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explorator 26.14 July 23, 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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Evidence of Neanderthal-made bone tools from the Chez-Pinaud site (France):

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2023-07-17/ty-article/our-species-isnt-the-only-one-to-make-tools-from-animal-bones-archaeologists-report/00000189-6395-dc94-a78d-f3df6fb20000
https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/neanderthals-also-had-superior-toolmaking-abilities-not-just-humans

A fossilized human parietal bone near the site where Peking Man was found years ago:

http://www.china.org.cn/china/Off_the_Wire/2023-07/17/content_92745513.htm
https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202307/1294549.shtml
http://t.m.china.org.cn/convert/c_nnLLCZBB.html
https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202307/18/WS64b5e721a31035260b816f87.html
http://www.ecns.cn/news/culture/2023-07-18/detail-ihcrinym0650849.shtml
http://www.ecns.cn/news/cns-wire/2023-07-18/detail-ihcrinym0651547.shtml
https://news.cgtn.com/news/2023-07-17/New-ancient-human-parietal-bone-fossil-found-in-Beijing-1lvYwOsK5sk/index.html

... and digging has resumed at the 'Yuanmou ape-man site' in Yunnan:

http://en.people.cn/n3/2023/0722/c90000-20047886.html

A study of where early humans in the Hula Valley (Israel) procured the flint for their tools:

https://phys.org/news/2023-07-early-humans-hula-valley-invested.html
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/996080
https://www.timesofisrael.com/chip-off-the-ol-block-ai-pinpoints-source-of-rocks-for-750000-year-old-tools/
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-751626
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11606-230721-israel-hominin-flint

A 300 000 years bp 'throwing stick' from Schoningen suggests early humans there were sophisticated woodworkers:

https://phys.org/news/2023-07-early-humans-weapon-woodwork-experts.html
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/07/230719145940.htm
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/homo-sapiens-wood-stick-weapon-schoningen-b2378210.html
https://www.sci.news/archaeology/middle-pleistocene-woodworking-skills-12113.html
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/07/21/early-humans-were-weapon-woodwork-experts-study-finds/

Evidence from South Africa suggests early humans 'drew in the sand' some 140 000 years bp:

https://phys.org/news/2023-07-sand-beach-ancestors-years.html

Tooth analysis sheds light on how Paranthropus robustus fits into the human family tree:

https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/two-million-year-old-tooth-widens-the-ancient-human-family-tree

Arguing over the intelligence of homo naledi:

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/jul/22/small-brained-early-humans-homo-naledi-cleverer-storm

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AFRICA
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Brief item on vandalism at an archaeological site in Zuwara (Libya):

https://libyaobserver.ly/inbrief/archaeological-site-was-vandalized-zuwara-city
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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT
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Another Roman-era sarcophagus from Gaza:

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20230717-roman-era-sarcophagus-uncovered-in-gaza/
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/roman-era-sarcophagus-uncovered-in-gaza/2947209
https://english.news.cn/20230717/851cfd448c8b448489cef4d0cb6b83a4/c.html
https://www.yenisafak.com/en/news/roman-era-sarcophagus-uncovered-in-gaza-3666760
https://www.kore.co.il/viewArticle/135760

Plans to use AI in mummy restoration:

https://www.egyptindependent.com/in-a-first-egypt-to-use-ai-in-mummy-restoration/

More on the xray/chemical study of changes to tomb paintings in the Theban necropolis:

https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/ancient-egyptian-painters-screwed-up-and-had-to-fix-mistakes
https://medium.com/lessons-from-history/what-scientists-found-analyzing-egyptian-tombs-with-advanced-technology-8832f2f54a5e
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/07/17/secrets-of-egyptian-painters-revealed-by-chemistry/
https://archaeonewsnet.com/2023/07/secrets-of-egyptian-painters-revealed-by-chemistry.html
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/x-rays-egyptian-necropolis-paintings-180982535/

More on the safety of the Bent Pyramid:

https://english.ahram.org.eg/News/504845.aspx
https://www.egyptindependent.com/the-bent-pyramid-is-totally-safe-ministry-officials-assure/

Zahi Hawass on an upcoming documentary on the search for the 'Lost Pyramid':

https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/50/1207/505040/AlAhram-Weekly/Heritage/The-search-for-the-Lost-Pyramid.aspx
https://www.arabnews.com/node/2340901/lifestyle

Rethinking who is portrayed in that recently-recovered Sassanid relief:

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/487033/From-soldier-to-prince-new-perspective-emerges-on-recovered

The search for the Laodicea Temple continues:

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/487076/Lost-ancient-wonder-archaeologists-remain-hopeful-in-their-pursuit

A reassessment of the rise of Assyria:

https://www.asor.org/anetoday/2023/07/rise-of-assyria-reassessment

More on the negative reaction to the destruction of a 300 years bp minaret in Basra:

https://krdo.com/news/ap-national-news/2023/07/19/demolition-of-historic-minaret-in-southern-iraqs-basra-sparks-outcry/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/minaret-destroyed-basra-iraq-180982563/

A 1500 years bp Byzantine structure in the square of the Roman hippodrome near Hagia Sophia:

https://greekcitytimes.com/2023/07/21/1500-byzantine-next-hagia-sophia/

Restoration work is happening with regards to the walls of Iznik:

https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/historical-walls-of-iznik-under-protection-184779

Concerns for 2700 years bp rock tombs at Donalar (Turkiye):

https://arkeonews.net/2700-year-old-unique-rock-tombs-disappear/

Restoration is underway at the temple of Zeus Lepsynos in Mugla:

https://www.aa.com.tr/en/turkiye/turkiyes-temple-of-zeus-soon-to-welcome-tourists/2948681

Feature on Klaus Schmidt and his work at Gobeklitepe:

https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/remembering-klaus-schmidt-unearther-of-ancient-site-gobeklitepe/news

An xray study of a Crusader sword found off the coast of Israel a couple years ago suggests it was lost during a naval battle:

https://www.timesofisrael.com/sword-overboard-crusader-blade-discovered-by-diver-was-likely-lost-in-battle/
https://www.ynetnews.com/travel/article/r1j9spic3

More on the Roman-era skulls found in Te'omim Cave and the 'necromancy' interpretation of them:

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/romans/evidence-of-roman-era-death-magic-used-to-speak-with-the-deceased-found-near-jerusalem
https://www.timesofisrael.com/possible-portal-to-underworld-discovered-near-beit-shemesh/
https://greekreporter.com/2023/07/18/ancient-death-magic-dead-jerusalem/
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2023-07-20/ty-article/cave-in-israel-used-to-contact-the-dead-in-roman-times-archaeologists-suggest/00000189-7259-de4e-adeb-fffd3f050000
https://www.vice.com/en/article/v7b75j/archaeologists-discover-ancient-portal-to-the-underworld-in-cave-containing-skulls-weapons
https://www.sciencealert.com/cave-near-jerusalem-shows-signs-of-use-as-a-portal-to-the-underworld
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/07/evidence-of-necromancy-during-late-antiquity-in-the-teomim-cave/148035
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11597-230717-israel-cave-shrine

More on early urbanization in the Kingdom of Judah:

https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-750304

Israel wants 'amateur archaeologists' to help conserve Tel Gezer:

https://www.timesofisrael.com/amateur-archaeologists-can-help-conserve-the-crumbling-tel-gezer-one-brick-at-a-time/

Feature on Martin Wells and the Huqoq mosaic dig:

https://www.heralddemocrat.com/2023/07/21/austin-college-professor-returns-to-archeological-dig-uncovers-ancient-biblical-mosaics-in-galilee/
http://www.ntxe-news.com/artman/publish/article_134140.shtml

Feature on David's 'nomadic kingdom';

https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/ancient-cultures/ancient-israel/king-davids-nomadic-kingdom/

Israel plans to protect archaeological sites in West Bank Area C:

https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-750293
https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-750412
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https://thisweekintheancientneareast.podbean.com/

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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS)
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A 7th century BCE Etruscan tomb from Vulci (Italian):

https://mediterraneoantico.it/articoli/news/vulci-rinvenuta-tomba-femminile-intatta-di-vii-sec-a-c/
https://www.stilearte.it/scoperta-sepoltura-del-vii-secolo-a-c-viaggio-nellaldila-a-vulci-qui-il-video-dellapertura-del-sepolcro/

Assorted finds, including a Roman stylus and evidence of Roman vineyards, from a dig associated with A428 construction:

https://www.bedfordtoday.co.uk/heritage-and-retro/heritage/black-cat-a428-dig-evidence-of-wine-and-touchscreen-tablets-found-well-sort-of-4221659
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/when-in-england-it-seems-the-romans-made-wine-cx6dm6gnq
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-12309845/Grape-Britain-Scientists-discover-evidence-Romans-produced-wine-Cambridgeshire-2-065-years-ago.html

Recent finds from Pompeii include what is being dubbed a kitchen shrine serpent:

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-66226417

Mosaics and remains of 'funerary structures' from a dig along the Appian Way (Italian):

https://www.unife.it/it/notizie/2023/scienza-cultura-e-ricerca/conclusione-scavi-via-appia

A hoard of Roman coins from Cornwall was found a few years ago (with some strange 'interference'):

https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/hoard-roman-coins-found-cornwall-8606624
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/07/18/roman-coins-switched-with-more-valuable-items-cornwall/

A Roman-era child burial found during waterworks in Naples (Italian):

https://www.quotidiano.net/napoli/antica-tomba-bambino-scavi-archeologi-me63lroy
https://www.fanpage.it/napoli/una-tomba-romana-scoperta-durante-lavori-idrici-a-napoli-vi-era-sepolto-un-bimbo-di-2-anni/

A 2nd century Roman shipwreck full of glass near Corsica:

https://www.stilearte.it/tesori-recuperati-in-questi-giorni-dal-relitto-di-una-nave-romana-affondata-tra-capraia-e-la-corsica-trasportava-vetri-a-tonnellate/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/07/archaeologists-recover-ornate-glassware-from-roman-shipwreck/148062

Remains of a 2nd-4th century Roman 'ladder settlement' in Healing:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-humber-66246156
https://www.nelincs.gov.uk/remains-of-roman-ladder-settlement-discovered-during-archaeological-dig-in-north-east-lincolnshire/
https://news.yahoo.com/roman-settlement-found-healing-housing-051737391.html

Latest finds from the site of the Antikythera shipwreck:

https://www.ekathimerini.com/culture/1216007/roman-wreck-off-antikythera-keeps-giving/
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/07/21/new-discoveries-on-the-wreck-of-antikythera/

A major, well-preserved Roman bath site from Merida:

https://www.newsweek.com/huge-roman-public-baths-excellent-state-discovered-spain-1814506
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/07/large-public-baths-found-in-augusta-emerita/148057

Remains of a Roman-era stylobate from Rhizon (Montenegro):

https://arkeonews.net/remains-of-a-roman-stylobate-found-in-montenegro/

Remains of a 3rd/4th century pet dog at a Roman villa site in Oxfordshire:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/07/22/oxfordshire-roman-pet-dog-remains-found-clumps/

Hyping an upcoming study of the underwater remains of the port of Lupiae (Italian):

https://www.ilpuntoamezzogiorno.it/2023/07/il-porto-ritrovato-dellantica-lupiae-sui-fondali-delloasi-le-cesine/
https://www.stilearte.it/alla-caccia-di-resti-di-imponenti-strutture-romane-sommerse-dal-mare-alle-cesine-di-lecce-acheo-sub-al-lavoro-le-foto/

A study of some Roman armour from the site of Kalkriese:

https://the-past.com/news/roman-body-armour-undergoes-analysis/

More folks are recreating the 'Pompeii Pizza':

https://www.openculture.com/2023/07/how-to-make-an-ancient-roman-pizza-seen-in-a-newly-rediscovered-pompeiian-fresco.html

More on patchouli-based Roman perfume from Spain:

https://scitechdaily.com/unmasking-ancient-aromas-scientists-identify-composition-of-2000-year-old-roman-perfume/

... and a feature on what Cleopatra smelled like:

https://bigthink.com/the-past/cleopatra-perfume-mendes/

More on the 3rd/4th century elite Roman burial of a possible soldier in Wales:

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/romans/elite-roman-man-buried-with-sword-may-have-been-restrained-in-death
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11599-230718-wales-roman-burials

More on the elite burials at Hala Sultan Tekke:

https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/ancient-cultures/cypriot-tombs-yield-spectacular-treasures/?mqsc=E4153577&dk=ZE3270ZF0

Item on some of the students working at Vindolanda:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-66239506

The 'Colosseum Underground' has been restored with exhibits and the like:

https://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/ny-restoration-colosseum-underground-rome-italy-20230721-jnmzafnh5fbznnvh5g7hkpq6tq-photogallery.html

Arguing over restoration of Cyprus' Kyenia harbour:

https://cyprus-mail.com/2023/07/16/incompetence-reigns-in-historic-kyrenia-renovation-works/

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

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/homer-and-his-iliad-by-robin-lane-fox-review-the-best-poem-ever-r66lsm368

The Antikythera Mechanism was one of the APOD this week:

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap230723.html

Stacy Schiff on identity politics and Cleopatra:

https://www.wsj.com/articles/cleopatras-identity-politics-db8147e?mod=life_work_minor_pos4

Feature on the 'ugly side' of the Iliad:

https://neoskosmos.com/en/2023/07/22/dialogue/ancient-greece/diatribe-the-ugly-side-of-homers-iliad/

Feature on the names for European heatwaves of late:

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20230718-the-fiery-row-behind-europes-mythological-heatwave-names

Feature on early Christianity and efforts to distinguish it from pagan beliefs:

https://aeon.co/essays/early-christians-struggled-to-distinguish-themselves-from-pagans

Feature on the House of Menander:

https://www.thetravel.com/what-to-see-at-the-house-of-the-menander-in-pompeii-italy/

Feature on the Amphiareion of Oropos:

https://greekreporter.com/2023/07/16/the-ancient-greek-treasure-of-the-amphiareion-of-oropos/

Feature on some humourous Greek pots:

https://www.thecollector.com/vase-painting-ancient-athens-funny-humor/

Feature on a day at the Colosseum:

https://www.thecollector.com/colosseum-day-events/

Feature on the shackled burials at Faliro:

https://greekreporter.com/2023/07/16/shackled-skeletons-ancient-athens/

Feature on espionage in ancient Greece:

https://greekreporter.com/2023/07/18/espionage-ancient-greece/

Feature on strong women in Greek myth:

https://now.tufts.edu/2023/07/18/how-legacy-strong-women-greek-myths-lives-today

Feature on the Venus de Milo:

https://greekreporter.com/2023/07/16/how-the-aphrodite-of-milos-statue-shaped-the-western-idea-of-female-beauty/

Feature on baths and religion in ancient Greece:

https://greekreporter.com/2023/07/19/hygiene-baths-religion-ancient-greece/

Feature on the Pythagorean Comma:

https://greekreporter.com/2023/07/16/ancient-greek-mathematician-philosopher-created-pythagorean-comma/

A historian disagrees with Sadiq Khan's opinion on the Parthenon Sculptures:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12299487/Top-historian-says-Sadiq-Khan-wrong-suggestion-share-Elgin-Marbles.html

... although there is apparently 'pressure' on the British Museum:

https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-66239150

... and a poll suggests most British folk are in favour of some sort of 'cultural partnership':

https://www.ekathimerini.com/culture/1215968/most-brits-support-cultural-partnership-for-parthenon-sculptures-return-to-greece-poll-finds/
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Roman Archaeology Blog:

http://romanarc.blogspot.com/

Rogueclassicism:

http://rogueclassicism.com/
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EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland)
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Spanish Levantine petroglyphs suggest folks were using climbing equipment early on:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/07/prehistoric-societies-in-the-spanish-levantine-mastered-climbing-and-used-equipment/148040

Evidence of 7200 years bp 'forest management' from trees at the Neolithic settlement of La Draga (Spain):

https://phys.org/news/2023-07-earliest-evidence-forest-la-draga.html
https://arkeonews.net/earliest-evidence-of-forest-management-discovered-at-the-la-draga-neolithic-site-in-spain/

Dating of monuments at Dorstone Hill in Herefordshire suggests Neolithic folks were there at least 5800 years bp:

https://phys.org/news/2023-07-neolithic-herefordshire-england-revealed.html
https://arkeonews.net/complex-of-early-neolithic-monuments-discovered-in-herefordshire-england/

A 5000 years bp megalithic funerary monument from a mountain site in Portugal:

https://www.theportugalnews.com/news/2023-07-22/5000-year-old-funerary-monument-discovered/79738

A possible Bronze Age loom weight from the A428 construction excavations:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-66225261

Five Bronze Age burials found during excavations near Salisbury:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-wiltshire-66188809
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-somerset-66227565

A possible Bronze Age ritual cremation cemetery from the site of Shetland's planned spaceport:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-66259713
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/shetland-archaeologists-unst-aoc-b2379545.html
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/bronze-age-cremation-pits-found-at-shetland-space-launch-site-k2mwnrtvn
https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/23670438.saxavod-bronze-age-ritual-cemetery-discovered-shetland-spaceport/
https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/environment/5968591/bronze-age-burial-site-uncovered-at-shetland-spaceport-site/
https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/science-and-technology/2023/07/21/bronze-age-ritual-cemetery-discovered-at-planned-shetland-spaceport/
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-751982

The earliest (Iron Age) glass workshop wite north of the Alps has been found at Nemcice:

https://phys.org/news/2023-07-earliest-glass-workshop-north-alps.html

cf: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antiquity/article/nemcice-research-at-a-key-la-tene-site-in-moravia/F060689835C2D55D44B1764DE0D08CB2

Cremated bone remains from the dig at Arthur's Stone in Dorstone:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-hereford-worcester-66246846

Overview of finds (Iron Age to Anglo-Saxon) from a housing development site in Harnham:

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/cotwold-archaeology-final-stages-netherhampton-170000071.html

An elite burial from the dig of an Anglo-Saxon cemetery on military training land in Salisbury:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-66259034
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/veterans-and-archaeologists-uncover-richest-grave-this-year-on-final-dig-at-saxon-cemetery
https://www.salisburyjournal.co.uk/news/23666804.operation-nightingale-finishing-dig-anglo-saxon-burial-ground/
https://news.yahoo.com/salisbury-dig-produces-richest-finds-041943367.html
https://www.artdependence.com/articles/uk-veterans-and-archaeologists-uncover-richest-grave-this-year/
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/military-veterans-and-archaeologists-find-richest-grave-this-year-at-avon-camp-cemetery-in-england-1234674951/
https://arkeonews.net/military-veterans-uncovered-richest-grave-this-year-on-final-dig-at-anglo-saxon-cemetery/

Resumption of a dig at an Anglo-Saxon site in Sedgeford reveals more evidence of large-scale malting of grain:

https://arkeonews.net/the-sedgeford-anglo-saxon-malting-complex-may-be-the-largest-ever-discovered-in-the-uk/

A very large Viking house and assorted later finds from a lengthy dig at Sem (Norway):

https://sciencenorway.no/archaeology-history-medieval-history/archaeologists-may-have-found-a-viking-house-the-length-of-almost-two-tennis-courts/2228901

Remains of a medieval monastery revealed at a swimming pool development site in Abbey Fields:

https://leamingtonobserver.co.uk/news/remarkable-medieval-remains-found-at-new-swimming-pool-site-45533/

Evidence of a second 12th century house at Stong (Iceland):

https://www.icelandreview.com/news/a-second-house-at-stong-found-in-archaeological-dig/

Evidence of a 'secret' medieval village near a church in Worcestershire:

https://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/23666234.medieval-village-discovered-next-severn-stoke-church/

800 years bp pottery from the dige at Powis Castle:

https://www.countytimes.co.uk/news/23666039.archaeologists-unearth-800-year-old-pieces-powis-castle/

The search for remains of a 'lost' manor in Braunstone has revealed some medieval finds:

https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/local-news/exciting-medieval-discoveries-made-search-8619438

18th century Danish colonization of Greenland was driven by legends of Norse settlers:

https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/07/21/legends-of-norse-settlers-drove-denmark-towards-greenland/

More on the Neolithic 'polishing stone' find from Dorset:

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/jul/14/hugely-exciting-and-rare-neolithic-polishing-stone-found-in-dorset
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/67816
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/neolithic-polishing-boulder-england-180982539/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11595-230717-england-neolithic-polissoir

More on the 'Dutch Stonehenge' and its function as a calendar:

https://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-07-19/dutch-stonehenge-reveals-4000-year-old-solar-calendar.html

More on the Bronze Age torc find from Mistley:

http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/67812

More on the Bronze Age hoard recently found in Switzerland:

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/bronze-age-hoard-discovered-in-swiss-alps-2334527

More on the possible site of the Viking settlement of Jomsborg:

https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/07/19/vikings-jomsborg-could-be-on-hangmans-hill-near-wolin/

More on the 500 years bp gold coins found at a German monastery site:

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/500-year-old-gold-coins-discovered-in-a-german-monastery-were-hastily-hidden-during-a-dangerous-situation
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11601-230719-germany-monastery-coins

More on the 5000 medieval coin hoard found in Romania:

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/thousands-of-medieval-coins-unearthed-by-metal-detectorists-in-romania

Hyping the first dig at Sleaford Castle in 160 years:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-66247879

A call to reunite the 'Stonehenge of the North' (Thornborough Henges):

https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/1406/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/1406/pub/1406/page/42/article/NaN

The Stonehenge tunnel construction might begin next year:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-66220216

Five finds (Bronze Age and Roman) were among things declared treasure this week:

https://archaeonewsnet.com/2023/07/detectorists-finds-in-wales-declared-treasure.html
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/07/17/treasure-found-in-south-wales-and-powys/

... as was a medieval gold ring found in Brampton:

https://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/23668192.medieval-gold-ring-found-brampton-declared-treasure-coroner/

... and a Bronze Age lock ring from Urswick:

https://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/23669816.bronze-age-lock-ring-found-urswick-declared-treasure/

Feature on excavations at McDermott's Castle last year:

https://denison.edu/academics/anthropology-sociology/feature/149647

Feature on a pyramid tomb of a controversial 18th century politician:

https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p0g1d21l/the-25ft-pyramid-tomb-of-a-controversial-british-politician

Feature on some theories about Stonehenge:

https://www.gazetteandherald.co.uk/news/23669144.4-stonehenge-theories-archaeologists-agree/
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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 recently-found shipwreck off Japan might be part of the Mongol fleet that tried to invade Japan in the 13th century:

https://arkeonews.net/failed-mongol-fleet-may-actually-land-in-japan-after-800-years/

A 3000 years bp intact burial of a 'charioteer' from Siberia:

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/3000-year-old-untouched-burial-of-charioteer-discovered-in-siberia
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/67828
https://www.iflscience.com/3000-year-old-charioteer-skeleton-with-special-belt-discovered-in-siberia-69910
https://arkeonews.net/3000-year-old-charioteer-belt-discovered-in-siberia/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11603-230720-siberia-bronze-charioteer

A study of kurgans on the Eurasian steppes:

https://phys.org/news/2023-07-contribution-cultural-heritage-values-steppe.html

Evidence of curry use from the Oc Eo site in the Mekong Delta:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/22/2000-year-old-curry-scientists-discover-evidence-of-ancient-recipe-in-south-east-asia
https://canberraweekly.com.au/anu-archaeologists-find-two-thousand-year-old-curry/
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-07-22/2000-year-old-curry-remnants-spice-trade-routes-vietnam/102633234
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/curry-has-been-a-global-phenomenon-for-millenia/
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2383816-ancient-utensils-bear-traces-of-2000-year-old-vietnamese-curry/
https://arkeonews.net/people-may-have-been-cooking-curries-in-south-east-asia-for-at-least-2000-years/

cf: https://www.science.org/content/article/curry-may-have-landed-southeast-asia-2000-years-ago

Petroglyphs dating to 3000 BCE or so from Tamil Nadu:

https://www.indianarrative.com/culture-news/tamil-nadu-archaeologists-strike-big-find-cave-paintings-by-prehistoric-humans-dating-back-to-3000-bc-147839.html

12th century stone quarries from Nagarkurnool:

https://telanganatoday.com/archaeologists-find-12th-century-stone-quarries-in-nagarkurnool

Monsoon concerns (maybe) for the Taj Mahal:

https://apnews.com/article/india-taj-mahal-flood-monsoon-06a5f5988888a1c45b965e56294219f7
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AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND
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Feature on excavations of a Maori settlement site on the Aukland Islands:

https://phys.org/news/2023-07-uncovering-early-mori-settlement-subantarctic.html

A study of the benefits of body size for early settlers of New Zealand:

https://archaeonewsnet.com/2023/07/how-larger-body-sizes-helped-the-colonizers-of-new-zealand.html
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NORTH AMERICA
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A 13 000 years bp arrowhead from a site in Ohio:

https://www.lancastereaglegazette.com/story/news/local/2023/07/22/ou-student-lancaster-resident-makes-discovery-of-a-lifetime/70362503007/
https://woub.org/2023/07/18/ohio-university-archaeologist-unearths-arrowhead-end-ice-age/

Overview of the ongoing dig at the 12 000 years bp Vernon Parish site in Louisiana:

https://phys.org/news/2023-07-archaeologists-louisiana-artifacts-dating-years.html
https://apnews.com/article/hurricanes-louisiana-archaeological-site-kisatchie-forest-206e7bd64de065b448d85925275e6f6e
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/archaeologists-louisiana-save-artifacts-dating-back-12000-years-101385072
https://www.wftv.com/news/science/archaeologists/2LFCMZNEVYVQMZWAWLRBN64SQU/
https://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/archaeologists-in-louisiana-save-artifacts-dating-18205744.php
https://ktvz.com/news/2023/07/17/archaeologists-in-louisiana-save-artifacts-dating-back-12000-years-from-natural-disasters-looters/

Burials of a dozen people, including children and infants, from a 'cholera graveyard' in Quebec City:

https://www.newsweek.com/archaeologists-find-remains-children-babies-cholera-graveyard-1814103

More on evidence of human occupation in Oregon 18 000 years+ bp:

https://phys.org/news/2023-07-field-site-evidence-humans-oregon.html
https://around.uoregon.edu/content/field-site-shows-evidence-humans-oregon-18000-years-ago
https://katv.com/news/offbeat/university-archaeology-team-discovers-one-of-the-oldest-human-occupied-sites-in-north-america-rimrock-draw-rockshelter-university-of-oregon-riley-bureau-of-land-management-stone-tools-tooth-fragments

More on the matriarchal aspects of the Muwekma Ohlone people:

https://archaeonewsnet.com/2023/07/in-ancient-california-daughters-nursed-longer-women-built-more-wealth.html
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/07/17/daughters-nursed-longer-women-built-more-wealth/

More on the hoard of 700 Civil War-era coins from Kentucky:

https://archaeonewsnet.com/2023/07/in-ancient-california-daughters-nursed-longer-women-built-more-wealth.html

Feature on a controversy involving IHOP and a Revolutionary War burial in Fishkill:

https://www.curbed.com/article/ihop-fishkill-ny-domenic-broccoli-revolutionary-war.html

Feature on a 19th century Black farming settlement in the Adirondacks:

https://www.adirondackalmanack.com/2023/07/adirondack-black-farm-settlement-in-loon-lake.html

Miami has voted to protect (temporarily) a Tequesta site where a hotel is to be built:

https://hyperallergic.com/834460/miami-halts-digging-on-ancestral-site-slated-for-luxury-hotel/

Stephen Nash on why it's a good thing to keep 41 000 bison bones from the Jones-Miller site:

https://www.sapiens.org/archaeology/jones-miller-site/

Feature on the search for a fortress built in the late 18th century by Maroons in Georgia:

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/annals-of-inquiry/searching-for-a-fortress-built-by-people-who-escaped-slavery

Feature on three recent finds suggesting early humans may have survived 'an American Ice Age':

https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/early-humans-survived-an-american-ice-age-archaeologists-say
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CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA
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A possible 'thunder floor', dating to 1000-1400 CE from a Peruvian temple to a lightning deity at Viejo Sangayaico:

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/07/18/ancient-dance-floor-sounding-platform-andes-peru-archaeological-discovery
https://arkeonews.net/in-peru-archaeologists-discovered-an-ancient-dance-floor-that-can-imitate-rumbling-of-thunder/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11605-230720-peru-percussive-platform

Six 12th/13th century burials from the site where a statue of the Ruler of Amajac II statue was found earlier this year:

https://mexiconewsdaily.com/culture/6-burials-found-on-same-site-as-young-ruler-of-amajac-ii-statue/

A study of 15th century pottery from an island near Puerto Rico suggests wine may have been consumed:

https://scitechdaily.com/earliest-evidence-of-wine-consumption-in-the-americas-found-on-small-caribbean-island/

A burial (date uncertain) in Brazil of a teenage girl who was suffering from spina bifida:

https://www.newsweek.com/skeleton-disabled-teen-bracelet-puzzles-archaeologists-1813779
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-751994

More on 25 000 years bp sloth bone pendants from Brazil:

https://archaeonewsnet.com/2023/07/pendants-made-from-giant-sloths-suggest-earlier-arrival-of-people-in-the-americas.html

More on the 3000 years bp 'condor's passageway' at a Chavin temple in Peru:

https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/peru-temple-site-archaeologists-explore-3000-year-old-condors-passageway-2023-07-12/
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-750259
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11594-230717-peru-chavin-corridor

More on the Zapotec 'entrance to the underworld' found beneath a 16th century Catholic church in Mexico:

https://www.vice.com/en/article/epvbxk/archaeologists-found-an-ancient-entrance-to-the-underworld-under-a-church-in-mexico
https://www.sciencealert.com/mysterious-labyrinth-found-hidden-under-a-church-in-mexico
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/zapotec-underworld-entrance-mexico-180982552/

More on the find of the site of the city of Ocomtun in the Yucatan:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/20/world/americas/maya-city-yucatan-archaeology-ocomtun.html

More on the wreckage of a possible 19th century slave ship off the coast of Brazil:

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/archaeologists-discover-wreckage-of-notorious-slave-ship-off-brazil-1234674088/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11596-230717-brazil-slave-trade

Feature on what happened to the Rapa Nui people:

https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p0g03856/the-truth-behind-the-walking-statues-of-easter-island

Feature on the find of the Lord of Sipan tomb 36 years ago:

https://andina.pe/Ingles/noticia-lord-of-sipan-36-years-since-the-discovery-that-marked-a-global-milestone-948203.aspx

A project to conserve Costa Rica's stone spheres:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/07/archaeologists-conduct-project-to-conserve-costa-ricas-stone-spheres/148052
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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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Czech researchers successfully crossed the Aegean in their replica 'prehistoric vessel':

https://arkeonews.net/czech-experimental-archaeologists-successfully-completed-their-1-month-voyage-in-the-aegean-sea-using-a-replica-of-a-prehistoric-vessel/

Hyping a study of plague-associated teeth to determine the effectiveness of quarantines in pandemics:

https://phys.org/news/2023-07-centuries-old-teeth-effectiveness-pandemic-quarantines.html

The restoration of 16th century Derbyshire tapestries is complete (after 24 years):

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2023/jul/20/restoration-16th-century-derbyshire-tapestries-ends-24-years-national-trust

Some skull fragments believed to belong to Beethoven were returned to Vienna:

https://phys.org/news/2023-07-presumed-beethoven-skull-fragments-vienna.html
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-66261623
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/67841

Pondering the extent of the antiquities trade:

https://phys.org/news/2023-07-unproven-distract-real-illicit-antiquities.html
https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/archaeology-today/how-big-is-the-antiquities-trade/

A pair of really lately bestowed Yale degrees:

https://yalealumnimagazine.org/articles/5707-yale-degrees-two-centuries-late

A past Civil War issue at Yale:

https://yalealumnimagazine.org/articles/5685-a-vine-mess

A never-before-seen manuscript by Esther Inglis was unveiled this week:

https://phys.org/news/2023-07-rare-esther-inglis-manuscript-unveiled.html

Feature on Titian's portrait of Filippo Archinto:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/art/interactive/2023/titian-renaissance-archinto-francis-bacon/

Feature on Imperialism:

https://www.teenvogue.com/story/what-is-imperialism

Another item on what Indiana Jones gets wrong about archaeology:

https://www.iflscience.com/what-archaeologists-think-indiana-jones-gets-wrong-about-archaeology-69922

Suggestion that historical infanticide in Europe was probably more widespread than previously thought:

https://phys.org/news/2023-07-historical-infanticide-europe-widespread.html

Feature on some 'pivotal' Scottish golf courses:

https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20230717-the-little-known-courses-that-made-modern-golf

Feature on Lily Parr:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/21/obituaries/lily-parr-overlooked.html

More on motives for archaeologists to rebury sites:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/why-do-archaeologists-rebury-their-excavations-180982542/

More on the uncensored bits of William Camden's history of Elizabeth I's reign:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/hidden-for-400-years-censored-pages-reveal-new-insights-on-elizabeth-is-reign-180982554/

Review of Ferdinand Mount, *Big Caesars and Little Caesars*:

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/jul/19/big-caesars-and-little-caesars-by-ferdinand-mount-review-rogues-gallery
https://www.spectator.co.uk/podcast/ferdinand-mount-big-caesars-and-little-caesars/
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/from-julius-caesar-to-boris-johnson-and-other-dictators-krqcvx3x7

Review of Flora Fraser, *Flora Macdonald*:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/10/books/review/flora-macdonald-fraser.html

Review of Lynne Olson, *Empress of the Nile*:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/28/books/review/empress-of-the-nile-lynne-olson.html
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CURRENT EVENTS:
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In the heat, Iran's ancient windcatchers might be of interest:

https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20230721-iran-s-ancient-wind-catchers-beat-the-heat-naturally

Russian archaeologists are searching for 'evidence' the Chersonesos belongs to Russia:

https://news.yahoo.com/russian-archaeologists-look-evidence-chersonesos-122700649.html

More on the search for burials at a Native American boarding school in Nebraska (so far, nothing):

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-07-15/search-for-remains-of-native-american-boarding-students-fails-to/102602958
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ANIMAL AND PLANT DOMESTICATIONS
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Feature on the development of the Kunga:

https://bigthink.com/the-past/kunga-first-hybrid-animal/

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LANGUAGE RELATED
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Feature on the language of Jersey and its use during WWII:

https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20230716-jerrais-the-secret-british-language-that-was-used-to-outwit-the-nazis

More on the decipherment of the Kushan script:

https://portal.uni-koeln.de/en/universitaet/aktuell/press-releases/single-news/research-group-deciphers-enigmatic-ancient-script
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/ancient-unknown-script-finally-deciphered-70-years-after-first-being-discovered
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-751981
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/07/archaeologists-decipher-ancient-kuschana-script/148017
https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/scientists-crack-the-code-of-ancient-mysterious-asian-script/
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/ancient-unknown-script-is-finally-deciphered/
https://archaeonewsnet.com/2023/07/research-group-deciphers-enigmatic-kushan-script.html
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11600-230719-unknown-kushan-script
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PHILOSOPHERS AND MATTERS PHILOSOPHICAL
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On the trend to mix Classical philosophy with self-help:

https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/culture/books/62166/prozac-or-presocratics-classical-greece-self-help
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MUSEUM MATTERS
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Antiquities of Qantir:

https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/07/18/antiquities-of-qantir-exhibition-on-ramesses-iis-capital-started-in-cairo/

China's Hidden Century:

https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/3228309/british-museums-chinas-hidden-century-exhibition-incredible-history-lesson-whether-or-not-youre

Buddhist art from India:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/21/arts/design/buddhist-art-india-metropolitan-met.html

The Met is being closely looked at because of its connections with Shelby White:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/17/arts/design/shelby-white-the-met-antiquities-investigation.html

... and a number of items from her personal collection have been seized:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jul/22/shelby-white-looted-artifacts-met-museum-art
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12311345/Met-trustee-philanthropist-89-looted-ancient-artefacts-worth-69MILLION-seized.html
https://nypost.com/2023/07/19/investigators-seize-69m-worth-of-stolen-artifacts-from-met-trustee/

Funding for renovations for the Hereford Museum:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hereford-worcester-66226011

The East Garage Necropolis Area of Antalya is now a museum:

https://arkeonews.net/the-ancient-necropolis-area-in-turkeys-antalya-becomes-a-museum/

More on Egypt's issues with a Dutch museum's exhibition:

https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20230721-dutch-museum-exhibit-with-beyonce-raises-tempers-in-egypt-1
https://thearabweekly.com/dutch-museum-exhibit-accused-imposing-afrocentric-prism-row-raises-tempers-egypt
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AUCTIONS AND SALES RELATED
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A Viking bronze die found in Watton fetched a nice price:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-norfolk-66245232
https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/23665002.viking-artefact-found-watton-sells-15k-auction/

A medal given to Isaac van Wart is coming to auction:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/21/arts/benedict-arnold-medal-west-point-andre.html

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ON THE DNA FRONT
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A DNA study suggests there was early (Bronze Age/Chalcolithic) contact between farmers and pastoralists in the Black Sea region:

https://www.mpg.de/20625285/dynamic-interaction-zone-between-farmers-and-pastoralists
https://phys.org/news/2023-07-genetic-evidence-early-contact-farmers.html
https://phys.org/news/2023-07-ancient-dna-reveals-earliest-evidence.html
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/07/20/dynamic-interaction-zone-between-farmers-and-pastoralists/
https://theconversation.com/ancient-dna-reveals-the-earliest-evidence-of-the-last-massive-human-migration-to-western-europe-210056
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THE TECHY SIDE
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Software to extract and analyze ancient engravings has been developed at Hebrew University of Jerusalem:

https://www.jns.org/jns/topic/23/7/18/303550/

Latest facial reconstruction is of the recently-identified woman from the Vasa shipwreck:

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/woman-who-died-in-deadly-vasa-warships-wreck-400-years-ago-reconstructed-in-lifelike-detail

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TOURISTY THINGS
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Sanliurfa:

https://www.euronews.com/travel/2023/07/17/unearthing-history-explore-sanliurfas-astonishing-archaeological-sites

Ptolemais:

https://www.france24.com/en/video/20230719-discovering-libya-s-ancient-city-of-ptolemais

Iceland Viking Festival:

https://www.dw.com/en/fighting-and-celebrating-like-the-vikings/video-66308912

Ushguli:

https://www.dw.com/en/travel-tip-for-georgia-ushguli/video-66308901

More on the Swiss girl who was caught doing the graffiti thing on the colosseum:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12303715/Moment-17-year-old-Swiss-girl-caught-carving-initial-Colosseum-wall.html
https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/swiss-woman-under-investigation-for-damaging-rome-colosseum/48666730
https://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/travel-troubles/132557009/its-happened-again-teen-caught-carving-initial-into-colosseum-wall
https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/teenage-girl-colosseum-carve-name-rome-b2376482.html
https://metro.co.uk/2023/07/17/teenage-girl-becomes-second-person-in-a-month-to-deface-colosseum-19143785/
https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/rome-ampitheatre-colosseum-italy-vandalism-teenage-girl/
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/07/19/tour-guide-who-filmed-swiss-tourist-defacing-colosseum-rome-italy
https://www.jpost.com/international/article-752073

... while a German tourist doesn't seem of have had as much attention:

https://www.dw.com/en/german-teen-latest-caught-vandalizing-italys-colosseum/a-66249536
https://www.thelocal.it/20230717/anger-in-italy-as-another-tourist-caught-carving-initials-into-romes-colosseum

More on the Canadian teen caught doing the same thing in a Japanese temple:

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/canadian-teen-carved-name-japanese-temple-toshodaiji-julian/

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CRIME BEAT
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Arrests in that theft of Celtic coins from a German museum (some have been melted, apparently):

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-66247076
https://apnews.com/article/germany-ancient-coins-stolen-museum-arrests-0639e57fe86afa9afec2f3a7007e72f2
https://nypost.com/2023/07/20/german-police-find-melted-down-gold-after-theft-of-celtic-coins-seek-rest-of-treasure/
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-12316047/German-authorities-arrest-suspects-theft-483-Celtic-gold-coins-museum.html
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/german-police-arrest-suspects-in-museum-celtic-coin-heist-2340163
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/67845

Feature on how the Taliban is making money from the Bamiyan Buddhas:

https://bitterwinter.org/how-the-taliban-make-money-out-of-the-buddhas-they-destroyed/
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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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Italy returned a tomb stele to Turkiye:

https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkiye-receives-ancient-tomb-stele-repatriated-from-italy-184705
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/67836
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11598-230718-turkey-zeugma-repatriation

Italy alos returned a trio of antiquities to Cyprus:

https://cyprus-mail.com/2023/07/19/ancient-artefacts-returned-from-italy/
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/07/19/repatriation-of-three-cypriot-antiquities-from-italy/

Italy is seeking the return of seven items from the Louvre:

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/07/17/italy-seeks-the-return-of-seven-possibly-looted-works-from-the-louvre
https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/italy-demands-louvre-return-looted-antiquities-184750
https://www.euronews.com/culture/2023/07/20/frances-louvre-museum-set-to-return-stolen-italian-artifacts

The US returned two antiquities to Libya:

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/07/17/manhattan-district-attorneys-office-returns-looted-statues-robin-symes
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/manhattan-district-attorney-returns-antiquities-libya-1234674386/
https://www.artdependence.com/articles/new-york-da-bragg-announces-return-of-two-antiquities-to-the-people-of-libya/

The US returned 105 antiquities to India:

https://indianexpress.com/article/india/us-hands-over-105-antiquities-will-reach-india-soon-8844964/
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/us-hands-over-105-antiquities-to-india/article67091585.ece
https://m.timesofindia.com/india/us-hands-over-105-trafficked-antiquities-to-indian-officials/articleshow/101837424.cms

A stolen Christopher Columbus letter found in Delaware was returned to Italy:

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2023/jul/21/christopher-columbus-letter-king-ferdinand-returned-italy

Switzerland returned an Assyrian artifact to Iraq:

https://www.iraqinews.com/iraq/switzerland-returns-assyrian-artifact-to-iraq/

A Maya skull carving found in a German shop was returned to Mexico:

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/07/20/maya-skull-carving-returned-mexico

Benin Bronzes from assorted British museums will be returned despite private ownership issues:

https://www.thenationalnews.com/world/uk-news/2023/07/17/repatriation-of-benin-bronzes-confirmed-by-british-museums/

Then Haaretz reported on Israeli antiquities being 'stranded' at Mar-a-lago:

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2023-07-18/ty-article/.premium/israeli-antiquities-remain-stranded-at-trumps-estate-as-authorities-fail-to-retrieve/00000189-6448-dc6b-a3f9-ee593e850000

... which was picked up by plenty of newspapers with various spins:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jul/18/treasures-lent-by-israel-for-white-house-event-stranded-at-mar-a-lago-donald-trump
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-israeli-candles-maralago-b2377355.html
https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/israel-said-unable-to-secure-return-of-antiquities-stuck-at-trumps-mar-a-lago/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/lost-israeli-antiquities-said-to-reemerge-in-trumps-florida-residence/
https://www.jta.org/2023/07/18/politics/report-israel-antiquities-among-items-held-by-trump-at-mar-a-lago
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/flashes/611670
https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/politics-and-diplomacy/article-750511
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/07/18/israeli-antiquities-kept-donald-trump-mar-a-lago-florida/
https://www.salon.com/2023/07/18/israeli-national-treasures-stranded-in-dc-discovered-stashed-at-mar-a-lago-resort-report/
https://newrepublic.com/post/174400/trump-hoarding-israeli-antiquities-mar-a-lago
https://www.nationalreview.com/the-morning-jolt/donald-trump-and-the-lost-lamps-of-israel/
https://www.algemeiner.com/2023/07/18/israel-struggling-to-obtain-return-of-valuable-antiquities-held-at-trumps-florida-resort/
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/07/18/israeli-antiquities-loaned-white-house-2019-mar-a-lago

... in case you missed the Palestinian connection:

https://www.palestinechronicle.com/israels-national-treasure-kept-by-trump-might-be-stolen-from-the-palestinians/

... while the Washington Post seems to have sorted out what actually happened:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/2023/07/21/trump-israel-artifacts-return/

... and now we're reading the antiquities will be returned to Israel:

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2023-07-20/ty-article/.premium/trump-to-return-antiquities-kept-at-mar-a-lago-to-israel/00000189-73ed-d09f-a3a9-f7ed83e80001
https://www.algemeiner.com/2023/07/20/donald-trump-agrees-to-return-israeli-antiquities-from-mar-a-lago-club/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/trump-to-return-ancient-lamps-to-israel-after-antiquities-authority-said-to-protest/
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/flashes/611855
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-751904
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NUMISMATICA
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A study of Benjamin Franklin's paper money:

https://phys.org/news/2023-07-benjamins-decipher-secrets-benjamin-franklin.html
https://apnews.com/article/benjamin-franklin-counterfeit-colonial-money-currency-a1063605531aeeb4a2cb2826a89e27b0
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/07/20/researchers-decipher-the-secrets-of-benjamin-franklins-paper-money/

Latest e-Sylum:

http://www.coinbooks.org/v26/club_nbs_esylum_v26n29.html

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

http://www.coinbooks.org/v26/club_nbs_esylum_v26n30.html
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Coin Week:

http://www.coinweek.com/

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OBITUARIES
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Diane Harris Cline:

https://www.archaeological.org/in-memory-of-diane-harris-cline-ph-d/

Richard Barancik:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/22/world/europe/richard-barancik-dead.html

Martha Saxton:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/20/books/martha-saxton-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/3299-audio-news-from-archaeologica-july-9th-through-the-15th-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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