explorator 26.10

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explorator 26.10 June 25, 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, Christopher Kimberley,
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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57 000 years bp (or earlier) 'engravings' from the La Roche-Cotard cave are being attributed to Neanderthals:

https://phys.org/news/2023-06-neanderthal-cave-engravings-oldest-years.html
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/jun/21/engravings-french-cave-oldest-known-neanderthals-scientists
https://www.france24.com/en/culture/20230622-oldest-known-neanderthal-engravings-found-in-france-s-loire-valley
https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/23/europe/neanderthals-french-cave-markings-scn/index.html
https://news.yahoo.com/ancient-finger-painting-57-000-213337256.html
https://www.vice.com/en/article/y3w3mm/archaeologists-discover-worlds-oldest-neanderthal-cave-engravings
https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/these-prehistoric-paintings-are-57-000-years-old-but-who-painted-them
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/57000-year-old-neanderthal-markings-identified-in-sealed-french-cave-1234672251/
https://www.sciencealert.com/scratches-on-a-cave-wall-in-france-likely-to-be-earliest-example-of-neanderthal-art
https://www.iflscience.com/worlds-oldest-cave-engravings-found-but-homo-sapiens-were-not-the-artist-69472
https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/oldest-known-neanderthal-engravings-found-sealed-off-in-cave-for-57000-years/
https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/06/could-these-marks-on-a-cave-wall-be-oldest-known-neanderthal-finger-paintings/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/06/researchers-find-oldest-known-neanderthal-engravings/147759
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/06/23/oldest-known-neanderthal-engravings-unearthed-in-french-cave/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/oldest-known-neanderthal-engravings-discovered-in-french-cave-180982408/

cf: https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/06/archaeologists-have-uncovered-a-4000-year-old-solar-sanctuary-in-the-netherlands/147744

Evidence of Neanderthal cannibalism from the Coves del Toll de Mola cave (Spain):

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/06/evidence-of-neanderthal-cannibalism-found-in-spanish-cave/147832

Evidence of bone tools at the Chez-Pinaud-Jonzac Neanderthal site:

https://phys.org/news/2023-06-unseen-industry-neanderthals-bone-tools.html

More on the muscle reconstruction of Lucy and its implications:

https://www.sciencealert.com/lucy-reconstructed-secrets-of-ancient-human-ancestor-revealed
https://archaeonewsnet.com/2023/06/first-hominin-muscle-reconstruction-shows-3-2-million-year-old-lucy-could-stand-as-erect-as-we-can.html
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/06/19/lucy-could-stand-as-erect-as-we-can/

More on 86 000 years bp evidence of homo sapiens from the Tam Pa Ling cave on Laos:

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/06/230621164756.htm
https://scienceblog.com/538377/ancient-human-remains-in-laos-cave-hint-at-early-migrations/
https://archaeonewsnet.com/2023/06/researchers-get-rare-glimpse-of-our-first-ancestors-in-southeast-asia.html

More on the 42 000 years bp 'phallic pendant' from Mongolia:

https://phys.org/news/2023-06-ancient-pendant-mongolia-oldest-penis.html
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/42000-year-old-anatomically-accurate-penis-pendant-is-the-worlds-earliest-known-depiction-of-human-genitalia
https://www.sciencealert.com/this-ancient-blob-may-be-the-oldest-phallic-depiction-ever-found
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/pendant-mongolia-earliest-phallic-art-2324393
https://arkeonews.net/a-42000-year-old-pendant-found-in-northern-mongolia-may-be-the-earliest-known-phallic-art/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11547-230621-mongolia-pendant-paleolithic

More on 'Viking disease' being passed on in Neanderthal genes:

https://archaeonewsnet.com/2023/06/the-viking-disease-can-be-due-to-gene-variants-inherited-from-neanderthals.html

More on multiple origins from closely related populations for homo sapiens:

https://archaeonewsnet.com/2023/06/new-model-for-human-evolution-suggests-homo-sapiens-arose-from-multiple-closely-related-populations.html
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AFRICA
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Pondering depictions of one-horned creatures in art across southern Africa:

https://phys.org/news/2023-06-unicorns-southern-africa-fascinating-story.html
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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT
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The pyramid of Queen Titi Sheri in Abydos has been restored:

https://english.ahram.org.eg/News/503571.aspx
https://english.news.cn/20230622/a052bc08048940df903c567b22304b39/c.html
https://www.egyptindependent.com/queen-titi-sheri-pyramid-in-abydos-restored-alongside-discovery-of-king-ahmose-era-cemetery/

More on evidence of hydraulic engineering along the Nile in Egypt and Sudan:

https://www.sciencealert.com/ancient-structure-along-river-nile-is-oldest-hydraulics-system-of-its-kind

Remains of a settlement that was 'prosperous' during the Sassanid era from western Iran:

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/485912/New-traces-of-ancient-city-revealed-in-western-Iran

A dig at the Gabri site yas revealed Achaemenid, Parthian, and Sassanid-era pottery:

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/485958/Archaeologists-unearth-potteries-dating-from-Achaemenid-Parthian

Feature on Ennigaldi-Nanna and the first museum:

https://mymodernmet.com/ennigaldi-nanna-founded-the-first-museum-in-the-world/

Feature on the book of Esther as a source for Achaemenian history:

https://www.asor.org/anetoday/2023/06/esther-achaemenian-history

Review of Matt Waters, *King of the World: The Life of Cyrus the Great*:

https://www.nationalreview.com/magazine/2023/07/10/the-cyrus-the-great-we-thought-we-knew/

More on locating sites in Iraq using AI:

https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/archaeology-today/telling-a-tell-with-artificial-intelligence/?mqsc=E4152929&dk=ZE3260ZF0

More on translating cuneiform using AI:

https://www.iflscience.com/google-translate-for-cuneiform-archaeologists-have-used-ai-to-find-a-way-69495
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/06/archaeologists-use-artificial-intelligence-ai-to-translate-5000-year-old-cuneiform-tablets/147816

A 1600 years bp mosaic with Trojan War scenes is being excavated at al-Rastan City (Syria):

https://english.news.cn/20230623/4168a71a12ff4a8984908ea7309d0ffd/c.html
http://www.china.org.cn/world/Off_the_Wire/2023-06/23/content_88938467.htm
https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Syrian-Archaeologists-Unveil-1600-Year-Old-Greek-Mosaic-20230623-0006.html
https://it.euronews.com/cultura/2023/06/23/siria-scoperto-un-nuovo-mosaico-romano-vicino-a-homs

A monument to Ishtar from Nimrud (I think this is a few months old, newswise):

https://www.iflscience.com/relics-of-historys-first-known-goddess-emerge-in-assyrian-city-razed-by-isis-69503

Feature on the art of Dura Europos:

https://the-past.com/feature/the-gods-of-dura-europos/

Finds from several eras but mostly focusing on the find of a Cimmerian settlement site in Anatolia:

https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/japanese-archaeologist-reveal-1st-settlement-of-cimmerians-in-anatolia/news
https://arkeonews.net/archaeologists-reveal-first-settlement-of-cimmerians-in-anatolia/

An overview of the state of underwater archaeology in Turkiye:

https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkiyes-underwater-archaeological-map-prepared-184081

4th century BCE pebble mosaics from a 'wealthy' building complex in Sinop:

https://arkeonews.net/mosaics-found-in-turkeys-sinop-belong-to-dining-room-of-a-wealthy-family/
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/67602

2300 years bp burials within the city wall of Iznik:

https://www.dailysabah.com/turkiye/secrets-revealed-burials-found-within-city-walls-in-turkiyes-iznik/news

Feature on Jordan's Roman-era water tunnel of Umm Qais:

https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/jordans-roman-era-waterway-water-tunnel-of-umm-qais/2928577

Study suggests a Tel Shikmona factora was manufacturing purple dye in the First Temple era:

https://www.timesofisrael.com/purple-from-holy-temple-objects-traced-to-snail-guts-at-3000-year-old-haifa-factory/
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2023-06-21/ty-article/archaeologists-discover-secret-to-the-prosperity-of-the-biblical-kingdom-of-israel/00000188-dda6-df52-a79d-dda704dc0000
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-746977

Latest attempt at identifying the 'real Bethsaida':

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2023-06-22/ty-article-magazine/how-a-mix-up-in-antiquity-involving-jesus-could-help-identify-the-real-bethsaida/00000188-de03-df52-a79d-de238bae0000

More on 12 000 years bp bone 'flutes' from a Natufian site in Israel:

https://storiearcheostorie.com/2023/06/20/archaeonews-tiny-flutes-from-12000-years-ago-found-in-israel-may-imitate-calls-of-predatory-birds/
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/06/22/the-first-prehistoric-wind-instruments-discovered-in-the-levant/

Feature on the Amorites:

https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/people-cultures-in-the-bible/who-were-the-amorites/

More on the suggestion that Bronze Age Jerusalem was centred on Temple Mount:

https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/ancient-cultures/ancient-israel/ancient-jerusalem-not-where-we-thought/

Pondering when humans first started to 'settle down' (in the ANE):

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/when-did-humans-start-settling-down-180982328/

Feature on Lawrence of Arabia:

https://www.thecollector.com/who-was-lawrence-of-arabia/
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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS)
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Plenty of 15th/14th century grave goods from the Hala Sultan Tekke site (Cyprus):

https://cyprus-mail.com/2023/06/23/rich-trove-of-burial-items-uncovered-during-excavations-near-tekke/
https://greekcitytimes.com/2023/06/24/excavations-at-dromolaxia-vyzakia-site-unearth-rich-burial-gifts/
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/06/23/excavations-at-dromolaxia-vyzakia-hala-sultan-tekke/

Etruscan pottery and pieces of iron chalics from the Etruscan necropolis of Crocifisso del Tufo in Orvieto (Italian):

https://www.stilearte.it/scavo-archeologico-calici-di-ferro-e-buccheri-etruschi-scoperti-nella-necropoli-del-crocifisso-del-tufo-di-orvieto/

A 4th century BCE painted tomb burial from Pontecagnano (all coverage is Italian so far):

https://salerno.occhionotizie.it/pontecagnano-tomba-guerriero/
https://www.italia2tv.it/2023/06/23/archeologia-scoperta-una-tomba-a-camera-dipinta-nella-necropoli-di-potecagnano/
https://www.stilearte.it/tomba-affrescata-di-un-guerriero-del-iv-secolo-a-c-trovata-ora-in-campania-il-defunto-indossava-una-coroncina-doro/

Early report of a 3rd century BCE shipwreck full of amphorae off the coast of Hvar:

https://total-croatia-news.com/lifestyle/3rd-century-ship/

Roman era pottery found in an agricultural trench during roadwork in Malta:

https://lovinmalta.com/news/local/roman-pottery-trenching-works-along-salini-road-as-phase-one-completed/

A tease of a 'relief' depicting an agathodemon being revealed at Pompeii (Italian):

https://www.stilearte.it/trovato-a-pompei-altorilievo-di-un-serpente-agatademone-indica-la-presenza-di-un-larario-che-sara-portato-alla-luce/

A 1900 years bp silver phalera from Vindolanda:

https://arkeonews.net/volunteer-archaeologists-discovered-a-1900-year-old-silver-military-decoration-in-vindolanda/

A quotation from Virgil identified on an 1800 years bp olive oil amphora from Spain:

https://phys.org/news/2023-06-archaeological-poem-virgil-remnants-roman.html
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/993263
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/jun/21/virgil-quote-found-on-fragment-of-roman-jar-unearthed-in-spain
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jun/24/ancient-roman-pot-virgil-poetry
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article276615686.html
https://arkeonews.net/found-in-spain-a-poem-by-virgil-engraved-in-a-roman-amphora/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/virgil-quote-roman-jar-180982426/

cf: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-roman-archaeology/article/abs/las-georgicas-de-virgilio-in-figlinis-a-proposito-de-un-grafito-ante-cocturam-sobre-un-anfora-olearia-betica/742CDE20EED6987767C896C2A1F01739

The site where Julius Caesar was assassinated (and the Largo Argentina cat sanctuary) opened to the public:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/20/world/europe/rome-julius-caesar-assassination.html
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/20/julius-caesar-murder-site-rome-open-tourists
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2023/jun/19/square-where-julius-caesar-was-killed-will-open-to-public-in-rome
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/julius-caesar-assassination-arena-rome-b2360610.html
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-12211797/Ancient-Rome-temples-complex-ruins-building-Caesar-stabbed-opens-tourists.html
https://apnews.com/article/rome-ancient-temples-julius-caesar-726e7c504f4a173dbe6ba322fbfabc18
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/rome-square-julius-caesar-was-killed-tourists-pompey-rcna90320
https://www.forbes.com/sites/suzannerowankelleher/2023/06/20/rome-site-of-caesars-assassination/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/06/19/rome-ancient-temples-julius-caesar/6a457b54-0ed2-11ee-8d22-5f65b2e2f6ad_story.html
https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/ancient-rome-temples-complex-ruins-building-caesar-stabbed-100204118
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-06-20/ancient-roman-temple-complex-with-ruins-of-building-where-caesar/102498830
https://www.thedailybeast.com/rome-opens-site-of-julius-caesars-assassination-as-a-tourist-attraction
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-746850
https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/et-tu-brute-square-where-caesar-was-stabbed-to-welcome-visitors/news
https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/ancient-roman-temple-complex-opens-to-tourists-184096
https://in-cyprus.philenews.com/news/international/rome-to-open-ancient-square-where-julius-caesar-was-killed/
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-rome-to-open-ancient-square-where-julius-caesar-was-killed-2/
https://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/destinations/europe/italy/300909450/rome-opens-up-ancient-temples-complex-including-ruins-of-building-where-julius-caesar-was-stabbed
https://www.artdependence.com/articles/roman-ruins-where-caesar-was-stabbed-opens-to-tourists/
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/area-sacra-rome-caesar-assassination-2324333
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/julius-caesar-stabbing-site-rome-opens-public-1234672130/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/julius-caesar-murder-rome-180982409/

More on the Roman mausoleum site revealed in London:

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/romans/completely-unique-roman-mausoleum-discovered-in-rubble-of-london-building-site
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-747165
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/roman-mausoleum-found-london-180982395/

More on coins linked to the Legio X Fretensis being found in Georgia:

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/romans/1st-century-coins-from-jewish-revolt-against-the-romans-discovered-near-the-black-sea

Hyping the dig just getting underway at Birdoswald fort:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/65944108

The DNA sequence of a pair of victims from Pompeii has been worked out (this seems to be an old story):

https://greekreporter.com/2023/06/20/dna-pompeii-victim-sequenced/

The dig at Carlisle (where the big heads were found) has been extended until July:

https://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/23594802.incredible-carlisle-archaeological-dig-extended-july/

... related:

https://www.kpcnews.com/columnists/article_87b9132d-fa50-5b4b-a4f1-0da42a5b82b1.html

Hyping the new Metro station to be built under Rome's Forum:

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/italy-rome-metro-new-700m-station-ancient-forum-nglxgzmwh

An interview with Paul Cartledge about Cleopatra:

https://www.thecollector.com/interview-queen-cleopatra-with-prof-paul-cartledge-oxford/

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

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/23/books/review/cleopatras-daughter-jane-draycott.html

Review of Adam Nicolson, *How to Be: Life Lessons from the Early Greeks*:

https://www.spectator.com.au/2023/06/from-anaximander-to-zeno/

Feature on a small bronze hand found at Vindolanda a few years ago:

https://www.thecollector.com/interview-queen-cleopatra-with-prof-paul-cartledge-oxford/

Feature on how ancient Athens was 'more genuinely democratic' than modern systems:

https://theconversation.com/how-the-ancient-greeks-kept-ruthless-narcissists-from-capturing-their-democracy-and-what-modern-politics-could-learn-from-them-208042

Feature on gladiators:

https://eaglesanddragonspublishing.com/gladiators-of-ancient-rome/

Feature on the Epiacum Roman Fort:

https://www.lancs.live/news/cumbria-news/cumbrias-ancient-fort-thats-best-27183028

Feature on the 'rules' of the Trojan War:

https://www.ancientworldmagazine.com/articles/rules-trojan-war-heralds-nightfall/

Feature on toga parties through the ages:

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/history-of-toga-parties-times-luxury-zc62dnh5d

Feature on the Antikythera Mechanism:

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/indiana-jones-antikythera-mechanism-2311525

Feature on ancient Greek marriage and wedding ceremonies:

https://www.thecollector.com/ancient-greek-weddings-facts/

Feature on the circus which was once on the site of the Vatican:

https://aleteia.org/2023/06/22/did-you-know-the-vatican-was-once-a-chariot-race-arena/

Feature on Dionysus:

https://greekreporter.com/2023/06/19/dionysus-modern-olympic-god/

Feature on Nike:

https://greekreporter.com/2023/06/19/nike-greek-goddess-sports-brand/

Feature on ancient Greek 'melee weapons':

https://greekreporter.com/2023/06/20/deadliest-melee-weapons-on-the-ancient-greek-battlefield/

Feature on the Greek Dark Ages:

https://greekreporter.com/2023/06/19/ancient-greek-dark-ages/

Feature on the Eleusinian mysteries:

https://the-past.com/feature/eleusinian-mysteries/

Feature on Theano of Crotone:

https://greekreporter.com/2023/06/18/theano-philosopher-wife-pythagoras/

Feature on the wars between Greece and Persia:

https://greekreporter.com/2023/06/18/ancient-greeks-persians-history/

Feature on Keats' 'Chapman's Homer' poem:

https://www.nysun.com/article/poem-of-the-day-on-first-looking-into-chapmans-homer

Another feature on headless Roman statues:

https://greekreporter.com/2023/06/21/ancient-roman-statues-headless/

Latest Pasts Imperfect newsletter:

https://pastsimperfect.substack.com/p/pasts-imperfect-62223
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EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland)
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7000 years bp fish traps from Lake Tesse (Norway):

https://sciencenorway.no/archaeology-stone-age/7000-year-old-fish-traps-excavated-in-norwegian-mountain-lake-a-race-against-time-as-the-water-is-coming-in/2213166
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article276648131.html
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11546-230620-norway-mountains-fishing

A 4000 years bp 'Stonehenge-like' sanctuary from the Netherlands:

https://phys.org/news/2023-06-dutch-unveil-year-old-stonehenge-like-discovery.html
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/4500-year-old-stonehenge-sanctuary-discovered-in-the-netherlands
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/21/archaeologists-unearth-stonehenge-netherlands
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/stonehenge-netherlands-dutch-religious-site-b2362026.html
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/06/23/archaeologists-discover-4000-year-old-sanctuary-with-solar-calendar-in-tiel/
https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/stonehenge-like-4000-year-old-sanctuary-discovered-netherlands-2023-06-21/
https://www.dailysabah.com/life/history/archaeologists-find-4000-year-old-shrine-in-netherlands
https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/dutch-unveil-4-000-year-old-stonehenge-like-discovery-184160
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-747101
https://www.ynetnews.com/travel/article/rjvl9ozu2
https://www.dw.com/en/dutch-archaeologists-find-4000-year-old-shrine/a-65996139
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-06-22/stonehenge-like-sanctuary-discovered-in-the-netherlands/102511728
https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3224939/4000-year-old-dutch-stonehenge-site-unveiled-netherlands
https://www.sciencealert.com/4000-year-old-stonehenge-monument-first-of-its-kind-in-the-netherlands
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/stonehenge-of-the-netherlands-2326240
https://arkeonews.net/archaeologists-find-4000-year-old-sanctuary-in-netherlands/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/06/archaeologists-have-uncovered-a-4000-year-old-solar-sanctuary-in-the-netherlands/147744
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/06/23/archaeologists-discover-4000-year-old-sanctuary-with-solar-calendar-in-tiel/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11553-230623-netherlands-solar-calendar

4000 years bp burials of victims of two different varieties of plague from Austria:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/06/austrias-oldest-bronze-age-plague-victims-identified/147810

A metal detectorist in Poland came across a Bronze Age jewellery hoard:

https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/nation-world/world/article276578541.html
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/67548

A metal detectorist in Norfolk found a Viking-era bronze die of some sort:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-norfolk-65987904

Excavations at a 12th/13th century settlement site in Russia have revealed a seal depicting St George (inter alia):

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/06/seal-depicting-st-george-among-finds-found-near-suzdal/147824

A medieval sword found in Amiens last year has gone on display:

https://www.newsweek.com/ancient-sword-medieval-found-great-condition-1808116

Latest interesting flea market find is a medieval hand cannon (!):

http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/67580

A medieval gaming piece with runic inscriptions from rescue excavations in Trondheim (Norway):

https://sciencenorway.no/archaeology-history-medieval-history/medieval-gaming-piece-with-runic-inscription-discovered-in-norway/2215701
https://www.lifeinnorway.net/gaming-piece-with-runes-found-in-trondheim/
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/67558
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/06/archaeologists-find-gaming-piece-with-runic-inscriptions/147685

A study of the wealth made via slavery by past rulers in the Netherlands:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/19/dutch-study-reveals-extent-of-wealth-made-via-slavery-from-three-past-rulers-king-willem-alexander

Finds from various periods from a dig near Rimavska Sobota (Slovakia):

https://spectator.sme.sk/c/23183311/special-find-unearthed-during-archaeological-research-near-rimavska-sobota.html

Finds from various periods from a development site dig in Truro:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cornwall-65950602

More on 4000 years bp evidence of yersina pestis in Britain:

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jun/19/ancient-britons-stonehenge-killers-plague-britain-migration

More on viking runes found during kitchen renovations in Denmark:

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/denmark-ancient-stone-viking-runes-2320332

More on Bronze Age burials near Stonehenge:

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/vast-cemetery-of-bronze-age-burial-mounds-unearthed-near-stonehenge
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/bronze-age-cemetery-stonehenge-180982397/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11545-230620-england-burial-mounds

More on that (suspiciously) well-preserved 3000 years bp sword from a German burial:

https://phys.org/news/2023-06-german-archaeologists-bronze-age-sword.html
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/octagonal-sword-from-bronze-age-burial-in-germany-is-so-well-preserved-it-shines
https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/65944195
https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/archaeologists-unearth-3000-year-old-sword-in-germany/news
https://mymodernmet.com/ancient-sword-germany/
https://www.zmescience.com/science/archaeologists-find-perfectly-preserved-ancient-octagonal-old-sword-its-almost-shining/
https://arkeonews.net/archaeologists-find-a-3000-year-old-bronze-sword-in-germany/
https://archaeonewsnet.com/2023/06/german-archaeologists-find-bronze-age-sword-so-well-preserved-it-almost-shines.html
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/bronze-age-sword-germany-180982399/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11544-230620-germany-bronze-sword

More on the petroglyphs recently found in Norway:

https://www.star-telegram.com/news/nation-world/world/article276573466.html
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/06/hiker-finds-bronze-age-pictographs-in-norway/147707

More on plans to raise the 3000 years bp Zambratija shipwreck (sewn boat) off the coast of Croatia:

https://www.iflscience.com/divers-want-to-recover-this-3000-year-old-shipwreck-from-croatias-seafloor-69458

More on violence in early farming societies of Neolithic Europe:

https://phys.org/news/2023-06-warfare-responsible-boom-bust-neolithic-societies.html

More on the depiction of a Viking ship found on Iceland:

https://www.sacbee.com/news/nation-world/world/article276576981.html
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/06/depiction-of-viking-ship-found-in-iceland/147694

Official pondering of the future of the Scatness site:

https://www.shetnews.co.uk/2023/06/23/trust-keen-to-hear-islanders-views-on-the-future-of-scatness-iron-age-site/

Concerns for London's Liverpool Street Station:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-65950261

Concerns/feature on St Peter-on-the-Wall church:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/2023/06/24/sacred-mysteries-a-saxon-church-on-a-roman-wall-by-the-sea/

Conservation of some Turkish-held churches on Cyprus have been completed:

https://in-cyprus.philenews.com/news/local/conservation-of-turkish-held-panagia-chryseleousa-agios-antonios-churches-completed/

A dig near Caerau Hillfort in Cardiff has resumed:

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1vzz6ynwr4o

... related:

https://nation.cymru/news/bronze-age-house-in-cardiff-excavated-under-city-park/
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/cardiff-bronze-age-experts-action-cardiff-university-b1089484.html

A grant to study early inhabitants of Scotland:

https://www.aberdeenlive.news/news/aberdeen-news/university-aberdeen-archaeologist-gets-17m-8544363

Feature on 20 'Polish Stonehenge' sites (7000 years bp):

https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/06/19/about-20-polish-stonehenge-structures-have-been-identifie/

Feature on the acoustics of Stonehenge:

https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p0frkb7n/what-did-stonehenge-sound-like-

Feature on recreating the Viking diet:

https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20230619-what-did-the-vikings-eat

Feature on recreating Ipswich Ware:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-suffolk-65950740

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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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Eastern Zhou Dynasty finds (including musical instruments and a wooden oar) from two site in Shaoxing:

https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202306/21/WS6492b0eca310bf8a75d6b218.html

A Warring States tomb from Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region:

http://www.china.org.cn/arts/2023-06/21/content_88591591.htm
http://t.m.china.org.cn/convert/c_7319eMcc.html

A Spring and Autumn period 'large-scale building site' from Shaanxi:

http://www.china.org.cn/arts/2023-06/23/content_88903634.htm
http://t.m.china.org.cn/convert/c_ThBsCbee.html

A 2000 years bp bunch of Zongzi from a tomb excavating in Xinyang:

http://www.china.org.cn/china/Off_the_Wire/2023-06/21/content_88640749.htm
http://t.m.china.org.cn/convert/c_qrhJju7A.html

What ceramics reveal about Chinese trade in the 14th century:

https://phys.org/news/2023-06-ceramics-story-14th-century-chinese.html

Overview of a recent Chinese project using a submersible to locate assorted shipwrecks:

https://global.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202306/20/WS6490e61aa310bf8a75d6ac73.html

Restoration and reinstallation of some sandstone pillars at Angkor Wat;

https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/angkor-pillars-repaired-reinstalled

400 (or more) Chola-era finds from an excavation in Vadakkapattu:

https://www.dtnext.in/news/tamilnadu/asi-finds-400-chola-era-artefacts-in-vadakkupattu-excavation-site-719899
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AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND
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9000 years bp tools found by divers off the coast of Western Australia:

https://www.watoday.com.au/national/western-australia/ancient-artefacts-found-at-long-lost-underwater-site-off-australian-coast-20230619-p5dhmw.html
https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/8242770/ancient-indigenous-cutting-tools-found-off-wa-coast/

More on Moluccan boats depicted on Australian petroglyphs:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/australian-rock-art-boat-mystery-180982400/
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NORTH AMERICA
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Evidence of macaw breeding in southwestern New Mexico as early as the 12th century:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2023/06/19/north-americas-first-parrot-breeders-got-started-earlier-than-we-knew/?sh=39f7af355979

Possible foundations of a French and Indian Wars post in Halifax (Pennsylvania):

https://www.dailyitem.com/news/dig-uncovers-suspected-foundations-relics-from-french-and-indian-war-post/article_21d31468-107a-11ee-bc5f-3330eb5365eb.html

Latest finds being put together at the Colonial Fort Michilimackinac dig:

https://www.mlive.com/news/2023/06/archeologists-piece-together-earthenware-sherds-found-at-historic-michigan-fort.html

Human remains found at a West Asheville construction site likely belonged to former enslaved persons and parishioners associated with an African American Church:

https://mountainx.com/news/remains-at-construction-site-were-likely-former-slaves-parishioners-of-african-american-church/

Digging up a parking lot in downtown Montreal revealed remains of an early 19th century stone house:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/archeological-dig-hydro-quebec-artifacts-montreal-1.6886600
https://montreal.citynews.ca/2023/06/23/hydro-quebec-montreal-archeological-treasure/

Feature on a study of 16th and 17th century Indigenous pottery in McMaster's collection:

https://brighterworld.mcmaster.ca/articles/indigenous-archaeology-foodways-cooking-vessels/

We're beginning to read of things found in that Shuyler statue time capsule:

https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/first-catholic-governor-suicide-18161524.php

More on early evidence of freshwater fishing in Alaska:

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/06/230616161940.htm
https://archaeonewsnet.com/2023/06/study-shows-ancient-alaskans-were-freshwater-fishers.html

More on 6000 years bp 'earth ovens' in Washington State:

https://www.idahostatejournal.com/news/local/newly-unearthed-6-000-year-old-archeological-site/article_576b9566-0af1-11ee-8167-d3d8a2eb2123.html
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/06/5000%E2%80%91year%E2%80%91old-tribal-earth-ovens-found-in-washington-state/147753
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/06/21/ancient-tribal-earth-ovens-excavated-in-washington-state/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11543-230619-washington-kalispel-ovens

More on Caddo Nation ancestors' remains being found at the Crenshaw site in Arkansas:

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/06/230614220525.htm
https://archaeonewsnet.com/2023/06/remains-at-crenshaw-site-are-local-ancestors-of-caddo.html

More on evidence that Paleo-americans were hunting assorted megafauna 13 000 years bp:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2023/06/21/clovis-hunting-mammoths-forensics/
https://archaeonewsnet.com/2023/06/forensic-evidence-suggests-paleo-americans-hunted-mastodons-mammoths-and-other-megafauna-in-eastern-north-america-13000-years-ago.html
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CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA
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A previously-unknown Maya city site from the jungles of southern Mexico:

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-65974439
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/ancient-maya-city-discovered-mexican-jungle-2023-06-21/
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/ancient-mayan-empire-city-was-found-mexican-jungle-rcna90351
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12220119/Ancient-Mayan-city-discovered-jungles-southern-Mexico.html
https://yucatanmagazine.com/ancient-mayan-city-ocomtun-found-hidden-in-calakmul-jungle/
https://mexiconewsdaily.com/culture/ancient-maya-city-discovered-campeche/
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12220119/Ancient-Mayan-city-discovered-jungles-southern-Mexico.html
https://www.newsweek.com/lost-maya-city-pyramids-discovered-hidden-deep-jungle-1808192
https://hyperallergic.com/829229/ancient-maya-city-discovered-in-mexican-jungle/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/06/lost-maya-city-discovered-in-mexican-forest/147737
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11552-230622-maya-city-ocomtun

A Maya sculpture of Cizin from Mexico (we may have mentioned this a while ago):

https://www.newsweek.com/ancient-maya-deity-death-sculpture-unearthed-mexico-1807807
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/06/deity-of-death-statue-found-during-maya-train-construction/147702

Burials and assorted objects found from a dig at the Toltec site of Tula:

https://www.aa.com.tr/en/americas/archaeologists-unearth-historic-remains-objects-in-tula-mexico/2928575

More on the mummified person found surrounded by coca leaves in Lima:

https://phys.org/news/2023-06-archaeologists-mummy-coca-hilltop-peru.html
https://archaeonewsnet.com/2023/06/archaeologists-find-mummy-surrounded-by-coca-leaves-on-hilltop-in-perus-capital.html

... and the one found in a rubbish dump:

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-65915074

More on climate change and violence in early Andean populations:

https://archaeonewsnet.com/2023/06/climate-change-likely-led-to-violence-in-early-andean-populations.html
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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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Not sure where to put this item on the identification of the Graz Mummy Book (3rd century BCE) as possibly being the earliest example of a codex:

https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/maltese-conservator-discovers-oldestknown-book-world.1039353
https://www.globalvillagespace.com/the-el-hiba-papyrus-fragment-ancient-greek-tax-records/

Feature on Lizzie Halliday:

https://www.timesunion.com/hudsonvalley/catskills/article/lizzie-halliday-catskills-serial-killer-18155927.php

Feature on C.S. Lewis:

https://www.thecollector.com/cs-lewis-famous-author-writer/

Not sure where to put this story of the British Museum not acknowledging the translator of some Chinese poetry in one of its exhibitions:

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2023/jun/20/translator-alleges-work-on-chinese-radical-plagiarised-in-british-museum-show
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2023/jun/22/british-museum-offers-to-pay-translator-after-plagiarism-row
https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/article/3224880/chinese-canadian-translator-calls-out-british-museum-using-her-work-without-permission-or-payment
https://hyperallergic.com/828872/translator-yilin-wang-says-british-museum-used-her-work-without-permission/
https://www.cnn.com/style/article/british-museum-exhibit-chinese-translations-intl-hnk/index.html
https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/article/3224880/chinese-canadian-translator-calls-out-british-museum-using-her-work-without-permission-or-payment
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/british-museum-removes-translations-chinese-poetry-exhibition-1234672131/
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/british-museum-used-translation-without-permission-2324957
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/06/22/british-museum-accused-of-using-translators-work-without-permission

Interesting study of eye movements of folks looking at Bosch's 'Garden of Earlthly Delights':

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2023/jun/20/eye-tracking-glasses-show-viewers-of-bosch-triptych-are-drawn-to-hell-prado-spain

A study of the spread of racism by former Confederates after the Civil War:

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/ex-confederates-spread-racist-attitudes-far-wide-civil-war-rcna90419

cf: https://www.nber.org/papers/w31331

Feature on Freud and his antiquities:

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/freud-the-antique-collector

What medieval manuscripts reveal about the history of whales:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/medieval-manuscripts-reveal-hidden-history-whales-180982348/

Pondering whether Indiana Jones helped or hurt archaeology:

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/indiana-jones-harrison-ford-movie-impact-archeology

Pondering the naming of diseases:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/19/science/medicine-eponyms-nazis.html

Review of translations of Seamus Heaney:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/19/books/review/translations-of-seamus-heaney.html
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CURRENT EVENTS:
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Some of the annual coverage of the summer solstice at Stonehenge:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-wiltshire-65970567
https://www.thestar.com/news/world/europe/2023/06/21/summer-solstice-brings-druids-pagans-and-thousands-of-curious-people-to-stonehenge.html
https://kearneyhub.com/news/nation-world/thousands-gather-at-stonehenge-for-annual-ritual-marking-summer-solstice/article_2bdcebbf-f544-5ac8-ab31-5eceb7624d25.html
https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/summer-solstice-brings-thousands-to-stonehenge-184124
https://www.newdelhitimes.com/antlers-and-fancy-dress-stonehenge-welcomes-8000-visitors-for-summer-solstice/

... and how the ancient Greeks marked the summer solstice:

https://greekreporter.com/2023/06/21/how-the-ancient-greeks-celebrated-the-summer-solstice/

... and ten monuments that align to the solstice:

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/10-temples-tombs-and-monuments-that-align-with-the-summer-solstice

On the history of abortion:

https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/23/health/abortion-is-ancient-history-and-that-matters-today-scn/index.html

Seeking Heritage Statue for Ludwig II's palaces:

https://apnews.com/article/germany-bavaria-king-ludwig-neuschwanstein-referendum-7217c86c60c8c12673b9beeec8468298

The Louvre is safeguarding some Ukrainian antiquities:

https://hyperallergic.com/828245/pariss-louvre-museum-is-safeguarding-ukrainian-antiquities/

More on Egypt's anger at a Dutch museum:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/18/world/middleeast/egypt-african-dutch-museum.html
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LANGUAGE RELATED
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A study of the origin of the Irish language:

https://www.irishcentral.com/roots/history/dna-research-irish-language-roots

More on the origin of Indigenous languages in South America:

https://archaeonewsnet.com/2023/06/seeking-the-origin-of-indigenous-languages-in-south-america.html
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PHILOSOPHERS AND MATTERS PHILOSOPHICAL
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Feature on Diogenes the Cynic:

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/hide-and-seek/202306/diogenes-the-cynic-a-socrates-gone-mad

Victor Nuovo on the Socratic revolution:

https://www.addisonindependent.com/2023/06/22/victor-nuovo-the-socratic-revolution/
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MUSEUM MATTERS
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The Feast:

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2023-06-23/ty-article-magazine/a-feast-fit-for-an-assyrian-king-and-69-574-guests/00000188-e9c7-df52-a79d-fde766930000

Romans:

https://www.sussexexpress.co.uk/whats-on/things-to-do/rare-roman-sword-and-recently-discovered-childs-gold-ring-go-on-display-at-littlehampton-museums-new-romans-exhibition-4187595

San Casciano Bronzes:

https://www.ansa.it/english/news/lifestyle/arts/2023/06/22/san-casciano-bronzes-go-on-show-at-quirinale_a48904ad-be81-46c4-86a0-a4be68508d39.html
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/23/rare-find-of-24-ancient-bronzes-in-tuscany-goes-on-display-in-rome
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/23/arts/design/ancient-bronzes-italy-san-casciano-dei-bagni.html
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/bronze-statues-exhibition-rome-180982421/

Proof of Early China:

http://www.ecns.cn/news/2023-06-20/detail-ihcqnqaq5153001.shtml

China's Hidden Century:

https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/travel-leisure/article/3225016/late-qing-dynasty-china-brought-life-british-museum-exhibition-about-century-leading-end-imperial

Isis:

https://www.leggo.it/italia/roma/amato_iside_mostra_roma_domus_aurea_oggi_21_6_2023-7476027.html

Laocoon:

https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/06/22/laocoon-and-his-sons-in-frankfurt/

Medieval Treasures:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/25/paris-exhibition-aims-to-dispel-myth-of-primitive-england-in-middle-ages

Incas Beyond the Empire:

https://www.laprensalatina.com/peru-exhibit-delves-beyond-incas-stereotypical-warlike-image/

Return of the Gods:

https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/special-features/greek-roman-gods-return-liverpool-26970720

Charles II associated Prayerbook:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/23/prayerbook-priest-john-huddleston-saved-king-charles-life-on-display-in-staffordshire-hall
https://www.expressandstar.com/news/local-hubs/staffordshire/2023/06/23/rare-prayer-book-owned-by-priest-who-helped-save-the-life-of-king-charles-ii-goes-on-public-display-in-featherstone/
https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/1376/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/1376/pub/1376/page/33/article/NaN

Spanish Armada Maps:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-65959498

Aurelius:

https://www.getty.edu/art/exhibitions/aurelius/

Hokusai:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/22/arts/design/hokusai-boston-museum-fine-arts-review.html

The End of the Seven Years' War:

https://www.adirondackalmanack.com/2023/06/fort-ticonderoga-presents-robert-nittolo-collection-new-exhibit-success-the-end-of-the-seven-years-war.html

Looking for a place to house the Yenikapi shipwrecks:

https://arkeonews.net/history-of-8500-years-waits-for-a-museum/

Amsterdam's Rembrandt House has a tattoo room for a while:

https://apnews.com/article/rembrandt-tattoo-amsterdam-art-6b1c28a52d2f0fd0df9ff3c2d8ab4554

Athens' Acropolis Museum is 14 years old:

https://www.tornosnews.gr/en/greek-news/greek-news/culture/49010-athens-acropolis-museum-a-beacon-of-art-and-culture-is-now-14-years-old.html
https://www.thenationalherald.com/the-acropolis-museum-a-beacon-of-art-and-culture-is-now-14-years-old/

More on Egypt's dispute with a Dutch museum exhibit:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/18/world/middleeast/egypt-african-dutch-museum.html

A preview of the expansion of Tunisia's Carthage Museum:

https://www.barrons.com/articles/tunisia-s-carthage-museum-gives-preview-of-expanded-renovation-bfa6189f

Feature on the International African American Museum:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/23/arts/design/charleston-african-american-museum.html

Lefferts Historic House has been restored and reopened:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/22/arts/design/lefferts-historic-house.html

Interview with Zahi Hawass regarding the Grand Egyptian Museum:

https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/44/503310/Antiquities/Museums/INTERVIEW-The-Grand-Egyptian-Museum-is-biggest-cul.aspx
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AUCTIONS AND SALES RELATED
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The last portrait Klimt made is coming to auction:

https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20230621-klimts-lady-with-a-fan-the-painting-thats-valued-at-65m
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/06/21/gustav-klimts-lady-with-a-fan-comes-to-auction-at-sothebys/

The Louvre interrupted the auction of an Anguier sculpture:

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/06/21/louvre-halts-auction-of-26m-record-breaking-terracotta-sculpture

A "Painting of Two Ladies" has been 'saved for the UK":

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2023/jun/23/lost-portrait-allegorical-painting-of-two-ladies-compton-verney
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THE TECHY SIDE
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Latest facial reconstruction is a teenaged Anglo-Saxon girl:

https://phys.org/news/2023-06-reconstruct-lifestyle-7th-century-anglo-saxon-teen.html
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/992490
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/anglo-saxon-teen-face-revealed-b2360576.html
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-65919518
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/7th-century-teenage-face-1.6882663
https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/1373/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/1373/pub/1373/page/43/article/NaN
https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/06/behold-the-likely-face-of-a-7th-century-anglo-saxon-teenage-girl/
https://arkeonews.net/archaeologists-reconstruct-the-face-of-a-7th-century-anglo-saxon-woman-buried-with-trumpington-cross/
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/06/20/the-trumpington-cross-burial/

Four Ptolemaic mummies from the National Archaeological Museum Egyptian collection received the CT treatment:

https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/06/20/the-nams-mummies-undergo-imaging-examination/

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TOURISTY THINGS
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Solstice at Sperlonga:

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/article/sperlonga-solstice-roman-empire-ulysses-italy-cave-cyclops

Standing stones in Cornwall:

https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2023/jun/21/stone-circles-and-tombs-cornwall-uk

Shikoku Pilgrimage:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/23/travel/shikoku-pilgrimage-japan.html

Zadar:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/19/travel/zadar-croatia-old-town.html

Another tourist behaving badly carving graffiti at the Colosseum:

https://metro.co.uk/2023/06/25/tourist-caught-carving-girlfriends-name-into-romes-colosseum-with-keys-19011110/

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CRIME BEAT
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Douglas Latchford's daughter paid $12 million to end the case:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/22/arts/douglas-latchford-antiquities-trafficker-daughter.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/06/22/cambodia-antiquities-forfeiture-latchford/
https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/12m-settlement-announced-civil-forfeiture-action-against-antiquities-trafficker
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/douglas-latchford-estate-forfeits-12-million-2326844
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/forfeiting-12-million-helped-settle-the-civil-case-against-accused-trafficker-douglas-latchford-1234672461/
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/06/23/douglas-latchford-estate-12m-trafficking-case
https://hyperallergic.com/829735/disgraced-dealers-daughter-to-forfeit-12m-and-allegedly-smuggled-statue/

Arrests in assorted major art thefts from US Museums over the past few decades:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/suspects-charged-museum-thefts-warhol-pollock-180982412/

Turkish police recovered thousands of items in a major raid in Istanbul:

https://famagusta-gazette.com/2023/06/24/turkish-police-recover-thousands-of-artifacts-in-anti-trafficking-raid/
https://english.news.cn/20230623/aa40fddf84ab4aa68d4fb3e1ffab2c1c/c.html

Iranian police seized 3680 items at Tehran's airport:

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/486091/3-680-antiquities-seized-by-police-at-Tehran-airport

The guy who was trying to sell that EidMar aureus was charged with grand larceny:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12224073/Dealer-worlds-expensive-coin-sold-4-1M-charged-grand-larceny-NYC.html
https://greekcitytimes.com/2023/06/23/greek-coin-smuggler-dealer-of-worlds-most-expensive-coin-arrested-for-grand-larceny-in-new-york/

More on the California man on trial (now convicted) for importing a looted Roman mosaic from Syria:

https://www.justice.gov/usao-cdca/pr/palmdale-man-found-guilty-illegally-importing-ancient-roman-mosaic-syria-depicting
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/06/23/california-man-guilty-smuggling-ancient-roman-mosaic-looted-syria
https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/palmdale-man-convicted-of-illegally-importing-ancient-roman-mosaic-from-syria/
https://www.sacbee.com/news/california/article276663831.html
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/looted-roman-mosaic-trial-2324045

Review of Michael Finkel, *The Art Thief*:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/24/books/the-art-thief-michael-finkel.html
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conflict antiquities:

http://conflictantiquities.wordpress.com/

anonymous swiss collector:

http://www.anonymousswisscollector.com/

Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues:

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

Looting Matters:

http://lootingmatters.blogspot.com/

Illicit Cultural Property:

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

SAFE:

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

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REPATRIATION AND RECOVERY
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The US will be returning 100 items to India, apparently:

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/videos/news/america-to-return-over-100-antiquities-of-india-that-were-stolen-from-us-pm-modi-in-us/videoshow/101229548.cms
https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/pm-modi-state-visit-us-to-return-over-100-antiquities-stolen-from-india-101687592810878.html
https://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-us-to-return-over-100-stolen-indian-antiquities-pm-modi-3048963

The US returned a large number of ancient Greek coins to Greece:

https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/federal-agents-national-hellenic-museum-conduct-largest-repatriation-ancient-coins
https://greekcitytimes.com/2023/06/22/after-customs-seizure-u-s-returns-priceless-ancient-coins-to-greece/
https://greekreporter.com/2023/06/22/u-s-returns-ancient-coins-greece/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11550-230622-greece-coins-repatriation

The UK returned a smuggled statue to Iran:

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/486131/UK-returns-smuggled-ancient-artifact-to-Iran
https://en.mehrnews.com/news/202429/UK-returns-smuggled-ancient-artifact-to-Iran

Germany returned a pair of masks to Colombia:

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/06/23/germany-repatriates-indigenous-masks-colombia

Austria is working on a law to return colonial items:

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/06/20/austrian-government-to-propose-law-on-returning-museum-objects-acquired-in-a-colonial-context

More on Italy's return of a 2800 years bp stone tablet to Iraq:

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-65944282
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20230618-iraq-unveils-ancient-stone-tablet-returned-by-italy
https://english.news.cn/20230619/05b7802a446c4e1bb6841aeecac841b0/c.html
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20230619-iraq-recovers-looted-artefact-from-italy/
https://jordantimes.com/news/region/iraq%C2%A0unveils-ancient-stone-tablet-returned-italy
https://www.arabnews.com/node/2323686/middle-east
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NUMISMATICA
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Latest e-Sylum:

http://www.coinbooks.org/v26/club_nbs_esylum_v26n25.html

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

http://www.coinbooks.org/v26/club_nbs_esylum_v26n26.html
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Coin Week:

http://www.coinweek.com/

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OBITUARIES
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Judith Averill:

https://caneweb.org/obituary-of-judith-averill/

Max Morath:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/19/arts/music/max-morath-dead.html

Theodore Weeden:

http://ntweblog.blogspot.com/2023/06/theodore-j-ted-weeden-obituary.html

Henry Petroski:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/22/science/henry-petroski-dead.html

Peter Harbison:

https://www.irishtimes.com/obituaries/2023/06/24/peter-harbison-obituary-one-of-irelands-best-known-archaeologists/

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AUDIO/VIDEO NEWS
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Audio News from Archaeologica:

https://www.archaeologychannel.org/audio-guide/audio-news/3294-audio-news-from-archaeologica-june-11th-through-the-17th-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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