david meadows
2021-03-07 15:46:27 UTC
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explorator 23.46 March 7, 2021
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Richard Campbell, Barbara Saylor Rodgers, Bob Heuman, David Critchley,
Richard Miller, Kris Curry, Rick Heli, Richard C. Griffiths, Frank MacKay, Jona Lendering,
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 high tech study of the 'Little Foot' australopithecus skull:
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-03/dls-nta030121.php
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/03/210302075348.htm
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-56241509
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/03/new-technology-allows-scientists-first.html
https://www.archaeology.org/news/9500-210303-little-foot-fossil
A survey of a cave in western Iran has revealed Neanderthal and megafauna remains:
https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/458850/Lion-and-rhino-fossils-discovered-in-Neanderthal-cave-western
Neanderthals appear to have been able to perceive and produce 'speech':
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-03/bu-nht022621.php
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/03/210301112358.htm
https://phys.org/news/2021-03-neandertals-capacity-human-speech.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/01/science/neanderthals-hearing-language.html
https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/01/world/neanderthals-ears-hearing-language-scn/index.html
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/03/01/neanderthals-could-speak-3d-reconstruction-early-humans-ear/
https://cosmosmagazine.com/people/anthropology/neanderthals-were-capable-of-human-speech/
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/03/neanderthal-and-early-modern-human.html
https://www.sciencealert.com/neanderthals-could-both-hear-and-produce-human-like-speech
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/03/neanderthals-had-capacity-to-perceive.html
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9498-210302-neanderthal-ear-bones
The Acheulean tool culture may have persisted 100 000 years longer than previously thought:
https://phys.org/news/2021-03-neanderthal-early-modern-human-stone.html
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-03/uok-nae030121.php
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/03/210301211625.htm
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/03/neanderthal-and-early-modern-human.html
There's diminishing support among academics for the 'competition hypothesis' for the demise of the Neanderthals, apparently:
https://phys.org/news/2021-03-shift-scientific-consensus-demise-neanderthals.html
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/03/shift-in-scientific-consensus-about.html
Suggestion that quest for food drove human evolution:
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/mar/07/how-early-humans-quest-for-food-stoked-the-flames-of-evolution
Suggestion that megafauna extinction contributed to early hominid brain growth:
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-02/tu-thb022821.php
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/02/the-human-brain-grew-as-result-of.html
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/03/03/a-novel-theory-explaining-the-evolution-of-the-human-species/
Suggestion that hominids evolved to use less water than their primate relatives:
https://phys.org/news/2021-03-humans-evolved-closest-primate-relatives.html
cf: https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(21)00289-X
A study of when homo sapiens reached far east Asia:
https://www.pnas.org/content/118/10/e2101173118
I think we mentioned this study of Neanderthal teeth from Jersey a few weeks ago:
https://archaeology.co.uk/articles/news/reassessing-neanderthal-teeth-in-jersey.htm
More on purported links between magnetic field reversals and the demise of the Neanderthals:
https://www.sapiens.org/column/field-trips/magnetic-field-reversal-neanderthal/
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AFRICA
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Feature on the 'Queen of Sheba's Embankment' in Eredo:
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/03/sungbos-eredo-the-queen-of-shebas-embankment/137500
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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT
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Not sure if this 'pet cemetery' find from Berenike (actually expanding on a find a few years ago) is the big news we were expecting:
http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/ancient-egyptian-pet-cemetery-contained-much-loved-cats-and-dogs-pampered-in-their-old-age
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/ancient-egyptian-animal-cemetery-1949526
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/oldest-pet-cemetery-berenice-egypt
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2021/02/graves-nearly-600-cats-and-dogs-ancient-egypt-may-be-world-s-oldest-pet-cemetery
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/ancient-egyptians-took-good-care-their-pets-180977172/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9507-210305-egypt-pet-cemetery
The second phase of the Dedara Temple complex restoration has been completed:
https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/99252/2nd-phase-of-Dendara-Temple-Complex-restoration-completed-Min-of
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/405260/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/In-Photos-Second-restoration-phase-of-Upper-Egypts.aspx
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/03/second-restoration-phase-of-upper.html
... as has restoration of an Islamic/Ottoman-era village in Balat:
https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/99377/Islamic-Village-in-Balat-restored
Some sites in Sohag have been officially inaugurated:
https://english.ahram.org.eg/News/405204.aspx
Feature on the latest work at Karnak:
https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/99385/Learn-about-latest-excavation-restoration-work-at-Temples-of-Karnak
More on that 3500 years bp 'mummification manual' from P. Louvre-Carlsberg:
https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2021/ancient-egyptian-manual-reveals-new-details-about-mummification/
https://www.livescience.com/earliest-mummification-manual.html
https://www.sciencealert.com/the-oldest-known-mummification-recipe-has-been-unearthed
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/ancient-egyptian-papyrus-demystifies-embalming-techniques-180977147/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9503-210304-egypt-mummification-manual
More on the identification of the Meidum geese:
http://www.sci-news.com/archaeology/meidum-geese-09407.html
Feature on the alignment of the pyramids:
https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/are-the-egyptian-pyramids-aligned-with-the-stars
Feature on the beginning of agriculture at Abu Hureyra:
https://www.asor.org/anetoday/2021/03/cosmic-impact-abu-hureyra
I think we mentioned the massive gateway revealed at Persepolis:
https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/458794/New-light-shed-on-Persepolis
The site of Istakhr (the former capital of the Sasanian Empire) is getting some restoration:
https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/458634/Istakhr-once-capital-of-the-Sasanian-Empire-undergoes-restoration
Feature on Noushabad:
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/03/noushabad-the-hidden-underground-city/137483
The Pope's visit to Iraq has occasioned some features on Ur:
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/iraq-pope-francis-visit-ur-abraham-birthplace
https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-ancient-ur-birthplace-of-abraham-pope-calls-for-peace-among-faiths-he-begat/
Feature on the discovery of Gobeklitepe:
https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/landowner-recalls-story-of-gobeklitepes-discovery-162873
Something about the archaeological 'wealth' of Dhi Qar (Iraq):
https://shafaq.com/en/Iraq-News/Dhi-Qar-archeological-wealth-equals-France-s-and-Italy-s-combined-expert-says
A study of human diet in the Jordan Valley some 12 000 years bp:
https://www.timesofisrael.com/ancient-foodies-study-reveals-dietary-preferences-of-jordan-valley-early-humans/
Feature on the Balama tunnel in Palestine:
https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2021/02/water-tunnel-westbank-archaeology-tourism-travel.html
Interesting feature on how various mostly ANE cultures created the colour blue:
https://www.aramcoworld.com/Articles/February-2021/The-Quest-for-Blue
Not sure where to put this one: a study suggests the earliest cotton in Arabia came from India:
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/earliest-cotton-in-arabia-came-from-india-study/articleshow/81321711.cms
Oman is upping the penalties for trafficking antiquities:
https://www.timesofoman.com/article/omr-100000-fine-three-year-jail-for-trafficking-antiquities
The US and Turkey have come to an agreement on the trade of antiquities:
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/americas/turkish-us-pact-cracks-down-on-archaeological-trade/2166119
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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS)
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Another Roman sarcophagus find, this time from Turkey's Eskisehir province:
https://www.dailysabah.com/life/history/construction-workers-discover-ancient-sarcophagus-in-nw-turkey
Six children found some Roman-era artifacts in LIbya:
https://english.aawsat.com/home/article/2842711/six-children-discover-ancient-artifacts-libya
Byzantine and Ottoman-era structures revealed on Mytilene:
https://www.culture.gov.gr/el/Information/SitePages/view.aspx?nID=3674
https://greekreporter.com/2021/03/02/gate-to-byzantine-city-ottoman-baths-discovered-under-mytilene-castle/
https://greekcitytimes.com/2021/03/03/new-findings-mytilene-castle/
https://www.tornosnews.gr/en/greek-news/culture/43632-byzantine-gate-and-ottoman-baths-discovered-under-castle-on-lesvos-island.html
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/03/02/fresh-archaeological-data-from-the-kato-kastro-mytilene/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9505-210304-lesbos-bath-door
A 2300 years bp 'shrine' in Turkey is acutally the tomb of an ancient Greek boxer:
https://greekreporter.com/2021/03/02/turkey-shrine-tomb-of-ancient-greek-boxer-diagoras/
Using inscriptions to figure out the Roman name of Bulgaria's Ruse:
http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2021/02/28/archaeologist-figures-out-thracian-name-of-roman-danube-city-sexaginta-prista-bulgarias-ruse/
Not sure why this Corinthian helmet, found a decade or so ago off the coast of Israel, was in the news:
https://greekcitytimes.com/2021/03/03/corinthian-warriors-helmet-israel/
Structural concerns for the Moria aqueduct in Mytilene:
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/03/04/danger-of-the-moria-roman-aqueduct-collapsing/
Feature on Titus' 'disaster relief' efforts at Pompeii:
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/06/opinion/rome-pompeii-slaves-mobility.html
Haven't had a wall collapse at Pompeii for a while:
https://www.archeomedia.net/bacoli-na-mentre-tutti-esultano-per-pompei-alla-terme-romane-di-baia-crolla-un-muro/
... and I'm not sure whether concerns about Mafia involvement in restorations is connected to it (it was a few years ago):
https://napoli.repubblica.it/cronaca/2021/03/05/news/pompei_accertamenti_su_infiltrazioni_mafiose_nei_lavori_di_restauro-290474772/
https://lostrillone.tv/pompei-accertamenti-su-infiltrazioni-mafiose-nei-cantieri-del-parco-archeologico/29036.html
https://www.agro24.it/2021/03/05/pompei-il-prefetto-di-napoli-dispone-laccesso-antimafia-ai-cantieri-dellarea-archeologica/
... and as he departs his role at Pompeii, Massimo Osanna says there's much more to be found:
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/pompeii-story-lives-on-as-buried-city-keeps-giving-up-its-secrets-mjbzwzrmv
A feature on the approach of Pompeii's new director:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/rebeccahughes/2021/02/23/pompeiis-new-director-brings-innovation-to-italys-archeological-treasure/amp/
... and more on the folks who resigned when he was appointed:
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/gabriel-zuchtriegel-board-resignations-1947865
Using bioarchaeological data to track migration in the Medierranean region from the Neolithic to the Late Roman period:
https://phys.org/news/2021-03-deep-bioarchaeological-reveals-mediterranean-migration.html
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/03/210301151556.htm
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-03/fsu-ddi030121.php
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/03/deep-dive-into-bioarchaeological-data.html
The restored Mausoleum of Augustus has reopened:
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20210304-forgotten-mausoleum-of-roman-emperor-augustus-reborn
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/03/01/vast-mausoleum-roman-emperor-augustus-reopens-decades-neglect/
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-9315843/Mausoleum-built-2-000-years-ago-Romes-emperor-Augustus-finally-reopens.html
https://www.thelocal.it/20210305/in-photos-rome-reopens-forgotten-mausoleum-of-emperor-augustus/
https://gulfnews.com/photos/entertainment/photos-forgotten-mausoleum-of-roman-emperor-augustus-reborn-1.1615034395758
https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/forgotten-mausoleum-of-roman-emperor-augustus-reborn-162897
https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/526/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/526/pub/526/page/61/article/147183
https://www.apollo-magazine.com/the-mausoleum-of-augustus/
Plans for marking the 1900th anniversary of Hadrian's Wall:
https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/year-celebrations-mark-1900-years-19970750
https://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/19140419.hadrians-wall-turns-1900/
https://www.northumberlandgazette.co.uk/whats-on/arts-and-entertainment/hadrians-wall-to-celebrate-1900th-anniversary-with-year-long-festival-3156614
The Alexander Mosaic in Pompeii is getting some restoration:
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20210305_16/
Funding for research into the Roman Limes system (Dutch):
https://www.rtvutrecht.nl/nieuws/2146768/4-miljoen-euro-voor-utrechts-onderzoek-naar-oude-romeinse-grens.html
More on that ceremonial Roman carriage/chariot from Pompeii:
https://www.livescience.com/chariot-unearthed-pompeii-astounds-archaeologists.html
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/feb/27/archaeologists-find-unique-ceremonial-vehicle-near-pompeii
https://phys.org/news/2021-02-roman-chariot-unearthed-intact-pompeii.html
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-56222992
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/02/28/elaborate-ancient-roman-chariot-found-near-pompeii-declared/
https://www.cnn.com/videos/travel/2021/03/01/ancient-chariot-pompeii-long-orig-mrg.cnn
https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/ceremonial-roman-chariot-found-well-preserved-in-italys-pompeii/news
http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/pompeii-wedding-chariot-discovered
https://www.9news.com.au/videos/world/ancient-ceremonial-chariot-unearthed-in-pompeii/cklpwk4nq00160htcudx0o2qa
https://mymodernmet.com/ceremonial-chariot-pompeii/
https://elpais.com/elpais/2021/02/27/album/1614431533_984319.html
https://www.artribune.com/arti-visive/archeologia-arte-antica/2021/02/scoperta-pompei-civita-giuliana-carro-parata/
https://www.npr.org/2021/02/27/972118983/a-lamborghini-of-chariots-is-discovered-at-pompeii-archaeologists-are-wowed
https://www.npr.org/2021/03/01/972597303/researchers-discover-the-lamborghini-of-ancient-vehicles-near-pompeii
http://www.wnyc.org/story/researchers-discover-the-lamborghini-of-ancient-vehicles-near-pompeii/
https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/ancient-cultures/ancient-rome/ceremonial-chariot-found-in-pompeii/?mqsc=E4127642&dk=ZE1130ZF0
https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/03/archaeologists-discover-lamborghini-of-chariots-near-ruins-of-pompeii/
https://www.gizmodo.com.au/2021/03/sweet-ass-four-wheel-lamborghini-chariot-discovered-in-ruins-of-pompeii-likely-ran-when-parked/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-find-unique-ceremonial-vehicle-near-pompeii-180977117/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9497-210301-pompeii-ceremonial-chariot
More on the restored frescoes at the House of the Ceii:
https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/pompeii-fresco-restoration-intl-scli-scn/index.html
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/newly-restored-pompeiian-frescoes-capture-hunting-scene-vivid-detail-180977116/
More on high tech revealing details of Etruscan paintings in the Tomb of the Monkey:
https://www.livescience.com/ancient-etruscan-paintings-hidden-images.html
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-9321723/Figure-looked-like-red-blob-2-500-year-old-Etruscan-tomb-painting-revealed.html
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9499-210302-etruscan-tomb-paintings
More on items recently recovered from the wreck of the Mentor:
https://greekherald.com.au/news/greece/more-artefacts-recovered-greek-shipwreck-near-kythera-carrying-parts-parthenon/
More on the pair of Roman sarcophagi from a wildlife park in Israel:
https://www.livescience.com/israel-sarcophagi-husband-wife-discovered.html
More on that Roman coin found in a British Columbia park:
https://bc.ctvnews.ca/ancient-roman-coin-found-in-park-near-ubc-with-metal-detector-1.5327805
Adrienne Mayor on the lessons the Pandora story has for modern AI applications:
https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/artificial-intelligence-pandoras-box-by-adrienne-mayor-2018-10?barrier=accesspaylog
A Holberg Prize for Martha Nussbaum:
https://news.uchicago.edu/story/martha-nussbaum-awarded-2021-holberg-prize
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-03/tuob-thp030521.php
Feature on Ellen Smith at the University of Nebraska:
https://news.unl.edu/newsrooms/today/article/smith-left-lasting-impact-on-students-university/
Understanding politics via ancient Greek-based games:
https://greekreporter.com/2021/03/01/british-academics-develop-games-based-on-ancient-greece-to-understand-politics/
Review of the children's book, *O My Gods*:
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/06/books/review/oh-my-gods-stephanie-cooke-insha-fitzpatrick-juliana-moon.html
Review of Laura Amy Schlitz, *Amber and Clay*:
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/06/books/review/amber-and-clay-laura-amy-schlitz.html
Oberlin did a 'Bardic Reading' of Seneca's Troades:
https://oberlinreview.org/22980/uncategorized/classics-department-carries-on-bardic-reading-tradition-with-senecas-troades/
How ancient Greece dealt with 'partisan stasis':
https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/03/07/ancient-greece-partisan-stasis-civil-conflict/
A good roundup of assorted recent controversies involving papyri:
https://parerga.hypotheses.org/1226
Feature on the Villa of the Mysteries replica at UMich:
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/villa-of-the-mysteries-replica
Feature on remains of a Roman road in East Lancashire:
https://www.thisislancashire.co.uk/news/19127345.secrets-ancient-roadway-lay-buried-e-lancs-pub-yard/
Feature on what Roman-era mosaics in Galilee reveal about what people were eating:
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/MAGAZINE-ancient-mosaics-conjure-up-lavish-meals-enjoyed-in-roman-era-galilee-1.9591885
Feature on the battle of Salamis:
https://greekreporter.com/2021/03/03/how-ancient-greeks-harnessed-wind-power-to-win-the-battle-of-salamis/
Feature on the Antonine Wall:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/activity-and-adventure/discovering-britains-ancient-wall-wild-edge-roman-empire/
Feature on Naxos/Taormina:
https://www.archeomedia.net/taormina-me-il-parco-archeologico-naxos-taormina/
Feature on the Barlow tumuli (Roman burials in Cambridgeshire):
https://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/local-news/bartlow-hills-cambridgeshire-burial-ground-19951599
Feature on Stabiae:
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/03/stabiae-the-roman-resort-buried-by-mount-vesuvius/137475
Feature on Coria Roman town:
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/02/coria-roman-town/137439
Feature on Pavlopetri:
https://greekcitytimes.com/2021/03/04/pavlopetri-oldest-submerged-city/
Feature on Greek tragedy during the pandemic:
https://www.thearticle.com/greek-tragedy-a-chorus-of-hope-in-time-of-plague
First of the annual features on the Ides of March:
https://www.santaynezvalleystar.com/holiday-history-the-ides-of-march-was-not-usually-something-to-beware/
George Clooney has called for the return of the Parthenon Marbles to Greece (again):
https://greekreporter.com/2021/03/06/george-clooney-calls-return-parthenon-marbles-greece/
Definitely have to mention there's an Asterix and Obelix series coming to Netflix:
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/netflix-animation-series-asterix-obelix
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/03/02/gaul-netflix-announces-new-animated-asterix-series/
... and the growing possibility of a Greek Temple LEGO set:
https://www.thebrickfan.com/lego-ideas-ancient-greek-temple-achieves-10000-supporters/
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http://romanarc.blogspot.com/
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http://rogueclassicism.com/
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EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland)
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Figuring out how a 5600 years bp detached, defleshed human skull ended up in an Italian cave:
https://phys.org/news/2021-03-journey-skull-human-cranium-wound.html
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/03/210303142522.htm
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-03/p-joa022421.php
https://www.livescience.com/rollaway-neolithic-skull.html
https://www.9news.com.au/world/scientists-predict-how-ancient-decapitated-womans-skull-ended-up-deep-in-italian-cave/0ef61fee-8372-490d-b146-a00dd4952137
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/skull-marcel-loubens-cave-italy
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/03/journey-of-skull-how-single-human.html
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-solve-mystery-stone-age-head-cave-180977149/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9506-210305-italy-neolithic-skull
A 5500 years bp 'megalithic' burial ground from Poland:
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/03/archaeologists-discover-polands-largest-megalithic-tomb-complex/137463
https://www.tvp.info/52549912/swietokrzyskie-debiany-archeolog-odkrylismy-jedno-z-najwiekszych-cmentarzysk-megalitycznych-w-polsce
https://www.thefirstnews.com/article/archeological-detective-work-uncovers-polands-largest-prehistoric-cemetery-20304
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/03/one-of-polands-largest-megalithic.html
... this seems to be related:
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/03/archaeologists-discover-ancient-settlements-associated-with-polish-pyramids/137531
cf: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0247306
A trio of Bronze Age burial mounds from Nomansland:
https://www.salisburyjournal.co.uk/news/19132865.bronze-age-burial-mounds-unearthed-woodland-near-nomansland/
A 3000 years bp spear from a Jersey beach:
https://www.islandfm.com/news/jersey-news/rare-bronze-age-spearhead-found-in-gorey/
http://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/525/reader/reader.html?social#!preferred/0/package/525/pub/525/page/17/article/146851
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/02/28/bronze-age-spear-found-metal-detectorist-jersey-beach/
https://www.yahoo.com/news/bronze-age-spear-found-metal-202457797.html
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/02/detectorist-finds-intact-bronze-age.html
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9495-210301-jersey-bronze-spear
Archaeology is revealing the 3000 years bp history (and later) of Zagreb:
https://www.croatiaweek.com/3000-year-old-history-of-zagreb-discovered/
A 1600 years bp burial with "ornate grave goods" from the Czech Republic:
https://english.radio.cz/czech-archaeologists-say-5th-century-tomb-near-hradec-kralove-truly-8711206
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/03/archaeologists-excavate-1600-year-old-burial-containing-ornate-treasures/137538
https://www.expats.cz/czech-news/article/fifth-century-graves-in-east-bohemia-shed-light-on-dark-era-of-european-history
Three rings from various eras found at a site in northeast Bulgaria:
http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2021/02/27/3-newly-found-gold-rings-reveal-antiquity-middle-ages-life-in-danube-region-of-northeast-bulgaria/
A network of secret medieval tunnels revealed near Tintern Abbey:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-56281726
https://aleteia.org/2021/03/06/mysterious-network-of-tunnels-discovered-near-tintern-abbey/
17th century seawalls from Southsea are being preserved:
https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/politics/historic-seawalls-in-southsea-uncovered-as-sea-defence-work-continues-3154559
A study of rare diseases in the North Caucasian Bronze Age:
https://phys.org/news/2021-03-rare-diseases-bronze-age.html
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/03/rare-diseases-in-bronze-age.html
An update on that project to map 'holy wells' in Ireland:
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-56216763
Earl Spencer has been taking diving lessons to take part in the search for the lost White Ship:
https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/525/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/525/pub/525/page/16/article/146849
Remains of a shipwreck found near Southwold can't be investigated in the current COVID-19 zeitgeist, apparently:
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-suffolk-56199044
Studying how Hampshire was governed prior to the arrival of the Normans:
https://www.hampshirechronicle.co.uk/news/19140275.detective-work-uncovering-way-hampshire-governed/
Feature on a walrus found in a human grave under a London Underground station:
https://www.mylondon.news/news/nostalgia/mystery-walrus-found-human-grave-19942654
There was a fire at St Hilarion castle:
https://cyprus-mail.com/2021/03/03/fire-at-st-hilarion-castle/
Concerns for a 12th century palace in Murcia:
https://elpais.com/cultura/2021-03-03/la-medina-azahara-del-siglo-xii-agoniza.html
Concerns for a medieval church in Sligo:
https://www.rte.ie/news/connacht/2021/0302/1200494-staad-abbey/
Concerns/plans for a 19th century pelota court in Spain:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/feb/28/the-sistine-chapel-of-pelota-bounces-back-as-a-centre-of-spanish-culture
Concerns for heritage sites in Montenegro:
https://balkaninsight.com/2021/03/02/protected-on-paper-montenegros-heritage-sites-are-threatened-by-neglect/
Concerns for the 'Versailles of Wales':
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2021/feb/28/pleas-to-save-historic-versailles-of-wales-before-it-falls-into-ruin
Feature on the Sutton Hoo helmet:
https://aeon.co/videos/the-meanings-and-mysteries-of-the-iconic-sutton-hoo-helmet-brought-vividly-to-life
Feature on 10 British Iron Age hill forts:
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/03/10-british-iron-age-hill-forts/118900
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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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Studying 'social resilience' in Bronze Age China:
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/03/03/research-highlights-importance-of-social-resilience-in-bronze-age-china/
Fire has pretty much destroyed a 400 years bp Wengding village in China:
https://multimedia.scmp.com/infographics/news/china/article/3123696/wengding-village-fire/index.html
Suggestion that climate change, not Genghis Khan, led to the demise of medieval river civilizations in central Asia:
https://www.discovermagazine.com/environment/genghis-khan-didnt-bring-down-central-asias-medieval-river-civilizations-but
10th/11th century CE 'relic chamber' (and a pair of mounds) found in Nateshwar:
https://www.thedailystar.net/city/news/ancient-relic-chamber-discovered-nateshwar-2054681
A 10th/11th century CE stupa complex from Bangladesh:
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/03/ancient-stupa-complex-unearthed-in.html
Concerns for sites in Shangla:
https://www.dawn.com/news/1610726
Plans for excavations at the ancient port city of Korkai:
https://www.newsx.com/national/ancient-port-city-of-korkai-to-be-excavated-after-52-years.html
More on that 'lake of skeletons' in India:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-56116533
Rio Tinto's chairman has now stepped down in the wake of the destruction of Aboriginal sites:
https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/02/business/rio-tinto-chairman-juukan-gorge-intl-hnk/index.html
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-rio-tinto-chairman-idUSKCN2AU2QS
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/mar/03/rio-tinto-investors-welcome-chairs-decision-to-step-down-after-juukan-gorge-scandal
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NORTH AMERICA
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Suggestion that woolly mammoths and humans may have coexisted in early New England:
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-03/dc-wmm030321.php
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/03/05/woolly-mammoths-may-have-overlapped-with-first-humans-in-new-england/
Biomarkers in Alaskan lake sediment are being used to support a rethink of Beringian migration theories:
https://www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2021/02/research-could-reset-accepted-timeline-humans-reaching-north-america
Development on Alexandria's riverfront have revealed a pile of artifacts over the past few years:
https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/northern-virginia/alexandria-riverfront-development-yields-treasure-trove-of-150000-historic-artifacts/2597985/
More on the identification of the Williamsburg Bray school on the campus of the College of William and Mary:
https://www.npr.org/2021/03/03/973355524/discovery-of-schoolhouse-for-black-children-now-offers-a-history-lesson
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/bray-school-william-mary/2021/02/24/d7888cc8-76c8-11eb-948d-19472e683521_story.html
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9496-210301-williamsburg-bray-school
Feature on Hohokam/O'odham remains in Arizona:
https://www.azcentral.com/
Feature on Nannie Helen Burroughs:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2021/02/28/nannie-helen-burroughs-black-teacher/
Feature on Thomas Wiggins:
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/03/arts/music/thomas-wiggins-blind-tom-piano.html
Feature on breweries in Albany:
https://www.timesunion.com/living/article/Footprint-of-old-breweries-linger-as-other-15989396.php
In case you didn't know about the 'slavery loophole' in the 13th amendment:
https://www.wnyc.org/story/closing-13th-amendment-loophole/
Reviewish/interviewish of *African American Political Thought*:
https://www.brown.edu/news/2021-02-25/rogers
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CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA
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The Bahamas were settled earlier than previously thought (by 700 CE or so):
https://phys.org/news/2021-03-bahamas-earlier-believed-settlers-landscape.html
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-03/tau-sbw030321.php
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/03/bahamas-were-settled-earlier-than.html
A dozen burials (6000 - 1300 years bp) from northwestern Argentina:
https://www.cadenagramonte.cu/english/show/articles/32160:six-thousand-year-old-tombs-found-in-northwest-argentina
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9494-210301-argentina-prehistoric-burials
On the natural 'super fertilizer' used by pre-Incan civilizations in the Atacama desert:
https://www.elmostrador.cl/agenda-pais/2021/03/01/el-superfertilizante-natural-que-le-permitio-a-una-civilizacion-preincaica-prosperar-en-el-arido-desierto-de-atacama-en-chile-2/
Pondering who built Teotihuacan:
https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/who-built-teotihuacan-one-of-the-largest-and-most-impressive-ancient-cities
Some upcoming Zoom lectures of interest:
https://mikeruggerisevents.tumblr.com/
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Mike Ruggeri's Ancient Americas Breaking News:
http://goo.gl/1VdeA
Ancient MesoAmerica News:
http://ancient-mesoamerica-news-updates.blogspot.com/
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OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST
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An 'undiscovered' Last Supper painting in an english church is being connected with Titian:
https://www.cnn.com/style/article/titian-painting-church-scli-intl-gbr/index.html
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hereford-worcester-56241825
Feature on misquotations of Lewis Carroll:
https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2021/mar/01/off-with-their-heads-why-are-lewis-carroll-misquotes-so-common-online
On how English became the language of Physics:
https://www.symmetrymagazine.org/article/how-english-became-the-language-of-physics
Arguing over who is the father of modern art:
https://www.rutlandherald.com/features/vermont_arts/cezanne-and-manet-who-is-the-father-of-modern-art/article_ebb7f371-c2bc-5e16-912e-fed3530efa3b.html
In case you missed the 20 million years bp petrified tree find on Lesbos:
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-greece-science-tree/scientists-in-greece-find-20-million-year-old-petrified-tree-idUSKBN29V1VN
On economics and witch hunts in pre-modern Germany:
https://aeon.co/essays/how-economic-behaviour-drove-witch-hunts-in-pre-modern-germany
Plenty of finds of paleontological interest from a garbage dump in Spain:
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/priceless-primate-fossils-found-in-a-garbage-dump
Feature on the 18th century makeup-for-men boom:
https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2021/feb/28/forget-grooming-to-zoom-18th-century-men-were-first-to-make-up
Feature on how the eruption of Mount Tambora affected art:
https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/how-mount-tambora-and-other-volcanic-eruptions-inspired-artistic
Feature on assorted sunken cities:
https://www.euronews.com/travel/2021/03/03/you-might-be-living-near-a-sunken-city-and-not-even-know-it
A 'lost' Jacob Lawrence painting has been located:
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/01/arts/design/jacob-lawrence-painting-resurfaces.html
Pondering 21st century Frankensteins:
https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20210303-what-is-the-frankensteins-monster-of-the-21st-century
Feature on Sarah Hart's work with math, music, and literature:
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/06/science/math-gresham-sarah-hart.html
A collection of photos of 19th century Spain by Jean Laurent have been digitized:
https://elpais.com/cultura/2021-03-02/cultura-digitaliza-6300-fotos-de-jean-laurent-pionero-de-la-imagen-en-espana.html
Latest twist in the hunt for Amelia Earhart:
https://www.livescience.com/amelia-earhart-nuclear-reactor-puzzle.html
Feature on a 15th century Florentine villa and the family who owns it:
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/03/t-magazine/florence-italian-villa-design.html
Feature on the Venus of Willendorf:
https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/what-did-the-venus-of-willendorf-originally-represent
Feature on Charles II's trend-setting mistress:
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2021/feb/28/restoration-influencer-how-charles-iis-clever-mistress-set-trends-ahead-of-her-time
Feature on Mary Anning:
https://www.livescience.com/who-was-mary-anning.html
Not sure about this suggestion linking religion and drugs in the ANE:
https://www.haaretz.com/world-news/.premium.MAGAZINE-was-moses-high-studies-linking-religion-and-drugs-gain-traction-1.9594172
I think we mentioned this study of three Bronze Age 'bog beetles':
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/prehistoric-bog-beetles
More on 1700 years of Jewish life in Germany:
https://www.dw.com/en/storytelling-items-behind-1700-years-of-german-jewish-history/g-56713303
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ANIMAL AND PLANT DOMESTICATIONS
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Suggestion that the European domestic dog originated in southwestern Germany:
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/03/european-domestic-dog-is-presumed-to.html
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MUSEUM MATTERS
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Greek jewellery:
https://menafn.com/1101688710/Ancient-Greek-Jewelry-is-Full-of-History-and-Wonder&source=26
http://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/4992143
Titan:
https://elpais.com/cultura/2021-03-01/el-prado-desata-pasiones-cruzadas-con-las-poesias-de-tiziano.html
Mummies:
https://www.newsobserver.com/living/article249657038.html
Impressionists:
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2021/mar/01/monet-renoir-and-degas-paintings-to-travel-to-melbourne-for-ngv-impressionist-exhibition
A Jewish museum in Germany is facing closure:
https://www.dw.com/en/israels-museum-of-german-jewish-heritage-facing-closure/a-56761661
More on new storage facilities for the Louvre:
https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/the-louvre-preserves-its-treasures-as-climate-change-floods-paris/news
More on the restoration of the Mosul Museum:
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/iraq-mosul-museum-destruction-restoration-efforts-1948306
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AUCTIONS AND SALES RELATED
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A 'long-forgotten' painting by Amrita Sher-Gil is coming to auction:
https://www.cnn.com/style/article/amrita-sher-gil-auction/index.html
... as is a collection of Otto Dix prints:
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2021/mar/05/large-selection-of-otto-dix-works-to-be-auctioned-by-sothebys
A painting by Winston Churchill (and owned by Angelina Jolie) fetched a nice price:
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/02/arts/design/angelina-jolie-churchill-painting-auction.html
More on that 15th century Chinese bowl from a Connecticut yard sale coming to auction soon:
https://www.livescience.com/china-artifact-bowl-sold-yard-sale.html
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-56262954
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/mar/02/yard-sale-bowl-rare-chinese-artifact-sothebys
https://abc7news.com/chinese-artifact-connecticut-yard-sale-sothebys/10386224/
https://elpais.com/cultura/2021-03-03/un-porcelana-vendida-como-baratija-en-un-mercadillo-de-connecticut-es-una-excepcional-vasija-de-la-dinastia-ming.html
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/chinese-bowl-someone-bought-yard-sale-35-could-sell-500000-180977109/
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ON THE DNA FRONT
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Using DNA to study the effects of tuberculosis on European populations over the past 2000 years:
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/03/210304112449.htm
cf: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fevo.2021.639048/full
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THE TECHY SIDE
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A few facial reconstructions this week ... first Lucy and the Taung child:
https://www.livescience.com/lucy-taung-child-facial-reconstructions.html
... and two of the sons of Saint Ludmilla:
https://english.radio.cz/sons-saint-ludmilla-faces-prague-castle-founder-father-czech-patron-saint-8710853
https://www.archaeology.org/news/9501-210303-duke-bohemia-reconstruction
A high tech study of the Pazyryk carpet is shedding light on fermented wool fibres:
https://phys.org/news/2021-03-x-ray-microscopy-reveals-outstanding-craftsmanship.html
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-03/uoe-fwi030421.php
Using AI to read difficult medieval texts:
https://www.utoronto.ca/news/u-t-researchers-train-ai-read-difficult-decipher-medieval-texts
Plenty of interest in a tech-based 'reopening' of a 17th century 'locked letter':
https://www.qmul.ac.uk/media/news/2021/smd/secrets-of-sealed-17th-century-letters-revealed-by-dental-x-ray-scanners.html
https://phys.org/news/2021-03-secrets-17th-century-letters-revealed.html
https://www.livescience.com/sealed-renaissance-letter-virtually-unfolded.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/02/science/locked-letters-unfolding.html
https://www.npr.org/2021/03/02/972607811/reading-a-letter-thats-been-sealed-for-more-than-300-years-without-opening-it
http://www.wnyc.org/story/reading-a-letter-thats-been-sealed-for-more-than-300-yearswithout-opening-it/
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/mar/02/researchers-read-sealed-17th-century-letter-without-opening-virtual-unfolding-x-ray
https://www.cnn.com/style/article/opening-sealed-letters-study-scn/index.html
https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/03/locked-for-300-years-virtual-unfolding-has-now-revealed-this-letters-secrets/
https://www.wired.com/story/sleuths-read-old-booby-trapped-letters-without-opening-them/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/x-rays-and-algorithms-let-scientists-read-letters-without-unfolding-them-180977138/
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/03/03/secrets-of-sealed-17th-century-letters-revealed-by-dental-x-ray-scanners/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9504-210304-letter-virtual-unfolded
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CLIMATE MATTERS
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Using shipping logs to document climate change:
https://www.npr.org/2021/03/01/959600735/how-fast-are-oceans-rising-the-answer-may-be-in-century-old-shipping-logs
cf: https://www.zooniverse.org/projects/psmsl/uk-tides
The UK's National Trust is listing sites threatened by climate change:
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-56287005
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TOURISTY THINGS
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Old Delhi:
https://www.dw.com/en/old-delhi-retains-touristic-charm-despite-adversity/g-56749441
Mani:
https://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/travel/2021/03/a-road-trip-through-the-mani-a-literary-greek-landscape-suspended-in-time
Leptis Magna:
https://www.libyaobserver.ly/culture/ruins-roman-lebdah-city-leptis-magna
Seven UNESCO Heritage sites in Turkey:
https://www.dailysabah.com/life/travel/7-must-see-unesco-world-heritage-sites-in-turkey
Assorted ancient Greek cities:
https://greekcitytimes.com/2021/03/06/cities-ancient-greece/
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PERFORMANCES AND MUSIC RELATED
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The Dig:
https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2021/3/3/the-dig-review-article/
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TV/DOCUMENTARY HYPISH THINGS
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Dinner with Plato:
https://greekcitytimes.com/2021/03/07/dinner-with-plato/
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CRIME BEAT
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Interesting feature on what a looted artifact from Afghanistan reveals:
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/04/magazine/ghazni-panels-afghanistan-art.html
Brief item on Turkish police seizing an Athenian decadrachm:
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2021-03/01/c_139775968.htm
http://www.china.org.cn/arts/2021-03/02/content_77261895.htm
I think we mentioned this guy arrested for illegal excavations in Amphipolis:
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/03/01/arrest-for-illegal-excavations-in-amphipolis/
Vandalism at 'America's Stonehenge':
https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Man-accused-of-vandalism-at-America-s-Stonehenge-15997376.php
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/mar/04/americas-stonehenge-qanon-carving-mark-russo
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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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A 3500 years bp statuette of Arinna, recovered by Turkish police, has gone on display:
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/culture/sun-goddess-of-arinna-on-display-in-western-turkey/2166533
The Louvre recovered some Renaissance armour stolen back in the 80s:
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/06/world/europe/louvre-art-theft.html
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/mar/03/paris-louvre-recovers-16th-century-armour-stolen-nearly-40-years-ago
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/louvre-recovers-armor-antiquities-expert-1234585540/
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/03/louvre-recovers-16th-century-armour.html
https://www.cnn.com/style/article/stolen-armor-returned-louvre-scli-intl/index.html
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/intricate-renaissance-armor-stolen-40-years-ago-recovered-police-180977170/
The Dallas MoA is returning a looted statue to Nepal:
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/04/arts/design/dallas-museum-nepali-structure-returned.html
http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/looted-in-the-1980s-a-sacred-stele-at-the-dallas-museum-of-art-is-headed-back-to-nepal
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NUMISMATICA
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Feature on portraiture on Roman coinage:
https://coinweek.com/ancient-coins/changes-in-portraiture-on-ancient-roman-coinage/
Latest e-Sylum:
http://www.coinbooks.org/v24/club_nbs_esylum_v24n09.html
... and the one which should appear later today:
http://www.coinbooks.org/v24/club_nbs_esylum_v24n10.html
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Coin Week:
http://www.coinweek.com/
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OBITUARIES
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Robert Gold:
https://www.uwinnipeg.ca/classics/faculty/robert-gold.html
Yeshu Drey (Hebrew):
https://www.calcalist.co.il/local/articles/0,7340,L-3896636,00.html
Paolo Moreno:
http://www.ansamed.info/ansamed/en/news/nations/italy/2021/03/05/archaeology-great-moreno-who-studied-riace-bronzes-dies_c75c01ef-8171-4aa2-bdf5-fe7f95680f43.html
https://www.sardiniapost.it/news-adnkronos/archeologia-e-morto-paolo-moreno-identifico-bronzi-di-riace-il-satiro-e-i-dioscuri-3/
https://www.ansa.it/calabria/notizie/2021/03/05/addio-archeologo-paolo-moreno-dai-bronzi-riace-a-cleopatra_e43ad761-338e-47da-be1d-64d16168cd81.html
George Bass:
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/article/underwater-archaeology-pioneer-george-bass-dies-at-88
https://divernet.com/2021/03/06/pioneering-archaeological-diver-bass-dies/
Naomi Rosenblum:
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/05/arts/naomi-rosenblum-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/3027-audio-news-from-archaeologica-february-21-through-february-27-2021
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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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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 high tech study of the 'Little Foot' australopithecus skull:
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-03/dls-nta030121.php
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/03/210302075348.htm
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-56241509
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/03/new-technology-allows-scientists-first.html
https://www.archaeology.org/news/9500-210303-little-foot-fossil
A survey of a cave in western Iran has revealed Neanderthal and megafauna remains:
https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/458850/Lion-and-rhino-fossils-discovered-in-Neanderthal-cave-western
Neanderthals appear to have been able to perceive and produce 'speech':
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-03/bu-nht022621.php
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/03/210301112358.htm
https://phys.org/news/2021-03-neandertals-capacity-human-speech.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/01/science/neanderthals-hearing-language.html
https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/01/world/neanderthals-ears-hearing-language-scn/index.html
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/03/01/neanderthals-could-speak-3d-reconstruction-early-humans-ear/
https://cosmosmagazine.com/people/anthropology/neanderthals-were-capable-of-human-speech/
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/03/neanderthal-and-early-modern-human.html
https://www.sciencealert.com/neanderthals-could-both-hear-and-produce-human-like-speech
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/03/neanderthals-had-capacity-to-perceive.html
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9498-210302-neanderthal-ear-bones
The Acheulean tool culture may have persisted 100 000 years longer than previously thought:
https://phys.org/news/2021-03-neanderthal-early-modern-human-stone.html
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-03/uok-nae030121.php
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/03/210301211625.htm
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/03/neanderthal-and-early-modern-human.html
There's diminishing support among academics for the 'competition hypothesis' for the demise of the Neanderthals, apparently:
https://phys.org/news/2021-03-shift-scientific-consensus-demise-neanderthals.html
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/03/shift-in-scientific-consensus-about.html
Suggestion that quest for food drove human evolution:
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/mar/07/how-early-humans-quest-for-food-stoked-the-flames-of-evolution
Suggestion that megafauna extinction contributed to early hominid brain growth:
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-02/tu-thb022821.php
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/02/the-human-brain-grew-as-result-of.html
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/03/03/a-novel-theory-explaining-the-evolution-of-the-human-species/
Suggestion that hominids evolved to use less water than their primate relatives:
https://phys.org/news/2021-03-humans-evolved-closest-primate-relatives.html
cf: https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(21)00289-X
A study of when homo sapiens reached far east Asia:
https://www.pnas.org/content/118/10/e2101173118
I think we mentioned this study of Neanderthal teeth from Jersey a few weeks ago:
https://archaeology.co.uk/articles/news/reassessing-neanderthal-teeth-in-jersey.htm
More on purported links between magnetic field reversals and the demise of the Neanderthals:
https://www.sapiens.org/column/field-trips/magnetic-field-reversal-neanderthal/
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AFRICA
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Feature on the 'Queen of Sheba's Embankment' in Eredo:
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/03/sungbos-eredo-the-queen-of-shebas-embankment/137500
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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT
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Not sure if this 'pet cemetery' find from Berenike (actually expanding on a find a few years ago) is the big news we were expecting:
http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/ancient-egyptian-pet-cemetery-contained-much-loved-cats-and-dogs-pampered-in-their-old-age
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/ancient-egyptian-animal-cemetery-1949526
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/oldest-pet-cemetery-berenice-egypt
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2021/02/graves-nearly-600-cats-and-dogs-ancient-egypt-may-be-world-s-oldest-pet-cemetery
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/ancient-egyptians-took-good-care-their-pets-180977172/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9507-210305-egypt-pet-cemetery
The second phase of the Dedara Temple complex restoration has been completed:
https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/99252/2nd-phase-of-Dendara-Temple-Complex-restoration-completed-Min-of
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/405260/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/In-Photos-Second-restoration-phase-of-Upper-Egypts.aspx
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/03/second-restoration-phase-of-upper.html
... as has restoration of an Islamic/Ottoman-era village in Balat:
https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/99377/Islamic-Village-in-Balat-restored
Some sites in Sohag have been officially inaugurated:
https://english.ahram.org.eg/News/405204.aspx
Feature on the latest work at Karnak:
https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/99385/Learn-about-latest-excavation-restoration-work-at-Temples-of-Karnak
More on that 3500 years bp 'mummification manual' from P. Louvre-Carlsberg:
https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2021/ancient-egyptian-manual-reveals-new-details-about-mummification/
https://www.livescience.com/earliest-mummification-manual.html
https://www.sciencealert.com/the-oldest-known-mummification-recipe-has-been-unearthed
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/ancient-egyptian-papyrus-demystifies-embalming-techniques-180977147/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9503-210304-egypt-mummification-manual
More on the identification of the Meidum geese:
http://www.sci-news.com/archaeology/meidum-geese-09407.html
Feature on the alignment of the pyramids:
https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/are-the-egyptian-pyramids-aligned-with-the-stars
Feature on the beginning of agriculture at Abu Hureyra:
https://www.asor.org/anetoday/2021/03/cosmic-impact-abu-hureyra
I think we mentioned the massive gateway revealed at Persepolis:
https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/458794/New-light-shed-on-Persepolis
The site of Istakhr (the former capital of the Sasanian Empire) is getting some restoration:
https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/458634/Istakhr-once-capital-of-the-Sasanian-Empire-undergoes-restoration
Feature on Noushabad:
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/03/noushabad-the-hidden-underground-city/137483
The Pope's visit to Iraq has occasioned some features on Ur:
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/iraq-pope-francis-visit-ur-abraham-birthplace
https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-ancient-ur-birthplace-of-abraham-pope-calls-for-peace-among-faiths-he-begat/
Feature on the discovery of Gobeklitepe:
https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/landowner-recalls-story-of-gobeklitepes-discovery-162873
Something about the archaeological 'wealth' of Dhi Qar (Iraq):
https://shafaq.com/en/Iraq-News/Dhi-Qar-archeological-wealth-equals-France-s-and-Italy-s-combined-expert-says
A study of human diet in the Jordan Valley some 12 000 years bp:
https://www.timesofisrael.com/ancient-foodies-study-reveals-dietary-preferences-of-jordan-valley-early-humans/
Feature on the Balama tunnel in Palestine:
https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2021/02/water-tunnel-westbank-archaeology-tourism-travel.html
Interesting feature on how various mostly ANE cultures created the colour blue:
https://www.aramcoworld.com/Articles/February-2021/The-Quest-for-Blue
Not sure where to put this one: a study suggests the earliest cotton in Arabia came from India:
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/earliest-cotton-in-arabia-came-from-india-study/articleshow/81321711.cms
Oman is upping the penalties for trafficking antiquities:
https://www.timesofoman.com/article/omr-100000-fine-three-year-jail-for-trafficking-antiquities
The US and Turkey have come to an agreement on the trade of antiquities:
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/americas/turkish-us-pact-cracks-down-on-archaeological-trade/2166119
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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS)
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Another Roman sarcophagus find, this time from Turkey's Eskisehir province:
https://www.dailysabah.com/life/history/construction-workers-discover-ancient-sarcophagus-in-nw-turkey
Six children found some Roman-era artifacts in LIbya:
https://english.aawsat.com/home/article/2842711/six-children-discover-ancient-artifacts-libya
Byzantine and Ottoman-era structures revealed on Mytilene:
https://www.culture.gov.gr/el/Information/SitePages/view.aspx?nID=3674
https://greekreporter.com/2021/03/02/gate-to-byzantine-city-ottoman-baths-discovered-under-mytilene-castle/
https://greekcitytimes.com/2021/03/03/new-findings-mytilene-castle/
https://www.tornosnews.gr/en/greek-news/culture/43632-byzantine-gate-and-ottoman-baths-discovered-under-castle-on-lesvos-island.html
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/03/02/fresh-archaeological-data-from-the-kato-kastro-mytilene/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9505-210304-lesbos-bath-door
A 2300 years bp 'shrine' in Turkey is acutally the tomb of an ancient Greek boxer:
https://greekreporter.com/2021/03/02/turkey-shrine-tomb-of-ancient-greek-boxer-diagoras/
Using inscriptions to figure out the Roman name of Bulgaria's Ruse:
http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2021/02/28/archaeologist-figures-out-thracian-name-of-roman-danube-city-sexaginta-prista-bulgarias-ruse/
Not sure why this Corinthian helmet, found a decade or so ago off the coast of Israel, was in the news:
https://greekcitytimes.com/2021/03/03/corinthian-warriors-helmet-israel/
Structural concerns for the Moria aqueduct in Mytilene:
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/03/04/danger-of-the-moria-roman-aqueduct-collapsing/
Feature on Titus' 'disaster relief' efforts at Pompeii:
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/06/opinion/rome-pompeii-slaves-mobility.html
Haven't had a wall collapse at Pompeii for a while:
https://www.archeomedia.net/bacoli-na-mentre-tutti-esultano-per-pompei-alla-terme-romane-di-baia-crolla-un-muro/
... and I'm not sure whether concerns about Mafia involvement in restorations is connected to it (it was a few years ago):
https://napoli.repubblica.it/cronaca/2021/03/05/news/pompei_accertamenti_su_infiltrazioni_mafiose_nei_lavori_di_restauro-290474772/
https://lostrillone.tv/pompei-accertamenti-su-infiltrazioni-mafiose-nei-cantieri-del-parco-archeologico/29036.html
https://www.agro24.it/2021/03/05/pompei-il-prefetto-di-napoli-dispone-laccesso-antimafia-ai-cantieri-dellarea-archeologica/
... and as he departs his role at Pompeii, Massimo Osanna says there's much more to be found:
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/pompeii-story-lives-on-as-buried-city-keeps-giving-up-its-secrets-mjbzwzrmv
A feature on the approach of Pompeii's new director:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/rebeccahughes/2021/02/23/pompeiis-new-director-brings-innovation-to-italys-archeological-treasure/amp/
... and more on the folks who resigned when he was appointed:
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/gabriel-zuchtriegel-board-resignations-1947865
Using bioarchaeological data to track migration in the Medierranean region from the Neolithic to the Late Roman period:
https://phys.org/news/2021-03-deep-bioarchaeological-reveals-mediterranean-migration.html
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/03/210301151556.htm
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-03/fsu-ddi030121.php
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/03/deep-dive-into-bioarchaeological-data.html
The restored Mausoleum of Augustus has reopened:
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20210304-forgotten-mausoleum-of-roman-emperor-augustus-reborn
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/03/01/vast-mausoleum-roman-emperor-augustus-reopens-decades-neglect/
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-9315843/Mausoleum-built-2-000-years-ago-Romes-emperor-Augustus-finally-reopens.html
https://www.thelocal.it/20210305/in-photos-rome-reopens-forgotten-mausoleum-of-emperor-augustus/
https://gulfnews.com/photos/entertainment/photos-forgotten-mausoleum-of-roman-emperor-augustus-reborn-1.1615034395758
https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/forgotten-mausoleum-of-roman-emperor-augustus-reborn-162897
https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/526/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/526/pub/526/page/61/article/147183
https://www.apollo-magazine.com/the-mausoleum-of-augustus/
Plans for marking the 1900th anniversary of Hadrian's Wall:
https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/year-celebrations-mark-1900-years-19970750
https://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/19140419.hadrians-wall-turns-1900/
https://www.northumberlandgazette.co.uk/whats-on/arts-and-entertainment/hadrians-wall-to-celebrate-1900th-anniversary-with-year-long-festival-3156614
The Alexander Mosaic in Pompeii is getting some restoration:
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20210305_16/
Funding for research into the Roman Limes system (Dutch):
https://www.rtvutrecht.nl/nieuws/2146768/4-miljoen-euro-voor-utrechts-onderzoek-naar-oude-romeinse-grens.html
More on that ceremonial Roman carriage/chariot from Pompeii:
https://www.livescience.com/chariot-unearthed-pompeii-astounds-archaeologists.html
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/feb/27/archaeologists-find-unique-ceremonial-vehicle-near-pompeii
https://phys.org/news/2021-02-roman-chariot-unearthed-intact-pompeii.html
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-56222992
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/02/28/elaborate-ancient-roman-chariot-found-near-pompeii-declared/
https://www.cnn.com/videos/travel/2021/03/01/ancient-chariot-pompeii-long-orig-mrg.cnn
https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/ceremonial-roman-chariot-found-well-preserved-in-italys-pompeii/news
http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/pompeii-wedding-chariot-discovered
https://www.9news.com.au/videos/world/ancient-ceremonial-chariot-unearthed-in-pompeii/cklpwk4nq00160htcudx0o2qa
https://mymodernmet.com/ceremonial-chariot-pompeii/
https://elpais.com/elpais/2021/02/27/album/1614431533_984319.html
https://www.artribune.com/arti-visive/archeologia-arte-antica/2021/02/scoperta-pompei-civita-giuliana-carro-parata/
https://www.npr.org/2021/02/27/972118983/a-lamborghini-of-chariots-is-discovered-at-pompeii-archaeologists-are-wowed
https://www.npr.org/2021/03/01/972597303/researchers-discover-the-lamborghini-of-ancient-vehicles-near-pompeii
http://www.wnyc.org/story/researchers-discover-the-lamborghini-of-ancient-vehicles-near-pompeii/
https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/ancient-cultures/ancient-rome/ceremonial-chariot-found-in-pompeii/?mqsc=E4127642&dk=ZE1130ZF0
https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/03/archaeologists-discover-lamborghini-of-chariots-near-ruins-of-pompeii/
https://www.gizmodo.com.au/2021/03/sweet-ass-four-wheel-lamborghini-chariot-discovered-in-ruins-of-pompeii-likely-ran-when-parked/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-find-unique-ceremonial-vehicle-near-pompeii-180977117/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9497-210301-pompeii-ceremonial-chariot
More on the restored frescoes at the House of the Ceii:
https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/pompeii-fresco-restoration-intl-scli-scn/index.html
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/newly-restored-pompeiian-frescoes-capture-hunting-scene-vivid-detail-180977116/
More on high tech revealing details of Etruscan paintings in the Tomb of the Monkey:
https://www.livescience.com/ancient-etruscan-paintings-hidden-images.html
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-9321723/Figure-looked-like-red-blob-2-500-year-old-Etruscan-tomb-painting-revealed.html
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9499-210302-etruscan-tomb-paintings
More on items recently recovered from the wreck of the Mentor:
https://greekherald.com.au/news/greece/more-artefacts-recovered-greek-shipwreck-near-kythera-carrying-parts-parthenon/
More on the pair of Roman sarcophagi from a wildlife park in Israel:
https://www.livescience.com/israel-sarcophagi-husband-wife-discovered.html
More on that Roman coin found in a British Columbia park:
https://bc.ctvnews.ca/ancient-roman-coin-found-in-park-near-ubc-with-metal-detector-1.5327805
Adrienne Mayor on the lessons the Pandora story has for modern AI applications:
https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/artificial-intelligence-pandoras-box-by-adrienne-mayor-2018-10?barrier=accesspaylog
A Holberg Prize for Martha Nussbaum:
https://news.uchicago.edu/story/martha-nussbaum-awarded-2021-holberg-prize
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-03/tuob-thp030521.php
Feature on Ellen Smith at the University of Nebraska:
https://news.unl.edu/newsrooms/today/article/smith-left-lasting-impact-on-students-university/
Understanding politics via ancient Greek-based games:
https://greekreporter.com/2021/03/01/british-academics-develop-games-based-on-ancient-greece-to-understand-politics/
Review of the children's book, *O My Gods*:
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/06/books/review/oh-my-gods-stephanie-cooke-insha-fitzpatrick-juliana-moon.html
Review of Laura Amy Schlitz, *Amber and Clay*:
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/06/books/review/amber-and-clay-laura-amy-schlitz.html
Oberlin did a 'Bardic Reading' of Seneca's Troades:
https://oberlinreview.org/22980/uncategorized/classics-department-carries-on-bardic-reading-tradition-with-senecas-troades/
How ancient Greece dealt with 'partisan stasis':
https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/03/07/ancient-greece-partisan-stasis-civil-conflict/
A good roundup of assorted recent controversies involving papyri:
https://parerga.hypotheses.org/1226
Feature on the Villa of the Mysteries replica at UMich:
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/villa-of-the-mysteries-replica
Feature on remains of a Roman road in East Lancashire:
https://www.thisislancashire.co.uk/news/19127345.secrets-ancient-roadway-lay-buried-e-lancs-pub-yard/
Feature on what Roman-era mosaics in Galilee reveal about what people were eating:
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/MAGAZINE-ancient-mosaics-conjure-up-lavish-meals-enjoyed-in-roman-era-galilee-1.9591885
Feature on the battle of Salamis:
https://greekreporter.com/2021/03/03/how-ancient-greeks-harnessed-wind-power-to-win-the-battle-of-salamis/
Feature on the Antonine Wall:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/activity-and-adventure/discovering-britains-ancient-wall-wild-edge-roman-empire/
Feature on Naxos/Taormina:
https://www.archeomedia.net/taormina-me-il-parco-archeologico-naxos-taormina/
Feature on the Barlow tumuli (Roman burials in Cambridgeshire):
https://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/local-news/bartlow-hills-cambridgeshire-burial-ground-19951599
Feature on Stabiae:
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/03/stabiae-the-roman-resort-buried-by-mount-vesuvius/137475
Feature on Coria Roman town:
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/02/coria-roman-town/137439
Feature on Pavlopetri:
https://greekcitytimes.com/2021/03/04/pavlopetri-oldest-submerged-city/
Feature on Greek tragedy during the pandemic:
https://www.thearticle.com/greek-tragedy-a-chorus-of-hope-in-time-of-plague
First of the annual features on the Ides of March:
https://www.santaynezvalleystar.com/holiday-history-the-ides-of-march-was-not-usually-something-to-beware/
George Clooney has called for the return of the Parthenon Marbles to Greece (again):
https://greekreporter.com/2021/03/06/george-clooney-calls-return-parthenon-marbles-greece/
Definitely have to mention there's an Asterix and Obelix series coming to Netflix:
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/netflix-animation-series-asterix-obelix
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/03/02/gaul-netflix-announces-new-animated-asterix-series/
... and the growing possibility of a Greek Temple LEGO set:
https://www.thebrickfan.com/lego-ideas-ancient-greek-temple-achieves-10000-supporters/
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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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Figuring out how a 5600 years bp detached, defleshed human skull ended up in an Italian cave:
https://phys.org/news/2021-03-journey-skull-human-cranium-wound.html
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/03/210303142522.htm
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-03/p-joa022421.php
https://www.livescience.com/rollaway-neolithic-skull.html
https://www.9news.com.au/world/scientists-predict-how-ancient-decapitated-womans-skull-ended-up-deep-in-italian-cave/0ef61fee-8372-490d-b146-a00dd4952137
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/skull-marcel-loubens-cave-italy
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/03/journey-of-skull-how-single-human.html
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-solve-mystery-stone-age-head-cave-180977149/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9506-210305-italy-neolithic-skull
A 5500 years bp 'megalithic' burial ground from Poland:
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/03/archaeologists-discover-polands-largest-megalithic-tomb-complex/137463
https://www.tvp.info/52549912/swietokrzyskie-debiany-archeolog-odkrylismy-jedno-z-najwiekszych-cmentarzysk-megalitycznych-w-polsce
https://www.thefirstnews.com/article/archeological-detective-work-uncovers-polands-largest-prehistoric-cemetery-20304
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/03/one-of-polands-largest-megalithic.html
... this seems to be related:
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/03/archaeologists-discover-ancient-settlements-associated-with-polish-pyramids/137531
cf: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0247306
A trio of Bronze Age burial mounds from Nomansland:
https://www.salisburyjournal.co.uk/news/19132865.bronze-age-burial-mounds-unearthed-woodland-near-nomansland/
A 3000 years bp spear from a Jersey beach:
https://www.islandfm.com/news/jersey-news/rare-bronze-age-spearhead-found-in-gorey/
http://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/525/reader/reader.html?social#!preferred/0/package/525/pub/525/page/17/article/146851
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/02/28/bronze-age-spear-found-metal-detectorist-jersey-beach/
https://www.yahoo.com/news/bronze-age-spear-found-metal-202457797.html
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/02/detectorist-finds-intact-bronze-age.html
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9495-210301-jersey-bronze-spear
Archaeology is revealing the 3000 years bp history (and later) of Zagreb:
https://www.croatiaweek.com/3000-year-old-history-of-zagreb-discovered/
A 1600 years bp burial with "ornate grave goods" from the Czech Republic:
https://english.radio.cz/czech-archaeologists-say-5th-century-tomb-near-hradec-kralove-truly-8711206
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/03/archaeologists-excavate-1600-year-old-burial-containing-ornate-treasures/137538
https://www.expats.cz/czech-news/article/fifth-century-graves-in-east-bohemia-shed-light-on-dark-era-of-european-history
Three rings from various eras found at a site in northeast Bulgaria:
http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2021/02/27/3-newly-found-gold-rings-reveal-antiquity-middle-ages-life-in-danube-region-of-northeast-bulgaria/
A network of secret medieval tunnels revealed near Tintern Abbey:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-56281726
https://aleteia.org/2021/03/06/mysterious-network-of-tunnels-discovered-near-tintern-abbey/
17th century seawalls from Southsea are being preserved:
https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/politics/historic-seawalls-in-southsea-uncovered-as-sea-defence-work-continues-3154559
A study of rare diseases in the North Caucasian Bronze Age:
https://phys.org/news/2021-03-rare-diseases-bronze-age.html
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/03/rare-diseases-in-bronze-age.html
An update on that project to map 'holy wells' in Ireland:
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-56216763
Earl Spencer has been taking diving lessons to take part in the search for the lost White Ship:
https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/525/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/525/pub/525/page/16/article/146849
Remains of a shipwreck found near Southwold can't be investigated in the current COVID-19 zeitgeist, apparently:
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-suffolk-56199044
Studying how Hampshire was governed prior to the arrival of the Normans:
https://www.hampshirechronicle.co.uk/news/19140275.detective-work-uncovering-way-hampshire-governed/
Feature on a walrus found in a human grave under a London Underground station:
https://www.mylondon.news/news/nostalgia/mystery-walrus-found-human-grave-19942654
There was a fire at St Hilarion castle:
https://cyprus-mail.com/2021/03/03/fire-at-st-hilarion-castle/
Concerns for a 12th century palace in Murcia:
https://elpais.com/cultura/2021-03-03/la-medina-azahara-del-siglo-xii-agoniza.html
Concerns for a medieval church in Sligo:
https://www.rte.ie/news/connacht/2021/0302/1200494-staad-abbey/
Concerns/plans for a 19th century pelota court in Spain:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/feb/28/the-sistine-chapel-of-pelota-bounces-back-as-a-centre-of-spanish-culture
Concerns for heritage sites in Montenegro:
https://balkaninsight.com/2021/03/02/protected-on-paper-montenegros-heritage-sites-are-threatened-by-neglect/
Concerns for the 'Versailles of Wales':
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2021/feb/28/pleas-to-save-historic-versailles-of-wales-before-it-falls-into-ruin
Feature on the Sutton Hoo helmet:
https://aeon.co/videos/the-meanings-and-mysteries-of-the-iconic-sutton-hoo-helmet-brought-vividly-to-life
Feature on 10 British Iron Age hill forts:
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/03/10-british-iron-age-hill-forts/118900
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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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Studying 'social resilience' in Bronze Age China:
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/03/03/research-highlights-importance-of-social-resilience-in-bronze-age-china/
Fire has pretty much destroyed a 400 years bp Wengding village in China:
https://multimedia.scmp.com/infographics/news/china/article/3123696/wengding-village-fire/index.html
Suggestion that climate change, not Genghis Khan, led to the demise of medieval river civilizations in central Asia:
https://www.discovermagazine.com/environment/genghis-khan-didnt-bring-down-central-asias-medieval-river-civilizations-but
10th/11th century CE 'relic chamber' (and a pair of mounds) found in Nateshwar:
https://www.thedailystar.net/city/news/ancient-relic-chamber-discovered-nateshwar-2054681
A 10th/11th century CE stupa complex from Bangladesh:
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/03/ancient-stupa-complex-unearthed-in.html
Concerns for sites in Shangla:
https://www.dawn.com/news/1610726
Plans for excavations at the ancient port city of Korkai:
https://www.newsx.com/national/ancient-port-city-of-korkai-to-be-excavated-after-52-years.html
More on that 'lake of skeletons' in India:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-56116533
Rio Tinto's chairman has now stepped down in the wake of the destruction of Aboriginal sites:
https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/02/business/rio-tinto-chairman-juukan-gorge-intl-hnk/index.html
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-rio-tinto-chairman-idUSKCN2AU2QS
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/mar/03/rio-tinto-investors-welcome-chairs-decision-to-step-down-after-juukan-gorge-scandal
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NORTH AMERICA
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Suggestion that woolly mammoths and humans may have coexisted in early New England:
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-03/dc-wmm030321.php
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/03/05/woolly-mammoths-may-have-overlapped-with-first-humans-in-new-england/
Biomarkers in Alaskan lake sediment are being used to support a rethink of Beringian migration theories:
https://www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2021/02/research-could-reset-accepted-timeline-humans-reaching-north-america
Development on Alexandria's riverfront have revealed a pile of artifacts over the past few years:
https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/northern-virginia/alexandria-riverfront-development-yields-treasure-trove-of-150000-historic-artifacts/2597985/
More on the identification of the Williamsburg Bray school on the campus of the College of William and Mary:
https://www.npr.org/2021/03/03/973355524/discovery-of-schoolhouse-for-black-children-now-offers-a-history-lesson
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/bray-school-william-mary/2021/02/24/d7888cc8-76c8-11eb-948d-19472e683521_story.html
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9496-210301-williamsburg-bray-school
Feature on Hohokam/O'odham remains in Arizona:
https://www.azcentral.com/
Feature on Nannie Helen Burroughs:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2021/02/28/nannie-helen-burroughs-black-teacher/
Feature on Thomas Wiggins:
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/03/arts/music/thomas-wiggins-blind-tom-piano.html
Feature on breweries in Albany:
https://www.timesunion.com/living/article/Footprint-of-old-breweries-linger-as-other-15989396.php
In case you didn't know about the 'slavery loophole' in the 13th amendment:
https://www.wnyc.org/story/closing-13th-amendment-loophole/
Reviewish/interviewish of *African American Political Thought*:
https://www.brown.edu/news/2021-02-25/rogers
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CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA
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The Bahamas were settled earlier than previously thought (by 700 CE or so):
https://phys.org/news/2021-03-bahamas-earlier-believed-settlers-landscape.html
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-03/tau-sbw030321.php
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/03/bahamas-were-settled-earlier-than.html
A dozen burials (6000 - 1300 years bp) from northwestern Argentina:
https://www.cadenagramonte.cu/english/show/articles/32160:six-thousand-year-old-tombs-found-in-northwest-argentina
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9494-210301-argentina-prehistoric-burials
On the natural 'super fertilizer' used by pre-Incan civilizations in the Atacama desert:
https://www.elmostrador.cl/agenda-pais/2021/03/01/el-superfertilizante-natural-que-le-permitio-a-una-civilizacion-preincaica-prosperar-en-el-arido-desierto-de-atacama-en-chile-2/
Pondering who built Teotihuacan:
https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/who-built-teotihuacan-one-of-the-largest-and-most-impressive-ancient-cities
Some upcoming Zoom lectures of interest:
https://mikeruggerisevents.tumblr.com/
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Mike Ruggeri's Ancient Americas Breaking News:
http://goo.gl/1VdeA
Ancient MesoAmerica News:
http://ancient-mesoamerica-news-updates.blogspot.com/
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OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST
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An 'undiscovered' Last Supper painting in an english church is being connected with Titian:
https://www.cnn.com/style/article/titian-painting-church-scli-intl-gbr/index.html
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hereford-worcester-56241825
Feature on misquotations of Lewis Carroll:
https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2021/mar/01/off-with-their-heads-why-are-lewis-carroll-misquotes-so-common-online
On how English became the language of Physics:
https://www.symmetrymagazine.org/article/how-english-became-the-language-of-physics
Arguing over who is the father of modern art:
https://www.rutlandherald.com/features/vermont_arts/cezanne-and-manet-who-is-the-father-of-modern-art/article_ebb7f371-c2bc-5e16-912e-fed3530efa3b.html
In case you missed the 20 million years bp petrified tree find on Lesbos:
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-greece-science-tree/scientists-in-greece-find-20-million-year-old-petrified-tree-idUSKBN29V1VN
On economics and witch hunts in pre-modern Germany:
https://aeon.co/essays/how-economic-behaviour-drove-witch-hunts-in-pre-modern-germany
Plenty of finds of paleontological interest from a garbage dump in Spain:
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/priceless-primate-fossils-found-in-a-garbage-dump
Feature on the 18th century makeup-for-men boom:
https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2021/feb/28/forget-grooming-to-zoom-18th-century-men-were-first-to-make-up
Feature on how the eruption of Mount Tambora affected art:
https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/how-mount-tambora-and-other-volcanic-eruptions-inspired-artistic
Feature on assorted sunken cities:
https://www.euronews.com/travel/2021/03/03/you-might-be-living-near-a-sunken-city-and-not-even-know-it
A 'lost' Jacob Lawrence painting has been located:
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/01/arts/design/jacob-lawrence-painting-resurfaces.html
Pondering 21st century Frankensteins:
https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20210303-what-is-the-frankensteins-monster-of-the-21st-century
Feature on Sarah Hart's work with math, music, and literature:
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/06/science/math-gresham-sarah-hart.html
A collection of photos of 19th century Spain by Jean Laurent have been digitized:
https://elpais.com/cultura/2021-03-02/cultura-digitaliza-6300-fotos-de-jean-laurent-pionero-de-la-imagen-en-espana.html
Latest twist in the hunt for Amelia Earhart:
https://www.livescience.com/amelia-earhart-nuclear-reactor-puzzle.html
Feature on a 15th century Florentine villa and the family who owns it:
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/03/t-magazine/florence-italian-villa-design.html
Feature on the Venus of Willendorf:
https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/what-did-the-venus-of-willendorf-originally-represent
Feature on Charles II's trend-setting mistress:
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2021/feb/28/restoration-influencer-how-charles-iis-clever-mistress-set-trends-ahead-of-her-time
Feature on Mary Anning:
https://www.livescience.com/who-was-mary-anning.html
Not sure about this suggestion linking religion and drugs in the ANE:
https://www.haaretz.com/world-news/.premium.MAGAZINE-was-moses-high-studies-linking-religion-and-drugs-gain-traction-1.9594172
I think we mentioned this study of three Bronze Age 'bog beetles':
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/prehistoric-bog-beetles
More on 1700 years of Jewish life in Germany:
https://www.dw.com/en/storytelling-items-behind-1700-years-of-german-jewish-history/g-56713303
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ANIMAL AND PLANT DOMESTICATIONS
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Suggestion that the European domestic dog originated in southwestern Germany:
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/03/european-domestic-dog-is-presumed-to.html
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MUSEUM MATTERS
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Greek jewellery:
https://menafn.com/1101688710/Ancient-Greek-Jewelry-is-Full-of-History-and-Wonder&source=26
http://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/4992143
Titan:
https://elpais.com/cultura/2021-03-01/el-prado-desata-pasiones-cruzadas-con-las-poesias-de-tiziano.html
Mummies:
https://www.newsobserver.com/living/article249657038.html
Impressionists:
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2021/mar/01/monet-renoir-and-degas-paintings-to-travel-to-melbourne-for-ngv-impressionist-exhibition
A Jewish museum in Germany is facing closure:
https://www.dw.com/en/israels-museum-of-german-jewish-heritage-facing-closure/a-56761661
More on new storage facilities for the Louvre:
https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/the-louvre-preserves-its-treasures-as-climate-change-floods-paris/news
More on the restoration of the Mosul Museum:
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/iraq-mosul-museum-destruction-restoration-efforts-1948306
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AUCTIONS AND SALES RELATED
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A 'long-forgotten' painting by Amrita Sher-Gil is coming to auction:
https://www.cnn.com/style/article/amrita-sher-gil-auction/index.html
... as is a collection of Otto Dix prints:
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2021/mar/05/large-selection-of-otto-dix-works-to-be-auctioned-by-sothebys
A painting by Winston Churchill (and owned by Angelina Jolie) fetched a nice price:
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/02/arts/design/angelina-jolie-churchill-painting-auction.html
More on that 15th century Chinese bowl from a Connecticut yard sale coming to auction soon:
https://www.livescience.com/china-artifact-bowl-sold-yard-sale.html
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-56262954
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/mar/02/yard-sale-bowl-rare-chinese-artifact-sothebys
https://abc7news.com/chinese-artifact-connecticut-yard-sale-sothebys/10386224/
https://elpais.com/cultura/2021-03-03/un-porcelana-vendida-como-baratija-en-un-mercadillo-de-connecticut-es-una-excepcional-vasija-de-la-dinastia-ming.html
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/chinese-bowl-someone-bought-yard-sale-35-could-sell-500000-180977109/
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ON THE DNA FRONT
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Using DNA to study the effects of tuberculosis on European populations over the past 2000 years:
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/03/210304112449.htm
cf: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fevo.2021.639048/full
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THE TECHY SIDE
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A few facial reconstructions this week ... first Lucy and the Taung child:
https://www.livescience.com/lucy-taung-child-facial-reconstructions.html
... and two of the sons of Saint Ludmilla:
https://english.radio.cz/sons-saint-ludmilla-faces-prague-castle-founder-father-czech-patron-saint-8710853
https://www.archaeology.org/news/9501-210303-duke-bohemia-reconstruction
A high tech study of the Pazyryk carpet is shedding light on fermented wool fibres:
https://phys.org/news/2021-03-x-ray-microscopy-reveals-outstanding-craftsmanship.html
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-03/uoe-fwi030421.php
Using AI to read difficult medieval texts:
https://www.utoronto.ca/news/u-t-researchers-train-ai-read-difficult-decipher-medieval-texts
Plenty of interest in a tech-based 'reopening' of a 17th century 'locked letter':
https://www.qmul.ac.uk/media/news/2021/smd/secrets-of-sealed-17th-century-letters-revealed-by-dental-x-ray-scanners.html
https://phys.org/news/2021-03-secrets-17th-century-letters-revealed.html
https://www.livescience.com/sealed-renaissance-letter-virtually-unfolded.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/02/science/locked-letters-unfolding.html
https://www.npr.org/2021/03/02/972607811/reading-a-letter-thats-been-sealed-for-more-than-300-years-without-opening-it
http://www.wnyc.org/story/reading-a-letter-thats-been-sealed-for-more-than-300-yearswithout-opening-it/
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/mar/02/researchers-read-sealed-17th-century-letter-without-opening-virtual-unfolding-x-ray
https://www.cnn.com/style/article/opening-sealed-letters-study-scn/index.html
https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/03/locked-for-300-years-virtual-unfolding-has-now-revealed-this-letters-secrets/
https://www.wired.com/story/sleuths-read-old-booby-trapped-letters-without-opening-them/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/x-rays-and-algorithms-let-scientists-read-letters-without-unfolding-them-180977138/
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/03/03/secrets-of-sealed-17th-century-letters-revealed-by-dental-x-ray-scanners/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9504-210304-letter-virtual-unfolded
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CLIMATE MATTERS
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Using shipping logs to document climate change:
https://www.npr.org/2021/03/01/959600735/how-fast-are-oceans-rising-the-answer-may-be-in-century-old-shipping-logs
cf: https://www.zooniverse.org/projects/psmsl/uk-tides
The UK's National Trust is listing sites threatened by climate change:
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-56287005
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TOURISTY THINGS
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Old Delhi:
https://www.dw.com/en/old-delhi-retains-touristic-charm-despite-adversity/g-56749441
Mani:
https://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/travel/2021/03/a-road-trip-through-the-mani-a-literary-greek-landscape-suspended-in-time
Leptis Magna:
https://www.libyaobserver.ly/culture/ruins-roman-lebdah-city-leptis-magna
Seven UNESCO Heritage sites in Turkey:
https://www.dailysabah.com/life/travel/7-must-see-unesco-world-heritage-sites-in-turkey
Assorted ancient Greek cities:
https://greekcitytimes.com/2021/03/06/cities-ancient-greece/
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PERFORMANCES AND MUSIC RELATED
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The Dig:
https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2021/3/3/the-dig-review-article/
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TV/DOCUMENTARY HYPISH THINGS
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Dinner with Plato:
https://greekcitytimes.com/2021/03/07/dinner-with-plato/
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CRIME BEAT
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Interesting feature on what a looted artifact from Afghanistan reveals:
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/04/magazine/ghazni-panels-afghanistan-art.html
Brief item on Turkish police seizing an Athenian decadrachm:
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2021-03/01/c_139775968.htm
http://www.china.org.cn/arts/2021-03/02/content_77261895.htm
I think we mentioned this guy arrested for illegal excavations in Amphipolis:
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/03/01/arrest-for-illegal-excavations-in-amphipolis/
Vandalism at 'America's Stonehenge':
https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Man-accused-of-vandalism-at-America-s-Stonehenge-15997376.php
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/mar/04/americas-stonehenge-qanon-carving-mark-russo
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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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A 3500 years bp statuette of Arinna, recovered by Turkish police, has gone on display:
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/culture/sun-goddess-of-arinna-on-display-in-western-turkey/2166533
The Louvre recovered some Renaissance armour stolen back in the 80s:
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/06/world/europe/louvre-art-theft.html
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/mar/03/paris-louvre-recovers-16th-century-armour-stolen-nearly-40-years-ago
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/louvre-recovers-armor-antiquities-expert-1234585540/
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/03/louvre-recovers-16th-century-armour.html
https://www.cnn.com/style/article/stolen-armor-returned-louvre-scli-intl/index.html
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/intricate-renaissance-armor-stolen-40-years-ago-recovered-police-180977170/
The Dallas MoA is returning a looted statue to Nepal:
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/04/arts/design/dallas-museum-nepali-structure-returned.html
http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/looted-in-the-1980s-a-sacred-stele-at-the-dallas-museum-of-art-is-headed-back-to-nepal
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NUMISMATICA
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Feature on portraiture on Roman coinage:
https://coinweek.com/ancient-coins/changes-in-portraiture-on-ancient-roman-coinage/
Latest e-Sylum:
http://www.coinbooks.org/v24/club_nbs_esylum_v24n09.html
... and the one which should appear later today:
http://www.coinbooks.org/v24/club_nbs_esylum_v24n10.html
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Coin Week:
http://www.coinweek.com/
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OBITUARIES
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Robert Gold:
https://www.uwinnipeg.ca/classics/faculty/robert-gold.html
Yeshu Drey (Hebrew):
https://www.calcalist.co.il/local/articles/0,7340,L-3896636,00.html
Paolo Moreno:
http://www.ansamed.info/ansamed/en/news/nations/italy/2021/03/05/archaeology-great-moreno-who-studied-riace-bronzes-dies_c75c01ef-8171-4aa2-bdf5-fe7f95680f43.html
https://www.sardiniapost.it/news-adnkronos/archeologia-e-morto-paolo-moreno-identifico-bronzi-di-riace-il-satiro-e-i-dioscuri-3/
https://www.ansa.it/calabria/notizie/2021/03/05/addio-archeologo-paolo-moreno-dai-bronzi-riace-a-cleopatra_e43ad761-338e-47da-be1d-64d16168cd81.html
George Bass:
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/article/underwater-archaeology-pioneer-george-bass-dies-at-88
https://divernet.com/2021/03/06/pioneering-archaeological-diver-bass-dies/
Naomi Rosenblum:
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/05/arts/naomi-rosenblum-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/3027-audio-news-from-archaeologica-february-21-through-february-27-2021
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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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