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explorator 25.41 January 29, 2023
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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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A 1.2 million years bp obsidian (!) workshop from Ethiopia:

https://phys.org/news/2023-01-obsidian-handaxe-making-workshop-million-years.html
https://www.vice.com/en/article/n7zx77/archaeologists-discover-12-million-year-old-workshop-in-mind-blowing-find

cf: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-022-01970-1

The Cueva Des-Cubierta in Spain suggests an accumulation of herbivore skulls collected by Neanderthals was 'symbolic':

https://phys.org/news/2023-01-large-animal-skulls-neanderthal-cave.html

cf: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-022-01503-7
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-00229-4

A study of the role of 'smell' in Denisovan and Neanderthal lives:

https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/01/27/study-offers-new-insight-on-what-ancient-noses-smelled/

Using fossil teeth to reveal human brain evolution:

https://theconversation.com/fossil-teeth-reveal-how-brains-developed-in-utero-over-millions-of-years-of-human-evolution-new-research-193167

... and a study of thin tooth enamel in homo antecessor:

https://www.cenieh.es/en/press/news/neanderthals-are-not-only-species-whose-dentition-characterized-possession-thin-enamel
https://www.archaeology.org/11150-230126-homo-antecessor-teeth

On how large mammals impacted human evolution:

https://theconversation.com/large-mammals-shaped-the-evolution-of-humans-heres-why-it-happened-in-africa-196398

Another 'rethinking the Neanderthals' piece:

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2023-01-28/ty-article/sensitive-and-vulnerable-neanderthals-may-not-have-been-that-different-from-us/00000185-f5f1-d4a2-adb5-f5f992840000
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AFRICA
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A study of water use at Great Zimbabwe:

https://phys.org/news/2023-01-uncovers-mystery-large-city-southern.html
https://www.classicult.it/en/the-water-mystery-of-the-first-large-city-in-southern-africa-great-zimbabwe/
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/01/26/research-uncovers-water-mystery-of-the-first-large-city-in-southern-africa/

cf: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213305422000388

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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT
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A 4300 years bp mummified person wrapped in gold leaf (the 'oldest') from near the Step Pyramid at Saqqara:

https://egyptianstreets.com/2023/01/26/egypt-discovers-oldest-mummy-ever-found/
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/26/archaeologist-hails-possibly-oldest-mummy-yet-found-in-egypt
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-64415816
https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/archaeologist-hails-possibly-oldest-mummy-yet-found-egypt-2023-01-26/
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ancient-egypt-oldest-non-royal-mummy-ever-discovered-saqqara-wrapped-in-gold/
https://www.cnn.com/style/article/egypt-oldest-mummy-uncovered-intl-scli-scn/index.html
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-729935
https://www.thenationalnews.com/mena/egypt/2023/01/26/4300-year-old-gilded-mummy-discovered-in-cairos-saqqara-necropolis/
https://see.news/french-archaeologist-we-found-mummy-of-a-man-covered-with-gold-leaf-called-messi
https://greekreporter.com/2023/01/29/egypt-oldest-mummy/
https://www.rte.ie/news/newslens/2023/0127/1352138-egypt-discovers-oldest-most-complete-unroyal-mummy/
https://www.smh.com.au/world/middle-east/archaeologists-hail-hekashepes-oldest-and-most-complete-mummy-yet-found-20230127-p5cftb.html
https://www.sciencealert.com/archaeologists-mayve-discovered-the-oldest-and-most-complete-egyptian-mummy-yet
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/egypt-oldest-mummy-found-cairo-1234655499/

... there were other finds near this one as well, including the tomb of the 'secret keeper', which is the headline in other pieces:

https://phys.org/news/2023-01-egypt-unveils-ancient-secret-keeper.html
https://egyptindependent.com/egypt-announces-important-archaeological-discoveries-in-saqqara/
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20230126-egypt-unveils-ancient-secret-keeper-tomb-golden-mummy
https://www.dailysabah.com/life/history/egypt-unearths-secret-keeper-tomb-golden-mummy-at-saqqara
https://www.trtworld.com/life/new-excavation-unearths-tombs-and-sarcophagus-in-egypt-64897
https://www.dailysabah.com/life/history/egypt-unearths-secret-keeper-tomb-golden-mummy-at-saqqara
https://www.timesofisrael.com/egypt-unveils-ancient-tombs-of-secret-keeper-tomb-gold-leaf-covered-mummy/
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/egypt-luxor-ancient-egypitian-discoveries-compelete-city-13th-dynasty-burial-site/
https://jordantimes.com/news/region/egypt%C2%A0unveils-ancient-%E2%80%98secret-keeper%E2%80%99-tomb-golden-mummy
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/egypt-unveils-tombs-and-sarcophagus-in-new-excavation/2023/01/26/bf676ea4-9d84-11ed-93e0-38551e88239c_story.html
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2023/01/27/ancient-egypt-discoveries-oldest-mummy-tombs-luxor/11126227002/

... and with an emphasis on Old Kingdom tombs and statuary (and Zahi Hawass):

https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/484966/Antiquities/Ancient-Egypt/In-Photos-Egyptian-mission-discovers-Old-Kingdom-t.aspx
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/egypt-ap-cairo-giza-pyramids-memphis-b2269796.html
https://egyptindependent.com/egypt-announces-important-archaeological-discoveries-in-saqqara/
https://abcnews.go.com/International/egypt-discovers-4300-year-tombs-ancient-burial-ground/story?id=96684870
https://apnews.com/article/politics-egypt-government-zahi-hawass-cairo-196c34bb3629842a02c42b40362a519b
https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2023-01-26/egypt-unveils-tombs-and-sarcophagus-in-new-excavation
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/science/egypt-unveils-tombs-and-sarcophagus-in-new-excavation-outside-of-cairo
https://www.npr.org/2023/01/27/1151958356/egypt-unveils-tombs-and-a-sarcophagus-in-a-new-excavation
https://www.dw.com/en/egypt-unveils-4300-year-old-mummy-tombs/a-64530366
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/egypt-ap-cairo-giza-pyramids-memphis-b2269796.html
https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/africa/300793499/egypt-unveils-dozens-of-new-archaeological-discoveries-including-ancient-tombs
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/01/27/new-important-finds-from-saqqara/

Evidence of a (failed) revolt against Ptolemaic rulers (mentioned in the Rosetta Stone) from Tell Timai:

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/01/27/where-the-swords-met-bone-archaeological-evidence-found-of-ancient-egyptian-rebellion-mentioned-on-the-rosetta-stone

A 'complete' 1800 years bp 'Roman' city find on the east bank of Luxor:

https://www.livescience.com/ancient-roman-residences-with-pigeon-towers-discovered-in-luxor-egypt
https://www.egyptindependent.com/photos-first-full-residential-city-discovered-in-eastern-luxor/
https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2023/01/egypt-archaeologists-uncover-complete-roman-city
https://www.dailysabah.com/life/history/archaeologists-unearth-1800-year-old-complete-roman-city-in-egypt
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/egypt-archaeologists-uncover-complete-roman-city-luxor
https://www.trtworld.com/art-culture/egypt-uncovers-complete-ancient-roman-city-in-luxor-64823
https://cairoscene.com/Buzz/An-Ancient-Roman-Era-City-Has-Been-Totally-Unearthed-in-Luxor
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/culture/egypt-says-it-discovered-ancient-city-in-luxor/2796451
https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/egypt-archaeologists-uncover-complete-roman-city-180388
https://thearabweekly.com/egypt-archaeologists-uncover-complete-roman-city-heart-luxor
https://www.rfi.fr/en/international-news/20230124-egypt-archaeologists-uncover-complete-roman-city
https://www.thenationalnews.com/mena/egypt/2023/01/24/remains-of-ancient-roman-city-unearthed-in-luxor-on-eastern-nile-bank/
https://english.news.cn/20230125/59c91784fedc4da59b5763c088b3ade1/c.html
https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/africa/300793499/egypt-unveils-dozens-of-new-archaeological-discoveries-including-ancient-tombs
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/egypt-unveils-tombs-and-sarcophagus-in-new-excavation/2023/01/26/bf676ea4-9d84-11ed-93e0-38551e88239c_story.html
https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/roman-city-luxor-egypt-scli-intl/index.html
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article271655457.html
https://www.ansamed.info/ansamed/en/news/sections/generalnews/2023/01/24/entire-ancient-roman-city-discovered-in-luxor_b4a2f947-d17e-4bd6-a6d2-6b6ba1efbd57.html
https://www.sciencealert.com/archaeologists-find-hidden-ruins-of-complete-roman-era-city-in-egypt
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/roman-city-found-luxor-egypt-1234655068/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/01/remains-of-roman-city-found-in-luxor/146009

... and an overview of all the recent finds:

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/egypt-luxor-ancient-egypitian-discoveries-compelete-city-13th-dynasty-burial-site/
https://english.news.cn/20230126/8ff9491d7f9746a6bf04de5733aacc24/c.html

More on the find of a 16 metre long copy of the Book of the Dead at Saqqara:

https://www.livescience.com/ancient-egypt-book-of-the-dead-papyrus-found
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-729263
https://greekreporter.com/2023/01/23/16-meter-long-book-dead-ancient-papyrus-egypt-sarcophagus/

More on the find of a 3500 years bp royal tomb near Luxor:

https://www.livescience.com/ancient-egyptian-royal-tombs-discovered
https://greekreporter.com/2023/01/24/royal-tomb-found-luxor-egypt/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/01/royal-tomb-unearthed-in-luxor/145938

More on the burial of a child with 142 dogs at the Fayum Oasis necropolis:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/ancient-egyptian-child-discovered-buried-with-142-dogs-puppies/ar-AA16xMit
https://www.thedailybeast.com/why-is-an-ancient-egyptian-mass-grave-of-dogs-stumping-archaeologists
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/01/child-buried-with-142-dogs-in-ancient-egyptian-necropolis/145952
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11143-230123-egypt-child-dogs

More on 10 well-preserved 2500 years bp crocodile mummies from an Egyptian tomb at Qubbat al-Hawa:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/18/science/mummified-crocodiles-egypt-tomb.html
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/mummified-crocodiles-1.6723261
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/cache-of-mummified-crocodiles-discovered-in-egypt-180981487/

Feature on an 'all-Egyptian team' working in the Valley of the Kings:

https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2023/0125/In-Valley-of-the-Kings-dig-an-all-Egyptian-team-makes-its-mark

Feature on the phonetic hieroglyphic alphabet:

https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v45/n03/james-davidson/at-the-british-museum

A 5000 years bp stoneware workshop find in Jiroft:

https://arkeonews.net/5000-year-old-stoneware-workshop-found-in-iran/

A Sassanid-era petroglyph from Marvdasht:

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/481346/Sassanid-petroglyph-on-marriage-found-in-Marvdasht

A study of the effect of shifting monsoon seasons on the rise and fall of Persian civilizations over 4000 years:

https://liu.se/en/news-item/climate-change-may-have-impacted-the-rise-and-fall-of-middle-eastern-civilisations
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11149-230126-iran-climate-agriculture

Tehran will be hosting an international archaeology conference:

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/481128/Tehran-to-host-intl-symposium-on-archaeology

More on calls for further excavations at the Chamshir Dam site:

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/481169/Chamshir-Dam-archaeologist-calls-for-further-excavations

Overview feature on UPenn's (and UPisa's) dig at Lagash (this overlaps with the next item):

https://phys.org/news/2023-01-unearthing-archaeological-lagash-site-southern.html
https://www.zmescience.com/science/archaeology/archaeology-in-iraq-shows-how-people-lived-5000-years-ago/

Remains of a 5000 years (or so) bp 'tavern' from Lagash:

https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/lagash-southern-iraq-site-unearthing-archaeological-passing-time
https://nypost.com/2023/01/28/5000-year-old-tavern-discovered-on-archeological-dig/
https://www.tri-cityherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article271648927.html
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11151-230127-iraq-lagash-tavern

756 artifacts from various periods in Basra:

https://www.iraqinews.com/iraq/more-than-750-artifacts-discovered-in-basra/

A study of kinship and marriage practices in Neolithic Anatolia:

https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/01/25/kinship-formation-in-neolithic-anatolia-helped-communities-avoiding-inbreeding/

Overview of recent finds from Heraclea:

https://www.dailysabah.com/turkey/excavation-restoration-unearth-cultural-assets-in-ancient-heraclea/news

1500 years bp Byzantine finds from a peach orchard in Iznik:

https://arkeonews.net/1500-year-old-byzantine-artifacts-found-under-a-peach-orchard-in-turkeys-iznik/

A 'complete sequence' from Early Bronze Age to Iron Age of finds from Megiddo is causing a bit of a rethink of chronology:

https://www.haaretz.com/2023-01-22/00000185-d960-d2d9-ab95-ffe0729e0000

Feature on a 2500 years bp 'love letter' on the sarcophagus of Antigonos:

https://www.iflscience.com/2-500-year-old-love-letter-revealed-in-ancient-general-s-sarcophagus-67272
https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/this-ancient-2500-year-old-love-grief-letter-is-the-most-romantic-thing/

6th century CE mosaics from a large building complex near Jericho:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/01/ornate-collection-of-mosaics-uncovered-near-jericho/145920

A 'mysterious handprint' find in a 1000 years bp 'moat' in Jerusalem:

https://www.livescience.com/mystery-handprint-crusades-moat-jerusalem
https://www.timesofisrael.com/mysterious-handprint-found-in-1000-year-old-jerusalem-defensive-moat/
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/366421
https://www.ynetnews.com/travel/article/rkll6wajs
https://www.jns.org/ancient-moat-and-enigmatic-hand-imprint-uncovered-in-jerusalem/
https://www.israelhayom.com/2023/01/25/archaeologists-baffled-by-ancient-handprint-discovered-in-jerusalem/
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-729562
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2023-01-25/ty-article/archaeologists-discover-ancient-moat-carved-into-jerusalem-bedrock/00000185-e808-d8d4-add7-f90f2b340000
https://www.thenationalnews.com/mena/2023/01/26/mysterious-ancient-hand-print-discovered-in-jerusalem-in-pictures/
https://www.rfi.fr/en/middle-east/20230125-ancient-jerusalem-hand-imprint-baffles-israel-experts
https://greekreporter.com/2023/01/26/ancient-hand-imprint-israel/
https://www.iflscience.com/mysterious-hand-imprint-discovered-in-1-000-year-old-moat-wall-in-jerusalem-67243
https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/archaeology-today/jerusalems-medieval-moat/
https://arkeonews.net/a-carved-hand-imprint-unearthed-in-a-1000-year-old-jerusalem-defensive-moat/
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/01/27/mysterious-hand-imprint-found-next-to-the-city-of-jerusalem-walls/

More on 4000+ years bp ostrich eggs from a desert campsite in Israel:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/01/ancient-campsite-where-people-cooked-ostrich-eggs/145925

More on 3600 years bp evidence of use of silver as 'currency' from Israel and Gaza:

https://www.livescience.com/ancient-silver-hoards-israel-gaza
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11146-230124-levant-hacksilver-currency

More on 1300 years bp Silk Road-related textile finds from Israel:

https://mosaicmagazine.com/picks/history-ideas/2023/01/archaeologists-discover-the-silk-roads-israeli-branch/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11144-230123-israel-arava-fabric

South Korea is apparently helping to restore a Sebastia site as Palestinian:

https://www.jewishpress.com/news/global/asia/korea/south-korea-helping-restore-sebastia-antiquities-site-as-a-palestinian-heritage-site/2023/01/22/

Israel's defense minister is pledging to safeguard the Mount Ebal site:

https://www.jns.org/gallant-pledges-to-safeguard-archaeological-site-at-mount-ebal-from-palestinian-damage/

... related:

https://www.jewishpress.com/news/eye-on-palestine/palestinian-authority/palestinian-authority-marketing-homes-on-jewish-archaeological-site/2023/01/28/

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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS)
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1st century BCE Roman wells and a writing tablet from Sens (France):

https://www.stilearte.it/portato-alla-luce-misterioso-quartiere-romano-di-sens-senigalia-latrine-vasche-pozzi-monete-false/
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/66257

A Gallo-Roman rural settlement including an interesting well from a site in southern France:

https://www.archeomedia.net/francia-un-profondo-pozzo-e-una-fattoria-del-periodo-romano-trovati-ed-esplorati-dagli-archeologi/

Plenty of interesting finds in the search for the start of the Appian Way (but the search was called off):

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/26/world/europe/roman-road-appian-way-beginning-italy.html
https://www.soprintendenzaspecialeroma.it/eventi/uno-scavo-di-ricerca-appia-regina-viarum_307/
https://news.yahoo.com/rome-archaeologists-search-start-appian-033355082.html
https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/water-spoils-archaeological-quest-queen-roman-roads-2023-01-24/
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/roman-road-dig-yields-centuries-of-treasures-lkcjhh7hp
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20230127-rome-archaeologists-search-for-start-of-appian-way
https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/rome-archaeologists-search-for-start-of-appian-way-180429
https://www.wantedinrome.com/news/italy-rome-via-appia-antica-appian-way.html
https://www.thelocal.it/20230127/rome-archaeologists-continue-search-for-start-of-appian-way/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11148-230125-rome-appian-way

... and they're seeking UNESCO status for the road as well:

https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20230127-rome-archaeologists-search-for-start-of-appian-way

Remains of a 2000 years bp road from Cluj-Napoca (Romania):

https://www.romania-insider.com/archaeologists-roman-road-cluj-napoca-romania
https://www.romaniajournal.ro/society-people/2000-year-old-roman-road-discovered-in-the-center-of-cluj-napoca/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11145-230124-romania-roman-road
https://arkeonews.net/archaeologists-found-a-2000-year-old-roman-road-in-cluj-napoca-in-northwest-romania/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11145-230124-romania-roman-road

... and receding waters revealed an Etruscan/Roman road along Lake Trasimene which originally ran from Chiusi to Perugia:

https://www.perugiatoday.it/eventi/cultura/la-scoperta-il-trasimeno-si-ritira-e-a-sant-arcangelo-viene-alla-luce-la-strada-che-univa-chiusi-a-perugia.html
https://initalia.virgilio.it/lago-trasimeno-tesoro-scoperta-storica-ipotesi-67971

2000 years bp Roman gemstones from near Hadrian's Wall in Carlisle:

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jan/28/roman-bathers-gems-carved-stones-archaeologists-hadrians-wall

Not sure if we mentioned these 17 decapitated burials (Roman?) and Roman finds from a site near St Neots (Cambridgshire):

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-64358866
https://nypost.com/2023/01/24/mass-burial-of-decapitated-roman-bodies-found-in-uk/
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/decapitated-roman-remains-found-england-archaeology-1234654669/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/01/decapitated-skeletons-found-in-roman-cemetery/146003
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11154-230126-england-roman-headless

Sewer work near the Appian Way also revealed a life-sized statue of someone in the guise of Hercules (looks 1st/2nd century CE):

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/27/ancient-statue-of-hercules-emerges-from-rome-sewerage-repairs
https://greekcitytimes.com/2023/01/27/life-size-statue-hercules-rome/
https://greekreporter.com/2023/01/28/statue-hercules-discovered-rome/
https://www.stilearte.it/lavori-per-la-fognatura-a-roma-meraviglioso-dal-fondo-della-valletta-riemerge-antica-statua-di-ercole/
https://gulfnews.com/world/europe/ancient-marble-statue-of-hercules-emerges-after-sewer-work-in-rome-park-1.93505110
https://www.ansa.it/english/news/lifestyle/arts/2023/01/27/roman-statue-of-hercules-emerges-from-rome-park-sewer-work_d84a1400-6cec-4e78-ba88-0dabee46278a.html
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/01/construction-workers-find-life-sized-statue-of-hercules/146043

4th century CE amphora burials from Corsica:

https://www.archeomedia.net/corsica-sepolti-nel-iv-secolo-in-grosse-anfore-che-servivano-per-limportazione-di-vino-olive-e-salse/

A 4th century CE building with a hypocaust find from the site of Carthage:

https://www.leconomistemaghrebin.com/2023/01/26/carthage-decouverte-des-vestiges-dun-edifice-thermal-probablement-construit-au-ive-siecle-apres-j-c/

5th century child burials (in amphorae) along with some puppies from a site in Umbria:

https://www.stilearte.it/umbria-il-mistero-dei-47-bambini-del-v-secolo-che-dormono-per-sempre-nelle-anfore-scavi-e-simboli-stregoneschi/

A 'mysterious' Roman dodecahedron find from Belgium:

https://www.livescience.com/roman-dodecahedron-discovered-belgium
https://www.iflscience.com/rare-discovery-of-roman-dodecahedron-fragment-adds-to-archaeological-mystery-67294

Overview of the dig season and latest finds at Tenea/Chilimodi:

https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/01/25/new-finds-from-ancient-tenea-chiliomodi-corinthia/

Falling Christmas decorations caused some damage at the Verona arena:

https://www.ansa.it/english/news/general_news/2023/01/23/arena-of-verona-damaged-by-falling-xmas-decorations_4904746e-3d83-45bc-a6a0-1327d6056d82.html

A 'missing' Roman votive inscription was 'rediscovered' in the collection of a Romanian library:

https://www.stiripesurse.ro/long-lost-spectacular-roman-artifact-depicting-god-silvanus-rediscovered-in-batthyaneum-collection_2760110.html

More on the reopening of the House of the Vettii:

https://phys.org/news/2023-01-pompeii-house-vettii-reopens-roman.html

More on the 'secret' of Roman concrete:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/self-healing-concrete-may-have-preserved-ancient-roman-structures-180981411/

More on endogamic marriage in Bronze Age Greece:

https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-729450
https://www.thedailybeast.com/dont-blame-the-egyptians-for-this-ancient-greek-kink
https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/16/europe/ancient-cousins-marriage-scli-intl-scn/index.html
https://news.yahoo.com/don-t-blame-egyptians-ancient-040140357.html
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11137-230119-greece-cousin-marriage

More on Sponsian:

https://www.historytoday.com/archive/missing-pieces/lost-emperor

The Winged Victory of Brescia is back in it Capitoline Temple:

http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/66238

The guy who found the Shropshire Hoard wants it to stay in the UK:

https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/local-hubs/oswestry/gobowen/2023/01/26/man-who-discovered-shropshire-roman-coin-hoard-wants-them-to-stay-in-county/

Shadi Bartsch on Chinese appreciation for Western classics:

https://press.princeton.edu/ideas/yes-the-chinese-care-about-the-western-classics

Interview with Tom Holland on ancient Greek views of India:

https://www.wionews.com/entertainment/lifestyle/news-exclusive--tom-holland-on-ancient-greek-perceptions-of-india-as-a-land-of-wonders-and-navigating-propaganda-555875

Feature on Sergey Ivanov at Northwestern:

https://dailynorthwestern.com/2023/01/24/lateststories/sergey-ivanov-teaches-classics-at-northwestern-after-fleeing-his-home-in-russia/

Feature on evidence of pagan and Christian worship along the via Egnatia:

https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/biblical-sites-places/mary-isis-and-the-goddesses-of-the-via-egnatia/

Feature on the oil and wine trade in ancient Greece:

https://www.asor.org/anetoday/2023/01/oil-wine-people

Feature on the Temple of Apollo at Didyma:

https://turkisharchaeonews.net/article/apollo-my-mind

Feature on a structure on top of the Athenian Temple of Olympian Zeus:

https://greekreporter.com/2023/01/22/building-top-temple-olympian-zeus/

Feature on how the 'myth of whiteness' was created for classical sculpture:

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

Feature on the probably origin of the Cyclops:

https://greekcitytimes.com/2023/01/28/cyclops-ancient-greeks-myth/

Feature on Plato and the Lord of the Rings:

https://greekreporter.com/2023/01/24/plato-ring-allegory-lord-of-the-rings/

Feature on Philopoemen:

https://greekreporter.com/2023/01/26/philopoemen-the-last-great-general-of-ancient-greece/

Feature on Linear A:

https://greekreporter.com/2023/01/28/decoding-linear-a-the-writing-system-of-the-ancient-minoans/

Feature on the 'Greek' origin of Troy:

https://greekreporter.com/2023/01/28/greek-origin-troy/

In the Parthenon sculptures saga, this week we were hearing that they'd be returned to Greece this year (hopefully?):

https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/elgin-marbles-they-are-coming-home-greece-british-museum-george-osborne/
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/elgin-marbles-to-return-this-year-says-greek-official-tgsg3frcn
https://greekcitytimes.com/2023/01/23/parthenon-marbles-to-return-this-year-says-greek-official/

... and where they would be housed at the Acropolis Museum:

https://www.thenationalherald.com/parthenon-marbles-may-be-housed-in-british-annex-at-acropolis-museum/

... and that getting a deal was 'difficult, but not impossible':

https://www.ekathimerini.com/news/1202959/agreement-on-parthenon-sculptures-difficult-but-not-impossible-says-culture-minister/
https://greekherald.com.au/news/difficult-but-not-impossible-greek-culture-minister-on-return-of-parthenon-marbles/
https://greekreporter.com/2023/01/24/parthenon-marbles-return-greece-difficult-not-impossible/
https://www.thenationalherald.com/agreement-on-permanent-return-of-parthenon-marbles-difficult-but-not-impossible/

... and an item that the rumours of their return were overhyped:

https://greekherald.com.au/news/british-museum-trustee-says-rumours-of-parthenon-marbles-return-to-greece-are-overhyped/
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/1/24/rumours-of-parthenon-marbles-return-overhyped-experts-say

... and there was a feature on Boris Johnson and the sculptures:

https://www.ekathimerini.com/news/1202884/boris-johnson-and-the-parthenon-marbles/

... and another feature on making copies:

https://www.openculture.com/2023/01/robots-are-carving-replicas-of-the-elgin-marbles.html

... and more OpEds with various spins:

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jan/24/britain-parthenon-marbles-return-museums
https://www.irishcentral.com/opinion/cahirodoherty/britain-lose-marbles
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/art/what-to-see/case-keeping-elgin-marbles/
https://cyprus-mail.com/2023/01/25/the-steal-deal-elgin-lobbyists/

Latest Pasts Imperfect newsletter:

https://pastsimperfect.substack.com/p/pasts-imperfect-12623

Comparing Kevin McCarthy to Didius Julianus:

https://www.zocalopublicsquare.org/2023/01/23/kevin-mccarthy-ancient-roman-emperor/ideas/essay/

Heinz is first with the Roman numeral Super Bowl attention this year:

https://www.adweek.com/creativity/heinz-puts-super-bowls-use-of-roman-numerals-on-trial/

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EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland)
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11 000 years bp human gone from Heaning Wood bone Cave in Great Urswick:

https://phys.org/news/2023-01-earliest-human-northern-britain.html
https://cumbriacrack.com/2023/01/24/some-of-the-uks-oldest-human-remains-dating-back-11000-years-found-in-cumbria/
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cumbria-64400523
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/oldest-northerner-remains-cave-cumbria-b2269525.html
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-11679029/Britains-oldest-northerner-Human-remains-Cumbria-cave-date-11-000-years.html
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article271728982.html
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/01/archaeologists-find-11000-year-old-human-remains-in-british-cave/146014
https://arkeonews.net/the-earliest-human-remains-11000-year-old-discovered-in-northern-britain/
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/01/25/earliest-human-remains-discovered-in-northern-britain/

A Mesolithic/Neolithic burial from Germany's oldest burial ground:

http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/66267

Study suggests Neolithic farming societies in Europe were violent:

https://phys.org/news/2023-01-violence-widespread-early-farming-society.html
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/01/23/violence-was-widespread-in-early-farming-society/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11147-230125-neolithic-violent-injuries

Bronze age burials from near Ely:

https://www.elystandard.co.uk/news/23270148.bronze-age-remains-skeletons-found-village-near-ely/

Roman to medieval finds from a site in West Flanders:

https://www.brusselstimes.com/belgium/357786/excavations-in-west-flanders-unearth-archaeological-finds-from-roman-era

'Citizen archaeologists' have identified more than 1000 possible burial mound sites in the Utrecht and Veluwe region:

https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2023/01/citizen-scientists-discover-more-than-1000-new-burial-mounds
https://phys.org/news/2023-01-citizen-scientists-burial-mounds.html
https://www.dutchnews.nl/news/2023/01/citizens-archaeology-project-finds-hundreds-of-new-burial-mounds/
https://arkeonews.net/citizen-scientists-discover-more-than-1000-new-burial-mounds-in-a-dutch-archaeological-project/

An Iron Age votive deposit of bronze items (Lusatian) from near Chelmo (Poland):

http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/66304
https://arkeonews.net/dozens-of-unique-bronze-ornaments-discovered-in-a-drained-peat-bog-in-poland/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/01/bronze-treasures-found-among-sacrificial-deposits/146030

Remains of an Iron Age chariot axle from Sizewell:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-suffolk-64401388
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-729818
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/01/rare-iron-age-axle-found-in-suffolk/146025

A housing development site in Northamptonshire reveals a 4000 years bp site used for 'ritual activity' possibly for 2000 years of use:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/01/roman-ritual-centre-found-near-northampton/145908
https://the-past.com/news/excavations-in-overstone-reveal-remains-of-a-bronze-age-barrow-and-a-roman-shrine/

In case you missed the neutron imaging of an 800 years bp pendant:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/neutrons-help-scientists-see-inside-800-year-old-pendant-and-find-tiny-bones-180981444/

... or the 'replica' Bronze Age sword from Hungary at the Field Museum which is now deemed authentic:

https://www.iflscience.com/museum-discovers-its-replica-sword-is-actually-3-000-years-old-67206
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/01/23/authentic-3000-year-old-bronze-age-sword-at-field-museum/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11152-230126-bronze-age-sword

Latest finds relating to the 1300 years bp Harpole Treasure is a unique cross with a medieval garnet:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-northamptonshire-64428086

A shipwreck off Eastbourne has been identified as the 17th century Dutch warship known as the Klein Hollandia:

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2023/jan/27/remarkable-eastbourne-shipwreck-identified-as-17th-century-dutch-warship
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-64402152.amp
https://www.dutchnews.nl/news/2023/01/shipwreck-off-english-coast-is-a-dutch-17th-century-warship/

A 19th century lead coffin burial of a surgeon from the dig at Leicester Cathedral:

https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/january/cathedral-dig-surgeon
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leicestershire-64415265
https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/history/leicester-cathedral-dig-uncovers-coffin-8083348

A 19th century shipwreck off Plymouth has been identified:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-devon-64385280
https://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/news/history/mystery-around-plymouth-ship-hulk-8080280
https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/marine-archaeologists-discover-the-real-identity-of-a-decaying-hull-in-plymouth/

Human remains from the Battle of Waterloo have been found in an attic in Belgium:

https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/25/europe/battle-waterloo-bones-scli-intl-scn/index.html

Human remains found on a Cornwall beach might belong to a centuries-old shipwreck victim:

https://www.newsweek.com/skull-found-uk-beach-shipwreck-sailor-1776389
https://www.itv.com/news/westcountry/2023-01-24/human-remains-found-during-beach-clean-could-be-shipwreck-victim

Fire destroyed an historic Victorian-era London church:

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jan/27/st-marks-church-st-johns-wood-london-destroyed-by-fire

Vegetation concerns for medieval lynchets in Amesbury:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-wiltshire-64373627

More on remains of a Mesolithic settlement from North Yorkshire:

https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/01/23/shedding-light-on-the-lives-of-stone-age-hunter-gatherers-in-britain/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11140-230120-england-mesolithic-wetlands

More on evidence of the English Civil War from musket holes in a gatehouse in Warwickshire:

https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/bbc-digging-britain-show-uncovers-26043309
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11155-230127-england-coleshill-manor
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/66276

More on the 1800+ years bp runestone frine from near Oslo:

https://www.rfi.fr/en/international/20230122-archaeologists-discover-world-s-oldest-rune-stone-in-norway
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/01/oldest-known-runestone-found-in-norway/145961

More on the Red Lady of Paviland:

https://nation.cymru/culture/red-lady-of-paviland-the-story-of-a-33000-year-old-skeleton-and-the-calls-for-it-to-return-to-wales/

More on rats not being responsible (maybe) for the spread of the Black Death:

https://www.livescience.com/black-death-not-primarily-spread-by-rats

More on mapping subterranean structures in Scotland:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/01/lasers-are-mapping-scotlands-subterranean-iron-age-structures/145958

Plans to look for a Neolithic henge at a Yorkshire village site:

https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/heritage-and-retro/heritage/kirk-hammerton-henge-archaeologists-to-search-for-undiscovered-prehistoric-temple-that-could-be-beneath-yorkshire-village-4005465

Feature on Teutonic knights:

https://www.livescience.com/all-about-history-126

Feature on a 16th century mosaic of a rhinoceros in Portugal:

https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p0dqhjpj/the-surprising-story-of-a-16th-century-rhino-called-ganda

Feature on the origins of Thomas Cromwell's power:

https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p0dz4jpw/the-little-known-origin-of-thomas-cromwell-s-power

Shropshire archaeologists are seeking help on a 'carved stone' from Nesscliffe (sp?) Hillfort:

https://newsroom.shropshire.gov.uk/2023/01/shropshire-archaeological-find-sparks-interest-us/
https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/environment/2023/01/26/nessglyph-riddle-boffins-baffled-by-mystery-stone-found-at-shropshire-archaeological-dig/

On waterlogged wood found at various sites in the UK:

https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/01/23/waterlogged-wood-found-in-bedforshire/

Honours for Fatima Cates, who helped set up the UK's earliest known mosque:

https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-england-merseyside-64365093
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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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Overview of excavations of the 800 years bp Diaoyu City on a Chinese mountaintop:

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article271539847.html
https://www.aol.com/news/800-old-fortified-city-imperial-155918940.html

A mirror and a large Dako iron sword from a 4th century tomb mound in Nara:

https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14824344
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/01/26/national/history/sword-mirror-burial-mound/
https://arkeonews.net/2-3-meter-sword-found-in-4th-century-tomb-in-japan/
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/66283
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/01/giant-2-3-metre-long-dakoken-sword-among-unprecedented-discoveries-in-burial-mound/146053

Excavations have resumed at the Harappan site at Rakhigarhi:

https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/haryana/archaeologists-resume-excavation-at-rakhigarhi-472785

The ASI plans to restore an archway at a 12th century mosque in Qutub:

https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/delhi-news/asi-to-restore-archway-at-12th-century-mosque-in-qutub-complex-101674412659793.html

38 new sites have been identified in the Islamabad Capital Territory:

https://www.nation.com.pk/23-Jan-2023/38-new-archeological-sites-discovered-in-ict

Feature on the archaeology with identifies Tamil kingdoms in southern India:

https://www.lankaweb.com/news/items/2023/01/24/chera-chola-pandya-using-archaeological-evidence-to-identify-the-tamil-kingdoms-of-early-historic-south-india/

Feature on Genghis Khan:

https://www.livescience.com/43260-genghis-khan.html

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AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND
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Not sure we've mentioned this destruction of petroglyphs by vandals at Koonalda Cave:

https://twistedsifter.com/2023/01/vandals-have-destroyed-australian-artifacts-dating-back-over-20000-years/
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NORTH AMERICA
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An update on what has been found so far this season at the Alamo dig:

https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/Alamo-excavation-update-Artifacts-found-but-no-17738717.php

A study of changes to mortality related to the transition from hunting/gathering to agriculture in North America:

https://phys.org/news/2023-01-agriculture-linked-age-independent-mortality-north.html
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/01/24/agriculture-linked-to-changes-in-age-independent-mortality/

A mid-19th century Indigenous Canadian jacket turned up in a vintage clothing store:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-south-yorkshire-64353180

Feature on Trenton's Petty's Run archaeological site:

https://www.trentondaily.com/this-week-in-history-exploring-the-pettys-run-archaeological-site/

More on NSF funding to survey hurricane-damaged sites in Florida:

https://www.psu.edu/news/research/story/archaeologists-awarded-nsf-grant-survey-hurricane-damaged-heritage-sites/

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CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA
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Studying what people were eating at Mexico's Cueva de la Paloma site 9000 years bp:

https://www.macon.com/news/nation-world/world/article271519622.html
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article271519622.html

Evidence of pre-Hispanic domestic housing platforms from a Maya site in Tabasco:

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/pre-hispanic-mayan-housing-found-tabasco-1234654834/

Recent finds from Palenque are helping to work out ceramic chronology of the Late Classic Maya:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/01/new-discoveries-reveal-ceramic-chronology-in-maya-city-of-palenque/146037

Remains of 18th century sugarcane mills from Martinique:

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article270953837.html
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11142-230123-martinique-sugarcane-mills

19th century relics found in 23 lead boxes in Mexico City's Catholic Metropolitan Cathedral:

https://apnews.com/article/caribbean-mexico-city-4c705d0ff3da20b49d40722f9194094d
https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/relics-found-23-lead-boxes-mexico-city-cathedral-96724609

Comparing modern to ancient 'dark earth' created by various Amazonian people:

https://ancient-archeology.com/study-investigates-source-of-amazons-dark-earth/

More on the 2000 years bp Zapotec tombs from San Pedro Nexicho:

https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/pre-hispanic-tombs-oaxaca-zapotec/
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-01-20/dozens-of-pre-hispanic-zapotec-tombs-in-san-pedro-nexicho/101876922

More on the sculpture of Xipe Totec going on display:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/01/moyotlan-sculpture-unveiled/145881

Feature on UCSD's work documenting sites in the path of the Maya Train project:

https://today.ucsd.edu/story/uc-san-diego-scientists-race-to-document-mexicos-maya-ruins

Feature on Machu Picchu:

https://www.historyextra.com/period/early-modern/machu-picchu-inca-city-history/

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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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A Buddhist prayer has joined the Gutenberg Bible on display at the Beinecke:

https://news.yale.edu/2023/01/24/worlds-oldest-printed-objects-join-gutenberg-bible-beinecke-display

A 17th century French aristocratic woman used gold wire to keep her teeth from falling out:

https://phys.org/news/2023-01-french-aristocrat-golden-dental-secret.html
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20230126-french-aristocrat-s-golden-dental-secret-revealed-400-years-on
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/archaeologists-uncover-gold-wire-mouth-anne-dalegre-17th-century-socialite-bad-reputation/
https://www.sciencealert.com/a-17th-century-aristocrat-had-a-crafty-secret-for-keeping-her-teeth
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/66293
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/what-secrets-lie-beneath-this-17th-century-french-aristocrats-smile-180981526/

cf: https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/journal-of-archaeological-science-reports

A mystery portrait might be by Raphael:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-64374229

Marking the 700th anniversary of the canonization ot Thomas Aquinas by putting his skull on display:

https://www.ncregister.com/cna/skull-of-st-thomas-aquinas-unveiled-at-700th-anniversary-of-his-canonization

Jane Austen on TikTok:

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/jan/29/jane-austen-tiktok-generation-heroine-fans

On the history of the toilet:

https://www.livescience.com/who-invented-the-toilet

A 'new' poem by Phillis Wheatley has been identified:

https://phys.org/news/2023-01-poem-famed-early-american-poet.html
https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/ualbany-professor-discovers-early-work-poet-17740564.php

An archaeology book has been 'pulped' because of the author's bullying behaviour:

https://www.dutchnews.nl/news/2023/01/digging-up-dirt-archaeology-book-pulped-over-authors-behaviour/

On music and astronomy over the ages:

https://theconversation.com/a-hymn-to-the-stars-what-happens-when-science-puts-the-universe-into-music-196499

Feature on preparing papyri for exhibition:

https://www.britishmuseum.org/blog/preserving-papyrus-caring-4000-year-old-documents

Feature on Colette:

https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20230125-colette-the-most-beloved-french-writer-of-all-time

Feature on ancient seeds and their potential uses:

https://www.npr.org/2023/01/25/1149738126/climate-change-food-supply-lebanon-seed-bank-agriculture

Feature on the history of leprosy:

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20230124-leprosy-the-ancient-disease-scientists-cant-solve

Feature on the origins of the 'stork delivering babies' tale:

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20230119-the-weird-history-of-baby-myths

Feature on glacier archaeology:

https://www.sciencefocus.com/planet-earth/hidden-treasures-melting-glaciers/

Feature/review on how monks avoided distraction:

https://www.wired.com/story/medieval-monks-distraction/#intcid=_wired-verso-hp-trending_a96eb8fb-2b80-41d8-94a3-6b60c4e83cad_popular4-1
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-64374229

Endangered UNESCO World Heritage sites:

https://www.npr.org/2023/01/25/1151330239/odesa-world-heritage-in-danger-yemen-lebanon-unesco

Another 'find an archaeological dig' feature:

https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/archaeology-today/finding-an-archaeological-dig/

Review of David Graeber, *Pirate Enlightenment*:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/24/books/review/pirate-enlightenment-david-graeber.html

More on lead compounds in Rembrandt's Night Watch:

https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/01/scientists-identify-rare-lead-compounds-in-rembrandts-the-night-watch/

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MUSEUM MATTERS
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Guilty Treasures:

https://www.actu-culture.com/les-pillages-une-contre-archeologie/

Edward Hopper:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2023/01/26/edward-hopper-new-york-whitney/

A Passion for Collecting Manuscripts:

https://www.finebooksmagazine.com/fine-books-news/passion-collecting-manuscripts

Power and Memory (Ottoman):

https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/exhibition-displays-ottoman-and-republic-era-objects-180438

The refurbished Larnaca Museum was inaugurated:

https://cyprus-mail.com/2023/01/27/larnaca-museum-will-showcase-citys-relationship-with-history/

Plans for a museum for items found during Thessaloniki metro construction:

https://greekreporter.com/2023/01/23/museum-host-ancient-antiquities-thessaloniki/

Feature on ten exhibits at the Acropolis Museum:

https://greekreporter.com/2023/01/23/acropolis-museum/

The press put a 'woke' spin on the British museum's change in the use of the word 'mummy':

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11661057/British-Museum-bans-word-MUMMY-respect-3-000-year-old-dead.html
https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/mummy-offensive-dehumanising-banned-ancient-egypt-museums-edinburgh/
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/museums-scrap-mummy-label-for-corpses-over-colonial-legacy-h6qpmw65j
https://www.cnn.com/style/article/mummies-museums-name-change-intl-scli-scn/index.html
https://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-01-24/british-museums-to-stop-using-mummy-over-negative-associations.html
https://hyperallergic.com/795453/forget-mummy-its-mummified-person-now-museums/
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/british-museums-mummy-description-mummified-remains-conservatives-freak-out-1234655163/
https://greekreporter.com/2023/01/26/british-museum-bans-word-mummy-ancient-remains/

... but it seems to have been really overblown:

https://www.reuters.com/article/factcheck-britain-language/fact-check-the-british-museum-has-not-banned-the-word-mummy-idUSL1N34B1QP

... in case you're wondering where the term came from:

https://www.spectator.com.au/2023/01/barometer-335/
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AUCTIONS AND SALES RELATED
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Big bucks for the auction of a Goya:

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/01/25/christies-old-masters-new-york-record-breaking-goya-portraits

... and a Bronzino and a van Dyck:

https://www.artnews.com/list/art-news/market/sothebys-old-masters-sales-bronzin-record-van-dyck-1234655487/
https://news.artnet.com/market/van-dyck-sothebys-old-master-sales-titian-bronzino-2245644

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ON THE DNA FRONT
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Feature on the ethics of ancient DNA studies:

https://knowablemagazine.org/article/society/2023/navigating-ethics-ancient-human-dna-research?utm_id=1461802
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THE TECHY SIDE
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CT scanning revealed 49 amulets on the 2300 years bp mummified remains of a 15-year-old boy:

https://phys.org/news/2023-01-golden-boy-mummy-precious-amulets.html
https://www.livescience.com/golden-boy-mummy-ancient-egypt
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/jan/24/digital-scan-unwraps-secrets-of-mummy-from-2300-years-ago
https://english.ahram.org.eg/News/484805.aspx
http://www.china.org.cn/world/Off_the_Wire/2023-01/25/content_85073352.htm
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-729410
https://www.sciencealert.com/scans-of-mummified-golden-boy-reveal-he-was-covered-in-magical-protections
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11156-230127-mummy-golden-boy

cf: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmed.2022.1028377/full

More on the facial reconstruction of Ramesses II:

https://the-past.com/news/face-of-ramesses-ii-reconstructed/
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CLIMATE MATTERS
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Climate change is being blamed for the extinction of the 'Siberian unicorn':

https://hasanjasim.online/unicorns-lived-among-humans-died-due-to-climate-change-australian-researchers/
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TOURISTY THINGS
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Karaftu Caves:

https://greekreporter.com/2023/01/21/caraftu-caves-hercules-western-iran/

Merida:

https://www.thetravel.com/what-to-know-about-merida-spain/

Roman Lebanon:

https://www.thetravel.com/are-there-roman-ruins-in-lebanon/

Florence's Ponte Vecchio:

https://www.dw.com/en/the-secrets-of-ponte-vecchio-in-florence/video-61636832
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PERFORMANCES AND MUSIC RELATED
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Hamlet:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/24/arts/music/paris-opera-hamlet.html

Feature on the Palais Garnier:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/24/arts/music/paris-opera-garnier.html

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TV/DOCUMENTARY HYPISH THINGS
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There's an Edvard Munch biopic:

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/reviews/munch-2023-biopic-henrik-martin-dahlsbakken-1234655116/

In Service of our Ancestors (1619 project):

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/26/insider/a-new-series-in-service-of-our-ancestors.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/26/magazine/1619-project-hulu.html
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CRIME BEAT
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A mosaic of Hercules smuggled into the US five or so years ago is the focus of a trial:

https://www.dailynews.com/2023/01/26/la-judge-says-a-huge-ancient-sculpture-can-be-shown-in-court-for-smuggler-trial/

A raid in Asadussaman revealed stolen antiquities (and animal parts):

https://hindupost.in/crime/smuggled-antiquities-and-wildlife-parts-worth-rs-100-crores-found-in-raid-at-house-of-asaduzzaman-deganga-wb/

Ali Aboutaam was found guilty of using forged documents relating to antiquities provenance:

https://www.wsj.com/articles/swiss-court-finds-prominent-antiquities-dealer-guilty-of-using-forged-documents-11674642449
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/geneva-court-finds-ali-aboutaaum-guilty-illegally-importing-antiquities-2247910
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/01/27/antiquities-dealer-ali-aboutaam-given-18-month-suspended-sentence-by-geneva-court

Feature on free ports:

https://boingboing.net/2023/01/25/free-ports-are-places-with-the-ultra-rich-store-their-art-antiquities-to-avoid-tax-and-duties.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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60 or so items were returned to Italy from the US this week:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/23/herculaneum-fresco-among-relics-returned-to-italy-from-us
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/23/world/europe/italy-art-stolen-us.html
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/romes-looted-treasures-returned-from-us-collectors-j0tmb7mr3
https://observer.com/2023/01/antiquities-seized-from-billionaire-michael-steinhardt-repatriated-to-italy/
https://www.thedailybeast.com/stolen-art-from-american-billionaire-michael-steinhardt-returned-to-italy
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/italy-welcomes-home-looted-ancient-artworks-us-2023-01-23/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/ancient-fresco-among-60-treasures-returned-to-italy-from-us/2023/01/23/afa68a4c-9b48-11ed-93e0-38551e88239c_story.html
https://www.cnn.com/videos/style/2023/01/23/italy-ancient-artifacts-antiquities-return-ist-intl-vpx.cnn
https://www.cnn.com/style/article/italy-looted-ancient-artifacts-return-scli-intl/index.html
https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/us-returns-60-artifacts-to-italy-including-fresco-of-greek-hero-hercules/news
https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/ancient-fresco-60-treasures-returned-italy-us-96613902
https://www.ansa.it/english/news/politics/2023/01/23/pompeii-fresco-among-60-artifacts-returned-from-us_236d7b7e-ab67-49d6-a1b4-ea8d6c20033f.html
https://www.wantedinrome.com/news/us-returns-20-million-worth-of-stolen-art-to-italy.html
https://www.thenationalherald.com/ancient-fresco-among-60-treasures-returned-to-italy-from-us/
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/manhattan-da-returns-looted-artifacts-italy-2246866
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/01/26/looted-archaeological-artefacts-returned-italy
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/at-long-last-italy-welcomes-home-looted-art-antiquities-worth-20-million-180981507/

... although there might be some fakes in the bunch?:

https://eturbonews.com/italy-cultural-archaeology-finds-authentic/

The US returned ancient coins and a fresco fragment to Cyprus:

https://cyprus-mail.com/2023/01/26/ancient-coins-and-fresco-fragment-returned-from-us-with-aid-of-homeland-security/

Australia returned nine Buddha statues to Thailand:

https://thediplomat.com/2023/01/australian-returns-nine-antique-buddha-statues-to-thailand/

Calls for the return of a Cork artifact from the British Museum:

https://www.corkbeo.ie/news/history/calls-return-precious-cork-artefact-26048756

Heirs are suing the Guggenheim over a Nazi-looted Picasso:

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/romes-looted-treasures-returned-from-us-collectors-j0tmb7mr3

Unrepatriated Native American remains in the State Museum of Pennsylvania:

https://www.wesa.fm/identity-community/2023-01-24/why-does-the-state-museum-have-the-remains-of-hundreds-of-native-americans

Mexico received items from Denmark, Canada, and the US:

https://www.plenglish.com/news/2023/01/26/mexico-recovers-archaeological-pieces-with-various-countries-help/

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NUMISMATICA
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Feature on ancient coins of Troas:

https://coinweek.com/ancient-coins/coins-of-ancient-greek-troas-troad-part-3/

Latest e-Sylum:

http://www.coinbooks.org/v26/club_nbs_esylum_v26n04.html

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

http://www.coinbooks.org/v26/club_nbs_esylum_v26n05.html
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Coin Week:

http://www.coinweek.com/

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OBITUARIES
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George L Huxley:

https://classicalassociationni.wordpress.com/2023/01/22/professor-george-l-huxley-obituary/

Brenda Haywood:

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/brenda-heywood-obituary-pxzhx2z0k

Tim Schadla-Hall:

https://www.museumsassociation.org/museums-journal/people/2023/01/obituary-tim-schadla-hall-1947-2023/

Paul La Farge:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/25/books/paul-la-farge-dead.html

Marion Meade:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/22/books/marion-meade-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/3256-audio-news-from-archaeologica-january15th-through-the-21st-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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