explorator 25.27

[david meadows]

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explorator 25.27 October 23, 2022
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Thanks to Arthur Shippee, Dave Sowdon, Edward Rockstein, Kurt Theis,
John McMahon, Barnea Selavan, Joseph Lauer, Mike Ruggeri, Hernan Astudillo,
Richard Campbell, Barbara Saylor Rodgers, Bob Heuman, David Critchley,
Richard Miller, Kris Curry, Rick Heli, Richard C. Griffiths, Frank MacKay,
Don Buck, mata kimasitayo, and Ross W. Sargent for headses upses this week
(as always hoping I have left no one out).

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EARLY HOMINIDS
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DNA from Neanderthal remains found in a Siberian cave suggests they were a family:

https://phys.org/news/2022-10-neanderthal-family.html
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/10/221019111328.htm
https://www.livescience.com/neanderthal-family-dna-analysis/
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/oct/19/dna-of-13-neanderthals-reveals-exciting-snapshot-of-ancient-community
https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/1129/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/1129/pub/1129/page/34/article/NaN
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/19/science/first-neanderthal-family-russian-cave.html
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/dna-neanderthal-family-dynamics-research/
https://elpais.com/ciencia/2022-10-19/hallada-una-familia-neandertal-por-primera-vez-un-padre-y-su-hija-al-borde-de-la-extincion.html
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2022-10-19/ty-article/ancient-dna-provides-first-insights-into-neanderthal-family/00000183-f04b-d49a-a7bf-fb5b806f0000
https://apnews.com/article/science-travel-genetics-caves-d0a0791fc74c9a4de98ba4104152cd2d
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/10/ancient-genomes-of-thirteen-neandertals-provide-a-rare-snapshot-of-their-community-and-social-organisation/145029
http://www.archaeology.org/news/10939-221021-siberia-neanderthal-dna

cf: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-05283-y
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-03339-7

A study of assorted sites in Central Asia suggests its importance for human ancestral migration:

https://phys.org/news/2022-10-central-asia-key-region-human.html
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/10/221021181032.htm

cf: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0273984

Study suggests Neanderthals may have been carnivores (?):

https://www.cnrs.fr/fr/les-neandertaliens-semblent-avoir-ete-des-carnivores
https://phys.org/news/2022-10-neanderthals-carnivores.html
https://cosmosmagazine.com/history/neanderthal-tooth-enamel-carnivores/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/10938-221021-neanderthal-zinc-isotopes

cf: https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2109315119

More on Neanderthal-Sapiens coexisting and 'sharing' ideas:

https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-719915
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/10/17/how-long-did-modern-humans-and-neanderthals-co-exist/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/neanderthals-and-modern-humans-may-have-shared-ideas-for-tools-180980955/

More on the conclusions being reached from 'extinct human species' remains from Tunel Wielki cave:

https://www.sciencealert.com/half-a-million-year-old-signs-of-extinct-human-species-found-in-poland-cave
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/10/18/flint-tools-found-in-cave-among-the-oldest-ever-discovered-in-poland/

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AFRICA
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Something about the 'rescue' of 38 000 years bp geometric designs on a rock in South Africa:

https://theconversation.com/rock-stars-how-a-group-of-scientists-in-south-africa-rescued-a-rare-500kg-chunk-of-human-history-192508
https://phys.org/news/2022-10-stars-group-scientists-south-africa.html
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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT
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Plenty of items relating to the 100th anniversary of the find of Tutankhamun's tomb, starting with an overview of his life and death:

https://www.livescience.com/54090-tutankhamun-king-tut.html

... 10 things to know:

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/10-things-to-know-about-the-discovery-of-king-tuts-tomb

... assorted artifacts, including his 'hunting box':

https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/119912/Meet-Tutankhamun%E2%80%99s-hunting-box

... lots of footwear:

https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/120037/Tutankhamun%E2%80%99s-tomb-contained-over-100-special-footwear

... some figurines:

https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/119914/Tutankhamun-in-action

... his shrine:

https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/119958/Acquaint-yourself-with-Tutankhamun%E2%80%99s-gilded-wooden-shrine

... some earrings:

https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/119933/Ancient-Egyptians-created-dazzling-earrings

... assorted other objects from his tomb:

https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/119980/Tutankhamun%E2%80%99s-tomb-contained-spectacular-objects

... and features on Howard Carter:

https://egyptindependent.com/howard-carter-in-egypt/
https://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/history-and-civilisation/2022/10/unmasking-howard-carter-the-man-who-found-tutankhamun

... and others who worked on the excavations:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-63314215

... and opEds on how Egypt seems to have been written out of the Tutankhamun centenary story:

https://www.thenationalnews.com/weekend/2022/10/21/how-egypt-has-been-written-out-of-the-tutankhamun-centenary-story/

More on calls for the return of the Rosetta stone (mostly from Zahi Hawass):

https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2022/10/egyptian-archaeologists-call-return-rosetta-stone
https://www.egyptindependent.com/zahi-hawass-requests-rosetta-stone-return-from-british-museum/
https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/478130/Antiquities/Ancient-Egypt/Egypt;s-Zahi-Hawass-mobilises-for-the-return-of-Ro.aspx

More on that falcon shrine recently revealed in Berenike:

https://www.livescience.com/ancient-egypt-falcon-temple

Another feature on the deciphering of hieroglyphs:

https://www.mentalfloss.com/posts/race-to-decode-ancient-egyptian-hieroglyphs

Folks were in Aswan to see the sun alignment at Ramses II's temple there:

https://english.ahram.org.eg/News/478259.aspx

A study of 12 000 years bp obsidian artifacts from Iran:

https://news.yale.edu/2022/10/17/new-analysis-obsidian-blades-reveals-dynamic-neolithic-social-networks
https://phys.org/news/2022-10-analysis-obsidian-blades-reveals-dynamic.html
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/10/new-analysis-of-obsidian-blades-reveals-dynamic-neolithic-social-networks/145004
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/10/18/new-analysis-of-obsidian-blades-reveals-dynamic-neolithic-social-networks/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/10933-221019-iran-obsidian-artifacts

A nice overview of Iranian history:

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/477616/From-the-Paleolithic-to-the-Mongols-a-fragment-of-Iranian-history

Restoration work at Mosul's Mashki Gate have revealed some 2700 years bp reliefs among the damage caused by ISIL:

https://www.livescience.com/mashki-gate-assyrian-stone-carvings-iraq/
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-63323825
https://www.cnn.com/style/article/iraq-archaeology-excavation-isis-intl-scli/index.html
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/iraq-isis-ancient-babylon-carvings-mashki-gate-nineveh-assyrians-rcna53101
https://www.rfi.fr/en/middle-east/20221019-ancient-carvings-discovered-at-iconic-iraq-monument-bulldozed-by-is
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/10/20/ancient-rock-carvings-found-at-iraq-monument-bulldozed-by-isil
https://www.thenationalnews.com/mena/iraq/2022/10/18/iraqi-archaeologists-discover-carved-slabs-from-assyrian-empire/
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-10-20/iraq-rock-carvings-found-after-islamic-state-destruction/101557986
https://www.iraqinews.com/iraq/iraqi-american-excavation-mission-discovers-8-mural-carvings-in-mosul/
https://www.dawn.com/news/1715947/ancient-carvings-discovered-at-iconic-iraqi-monument
https://arkeonews.net/2700-year-old-assyrian-carvings-found-near-mashki-gate-destroyed-by-isis/
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/rock-carvings-discovered-mashki-gate-1234643796/

13 reliefs from 2700 years bp from an 'archaeological park' in northern Iraq (I think this is different from the above):

https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20221016-iraq-unveils-archaeological-park-with-ancient-carvings
https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/iraq-unveils-archaeological-park-with-ancient-carvings-177768
https://www.kurdistan24.net/en/story/29738-PHOTOS:-First-archeological-park-in-Iraq
http://www.aina.org/news/20221016223035.htm
https://www.iraqinews.com/iraq/iraq-reveals-2700-year-old-carvings-from-the-assyrian-empire/
https://www.newsobserver.com/news/nation-world/world/article267498123.html
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article267498123.html

More on the drone survey of Lagash:

https://www.zmescience.com/science/one-of-the-first-cities-in-mesopotamia-resembled-modern-venice-17102022/
https://arkeonews.net/drone-photos-reveal-venice-of-the-fertile-crescent/

A 3000 years+ bp clay tablet from Buklukale is shedding light on Hittite-Hurrian relations:

https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14740837
https://arkeonews.net/important-discovery-showing-that-the-hittite-city-of-buklukale-close-ties-with-the-hurrian-society/

Feature on the Epic of Gilgamesh:

https://www.asor.org/anetoday/2022/10/prismatic-gilgamesh

2600 years bp Med Kingdom finds from Oluz Hoyuk:

https://arkeonews.net/2600-year-old-med-period-artifacts-found-in-oluz-hoyuk-in-turkey/

A 6th century CE Balbal from Kyrgyzstan:

https://arkeonews.net/a-stone-statue-balbal-with-height-up-to-3-meters-found-in-the-issyk-kul-region-of-kyrgyzstan/

Using drones to located the site of the 1071 Battle of Manzikert:

https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/drones-used-to-detect-exact-site-of-battle-of-manzikert-177785

More on the apparently recent (?) find of the location of the tomb of St Nicholas of Myra:

https://www.livescience.com/santa-saint-nicholas-burial-turkey
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-11329305/Tomb-Santa-Clause-Burial-spot-Saint-Nicholas-discovered-underneath-Turkish-church.html
https://news.yahoo.com/turkish-researchers-confirm-santa-claus-190806078.html
https://fr.aleteia.org/2022/10/19/la-tombe-de-saint-nicolas-enfin-retrouvee/
https://arkeonews.net/archaeologists-unearthed-the-exact-place-of-the-tomb-of-saint-nicholas-also-known-as-santa-claus-and-the-floor-on-which-he-walked/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/10/original-burial-place-of-st-nicholas-located-by-archaeologists/145022
http://www.archaeology.org/news/10935-221020-turkey-st-nicholas

Feature on one of the people working to restore artifacts from Pergamon:

https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/masterful-touch-to-2000-year-old-artifacts-in-ancient-city-of-pergamon/news

Press coverage of a conference in Jordan relating to the archaeology of Zoara:

https://jordantimes.com/news/local/greek-archaeology-colloquium-discusses-biblical-city-story-lot

... and a paper on excavations at Tell Zira'a:

https://jordantimes.com/news/local/excavations-tell-zira-indicate-presence-elite-class-%E2%80%94-scholar

Feature on the Khatt Shebib wall in Jordan:

https://arkeonews.net/jordans-mysterious-ancient-wall-khatt-shebib/

Graffiti from a 15th century Swiss knight in the 'King David's Tomb' complex:

https://www.timesofisrael.com/inscription-bearing-name-of-hero-swiss-knight-found-in-king-davids-tomb/
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-720101
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2022-10-20/ty-article/medieval-swiss-knight-left-graffiti-in-king-davids-tomb/00000183-f49f-db4c-abab-fd9f76b00000
https://www.jewishpress.com/news/israel/jerusalem/graffiti-left-by-swiss-knight-in-1466-discovered-on-mount-zion/2022/10/20/
https://www.ynetnews.com/travel/article/hjaxhirms
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/361409
https://gulfnews.com/world/mena/five-centuries-old-swiss-graffiti-found-in-jerusalem-1.91393313
https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2022/10/five-centuries-old-swiss-graffiti-found-jerusalem
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20221020-five-centuries-old-swiss-graffiti-found-in-jerusalem
https://www.algemeiner.com/2022/10/20/israeli-archaeologists-discover-graffiti-of-medieval-swiss-knight-in-king-david-tomb/
https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/five-centuries-old-swiss-graffiti-found-in-jerusalem-177878
http://www.china.org.cn/world/Off_the_Wire/2022-10/20/content_78477396.htm

More on the ivory plaques found at a 8th/7th century BCE palatial structure in the Jerusalem Walls National Park:

https://the-past.com/news/a-gift-for-an-ancient-palace/

Feature on the Timna Mines:

https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/ancient-cultures/ancient-israel/timna-mines-collapse/

Feature on Arab archaeologists working in Israel:

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2022-10-20/ty-article-magazine/the-groundbreaking-work-of-arab-archeologists-in-israel/00000183-f4dd-dfe9-a9d3-ffdf3b410000

Feature on digging at El Araj:

https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/archaeology-today/archaeologists-biblical-scholars-works/mud_monks-mosaics/

Feature on Tell-es Safi:

https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p0d8gprs/the-bible-s-buried-secrets-david-and-goliath

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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS)
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Recent finds from the Sanctuary of Apollo at Despotiko:

https://www.ekathimerini.com/culture/1195872/echoes-of-sacred-past-unearthed-on-despotiko/
https://greekcitytimes.com/2022/10/19/ancient-greek-temple-despotiko/
https://greekreporter.com/2022/10/17/ancient-greek-sanctuary-despotiko/
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/10/20/mandra-of-despotiko-2022-excavation-and-restoration-works/

10 Etruscan tombs found in the Monterozzi necropolis near Tarquina:

https://greekreporter.com/2022/10/16/excavation-etruscan-tomb/
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/65422

Overview of recent finds from the Etruscan site of Podere Cannicci:

https://the-past.com/news/exploring-etruscan-endurance/

From Phanagoria comes a burial of a woman believed to be a priestess of Aphrodite (and other things):

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2022-10-18/ty-article-magazine/archaeologists-find-grave-of-aphrodite-priestess-in-ancient-black-sea-city/00000183-eb70-da6b-a1fb-fbf5a13f0000
https://greekcitytimes.com/2022/10/19/phanagoria-aphrodites-medallions/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/10937-221020-phanagoria-necropolis-iran

A 2000 years bp whistle from a child burial in Assos:

https://www.dailysabah.com/turkey/2000-year-old-whistle-found-at-childs-grave-in-turkiyes-assos/news
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/65435
https://arkeonews.net/a-2000-year-old-whistle-was-found-in-a-childs-grave-in-the-ruins-of-assos-turkey/

A Roman villa with a bathhouse from Trottiscliffe:

https://www.kentonline.co.uk/malling/news/roman-villa-found-with-ancient-central-heating-system-275435/

A Roman military town find from northern Morocco:

https://tvpworld.com/64004934/polishmoroccan-archeological-team-discovers-roman-military-tower

Not sure if we mentioned this statue torso find from Amphipolis (last year):

https://greekreporter.com/2022/10/22/ancient-greek-statue-unearthed-amphipolis/

Those ancient Israeli opium containers we mentioned a week or so ago were made in Cyprus:

https://cyprus-mail.com/2022/10/16/ancient-israeli-opium-containers-were-made-in-cyprus/

Somewhat vague item on recent Roman-era finds from Antiocheia:

https://www.aa.com.tr/en/culture/late-roman-era-rooms-offering-vessels-unearthed-at-ancient-city-of-antiocheia-southern-turkiye/2717861
https://www.dailysabah.com/life/history/archaeologists-find-ancient-artifacts-in-southern-turkiye
https://azertag.az/en/xeber/Late_Roman_era_rooms_offering_vessels_unearthed_at_ancient_city_of_Antiocheia_southern_Turkiye-2345852

A late Roman-era silver pin find by a metal detectorist in Norfolk:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-norfolk-63314973

A palimpsest of the Codex Climaci Rescriptus was found to also have Hipparchus' (long-lost) star catalogue:

https://phys.org/news/2022-10-hipparchus-stars.html
https://www.livescience.com/hipparchus-star-map-found/
https://greekreporter.com/2022/10/19/ancient-greek-map-sky-found-orthodox-monastery/
https://greekcitytimes.com/2022/10/19/egypts-greek-orthodox-hipparchus/
https://www.ekathimerini.com/culture/1196074/first-known-map-of-nightsky-found-in-old-parchment/
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-11333319/Worlds-oldest-star-map-lost-2-000-years-hiding-ancient-manuscript.html
https://www.vice.com/en/article/akey3e/hipparchus-star-catalog-found
https://www.news18.com/news/buzz/first-known-map-of-the-night-sky-found-hidden-in-medieval-parchment-in-egypt-6204529.html
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/medieval-parchment-worlds-oldest-star-map-2195744
https://www.sciencealert.com/oldest-map-of-the-night-sky-appears-hidden-within-medieval-codex
https://www.zmescience.com/science/astronomy/medieval-parchment-reveals-fabled-ancient-map-of-the-sky/
https://arkeonews.net/part-of-lost-star-catalog-of-hipparchus-found-hidden-in-medieval-parchment/
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-03296-1

cf: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/00218286221128289

In case you missed the 1600 years bp mosaic found in Rastan:

https://www.livescience.com/roman-era-mural-discovered-syria
https://www.npr.org/2022/10/21/1130422443/archeologists-unearth-a-1-600-year-old-mosaic-beneath-a-building-in-syria
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-11307601/Archaeologists-dig-Roman-mosaic-former-rebel-stronghold-Syria.html
https://syrianobserver.com/news/79492/warriors-in-trojan-war-dazzling-roman-mosaic-discovered-in-rastan-brings-hope-and-pride-to-syrians.html
https://hypebeast.com/2022/10/archaeologists-discover-roman-mosaic-rastan-syria
https://mymodernmet.com/syria-rastan-mosaic/
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/10/17/rare-mosaic-of-the-roman-era-found-in-syria/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/see-the-stunning-1600-year-old-mosaic-unearthed-in-syria-180980952/

... and apparent concerns for neighbouring properties:

https://english.enabbaladi.net/archives/2022/10/rare-roman-mosaic-discovery-threatens-owners-of-neighboring-houses-of-al-rastan-homs/

A pair of erotes from Smyrna are going on display:

https://www.ekathimerini.com/culture/1195919/nam-to-show-two-small-eros-statues-for-the-first-time/
https://www.thenationalherald.com/national-archaeological-museum-to-show-two-small-eros-statues-for-the-first-time/
https://greekcitytimes.com/2022/10/18/two-eros-of-smyrna-masterpieces-of-ancient-greece-at-athens-archaeological-museum/

One of the longest Latin inscriptions from Roman Britiain is going on display:

https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/heritage-and-retro/heritage/from-rome-to-yorkshire-words-of-ancient-britain-unveiled-in-leeds-3882588
https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/heritage-and-retro/heritage/one-of-longest-roman-inscriptions-ever-dug-up-in-uk-goes-on-display-for-first-time-in-1700-years-3883270
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/65447

Assorted projects in Malaga are delayed because of the find of a Roman-era hypocaust (it seems):

https://www.surinenglish.com/malaga/malaga-city/roman-findings-delaying-20221013105333-nt.html

A 'synagogue' found in 1991 in Beit Guvrin-Maresha National Park is now considered more likely to be a Roman temple:

https://bigthink.com/the-past/synagogue-israel-roman-temple/

More on the Roman ford (maybe) revealed at Evesham last week:

https://www.eveshamjournal.co.uk/news/23067202.workmen-discover-roman-ford-thought-almost-2-000-years-old-near-evesham/
https://www.cotswoldjournal.co.uk/news/23067202.workmen-discover-roman-ford-thought-almost-2-000-years-old-near-evesham/
https://arkeonews.net/a-cobbled-ford-uncovered-near-evesham-could-be-the-finest-roman-example-of-its-type-in-britain/

More on the Bronze Age village destroyed by Vesuvius some 4000 years bp:

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article267512938.html

More on the Medusa 'medal' from Perre:

https://greekcitytimes.com/2022/10/19/1800-year-old-ancient-medal-medusa/

More on the origins of soldiers who fought on the Greek side at Himera:

https://the-past.com/news/researchers-investigate-ancestral-origins-of-ancient-greek-army-combatants/

More on the possible find of a temple of Poseidon at Samicum:

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/archaeologists-have-found-the-temple-to-poseidon-recorded-in-the-greek-historian-strabos-ancient-encyclopedia-2190431

Review of Peter Stothard, *Crassus*:

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/crassus-the-first-tycoon-by-peter-stothard-review-s7c7nsdgk

Feature on Margaret L. Laird:

https://www.archaeological.org/member-spotlight-margaret-l-laird/

Marking the 30th anniversary of Dona Tartt's *Secret History*:

https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20221020-the-secret-history-a-murder-mystery-that-thrills-30-years-o

Feature/study of the fresco in the Tomb of the Diver in Paestum:

https://english.elpais.com/culture/2022-10-19/the-mystery-behind-a-famous-fresco-from-ancient-greece.html
https://greekreporter.com/2022/10/20/paestum-swimmer-ancient-greek-solved/

Feature on displays at Thessaloniki's metro stations:

https://greekcitytimes.com/2022/10/17/museum-thessaloniki-new-metro/

Feature on Sardinian nuraghi:

https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20221017-nuraghi-sardinias-mysterious-beehive-towers

Feature on Amphipolis:

https://greekreporter.com/2022/10/17/amphipolis-tomb-greece-archaeological-site/

Feature on (looted) Greek shipwrecks off Albania:

https://greekreporter.com/2022/10/17/dozens-of-ancient-greek-shipwrecks-found-looted-off-albanian-coast/

Feature on a Greek helmet dating to the time of the Persian wars which was found in Israel back in 2007:

https://greekreporter.com/2022/10/18/ancient-greek-helmet-found-israel/

Feature on Phaistos:

https://greekreporter.com/2022/10/20/phaistos-crete/

Feature on the Lion of Kea:

https://greekreporter.com/2022/10/18/lion-kea-ancient-greece/

Feature on women in Greek myth:

https://www.independent.co.uk/independentpremium/long-reads/ancient-greek-mythology-women-books-fiction-b2204264.html

Feature on Phryne:

https://greekreporter.com/2022/10/20/the-ancient-greek-model-who-disrobed-for-her-freedom/

Feature on some ancient Greek woman's footwear:

https://greekreporter.com/2022/10/16/1500-year-old-sandals-greek/

Feature on the Persian burning of the Acropolis:

https://greekreporter.com/2022/10/22/persian-desrtuction-athens-acropolis-burned/

In case you missed the story of the Roman bust at an Austin Goodwill a few months ago:

https://paisano-online.com/31790/arts-life/the-mysterious-story-of-the-roman-bust/

Feature on the Parthenon Project:

https://www.spectator.com.au/2022/10/relief-fund/

OpEd on returning the Parthenon Sculptures:

https://www.thenationalherald.com/its-time-to-return-the-elgin-marbles/

A majority of British folks are in favour of the Parthenon Sculptures' return:

https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/10/18/54-of-the-british-for-the-parthenon-sculptures-repatriation/

Something about a 'loophole' that would allow the Sculptures to be returned being blocked (or about to be):

https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/1126/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/1126/pub/1126/page/31/article/NaN

Latest Pasts Imperfect:

https://pastsimperfect.substack.com/p/pasts-imperfect-102022

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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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10 000 years bp 'bog bones' from a site in Germany:

https://www.livescience.com/stone-age-bog-bones-germany

A study suggests milk was being consumed/used in Central Europe some 7400 years bp:

https://www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2022/october/milk-use-in-prehistoric-europe.html
https://phys.org/news/2022-10-dates-earliest-prehistoric-europe.html
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/10/19/research-directly-dates-the-earliest-milk-use-in-prehistoric-europe/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/10940-221021-europe-dairy-pottery

A 'mysterious structure' found in Cork Harbour years ago is now identified as a megalithic dolmen:

https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster/arid-40986065.html
https://www.irishcentral.com/news/prehistoric-tomb-cork-harbour
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/10/partially-submerged-structure-is-a-prehistoric-tomb/145014
https://www.archaeology.org/news/10934-221020-ireland-portal-tomb

A study of the diets of Saqqaq people on Greenland beginning some 4500 years bp (and going for a few thousand years) suggests they had a varied diet:

https://phys.org/news/2022-10-genetic-analysis-bones-greenland-early.html

An Urnfield Culture (maybe) gold belt/diadem from the Czech Republic:

https://english.radio.cz/unique-bronze-age-belt-discovered-near-opava-8763557
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/65458
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/10/ornate-golden-belt-unearthed-by-czech-farmer/145017
http://www.archaeology.org/news/10936-221020-bronze-age-belt

A study of remains of an Orkney woman from 1800 years bp suggests she had a high seafood diet:

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz490gy49dlo
http://www.archaeology.org/news/10932-221019-orkney-fish-diet

A Pictish cross find from Perthshire:

https://www.scotsman.com/heritage-and-retro/heritage/remains-of-pictish-period-cross-with-bird-carvings-uncovered-in-scottish-kirkyard-3888200

Using various techniques to determine whether Justinian's plague made it to Uppakra (Sweden):

https://phys.org/news/2022-10-modern-archaeology-reveals-secrets-iron.html

Study suggests that Vikings' self-image was influenced by ancient Rome:

https://phys.org/news/2022-10-vikings-self-image-ancient-rome.html

A 10th century 'Thor's Hammer' amulet from Sweden:

https://arkeonews.net/thors-hammer-amulet-discovered-in-sweden/
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/65441

A study of medieval bones of upper class types in Norway suggests they had stronger bones:

https://phys.org/news/2022-10-medieval-norway-high-class-people-stronger.html
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/10/221019171912.htm

A study of medieval Islamic glass from Caerlaverock Castle:

https://www.historicenvironment.scot/about-us/news/medieval-islamic-glass-reveals-untold-histories/
https://arkeonews.net/medieval-islamic-glass-of-scottish-caerlaverock-castle-reveals-untold-histories/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/10/researchers-look-to-unravel-story-of-islamic-glass-found-in-scottish-castle/145025
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/10/20/medieval-islamic-glass-reveals-untold-histories/

Overview of work at Bedrule Castle:

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/destroyed-henry-viii-borders-castle-070000698.html

More on the 10 000 years bp infant burial from Liguria:

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/968539
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/10/a-10000-year-old-infant-burial-provides-insights-into-the-use-of-baby-carriers-and-family-heirlooms-in-prehistory/145045
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/10/20/a-10000-year-old-infant-burial-provides-insights-into-prehistory/

More on the 280+ burials found beneath a department store in Wales:

https://www.westerntelegraph.co.uk/news/23069401.haverfordwest-dyfed-archaeological-dig-307-bodies-found/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/human-remains-may-have-revealed-the-site-of-a-medieval-friary-180980965/
https://uk.sports.yahoo.com/news/whopping-307-bodies-found-archaeological-065100243.html

More on the various footprints from the Formby coastline:

https://www.livescience.com/ancient-human-animal-footprints-england

A campaign to save a possible medieval church in Norwich doesn't seem to be working:

https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/local-council/anglia-square-medieval-church-listing-rejected-9339988
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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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Turkic petroglyphs depicting mammoths (?), among other things from the Gobi desert:

https://m.akipress.com/news:682899:Ancient_Turkic_petroglyphs_depicting_mammoths_found_in_Gobi_desert/
https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/traces-of-ancient-turks-found-in-gobi-desert-177762
https://greekreporter.com/2022/10/19/turkish-team-finds-ancient-turk-settlements-in-mongolia/

Feature on the Shuomen archaeological site:

https://ukranews.com/en/news/887562-archaeological-site-of-shuomen-ancient-port-in-e-china-s-zhejiang

Feature on Liu Bang:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/10/liu-bang-the-peasant-that-become-an-emperor/145001

More on the 6000 years bp hunter/gatherer skull found in a cave in Taiwan:

https://phys.org/news/2022-10-year-old-skull-cave-taiwan-possibly.html
https://www.archaeology.org/news/10929-221017-taiwan-hunter-gatherer

Damage to Japan's oldest toilet:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/oct/18/japans-oldest-toilet-damaged-as-driver-backed-up

The fallen face of an aspsara at Angkor's Ta Prohm temple was restored:

https://vodenglish.news/apsaras-face-reattached-at-ta-prohm-temple/

Excavations in Vembakottai are revealing centuries-old trade links with Afghanistan:

https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2022/oct/20/vembakottai-excavation-throws-light-on-trade-link-with-afghanistan-2509941.html

Kids digging in Madhya Pradesh came across a hoard of 282 British era coins:

https://www.freepressjournal.in/indore/mp-282-british-era-coins-found-in-maina-village

Mohenjo Daro is showing signs of recovery from the recent floods:

https://www.aa.com.tr/en/asia-pacific/ancient-mohenjo-daro-site-shows-signs-of-recovery-from-devastating-floods/2713338

... but there appears to be damage to the Ranikot fort in Sindh:

https://tribune.com.pk/story/2382702/floods-have-damaged-great-wall-of-sindh

Feature on S Paramasivan and their work preserving Chola bronzes in the 1930s:

https://scroll.in/article/1033460/how-an-innovative-scientist-found-a-cure-for-tamil-nadus-decaying-chola-bronze-deities-in-the-30s

Feature on the history of kantha in India:

https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20221020-the-stories-hidden-in-the-ancient-indian-craft-of-kantha

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AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND
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Not sure where to put this one on Aboriginal artifacts returning for exhibition in Hobart, but they're only a 'loan':

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/oct/19/stolen-tasmanian-aboriginal-artefacts-are-finally-home-but-theres-a-catch-theyre-only-on-loan

Seven Sisters Dreaming narrative has been identified in petroglyphs in the Marra Wonga rock shelter:

https://the-past.com/news/seven-sisters-dreaming-stories-identified-in-australian-rock-art/
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NORTH AMERICA
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A First Nations fire pit (and more) at a Williams Lake mall excavation site:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/williams-lake-mall-artifact-1.6620616
https://www.hopestandard.com/news/archaeology-crews-unearth-fire-pit-roasting-pit-at-williams-lake-mall-excavation-site/
https://www.northdeltareporter.com/news/archaeology-crews-unearth-fire-pit-roasting-pit-at-williams-lake-mall-excavation-site/

A 'significant' Wampanoag site from the Plymouth waterfront:

https://www.wickedlocal.com/story/old-colony-memorial/2022/10/18/archaeologists-unearth-evidence-early-wampanoag-site-coles-hill-plymouth-pilgrim-hall-museum/10499387002/

What the wreck of the Guerrero slave ship is revealing:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/what-a-spanish-shipwreck-reveals-about-the-final-years-of-the-slave-trade-180980938/

More on the 19th century shipwreck revealed by a low Mississippi:

https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/16/us/baton-rouge-drought-mississippi-river-shipwreck-climate/index.html
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/shipwreck-mississippi-river-bank-water-level-low-rcna52768
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/louisiana-shipwreck-mississippi-river-low-water-level-apparently-ferry/
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/oct/17/mississippi-river-shipwreck-louisiana-baton-rouge
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-11326245/Mississippi-Rivers-low-water-level-reveals-shipwreck.html
https://www.thesunchronicle.com/news/nation_world/mississippi-rivers-low-water-level-reveals-shipwreck/article_e275c4c1-d2b2-5bf0-9ce0-94115c0b6f96.html
https://www.wdsu.com/article/mississippi-river-drought-reveals-19th-century-trading-ship/41637778
https://www.yahoo.com/news/mississippi-rivers-low-water-level-021632494.html
https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/us-canada/300715513/shipwreck-unearthed-from-the-depths-of-lowlying-mississippi-river

... and apparently people have been taking souvenirs:

https://www.kwch.com/video/2022/10/21/state-archaeologist-says-people-are-illegally-taking-pieces-an-old-ferry-boat-that-washed-onshore/
https://www.wafb.com/2022/10/21/state-archaeologist-says-people-are-illegally-taking-pieces-an-old-ferry-boat-that-washed-onshore-br/
https://www.wafb.com/2022/10/21/state-archaeologist-says-people-are-illegally-taking-pieces-an-old-ferry-boat-that-washed-onshore-br/

Plans for DNA tests on human remains revealed during repair work at a Norfolk basilica:

https://vpm.org/news/articles/36706/dna-testing-of-remains-found-under-norfolk-basilica-could-shed-light-on-churchs

A 142 years bp Catholic church in New Jersey has been saved from the wrecking ball:

https://www.nj.com/monmouth/2022/10/jersey-shore-church-saved-from-demolition-as-city-weighs-future-of-gothic-work-of-art.html

The wreck of the whaleback Barge 129 has been identified in Lake Superior:

https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/20/world/whaleback-barge-129-shipwreck-great-lakes-scn/index.html

Feature on Hopewell views of the afterlife:

https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/columns/2022/10/20/hopewell-native-american-indian-groups-may-share-afterlife-views-archaeology/69570767007/

Feature on a 17th century account of demonic possession in New France:

https://theconversation.com/a-tale-of-demonic-possession-and-exorcism-in-17th-century-new-france-can-we-know-what-really-happened-191331
https://phys.org/news/2022-10-tale-demonic-exorcism-17th-century-france.html

Feature on belief in vampires in colonial Connecticut:

https://patch.com/connecticut/madison-ct/some-colonial-farmers-believed-vampires-state-archaeologist-explains

Feature on preserving 'privies' in Virginia:

https://alextimes.com/2022/10/out-of-the-attic-preserving-privies/

Review of Stacy Schiff, *The Revolutionary*:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/22/books/review/the-revolutionary-samuel-adams-stacy-schiff.html

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CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA
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5300 years bp human remains from a site in the Dominican:

https://dominicantoday.com/dr/local/2022/10/18/fossil-determines-who-first-inhabited-the-island/

500+ obsidian mine shafts near Teotihuacan in the Sierra Nevadas:

https://www.inah.gob.mx/images/boletines/2022/473/index.html#foto8.jpg

A Late Classic (I think) dual Maya stele from Uxmal:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/10/dual-maya-stela-uncovered-at-uxmal/145042

Study suggests the Isthmus of Tehuantepec was used as an inter-oceanic passage as early as the 16th century:

https://phys.org/news/2022-10-cartography-isthmus-tehuantepec-inter-oceanic-passage.html

More on 1500 years bp Maya 'salt kitchens' in Belize:

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article267446552.html
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/ancient-maya-salt-makers-worked-from-home-too-180980936/

More on the wreck of the Dolphin off the coast of Argentina:

https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/patagonian-shipwreck-could-be-150-year-old-rhode-island-whaler

More on non-elite use of chocolate among the Maya:

https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/ancient-residues-tell-us-chocolate-wasnt-just-for-the-elite-maya

Feature/review of an edition of the Maya Codex:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/17/books/review/codice-maya-de-mexico-andrew-d-turner.html
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Mike Ruggeri's Ancient Americas Breaking News:

http://goo.gl/1VdeA

Mike Ruggeri's Ancient Americas lecture channels on Youtube:

https://mikeruggerisyoutube.tumblr.com/

Ancient MesoAmerica News:

http://ancient-mesoamerica-news-updates.blogspot.com/
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OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST
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Not sure where to put this one on paleography of various ancient handwritten scripts:

https://phys.org/news/2022-10-ancient-world-multicultural-secrets-revealed.html
https://horizon.scienceblog.com/2182/ancient-worlds-multicultural-secrets-revealed-by-handwriting-analysis-of-scrolls/

Feature on work being done on Ottoman-era manuscripts at the Mount Athos monastery:

https://apnews.com/article/greece-europe-middle-east-religion-24d031814286f0ba905a5cdb92c6c856
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/greek-monastery-manuscripts-tell-new-story-ottoman-rule-rcna53348
https://www.npr.org/2022/10/21/1130424515/greek-monastery-manuscripts-tell-new-story-of-ottoman-rule
https://www.wpr.org/greek-monastery-manuscripts-tell-new-story-ottoman-rule
https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/greek-monastery-manuscripts-story-ottoman-rule-91848613
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-10-23/greek-monastery-manuscripts-tell-new-story-of-ottoman-rule/101567446
https://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/nation/2022/10/21/experts-work-rare-manuscripts-greek-monastery/10558623002/
https://english.alarabiya.net/features/2022/10/21/Experts-work-on-rare-manuscripts-in-Greek-monastery
https://www.dailysabah.com/life/history/oldest-manuscripts-reveal-ottoman-tolerance-on-greek-monastery

Feature on Mary and Elizabeth I:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/10/mary-and-elizabeth-i-sisters-at-odds/145033

Feature on the history of bataireacht:

https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20221016-bataireacht-the-ancient-irish-martial-art-making-a-comeback

Feature on the origins of the 'wicked stepmother':

https://www.livescience.com/evil-stepmother-trope-origins

Feature on the hunt for 'elusive' shipwrecks:

https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/famous-missing-shipwrecks-cmd/index.html

Feature on the Gospel of Judas:

https://aeon.co/essays/what-the-gospel-of-judas-says-about-the-betrayal-of-jesus

Feature on fear of the number 13:

https://theconversation.com/why-is-13-considered-unlucky-explaining-the-power-of-its-bad-reputation-191477

Feature on the history of cholera:

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2019/04/02/707994461/cholera-101-why-this-ancient-disease-is-making-headlines-in-2019

Feature on Katharine Augusta Carl's portrait of Cixi:

https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/3195121/american-artist-china-who-painted-empress

A Minneapolis church still has services in Norwegian:

https://www.npr.org/2022/10/16/1129385815/norway-minneapolis-mindekirken-norwegian-queen

More on concerns for the Endurance:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/wreck-of-shackletons-endurance-may-decay-out-of-existence-180980923/

Review of Malcolm Gaskill, *The Ruin of All Witches*:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/21/books/review/the-ruin-of-all-witches-malcolm-gaskill.html

Review of Sean Connolly, *On Every Tide*:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/21/books/review/sean-connolly-on-every-tide.html

Review of Joseph Sassoon, *The Sassoons*:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/20/books/review/the-sassoons-joseph-sassoon.html
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CURRENT EVENTS:
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Feature on ancient Europe and Ukraine:

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/10/16/2129283/-Ancient-Europe-and-Ukraine

Feature on Howard Baskerville:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2022/10/16/howard-baskerville-reza-aslan-iran/
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PHILOSOPHERS AND MATTERS PHILOSOPHICAL
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Feature on the worst ideas of five big-name philosophers:

https://bigthink.com/thinking/worst-ideas-great-philosophers/
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MUSEUM MATTERS
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Afghan History and Art:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/19/arts/design/afghan-history-culture.html

Alexander the Great:

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/oct/20/new-exhibition-to-explore-the-mythology-of-alexander-the-great-british-library
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2022/oct/19/alexander-the-great-the-making-of-a-myth-review-british-library-london
https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/exhibitions/alexander-the-great-the-making-of-a-myth-british-library-exhibition-review-b1034222.html
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/alexander-great-making-myth-british-111100961.html

Cezanne:

https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20221017-the-painter-who-revealed-how-our-eyes-really-see-the-world

Tudors:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/21/arts/design/tudors-metropolitan-museum.html

Salem Witch Trials:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/21/arts/design/salem-witch-trials-womens-history.html

Pompeii:

https://www.nj.com/hudson/2022/10/authentic-artifacts-and-3-d-representations-bring-pompeii-to-life-at-liberty-science-center.html

Rosetta Stone:

https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/119883/British-Museum-launches-immersive-exhibition-on-Egypt%E2%80%99s-Rosetta-Stone

Chroma:

https://www.nybooks.com/online/2022/10/20/pure-color/

Herculaneum furniture:

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/archaeologists-prepare-for-unusual-furniture-show-at-ancient-roman-city-of-herculaneum-jwmwrlc2k

Feature on security in museums which are being targeted by activists:

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/10/van-gogh-tomato-soup-national-gallery-london/671764/

Feature on the 'research side' of museums:

https://countercurrents.org/2022/10/do-you-know-that-research-was-always-the-core-function-of-ancient-museums/

Possible financial concerns for Beirut's National Museum:

https://today.lorientlejour.com/article/1314868/is-beiruts-national-museum-in-danger-amid-the-financial-crisis.html

Feature on the GEM:

https://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/history-and-civilisation/2022/10/egypts-new-ps889-million-museum-is-fit-for-a-pharaoh

Feature on the Detroit Institute of Arts:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/20/arts/design/detroit-institute-of-arts-what-to-see.html

Tunisians want the Bardo Museum to reopen:

https://thearabweekly.com/tunisians-call-reopening-bardo-museum-world-class-site-history-and-culture

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AUCTIONS AND SALES RELATED
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A 'lascivious' Titian is heading to auction:

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2022/oct/21/lascivious-titian-masterpiece-set-to-fetch-up-to-12m-at-auction

Big bucks for a Shang dynasty marble frog:

https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/trending-china/article/3196429/ancient-chinese-world-was-awash-bronze-it-was-marble-frog-sold-us37-million

More on the auction of those 1880s Levi's found in an abandoned mine:

https://www.npr.org/2022/10/17/1129402193/a-pair-of-vintage-levis-jeans-has-sold-at-auction-for-more-than-87-000
https://www.keranews.org/2022-10-17/a-pair-of-vintage-levis-jeans-has-sold-at-auction-for-more-than-87-000

More on the auction of coins found during kitchen renovations in North Yorkshire:

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/couple-finds-rare-coins-800000-renovating-kitchen-floors-rcna52533
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ON THE DNA FRONT
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A DNA study suggests that exposure to the bubonic plague may have affected immunity to other diseases:

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/10/221019111321.htm
https://www.livescience.com/black-death-natural-selection-in-humans/
https://www.bbc.com/news/health-63316538
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/19/science/bubonic-plague-black-death-genetic-protection.html
https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2022/10/19/1129965424/how-black-death-survivors-gave-their-descendants-an-edge-during-pandemics
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/black-death-bubonic-plague-dna-susceptible-certain-diseases-today-study/
https://apnews.com/article/oddities-science-health-plague-bubonic-04349f994460d01c56fe5a57960b6ce8
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/black-death-immunity-gene-crohns-disease-health

cf: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-05349-x

A study of plant DNA from sediments of the Armenian Aghitu-3 cave is shedding live on early plant use:

https://phys.org/news/2022-10-dna-sediments-insights-humans-paleolithic.html
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/10/18/the-thread-to-the-needle-how-our-ancestors-used-the-native-flora/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/10930-221017-armenia-plant-dna

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TOURISTY THINGS
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AlUla:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/alula-things-to-do/archaeological-trip/

Latest piece on tourists behaving badly in Italy:

https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/naked-tourist-amalfi-cathedral/index.html

... and another:

https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/tourists-steal-gondola-venice/index.html
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PERFORMANCES AND MUSIC RELATED
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Feature on four American composers:

https://www.carnegiehall.org/explore/articles/2020/11/13/four-american-composers-to-know-better
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CRIME BEAT
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Authorities seized three ancient sculptures from a shop in Madurai:

https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/idol-wing-cid-seizes-three-antiquity-sculptures-from-handicrafts-shop-in-madurai/article66026382.ece

Egypt foiled a fairly large smuggling attempt at the port of Nuweiba:

https://english.ahram.org.eg/News/478311.aspx

Four arrests at an illegal dig at a site in Macedonia:

https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/north-macedonia-ukrainians-arrested-archeological-site-91925762
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/north-macedonia-4-ukrainians-arrested-at-archeological-site/2022/10/22/f0add236-524e-11ed-ada8-04e6e6bf8b19_story.html
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-11344415/North-Macedonia-4-Ukrainians-arrested-archeological-site.html

A guy in Italy was trying to sell three 2nd century CE amphorae online:

https://www.lanazione.it/viareggio/cronaca/anfore-antiche-1.8203235
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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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307 antiquities were returned to India from various US sources:

https://www.manhattanda.org/d-a-bragg-returns-307-stolen-antiquities-to-the-people-of-india/
http://us.cnn.com/style/article/india-artifacts-returned-subhash-kapoor/index.html
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/us-restores-307-antiquities-valued-at-nearly-4million-to-india/articleshow/94934687.cms
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/in-single-largest-repatriation-us-gives-to-india-307-antiquities-worth-4m/articleshow/94952274.cms
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/united-states-returns-307-antiquities-valued-at-nearly-usd-4-million-to-india/article66026108.ece
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/more-than-300-looted-artifacts-linked-to-subhash-kapoor-returned-to-india-1234643498/
https://www.denverpost.com/2022/10/20/denver-art-museum-subhash-kapoor-manhattan-district-attorney/
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/kapoor-looted-objects-returned-to-india-2195110
https://www.thedailybeast.com/307-antiquities-linked-to-prolific-looter-returned-to-india

The US also returned 46 artifacts to Pakistan:

https://www.dawn.com/news/1716447/us-repatriates-46-smuggled-artifacts

Maori human remains were returned from a museum in Austria:

https://thespinoff.co.nz/atea/19-10-2022/our-stolen-ancestors-are-finally-returned-from-vienna-to-aotearoa-to-rest-in-peace

Turkiye is returning seized items to Iraq:

https://www.dailysabah.com/turkey/turkiye-returns-smuggled-artifacts-to-iraq/news
https://www.iraqinews.com/iraq/turkey-to-hand-over-iraqi-artifacts-seized-in-istanbul-to-baghdad/
https://ina.iq/eng/22529-mofa-iraq-receives-6-artifacts-seized-in-turkey.html

Feature on Seminole efforts to recover some human remains at the Smithsonian:

https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2022/10/14/1129123705/who-can-claim-native-american-remains-bodies

Indonesia is seeking the return of 'Java Man' and more from museums in the Netherlands:

https://www.reuters.com/world/indonesia-asks-netherlands-send-home-bones-java-man-2022-10-21/
https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2022/10/19/indonesia-wants-java-man-art-back-from-dutch-museums.html
https://www.manilatimes.net/2022/10/20/news/world/indonesia-seeks-return-of-java-man-artifacts/1862953
https://tvpworld.com/64072664/indonesia-asks-netherlands-to-send-home-bones-of-java-man

Cambodia continues to check out museums (now in Singapore and Asia) for looted objects:

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/cambodia-lost-treasures-singapore-asian-civilisations-museum-looted-stolen-artefacts-uk-3014446

More on the Smithsonian returns of Benin bronzes:

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2022/10/16/african-bronzes-us-museums-stolen-british/10517798002/
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NUMISMATICA
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Latest e-Sylum:

http://www.coinbooks.org/v25/club_nbs_esylum_v25n42.html

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

http://www.coinbooks.org/v25/club_nbs_esylum_v25n43.html
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Coin Week:

http://www.coinweek.com/

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OBITUARIES
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Ian Hamilton:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/22/world/europe/ian-hamilton-dead.html

Roger Welsch:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/20/business/media/roger-welsch-dead.html

Peter Schjeldahl:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/21/nyregion/peter-schjeldahl-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/3214-audio-news-from-archaeologica-october-9th-through-the-15th-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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