Thanks to Arthur Shippee, Dave Sowdon, Edward Rockstein, Kurt Theis, John McMahon, Barnea Selavan, Joseph Lauer, Mike Ruggeri, Hernan Astudillo, Tom V,Richard Campbell, Barbara Saylor Rodgers, Bob Heuman, David Critchley, Suzan Mazur, Richard Miller, Kris Curry, Rick Heli, Richard C. Griffiths, Frank MacKay, Lucas Morron, 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 700 000 years bp site with tools and animal bones found in a coal mine in Greece:
https://phys.org/news/2023-06-newly-stone-tools-dawn-greek.html
https://apnews.com/article/greece-archaeology-oldest-site-stone-tools-3e84007cde4d77a2725b7877b9b38335
https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/newly-discovered-stone-tools-drag-dawn-greek-archaeology-99767966
https://www.ekathimerini.com/culture/1212427/newly-discovered-stone-tools-drag-dawn-of-greek-archaeology-back-by-a-quarter-million-years/
https://greekcitytimes.com/2023/06/02/archaeological-breakthrough-ancient-greek-civilisation-rewritten-by-a-quarter-million-years/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11478-230602-greece-lower-paleolithic
Palaeolithic tools found on Lesvos:
https://www.ekathimerini.com/culture/1212255/paleolithic-discovery-made-on-lesvos/
A study of that ‘Neanderthal glue’ which was in the news a few years ago:
https://phys.org/news/2023-05-neanderthals-synthetic-material-underground-distillation.html
https://www.sciencealert.com/neanderthals-may-have-been-the-first-to-carefully-concoct-this-substance
A study of fire-making technique differences between Neanderthals and homo sapiens:
https://phys.org/news/2023-05-neanderthal-human-fire-making-methods-intelligence.html
Feature on homo erectus:
https://www.spectator.com.au/2023/05/who-do-you-think-you-are/
… and one on homo habilis:
https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/what-we-know-about-homo-habilis
More on the risks of flintknapping:
https://www.spectator.com.au/2023/05/who-do-you-think-you-are/
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2376608-ancient-humans-may-have-risked-their-lives-making-stone-tools/
More on 153 000 years bp homo sapiens footprints in South Africa:
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/153000-year-old-footprints-from-south-africa-are-the-oldest-homo-sapiens-tracks-on-record
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AFRICA
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South African metal detectorists found a cache of 19th century muskets:
https://northernnatalnews.co.za/388900/diggers-discover-a-piece-of-history/
Feature on the ‘lost’ cities of the Nigerian Sahara:
https://phys.org/news/2023-06-mystery-lost-cities-nigerien-sahara.html
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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT
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Analysis of some bracelets owned by Khufu’s mother Hetepheres suggests the silver used to make them came from the Greek Aegean:
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/ancient-egyptians/ancient-egyptian-queens-bracelets-contain-1st-evidence-of-long-distance-trade-between-egypt-and-greece
https://greekreporter.com/2023/05/30/bronze-age-trade-egypt-greece/
https://neoskosmos.com/en/2023/05/30/features/new-evidence-reveals-ancient-egyptian-and-greek-trade-extended-to-the-bronze-age/
https://www.sci.news/archaeology/queen-hetepheres-silver-bracelets-11961.html
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/67396
https://arkeonews.net/the-mystery-of-the-silver-bracelets-of-queen-hetepheres-in-her-celebrated-tomb-at-giza-has-been-solved/
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/06/01/silver/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11479-230602-egypt-greece-silver
More on the mummification workshops and tombs found last week in Saqqara:
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/ancient-egyptians/2300-year-old-egyptian-mummification-workshops-found-at-saqqara
https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContentMulti/501832/Multimedia.aspx
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/05/28/egypt-mummy-workshop-3300-years-old-mummification/
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/egypt-archaeology-ancient-mummification-workshop-b2347595.html
https://www.cnn.com/style/article/egypt-mummification-workshops-intl-scli-scn/index.html
https://greekreporter.com/2023/05/29/ancient-workshops-tombs-saqqara-egypt/
https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/8214581/egypt-unveils-ancient-mummification-workshops-tombs/
https://www.techtimes.com/articles/292069/20230530/archaeologists-uncover-massive-mummification-workshops-ancient-egypt.htm
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/pharaonic-mummification-workshops-and-tombs-unearthed-in-egypt-1234669903/
https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/embalming-facilities-discovered-at-famous-egyptian-site
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/05/archaeologists-discover-ancient-egyptian-tombs-and-mummification-workshops/147451
https://archaeonewsnet.com/2023/05/largest-ever-mummification-workshop-uncovered-in-saqqara.html
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11473-230530-egypt-tomb-embalming
Neolithic shell beads are shedding light on early seafaring on the Caspian Sea:
https://phys.org/news/2023-05-shell-beads-discovery-stone-age.html
https://archaeonewsnet.com/2023/05/shell-beads-discovery-sheds-light-on-stone-age-seafaring.html
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11477-230601-caspian-sea-trade
Overview of finds made during rescue digs at the Chaparabad Dam site in Oshnavieh (Iran):
https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/485350/Excavation-sheds-new-light-on-Oshnavieh-s-historical-sites
Feature on the Great Wall of Gorgan:
Feature on Mesopotamian ‘sub-floor’ burials:
https://psyche.co/ideas/why-ancient-mesopotamians-buried-their-dead-beneath-the-floor
Hype for Eckart Frahm, *Assyria: The Rise and Fall of the World’s First Empire*:
https://news.yale.edu/2023/05/26/assyria-chronicling-rise-and-fall-worlds-first-empire
Studying the fortress of Dmanisis Gora to figure out why the people were so resilient in the transition from Bronze to Iron Ages:
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/991295
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/06/archaeologists-study-fortress-in-southern-georgia-to-understand-community-resilience/147527
More on 3000 years bp flour traces from Armenia:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/armenia-bakery-flour-discovery-180982247/
The roundup of archaeological activities in Turkey in May:
https://turkisharchaeonews.net/article/may-2023-turkish-archaeology
More on the tunnel and rooms found beneath the ruins of St Polyeuctus Church in Istanbul:
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/hidden-tunnel-and-rooms-unearthed-under-1500-year-old-church-in-istanbul
https://greekcitytimes.com/2023/06/02/hidden-rooms-church-istanbul/
… where they also found a small statue of Pan:
https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/1-700-year-old-greek-god-pan-statue-unearthed-in-istanbul-183657
https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/excavations-in-istanbul-unearth-statue-of-greek-deity-pan/news
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20230601-part-of-greek-god-pan-statue-unearthed-in-istanbul/
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/culture/part-of-greek-god-pan-statue-unearthed-in-istanbul/2912269
https://arkeonews.net/god-pan-statue-unearthed-at-istanbuls-historical-church-of-st-polyeuctus/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/06/statue-depicting-pan-found-in-istanbul/147522
Excavations are underway at a 2600 years bp site on Sedir Island:
https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/excavations-start-on-popular-sedir-island-183533
Concerns arising from the slow pace of restoration work at Palmyra:
https://phys.org/news/2023-06-lags-syria-famed-roman-palmyra.html
https://apnews.com/article/syria-palmyra-ruins-archeology-heritage-784ff4473db36c83d440d9945b7f602c
https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/restoration-lags-syrias-famed-roman-ruins-palmyra-war-99781961
A call for immediate conservation work at Umm ar-Rasas:
Study suggests the Canaanites at Megiddo included wine in their funerary activities:
In case you missed the find of a burial cave with ossuaries during possibly questionable construction in Mashhad:
https://greekcitytimes.com/2023/05/29/israeli-archaeologists-1850/
https://www.artdependence.com/articles/israeli-operation-to-prevent-looting-has-led-to-discovery-of-burial-caves/
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/1850-year-old-stone-ossuaries-retrieved-by-israeli-authorities-1234669899/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/05/operation-to-prevent-looting-has-led-to-discovery-of-burial-caves/147475
More on evidence of dysentery from Kindgom of Judah era toilets:
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/early-toilets-reveal-dysentery-in-old-testament-jerusalem
https://phys.org/news/2023-05-early-toilets-reveal-dysentery-testament.html
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/05/230526121100.htm
https://www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/news/study-of-faeces-in-2-500-year-old-toilets-reveal-dysentery-i-9314802/
https://www.jns.org/israel/jerusalem/23/5/29/291418/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2023/06/03/archaeology-dysentery-parasite-jerusalem/
https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/ancient-cultures/ancient-israel/did-biblical-kings-have-dysentery/
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/05/29/early-toilets-reveal-dysentery-in-old-testament-jerusalem/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/jerusalem-parasite-dysentery-180982278/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11474-230530-jerusalem-ancient-dysentery
More on the Second Temple era ‘receipt’ inscription found in the City of David:
Feature on Queen Berenice:
https://www.thetorah.com/article/queen-berenice-a-woman-of-contrasts
4300 years bp copper ingots from near Ibra (Oman):
https://phys.org/news/2023-06-archaeologists-year-old-copper-ingots-oman.html
An Arabic inscription dating to 380 (Nabataean):
https://saudigazette.com.sa/article/633013
More on the 8000 years bp ‘blueprints’ from Saudi Arabia:
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https://thisweekintheancientneareast.podbean.com/
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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS)
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Overview of the Epipalaeolithic and Neolithic sites at Agios Ioannis/Vretsia-Roudias:
https://archaeonewsnet.com/2023/05/archaeological-excavations-at-agios-ioannis-vretsia-roudias-cyprus.html
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/05/30/archaeological-excavations-at-agios-ioannis-vretsia-roudias-cyprus/
A Mycenean tomb excavated near Amphikleia:
https://greekreporter.com/2023/05/28/mycenean-tomb-unearthed-greece/
Skeletons of two women and a child (more earthquake victims) were found at Pompeii this week:
https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/newly-found-pompeii-skeletons-give-further-evidence-of-earthquake/news
https://www.ansa.it/english/news/lifestyle/arts/2023/05/29/remains-of-3-victims-of-79-ad-eruption-found-in-pompeii_0a80c006-65f4-4b23-8ed0-4d75841c425e.html
https://www.iflscience.com/skeletons-of-two-women-and-child-are-newest-victims-found-at-pompeii-69150
https://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/news/132191298/remains-of-three-new-pompeii-victims-unearthed
https://www.euronews.com/culture/2023/05/30/three-skeletal-remains-and-two-new-frescos-uncovered-at-pompeii-site
https://www.artdependence.com/articles/new-victims-from-pompeii-emerge-from-the-excavation-of-the-house-of-the-chaste-lovers/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/05/new-discoveries-at-pompeiis-regio-ix/147468
Roman-era burials found during street construction in Barcelona:
https://www.newsweek.com/ancient-graves-1500-year-old-human-remains-found-below-city-streets-1804056
Over 50 pairs of 2000 years bp tweezers from the dig Wroxeter City:
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article275958996.html
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12141851/Archaeologists-unearth-50-pairs-tweezers-excavation-2000-year-old-settlement.html
https://www.sciencealert.com/discovery-of-more-than-50-tweezers-reveals-ancient-roman-obsession-with-hair-removal
https://arkeonews.net/more-than-50-pairs-of-tweezers-found-during-a-major-excavation-of-a-2000-year-old-roman-settlement-romans-to-blame-for-no-body-hair-trend/
Using 3d scans to study Roman ‘liquid gypsum’ burials:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-65789725
https://www.york.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/2023/research/3d-scans-mysterious-roman-burial-practice/
https://yorkmix.com/roman-burial-rituals-revealed-thanks-to-3d-scans-of-1600-year-old-remains-found-in-york/
https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/23561985.yorkshire-museum-university-york-roman-secrets/
A 1700 years bp Roman ‘craft district’ from Therouanne (France):
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article276040296.html
https://www.mahoningmatters.com/news/nation-world/world/article276040296.html
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/67410
https://arkeonews.net/1700-year-old-roman-shoes-and-craft-district-found-in-france/
A new reading of that inscribed ring associated with Pilate ‘rediscovered’ a few years ago:
Not sure about this identification of a Roman game board on the wall of a temple in India:
More on evidence of the Legio X Fretensis’ presence in Georgia:
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article275957086.html
https://www.mercedsunstar.com/news/nation-world/world/article275957086.html
https://arkeonews.net/archaeologists-conducting-excavations-at-the-roman-fort-of-apsaros-in-georgia-found-evidence-of-the-legion-x-fretensis/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/05/study-finds-evidence-of-legio-x-fretensis-in-georgia/147438
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/06/01/legio-x-fretensis-was-stationed-at-apsaros-in-colchis/
More on the ancient quarry found near Tas-Silg in Malta:
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article275925006.html
https://arkeonews.net/ancient-quarry-discovered-near-tas-silg-archaeological-complex-in-malta/
More on the Iron Age house find in Thorikos:
https://greekreporter.com/2023/05/31/iron-age-house-discovered-greece/
https://greekcitytimes.com/2023/06/02/iron-age-house-athens-changes/
https://archaeonewsnet.com/2023/05/unique-archaeological-find-in-thorikos-greece.html
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/05/29/unique-archaeological-find-in-thorikos-greece/
More on the pair of large Roman-era heads excavated at Carlisle:
https://arkeonews.net/ancient-quarry-discovered-near-tas-silg-archaeological-complex-in-malta/
More on the Roman face, phallus, and cornucopia carvings in Spain:
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/romans/heavy-rains-expose-ancient-phallus-and-imposing-face-carvings-at-roman-fort-in-spain
https://www.iflscience.com/unique-2000-year-old-roman-phallus-face-and-horn-carving-discovered-in-spain-69138
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11476-230601-spain-castellum-carvings
More on the study of a Roman purse found at Merida:
More on the doctor burial in Hungary:
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/roman-doctor-remains-grave-hungary-2307528
https://archaeonewsnet.com/2023/05/roman-physician-buried-with-his-medical-equipment-found-in-hungary.html
More on the analysis of Roman perfume from Spain:
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11475-230531-spain-roman-perfume
Hoping to find a Roman road at a dig in Killerton:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c29zgwdn4n1o
Review of Honor Cargill-Martin, *Messalina*:
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/03/books/review/messalina-honor-cargill-martin.html
… and in her own words:
https://www.historyextra.com/period/roman/video-honor-cargill-martin-who-was-messalina-roman-empire/
On AI and the myth of Talos:
https://engelsbergideas.com/notebook/the-ancient-forerunner-of-ai/
https://journals.openedition.org/ephaistos/10885
Feature on the Medusa Krater in the Cleveland Museum and its questionable provenance:
https://oscillations.net/2023/05/29/metoo-the-looted-medea-vase/
Feature on the project to restore the Alexander mosaic:
Feature on the ancient pronunciation of Latin:
Feature on Roman and Byzantine baths in the southern Levant:
https://www.asor.org/anetoday/2023/06/baths-southern-levant
Feature on the policing of women’s wine-drinking in Rome:
https://theconversation.com/a-kiss-to-detect-wine-on-her-breath-the-violent-policing-of-women-drinking-in-ancient-rome-202039
https://menafn.com/1106365912/A-Kiss-To-Detect-Wine-On-Her-Breath-The-Violent-Policing-Of-Women-Drinking-In-Ancient-Rome
Feature on ancient attitudes toward suicide:
Feature on Arianna Traviglia’s work using robotic technology to reconstruct Pompeii frescoes:
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-01741-3
Feature on the Gallic Empire:
https://www.thecollector.com/what-was-the-gallic-empire/
Feature on Roman traders in Madurai:
Feature on Greek colonization:
https://mankind.substack.com/p/the-era-of-greek-colonization
Feature on Greek slavery:
https://greekreporter.com/2023/05/30/slavery-ancient-greece/
Feature on Greek sea monsters:
https://greekreporter.com/2023/05/30/sea-monsters-ancient-greek-mythology/
Feature on Archestratus:
https://greekreporter.com/2023/05/30/archestratus-and-the-secrets-of-ancient-greek-gastronomy/
Feature on Etruscan archaeology:
https://www.thecollector.com/archaeological-finds-the-etruscans/
Feature on the Pythagoras Cup:
https://www.iflscience.com/pythagoras-the-prankster-and-his-greedy-pythagorean-cup-69170
Feature on Sol Invictus:
https://bigthink.com/the-past/sol-invictus/
Feature on Heracleion:
https://greekreporter.com/2023/06/01/underwater-city-heracleion-egypt-ancient-greece/
Feature on Daedala:
https://greekreporter.com/2023/06/02/ancient-greeks-crete-city-asia/
Feature on Classical reception in the Age of Revolution:
https://aeon.co/essays/why-the-age-of-revolution-loved-the-classical-world
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Roman Archaeology Blog:
Rogueclassicism:
http://rogueclassicism.com/
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EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland)
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4000 years bp evidence of yersinia pestis bacteria from burials in Cumbria and Somerset:
https://phys.org/news/2023-05-dna-year-old-plague-discoveredthe-oldest.html
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/05/230530125355.htm
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-65759673
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/may/30/oldest-evidence-of-plague-in-britain-found-in-4000-year-old-human-remains
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-65759673
https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/31/world/plague-dna-britain-scn/index.html
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2023-05-30/ty-article/when-did-plague-reach-britain-archaeologists-find-earliest-victims/00000188-6bfe-d2d1-afbe-7ffff08c0000
https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/the-plague-has-infected-europeans-for-at-least-4-000-years
https://www.technologynetworks.com/genomics/news/4000-year-old-dna-reveals-oldest-plague-cases-found-in-britain-373982
https://archaeonewsnet.com/2023/05/4000-year-old-plague-dna-found-the-oldest-cases-to-date-in-britain.html
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/05/31/4000-year-old-plague-dna-found-the-oldest-cases-to-date-in-britain/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/4000-year-old-dna-is-the-oldest-evidence-of-plague-in-britain-180982273/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11480-230602-britain-plague-outbreak
cf: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-38393-w
Bronze Age finds from a housing development site in Harnham:
Remains of a Bronze Age fortress in Galway:
https://www.galwaybeo.ie/culture/whats-on-news/major-galway-park-historical-find-8479074
A Bronze Age barrow burial ground from Salisbury:
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/05/archaeologists-uncover-giant-bronze-age-barrow-cemetery/147488
https://arkeonews.net/excavations-near-stonehenge-uncover-bronze-age-barrow-cemetery/
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/06/01/uncovering-a-bronze-age-barrow-cemetery/
A possibly Bluetooth-connected 1000 years bp Viking coin hoard found in Denmark:
https://www.icenews.is/2023/05/30/archaeologists-discover-masses-of-1000-year-old-viking-coins-in-denmark/
https://www.euronews.com/culture/2023/05/29/spectacular-treasure-trove-of-1000-year-old-viking-coins-unearthed-in-denmark
https://www.numismaticnews.net/world-coins/viking-coins-of-harald-bluetooth
Latest suggestion for the possible site of Viking Jomsborg:
An 800 years bp runic/Latin inscription in a Zealand church is an IOU:
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/67379
https://arkeonews.net/an-inscription-written-in-both-runic-and-latin-script-on-a-church-wall-in-denmark-turned-out-to-be-still-a-legally-significant-promissory-note/
More on those ‘palaeolithic open rings’ from France:
http://today.ku.edu/2023/05/23/rings-puzzling-paleolithic-artifacts-may-be-linked-spearthrower-finger-loops
https://phys.org/news/2023-05-puzzling-finger-loops-prehistoric-weapon.html
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/150-year-old-mystery-of-strange-half-circles-from-paleolithic-site-in-france-finally-solved
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11471-230530-france-finger-loop
More on the 7000 years bp burial found in Poland:
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/perfectly-preserved-7000-year-old-skeleton-unearthed-during-renovation-in-poland
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11463-230524-poland-neolithic-skeleton
More on the 2700 years bp petroglyphs revealed in Sweden:
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/2700-year-old-petroglyphs-depicting-people-ships-and-animals-discovered-in-sweden
https://www.vice.com/en/article/93ka7z/archaeologists-discover-dozens-of-mysterious-ancient-stone-carvings-hidden-under-moss
More on the submerged 14th century church in Rungholt:
https://cosmosmagazine.com/history/archaeology/medieval-trading-post-buried-beneath-the-sea-resurrected/
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/remains-of-lost-city-of-rungholt-charted-for-first-time-x3p6ww8m2
Study suggests Ireland’s first settlers came from Wales:
https://www.irishcentral.com/news/irelands-settlers-wales
Excavations have resumed at Soulton Hall near Wem:
https://www.whitchurchherald.co.uk/news/23562188.shropshire-excavation-resumes-wems-soulton-hall/
Seeking funding to excavate a possible chapel at Snodhill Castle:
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-hereford-worcester-65722406
A good price for a Shetland Castle, but it needs a lot of work:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-65753691
Digital tours of medieval castles in Cyprus:
https://cyprus-mail.com/2023/05/31/cyprus-mediaeval-castles-to-get-digital-tour-upgrade/
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/preserving-cyprus-medieval-heritage-digitally
Using turf to protect the walls of Lincoln’s Medieval Bishop’s Palace:
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd16n61xy80o
Pondering what Stonehenge sounded like:
https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20230601-what-did-stonehenge-sound-like
Feature on Mon Graupius:
https://www.aberdeenlive.news/news/aberdeen-news/mysterious-aberdeenshire-battle-mons-graupius-8493402
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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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Latest finds/overview from the Shang Dynasty site at Zhaigou:
https://en.gmw.cn/2023-05/31/content_36599954.htm
https://news.cgtn.com/news/2023-05-31/Remarkable-Shang-Dynasty-discoveries-in-north-China-1kfJPU166bu/index.html
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/05/high-status-tombs-from-lijiaya-culture-discovered-in-northern-shaanxi/147499
A fortified settlement site associated with the Datuotou culture from Beijing:
http://en.people.cn/n3/2023/0602/c90000-20026954.html
http://www.china.org.cn/arts/2023-06/02/content_86126069.htm
http://www.china.org.cn/arts/2023-06/02/content_86104419.htm
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/05/archaeologists-discover-fortified-settlement-from-the-datuotou-culture/147494
A 3200 years bp settlement site from Shaanxi:
http://www.china.org.cn/arts/2023-06/01/content_86025642.htm
http://en.people.cn/n3/2023/0531/c90000-20026120.html
A 3000 years bp settlement site from Hebei:
https://english.news.cn/20230602/da32602684de4c8cbfa6bb58b2250bfc/c.html
http://www.china.org.cn/china/2023-06/03/content_86197991.htm
Latest finds announced from the pair of shipwrecks found recently in the South China Sea:
https://www.shine.cn/news/nation/2305318966/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11472-230530-ming-porcelain-shipwrecks
More on the 2700 years bp leather saddle from a woman’s burial in Yanghai:
https://phys.org/news/2023-05-saddle-unearthed-china-oldest.html
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3222738/saddle-2700-year-old-xinjiang-tomb-and-clue-history-horse-riding
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/05/earliest-dated-saddle-in-china-for-horse-riding-identified-from-burial/147462
Feature on archaeology in China:
http://global.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202305/28/WS647374e5a310b6054fad573e.html
China livestreamed a dig:
https://english.news.cn/20230603/872324fe7f244592982df8fe8e8089b1/c.html
http://www.china.org.cn/arts/2023-06/04/content_86291287.htm
A Yayoi sarcophagus burial from the Yoshinogari site in Kyushu:
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/67389
https://arkeonews.net/the-largest-stone-coffin-grave-found-so-far-at-the-yoshinogari-ruins/
Neolithic stone tools from Hyderabad:
An update on plans for Delhi’s Purana Qila site:
… and some recent finds:
Polish archaeologists are planning excavations in India:
https://www.polskieradio.pl/395/7791/Artykul/3180860,polish-archaeologists-plan-digs-in-india
Concerns for a 16th century temple in Kadapa:
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AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND
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More on Moluccan boats being identified in some Arnhem Land petroglyphs:
https://phys.org/news/2023-05-archaeologists-moluccan-boats-australia-indonesia.html
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/990727
https://www.theadvocate.com.au/story/8213768/rock-paintings-evidence-of-elusive-aust-indo-encounters/
https://www.nationaltribune.com.au/archaeologists-identify-moluccan-boats-on-nt-rock-art-drawings/
https://archaeonewsnet.com/2023/05/archaeologists-identify-moluccan-boats-on-rock-art-drawings-in-australias-northern-territory.html
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/05/31/archaeologists-identify-moluccan-boats-on-nt-rock-art-drawings/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/06/moluccan-boats-from-indonesia-identified-in-australian-rock-art/147513
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NORTH AMERICA
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Study suggests Ice Age North Americans were freshwater fishing folk:
https://gizmodo.com/ice-age-north-americans-engaged-freshwater-fishing-1850496792
… but the earliest Alaskans didn’t eat fish for 1000 years, apparently:
Finds from various periods (8000 years bp to 19th century) at a dig at Weirs Beach (NH):
The Kalispel Tribe is working with WSU folks on a dig at at 5000 years bp site in Washington:
I think we mentioned this 400 years bp burial of a boy in St Mary’s (Maryland):
A bone/ivory gaming die from the Colonial Michilimackinac dig:
https://www.audacy.com/wwjnewsradio/news/local/archaeologists-unearth-artifact-at-colonial-michilimackinac
https://www.9and10news.com/2023/05/30/michilimackinac-archaeologists-find-old-die-just-ahead-of-official-season/
Revolutionary War reenactors are protesting a strip mall development on a potential Revolutionary War burial ground in Fishkill, NY:
Feature on Maj. Gen. George H. Thomas:
Feature on Montana’s mining history:
Feature on the Potlatch ban in Canada:
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/secretlifeofcanada/the-potlatch-ban-1.6860891
Review/interview with Ned Blackhawk, *The Rediscovery of America*:
https://www.wshu.org/connecticut-news/2023-05-26/yale-professor-examines-native-american-history-in-new-book
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CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA
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A statue of a pre-Columbian Amajac ruler from a site in Veracruz (Mexico):
https://mexiconewsdaily.com/culture/pre-columbian-sculpture-found-veracruz-may-depict-female-ruler/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/06/statue-of-amajac-ruler-found-in-veracuz/147506
Using AI to find more Nazca geoglyphs:
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/06/nazca-geoglyphs-discovered-used-ai-deep-learning/147532
https://arkeonews.net/scientists-discover-4-new-nazca-geoglyphs-using-ai-deep-learning/
Feature on ‘drugs’ in pre-Incan contexts:
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Mike Ruggeri’s Ancient Americas Breaking News:
Mike Ruggeri’s Ancient Americas lecture channels on Youtube:
https://mikeruggerisyoutube.tumblr.com/
Ancient MesoAmerica News:
http://ancient-mesoamerica-news-updates.blogspot.com/
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OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST
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Interview with Anita Randini about her work gleaning historical information from dental plaque:
Sarah Parcak on why archaeologists matter:
https://sarahparcak.substack.com/p/why-archaeologists-matter
A record of a medieval live comedy performance found in a 15th century manuscript:
https://phys.org/news/2023-05-unique-bawdy-bard-revealing-15th-century.html
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-65754673
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/may/31/mad-and-offensive-texts-shed-light-on-the-role-played-by-minstrels-in-medieval-society
Rethinking the ‘man the hunter’ stereotype:
https://theconversation.com/man-the-hunter-archaeologists-assumptions-about-gender-roles-in-past-humans-ignore-an-icky-but-potentially-crucial-part-of-original-paleo-diet-204772
https://news.yahoo.com/man-hunter-archaeologists-assumptions-gender-122425584.html
https://www.salon.com/2023/06/01/the-original-paleo-diet-and-archaeologists-mistaken-assumptions-about-gender-roles-of-ancestors_partner/
https://phys.org/news/2023-05-assumptions-gender-roles-humans-icky.html
On AI and ancient literature:
https://www.readersdigest.co.uk/lifestyle/technology/how-ai-is-helping-us-read-ancient-literature
Feature on how the Duomo in Florence was constructed:
https://mymodernmet.com/how-was-florence-duomo-made/
Feature on Joyce Kilmer:
https://www.americamagazine.org/arts-culture/2023/05/30/cbc-column-joyce-kilmer-245388
Feature on the oldest trees:
https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/plants/the-oldest-tree-in-the-world-and-the-7-runner-ups
Feature on the perfume gardens of Versailles:
https://apnews.com/article/france-versailles-perfumers-garden-2d0c9931e75981b55a20a4e92afe948c
An interesting necklace seen in that scan of the Titanic:
https://www.cnn.com/style/article/megalodon-tooth-necklace-titanic-scli-intl-scn/index.html
On the origins of patriarchy:
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20230525-how-did-patriarchy-actually-begin
Florence’s Gallerie dell’Accademia owns the image rights to Michelangelo’s David:
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/michelangelos-image-rights-1234670119/
Revisiting the 1871 destruction of New York’s Paleozoic Museum:
Yale Collections has a new search tool:
https://news.yale.edu/2023/06/01/17-million-reasons-love-lux-yales-new-collections-search-tool
On how teachers can adapt to changing rules about teaching history in the US:
https://theconversation.com/how-teachers-can-stay-true-to-history-without-breaking-new-laws-that-restrict-what-they-can-teach-about-racism-205452
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CURRENT EVENTS:
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Feature on the US’s first spelling bee champion:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-65755792
On the origins of Pinkster:
On the origins of Memorial Day:
https://www.nytimes.com/article/memorial-day-history.html
Sudan paramilitary groups took over the Khartoum museum:
https://www.jpost.com/international/article-745083
… and there are concerns for the mummified human remains there:
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LANGUAGE RELATED
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On efforts to save the Syriac language:
https://www.ucanews.com/news/iraqs-christians-fight-to-save-threatened-language/101487
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PHILOSOPHERS AND MATTERS PHILOSOPHICAL
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Feature on Diogenes the Cynic:
https://bigthink.com/thinking/dangerous-ideas-diogenes-cynic/
Another feature on modern applications of Stoicism:
Review of Robin Waterfield, *Plato of Athens*:
https://literaryreview.co.uk/was-he-apollos-son
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MUSEUM MATTERS
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Casciano dei Bagni bronzes:
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/roman-etruscan-statues-found-tuscany-garbage-man-1234670384/
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/village-bin-man-helped-unearth-ancient-bronze-statues-tuscany-2023-06-02/
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-06-02/etruscan-roman-statues-tuscany-san-casciano-dei-bagni-petrini/102435512
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/67402
Return of the Gods:
https://the-past.com/review/museum/return-of-the-gods/
Trojan Jewels:
https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/turkiyes-troy-museum-displays-trojan-womens-jewelry/news
Declaration of Arbroath:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-65780375
Around the World in 80 Coins:
Art and Artifice:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/forgery-art-london-exhibition-180982276/
Thirsty for Fashion:
https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20230601-eight-ways-to-make-your-clothes-last-longer
cf: https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/devon/killerton/killerton-fashion-exhibtion
Madame Yevonde:
Hic sunt dracones:
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/06/02/exhibition-at-the-benaki-museum-hic-sunt-dracones/
Mosul’s Cultural Museum will reopen in 2026:
More on the Met’s plans to find the looted art in its collection:
https://gothamist.com/news/the-met-in-ny-says-it-has-a-plan-to-root-out-looted-art-from-its-collection
https://forward.com/culture/548939/met-restitution-art-looted-holocaust-nazi-elgin-marbles/
Feature on the Getty Villa:
https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/06/02/getty-villa-an-oasis-of-greek-civilization-in-america/
The British Museum appears to be ending its relationship with BP:
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/06/02/british-museum-bp-sponsorship-ends-27-years-protests-global-warming
https://menafn.com/1106380533/The-British-Museum-And-BP-Sponsorship-Deal-Ends-After-27-Years
https://www.artdependence.com/articles/british-museum-ends-27-year-sponsorship-deal-with-bp/
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AUCTIONS AND SALES RELATED
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A Fra Angelico is coming to auction:
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/fra-angelico-auction-old-masters-christies-1234670352/
A painting of Marie Antoinette’s dog brought in much more than expected:
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/67369
More on the high price fetched by a Greek gold stater:
https://www.coinworld.com/news/world-coins/ancient-gold-coin-sets-price-record-in-may-sale
https://archaeonewsnet.com/2023/05/ancient-greek-coin-sells-for-record-price-at-swiss-auction.html
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ON THE DNA FRONT
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More on Pictish DNA:
https://the-past.com/news/the-genetic-links-of-the-picts-revealed/
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TOURISTY THINGS
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Iraq:
https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20230524-a-road-trip-across-the-cradle-of-civilisation
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PERFORMANCES AND MUSIC RELATED
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On Renaissance composer William Byrd:
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CRIME BEAT
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Police in Israel seized stolen bricks associate with the 10th Roman Legion:
https://www.timesofisrael.com/antiquities-thief-nabbed-with-ancient-floor-tiles-used-by-destroyers-of-2nd-temple/
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-744819
https://www.jewishpress.com/news/archaeology-news/jerusalem-police-uncover-stolen-stamped-roman-legion-bricks-in-the-trunk-of-a-car/2023/06/01/
I think we mentioned this bust in Ein Mahal a few weeks ago:
Feature on New York as a hub for illicit art trafficking:
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20230602-new-york-a-hub-for-illicit-art-trafficking
https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3222694/new-york-global-hub-illicit-art-trafficking
https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/new-york-hub-illicit-art-trafficking.1035356
https://www.rawstory.com/new-york-a-hub-for-illicit-art-trafficking-2660797941/
https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/new-york-a-hub-for-illicit-art-trafficking-183648
More on that major bust in Italy which recovered some 3500 artifacts:
https://archaeonewsnet.com/2023/05/carabinieri-seize-3500-antiquities.html
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conflict antiquities:
http://conflictantiquities.wordpress.com/
anonymous swiss collector:
http://www.anonymousswisscollector.com/
Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues:
http://paul-barford.blogspot.ca/
Looting Matters:
http://lootingmatters.blogspot.com/
Illicit Cultural Property:
http://illicit-cultural-property.blogspot.com/
SAFE:
http://www.savingantiquities.org/blog/
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REPATRIATION AND RECOVERY
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A 16th century Nazi-looted painting was returned to Poland from Japan:
https://apnews.com/article/looted-barogue-art-world-war-repatriation-poland-auction-japan-ef1ee55b733587fad0d8f7ddebdd9eaf
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-65779417
Italian police recovered a Roman statue head that was stolen 50 or so years ago:
It seems like Cameroon will be seeking returns from Germany:
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/06/02/german-museums-hold-40000-objects-from-former-colony-cameroon-study-finds
https://english.almayadeen.net/news/art-culture/40000-looted-artifacts-from-former-colony-cameroon-in-german
More on the return of Symes-associated items to Italy:
https://apnews.com/article/italy-looted-antiquities-britain-auction-1cacdd2fe186bcb08f788790c9946de6
https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/italy-displays-returned-antiquities-looted-london-dealer-symes-99727726
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12147415/British-tomb-raiders-illegally-looted-treasures-returned-Italy-20-year-legal-battle.html
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/roman-treasures-rescued-from-den-of-british-antiques-trafficker-jzlpj0dk8
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/05/31/british-traffickers-looted-roman-artefacts-returned-italy/
https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/1354/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/1354/pub/1354/page/50/article/NaN
https://www.cnn.com/style/article/looted-artifacts-italy-returned-intl-scli/index.html
https://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/celebrities/article275946681.html
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/06/01/large-hoard-of-archaeological-artefacts-looted-by-british-dealer-robin-symes-returned-to-italy
Pondering the newly-arisen ownership questions of the Benin Bronzes:
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/05/31/benin-bronzes-whose-restitution-is-this-anyway
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/04/arts/design/benin-bronzes-nigeria-ownership.html
Feature on repatriation (mostly India):
https://www.outlookindia.com/international/stolen-possessions-making-their-way-home-one-artefact-at-a-time-news-291349
https://www.outlookindia.com/national/from-buddha-statue-to-tipu-sultan-s-sword-items-stolen-and-returned-to-india-news-291353
… and concerns that returned items might not be displayed:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/06/03/william-dalrymple-looted-indian-treasures-better-in-uk/
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NUMISMATICA
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Latest e-Sylum:
https://www.coinbooks.org/v26/club_nbs_esylum_v26n22.html
… and the one which should appear later today:
https://www.coinbooks.org/v26/club_nbs_esylum_v26n23.html
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Coin Week:
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OBITUARIES
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Ludwig Koenen:
https://lsa.umich.edu/classics/news-events/all-news/search-news/remembering-ludwig-koenen.html
Dame Rosemary Cramp:
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/may/28/dame-rosemary-cramp-obituary
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AUDIO/VIDEO NEWS
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Audio News from Archaeologica:
https://www.archaeologychannel.org/audio-guide/audio-news/3286-audio-news-from-archaeologica-may-21st-through-27th-2023
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GENERAL ARCHAEOLOGY NEWS BLOGS
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Archaeology Magazine News Page:
http://www.archaeology.org/news/
About.com Archaeology:
Archaeology Briefs:
http://archaeologybriefs.blogspot.com/
Atlas Obscura:
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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