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explorator 25.08 June 12, 2022
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You can read explorator online at:

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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, Adrienne Mayor,
Don Buck, mata kimasitayo, and Ross W. Sargent for headses upses this week
(as always hoping I have left no one out).

nb Next week's issue will likely be a day late again due to anticipated internet issues.
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EARLY HOMINIDS
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I think we had reports on this 120 000 years bp jewellery from Morocco a few months ago:

https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-708794

More on the 50 000+ year use of the Ceva de Ardales as an art venue for early humans:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/06/famous-rock-art-cave-in-spain-was-used-by-ancient-humans-for-over-50000-years/143808
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2022/06/famous-rock-art-cave-in-spain-was-used.html
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/artists-have-been-painting-on-the-walls-of-this-spanish-cave-for-58000-years-180980191/
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AFRICA
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A study of the implications of a 65 000 years bp 'Swiss Army Knife' style on early human communication in Africa:

https://www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2022/06/09/prehistoric-swiss-army-knife-indicates-early-humans-communicated.html
https://theconversation.com/65-000-year-old-stone-swiss-army-knives-show-early-humans-had-long-distance-social-networks-184648
https://phys.org/news/2022-06-prehistoric-swiss-army-knife-early.html https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/955471 https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/jun/09/65000-year-old-swiss-army-knife-proves-ancient-humans-shared-knowledge-research-says
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-709119 https://cosmosmagazine.com/history/early-humans-backed-artefact-tools/ https://news.artnet.com/art-world/ancient-swiss-army-knife-2127680 https://www.gizmodo.com.au/2022/06/thats-not-a-knife-these-65000-year-old-stone-ones-are-and-they-prove-early-humans-had-long-distance-social-networks/
https://www.sciencealert.com/ancient-stone-technologies-suggest-early-humans-were-social-across-long-distances
https://www.archaeology.org/news/10596-220610-africa-tool-shape

Concerns for underwater heritage at various sites in Africa:

https://www.kenyanews.go.ke/efforts-to-save-underwater-cultural-heritage-in-africa-intensify/

Feature on scuba diving beneath pyramids in Sudan:

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/what-its-like-to-scuba-dive-under-pyramids

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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT ============================================================
More on the find of a 6th Dynasty tomb of an important Egyptian official at Saqqara:

https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2022/05/ancient-holder-pharaohs-secret-documents-found-saqqara

More on the 250+ sarcophagi and figurines from Saqqara:

http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/64259 https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/ancient-cultures/ancient-egypt/saqqara-tombs-sarcophagi/?mqsc=E4144682&dk=ZE2260ZF0
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2022/05/250-coffins-with-mummies-and-150-bronze.html

More on efforts to recreate Cleopatra's perfume:

https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/116520/Attempts-continue-to-re-create-Cleopatra-VII-s-perfume

More on efforts to recreate Egyptian methods of producing olive oil:

https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/116629/Archaeologist-seeks-to-recreate-ancient-Egypt%E2%80%99s-torsion-method-for-olive

An interview with Rita Lucarelli on the Egyptian Book of the Dead:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/06/the-ancient-egyptian-book-of-the-dead-an-interview-with-prof-rita-lucarelli/143772

Feature on Tut at Amarna:

https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/agenta/tutankhamun-at-amarna-childhood-kingship-family-and-followers/

Feature on a statue of Khafre:

https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/116701/Egyptian-Museum-in-Tahrir-houses-unique-statue-of-King-Khafre

On using AI to translate Egyptian texts:

https://www.sapiens.org/archaeology/machine-learning-egyptian-hieroglyphs/

15 Egyptian conservationist folks will be getting some museology training in Italy:

https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/116624/15-Egyptian-restorers-museum-curators-to-receive-intensive-museology-training

Evidence of a Paleolithic human presence in Iran's Sarbisheh Plain region:

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/473472/Archaeologists-find-new-clues-that-Paleolithic-people-lived-in

Neolithic obsidian tools from a 9000 years bp site in northwestern Iran:

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/473412/Neolithic-obsidian-tools-found-on-9-000-year-old-hill-in-northwestern

5th-2nd millennium BCE settlement from Iran's Marvdasht plain:

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/473521/New-evidence-of-prehistorical-settlement-comes-to-light-in-southern

6000 years bp evidence of 'administrative management' (maybe) from the Kale-Kub site in Iran:

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/473383/Archaeologists-discover-early-example-of-administrative-management

Researchers have identified the site of the residence of King Khosrow (7th century CE) in Iraq:

https://www.iraqinews.com/iraq/archaeological-city-khosrow-lived-heraclius-conquered-discovered-in-iraq/

More on the 3400 years bp Mitanni-era city in the Tigris which was revealed by drought in Iraq:

https://www.dw.com/en/archaeology-sensation-an-ancient-city-reemerges-in-iraq-reservoir/a-62061527
https://www.euronews.com/green/2022/06/07/3-400-year-old-city-emerges-from-reservoir-in-iraq-after-months-of-extreme-drought
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-708894 https://www.latercera.com/la-tercera-tv/noticia/sequia-extrema-en-irak-dejo-al-descubierto-una-ciudad-de-mas-de-3-mil-anos/HPAYCQKSUJFXHFESN4M5SDPK2E/
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2022/05/a-3400-year-old-city-emerges-from.html
http://www.sci-news.com/archaeology/zakhiku-mitanni-empire-10883.html https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/drought-in-iraq-reveals-3400-year-old-city-180980188/

A Mycenean figurine from the excavations at Ayasuluk Tepe (is this recent?):

https://arkeonews.net/the-3200-year-old-mycenaean-figure-that-brought-ephesus-together-with-the-hittite-civilization-found-in-the-excavations-of-ayasuluk-tepe/

Feature on Gobekli Tepe:

https://phys.org/news/2022-06-turkish-hilltop-civilisation-began.html https://www.dailysabah.com/life/history/turkeys-gobeklitepe-cradle-of-civilization
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20220610-turkish-hilltop-where-civilisation-began
https://www.rfi.fr/en/turkish-hilltop-where-civilisation-began https://www.gulftoday.ae/lifestyle/2022/06/10/turkish-hilltop-where-civilisation-began
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2022-06-07/ty-article-magazine/visiting-gobekli-tepe-the-worlds-earliest-temple-built-in-a-paradise-that-is-no-more/00000181-3ded-d207-a795-7ded6a9c0000
https://www.thenationalnews.com/mena/2022/06/11/gobekli-tepe-archaeological-site-in-turkey-in-pictures/

Evidence of one of the earliest (7th/8th century CE) Islamic burials from Syria:

https://www.archaeology.org/news/10595-220610-syria-tell-qarassa https://phys.org/news/2022-06-bioarchaeological-evidence-early-islamic-burials.html
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/06/220609155721.htm https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-709169 https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/06/10/evidence-of-very-early-islamic-burials-in-the-levant/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/10595-220610-syria-tell-qarassa

cf: https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-022-03508-4

A Bar Kochba coin from a cave in Nahal Tekoa (this might come up in Hebrew and flip to English):

https://www.hayadan.org.il/11192

Israel has extended the IAA's powers into the West Bank:

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2022-06-08/ty-article/.premium/under-settler-pressure-israel-extends-antiquities-authoritys-powers-into-west-bank/00000181-42f8-df72-a5cb-c2ffa4660000

On some possible early alphabetic writing from Tel Lachish:

https://greekreporter.com/2022/06/06/pottery-shard-may-show-missing-link-to-first-written-alphabet/

Feature on recreating ancient bread of Israel:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jun/12/the-bread-of-ancient-israel-is-baked-again-for-modern-tables

cf: https://asif.org/a-city-wheat-bread-exhibition/

Feature on evidence of Judean 'deportees' in Babylonian texts:

https://www.asor.org/anetoday/2022/06/judean-deportees-babylonian-texts

Feature on the Dead Sea Scrolls:

https://aish.com/the-not-so-dead-sea-scrolls/

Feature on board games from Tell es-Safi/Gath:

https://www.timesofisrael.com/games-at-gath-board-games-give-relatable-insight-into-daily-lives-of-canaanites/

Feature on Petra and the spice trade:

https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/ancient-cultures/ancient-israel/ancient-spice-trade/?mqsc=E4144569&dk=ZE2260ZF0

Feature on archaeology around Abu Dhabi:

https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/abu-dhabi-archaeology/index.html
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https://thisweekintheancientneareast.podbean.com/

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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS) ============================================================
Remains of a massive 5th century BCE 'monumental terrace' from Castiglione della Pescaia (all coverage is Italian so far):

https://www.ansa.it/canale_viaggiart/it/regione/toscana/2022/06/09/archeologia-in-maremma-scoperta-terrazza-di-600-metri_ff49b869-f403-4a6b-bc8b-3f693f714340.html
https://www.agenziaimpress.it/in-maremma-torna-alla-luce-una-terrazza-monumentale-di-600-metri/
https://www.ilgiunco.net/2022/06/09/ricostruire-le-antiche-sponde-del-lago-prile-gli-archeologi-scoprono-una-terrazza-di-600-metri/
https://www.intoscana.it/it/articolo/archeologia-in-maremma-scoperta-una-terrazza-monumentale-di-600-metri/

Overview of this year's excavations at the Late Cypriot site of Dromolaxia-Vyzakia:

https://cyprus-mail.com/2022/06/10/ancient-tombs-point-to-rich-families-from-wealthy-cypriot-community/
http://www.china.org.cn/world/Off_the_Wire/2022-06/11/content_78264733.htm https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/06/10/%CE%B5xcavations-at-the-late-cypriot-harbour-city-of-dromolaxia-vyzakia/

An intact Hellenistic tombstone from the Arachthos river in Epirus:

https://greekreporter.com/2022/06/12/rare-ancient-discovery-iepirus-river-waters/

A terracotta pithos from Prusias ad Hypium:

https://www.dailysabah.com/life/history/earthanware-pitos-found-in-turkeys-prusias-ad-hypium

A Roman road is suggesting the Romans went further into Wales than previously thought:

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/jun/05/romans-ventured-deeper-into-wales-than-thought-road-discovery-shows
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-10888907/Ancient-road-discovered-Wales-follows-route-taken-transport-bluestones-STONEHENGE.html

... related:

https://www.bordercountiesadvertizer.co.uk/news/20202206.role-oswestry-scholar-highlighted-roman-road-discovery/

A bronze cup and a figure of Mars from the Gallo-Roman sanctuary near Rennes:

http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/64284

Le Mans' Roman walls are 50 years younger than previously thought:

http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/64249

Evidence of a late Roman walled settlement in what would become Madrid:

https://elpais.com/cultura/2022-06-11/asi-era-el-centro-logistico-de-roma-en-madrid-justo-antes-de-la-caida-del-imperio.html

The dig at a Roman fort site in Alderney has concluded:

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-guernsey-61718640

GPR suggests there might be remains of a Roman settlement beneath Longis Common in Guernsey:

https://guernseypress.com/news/2022/06/07/roman-settlement-could-be-underneath-longis-common/

A study of coins found with victims of Vesuvius:

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-01542-0

A US-funded restored Thracian Tomb near Sveshtari was unveiled this week:

https://sofiaglobe.com/2022/06/07/us-funded-renovation-of-thracian-tomb-near-bulgarias-sveshtari-unveiled/
https://bg.usembassy.gov/the-us-supports-the-display-renovation-of-unesco-designated-thracian-tomb-near-sveshtari-06-07-2022/

Pompeii's House of Ceres has reopened:

https://www.ansa.it/english/news/lifestyle/arts/2022/06/10/pompeiis-house-of-ceres-and-maiuri-horse-reopen_c09c9583-3c3e-4b2d-ab4f-9c42e8a31b32.html

Latest on plans to 'revive' the site of Plato's Academy:

https://www.ekathimerini.com/culture/1186372/akadimia-platonos-revamp-gets-green-light-2/
https://news.gtp.gr/2022/06/09/deal-paves-way-for-revival-of-akadimia-platonos-archeological-site/

More on wool production in Bronze Age Italy:

https://www.gu.se/en/news/industrial-manufacturing-of-wool-and-wool-textiles-in-the-bronze-age-italy
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2022/06/industrial-manufacturing-of-wool-and.html
https://www.archaeology.org/news/10589-220606-italy-industrial-wool

More on that recently-identified ephebe list from a National Museum of Scotland collection:

https://www.ekathimerini.com/culture/1185858/ancient-greek-slab-at-scottish-museum-found-to-list-military-academy-cadets/
https://www.npr.org/2022/06/06/1103372606/class-of-54-a-d-a-marble-slab-in-storage-turned-out-to-be-an-ancient-greek-yearb
https://boingboing.net/2022/06/09/check-out-this-ancient-greek-yearbook.html https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2022/06/an-elite-education-discovery-of-ancient.html
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/2000-year-old-yearbook-like-tablet-celebrates-group-ancient-greek-grads-180980201/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/10585-220602-ephebic-college-inscription

More on that silver 'penis pendant' from Kent:

https://www.livescience.com/roman-penis-pendant-found-uk https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/metal-detectorist-penis-pendant-kent-b2091712.html

More on the genome of that victim of Vesuvius:

https://the-past.com/news/researchers-sequence-entire-genome-of-vesuvius-victim/

More on 100+ settlements beyond Hadrian's Wall:

https://www.zmescience.com/science/archaeology/over-a-hundred-ancient-settlements-found-beyond-hadrians-wall-in-northern-uk/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/10588-220605-iron-age-scotland

More on the Late Hellenistic bronze bed burial of a woman from Kozani:

https://www.livescience.com/ancient-woman-buried-bronze-bed-greece http://www.archaeology.org/news/10587-220605-greece-bronze-bed

More on the rude graffiti from Vindolanda:

https://hyperallergic.com/738710/penis-graffiti-found-at-ancient-roman-site/ https://www.penarthtimes.co.uk/news/20188857.rude-ancient-graffiti-unearthed-vindolanda-northumberland/
https://www.insidehook.com/daily_brief/history/archaeology-dig-hadrians-wall-penis-graffiti
http://www.sci-news.com/archaeology/vindolanda-graffiti-10880.html https://www.sciencealert.com/this-ancient-roman-dick-drawing-suggests-phallic-graffiti-wasn-t-always-positive
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/06/ancient-graffiti-insulting-secundinus-the-shitter-discovered-at-roman-vindolanda/143777

The 'Fagan Fragment' was permanently restored to the Acropolis Museum:

https://greekreporter.com/2022/06/05/fagan-fragment-permanently-restored-parthenon-frieze/
https://news.gtp.gr/2022/06/06/greece-hopes-fagan-fragment-return-to-pave-way-for-parthenon-marbles/
https://greekherald.com.au/news/sets-moral-path-italy-permanently-returns-parthenon-fragment-greece/
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/06/08/the-fagan-fragment-permanently-restored-to-the-acropolis-museum/

Feature on how the ancient Greeks dealt with large numbers of the dead:

https://theconversation.com/tallying-the-dead-is-one-thing-giving-them-names-would-take-an-inexhaustible-voice-as-the-ancient-greeks-knew-184364
https://www.chron.com/news/article/Tallying-the-dead-is-one-thing-giving-them-names-17221999.php

An interview with Stephanie McCarter about her Metamorphoses translation:

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/interviews/article/89472-the-language-of-the-body-pw-talks-with-stephanie-mccarter.html

Feature on when Hadrian's Wall was built:

https://archaeology.co.uk/articles/opinion/122-and-all-that-when-was-hadrians-wall-built.htm

... and the wall in general:

https://archaeology.co.uk/articles/features/commemorating-hadrians-wall-searching-for-signs-of-a-2nd-century-celebration.htm

Feature on the Minoans:

https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20220601-the-mysterious-ancient-civilisation-that-resonates-now

Feature on the Baths of Caracalla:

https://smarthistory.org/baths-of-caracalla/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=baths-of-caracalla

Feature on 'saviour gods' in Ancient Greece:

https://blog.oup.com/2022/06/salvation-on-earth-saviour-gods-in-ancient-greece/

Feature on what ancient Greeks knew about blood:

https://lithub.com/what-the-ancient-greeks-thought-they-understood-about-blood/

Feature on some curse tablets from a well in Athens found a while ago:

https://www.iflscience.com/editors-blog/discovery-of-30-curse-tablets-shows-how-athenian-bathhouse-well-became-a-chute-to-the-underworld/

Feature on some experimental archaeology involving elephants:

https://bigthink.com/the-past/experimental-archaeology-elephant/

Feature on the missing half of the Colosseum:

https://www.openculture.com/2022/06/what-happened-to-the-missing-half-of-the-roman-colosseum.html

Feature on ancient Greek 'dragon houses':

https://greekreporter.com/2022/06/07/ancient-greek-stone-houses/

Feature on Greek influence on the Latin alphabet:

https://greekreporter.com/2022/06/08/ancient-greeks-shaped-latin-alphabet/

Feature on Plato's Republic:

https://greekreporter.com/2022/06/10/plato-republic-classics-philosophy/

A sort of overviewish piece on the Parthenon Sculptures situation:

https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/06/10/the-parthenon-sculptures-unprecedented-momentum-building-in-favour-of-their-return/

... and they won't be a topic of conversation when ministers meet this week:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/06/11/elgin-marbles-will-banned-topic-ministers-meet-greek-counterparts/
https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/1001/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/1001/pub/1001/page/29/article/NaN
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Roman Archaeology Blog:

http://romanarc.blogspot.com/

Rogueclassicism:

http://rogueclassicism.com/ ============================================================
EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland) ============================================================
Brief item on Ice Age finds off Jersey:

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-jersey-61745941

More on 15 000 years bp cave petroglyphs being composed/viewed with flickering fires:

https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-709030

A pair of Halstaat-era swords found during fire station construction in Bavaria:

http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/64237 https://arkeonews.net/2800-year-old-two-swords-found-in-germany-from-the-start-of-the-iron-age/

A massive late Iron Age frog burial (!) from near Cambridge:

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/jun/12/mass-frog-burial-baffles-experts-at-iron-age-site-near-cambridge

Finds from various periods at a dig at Lincoln Central Market:

https://www.lincolnshirelive.co.uk/news/lincoln-news/evidence-roman-pottery-post-medieval-7173222

Possible 2000 years bp human remains for a former police headquarters site in North Yorkshire:

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c2enp07qp64o https://www.darlingtonandstocktontimes.co.uk/news/20202855.human-remains-found-former-police-hq-2-000-years-old/

Two pieces of a VIking sword found a year apart by metal detectorists in Norway have been reunited:

https://www.livescience.com/rare-viking-sword-discovered-norway https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/06/pieces-of-an-ornamental-viking-sword-reunited/143813
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/64275

A metal detectorist in Hungary came across a Viking-era coin:

https://www.livescience.com/viking-king-coin-discovered-hungary

Remains of a 14th century watermill complex at Blenheim:

https://www.dredgingtoday.com/2022/06/07/watermill-complex-found-at-blenheim-ahead-of-major-dredging-work/

A 14th century Turkish (maybe) saber from a monastery excavation in northern Greece:

https://www.livescience.com/medieval-saber-found-greek-monastery http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/64268 https://www.archaeology.org/news/10594-220608-greece-medieval-monastery

Human remains from a dig at a medieval Cork pub site suggest the folks met a violent end:

https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster/arid-40893353.html

After being found back in 2007, the location of the wreck of the Gloucester has been revealed:

https://phys.org/news/2022-06-historic-royal-ship-english-coast.html https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/jun/10/hms-gloucester-wreck-of-royal-navy-warship-sunk-in-1682-identified-off-norfolk-coast
https://www.theguardian.com/science/video/2022/jun/10/wreck-of-340-year-old-sunken-royal-navy-warship-discovered-off-norfolk-coast-video
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-norfolk-61734192 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-61766186 https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/06/10/greatest-shipwreck-since-mary-rose-discovered-coast-norfolk/
https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/999/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/999/pub/999/page/41/article/NaN
https://apnews.com/article/science-england-scotland-ireland-dd17aa8c01f2881b2397a95388d6265a
https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/06/diving-brothers-found-the-wreck-of-the-gloucester-300-years-after-sinking/
https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/local-divers-find-royal-shipwreck-off-the-uk-coast
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/06/wreck-of-historic-royal-ship-discovered-off-the-english-coast/143816
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/06/10/wreck-of-historical-royal-ship-discovered-off-the-english-coast/

More on the find of the ridder of the HMS Invincible:

https://www.bournemouth.ac.uk/news/2022-06-06/missing-piece-hms-invincible-shipwreck-uncovered
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/06/underwater-archaeologists-uncover-rudder-from-the-first-hms-invincible/143788
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/06/07/missing-piece-of-hms-invincible-shipwreck-uncovered/

More on efforts to save an 'underwater Lascaux' off southwestern France:

https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2022/05/race-to-save-undersea-stone-age-cave.html
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/tour-submerged-cave-packed-with-paleolithic-art-without-ever-venturing-underwater-180980224/

A 'top 11' list of finds made over the years from the Medieval Park in Oslo:

https://sciencenorway.no/archaeology-history-medieval-history/medieval-excavation-greatest-hits-800-years-ago-a-fashion-queen-strolled-the-streets-of-oslo-in-this-elegant-shoe/2036533

A 300 years bp gold ring found in Shropshire has been declared treasure:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-shropshire-61725744

Four medieval/Anglo-Saxon coins from Norfolk have been declared treasure:

https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/medieval-coins-found-in-norfolk-declared-treasure-9029994

120 burials (so far) from the dig at Leicester Cathedral:

https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/leicester-news/gallery/more-120-ancient-graves-uncovered-7187925

Locals saved Malmesbury Abbey when a fire broke out recently:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-wiltshire-61717056 https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/995/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/995/pub/995/page/17/article/NaN

The dig at the Nunnery Heritage Site in Alderney has concluded:

https://guernseypress.com/news/2022/06/08/nunnery-dig-in-alderney-ends-with-questions-still-to-answer/

Plans for a dig at the Strath Brora site in Clyne:

https://www.northern-times.co.uk/news/clyne-heritage-society-dig-to-start-at-strath-brora-site-whe-277628/

Plans to turn a Bronze Age settlement site in Birzebbuga (Malta) into an archaeological park:

https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/bronze-age-settlement-in-birzebbuga-to-be-turned-into-archaeological.960620

Protected status for a pair of Victorian cabmen's shelters in London:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-61652537

Feature on some rock crystal points and blades from various sites in Iberia:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/06/the-prehistoric-weapons-made-from-crystal/143821

Feature on the Viking legacy in Scotland:

https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p0cbfd0z/why-the-vikings-never-left-scotland ----------
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 ============================================================
Latest finds from the Sanxindui ruins site is a bronze altar:

https://news.cgtn.com/news/2022-06-12/Bronze-altar-discovered-at-Sanxingdui-ruins-site-in-SW-China-1aNZnuC4nRe/index.html

25 Shang Dynasty tombs from Henan:

http://www.china.org.cn/arts/2022-06/06/content_78254776.htm http://global.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202206/07/WS629e98c6a310fd2b29e6101b.html

Wei/Jin dynasty 'watercourses' from Henan:

http://www.ecns.cn/news/2022-06-12/detail-ihazcpzs6467620.shtml

A Spring and Autumn Period burial of an upper class pregnant woman from Shanxi:

http://global.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202206/09/WS62a1497ea310fd2b29e6193f.html http://www.china.org.cn/arts/2022-06/09/content_78261244.htm http://www.china.org.cn/arts/2022-06/10/content_78263310.htm

Northern Dynasties period plinths from Hebei:

http://en.people.cn/n3/2022/0610/c90000-10108284.html

Traces of gold, silver, and colored glass on Buddhist statuary at the Longmen Grottoes in Henan:

https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202206/1267695.shtml

Feature on where archaeology in China is headed:

https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202206/1267407.shtml

Concerns about how China is using archaeology to justify its treatment of Uyghurs:

https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/melting-pot-06032022104308.html

Petroglyphs (pre 300 CE) from a cave near Krishnagiri:

https://www.daijiworld.com/news/newsDisplay?newsID=967160 https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/archaeologists-stumble-upon-ancient-rock-arts-in-caves-in-tns-krishnagiri-402475

A dig in Kolkata has revealed 12 layers of human occupation dating back to the 1st century CE:

https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/kolkata/kolkata-not-quite-the-charnock-city-reveal-excavations-near-clive-house/article65494572.ece
https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/kolkata-centuries-before-job-charnock-what-newly-excavated-finds-tell-us-7957768/

Excavations at a Roman trading site in Puducherry will be resuming:

https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2022/jun/06/excavations-at-ancient-roman-trading-site-in-puducherry-to-be-resumed-union-minister-2462276.html

Feature on the excavations at the Nalanda University site:

https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p0ccrdsh/nalanda-india-s-ancient-university-rising-from-the-ashes

Feature on the search for the tomb of Genghis Khan:

https://www.livescience.com/where-is-genghis-khan-buried/ ============================================================
AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND ============================================================
Plans to investigate an unidentified shipwreck on Bribie Island:

https://www.sunshinecoastnews.com.au/2022/06/08/shipwreck-investigation-launched/
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NORTH AMERICA
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Latest finds from the ongoing dig at Colonial Michiilimackinac:

https://www.mlive.com/news/2022/06/2-cool-artifacts-unearthed-at-historic-michigan-fort.html
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2022/06/09/archeologists-find-two-artifacts-colonial-michilimackinac/7573490001/

A project to locate a destroyed 17th century settlement in Beaufort (we may have mentioned this):

https://www.wjcl.com/article/beaufort-stuarts-town-archaeological-dig/40219159#

A pair of 19th century buildings in Jersey City will be preserved after a court fight:

https://www.nj.com/hudson/2022/06/st-peters-prep-loses-fight-over-the-demolition-of-two-19th-century-buildings.html

Feature on the dig at the Collier Lodge Site in Michigan:

https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/post-tribune/ct-ptb-collier-lodge-st-0612-20220610-fmkafowi2rhcljb67oovpe2svi-story.html

Feature on the dig at Fort Mose State Park:

https://www.firstcoastnews.com/article/news/local/rare-archeological-dig-coincides-with-underwater-excavation-at-a-fort/77-96d2d6ae-b964-431e-824a-bcf914e28bdc

Feature on an 18th century home in Manhattan:

https://www.insider.com/oldest-home-manhattan-for-sale-photos-2022-6#the-single-family-home-was-just-listed-for-89-million-the-listing-says-its-the-first-time-the-227-year-old-residence-described-as-the-oldest-building-in-manhattan-that-has-been-used-
continuously-as-a-single-family-house-has-been-on-the-market-1

Feature on 'stigmaria':

https://original.newsbreak.com/@anita-durairaj-561241/2627552311882-stigmaria-were-turned-into-tools-by-kentucky-s-ancient-native-americans

Feature on the Timucua people:

https://www.jacksonville.com/story/news/history/2022/06/10/jacksonville-marks-bicentennial-but-these-people-were-here-long-before/7451948001/

Feature on a dig at the Siksika Reserve:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/siksika-first-nation-archaeology-university-of-calgary-1.6478455
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CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA ============================================================
Stone points from a Mexican cave are the basis of a claim that humans were in central Mexico at least 26 500 years bp:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/when-did-humans-reach-america-mexican-mountain-cave-artifacts-raise-new-questions-180975385/

Two more shipwrecks have been located near the wreck of the San Jose:

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-61722200 https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/colombia-discovers-two-historical-shipwrecks-caribbean-2022-06-07/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/06/08/colombia-shipwreck-san-jose/ https://metro.co.uk/2022/06/07/san-jose-galleon-new-shipwrecks-discovered-nearby-off-colombia-16782709/
https://in-cyprus.philenews.com/centuries-old-shipwrecks-gold-coin-treasure-discovered-off-colombia/

... and Colombia was sharing pictures of the San Jose:

https://phys.org/news/2022-06-colombia-unprecedented-images-treasure-laden.html https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/06/images-of-the-san-jose-treasure-galleon-revealed/143794
https://elpais.com/videos/2022-06-11/video-como-se-hundio-el-galeon-san-jose-asi-fue-su-ultimo-viaje.html
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/san-jose-shipwreck-colombia-new-video-treasure-2-new-shipwrecks/
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/06/10/unique-images-of-the-mythical-san-jose-galleon/

More on the head of a Maya maize divinity found at Palenque:

https://www.inah.gob.mx/boletines/11224-descubren-en-palenque-una-cabeza-estucada-del-joven-dios-del-maiz-vinculada-a-un-deposito-ritual
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2022/06/head-of-mayan-maize-god-discovered-in.html
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/1300-year-old-corn-god-statue-shows-how-maya-worshipped-maize-180980206/

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