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explorator 24.02 May 2, 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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A study of the (2?) millon years of hominid/human occupation of Wonderwerk Cave:

https://phys.org/news/2021-04-unveil-oldest-evidence-human-african.html https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-04/thuo-wba042621.php https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/04/27/south-african-cave-could-oldest-human-home-say-researchers/
http://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/584/reader/reader.html?social#!preferred/0/package/584/pub/584/page/66/article/168233
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/.premium-archaeologists-find-oldest-home-in-human-history-2m-years-old-1.9745372
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/israeli-scholars-find-millions-year-old-human-traces-in-miracle-cave-666351
http://www.sci-news.com/archaeology/oldowan-wonderwerk-cave-09597.html https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/04/researchers-unveil-oldest-evidence-of.html

Evidence that early humans were using fire some 900 000 years bp:

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/fire-human-evolution-archaeology-b1839000.html

Finding meaning in some 130 000 - 80 000 years bp triangular petroglyphs in various sites from South Africa:

https://phys.org/news/2021-04-triangular-patterns-reveal-human-ancestors.html https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-04/c-wcc042621.php

Dating early human activity along the South African coast with discarded ostrich shells:

https://phys.org/news/2021-04-discarded-ostrich-shells-timeline-early.html https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-04/uoc--dos042921.php https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/04/210430093136.htm https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/04/discarded-ostrich-shells-provide.html

cf: https://www.pnas.org/content/118/16/e2020042118

More on what we're learning from 'archaic human' genomes:

https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/04/a-new-perspective-on-genomes-of-archaic.html

More on evidence of a homo erectus presence from an abandoned Saharan gold mine:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-9513341/Hundreds-stone-tools-used-homo-erectus-million-years-ago-discovered-abandoned-Sahara-mine.html
https://www.thefirstnews.com/article/earliest-signs-of-human-life-found-in-saharan-gold-mine-include-massive-almond-shaped-cleavers-resembling-fists-21556

Feature on Peking Man:

https://www.shine.cn/feature/art-culture/2104298208/ ================================================================
AFRICA
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Finds from various periods (including petroglyphs and other items) from the Lovo Massif (DR Congo):

https://scienceblog.com/522487/african-rock-art-treasures-revealed-in-the-lovo-massif/

Feature on Queen Abla Pokou:

https://www.dw.com/en/queen-abla-pokou-mother-of-the-ivorian-baoule-people/av-57385653

More on evidence of honey consumption in 'Iron Age' sub-Saharan Africa:

https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/04/africas-first-iron-age-culture-had-a-sweet-tooth/
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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT ================================================================
110 burials/tombs dating to three different eras from a site in Dakahlia:

https://phys.org/news/2021-04-egypt-archeologists-unearth-ancient-tombs.html https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContentP/9/410090/Heritage/In-Photos-Ancient-tombs-and-prehistoric-burials-fo.aspx
https://www.livescience.com/110-ancient-egyptian-tombs-nile.html https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/101373/110-tombs-spanning-back-to-3-different-ancient-Egyptian-eras
https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/101373/110-tombs-spanning-back-to-3-different-civilizations-discovered-in
https://egyptindependent.com/photos-110-archaeological-tombs-discovered-in-kom-al-khaljan-area-near-daqahliya/
https://www.dailysabah.com/life/history/egypt-archaeologists-find-110-ancient-tombs-older-than-pharaohs
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/4/29/egyptologists-uncover-rare-tombs-from-before-the-pharaohs
https://www.zawya.com/mena/en/life/story/Egypt_discovers_110_ancient_tombs_in_Kom_AlKhaljan_area_of_Daqahleya-SNG_209545970/
https://www.theage.com.au/world/middle-east/egyptian-archaeologists-unearth-110-ancient-tombs-in-nile-delta-20210428-p57myc.html
https://www.smh.com.au/world/middle-east/egyptian-archaeologists-unearth-110-ancient-tombs-in-nile-delta-20210428-p57myc.html
https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/egyptian-archaeologists-unearth-rare-tombs-dated-back-to-before-pharaohs-666565
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/egyptologists-uncover-rare-tombs-before-pharaohs-2021-04-28/
http://www.china.org.cn/world/Off_the_Wire/2021-04/27/content_77446535.htm http://t.m.china.org.cn/convert/c_v61HcK9X.html https://news.artnet.com/art-world/egyptian-tombs-1963229 https://www.newsweek.com/ancient-egyptian-tombs-discovered-dating-back-before-pyramids-1587510
https://www.newstribune.com/news/international/story/2021/apr/28/egypt-archaeologists-unearth-110-ancient-tombs-in-nile-delta/869078/
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/04/ancient-tombs-and-prehistoric-burials.html
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-discover-110-ancient-egyptian-tombs-along-nile-delta-180977612/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9664-210428-nile-delta-predynastic

Feature on recent finds from Saqqara:

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/archaeology-discovery-saqqara-ancient-egypt-b1835760.html

Feature on the discovery of the bust of Nefertiti:

https://www.theyucatantimes.com/2021/04/the-discovery-of-the-famous-bust-of-nefertiti-in-egypt/

Feature on Napoleon's campaign in Egypt:

https://www.ynetnews.com/magazine/article/r1QxvAiPu

A nice roundup of archaeological finds in Turkey this past month:

https://turkisharchaeonews.net/article/april-2021-turkish-archaeology

Research suggests climate crises in Mesopotamia led to stable state formation:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-04/udb-cci042721.php https://phys.org/news/2021-04-climate-crises-mesopotamia-prompted-stable.html https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/04/climate-crises-in-mesopotamia-prompted.html

Finds from various periods (associated with iron production, mostly) from across Iran's Yazd province:

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/460465/Millennia-old-iron-production-sites-discovered-in-Iran
https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/archaeologists-discover-millennia-old-iron-production-sites-in-iran-666939

A project in Iran to restore the caravanserai in Urmia:

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/460230/New-round-of-restoration-starts-on-old-caravanserai-in-northwest

A number of recent finds from Rasht have been restored:

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/460461/55-ancient-objects-restored-in-Rasht

Feature on the folks who made the Jiroft items which keep turning up in Iran:

https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/who-were-the-mysterious-people-of-ancient-jiroft

7000 years bp mustatils from Saudi Arabia are being given the 'religious purpose' label:

https://www.livescience.com/stone-structures-in-arabia-prehistoric-cattle-cult.html
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/mysterious-stone-structures-in-saudi-arabia-are-around-7-000-years-old-making-them-one-of-the-oldest-examples-of-widespread-monument-making
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/.premium-archaeologists-find-prehistoric-cultic-monuments-in-saudi-arabia-1.9759362
https://www.prnewswire.com/in/news-releases/research-in-north-west-arabia-uncovers-one-of-world-s-oldest-series-of-monumental-structures-as-alula-reveals-details-of-its-new-global-hub-for-archaeology-the-kingdoms-institute-856167916.html
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/did-neolithic-cattle-cult-build-these-sprawling-structures-180977629/

A 2000 years bp gold ring featuring a menorah from beneath Robinson's Arch:

https://watchjerusalem.co.il/1211-revealed-a-2000-year-old-gold-ring-incised-with-menorah

A 1600 years bp 'carpet mosaic' from Yavneh:

https://www.timesofisrael.com/1600-year-old-multicolored-mosaic-with-geometric-motifs-uncovered-in-yavne/
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/1600-year-old-colorful-mosaic-unearthed-in-yavne-666356
https://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/19255804.colchesters-fenwick-treasure-feature-roman-emperor-exhibition/
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/305021 https://greekcitytimes.com/2021/04/26/byzantine-mosaic-yavne/ http://www.sci-news.com/archaeology/yavne-mosaic-09595.html https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium.HIGHLIGHT-1-600-year-old-byzantine-mosaic-carpet-to-go-on-display-in-yavneh-1.9747432
https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/israel/1619426114-excavations-at-ancient-yavne-reveal-1-600-year-old-mosaic
https://www.cnn.com/style/article/ancient-mosaic-israel-scli-intl/index.html https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/04/1600-year-old-byzantine-mosaic.html
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/colorful-ancient-mosaic-found-israel-180977590/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/9663-210428-israel-byzantine-mosaic

A project involving dating of the DSS is under way:

https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/how-old-are-the-dead-sea-scrolls-carbon-dating-project-to-offer-answers-666302?_ga=2.232929689.64198716.1618823076-1616753860.1607604451

A report suggests that 80% of archaeological sites in the West Bank are damaged:

https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/eighty-percent-of-west-bank-archeological-sites-damaged-report-666321

Interesting feature on James Mellaart:

https://www.asor.org/anetoday/2021/04/meeting-with-mellaart

Reviewish of a book on Olga Tufnell's work with the Lachish Letters:

https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/eyewitness-to-discovery/?mqsc=E4130255&dk=ZE1140ZF0

More on the 'missing link' in the origins of the alphabet:

https://www.thedailybeast.com/archaeologists-think-theyve-found-missing-link-in-origin-of-the-alphabet?source=articles&via=rss

More on AI revealing the variations of scribes of the DSS:

https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/biblical-artifacts/dead-sea-scrolls/who-wrote-the-dead-sea-scrolls-2/
https://forward.com/fast-forward/468459/artificial-intelligence-unlocks-a-new-secret-of-the-dead-sea-scrolls/
https://elpais.com/ciencia/2021-04-21/tras-las-manos-que-escribieron-la-biblia.html

More on plans to restore Mosul's Al-Nouri Mosque:

https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2021/04/egyptian-architects-win-unesco-award-reconstruction-mosul-mosque-destroyed

More on claims about King Solomon's 'maritime empire':

https://www.algemeiner.com/2021/04/28/british-marine-archeologist-claims-to-find-evidence-of-king-solomons-maritime-empire/
https://mosaicmagazine.com/picks/history-ideas/2021/04/in-spain-an-archaeologist-discovers-traces-of-king-solomons-commercial-success/
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https://thisweekintheancientneareast.podbean.com/

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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS) ================================================================
Remains of a 2nd century BCE necropolis from a building site in Messina:

https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/04/part-of-2nd-century-bc-necropolis.html

Highway construction near the Vidbol River (Bulgaria) revealed evidence of a 1st century CE Roman settlement:

http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2021/04/25/1st-century-bc-traces-of-earliest-roman-presence-in-bulgaria-on-danube-discovered-halfway-between-major-antiquity-cities-bononia-vidin-and-ratiaria-archar/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9662-210427-bulgaria-roman-settlement

A 2100 years bp 'bed burial' from Kozani in western Macedonia:

https://greekreporter.com/2021/04/27/stunning-archaeological-finds-greece-dig-reveal-ties-to-apollo/
https://www.keeptalkinggreece.com/2021/04/28/greece-ancient-grave-women-wooden-bed-eordaia-kozani/
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/61248 https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/04/intact-bed-burial-found-in-northern.html

A marble head of Augustus from Molise:

https://www.wantedinrome.com/news/italy-marble-head-of-emperor-augustus-unearthed-in-molise.html
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/roman-emperor-augustus-head-statue-archaeology-1234591397/
https://www.ansa.it/molise/notizie/2021/04/29/testa-marmorea-imperatore-augusto-ritrovata-a-isernia_b51cad0a-3a27-4842-ab27-bc81523f31e2.html
https://quotidianomolise.com/eccezionale-scoperta-archeologica-a-isernia-ritrovata-la-testa-di-una-statua-di-augusto/
https://www.isnews.it/cultura/79029-isernia-ritrovamento-in-via-occidentale-spunta-una-testa-dell-imperatore-augusto.html

Archaeological confirmation of the remains of a Temple of Fortuna at Fano (Italian):

https://www.ansa.it/marche/notizie/2021/04/27/archeologia-scavi-a-fano-confermano-tempio-della-fortuna_2c43c52f-5f16-4904-9fe9-58bb126d1b83.html
https://www.oltrefano.it/attualita/fano/fano-il-tempio-della-fortuna-si-conserva-sotto-il-complesso-s-agostino-importante-conferma-per-progettare-area-dellex-filanda-bosone.html

Remains of a Roman settlement in Leicestershire found with 'hints' from Google Earth:

https://inews.co.uk/news/uk/roman-settlement-leicestershire-discovered-dig-team-google-earth-971909

Roman finds (including a kiln?) from a site in Wakefield:

https://www.wakefieldexpress.co.uk/heritage-and-retro/heritage/excitement-as-archaeologists-uncover-rare-roman-items-during-wakefield-dig-3216203

Recent finds from the Roman Villa site in Crontrada:

https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/04/new-archaeological-finds-near-roman.html

Remains of 3rd century Roman villa and a pair of tombs in Tirana:

https://exit.al/en/2021/04/30/3rd-century-roman-villa-and-two-tombs-found-near-tirana-mosaic/

A 1500 years bp child burial ground from beneath the walls of Thessaloniki:

https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/04/1500-year-old-infant-cemetery-unearthed.html

The giant (bronze) statue of Constantine in the Capitoline Museum was reunited with its finger (found in the Louvre):

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/apr/29/giant-statue-roman-emperor-constantine-reunited-with-long-lost-finger
https://www.wantedinrome.com/news/paris-sends-rome-missing-finger-from-giant-statue-of-roman-emperor.html
https://observer.com/2021/04/constantine-the-great-rome-finger/ https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/after-500-years-an-ancient-bronze-hand-is-rejoined-to-a-finger/
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/04/hand-of-constantine-colossus-reunited.html
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/finger-roman-emperor-missing-statue-180977628/

That 'nationally important' hoard of Roman-era bronze items from Ryedale is apparently headed to auction:

https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/heritage-and-retro/heritage/incredible-hoard-of-roman-treasures-discovered-by-amateur-metal-detectorists-in-ryedale-to-be-auctioned-3216096
https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/19265365.gladiator-treasures-uncovered-north-yorkshire-go-show/
https://www.gazetteherald.co.uk/news/19263913.nationally-important-2-000-year-old-hoard-found-ryedale-go-public-display/
https://www.thescarboroughnews.co.uk/news/people/incredible-nationally-important-roman-bronze-artefacts-discovered-in-ryedale-expected-to-sell-for-ps90000-3219679
https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/incredible-roman-finds-ryedale-detectorists-20502397

Archaeologists aren't happy with 'tourist friendly' renovations to the Acropolis of Athens:

https://greekherald.com.au/news/greece/just-way-fit-more-tourists-archaeologists-outraged-planned-renovation-acropolis/
https://www.thenationalherald.com/archive_general_news_greece/arthro/world_archaeologists_critics_blast_tourist_friendly_acropolis_scheme-2331971/
https://www.tornosnews.gr/en/greek-news/culture/44440-media-archaeologists-criticize-tourist-friendly-athens-acropolis-scheme.html
http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/acropolis-renovation-plans https://news.artnet.com/art-world/acropolis-renovation-1962796 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/why-proposed-renovations-greeces-acropolis-are-so-controversial-180977620/

More on the Roman amphitheatre frin from Mastaura:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/04/29/huge-ampitheatre-gladiator-fights-dubbed-turkeys-colosseum-unearthed/
http://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/586/reader/reader.html?social#!preferred/0/package/586/pub/586/page/55/article/168899
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/gladiator-amphitheater-uncovered-turkey-180977581/

In case you missed the item about historians who documented the Jewish revolts:

https://www.jpost.com/opinion/who-were-the-historians-who-documented-the-jewish-revolts-666219

Plans to close the site of Assos for 500 days:

https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/assos-to-be-closed-for-500-days-164313 https://www.aa.com.tr/en/culture/turkeys-ancient-city-of-assos-to-be-closed-for-500-days/2222812

Reviews of Robert Kanigel's biography of Milman Parry:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/29/books/review/hearing-homers-song-milman-parry-robert-kanigel.html
https://newrepublic.com/article/162267/milman-parry-changed-understanding-homer-forever

Feature on the research of the Peraia of Samothrace project:

https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/04/new-archaeological-sites-attract.html

Feature on what Greeks and Romans understood about the spread of disease:

https://theconversation.com/ancient-greeks-and-romans-got-a-surprising-number-of-things-right-about-the-spread-of-disease-156152

Feature on the acropolis of Amphipolis:

https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/04/the-acropolis-of-amphipolis-and-its.html

Feature on some masterpieces of ancient Greek art:

https://greekreporter.com/2021/05/01/top-ten-ancient-greek-masterpieces/

Feature on frescoes from Dura Europos:

https://aleteia.org/2021/05/01/these-frescoes-adorned-the-oldest-extant-christian-house-church/

Feature on the Spartans:

https://theconversation.com/what-were-the-spartans-like-note-to-lego-masters-they-didnt-build-city-walls-159910

Feature on the Aeneid:

https://merionwest.com/2021/04/26/virgils-war-and-peace/

Feature on Livia Drusilla (subject of a new tv series):

https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/tvfilm/domina-sky-series-livia-drusilla-roman-true-story-b930411.html

Feature/review of Marcus Aurelius' *Meditations*:

https://www.esquire.com/uk/culture/books/a36210521/why-marcus-aureliuss-meditations-is-the-self-help-book-we-all-need-to-read/
https://www.wsj.com/articles/meditations-review-a-stoic-emperors-bestseller-11619476254

On Tiberius as detective:

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/emperor-tiberius-murder-investigation

Joy Connolly was elected to the AAAS:

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/american-council-of-learned-societies-president-joy-connolly-elected-to-american-academy-of-arts-and-sciences-301276373.html

UIowa had a marathon reading of the Iliad:

https://www.press-citizen.com/story/news/2021/04/29/university-iowa-homer-iliad-24-hour-reading-classical-literature-homerathon-2021/7391667002/

... while the UNebraska-Lincoln Homerathon will be online in a couple weeks:

https://www.unl.edu/classics/unls-fourth-annual-homerathon-be-held-virtually

More features/coverage of the threat to Classics at Howard:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/25/us/howard-classics-department.html https://www.economist.com/united-states/2021/05/01/the-only-classics-department-at-a-historically-black-college-is-closing

A Trojan horse was making the rounds in Troy (NY):

https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Photos-Downtown-Troy-visited-by-a-Trojan-16144600.php
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Roman Archaeology Blog:

http://romanarc.blogspot.com/

Rogueclassicism:

http://rogueclassicism.com/ ================================================================
EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland) ================================================================
Possibly Mesolithic images of boats carved into a rock in Valle, Norway:

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/boat-carvings-found-in-norway-could-be-the-oldest-in-europe
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/10000-year-old-boat-carving-found-norway-180977611/

Evidence of an Early Neolithic settlement near Kirkwall, Orkney:

https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/islands/3087841/kirkwall-prehistoric-quernstone-is-latest-evidence-of-an-early-neolithic-settlement/
https://news.stv.tv/highlands-islands/neolithic-grind-stone-older-than-skara-brae-ploughed-up

A possible Neolithic logboat find from the Boyne Valley:

https://www.independent.ie/news/citizen-archaeologist-discovers-ancient-logboatin-the-boyne-valley-40366402.html
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/possible-ancient-logboat-spotted-in-river-boyne-by-citizen-archaeologist-1.4550520

An apparently untouched Bronze Age chamber/cist burial from the Dingle Peninsula (Ireland):

https://www.livescience.com/ancient-chamber-tomb-untouched-in-ireland.html https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/underground-tomb-found-in-ireland-dingle-peninsula/

A Bronze Age hoard from a forest near Alingsas in Sweden:

https://phys.org/news/2021-04-swedish-enthusiast-bronze-age-treasure.html https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-56943432 https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/04/archaeologists-excavate-bronze-age-treasures-in-sweden/138852
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/04/swedish-orienteering-enthusiast-finds.html
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9667-210430-sweden-bronze-artifacts

A 9th century or so Viking hoard from Norway includes a Celtic item:

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/news/viking-scholars-thrilled-by-discovery-of-celtic-ornament-in-norway-40354949.html
https://www.irishpost.com/news/extremely-rare-ancient-celtic-ornament-discovered-in-norway-believed-to-have-been-stolen-by-vikings-210710
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/61243

The site of the Battle of Brunanburh (937 CE) has apparently been located:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9532515/How-Anglo-Saxon-warriors-took-Viking-led-enemy-alliance-Battle-Brunanburh.html
https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/587/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/587/pub/587/page/86/article/169729

Vikings created a massive 'boat' in a volcanic cave in Iceland 1100 years bp or so possibly to ward off Ragnarok:

https://www.livescience.com/viking-boat-structure-ragnarok.html https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/did-vikings-conduct-rituals-stop-ragnarok-cave-180977619/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9661-210427-viking-boat-cave

Great Moravian era burials from a site near Trnava:

https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22645994/archeologists-find-graves-from-the-era-of-great-moravia.html

A possible medieval dwelling site found during construction of a housing development in Harrogate:

https://www.harrogateadvertiser.co.uk/heritage-and-retro/heritage/excitement-at-surprise-medieval-discovery-at-village-near-harrogate-3213901
https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/heritage-and-retro/heritage/builders-discover-remains-of-medieval-farmhouse-on-land-in-historic-village-near-harrogate-during-site-works-3219422

... and remains of a medieval dwelling from a similar sort of site in Dorset:

https://www.dorsetecho.co.uk/news/19260382.archaeological-dig-reveals-remains-medieval-home-north-quay/

A 700 years bp child burial from the Real Alcazar of Seville:

https://english.elpais.com/arts/2021-04-30/the-700-year-old-child-found-in-southern-spain.html
https://elpais.com/cultura/2021-04-26/la-nina-sevillana-con-siete-siglos-de-edad.html

Study suggests cancer rates in medieval Britain may have been ten times higher than previously thought:

https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/cancer-rates-in-medieval-britain-were-around-ten-times-higher-than-previously-thought-study-suggests
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-04/uoc-cri042821.php https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/apr/30/cancer-in-medieval-britain-not-as-rare-as-thought-research-suggests
https://elpais.com/ciencia/2021-04-29/el-cancer-ya-diezmaba-a-los-humanos-de-la-edad-media.html
https://www.sciencealert.com/analysis-of-medieval-skeletons-reveals-a-cancer-rate-far-higher-than-expected
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/04/cancer-rates-in-medieval-britain-around.html

Feature on the Vikings of Greenland:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/04/the-vikings-of-greenland/138815

A 17th century/Civil War stirrup from Colchester:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-essex-56767014

Feature on Jewish history in Spain:

https://www.jpost.com/podcast/jewish-spain-2000-years-of-heritage-and-counting-666904

More on the diet of folks living on the Great Hungarian Plain 7000 years bp and beyond:

https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/04/new-results-about-diets-of-people-who.html

More on that 5000 years bp bit of pottery with a fingerprint from Orkney:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-56858268 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/5000-year-old-fingerprint-found-scottish-island-180977602/
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/04/5000-year-old-potters-fingerprint-found.html
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9659-210426-scotland-neolithic-fingerprint

More on the remains of a possible Bronze Age village from Lake Lucerne:

https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/culture/bronze-age-village-found-under-swiss-lake/46559866
http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/a-bronze-age-village-is-discovered-beneath-lake-lucerne
https://www.archaeology.org/news/9660-210426-bronze-age-switzerland

More on that Iron Age hoard from Germany:

https://phys.org/news/2021-04-biggest-iron-age-weapon-hoards.html

More on that 800 years bp burial of a 5-year-old girl from a palace in Seville:

https://www.tntribune.com/video-grave-of-thrones-ancient-tomb-of-child-princess-found-in-game-palace/

More on that 600 years bp sword find from Poland which may be associated with the Battle of Grunwald:

https://www.livescience.com/sword-poland-battle-of-grunwald.html https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-9530129/Medieval-sword-unearthed-Poland-used-Battle-Grunwald-1410.html
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/61267 http://www.archaeology.org/news/9665-210429-poland-medieval-sword

More on that 17th century 'mourning ring' from the Isle of Man:

https://www.livescience.com/gold-ring-english-civil-war.html http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/61237

The wreck of a Norwegian ship turned into a Nazi troop carrier was located:

https://phys.org/news/2021-04-virtually-archaeology.html

Feature on Chauvet Cave and the Pont d'Arc:

https://phys.org/news/2021-04-chauvet-cave-artists-artwork-pont.html https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-04/c-wcc042621.php https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/04/when-chauvet-cave-artists-created-its.html
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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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Evidence of 9000-12000 years bp fire use from a cave site in Guizhou:

http://global.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202104/29/WS608a0cafa31024ad0babb281.html http://epaper.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202104/29/WS6089f267a31099a234355c45.html

Studying the origins of Beijing:

https://www.bignewsnetwork.com/news/269039919/across-china-high-tech-facilitates-research-into-beijings-ancient-past

Feature on ivory finds from Sanxingdui:

https://news.cgtn.com/news/2021-05-02/Wonders-of-Sanxingdui-Ivory-ZVMgl58PoQ/index.html

On 'political archaeology' in China:

https://www.asianage.com/opinion/columnists/280421/claude-arpi-chinas-new-weapon-is-political-archaeology.html

The Plain of Jars appears to have been used for burials for possible 2000 years:

https://www.livescience.com/plain-of-jars-burial-site-true-age.html https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/archaeologists-finally-date-mysterious-plain-of-jars-in-laos-666852
https://www.iflscience.com/editors-blog/clues-about-the-mysterious-laos-plain-of-jars-a-former-burial-ground/

Excavation of some megalithic burials at Kodumanal has commenced:

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/digging-of-megalithic-burials-at-kodumanal-begins/article34429186.ece

Three 'offering pots' (date?) from a dig in Konthagai:

https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Madurai/three-offering-pots-found-in-unearthed-urns/article34432126.ece

Feature on 16th century Portuguese-associated finds from Thiruketheeswarm:

https://www.sundayobserver.lk/2021/05/02/features/ancient-archaeological-findings-thiruketheeswaram

Feature on some deteriorating petroglyphs in a Suluwesi cave:

https://www.sapiens.org/archaeology/sulawesi-cave-paintings/?ct=t()

The tombs of a pair of 13th century Pereslavl princes have been identified:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/04/archaeologists-identify-royal-tombs-of-pereslavl-princes/138861
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AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND ================================================================
A study of the 'superhighways' used by the first Australians to cross the continent:

https://phys.org/news/2021-04-superhighways-australians.html https://phys.org/news/2021-04-superhighways-australians-ancient.html https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-04/sfi-fap042621.php https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-map-the-superhighways-the-first-people-in-australia-might-have-followed
https://scitechdaily.com/first-human-inhabitants-of-australia-followed-superhighways-across-the-continent/
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/04/mapping-superhighways-travelled-by.html

The first Australians population grew into the millions, apparently:

https://phys.org/news/2021-04-australians-grew-population-millions-previous.html

Flinders University is looking at a fish cannery site on Kangaroo Island:

https://www.theislanderonline.com.au/story/7225529/archaeologists-investigate-historic-cannery-at-american-river/?cs=1525

Evidence of kumara pits from near Dunedin dating to the 15th century:

https://phys.org/news/2021-04-discovery-ancient-kumara-pits.html https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-04/uoo-gkr042821.php https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/04/groundbreaking-kumara-research-marries.html

Overviewish piece on the dig at the Pa site in New Zealand:

http://www.voxy.co.nz/national/5/386092

Feature on what petroglyphs in Australia reveal:

https://www.abc.net.au/radio/programs/nightlife/rock-art/13321518 ================================================================
NORTH AMERICA
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Latest study of the possible route folks took across the Bering Sea:

https://phys.org/news/2021-04-north-america-populated-stone-migration.html https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-04/uok-wna042921.php https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-04/uok-wna042921.php

A 14 000 years bp horse fossil find from a Las Vegas backyard:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/01/us/las-vegas-horse-fossil.html


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