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explorator 25.36-37 January 1, 2023
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You can read explorator online at:

https://exploratornews.wordpress.com/


Thanks to Arthur Shippee, Dave Sowdon, Edward Rockstein, Kurt Theis,
John McMahon, Barnea Selavan, Joseph Lauer, Mike Ruggeri, Hernan Astudillo, Richard Campbell, Barbara Saylor Rodgers, Bob Heuman, David Critchley,
Richard Miller, Kris Curry, Rick Heli, Richard C. Griffiths, Frank MacKay, Alan,
Don Buck, mata kimasitayo, and Ross W. Sargent for headses upses this week
(as always hoping I have left no one out).

... Happy New Year! A somewhat incomplete issue but plenty long enough; I'll finish the catchup next week ...

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EARLY HOMINIDS
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A roundup of 'human evolution' finds in 2022:

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2022-12-28/ty-article-timeline/hominins-on-the-briny-and-other-human-evolution-stories-in-2022/00000185-58bb-d6a2-adf5-79fbe70e0000

An 800 000 years bp+ homo erectus skull from China's Hubei province:

https://news.cgtn.com/news/2022-12-27/Million-year-old-fossilized-skull-of-Homo-erectus-excavated-in-China-1g6oYNMMxl6/index.html
https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202212/28/WS63ac3f47a31057c47eba6a95.html

A 40 000 years bp cave site in Spain may be the 'last hangout' for Neanderthals:

https://www.iflscience.com/cave-chamber-closed-for-40-000-years-found-in-neanderthals-last-hangout-66822

300 000 years bp evidence of humans wearing bearskins from a site in Lower Saxony:

https://phys.org/news/2022-12-humans-skins-years.html https://www.jpost.com/science/article-726262 https://www.archaeology.org/news/11094-221223-europe-bear-skin

cf: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0047248422001543

More on 300 000 years bp evidence of tool use from that same site in Lower Saxony:

https://uni-tuebingen.de/en/university/news-and-publications/press-releases/press-releases/article/tiny-flakes-tell-a-story-of-tool-use-300000-years-ago/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/12/300000-year-old-flakes-indicate-ancient-tool-use/145554
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/12/19/tiny-flakes-tell-a-story-of-tool-use-300000-years-ago/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11089-221221-sharp-flint-flakes

More on the suggestion that hominins were sailing the Mediterranean 450 000 years bp:

https://phys.org/news/2022-12-human-ancestors-aegean-sea.html https://www.sciencealert.com/ancient-humans-may-have-sailed-the-mediterranean-450000-years-ago
https://www.salon.com/2022/12/28/our-human-ancestors-learned-to-sail-half-a-million-years-ago-study-suggests/

More on why hominins may have started walking:

https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/12/19/early-humans-may-have-first-walked-upright-in-the-trees/

Study suggests that some 50 000 years bp stone tools from Brazil may have been made by monkeys:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/12/50000-year-old-stone-tools-were-made-by-monkeys/145671

Haven't had a Neanderthal revisionism piece in a while:

https://www.newsweek.com/2023/01/13/neanderthals-were-smart-sophisticated-creative-misunderstood-1769443.html

... on something on human/Neanderthal interbreeding:

https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/forensic-anthropology-expands-the-view-on-human-neanderthal-interbreeding

Feature/interview on Chris Stringer's work with assorted early hominins:

https://www.theguardian.com/focus/2022/dec/31/chris-stringer-origins-of-man-lifelong-mission
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AFRICA
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A pair of 6th/7th century (Aksumite) churches from Adulis:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/12/archaeologists-excavate-ancient-churches-from-african-kingdom/145447

Feature on archaeology in Sudan by Sudanese archaeologists:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/dec/27/young-sudanese-archaeologists-dig-up-history-as-west-knows-best-era-ends

Feature on Nubian civilization:

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/article/sudan-archaeology-pyramdis-kush-nubia
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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT ============================================================
Egyptian archaeology roundups for 2022:

https://www.livescience.com/10-amazing-discoveries-ancient-egypt-2022 https://egyptindependent.com/egyptian-archaeological-discoveries-recovered-antiquities-in-2022/

60 or so 18th Dynasty mummies from a site near the vizier Amenhotep Huy site:

https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-726323 https://www.laprensalatina.com/spanish-egyptologists-unearth-60-mummies-at-luxor-site/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11103-221230-egypt-luxor-tombs

New Kingdom noble tombs from the Theban necropolis containing (among other things) crocodile heads:

https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-725805 https://www.newsweek.com/nine-crocodile-skulls-found-inside-ancient-egyptian-tombs-1768837
https://arkeonews.net/polish-archaeologists-have-uncovered-nine-crocodile-heads-within-ancient-egyptian-tombs-of-nobles/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/12/crocodile-heads-found-in-tombs-of-ancient-egyptian-nobles/145615

Not sure if we've mentioned this year's 26th Dynasty finds from Tel El-Deir featuring some gold foil figures of various shapes and deities:

https://www.livescience.com/ancient-egyptian-burials-with-gold-idols https://english.ahram.org.eg/News/482905.aspx https://egyptindependent.com/tombs-discovered-in-ruins-of-tell-al-deir-in-new-city-of-damietta/
https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/121456/Several-tombs-discovered-in-ruins-of-Tell-Al-Deir-Necropolis
https://www.thenationalnews.com/mena/egypt/2022/12/19/egypt-discovers-tombs-tiles-and-amulets-at-nile-delta-site/
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/twenty-2500-year-old-tombs-unearthed-in-tel-el-deir-egypt-1234651296/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/12/late-period-tombs-discovered-at-tel-el-deir/145609
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11087-221220-egypt-damietta-tombs

Finds from Ptolemaic/Roman eras at the Temple of Khnum site in Esna:

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article270478217.html https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/roman-baths-discovered-in-egypts-temple-of-khnum-1234652408/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/12/new-findings-at-temple-of-khnum-in-egypt/145650

More on rethinking the purpose of mummification:

https://www.sciencealert.com/we-may-have-been-all-wrong-about-ancient-egyptian-mummies-scholars-argue

More on Egyptian faience production and gold:

https://arkeonews.net/polish-researchers-reveal-what-ancient-egyptian-faience-has-to-do-with-gold/

A study identifying birds depicted on panels from the 'Green Room' at Amarna (found in 1924):

https://phys.org/news/2022-12-bird-species-depicted-ancient-finely.html https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/pigeons-plagued-cities-of-ancient-egypt-too-7tk25lsdn
https://www.sciencealert.com/birds-in-ancient-egyptian-paintings-show-artists-may-have-twisted-the-truth

ARCE marked the centennial of the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb:

https://cairoscene.com/Buzz/ARCE-Celebrates-100-Year-Anniversary-of-Discovery-of-King-Tut-s-Tomb

Some nice satellite photos of various sites in Egypt:

https://www.middleeasteye.net/discover/egypt-pyramids-nile-cairo-suez-space-looks-nasa-esa

Remains of a Sassanid fire temple in northeastern Iran:

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/479901/Ruins-of-Sassanid-fire-temple-discovered-in-Iran

Finds from various periods at the Chamshir Dam construction site in Iran:

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/480062/Chamshir-Dam-archaeologists-race-against-time-to-safeguared
https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/479888/Excavation-sheds-new-light-on-Sassanid-Islamic-site

A 5000 years bp fingerprint on an item from the Burnt City:

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/480115/Fingerprint-from-5-000-years-ago-found-in-Burnt-City

Plans to resume excavations at a Burnt City site where an Elamite tablet was found last year:

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/480235/Burnt-City-archaeologists-to-re-excavate-site-Elamite-tablet

A metal kiln site from Susa (not sure of the date):

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/480151/Ruins-of-ancient-metal-kiln-unearthed-in-Susa

The dig at the Douzlakh Salt Mine site have concluded:

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/480267/Excavation-sheds-new-light-on-ancient-mine-in-Zanjan

Mining operations near the Teymareh petroglyph site have 'distorted' them:

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/480181/Millennia-old-petroglyph-site-distorted-by-mining-operations

Rethinking the destruction associated with the fall of the Bronze Age:

https://www.asor.org/anetoday/2022/12/fall-bronze-age

The Van excavations revealed an Urartian temple:

https://www.dailysabah.com/life/history/archaeologists-discover-urartian-kings-temple-in-van-excavations
https://arkeonews.net/archaeologists-revealed-urartian-king-menua-second-temple-in-van-excavations/

Medieval earrings from Turkiye's Ani Ruins site are going on display:

https://www.dailysabah.com/life/history/medieval-gold-lynx-earrings-from-ani-ruins-set-for-2023-exhibition
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/65993

A 2000 years bp Roman fountain in Kibrya has been restored (and it functions):

https://www.trtworld.com/art-culture/2-000-year-old-fountain-restored-in-t%C3%BCrkiye-s-ancient-city-of-gladiators-64025
https://arkeonews.net/after-1300-years-water-to-again-flow-from-monumental-fountain-in-the-city-of-gladiators-in-turkey/
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-11586381/Fountain-stood-Turkeys-ancient-City-Gladiators-2-000-years-ago-restored.html

Feature on Karahan Tepe:

https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/most-read-2022-is-an-unknown-extraordinarily-ancient-civilisation-buried-under-eastern-turkeymost-read-2022/

More on the 16 500 years bp 'votive pit' from Turkiye's Gedikkaya Cave:

https://arkeonews.net/in-turkeys-gedikkaya-cave-a-stone-figurine-was-discovered-inside-a-16500-year-old-votive-pit/

More on the 11 000 years bp 'narrative scene' relief from Sayburc:

https://the-past.com/news/neolithic-carvings-discovered-in-turkey-may-represent-the-earliest-known-narrative-scene/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/12/archaeologists-discover-oldest-known-narrative-scene-dating-from-11000-years-ago/145452

The Hittite city of Zippalanda may have been identified in the Usakli mound site:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/12/new-discoveries-could-help-confirm-usakli-hoyuk-as-the-lost-hittite-city-of-zippalanda/145656
https://arkeonews.net/the-circular-shaped-structure-unearthed-in-usakli-mound-may-point-to-the-holy-hittite-city-of-zippalanda/
https://www.telegranducato.it/2022/12/20/trovata-zippalanda-grande-scoperta-delluniversita-di-pisa/
https://www.tio.ch/dal-mondo/cronaca/1631768/citta-ittita-resti-zippalanda-costruzione

Feature on ancient Nineveh:

https://theconversation.com/the-2-700-year-old-rock-carvings-from-when-nineveh-was-the-most-dazzling-city-in-the-world-196435

Feature on the drought-revealed site of Zachiku:

https://www.dw.com/en/the-bronze-age-city-in-iraq-gifted-to-archeology-by-drought/a-62061527

Concerns for a basilica in Hierapolis:

https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/ancient-basilica-under-danger-of-collapse-179450

Biblical archaeology roundups for 2022:

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2022-12-27/ty-article-timeline/king-solomons-throne-and-other-biblical-jewish-archaeology-stories-of-2022/00000185-53e0-d481-abc5-d7f25fab0000
https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/archaeology-today/top-ten-2022/?mqsc==E&dk=ZE24D0ZF0mqsc=E4149011&dk=ZE24D0ZF0

Christian archaeology roundup for 2022:

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2022-12-27/ty-article-timeline/plea-to-st-peter-and-other-christian-archaeology-stories-of-2022/00000185-53a6-d6a2-adf5-73e638600000

7000 years bp cotton fibres (from Pakistan!) from a Jordan valley site:

https://www.timesofisrael.com/7000-year-old-fibers-in-jordan-valley-oldest-known-evidence-of-cotton-in-near-east/
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2022-12-19/ty-article/cotton-from-prehistoric-pakistan-found-in-7-200-year-old-village-in-israel/00000185-2a82-d08f-abdd-fa92488d0000
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-725202 https://news.artnet.com/art-world/ancient-cotton-fibers-discovered-israel-2233118
https://arkeonews.net/jordan-valley-reveals-earliest-cotton-use-in-the-ancient-near-east/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11086-221220-israel-neolithic-cotton

In case you missed the flooding of Petra this week:

https://abcnews.go.com/International/video/jordans-historic-petra-evacuated-gorge-begins-flood-95868581
https://www.ansamed.info/ansamed/en/news/sections/generalnews/2022/12/27/jordans-petra-flooded-by-torrential-rain_4deb6859-832b-49e5-92a9-135862a23265.html
https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2022/12/flash-floods-force-evacuations-jordans-iconic-petra
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11576135/Desert-city-Petra-FLOODED-tourists-evacuated-freak-heavy-rainfall-lashes-Jordan.html

Plenty of hype for assorted finds from the so-called 'tomb of Salome' (midwife of Jesus) in Tel Lachish (found in the 1980s!):

https://www.livescience.com/jesus-midwife-cave-excavated https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/dec/20/excavations-reveal-pilgrims-lamps-and-inscriptions-at-tomb-of-salome-jesus-christ
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2022-12-20/ty-article/evidence-of-christian-pilgrimages-found-at-tomb-of-jesus-midwife-in-israel/00000185-2f0b-d51b-a5cf-ef4b1df90000
https://www.jewishpress.com/news/israel/second-temple-spectacular-salome-burial-cave-uncovered-in-lachish-forest/2022/12/20/
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/364672 https://www.timesofisrael.com/burial-cave-dedicated-to-jesus-midwife-salome-reveals-treasures-ahead-of-opening/
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-725353 https://apnews.com/article/religion-jerusalem-israel-1a6ed996171da6b954ec67811c4f983c
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/signs-salome-said-be-nurse-baby-jesus-unearthed-israel-2022-12-20/
https://www.thedailybeast.com/tomb-of-jesus-midwife-being-excavated-archaeologists-announce
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20221220-israel-unveils-finds-from-tomb-of-early-christian-figure
https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/archaeologists-discover-cave-of-salome-jesus-midwife-in-israel/news
https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/israel-unveils-finds-from-tomb-of-early-christian-figure-179499
https://menafn.com/1105340620/A-Christmas-Miracle-Israeli-Archaeologists-Are-Newly-Excavating-A-Tomb-Believed-To-Belong-To-Jesuss-Midwife
https://greekcitytimes.com/2022/12/21/ancient-greek-inscriptions-and-prayer-lamps-found-inside-a-2000-year-old-burial-site-in-jerusalem-prove-this-is-the-cave-of-holy-salome/
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-11558255/Israel-unveils-finds-tomb-early-Christian-figure.html
https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/israeli-archaeologists-excavating-jesus-midwife-tomb-95594796
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/science/archaeologists-excavate-jesuss-midwife-tomb-in-israel
https://www.newsweek.com/tomb-jesus-midwife-revealed-extraordinary-photos-1768774
https://aleteia.org/2022/12/22/tomb-of-marys-midwife-will-soon-open-to-public/ https://news.artnet.com/art-world/salome-cave-jesus-midwife-tomb-israel-antiquities-authority-2234396
https://www.sciencealert.com/pilgrim-artifacts-uncovered-at-tomb-named-after-figure-at-christs-birth
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/12/2000-year-old-burial-cave-linked-to-salome-from-nativity/145622
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/12/21/a-2000-year-old-family-tomb-was-uncovered-in-the-salome-cave/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/unraveling-the-secrets-of-a-burial-cave-dedicated-to-jesus-midwife-180981366/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11092-221222-christian-tomb-cave

Children out for a walk found a 2000 years bp oil lamp at Kibbutz Parod:

https://www.timesofisrael.com/children-out-for-a-stroll-in-north-discover-2000-year-old-lamp-in-the-ground/
https://www.ynetnews.com/travel/article/s1gywfroj https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-725338 https://www.jewishpress.com/news/archaeology-news/2000-year-old-candle-found-by-fourth-grade-students-excites-israeli-archaeologists/2022/12/19/
https://www.algemeiner.com/2022/12/19/israeli-kids-find-2000-year-old-oil-lamp-in-upper-galilee/

Feature on the ongoing search for more Dead Sea Scrolls (and more) in the Murabaat Cave:

https://news.yahoo.com/israeli-archaeologists-excavate-ancient-cave-071409189.html
https://www.straitstimes.com/multimedia/photos/in-pictures-israeli-archaeologists-search-for-the-dead-sea-scrolls-at-the-judean-desert

Plans to excavate the site of the Siloam Pool in the City of David:

https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-right-wing-group-to-fully-excavate-biblical-siloam-pool-in-east-jerusalem/
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-725901 https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/365022 https://www.algemeiner.com/2022/12/27/2700-year-old-biblical-pool-of-siloam-in-jerusalem-to-be-excavated-opened-to-public/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/12/archaeologists-to-excavate-the-ancient-pool-of-siloam/145668

More on claims of decipherment of inscriptions being connected to King Hezekiah:

https://www.timesofisrael.com/bible-scholars-sensational-hezekiah-inscription-claims-prompt-researchers-outcry/
https://www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/israel/2022/december/israel-professor-discovery-of-king-hezekiah-inscriptions-among-the-lsquo-most-important-rsquo-archaeological-finds-ever

More on the half-shekel rebel coin from Ophel:

https://arkeonews.net/an-extremely-rare-half-shekel-coin-from-year-three-of-the-great-revolt-discovered/

... and the 2200 years bp arrowheads (etc) connected with the Maccabean Revolt:

https://www.ynetnews.com/travel/article/rjwsb26oo

More on the 2200 years bp cache of silver coins (mostly Ptolemaic) from near the Dead Sea:

https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/ancient-cultures/ancient-israel/coin-hoard-maccabees-and-antiochus-iv/?mqsc=E4148911&dk=ZE24D0ZF0
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/12/coin-hoard-minted-by-ptolemy-vi-found-in-israel/145562

More on geomagnetic dating at Old Testament-associated sites:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/20/science/archaeology-bible-geomagnetism.html

Feature on fingerprints on ancient pottery shards in Israel:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/what-fingerprints-tell-us-about-jerusalems-ancient-artisans-180981238/

Israel wants to use remote sensing technology from find ancient sites:

https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-embarks-on-challenge-to-find-sensor-tech-to-map-archaeological-sites/

Feature on the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem:

https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/bas-onsite/church-of-the-nativity/

Interview with Joe Uziel about preserving the DSS:

https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/archaeology-today/preserving-the-dead-sea-scrolls/

Overview of archaeology in the UAE in 2022:

https://www.thenationalnews.com/opinion/comment/2022/12/22/uae-archaeology-had-a-golden-year-in-2022/

Neolithic (not sure about the dating in this one) cosmetic-related items from a mass grave site in Oman:

https://www.heraldonline.com/news/nation-world/world/article270354977.html

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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS) ============================================================
Roundups of Greek archaeology finds from 2022:

https://greekherald.com.au/culture/the-top-five-greek-archaeological-discoveries-of-2022/
https://greekcitytimes.com/2022/12/23/top-5-greek-archaeological-2022/

Roundup of Roman archaeology finds from 2022:

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article270567082.html

I think we mentioned these Bronze Age Minoan lead ingots from near Caesarea:

https://greekreporter.com/2022/12/18/bronze-age-minoan-ingots-cyprus/

Not sure where to put this 2000 years bp Scythian burial site from Siberia:

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2023-01-01/ty-article/siberian-gravediggers-find-2-000-year-old-scythian-style-cemetery/00000185-6d65-d591-a1fd-fd6d40ce0000

Overview of the 2022 excavation season at Vryokastro on Kythnos:

https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/12/21/excavations-at-vryokastro-on-kythnos-cyclades-in-2022/

1st/2nd century Roman statuary from a Roman site in Hungary (you need to translate the first one):

https://www.glasistre.hr/kultura/2022/12/21/predstavljeni-arheoloski-nalazi-pronadeni-na-podrucju-lucice-valbandon-mramorne-glava-apolona-najvr-836699

Assorted heads/statues of Greco-Roman divinities from Aizanoi:

https://greekcitytimes.com/2022/12/24/greek-sculptures-of-eros-heracles-were-found-during-the-excavations-in-the-ancient-city-of-aizanoi/
https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/statue-heads-found-in-ancient-city-of-aizanoi-179596
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-726066 https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/greek-gods-archaeology-statues-aizanoi-phrygia-1234652197/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/12/heads-of-several-greek-gods-found-during-excavations-at-aizanoi/145660
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11096-221227-turkey-aizanoi-sculptures

... including one complete statue:

http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/66037 https://www.europeantimes.news/2022/12/first-whole-statue-discovered-during-the-excavations-of-the-ancient-city-of-aizanoi-central-turkey/

Overview of finds made from the Gelderland Roman temple complex in the Netherlands:

https://www.dutchnews.nl/news/2022/12/gelderland-roman-temple-complex-yields-80000-artifacts/
https://www.heraldonline.com/news/nation-world/national/article270344747.html https://www.ledger-enquirer.com/news/nation-world/national/article270344747.html
https://www.heraldonline.com/news/nation-world/national/article270344747.html

A 2nd/3rd century CE Roman domus find from Reims:

https://www.leparisien.fr/marne-51/une-rue-romaine-une-villa-cossue-et-une-fresque-dachille-decouvertes-au-coeur-de-reims-27-12-2022-UP3IMHKDKVHTHLPLOZH6DZIZ54.php
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/12/archaeologists-uncover-high-status-roman-domus/145674

A major hoard of 800 Roman coins found by metal detectorists in Romania:

https://universul.net/800-roman-coins-unearthed-by-amateur-metal-detectorists-in-romania/

Ukrainian troops digging trenches have apparently revealed an ancient Roman settlement in Kherson:

https://news.yahoo.com/ukrainian-troops-uncover-ancient-roman-211200158.html

A metal detectorist in Burston found a Roman gold earring:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-norfolk-63989057

More on drought triggering Attila's invasion of Rome (and elsewhere):

https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/drought-encouraged-attilas-huns-to-attack-the-roman-empire-tree-rings-suggest
https://www.livescience.com/attila-the-hun-raided-to-escape-drought https://www.sciencealert.com/attila-the-hun-attacked-rome-to-save-his-people-from-starvation-new-study-suggests
https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidbressan/2022/12/19/severe-droughts-triggered-barbarian-invasion-leading-to-the-downfall-of-the-roman-empire/?sh=6bc94e675a2a
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11090-221221-carpathian-drought-raiders

More on metallurgical evidence of Varus' legions at Kalkriese:

https://www.kalkriese-varusschlacht.de/presse/pressemappe-metallurgischer-fingerabdruck.html

More on archaeological opposition to the Stern collection being on display in Greece:

https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/12/23/the-agreement-on-the-stern-collection-antiquities-should-be-cancelled/

More on snacking at the Colosseum (etc.):

https://mymodernmet.com/snacks-colosseum-rome/

More on Yale digitally reproducing Dura Europos:

https://news.yale.edu/2022/12/13/digitally-rebuilding-lost-city

Overview of finds made at the Rutland Roman Villa:

https://the-past.com/news/return-to-rutland-roman-villa/

On ancient Leicester:

https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/leicester-news/gallery/ancient-leicester-revealed-excavations-under-7971376

Plans to 'upgrade' the site of ancient Corinth:

https://news.gtp.gr/2022/12/19/archaeological-site-of-ancient-corinth-to-see-upgrade/

Plans to study claims of Malana folks' descent from soldiers of Alexander:

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/is-malana-a-child-of-alexanders-army-gene-study-may-solve-mystery-soon/articleshow/96656304.cms
https://greekcitytimes.com/2022/12/20/malana-greek-indians-village/

The Greek culture ministry is getting involved in artifact reproductions:

https://www.ekathimerini.com/culture/1201051/culture-ministry-investing-in-artifact-reproductions/
https://news.gtp.gr/2022/12/29/greek-art-replicas-to-find-new-home-in-athens/

Review of T. Corey Brennan, *The Fasces*:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/books/what-to-read/worlds-dangerous-political-symbol/

Hyping Paul Belonick, *Restraint, Conflict, and the Fall of the Roman Republic*:

https://www.uchastings.edu/2022/12/19/assistant-uc-hastings-professor-paul-belonick-pens-new-book-on-fall-of-roman-empire/

Peter Stothard on the lessons of Crassus:

https://time.com/6242611/a-warning-for-todays-super-rich-from-ancient-romes-wealthiest-man/

Another feature on Greek colour perception:

https://aeon.co/essays/can-we-hope-to-understand-how-the-greeks-saw-their-world

Feature on bathing in Homer:

https://www.artofmanliness.com/living/leisure/take-a-homeric-bath/

Feature on Galen:

https://www.thecollector.com/galen-pergamum-roman-philosopher-physician/

Feature on recreating ancient Greek armour:

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/greek-blacksmith-ancient-armor

Feature on Roman dodecahedra:

https://english.elpais.com/culture/2022-12-19/weapons-mystical-devices-or-candle-holders-the-mystery-of-the-roman-dodecahedra.html

Feature on the Golden Ass:

https://www.thecollector.com/apuleius-golden-ass-love-soul/

Feature on ancient Greek funeral customs:

https://greekreporter.com/2022/12/29/greek-funeral-customs-from-ancient-times-to-today/

Feature on Greeks in the Ramayana:

https://greekreporter.com/2022/12/27/greeks-ramayana-epic-poem-india/

Feature on the Cynics:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3ct38th

Feature on sailing in the ancient Mediterranean:

https://www.thecollector.com/ancient-mariners-roman-mediterranean/

Feature on Nikopolis:

https://greekreporter.com/2022/12/30/nikopolis-roman-era-greece/

Feature on Greek art in foreign museums:

https://greekreporter.com/2022/12/28/ten-magnificent-greek-works-foreign-museums/

Feature on the Oracle of Delphi:

https://greekreporter.com/2022/12/18/ancient-greek-oracle-delphi/

Feature on Alexander and Diogenes the Cynic:

https://greekreporter.com/2022/12/22/alexander-great-diogenes-philosophy/

Feature on Plato's Symposium:

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/hide-and-seek/202212/the-ancient-story-at-the-origin-of-modern-romantic-love

Feature on Alexander's legacy:

https://www.historyextra.com/period/ancient-greece/alexander-great-legacy-icon-reputation/

Feature on Aurelian:

https://www.thecollector.com/who-was-emperor-aurelian/

Feature on the possibility of female archaic artists:

https://greekreporter.com/2022/12/25/researcher-says-female-artisans-may-have-created-fine-pottery-during-archaic-period/

Suggestion that Archimedes designed the Antikythera Mechanism:

https://greekreporter.com/2022/12/19/antikythera-mechanism-archimedes/

Feature on Constantine Cavafy and the Parthenon Sculptures:

https://www.thenationalherald.com/constantine-cavafys-struggle-for-the-parthenon-marbles/

More on the Vatican returning three Parthenon sculpture fragments to Greece:

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2022/dec/19/pope-francis-orders-parthenon-marbles-held-by-vatican-be-returned-to-greece
https://apnews.com/article/pope-francis-greece-religion-vatican-city-6e6d4043fd46c4b81e3d7849c9a14c66
https://www.cnn.com/style/article/vatican-greece-parthenon-sculptures/index.html
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/pope-donates-parthenon-marbles-in-vatican-to-greek-orthodox-church-1234650894/
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/pope-francis-vatican-parthenon-marbles-return-greece-2232177
https://www.thenationalherald.com/vatican-return-of-parthenon-fragments-puts-pressure-on-british-museum/
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/19/world/europe/vatican-parthenon-marbles-greece.html
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/12/22/the-vatican-returns-three-fragments-from-the-parthenon/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/vatican-museum-will-return-parthenon-sculptures-to-greece-180981354/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11084-221219-parthenon-sculpture-repatriation

... and a related OpEd:

https://www.ekathimerini.com/opinion/1200405/the-parthenon-sculptures-now-what/ -----
Roman Archaeology Blog:

http://romanarc.blogspot.com/

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Roundup of archaeological finds in North Wales in 2022:

https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/biggest-north-wales-secrets-unearthed-25679112

Roundup of finds from Worcestershire in 2022:

https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/roman-roads-woolly-mammoths-gems-25688747

Study suggests hunter-gatherers quickly spread pottery-making techniques beginning ca. 5900 BCE:

https://phys.org/news/2022-12-hunter-gatherer-social-pottery-making-wide.html https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/12/221222123035.htm https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/975095 https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2022-12-26/ty-article/ancient-pottery-casts-light-on-social-networks-among-european-hunter-gatherers/00000185-4df7-d5f5-a1ff-edffd7fb0000
https://www.science.org/content/article/ancient-hunter-gatherers-were-potters-too
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11093-221222-europe-early-pottery

Bronze/early Iron Age ankle bracelets from a burial in Aubagne (France):

https://arkeonews.net/in-france-a-burial-with-six-ankle-bracelets-was-uncovered/
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/65984

Rethinking a Bronze Age site in Slovakia:

https://phys.org/news/2022-12-year-old-cemetery.html

Prehistoric and Roman finds from the site of a future nuclear power station site in Suffolk:

https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/23206431.sizewell-c-archaeological-dig-team-make-rare-finds/

A 4th/5th century 'princely' burial (and more) from Romania:

https://www.romania-insider.com/warrios-princely-tomb-unearthed-motoway-romania https://arkeonews.net/a-princely-tomb-discovered-in-the-infrastructure-project-of-the-a7-ploiesti-buzau-highway-in-romania/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11088-221221-romania-horse-warrior

A Viking burial from downtown Oslo:

https://sciencenorway.no/archaeoloy-viking-age-vikings/viking-grave-discovered-in-the-middle-of-norways-capital-oslo/2128522
https://www.lifeinnorway.net/viking-grave-discovered-in-western-oslo/ https://www.bradenton.com/news/nation-world/world/article270379737.html https://arkeonews.net/for-the-first-time-a-viking-age-grave-rich-in-artifacts-has-been-found-in-norways-capital-city-oslo/
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/66004 https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/12/viking-age-grave-containing-remains-of-shield-uncovered/145628
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11098-221227-norway-oslo-grave

A giant hall from the era of Harald Bluetooth found in North Jutland, Denmark:

https://arkeonews.net/a-large-hall-from-the-time-of-viking-harald-bluetooth-discovered/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/12/giant-hall-from-viking-harald-bluetooths-reign-discovered/145644
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11101-221228-denmark-viking-hall

A medieval bone flute from Kent:


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