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explorator 23.22 September 20, 2020
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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, John Hall,
Richard Miller, Kris Curry, Rick Heli, Richard C. Griffiths, Frank MacKay, Towse Harrison,
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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Suggestion that early humans at Olduvai may have cooked food in hot springs:

https://news.mit.edu/2020/early-human-hot-springs-food-0915 https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-09/miot-doe091520.php https://phys.org/news/2020-09-early-ancestors-food-hot.html http://www.sci-news.com/othersciences/anthropology/olduvai-gorge-hot-springs-08858.html
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2020/09/did-our-early-ancestors-boil-their-food-in-hot-springs/135104
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2020/09/16/did-our-early-ancestors-boil-their-food-in-hot-springs/
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/09/did-our-early-ancestors-boil-their-food.html
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9029-200916-tanzania-hot-spring

A set of 120 000 years bp hominin footprints from Saudi Arabia:

https://phys.org/news/2020-09-ancient-footprints-saudi-arabia-humans.html https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-09/mpif-ahf091120.php https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/09/200918083715.htm https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/it-s-first-oldest-human-footprints-arabian-peninsula-point-route-n1240429
https://www.thenational.ae/arts-culture/saudi-arabia-discovers-new-archaeological-site-that-dates-back-120-000-years-1.1078796
https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/09/humans-reached-saudi-arabia-at-least-120000-years-ago/
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/09/these-120000-year-old-footprints-offer-early-evidence-humans-arabia
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2020/09/18/human-footprints-give-glimpse-of-arabian-ecology-120000-years-ago/
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/09/ancient-human-footprints-in-saudi.html
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9040-200918-arabia-hominin-footprints

... and a suggestion that dust may have played a role in 'Out of Africa':

https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/09/dust-may-have-controlled-ancient-human.html

A 48 000 years bp child Neanderthal's tooth from northern Italy:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-09/udb-a4y091720.php https://phys.org/news/2020-09-year-old-tooth-neanderthals-northern-italy.html https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/09/48000-years-old-tooth-from-one-of-last.html
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2020/09/18/a-48000-years-old-tooth-of-one-of-the-last-neanderthals-in-northern-italy/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9039-200918-italy-neanderthal-child

Funding for a study of 300 000 years bp wooden items from the Schoningen site in Germany:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-09/uog-ss-091520.php

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AFRICA
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First news I've ever had of a dig in Mozambique:

http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2020-09/15/c_139370786.htm ================================================================
ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT ================================================================
Restoration of a number of ram statues at Karnak has been completed:

https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/91985/All-you-need-to-know-about-restoration-works-of-29

Egypt has completed its 'development' of the Philae Temples area:

https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/91986/Egypt%E2%80%99s-project-to-develop-the-Philae-Temples-area-in-Aswan

There seem to be some conflicting reports about highways being constructed on the Giza Plateau:

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/383302/Egypt/Politics-/Giza-Plateau-official-denies-rumours-two-highways-.aspx
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-sphinx-can-only-watch-as-cairos-ring-road-circles-khr73jjxn

They're still making Tutankhamun-related discoveries (in this case, a scarf):

http://egypttoday.com/Article/4/91984/King-Tutankhamun%E2%80%99s-tomb-never-runs-out-of-surprises

... and Tut's cuirass has undergone some conservation work at the GEM conservation centre:

https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/92111/Egypt-s-GEM-conservation-center-conserves-Tutankhamun-s-cuirass-which

Feature on Amenhotep III and Tiye:

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/magazine/2020/09-10/king-tut-grandparents-tiye-amenhotep-egypt-royal-couple/

Interesting feature on a granite inscription from Djoser's time related to failure of the NIle flood:

https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/ancient-inscription-reminds-modern-egypt-of-drought-risk-642511

Review of *The Riddle of the Rosetta* (paywall):

https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-riddle-of-the-rosetta-review-found-in-translation-11600383455

More on the dozen or so 2500 years bp sealed sarcophagi from Saqqara:

https://nypost.com/2020/09/13/dozen-of-2500-year-old-untouched-mummies-discovered-in-egypt/
https://saudigazette.com.sa/article/597888 https://www.arabnews.com/node/1734611/middle-east https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2020/09/egypt-archaeological-missions-discovery-coffins.html
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2020/09/15/sealed-sarcophagi-foud-in-egypt/

Racing to excavate a Mede/Achaemenid-era necropolis at Mersin before it is flooded by dam waters:

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/452471/Archaeologists-to-save-relics-before-Iron-Age-cemetery-submerged

Excavations at a number of sites in Piranshahr have commenced:

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/452452/Excavations-resume-on-Piranshahr-s-historical-sites

77 potential sites have been identified in Iran's Kerman province:

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/452516/77-historical-relics-sites-identified-in-plains-of-Kerman

Paleolithic (maybe) finds made by shepherds in eastern Turkey:

https://www.dailysabah.com/turkey/shepherd-finds-stone-age-artifacts-in-tunceli-eastern-turkey/news

4500 years bp (?) deity figurines from Kultepe:

https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/new-deity-figurines-unearthed-at-central-turkeys-kultepe-site/news
https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/new-god-goddess-figurines-found-in-kultepe-158284
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9032-200917-turkey-sculptures-kueltepe

Suggestion that 3000 years bp grain from Hattusha had been collected as taxes:

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-02630-9 http://www.archaeology.org/news/9034-200917-anatolia-hattusha-silo

A 2600 years bp Phoenician wine press site from Tel Burak (Lebanon):

https://uni-tuebingen.de/en/university/news-and-publications/press-releases/press-releases/article/iron-age-wine-press-yields-clues-to-phoenician-building-techniques/
https://phys.org/news/2020-09-iron-age-wine-yields-clues.html https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/2600-year-old-phoenician-winery-discovered-on-lebanese-coast-642473
http://www.sci-news.com/archaeology/phoenician-wine-press-08853.html https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/2020/09/2600-year-old-wine-factory-unearthed-lebanon/
https://www.nationalgeographic.fr/histoire/2020/09/decouverte-dun-site-vinicole-vieux-de-2-600-ans-au-liban
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2020/09/18/the-first-iron-age-wine-press-in-lebanon-found-in-tell-el-burak/
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/09/iron-age-wine-press-unearthed-in-lebanon.html
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9031-200916-lebanon-phoenician-wine

Feature on the impact of women archaeologists at a dig in the 5000 years bp Seyitomer Mound (Turkey):

https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/women-shed-light-on-history-in-mound-158258

Feature on Max von Oppenheim's work at Tel Halaf:

http://www.asor.org/anetoday/2020/09/oppenheim-tell-halaf

A 2nd Temple era inkwell from Gush Etzion:

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/287487

Pottery stolen from the Tomb of the Patriarchs a while ago is the focus of a recent study:

https://www.timesofisrael.com/listen-purloined-pottery-from-tomb-of-patriarchs-gets-1st-scientific-study/

Looking at images of the zodiac and sun gods in ancient synagogues in Israel:

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/.premium-the-metamorphosis-of-the-sun-god-in-ancient-synagogues-in-israel-1.9157775

Genuinely not sure where to put this one: a Palestinian official has claimed that Israel is looting Palestinian antiquities:

http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2020-09/19/c_139379799.htm http://www.china.org.cn/world/Off_the_Wire/2020-09/19/content_76718986.htm http://famagusta-gazette.com/2020/09/19/palestinian-official-says-israel-loots-palestinian-antiquities/

Review of Cline, *Digging Up Armageddon*:

https://www.irishcatholic.com/revealing-the-truth-about-armageddon/

More on the suggestion that an earthquake may have caused the destruction of a Canaanite
temple at Tel Kabri 3700 years bp:

https://mediarelations.gwu.edu/ancient-earthquake-may-have-caused-destruction-canaanite-palace-tel-kabri
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-09/gwu-aem091120.php https://www.timesofisrael.com/archaeologists-say-earthquake-caused-sudden-disuse-of-canaanite-wine-palace/
https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/culture/canaanite-palace-may-have-been-destroyed-in-earthquake-642101
http://www.sci-news.com/archaeology/earthquake-canaanite-palace-tel-kabri-08848.html
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2020/09/14/destruction-of-canaanite-palace-at-tel-kabri-due-to-ancient-earthquake/
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/09/ancient-earthquake-may-have-caused.html
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/evidence-suggests-earthquake-toppled-canaanite-palace-3700-years-ago-180975800/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9026-200915-israel-earthquake-palace

More on reexamination of the evidence from Arad resulting in the suggestion that literacy in ancient Judea may have been more widespread:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-09/afot-tau091020.php https://cosmosmagazine.com/history/civilisations/literacy-may-have-been-widespread-in-judea/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9027-200916-first-temple-literacy

Feature on the New Year in early Israel:

https://www.thetorah.com/article/rosh-hashanah-with-the-early-israelites

... and the history of the pomegranate:

https://theweek.com/articles/938115/righteousness-pomegranate-rosh-hashanah

Feature on the 'Petra of Saudi Arabia':

https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p08qzrxc/the-mysterious-petra-of-saudi-arabia

An introduction to Sasanian art:

https://smarthistory.org/sasanian-art-an-introduction/

Feature on marriage and women in ancient Babylon:

https://medium.com/exploring-history/marriage-and-women-in-ancient-babylon-e81389d62660

Pondering the name of Jesus' mother:

https://bibleinterp.arizona.edu/articles/was-mary-name-jesus-mother-source-critical-perspective

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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS) ================================================================
A 2400 years bp mask of Dionysus from Daskyleion:

https://greekcitytimes.com/2020/09/14/a-2400-year-old-mask-of-greek-god-dionysus-found-in-turkey/

A Roman-era column from Sabaudia (Italian):

https://www.ilmessaggero.it/latina/sabaudia_archeologia_colonna_di_epoca_imperiale_riemerge_dalla_villa_di_domiziano-5462201.html

... and one from near Murcia:

https://murciatoday.com/roman_column_discovered_following_landslip_removed_in_monteagudo_1506067-a.html

Remains of a Roman road near Palermo (Italian):

http://www.meteoweb.eu/2020/09/scoperta-archeologica-sicilia-strada-romana/1477393/
https://www.agi.it/dar01/news/2020-09-16/archeologia-scoperta-catina-thermae-via-romana-9678457/

Remains of a Roman amphitheatre from Foggia (Italian):

https://www.immediato.net/2020/09/18/grande-scoperta-in-provincia-di-foggia-rinvenuto-anfiteatro-romano-di-teanum-apulum-gli-esperti-e-di-straordinaria-importanza/
https://www.statoquotidiano.it/18/09/2020/ritrovato-un-anfiteatro-romano-nel-foggiano-eccezionale-scoperta-archeologica/803974/

Plans to excavate the necropolis near Zerzevan Castle:

https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/excavations-start-to-unveil-city-of-dead-in-zerzevan-castle-158346

On a Roman bridge in Edinburgh (not sure about this one):

https://www.edinburghlive.co.uk/news/edinburgh-news/heres-how-roman-soldiers-built-18961017

Rethinking the fate of the Turmogo people who fought Rome in Spain:

https://elpais.com/cultura/2020-09-14/la-tecnologia-devuelve-el-honor-a-los-celtas.html

Cyprus plans to 'spruce up' archaeological sites in Polis:

https://cyprus-mail.com/2020/09/13/plans-to-spruce-up-polis-archaeological-sites/

Studying the durability of Roman roads:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-09/uota-arr091720.php

Italy is seeking a new director at Pompeii:

https://www.wantedinrome.com/news/italy-launches-global-search-for-new-pompeii-director.html
https://www.thelocal.it/20200917/italy-launches-international-search-for-new-pompeii-site-director

Feature on Alessandro D'Alessio's work on Nero and the Domus Aureus:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/new-nicer-nero-history-roman-emperor-180975776/

Feature on the Oracle of Delphi:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2020/09/the-oracle-of-delphi/135089

Feature on the Torlonia collection (paywalled):

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/secret-collection-of-sculptures-reveals-splendour-of-roman-art-qdtnktd57

Feature on Hollywood's portrayal of gladiators:

https://www.dw.com/en/what-hollywood-got-wrong-about-the-gladiators-of-ancient-rome/a-54947047

Feature on drinking in ancient Greece:

https://greekcitytimes.com/2020/09/14/a-2400-year-old-mask-of-greek-god-dionysus-found-in-turkey/

Feature on Roman flying phalluses:

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/romans-used-to-ward-off-sickness-with-flying-penis-amulets

Feature on the Vicus Caprarius:

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/vicus-caprarius

Feature on the purported origins of the 'marathon swim':

https://greece.greekreporter.com/2020/09/14/marathon-swim-recreated-after-2500-years-in-greece/
https://neoskosmos.com/en/175381/2500-years-on-the-authentic-marathon-swim-is-revived-at-artemision/

Feature on the 'most devious' emperors in Roman history:

https://www.grunge.com/246549/the-most-devious-roman-emperors-in-history/

Feature on Cleopatra:

https://www.grunge.com/247720/heres-what-made-cleopatra-so-different-from-other-egyptian-rulers/

Feature on why you should read the classics (broadly construed):

https://themedium.ca/comment/why-you-should-read-the-classics/

Commemorating the 2500th anniversary of the Battle of Salamis:

https://www.thenationalherald.com/culture/arthro/international_online_event_for_the_2500th_anniversary_of_the_battle_of_salamis-860492/

In case you were wondering about the 'Circus Maximus Experience':

https://www.romereports.com/en/2020/09/18/romes-circus-maximus-comes-to-life-thanks-to-new-technologies/

What Marcus Aurelius thought about Hadrian:

https://goodmenproject.com/featured-content/marcus-aurelius-on-hadrian/

This week's 'tourists behaving badly' installment involves someone who crashed their drone in the Colosseum:

https://www.wantedinrome.com/news/rome-tourist-crashes-drone-inside-colosseum.html
https://www.thelocal.it/20200915/tourist-lands-in-trouble-after-crashing-drone-i-romes-colosseum

Classics at Wake Forest is moving with the times:

http://wfuogb.com/2020/09/classics-embraces-anti-racist-curriculum/

Review of *Thebes: the Forgotten City of Ancient Greece* (paywalled):

https://www.wsj.com/articles/thebes-the-forgotten-city-of-ancient-greece-review-mythic-roots-11599862629

More on the remains of a large Roman temple found near Norwich:

https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/roman-temple-found-in-caistor-st-edmund-1-6835623

More on that study of use of fractions in Linear A:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-09/e-tmv090720.php http://www.archaeology.org/news/9030-200916-linear-a-fractions

More on that Roman 'gaming piece' found in Chester a while ago:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/piece-roman-board-game-found-chester-england-180975793/
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Roman Archaeology Blog:

http://romanarc.blogspot.com/

Rogueclassicism:

http://rogueclassicism.com/ ================================================================
EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland) ================================================================
Remains of a 3000 years bp settlement from Warsaw:

https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/09/remains-of-3000-year-old-settlement.html
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2020/09/14/remains-of-3000-year-old-settlement-found-in-bialoleka-district/

A pair of skulls from a 'megalithic dolmen' from Spain:

https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2020/09/17/two-human-skulls-unearthed-in-stonehenge-type-dolmen-discovered-in-spains-malaga/

An 'Anglo Saxon' cemetery dating to the 7th century (maybe) has been revealed in Suffolk:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-suffolk-54177762 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/ghostly-anglo-saxon-burials-uncovered-england-180975862/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9033-200917-england-medieval-cemetery

Excavations of the 500 years bp cemetery uncovered during Leith tram construction continue:

https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/opinion/columnists/leith-tram-site-archaeologists-are-rescuing-precious-remains-old-graveyard-helen-martin-2968326

I think we've mentioned this very well-preserved 17th century Dutch 'fluyt' shipwreck from the Baltic:

https://www.livescience.com/17th-century-shipwreck-baltic-sea.html https://www.sciencealert.com/incredibly-well-preserved-17th-century-ship-found-in-the-depths-of-the-baltic-sea
https://www.archaeology.org/news/9028-200915-dutch-trade-vessel

The remains of the 'long lost' 17th century Danish warship Delmenhorst have been located:

http://cphpost.dk/?p=118451

A 'secret crypt' associated with the Templars found in a Polish chapel is being spun with the expected 'Holy Grail' hype:

https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/knights-templar-holy-grail-poland/index.html https://news.artnet.com/art-world/holy-grail-hidden-poland-1908419 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/crypts-discovered-underneath-polish-knights-templar-chapel-180975827/

Church renovations in Protaras (Cyprus) revealed the remains of a priest beheaded by the Ottomans in the 17th century (among other things):

https://cyprus-mail.com/2020/09/14/remains-of-bishop-beheaded-by-ottomans-among-relics-uncovered-in-protaras/

Some new details have been spotted in the Lion's Courtyard at the Alhambra:

https://phys.org/news/2020-09-unknown-lions-courtyard-alhambra.html https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2020/09/18/unknown-details-identified-in-the-lions-courtyard-at-the-alhambra/

Apparently 'who's buried in Montaigne's tomb' is a mystery:

https://www.france24.com/en/20200918-mystery-endures-in-france-over-montaigne-tomb-archaeologist
https://news.yahoo.com/mystery-endures-france-over-montaigne-163550248.html

A medieval Scottish coin found in Norfolk has been declared treasure:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-norfolk-54118509

Feature on the Germanic 'barbarian' tribes:

https://www.dw.com/en/barbarians-or-heroes-the-germanic-tribes-beyond-the-myths/a-54961580

Feature on the impact of the Vikings on London:

https://www.historyextra.com/period/viking/ghosts-viking-london-thomas-williams-podcast/

Neil Oliver has a podcast visiting assorted sites in the UK:

https://podcasts.apple.com/no/podcast/neil-olivers-love-letter-to-the-british-isles/id1513737418

More on the proposed redating of the Nebra Sky Disk:

https://www.livescience.com/famous-nebra-sky-disk-debate.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/nebra-sky-disc-age/2020/09/17/cfa78140-f855-11ea-be57-d00bb9bc632d_story.html
http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/is-the-nebra-sky-disc-a-millennium-younger-than-we-thought
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/ancient-map-cosmos-younger-previously-assumed-180975829/

More on a European 'economic area' in the Bronze Age:

https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/09/europeans-were-investing-in-regions-to.html

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Archaeology in Europe News:

http://archaeology-in-europe.blogspot.com/

Medievalists.net:

https://www.medievalists.net/category/news/

Viking Archaeology Blog:

http://viking-archaeology-blog.blogspot.com/

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ASIA AND THE SOUTH PACIFIC ================================================================
Ming/Qing Dynasty porcelain from a factory site (t appears) in Yunnan:

http://www.china.org.cn/arts/2020-09/14/content_76700501.htm

An iron plate from a Qing Dynasty shipwreck was taken out of the water:

http://www.ecns.cn/news/culture/2020-09-20/detail-ihaaeqyp8471632.shtml

1700 years bp burials from Siberia are painting a picture of warfare and sacrifices:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-09/uob-rab091820.php https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/09/200918104259.htm https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/09/raids-and-bloody-rituals-among-ancient.html

A 1200 years bp sculture of Lord Vishnu excavated from the vanks of Gundaru River:

https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Madurai/8th-century-sculpture-of-lord-vishnu-found/article32603543.ece
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9025-200915-india-pandya-sculpture

The site of Sinauli has been officially designated as 'nationally important':

https://www.dailypioneer.com/2020/india/archaeological-hotspot----sinauli----gets----national-importance----tag.html

Feature on India exporting monkeys and the like to Africa and Europe some 2000 years bp:

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/india-exported-pets-to-ancient-africa-and-europe-2000-years-ago/articleshow/78180172.cms

Really vague item on evidence of Indigenous women (apparently) creating tools in Queensland (date?):

https://www.skynews.com.au/details/_6191922613001

BHP seems to be learning from Rio Tinto's experience:

https://www.9news.com.au/national/rio-tinto-blast-bhp-promises-extensive-consultation-with-traditional-orders-after-juukan-gorge-caves/2814d0c9-7e79-46ea-9c67-c1ecf348f908
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NORTH AMERICA
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A burial of a War of 1812 soldier from a construction site in Burlington (Vermont):

https://www.wcax.com/2020/09/17/war-of-1812-soldiers-remains-unearthed-in-burlington/

... and the dig on a Horse Island War of 1812 site continues:

https://www.wwnytv.com/2020/09/18/archaeologists-digging-up-war-history-horse-island/
https://www.nny360.com/communitynews/education/horse-island-secrets-team-uncovering-key-details-of-war-of-1812-battle/article_87335b24-0367-5b03-90f3-c3d92fff8088.html

On the search for one of the US's first Black churches at Colonial Williamsburg:

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/archaeologists-dig-uncover-one-america-s-first-black-churches-colonial-n1240325
https://news.yahoo.com/archaeologists-digging-one-americas-first-162940681.html

Evidence of an 18th century tavern from a dig on a NC farm:

https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/nation-world/national/article245698675.html
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9038-200918-north-carolina-artifacts

Researching a 120 years bp Hagerstown (Md) cabin with 'historic African American ties':

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/archaeologists-dig-uncover-one-america-s-first-black-churches-colonial-n1240325
https://wtop.com/maryland/2020/09/artifacts-from-centuries-old-hagerstown-home-in-historic-black-neighborhood-being-studied/

Early 20th century trolley tracks revealed during construction in Walla Walla:

https://www.union-bulletin.com/news/trolley-rails-removed-from-underground-track/article_a273f707-ddff-5b72-9598-5510c71a08e4.html

Feature on the not-lost Lost Colony:

https://medium.com/history-of-yesterday/the-lost-colony-that-should-have-been-found-99797a805c7

Feature on wildfire archaeology:

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/wildfire-archaeology-american-west

... related:

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/archaeology-wildfire

Feature on the 1920 election:

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/09/21/how-the-promise-of-normalcy-won-the-1920-election

Feature on Arlington Springs Man:

https://santamariatimes.com/opinion/columnists/mark-james-miller-arlington-springs-man-the-oldest-human-fossil-found-in-north-america/article_5fcbff20-fc48-515a-9fa3-05fe4fcb6e34.html

Rethinking the myths associated with the Mayflower:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/sep/20/pilgrim-fathers-harsh-truths-amid-the-mayflower-myths-of-nationhood

... related:

https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/400-years-later-a-new-Mayflower-will-sail-15568164.php

More on drone revelations in Kansas:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/drone-imaging-finds-evidence-pre-columbian-great-settlement-under-kansas-ranch-180975818/

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A bone from a sediment core taken on one of the Bahamas has been linked to the Lucayan people (13th century CE):

https://today.tamu.edu/2020/09/11/discovery-of-human-bone-has-historical-impact-for-north-america/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9024-200914-bahamas-lucayan-bone

Remains of a shipwreck found in 2017 off the Yucatan have been identified as a 19th century 'Mayan slave ship':

https://phys.org/news/2020-09-mexico-submerged-mayan-slave-ship.html https://apnews.com/b3288e313576b99153052a3f3b512d28 https://www.startribune.com/mexico-identifies-submerged-wreck-of-mayan-slave-ship/572418982/
https://www.yahoo.com/news/mexico-identifies-submerged-wreck-mayan-185906482.html
https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/19/americas/mexico-mayan-slave-ship-trnd/index.html https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-nw-mexico-shipwreck-20200915-jpl7hmoborcqxlfudf54y6mm7y-story.html
https://www.texarkanagazette.com/news/international/story/2020/sep/16/mexico-identifies-wreck-mayan-slave-ship/841514/
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/sep/15/mexico-identifies-first-mayan-slave-ship
https://www.theyucatantimes.com/2020/09/inah-identifies-the-first-maya-slave-shipwreck-in-mexico/
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/09/mexico-identifies-submerged-wreck-of.html
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9036-200916-mexico-ship-identified

Protestors in Colombia topped a statue of Sebastian de Belalcazar:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-54186047 https://elpais.com/internacional/2020-09-17/un-grupo-de-indigenas-derrumba-la-estatua-de-sebastian-de-belalcazar-en-colombia.html

Feature on Maya sites in Guatemala:

http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20200914-in-guatemala-the-maya-world-untouched-for-centuries

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Feature on assorted amulets used in ancient times to ward off disease:

https://theconversation.com/scarabs-phalluses-evil-eyes-how-ancient-amulets-tried-to-ward-off-disease-143842
https://menafn.com/1100798367/Scarabs-phalluses-evil-eyes-how-ancient-amulets-tried-to-ward-off-disease

Feature on Cleopatra's Needle:

https://www.grunge.com/248166/the-story-behind-cleopatras-needle/

Interesting feature on the 'retro-carpentry' going on during the restoration of Notre Dame:

https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Carpenters-wow-public-with-medieval-techniques-at-15580644.php

Questioning whether Forrest Fenn's buried treasure really was found:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/sep/16/buried-treasure-forrest-fenn-rockies

On the history of 'cheers':

https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p08rnrsg/the-happy-history-of-the-word-cheers-

On an Indian royal woman used in 19th century immunization campaigns:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-53944723

Not sure where this one goes: home renovations in Detroit uncovered a number of piece of Inuit art:

https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2020/09/18/dozens-of-pieces-of-inuit-art-found-in-decrepit-rochester-hills-home/

Folks might be interested in this Ice Age cave bear found 'perfectly preserved' in the Russian Arctic:

https://www.livescience.com/cave-bear-mummies-siberia.html https://www.theguardian.com/science/2020/sep/14/remains-of-ice-age-cave-bear-found-preserved-in-russian-arctic
https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/14/europe/preserved-cave-bear-scn-scli-intl/index.html
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-54160645 https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2020/09/14/ice-age-cave-bear-carcass-found-northern-russia-university-reports/5793024002/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/ice-age-cave-bear-found-preserved-siberian-permafrost-180975835/

Seeking justice for the victims of the 'satanic panic' under James VI:

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/sep/13/300-years-on-will-thousands-of-women-burned-as-witches-finally-get-justice

Looking at the Dutch Royal Family's golden carriage:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/netherlands-retire-carriage-dutch-golden-coach-180975791/

Feature on various women philosophers:

https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/the-forgotten-women-in-philosophy-time-to-set-the-record-striaght-1.4352559

Pondering why speech prevailed over sign language:

https://aeon.co/essays/if-language-began-in-the-hands-why-did-it-ever-leave

Rethinking the idea of the city:

https://aeon.co/essays/cities-are-a-borderland-where-the-wild-and-built-worlds-meet

Feature on the Montezuma Orchard Restoration Project:

https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/colorado-orange-apple-trnd-scn/index.html https://montezumaorchard.org/

Pondering the line between 'art' and 'pornography':

https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20200917-the-fine-line-between-art-and-pornography

An edition of Shakespeare's last play was found in a college in Spain:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-54209767

On a recently-rediscovered Gauguin manuscript:

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/paul-gauguin-manuscript-courtauld

On the history of leprosy:

https://www.grunge.com/248237/the-messed-up-history-of-leprosy/

Feature on 'great organs':

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/great-organ-notre-dame

A tapestry version of Raphael's 'School of Athens' has been restored and returned to the French parliament:

https://eu.greekreporter.com/2020/09/16/raphaels-school-of-athens-watches-over-french-legislators-once-again/

Feature on what pumpkins were originally like:

https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/ancient-pumpkins-were-nothing-like-the-fall-fruit-we-know-today

Feature on Reinhart Koselleck's theory of history:

https://aeon.co/essays/reinhart-kosellecks-theory-of-history-for-a-world-in-crisis

Review of Sabar, *Veritas*:

https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/13/us/jesus-wife-gospel-forgery-sabar/index.html

... related:

https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/local/2020/09/14/did-north-port-resident-hoax-harvard-jesuss-wife-papyrus/5768211002/

More on Notre Dame's crypt being opened to the public again:

https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2020/09/15/notre-dames-crypt-is-once-again-open-to-the-public/

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