Thanks to Arthur Shippee, Dave Sowdon, Edward Rockstein, Kurt Theis, John McMahon, Barnea Selavan, Joseph Lauer, Mike Ruggeri, Hernan Astudillo, Richard Campbell, Barbara Saylor Rodgers, Bob Heuman, David Critchley, Richard Miller, Kris Curry, Rick Heli, Richard C. Griffiths, Frank MacKay, Don Buck, mata kimasitayo, and Ross W. Sargent for headses upses this week(as always hoping I have left no one out).
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EARLY HOMINIDS
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Feature on the ‘wooden club myth’:
https://www.sapiens.org/archaeology/ancient-wooden-clubs-myth/
https://www.iflscience.com/club-wielding-ancestors-myth-or-reality-68017
Feature on Lapedo Child:
https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p0f8khzt/lapedo-child-a-neanderthal-modern-human-hybrid-
More on rethinking caused by monkeys making ‘stone tools’:
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/macaques-stone-tool-human-ancestors-b2299546.html
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/monkey-stone-flakes-ancient-hominid-tools
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/03/13/surprising-similarities-in-stone-tools-of-early-humans-and-monkeys/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/stone-flakes-made-by-monkeys-raise-questions-about-early-human-tools-180981785/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11280-230313-monkey-stone-flakes
More on Neanderthals apparently collecting trophy skulls:
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/neanderthals-collect-animal-skulls-spain
More on bow-and-arrow use in Europe some 54 000 years bp:
https://www.zmescience.com/science/archaeology/the-first-humans-in-europe-mastered-bow-and-arrow-technology-54000-years-ago/
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AFRICA
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Italy helped in the restoration of a Mithras-worshipper’s tomb in Girgaresh (Libya):
https://www.libyaherald.com/2023/03/italy-helps-in-restoration-of-aelia-arisuth-mithras-worshipers-tomb-in-girgarish/
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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT
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Studying petroglyphs to learn about pre-Egyptian divinities:
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-images-cult-gods-pre-egyptian-society.html
Latest finds from the dig at Matariya’s Sun Temple:
https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/491869/Antiquities/Ancient-Egypt/In-Photos-GermanEgyptian-archaeological-mission-un.aspx
https://www.egyptindependent.com/more-remnants-of-temple-of-the-sun-discovered-in-matareya-area/
More on the 16m papyrus of the Book of the Dead found at Saqqara:
Feature on Nazis and Egyptology:
The Catacombs of the Dendera Temple will be opening to the public:
https://egyptindependent.com/catacombs-of-dendera-temple-open-for-visitors-in-june/
Feature on the 7500 years bp ‘cursed city’ of Sialk Hills (Iran):
https://arkeonews.net/7500-year-old-cursed-city-of-iran/
Feature on animal symbolism in Mesopotamian art:
https://www.thecollector.com/animals-in-ancient-mesopotamian-art/
Feature on the Cyrus Cylinder:
Feature on the rise of the Sasanian empire:
https://www.thecollector.com/rise-of-the-sasanian-empire/
More on the fragment of a (now) 1500 years bp lioness sculpture (and more) from Ein Nashut:
https://www.timesofisrael.com/students-on-northern-israel-field-trip-stumble-onto-1500-year-old-lioness-carving/
https://www.ynetnews.com/travel/article/syzftqj12
Feature on the ‘Tomb of Absalom’:
https://www.asor.org/anetoday/2023/03/absalom-tomb-pilgrimage
Feature on the origins of the Nabataeans:
https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/where-did-the-nabataeans-come-from
Prehistoric (?) petroglyphs from caves around Latmos (Turkey):
https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/exciting-discovery-in-latmos-181517
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11288-230316-turkey-rock-art
A Roman-era mosaic at Shoham was ‘rediscovered’/reexposed this week:
https://www.timesofisrael.com/ancient-rest-stop-with-flowery-mosaic-to-host-tired-travelers-once-again/
https://www.jewishpress.com/news/israel/ancient-mosaic-floor-with-colorful-floral-designs-re-uncovered-after-40-years/2023/03/19/
Palestinians are said to have paved a road over an archaeological site in Sebastia:
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-734320
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/368699
… and other destructive acts:
https://allisrael.com/palestinian-authority-causes-severe-destruction-to-archaeological-site-of-ancient-city-in-samaria
https://www.jns.org/palestinians-throw-animal-carcasses-into-graves-at-biblical-site/
Podcast on the Philistines:
https://podfollow.com/the-ancients/episode/23bfad877578dadbb493818f547a3f8f7936869d/view
A major study of Late Neolithic mustatils in Saudi Arabia:
https://www.livescience.com/7000-year-old-cult-site-in-saudi-arabia-was-filled-with-human-remains-and-animal-bones
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-uncovering-ritual-ancient-stone-monument.html
https://www.modbee.com/news/nation-world/world/article273239645.html
https://www.vice.com/en/article/4a3gk3/archaeologists-discover-worship-of-unknown-gods-at-ancient-desert-monument
https://www.sciencealert.com/ancient-structures-in-the-arabian-desert-reveal-fragments-of-mysterious-rituals
https://arkeonews.net/uncovering-the-ritual-past-of-ancient-mustatils-cult-herding-and-pilgrimage-in-the-late-neolithic-of-north-west-arabia/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/03/archaeologists-shed-new-light-on-ritual-stone-monuments-found-in-saudi-arabia/146537
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/03/16/ritual-monuments-in-northern-arabia-reveal-neolithic-ritual-activity/
cf: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0281904
Sharjah’s Sira Khorfakkan Island is now an archaeological reserve:
3600 years bp shell workshops from Masafi in the UAE:
https://www.theolympian.com/news/nation-world/world/article273215785.html
Feature on finds made from remains of a prehistoric vilage in Fujairah (UAE):
Feature on finds from Dadan in AlUla:
https://www.thenationalnews.com/arts-culture/film-tv/2023/03/19/national-geographic-film-uncovers-secrets-of-alulas-forgotten-kingdom-of-dadan/
https://english.alarabiya.net/News/saudi-arabia/2023/03/14/Saudi-Arabia-Archaeologists-excavate-forgotten-kingdom-in-AlUla-s-Dadan
A Umayyad coin from the Halit site in Riyadh:
https://www.thenationalnews.com/gulf-news/2023/03/15/saudi-heritage-commission-finds-rare-umayyad-coin-from-early-islamic-era/
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This Week in the Ancient Near East Podcast:
https://thisweekintheancientneareast.podbean.com/
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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS)
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Mycenean bronze swords from excavations on the Trapeza Plateau in the Peloponnese:
Flood protection construction in Limassol revealed a pair of Late Bronze Age burials:
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/flood-works-reveal-ancient-tomb
https://cyprus-mail.com/2023/03/15/ancient-grave-found-in-limassol/
Excavations at Hala Sultan Tekke in Cyprus revealed the site was a major copper trade hub during the Bronze Age:
https://www.gu.se/en/news/cypruss-copper-deposits-created-one-of-the-most-important-trade-hubs-in-the-bronze-age
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-excavations-reveal-copper-deposits-cyprus.html
cf: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352409X22003856
A 2000 years bp Roman-era burial ‘sealed’ with nails and bricks from Sagalassos:
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-roman-era-gravesites-unusual-funerary.html
https://www.livescience.com/roman-era-tomb-scattered-with-magical-dead-nails-and-sealed-off-to-shield-the-living-from-the-restless-dead
https://arkeonews.net/a-roman-tomb-where-magical-nails-were-used-to-fend-off-the-restless-dead-has-been-discovered-in-turkiye/
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-11863799/Roman-tomb-sealed-2-000-years-ago-shield-living-restless-dead-OPENED.html
https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/03/bent-nails-at-roman-burial-site-form-magical-barrier-to-keep-dead-from-rising/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11287-230315-turkey-cremation-grave
A Roman-era mosaic was revealed during Aldi construction in Olney:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-64918113
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-11875331/Roman-villa-stunning-mosaic-workers-prepare-site-new-Aldi-supermarket.html
https://arkeonews.net/aldi-construction-uncovered-roman-mosaic-in-uk/
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/66778
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/03/archaeologists-unearth-roman-mosaic-in-olney/146566
Remains of a 2nd/3rd century CE monumental Roman structure from Riems:
https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/grand-est/marne/reims/reims-un-site-antique-monumental-mis-au-jour-au-boulingrin-2732638.html
https://arkeonews.net/monumental-roman-complex-discovered-in-france/
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/66767
I think we mentioned this 2nd century CE Roman bathhouse find from near Yenne (France):
https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/nation-world/world/article273046960.html
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/roman-baths-french-village-1234660745/
A 1600 years bp elite Roman woman burial in a lead coffin (plus Saxon remains too) from Garforth:
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/mar/13/remains-roman-aristocrat-extraordinary-cemetery-leeds
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/15/world/europe/uk-roman-burial-leeds.html
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leeds-64917979
https://www.leeds-live.co.uk/news/leeds-news/archaeologists-make-once-lifetime-find-26457002
https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/heritage-and-retro/heritage/garforth-skeletons-once-in-a-lifetime-roman-and-saxon-cemetery-with-remains-of-60-people-including-aristocratic-woman-found-in-yorkshire-4061331
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/garforth-dig-roman-aristocrat-remains-discovered-leeds-lead-coffin-b1067043.html
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-11856191/Discovery-Roman-aristocrat-woman-Anglo-Saxon-cemetery-1-600-years-old-hailed-researchers.html
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/03/13/roman-graveyard-leeds-unearthed-once-in-a-lifetime-find/
https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/1281/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/1281/pub/1281/page/27/article/NaN
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/burial-site-reveals-crossroads-between-roman-and-anglo-saxon-britain-w0tqr2vhb
https://news.sky.com/story/roman-burial-unearthed-in-truly-extraordinary-excavation-of-hidden-leeds-cemetery-12832775
https://metro.co.uk/2023/03/13/hidden-roman-cemetery-dating-back-1600-years-unearthed-in-leeds-18432168/
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/roman-aristocrat-remains-unearthed-lead-coffin-england-anglo-saxons-rcna74804
https://www.nbcnews.com/now/video/remains-of-ancient-roman-aristocrat-found-in-british-hidden-cemetery-165225029824
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/roman-empire-ancient-coffin-discovered-leeds-england/
https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/13/uk/roman-burial-garforth-scn-scli-gbr-intl/index.html
https://nbcpalmsprings.com/2023/03/13/skeletal-remains-of-roman-aristocrat-discovered-in-hidden-lead-coffin/
https://www.thedailybeast.com/lead-coffin-leads-to-amazing-discovery-of-roman-aristocrats-remains
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-734556
https://the-past.com/news/roman-and-saxon-cemetery-unearthed-in-leeds/
https://arkeonews.net/historic-leeds-cemetery-discovery-unearths-an-ancient-lead-coffin-belonging-to-a-late-roman-aristocratic-woman/
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/66760
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11281-230314-england-lead-coffin
More on the possible find of Vitruvius’ basilica in Fano:
https://www.ansa.it/english/news/2023/03/11/remains-of-basilica-of-vetruvius-may-have-been-found_5dba0e52-e8c0-4324-b162-a750b7929757.html
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/66711
More on a hiker finding Roman coins and a possible shrine site in the Swiss Alps:
https://www.iflscience.com/hiker-accidentally-discovers-ancient-roman-shrine-to-mountain-gods-in-the-alps-68035
https://arkeonews.net/hiker-found-a-place-of-holy-worship-at-an-altitude-of-2590-meters-in-the-swiss-alps/
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/66747
More on the Roman ‘shrine’ found at Leicester Cathedral:
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/leicester-cathedral-roman-altar-shrine-cult-room-2267071
More on Roman fortifications near a silver mine in Germany:
https://the-past.com/news/excavations-in-germany-reveal-roman-military-camps-and-wooden-defences/
More on sheep lawn maintenance at Pompeii:
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/sheep-come-rescue-pompeii-ruins-2023-03-09/
https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/64943717
https://greekreporter.com/2023/03/14/sheep-ancient-ruins-pompeii/
On Neapolitan pozzolan use in the Roman theatre of Aquileia:
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-30692-y
A contest to decipher charred scrolls from Herculaneum:
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/mar/15/contest-decipher-herculaneum-scrolls-3d-x-ray-software
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-11872613/Can-decipher-scrolls-Scientists-offering-250-000-prize.html
https://gizmodo.com/roman-vesuvius-challenge-scrolls-ai-volcano-1850232729
An assault on an archaeologist on Mykonos triggered protests this week:
https://www.ekathimerini.com/news/1206683/greek-archaeologists-protest-holiday-island-assault/
https://apnews.com/article/greece-tourism-mykonos-archaeologist-protest-760f80b6cf987d60125f81630b766f96
https://hyperallergic.com/808364/protests-in-greece-following-assault-of-archeologist/
https://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/greek-archaeologists-protest-holiday-island-assault-97849248
https://news.yahoo.com/greek-archaeologists-protest-holiday-island-124002658.html
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/archaeologists-protest-mafia-violence-on-mykonos-1234661171/
… and accounts of the assault:
https://www.ekathimerini.com/news/1206445/suspected-mobsters-attack-archaeologist/
https://greekreporter.com/2023/03/14/greek-archaeologist-building-permits-mykonos-brutally-beaten/
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/03/15/archaeologist-hospitalised-mykonos-accuses-developers-order/
https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/1283/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/1283/pub/1283/page/56/article/NaN
Planned tower construction in London is raising concerns about Roman remains:
Review of Francine Prose, *Cleopatra*:
https://www.nysun.com/article/francine-prose-liberates-cleopatra
Review of a trio of recent books on Greek myths:
https://www.wsj.com/articles/book-review-the-greek-myths-retold-1f7cba65
Feature on Stephen DeCasien’s studies of ancient naval rams:
https://today.tamu.edu/2023/03/16/grad-student-explores-ancient-warfare-with-naval-ram-project/
A tour of the House of the Vettii:
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/66783
Feature on recent finds from Pompeii:
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-continuing-discoveries-at-pompeii/
Feature on the fresco of Terentius Neo and his wife:
Feature on evidence for gladiators in Roman Britiain:
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-gladiators-roman-britain-expert-evidence.html
… and a feature on gladiators:
https://tvpworld.com/68515390/gladiators-or-how-a-custom-turned-a-funeral-into-a-bloody-pastime
Feature on the Circus Maximus:
https://www.thecollector.com/what-happened-at-the-circus-maximus/
Feature on ancient Croatia:
Feature on Thespians at Thermopylae:
https://greekreporter.com/2023/03/15/thespians-heroes-battle-thermopylae/
Feature on Archimedes:
https://www.biography.com/scholars-educators/a43249494/who-discovered-pi-archimedes-of-syracuse
Feature on the Erechtheion:
https://www.thetravel.com/what-to-know-about-the-erechtheion-temple-athens/
Feature on the ‘end of the world’ to the ancient Romans:
… similarly:
https://psyche.co/ideas/what-good-was-the-apocalypse-for-the-greeks-and-romans
Feature on ancient Greek plumbing:
https://greekreporter.com/2023/03/18/ancient-greeks-advanced-plumbing-drainage-water-systems/
Feature on the ‘Roman Charity’ painting:
https://aeon.co/essays/on-roman-charity-or-a-womans-filial-debt-to-the-patriarchy
Feature on casts of bodies at Pompeii:
https://nextluxury.com/interesting/pompeii-bodies/
Pondering the ‘greatness’ of Alexander:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3ct38tv
Feature on ‘et tu brute’:
Yet again we read that a deal is ‘close’ on the Parthenon sculptures:
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/artefact-swap-could-bring-an-end-to-elgin-marbles-saga-3n2p0hcq5
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/parthenon-marbles-return-possible-without-ownership-accord-campaigners-say-2023-03-12/
https://www.nysun.com/article/britain-greece-closing-in-on-deal-for-return-of-elgin-marbles
https://www.tornosnews.gr/en/greek-news/culture/48588-british-museum-head-on-solving-200-year-old-dispute-with-elgin-marbles.html
… but Rishi Sunak says it isn’t going to happen:
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2023/mar/13/no-plans-to-return-parthenon-elgin-marbles-to-greece-says-rishi-sunak
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/elgin-marbles-greece-british-museum-sunak-b2299561.html
https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/uk-pm-sunak-rules-out-law-change-return-parthenon-marbles-2023-03-13/
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/03/13/elgin-marbles-will-not-stay-greece-says-rishi-sunak/
https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/1281/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/1281/pub/1281/page/11/article/NaN
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/no-plans-change-law-blocking-070056867.html
https://www.dw.com/en/no-plans-to-give-parthenon-marbles-back-to-greece/a-64907213
https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/elgin-marbles-will-not-return-permanently-to-greece-rishi-sunak-vows/
https://www.thenational.scot/news/national/23381036.no-plans-change-law-blocking-elgin-marbles-given-greece—sunak/
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/uk-prime-minister-rishi-sunak-no-return-parthenon-marbles-greece-1234660406/
https://greekreporter.com/2023/03/13/rishi-sunak-rules-out-return-parthenon-marbles-greece/
https://greekherald.com.au/news/uk-prime-minister-rules-out-law-change-for-return-of-parthenon-marbles-to-greece/
https://neoskosmos.com/en/2023/03/15/news/greece/british-pm-government-will-not-change-law-to-allow-parthenon-marbles-return/
—–
Roman Archaeology Blog:
Rogueclassicism:
http://rogueclassicism.com/
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EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland)
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Chalcolithic-Bronze Age petroglyphs from the Cova de la Vila in Catalonia:
Evidence of cheesemaking in Late Neolithic Poland:
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-neolithic-ceramics-reveal-dairy-multiple.html
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/03/230314205400.htm
Archaeologists have returned to a late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age settlement site in the North York Moors National Park:
Remains of a Bronze Age ring ditch from a site in Derbyshire:
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/03/archaeologists-uncover-ancient-ring-ditch/146558
A Millom metal detectorist has found his sixth metal axe head (date?):
https://www.nwemail.co.uk/news/23388991.millom-metal-detectorist-josh-carr-finds-sixth-axe-head/
A metal detectorist found a Bronze Age penannular ring:
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-norfolk-64890939
The Late Bronze Age Blythburgh hoard was declared treasure:
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-suffolk-64859637
An Anglo-Saxon era watermill from Buckingham:
https://www.medievalists.net/2023/03/medieval-watermill-england/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/03/watermill-uncovered-with-anglo-saxon-origins/146503
A 1500 years bp Saxon throwing axe is going on display:
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-somerset-64967007
A 1000+ years bp gold jewellery and silver coin hoard found a couple years ago in the Netherlands is going on display:
https://www.livescience.com/very-very-rare-gold-and-silver-medieval-treasure-unearthed-in-the-netherlands
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-norfolk-64890939
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/1000-year-old-medieval-treasure-uncovered-by-metal-detectorist-in-the-netherlands-1234660442/
https://news.yahoo.com/rare-treasure-buried-during-medieval-192606549.html
https://arkeonews.net/netherlandss-unique-treasure-finds-of-medieval-gold-jewelry-and-silver-coins/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/1000-year-old-gold-earrings-and-silver-coins-unearthed-in-the-netherlands-180981792/?
Assorted medieval small finds from a possible ‘knights court’ sire in Poland:
Kitchen renovations in York revealed some 400 years bp wall paintings:
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-64993300
A large 17th century coin hoard find by a metal detectorist in Poland:
https://www.livescience.com/17th-century-century-hoard-brimming-with-1000-coins-discovered-in-poland
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11279-230313-poland-boratynki-coins
Studying a 17th century intact dress found on a shipwreck off the Netherlands:
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/14/world/europe/shipwreck-dress-netherlands.html
More on that Neolithic mass grave (including headless skeletons) from Slovakia:
https://the-past.com/news/headless-skeletons-uncovered-in-neolithic-mass-grave/
More on the shipwreck off Halkidiki dating from the Greek War of Independence:
https://www.ekathimerini.com/culture/1206515/shipwreck-in-halkidiki-linked-to-1821-revolution/
https://greekcitytimes.com/2023/03/13/shipwreck-from-the-greek-war-of-independence/
https://greekherald.com.au/news/archaeologists-find-shipwreck-linked-to-1821-greek-revolution-in-halkidiki/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11283-230315-greece-revolution-ship
More on 2900 years bp use of steel on the Iberian peninsula:
https://www.livescience.com/bronze-age-craftspeople-tempered-steel-more-than-1000-years-before-the-romans-did-it
https://scitechdaily.com/2900-years-ago-archaeologists-prove-that-steel-tools-were-used-in-europe-earlier-than-previously-thought/
More on the 800 years bp gold jewllery and silver coin hoard found in Germany by a metal detectorist:
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/trainee-metal-detectorist-gold-silver-hoard-germany-alsh-2267848
More on the use of runes:
The fire at Notre Dame has revealed its extensive use of iron to bind stones together:
https://www.livescience.com/notre-dame-is-held-together-by-a-first-of-its-kind-iron-skeleton-catastrophic-fire-revealed
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-reveals-notre-dame-de-paris-cathedral.html
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20230316-paris-fire-exposes-hidden-iron-holding-up-notre-dame
https://fr.aleteia.org/2023/03/18/notre-dame-de-paris-coup-denvoi-de-la-construction-de-la-fleche/
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11870731/Notre-Dame-fire-2019-exposed-cathedrals-hidden-iron-frame-confirming-kind.html
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/notre-dame-fire-exposes-long-hidden-iron-inside-paris-landmark/
https://www.jpost.com/science/article-734673
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/03/16/notre-dame-first-gothic-cathedral-to-make-massive-use-of-iron/
Hyping an upcoming dig at the Potteric Carr Nature Reserve near Doncaster:
Studying the Lowbury Woman:
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/03/16/forgotten-lowbury-woman-burial-to-reveal-her-secrets/
What laser scans are revealing about Seahenge:
https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/23378101.seahenge-scans-shed-new-light-mysterious-norfolk-relic/
Major costs arising from that find of hundreds of burials associated with St Saviour’s Priory:
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-64915919
Pondering artifacts in the Black Sea:
https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p0f9h955/the-ancient-secrets-lurking-beneath-the-black-sea
OpEd sort of thing on metal detectorists (not a positive view):
https://www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/commentanalysis/arid-41095540.html
… and concerns that metal detectorists in Flanders aren’t sharing their finds:
Feature on the Celts:
https://www.livescience.com/history-of-the-celts
Feature on Mudlarking:
Feature on the Gjellestad ship burial:
Review of Carolyne Larrington, *The Norse Myths that Shape the Way We Think*:
https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20230316-the-six-ancient-norse-myths-that-still-resonate-today
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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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Drought has revealed some 12 000 years bp burials near Dongting Lake:
https://news.yahoo.com/treasure-filled-tombs-12-000-141153095.html
A 7000 years bp settlement site from Henan:
http://t.m.china.org.cn/convert/c_BGwwVa22.html
http://www.china.org.cn/arts/2023-03/15/content_85169958.htm
A 3000 years bp settlement site from Shaanxi:
http://en.people.cn/n3/2023/0313/c90000-10221633.html
Plenty of finds from 570 Warring States Period burials from Sanmenxis (Henan):
http://t.m.china.org.cn/convert/c_vCPjfWIV.html
http://www.china.org.cn/arts/2023-03/15/content_85170211.htm
Three Tang Dynasty tombs from a site in Shanxi:
http://t.m.china.org.cn/convert/c_uf5v6IWC.html
http://www.china.org.cn/arts/2023-03/18/content_85176624.htm
Shaanxi was touting its top six finds from 2022:
https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202303/1287239.shtml
https://news.cgtn.com/news/2023-03-13/China-s-Shaanxi-Province-unveils-top-six-archaeological-findings-of-2022-1i99eyKMXVC/index.html
1300 years bp rice residue from remains at a site in Tibet:
https://english.news.cn/20230314/e547b3ff93c5458b8e9413ee389f3ac8/c.html
http://t.m.china.org.cn/convert/c_OsFSzh77.html
http://www.china.org.cn/arts/2023-03/14/content_85167389.htm
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11285-230315-tibet-indica-rice
Studying skeletal remains from Cambodia:
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/researchers-study-ancient-skeletons-bone-fragments
Assorted 3000+ years bp finds from a dig in Dong Dau (Viet Nam):
https://en.vietnamplus.vn/metal-age-relics-unearthed-at-hanois-dong-dau-hill/249776.vnp
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11282-230315-vietnam-metal-artifacts
Evidence of a medieval temple near a railway station in Odisha:
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/travel/travel-news/archaeological-remains-of-13th-15th-century-medieval-temple-discovered-in-odisha/articleshow/98749577.cms
https://www.thestatesman.com/india/archaeological-remains-of-medieval-temple-found-near-railway-station-in-odisha-1503161996.html
Possible Sangam-era carnelian beads and husks from burial urns in Konthagi:
https://www.deccanherald.com/national/south/carnelian-beads-and-husks-found-in-urns-in-keeladi-cluster-site-1200289.html
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11289-230316-india-konthagai-beads
Feature/study of antiquities missing from India:
A teacher in Mamsapuram underwent some training an learned a coin he was given is 1000 years old:
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AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND
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A project to find connections between various Aboriginal groups in Western Australia:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-03-17/five-year-archaeological-project-explores-north-west-wa-deserts/102089628
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NORTH AMERICA
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The ongoing search for John Smith’s long-lost town:
https://www.dailypress.com/virginiagazette/va-vg-jamestown-flag-20230317-hp66ypcwgnectkdlhuv62elovy-story.html
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/03/historic-map-may-lead-to-further-discoveries-at-james-fort/146579
Feature on the wreck of the Atlanta in Lake Superior:
Feature on metal detectoring in Halton region (Ontario):
https://www.inyourarea.co.uk/news/the-mysterious-world-of-halton-metal-detecting-finds-in/
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CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA
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A Wari ritual complex at the Pakaytambo site in Peru:
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/archaeologists-discover-ancient-wari-ritual-complex-pakaytambo-southern-peru-1234658747/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/02/archaeologists-unearth-1200-year-old-wari-temple-complex/146279
Study suggests a cenote beneath the Kukulcan Pyramid may be connected with other cenotes:
A 1400 years bp Moche mural from Panamarca (Peru):
https://www.livescience.com/1400-year-old-mural-of-2-faced-men-unearthed-in-peru-may-allude-to-cosmic-realms
https://www.heritagedaily.com/xmlrpc.php
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/03/17/unearthing-ancient-peruvian-history/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11292-230317-peru-moche-murals
A serpent sculpture find from Chichen Itza:
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/03/guiding-serpent-sculpture-discovered-at-chichen-itza/146572
More on the 4000 years bp temple complex from excavation of mounds outside Barranca (Peru):
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/66721
More on the study of the implications of Wari pottery:
https://www.fieldmuseum.org/about/press/lasers-and-chemistry-reveal-how-ancient-pottery-was-made-and-how-an-empire-functi
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-lasers-chemistry-reveal-ancient-pottery.html
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/03/230314110706.htm
https://www.eurasiareview.com/15032023-lasers-and-chemistry-reveal-how-ancient-pottery-was-made-and-how-an-empire-functioned/
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/03/15/lasers-and-chemistry-reveal-how-ancient-pottery-was-made/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11291-230317-peru-wari-pottery
More on the Casa Grandes site in Mexico:
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/03/13/ancient-artifacts-reveal-the-roots-of-casas-grandes/
More on the recently found Moai statue:
On the recipe for ‘Maya Blue’ dye:
https://mexiconewsdaily.com/culture/artist-rediscovers-mysterious-recipe-for-ancient-maya-blue-dye/
Feature on the Tulum site:
https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/where-is-tulum-and-why-was-it-so-important-to-the-ancient-maya
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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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Corpus Christi College has acquired the Nine Roundels:
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-64965542
On efforts to save a Coleridge poem manuscript about the slave trade:
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/mar/17/export-ban-on-samuel-taylor-coleridge-anti-slavery-manuscript-as-british-buyer-sought
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/samuel-taylor-coleridge-plea-to-save-poem-about-slave-trade-3h2nx7mh9
Feature on ancient arab mathematicians:
https://scoopempire.com/mathematics/
Feature on horses in ancient art:
https://www.horsetalk.co.nz/2023/03/18/horses-ancient-art-seeking-convey/
Feature on the Hereford Map:
https://aeon.co/videos/the-famed-medieval-map-that-stretched-beyond-earth-to-heaven-history-and-myth
Feature on the ‘greatest’ archaeological finds:
Feature on James Hutton and geological deep time:
https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p0f7smlm/the-man-who-discovered-the-abyss-of-time-
Feature on Jeremy Bentham’s Panopticon:
https://aeon.co/videos/jeremy-bentham-was-consumed-by-creating-a-perfect-prison-heres-the-result
Feature on the Wakanda true antecedent of Buganda:
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/03/10/east-african-kingdom-theodore-roosevelt-00085962
On Gaugin’s ‘child wife’:
On the history of whaling:
Dealers are apparently having problems selling looted artifacts from Africa:
https://www.vice.com/en/article/k7ze5n/looted-artefacts-benin-bronzes
Study suggests people of color are underrepresented as AJA authors:
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-people-largely-underrepresented-authors-published.html
Latest suggestion about DaVinci’s maternal heritage:
https://www.livescience.com/da-vincis-mother-was-an-enslaved-teenager-trafficked-to-italy-new-documents-suggest
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/14/world/europe/leonardo-da-vinci-mother-book.html
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/leonardo-da-vinci-mother-slave-caucasus-italy-new-research-book-rcna74670
https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/03/new-theory-re-ignites-debate-about-identity-of-leonardo-da-vincis-mother/
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CURRENT EVENTS:
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Some features on the Ides of March:
https://www.al.com/news/2023/03/beware-the-ides-of-march-what-does-that-mean.html
https://www.abc27.com/digital-originals/its-the-ides-of-march-whats-an-ide-anyway/
https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2023/03/15/what-is-the-ides-of-march/70011381007/
Newark replaced a statue of Columbus with a monument to Harriet Tubman:
Some background to Pi Day:
https://greekreporter.com/2023/03/14/pi-day-math/
https://www.udel.edu/udaily/2023/march/pi-day-sebastian-cioaba-mathematical-sciences-math-circles/f
Features on St Patrick’s Day:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/35831743
https://www.livescience.com/27957-st-patricks-day-5-facts.html
https://thedaily.case.edu/heres-what-you-should-know-about-st-patrick/
Assorted museums are recategorizing works from Russian to Ukrainian:
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/mar/19/metropolitan-museum-art-reclassifies-russian-art-ukrainian
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/17/arts/design/museums-relabel-art-ukraine-russian.html
https://www.cnn.com/style/article/ukrainian-art-reclassification/index.html
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ANIMAL AND PLANT DOMESTICATIONS
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Using genetics to figure out the origins of the donkey:
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/14/science/donkeys-genetics-archaeology.html
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/donkeys-domesticated-only-once-in-5-000bc-qsjtpdtnq
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LANGUAGE RELATED
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The Oscars apparently raised interest in the Irish language:
Feature on Persian:
https://aeon.co/essays/what-we-lost-with-persianate-modernity
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PHILOSOPHERS AND MATTERS PHILOSOPHICAL
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Pondering ancient conceptions of ‘the good life’:
https://psyche.co/ideas/whats-a-life-worth-living-for-the-ancients-it-depends
Review of Regan Penaluna, *How to Think Like a Woman*:
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/14/books/review/how-to-think-like-a-woman-regan-penaluna.html
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MUSEUM MATTERS
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Mosaics from the Capitoline Collections:
Roman Landscapes:
New Light from Pompeii:
Lives of the God: Divinity in Maya Art:
Leon Monet:
Botticelli:
https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202303/1287460.shtml
The Ugly Duchess:
Roman Cut Glass:
Portraits of Dogs:
Codex Sassoon:
https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/culture/article-734037
The Met still has a number of antiquities connected to Subhash Kapoor:
https://indianexpress.com/article/express-exclusive/antiquities-abroad-the-full-list-8495035/
https://observer.com/2023/03/the-metropolitan-museum-of-art-owns-77-works-linked-to-trafficker-subhash-kapoor/
https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/focus/20230314-india-s-stolen-heritage-authorities-push-for-restitution-of-religious-artefacts
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/metropolitan-museum-of-art-subhash-kapoor-investigation-1234661322/
… similarly:
Review of a collection of essays about plaster cast collections in assorted museums:
https://as.cornell.edu/news/destroy-copy-essay-collection-rethinks-history-plaster-casts
Plans for an archaeological museum in Quzhou:
http://t.m.china.org.cn/convert/c_Rdy8zM22.html
http://www.china.org.cn/china/2023-03/14/content_85166808.htm
Feature on the Silk Road:
https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/what-was-the-silk-road-and-what-happened-to-it
On the implications of ‘privacy’ in the art market:
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/privacy-in-art-collecting-does-not-mean-dirty-money-3pxwf3ntp
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AUCTIONS AND SALES RELATED
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A Bible associated with a priest who helped Charles II to flee to France is coming to auction:
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-merseyside-65006425
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ON THE DNA FRONT
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Studying the pre-colonial DNA of the Ashaninka people of Peru:
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/03/230316113957.htm
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THE TECHY SIDE
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Latest facial reconstruction is of an 8000 years bp Norwegian lad:
Feature on carbon dating:
https://www.sciencefocus.com/planet-earth/carbon-dating-how-scientists-hack-radiation-to-age-ancient-artefacts/
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CLIMATE MATTERS
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Latest sites emerging as a result of drought in Spain:
https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/church-tower-reemerges-parched-reservoir-drought-hit-spain-2023-03-17/
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TOURISTY THINGS
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Pompeii:
https://www.lonelyplanet.com/news/new-discoveries-pompeii-ruins-archeological-site
The Pantheon will soon be charging admission:
https://www.thelocal.it/20230316/romes-pantheon-to-start-charging-visitors-for-entry/
https://apnews.com/article/pantheon-rome-ticket-tourism-ancient-monument-italy-371b2a4c8dd2cee451a2f21fc6eb4336
https://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/news/300832691/tourists-will-soon-be-charged-to-enter-italys-mostvisited-cultural-site
https://www.euronews.com/travel/2023/03/17/pantheon-you-will-soon-have-to-pay-to-enter-romes-best-preserved-ancient-monument
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PERFORMANCES AND MUSIC RELATED
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Feature on Bronislava Nijinska:
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/14/arts/dance/bronislava-nijinska-les-noces-ballet-west.html
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CRIME BEAT
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The dealer who sold that ‘ides of March’ coin a while back has been arrested for falsifying the provenance:
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/roma-numismatics-coin-dealer-richard-beale-arrested-fake-provenance-2269635
https://www.insidehook.com/daily_brief/crime/record-setting-ancient-coin-false-documents
… and a Naxos coin from Sicily was recovered:
https://greekcitytimes.com/2023/03/14/sicily-naxos-coin-british-auction/
A bust of a West Bank antiquities smuggling ring:
https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-734451
An Italian was arrested in Nepal for taking archaeological relics from their place of origin:
Feature on the Gardner Museum heist:
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/03/17/metro/thirty-three-years-after-gardner-heist-where-are-paintings/?
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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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The US returned swords and a stone axe to Ukraine:
https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/12/us/us-customs-border-patrol-ukrainian-artifacts-returned-trnd/index.html
https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/03/10/ukraine-weapons-sword-embassy-russia/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11286-230315-ukraine-repatriation-artifacts
The Netherlands returned indigenous human remains to Sint Eustatius:
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/03/16/netherlands-returns-indigenous-remains-caribbean-island
Cambodia is celebrating the return of a pile of Khmer antiquities:
https://apnews.com/article/art-artifacts-sculpture-stolen-art-cambodia-culture-looted-antiquities-c903a41f82c8363f36027ab771839ebf
https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/cambodia-celebrates-return-priceless-stolen-artifacts-97938457
https://global.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202303/17/WS64141a64a31057c47ebb51ab.html
https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202303/1287498.shtml
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/cambodia-celebrates-return-of-priceless-stolen-centuries-old-artifacts
On hopes of returns to Wounded Knee:
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/16/arts/repatriation-native-american-cultural-heritage.html
More on Turkiye waiting too long to seek repatriation of the ‘Stargazer’:
More on the Denver Art Museum and donations from an associate of Douglas Latchford:
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/03/15/denver-museum-art-removes-emma-bunker-name-cambodian-loot
More on Iraq’s recovery of an item looted from the Baghdad Museum back in 2003:
https://www.iraqinews.com/iraq/iraq-recovers-a-2700-year-old-artifact-stolen-during-u-s-invasion/
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/03/15/2700-year-old-antiquity-repatriated-to-iraqi-government/
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NUMISMATICA
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Feature on coins of Carthage during Hannibal’s war with Rome:
https://coinweek.com/ancient-coins/the-coins-of-carthage-during-hannibals-war-with-rome/
A coin with the oldest image of the Temple menorah is on display for the first time:
https://www.timesofisrael.com/coin-with-oldest-depiction-of-temple-menorah-displayed-for-first-time/
Latest e-Sylum:
http://www.coinbooks.org/v26/club_nbs_esylum_v26n11.html
… and the one which should appear later today:
http://www.coinbooks.org/v26/club_nbs_esylum_v26n12.html
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Coin Week:
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OBITUARIES
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Katie Demakopoulou:
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/03/14/sad-news-for-katie-demakopoulou/
Charles H. Kahn:
https://almanac.upenn.edu/articles/charles-h-kahn-philosophy
John Bramble:
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2023/mar/14/john-bramble-obituary
Robert Harris:
Jane Gardner:
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AUDIO/VIDEO NEWS
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Audio News from Archaeologica:
https://www.archaeologychannel.org/audio-guide/audio-news/3265-audio-news-from-archaeologica-march-5th-through-11th-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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