1106291199/Greece-Wins-Back-Hundreds-Of-Stolen-Artifacts-From-The-Disgraced-Dealer-Robin-Symes-After-A-17-Year-Legal-Battle
https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/greece-recovers-hundreds-of-antiquities-from-art-thief-183323
https://www.tornosnews.gr/en/greek-news/culture/48882-media-greece-recovers-hundreds-of-stolen-artifacts-including-alexander%E2%80%99s-statue.html
https://archaeonewsnet.com/2023/05/greece-recovers-hundreds-of-looted-artefacts-from-disgraced-british-art-dealer-robin-symes.html
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/05/23/hundreds-of-looted-artifacts-of-robin-symes-limited-repatriated-to-greece/

... and one of them appears to be a forgery:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/may/24/recovered-ancient-vase-announced-by-greece-is-modern-forgery
https://www.thenationalherald.com/vase-artifact-being-returned-to-greece-called-forgery-exam-coming/
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/greek-vase-repatriated-fake-christos-tsirogiannis-2308715
https://menafn.com/1106309963/A-5Th-Century-Vase-One-Of-The-351-Artifacts-Recently-Repatriated-To-Greece-Is-A-Known-Fake-Says-A-Forensic-Archaeologist

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NUMISMATICA
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Latest e-Sylum:

http://www.coinbooks.org/v26/club_nbs_esylum_v26n21.html

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

http://www.coinbooks.org/v26/club_nbs_esylum_v26n22.html
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Coin Week:

http://www.coinweek.com/

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OBITUARIES
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Graeme Clarke:

https://humanities.org.au/our-community/vale-graeme-clarke-ao-faha-1934-2023/

Jaromir Malek:

https://orinst.web.ox.ac.uk/article/dr-jaromir-malek-1943-2023

Robert Ousterhout:

http://www.thedp.com/article/2023/05/penn-professor-robert-ousterhout-death

Henry Fehr Booth:

https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/cumberlink/name/henry-booth-obituary?id=52045776

Stanley Engerman:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/27/us/stanley-engerman-dead.html

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AUDIO/VIDEO NEWS
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Audio News from Archaeologica:

https://www.archaeologychannel.org/audio-guide/audio-news/3281-audio-news-from-archaeologica-may-14th-through-20th-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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