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explorator 26.12 July 9, 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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300 000 years bp 'giant' handaxes from a site in Kent:

https://phys.org/news/2023-07-giant-stone-artifacts-rare-ice.html
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/994554
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/07/230706002155.htm
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/jul/06/giant-handaxes-unearthed-kent
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-66112136
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/ice-age-kent-britain-medway-thames-b2370341.html
https://www.newsweek.com/archaeologists-find-ice-age-axe-large-neanderthals-history-1811261
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/archaeologists-find-ice-age-axes-that-were-too-large-to-wield-wjjqr72st
https://greekreporter.com/2023/07/07/ice-age-axe/
https://www.vice.com/en/article/g5y5n7/archaeologists-keep-unearthing-mysterious-giant-prehistoric-hand-tools
https://www.sci.news/archaeology/giant-acheulean-handaxes-12068.html
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/67712
https://www.sciencealert.com/giant-axes-discovered-from-the-ice-age-but-why-are-they-so-huge
https://arkeonews.net/giant-handaxe-discovered-at-ice-age-site-in-kent-uk/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/07/300000-year-old-giant-prehistoric-handaxes-found-in-kent/147948

More on humans grinding grains in Italy some 43 000 years bp:

https://phys.org/news/2023-06-evidence-food-italy-neanderthal-to-homo-sapiens.html
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/07/06/the-old-grind-just-got-a-little-older/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11568-230630-italy-food-grindingearly

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AFRICA
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Concerns for petroglyphs in Libya's Acacus Mountains:

https://www.newarab.com/features/prehistoric-civilisation-libya-verge-extinction

Feature on Aksum:

https://www.archaeology.org/issues/515-2307/features/11500-aksum-ethiopia-eritrea-kingdom
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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT
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A sort of overview of this year's archaeological activity in Egypt:

https://www.mutualart.com/Article/Egyptian-Archaeology--Repatriations--Ren/F2E947CBA9449363

An interview with Zahi Hawas on various matters:

https://www.thecollector.com/interview-dr-zahi-hawas/

... and comments on the recent auction of a stuatue of Pamiu:

https://www.egyptindependent.com/zahi-hawass-comments-on-auctioning-statue-of-pamiu-at-sothebys/

A survey has identified 91 Palaeolithic sites in eastern Iran::

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/486526/91-Paleolithic-sites-discovered-in-eastern-Iran

Evidence of a large Chalcolithic/Bronze Age smetling operation in the Shahdad region of Iran:

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/486405/Archaeologists-find-clues-about-prehistorical-smelting-workshops

A French and Iranian group is resuming their survey of Viranshahr:

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/486406/Iranian-French-archaeologists-commence-follow-up-survey-in-northeast

An early-Islamic petroglyph of the name of Allah from Fars:

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/486434/Petroglyph-bearing-name-Allah-discovered-in-Fars

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

https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v45/n14/josephine-quinn/drowned-in-a-bowl-of-blood

Burials dating to the 1st-4th centuries CE from Batken (Azerbaijan I think):

https://www.azernews.az/region/211844.html

Researchers in Turkiye are looking for the site of the Battle of Manzikert (1071):

https://www.dailysabah.com/life/history/archaeologists-on-quest-to-find-1071-battlefield-of-manzikert

A new season of excavations is underway at Aizanoi:

https://www.dailysabah.com/life/history/new-season-of-archaeological-excavations-begin-in-ancient-aizanoi

Overview of this year's finds (including evidence of an earthquake) at the Lagina Hekate sanctuary in Mugla:

https://www.dailysabah.com/turkiye/ancient-quake-traces-unveiled-at-3000-yr-old-historic-turkiye-site/news

They have found more (Byzantine) statuary in the remains of St Polyeuktos church in Istanbul:

https://www.middleeasteye.net/discover/turkey-istanbul-byzantine-statues-found-centuries-old

Shipwrecks from various periods located in Izmir Bay:

https://www.dailysabah.com/turkiye/turkish-university-discovers-sunken-ships-in-izmir-bay/news

Turkiye plans to have 750 projects/excavations underway by the end of the year:

https://www.aa.com.tr/en/turkiye/turkiye-plans-750-archaeological-excavation-research-projects-by-years-end/2940511
https://www.bernama.com/en/world/news.php?id=2204773

A Jordanian researcher gave an overview of the research potential of the Iron Age Tell Al Rumayth site:

http://www.jordantimes.com/news/local/jordanian-scholar-outlines-research-potential-tell-al-rumayth-archaeological-site-near

An overview of the results of excavations at Tel Burna:

https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/ancient-cultures/ancient-israel/defending-against-sennacherib/?mqsc=E4153265&dk=ZE3270ZF0

I think we mentioned this 3500 years bp scarab found by an Israeli first-grader:

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/israeli-first-grader-finds-egyptian-amulet-school-trip-2325238

More on 2500 years bp burials of dozens of women at a tomb in the Negev:

https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-749249
https://greekreporter.com/2023/07/08/skeletons-unearthed-negev-desert-israel/
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/dozens-of-2500-year-old-skeletons-unearthed-at-ancient-crossroads-in-negev-desert

Study suggests the City of David might not be where it is currently believed to be:

https://www.sltrib.com/religion/2023/07/06/problem-where-ancient-jerusalem/

An overview/update on excavations at the Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem:

https://www.asianews.it/news-en/Jerusalem%3A-How-the-Sepulcher-of-Jesus-was-visited-in-the-4th-century-58756.html

More on Yossi Garfinkel's claims about David's kingdom (and scholarly reaction):

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2023-07-04/ty-article-magazine/israeli-archaeologist-claims-he-has-found-davids-kingdom-but-fellow-researchers-cry-foul/00000189-2015-d145-a1e9-3377458a0000

Feature on the use of ArchCUT3-D to study petroglyph engravings at Timna:

https://phys.org/news/2023-07-ancient-engravings-unveil-intriguing-insights.html
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-748551
https://archaeonewsnet.com/2023/07/ancient-rock-engravings-unveil-intriguing-insights-into-human-cultures.html
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/07/04/ancient-rock-engravings-unveil-intriguing-insights-into-human-cultures/

Feature on a current project to use muon detection to shed light on what's underground in the City of David:

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2023-07-02/ty-article/israeli-archaeologists-enlist-cosmic-rays-to-unveil-underground-secrets-of-jerusalem/00000189-066b-debd-a7ad-876ba4980000

Feature on Megiddo:

https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p0fy8c7v/armageddon-the-ancient-city-behind-the-biblical-story

Aren Maeir reflects on Indiana Jones and the past four decades of archaeology:

https://www.timesofisrael.com/what-matters-now-to-archaeologist-aren-maeir-indiana-joness-new-adventure/

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https://thisweekintheancientneareast.podbean.com/

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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS)
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The gateway to Ullastret has been located in the middle of a dried up lake in Spain:

https://www.newsweek.com/ancient-city-gateway-found-spain-1811359

Overview of the 2023 excavation season at the Erimi Pitharka site in Cyprus (Bronze Age?):

https://archaeonewsnet.com/2023/07/2023-fieldwork-season-at-erimi-pitharka-site-in-cyprus-completed.html
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/07/05/2023-erimi-pitharka-excavations-completed/

An Augustan-era (probably) marble head of Venus (probably) from the Piazza Augusto Imperatore:

https://greekcitytimes.com/2023/07/08/italian-marble-head-of-aphrodite/
https://greekreporter.com/2023/07/08/greek-goddess-aphrodite-rome/
https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/marble-head-unearthed-during-works-in-rome-piazza/
https://www.cnn.com/style/article/marble-head-rome-scli-intl/index.html
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/07/ornate-marble-head-found-in-romes-piazza-augusto-imperatore/147968

Roman burials and remains of an aqueduct from Belgrade:

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/romans/roman-aqueduct-and-luxurious-burials-unearthed-during-construction-of-underground-parking-garage-in-serbia
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/67691

A massive Roman-era (maybe) olive mill stone from Baena (Spain):

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article276955033.html

1900 years bp dog pawprints on a tile from the Alba Iulia dig:

https://www.newsweek.com/ancient-dog-paw-prints-found-roman-fortress-1810753

At the Clos de la Visitation site in Lyons archaeologist have found the site of the Battle of Lugdunum (197 CE):

https://www.newsweek.com/ancient-roman-battle-weapons-found-france-archeology-1810923
https://www.lefigaro.fr/lyon/lyon-des-fouilles-archeologiques-levent-un-peu-plus-le-voile-sur-la-fin-de-lugdunum-20230704

More on the 1st century BCE altar find at Segesta:

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ancient-greek-altar-unearthed-archaeological-site-sicily-2023-06-30/
https://www.euronews.com/culture/2023/07/04/ancient-greek-altar-discovered-in-sicily
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article277002613.html
https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/ancient-greek-altar-unearthed-in-italian-island-sicilys-segesta/news
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/67703
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/07/archaeologists-find-altar-in-ancient-segesta/147928
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11566-230630-sicily-greek-altar

More on the Roman pewter hoard found in Suffolk:

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article277039768.html
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/67678
https://arkeonews.net/2000-year-old-roman-pewter-hoard-discovered-in-suffolk/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/07/archaeologists-uncover-roman-hoard-in-suffolk/147942
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/07/04/2000-year-old-roman-hoard-discovered-in-suffolk/

More on the phalera found at Vindolanda:

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/romans/silver-medal-featuring-winged-medusa-discovered-at-roman-fort-near-hadrians-wall
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11571-230703-england-medusa-medal

More on the finds at Hala Sultan Tekke (with an emphasis on elite Bronze Age tombs found by Swedish excavators):

https://phys.org/news/2023-07-tombs-rich-artifacts-swedish-cyprus.html
https://greekcitytimes.com/2023/07/07/royal-tombs-filled-with-ancient-artefacts-discovered-in-cyprus/
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/67719
https://arkeonews.net/tombs-rich-in-artifacts-discovered-by-swedish-archaeologists-in-cyprus/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/07/royal-tombs-found-in-cyprus-full-of-precious-artefacts/147962
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/07/07/tombs-rich-in-artifacts-discovered-by-swedish-expedition-in-cyprus/

More on the possible looted Roman burials later augmented with a wolf skull from southern Romania:

https://scienceinpoland.pl/en/news/news%2C97102%2Cwolf-skull-found-grave-robbers-dig-was-meant-protect-thieves-wrath-dead-say
https://universul.net/burial-mound-in-southeast-romania-believed-to-hold-roman-graves/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11573-230703-romania-roman-graves

More on the sculpture of a head found in Lake Nemi and possibly associated with Caligula's ships:

https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-748857
https://greekreporter.com/2023/07/04/ancient-marble-bust-italian-lake/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/06/stone-head-found-in-lake-nemi-may-be-from-caligulas-nemi-ships/147866

More on the evidence of a Roman marching camp near Paderborn (Germany):

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/06/evidence-of-roman-marching-camp-found-in-paderborn/147847

More on Spanish plans to raise a 2500 years bp Phoenician shipwreck:

https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-748368
https://thearabweekly.com/archaeologists-plan-rescue-2500-year-old-phoenician-shipwreck
https://arkeonews.net/2500-year-old-phoenician-shipwreck-being-rescued-by-spanish-archaeologists/

Another recreation of the 'Pompeii pizza':

https://www.theguardian.com/food/2023/jul/01/how-i-recreated-the-pompeii-pizza-smelled-like-toffee-apples

... and more on the fresco:

https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-749265
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/newly-discovered-fresco-pompeii-home-pizza-2328284
https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/before-vesuvius-exploded-pompeiians-enjoyed-pizza-like-treats

Study suggests there weren't Jewish gladiators, but they did watch:

https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-748936
https://www.jns.org/world-news/italy/23/7/5/300222/
https://www.thejc.com/news/world/new-evidence-says-ancient-jews-watched-but-didnt-participate-in-gladiatorial-games-2rNCucOQxjZfML8GleF4T2

The Carlisle Cricket Club dig has come to an end:

https://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/23627118.carlisle-cricket-club-dig-ends-six-weeks-discoveries/

Roman (and earlier) archaeological remains are getting in the way of a billionaire's hotel plans in Kingham:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/07/08/billionaire-jcb-hotel-plan-risk-roman-remains/

Study suggests there was a possible Roman transport canal into Leicester:

https://the-past.com/news/a-roman-transport-canal-into-leicester/

Joel Christensen on ancient Greek ideas about justice:

https://neoskosmos.com/en/2023/07/04/dialogue/opinion/the-u-s-supreme-court-and-ancient-greek-notions-of-justice/

Tom Holland on novels about ancient Rome:

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/best-novels-about-ancient-rome-mhgccn0nl

Tom Holland on the pax Romana:

https://unherd.com/2023/07/the-depravity-of-the-roman-peace/

Feature on the 'clash' between experts during excavations at Enkomi in the 1930s and beyond:

https://cyprus-mail.com/2023/07/09/the-vicious-tale-of-excavating-ancient-enkomi/

A project somehow connected to Hannibal's elephants:

https://phys.org/news/2023-06-elephants-threatened-rome-descendants.html
https://www.express.co.uk/news/science/1787481/mystery-elephants-shipwreck-hannibal-alps-conservation

Feature on Alexander's children:

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/did-alexander-the-great-have-any-children

Feature on the Livorno Republican coin hoard:

https://numismaticnews.net/world-coins/roman-republic-coin-find

Feature on enslaved women at Pompeii:

https://aeon.co/essays/what-pompeiis-ruins-say-about-its-enslaved-prostituted-women

Feature on the history of the Colosseum:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2023/07/08/colosseum-tourist-vandalized-graffiti/

Feature on ancient Londinium:

https://the-past.com/feature/fortress-londinium-tracing-londons-roman-defences/

Feature on Peter's tomb:

https://aleteia.org/2023/07/04/st-peters-tomb-when-science-confirms-tradition/

Feature on the cleaning of the baths at Bath:

https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-england-bristol-66104288

Feature on Jason and the Argonauts:

https://www.thecollector.com/jason-and-the-argonauts/

Feature on Socrates as a soldier:

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/hide-and-seek/202307/socrates-at-war-philosopher-and-soldier

Feature on the Griffin Warrior tomb:

https://greekreporter.com/2023/07/06/griffin-warrior-ancient-greece/

Feature on the Library of Alexandria:

https://greekreporter.com/2023/07/05/library-of-alexandria/

Feature on the Muses:

https://greekreporter.com/2023/07/04/the-nine-muses-of-greek-mythology-and-their-powers/

Feature on Talos:

https://greekreporter.com/2023/07/04/talos-ancient-greek-robot/

Feature on Tunisia's Roman amphitheatre at El Jem:

https://www.thenationalnews.com/weekend/2023/07/07/tunisias-roman-colosseum-of-el-jem-is-an-ancient-reminder-of-human-ingenuity/

Feature on a virtual reality app to visit ancient Greece:

https://archaeonewsnet.com/2023/07/travel-back-to-ancient-greece-in-virtual-reality.html

More on the mayor of London's thoughts on the Parthenon sculptures:

https://www.tornosnews.gr/en/greek-news/culture/49050-london%E2%80%99s-mayor-says-stolen-parthenon-marbles-should-be-shared-with-greece.html
https://neoskosmos.com/en/2023/07/04/news/greece/london-mayor-sadiq-khan-says-uk-and-greece-should-share-parthenon-sculptures/

In case you missed it, you now have to pay to get into the Pantheon:

https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20230703-rome-s-pantheon-charges-for-tourist-entry
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Roman Archaeology Blog:

http://romanarc.blogspot.com/

Rogueclassicism:

http://rogueclassicism.com/
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EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland)
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A possible Palaeolithic skull find by a hiker near Cremona:

https://www.newsweek.com/palaeontologist-accidentally-finds-ancient-human-skull-while-hiking-1810687

25 or so Mesolithic monumental pits from a building site Bedfordshire:

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/mystery-stone-age-holes-in-england-have-archaeologists-asking-what-were-these-pits-for
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/jul/03/discovery-25-mesolithic-pits-bedfordshire-astounds-archaeologists
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-66072487
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/london-large-pits-archaeology-bedfordshire-b2371018.html
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/bedfordshire-linmere-pits-mesolithic-animal-bones-mola-b1091752.html
https://greekreporter.com/2023/07/05/mesolithic-pits-england/
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/mesolithic-pits-found-england-1234673374/
https://archaeonewsnet.com/2023/07/nationally-significant-prehistoric-site-uncovered-in-bedfordshire.html
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/07/nationally-important-monumental-pits-found-in-bedfordshire/147936
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/07/05/nationally-significant-prehistoric-site-uncovered-in-bedfordshire/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/mesolithic-era-pits-england-180982481/

An elite Chalcolithic burial in Spain is now identified as a woman (the 'Ivory Lady'):

https://phys.org/news/2023-07-power-copper-age-ivory-lady.html
https://phys.org/news/2023-07-lavish-tomb-ancient-spain-woman.html
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/994190
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/highest-ranking-person-in-copper-age-spain-was-a-woman-not-a-man-genetic-analysis-shows
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-66112424
https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/spains-entombed-ivory-lady-reveals-leadership-role-women-antiquity-2023-07-06/
https://apnews.com/article/spain-tomb-woman-copper-age-72994db20f84a035862fb46dcddccc6e
https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/lavish-tomb-ancient-spain-belonged-woman-man-new-100780804
https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/08/world/ivory-lady-science-newsletter-wt-scn/index.html
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2023-07-06/ty-article/dental-analysis-reveals-startling-truth-about-copper-age-ivory-man-of-iberia/00000189-2604-da0e-a59b-af77f5d10000
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-749169
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/07/06/spain-tomb-woman-copper-age/dd8c2ce6-1c1c-11ee-be41-a036f4b098ec_story.html
https://www.sciencealert.com/identity-of-a-copper-age-ruler-in-ancient-spain-isnt-at-all-who-we-expected
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2381355-tooth-analysis-reveals-ancient-iberian-leader-was-female/
https://arkeonews.net/genetic-analysis-reveals-a-woman-as-the-highest-ranking-individual-in-copper-age-spain-ivory-lady/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/ivory-lady-copper-age-spain-180982500/

cf: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-36368-x

Bronze Age petroglyphs found in Norway:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/bronze-age-rock-painting-norway-180982486/?

A high status Iron Age burial from Hallstatt:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/07/high-status-iron-age-burial-found-in-hallstatt/147954

A 9th/10th century Viking sword find from a Norwegian back yard:

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/vikings/viking-sword-from-warriors-grave-unearthed-in-familys-yard-in-norway
https://sciencenorway.no/archaeology-viking-age-vikings/heres-what-the-archaeologists-found-in-the-viking-grave-the-heiland-family-discovered-in-their-garden/2224983
https://www.newsweek.com/viking-sword-ancient-grave-unearthed-under-family-home-1810843
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/67670
https://arkeonews.net/norwegian-couple-found-a-viking-age-grave-and-sword-in-their-garden/

A probably ship burial in a mound in central Norway:

https://partner.sciencenorway.no/archaeology-history-ntnu/discovery-of-rivets-suggests-that-this-large-burial-mound-likely-contains-a-ship-burial/2223074

Plenty of skeletal remains dating back to the 11th century at a hotel development site in Dublin:

https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2023/0707/1393374-dublin-skeletal-remains/
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-66137475

A medieval gaming piece with a runic inscription from Trondheim:

https://www.artdependence.com/articles/medieval-gaming-piece-with-runic-inscription-found-in-trondheim-norway/

Evidence of medieval gold and silver working from a dig near Lurgan:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-66122863

Restoration of a church in Cerdagne revealed painted medieval beam:

https://fr.aleteia.org/2023/07/02/en-cerdagne-une-eglise-romane-devoile-un-exceptionnel-vestige-de-lepoque-medievale/

Remains of the 19th century Nottingham prison were found during construction of student housing:

https://westbridgfordwire.com/remains-of-19th-century-nottingham-prison-found-in-city-cave-system/
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-66114035

Overview of the dig ongoing at Kelscott Manor (various periods, it appears):

https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/23634964.amazing-discovery-kelmscott-manor-oxfordshire/
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-66096153

More on the origin of the ivory rings found in some elite Anglo-Saxon burials:

https://arkeonews.net/origin-of-ivory-rings-found-in-elite-anglo-saxon-burials/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/06/ivory-bag-rings-found-in-anglo-saxon-burials-have-origins-in-africa/147902

More on the 1200 years bp Viking 'graffit' drawing from Iceland:

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/vikings/1200-year-old-viking-graffiti-is-the-oldest-drawing-ever-discovered-in-iceland

More on the search for a 19th century elephant burial in Gloucestershire:

https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/national/23628228.archaeologists-bid-unravel-130-year-old-circus-elephant-burial-mystery/
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/environment/kingswood-gloucestershire-victorian-ben-mitchell-b1091593.html
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/07/archaeologists-search-for-the-legendary-kingswood-elephant-from-the-bostock-and-wombwells-menagerie/147922
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/07/04/the-hunt-is-on-for-the-kingswood-elephant/
https://sites.southglos.gov.uk/newsroom/community/the-hunt-is-on-for-the-kingswood-elephant-archaeologists-conduct-survey-to-find-the-legendary-menagerie-beast/

Doncaster has purchased a 13th/14th century gold ring found by a metal detectorist:

https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/people/fishlake-ring-medieval-ring-fit-for-a-king-found-by-metal-detectorist-in-yorkshire-village-4206692
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-66110479

Hyping a dig at Strata Florida (Wales):

https://www.cambrian-news.co.uk/news/archaeologists-from-across-globe-join-dig-at-strata-florida-624689

Feature on Norse settlement on Greenland:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/07/legends-of-norse-settlers-drove-denmark-towards-greenland/147992
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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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Evidence of a Shang Dynasty town site in Shaanxi:

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/complete-bronze-age-town-with-elite-tombs-discovered-in-northern-china
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11569-230630-china-shang-town

88 tombs (including 34 cave tombs) from Yantai in Shandong (1000+ years bp):

http://www.china.org.cn/arts/2023-07/06/content_91489623.htm
http://t.m.china.org.cn/convert/c_kaXYWnQA.html

A cluster of 22 tombs from various periods from Henan:

http://www.china.org.cn/arts/2023-07/03/content_90815096.htm
http://t.m.china.org.cn/convert/c_Kji7PB55.html
https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202307/02/WS64a0d905a310bf8a75d6cb93.html
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11572-230703-china-tomb-cluster

Feature on the Nanhair No. 1 shipwreck:

https://news.cgtn.com/news/2023-07-04/Unveiling-the-secrets-of-the-Nanhai-No-1--1la5O9upDH2/index.html

A 15th century 'Golden Horde' mausoleum from Kazakhstan:

https://arkeonews.net/archaeologists-discovered-a-mausoleum-dating-back-to-golden-horde-era-in-kazakhstan/

A Tay Son Dynasty 'worshipping platform' from Hue:

https://en.vietnamplus.vn/tay-son-dynasty-worshipping-platform-unearthed-in-hue/255706.vnp

A possible iron kiln from Angkor:

https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/angkor-kiln-site-forges-fresh-insights

Neolithic finds from assorted excavations in Tamil Nadu's Pennagaram:

https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2023/jul/03/archeology-dept-excavates-over-50-neolithic-artefacts-in-tamil-nadus-pennagaram-2590901.html

More on evidence of plant fibre processing in the Philippines 33 000 - 39 000 years bp:

https://cosmosmagazine.com/history/archaeology/philippines-stone-tools-plant-technology/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11567-230630-philippines-plant-fiber

A possible 2000-1000 BCE 'cremation patch' site from Palwal:

https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/haryana/archaeologists-discover-cremation-patch-of-painted-grey-ware-era-in-palwal-area-523730

Dating suggests an Iron Age civilization existed in Tamil Nadu 'parallel' to the Indus Valley civilization:

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/tn-iron-age-finds-dated-to-indus-valley-period/articleshow/101585765.cms

Assorted Sangam-era small finds from a dig in Pudukottai (Tamil Nadu):

https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/science/sangam-age-stud-bead-unearthed-in-tamil-nadu/article67057475.ece

Another potsherd with Tamil inscriptions from Thulukkarpatti:

https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2023/jul/05/potsherd-with-tamil-inscriptions-unearthed-at-thulukkarpatti-in-tn-2591427.html

Recent heavy rains destroyed a 400 years bp structure in Motupalli:

https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/andhra-pradesh/2023/jul/07/recent-rains-destroy-400-year-old-heritage-structure-in-motupalli-2592328.html

The last battle in the American Revolution was apparently the battle in Cuddalore, India:

https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/04/asia/last-battle-american-revolutionary-war-india-intl-hnk-ml/index.html
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AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND
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Assorted high tech tests to examine an Aboriginal knife in the Powerhouse Museum:

https://phys.org/news/2023-07-tomography-radiocarbon-dating-australian-aboriginal.html
https://archaeonewsnet.com/2023/07/non-invasive-nuclear-and-accelerator-techniques-used-to-examine-australian-aboriginal-knife.html
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NORTH AMERICA
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Evidence of human occupation of a rockshelter in Oregon some 18 250 years bp:

https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/environment/2023/07/08/oregon-may-be-home-to-oldest-human-occupied-site-in-north-america/70389628007/
https://www.eastoregonian.com/news/state/testing-yields-evidence-of-human-occupation-18-000-years-ago-in-oregon/article_39319888-1c6d-11ee-b5d7-7b8f883af4d8.html
https://www.hereisoregon.com/people/2023/07/oregon-could-be-oldest-site-of-human-occupation-in-north-america-uo-find-indicates.html
https://www.chronline.com/stories/oregon-could-be-oldest-site-of-human-occupation-in-north-america-find-indicates,321869?
https://www.nbcrightnow.com/news/oregon-rockshelter-may-be-oldest-site-of-human-occupation-in-america/article_6e513d14-1c33-11ee-9135-dfb263e75b12.html
https://www.sci.news/archaeology/rimrock-draw-rockshelter-12076.html

A dig in Kisatchie National Forest (Louisiana) has found 10 000 - 12 000 years bp projectile points:

https://www.klfy.com/local/lafayette-parish/ul-lafayette-unearths-artifacts-from-ice-age/

A fragment of a pipe bowl from Michilimackinac has Dutch connections:

https://www.mlive.com/news/2023/07/artifact-found-at-historic-michigan-fort-has-makers-mark-linked-to-18th-century-dutch-artisans.html

Overview of the UMass Boston dig at the Lee Mansion site in Marblehead:

https://www.salemnews.com/news/student-archaeologists-wrap-up-5-week-excavation-of-lee-mansion/article_029f3cfe-15eb-11ee-8d5e-372aab3e6f7e.html

Feature on the history of bison on the plains:

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/some-of-the-history-of-the-bison-on-the-plains-1.6896906

... and somewhat similar:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/04/us/native-american-tribes-bison.html

Feature on Civil War-era currency:

https://greenvillejournal.com/history/glimpses-of-greenville-civil-war-era-currency-offers-window-to-troubled-times/

An unpublished letter by Abraham Lincoln turned up in Pennsylvania:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jul/05/abraham-lincoln-letter-discovered-pennsylvania-sale

Interviewish with Ned Blackhawk on Native peoples in US history:

https://www.ctpublic.org/show/disrupted/2023-07-05/ned-blackhawk-on-how-native-peoples-have-shaped-u-s-history
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CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA
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A Maya canoe surrounded by animal and human bones from an underwater cave in Yucatan may have been part of a ritual:

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/maya-canoe-surrounded-by-animal-and-human-bones-found-in-portal-to-the-underworld-in-mexico
https://mexicodailypost.com/2023/07/04/maya-canoe-surrounded-by-animal-and-human-bones-found-in-chichen-itza/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/maya-canoe-mexico-180982485/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11576-230705-mexico-maya-canoe

Archaeologists may have found the 'entrance to the Zapotec underworld' in Oaxaca:

https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/07/archaeologists-may-have-found-ruins-of-fabled-entrance-to-zapotec-underworld/

Remains of a 400 years bp wooden ship from Chalco de Diaz Covarrubias (Mexico):

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/06/remains-of-400-year-old-wooden-ship-found-in-mexico/147854

I think we mentioned this stone yoke used in Mesoamerican ball games which Mexico recovered from an auction in Austria:

https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-748725

More on the find of the 'lost city' of Ocomtun:

https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20230704-ocomtn-a-long-lost-maya-city-that-was-just-discovered
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/07/engraved-relief-could-reveal-the-lost-name-of-the-maya-city-at-ocomtun/147974
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Mike Ruggeri's Ancient Americas Breaking News:

http://goo.gl/1VdeA

Mike Ruggeri's Ancient Americas lecture channels on Youtube:

https://mikeruggerisyoutube.tumblr.com/

Ancient MesoAmerica News:

http://ancient-mesoamerica-news-updates.blogspot.com/
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OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST
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Not sure where to put this item on the ethics of digitizing manuscripts of southwest Asia:

https://www.asor.org/anetoday/2023/07/digitizing-manuscripts-southwest-asia

Pondering the fate of Berlusconi's art collection:

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/jul/03/translation-is-an-art-why-translators-are-battling-for-recognition

A wrought iron process associated with British success in the Industrial Revolution was taken from Jamaica:

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/jul/05/industrial-revolution-iron-method-taken-from-jamaica-briton

An art market guy ponders the art market:

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/07/05/the-most-illiquid-property-you-can-have-is-a-greek-vase-vincent-geerling-on-the-challenges-facing-the-antiquities-trade

That translator who the British Museum didn't acknowledge is now suing:

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/07/07/poet-and-translator-to-sue-british-museum-for-copyright-and-moral-rights-infringement

... and a feature on what translators do:

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/jul/03/translation-is-an-art-why-translators-are-battling-for-recognition
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/07/08/chinese-translator-accuses-british-museum-of-erasing-work/

Feature on why archaeologists rebury their sites:

https://theconversation.com/why-archaeologists-usually-rebury-their-excavations-208616
https://phys.org/news/2023-07-archaeologists-rebury-excavations.html

Feature on Matilda Joslyn Gage:

https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20230703-matilda-joslyn-gage-the-suffragist-who-defied-the-us-government

Feature on Hannie Schaft:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/07/obituaries/hannie-schaft-overlooked.html

Feature on Thomas Davenport:

https://www.vermontpublic.org/local-news/2023-07-07/the-most-influential-vermont-inventor-youve-never-heard-of
https://members.rutlandvermont.com/events/details/davenport-electric-fest-8100

A Sir Henry Raeburn portrait was 'saved for the nation':

https://uk.sports.yahoo.com/news/sir-henry-raeburn-portrait-painted-135046035.html

Another feature on the good and bad of Indiana Jones for archaeology:

https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/archaeology-today/indiana-jones-and-archaeology/

A library book borrowed in 1904 was finally returned:

https://apnews.com/article/119-years-overdue-book-returned-fb615a7a32f654ad6981878d35376fc9
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CURRENT EVENTS:
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Feature on ancient Greek influence for the fourth of July:

https://greekreporter.com/2023/07/03/fourth-of-july-ancient-greeks-inspired-american-independence/

Ongoing concerns for Sudan's cultural sites:

https://www.africa.com/sudans-cultural-sites-being-wiped-out-by-conflict/
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ANIMAL AND PLANT DOMESTICATIONS
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Study of human relations with ravens in 'prehistory':

https://scitechdaily.com/ravens-in-prehistory-scientists-unearth-a-30000-year-old-relationship-with-humans/
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LANGUAGE RELATED
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Interesting approach to undocumented prehistoric languages:

https://phys.org/news/2023-07-undocumented-prehistoric-languages-irregularities-current.html

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PHILOSOPHERS AND MATTERS PHILOSOPHICAL
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Pondering how much Plato that Paul or the Rabbis were aware of:

https://mosaicmagazine.com/observation/history-ideas/2023/07/how-much-plato-did-paul-or-the-rabbis-know/
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MUSEUM MATTERS
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Ramses and the Gold of the Pharaohs:

https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/tutankhamun-is-nothing-how-a-great-king-was-usurped-by-a-teenager-20230709-p5dmv9.html

Hanseatic League shipwreck:

https://www.dw.com/en/german-shipwrecks-400-year-old-treasures-discovered/a-66120874

Luxury and Power:

https://www.apollo-magazine.com/drinking-vessels-ancient-greeks-persians/

Holbein:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-66081059

Clotilda:

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/shipwreck-awash-black-history-takes-center-stage-alabama-rcna92919

Grand Tour:

https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/07/06/grand-tour-at-the-benaki-museum-opened/

Joshua Reynolds:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-devon-66029946

Herefordshire Hoard:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hereford-worcester-66141931

Te Ra:

https://www.stuff.co.nz/pou-tiaki/132489588/rare-mori-sail-on-loan-from-british-museum-shows-genius-of-tpuna
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/te-manu-korihi/493412/precious-taonga-of-maori-weaving-and-voyaging-touring-country
https://www.teaomaori.news/rare-maori-sail-on-loan-british-museum-shows-genius-tupuna

Chaeronea:

https://neoskosmos.com/en/2023/07/03/news/greece/museum-of-cycladic-art-in-athens-honours-the-day-that-brought-alexander-the-great-to-the-forefront-of-history/

Latest estimate for the opening of the Grand Egyptian Museum:

https://www.egyptindependent.com/grand-egyptian-museum-to-open-between-october-and-february-minister/

Feature on Naples' archaeology museum (MANN):

https://www.forbes.com/sites/ericafirpo/2023/07/06/artifacts-and-antiquities-delving-into-naples-archaeological-museum/
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AUCTIONS AND SALES RELATED
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A Roman aureus of Claudius found in Diss is headed for auction:

https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/23631181.rare-roman-gold-coin-aureus-found-diss-heads-auction/
https://artdaily.com/news/158920/Rare-gold-aureus-struck-by-Claudius-before-he-invaded-Britain-to-be-sold-at-Noonans

That pair of 'rediscovered' Rembrandts fetched a nice price:

https://www.dw.com/en/two-rediscovered-rembrandt-portraits-sell-for-11-million-at-auction/a-66111972

A nice price for that unpublished Lincoln letter:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/07/us/lincoln-letter-civil-war-sold.html

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TOURISTY THINGS
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In the ongoing saga of the tourist who was videoed scratching graffiti into the Colosseum, he was apologizing this week:

https://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/travel-troubles/132467261/colosseum-vandal-keeps-apologising-as-he-faces-up-to-5-years-in-prison
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/british-tourist-colosseum-ivan-dimitrov-b2368193.html

... and also claimed not to know how ancient it was:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/05/world/europe/tourist-colosseum-rome-apology.html
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/05/english-tourist-accused-of-carving-name-in-colosseum-says-he-did-not-realise-its-age
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/rome-colosseum-british-tourist-ivan-dimitrov-b2370109.html
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-66121000
https://www.wantedinrome.com/news/italy-rome-tourist-colosseum-apology-letter.html
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12267021/Gym-instructor-filmed-carving-Colosseum-wall-says-didnt-know-old-apology.html
https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/tourist-carve-colosseum-britain-issues-grovelling-apology/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/travel/2023/07/06/colosseum-tourist-vandalism/
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/tourist-etched-partners-name-colosseum-says-didnt-know-was-ancient-apo-rcna92825
https://www.cnn.com/travel/tourist-apologizes-rome-colosseum-carving/index.html

Feature on Mont Saint Michel:

https://www.dw.com/en/the-secrets-of-mont-saint-michel/video-66082924

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PERFORMANCES AND MUSIC RELATED
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Master Musicians of Joujouka:

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-66109486

On the influence of William Byrd:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/04/arts/music/william-byrd-composers-influence.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/04/arts/music/william-byrd-400-anniversary.html

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TV/DOCUMENTARY HYPISH THINGS
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Hype for Cyprus' Archaeology film festival:

https://in-cyprus.philenews.com/discover/cyprus-archaeological-ethnographic-historical-film-festival-returns-this-july/

The League:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/06/movies/the-league-review.html
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CRIME BEAT
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Feature on Bashar Al-Assad's involvement in the trafficking of antiquities:

https://www.courrierinternational.com/article/trafic-en-syrie-les-forces-du-regime-au-c-ur-de-la-contrebande-archeologique

A couple in Greece were arrested in possession of two religious icons:

https://www.ekathimerini.com/news/1214728/two-arrested-for-possession-and-sale-of-ancient-religious-icons/

Feature on the US-India cultural property agreement:

https://theprint.in/diplomacy/how-india-us-agreement-for-stolen-art-can-help-nab-small-ticket-items-tackle-smuggling-at-borders/1656784/
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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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Israel's amnesty for looted objects has brought in more items than expected:

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2023-07-04/ty-article-magazine/israels-amnesty-for-antiquities-looters-produces-treasures/00000189-2113-d145-a1e9-337702140000

Turkiye wants the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek museum to return a bronze head of Septimius Severus:

https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20230704-turkey-seeks-severed-head-of-ancient-statue-from-danish-museum
https://www.timesofisrael.com/turkey-seeks-severed-head-of-stolen-ancient-statue-from-danish-museum/
https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/bronze-head-of-emperor-severus-sparks-turkiye-danish-museum-dispute/news
https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/05/style/turkey-denmark-stolen-roman-statue-head/index.html
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20230707-turkiye-in-contact-with-denmark-over-return-of-bronze-head-of-roman-emperor-severus/

Switzerland returned a stolen fragment from a 3400 years bp statue to Ramses II to Egypt:

https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/504088/Antiquities/Ancient-Egypt/Switzerland-returns-stolen-Ramses-II-statue-fragme.aspx
https://www.egyptindependent.com/egypt-receives-smuggled-artifact-of-ramses-ii-from-switzerland/
https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/switzerland-returns-fragment-of-statue-of-ramesses-ii-to-egypt/48639358
https://www.thenationalnews.com/mena/egypt/2023/07/03/stolen-fragment-of-3400-year-old-statue-of-ramses-ii-returned-to-egypt/
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/07/04/switzerland-returns-stolen-fragment-of-ancient-ramesses-ii-statue-to-egypt

The Chrysler Museum of Art returned a Bakor monolith to Nigeria:

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/07/06/chrysler-museum-restitution-bakor-monolith-nigeria

A French woman returned a marble fragment to Greece:

https://neoskosmos.com/en/2023/07/07/news/greece/french-woman-returns-marble-fragment-to-greece/

That Roman bust found in an Austin Goodwill has now returned to Germany:

https://cbsaustin.com/news/local/ancient-roman-bust-found-at-austin-goodwill-gets-a-homecoming-in-germany-president-of-the-bavarian-palace-administration-laura-young-pompeiianum-aschaffenburg-world-war-ii-dennis

The Netherlands will be returning colonial looted items to Indonesia and Sri Lanka:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/06/netherlands-to-return-treasures-looted-from-indonesia-and-sri-lanka-in-colonial-era

I believe these 10th century Indian sculptures from an English garden will be returning:

https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/1390/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/1390/pub/1390/page/15/article/NaN

A campaign to have Henry VIII's 'holy grail' tapestry returned from Spain:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12266389/Campaign-return-Henry-VIIIs-Holy-Grail-tapestry-turned-Spain.html

Feature on assorted items returned by various museums to Tahiti:

https://www.apollo-magazine.com/tahiti-cambridge-fig-wood-sculpture-return/
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NUMISMATICA
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Feature on haloes on ancient coins:

https://coinweek.com/haloes-on-ancient-coins/

A book prize for Liv Yarrow:

https://coinweek.com/yarrow-book-wins-royal-numismatic-societys-lhotka-prize/

Latest e-Sylum:

http://www.coinbooks.org/v26/club_nbs_esylum_v26n27.html

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

http://www.coinbooks.org/v26/club_nbs_esylum_v26n28.html
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Coin Week:

http://www.coinweek.com/

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OBITUARIES
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Leon Gautier:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/04/world/europe/leon-gautier-france-d-day-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/3296-audio-news-from-archaeologica-june-25th-through-july-1st-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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