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explorator 25.14 July 24, 2022
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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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A study of a 100 000 years bp homo sapiens skull from Morocco suggests it provides one of the oldest examples of deafness:

https://www.portugalresident.com/portuguese-scientists-discover-100000-year-old-case-of-deafness/
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/07/21/one-of-the-oldest-cases-of-deafness-in-the-human-species/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/10695-220720-morocco-skull-deafness

A study suggests stone toolmaking might not have depended on cultural transmission:

https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/stone-toolmaking-may-not-have-required-cultural-transmission

More on that 1.4 millions years bp hominid jawbone from a Spanish cave:

https://www.sciencealert.com/1-4-million-year-old-fossil-may-indicate-modern-human-faces-were-already-present-this-long-ago

More on tooth evidence of a possible Denisovan presence from a cave in Laos:

https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/what-an-ancient-tooth-tells-us-about-the-denisovans

More on the redating of fossils from Sterfontein Cave:

https://bigthink.com/the-past/human-evolution-challenged-older-fossils/
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AFRICA
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Feature on sites in Algeria:

https://www.euronews.com/2022/07/18/algerias-ancient-treasures-from-constantine-to-the-roman-ruins-of-timgad
https://www.africanews.com/2022/07/18/algerias-ancient-treasures-from-constantine-to-the-roman-ruins-of-timgad/

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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT
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Six people were killed while illegally digging for antiquities in southern Egypt:

https://english.news.cn/africa/20220719/1372dc92be4346db8ec55adc25ca0e3a/c.html
http://www.china.org.cn/world/Off_the_Wire/2022-07/19/content_78331301.htm

A study of a 25th Dynasty mummy suggests she had previously suffered and recovered from a stroke:

https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2022/07/mummy-paints-picture-stroke-treatment-ancient-egypt

More on evidence (via CT scan) of a pregnant mummy of also showing signs of having cancer:

https://phys.org/news/2022-07-mummy-mysterious-lady-nose-throat.html
https://www.livescience.com/pregnant-mummy-cancer
https://boingboing.net/2022/07/17/egyptian-mummy-believed-to-be-male-priest-turns-out-to-be-a-pregnant-female.html
https://www.archaeology.org/news/10687-220715-egyptian-mummy-cancer

cf: http://blog.warsawmummyproject.com/possible-cause-of-death-of-the-pregnant-mummy

More on the tomb of the 'commander of foreign soldiers in Abusir':

https://english.radio.cz/czech-archaeologists-discover-tomb-ancient-egyptian-dignitary-8756516
https://www.thenationalnews.com/mena/egypt/2022/07/16/egypt-uncovers-unique-ancient-tomb-of-the-commander-of-foreign-troops/
https://www.newsweek.com/secret-tomb-ancient-egyptian-general-unearthed-archaeologists-1726931
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/abusir-tomb-egyptian-general-1234634834/
https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2022/07/discovery-unique-tomb-egypts-giza
https://greekreporter.com/2022/07/22/tomb-ancient-egyptian-general/
https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/ancient-cultures/ancient-egypt/egyptian-tomb-abusir/
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/64627
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/07/19/the-tomb-of-wahibre-mery-neith-discovered-in-abusir/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/10689-220718-egypt-abusir-tomb

A project to restore the Tombs of the Nobles in Aswan:

https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2022/07/egypt-restores-pharaonic-nobles-tombs-aswan

Marking the 223rd anniversary of the finding of the Rosetta Stone:

https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/117714/223-years-ago-Egypt%E2%80%99s-Rosetta-Stone-was-discovered

... and a nice feature on the Rosetta Stone:

https://www.livescience.com/why-rosetta-stone-three-texts

Feature on a volcanic eruption in Alaska that affected the Nile flood during Cleopatra's time (we had some on this a while back):

https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2022/07/the-volcanic-eruption-in-alaska-that-rocked-ancient-egypt/

Not sure why this shipwreck off Heracleion (found last year around this time) was making the news rounds again:

https://greekreporter.com/2022/07/18/ancient-greek-shipwreck-discovered-egypt/
https://greekcitytimes.com/2022/07/21/archaeologists-ancient-greek-shipwreck-city/
https://www.zmescience.com/science/secrets-of-the-sea-warship-and-cemetery-discovered-in-lost-ancient-city-in-greece-18072022/

Remains of a Parthian-era structure and four burials at Qareh Hasanlu (Iran):

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/474772/Relics-remains-of-Parthian-building-discovered-in-northwest

The 17th century Isfahan Shah Mosque was damaged during restoration efforts:

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-62214619

Overviewish thing on excavations at the 4000 years bp site of the city of Kunara (Kurdistan):

https://www.kurdistan24.net/en/story/29027-4,000-year-old-ancient-city-found-near-Sulaimani

The Parthian fortress of Rabana-Merquly in Iraqi Kurdistan is being tentatively identified as the site of the 'lost' city of Natounia:

https://phys.org/visualstories/2022-07-lost-city-natounia.amp
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/07/220720080113.htm
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/959116
https://www.livescience.com/mountain-fortress-iraq-natounia/
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-712799
https://www.thenationalnews.com/mena/iraq/2022/07/19/closing-in-on-iraqs-lost-city-of-natounia/
https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/19/world/iraq-fortress-lost-city-scn/index.html
http://www.sci-news.com/archaeology/rabana-merquly-fortress-11018.html
https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/searching-for-the-lost-city-of-natounia
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/07/archaeologists-suggest-that-rabana-merquly-could-be-the-lost-city-of-natounia/144163
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/why-archaeologists-think-theyve-found-the-lost-city-of-natounia-180980453/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/10697-220720-iraq-natounia-fortress

Feature on life in ancient Babylon:

https://www.history.com/news/daily-life-ancient-babylon-mesopotamia

The palace of Genghis Khan's grandson may have been located in Turkiye's Van province:

https://www.livescience.com/hulagu-khan-palace
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11042149/Archaeologists-located-palace-belonging-Genghis-Khans-bloodthirsty-grandson.html
https://www.albawaba.com/editors-choice/genghis-khans-grandson-might-be-living-turkey-1484897

Not sure when this 3300 seal and sword/dagger with Mycenean 'affinities' were found at Tavsanli Hoyuk:

https://arkeonews.net/a-3300-year-old-seal-and-a-dagger-sword-reminiscent-of-mycenaean-swords-were-discovered-in-the-heart-of-western-anatolia/

Feature on a 3300 years bp Hittite helmet now on display in a museum inTurkiye:

https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/museum-in-turkey-displays-3300-year-old-hittite-warrior-helmet/news

More on the Second Temple era mikveh find near the Western Wall:

https://phys.org/news/2022-07-elevator-jerusalem.html
https://www.timesofisrael.com/western-wall-elevator-project-unearths-archaeological-trove-of-villa-artifacts/
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-712603
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2022-07-20/ty-article/mikveh-found-near-jerusalems-temple-mount-may-have-been-used-by-priestly-family/00000182-1b31-d3fd-a5ff-7ff55f400000
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/356838
https://www.israelhayom.com/2022/07/20/elevator-project-takes-archaeologists-down-through-old-citys-history/
https://apnews.com/article/science-middle-east-religion-jerusalem-d9e26b26a2046f9f19c7f83d336c015d
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/elevator-project-in-old-jerusalem-leads-to-surprising-finds/2022/07/20/b1034e36-07fd-11ed-80b6-43f2bfcc6662_story.html
https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/elevator-project-jerusalem-leads-surprising-finds-87105953
https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2022-07-20/jerusalem-western-wall-archaeological-discoveries

More on mosaics depicting Deborah and Jael from Huqoq:

https://aleteia.org/2022/07/19/earliest-known-images-of-biblical-heroines-discovered-in-israel/

A very good assessment of the latest 'Jerusalem curse inscription' claims:

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2022-07-21/ty-article/controversy-rages-over-jerusalem-curse-inscription/00000182-2109-d15a-a197-733ff03d0000

Major funding to restore the site of Tel Gezer in the wake of fires:

https://www.timesofisrael.com/government-approves-millions-to-restore-archaeological-site-scorched-by-blaze/
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-712365

A new suggestion the Khirbet Qeiyafa was not associated with David's City by was a massive cultic compound:

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2022-07-18/ty-article-magazine/new-theory-for-khirbet-qeiyafa-not-king-davids-city-but-a-vast-cultic-compound/00000182-1067-d7ef-a3df-98770bd30000

Feature on the various sites associated with the burial of Moses:

https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/biblical-sites-places/where-was-moses-buried/

Feature on Enoch:

https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-most-important-biblical-character-youve-probably-never-heard-of

Feature revisiting the James Ossuary and the Jehoash inscription:

https://www.timesofisrael.com/into-the-land-the-forgery-scandal/

Latest clash of Israeli and Palestinian folks at an archaeological site in Nablus:

https://english.wafa.ps/Pages/Details/130124

Saudi Arabia has identified 250+ sites in Asir and Hail provinces:

https://www.arabnews.com/node/2061141/saudi-arabia
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https://thisweekintheancientneareast.podbean.com/

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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS)
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Interesting finds, including a sceptre mold and a siren (not a mermaid) from Selinunte:

https://www.ansa.it/english/news/lifestyle/arts/2022/07/23/sceptre-mermaid-finds-shed-new-light-on-ancient-selinunte_fa6085eb-5c9d-4d4a-8fc1-bca9bcab08ed.html
https://itacanotizie.it/2022/07/23/selinunte-agora/
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/64678

Suggestion that a metal-working site in Moray used by Caledonian folk may have been destroyed by the Romans:

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cw41ll3dw12o
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/iron-age-village-destroyed-by-the-romans-uncovered-at-quarry-5rj0rpgxt
https://www.scotsman.com/news/national/iron-age-village-and-metal-working-site-destroyed-after-clash-with-romans-discovered-at-scottish-quarry-3777851
https://www.northern-scot.co.uk/news/romans-may-have-burned-iron-age-village-near-elgin-282027/
https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/homenews/20295334.lochinver-quarry-mons-grapius-victors-may-burned-ancient-site/

Reservoir construction in Adiyaman (Turkiye) has revealed three Roman-era tombs:

https://expatguideturkey.com/roman-tombs-found-underground-in-adiyaman/

A section of Roman road near Pendle Hill near Chatburn is being excavated:

https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/20294988.dig-underway-roman-road-evidence-near-pendle-hill/

Remains of a 1st/2nd century garum factory type thing from Tavira (Portugal):

https://www.portugalresident.com/ancient-fish-transformation-factories-uncovered-in-tavira/
https://arkeonews.net/ancient-fish-processing-factories-were-discovered-in-ancient-roman-city-of-balsa-portugal/

Remains of a 1st century Roman cavalry mask from Krefeld:

http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/64643

Evidence that a massive tsunami hit Hispalis/Seville in the 3rd century:

https://english.elpais.com/culture/2022-07-22/a-massive-tsunami-destroyed-the-spanish-city-of-seville-in-the-3rd-century-new-study-finds.html

A 3rd/4th century (maybe) Roman anchor and amphora from off the island of Linosa (Italian):

https://www.siciliafan.it/mare-sicilia-restituisce-altri-2-tesori-linosa-pozzallo/

... and another 2nd century anchor from Milazzo (Italian):

https://www.tempostretto.it/news/la-scoperta-a-milazzo-rinvenuta-unantica-ancora-del-ii-secolo-a-c.html

... this might be the same find:

https://www.yahoo.com/now/diver-finds-roman-cargo-2-092532920.html

Latest finds from the digs at the acropolis and agora of Metropolis:

https://www.dailysabah.com/life/latest-digs-to-unveil-acropolis-agora-of-turkeys-metropolis/news

Overview of the 2022 excavation season at Kourion:

https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/07/19/kourion-urban-space-project-kusp-2022-excavation-season/

Overviewish thing on a 'post excavation project' relating to that Phoenician shipwreck off Xlendi:

https://www.independent.com.mt/articles/2022-07-18/local-news/Phoenician-Shipwreck-Findings-provide-a-piece-of-a-puzzle-that-helps-us-understand-our-past-6736244530

A Roman road in Preston might be dug up to make way for construction in Preston:

https://www.lep.co.uk/heritage-and-retro/heritage/ancient-roman-road-could-be-dug-up-to-make-way-for-warehouses-in-preston-3772821

Something about archaeologists rescuing a site in Ruse from looters (but when?):

https://www.novinite.com/articles/216028/Bulgarians+and+Brits+Save+Remains+of+a+Roman+Fortress+after+Raids+from+Treasure-Hunters

Idiots graffitied the Pantheon:

https://elpais.com/cultura/2022-07-17/el-panteon-de-roma-aparece-con-una-pintada-en-uno-de-sus-muros.html

More on drought revealing a Roman bridge built by Nero:

https://www.livescience.com/drought-reveals-roman-emperor-nero-bridge
https://www.thedailybeast.com/neros-bridge-suddenly-appears-reminding-us-some-thought-he-never-died
http://www.archaeology.org/news/10691-220718-rome-pons-neronianus

More on Cyprus' opening its first underwater archaeological park:

https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-712313
https://greekherald.com.au/news/cyprus-opens-its-first-underwater-archeological-park/

Latest study of the effects of lead on children in the Roman Empire (this is a strange article):

https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-712471

Recognition for the dig at Roman Carlisle:

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/national-recognition-roman-archaeology-project-045900865.html

Review of Adrienne Mayor, *Flying Snakes and Griffin Claws*:

https://www.wsj.com/articles/flying-snakes-and-griffin-claws-review-ancient-wonders-11658497973?st=59ozp5z6vj733i8&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink

Feature on ancient Greek views of free speech:

https://neoskosmos.com/en/2022/07/18/dialogue/ancient-view-of-social-media-free-speech-and-noise/

Feature on Pedar Foss' work with the date of the eruption of Vesuvius:

https://www.depauw.edu/stories/details/the-boulder-question-by-pedar-foss/

Classics teacher Jack Oliver has another side:

https://uk.sports.yahoo.com/news/classics-teacher-jack-oliver-hopes-to-wind-the-clock-back-this-summer-115446827.html

Mary Beard visited the site of Cibyra (Turkiye):

https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/a-tremendous-new-ancient-site-in-turkey-blog-post-mary-beard/

Feature on Demetrius the Besieger:

https://theconversation.com/siege-warfare-polygamy-and-sacrilege-meet-historys-most-outrageous-king-demetrius-the-besieger-185866

Feature on restoring Tel Ashkelon's Roman remains:

https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/archaeology-today/restoring-tel-ashkelon/?mqsc=E4145595&dk=ZE2270ZF0

Feature on the Colosseum:

https://www.livescience.com/roman-colosseum/

Feature on ethnoarchaeology in Cyprus:

https://www.asor.org/anetoday/2022/07/ethnoarchaeology-cyprus

Feature on how the ancient Greeks cared for the disabled:

https://greekreporter.com/2022/07/23/ancient-greeks-disabled/

Feature on Calliope Limneos-Papakosta's search for the tomb of Alexander:

https://greekreporter.com/2022/07/24/alexander-the-great-tomb-greek-archaeologist/

Feature on Sparta:

https://greekreporter.com/2022/07/18/harsh-lessons-from-the-ancient-greek-city-state-of-sparta/

Feature on the date of the Trojan War:

https://greekreporter.com/2022/07/19/trojan-war-ancient-date/

Feature on a bust of Helios which was excavated in the 1970s:

https://greekreporter.com/2022/07/19/helios/

Feature on the statue of Hermes by Praxiteles:

https://greekreporter.com/2022/07/20/hermes-praxiteles-statue/

Feature on Sappho:

https://greekreporter.com/2022/07/23/sappho-poet-fragments/

Feature on Eleusis:

https://greekreporter.com/2022/07/22/eleusis-religious-sites-ancient-greece/

Feature on the Griffin Warrior tomb:

https://greekreporter.com/2022/07/22/griffin-warrior-ancient-greece/

Feature on ancient Greek hairstyles:

https://greekcitytimes.com/2022/07/18/hairstyles-of-bronze-age-greece/

Feature on Minoan fashion:

https://greekcitytimes.com/2022/07/21/fashion-of-the-minoan-civilization/

Feature on Hippocrates:

https://greekcitytimes.com/2022/07/22/hippocrates-the-greek-father-of-modern-medicine/

Feature on Alexander the Great in Egypt:

https://greekcitytimes.com/2022/07/21/alexander-the-great-ancient-egypt/

More on the BCRPM's annual call for the reunification of the Parthenon sculptures:

https://www.hamhigh.co.uk/news/activists-call-to-reunify-parthenon-marbles-9148278

... and the mayor of London thinks some sort of deal is needed:

https://greekreporter.com/2022/07/21/mayor-london-urges-deal-greece-parthenon-marbles/
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/exclusive-sadiq-khan-says-deal-050007574.html
https://greekcitytimes.com/2022/07/22/london-mayor-says-british-government-should-share-parthenon-sculptures/
https://metro.co.uk/2022/07/21/sadiq-khan-says-uk-should-share-elgin-marbles-with-greece-17042034/

The Archdiocese of Washington is banning the Latin Mass, apparently:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/2022/07/22/catholic-latin-mass-washington-archdiocese/
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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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Latest on the dig at the Neolithic site of Arthur's Stone in Herefordshire:

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/jul/22/weird-wonderful-rare-dig-at-arthurs-stone-writes-new-story-of-neolithic-site
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-hereford-worcester-62183471

The 'Trelai Enclosure' has been dated to the Bronze Age and is shedding light on early Cardiff:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-62155069
https://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/20277348.bronze-age-enclosure-trelai-park-offer-earliest-clues-origins-cardiff/

I think we mentioned this 4000 years bp Nitra culture burial from Trnava:

https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22947060/ancient-grave-found-right-under-kindergarten.html
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/07/20/discovery-of-a-prehistoric-grave-under-a-kindergarten-in-brestovany/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/10694-220719-slovakia-nitra-burial

I think we also mentioned this 3000 years bp 'water goddess' figurine from Germany:

https://www.newsweek.com/amazingly-preserved-3000-year-old-statue-water-goddess-unearthed-1726782

Latest finds from digs at the Hascherkeller site in Germany:

https://phys.org/news/2022-07-hascherkeller-reveals-secrets.html

A farmer in Donabate came across an underground chamber with possible Ogham script in it:

https://www.independent.ie/regionals/dublin/fingal/ancient-lost-chamber-uncovered-on-corballis-site-in-donabate-41854332.html

An analysis of that Viking-era sword found in three pieces by different metal detectorists over the past while:

https://phys.org/news/2022-07-unique-sword-viking-voyages-north.html
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-712796
https://www.archaeology.org/news/10692-220719-norway-viking-sword

A possible 1000 years bp sword find from Poland:

https://notesfrompoland.com/2022/07/22/rare-1000-year-old-sword-found-in-poland/

Feature on Britain's oldest shipwreck (hmmm ... only 13th century) ... the 'mortar wreck':

https://www.bournemouth.ac.uk/news/2022-07-20/bournemouth-university-uncovers-earliest-english-medieval-shipwreck-site
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2022/jul/20/oldest-english-shipwreck-poole-bay-dorset-given-government-protection
https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/20300796.three-shipwrecks-off-dorset-coast/
https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/1039/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/1039/pub/1039/page/51/article/NaN
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/64650
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/07/21/bournemouth-university-uncovers-earliest-english-medieval-shipwreck-site/

... it, and a couple of other shipwrecks off the Isle of Wight were given official protection:

https://www.islandecho.co.uk/3-exceptionally-rare-shipwrecks-off-the-isle-of-wight-and-dorset-granted-highest-protection/

A Royal Navy anchor dating to the 1800s from a Devon harbour:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-devon-62220211

A new dig is underway at Shrewsbury Castle:

https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/local-hubs/shrewsbury/2022/07/22/history-being-unearthed-at-shrewsbury-castle-archaeological-dig/
https://www.shropshirelive.com/news/2022/07/18/archaeologists-begin-new-dig-at-shrewsbury-castle/

... and at the Dinas Dinlle coastal hillfort site:

https://nation.cymru/news/archaeology-dig-gets-underway-at-iron-age-coastal-hillfort/
https://north.wales/news/gwynedd/archaeology-dig-underway-at-dinas-dinlle-prehistoric-coastal-hillfort-38824.html
https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/archaeology-dig-underway-welsh-prehistoric-24552130

More on that Viking-era jewellery left at a museum's door:

https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/07/18/jewellery-from-grave-of-high-status-viking-woman-left-at-museums-door/

More on skeletal remains from the site of the Battle of Waterloo:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-uncover-rare-human-skeleton-waterloo-battlefield-180980439/

... and the suggestion that more bones may have been sold as fertilizer:

https://english.alarabiya.net/life-style/2022/07/18/Bones-of-soldiers-killed-in-1815-Battle-of-Waterloo-may-have-been-sold-as-fertilizer-

More on that 200 years bp abandoned mine 'time capsule' found by cavers in Cheshire:

https://www.livescience.com/19th-century-mine-discovered-uk

The heatwave in the UK revealed traces of historic gardens at Chatsworth:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-derbyshire-62229372

... and assorted items beneath a Cornish reservoir:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cornwall-62222719

Plans for a dig on the lower slopes of Bennachie (various possible periods to be excavated):

https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/aberdeen-aberdeenshire/4555153/archaeological-dig-to-unearth-hidden-secrets-of-lower-slopes-of-bennachie/
https://www.grampianonline.co.uk/news/archaeological-dig-being-carried-out-at-bennachie-site-281724/

An archaeological investigation is under way after a site was found beneath the former Times of Malta building (looks medieval to me):

https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/archaeological-probe-site-old-times-building.968590

Litter/garbage concerns at an Ice Age cave site in Devon:

https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/devon-cave-ice-age-secrets-7307905

Feature on the search for a lost medieval city in Wales:

https://lithub.com/searching-for-a-lost-medieval-city-somewhere-in-wales/

Feature on the restoration of the 'Second Sistine Chapel' at Europe's oldest hospital:

http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/64670

Feature on Rome's 'sugar church':

https://aleteia.org/2022/07/17/a-hidden-gem-of-rome-the-sugar-church/

Feature on Castle Frankenstein:

https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p0cmjmzf/the-castle-that-may-have-inspired-frankenstein-

Review of Janina Ramirez, *Femina*:

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/jul/20/femina-janina-ramirez-review
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Archaeology in Europe News:

http://archaeology-in-europe.blogspot.com/

Medievalists.net:

https://www.medievalists.net/category/news/

Viking Archaeology Blog:

http://viking-archaeology-blog.blogspot.com/

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ASIA AND THE SOUTH PACIFIC
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A 5200 years bp (!) stone carving of a chrysalis from Shanxi:

http://www.china.org.cn/arts/2022-07/19/content_78329682.htm
https://global.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202207/22/WS62d9f190a310fd2b29e6dbfd.html
https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/article/3186260/5200-year-old-stone-carved-chrysalis-provides-window-earliest
http://www.chinaview.cn/20220718/9ff4915a83394d1089cea9e76c3f5517/c.html
http://www.archaeology.org/news/10693-220719-china-chrysalis-carving

14 Eastern Han/Tang Dynasty tombs from Hunan:

https://ukranews.com/en/news/867873-14-ancient-tombs-unearthed-in-central-china-s-hunan

460+ Zhao culture/Warring States period tombs from Hebei:

http://www.china.org.cn/china/Off_the_Wire/2022-07/24/content_78338341.htm
https://english.news.cn/20220724/33d5bd8f7a1f47b3ac4bb247a9738370/c.html

Excavations have resumed at the Mo-er Temple (Buddhist) site in China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region:

https://english.news.cn/20220720/e9a5b007aff14f2481978d288837e98e/c.html
http://en.people.cn/n3/2022/0720/c90000-10125358.html

Feature on the Yin Ruins in Henan:

http://en.people.cn/n3/2022/0722/c90000-10126263.html

Feature on underwater archaeology in Japan:

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2022/07/18/environment/underwater-archaeology/

The second phase of restoration of the Ta Ong Bridge at Angkor is complete:

https://www.manilatimes.net/2022/07/19/business/real-estate-and-property/phase-2-of-angkor-bridge-restoration-done/1851389

'Neolithic grooves' from a site in Telangana:

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/4000-year-old-neolithic-grooves-found-in-telanganas-mahabubnagar/article65677603.ece

Remains of a Chola Dynasty temple from Karnataka:

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/karnataka-archaeologists-confirm-remnants-of-chola-temple-near-kunigal-lake/articleshow/92943094.cms

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NORTH AMERICA
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Study suggests Monks Mound at Cahokia was probably underwater for the entire year:

https://phys.org/news/2022-07-north-plaza-cahokia-inundated-year-round.html
https://news.illinois.edu/view/6367/626821378
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/07/new-insights-into-monks-mound-at-cahokia/144180
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/07/22/north-plaza-in-cahokia-was-likely-inundated-year-round/

Digging to find the site of the 1540 Battle of Mabila (Alabama):

https://alabamanewscenter.com/2022/07/19/battle-of-mabila/

Searching for the wreck of the HMS Gaspee off Rhode Island:

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/07/19/metro/research-underway-find-gaspee-shipwreck-rhode-islands-claim-start-revolution/

The wreck of the Milwaukie, which sank in 1842 in Lake Michigan was located:

https://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/ship-that-sank-during-incredible-storm-in-1842-discovered-in-lake-michigan/1219222

Possible finds from the 1857 Spirit Lake Massacre in Iowa:

https://www.radioiowa.com/2022/07/18/archaeological-dig-find-relic-likely-related-to-1857-spirit-lake-massacre/
https://kiwaradio.com/local-news/archaeological-dig-finds-relic-likely-related-to-spirit-lake-massacre-of-1857/

Interesting aspect of archaeology in Alaska dealing with gold rush-era sites:

https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/science/2022/07/23/how-a-field-guide-to-old-coffee-cans-is-helping-archaeologists-studying-alaskas-gold-rush-era/

Feature on Brandon University's dig at a First Nations site near Melita (Manitoba):

https://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/archaeologists-learning-about-indigenous-life-in-manitoba-before-european-settlers-arrived-1.5997643

Feature on Brock University's summer field school in downtown St Catharines:

https://brocku.ca/brock-news/2022/07/brock-students-volunteers-uncovering-st-catharines-maritime-past-at-local-dig/

Feature on UNC's summer field school dig on Ayr Mount:

https://www.dailytarheel.com/article/2022/07/university-annual-summer-archaeology-field-school-indigenous-settlements

Feature on a bone analysis of potato famine immigrants to Montreal:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/montreal-rem-irish-graveyard-analysis-1.6524416

Excavations are underway at the site of a Colonial Black Church in Virginia:

https://phys.org/news/2022-07-excavation-graves-site-colonial-black.html
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/excavation-graves-begins-site-colonial-black-church-87037538
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/excavation-graves-begins-site-colonial-black-church-rcna38893
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/excavation-of-graves-begins-at-site-of-colonial-black-church/2022/07/18/96df3f1e-06f0-11ed-80b6-43f2bfcc6662_story.html
https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Excavation-of-graves-begins-at-site-of-colonial-17313337.php
https://www.nbc12.com/2022/07/19/excavation-graves-begins-site-colonial-black-church/
https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2022-07-19/excavation-graves-colonial-black-church-williamsburg

Feature on a dig at a Black cemetery in Kingston (New York):

https://romesentinel.com/stories/archaeological-digs-under-way-in-kingston,138225

The Chalk Creek Hieroglyphs (Utah) we saved from fire damage:

https://www.sltrib.com/news/2022/07/18/utah-hieroglyphs-protected/

Some back and forth about the Hopewell airburst ... first, arguing that a comet wasn't behind it:

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-16211-5

... and acceptance by the researchers that it was probably an asteroid event:

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-16212-4

Marking the 250th anniversary of the Fulton County Courthouse:

https://dailygazette.com/2022/07/23/its-a-gem-fulton-county-courthouse-to-celebrate-250-years-this-september/

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CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA
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A Late Preclassic maya chocolate vessel find from the Cueva de la Cruz in the Yucatan:

https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/2000-year-old-mayan-pot-discovered/
https://www.riviera-maya-news.com/archaeologists-find-late-preclassic-pot-on-private-playa-del-carmen-property/2022.html
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-712826
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/07/maya-chocolate-vessel-found-in-cave/144168
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/07/21/inah-recovers-a-complete-mayan-vessel-from-a-cave-in-playa-del-carmen/

Study suggests a connection between climate change and civil unrest at the maya city of Mayapan:

https://newsroom.northumbria.ac.uk/pressreleases/study-reveals-evidence-of-historic-climate-change-leading-to-conflict-in-yucatan-mexico-3195451
https://phys.org/news/2022-07-climate-civil-unrest-ancient-maya.html
https://theconversation.com/climate-conflict-collapse-how-drought-destabilised-the-last-major-precolonial-mayan-city-187165
https://www.zmescience.com/science/unstable-climate-maya-mayapan-collapse-9252341625/
https://elpais.com/ciencia/2022-07-23/las-sequias-empujaron-a-los-mayas-a-la-crisis-politica.html
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/07/connections-between-climate-change-and-civil-unrest-among-the-ancient-maya/144169
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/07/20/climate-and-conflict-in-the-prehistoric-maya-city-of-mayapan/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/10698-220720-mexico-yucatan-mayapan

cf: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-31522-x

Tourists damaged some geoglyphs at Peru's Paracas Candelabra:

https://www.rfi.fr/en/international-news/20220712-tourists-trample-all-over-protected-prehistoric-peruvian-hill-carving

More on concerns arising from Mexico's Maya Train project:

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/caves-ap-andres-manuel-lopez-obrador-tulum-caribbean-b2126637.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/train-endangers-some-of-mexicos-oldest-pre-historic-sites/2022/07/19/79f65f62-0773-11ed-80b6-43f2bfcc6662_story.html
https://www.startribune.com/train-endangers-some-of-mexicos-oldest-pre-historic-sites/600191352/
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/mexico-invokes-powers-build-tourist-train-threat-pre-historic-sites-rcna39102

OpEddish on the wreck of the San Jose:

https://bigthink.com/the-past/san-jose-galleon-shipwreck/
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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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Feature on astronomy in medieval Islam:

https://english.alaraby.co.uk/features/staring-heavens-astronomy-medieval-islam

Feature on Raja Ravi Varma:

https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20220715-raja-ravi-varma-indias-most-influential-artist

Feature on the effects of the 1755 Lisbon earthquake:

https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p0ckfxtn/the-earthquake-that-changed-the-course-of-history

Feature on the Titanic:

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2022/07/23/when-did-titanic-sink-survivors-deaths-explained/10112391002/

Feature on ten archaeological 'mysteries':

https://www.thenationalnews.com/arts-culture/2022/07/18/ten-archaeological-mysteries-from-super-henge-to-the-2000-year-old-computer/

Feature on the volcanic winter of 536 CE:

https://explorersweb.com/apocalypse-then-the-volcanic-winter-of-536ad/

Feature on seven 'famous mummies' from various cultures:

https://www.livescience.com/famous-mummies-ancient-world/

Feature on foods mentioned by Dante:

https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2022/07/13/cooking-with-dante-alighieri/

They keep identifying Picassos:

https://www.france24.com/en/culture/20220722-the-tip-of-the-iceberg-three-picasso-artworks-discovered-in-three-months

A dispute between nuns and the bishop over ownership of a 14th century monastery in Mallorca:

https://elpais.com/sociedad/2022-07-16/monjas-contra-el-obispo-de-mallorca-el-monasterio-del-siglo-xiv-junto-al-mar-seguira-siendo-de-ellas.html

Plans for a makeover of the Library of Congress isn't being welcomed by preservationists:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/07/18/library-congress-preservation-league-protest/
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CURRENT EVENTS:
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They found a Faberge Egg on a confiscated Russian oligarch's yacht:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jul/21/suspected-faberge-egg-found-on-russian-oligarchs-superyacht-us-investigators-say

Comparing Russian literature to its current state:

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/07/russian-literature-books-ukraine-war-dostoyevsky-nabokov/670928/

That takeover of the presidential palace by protesters in Sri Lanka has resulted in a pile of missing artifacts:

https://www.dailymirror.lk/latest_news/Over-1-000-valuable-artefacts-missing-in-state-premises-taken-over-by-protesters/342-241664
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/south-asia/over-1000-artefacts-missing-from-sri-lankas-presidential-palace-pms-official-residence-police/articleshow/93073095.cms

Applying Greek tragedy to the war in Ukraine:

https://www.cnn.com/videos/tv/2022/07/19/amanpour-ukraine-the-suppliants.cnn

Feature on abortion in ancient Mesopotamia:

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2022-07-19/ty-article-magazine/.premium/ancient-mesopotamians-were-violently-anti-abortion-if-the-woman-initiated-it/00000182-16eb-d5f6-abe3-1efb4a660000

... and other ancient cultures:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/hawthorn-abortion-medical-history-1.6527259

... and a case from 1792 US:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/made-by-history/2022/07/19/1792-case-reveals-that-key-founders-saw-abortion-private-matter/

A 'glue protest' at the Uffizi:

https://apnews.com/article/florence-climate-and-environment-733c8aa8b0f69882456aa26e54ad5b2e
https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-europe-62282858

I read a number of times about concerns of assigning gender to skeletal remains in archaeological contexts ... not sure how big a deal this really is:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11042793/Dont-skeletons-gender-categorise-race-woke-activists-demand.html

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ANIMAL AND PLANT DOMESTICATIONS
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Siberian dogs apparently evolved to depend on humans for seafood-based diets:

https://phys.org/news/2022-07-ancient-siberian-dogs-humans-seafood.html

cf: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abo6493

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LANGUAGE RELATED
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Henry Louis Gates is editing the Oxford Dictionary of African American English:

https://thegrio.com/2022/07/21/henry-louis-gates-oxford-working-to-publish-african-american-dictionary/

Interesting study of 'parentese':

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/24/science/parentese-babies-global-language.html

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PHILOSOPHERS AND MATTERS PHILOSOPHICCAL
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Feature on what Stoicism can teach us today:

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/hide-and-seek/202207/what-stoicism-still-has-teach-us
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MUSEUM MATTERS
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Six Mausoleums of the Song Dynasty:

https://news.cgtn.com/news/2022-07-18/Archaeological-achievements-of-the-Song-Mausoleum-in-Hangzhou-1bLyAsVIRmE/index.html

William Hogarth's Topographies:

https://onlineexhibits.library.yale.edu/s/hogarths-topographies/page/intro

DaVinci:

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/jul/17/how-leonardo-figured-out-the-beauty-of-anatomy

Winslow Homer:

https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20220719-winslow-homer-a-chronicler-of-us-turbulence
https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/about-us/press-and-media/press-releases/winslow-homer-force-of-nature

cf: https://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2022/winslow-homer

The Woman in White:

https://www.npr.org/2022/07/18/1111069388/whistlers-mother-meet-whistlers-very-very-close-friend-at-the-national-gallery

cf: https://www.nga.gov/features/slideshows/the-woman-in-white.html

After a dozen years, the Archaeological Museum of Polygyros is open:

https://greekreporter.com/2022/07/17/archaeological-museum-polygyros-chalkidiki-full-operation/

... and plans for an archaeological museum in Messene:

https://news.gtp.gr/2022/07/19/ancient-messene-to-get-new-archaeological-museum/

More on Rome's museum of recovered art:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/17/arts/design/rome-museum-recovered-treasures.html

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AUCTIONS AND SALES RELATED
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Italy stepped in to halt the auction abroad of an Genileschi painting:

https://apnews.com/article/painting-italy-ea7f78ca592863a1b408419554341440
https://www.startribune.com/italy-thwarts-illegal-auction-abroad-of-gentileschi-painting/600191332/
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2022/07/20/italian-police-stop-sale-of-exceptional-artemisia-gentileschi-painting-that-may-have-been-illegally-shipped-to-vienna
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/italian-artemisia-gentileschi-painting-export-2149963

Big bucks for a Shakespeare First Folio:

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2022/jul/22/shakespeare-first-folio-sells-for-2m-at-auction

More on that Viking ring found in an online auction of cheap costume jewellery:

https://www.livescience.com/gold-viking-ring-auction-surprise

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ON THE DNA FRONT
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Feature on Gregor Mendel:

https://www.dw.com/en/why-is-mendel-considered-the-father-of-genetics/av-62538494
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THE TECHY SIDE
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Concerns emissions could affect precision of carbon dating:

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-01954-y
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TOURISTY THINGS
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Mesopotamos:

https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/07/20/a-digital-journey-to-mesopotamos/

Akrotiri:

https://greekcitytimes.com/2022/07/20/akrotiri-the-archaeological-gem-of-santorini/

Aperlai:

https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/aperlai-ancient-port-city-built-on-slopes-of-lycia/news
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PERFORMANCES AND MUSIC RELATED
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Feature on Josquin des Prez and what he actually wrote:

https://phys.org/news/2022-07-professor-music-unravels-centuries-old-authorship.html

On Richard III as 'controversial villain':

https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20220718-why-shakespeares-richard-iii-became-a-controversial-villain

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CRIME BEAT
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Antiquities dealer Gary L. Hendershott was convicted of theft and jumping bail:

https://allongeorgia.com/chattooga-local-news/nationally-known-antiquities-dealer-convicted-of-theft-bail-jumping/

A century-old public fountain in Fort Plain, New York was vandalized:

https://wnyt.com/top-stories/historic-fort-plain-fountain-vandalized/

Not sure where to put this one about a Qatari sheikh suing a dealer for 'fake statues':

https://dohanews.co/qatari-sheikh-sues-london-art-dealer-for-fake-ancient-statues/

The UAE is cooperating in that investigation of the Louvre and antiquities trafficking:

https://www.iraqinews.com/arab-world-news/uae-vows-to-assist-artefacts-trafficking-probe/

... in case you need some background:

https://elpais.com/eps/2022-07-19/arenas-movedizas-en-el-museo-del-louvre-de-abu-dabi.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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Interview with Matthew Bogdanos:

https://annehelen.substack.com/p/inside-the-mind-boggling-world-of

New York returned some 142 artifacts to Italy, many with Steinhardt connections:

https://www.manhattanda.org/d-a-bragg-returns-142-antiquities-valued-at-nearly-14-million-to-the-people-of-italy/
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/20/arts/design/new-york-italy-looted-artifacts-steinhardt.html
https://www.cnn.com/style/article/us-returns-looted-artifacts-italy/index.html
https://news.yahoo.com/seized-antiquities-given-back-italy-181837649.html
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/herculean-efforts-return-looted-1m-ercolano-fresco-to-italy-h2fbkppzc
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/07/22/new-york-italy-looted-artifacts-returned/
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11036097/New-York-returns-looted-artifacts-worth-14million-Italy-investigators-seized-them.html
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-07-20/steinhardt-s-baby-hercules-returned-to-italy-by-ny-prosecutors
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/manhattan-district-attorney-repatriated-148-artifacts-italy-2150461
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/new-york-returns-antiquities-michael-steinhardt-investigation-italy-1234634967/
https://greekreporter.com/2022/07/24/billionaire-looted-antiquities-returned-italy-ancient-greek-frescos/
https://greekcitytimes.com/2022/07/24/priceless-looted-ancient-frescoes-returned-to-italy/
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/07/21/142-antiquities-valued-at-nearly-14-million-return-to-the-people-of-italy/

Not sure if this is 'repatriation' but Germany is lending 125 antiquities to Iraq:

https://ina.iq/eng/20917-iraq-receives-125-antiquities-loaned-from-germany.html

The Vatican is questioning returning 'gifts' to some Canadian First Nations groups:

https://apnews.com/article/pope-francis-entertainment-travel-canada-3e9ab6fad79ee444f20633fd8020edea
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/vatican-says-antiquities-are-gifts-but-canadian-indigenous-groups-want-them-back/2888118/

... while US groups are trying to recover Wounded Knee items from a Massachusetts museum:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2022/07/17/stolen-wounded-knee-artifacts-native-americans/

The Philadelphia MoA has returned a 17th century crossbow trophy to Dresden:

http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/64620

Wondering why Harvard has 1500 Native American remains from Cincinnati:

https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2022/07/18/native-american-remains-excavated-cincinnati-ohio-at-harvard/7771741001/

Turkiye claims to be waiting for 150000 items to be returned:

https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkiyes-150-000-historical-artifacts-waiting-to-return-175454

More on Cambodia's efforts to recovered looted antiquities:

https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501115452/cambodia-tries-to-recover-its-looted-treasures/

Latest Nazi-loot return:

https://mymodernmet.com/nazi-painting-looted-returned/

Feature on the return of Benin Bronzes:

https://elpais.com/cultura/2022-07-18/el-largo-camino-de-vuelta-a-casa-de-los-bronces-de-benin.html

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NUMISMATICA
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Feature on snakes on ancient coins:

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

Latest e-Sylum:

http://www.coinbooks.org/v25/club_nbs_esylum_v25n29.html

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

http://www.coinbooks.org/v25/club_nbs_esylum_v25n30.html
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Coin Week:

http://www.coinweek.com/

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OBITUARIES
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Charles Faulkner:

https://www.wbir.com/article/news/local/you-never-know-what-youre-going-to-find-author-archaeologist-charles-faulkner-dies-at-age-84/51-6bf6016f-553f-40dd-b5c6-433dc9bc37bd

Richard Freund:

http://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2022/07/richard-freund-1955-2022.html

Judith Schiff:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/21/education/judith-schiff-dead.html

Elizabeth Carmichael:

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2022/jul/22/elizabeth-carmichael-obituary
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AUDIO/VIDEO NEWS
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Audio News from Archaeologica:

https://www.archaeologychannel.org/audio-guide/audio-news/3195-audio-news-for-july-10th-through-july-16th-2022

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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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