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explorator 25.06 May 29, 2022
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You can read explorator online at:
https://exploratornews.wordpress.com/
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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Shanidar Cave has revealed more Neanderthal remains, apparently:
https://nrttv.com/En/detail6/3532
More on that possible Denisovan tooth from Laos:
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/05/220517210409.htm
More on the suggestion to rename homo sapiens:
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2022/05/homo-sapiens-is-too-arrogant-call-us.html
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AFRICA
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Feature on Queen Amanirenas:
https://egyptianstreets.com/2022/05/23/queen-amanirenas-the-nubian-queen-who-defeated-the-romans/
Studying evidence of funerary rituals in ancient Nubia:
https://www.sapiens.org/biology/reinterpreting-life-and-death-in-ancient-nubia/ ============================================================
ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT ============================================================
More on the 6th Dynasty tomb of a high-ranking official from Saqqara:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-egypt-unearth-4300-year-old-tomb-of-egyptian-dignitary-who-handled-secret-documents-pharaoh-180980120/
More on the restoration of inscriptions and reliefs at the Esna temple:
https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2022/05/egyptian-german-archaeologists-unveil-inscriptions-reliefs-esna-temple
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/restoration-of-a-temple-in-egypt-reveals-vulture-like-vibrant-art-goddesses-180980144/
More on recreating Cleopatra's perfrume:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/scientists-recreated-cleopatra-favorite-perfume-180980126/
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/want-know-cleopatra-smelled-scientists-151858467.html
Zahi Hawass continues his series on Cleopatra:
https://english.ahram.org.eg/News/466782.aspx
Pondering whether Champollion worked from the original or a copy of the Rosetta Stone:
https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/116187/Rosetta-Stone-copies-Did-Champollion-conduct-his-research-on-a
Feature on Egyptian demons:
https://www.archaeology.org/issues/465-2205/features/10481-the-world-of-egyptian-demons
Feature on Egyptian mortuary texts:
https://smarthistory.org/ancient-egyptian-mortuary-texts/
Identifying palaeolithic sites on the eastern Iranian plateau:
https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/473046/Archaeologists-start-tracing-Paleolithic-sites-on-eastern-Iranian
Ur is in the process of opening up to tourists:
https://www.iraqinews.com/iraq/governmental-procedures-to-prepare-ur-ancient-city-for-tourism/
Feature on the history of looting Sumerian sites:
https://www.independent.co.uk/independentpremium/raiders-iraq-war-cultual-hertiage-2003-b2067673.html
Feature on Safavid era pottery production centres in Iran:
https://en.irna.ir/news/84769560/Pottery-production-centers-in-Safavid-Period
Feature on assorted technologies being used in restorations at sites in Iran:
https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/473082/Emerging-technologies-to-evolve-restorations-in-Iran-expert
Feature on Karahantepe and other neolithic sites in Turkey:
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-707792
... while excavations at Gobeklitepe may go on for decades, apparently:
https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/excavations-in-gobeklitepe-may-continue-for-decades-expert-174091
Remains of an apparently-abandoned 2100 years bp farmstead site in the eastern Galilee:
https://www.livescience.com/ancient-farmstead-discovered-israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/stilled-life-why-did-farmers-flee-a-homestead-2100-years-ago-in-the-galilee/
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-707627 https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/works-to-fill-sea-of-galilee-uncover-2-100-year-old-farmstead-and-a-mystery-1.10820596
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2022-05-25/ty-article/works-to-fill-sea-of-galilee-uncover-2-100-year-old-farmstead-and-a-mystery/00000180-fa3d-ddf2-a383-ff7d69cc0000
https://www.jewishpress.com/news/israel/2100-year-old-agricultural-equipment-jars-and-weaving-loom-weights-discovered-in-eastern-galilee/2022/05/25/
https://www.algemeiner.com/2022/05/25/2100-year-old-farmstead-found-in-israels-galilee/
https://mosaicmagazine.com/picks/history-ideas/2022/05/a-time-capsule-in-the-form-of-a-2100-year-old-farmstead-in-northern-israel/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/05/hasmonean-farming-complex-found-in-galilee/143706
A section of the Roman-era 'Low-Level Aqueduct' has been found south of the Old City:
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-707974 https://www.jewishpress.com/news/israel/jerusalem/segment-of-roman-aqueduct-excavated-in-jerusalems-armon-hanatziv-neighborhood/2022/05/29/
https://www.jwire.com.au/new-segment-of-roman-era-aqueduct-to-jerusalem-uncovered/
I think we mentioned this Bar Kokhba Revolt era coin find:
http://t.m.china.org.cn/convert/c_uaMLL0KH.html https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/05/25/rare-silver-coin-discovered-in-israel/
More on the source the alabaster used to make Herod's bathtubs:
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-706938 https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2022-05-17/ty-article-magazine/archaeologists-find-unexpected-source-of-stone-for-king-herods-bathtubs/00000180-e9f6-dc12-a5b1-fdff12760000
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2022/05/where-were-herod-greats-royal-alabaster.html
Feature on board games found at Tell es-Safi/Gath:
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-707353
Feature on salvage excavations in Israel:
https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/archaeology-today/salvage-excavation/
Feature on 'Biblical' food storage:
https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/ancient-cultures/daily-life-and-practice/israelite-pottery-and-household-life/
OpEddish on damage to Temple Mount:
https://www.israelhayom.com/2022/05/27/damage-to-temple-mount-antiquities-keeps-me-up-at-night/
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This Week in the Ancient Near East Podcast:
https://thisweekintheancientneareast.podbean.com/
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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS) ============================================================
A Roman milestone find from Slovenia:
https://english.sta.si/3040636/roman-era-milestone-found-on-route-of-future-expressway-in-koroska
Predictable press interest for the find of a 1700 years bp phallus and inscription on Hadrian's wall:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-61594029 https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/hadrians-wall-roman-graffiti-b2088889.html
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-10856501/1-700-year-old-phallus-inscription-branding-Roman-solider-s-ter-Hadrians-Wall.html
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/05/26/feud-roman-soldiers-revealed-obscene-graffiti-hadrians-wall/
https://nation.cymru/news/welshman-delighted-to-discover-obscene-roman-graffiti-at-hadrians-wall/
https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/vindolanda-rude-graffiti-uncovered-northumberland-24079155
https://metro.co.uk/2022/05/26/northumberland-hilarious-discovery-at-vindolanda-roman-fort-16717752/
https://www.npr.org/2022/05/27/1101837089/ancient-romans-theyre-just-like-us
Evidence of more than 100 ancient settlemetns north of Hadrian's Wall:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-10849845/Over-130-new-indigenous-settlements-discovered-north-Hadrians-Wall.html
https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/26/world/hadrians-wall-settlements-scn/index.html https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/hadrians-wall-ancient-settlements-archaeology-1234629963/
https://the-past.com/news/more-than-100-iron-age-settlements-identified-north-of-hadrians-wall/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/05/over-100-ancient-settlements-discovered-north-of-hadrians-wall/143691
Plenty of coverage of the sequencing of the genome of a pair of victims from Pompeii (one of whom had TB)
https://phys.org/news/2022-05-pompeiian-human-genome-sequenced.html https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/953594 https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/26/science/pompeii-vesuvius-dna-archaeology.html
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/may/26/pompeii-victim-genome-successfully-sequenced-first-time
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-61557424 https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/pompeii-mount-vesuvius-peninsula-italy-university-of-copenhagen-b2088238.html
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-10856973/Human-genome-Pompeii-victim-sequenced-time-revealing-35-year-old-suffered-TB.html
https://www.ansa.it/english/news/lifestyle/arts/2022/05/26/researchers-map-dna-of-pompeii-resident-for-first-time_e335823e-4751-46d2-bab2-b3099355ef5f.html
https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/26/europe/pompeii-human-genome-sequence-scn-scli-intl/index.html
https://www.wsj.com/articles/dna-of-pompeii-man-killed-during-vesuvius-eruption-yields-its-secrets-almost-2-000-years-later-11653577200
https://greekreporter.com/2022/05/27/dna-pompeii-victim-sequenced/ https://www.haaretz.com/jewish/archaeology/2022-05-26/ty-article/first-pompeiian-genetically-sequenced-and-guess-where-hes-from/00000180-ff59-d443-afae-ffdf1af30000
https://www.inverse.com/science/ancient-roman-vesuvius-death https://elpais.com/ciencia/2022-05-26/el-adn-retrata-a-una-pareja-de-pompeya-enterrada-por-la-erupcion-del-vesubio-hace-2000-anos.html
https://www.sciencealert.com/first-human-genome-sequenced-from-the-ruin-of-pompeii
http://www.sci-news.com/archaeology/first-pompeian-human-genome-10851.html https://www.science.org/content/article/first-genome-pompeii-victim-holds-surprises
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2322010-an-ancient-roman-who-died-in-pompeii-has-had-their-genome-sequenced/
https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/05/pompeii-victim-had-spinal-tuberculosis-when-he-died/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/05/roman-pompeiian-genome-sequenced/143716 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/researchers-sequence-the-first-human-genome-from-pompeii-180980165/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/10574-220526-pompeii-genome-sequence
cf:
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-10899-1
Also of note is that proteins in human bones found at Pompeii survived exposure to very high temperatures:
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2322110-proteins-in-human-bones-near-pompeii-survived-temperatures-of-500c/
https://www.newsweek.com/vesuvius-pompeii-herculaneum-victims-bone-protein-discovery-1710731
cf:
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-12042-6
A Late Roman funerary mosaic from Sardinia has been restored:
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/64136
An update of sorts on the dig at the Essex County Hospital site in Colchester:
https://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/20154819.colchesters-roman-past-unearthed-hospital-excavation/
Concerns arising from expansion plans for the Roald Dahl cemetery near an ancient Roman site:
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-61571158 https://www.bucksherald.co.uk/heritage-and-retro/heritage/archaeologists-object-to-expansion-plans-for-roald-dahl-cemetery-near-ancient-roman-findings-3707163
Not sure about this one about possible wine in jars found in a tomb from Pompeii last year:
https://www.penmediainc.com/italy-the-reddish-liquid-found-in-pompeii-may-be-the-worlds-oldest-wine-it-will-have-relics-of-more-than-2000-years-old/
In case you missed the return of a Mycenean-era gold ring to Greece from Sweden:
https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/ancient-gold-ring-back-in-greece-173966 http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/64155
Plans to reuse Roman tesserare excavated during M4 construction to create a mosaic floor in a reconstructed ancient villa:
https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/975/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/975/pub/975/page/37/article/NaN
Feature on domestic violence in ancient Rome:
https://theconversation.com/ancient-rome-didnt-have-specific-domestic-violence-legislation-but-the-laws-they-had-give-us-a-window-into-a-world-of-abuse-179460
https://phys.org/news/2022-05-ancient-roman-laws-window-world.html
Feature on Sappho:
https://bookriot.com/who-was-sappho/
Feature on Dionysus:
https://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/history-and-civilisation/2022/05/dionysus-greek-god-of-wine-and-revelry-was-more-than-just-a-party-god
Feature on Aristotle and computers:
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2017/03/aristotle-computer/518697/
Feature on the 'comeback' of Stoicism:
https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2022/05/24/modern-stoic-philosophy
Feature on nudity at the ancient Olympics:
https://historyofyesterday.com/nudity-was-encouraged-during-the-ancient-olympics-b38ebd1e5f67
Feature on Roman mosaics from Thessaloniki:
https://greekreporter.com/2022/05/23/magnificent-mosaic-summer-seen-for-first-time/
Feature on the Palace of Aigai:
https://greekreporter.com/2022/05/26/palace-aigai-biggest-building-ancient-greece/
Feature on Hellenistic Antioch:
https://greekreporter.com/2022/05/27/history-hellenistic-city-antioch/
Feature on Akrotiri:
https://greekreporter.com/2022/05/26/akrotiri-santorini-the-bronze-age-city-preserved-in-volcanic-ash/
Feature on the Minoan diet:
https://greekreporter.com/2022/05/25/minoans-imported-spices-asia/
Feature on the Spartan Pausanias:
https://greekreporter.com/2022/05/24/spartan-general-pausanias-lived-in-society-woven-around-honor-alone/
Feature on Greek influences on cultures in Asia:
https://greekreporter.com/2022/05/24/greco-buddhism-ancient-greece/
Feature on concepts of heaven and hell in ancient Greece:
https://greekreporter.com/2022/05/27/the-ancient-greece-concepts-for-heaven-and-hell/
Factoids about the Acropolis:
https://greekcitytimes.com/2022/05/28/acropolis-facts-2-2/
Feature on Miltiades helmet:
https://greekreporter.com/2022/05/24/miltiades-helmet-ancient-greek-warrior-discovery/
Feature on the Omnes Viae site:
https://bigthink.com/strange-maps/omnesviae-roman-roads-map/
In the Parthenon Marbles talks saga this week, BM officials were claiming the marbles were 'removed from the rubble':
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2022/may/23/greece-rebuts-british-museum-claim-parthenon-marbles-were-removed-from-rubble
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10847609/Elgin-Marbles-not-hacked-Parthenon-rescued-rubble-British-Museum-says.html
https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/980/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/980/pub/980/page/28/article/NaN
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/british-museum-parthenon-marbles-taken-from-rubble
https://greekreporter.com/2022/05/23/greece-clash-british-museum-over-parthenon-marbles/
... which the Greek side rejected, of course:
https://www.ekathimerini.com/news/1185051/mendoni-rejects-claim-parthenon-sculptures-retrieved-from-the-rubble/
https://greekherald.com.au/news/greece-rebuts-british-museum-claim-that-parthenon-marbles-removed-from-rubble/
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/greece-british-museum-parthenon-marbles-rubble-unesco-b1001689.html
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/greece-parthenon-elgin-marbles-british-museum-1234629710/
... in case you missed the UNESCO resolution calling on Greece and the UK to resolve the issue:
https://news.gtp.gr/2022/05/23/unesco-committee-calls-on-greece-uk-to-resolve-parthenon-marbles-issue/
https://greekreporter.com/2022/05/25/uk-unesco-parthenon-marbles/
... and reports that the BM had no intention of talking:
https://www.ekathimerini.com/news/1184986/british-museum-insists-on-right-of-ownership/
https://www.thenationalherald.com/talks-british-museum-wont-give-up-parthenon-marbles/
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2022/05/25/british-delegation-discredits-own-governments-parthenon-marbles-meeting
https://www.thenationalherald.com/british-museum-offers-greece-only-loan-of-stolen-parthenon-marbles/
... which the Greek side suggested was due to a lack of information on the BM's part:
https://www.ekathimerini.com/news/1185256/british-museums-denial-of-talks-over-parthenon-marbles-points-to-lack-of-information/
... and the Greek side pointed out that the BM has over 100 000 Greek artifacts not on display:
https://greekreporter.com/2022/05/24/over-100000-greek-artefacts-stored-underground-british-museum/
... while 'deliberation dates' are being sought via diplomatic channels:
https://www.thenationalherald.com/mendoni-deliberation-dates-between-greece-and-uk-on-parthenon-marbles-through-diplomatic-channels/
Some general pondering of the issue:
https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/116145/What-will-be-the-fate-of-the-Parthenon-Marbles
https://www.euronews.com/culture/2022/05/25/why-britain-should-want-to-return-the-parthenon-marbles-argued-by-a-professor-of-aegean-hi
... and the dailies reinforce their positions on th eissue:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/05/28/british-didnt-plunder-antiquities-like-elgin-marbles-rescued/
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/may/28/why-shouldnt-greeks-have-marbles-back-we-proved-we-lost-ours-years-ago
Comparing Putin to Vitellius:
https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/putin-is-repeating-emperor-vitelliuss-mistakes
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Roman Archaeology Blog:
http://romanarc.blogspot.com/
Rogueclassicism:
http://rogueclassicism.com/ ============================================================
EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland) ============================================================
An Iron Age enclosure and Roman finds from a site in Northumberland:
https://www.northumberlandgazette.co.uk/news/people/archaeologists-make-iron-age-and-roman-finds-at-northumberland-site-3705797
Remains of a 14th century watermill from the grounds of Blenheim Palace:
https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/20168404.archaeologists-unearth-exciting-discovery-blenheim-pool-ahead-massive-dredging-project/
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/archaeologists-unearth-exciting-discovery-blenheim-020000680.html
Metal detectorists found some 14th century gold coins in Kent (already auctioned):
https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/treasure-hunting-pensioners-find-14th-7124921
Finds from various periods (mostly 19th century it seems) from a dig in Middlesbrough:
https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-news/archaeological-digs-unearth-fascinating-glimpse-24046778
Digging has resumed at Leicester Cathedral:
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/953686 https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/leicester-news/archaeologists-behind-richard-iii-discovery-7123683
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/05/archaeologists-expand-excavations-at-leicester-cathedral-site/143698
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/05/25/leicester-archaeologists-expand-excavations-at-leicester-cathedral-site/
More on the reconstruction of an 'Aryan' bow:
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2022/05/archaeologists-reconstruct-ancient.html
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/05/27/archaeologists-reconstruct-a-bow-from-the-times-of-arkaim/
More on the possible stone circle at Castilly Henge:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/volunteers-uncover-rare-4800-year-old-stone-circle-england-henge-180980116/
More on evidence of parasites at Stonehenge feasts:
https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/stonehengeparasites https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2022/05/prehistoric-feces-reveal-parasites-from.html
https://www.archaeology.org/news/10570-220524-durrington-walls-parasites https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/what-4500-year-old-poop-teaches-us-about-the-people-who-built-stonehenge-180980125/
More on medieval diets:
https://www.businessinsider.com/englands-medieval-lords-were-mainly-vegetarian-archeologists-say-2022-5?ct=t()
More on the Bronze Age spearhead from Cirencester:
https://www.wiltsglosstandard.co.uk/news/20168134.spearhead-found-thames-water-cotswold-archaeology/
https://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/20170752.spearhead-found-thames-water-cotswold-archaeology/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/10555-220519-england-bronze-spearhead
Photos from that 'plague pit' find during Crossrail construction back in 2015:
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/uk-news/photos-show-gruesome-plague-pit-24028518
... and apparently they were's plague victims:
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/64127
Humidity damage to Paphos Castle:
https://cyprus-mail.com/2022/05/24/paphos-castle-damaged-by-humidity/
Feature on all the artifacts emerging from melting Norwegian ice:
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/05/220525110910.htm https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/953892 https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/climate-breakdown-melting-ice-shoe-b2087856.html
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2022/05/climate-change-reveals-unique-artifacts.html
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/05/27/climate-change-reveals-unique-artefacts-in-melting-ice-patches/
Feature on Ice Age (and other) finds from Worcestershire:
https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/woolly-mammoth-tusk-neanderthal-axes-24062678
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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 ============================================================
A 3000 years bp burial from Shaanxi with a foot amputation that was possibly a punishment:
https://www.livescience.com/ancient-china-woman-foot-amputation https://www.thedailybeast.com/chinese-scientists-discover-3000-year-old-female-with-amputated-foot-speculate-it-was-punishment
https://www.archaeology.org/news/10568-220524-china-ancient-amputation
A Warring States Period metal production kiln from Henan:
http://t.m.china.org.cn/convert/c_wUxLCK8N.html
Tang Dynasty evidence of the incense trade along the Silk Road from Famen Temple (we may have mentioned this):
http://www.china.org.cn/arts/2022-05/24/content_78234597.htm https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3178274/researchers-find-remnants-ancient-incense-palace-famen-temple
https://nation.com.pk/2022/05/23/chinese-researchers-find-archaeological-evidence-of-brisk-incense-trade/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/10559-220523-china-ancient-incense
Ming Dynasty tombs from Hubei:
https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202205/1266820.shtml
25 Qing Dynasty burials from Hunan:
http://en.people.cn/n3/2022/0523/c90000-10100112.html https://english.news.cn/20220523/8ddc2f8f18eb41c1894c8ed1e8704da2/c.html http://www.china.org.cn/arts/2022-05/23/content_78232682.htm http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202205/24/WS628c3279a310fd2b29e5e8d3.html http://www.archaeology.org/news/10571-220525-china-qing-tombs
A 12th century metal pot from Preah Vihear (Cambodia):
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501080539/department-of-conservation-and-archaeology-finds-12th-century-artifacts/
A 2000 years bp mound near Kolkata is yielding some artifacts:
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/archaeological-site-20km-from-kolkata-yields-2000-year-old-artefacts/articleshow/91862663.cms
Evidence of an 18th century drought in Vadnagar:
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/vadnagar-experienced-long-drought-from-1700-ce/articleshow/91730215.cms
On the controversy swirling around India's tallest minaret (Qutub Minar):
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-61509282
Feature on the art of Mughal India:
https://psyche.co/ideas/the-art-of-mughal-india-is-best-appreciated-with-all-the-senses
Feature on Narenda's obsession with a 17th century Muslim ruler:
https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/people/article/3179258/why-indias-ruling-bjp-and-prime-minister-narendra-modi-obsessed
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AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND ============================================================
Studying 65 000 years of food waste from Kakadu:
https://theconversation.com/65-000-years-of-food-scraps-found-at-kakadu-tell-a-story-of-resilience-amid-changing-climate-sea-levels-and-vegetation-181240
https://www.sapiens.org/archaeology/australia-aboriginal-resilience/
Evidence Australians were dining on giant Genyornis eggs some 47 000 years bp:
https://phys.org/news/2022-05-australians-ate-giant-eggs-huge.html https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/05/220525102937.htm https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/05/26/first-australians-ate-giant-eggs-of-huge-flightless-birds/
Something about using xrays on plant pigments to preserve Aboriginal art:
https://phys.org/news/2022-05-aim-x-rays-century-old-secretions-insight.html ============================================================
NORTH AMERICA
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I think we mentioned these 2500 years bp (Mississippian) remains found along the Great Pee Dee River in South Carolina:
https://www.nbc4i.com/news/national/archaeological-dig-uncovers-artifacts-dating-back-2500-years/
https://www.wdtn.com/news/archaeological-dig-uncovers-artifacts-dating-back-2500-years-2/
https://ktla.com/news/nexstar-media-wire/archaeological-dig-uncovers-artifacts-dating-back-2500-years/
Plans to 3d scan that 1200 years bp canoe found in Wisconsin last year:
https://news.wisc.edu/3d-scan-will-reveal-the-stories-hidden-within-1200-year-old-wisconsin-canoe/
https://www.nbc15.com/2022/05/24/whole-new-look-1200-year-old-canoe-found-lake-mendota/
https://madison.com/news/local/ancient-canoe-from-lake-mendota-undergoes-high-tech-scan/article_ab4980f3-13d9-5d2b-ad50-e6ead10b3442.html
More on that 13 000 years bp red ochre mine in Wyoming:
https://www.wyomingnews.com/news/local_news/wyoming-likely-home-to-oldest-mine-on-continent/article_85a23120-7049-5899-ae6d-de614b5fd66f.html
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/archaeologists-discovered-oldest-mine-in-america-2121451
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/prehistoric-mine-pigment-extraction-powars-ii-1234630223/
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2022/05/research-confirms-eastern-wyoming.html
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/05/23/eastern-wyoming-paleoindian-site-as-americas-oldest-mine/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/wyoming-is-home-to-the-oldest-mine-on-the-continent-study-north-america-180980134/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/10561-220523-wyoming-ochre-mine
More on the 8000 years bp skull found in a Minnesota river:
https://www.iflscience.com/editors-blog/skull-found-by-kayakers-in-minnesota-river-not-a-missing-person-but-8000-years-old/
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2022/05/nearly-8000-year-old-human-skull-found.html
Concerns for enslaved peoples' burials at a former plantation site in Florida:
https://www.firstcoastnews.com/article/news/local/where-are-the-graves-woman-concerned-road-construction-could-disturb-graves/77-3fde9c11-9adb-40fb-9fa3-b978ca41be10
Review of Philip Dray, *A Lynching at Port Jervis*:
https://www.timesunion.com/hudsonvalley/culture/article/1892-a-Black-man-was-lynched-in-the-Hudson-Valley-17192170.php
An update of sorts on the search (back in 2018) for some fabled Civil War gold near Pittsburgh:
https://apnews.com/article/civil-war-gold-fbi-pennsylvania-1352e0c3682bc88650a74136dc3c6c74
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CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA ============================================================
LIDAR had revealed evidence of major pre-Hispanic urbanism in the Casarabe region in Bolivia:
https://phys.org/news/2022-05-early-urbanism-amazon.html https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/05/220525110924.htm https://www.livescience.com/lidar-reveals-pre-hispanic-amazon-settlements https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/lost-city-amazon-basin-archaeology-b2087711.html
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2022/05/27/lost-cities-amazon-had-pyramids-fish-farms-new-laser-technology/
https://www.wsj.com/articles/long-hidden-ancient-pyramids-settlements-discovered-in-remote-amazon-region-11653490800
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-707843 https://www.sciencealert.com/ruins-of-monumental-settlements-uncovered-in-bolivian-jungle
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/amazon-lasers-lidar-ancient-urban-system-casarabe-bolivia
http://www.sci-news.com/archaeology/casarabe-settlements-10844.html https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/05/lidar-reveals-networks-of-pre-columbian-cities-and-towns-in-bolivia/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/05/lidar-reveals-landscape-of-ancient-cities-hidden-in-the-amazon/143709
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2022/05/early-urbanism-found-in-amazon.html
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/05/26/early-urbanism-found-in-the-amazon/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/lost-cities-of-the-amazon-discovered-from-the-air-180980142/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/10573-220526-bolivia-urban-planning
cf:
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-01367-x https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-01458-9 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-04780-4
Remains of a Maya city (Xiol) from an industrial park near Merida on the Yucatan peninsula:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/may/27/mexico-mayan-city-xiol-discovered https://www.dw.com/en/mexico-archaeologists-uncover-1500-year-old-mayan-city/a-61961351
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/archaeologists-discover-ancient-mayan-city-construction-site-2022-05-27/
https://www.euronews.com/next/2022/05/27/us-mexico-archaeology https://www.laprensalatina.com/archaeologists-unlocking-mysteries-of-ancient-mayan-city-in-southeast-mexico/
https://www.wionews.com/world/archaeologists-discover-ancient-mayan-city-at-construction-site-in-mexico-see-pics-482896
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/05/lost-maya-city-discovered-in-the-yucatan/143726
A 9th century CE cist burial of an elite woman from Palenque:
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/64167
More on Maya tooth treatments:
https://www.sciencealert.com/ancient-maya-practice-of-gluing-gemstones-onto-teeth-might-have-been-more-than-bling
https://www.archaeology.org/news/10560-220523-maya-tooth-sealants
Feature on climate change and the Chinchorro mummies:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/can-the-worlds-oldest-mummies-survive-climate-cange-other-threats-coming-decades-180980146/
Feature on what's inside Maya pyramids:
https://www.livescience.com/what-is-inside-maya-pyramids
Feature on Balankanche:
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/05/balankanche-the-sacred-cave-of-the-maya/143721
Feature on the Cainho de Peabiru:
https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20220525-south-americas-unknown-ancient-path -----
Mike Ruggeri's Ancient Americas Breaking News:
http://goo.gl/1VdeA
Mike Ruggeri's Ancient Americas lecture channels on Youtube:
https://mikeruggerisyoutube.tumblr.com/
Ancient MesoAmerica News:
http://ancient-mesoamerica-news-updates.blogspot.com/ ============================================================
OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST ============================================================
A caretaker apparently gave away a Tudor overmantle thinking it was rubbish:
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/may/27/caretaker-of-stately-home-gave-away-5m-tudor-panel-because-it-was-rotten
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/caretaker-gave-away-stately-homes-5m-artefact-cbcq5jq2m
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