david meadows
2023-03-05 16:51:23 UTC
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explorator 25.46 March 5, 2023
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Thanks to Arthur Shippee, Dave Sowdon, Edward Rockstein, Kurt Theis,
John McMahon, Barnea Selavan, Joseph Lauer, Mike Ruggeri, Hernan Astudillo,
Richard Campbell, Barbara Saylor Rodgers, Bob Heuman, David Critchley,
Richard Miller, Kris Curry, Rick Heli, Richard C. Griffiths, Frank MacKay,
Don Buck, mata kimasitayo, and Ross W. Sargent for headses upses this week
(as always hoping I have left no one out).
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EARLY HOMINIDS
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A study of a homo erectus skull from Gona (Ethiopia) doesn't exhibit any traits of the human genus, apparently:
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-team-publishes-brain-homo-erectus.html
https://www.science20.com/news_staff/dan5p1_homo_erectus_early_cranial_capacity_was_more_like_australopiths_such_as_lucy-256492
cf: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ajpa.24717
Suggestion that Neanderthals, Denisovans, and sapiens may have been together in Iran:
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-environment-hominin-dispersals-ancient-iran.html
https://www.iflscience.com/neanderthals-denisovans-and-modern-humans-might-have-intermingled-in-iran-67704
... and Iran might have been a 'hot spot' for Neanderthal migration:
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-european-neanderthal-migration-hints-hidden.html
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/03/230301141358.htm
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-733350
cf: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0281978
Tools found in a cave in Poland fifty years ago date to 500 000 years bp or so:
https://www.sciencealert.com/500000-year-old-signs-of-extinct-human-species-found-in-poland-cave
Evidence of bow and arrow use by homo sapiens in France, 54 000 years bp:
https://www.livescience.com/54000-year-old-stone-points-are-oldest-evidence-of-bows-and-arrows-in-europe
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archery-may-have-arrived-in-europe-thousands-of-years-earlier-than-thought-180981690/
Feature on Neanderthal brain size:
https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/brutes-and-brains-what-we-know-about-neanderthal-brain-size
Feature on Gravettian culture:
https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/the-gravettian-culture-that-survived-an-ice-age
Feature on applying proteomics to the study of human evolution:
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/mar/05/new-analysis-of-ancient-human-protein-could-unlock-secrets-of-evolution
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AFRICA
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A project to restore/'revitalize' the oldest preserved mosque in Sudan:
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/03/01/project-to-revitalize-the-oldest-mosque-in-sudan/
Blocks from a 25th/Nubian Dynasty temple found in Old Dongola (Sudan):
https://arkeonews.net/archaeologists-have-discovered-sandstone-blocks-belonging-to-a-pharaohs-temple-covered-with-hieroglyphs-in-sudan/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/03/ancient-egyptian-discovery-rewrites-history-of-sudanese-kingdom/146324
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/03/02/hieroglyphs-discovered-in-old-dongola-sudan/
Feature on Anna Leone and her efforts to reduce antiquities trafficking in Libya:
https://libyaobserver.ly/culture/archaeologist-anna-leone-fight-against-illicit-trafficking-libyan-antiquities-top-priority
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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT
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Muon analysis has revealed a hitherto unknown corridor/chamber in the Great Pyramid:
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-egypt-unveils-hidden-corridor-giza.html
https://www.livescience.com/cosmic-rays-reveal-hidden-30-foot-long-corridor-in-egypts-great-pyramid
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-64825526
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/pyramid-giza-cairo-egypt-b2292844.html
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/03/02/scientists-uncover-hidden-passage-great-pyramid/
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-11812129/Egypt-reveals-9-meter-long-chamber-inside-Great-Pyramid.html
https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/491003/Antiquities/Ancient-Egypt/Egypt;s-tourism-minister-unveils-discovery-of-corr.aspx
https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/13/92/491053/Multimedia/In-Pictures/PHOTO-GALLERY-The-Great-Pyramid-of-Khufu--Secret-p.aspx
https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/122878/Egypt-s-Minister-of-Tourism-Antiquities-Ahmed-Issa-announces-the
https://dailynewsegypt.com/2023/03/04/a-new-corridor-discovered-in-egypts-great-pyramid-of-giza/
https://dailynewsegypt.com/2023/03/04/egypt-discovers-9-metre-long-corridor-inside-khufu-pyramid/
https://egyptianstreets.com/2023/03/04/egypt-unveils-hidden-tunnel-inside-in-giza-pyramids/
https://www.egyptindependent.com/hidden-corridor-on-northern-facade-of-the-great-pyramid-discovered/
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/scientists-discover-corridor-great-pyramid-giza-2023-03-02/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/whats-behind-these-stones-egypt-unveils-newly-discovered-great-pyramid-chamber/
https://www.cnn.com/style/article/hidden-corridor-pyramid-giza-intl-scli-scn/index.html
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/great-pyramid-discovery-egypt-scanpyramids-khufu-cosmic-cosmic-ray-muon-radiography/
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/egypt-reveals-newly-discovered-9-meter-long-chamber-inside-great-pyramid
https://english.news.cn/20230302/05e4858f30ce4343bfc11c500884e8ff/c.html
https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-733185
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20230302-egypt-unveils-hidden-corridor-in-giza-pyramid
https://www.rfi.fr/en/culture/20230303-scientists-reveal-hidden-corridor-inside-cairo-s-great-pyramid
https://apnews.com/article/pyramid-egypt-cairo-chamber-antiquities-c104c9479b110b85567e61b9ee4bcc0e
https://www.npr.org/2023/03/02/1160589911/great-pyramid-giza-scan-discovery-egypt
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/egypt-reveals-newly-discovered-9-meter-long-chamber-inside-great-pyramid
https://cyprus-mail.com/2023/03/02/scientists-reveal-hidden-corridor-in-great-pyramid-of-giza/
https://www.dw.com/en/egypt-announces-new-great-pyramid-discovery/a-64869784
https://greekreporter.com/2023/03/03/hidden-corridor-egypt-great-pyramid/
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/03/03/archaeologists-discover-ancient-tunnel-at-great-pyramid-of-giza-that-may-lead-to-king-khufus-tomb
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/scientists-map-an-unexplored-corridor-of-egypts-great-pyramid-using-cosmic-rays/ar-AA188t69
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/giza-pyramid-void-muon-radiography-cosmic-rays
https://www.zmescience.com/science/archaeologists-discover-secret-tunnel-inside-the-great-pyramid-of-giza/
https://www.sciencealert.com/corridor-discovered-in-great-pyramid-could-be-protecting-the-actual-burial-chamber
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/03/scans-reveal-hidden-tunnel-in-great-pyramid-of-giza/146329
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/03/03/unknown-room-discovered-in-the-great-pyramid/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11265-230303-egypt-pyramid-corridor
... and Zahi Hawass was explaining it:
https://egyptindependent.com/zahi-hawass-discusses-secret-passage-in-khufu-pyramid/
More on the group of Persian, Roman, and Coptic tombs found at Minya:
https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/122773/The-Egyptian-Spanish-archaeological-mission-uncover-ancient-tombs-in-the
https://greekreporter.com/2023/02/26/group-persian-roman-coptic-tombs-discovered-egypt/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/02/coptic-era-tombs-uncovered-in-upper-egypts-minya/146289
More on Papyrus Waziry 1 going on display:
https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/122804/Papyrus-Waziry-1-was-displayed-for-the-1st-time-ever
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/03/01/longest-hieratic/
Egypt has restored the Al-Hakim Mosque:
https://dailynewsegypt.com/2023/02/28/egypt-inaugurates-al-hakim-mosque-after-restoration/
https://news.yahoo.com/historic-cairo-mosque-reopens-2-181106160.html
https://en.ammonnews.net/article/64109
Pondering who is buried in KV55:
https://www.thedailybeast.com/who-is-really-buried-in-kv55-egypts-most-mysterious-tomb
Feature on some things we've learned about the mummification process:
https://theconversation.com/five-discoveries-that-changed-our-understanding-of-how-the-ancient-egyptians-created-mummies-195523
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-discoveries-ancient-egyptians-mummies.html
Review of Lynne Olson, *Empress of the Nile*:
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/28/books/review/empress-of-the-nile-lynne-olson.html
Review of Candice Millard, *River of the Gods*:
https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/8074338/explorer-frenemies-crazy-quest/
An overview sort of thing on this year's dig at the Sassanid-era Vigol fire temple in Aran-Bidgol:
https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/482428/Archaeological-survey-sheds-new-light-on-Sassanid-architecture
A petroglyph of a 13th century Persian poem from Marvdasht:
https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/482379/Petroglyph-bearing-Sadi-poem-discovered-in-Marvdasht
Among the finds at Girsu is a 4500 years bp temple to the thunder divinity:
https://www.livescience.com/4500-year-old-sumerian-temple-dedicated-to-mighty-thunder-god-discovered-in-iraq
More on the 4700 years bp 'tavern' excavated at Lagash:
https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/ancient-restaurant-highlights-iraqs-archeology-renaissance-rcna72857
https://apnews.com/article/iraq-archeology-lagash-restaurant-daa072cf0d6eeaea4a78d9632037d094
https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/ancient-cultures/ancient-near-eastern-world/ancient-mesopotamian-tavern-discovered/
Feature on Enheduanna's literary efforts:
https://www.history.com/news/enheduanna-earliest-author-mesopotamia
A roundup of archaeology in Turkey for the month of February:
https://turkisharchaeonews.net/article/february-2023-turkish-archaeology
The press in Israel was quick to announce the find of a 2500 years bp shard inscribed with the name of Darius (just in time for Purim):
https://www.timesofisrael.com/hiker-discovers-2500-year-old-ancient-receipt-from-reign-of-purim-kings-father/
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-733038
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2023-03-01/ty-article/inscription-naming-darius-father-of-king-ahasuerus-discovered-in-biblical-lachish/00000186-9ccd-d92c-a3df-ffffae3a0000
https://www.israelhayom.com/2023/03/01/i-thought-i-was-being-pranked-israeli-hiker-discovers-inscription-of-king-linked-to-purim/
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-733038
https://www.jns.org/hiker-finds-2500-year-old-receipt-bearing-the-name-of-king-ahasuerus-father-darius-i/
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/a-hiker-uncovered-an-ancient-receipt-1234659265/
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/03/03/a-rare-inscription-bearing-the-name-of-the-persian-king-darius-the-great/
... but the IAA quickly declared the piece to be 'inauthentic' and the retractions followed:
https://www.timesofisrael.com/antiquities-authority-ancient-shard-with-darius-inscription-is-not-authentic/
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2023-03-03/ty-article/israel-antiquities-authority-ancient-darius-inscription-deemed-inauthentic-in-mix-up/00000186-a734-de2a-a1ee-a737d9390000
https://www.clevelandjewishnews.com/jns/touted-darius-inscription-is-inauthentic-israel-antiquities-authority-clarifies/article_e6027459-7c27-5f3b-a921-558cc6697ce5.html
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-733292
https://www.israelhayom.com/2023/03/05/touted-darius-inscription-clarified-to-be-inauthentic/
https://english.wafa.ps/Pages/Details/133726
https://apnews.com/article/israel-fake-ancient-inscription-darius-persian-empire-168cb72009a67859238e4e468108f5ab
https://thepublicsradio.org/article/israel-says-inscription-in-persian-pottery-shard-inauthentic
More on 3500 years bp evidence of trepanation from Megiddo:
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/02/230222141115.htm
https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/ancient-cultures/ancient-israel/brain-surgery-at-canaanite-megiddo/
https://arkeonews.net/evidence-of-brain-surgery-performed-3000-years-ago-discovered-in-the-ancient-city-of-tel-megiddo/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/02/evidence-of-bronze-age-cranial-surgery-found-at-ancient-megiddo/146270
More on archaeologists 'racing against time' in Jerusalem:
https://www.ucanews.com/news/archaeologists-race-against-time-in-jerusalem/100480
More on that 3rd century BCE Musnad inscription from Saudi Arabia:
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/a-rare-inscription-in-an-ancient-arabian-script-was-uncovered-by-archaeologists-in-saudi-arabia-1234658685/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11255-230227-arabia-musnad-inscription
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https://thisweekintheancientneareast.podbean.com/
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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS)
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Suggestion that Minoans may have used 'celestial star path' navigation methods:
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/03/minoan-civilisation-may-have-used-celestial-star-path-navigation-techniques/146340
https://arkeonews.net/minoan-civilization-may-have-used-celestial-navigation-techniques/
... and a feature on the Minoans:
https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/blue-monkeys-bull-leaping-and-child-sacrifice-why-were-the-minoans-so-weird/
A study of faunal remains in a Bronze Age well at Mycenae:
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-bronze-age-contents-reveal-history.html
Archaeologists are digging a 'new' area of Pompeii (Insula 10 of Regio IX) and have already excavated a fullonica:
http://pompeiisites.org/comunicati/pompei-avviati-nuovi-scavi-nellarea-centrale-del-sito/
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/pompeii-diggers-dream-of-new-treasure-in-untouched-block-jjp5790st
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article272626552.html
https://nypost.com/2023/02/28/archeologists-dig-new-part-of-pompeii-for-rare-treasures/
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/ancient-roman-dry-cleaner-pompeii-1234659239/
https://www.stilearte.it/una-lavanderia-industriale-romana-e-una-casa-con-forno-emergono-dai-nuovi-scavi-a-pompei/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/02/new-discoveries-at-roman-pompeii/146305
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11262-230302-italy-pompeii-excavation
... and a related item on recent finds from Pompeii:
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/mar/04/pompeii-treasures-digs-city-disaster-romans-excavation
Another 'phallic symbol' find from near Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland:
https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/history/another-phallic-symbol-found-near-26366827
Evidence of a 2000 years bp aqueduct at Brescia (Italian):
https://www.stilearte.it/si-calano-nellacquedotto-romano-che-portava-acqua-a-brescia-duemila-anni-costruzione-perfetta/
Storms in Galicia (Spain) caused a cliff to collapse, revealing plenty of Roman artifacts:
https://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-02-26/storms-unearth-hundreds-of-roman-artifacts-in-spain.html
Not sure if we mentioned this Roman coin hoard found in the Bernese Alps back in 2020:
https://www.lematin.ch/story/de-la-monnaie-romaine-decouverte-dans-les-alpes-bernoises-606662574415
A vase found back in 1853 in Colchester is 'sports memorabilia' of a gladiator fight, apparently:
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/mar/04/evidence-reveals-gladiators-fought-in-roman-britain
A 1700 years bp Roman sarcophagus was accidentally destroyed during work in Romania:
https://www.romania-insider.com/roman-sarcophagus-accidentally-destroyed-romanian-cemetery
Overview of recent finds from Salona:
https://www.croatiaweek.com/salona-in-croatia-to-be-world-archeological-sensation-after-new-discoveries/
Archaeologists returned to dig at the site of the theater of Pergamon:
https://www.dainst.blog/transpergmikro/the-largest-theater-in-ancient-asia-minor-rediscovered/
Coverage of a survey done at Hala Sultan Tekke:
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/02/28/surface-sruvey-at-hala-sultan-tekke/
A study of on of the sculptures found at San Casicano dei Bagni (Italian):
https://www.stilearte.it/risolto-il-mistero-della-testa-di-toro-nella-vasca-magica-etrusco-romana-di-san-casciano-dei-bagni/
A study of a dagger supposedly once owned by on of Hannibal's soldiers:
https://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-02-26/the-unsolvable-mystery-of-hannibals-soldier.html?ssm=FB_CC
More on the 'wooden phallus' identified at Vindolanda:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/what-was-this-2000-year-old-phallus-used-for-180981693/
... and the counter-suggestion that it's a drop spindle:
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/feb/26/its-not-a-roman-dildo-its-a-drop-spindle
More on the 'spike defenses' found at a Roman fort site near a silver mine in Germany:
https://www.livescience.com/ancient-roman-spike-defenses-made-famous-by-julius-caesar-found-in-germany
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-732808
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/roman-wooden-spikes-barbed-wire-julius-caesar-180981727/
More on the use of robots and AI to piece together broken frescoes at Pompeii:
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/archeologists-ai-robot-repair-pompeii-artwork-2262148
https://menafn.com/1105661948/Archaeologists-In-Italy-Are-Using-AI-Robots-To-Piece-Together-Ancient-Frescoes-From-Fragments-Discovered-At-Pompeii
https://hypebeast.com/2023/2/repair-italy-archaeology-pompeii-artificial-intelligence
More on the use of AI to read manuscripts from Herculaneum:
https://www.wkms.org/history/2023-03-03/ky-professor-using-ai-technology-to-read-ancient-manuscript-about-life-after-alexander-the-great
Feature on Mitchell Brown's work with Menander:
https://news.wm.edu/2023/02/28/wm-researcher-tracks-ancient-greek-comic-poets-influence-on-modern-sitcoms/
Review of Natalie Haynes, *Stone Blind*:
https://www.tor.com/2023/03/02/book-reviews-natalie-haynes-stone-blind/
York's Roman Quarter development is apparently up for sale:
https://yorkmix.com/yorks-roman-quarter-development-is-up-for-sale-as-owners-try-and-secure-delivery-of-the-project/
Some folks in Greece were celebrating Phallephoria:
https://greekcitytimes.com/2023/02/26/phallephoria-2023-dionysius/
Feature on Septimius Severus:
https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p0f6fwt2/the-untold-story-of-britain-s-african-emperor
Feature on Boudica:
https://www.mentalfloss.com/posts/boudica-warrior-queen-iceni-facts
Feature on the age of marriage of women in ancient Greece:
https://talesoftimesforgotten.com/2023/02/28/at-what-age-did-ancient-greek-women-typically-marry/
Feature on the 'anonymity' of Roman portraits:
https://www.artic.edu/articles/1008/the-accidental-anonymity-of-ancient-portraits
Feature on a Roman temple replica in Manhattan:
https://www.archpaper.com/2023/02/why-shrunken-replica-2000-year-old-roman-temple-west-51st-street/
Feature on botanical Latin:
https://apnews.com/article/plant-names-botanical-latin-gardening-d1c395e489da8a8e870b5f21018a1121See
Feature on Aspasia:
https://greekreporter.com/2023/02/26/aspasia-courtesan-feminist-heroine/
Feature on myth retellings involving ancient Greece's 'forgotten' women:
https://broadview.org/lies-we-sing-to-the-sea/
Feature on Pyrrhus of Epirus:
https://greekreporter.com/2023/02/27/pyrrhus-epirus-ancient-greek-king-fought-romans/
A nice APOD of the moon behind the Temple of Poseidon:
https://tech.hindustantimes.com/tech/news/nasa-astronomy-picture-of-the-day-28-february-2023-moon-and-the-temple-of-poseidon-71677565390003.html
Feature on how the Parthenon sculptures ended up in the British Museum:
https://menafn.com/1105661948/Archaeologists-In-Italy-Are-Using-AI-Robots-To-Piece-Together-Ancient-Frescoes-From-Fragments-Discovered-At-Pompeii
... and some OpEds relating to the sculptures:
https://www.artsprofessional.co.uk/magazine/363/feature/paradox-georges-marbles
https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/voices/2023/03/02/is-it-time-to-hand-back-the-elgin-marbles/
https://greekcitytimes.com/2023/03/04/boris-johnson-has-finally-lost-his-marbles/
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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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Hunter-gatherers on the Mediterranean coast of Spain may have had more fish in their diet than previously thought:
https://www.york.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/2023/research/mediterranean-hunter-gatherers-marine-resources/
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/02/28/mediterranean-hunter-gatherers-relied-heavily-on-fish-diet/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11254-230227-spain-marine-food
Skulls found in a Somerset cave have been dated to 4000 years bp:
https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/somerset-news/update-mysterious-human-remains-found-8192058
A Bronze Age (maybe) tomb with golden necklaces from Armenia:
https://www.sacbee.com/news/nation-world/world/article272617615.html
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/armenia-poland-archaeology-tomb-metsomar-1234658969/
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/66599
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/02/golden-necklaces-discovered-in-bronze-age-tomb/146309
A 3000 years bp toddler's show found by a mudlark in North Kent:
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/66593
A study of stelae from Portugal suggests steel was being used in Europe some 2900 years bp:
https://phys.org/news/2023-02-steel-europe-years.html
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/02/230228154510.htm
https://www.zmescience.com/science/archaeology/archaeologists-stunned-by-2900-year-old-steel-tools-in-portugal/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/02/evidence-of-steel-tools-being-used-in-europe-during-late-bronze-age/146314
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/03/01/steel-was-already-used-in-europe-2900-years-ago/
cf: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0305440323000201
https://www.experimentalarchaeology.uni-freiburg.de/
Among the finds made during A14 construction a couple of years ago is an Iron Age comb made from a human skull:
https://www.livescience.com/comb-made-from-human-skull-may-have-been-used-in-iron-age-rituals
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-64797376
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-733131
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/iron-age-bar-hill-comb-human-skull-2263565
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/66624
https://arkeonews.net/iron-age-comb-found-made-from-human-skull-in-uk/
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/03/02/the-bar-hill-comb/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archeologists-unearth-iron-age-comb-made-from-human-skull-180981722/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11259-230301-england-bone-comb
A 1st century CE Celtic figurine sporting a 'hinged phallus' from Lincolnshire (apparently going to auction):
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/2000-year-old-fertility-figurine-with-hinged-penis-discovered-1234659402/
https://www.insider.com/small-ancient-statue-enormous-penis-england-2023-2
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/66608
A 7th/8th century burial of a mother and child at a school building site in Marseille:
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/66635
A metal detectorist in Germany found an 800 years bp hoard of gold jewellery and coins:
https://www.livescience.com/stunning-gem-covered-gold-earrings-discovered-in-800-year-old-hoard-in-germany
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11266-230303-germany-jewelry-coins
I think we mentioned this 'cache' of 500 years bp spices from the wreck of the Gribshund:
https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/science/archaeologists-find-well-preserved-500-year-old-spices-baltic-shipwreck-2023-03-03/
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-733314
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-03-05/archaeologists-find-500-year-old-spices-in-baltic/102055514
A mudlarker on the Thames found a Tudor leather archery wrist guard:
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-64787840
Remains of a medieval wharf found in the sea off Oslo:
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/66641
A metal detectorist found a hoard of 1000 17th century coins in Poland:
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/03/treasure-hoard-containing-1000-coins-uncovered-in-eastern-poland/146371
A study of remains in Heaning Wood Bone Cave in Cumbria suggests there were three periods of inhumation there:
https://the-past.com/news/cave-in-cumbria-used-for-centuries-of-burials/
A study of the evolution of the plague in Denmark over several centuries:
https://brighterworld.mcmaster.ca/articles/plague-yersinia-pestis-bacteria-denmark/
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/02/230224135014.htm
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11258-230228-denmark-medieval-plague
Plans for a study of the remains of Lowbury Woman:
https://www.reading.ac.uk/news/2023/Research-News/Lowbury-Hill-remains-to-be-investigated-by-Reading-team
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/03/forgotten-lowbury-woman-burial-to-reveal-her-secrets/146321
Plans for a dig at Lowther Castle:
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cumbria-64782891
Plans for a study of the wreck of the HMS Captain:
https://the-past.com/news/lost-british-warship-set-to-be-investigated-150-years-after-sinking/
Studying shards of stained-glass windows smashed during the Protest Reformation of 1560 in Scotland:
https://phys.org/news/2023-02-piecing-scotland-religious-shards-glass.html
Overview of archaeological remains in the Bialowieza Forest:
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/02/28/the-bialowieza-forest-no-longer-an-archaeological-blank-spot/
More on that deisis found during Moscow-Kazan highway construction:
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-732861
More on the medieval Lombard woman whose skull shows signs of repeated trepanation:
https://www.livescience.com/painful-cross-shaped-incision-in-medieval-womans-skull-didnt-kill-her-but-second-surgery-did
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11264-230302-italy-skull-wounds
More on the find of remains of Neolithic megalithic monument builders' homes in France:
https://phys.org/news/2023-02-archaeologists-homes-europe-monument-makers.html
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11251-230222-france-prehistoric-megaliths
More on the find of six burials under a kitchen floor in Scotland being dated to 2000 years bp:
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-64756840
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11257-230228-scotland-iron-age
More on evidence of monastical 'resilience' in the wake of Viking raids at Lyminge:
https://the-past.com/news/evidence-of-resilience-in-the-face-of-viking-raids-at-lyminge/
A development site in Plymouth might reveal some 2000 burials, apparently:
https://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/news/plymouth-news/developer-starts-work-plymouth-city-8203321
A Hereford museum has acquired a King Offa coin:
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-hereford-worcester-64817622
Feature on medieval baby care:
https://aeon.co/essays/medieval-babycare-from-breastfeeding-to-developmental-toys
Feature on how Vikings communicated with other people:
https://sciencenorway.no/communication-language-travel/the-vikings-traveled-a-lot-how-did-they-manage-to-talk-to-people/2159106
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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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Remains of a 6000 years bp 'defensive trench' from Henan:
https://english.news.cn/20230301/3795546d85214ca5bbf198c1c78c46cd/c.html
http://en.people.cn/n3/2023/0301/c90000-10214720.html
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11263-230302-china-suyang-trench
Overview of the finds from the 4000 years bp Bicun urban site:
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article272614717.html
A Jin Dynasty burial from Hebei:
http://en.people.cn/n3/2023/0228/c90000-10213907.html
Tang Dynasty pottery from the Fanjia site in Jinan:
https://www.centredaily.com/news/nation-world/world/article272640452.html
Remains of a large building foundation dating to the Liao Dynasty from Mongolia:
http://english.news.cn/20230221/22f54b7165be46ef98d8cfce8e66749c/c.html
Thirteen kilns dating to the Western Xia Dynasty from Yinchuan:
https://global.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202302/27/WS63fbf815a31057c47ebb0efd.html
A major kiln site dating to the Southern Song Dynasty was also revealed in Jiangsu:
http://www.china.org.cn/arts/2023-03/04/content_85142940.htm?f=pad&a=true
More on those 3500 years bp bone ice skates from Xinjiang:
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article272639296.html
https://www.laprensalatina.com/3500-year-old-bone-ice-skates-found-in-china/
https://www.iflscience.com/animal-bone-ice-skates-dating-back-3-500-years-found-in-china-67780
More on the find of a 2400 years bp flush toilet:
https://www.dailysabah.com/life/history/worlds-oldest-flush-toilet-china-unearths-2400-year-old-lavatory
Plans for a display of assorted Sanxingdui artifacts:
https://www.shine.cn/news/metro/2303036853/
Feature on William Honeychurch's work on Mongolia's ancient nomadic cultures:
https://news.yale.edu/2023/02/21/mobile-culture-yale-archaeologist-sifts-through-mongolias-ancient-past
More on 2000 years bp musical instruments made from antlers from Viet Nam:
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/deer-antler-long-an-museum-storage-earliest-known-stringed-instruments-2261298
https://boingboing.net/2023/03/01/archaeologists-find-2000-year-old-musical-instrument.html
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/02/archaeologists-uncover-2000-year-old-stringed-instrument-in-vietnam/146259
Feature on medieval Buddhist hospitals in Sri Lanka:
https://theprint.in/opinion/buddhists-ran-sophisticated-medieval-hospitals-in-sri-lanka-heated-pool-forceps-acupuncture/1409836/
Remains of a 1300 years bp Buddhist monastery and stupa from Odisha:
https://www.thestatesman.com/india/asi-discovers-1300-yr-old-buddhist-monastery-stupa-in-odisha-1503158101.html
Feature on the archaeology of Keeladi and their trade connections:
https://m.timesofindia.com/city/chennai/caesers-coin-in-madurais-backyard-a-tale-of-two-cities/articleshow/98422846.cms
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AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND
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Maori food storage pits from South Taranaki:
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/whanganui-chronicle/news/centuries-old-maori-food-storage-pits-found-in-south-taranaki-as-part-of-nukumaru-station-rd-extension-work/SBYKCSIDZZCD3NAHICGZLLYDEQ/
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NORTH AMERICA
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The 19th century wreck of the Ironton in Lake Huron has been located:
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/01/us/shipwreck-lake-huron.html
https://apnews.com/article/great-lakes-shipwreck-discovery-ironton-91f6db8e3c42d37b2f8ade7b4df0a4bb
https://www.today.com/news/ship-found-century-lake-huron-confirms-tragic-story-victims-fates-rcna73057
https://theweek.com/michigan/1021417/ship-that-sank-in-1894-discovered-in-lake-huron
https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/long-lost-ship-found-in-lake-huron-confirming-17812665.php
Excavating a 19th century cemetery section prior to building construction in Columbus:
https://www.nbc4i.com/news/local-news/columbus/columbus-archaeologists-excavate-19th-century-human-remains-near-north-market/
More on flotsam from New York being identified as being from the SS Savannah:
https://apnews.com/article/science-new-york-city-bronx-savannah-oceans-dc09efafd9b191d0715a084516527ed5
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/fire-island-flotsam-ss-savannah-2262253
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11256-230227-savannah-hybrid-ship
More on experimental archaeology and the development of Chaco Canyon:
https://www.colorado.edu/today/2023/02/22/scientists-may-have-solved-chaco-canyon-mystery-hauling-logs-their-heads
https://www.sciencealert.com/1000-years-ago-ancient-puebloans-built-a-mysteriously-vast-city-we-may-finally-know-how
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/03/02/scientists-may-have-solved-a-chaco-canyon-mystery-2/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11261-230301-chaco-canyon-construction
Feature on some artifacts excavated at the Battle of Camden site:
https://www.chronicle-independent.com/news/kershaw-county/unearthed-history-battle-camden-part-iii-artifacts/
Feature on the history of robbing of Indigenous burials in New England:
https://www.ctinsider.com/news/article/indigenous-grave-robbing-new-england-17810749.php
An enslaved peoples' burial ground in the Hudson Valley (NY) is being preserved:
https://www.timesunion.com/hudsonvalley/news/article/lloyd-slave-burial-ground-preservation-17808577.php
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CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA
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A delivery man in Peru was found in possession of a 600+ years bp remains of a mummified person that his father had owned:
https://phys.org/news/2023-02-peru-police-pre-hispanic-mummy-ex-delivery.html
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-64797080
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mummy-found-man-cooler-bag-spiritual-girlfriend-peru/
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-733126
https://www.sciencealert.com/former-delivery-man-found-with-a-600-year-old-mummy-girlfriend-in-his-cooler-bag
A previously-unknown Moai statue was found on Easter Island:
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-moai-statue-easter-island-volcano.html
https://www.livescience.com/new-moai-statue-that-deified-ancestors-found-on-easter-island
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-64821698
https://apnews.com/article/moai-statue-rapa-nui-easter-island-807e5de7b5cd006e73ce57402bfce302
https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/south-pacific/300821067/new-easter-island-statue-found-in-volcanic-craters-dry-lake
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/archaeologists-on-easter-island-have-discovered-a-previously-unknown-moai-statue-buried-in-a-dried-out-lake-bed-2261978
https://arkeonews.net/new-moai-statue-discovered-on-easter-island/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/new-moai-statue-found-on-easter-island-180981717/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11260-230301-easter-island-moai
Accounting for the high percentage of woman remains in the Hueyi Tsompantli:
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/02/female-remains-in-aztec-skull-rack-are-associated-with-the-origin-myth-of-huitzilopochtli/146301
More on the 30 Chancay burial found in Peru:
https://www.dw.com/en/pre-inca-graves-discovered-in-peru/a-64833744
Feature on Richard Hansen's efforts to preserve sites in El Mirador:
https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2023-03-01/guatemala-maya-environment-drug-cartels-climate-change
This month's Ancient America's zoom events:
https://mikeruggerisevents.tumblr.com/
... and the March edition of the Aztlander:
https://aztlander.wordpress.com/2023/03/04/march-2023-aztlander-magazine-of-the-americas/
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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: a study suggests assorted ancient texts in various cultures describe of feeding behaviour of whales:
https://www.livescience.com/terrifying-sea-monster-hafgufa-described-in-medieval-norse-manuscripts-is-actually-a-whale
https://phys.org/news/2023-02-mysterious-behavior-whales-ancient-manuscripts.html
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/980816
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/mar/01/ancient-texts-power-new-light-shed-on-mysterious-whale-behaviour-that-captured-imagination
https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/1261/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/1261/pub/1261/page/55/article/NaN
https://www.newscientist.com/video/2361926-ancient-depictions-of-norse-sea-monsters-may-be-feeding-whales/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/these-mythical-sea-monsters-may-have-been-whales-with-unusual-dining-habits-180981729/
cf: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/mms.13009
Feature on runes:
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-runes-advanced-roman-alphabet.html
On the role of robots in saving the UK's photograph archive:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/photography/what-to-see/how-robots-saved-britains-postwar-photograph-archive/
A Queen Victoria sketchbook will be reunited with other artworks of hers:
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-dorset-64815207
Feature on Catherine the Great:
https://www.livescience.com/all-about-history-127
Feature on changes to the UK's Treasure Act:
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/mar/01/toothpicks-hair-locks-treasure-act-museums
Pondering the future of the antiquities trade:
https://www.apollo-magazine.com/antiquities-collectors-art-market-provenance/
Pondering the origins of a painting ascribed to Dali:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/did-salvador-dali-paint-this-enigmatic-artwork-180981723/?
Feature on the statue of David and ideas about masculinity:
https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20230227-the-original-and-most-iconic-male-model
Feature on Hagia Sophia and Mezquita:
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/mar/04/mezquita-hagia-sophia-two-sacred-symbols-culture-wars-belie-complex-history
On the history of the kebaya:
https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20230302-the-asian-blouse-that-tells-a-tale-of-many-cultures
On the beginning of arguing about gender:
https://unherd.com/2023/03/the-gender-wars-started-in-1531/
Review of David Waldstreicher, *Phillis Wheatley*:
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/02/books/phillis-wheatley-david-waldstreicher.html
Review of Reid Mitenbuler, *Wanderlust*;
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/26/books/review/wanderlust-reid-mitenbuler.html
Review of Naoise MacSweeney, *The West*:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/books/what-to-read/west-naoise-mac-sweeney-review-time-give-western-civilisation/
Review of Jennifer Wright, *Madame Restell*:
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/28/books/review/madame-restell-by-jennifer-wright.html
More on that frozen Siberian bear:
https://arkeonews.net/3500-year-old-perfectly-preserved-ancient-frozen-bear-found-in-siberian/
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CURRENT EVENTS:
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OpEd applying the Melian Dialogue (strangely) to the war in Ukraine:
https://nationalinterest.org/feature/lessons-melian-dialogue-case-against-providing-military-support-ukraine-206264
Ancient structures in Hatay survived the earthquakes:
https://www.dailysabah.com/gallery/ancient-structures-remain-standing-in-hatay-despite-turkiye-quake/images
... as did sites in Anazarbus:
https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/quake-bypasses-7500-years-old-anazarbus-ancient-city-in-turkiye/news
... and an overview of damage done to other sites:
https://turkisharchaeonews.net/article/one-month-after-quake-cultural-properties-damage-assessment
Turkiye is taking measures to protect artifacts from earthquakes:
https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/ministry-takes-measures-to-protect-artifacts-from-quakes-181312
The coronation chair to be used by Charles III is undergoing restoration:
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-64798077
https://www.cnn.com/style/article/coronation-chair-restoration-gbr-scli-intl/index.html
In case you missed the president of Mexico's 'elf' photo:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/feb/27/mexican-president-andres-manuel-lopez-obrador-photo-elf-alux
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ANIMAL AND PLANT DOMESTICATIONS
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A study of kurgan burials suggests the Yamnaya culture was first to ride horses 4000=5000 years bp:
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-world-horse-riders-black-sea.html
https://www.livescience.com/worlds-1st-horseback-riders-swept-across-europe-roughly-5000-years-ago
https://www.npr.org/2023/03/03/1160961227/scientists-find-signs-of-horse-riding-in-ancient-human-remains
https://abcnews.go.com/Lifestyle/wireStory/evidence-horseback-riding-dates-back-5000-years-97615176
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/science/archaeologists-find-evidence-that-horseback-riding-began-at-least-5000-years-ago
https://apnews.com/article/horse-horseback-riding-archeology-5caf7da564dbafad6aa50379b0927220
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2023-03-04/ty-article/archaeologists-identify-the-earliest-horse-riders/00000186-a265-d6e6-a3af-fb7563fb0000
https://www.dw.com/en/scientists-say-ancient-europeans-rode-horses-5000-years-ago/a-64883617
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-733324
https://www.harvardmagazine.com/2023/03/first-human-horseback-riding
https://www.science.org/content/article/earliest-evidence-horseback-riding-found-eastern-cowboys
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/humans-started-riding-horses-5-000-years-ago-new-evidence-suggests/
cf: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.ade2451
On the origins (2) of 'indigenous wines':
https://www.decanter.com/wine-news/grapevines-first-cultivated-11000-years-ago-says-study-498726/
https://wineanorak.com/2023/03/02/big-news-new-genetic-evidence-shows-that-the-grapevine-was-domesticated-in-two-locations-and-3000-years-earlier-than-previously-thought/
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LANGUAGE RELATED
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Feature on Kouri-Vini:
https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20230228-kouri-vini-the-return-of-the-us-lost-language
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PHILOSOPHERS AND MATTERS PHILOSOPHICAL
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Feature on Damaris Masham:
https://aeon.co/essays/out-of-john-lockes-shadow-damaris-masham-and-her-philosophy
On classical philosophy and office politics:
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/why-aristotle-beats-the-apprentice-in-big-business-8jf7bsj8s
On family values in Epicurus:
https://www.thecollector.com/epicurus-on-the-values-of-family-and-friendship/
On the 'downsides' of Stoicism:
https://bigthink.com/thinking/stoicism-popular-downsides/
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MUSEUM MATTERS
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Labyrinth:
https://the-past.com/review/whats-on/labyrinth-knossos-myth-and-reality/
Islanders:
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2023/mar/05/islanders-the-making-of-the-mediterranean-fitzwilliam-museum-cambridge-review-art-of-extraordinary-intimacy
Rome of the Republic:
https://www.artandobject.com/news/new-capitoline-museums-exhibit-will-delight-archaeologists-not-tourists
Golden Mummies of Egypt:
https://www.asor.org/anetoday/2023/03/achieving-divinity-golden-mummies
Sassoons:
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/02/arts/design/sassoons-jewish-museum-art-exhibition.html
Le Catillon Celtic Coin Hoard:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-jersey-64799297
Dickens:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-jersey-64799297
The Alamo Collections Center is now open:
https://sanantonioreport.org/new-ralston-collections-center-alamo-opening/
The Philadelphia MoA now has a department for African and African diasporic art:
https://whyy.org/articles/philadelphia-museum-of-art-brind-center-african-and-african-diasporic-art/
Fordham's museum of Greek, Etruscan, and Roman art has reopened:
https://news.fordham.edu/arts-and-culture/museum-of-greek-etruscan-and-roman-art-reopens/
The Argos Archaeological Museum is reopening:
https://news.gtp.gr/2023/02/28/peloponnese-argos-archaeological-museum-ready-to-reopen/
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AUCTIONS AND SALES RELATED
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Big bucks for a looted Kandinsky:
https://apnews.com/article/kandinsky-munch-nazi-looted-art-sothebys-5e62cd857490bc41094daaf71fc934e3
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ON THE DNA FRONT
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A study of the DNA of early hunter-gatherers in Europe:
https://www.mpg.de/19941740/0223-evan-ice-age-survivors-150495-x
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-ice-age-survivors-paleogenomics.html
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/03/230301120846.htm
https://www.livescience.com/unknown-lineage-of-ice-age-europeans-discovered-in-genetic-study
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2023-03-01/ty-article/study-of-age-hunters-changes-what-we-know-about-european-ancestry/00000186-98a8-d027-a5de-bef8d0fc0000
https://apnews.com/article/europe-ice-age-archeology-ancient-humans-discovery-1be896899e155ecacdee3efd97ba8b9d
https://www.science.org/content/article/ancient-dna-upends-european-prehistory
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/01/science/dna-hunter-gatherers-europe.html
cf: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-05726-0
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-023-01987-0
A DNA study (7000-5000 years bp) from several sites in southern Spain (not sure if this overlaps with the above):
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-oldest-human-genome-southern-spain.html
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/03/230301120829.htm
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THE TECHY SIDE
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Feature on LiDAR:
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/feb/23/lidar-technology-archeology-radical-thinking
Strontium and dendrochronology help to identify the source of some 400 years bp timbers in Denmark:
https://news.ku.dk/all_news/2023/03/tree-rings-and-strontium-point-researchers-to-the-provenance-of-400-year-old-timber/
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-tree-strontium-provenance-year-old-timber.html
cf: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0278513
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CLIMATE MATTERS
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Review of Peter Frankopan, *The Earth Transformed*:
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/feb/27/the-big-idea-why-you-cant-leave-climate-out-of-history
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TOURISTY THINGS
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Imber and Tyneham:
https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20230226-englands-twin-ghost-villages
Sites at Oxford associated with CS Lewis:
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/28/travel/cs-lewis-oxford-narnia.html
Bar'am synagogue:
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2023-03-02/ty-article-magazine/exploring-israel-a-visit-to-a-1-600-year-old-synagogue/00000186-a308-de2a-a1ee-a31fe4230000
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PERFORMANCES AND MUSIC RELATED
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Feature on Escolania de Montserrat:
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/mar/03/unchanged-melody-the-all-boys-choir-that-survived-700-years-of-conflict
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CRIME BEAT
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The statue of the Little Mermaid in Copenhagen was vandalized again:
https://apnews.com/article/denmark-little-mermaid-copenhagen-vandalism-russian-flag-7487b88c6a00bd997e6b540a7e65f448
Feature on art and antiquities being used for money laundering purposes:
https://www.occrp.org/en/27-ccwatch/cc-watch-briefs/17373-art-and-antiquities-an-attractive-market-for-money-laundering-faft-argues
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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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Cambridge is returning some Australian spears taken by Captain Cook:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-64820618
https://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/cambridge-news/cambridge-university-return-captain-cooks-26357321
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/03/02/aboriginal-spears-captain-cook-returned-australia/
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/cambridge-university-to-return-australian-spears-seized-by-captain-james-cook-v68cx0qqq
Switzerland returned a number of items to Iraq:
https://www.iraqinews.com/iraq/iraq-receives-antiquities-in-switzerland/
Interesting feature on the recovery of stolen statuary from India:
https://theamericanscholar.org/the-goddess-complex/
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NUMISMATICA
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Feature on the coins of Carthage:
https://coinweek.com/ancient-coins/the-coins-of-carthage-during-hannibals-war-with-rome/
Latest e-Sylum:
http://www.coinbooks.org/v26/club_nbs_esylum_v26n09.html
... and the one which should appear later today:
http://www.coinbooks.org/v26/club_nbs_esylum_v26n10.html
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Coin Week:
http://www.coinweek.com/
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OBITUARIES
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Howard R Lamar:
https://news.yale.edu/2023/02/24/howard-r-lamar-eminent-historian-and-former-yale-president
John Richard Wilson:
https://www.ualberta.ca/the-quad/2023/03/lowering-the-flag-john-richard-wilson.html
Pierre Apraxine:
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/03/arts/pierre-apraxine-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/3262-audio-news-from-archaeologica-february-19th-through-the-25th-2023
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GENERAL ARCHAEOLOGY NEWS BLOGS
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Archaeology Magazine News Page:
http://www.archaeology.org/news/
About.com Archaeology:
http://archaeology.about.com/
Archaeology Briefs:
http://archaeologybriefs.blogspot.com/
Atlas Obscura:
https://www.atlasobscura.com/
Heritage Daily:
https://www.heritagedaily.com/
Sapiens Archaeology:
https://www.sapiens.org/category/archaeology/
Taygete Atlantis excavations blogs aggregator:
http://planet.atlantides.org/taygete/
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PODCASTS/VODCASTS
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Archaeosoup:
http://www.youtube.com/user/Archaeos0up?feature=watch
Archaeology Podcast Network:
http://www.archaeologypodcastnetwork.com/
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EARLY HOMINIDS
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A study of a homo erectus skull from Gona (Ethiopia) doesn't exhibit any traits of the human genus, apparently:
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-team-publishes-brain-homo-erectus.html
https://www.science20.com/news_staff/dan5p1_homo_erectus_early_cranial_capacity_was_more_like_australopiths_such_as_lucy-256492
cf: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ajpa.24717
Suggestion that Neanderthals, Denisovans, and sapiens may have been together in Iran:
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-environment-hominin-dispersals-ancient-iran.html
https://www.iflscience.com/neanderthals-denisovans-and-modern-humans-might-have-intermingled-in-iran-67704
... and Iran might have been a 'hot spot' for Neanderthal migration:
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-european-neanderthal-migration-hints-hidden.html
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/03/230301141358.htm
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-733350
cf: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0281978
Tools found in a cave in Poland fifty years ago date to 500 000 years bp or so:
https://www.sciencealert.com/500000-year-old-signs-of-extinct-human-species-found-in-poland-cave
Evidence of bow and arrow use by homo sapiens in France, 54 000 years bp:
https://www.livescience.com/54000-year-old-stone-points-are-oldest-evidence-of-bows-and-arrows-in-europe
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archery-may-have-arrived-in-europe-thousands-of-years-earlier-than-thought-180981690/
Feature on Neanderthal brain size:
https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/brutes-and-brains-what-we-know-about-neanderthal-brain-size
Feature on Gravettian culture:
https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/the-gravettian-culture-that-survived-an-ice-age
Feature on applying proteomics to the study of human evolution:
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/mar/05/new-analysis-of-ancient-human-protein-could-unlock-secrets-of-evolution
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AFRICA
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A project to restore/'revitalize' the oldest preserved mosque in Sudan:
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/03/01/project-to-revitalize-the-oldest-mosque-in-sudan/
Blocks from a 25th/Nubian Dynasty temple found in Old Dongola (Sudan):
https://arkeonews.net/archaeologists-have-discovered-sandstone-blocks-belonging-to-a-pharaohs-temple-covered-with-hieroglyphs-in-sudan/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/03/ancient-egyptian-discovery-rewrites-history-of-sudanese-kingdom/146324
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/03/02/hieroglyphs-discovered-in-old-dongola-sudan/
Feature on Anna Leone and her efforts to reduce antiquities trafficking in Libya:
https://libyaobserver.ly/culture/archaeologist-anna-leone-fight-against-illicit-trafficking-libyan-antiquities-top-priority
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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT
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Muon analysis has revealed a hitherto unknown corridor/chamber in the Great Pyramid:
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-egypt-unveils-hidden-corridor-giza.html
https://www.livescience.com/cosmic-rays-reveal-hidden-30-foot-long-corridor-in-egypts-great-pyramid
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-64825526
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/pyramid-giza-cairo-egypt-b2292844.html
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/03/02/scientists-uncover-hidden-passage-great-pyramid/
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-11812129/Egypt-reveals-9-meter-long-chamber-inside-Great-Pyramid.html
https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/491003/Antiquities/Ancient-Egypt/Egypt;s-tourism-minister-unveils-discovery-of-corr.aspx
https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/13/92/491053/Multimedia/In-Pictures/PHOTO-GALLERY-The-Great-Pyramid-of-Khufu--Secret-p.aspx
https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/122878/Egypt-s-Minister-of-Tourism-Antiquities-Ahmed-Issa-announces-the
https://dailynewsegypt.com/2023/03/04/a-new-corridor-discovered-in-egypts-great-pyramid-of-giza/
https://dailynewsegypt.com/2023/03/04/egypt-discovers-9-metre-long-corridor-inside-khufu-pyramid/
https://egyptianstreets.com/2023/03/04/egypt-unveils-hidden-tunnel-inside-in-giza-pyramids/
https://www.egyptindependent.com/hidden-corridor-on-northern-facade-of-the-great-pyramid-discovered/
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/scientists-discover-corridor-great-pyramid-giza-2023-03-02/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/whats-behind-these-stones-egypt-unveils-newly-discovered-great-pyramid-chamber/
https://www.cnn.com/style/article/hidden-corridor-pyramid-giza-intl-scli-scn/index.html
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/great-pyramid-discovery-egypt-scanpyramids-khufu-cosmic-cosmic-ray-muon-radiography/
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/egypt-reveals-newly-discovered-9-meter-long-chamber-inside-great-pyramid
https://english.news.cn/20230302/05e4858f30ce4343bfc11c500884e8ff/c.html
https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-733185
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20230302-egypt-unveils-hidden-corridor-in-giza-pyramid
https://www.rfi.fr/en/culture/20230303-scientists-reveal-hidden-corridor-inside-cairo-s-great-pyramid
https://apnews.com/article/pyramid-egypt-cairo-chamber-antiquities-c104c9479b110b85567e61b9ee4bcc0e
https://www.npr.org/2023/03/02/1160589911/great-pyramid-giza-scan-discovery-egypt
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/egypt-reveals-newly-discovered-9-meter-long-chamber-inside-great-pyramid
https://cyprus-mail.com/2023/03/02/scientists-reveal-hidden-corridor-in-great-pyramid-of-giza/
https://www.dw.com/en/egypt-announces-new-great-pyramid-discovery/a-64869784
https://greekreporter.com/2023/03/03/hidden-corridor-egypt-great-pyramid/
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/03/03/archaeologists-discover-ancient-tunnel-at-great-pyramid-of-giza-that-may-lead-to-king-khufus-tomb
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/scientists-map-an-unexplored-corridor-of-egypts-great-pyramid-using-cosmic-rays/ar-AA188t69
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/giza-pyramid-void-muon-radiography-cosmic-rays
https://www.zmescience.com/science/archaeologists-discover-secret-tunnel-inside-the-great-pyramid-of-giza/
https://www.sciencealert.com/corridor-discovered-in-great-pyramid-could-be-protecting-the-actual-burial-chamber
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/03/scans-reveal-hidden-tunnel-in-great-pyramid-of-giza/146329
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/03/03/unknown-room-discovered-in-the-great-pyramid/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11265-230303-egypt-pyramid-corridor
... and Zahi Hawass was explaining it:
https://egyptindependent.com/zahi-hawass-discusses-secret-passage-in-khufu-pyramid/
More on the group of Persian, Roman, and Coptic tombs found at Minya:
https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/122773/The-Egyptian-Spanish-archaeological-mission-uncover-ancient-tombs-in-the
https://greekreporter.com/2023/02/26/group-persian-roman-coptic-tombs-discovered-egypt/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/02/coptic-era-tombs-uncovered-in-upper-egypts-minya/146289
More on Papyrus Waziry 1 going on display:
https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/122804/Papyrus-Waziry-1-was-displayed-for-the-1st-time-ever
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/03/01/longest-hieratic/
Egypt has restored the Al-Hakim Mosque:
https://dailynewsegypt.com/2023/02/28/egypt-inaugurates-al-hakim-mosque-after-restoration/
https://news.yahoo.com/historic-cairo-mosque-reopens-2-181106160.html
https://en.ammonnews.net/article/64109
Pondering who is buried in KV55:
https://www.thedailybeast.com/who-is-really-buried-in-kv55-egypts-most-mysterious-tomb
Feature on some things we've learned about the mummification process:
https://theconversation.com/five-discoveries-that-changed-our-understanding-of-how-the-ancient-egyptians-created-mummies-195523
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-discoveries-ancient-egyptians-mummies.html
Review of Lynne Olson, *Empress of the Nile*:
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/28/books/review/empress-of-the-nile-lynne-olson.html
Review of Candice Millard, *River of the Gods*:
https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/8074338/explorer-frenemies-crazy-quest/
An overview sort of thing on this year's dig at the Sassanid-era Vigol fire temple in Aran-Bidgol:
https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/482428/Archaeological-survey-sheds-new-light-on-Sassanid-architecture
A petroglyph of a 13th century Persian poem from Marvdasht:
https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/482379/Petroglyph-bearing-Sadi-poem-discovered-in-Marvdasht
Among the finds at Girsu is a 4500 years bp temple to the thunder divinity:
https://www.livescience.com/4500-year-old-sumerian-temple-dedicated-to-mighty-thunder-god-discovered-in-iraq
More on the 4700 years bp 'tavern' excavated at Lagash:
https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/ancient-restaurant-highlights-iraqs-archeology-renaissance-rcna72857
https://apnews.com/article/iraq-archeology-lagash-restaurant-daa072cf0d6eeaea4a78d9632037d094
https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/ancient-cultures/ancient-near-eastern-world/ancient-mesopotamian-tavern-discovered/
Feature on Enheduanna's literary efforts:
https://www.history.com/news/enheduanna-earliest-author-mesopotamia
A roundup of archaeology in Turkey for the month of February:
https://turkisharchaeonews.net/article/february-2023-turkish-archaeology
The press in Israel was quick to announce the find of a 2500 years bp shard inscribed with the name of Darius (just in time for Purim):
https://www.timesofisrael.com/hiker-discovers-2500-year-old-ancient-receipt-from-reign-of-purim-kings-father/
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-733038
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2023-03-01/ty-article/inscription-naming-darius-father-of-king-ahasuerus-discovered-in-biblical-lachish/00000186-9ccd-d92c-a3df-ffffae3a0000
https://www.israelhayom.com/2023/03/01/i-thought-i-was-being-pranked-israeli-hiker-discovers-inscription-of-king-linked-to-purim/
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-733038
https://www.jns.org/hiker-finds-2500-year-old-receipt-bearing-the-name-of-king-ahasuerus-father-darius-i/
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/a-hiker-uncovered-an-ancient-receipt-1234659265/
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/03/03/a-rare-inscription-bearing-the-name-of-the-persian-king-darius-the-great/
... but the IAA quickly declared the piece to be 'inauthentic' and the retractions followed:
https://www.timesofisrael.com/antiquities-authority-ancient-shard-with-darius-inscription-is-not-authentic/
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2023-03-03/ty-article/israel-antiquities-authority-ancient-darius-inscription-deemed-inauthentic-in-mix-up/00000186-a734-de2a-a1ee-a737d9390000
https://www.clevelandjewishnews.com/jns/touted-darius-inscription-is-inauthentic-israel-antiquities-authority-clarifies/article_e6027459-7c27-5f3b-a921-558cc6697ce5.html
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-733292
https://www.israelhayom.com/2023/03/05/touted-darius-inscription-clarified-to-be-inauthentic/
https://english.wafa.ps/Pages/Details/133726
https://apnews.com/article/israel-fake-ancient-inscription-darius-persian-empire-168cb72009a67859238e4e468108f5ab
https://thepublicsradio.org/article/israel-says-inscription-in-persian-pottery-shard-inauthentic
More on 3500 years bp evidence of trepanation from Megiddo:
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/02/230222141115.htm
https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/ancient-cultures/ancient-israel/brain-surgery-at-canaanite-megiddo/
https://arkeonews.net/evidence-of-brain-surgery-performed-3000-years-ago-discovered-in-the-ancient-city-of-tel-megiddo/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/02/evidence-of-bronze-age-cranial-surgery-found-at-ancient-megiddo/146270
More on archaeologists 'racing against time' in Jerusalem:
https://www.ucanews.com/news/archaeologists-race-against-time-in-jerusalem/100480
More on that 3rd century BCE Musnad inscription from Saudi Arabia:
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/a-rare-inscription-in-an-ancient-arabian-script-was-uncovered-by-archaeologists-in-saudi-arabia-1234658685/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11255-230227-arabia-musnad-inscription
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This Week in the Ancient Near East Podcast:
https://thisweekintheancientneareast.podbean.com/
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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS)
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Suggestion that Minoans may have used 'celestial star path' navigation methods:
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/03/minoan-civilisation-may-have-used-celestial-star-path-navigation-techniques/146340
https://arkeonews.net/minoan-civilization-may-have-used-celestial-navigation-techniques/
... and a feature on the Minoans:
https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/blue-monkeys-bull-leaping-and-child-sacrifice-why-were-the-minoans-so-weird/
A study of faunal remains in a Bronze Age well at Mycenae:
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-bronze-age-contents-reveal-history.html
Archaeologists are digging a 'new' area of Pompeii (Insula 10 of Regio IX) and have already excavated a fullonica:
http://pompeiisites.org/comunicati/pompei-avviati-nuovi-scavi-nellarea-centrale-del-sito/
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/pompeii-diggers-dream-of-new-treasure-in-untouched-block-jjp5790st
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article272626552.html
https://nypost.com/2023/02/28/archeologists-dig-new-part-of-pompeii-for-rare-treasures/
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/ancient-roman-dry-cleaner-pompeii-1234659239/
https://www.stilearte.it/una-lavanderia-industriale-romana-e-una-casa-con-forno-emergono-dai-nuovi-scavi-a-pompei/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/02/new-discoveries-at-roman-pompeii/146305
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11262-230302-italy-pompeii-excavation
... and a related item on recent finds from Pompeii:
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/mar/04/pompeii-treasures-digs-city-disaster-romans-excavation
Another 'phallic symbol' find from near Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland:
https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/history/another-phallic-symbol-found-near-26366827
Evidence of a 2000 years bp aqueduct at Brescia (Italian):
https://www.stilearte.it/si-calano-nellacquedotto-romano-che-portava-acqua-a-brescia-duemila-anni-costruzione-perfetta/
Storms in Galicia (Spain) caused a cliff to collapse, revealing plenty of Roman artifacts:
https://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-02-26/storms-unearth-hundreds-of-roman-artifacts-in-spain.html
Not sure if we mentioned this Roman coin hoard found in the Bernese Alps back in 2020:
https://www.lematin.ch/story/de-la-monnaie-romaine-decouverte-dans-les-alpes-bernoises-606662574415
A vase found back in 1853 in Colchester is 'sports memorabilia' of a gladiator fight, apparently:
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/mar/04/evidence-reveals-gladiators-fought-in-roman-britain
A 1700 years bp Roman sarcophagus was accidentally destroyed during work in Romania:
https://www.romania-insider.com/roman-sarcophagus-accidentally-destroyed-romanian-cemetery
Overview of recent finds from Salona:
https://www.croatiaweek.com/salona-in-croatia-to-be-world-archeological-sensation-after-new-discoveries/
Archaeologists returned to dig at the site of the theater of Pergamon:
https://www.dainst.blog/transpergmikro/the-largest-theater-in-ancient-asia-minor-rediscovered/
Coverage of a survey done at Hala Sultan Tekke:
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/02/28/surface-sruvey-at-hala-sultan-tekke/
A study of on of the sculptures found at San Casicano dei Bagni (Italian):
https://www.stilearte.it/risolto-il-mistero-della-testa-di-toro-nella-vasca-magica-etrusco-romana-di-san-casciano-dei-bagni/
A study of a dagger supposedly once owned by on of Hannibal's soldiers:
https://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-02-26/the-unsolvable-mystery-of-hannibals-soldier.html?ssm=FB_CC
More on the 'wooden phallus' identified at Vindolanda:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/what-was-this-2000-year-old-phallus-used-for-180981693/
... and the counter-suggestion that it's a drop spindle:
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/feb/26/its-not-a-roman-dildo-its-a-drop-spindle
More on the 'spike defenses' found at a Roman fort site near a silver mine in Germany:
https://www.livescience.com/ancient-roman-spike-defenses-made-famous-by-julius-caesar-found-in-germany
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-732808
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/roman-wooden-spikes-barbed-wire-julius-caesar-180981727/
More on the use of robots and AI to piece together broken frescoes at Pompeii:
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/archeologists-ai-robot-repair-pompeii-artwork-2262148
https://menafn.com/1105661948/Archaeologists-In-Italy-Are-Using-AI-Robots-To-Piece-Together-Ancient-Frescoes-From-Fragments-Discovered-At-Pompeii
https://hypebeast.com/2023/2/repair-italy-archaeology-pompeii-artificial-intelligence
More on the use of AI to read manuscripts from Herculaneum:
https://www.wkms.org/history/2023-03-03/ky-professor-using-ai-technology-to-read-ancient-manuscript-about-life-after-alexander-the-great
Feature on Mitchell Brown's work with Menander:
https://news.wm.edu/2023/02/28/wm-researcher-tracks-ancient-greek-comic-poets-influence-on-modern-sitcoms/
Review of Natalie Haynes, *Stone Blind*:
https://www.tor.com/2023/03/02/book-reviews-natalie-haynes-stone-blind/
York's Roman Quarter development is apparently up for sale:
https://yorkmix.com/yorks-roman-quarter-development-is-up-for-sale-as-owners-try-and-secure-delivery-of-the-project/
Some folks in Greece were celebrating Phallephoria:
https://greekcitytimes.com/2023/02/26/phallephoria-2023-dionysius/
Feature on Septimius Severus:
https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p0f6fwt2/the-untold-story-of-britain-s-african-emperor
Feature on Boudica:
https://www.mentalfloss.com/posts/boudica-warrior-queen-iceni-facts
Feature on the age of marriage of women in ancient Greece:
https://talesoftimesforgotten.com/2023/02/28/at-what-age-did-ancient-greek-women-typically-marry/
Feature on the 'anonymity' of Roman portraits:
https://www.artic.edu/articles/1008/the-accidental-anonymity-of-ancient-portraits
Feature on a Roman temple replica in Manhattan:
https://www.archpaper.com/2023/02/why-shrunken-replica-2000-year-old-roman-temple-west-51st-street/
Feature on botanical Latin:
https://apnews.com/article/plant-names-botanical-latin-gardening-d1c395e489da8a8e870b5f21018a1121See
Feature on Aspasia:
https://greekreporter.com/2023/02/26/aspasia-courtesan-feminist-heroine/
Feature on myth retellings involving ancient Greece's 'forgotten' women:
https://broadview.org/lies-we-sing-to-the-sea/
Feature on Pyrrhus of Epirus:
https://greekreporter.com/2023/02/27/pyrrhus-epirus-ancient-greek-king-fought-romans/
A nice APOD of the moon behind the Temple of Poseidon:
https://tech.hindustantimes.com/tech/news/nasa-astronomy-picture-of-the-day-28-february-2023-moon-and-the-temple-of-poseidon-71677565390003.html
Feature on how the Parthenon sculptures ended up in the British Museum:
https://menafn.com/1105661948/Archaeologists-In-Italy-Are-Using-AI-Robots-To-Piece-Together-Ancient-Frescoes-From-Fragments-Discovered-At-Pompeii
... and some OpEds relating to the sculptures:
https://www.artsprofessional.co.uk/magazine/363/feature/paradox-georges-marbles
https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/voices/2023/03/02/is-it-time-to-hand-back-the-elgin-marbles/
https://greekcitytimes.com/2023/03/04/boris-johnson-has-finally-lost-his-marbles/
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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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Hunter-gatherers on the Mediterranean coast of Spain may have had more fish in their diet than previously thought:
https://www.york.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/2023/research/mediterranean-hunter-gatherers-marine-resources/
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/02/28/mediterranean-hunter-gatherers-relied-heavily-on-fish-diet/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11254-230227-spain-marine-food
Skulls found in a Somerset cave have been dated to 4000 years bp:
https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/somerset-news/update-mysterious-human-remains-found-8192058
A Bronze Age (maybe) tomb with golden necklaces from Armenia:
https://www.sacbee.com/news/nation-world/world/article272617615.html
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/armenia-poland-archaeology-tomb-metsomar-1234658969/
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/66599
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/02/golden-necklaces-discovered-in-bronze-age-tomb/146309
A 3000 years bp toddler's show found by a mudlark in North Kent:
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/66593
A study of stelae from Portugal suggests steel was being used in Europe some 2900 years bp:
https://phys.org/news/2023-02-steel-europe-years.html
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/02/230228154510.htm
https://www.zmescience.com/science/archaeology/archaeologists-stunned-by-2900-year-old-steel-tools-in-portugal/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/02/evidence-of-steel-tools-being-used-in-europe-during-late-bronze-age/146314
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/03/01/steel-was-already-used-in-europe-2900-years-ago/
cf: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0305440323000201
https://www.experimentalarchaeology.uni-freiburg.de/
Among the finds made during A14 construction a couple of years ago is an Iron Age comb made from a human skull:
https://www.livescience.com/comb-made-from-human-skull-may-have-been-used-in-iron-age-rituals
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-64797376
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-733131
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/iron-age-bar-hill-comb-human-skull-2263565
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/66624
https://arkeonews.net/iron-age-comb-found-made-from-human-skull-in-uk/
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/03/02/the-bar-hill-comb/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archeologists-unearth-iron-age-comb-made-from-human-skull-180981722/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11259-230301-england-bone-comb
A 1st century CE Celtic figurine sporting a 'hinged phallus' from Lincolnshire (apparently going to auction):
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/2000-year-old-fertility-figurine-with-hinged-penis-discovered-1234659402/
https://www.insider.com/small-ancient-statue-enormous-penis-england-2023-2
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/66608
A 7th/8th century burial of a mother and child at a school building site in Marseille:
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/66635
A metal detectorist in Germany found an 800 years bp hoard of gold jewellery and coins:
https://www.livescience.com/stunning-gem-covered-gold-earrings-discovered-in-800-year-old-hoard-in-germany
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11266-230303-germany-jewelry-coins
I think we mentioned this 'cache' of 500 years bp spices from the wreck of the Gribshund:
https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/science/archaeologists-find-well-preserved-500-year-old-spices-baltic-shipwreck-2023-03-03/
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-733314
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-03-05/archaeologists-find-500-year-old-spices-in-baltic/102055514
A mudlarker on the Thames found a Tudor leather archery wrist guard:
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-64787840
Remains of a medieval wharf found in the sea off Oslo:
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/66641
A metal detectorist found a hoard of 1000 17th century coins in Poland:
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/03/treasure-hoard-containing-1000-coins-uncovered-in-eastern-poland/146371
A study of remains in Heaning Wood Bone Cave in Cumbria suggests there were three periods of inhumation there:
https://the-past.com/news/cave-in-cumbria-used-for-centuries-of-burials/
A study of the evolution of the plague in Denmark over several centuries:
https://brighterworld.mcmaster.ca/articles/plague-yersinia-pestis-bacteria-denmark/
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/02/230224135014.htm
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11258-230228-denmark-medieval-plague
Plans for a study of the remains of Lowbury Woman:
https://www.reading.ac.uk/news/2023/Research-News/Lowbury-Hill-remains-to-be-investigated-by-Reading-team
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/03/forgotten-lowbury-woman-burial-to-reveal-her-secrets/146321
Plans for a dig at Lowther Castle:
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cumbria-64782891
Plans for a study of the wreck of the HMS Captain:
https://the-past.com/news/lost-british-warship-set-to-be-investigated-150-years-after-sinking/
Studying shards of stained-glass windows smashed during the Protest Reformation of 1560 in Scotland:
https://phys.org/news/2023-02-piecing-scotland-religious-shards-glass.html
Overview of archaeological remains in the Bialowieza Forest:
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/02/28/the-bialowieza-forest-no-longer-an-archaeological-blank-spot/
More on that deisis found during Moscow-Kazan highway construction:
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-732861
More on the medieval Lombard woman whose skull shows signs of repeated trepanation:
https://www.livescience.com/painful-cross-shaped-incision-in-medieval-womans-skull-didnt-kill-her-but-second-surgery-did
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11264-230302-italy-skull-wounds
More on the find of remains of Neolithic megalithic monument builders' homes in France:
https://phys.org/news/2023-02-archaeologists-homes-europe-monument-makers.html
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11251-230222-france-prehistoric-megaliths
More on the find of six burials under a kitchen floor in Scotland being dated to 2000 years bp:
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-64756840
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11257-230228-scotland-iron-age
More on evidence of monastical 'resilience' in the wake of Viking raids at Lyminge:
https://the-past.com/news/evidence-of-resilience-in-the-face-of-viking-raids-at-lyminge/
A development site in Plymouth might reveal some 2000 burials, apparently:
https://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/news/plymouth-news/developer-starts-work-plymouth-city-8203321
A Hereford museum has acquired a King Offa coin:
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-hereford-worcester-64817622
Feature on medieval baby care:
https://aeon.co/essays/medieval-babycare-from-breastfeeding-to-developmental-toys
Feature on how Vikings communicated with other people:
https://sciencenorway.no/communication-language-travel/the-vikings-traveled-a-lot-how-did-they-manage-to-talk-to-people/2159106
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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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Remains of a 6000 years bp 'defensive trench' from Henan:
https://english.news.cn/20230301/3795546d85214ca5bbf198c1c78c46cd/c.html
http://en.people.cn/n3/2023/0301/c90000-10214720.html
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11263-230302-china-suyang-trench
Overview of the finds from the 4000 years bp Bicun urban site:
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article272614717.html
A Jin Dynasty burial from Hebei:
http://en.people.cn/n3/2023/0228/c90000-10213907.html
Tang Dynasty pottery from the Fanjia site in Jinan:
https://www.centredaily.com/news/nation-world/world/article272640452.html
Remains of a large building foundation dating to the Liao Dynasty from Mongolia:
http://english.news.cn/20230221/22f54b7165be46ef98d8cfce8e66749c/c.html
Thirteen kilns dating to the Western Xia Dynasty from Yinchuan:
https://global.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202302/27/WS63fbf815a31057c47ebb0efd.html
A major kiln site dating to the Southern Song Dynasty was also revealed in Jiangsu:
http://www.china.org.cn/arts/2023-03/04/content_85142940.htm?f=pad&a=true
More on those 3500 years bp bone ice skates from Xinjiang:
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article272639296.html
https://www.laprensalatina.com/3500-year-old-bone-ice-skates-found-in-china/
https://www.iflscience.com/animal-bone-ice-skates-dating-back-3-500-years-found-in-china-67780
More on the find of a 2400 years bp flush toilet:
https://www.dailysabah.com/life/history/worlds-oldest-flush-toilet-china-unearths-2400-year-old-lavatory
Plans for a display of assorted Sanxingdui artifacts:
https://www.shine.cn/news/metro/2303036853/
Feature on William Honeychurch's work on Mongolia's ancient nomadic cultures:
https://news.yale.edu/2023/02/21/mobile-culture-yale-archaeologist-sifts-through-mongolias-ancient-past
More on 2000 years bp musical instruments made from antlers from Viet Nam:
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/deer-antler-long-an-museum-storage-earliest-known-stringed-instruments-2261298
https://boingboing.net/2023/03/01/archaeologists-find-2000-year-old-musical-instrument.html
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/02/archaeologists-uncover-2000-year-old-stringed-instrument-in-vietnam/146259
Feature on medieval Buddhist hospitals in Sri Lanka:
https://theprint.in/opinion/buddhists-ran-sophisticated-medieval-hospitals-in-sri-lanka-heated-pool-forceps-acupuncture/1409836/
Remains of a 1300 years bp Buddhist monastery and stupa from Odisha:
https://www.thestatesman.com/india/asi-discovers-1300-yr-old-buddhist-monastery-stupa-in-odisha-1503158101.html
Feature on the archaeology of Keeladi and their trade connections:
https://m.timesofindia.com/city/chennai/caesers-coin-in-madurais-backyard-a-tale-of-two-cities/articleshow/98422846.cms
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AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND
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Maori food storage pits from South Taranaki:
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/whanganui-chronicle/news/centuries-old-maori-food-storage-pits-found-in-south-taranaki-as-part-of-nukumaru-station-rd-extension-work/SBYKCSIDZZCD3NAHICGZLLYDEQ/
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NORTH AMERICA
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The 19th century wreck of the Ironton in Lake Huron has been located:
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/01/us/shipwreck-lake-huron.html
https://apnews.com/article/great-lakes-shipwreck-discovery-ironton-91f6db8e3c42d37b2f8ade7b4df0a4bb
https://www.today.com/news/ship-found-century-lake-huron-confirms-tragic-story-victims-fates-rcna73057
https://theweek.com/michigan/1021417/ship-that-sank-in-1894-discovered-in-lake-huron
https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/long-lost-ship-found-in-lake-huron-confirming-17812665.php
Excavating a 19th century cemetery section prior to building construction in Columbus:
https://www.nbc4i.com/news/local-news/columbus/columbus-archaeologists-excavate-19th-century-human-remains-near-north-market/
More on flotsam from New York being identified as being from the SS Savannah:
https://apnews.com/article/science-new-york-city-bronx-savannah-oceans-dc09efafd9b191d0715a084516527ed5
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/fire-island-flotsam-ss-savannah-2262253
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11256-230227-savannah-hybrid-ship
More on experimental archaeology and the development of Chaco Canyon:
https://www.colorado.edu/today/2023/02/22/scientists-may-have-solved-chaco-canyon-mystery-hauling-logs-their-heads
https://www.sciencealert.com/1000-years-ago-ancient-puebloans-built-a-mysteriously-vast-city-we-may-finally-know-how
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/03/02/scientists-may-have-solved-a-chaco-canyon-mystery-2/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11261-230301-chaco-canyon-construction
Feature on some artifacts excavated at the Battle of Camden site:
https://www.chronicle-independent.com/news/kershaw-county/unearthed-history-battle-camden-part-iii-artifacts/
Feature on the history of robbing of Indigenous burials in New England:
https://www.ctinsider.com/news/article/indigenous-grave-robbing-new-england-17810749.php
An enslaved peoples' burial ground in the Hudson Valley (NY) is being preserved:
https://www.timesunion.com/hudsonvalley/news/article/lloyd-slave-burial-ground-preservation-17808577.php
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CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA
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A delivery man in Peru was found in possession of a 600+ years bp remains of a mummified person that his father had owned:
https://phys.org/news/2023-02-peru-police-pre-hispanic-mummy-ex-delivery.html
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-64797080
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mummy-found-man-cooler-bag-spiritual-girlfriend-peru/
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-733126
https://www.sciencealert.com/former-delivery-man-found-with-a-600-year-old-mummy-girlfriend-in-his-cooler-bag
A previously-unknown Moai statue was found on Easter Island:
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-moai-statue-easter-island-volcano.html
https://www.livescience.com/new-moai-statue-that-deified-ancestors-found-on-easter-island
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-64821698
https://apnews.com/article/moai-statue-rapa-nui-easter-island-807e5de7b5cd006e73ce57402bfce302
https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/south-pacific/300821067/new-easter-island-statue-found-in-volcanic-craters-dry-lake
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/archaeologists-on-easter-island-have-discovered-a-previously-unknown-moai-statue-buried-in-a-dried-out-lake-bed-2261978
https://arkeonews.net/new-moai-statue-discovered-on-easter-island/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/new-moai-statue-found-on-easter-island-180981717/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11260-230301-easter-island-moai
Accounting for the high percentage of woman remains in the Hueyi Tsompantli:
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/02/female-remains-in-aztec-skull-rack-are-associated-with-the-origin-myth-of-huitzilopochtli/146301
More on the 30 Chancay burial found in Peru:
https://www.dw.com/en/pre-inca-graves-discovered-in-peru/a-64833744
Feature on Richard Hansen's efforts to preserve sites in El Mirador:
https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2023-03-01/guatemala-maya-environment-drug-cartels-climate-change
This month's Ancient America's zoom events:
https://mikeruggerisevents.tumblr.com/
... and the March edition of the Aztlander:
https://aztlander.wordpress.com/2023/03/04/march-2023-aztlander-magazine-of-the-americas/
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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: a study suggests assorted ancient texts in various cultures describe of feeding behaviour of whales:
https://www.livescience.com/terrifying-sea-monster-hafgufa-described-in-medieval-norse-manuscripts-is-actually-a-whale
https://phys.org/news/2023-02-mysterious-behavior-whales-ancient-manuscripts.html
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/980816
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/mar/01/ancient-texts-power-new-light-shed-on-mysterious-whale-behaviour-that-captured-imagination
https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/1261/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/1261/pub/1261/page/55/article/NaN
https://www.newscientist.com/video/2361926-ancient-depictions-of-norse-sea-monsters-may-be-feeding-whales/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/these-mythical-sea-monsters-may-have-been-whales-with-unusual-dining-habits-180981729/
cf: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/mms.13009
Feature on runes:
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-runes-advanced-roman-alphabet.html
On the role of robots in saving the UK's photograph archive:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/photography/what-to-see/how-robots-saved-britains-postwar-photograph-archive/
A Queen Victoria sketchbook will be reunited with other artworks of hers:
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-dorset-64815207
Feature on Catherine the Great:
https://www.livescience.com/all-about-history-127
Feature on changes to the UK's Treasure Act:
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/mar/01/toothpicks-hair-locks-treasure-act-museums
Pondering the future of the antiquities trade:
https://www.apollo-magazine.com/antiquities-collectors-art-market-provenance/
Pondering the origins of a painting ascribed to Dali:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/did-salvador-dali-paint-this-enigmatic-artwork-180981723/?
Feature on the statue of David and ideas about masculinity:
https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20230227-the-original-and-most-iconic-male-model
Feature on Hagia Sophia and Mezquita:
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/mar/04/mezquita-hagia-sophia-two-sacred-symbols-culture-wars-belie-complex-history
On the history of the kebaya:
https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20230302-the-asian-blouse-that-tells-a-tale-of-many-cultures
On the beginning of arguing about gender:
https://unherd.com/2023/03/the-gender-wars-started-in-1531/
Review of David Waldstreicher, *Phillis Wheatley*:
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/02/books/phillis-wheatley-david-waldstreicher.html
Review of Reid Mitenbuler, *Wanderlust*;
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/26/books/review/wanderlust-reid-mitenbuler.html
Review of Naoise MacSweeney, *The West*:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/books/what-to-read/west-naoise-mac-sweeney-review-time-give-western-civilisation/
Review of Jennifer Wright, *Madame Restell*:
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/28/books/review/madame-restell-by-jennifer-wright.html
More on that frozen Siberian bear:
https://arkeonews.net/3500-year-old-perfectly-preserved-ancient-frozen-bear-found-in-siberian/
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CURRENT EVENTS:
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OpEd applying the Melian Dialogue (strangely) to the war in Ukraine:
https://nationalinterest.org/feature/lessons-melian-dialogue-case-against-providing-military-support-ukraine-206264
Ancient structures in Hatay survived the earthquakes:
https://www.dailysabah.com/gallery/ancient-structures-remain-standing-in-hatay-despite-turkiye-quake/images
... as did sites in Anazarbus:
https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/quake-bypasses-7500-years-old-anazarbus-ancient-city-in-turkiye/news
... and an overview of damage done to other sites:
https://turkisharchaeonews.net/article/one-month-after-quake-cultural-properties-damage-assessment
Turkiye is taking measures to protect artifacts from earthquakes:
https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/ministry-takes-measures-to-protect-artifacts-from-quakes-181312
The coronation chair to be used by Charles III is undergoing restoration:
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-64798077
https://www.cnn.com/style/article/coronation-chair-restoration-gbr-scli-intl/index.html
In case you missed the president of Mexico's 'elf' photo:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/feb/27/mexican-president-andres-manuel-lopez-obrador-photo-elf-alux
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ANIMAL AND PLANT DOMESTICATIONS
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A study of kurgan burials suggests the Yamnaya culture was first to ride horses 4000=5000 years bp:
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-world-horse-riders-black-sea.html
https://www.livescience.com/worlds-1st-horseback-riders-swept-across-europe-roughly-5000-years-ago
https://www.npr.org/2023/03/03/1160961227/scientists-find-signs-of-horse-riding-in-ancient-human-remains
https://abcnews.go.com/Lifestyle/wireStory/evidence-horseback-riding-dates-back-5000-years-97615176
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/science/archaeologists-find-evidence-that-horseback-riding-began-at-least-5000-years-ago
https://apnews.com/article/horse-horseback-riding-archeology-5caf7da564dbafad6aa50379b0927220
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2023-03-04/ty-article/archaeologists-identify-the-earliest-horse-riders/00000186-a265-d6e6-a3af-fb7563fb0000
https://www.dw.com/en/scientists-say-ancient-europeans-rode-horses-5000-years-ago/a-64883617
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-733324
https://www.harvardmagazine.com/2023/03/first-human-horseback-riding
https://www.science.org/content/article/earliest-evidence-horseback-riding-found-eastern-cowboys
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/humans-started-riding-horses-5-000-years-ago-new-evidence-suggests/
cf: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.ade2451
On the origins (2) of 'indigenous wines':
https://www.decanter.com/wine-news/grapevines-first-cultivated-11000-years-ago-says-study-498726/
https://wineanorak.com/2023/03/02/big-news-new-genetic-evidence-shows-that-the-grapevine-was-domesticated-in-two-locations-and-3000-years-earlier-than-previously-thought/
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LANGUAGE RELATED
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Feature on Kouri-Vini:
https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20230228-kouri-vini-the-return-of-the-us-lost-language
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PHILOSOPHERS AND MATTERS PHILOSOPHICAL
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Feature on Damaris Masham:
https://aeon.co/essays/out-of-john-lockes-shadow-damaris-masham-and-her-philosophy
On classical philosophy and office politics:
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/why-aristotle-beats-the-apprentice-in-big-business-8jf7bsj8s
On family values in Epicurus:
https://www.thecollector.com/epicurus-on-the-values-of-family-and-friendship/
On the 'downsides' of Stoicism:
https://bigthink.com/thinking/stoicism-popular-downsides/
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MUSEUM MATTERS
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Labyrinth:
https://the-past.com/review/whats-on/labyrinth-knossos-myth-and-reality/
Islanders:
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2023/mar/05/islanders-the-making-of-the-mediterranean-fitzwilliam-museum-cambridge-review-art-of-extraordinary-intimacy
Rome of the Republic:
https://www.artandobject.com/news/new-capitoline-museums-exhibit-will-delight-archaeologists-not-tourists
Golden Mummies of Egypt:
https://www.asor.org/anetoday/2023/03/achieving-divinity-golden-mummies
Sassoons:
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/02/arts/design/sassoons-jewish-museum-art-exhibition.html
Le Catillon Celtic Coin Hoard:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-jersey-64799297
Dickens:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-jersey-64799297
The Alamo Collections Center is now open:
https://sanantonioreport.org/new-ralston-collections-center-alamo-opening/
The Philadelphia MoA now has a department for African and African diasporic art:
https://whyy.org/articles/philadelphia-museum-of-art-brind-center-african-and-african-diasporic-art/
Fordham's museum of Greek, Etruscan, and Roman art has reopened:
https://news.fordham.edu/arts-and-culture/museum-of-greek-etruscan-and-roman-art-reopens/
The Argos Archaeological Museum is reopening:
https://news.gtp.gr/2023/02/28/peloponnese-argos-archaeological-museum-ready-to-reopen/
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AUCTIONS AND SALES RELATED
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Big bucks for a looted Kandinsky:
https://apnews.com/article/kandinsky-munch-nazi-looted-art-sothebys-5e62cd857490bc41094daaf71fc934e3
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ON THE DNA FRONT
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A study of the DNA of early hunter-gatherers in Europe:
https://www.mpg.de/19941740/0223-evan-ice-age-survivors-150495-x
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-ice-age-survivors-paleogenomics.html
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/03/230301120846.htm
https://www.livescience.com/unknown-lineage-of-ice-age-europeans-discovered-in-genetic-study
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2023-03-01/ty-article/study-of-age-hunters-changes-what-we-know-about-european-ancestry/00000186-98a8-d027-a5de-bef8d0fc0000
https://apnews.com/article/europe-ice-age-archeology-ancient-humans-discovery-1be896899e155ecacdee3efd97ba8b9d
https://www.science.org/content/article/ancient-dna-upends-european-prehistory
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/01/science/dna-hunter-gatherers-europe.html
cf: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-05726-0
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-023-01987-0
A DNA study (7000-5000 years bp) from several sites in southern Spain (not sure if this overlaps with the above):
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-oldest-human-genome-southern-spain.html
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/03/230301120829.htm
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THE TECHY SIDE
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Feature on LiDAR:
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/feb/23/lidar-technology-archeology-radical-thinking
Strontium and dendrochronology help to identify the source of some 400 years bp timbers in Denmark:
https://news.ku.dk/all_news/2023/03/tree-rings-and-strontium-point-researchers-to-the-provenance-of-400-year-old-timber/
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-tree-strontium-provenance-year-old-timber.html
cf: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0278513
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CLIMATE MATTERS
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Review of Peter Frankopan, *The Earth Transformed*:
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/feb/27/the-big-idea-why-you-cant-leave-climate-out-of-history
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TOURISTY THINGS
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Imber and Tyneham:
https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20230226-englands-twin-ghost-villages
Sites at Oxford associated with CS Lewis:
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/28/travel/cs-lewis-oxford-narnia.html
Bar'am synagogue:
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2023-03-02/ty-article-magazine/exploring-israel-a-visit-to-a-1-600-year-old-synagogue/00000186-a308-de2a-a1ee-a31fe4230000
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PERFORMANCES AND MUSIC RELATED
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Feature on Escolania de Montserrat:
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/mar/03/unchanged-melody-the-all-boys-choir-that-survived-700-years-of-conflict
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CRIME BEAT
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The statue of the Little Mermaid in Copenhagen was vandalized again:
https://apnews.com/article/denmark-little-mermaid-copenhagen-vandalism-russian-flag-7487b88c6a00bd997e6b540a7e65f448
Feature on art and antiquities being used for money laundering purposes:
https://www.occrp.org/en/27-ccwatch/cc-watch-briefs/17373-art-and-antiquities-an-attractive-market-for-money-laundering-faft-argues
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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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Cambridge is returning some Australian spears taken by Captain Cook:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-64820618
https://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/cambridge-news/cambridge-university-return-captain-cooks-26357321
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/03/02/aboriginal-spears-captain-cook-returned-australia/
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/cambridge-university-to-return-australian-spears-seized-by-captain-james-cook-v68cx0qqq
Switzerland returned a number of items to Iraq:
https://www.iraqinews.com/iraq/iraq-receives-antiquities-in-switzerland/
Interesting feature on the recovery of stolen statuary from India:
https://theamericanscholar.org/the-goddess-complex/
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NUMISMATICA
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Feature on the coins of Carthage:
https://coinweek.com/ancient-coins/the-coins-of-carthage-during-hannibals-war-with-rome/
Latest e-Sylum:
http://www.coinbooks.org/v26/club_nbs_esylum_v26n09.html
... and the one which should appear later today:
http://www.coinbooks.org/v26/club_nbs_esylum_v26n10.html
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Coin Week:
http://www.coinweek.com/
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OBITUARIES
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Howard R Lamar:
https://news.yale.edu/2023/02/24/howard-r-lamar-eminent-historian-and-former-yale-president
John Richard Wilson:
https://www.ualberta.ca/the-quad/2023/03/lowering-the-flag-john-richard-wilson.html
Pierre Apraxine:
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/03/arts/pierre-apraxine-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/3262-audio-news-from-archaeologica-february-19th-through-the-25th-2023
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GENERAL ARCHAEOLOGY NEWS BLOGS
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Archaeology Magazine News Page:
http://www.archaeology.org/news/
About.com Archaeology:
http://archaeology.about.com/
Archaeology Briefs:
http://archaeologybriefs.blogspot.com/
Atlas Obscura:
https://www.atlasobscura.com/
Heritage Daily:
https://www.heritagedaily.com/
Sapiens Archaeology:
https://www.sapiens.org/category/archaeology/
Taygete Atlantis excavations blogs aggregator:
http://planet.atlantides.org/taygete/
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PODCASTS/VODCASTS
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Archaeosoup:
http://www.youtube.com/user/Archaeos0up?feature=watch
Archaeology Podcast Network:
http://www.archaeologypodcastnetwork.com/
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