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explorator 23.41 January 31, 2021
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Thanks to Arthur Shippee, Dave Sowdon, Edward Rockstein, Kurt Theis,
John McMahon, Barnea Selavan, Joseph Lauer, Mike Ruggeri, Hernan Astudillo, Richard Campbell, Barbara Saylor Rodgers, Bob Heuman, David Critchley,
Richard Miller, Kris Curry, Rick Heli, Richard C. Griffiths, Frank MacKay,
Don Buck, mata kimasitayo, and Ross W. Sargent for headses upses this week
(as always hoping I have left no one out).

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EARLY HOMINIDS
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Pondering how many early species of hominids there were:

https://www.livescience.com/how-many-human-species.html https://www.sciencetimes.com/articles/29286/20210124/early-human-species-many.htm

I think we had this feature on Neanderthal women:

https://aeon.co/essays/what-do-we-know-about-the-lives-of-neanderthal-women

More on links between Neanderthals and COVID-19:

https://www.sapiens.org/biology/neanderthals-covid-19/

More on that 350 000 years bp 'abrading tool' from the Tabun Cave (Israel):

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/oldest-known-abrading-tool-archaeology-tabun-cave
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9396-210126-israel-rubbing-tool

More on the evidence from 500 000 to 300 000 years bp 'chopping tools' found at Revadim:

https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/01/early-humans-used-chopping-tools-to.html

More on the oldest cave paintings in Indonesia:

https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/environment/the-tale-behind-the-worlds-oldest-known-cave-painting-0
https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/on-the-sulawesi-warty-pig

... and a related feature on dating such artifacts:

https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/how-cave-paintings-are-dated ================================================================
AFRICA
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Examination of ancient proteins suggest milk was being consumed in Africa some 6000 years bp at least:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-01/mpif-aph012521.php https://phys.org/news/2021-01-ancient-proteins-track-early-africa.html https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2021/01/humans-were-drinking-milk-they-could-digest-it
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/01/28/ancient-proteins-help-track-early-milk-drinking-in-africa/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9405-210128-africa-dairy-farming

Feature on the Kingdom of Kush:

https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/cush/

Studying the various 'greenings' of the Sahara over the past 160 000 years:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-01/ggph-pra012921.php

Sudan is hoping to touristify its archaeological sites:

https://www.ft.com/content/91628575-be39-4c9c-9c87-44bc5c16e10c ================================================================
ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT ================================================================
Remains of a Ptolemaic temple, a Roman fort, and a Coptic-era church from the Shiha fort site in Aswan:

https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/96667/Explore-the-finds-uncovered-at-Aswan%E2%80%99s-partial-Roman-fort
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/01/ptolemaic-temple-coptic-church-and.html
https://dailynewsegypt.com/2021/01/30/new-archaeological-discovery-in-alexandria/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9393-210125-egypt-shiha-fort

16 Greek/Roman -era burials excavated near the Taposiris Magna temple excavations:

https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/96989/Egypt-discovers-16-burials-in-Taposiris-Magna-Temple-in-western
https://www.arabnews.com/node/1800996/middle-east

An elderly Greek citizen gave a couple of Roman artifacts to Alexandria (not sure if this is repatriation or not):

https://www.egyptindependent.com/elderly-greek-citizen-gifts-two-roman-artifacts-to-alexandria/
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/01/29/two-roman-column-capitals-donated-to-graeco-roman-museum-of-alexandria/

It seems we'll be hearing more from Saqqara soon:

https://www.wired.com/story/egyptian-tombs-unearthed-saqqara-necropolis/

More on the reopening of the restored temple of Isis:

https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2021/01/egypt-isis-temple-restoration-tourism-archeology.html

More on the latest finds from Saqqara:

https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/01/egyptian-archaeologists-unearth-dozens-of-tombs-at-saqqara-necropolis/

Feature on the Hyksos:

https://www.thetorah.com/article/we-were-slaves-to-the-hyksos-in-egypt

We alluded last week to this apparent forbidding of excavation and display of mummies (doesn't seem to be a fatwa):

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20210127-egypts-al-azhar-prohibits-excavating-and-displaying-mummies/
https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2021/01/egypt-scholar-islam-ban-digging-mummies-pharaos-archeology.html

This seems to be a repeat article of the find of a Luwian inscription at Turkmen-Karahoyuk last year:

https://www.sciencealert.com/archaeologists-in-turkey-have-discovered-a-mysterious-ancient-kingdom-lost-in-history

Iran is offering to help Iraq restore the Taq Kasra/Arch of Ctesiphon:

https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2021/01/iraq-baghdad-taq-kasra-ctesiphon.html
https://menafn.com/1101520334/ALIPH-to-help-Rescue-the-Arch-of-Ctesiphon

Feature on the Deir 'Alla tablets:

http://www.asor.org/anetoday/2021/01/enigmatic-tablets

Dating some purple-dyed fabric found in the Timna Valley reveals it comes from ca 1000 BCE:

https://phys.org/news/2021-01-glimpse-wardrobe-king-david-solomon.html https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-01/tu-ag012721.php https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/.premium-archaeologists-find-textile-shreds-with-purple-from-king-david-s-time-1.9490326
https://www.israelhayom.com/2021/01/29/who-was-wearing-royal-purple-at-king-solomons-mines/
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-55815820 https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/purple-dye-israel-bible-solomon-david-b1795242.html
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-9198043/Archaeology-Ancient-purple-thread-Israel-shade-said-worn-Biblical-royals.html
https://www.algemeiner.com/2021/01/29/israeli-archeologists-unearth-valued-purple-dye-from-period-of-kings-david-and-solomon/
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20210130-israelis-find-royal-purple-fabric-from-king-david-era
https://nypost.com/2021/01/29/ancients-went-on-mollusk-murder-sprees-to-get-fabric-color/
http://www.sci-news.com/archaeology/royal-purple-textile-09301.html https://www.zmescience.com/science/ancient-purple-fabric-6346346/ http://www.ansamed.info/ansamed/en/news/sections/culture/2021/01/28/archaeology-purple-fabrics-found-in-timna-israel_c0b61f86-c9e8-452f-a0f2-bf543c5cc236.html
https://www.archaeology.org/news/9409-210129-israel-purple-dye

cf: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0245897

More on that 1500 years bp Christian inscription referring to Mary from the Jezreel Valley:

https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/biblical-topics/post-biblical-period/inscription-to-jesus-son-of-mary-found-in-jezreel/
https://mymodernmet.com/christ-inscription-israel/ http://www.sci-news.com/archaeology/christian-inscription-et-taiyiba-09283.html

More on that 7th century mosque find at Tiberias:

https://phys.org/news/2021-01-sea-galilee-archaeologists-early-mosque.html https://www.timesofisrael.com/one-of-the-oldest-mosques-in-the-world-uncovered-in-tiberias/
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/ancient-marketplace-turned-mosque-uncovered-near-tiberias-656502
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/28/remnants-of-mosque-from-earliest-decades-of-islam-found-in-israel
https://www.startribune.com/by-sea-of-galilee-archaeologists-find-ruins-of-early-mosque/600016064/
https://apnews.com/article/israel-jerusalem-coronavirus-pandemic-archaeology-76bdaf039055eee55d8bb77fa581cdb2
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/by-sea-of-galilee-archaeologists-find-ruins-of-early-mosque/2021/01/28/4f7b4628-6182-11eb-a177-7765f29a9524_story.html
https://mosaicmagazine.com/picks/history-ideas/2021/01/an-ancient-mosque-in-northern-israel-may-be-the-oldest-unearthed-anywhere/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/by-sea-of-galilee-archaeologists-find-ruins-of-early-mosque/2021/01/28/4f7b4628-6182-11eb-a177-7765f29a9524_story.html
https://www.archaeology.org/news/9410-210129-israel-tiberias-mosque

A WWI hand grenade from a Jerusalem cistern:

https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/hand-grenade-from-1st-world-war-unearthed-in-jerusalem-656554

A listing of archaeological excavations coming up this year in Israel:

https://mfa.gov.il/MFA/IsraelExperience/History/Pages/Archaeological-excavations-in-Israel-2021.aspx

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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS) ================================================================
A very nice 4th century BCE (probably) funeral monument depicting two women from Peania/Painia/Eastern Athens:

https://www.livescience.com/ancient-greek-statues-missing-heads.html https://greece.greekreporter.com/2021/01/24/magnificent-female-statues-unearthed-from-ancient-tomb-east-of-athens/
https://greekcitytimes.com/2021/01/29/fine-funerary-sculptures-found-during-salvage-operations-in-peania/
https://greekcitytimes.com/2021/01/25/ancient-greek-statues-athens-airport/ https://www.tornosnews.gr/en/greek-news/culture/43059-ancient-greek-statues-discovered-near-athens-airport.html
https://www.thenationalherald.com/culture/arthro/fine_funerary_ancient_greek_sculptures_found_during_salvage_operations_in_peania-1676865/
http://www.china.org.cn/arts/2021-01/25/content_77150460.htm https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/01/temple-shaped-burial-monument-brought.html
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/01/26/temple-shaped-burial-monument-brought-to-light-in-paiania/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9401-210127-greece-tomb-statues

A report on the excavations this year at Kouklia/Palaepafos (Cyprus):

https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/01/15th-annual-field-campaign-at.html
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/01/25/15th-annual-field-campaign-at-kouklia-palaepafos-completed/

A Late Archaic temple was found in this year's excavations at the sanctuary of Artemis Amarysia:

https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/01/late-rchaic-temple-found-in-sanctuary.html
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/01/25/late-%CE%B1rchaic-temple-found-in-the-sanctuary-of-artemis-amarysia/

A possible paleochristian bural (and a wall) found during parking lot construction in Castellammare (Italian):

https://napoli.repubblica.it/cronaca/2021/01/24/news/castellammare_spunta_una_tomba_post-eruzione_nei_lavori_nel_municipio-284013629/
https://www.ilcorrierino.com/castellammare-in-due-giorni-scoperte-mura-e-tombe-stabia-esca-dalloblio/21090.html
https://www.stylo24.it/una-necropoli-paleocristiana-scoperta-sotto-la-sede-del-municipio/

A Roman mosaic from the Costa del Sol:

https://www.euroweeklynews.com/2021/01/27/original-location-of-roman-mosaic-discovered-in-cartama/

Finds from various periods, including remains of a Roman oven, from road construction in Lincolnshire:

https://www.lincolnshirelive.co.uk/news/local-news/ancient-oven-among-exciting-finds-4930200
https://www.spaldingtoday.co.uk/news/roman-oven-uncovered-during-relief-road-works-9149589/

A hoard of 600+ Roman silver coins from Aizanoi:

https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/roman-silver-coin-collection-found-at-aizanoi-161969
https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/rare-collection-of-roman-coins-found-in-turkeys-ancient-aizanoi/news
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/turkey/collection-of-priceless-roman-coins-unearthed-in-turkey/2124620

A hoard of 120 silver coins from the former Viminancium:

https://www.numismaticnews.net/world-coins/ancient-coins-found-in-roman-ruins

Some 2nd/3rd century Roman shipwrecks off the coast of Kasos:

https://www.tornosnews.gr/en/greek-news/culture/42972-roman-shipwreck-filled-with-ancient-treasures-discovered-off-greek-island-of-kassos.html
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-unearth-ancient-roman-artifacts-shipwreck-kasos-180976820/
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/ancient-treasures-recovered-from-shipwreck-1939671
https://www.archaeology.org/news/9395-210126-greece-shipwreck-kassos

A 1500 years bp dwelling from Sardis features puppy footprints on some of the tiles and assorted other interesting features:

https://www.livescience.com/ancient-house-turkey-puppy-prints.html

A piece of a Roman sarcophagus built into the wall of a 1950's era house in western Turkey:

https://www.metro.news/home-sweet-rome-relic-found-in-wall/2310758/

An update on that Roman lead ingot found at Wrexham a couple ago:

https://www.leaderlive.co.uk/news/19036298.liverpool-university-provides-insight-roman-lead-ingot-found-wrexham/

Plans to excavate the ancient beach area of Herculaneum:

https://www.wantedinrome.com/news/herculaneum-to-unearth-ancient-beach-buried-by-volcanic-ash.html
http://www.ansamed.info/ansamed/en/news/sections/culture/2021/01/28/archaeology-herculaneum-doubles-and-finds-ancient-beach_2b425a59-ef30-434c-8f76-be622d35a017.html
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/01/29/archeologists-excavate-ancient-beach-herculaneum-roman-town/

Plans to dig year-round at Turkey's Antandros site:

https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/excavations-at-turkeys-antandros-site-to-continue-year-round/news

Remains of a Roman port off the coast of Syria:

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20210128-russia-scientists-discover-ancient-roman-port-off-syria-coast/
https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/russian-scientists-find-ancient-roman-port-off-syrias-coast-photos/

I think we mentioned this lost-then-refound site of a Temple of Apollo at Frangissa:

https://cyprus-mail.com/2021/01/24/forgotten-for-over-a-century-ancient-sanctuary-reveals-its-treasures/

Rome has reopened the Colosseum, the Forum, and Palatine:

https://www.wantedinrome.com/news/covid-19-in-italy-rome-reopens-colosseum-roman-forum-and-palatine-hill.html

More on that Gallo-Roman child+puppy burial from France:

https://www.livescience.com/ancient-toddler-buried-with-dog.html https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/01/exceptional-childs-grave-from-gallo.html

More on the find of a 4th century CE Roman marble table from the Petrick Kale Fortress (Bulgaria):

http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2021/01/19/rare-5th-century-ad-late-roman-marble-table-discovered-in-petrich-kale-fortress-near-bulgarias-varna/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9392-210125-bulgaria-marble-table

More on the Roman villa found beneath an Islamic tower at Alicante:

https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/01/roman-villa-appears-under-islamic-tower.html
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/01/25/a-roman-villa-appears-under-an-islamic-tower/

More on the recently-opened Thermopolium at Pompeii:

https://www.themarysue.com/unearthed-pompeii-pub/

... and a reconstruction of its menu:

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/recreate-the-menu-of-pompeii-ancient-pub

Feature on Dr Ester Slagarella's work deciphering Linear A:

https://www.joh.cam.ac.uk/rosetta-stone-internet-could-help-researchers-finally-solve-puzzle-ancient-minoan-language
https://greece.greekreporter.com/2021/01/28/minoan-language-linear-a-linked-to-linear-b-in-groundbreaking-new-research/
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/01/27/cambridge-researcher-makes-steps-towards-cracking-linear-a/

Interview with Natalie Haynes about *A Thousand Ships*:

https://www.npr.org/2021/01/24/959638472/the-trojan-women-and-many-more-speak-up-in-a-thousand-ships
https://www.capradio.org/news/npr/story?storyid=959638472

An interview with Ariel Sabar on the Gospel of Jesus' Wife:

https://religionandpolitics.org/2021/01/26/debunking-the-gospel-of-jesus-wife-an-interview-with-ariel-sabar/

Interview/podcast with Peter Stothard on *The Last Assassin*:

https://www.historyextra.com/period/roman/hunt-caesar-killers-who-peter-stothard-podcast/

Review of Merrow et al, *Caesar's Great Success*:

https://www.strategypage.com/bookreviews/2130

Reviewish/hypish piece on Dr Simon Elliott's book on the fate of the Ninth Legion:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9200823/Hidden-fate-lost-ninth-legion-5-500-Roman-troops-likely-slaughtered-tribesmen.html

In case you're following the threat to Classics at the University of Vermont:

https://www.samessenger.com/opinion/editorials/no-ancient-greek-at-uvm/article_1a34824c-35a7-11eb-aa62-cb56feb2aefd.html
https://www.sevendaysvt.com/vermont/major-fallout-uvm-scholars-argue-that-cuts-to-the-humanities-would-imperil-the-universitys-mission/Content?oid=32189710

Feature on what went on in temples of Aphrodite:

https://www.thedailybeast.com/mysteries-around-antiquitys-favorite-pimp-could-be-unlocked-by-temple-discovered-in-turkey

Feature on remains of a Roman wall in a London car park:

https://www.mylondon.news/news/nostalgia/london-car-park-hides-incredible-19708454

Feature on the 'Giants' Tombs' on Sardinia:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/01/the-giants-graves/136952

Feature/podcast on the Eleusinian mysteries:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3cszjwp

Feature on 'debauchery' in ancient Athens:

https://www.ancientworldmagazine.com/articles/debauchery-ancient-athens-part-one/

Feature on the Roman army:

https://www.historyextra.com/period/roman/guide-roman-army-life-facts-legion-centurion/

Feature on Roman remains in Gloucestershire:

https://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/news/gloucester-news/roman-remains-gloucestershire-find-4933381

Feature on the Nike of Samothrace:

https://smarthistory.org/nike-winged-victory-of-samothrace/

... and one on a Nike at Tegea:

https://www.argophilia.com/news/another-thing-a-local-masterpiece-a-nike-by-skopas-at-tegea/228186/

Feature on Byzantine miniature mosaics:

https://smarthistory.org/byzantine-miniature-mosaics/

Feature on Roman roads:

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/magazine/2021/01-02/200000-miles-roman-roads-provided-framework-empire/

Feature on neoclassicism:

https://www.artandobject.com/articles/defense-neoclassicism

Feature on Plato and Sappho:

https://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/arts/literature/sappho.htm

... and of course it's that time of year when folks decide to comment on the use of Roman numerals for Superbowl purposes:

https://dknation.draftkings.com/22247796/super-bowl-why-are-roman-numerals-used-nfl-what-is-this-years-number
https://sports.yahoo.com/google-searches-super-bowl-driving-153010769.html https://www.insidehook.com/daily_brief/sports/super-bowl-searches-roman-numerals
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Roman Archaeology Blog:

http://romanarc.blogspot.com/

Rogueclassicism:

http://rogueclassicism.com/ ================================================================
EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland) ================================================================
Remains of some 'bog beetles' from Britain have been dated to 3785 years bp:

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-55827408

A major Anglo-Saxon burial site (dubbed 'early medieval'?) found at Cambridge University is causing much excitement:

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/jan/30/find-of-the-century-medieval-hoard-of-treasures-unearthed-in-cambridge
https://www.euroweeklynews.com/2021/01/31/archaeologists-uncover-find-of-the-century-medieval-burial-site/

Scraps of 'mineralized' Anglo Saxon textiles from a dig in Northamptonshire:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-discover-bronze-age-and-anglo-saxon-burials-same-historic-site-180976874/

... and plenty more items from various periods (I think this is the same dig):

https://www.livescience.com/massive-anglo-saxon-burial-site-discovered.html

... and a feature on the debate over the term 'Anglo Saxon':

https://www.archaeology.co.uk/articles/who-did-the-anglo-saxons-think-they-were.htm

Interesting study of hundreds of human remains from assorted medieval burial sites in Cambridge reveals much social inequality:

https://phys.org/news/2021-01-inequality-medieval-cambridge-bones-residents.html
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-01/uoc-iim012121.php https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-55796306 https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/jan/26/friar-crushed-by-cart-bone-analysis-hints-at-causes-of-medieval-deaths
https://aleteia.org/2021/01/28/remains-of-medieval-friars-shed-light-on-perils-of-the-era/
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/01/inequality-in-medieval-cambridge-was.html
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/01/26/inequality-in-medieval-cambridge-in-the-bones-of-its-residents/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeology-inequality-skeletons-cambridge-180976833/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9399-210127-europe-medieval-burials http://www.archaeology.org/news/9407-210129-medieval-bone-fractures

Three 11th century gold coins from Almus (Bulgaria):

http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2021/01/29/3-gold-coins-from-byzantine-empire-after-1071-battle-of-manzikert-found-in-bulgarias-lom-in-almus-lomgrad-ruins/

A metal detectorist came across a hoard of medieval silver coins in Romania:

https://www.romania-insider.com/medieval-coins-salaj-january-2021 https://www.archaeology.org/news/9394-210125-romania-medieval-coins

6500 medieval coins and other items from a Polish cornfield:

https://www.livescience.com/medieval-polish-hoard.html https://www.thefirstnews.com/article/medieval-treasure-trove-belonging-to-princess-found-in-cornfield-following-tip-off-from-village-priest-18571
https://www.archaeology.org/news/9404-210128-poland-medieval-hoard

Interesting finds (including cattle horns) from a site near Birmingham's 12th century Bull Ring Market:

https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/preserved-horns-found-next-bull-19456993

A metal detectorist may have come across a lost crown jewel from Henry VIII's crown:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9203729/Metal-detectorist-finds-2million-centrepiece-jewel-Henry-VIIIs-lost-crown-buried-tree.html
https://nypost.com/2021/01/30/treasure-hunter-finds-gold-headpiece-from-henry-viiis-lost-crown/
http://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/496/reader/reader.html?social#!preferred/0/package/496/pub/496/page/47/article/128830

Evidence of a hitherto unknown 16th century garden from a former manor site in Warwickshire:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-coventry-warwickshire-55840474 https://www.eveningexpress.co.uk/news/uk/hs2-dig-uncovers-one-of-the-best-preserved-examples-of-elizabethan-gardens/
https://news.yahoo.com/preserved-gardens-coleshill-manor-hs2-excavations-113207425.html
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/01/archaeologists-excavate-ornate-tudor-garden/136961
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/remains-elaborate-elizabethan-garden-found-180976873/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9408-210129-england-elizabethan-garden

I think we mentioned these remains of a 17th century seawall near Portsmouth:

https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/politics/historic-17th-century-seawall-uncovered-portsmouth-after-stormy-weather-3109393
https://www.archaeology.org/news/9397-210126-england-portsmouth-seawall

Interesting study of the history of the Champagne vineyards:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-01/c-hot012721.php https://phys.org/news/2021-01-history-champagne-vineyards-revealed.html

A stained-glass 'upgrade' for an 800 years bp medieval chapel in Suffolk:

https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-england-suffolk-55774422

More on that 'early European common currency' suggestion:

https://www.dw.com/en/archaeological-discovery-first-common-currency-in-europe/a-56316203
https://www.courthousenews.com/ancient-copper-findings-shed-light-on-origins-of-money/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/bronze-age-europeans-used-rings-ribs-and-ax-blades-money-180976859/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9391-210125-bronze-age-currency

More on evidence for 'interconnected' burial practices in early Medieval Europe:

https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/01/burial-practices-point-to.html

More on that 9th century village find in Bulgaria:

http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2021/01/21/80-newly-found-dugouts-offer-glimpse-into-9th-century-rural-life-in-first-bulgarian-empire/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9398-210126-first-bulgarian-empire

More on that 'cursus' monument on the Isle of Arran:

https://www.livescience.com/neolithic-cursus-monument-discovered-scotland.html

Feature on some recently-found Viking artifacts/sites:

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/most-fascinating-viking-artifact-discoveries-1939220

Feature on Dolbadarn Castle:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/01/dolbadarn-castle-stronghold-of-the-welsh-princes/136967

Feature on various other places in the 'Stonehenge Landscape':

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/01/exploring-the-stonehenge-landscape/136893

Feature on cave art in various European locales:

https://aeon.co/essays/ice-age-art-making-was-a-tactile-joyous-exploration-of-the-world

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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A Tang Dynasty temple complex from Yunnan:

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/china-archaeology-medieval-emperor-nanzhao-b1794173.html
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/01/ninth-century-temple-complex-found-in.html

Feature on Qinshihuang's mausolem and its importance to China's history:

http://global.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202101/25/WS600e6647a31024ad0baa4e3f.html

Iron Age burials from Guntur:

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/amaravati/andhra-pradesh-iron-age-burial-structures-found-in-guntur/articleshow/80449890.cms

Some 'abandoned' 16th century 'hero stones' from Virudhunagar:

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/madurai/abandoned-16th-c-hero-stones-found-in-virudhunagar-district/articleshow/80521625.cms

Angry farmers in India stormed the Red Fort this week during the ongoing protests:

https://www.npr.org/2021/01/26/960674347/protesting-farmers-flood-indias-capital-storm-historic-fort
https://apnews.com/article/india-farmer-protest-654ef151a8af6de8c264c29363d0607b

... and it appears that there has been some damage and/or theft:

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/r-day-violence-antiquities-inside-red-fort-missing-tableaux-damaged-says-union-minister/articleshow/80514595.cms
https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2021/jan/28/antiquities-inside-red-fort-missing-tableaux-damaged-during-r-day-violence-says-prahlad-patel-2256301.html
https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/rday-violence-antiquities-inside-red-fort-missing-tableaux-damaged-says-union-minister/2019185
https://in.news.yahoo.com/r-day-violence-antiquities-inside-154234756.html

A court order for the ASI to check out a possible 'megalithic' site in Tuticorin:

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/madurai/plea-to-carryout-asi-excavation-at-tuticorin-village/articleshow/80457023.cms

Plans to investigate the underwater origins of Ram Setu:

https://www.oneindia.com/india/centre-approves-underwater-study-to-ascertain-origin-of-ram-setu-3207053.html
https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/explained-this-underwater-archaeological-excavation-could-tell-the-age-of-ram-setu-7163370/

Feature on Australia's Wurdi Youang Aboriginal site with an astronomy focus:

http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20210128-is-australia-the-birthplace-of-astronomy
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NORTH AMERICA
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The first people to arrive in the Americas apparently brought their dogs with them:

https://phys.org/news/2021-01-people-americas-dogs.html https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-01/du-fpt012221.php https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/26/world/human-dog-migration-study-scn/index.html https://www.sciencealert.com/the-first-people-to-settle-in-the-americas-brought-their-dogs-with-them-study-finds
http://www.sci-news.com/paleontology/first-people-americas-dogs-09293.html https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/01/first-people-to-enter-americas-likely.html
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/01/26/first-people-to-enter-the-americas-likely-did-so-with-their-dogs/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9403-210128-dog-domestication-migration

see also: https://www.pnas.org/content/118/6/e2010083118

Suggestion that the Chumash people were using worked shell beads as currency:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-01/uoc--aae012821.php https://phys.org/news/2021-01-archaeologist-chumash-indians-highly-shell.html https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/01/210129120245.htm http://www.sci-news.com/archaeology/chumash-money-09303.html https://yubanet.com/california/archaeologist-argues-the-chumash-indians-were-using-highly-worked-shell-beads-as-currency-2000-years-ago/

Studying the movements of Paleoindians in Ohio:

https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/columns/2021/01/31/archaeology-paleoindians-ohios-first-settlers-left-stone-tools-flint-few-footprints/4280620001/

A study of fire management by Native American farmers in New Mexico some 1000 years bp:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-01/smu-ain012021.php https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/01/28/indigenous-new-mexican-community-knew-how-to-coexist-with-wildfire/

Evidence of dozens of eel weirs in Susquehanna (not sure of the date):

https://www.bayjournal.com/news/fisheries/dozens-of-ancient-eel-weirs-uncovered-in-susquehanna/article_e81509b6-5f14-11eb-9d18-fb84550adab2.html

Assorted technology was used to identify the location of a 19th century Tlingit fortress in Alaska used in defense of Russian invaders:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-01/cu-e1c012521.php https://phys.org/news/2021-01-elusive-19th-century-alaskan-fort.html https://www.livescience.com/19th-century-tlingit-fort-alaska.html https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/28/us/tlingit-alaska-fort.html https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/2021/01/29/researchers-locate-site-of-nearly-200-year-old-tlingit-battle-fort-that-signified-colonial-resistance/
https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/lost-indigenous-fort-repel-russia-rediscovered-alaska-n1255537
https://www.sciencealert.com/radar-scans-uncover-an-alaskan-fort-built-to-scare-off-russia
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/01/elusive-19th-century-alaskan-fort.html
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/archaeologists-identify-famed-fort-where-indigenous-tlingits-fought-russian-forces-180976818/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/9402-210127-alaska-tlingit-fort

Feature on old houses in New York:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/29/realestate/instagram-old-houses.html

Feature on how Arctic Anthropologists are expanding our knowledge of the North:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/national-museum-of-natural-history/2021/01/26/how-arctic-anthropologists-are-expanding-narratives-about-north/

Hopes that Bears Ears could be protected again:

https://www.discovermagazine.com/environment/the-stunning-and-sacred-lands-of-utahs-bears-ears-could-soon-be-protected
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On use of bird waste by farmers near the Atacama Desert ca 1000 CE:


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Orpbit, here is what cousin John the Baptist and cousin Jesus Christ said yesterday, 'Keep this posted until Tabernacle exhumed and Tunnel gone.'
-- The forces Against the God of forces Shall be defeated

--
[b]IAN DUNCAN BURNETT[/b] said We Are going to Lose and we are going to Lose huge.
So, here (Again), Yessum, is the Only way that We can stop Loss of any artefacts.

https://www.megalithic.co.uk/modules.php?op=modload&name=Forum&file=viewtopic&topic=8473&forum=4

[img]https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EtQTWhbXYAYVKin.jpg[/img]

https://www.megalithic.co.uk/modules.php?op=modload&name=Forum&file=viewtopic&topic=8473&forum=4

[b]Git your fuckers Diggin' fuckers![/b]

O LUCIFER Wally
the Devil Wally
SATAN Wally

--
[b]That's a fact, Jack![/b]
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EtI2NO3XAAQx1kK.jpg
[b]That's a fact, Jack![/b]
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EtI4nN1XMAU0z8v.jpg

Add a Map scale, Iblis, in hsmf's ofc.

YHWH Allah Wally
(LORD God Wally)

--
[b]IAN DUNCAN BURNETT[/b]

[img]https://d1d8vslyhr7rdg.cloudfront.net/Pictures/1024x536/7/6/8/28768_justiceburnett.jpg[/img]

"You Are going to Lose and you are going to Lose huge."
-- Ian Duncan Burnett

[b]Call him up. I did fuckers. And ask.[/b]
[b]So git your fuckers diggin' fuckers.[/b]
[b]It is only 4 HSMF below The Stone.[/b]

https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C1OKWM_enUS851US851&biw=1280&bih=610&tbm=nws&ei=unQYYM3uCcSGtQak77uQAw&q=A303&oq=A303&gs_l=psy-ab.3..0l10.3535.4897.0.7352.4.4.0.0.0.0.119.357.2j2.4.0....0...1.1.64.psy-ab..0.4.353...0i433i131k1j0i433k1.0.EXJyzQt-q8Y

G-D

--
Ain't gonna be no Short tunnel at Stonehenge 'cause
the Good Book says that Michael himself defeats it

https://mishkan-heelstone.blogspot.com/

[quote][b]And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall
be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book. And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt. And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness
of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.[/b][/quote]
Me votes for Michael himself to 'Dig Deeper' there
yessum as was Cored by US many times before

https://mishkan-heelstone.blogspot.com/

Note: Iblis scaled Map hsmf

https://archive.4plebs.org/pol/thread/306158442 http://boards.4chan.org/pol/thread/306158442 https://archived.moe/pol/thread/306158442

(looks in feet to me)

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