===========================================================
explorator 25.14 July 24, 2022
===========================================================
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).

============================================================
EARLY HOMINIDS
============================================================
A study of a 100 000 years bp homo sapiens skull from Morocco suggests it provides one of the oldest examples of deafness:

https://www.portugalresident.com/portuguese-scientists-discover-100000-year-old-case-of-deafness/
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/07/21/one-of-the-oldest-cases-of-deafness-in-the-human-species/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/10695-220720-morocco-skull-deafness

A study suggests stone toolmaking might not have depended on cultural transmission:

https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/stone-toolmaking-may-not-have-required-cultural-transmission

More on that 1.4 millions years bp hominid jawbone from a Spanish cave:

https://www.sciencealert.com/1-4-million-year-old-fossil-may-indicate-modern-human-faces-were-already-present-this-long-ago

More on tooth evidence of a possible Denisovan presence from a cave in Laos:

https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/what-an-ancient-tooth-tells-us-about-the-denisovans

More on the redating of fossils from Sterfontein Cave:

https://bigthink.com/the-past/human-evolution-challenged-older-fossils/ ============================================================
AFRICA
============================================================
Feature on sites in Algeria:

https://www.euronews.com/2022/07/18/algerias-ancient-treasures-from-constantine-to-the-roman-ruins-of-timgad
https://www.africanews.com/2022/07/18/algerias-ancient-treasures-from-constantine-to-the-roman-ruins-of-timgad/

============================================================
ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT ============================================================
Six people were killed while illegally digging for antiquities in southern Egypt:

https://english.news.cn/africa/20220719/1372dc92be4346db8ec55adc25ca0e3a/c.html http://www.china.org.cn/world/Off_the_Wire/2022-07/19/content_78331301.htm

A study of a 25th Dynasty mummy suggests she had previously suffered and recovered from a stroke:

https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2022/07/mummy-paints-picture-stroke-treatment-ancient-egypt

More on evidence (via CT scan) of a pregnant mummy of also showing signs of having cancer:

https://phys.org/news/2022-07-mummy-mysterious-lady-nose-throat.html https://www.livescience.com/pregnant-mummy-cancer https://boingboing.net/2022/07/17/egyptian-mummy-believed-to-be-male-priest-turns-out-to-be-a-pregnant-female.html
https://www.archaeology.org/news/10687-220715-egyptian-mummy-cancer

cf: http://blog.warsawmummyproject.com/possible-cause-of-death-of-the-pregnant-mummy

More on the tomb of the 'commander of foreign soldiers in Abusir':

https://english.radio.cz/czech-archaeologists-discover-tomb-ancient-egyptian-dignitary-8756516
https://www.thenationalnews.com/mena/egypt/2022/07/16/egypt-uncovers-unique-ancient-tomb-of-the-commander-of-foreign-troops/
https://www.newsweek.com/secret-tomb-ancient-egyptian-general-unearthed-archaeologists-1726931
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/abusir-tomb-egyptian-general-1234634834/ https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2022/07/discovery-unique-tomb-egypts-giza https://greekreporter.com/2022/07/22/tomb-ancient-egyptian-general/ https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/ancient-cultures/ancient-egypt/egyptian-tomb-abusir/
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/64627 https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/07/19/the-tomb-of-wahibre-mery-neith-discovered-in-abusir/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/10689-220718-egypt-abusir-tomb

A project to restore the Tombs of the Nobles in Aswan:

https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2022/07/egypt-restores-pharaonic-nobles-tombs-aswan

Marking the 223rd anniversary of the finding of the Rosetta Stone:

https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/117714/223-years-ago-Egypt%E2%80%99s-Rosetta-Stone-was-discovered

... and a nice feature on the Rosetta Stone:

https://www.livescience.com/why-rosetta-stone-three-texts

Feature on a volcanic eruption in Alaska that affected the Nile flood during Cleopatra's time (we had some on this a while back):

https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2022/07/the-volcanic-eruption-in-alaska-that-rocked-ancient-egypt/

Not sure why this shipwreck off Heracleion (found last year around this time) was making the news rounds again:

https://greekreporter.com/2022/07/18/ancient-greek-shipwreck-discovered-egypt/ https://greekcitytimes.com/2022/07/21/archaeologists-ancient-greek-shipwreck-city/
https://www.zmescience.com/science/secrets-of-the-sea-warship-and-cemetery-discovered-in-lost-ancient-city-in-greece-18072022/

Remains of a Parthian-era structure and four burials at Qareh Hasanlu (Iran):

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/474772/Relics-remains-of-Parthian-building-discovered-in-northwest

The 17th century Isfahan Shah Mosque was damaged during restoration efforts:

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-62214619

Overviewish thing on excavations at the 4000 years bp site of the city of Kunara (Kurdistan):

https://www.kurdistan24.net/en/story/29027-4,000-year-old-ancient-city-found-near-Sulaimani

The Parthian fortress of Rabana-Merquly in Iraqi Kurdistan is being tentatively identified as the site of the 'lost' city of Natounia:

https://phys.org/visualstories/2022-07-lost-city-natounia.amp https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/07/220720080113.htm https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/959116 https://www.livescience.com/mountain-fortress-iraq-natounia/ https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-712799 https://www.thenationalnews.com/mena/iraq/2022/07/19/closing-in-on-iraqs-lost-city-of-natounia/
https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/19/world/iraq-fortress-lost-city-scn/index.html http://www.sci-news.com/archaeology/rabana-merquly-fortress-11018.html https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/searching-for-the-lost-city-of-natounia
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/07/archaeologists-suggest-that-rabana-merquly-could-be-the-lost-city-of-natounia/144163
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/why-archaeologists-think-theyve-found-the-lost-city-of-natounia-180980453/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/10697-220720-iraq-natounia-fortress

Feature on life in ancient Babylon:

https://www.history.com/news/daily-life-ancient-babylon-mesopotamia

The palace of Genghis Khan's grandson may have been located in Turkiye's Van province:

https://www.livescience.com/hulagu-khan-palace https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11042149/Archaeologists-located-palace-belonging-Genghis-Khans-bloodthirsty-grandson.html
https://www.albawaba.com/editors-choice/genghis-khans-grandson-might-be-living-turkey-1484897

Not sure when this 3300 seal and sword/dagger with Mycenean 'affinities' were found at Tavsanli Hoyuk:

https://arkeonews.net/a-3300-year-old-seal-and-a-dagger-sword-reminiscent-of-mycenaean-swords-were-discovered-in-the-heart-of-western-anatolia/

Feature on a 3300 years bp Hittite helmet now on display in a museum inTurkiye:

https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/museum-in-turkey-displays-3300-year-old-hittite-warrior-helmet/news

More on the Second Temple era mikveh find near the Western Wall:

https://phys.org/news/2022-07-elevator-jerusalem.html https://www.timesofisrael.com/western-wall-elevator-project-unearths-archaeological-trove-of-villa-artifacts/
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-712603 https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2022-07-20/ty-article/mikveh-found-near-jerusalems-temple-mount-may-have-been-used-by-priestly-family/00000182-1b31-d3fd-a5ff-7ff55f400000
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/356838 https://www.israelhayom.com/2022/07/20/elevator-project-takes-archaeologists-down-through-old-citys-history/
https://apnews.com/article/science-middle-east-religion-jerusalem-d9e26b26a2046f9f19c7f83d336c015d
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/elevator-project-in-old-jerusalem-leads-to-surprising-finds/2022/07/20/b1034e36-07fd-11ed-80b6-43f2bfcc6662_story.html
https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/elevator-project-jerusalem-leads-surprising-finds-87105953
https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2022-07-20/jerusalem-western-wall-archaeological-discoveries

More on mosaics depicting Deborah and Jael from Huqoq:

https://aleteia.org/2022/07/19/earliest-known-images-of-biblical-heroines-discovered-in-israel/

A very good assessment of the latest 'Jerusalem curse inscription' claims:

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2022-07-21/ty-article/controversy-rages-over-jerusalem-curse-inscription/00000182-2109-d15a-a197-733ff03d0000

Major funding to restore the site of Tel Gezer in the wake of fires:

https://www.timesofisrael.com/government-approves-millions-to-restore-archaeological-site-scorched-by-blaze/
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-712365

A new suggestion the Khirbet Qeiyafa was not associated with David's City by was a massive cultic compound:

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2022-07-18/ty-article-magazine/new-theory-for-khirbet-qeiyafa-not-king-davids-city-but-a-vast-cultic-compound/00000182-1067-d7ef-a3df-98770bd30000

Feature on the various sites associated with the burial of Moses:

https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/biblical-sites-places/where-was-moses-buried/

Feature on Enoch:

https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-most-important-biblical-character-youve-probably-never-heard-of

Feature revisiting the James Ossuary and the Jehoash inscription:

https://www.timesofisrael.com/into-the-land-the-forgery-scandal/

Latest clash of Israeli and Palestinian folks at an archaeological site in Nablus:

https://english.wafa.ps/Pages/Details/130124

Saudi Arabia has identified 250+ sites in Asir and Hail provinces:

https://www.arabnews.com/node/2061141/saudi-arabia
-----
This Week in the Ancient Near East Podcast:

https://thisweekintheancientneareast.podbean.com/

============================================================
ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS) ============================================================
Interesting finds, including a sceptre mold and a siren (not a mermaid) from Selinunte:

https://www.ansa.it/english/news/lifestyle/arts/2022/07/23/sceptre-mermaid-finds-shed-new-light-on-ancient-selinunte_fa6085eb-5c9d-4d4a-8fc1-bca9bcab08ed.html
https://itacanotizie.it/2022/07/23/selinunte-agora/ http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/64678

Suggestion that a metal-working site in Moray used by Caledonian folk may have been destroyed by the Romans:

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cw41ll3dw12o https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/iron-age-village-destroyed-by-the-romans-uncovered-at-quarry-5rj0rpgxt
https://www.scotsman.com/news/national/iron-age-village-and-metal-working-site-destroyed-after-clash-with-romans-discovered-at-scottish-quarry-3777851
https://www.northern-scot.co.uk/news/romans-may-have-burned-iron-age-village-near-elgin-282027/
https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/homenews/20295334.lochinver-quarry-mons-grapius-victors-may-burned-ancient-site/

Reservoir construction in Adiyaman (Turkiye) has revealed three Roman-era tombs:

https://expatguideturkey.com/roman-tombs-found-underground-in-adiyaman/

A section of Roman road near Pendle Hill near Chatburn is being excavated:

https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/20294988.dig-underway-roman-road-evidence-near-pendle-hill/

Remains of a 1st/2nd century garum factory type thing from Tavira (Portugal):

https://www.portugalresident.com/ancient-fish-transformation-factories-uncovered-in-tavira/
https://arkeonews.net/ancient-fish-processing-factories-were-discovered-in-ancient-roman-city-of-balsa-portugal/

Remains of a 1st century Roman cavalry mask from Krefeld:

http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/64643

Evidence that a massive tsunami hit Hispalis/Seville in the 3rd century:

https://english.elpais.com/culture/2022-07-22/a-massive-tsunami-destroyed-the-spanish-city-of-seville-in-the-3rd-century-new-study-finds.html

A 3rd/4th century (maybe) Roman anchor and amphora from off the island of Linosa (Italian):

https://www.siciliafan.it/mare-sicilia-restituisce-altri-2-tesori-linosa-pozzallo/

... and another 2nd century anchor from Milazzo (Italian):

https://www.tempostretto.it/news/la-scoperta-a-milazzo-rinvenuta-unantica-ancora-del-ii-secolo-a-c.html

... this might be the same find:

https://www.yahoo.com/now/diver-finds-roman-cargo-2-092532920.html

Latest finds from the digs at the acropolis and agora of Metropolis:

https://www.dailysabah.com/life/latest-digs-to-unveil-acropolis-agora-of-turkeys-metropolis/news

Overview of the 2022 excavation season at Kourion:

https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/07/19/kourion-urban-space-project-kusp-2022-excavation-season/

Overviewish thing on a 'post excavation project' relating to that Phoenician shipwreck off Xlendi:

https://www.independent.com.mt/articles/2022-07-18/local-news/Phoenician-Shipwreck-Findings-provide-a-piece-of-a-puzzle-that-helps-us-understand-our-past-6736244530

A Roman road in Preston might be dug up to make way for construction in Preston:

https://www.lep.co.uk/heritage-and-retro/heritage/ancient-roman-road-could-be-dug-up-to-make-way-for-warehouses-in-preston-3772821

Something about archaeologists rescuing a site in Ruse from looters (but when?):

https://www.novinite.com/articles/216028/Bulgarians+and+Brits+Save+Remains+of+a+Roman+Fortress+after+Raids+from+Treasure-Hunters

Idiots graffitied the Pantheon:

https://elpais.com/cultura/2022-07-17/el-panteon-de-roma-aparece-con-una-pintada-en-uno-de-sus-muros.html

More on drought revealing a Roman bridge built by Nero:

https://www.livescience.com/drought-reveals-roman-emperor-nero-bridge https://www.thedailybeast.com/neros-bridge-suddenly-appears-reminding-us-some-thought-he-never-died
http://www.archaeology.org/news/10691-220718-rome-pons-neronianus

More on Cyprus' opening its first underwater archaeological park:

https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-712313 https://greekherald.com.au/news/cyprus-opens-its-first-underwater-archeological-park/

Latest study of the effects of lead on children in the Roman Empire (this is a strange article):

https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-712471

Recognition for the dig at Roman Carlisle:

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/national-recognition-roman-archaeology-project-045900865.html

Review of Adrienne Mayor, *Flying Snakes and Griffin Claws*:

https://www.wsj.com/articles/flying-snakes-and-griffin-claws-review-ancient-wonders-11658497973?st=59ozp5z6vj733i8&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink

Feature on ancient Greek views of free speech:

https://neoskosmos.com/en/2022/07/18/dialogue/ancient-view-of-social-media-free-speech-and-noise/

Feature on Pedar Foss' work with the date of the eruption of Vesuvius:

https://www.depauw.edu/stories/details/the-boulder-question-by-pedar-foss/

Classics teacher Jack Oliver has another side:

https://uk.sports.yahoo.com/news/classics-teacher-jack-oliver-hopes-to-wind-the-clock-back-this-summer-115446827.html

Mary Beard visited the site of Cibyra (Turkiye):

https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/a-tremendous-new-ancient-site-in-turkey-blog-post-mary-beard/

Feature on Demetrius the Besieger:

https://theconversation.com/siege-warfare-polygamy-and-sacrilege-meet-historys-most-outrageous-king-demetrius-the-besieger-185866

Feature on restoring Tel Ashkelon's Roman remains:

https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/archaeology-today/restoring-tel-ashkelon/?mqsc=E4145595&dk=ZE2270ZF0

Feature on the Colosseum:

https://www.livescience.com/roman-colosseum/

Feature on ethnoarchaeology in Cyprus:

https://www.asor.org/anetoday/2022/07/ethnoarchaeology-cyprus

Feature on how the ancient Greeks cared for the disabled:

https://greekreporter.com/2022/07/23/ancient-greeks-disabled/

Feature on Calliope Limneos-Papakosta's search for the tomb of Alexander:

https://greekreporter.com/2022/07/24/alexander-the-great-tomb-greek-archaeologist/

Feature on Sparta:

https://greekreporter.com/2022/07/18/harsh-lessons-from-the-ancient-greek-city-state-of-sparta/

Feature on the date of the Trojan War:

https://greekreporter.com/2022/07/19/trojan-war-ancient-date/

Feature on a bust of Helios which was excavated in the 1970s:

https://greekreporter.com/2022/07/19/helios/

Feature on the statue of Hermes by Praxiteles:

https://greekreporter.com/2022/07/20/hermes-praxiteles-statue/

Feature on Sappho:

https://greekreporter.com/2022/07/23/sappho-poet-fragments/

Feature on Eleusis:

https://greekreporter.com/2022/07/22/eleusis-religious-sites-ancient-greece/

Feature on the Griffin Warrior tomb:

https://greekreporter.com/2022/07/22/griffin-warrior-ancient-greece/

Feature on ancient Greek hairstyles:

https://greekcitytimes.com/2022/07/18/hairstyles-of-bronze-age-greece/

Feature on Minoan fashion:

https://greekcitytimes.com/2022/07/21/fashion-of-the-minoan-civilization/

Feature on Hippocrates:

https://greekcitytimes.com/2022/07/22/hippocrates-the-greek-father-of-modern-medicine/

Feature on Alexander the Great in Egypt:

https://greekcitytimes.com/2022/07/21/alexander-the-great-ancient-egypt/

More on the BCRPM's annual call for the reunification of the Parthenon sculptures:

https://www.hamhigh.co.uk/news/activists-call-to-reunify-parthenon-marbles-9148278

... and the mayor of London thinks some sort of deal is needed:

https://greekreporter.com/2022/07/21/mayor-london-urges-deal-greece-parthenon-marbles/
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/exclusive-sadiq-khan-says-deal-050007574.html https://greekcitytimes.com/2022/07/22/london-mayor-says-british-government-should-share-parthenon-sculptures/
https://metro.co.uk/2022/07/21/sadiq-khan-says-uk-should-share-elgin-marbles-with-greece-17042034/

The Archdiocese of Washington is banning the Latin Mass, apparently:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/2022/07/22/catholic-latin-mass-washington-archdiocese/
-----
Roman Archaeology Blog:

http://romanarc.blogspot.com/

Rogueclassicism:

http://rogueclassicism.com/ ============================================================
EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland) ============================================================
Latest on the dig at the Neolithic site of Arthur's Stone in Herefordshire:

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/jul/22/weird-wonderful-rare-dig-at-arthurs-stone-writes-new-story-of-neolithic-site
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-hereford-worcester-62183471

The 'Trelai Enclosure' has been dated to the Bronze Age and is shedding light on early Cardiff:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-62155069 https://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/20277348.bronze-age-enclosure-trelai-park-offer-earliest-clues-origins-cardiff/

I think we mentioned this 4000 years bp Nitra culture burial from Trnava:

https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22947060/ancient-grave-found-right-under-kindergarten.html
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/07/20/discovery-of-a-prehistoric-grave-under-a-kindergarten-in-brestovany/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/10694-220719-slovakia-nitra-burial

I think we also mentioned this 3000 years bp 'water goddess' figurine from Germany:

https://www.newsweek.com/amazingly-preserved-3000-year-old-statue-water-goddess-unearthed-1726782

Latest finds from digs at the Hascherkeller site in Germany:

https://phys.org/news/2022-07-hascherkeller-reveals-secrets.html

A farmer in Donabate came across an underground chamber with possible Ogham script in it:

https://www.independent.ie/regionals/dublin/fingal/ancient-lost-chamber-uncovered-on-corballis-site-in-donabate-41854332.html

An analysis of that Viking-era sword found in three pieces by different metal detectorists over the past while:

https://phys.org/news/2022-07-unique-sword-viking-voyages-north.html https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-712796 https://www.archaeology.org/news/10692-220719-norway-viking-sword

A possible 1000 years bp sword find from Poland:

https://notesfrompoland.com/2022/07/22/rare-1000-year-old-sword-found-in-poland/

Feature on Britain's oldest shipwreck (hmmm ... only 13th century) ... the 'mortar wreck':

https://www.bournemouth.ac.uk/news/2022-07-20/bournemouth-university-uncovers-earliest-english-medieval-shipwreck-site
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2022/jul/20/oldest-english-shipwreck-poole-bay-dorset-given-government-protection
https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/20300796.three-shipwrecks-off-dorset-coast/
https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/1039/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/1039/pub/1039/page/51/article/NaN
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/64650 https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/07/21/bournemouth-university-uncovers-earliest-english-medieval-shipwreck-site/

... it, and a couple of other shipwrecks off the Isle of Wight were given official protection:

https://www.islandecho.co.uk/3-exceptionally-rare-shipwrecks-off-the-isle-of-wight-and-dorset-granted-highest-protection/

A Royal Navy anchor dating to the 1800s from a Devon harbour:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-devon-62220211

A new dig is underway at Shrewsbury Castle:

https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/local-hubs/shrewsbury/2022/07/22/history-being-unearthed-at-shrewsbury-castle-archaeological-dig/
https://www.shropshirelive.com/news/2022/07/18/archaeologists-begin-new-dig-at-shrewsbury-castle/

... and at the Dinas Dinlle coastal hillfort site:

https://nation.cymru/news/archaeology-dig-gets-underway-at-iron-age-coastal-hillfort/
https://north.wales/news/gwynedd/archaeology-dig-underway-at-dinas-dinlle-prehistoric-coastal-hillfort-38824.html
https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/archaeology-dig-underway-welsh-prehistoric-24552130

More on that Viking-era jewellery left at a museum's door:

https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/07/18/jewellery-from-grave-of-high-status-viking-woman-left-at-museums-door/

More on skeletal remains from the site of the Battle of Waterloo:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-uncover-rare-human-skeleton-waterloo-battlefield-180980439/

... and the suggestion that more bones may have been sold as fertilizer:

https://english.alarabiya.net/life-style/2022/07/18/Bones-of-soldiers-killed-in-1815-Battle-of-Waterloo-may-have-been-sold-as-fertilizer-

More on that 200 years bp abandoned mine 'time capsule' found by cavers in Cheshire:

https://www.livescience.com/19th-century-mine-discovered-uk

The heatwave in the UK revealed traces of historic gardens at Chatsworth:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-derbyshire-62229372

... and assorted items beneath a Cornish reservoir:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cornwall-62222719

Plans for a dig on the lower slopes of Bennachie (various possible periods to be excavated):

https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/aberdeen-aberdeenshire/4555153/archaeological-dig-to-unearth-hidden-secrets-of-lower-slopes-of-bennachie/
https://www.grampianonline.co.uk/news/archaeological-dig-being-carried-out-at-bennachie-site-281724/

An archaeological investigation is under way after a site was found beneath the former Times of Malta building (looks medieval to me):

https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/archaeological-probe-site-old-times-building.968590

Litter/garbage concerns at an Ice Age cave site in Devon:

https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/devon-cave-ice-age-secrets-7307905

Feature on the search for a lost medieval city in Wales:

https://lithub.com/searching-for-a-lost-medieval-city-somewhere-in-wales/

Feature on the restoration of the 'Second Sistine Chapel' at Europe's oldest hospital:

http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/64670

Feature on Rome's 'sugar church':

https://aleteia.org/2022/07/17/a-hidden-gem-of-rome-the-sugar-church/

Feature on Castle Frankenstein:

https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p0cmjmzf/the-castle-that-may-have-inspired-frankenstein-

Review of Janina Ramirez, *Femina*:

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/jul/20/femina-janina-ramirez-review ----------
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/

============================================================
ASIA AND THE SOUTH PACIFIC ============================================================
A 5200 years bp (!) stone carving of a chrysalis from Shanxi:

http://www.china.org.cn/arts/2022-07/19/content_78329682.htm https://global.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202207/22/WS62d9f190a310fd2b29e6dbfd.html https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/article/3186260/5200-year-old-stone-carved-chrysalis-provides-window-earliest
http://www.chinaview.cn/20220718/9ff4915a83394d1089cea9e76c3f5517/c.html http://www.archaeology.org/news/10693-220719-china-chrysalis-carving

14 Eastern Han/Tang Dynasty tombs from Hunan:

https://ukranews.com/en/news/867873-14-ancient-tombs-unearthed-in-central-china-s-hunan

460+ Zhao culture/Warring States period tombs from Hebei:

http://www.china.org.cn/china/Off_the_Wire/2022-07/24/content_78338341.htm https://english.news.cn/20220724/33d5bd8f7a1f47b3ac4bb247a9738370/c.html

Excavations have resumed at the Mo-er Temple (Buddhist) site in China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region:

https://english.news.cn/20220720/e9a5b007aff14f2481978d288837e98e/c.html http://en.people.cn/n3/2022/0720/c90000-10125358.html

Feature on the Yin Ruins in Henan:

http://en.people.cn/n3/2022/0722/c90000-10126263.html

Feature on underwater archaeology in Japan:

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2022/07/18/environment/underwater-archaeology/

The second phase of restoration of the Ta Ong Bridge at Angkor is complete:

https://www.manilatimes.net/2022/07/19/business/real-estate-and-property/phase-2-of-angkor-bridge-restoration-done/1851389

'Neolithic grooves' from a site in Telangana:

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/4000-year-old-neolithic-grooves-found-in-telanganas-mahabubnagar/article65677603.ece

Remains of a Chola Dynasty temple from Karnataka:

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/karnataka-archaeologists-confirm-remnants-of-chola-temple-near-kunigal-lake/articleshow/92943094.cms

============================================================
NORTH AMERICA
============================================================
Study suggests Monks Mound at Cahokia was probably underwater for the entire year:

https://phys.org/news/2022-07-north-plaza-cahokia-inundated-year-round.html https://news.illinois.edu/view/6367/626821378 https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/07/new-insights-into-monks-mound-at-cahokia/144180
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/07/22/north-plaza-in-cahokia-was-likely-inundated-year-round/

Digging to find the site of the 1540 Battle of Mabila (Alabama):

https://alabamanewscenter.com/2022/07/19/battle-of-mabila/

Searching for the wreck of the HMS Gaspee off Rhode Island:

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/07/19/metro/research-underway-find-gaspee-shipwreck-rhode-islands-claim-start-revolution/

The wreck of the Milwaukie, which sank in 1842 in Lake Michigan was located:

https://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/ship-that-sank-during-incredible-storm-in-1842-discovered-in-lake-michigan/1219222

Possible finds from the 1857 Spirit Lake Massacre in Iowa:

https://www.radioiowa.com/2022/07/18/archaeological-dig-find-relic-likely-related-to-1857-spirit-lake-massacre/
https://kiwaradio.com/local-news/archaeological-dig-finds-relic-likely-related-to-spirit-lake-massacre-of-1857/

Interesting aspect of archaeology in Alaska dealing with gold rush-era sites:

https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/science/2022/07/23/how-a-field-guide-to-old-coffee-cans-is-helping-archaeologists-studying-alaskas-gold-rush-era/

Feature on Brandon University's dig at a First Nations site near Melita (Manitoba):

https://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/archaeologists-learning-about-indigenous-life-in-manitoba-before-european-settlers-arrived-1.5997643

Feature on Brock University's summer field school in downtown St Catharines:

https://brocku.ca/brock-news/2022/07/brock-students-volunteers-uncovering-st-catharines-maritime-past-at-local-dig/

Feature on UNC's summer field school dig on Ayr Mount:

https://www.dailytarheel.com/article/2022/07/university-annual-summer-archaeology-field-school-indigenous-settlements

Feature on a bone analysis of potato famine immigrants to Montreal:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/montreal-rem-irish-graveyard-analysis-1.6524416

Excavations are underway at the site of a Colonial Black Church in Virginia:

https://phys.org/news/2022-07-excavation-graves-site-colonial-black.html https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/excavation-graves-begins-site-colonial-black-church-87037538
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/excavation-graves-begins-site-colonial-black-church-rcna38893
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/excavation-of-graves-begins-at-site-of-colonial-black-church/2022/07/18/96df3f1e-06f0-11ed-80b6-43f2bfcc6662_story.html
https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Excavation-of-graves-begins-at-site-of-colonial-17313337.php
https://www.nbc12.com/2022/07/19/excavation-graves-begins-site-colonial-black-church/
https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2022-07-19/excavation-graves-colonial-black-church-williamsburg

Feature on a dig at a Black cemetery in Kingston (New York):

https://romesentinel.com/stories/archaeological-digs-under-way-in-kingston,138225

The Chalk Creek Hieroglyphs (Utah) we saved from fire damage:

https://www.sltrib.com/news/2022/07/18/utah-hieroglyphs-protected/

Some back and forth about the Hopewell airburst ... first, arguing that a comet wasn't behind it:

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-16211-5

... and acceptance by the researchers that it was probably an asteroid event:

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-16212-4

Marking the 250th anniversary of the Fulton County Courthouse:

https://dailygazette.com/2022/07/23/its-a-gem-fulton-county-courthouse-to-celebrate-250-years-this-september/

============================================================
CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA ============================================================
A Late Preclassic maya chocolate vessel find from the Cueva de la Cruz in the Yucatan:

https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/2000-year-old-mayan-pot-discovered/ https://www.riviera-maya-news.com/archaeologists-find-late-preclassic-pot-on-private-playa-del-carmen-property/2022.html
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-712826 https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/07/maya-chocolate-vessel-found-in-cave/144168
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/07/21/inah-recovers-a-complete-mayan-vessel-from-a-cave-in-playa-del-carmen/

Study suggests a connection between climate change and civil unrest at the maya city of Mayapan:

https://newsroom.northumbria.ac.uk/pressreleases/study-reveals-evidence-of-historic-climate-change-leading-to-conflict-in-yucatan-mexico-3195451
https://phys.org/news/2022-07-climate-civil-unrest-ancient-maya.html https://theconversation.com/climate-conflict-collapse-how-drought-destabilised-the-last-major-precolonial-mayan-city-187165
https://www.zmescience.com/science/unstable-climate-maya-mayapan-collapse-9252341625/
https://elpais.com/ciencia/2022-07-23/las-sequias-empujaron-a-los-mayas-a-la-crisis-politica.html

[continued in next message]

--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
* Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)

https://www.gofundme.com/f/mishkan-being-crushed-by-heel-stone-in-wiltshire

fully funded

--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
* Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)