explorator 25.05

[david meadows]

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explorator 25.05 May 22, 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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A child's tooth is possibly evidence of a Denisovan presence in Laos 130 000+ years bp:

https://phys.org/news/2022-05-child-tooth-clues-ancient-human.html
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/953079
https://www.livescience.com/possible-denisovan-tooth-found-laos/
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/may/17/childs-130000-year-old-tooth-could-offer-clues-to-extinct-human-relative
https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/tooth-laotian-cave-sheds-light-enigmatic-extinct-humans-rcna29351
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/tooth-found-in-laos-sheds-light-on-denisovans-enigmatic-group-of-extinct-humans/2022/05/19/e91f985a-d617-11ec-a904-5afa7042a688_story.html
https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/17/asia/tooth-laos-denisovans-human-evolution-scn/index.html
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/little-denisovan-girl-s-tooth-found-in-laos-proving-species-vast-range-1.10808261
https://www.gizmodo.com.au/2022/05/150000-year-old-human-tooth-is-rare-evidence-of-the-extinct-denisovans/
http://www.sci-news.com/archaeology/laos-denisovan-10814.html
https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/fossil-tooth-of-young-female-is-first-evidence-of-mysterious-denisovans-in-southeast-asia/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/ancient-molar-found-in-laos-could-help-fill-in-a-gap-in-human-history-180980105/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/10552-220518-denisovan-tooth-laos

cf: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-29923-z

A recent spin on some 3.6 million footprints from Laetoli suggest two distinct hominins were around at the time:

https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/mysterious-hominin-left-its-mark-with-3-66-million-year-old-footprint

Finds from the middle Paleolithic site at Boker Tachtit suggest both homo sapiens and Neanderthal were concurrently present there:

https://greekreporter.com/2022/05/17/humans-neanderthals-lived-together-50000-years-ago/

... and a similar thing at the Grotte Mandrin cave site in France (we've mentioned this one):

https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/neanderthals-and-homo-sapiens-shared-this-cave-50-000-years-ago

OpEddish thing to rename homo sapiens:

https://phys.org/news/2022-05-homo-sapiens-arrogant-faber-toolmaker.html
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AFRICA
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A call for updating Sudan's 'archaeological map':

https://www.dabangasudan.org/en/all-news/article/miniters-sudan-s-archaeological-map-to-be-updeated
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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT
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A Sixth Dynasty tomb of a high-ranking official from Saqqara:

https://www.livescience.com/ancient-egyptian-tomb-royal-official
https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/116078/Archaeologists-uncover-tomb-of-top-ancient-Egyptian-official
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/royal-officials-tomb-discovered-egypt-2117718
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-egypt-unearth-4300-year-old-tomb-of-egyptian-dignitary-who-handled-secret-documents-pharaoh-180980120/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/10548-220517-egypt-saqqara-mehtjetju

cf: https://pcma.uw.edu.pl/en/2022/05/09/saqqara-discovery-of-a-royal-officials-tomb/

85 tombs from various periods and a Ptolemaic temple of Isis from Sohag:

https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2022/05/egyptian-mission-unearths-85-tombs-temple-isis-goddess-upper-egypt
https://cairoscene.com/Buzz/Ancient-Temple-to-Egyptian-Goddess-Isis-Found-in-Upper-Egypt

A 1500 years bp monumental tomb complex from Berenice Troglodytica:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/05/monumental-tomb-complex-discovered-in-berenice-troglodytica/143665

A project to restore the Abu Mena Monastery site (and take it off UNESCO's 'in danger' list) is complete:

https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/50/1207/466379/AlAhram-Weekly/Heritage/Abu-Mena-project-completed.aspx
https://www.egyptindependent.com/video-egypt-seeks-to-remove-abu-mena-site-from-unesco-list-of-world-heritage-in-danger/
https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/115826/Archaeologist-highlights-importance-of-Egypt%E2%80%99s-Abu-Mena-Monastery-as-an

Pondering what was stashed in the pyramids:

https://www.livescience.com/what-is-inside-egyptian-pyramids

Feature on five women making waves in Egyptology:

https://scoopempire.com/the-most-prominent-egyptian-female-egyptologists/

More on the restoration work at the Esna Temple:

https://phys.org/news/2022-05-spectacular-ceiling-frescoes-temple-khnum.html
https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/115823/Egyptian-German-archaeological-mission-restoring-Esna-Temple-succeeds-in-revealing
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-707001
https://www.artnews.com/gallery/art-news/news/ancient-reliefs-and-engravings-temple-of-esna-luxor-1234629098/
http://www.sci-news.com/archaeology/temple-esna-frescoes-10817.html
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/64066
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/05/16/esna-temples-true-colors-revealed/

Feature on the natural mummy of Gebelein Man:

https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/115872/Study-reveals-Gebelein-man-died-with-a-dagger

Remains of a 'Seleucid satrap tomb' from Hamedan (iran):

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/472619/Archaeologists-hail-find-of-Seleucid-satrap-tomb-in-west-central

Islamic-era pottery from an 'underground shelter' site in Iran's Gilan province:

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/472648/Ancient-potteries-discovered-in-underground-shelter

A project to remap ancient Sirjan:

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/472700/Archaeologists-to-redraw-map-of-Sirjan

Concerns for assorted sites in Iraq:

https://www.thenationalnews.com/world/uk-news/2022/05/17/rival-elites-leave-iraqs-rich-cultural-heritage-crumbling/

More on the Neo Assyrian subterranean complex found beneath a house in Turkey:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/12/science/turkey-chamber-assyrian.html
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/MAGAZINE-unique-assyrian-relief-with-aramaic-text-found-beneath-turkish-house-1.10800939
https://the-past.com/news/neo-assyrian-complex-with-rock-art-unearthed-beneath-a-turkish-village/

More on that underground city from Turkey being associated with early Christianity:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/huge-underground-city-refuge-early-christians-turkey-180980090/

... but now cf: https://www.thedailybeast.com/turkeys-ancient-underground-city-isnt-what-everybody-says-it-is

Ongoing surveys in Eastern Badia (Jordan) have revealed traces of ancient caravan routes:

https://www.jordantimes.com/news/local/archaeological-explorations-eastern-badia-unveil-traces-ancient-caravan-routes

Jordanian and Finnish groups are conducting a survey in Irbid (Jordan):

https://en.ammonnews.net/article/58413

A 7500 years bp burial from Eilat might contain the earliest Asherah (maybe):

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/7-500-year-old-burial-in-eilat-contains-earliest-asherah-1.10802472

The (local) source for Herod's calcite-alabaster bathtubs has been identified:

https://phys.org/news/2022-05-herod-great-royal-alabaster-bathtubs.html
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/952952
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/05/220517094848.htm
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/.premium.MAGAZINE-archaeologists-find-unexpected-source-of-stone-for-king-herod-s-bathtubs-1.10805061
https://www.timesofisrael.com/source-of-alabaster-for-herod-the-greats-lavish-bathtubs-comes-out-in-the-wash/
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-706938
https://www.archaeology.org/news/10553-220518-israel-alabaster-bathtub

Not sure if we've mentioned this identification of a palace of Herod at Caesarea Philippi (Banias):

https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/biblical-sites-places/biblical-archaeology-sites/ruins-at-banias-king-herods-palace-identified-at-caesarea-philippi/?mqsc=E4144104&dk=ZE2250ZF0

A new dig season at the Apollonia-Arsuf Crusader fortress is just getting under way:

https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-706774

Feature/study of game boards found at Tell es-Safi/Gath:

https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-707353
https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/ancient-cultures/ancient-israel/ancient-board-games-2/?mqsc=E4144166&dk=ZE2250ZF0

Feature on the Samaritan connection/reaction to restoration of Mount Gerizim sites:

https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-706569

Feature on the relationship between Moses and Aaron:

https://www.haaretz.com/jewish/.premium.HIGHLIGHT-the-conspiracy-to-turn-aaron-into-moses-brother-1.10710541

Feature on the Yavneh-Yam letter:

https://aish.com/jewish-chutzpahs-ancient-precedent-commoner-sues-toxic-boss-2600-years-ago/

OpEddish thing on Bar Kochba and Moshe Dayan:

https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-706967
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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS)
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A Bronze Age funeral pyre from northern Italy with a huge quantity of cremated human remains:

https://cosmosmagazine.com/people/anthropology/bronze-age-funeral-pyre/

Not sure if we've mentioned this Trajanic-era aqueduct find from Zadar:

https://www.total-croatia-news.com/lifestyle/62820-zadar-archaeologists

Roman-era finds prior to road construction in Swindon:

https://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/20144962.update-progress-swindon-southern-connector-road-roman-finds/

Recent finds from a Roman necropolis on Hvar:

https://www.croatiaweek.com/spectacular-findings-of-ancient-necropolis-discovery-on-croatian-island-of-hvar-presented/

An update on the Como hoard find from a few years back:

http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/64122

An Indiana Jones-inspired metal detectorist from Suffolk found a hoard of coins dating from the Iron Age to the principate of Claudius:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-suffolk-61526245
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/detectorist-unearths-haul-of-coins-in-suffolk-from-before-roman-invasion-bl75kj9f0
https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/detectorist-unearths-roman-hoard-in-ashbocking-8981862
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10826573/Detectorist-30-inspired-Indiana-Jones-finds-65-000-Roman-hoard.html

More on the find of remains of a temple of Zeus Kasios in the Sinai:

https://www.arabnews.com/node/2070401/art-culture

More on the 'giants' from Sardinia:

https://www.newsweek.com/tomb-saviors-2-giants-found-ancient-graveyard-could-have-been-bodyguards-1707067

More on the partially-cremated Hellenistic-era burial from Istanbul:

https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-706800

The court decision in Italy ruling that a Minnesota museum has an illegally-acquired statue is back in the news:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/20/arts/italy-ancient-statue-stolen.html

Plans to restore the Latona of Veio:

https://www.ansa.it/english/news/lifestyle/arts/2022/05/18/latona-of-veio-to-be-restored-at-etruscan-museum-in-rome_e97f29fd-8602-4b21-a2b4-1737520e1ff3.html

Major funding for a study of Roman diets:

https://global.umich.edu/newsroom/ancient-grains-grant-will-help-u-m-researchers-rethink-roman-diets/

Excavations at the Roman fort at Alderney have resumed:

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-guernsey-61464804

Reviewish of Page duBois, *Democratic Swarms*:

https://pressblog.uchicago.edu/2022/05/17/page-dubois-on-the-chaotic-glory-of-greek-comedy.html

Review of Judith Barringer, *Olympia: A Cultural History*:

https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v44/n10/james-romm/no-cheating

Review of Maggie Popkin, *Souvenirs and the Experience of Empire in Ancient Rome:

https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/roman-souvenirs-kimberly-cassibry-maggie-popkin-book-review-mary-beard/

Philip Freeman on Aristotle's Poetics:

https://press.princeton.edu/ideas/aristotle-on-how-to-write-a-story
https://aeon.co/essays/how-to-write-a-hollywood-blockbuster-with-aristotles-poetics

Interview with Sarah Derbew about her book *Untangling Blackness in Greek Antiquity*:

https://www.publicbooks.org/finding-black-people-in-antiquity-talking-the-future-of-classics-with-sarah-derbew/

An interview with Steven Fine about the arch of Titus:

https://www.thetorontotribune.com/2022/05/20/the-arch-of-titus-with-professor-steven-fine/

A controversial statue of Diogenes in Turkey:

https://greekreporter.com/2022/05/19/diogenes-statue-turkey-ancient-greek-philosopher/

The Niarchos Foundation has cancelled a major grant to the Greek MoC for a museum for the burials found at Faliro:

https://www.ekathimerini.com/culture/1184880/niarchos-foundation-cancels-e4-million-grant-to-culture-ministry-over-systematic-delays/

Marking the anniversary of the find of the Antikythera Mechanism:

https://greekcitytimes.com/2022/05/17/1902-antikythera-mechanism-2/
https://greekreporter.com/2022/05/17/antikythera-mechanism-legacy/

... and a related feature:

https://greekcitytimes.com/2022/05/17/antikythera-mechanism-computer-2/

Another feature on Schliemann:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-many-myths-of-the-man-who-discoveredand-nearly-destroyedtroy-180980102/

Feature on the 'Linen Book of Zagreb':

https://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/history-and-civilisation/2022/05/what-was-the-mystery-message-written-on-this-mummys-wrappings

Feature on Mithraic rituals:

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/mithraism-mithraeum-floor

Feature on the Villa Poppaea:

https://www.grunge.com/869165/neros-mistress-may-have-lived-in-this-pristinely-preserved-villa-buried-by-vesuvius/

Feature on exotic animals and the Greeks and Romans:

https://bigthink.com/the-past/exotic-animals-greece-rome/

Feature on the Greek theatres at Messene and Sicyon:

https://greekreporter.com/2022/05/15/ancient-greek-theaters-of-sicyon-and-messene-are-treasures-of-the-peloponnese/

... and the one at Prusias ad Hypium:

https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/ancient-citys-theater-unique-in-turkey-173812

Feature on Bactria:

https://greekreporter.com/2022/05/15/bactria-the-ancient-greek-state-in-afghanistan-video/

Feature on the Temple of Artemis in Evia:

https://greekreporter.com/2022/05/18/temple-artemis-evia-greece/
https://greekcitytimes.com/2022/05/19/ancient-greece-secrets-of-long-lost-temple-of-artemis-revealed-after-100-year-search/

Lots of attention for an explanation by Greek Statues have 'small packages':

https://greekreporter.com/2022/05/19/greek-statues-small-penises/
https://www.wibc.com/blogs/hammer-and-nigel/learning-made-fun-why-greek-statues-have-small-packages/

UK officials have apparently agreed to open talks to resolve the Parthenon Sculptures dispute:

https://www.ekathimerini.com/culture/1184758/greece-uk-to-sit-down-for-formal-talks-on-returns-of-parthenon-sculptures/
https://greekcitytimes.com/2022/05/18/the-parthenon-sculptures-greece-and-the-uk-agree-to-formal-talks/
https://greekreporter.com/2022/05/18/greece-uk-agree-talks-parthenon-marbles/
https://greekherald.com.au/news/greece-uk-agree-hold-formal-talks-possible-return-parthenon-marbles/
https://neoskosmos.com/en/2022/05/20/news/greece/landmark-talks-on-the-parthenon-sculptures-to-begin-between-the-uk-and-greece/
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/britain-agrees-to-elgin-marbles-talks-8h8hn8ws9
https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/978/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/978/pub/978/page/26/article/NaN
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10835679/British-officials-agree-talks-resolve-long-running-dispute-Greece-Elgin-Marbles.html
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/restitution-talks-parthenon-marbles-2116907
https://hyperallergic.com/733911/greece-and-uk-agree-to-formal-talks-over-parthenon-marbles/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/can-greece-and-uk-finally-broker-deal-to-return-elgin-marbles-parthenon-sculptures-athens-180980113/

... although museum officials seem to be casting doubt:

https://www.ekathimerini.com/news/1184986/british-museum-insists-on-right-of-ownership/

... and a feature on William St Clair and his work exposing treatment of the sculptures in the British Museum:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/art/what-to-see/lone-scholar-exposed-british-museums-elgin-marbles-cover-up/

OpEd on broadening and diversifying Classics:

https://www.wsj.com/articles/dont-cancel-the-classics-broaden-and-diversify-them-education-college-charter-school-choice-systemic-racism-diversity-and-inclusion-clt-crt-ancients-greece-rome-homer-toni-morrison-11653079858

Roman Archaeology Blog:

http://romanarc.blogspot.com/

Rogueclassicism:

http://rogueclassicism.com/
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EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland)
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Evidence of use of slash-and-burn land clearing techniques in the Ammer Valley some 8500 years bp:

https://phys.org/news/2022-05-evidence-slash-and-burn-cultivation-mesolithic.html
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/05/evidence-of-slash-and-burn-cultivation-during-mesolithic/143636

A study of the impact of rising sea levels in Mesolithic/Neolithic Iberia:

https://phys.org/news/2022-05-impact-sea-human-groups-mesolithic.html

cf: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17445647.2022.2071649

A possible stone circle site at Castilly Henge near Bodmin:

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/may/19/rare-stone-circle-found-castilly-henge-prehistoric-ritual-site-cornwall
https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/huge-ancient-underground-stone-circle-7102310
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/archaeologists-cornwall-bodmin-historic-england-england-b2082385.html
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cornwall-61492367
https://metro.co.uk/2022/05/19/rare-stone-circle-discovered-at-ancient-ritual-site-in-cornwall-16671662/
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-707195
https://www.thenationalnews.com/world/uk-news/2022/05/18/archaeologists-in-britain-find-stone-circle-within-prehistoric-ritual-site/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/05/stone-circle-discovered-in-prehistoric-henge/143661

Latest study of ancient faeces comes from Stonehenge and reveals (of course) plenty of parasites:

https://phys.org/news/2022-05-prehistoric-faeces-reveal-parasites-feasting.html
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/05/220519204535.htm
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/952857
https://www.livescience.com/stonehenge-fossilized-feces-with-parasitic-worms/
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/stonehenge-feast-fossils-reveal-neolithic-man-was-awful-cook-q2csvzxbp
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/may/20/stonehenge-builders-undercooked-offal-ancient-faeces-parasites
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-707287
https://www.sciencefocus.com/news/4500-year-old-poo-found-near-stonehenge-shows-neolithic-britons-were-infected-with-parasites/
https://www.sciencealert.com/ancient-human-poo-reveals-what-the-builders-of-stonehenge-might-have-eaten
https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/19/europe/ancient-poop-stonehenge-parasite-scn/index.html
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/952857
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/05/faeces-found-near-stonehenge-contains-prehistoric-parasites/143652
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/05/20/prehistoric-faeces-reveal-parasites-from-feasting-at-stonehenge/

... while I think we mentioned evidence of 'hunting pits' all around Stonehenge:

https://www.livescience.com/thousands-pits-found-around-stonehenge
https://gizmodo.com/stonehenge-pits-found-1848931640

A well-preserved Bronze Age spearhead found during wetlands construction in Cirencester:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-61476377
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/05/near-pristine-bronze-age-spear-discovered-during-wetlands-construction/143648
https://www.archaeology.org/news/10555-220519-england-bronze-spearhead

Study suggests that livestock and dairying led to a population boom in Eurasia during the Bronze Age:

https://www.newsweek.com/got-milk-bronze-age-population-soared-thanks-livestock-1707595

Bronze Age burial pits at an apartment development site in Dublin:

https://www.independent.ie/regionals/dublin/dublin-news/bronze-age-burial-pits-on-site-of-proposed-priorsland-apartments-in-south-dublin-41661772.html

A 14th century watermill from Blenheim Palace:

https://www.oxfordshirelive.co.uk/news/oxfordshire-news/gallery/blenheim-palace-archaeologists-discover-14th-7104329

We may have mentioned these 17 burials found at the Friary of St Saviour's:

https://www.livescience.com/skeletons-found-medieval-friary-uk/

More on the function of some Bronze Age daggers:

https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-706839

More on that 1700 years bp arrow-with-fletching-preserved find from Norway:

http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/64078
https://www.archaeology.org/news/10542-220513-norway-glacier-arrow

A project reconstructed a Bronze Age 'Aryan' bow:

https://phys.org/news/2022-05-archaeologists-reconstruct-ancient-aryan.html

Plans for a survey of potential Ice Age sites off Jersey:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce9y5ery4kro

Interesting series on the 'greatest finds' in Czech archaeology:

https://english.radio.cz/czech-archaeologys-greatest-discoveries-8748606

Review of Mike Pitts, *How to Build Stonehenge*:

https://www.csmonitor.com/Books/Book-Reviews/2022/0518/We-can-t-know-the-why-of-Stonehenge.-This-book-reveals-the-likely-how

Feature on assorted finds from melting glaciers recently:

https://phys.org/news/2022-05-climate-reveals-unique-artifacts-ice.html

Feature on Viking remains/finds from Borgund:

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/lost-viking-medieval-town-norway

A study reveals evidence of an organized gang rape of enslaved Jewish girls and women in Livorno in the 17th century:

https://phys.org/news/2022-05-phenomenon-female-jewish-slavery-uncovers.html

Report on the restoration (?) of Dublin's Public Record Office archives:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/may/22/irish-public-record-office-civil-war-bombardment-archives-reborn
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Archaeology in Europe News:

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

Medievalists.net:

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

Viking Archaeology Blog:

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

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ASIA AND THE SOUTH PACIFIC
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Evidence of rice cultivation at a Neolithic site in Hanjing:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/05/rice-cultivation-recorded-at-a-neolithic-site-from-8000-years-ago/143645

A Tang Dynasty 'epitaph' from Hebei:

http://www.china.org.cn/arts/2022-05/16/content_78220971.htm

A study of incense remains from China's Famen Royal Temple:

https://phys.org/news/2022-05-analysis-ancient-incense-famen-royal.html
https://www.iflscience.com/chemistry/newly-identified-ancient-chinese-incense-ingredients-reveals-distance-of-early-trade-routes/

Feature on one of China's woman conservationists:

http://en.people.cn/n3/2022/0517/c90000-10097494.html

Feature on the Deshou Place excavations:

http://t.m.china.org.cn/convert/c_GD2DdOBB.html

More Sanxingdui relics are hitting museums:

https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202205/1265983.shtml

17th century burials found during construction at National Ilan University in Taiwan:

http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/64104

More on dairy and population changes in ancient Mongolia:

https://news.umich.edu/livestock-and-dairying-led-to-dramatic-social-changes-in-ancient-mongolia-u-m-study-shows/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/10551-220519-mongolia-dairy-herds

A medieval put found by a pair out for a walk in Japan's Gifu prefecture:

https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14613723

A project to study the origins of various finds from the 'Maritime Silk Route':

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/05/world-first-research-to-return-salvaged-objects-to-their-origins-on-the-maritime-silk-route/143628

Remains of a 2500 years bp 'civilization' from Odisha:

https://odishatv.in/news/miscellaneous/archaeologists-unearth-remains-of-2-500-years-old-civilisation-in-odisha-s-balasore-177066

A 2000 years bp 'decorative terracotta bowl' from a Vembakottai site:

https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Madurai/decorative-terracotta-bowl-found-in-vembakottai-archaeological-site/article65419947.ece

A damaged 12th century lion sculpture from the Jagannath Temple:

https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/damaged-lion-sculpture-found-in-debris-near-jagannath-temple-in-puri-101652716774500.html
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhubaneswar/puri-sculpture-may-be-from-ganga-period/articleshow/91628341.cms
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/lion-sculpture-found-during-excavation-for-puri-heritage-corridor/article65425491.ece
https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/ancient-lion-sculpture-found-during-excavation-for-puri-heritage-corridor-2985342

Assorted Tyagsimha era coins (and fragments) from Assam:

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/guwahati/ancient-copper-coins-found-in-assam/articleshow/91605939.cms

A 10th century Buddha sculpture from Jogulamba:

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/10th-century-buddha-sculpture-discovered-in-jogulamba-dist/articleshow/91583283.cms
https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/telangana/2022/may/16/how-experts-see-buddhist-sculptures-in-alampur-2453998.html

A 12th century Shiva Lingam from Andhra Pradesh:

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/amaravati/excavation-uncovers-12th-century-shiva-lingam/articleshow/91697681.cms

The ASI is releasing photos of the 'hidden rooms' of the Taj Mahal:

https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/asi-pictures-22-underground-rooms-taj-mahal-1949833-2022-05-16
https://scroll.in/latest/1024137/photos-of-taj-mahals-underground-cells-shared-by-archaeological-survey-of-india-before-court-order
https://www.thehansindia.com/news/national/archaeological-survey-of-india-has-released-photographs-of-taj-mahal-conservation-work-742998

Feature on the Rakhigarhi site:

https://indianexpress.com/article/upsc-current-affairs/upsc-essentials/upsc-essentials-historical-tidbits-rakhigarhi-archaeological-site-7923346/

Feature on India's 'singing temples':

https://www.classicfm.com/discover-music/india-temples-musical-architecture/

Pondering the legacy of Aurangzeb:

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-61519088

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NORTH AMERICA
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A 13 000 years bp red ochre mining site from Wyoming:

http://www.uwyo.edu/uw/news/2022/05/research-confirms-eastern-wyoming-paleoindian-site-as-americas-oldest-mine.html
https://phys.org/news/2022-05-eastern-wyoming-paleoindian-site-americas.html
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/05/220519125740.htm
http://www.sci-news.com/archaeology/powars-ii-red-ocher-quarry-10825.html
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/05/research-confirms-eastern-wyoming-paleoindian-site-as-americas-oldest-mine/143669

cf: https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2201005119

An 8000 years bp human skull from a river in Minnesota:

https://phys.org/news/2022-05-year-old-skull-minnesota-river.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/19/us/minnesota-human-skull.html
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/may/21/human-skull-minnesota-kayakers
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2022/05/19/part-of-skull-found-along-minnesota-river-belongs-to-man-from-8000-years-ago
https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2022/05/19/minnesota-river-skull-kayakers/
https://apnews.com/article/science-oddities-minnesota-minneapolis-native-americans-d4722c10440e2e6ef074299c3f3fdb99
https://time.com/6179803/8000-year-old-skull-minnesota-river/

2000+ years bp Mississippian site on the Pee Dee River:

https://www.wbtw.com/news/pee-dee/florence-county/florence-county-archaeological-dig-uncovers-artifacts-dating-back-more-than-2000-years/

A study of early Chinese immigrant presence in Eugene, Oregon:

https://phys.org/news/2022-05-archaeology-illuminates-chinese-businesses-eugene.html
https://around.uoregon.edu/content/recent-archaeology-offers-clues-about-early-chinese-eugene
https://www.archaeology.org/news/10556-220520-oregon-imported-artifacts

A dig at the 1904 Long Point Schoolhouse site (SC) is commencing:

https://abcnews4.com/newsletter-daily/cofc-professors-to-lead-3-week-archaeological-dig-of-long-point-schoolhouse-site-wciv
https://www.counton2.com/news/local-news/charleston-county-news/cofc-archaeology-team-excavating-historic-african-american-school/

'Lost' archaeological sites are emerging as Lake Powell's water level drops:

https://www.knau.org/knau-and-arizona-news/2022-05-12/archaeological-sites-once-thought-lost-under-lake-powell-reappear-as-water-drops

More on cave art from Alabama:

https://bigthink.com/the-past/found-native-american-cave-art/

More on the Clotilda:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/unlocking-the-secrets-of-clotilda-the-last-known-slave-ship-180980107/

Plans to search for remnants of the 17th century Stuarts Town in Beaufort:

https://wpde.com/news/local/archaeologists-to-search-for-remnants-of-1600s-settlement-possibly-under-beaufort
https://wach.com/news/local/archaeologists-to-search-for-remnants-of-1600s-settlement-possibly-under-beaufort

Feature on petroglyphs in Montana:

https://billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/searching-for-ghosts-rock-art-hides-in-montana-high-desert/article_f41b0440-109c-52fb-b28f-68817bc89a31.html

Feature on the Battle of Fort Motte:

https://www.postandcourier.com/news/sc-revolutionary-war-site-tells-story-of-woman-who-spurred-defeat-for-the-british/article_58cde90c-d2e1-11ec-beab-8f115f0b96db.html

Feature on some 'founding mothers' of New Haven:

https://mailchi.mp/dailynutmeg/new-haven-colony-founding-mothers-redux?e=2c38baa027

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CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA
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Glyphs on a Maya vessel found in the Yucatan last fall have been translated:

http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/64074

More on 'drugs' and the sacrifice of Inca children:

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/inca-children-sacrifice-ayahuasca-chemical
https://www.sciencealert.com/inca-children-destined-for-sacrifice-might-have-been-soothed-with-hallucinogenic-drugs
https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/05/inca-priests-plied-child-sacrificial-victims-with-drugs/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/10544-220516-inca-drug-sacrifice

Feature on David Stuart and his role identifying the earliest known record of the Maya calendar:

https://www.kvue.com/article/news/history/ut-austin-researcher-earliest-record-mayan-calendar/269-17b96294-ea2b-4a9b-bd5e-312fe10476ab

Lots of press attention for archaeologist Eduardo Matos Moctezuma receiving a Princess of Asturias award:

https://phys.org/news/2022-05-celebrated-mexican-archaeologist-major-spanish.html
https://elpais.com/cultura/2022-05-18/el-arqueologo-mexicano-eduardo-matos-moctezuma-gana-el-premio-princesa-de-asturias-de-ciencias-sociales.html
https://apnews.com/article/science-government-and-politics-archaeology-princess-leonor-1eae2c74ebd203df42c1a50798172eeb
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/celebrated-mexican-archaeologist-wins-major-spanish-award/2022/05/18/dad5dc6c-d696-11ec-be17-286164974c54_story.html
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/mexican-archaeologist-led-landmark-aztec-temple-excavation-wins-major-rcna29384

Interesting feature on an ancient Maya tooth sealant:

https://www.science.org/content/article/ancient-maya-tooth-sealant-glued-gemstones-place-and-may-have-prevented-tooth-decay

Feature on El Tepozteco:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/05/el-tepozteco-the-temple-of-the-drunken-aztec-rabbit/143617

Feature on the Chinchorro mummies:

https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20220519-chiles-desert-town-built-on-mummies

Feature on the Dzibanche site and its possible connections with Calakmul:

https://mexiconewsdaily.com/mexicolife/dzibanche-a-maya-city-off-the-beaten-path/

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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 the history of glass:

https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/115877/Learn-about-the-history-of-glass-its-importance-to-kings

Feature on the lost wreck of the Flor de la Mar:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/05/flor-de-la-mar-the-lost-treasure-ship/143632

A silver 'letter casket' once owned by Mary, Queen of Scots, has been 'saved for the nation':

https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/978/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/978/pub/978/page/20/article/NaN
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/64111

... as has a joseph Wright of Derby painting:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-61437488

Feature on 'begging the question':

https://www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/In-a-Word/2022/0516/Going-in-circles-by-begging-the-question

Feature on how horrible the 17th century was:

https://www.iflscience.com/environment/the-17th-century-was-a-truly-terrible-time-to-be-a-human/

Feature on tools used in archaeology:

https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/archaeology-today/archaeology-tools/?mqsc=E4144063&dk=ZE2250ZF0

Not sure what this 'charity donation' jug story is about:

https://www.newsweek.com/charity-worker-find-antique-british-museum-donations-1707284

On the origin of French macarons:

https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20220516-the-true-origin-of-french-macarons

Feature on assorted ancient technologies:

https://bigthink.com/the-past/examples-ancient-technology/

Feature on making olive oil like an ancient Egyptian:

https://www.sapiens.org/archaeology/olive-oil-ancient-egypt/

Feature on Crusaders' diet:

https://aleteia.org/2022/05/18/the-diet-that-helped-crusaders-stay-fit/

Feature on the colour violet:

https://psyche.co/ideas/why-it-took-us-thousands-of-years-to-see-the-colour-violet

On the history of Zen:

https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/3177563/history-zen-its-roots-buddhism-how-ancient

Assorted items on the history of Haiti (relations with France, slavery, etc.):

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/20/world/haiti-history-colonized-france.html
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/05/20/world/americas/enslaved-haiti-debt-timeline.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/20/world/french-banks-haiti-cic.html

Not sure where to put this one on the Bible in Arabic:

https://www.asor.org/anetoday/2022/05/bible-in-arabic
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CURRENT EVENTS:
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Linking the 1918 pandemic and modern influenza:

https://cosmosmagazine.com/science/1918-pandemic-influenza-h1n1/

More on amphoras excavated by Ukrainian soldiers in Odesa:

https://greekreporter.com/2022/05/17/ancient-greek-amphoras-discovered-ukraine-soldiers-dig-trenches/
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-706834
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/ukrainian-soldiers-discover-archeological-treasures-while-digging-defenses-in-port-city-odessa-1234628795/
https://hyperallergic.com/733518/ukrainian-soldiers-unearth-ancient-greek-amphorae-during-trench-dig/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/ukrainian-soldiers-discover-ancient-amphorae-urns-while-digging-defense-trenches-180980098/
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ANIMAL AND PLANT DOMESTICATIONS
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Pondering when humans domesticated horses:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/when-did-humans-domesticate-the-horse-180980097/

A study of how dog jaws adapted to a domestic diet:

https://www.murdoch.edu.au/news/articles/a-new-study-shows-how-diet-has-transformed-the-ancient-dog-into-a-family-pet
https://www.archaeology.org/news/10557-220520-dog-jaws-diet

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LANGUAGE RELATED
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On the politics of Urdu use:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-61199753

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MUSEUM MATTERS
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Feminine Power:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/art/what-to-see/feminine-power-review-treasure-trove-may-need-divine-powers/
https://londonist.com/london/museums-and-galleries/feminine-power-is-amped-up-to-eleven-at-the-british-museum
https://www.rawstory.com/goddesses-and-witches-star-in-british-museum-show/
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/feminine-power-at-the-british-museum-mary-beard-roars-on-to-the-battlefield-kt0n0wmz2
https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20220518-how-fear-sex-and-power-shaped-ancient-mythology
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20220518-goddesses-and-witches-star-in-british-museum-show
https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/goddesses-and-witches-star-in-british-museum-show-173940

cf: https://www.britishmuseum.org/exhibitions/feminine-power-divine-demonic

Apollo figurines:

https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/apollo-statuettes-of-prophecy-center-on-display-in-turkeys-izmir/news

Sutton Hoo:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-suffolk-61480771

Parthian coffins:

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/472831/Parthian-coffins-on-show-at-Susa-Museum

Syria: Cradle of Civilisations:

https://timesofoman.com/article/116952-national-museum-inaugurates-syria-the-cradle-of-civilisations-and-loaned-artefacts-from-india-exhibitions

Gold:

https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/agenta/tutankhamun-excavating-the-archive/

Immortal Faces:

https://www.trtworld.com/life/immortal-faces-from-coins-to-sculptures-of-antiquity-a-feast-in-istanbul-57247

George Grosz:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/20/arts/design/george-grosz-museum-berlin.html

Return Us Home:

https://prishtinainsight.com/return-us-home-exhibition-seeks-return-of-artifacts-held-in-serbia/

Stone Routes - Stories from Stone:

https://www.tornosnews.gr/en/tourism-businesses/tourism-businesses/thematic-tourism/47187-jewish-inscriptions-exhibition-opens-in-two-museums-of-greece.html
https://greekcitytimes.com/2022/05/18/jewish-museum-of-greece/

Tutankhamun: Excavating the Archive:

https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/115876/British-exhibition-traces-identity-of-Egyptian-workers-in-Tutankhamun-s
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/agenta/tutankhamun-excavating-the-archive/

cf: https://visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/event/tutankhamun-excavating-the-archive

Herefordshire photos:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-hereford-worcester-61425923

Latest inauguration date for the GEM is September 30, apparently:

https://egyptindependent.com/gem-to-be-ready-for-inauguration-on-september-30/
https://english.ahram.org.eg/News/466288.aspx

... or maybe it's June 30:

https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/115966/Construction-of-much-anticipated-Grand-Egyptian-Museum-to-be-completed

Greece has started the process of creating a museum of underwater antiquities in Piraeus:

https://www.ekathimerini.com/economy/1184881/culture-ministry-to-create-museum-of-maritime-antiquities-at-silo-building-in-piraeus/
https://news.gtp.gr/2022/05/20/greece-takes-first-step-create-museum-underwater-antiquities-piraeus/


The 48th Highlanders Regiment (Canada) Museum now has an online presence:

http://48thhighlanders.ca/

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AUCTIONS AND SALES RELATED
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Those Roman silver coins found in Pewsey fetched a high price at auction:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-wiltshire-61477947
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/roman-silver-metal-thousands-b2081924.html
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10825797/Detectorists-rake-hoard-150-Roman-coins-sells-100-000.html
https://www.newburytoday.co.uk/news/roman-coins-fetch-81-000-9254843/
https://www.wiltshirelive.co.uk/news/wiltshire-news/roman-silver-coins-discovered-pewsey-7095704

Big bucks for a Qianlong vase which was kept in a kitchen for decades:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-berkshire-61479493
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2022/may/18/rare-chinese-vase-sells-at-newbury-auction-for-almost-15m

Feature on modern art at auction:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/17/arts/design/sothebys-art-auction-picasso-collectors.html
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ON THE DNA FRONT
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A study of how sea travel impacted genetic exchange in ancient Europe:

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/05/220519141026.htm

More on genomes of ancient Uruguayans:

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/952422
http://www.archaeology.org/news/10550-220518-uruguay-genome-mapped

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CLIMATE MATTERS
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Climate-related concerns for the wreck of the Endurance:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/may/15/endurance-wreck-threatened-global-heating-technology-mensun-bound

A gallery of flood-threatened sites in the US:

https://poststar.com/news/states-with-the-most-historic-sites-at-risk-of-flooding/collection_a4128451-cde6-5c17-9b7d-424a3730e2c2.html#1

More on climate-change related concerns for Jamestown:

https://www.zmescience.com/science/first-permanent-english-colony-in-the-us-is-facing-climate-disaster-13052022/
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TOURISTY THINGS
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Nineveh is opening to tourists:

http://www.aina.org/news/20220515233859.htm
https://www.iraqinews.com/iraq/ancient-city-of-nineveh-to-open-for-tourists/

Jewish catacombs of Rome:

https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/article-707137

Patmos:

https://greekreporter.com/2022/05/17/patmos-the-sacred-land-of-the-aegean/

Troy:

https://www.thetravel.com/tour-off-the-beaten-path-spots-in-troy/

Taxila:

https://www.thetravel.com/discover-lost-city-of-taxila-pakistan/

Adirondack cemeteries:

https://www.adirondackalmanack.com/2022/05/walking-adirondack-cemeteries.html
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PERFORMANCES AND MUSIC RELATED
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Homeric Hymns:

https://www.getty.edu/museum/programs/performances/homeric_hymns.html

The Wreckers:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/20/arts/music/the-wreckers-ethel-smyth-glyndebourne.html

The Oberammergau Passion Play has resumed:

https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/travel-leisure/article/3177421/germanys-covid-delayed-389-year-old-passion-play-brings

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CRIME BEAT
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A major bust of an antiquities trader (lots of coins, among other things) in Modiin:

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/.premium-huge-cache-of-stolen-antiquities-found-in-central-israel-1.10808595
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-707042
https://www.ynetnews.com/travel/article/rypbvk4v5
https://www.timesofisrael.com/massive-bust-of-illegal-antiquities-trade-seizes-1800-coins-and-ancient-artifacts/
https://www.jewishpress.com/news/israel/raid-of-modiin-antiquities-dealer-recovers-1000s-of-looted-coins-and-rings/2022/05/19/
https://www.algemeiner.com/2022/05/19/ancient-coins-from-jewish-revolt-against-romans-among-trove-of-1800-stolen-artifacts-recovered-in-israel/

Some thieves in India return some antiquities to a Hindu temple because they were having nightmares:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/may/17/were-fed-up-with-scary-dreams-thieves-return-temple-treasures
https://www.iflscience.com/editors-blog/thieves-return-stolen-treasure-to-temple-after-being-haunted-by-nightmares/

That UK national and his German counterpart have denied smuggling antiquities in Iraq:

https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/middle-east/300588906/british-german-tourists-deny-smuggling-antiquities-in-iraq-court
https://www.scmp.com/news/world/middle-east/article/3177855/briton-and-german-appear-baghdad-court-both-deny-smuggling
https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/briton-german-deny-smuggling-antiquities-in-iraq-court-173811
https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/british-german-deny-smuggling-antiquities-iraq-court-84731847
https://www.arabnews.com/node/2082576/middle-east
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/british-german-deny-smuggling-antiquities-in-iraq-court/2022/05/15/bc400af8-d45b-11ec-be17-286164974c54_story.html
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20220515-briton-german-on-trial-in-iraq-over-pottery-shards

... and the latest is the case has been 'postponed':

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/ap-baghdad-british-b2084589.html
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20220522-iraq-trial-of-briton-and-german-for-antiquity-theft-adjourned

Shrunken heads from Peru (among other things) confiscated in Izmir:

https://www.dailysabah.com/turkey/investigations/rare-shrunken-heads-from-peru-confiscated-in-turkeys-izmir

A metal detectorist explains why he went nighthawking:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-dorset-61467988

Feature on the illegal antiquities trade in the Middle East:

https://www.thenationalnews.com/weekend/2022/05/20/inside-the-multimillion-dollar-illegal-trade-of-artefacts-from-the-middle/
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conflict antiquities:

http://conflictantiquities.wordpress.com/

anonymous swiss collector:

http://www.anonymousswisscollector.com/

Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues:

http://paul-barford.blogspot.ca/

Looting Matters:

http://lootingmatters.blogspot.com/

Illicit Cultural Property:

http://illicit-cultural-property.blogspot.com/

SAFE:

http://www.savingantiquities.org/blog/

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REPATRIATION AND RECOVERY
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Italy is saying the Acropolis Museum can keep the Fagan fragment forever:

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/parthenon-fragment-italy-can-stay-greece-forever-greek-ministry-says-2022-05-20/
https://www.ekathimerini.com/culture/1184870/italy-sets-precedent-with-permanent-return-of-parthenon-fagan-fragment/
https://www.ansamed.info/ansamed/en/news/sections/culture/2022/05/20/sicily-to-give-parthenon-fragment-back-to-greece_5f839b2f-aede-4c4b-afd0-d973bc07b07d.html
https://www.ansa.it/english/news/lifestyle/arts/2022/05/20/sicily-to-give-parthenon-fragment-back-to-greece_f9844798-92a7-4226-98ed-0439c5f5a041.html
https://www.thenationalherald.com/italy-returns-parthenon-marble-fragment-to-greece-precedent-seen/
https://greekreporter.com/2022/05/20/parthenon-fragment-fagan-greece-italy/
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/ring-ancient-greece-returned-1.6460986

Sweden has returned a Mycenean gold ring to Greece:

https://greekreporter.com/2022/05/20/sweden-returns-greece-stolen-ancient-ring/
https://www.ekathimerini.com/multimedia/images/1184916/the-adventures-of-a-mycenaean-ring/
https://www.tornosnews.gr/en/greek-news/culture/47222-nobel-foundation-returns-to-greece-mycenaean-gold-ring-from-necropolis-in-rhodes.html
https://apnews.com/article/politics-travel-greece-museums-5e81f76d35ee07822f1de383f86448c2
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/after-string-of-adventures-ancient-gold-ring-back-in-greece/2022/05/20/26292364-d849-11ec-be17-286164974c54_story.html
https://www.rte.ie/news/newslens/2022/0520/1300147-greece-stolen-ring/
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/sweden-gives-3-000-year-old-sphinxes-gold-ring-back-to-greece-vx8dxhx7q
http://www.china.org.cn/world/Off_the_Wire/2022-05/20/content_78229807.htm
https://greekcitytimes.com/2022/05/21/an-ancient-gold-ring-adorned-with-two-sphinxes-returned-to-greece-after-world-war-ii-theft/

Germany returned some Olmec busts to Mexico:

https://phys.org/news/2018-03-germany-year-old-wooden-olmec-mexico.html

The Denver Art Museum deaccessioned a Benin Bronze:

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/denver-art-museum-deaccessions-benin-bronze-1234628836/

The Royal Albert Memorial Museum returned items to the Siksika Nation:

https://calgaryherald.com/news/local-news/sacred-items-returned-to-siksika-nation-after-144-years-in-uk-museum

The Peabody returned assorted items to the White Earth Nation:

https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2022/05/for-museum-an-end-and-a-beginning/

More on Cambodia asking UK cultural institutions to return looted art:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/cambodia-asks-uk-cultural-institutions-to-return-looted-statues-180980104/

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NUMISMATICA
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Feature on die marks and Roman mints:

https://coinweek.com/ancient-coins/die-marks-and-the-organization-of-the-roman-mint-an-rrdp-case-study/

Latest e-Sylum:

http://www.coinbooks.org/v25/club_nbs_esylum_v25n20.html

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

http://www.coinbooks.org/v25/club_nbs_esylum_v25n21.html
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Coin Week:

http://www.coinweek.com/

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OBITUARIES
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Lindley Butler:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/05/research-confirms-eastern-wyoming-paleoindian-site-as-americas-oldest-mine/143669

Amanda Claridge:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/22/books/amanda-claridge-dead.html

Yiannis Pikoulas:

https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/05/16/yiannis-pikoulas-has-passed-away/

Frank Gilbert:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/21/nyregion/frank-gilbert-dead.html

Katsumoto Saotome:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/15/world/asia/katsumoto-saotome-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/3177-audio-news-from-archaeologica-may-8th-2022-through-may-14th-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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