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explorator 23.15 August 2, 2020
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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, Tim Parkin,
Richard Miller, Kris Curry, Rick Heli, Richard C. Griffiths, Frank MacKay, Ken Berry,
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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I think we heard of this evidence for early 'rope making' in Paleolithic Europe a while ago:
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2020/aug/01/mammoth-tusk-drill-holes-make-rope-change-history-stone-age
Feature on Osbjorn Pearson's work with Neanderthal remains:
http://news.unm.edu/news/unm-professor-on-team-studying-neandertal-remains
Finds with early human implications in Spain from the Gran Dolina site:
https://tntribune.com/spanish-dig-fills-100000-year-gap/
More on Neanderthals' pain threshold:
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-02202-x http://www.archaeology.org/news/8881-200727-neanderthal-genome-pain ================================================================
AFRICA
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A survey and excavations at a 14 000 years bp site at Gona (Ethiopia):
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/07/new-archaeological-sites-discovered-at.html
In case you missed the story about the revival of purple dye techniques in Tunisia:
https://phys.org/news/2020-07-passion-purple-revives-ancient-dye.html https://news.yahoo.com/passion-purple-revives-ancient-dye-tunisia-030856096.html
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/07/passion-for-purple-revives-ancient-dye.html
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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT ================================================================
Statues of Ramses II, Ptah, Sekhmet, and Hathor from a rescue dig at Mit-Rahina:
https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/90176/In-Pics-Egypt-s-Supreme-Council-of-Culture-archeologists-unearth
https://dailynewsegypt.com/2020/07/28/egypt-announces-new-archaeological-discovery-from-ramses-ii-era/
https://menafn.com/1100556290/Egypt-announces-new-archaeological-discovery-from-Ramses-II-era
https://www.ansa.it/english/news/lifestyle/arts/2020/07/28/archaeology-egypt-ramesses-ii-and-hathor-statues-found_27e5972e-1fd4-4004-9d0a-51795f59dbe8.html
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/07/new-finds-unearthed-at-egypts-mit-rahina.html
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2020/07/ancient-egyptian-embossed-blocks-of-ramesses-ii-discovered/134461
http://www.archaeology.org/news/8892-200730-egypt-ramesses-ii-statue
Feature on ancient Egyptian use of gold:
https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/90185/Egypt%E2%80%99s-Ancient-Pharaohs-the-first-to-discover-gold
Feature on the desert resources which contributed to the rise of Egypt:
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2020/07/desert-resources-contributed-in-rise-of-ancient-egyptian-civilisation/134481
Latest thoughts on the 'curse of the pharaohs':
https://www.egyptindependent.com/new-facts-about-the-curse-of-the-pharaohs-revealed/
In case you missed the CT scan results of some small Egyptian sarcophagi:
https://www.livescience.com/ancient-egypt-grain-mummy.html http://www.archaeology.org/news/8880-200727-ct-scan-mummies
In case you're wondering how folks are reacting to Elon Musk's 'alien pyramids' comments:
https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/90317/Hawass-Archaeological-evidence-proves-that-builders-of-the-Great-Pyramids
https://egyptianstreets.com/2020/08/01/egyptian-public-figures-react-to-elon-musks-comment-on-pyramids-built-by-aliens/
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/375744/Egypt/Politics-/Egypt-invites-Elon-Musk-to-visit-Giza-Pyramids-fol.aspx
Ongoing criticism of damage to Cairo's 'City of the Dead' during bridge construction:
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/egypt-furious-history-graves-city-dead-cairo https://www.startribune.com/highways-raise-alarm-in-cairo-s-historic-city-of-the-dead/571965252/
https://gulfnews.com/photos/news/why-is-egypt-building-two-new-highways-through-cairos-city-of-the-dead-1.1596182006591
... and features on the 'City of the Dead':
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/32/99/375587/Folk/Special-Files/Cairo%E2%80%99s-City-of-the-Dead-A-thousand-years-of-archi.aspx
https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/inpictures/pictures-highways-threaten-cairo-historic-city-dead-200802054422208.html
30+ Paleolithic sites from eastern Iran:
https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/450554/Over-30-Paleolithic-sites-discovered-in-eastern-Iran
A 2500 years bp (?) qanat (aqueduct) from Iran's Lorestan province:
https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/450710/Ancient-aqueduct-identified-in-western-Iran
I think we mentioned this Parthian-era burial from near Isfahan:
https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/450465/Ancient-human-skeleton-unearthed-in-Isfahan
http://www.archaeology.org/news/8883-200728-iran-parthian-woman-burial
More on that study of burnt fabrics found at Persepolis:
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/07/study-sheds-new-light-on-vestiges-of.html
Turkey is restoring the Urartian inscriptions at Ayanis Castle:
https://www.yenisafak.com/en/news/turkey-restores-2700-year-old-urartian-temple-3535487
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/culture/turkey-restores-2-700-year-old-urartian-temple/1923956
Feature on Syria at the end of the Late Bronze Age:
http://www.asor.org/anetoday/2020/07/syria-bronze-age
Feature on Petra:
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2020/07/petra-the-rose-city/134475
Feature on Babylon:
https://www.historyextra.com/period/ancient-history/babylon-babylonia-tower-babel-hanging-gardens-hammurabi/
Feature on James Fraser's work with ancient wine presses in Jordan:
https://menafn.com/1100546320/Australian-scholar-explores-ancient-olive-presses-in-Jordan
Five people buried together at a Neolithic site in Umm Al Quwain:
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/07/five-interlocked-skeletons-discovered.html
Underwater evidence of 9000 years bp brickmaking from Atlit Yam:
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/underwater-bricks-show-skills-of-prehistoric-inhabitants-of-israel-636797
Suggestion that a figurine from Khirbet Qeiyafa (10 century BCE) depicts the 'face of God':
https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/ancient-cultures/daily-life-and-practice/is-this-the-face-of-god/
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-8581119/Archaeologist-claims-3-000-year-old-clay-heads-depict-Gods-face-experts-reject-claim.html
https://www.indiatimes.com/technology/science-and-future/face-of-god-research-519307.html
... and, as might be expected, there is a debate growing:
https://www.thedailybeast.com/archaeologist-thinks-hes-found-early-portrait-of-god
https://www.timesofisrael.com/face-of-god-archaeologist-claims-to-find-10th-cent-bce-graven-images-of-yahweh/
https://www.livescience.com/ancient-clay-head-may-depict-god.html
A 1300 years bp shipwreck (originally found in 2015) of the shore of Israel south of Haifa:
https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/christian-muslim-symbols-found-in-7th-century-shipwreck-in-israel-636389
https://aleteia.org/2020/07/29/8th-century-shipwreck-adorned-with-both-christian-and-islamic-faith-symbols/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/8898-200731-israel-byzantine-shipwreck
... and a 1300 years bp (or 6th century?) church with mosaic floors from the Lower Galilee near Mount Tabor:
https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/1300-year-old-church-with-colorful-mosaics-discovered-in-the-galilee-636600
https://www.jewishpress.com/news/archaeology-news/1300-year-old-church-featuring-mosaic-floors-uncovered-in-lower-galilee/2020/07/28/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/large-6th-century-church-compound-uncovered-near-site-of-jesus-transfiguration/
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/.premium-sixth-century-church-found-by-circassian-village-near-mount-tabor-1.9027058
https://www.jns.org/israeli-archaeologists-unearth-1300-year-old-church-near-jesus-mount-of-transfiguration/
https://www.ynetnews.com/travel/article/Syt2t2TgP https://www.dw.com/en/archaeologists-in-israel-discover-ancient-church-near-mount-tabor/a-54375353
https://www.christianpost.com/news/archaeological-discovery-1300-year-old-church-found-near-site-of-transfiguration.html
https://aleteia.org/2020/07/30/archaeologists-discover-1300-year-old-church-near-jesus-mount-of-transfiguration/
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/07/1300-year-old-church-uncovered-in.html
http://www.archaeology.org/news/8890-200729-israel-byzantine-church
Evidence of a downturn in the wine production at a mid-6th century site in the Negev in the wake of Justinian's plague:
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-07/bu-gpr072220.php https://phys.org/news/2020-07-grape-pips-reveal-collapse-ancient.html https://www.timesofisrael.com/seeds-from-1500-year-old-negev-trash-pits-show-a-world-on-the-brink-of-collapse/
https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/grape-pits-show-how-ancient-christian-villages-in-the-negev-rose-and-fell-636534
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/.premium-israeli-archaeologists-reveal-secrets-of-ancient-desert-wine-industry-1.9022227
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/byzantine-empire-a9640656.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/byzantine-empire-black-death-climate-israel-wine-economy-negev-desert-a9640656.html
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-8564813/ http://www.china.org.cn/world/Off_the_Wire/2020-07/29/content_76322765.htm https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/07/ancient-trash-heaps-reveal-the-plague-of-justinians-economic-toll/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2020/07/grape-pips-reveal-collapse-of-ancient-economy-in-the-grip-of-plague-and-climate-change/134448
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/07/grape-pips-reveal-collapse-of-ancient.html
https://www.archaeology.org/news/8888-200729-israel-negev-winemaking
Features on the archaeological evidence from Jerusalem at the time of the original Tisha Be'av:
https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/how-did-jerusalem-look-like-at-the-time-of-the-original-tisha-beav-636649
https://www.timesofisrael.com/for-tisha-bav-learn-about-the-archaeological-proof-of-jerusalems-destructions/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/watch-physical-proof-of-twice-razed-and-rebuilt-ancient-jerusalem-explained/
https://mosaicmagazine.com/picks/history-ideas/2020/07/in-search-of-the-physical-traces-of-the-two-destructions-of-jerusalem/
... and one on the Judean Revolt:
https://www.thetorah.com/article/judaeas-leaderless-revolt-against-rome
... and a claim that the 'Cave Synagogue' has been located:
https://www.israelhayom.com/2020/07/29/a-mystery-for-tisha-bav/
Feature on the archaeology of 1st century CE Nazareth:
https://bibleinterp.arizona.edu/articles/archaeology-nazareth-early-first-century
The site of the 12th century victory of Crusaders over Saladin has possibly been identified:
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/third-crusade-site-where-christian-forces-defeated-muslim-army-identified-636979
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/.premium-archaeologist-identifies-battlefield-where-crusaders-defeated-saladin-1.9030323
A fire (possibly arson) at the Susya archaeological site:
https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/major-fire-breaks-out-at-susya-archaeological-site-in-hebron-hills-636938
Volunteers helped clean up a vandalized site in Yeroham:
https://www.israelhayom.com/2020/07/28/yeroham-residents-help-give-2000-year-old-archaeological-site-a-makeover/
A collection of BAR features on Herod:
https://www.baslibrary.org/collections/king-herod-great
OpEd (from a Turkish source) on archaeology in Israel:
https://www.dailysabah.com/opinion/op-ed/israel-uses-archaeology-to-appropriate-the-past
... similar:
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/jerusalem-israeli-tunnels-archaeology-history-palestinians-silwan
More on that 2700 years bp 'administrative centre' in Jerusalem:
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/07/2700-year-old-administrative-storage.html
More on that 'recaptured' baptismal font:
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/israel-recaptures-5th-century-font-in-night-raid-on-west-bank-njlctbw7j
In Our Time this week was a repeat of the episode on the Epic of Gilgamesh:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p08m474r
Some OpEds on the Hagia Sophia conversion:
https://hyperallergic.com/578925/who-really-owns-hagia-sophia/ https://www.ekathimerini.com/255161/article/ekathimerini/community/greeks-voice-thoughts-on-hagia-sophia-conversion
... and Turkey reopened the 4th century Soumela Monastery after restoration:
https://eu.greekreporter.com/2020/07/28/erdogan-reopens-turkeys-soumela-monastery-afer-restoration/
Meanwhile, we read that Syria plans on building a 'new' Hagia Sophia in protest:
https://greekcitytimes.com/2020/07/29/syria-will-build-a-new-hagia-sophia-with-russian-assistance-to-protest-against-turkey/
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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS) ================================================================
Not sure if we've mentioned this particular Scythian burial yet:
https://www.ibtimes.co.in/ancient-amazon-myth-russian-researchers-unpack-2500-yo-scythian-burial-know-more-825476
Latest finds from the dig at the Asclepion at Epidaurus:
https://greece.greekreporter.com/2020/07/30/epidaurus-asclepion-archaeological-dig-uncovers-layers-of-ancient-greek-history/
https://www.argophilia.com/news/greeces-culture-minister-briefed-on-epidaurus-asclepeion-dig-progress/226657/
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/07/update-on-asclepeion-dig-at-epidaurus.html
Roman and Bronze Age finds from a site in Cambridgeshire:
https://www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/news/roman-and-bronze-age-finds-as-archaeologists-dig-at-waterbeach-barracks-9117522/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/8885-200728-england-roman-settlement
LiDAR has helped identify the site of a long-speculated Roman fort site in Lancashre:
https://www.lancs.live/news/lancashire-news/new-roman-fort-uncovered-lancashire-18681252
https://www.archaeology.org/news/8893-200730-england-roman-fort
A Roman fort
A 7th century Etruscan burial from Livorno:
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/07/etruscan-burial-discovered-in-tuscan.html
A 2nd century sarcophagus with a gold diadem inside from a rescue dig in Izmir:
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/07/gold-diadem-found-in-roman-era.html
A 3rd century CE statue of a woman from Perge/Antalya:
https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/3rd-century-statue-unearthed-in-ancient-city-156929
https://eu.greekreporter.com/2020/07/28/third-century-bc-statue-of-woman-unearthed-in-antalya-turkey/
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/culture/turkey-3rd-century-statue-unearthed-in-ancient-city/1924122
https://greekcitytimes.com/2020/07/29/1700-year-old-statue-of-a-female-from-the-hellenistic-period-in-the-ancient-city-of-perge/
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/07/3rd-century-statue-unearthed-in-ancient.html
https://www.archaeology.org/news/8889-200729-turkey-perge-statue
The foundations of a Roman church found in Colchester have been restored:
https://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/18612369.foundations-roman-church-colchester-restored/
A 2000 years bp relief of Hercules in Iznik was damaged by vandals:
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/07/2000-year-old-hercules-relief-damaged.html
A recently found Roman inscription was stolen from Belgrade's National Museum:
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/07/inscribed-roman-stone-monument-found-in.html
Binchester Roman Fort is reopening:
https://durhammagazine.co.uk/uncategorized/roman-fort-set-to-reopen-post-covid-lockdown/027307/
https://www.newtonnews.co.uk/binchester-roman-fort-set-to-reopen/
... as is Newport Roman Villa:
https://www.countypress.co.uk/news/18620153.newport-roman-villa-reopen----following-coronavirus-closure/
https://www.islandecho.co.uk/newport-roman-villa-set-to-re-open-next-week/
... and the House of the Lovers in Pompeii:
https://www.napolisera.it/2020/07/31/pompei-riaperta-la-domus-degli-amanti-la-casa-degli-amori-clandestini/
Plans for a dig at a Roman site in Majorca have been shelved:
https://www.majorcadailybulletin.com/news/local/2020/07/29/70339/heartbreaking-news-for-archaeologists-alcudia.html
Follow the dig at Zominthos with the AIA 'interactive dig' thing:
https://www.archaeological.org/zominthos-2020-week-2/
Suggestion that Vietnamese fish sauce might have originated as garum:
https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/food-drink/article/3094604/did-fish-sauce-vietnam-come-ancient-rome-silk-road
Pondering the location of Cleopatra's tomb:
https://www.livescience.com/where-is-cleopatra-tomb.html
... and Alexander's:
https://www.historyextra.com/period/ancient-greece/alexander-great-tomb-buried-where-how-died-siwa-oasis-poisoned-st-marks-venice/
https://greece.greekreporter.com/2020/07/30/where-is-the-burial-place-of-alexander-the-great/
Some humour on the comet that brought down the Roman Empire:
https://www.theonion.com/scientists-locate-impact-crater-from-asteroid-that-dest-1844545503
More on the origins of Alexandrian glass:
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/31/science/alexandrian-glass-rome.html https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-68089-w
More on ramps at ancient Greek healing temples:
https://www.tornosnews.gr/en/tourism-businesses/thematic-tourism/41083-new-study-ancient-greek-temples-designed-with-accessibility-in-mind.html
https://www.explica.co/greek-temples-2500-years-ago-they-already-had-ramps-for-disabled-people-and-the-elderly-life/
https://www.thenationalherald.com/archive_general_news_greece/arthro/new_study_says_ancient_greek_temples_designed_for_accessibility-652691/
More on Nemi seeking reparations for destruction of Caligula's ships:
https://www.ansa.it/english/news/lifestyle/arts/2020/07/27/nemi-wants-damages-for-wwii-destruction-of-caligulas-ships_317060ca-b0f5-41f4-890c-c3e05068526a.html
https://www.wantedinrome.com/news/italian-town-seeks-damages-for-nazi-destruction-of-caligulas-ships.html
More on amphoras found in a Spanish fish store:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/roman-amphorae-found-spanish-seafood-shop-180975410/
https://hyperallergic.com/579170/spanish-seafood-vendor-roman-amphorae-anchor/
More on efforts to keep the Dewlish Mosaic in the UK:
https://www.wessexfm.com/news/dorset-news/3151157/plight-to-keep-roman-mosaic-discovered-in-dewlish-from-being-sold-overseas/
https://www.dorsetecho.co.uk/news/18615536.dewlish-campaigners-hope-outbid-foreign-buyer-roman-mosaic/
More on evidence for women creating pottery in Geometric Greece:
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/07/researcher-says-female-artisans-may.html
A project to map Roman roads in the Danube region:
https://www.romania-insider.com/transylvania-history-museum-mapping-roman-roads-jul-2020
Feature/reviewish sort of thing on Roman finds (including pothole repairs) at Scoch Corner:
http://www.richmondshiretoday.co.uk/romans-fixed-potholes-in-the-road-at-scotch-corner-new-book-reveals/
https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/heritage-and-retro/heritage/archaeological-dig-a1-north-yorkshire-uncovers-roman-remains-2929469
Feature on Agrigento's 'Valley of the Temples':
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/what-to-see-agrigento-valley-of-temples
Feature on recent finds from Pompeii:
https://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/history-and-civilisation/2020/07/pompeiis-most-recent-finds-reveal-new-clues-to-citys-destruction
Feature on the lessons of Greek tyranny:
https://blog.oup.com/2020/07/what-we-can-learn-from-ancient-greeks-about-tyranny/
Feature on iconoclasm in ancient Rome:
https://www.apollo-magazine.com/damnatio-memoriae-iconoclasm-in-ancient-rome/
Feature on the Odyssey:
http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/the-enduring-stories-of-homers-odyssey/
Feature trying to connect the ancient Olympics to the NBA's 'bubble':
https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2020/07/nba-florida-bubble-mimics-the-ancient-olympic-games/614722/
Feature on the Vestal Virgins:
https://medium.com/lessons-from-history/a-glimpse-into-the-glamorous-lives-of-ancient-romes-vestal-virgins-911390ca301a
Feature on Baiae:
http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20200713-baiae-a-roman-settlement-at-the-bottom-of-the-sea?ocid=ww.social.link.email
Someone is getting tired of Peloponnesian War references:
https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/07/28/oh-god-not-the-peloponnesian-war-again/
Feature applying the Furies to the Portland situation:
https://www.nationalreview.com/2020/07/unleashing-the-furies/
Seeing the 'jazzy' side of Cleopatra in a student project:
https://dornsife.usc.edu/news/stories/3276/general-education-course-cleopatra-set-to-music/
On Dr Rudolph Masciantonio's creation of a fund to encourage the study of Latin and Greek:
https://www.mainlinemedianews.com/mainlinesuburbanlife/news/the-cascading-generosity-of-the-dr-rudolph-masciantonio-fund-for-classical-studies-of-the-philadelphia/a
UCI is funding a chair in Zoroastrian studies:
https://news.uci.edu/2020/07/29/massiah-foundation-challenge-gift-to-fund-uci-chair-in-zoroastrian-studies/
Some very interesting photorealistic reconstructions of a pile of emperors:
https://medium.com/@voshart/appearance-of-the-principate-pt-i-efa3c759d2b6
More on the underwater museum at Alonissos:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/aug/02/parthenon-of-shipwrecks-greece-opens-its-first-underwater-museum
https://greekcitytimes.com/2020/07/31/greeces-first-underwater-museum-in-alonissos-opens-august-1/
https://news.yahoo.com/ancient-acropolis-sea-opens-divers-121027000.html https://wtvbam.com/news/articles/2020/jul/30/ancient-acropolis-of-the-sea-opens-to-divers-guarded-by-high-tech/1044625/
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http://romanarc.blogspot.com/
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http://rogueclassicism.com/ ================================================================
EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland) ================================================================
The origins of most of Stonehenge's stones is apparently Wiltshire:
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-07/aaft-mos072720.php https://phys.org/news/2020-07-mystery-stonehenge-iconic-boulders.html https://www.livescience.com/stonehenge-souvenir-solves-monument-mystery.html https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/29/science/stonehenge-archaeology-sarsens.html https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-wiltshire-53580339 https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/jul/29/archaeologists-discover-source-stonehenge-giant-sarsen-stones
https://www.chichester.co.uk/read-this/one-mysteries-behind-stonehenge-has-been-solved-thanks-60-year-old-sample-2928545
https://www.cnn.com/style/article/stonehenge-sarsen-stones-intl-hnk-scli-scn/index.html
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/stonehenge-sarsens-origin-solved-study-says/ https://www.npr.org/2020/07/29/896913640/researchers-solve-a-question-about-stonehenge-megaliths-origin
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2020/07/30/stonehenge-study-origins-large-sarsen-stones-traced-researchers/5543179002/
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/07/long-lost-relic-may-reveal-origins-stonehenge
http://www.sci-news.com/archaeology/source-stonehenges-sarsen-megaliths-08699.html
https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/07/archaeologists-find-the-source-of-stonehenge-sarsen-stones/
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/found-stonehenge-stones-origin https://www.historyextra.com/period/ancient-history/stonehenge-mystery-solved-brighton-university-sarsen-stones-where-did-they-come-from/
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/07/scientists-unlock-secret-of-stonehenge.html
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/origin-stonehenges-massive-boulders-revealed-180975450/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/8895-200730-england-stonehenge-sarsens
Concerns related to bone deterioration in a Mesolithic peat bog in Sweden:
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-07/p-abd072220.php https://phys.org/news/2020-07-bone-deterioration-years-famous-mesolithic.html https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/07/ancient-bones-disturbed-peat-bogs-are-rotting-away-alarming-archaeologists
https://www.forbes.com/sites/sofiebates/2020/07/29/some-undiscovered-artifacts-may-deteriorate-within-a-few-decades/
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/07/accelerated-bone-deterioration-in-last.html
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/peat-bogs-arent-preserving-ancient-bones-well-they-used-180975449/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/8897-200731-sweden-bog-preservation
8000 years bp burials from the Slatina site in Sofia:
https://sofiaglobe.com/2020/07/28/archaeology-8000-year-old-skeletons-found-at-slatina-site-in-bulgarian-capital-sofia/
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/59209 https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/07/8000-year-old-skeletons-found-at.html
http://www.archaeology.org/news/8886-200729-bulgaria-neolithic-tombs
Remains of a 3000 years bp dwelling from Limburg (Belgium):
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/07/3000-year-old-house-remains-unearthed.html
Finds from various periods from an underwater site off Cagliari (all coverage is Italian):
https://www.ansa.it/sardegna/notizie/2020/07/30/il-mare-sardo-restituisce-antiche-monete-doro-e-dargento_9b4578b6-2c49-45e4-af27-f7916e6e716c.html
https://www.sardiniapost.it/cronaca/orosei-in-mare-monete-doro-e-argento-forse-legate-a-un-naufragio-del-700/
https://www.sardegnareporter.it/2020/07/golfo-di-orosei-recuperati-in-mare-preziosi-reperti-archeologici/338857/
Remains of the oldest stone church in England found in Kent:
https://aleteia.org/2019/08/28/church-excavation-rediscovers-oldest-stone-church-in-england/
A number of medieval burials plus finds from earlier periods found when a homeowner on Shetland as digging to build a shed:
https://www.scotsman.com/heritage-and-retro/heritage/discovery-26-skeletons-front-garden-shed-new-light-ancient-island-life-2928465
https://www.archaeology.org/news/8896-200731-scotland-shetland-remains
Latest from the Gjellestad ship burial dig:
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/07/norways-gjellestad-burial-mound.html
Arrowheads and crossbow bolts associated with a Casimir the Great attack in 1340 from a Polish forest:
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2020/07/archaeologists-discover-several-hundred-arrows-and-bolts-at-fortified-site/134397
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/07/hundreds-of-arrowheads-and-crossbow.html
A hidden cave system found beneath the 14th century Olsztyn Castle (Poland):
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2020/07/hidden-cave-system-discovered-beneath-historic-castle/134498
A previously-undiscovered crypt full of human remains in Zilina's Holy Trinity Cathedral:
https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22454993/crypt-with-hundreds-of-skeletons-found-in-zilina-cathedral.html
A 17th century cemetery revealed in Sibiu (Romania):
https://www.romania-insider.com/17-century-cemetery-sibiu-jul-2020
Studying graffiti left in medieval dungeons in Spain:
https://elpais.com/cultura/2020-07-29/el-caballero-que-se-retrato-en-su-mazmorra.html
Studying landscape history of the medieval Apennines:
https://phys.org/news/2020-07-legacies-historical-human-medieval-forest.html
More accounts of treasure being found in the past ... first from Greater Manchester:
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/buried-treasure-finds-greater-manchester-18636361
... and Norfolk:
https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/norfolk-capital-of-treasure-hunting-1-6767298
... and Lancashire:
https://www.thelancasterandmorecambecitizen.co.uk/news/18622812.gold-digging-two-lots-treasure-found-across-lancashire-last-year/
... and what mudlarkers have found on the shores of the Thames:
http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20200729-the-lost-treasures-of-londons-river-thames
Meanwhile, some Viking brooches found on the Isle of Man have been declared treasure:
http://www.iomtoday.co.im/article.cfm?id=56919&headline=Viking%20brooches%20found%20in%20December%202018%20declared%20treasure%20by%20Coroner§ionIs=NEWS&searchyear=2020
Not sure what to think about detectorists getting training from professional archaeologists:
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/amateur-detectorists-to-get-training-from-professional-archaeologists-3cpf7jvz2
Edinburgh Castle has reopened:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-53611990
Vandalism concerns for Sligo's Neolithic tombs:
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/07/sligos-neolithic-tombs-are-being.html
Feature on the Colonial Countryside project:
https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20200724-colonial-countryside-facing-up-to-britains-murky-past
https://www2.le.ac.uk/departments/english/creativewriting/centre/colonial-countryside-project
Latest on the search for Bonnie Prince Charlie's alleged missing gold:
https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/308/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/308/pub/308/page/50/article/67821
The Nantes Cathedral fire was arson:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-53542936
More on the religious structures at Navan Fort:
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/remote-sensing-archaeology-irish-fort https://www.heritagedaily.com/2020/07/archaeologists-discover-evidence-of-ancient-temple-complexes-at-navan-fort/134393
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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 ================================================================
Traces of Paleolithic human occupation of some caves in Viet Nam:
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/07/traces-of-early-humans-found-in.html
A 5000 years bp pig figurine from Sichuan:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8571643/Clay-pig-figurine-discovered-5-000-year-old-ruins-compared-Angry-Birds-character.html
https://news.cgtn.com/news/2020-07-30/Ancient-pottery-pig-dug-up-in-China-looks-like-Angry-Birds-character-SxLFqNWhVK/index.html
A Western Zhou Dynasty bronze chariot found a few years ago in Shaanxi has been restored:
https://news.cgtn.com/news/2020-07-31/Restored-ancient-noble-vehicle-shows-luxury-royal-life-3-000-years-ago-SzlqusLQZy/index.html
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/07/ancient-bronze-chariot-restored-in.html
A group of Western Han Dynasty burials from Xi'an:
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/07/2200-year-old-tomb-cluster-unearthed-in.html
Interesting dig at a 1200 years bp beacon tower site in Xinjiang:
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2020-07/30/c_139251836.htm
A missing $9 million Chinese vase turned up in a Central European cupboard:
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/mystery-qianlong-vase-rediscovered
A 9th century CE 'stone crusher' from Madurai:
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/madurai/ancient-stone-crusher-found-in-madurai/articleshow/77183403.cms
Remains of a large 1000 years bp Pratihara temple near Agra:
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/agra/relics-found-near-agra-is-of-large-pratihara-temple-asi/articleshow/77290666.cms
https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/ruins-of-ancient-temple-estimated-to-be-1000-yr-old-found-in-agra-1706901-2020-08-02
Still no evidence found in a dig searching for Chandrapur University:
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