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explorator 25.46 March 5, 2023
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You can read explorator online at:
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Thanks to Arthur Shippee, Dave Sowdon, Edward Rockstein, Kurt Theis,
John McMahon, Barnea Selavan, Joseph Lauer, Mike Ruggeri, Hernan Astudillo, Richard Campbell, Barbara Saylor Rodgers, Bob Heuman, David Critchley,
Richard Miller, Kris Curry, Rick Heli, Richard C. Griffiths, Frank MacKay,
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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A study of a homo erectus skull from Gona (Ethiopia) doesn't exhibit any traits of the human genus, apparently:
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-team-publishes-brain-homo-erectus.html https://www.science20.com/news_staff/dan5p1_homo_erectus_early_cranial_capacity_was_more_like_australopiths_such_as_lucy-256492
cf:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ajpa.24717
Suggestion that Neanderthals, Denisovans, and sapiens may have been together in Iran:
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-environment-hominin-dispersals-ancient-iran.html https://www.iflscience.com/neanderthals-denisovans-and-modern-humans-might-have-intermingled-in-iran-67704
... and Iran might have been a 'hot spot' for Neanderthal migration:
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-european-neanderthal-migration-hints-hidden.html https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/03/230301141358.htm https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-733350
cf:
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0281978
Tools found in a cave in Poland fifty years ago date to 500 000 years bp or so:
https://www.sciencealert.com/500000-year-old-signs-of-extinct-human-species-found-in-poland-cave
Evidence of bow and arrow use by homo sapiens in France, 54 000 years bp:
https://www.livescience.com/54000-year-old-stone-points-are-oldest-evidence-of-bows-and-arrows-in-europe
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archery-may-have-arrived-in-europe-thousands-of-years-earlier-than-thought-180981690/
Feature on Neanderthal brain size:
https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/brutes-and-brains-what-we-know-about-neanderthal-brain-size
Feature on Gravettian culture:
https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/the-gravettian-culture-that-survived-an-ice-age
Feature on applying proteomics to the study of human evolution:
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/mar/05/new-analysis-of-ancient-human-protein-could-unlock-secrets-of-evolution
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AFRICA
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A project to restore/'revitalize' the oldest preserved mosque in Sudan:
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/03/01/project-to-revitalize-the-oldest-mosque-in-sudan/
Blocks from a 25th/Nubian Dynasty temple found in Old Dongola (Sudan):
https://arkeonews.net/archaeologists-have-discovered-sandstone-blocks-belonging-to-a-pharaohs-temple-covered-with-hieroglyphs-in-sudan/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/03/ancient-egyptian-discovery-rewrites-history-of-sudanese-kingdom/146324
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/03/02/hieroglyphs-discovered-in-old-dongola-sudan/
Feature on Anna Leone and her efforts to reduce antiquities trafficking in Libya:
https://libyaobserver.ly/culture/archaeologist-anna-leone-fight-against-illicit-trafficking-libyan-antiquities-top-priority
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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT ============================================================
Muon analysis has revealed a hitherto unknown corridor/chamber in the Great Pyramid:
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-egypt-unveils-hidden-corridor-giza.html https://www.livescience.com/cosmic-rays-reveal-hidden-30-foot-long-corridor-in-egypts-great-pyramid
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-64825526 https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/pyramid-giza-cairo-egypt-b2292844.html
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/03/02/scientists-uncover-hidden-passage-great-pyramid/
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-11812129/Egypt-reveals-9-meter-long-chamber-inside-Great-Pyramid.html
https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/491003/Antiquities/Ancient-Egypt/Egypt;s-tourism-minister-unveils-discovery-of-corr.aspx
https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/13/92/491053/Multimedia/In-Pictures/PHOTO-GALLERY-The-Great-Pyramid-of-Khufu--Secret-p.aspx
https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/122878/Egypt-s-Minister-of-Tourism-Antiquities-Ahmed-Issa-announces-the
https://dailynewsegypt.com/2023/03/04/a-new-corridor-discovered-in-egypts-great-pyramid-of-giza/
https://dailynewsegypt.com/2023/03/04/egypt-discovers-9-metre-long-corridor-inside-khufu-pyramid/
https://egyptianstreets.com/2023/03/04/egypt-unveils-hidden-tunnel-inside-in-giza-pyramids/
https://www.egyptindependent.com/hidden-corridor-on-northern-facade-of-the-great-pyramid-discovered/
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/scientists-discover-corridor-great-pyramid-giza-2023-03-02/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/whats-behind-these-stones-egypt-unveils-newly-discovered-great-pyramid-chamber/
https://www.cnn.com/style/article/hidden-corridor-pyramid-giza-intl-scli-scn/index.html
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/great-pyramid-discovery-egypt-scanpyramids-khufu-cosmic-cosmic-ray-muon-radiography/
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/egypt-reveals-newly-discovered-9-meter-long-chamber-inside-great-pyramid
https://english.news.cn/20230302/05e4858f30ce4343bfc11c500884e8ff/c.html https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-733185 https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20230302-egypt-unveils-hidden-corridor-in-giza-pyramid
https://www.rfi.fr/en/culture/20230303-scientists-reveal-hidden-corridor-inside-cairo-s-great-pyramid
https://apnews.com/article/pyramid-egypt-cairo-chamber-antiquities-c104c9479b110b85567e61b9ee4bcc0e
https://www.npr.org/2023/03/02/1160589911/great-pyramid-giza-scan-discovery-egypt
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/egypt-reveals-newly-discovered-9-meter-long-chamber-inside-great-pyramid
https://cyprus-mail.com/2023/03/02/scientists-reveal-hidden-corridor-in-great-pyramid-of-giza/
https://www.dw.com/en/egypt-announces-new-great-pyramid-discovery/a-64869784 https://greekreporter.com/2023/03/03/hidden-corridor-egypt-great-pyramid/ https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/03/03/archaeologists-discover-ancient-tunnel-at-great-pyramid-of-giza-that-may-lead-to-king-khufus-tomb
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/scientists-map-an-unexplored-corridor-of-egypts-great-pyramid-using-cosmic-rays/ar-AA188t69
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/giza-pyramid-void-muon-radiography-cosmic-rays
https://www.zmescience.com/science/archaeologists-discover-secret-tunnel-inside-the-great-pyramid-of-giza/
https://www.sciencealert.com/corridor-discovered-in-great-pyramid-could-be-protecting-the-actual-burial-chamber
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/03/scans-reveal-hidden-tunnel-in-great-pyramid-of-giza/146329
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/03/03/unknown-room-discovered-in-the-great-pyramid/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11265-230303-egypt-pyramid-corridor
... and Zahi Hawass was explaining it:
https://egyptindependent.com/zahi-hawass-discusses-secret-passage-in-khufu-pyramid/
More on the group of Persian, Roman, and Coptic tombs found at Minya:
https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/122773/The-Egyptian-Spanish-archaeological-mission-uncover-ancient-tombs-in-the
https://greekreporter.com/2023/02/26/group-persian-roman-coptic-tombs-discovered-egypt/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/02/coptic-era-tombs-uncovered-in-upper-egypts-minya/146289
More on Papyrus Waziry 1 going on display:
https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/122804/Papyrus-Waziry-1-was-displayed-for-the-1st-time-ever
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/03/01/longest-hieratic/
Egypt has restored the Al-Hakim Mosque:
https://dailynewsegypt.com/2023/02/28/egypt-inaugurates-al-hakim-mosque-after-restoration/
https://news.yahoo.com/historic-cairo-mosque-reopens-2-181106160.html https://en.ammonnews.net/article/64109
Pondering who is buried in KV55:
https://www.thedailybeast.com/who-is-really-buried-in-kv55-egypts-most-mysterious-tomb
Feature on some things we've learned about the mummification process:
https://theconversation.com/five-discoveries-that-changed-our-understanding-of-how-the-ancient-egyptians-created-mummies-195523
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-discoveries-ancient-egyptians-mummies.html
Review of Lynne Olson, *Empress of the Nile*:
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/28/books/review/empress-of-the-nile-lynne-olson.html
Review of Candice Millard, *River of the Gods*:
https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/8074338/explorer-frenemies-crazy-quest/
An overview sort of thing on this year's dig at the Sassanid-era Vigol fire temple in Aran-Bidgol:
https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/482428/Archaeological-survey-sheds-new-light-on-Sassanid-architecture
A petroglyph of a 13th century Persian poem from Marvdasht:
https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/482379/Petroglyph-bearing-Sadi-poem-discovered-in-Marvdasht
Among the finds at Girsu is a 4500 years bp temple to the thunder divinity:
https://www.livescience.com/4500-year-old-sumerian-temple-dedicated-to-mighty-thunder-god-discovered-in-iraq
More on the 4700 years bp 'tavern' excavated at Lagash:
https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/ancient-restaurant-highlights-iraqs-archeology-renaissance-rcna72857
https://apnews.com/article/iraq-archeology-lagash-restaurant-daa072cf0d6eeaea4a78d9632037d094
https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/ancient-cultures/ancient-near-eastern-world/ancient-mesopotamian-tavern-discovered/
Feature on Enheduanna's literary efforts:
https://www.history.com/news/enheduanna-earliest-author-mesopotamia
A roundup of archaeology in Turkey for the month of February:
https://turkisharchaeonews.net/article/february-2023-turkish-archaeology
The press in Israel was quick to announce the find of a 2500 years bp shard inscribed with the name of Darius (just in time for Purim):
https://www.timesofisrael.com/hiker-discovers-2500-year-old-ancient-receipt-from-reign-of-purim-kings-father/
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-733038 https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2023-03-01/ty-article/inscription-naming-darius-father-of-king-ahasuerus-discovered-in-biblical-lachish/00000186-9ccd-d92c-a3df-ffffae3a0000
https://www.israelhayom.com/2023/03/01/i-thought-i-was-being-pranked-israeli-hiker-discovers-inscription-of-king-linked-to-purim/
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-733038 https://www.jns.org/hiker-finds-2500-year-old-receipt-bearing-the-name-of-king-ahasuerus-father-darius-i/
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/a-hiker-uncovered-an-ancient-receipt-1234659265/
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/03/03/a-rare-inscription-bearing-the-name-of-the-persian-king-darius-the-great/
... but the IAA quickly declared the piece to be 'inauthentic' and the retractions followed:
https://www.timesofisrael.com/antiquities-authority-ancient-shard-with-darius-inscription-is-not-authentic/
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2023-03-03/ty-article/israel-antiquities-authority-ancient-darius-inscription-deemed-inauthentic-in-mix-up/00000186-a734-de2a-a1ee-a737d9390000
https://www.clevelandjewishnews.com/jns/touted-darius-inscription-is-inauthentic-israel-antiquities-authority-clarifies/article_e6027459-7c27-5f3b-a921-558cc6697ce5.html
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-733292 https://www.israelhayom.com/2023/03/05/touted-darius-inscription-clarified-to-be-inauthentic/
https://english.wafa.ps/Pages/Details/133726 https://apnews.com/article/israel-fake-ancient-inscription-darius-persian-empire-168cb72009a67859238e4e468108f5ab
https://thepublicsradio.org/article/israel-says-inscription-in-persian-pottery-shard-inauthentic
More on 3500 years bp evidence of trepanation from Megiddo:
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/02/230222141115.htm https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/ancient-cultures/ancient-israel/brain-surgery-at-canaanite-megiddo/
https://arkeonews.net/evidence-of-brain-surgery-performed-3000-years-ago-discovered-in-the-ancient-city-of-tel-megiddo/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/02/evidence-of-bronze-age-cranial-surgery-found-at-ancient-megiddo/146270
More on archaeologists 'racing against time' in Jerusalem:
https://www.ucanews.com/news/archaeologists-race-against-time-in-jerusalem/100480
More on that 3rd century BCE Musnad inscription from Saudi Arabia:
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/a-rare-inscription-in-an-ancient-arabian-script-was-uncovered-by-archaeologists-in-saudi-arabia-1234658685/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11255-230227-arabia-musnad-inscription
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https://thisweekintheancientneareast.podbean.com/
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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS) ============================================================
Suggestion that Minoans may have used 'celestial star path' navigation methods:
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/03/minoan-civilisation-may-have-used-celestial-star-path-navigation-techniques/146340
https://arkeonews.net/minoan-civilization-may-have-used-celestial-navigation-techniques/
... and a feature on the Minoans:
https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/blue-monkeys-bull-leaping-and-child-sacrifice-why-were-the-minoans-so-weird/
A study of faunal remains in a Bronze Age well at Mycenae:
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-bronze-age-contents-reveal-history.html
Archaeologists are digging a 'new' area of Pompeii (Insula 10 of Regio IX) and have already excavated a fullonica:
http://pompeiisites.org/comunicati/pompei-avviati-nuovi-scavi-nellarea-centrale-del-sito/
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/pompeii-diggers-dream-of-new-treasure-in-untouched-block-jjp5790st
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article272626552.html https://nypost.com/2023/02/28/archeologists-dig-new-part-of-pompeii-for-rare-treasures/
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/ancient-roman-dry-cleaner-pompeii-1234659239/
https://www.stilearte.it/una-lavanderia-industriale-romana-e-una-casa-con-forno-emergono-dai-nuovi-scavi-a-pompei/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/02/new-discoveries-at-roman-pompeii/146305 https://www.archaeology.org/news/11262-230302-italy-pompeii-excavation
... and a related item on recent finds from Pompeii:
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/mar/04/pompeii-treasures-digs-city-disaster-romans-excavation
Another 'phallic symbol' find from near Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland:
https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/history/another-phallic-symbol-found-near-26366827
Evidence of a 2000 years bp aqueduct at Brescia (Italian):
https://www.stilearte.it/si-calano-nellacquedotto-romano-che-portava-acqua-a-brescia-duemila-anni-costruzione-perfetta/
Storms in Galicia (Spain) caused a cliff to collapse, revealing plenty of Roman artifacts:
https://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-02-26/storms-unearth-hundreds-of-roman-artifacts-in-spain.html
Not sure if we mentioned this Roman coin hoard found in the Bernese Alps back in 2020:
https://www.lematin.ch/story/de-la-monnaie-romaine-decouverte-dans-les-alpes-bernoises-606662574415
A vase found back in 1853 in Colchester is 'sports memorabilia' of a gladiator fight, apparently:
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/mar/04/evidence-reveals-gladiators-fought-in-roman-britain
A 1700 years bp Roman sarcophagus was accidentally destroyed during work in Romania:
https://www.romania-insider.com/roman-sarcophagus-accidentally-destroyed-romanian-cemetery
Overview of recent finds from Salona:
https://www.croatiaweek.com/salona-in-croatia-to-be-world-archeological-sensation-after-new-discoveries/
Archaeologists returned to dig at the site of the theater of Pergamon:
https://www.dainst.blog/transpergmikro/the-largest-theater-in-ancient-asia-minor-rediscovered/
Coverage of a survey done at Hala Sultan Tekke:
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/02/28/surface-sruvey-at-hala-sultan-tekke/
A study of on of the sculptures found at San Casicano dei Bagni (Italian):
https://www.stilearte.it/risolto-il-mistero-della-testa-di-toro-nella-vasca-magica-etrusco-romana-di-san-casciano-dei-bagni/
A study of a dagger supposedly once owned by on of Hannibal's soldiers:
https://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-02-26/the-unsolvable-mystery-of-hannibals-soldier.html?ssm=FB_CC
More on the 'wooden phallus' identified at Vindolanda:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/what-was-this-2000-year-old-phallus-used-for-180981693/
... and the counter-suggestion that it's a drop spindle:
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/feb/26/its-not-a-roman-dildo-its-a-drop-spindle
More on the 'spike defenses' found at a Roman fort site near a silver mine in Germany:
https://www.livescience.com/ancient-roman-spike-defenses-made-famous-by-julius-caesar-found-in-germany
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-732808 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/roman-wooden-spikes-barbed-wire-julius-caesar-180981727/
More on the use of robots and AI to piece together broken frescoes at Pompeii:
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/archeologists-ai-robot-repair-pompeii-artwork-2262148
https://menafn.com/1105661948/Archaeologists-In-Italy-Are-Using-AI-Robots-To-Piece-Together-Ancient-Frescoes-From-Fragments-Discovered-At-Pompeii
https://hypebeast.com/2023/2/repair-italy-archaeology-pompeii-artificial-intelligence
More on the use of AI to read manuscripts from Herculaneum:
https://www.wkms.org/history/2023-03-03/ky-professor-using-ai-technology-to-read-ancient-manuscript-about-life-after-alexander-the-great
Feature on Mitchell Brown's work with Menander:
https://news.wm.edu/2023/02/28/wm-researcher-tracks-ancient-greek-comic-poets-influence-on-modern-sitcoms/
Review of Natalie Haynes, *Stone Blind*:
https://www.tor.com/2023/03/02/book-reviews-natalie-haynes-stone-blind/
York's Roman Quarter development is apparently up for sale:
https://yorkmix.com/yorks-roman-quarter-development-is-up-for-sale-as-owners-try-and-secure-delivery-of-the-project/
Some folks in Greece were celebrating Phallephoria:
https://greekcitytimes.com/2023/02/26/phallephoria-2023-dionysius/
Feature on Septimius Severus:
https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p0f6fwt2/the-untold-story-of-britain-s-african-emperor
Feature on Boudica:
https://www.mentalfloss.com/posts/boudica-warrior-queen-iceni-facts
Feature on the age of marriage of women in ancient Greece:
https://talesoftimesforgotten.com/2023/02/28/at-what-age-did-ancient-greek-women-typically-marry/
Feature on the 'anonymity' of Roman portraits:
https://www.artic.edu/articles/1008/the-accidental-anonymity-of-ancient-portraits
Feature on a Roman temple replica in Manhattan:
https://www.archpaper.com/2023/02/why-shrunken-replica-2000-year-old-roman-temple-west-51st-street/
Feature on botanical Latin:
https://apnews.com/article/plant-names-botanical-latin-gardening-d1c395e489da8a8e870b5f21018a1121See
Feature on Aspasia:
https://greekreporter.com/2023/02/26/aspasia-courtesan-feminist-heroine/
Feature on myth retellings involving ancient Greece's 'forgotten' women:
https://broadview.org/lies-we-sing-to-the-sea/
Feature on Pyrrhus of Epirus:
https://greekreporter.com/2023/02/27/pyrrhus-epirus-ancient-greek-king-fought-romans/
A nice APOD of the moon behind the Temple of Poseidon:
https://tech.hindustantimes.com/tech/news/nasa-astronomy-picture-of-the-day-28-february-2023-moon-and-the-temple-of-poseidon-71677565390003.html
Feature on how the Parthenon sculptures ended up in the British Museum:
https://menafn.com/1105661948/Archaeologists-In-Italy-Are-Using-AI-Robots-To-Piece-Together-Ancient-Frescoes-From-Fragments-Discovered-At-Pompeii
... and some OpEds relating to the sculptures:
https://www.artsprofessional.co.uk/magazine/363/feature/paradox-georges-marbles https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/voices/2023/03/02/is-it-time-to-hand-back-the-elgin-marbles/
https://greekcitytimes.com/2023/03/04/boris-johnson-has-finally-lost-his-marbles/
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Roman Archaeology Blog:
http://romanarc.blogspot.com/
Rogueclassicism:
http://rogueclassicism.com/ ============================================================
EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland) ============================================================
Hunter-gatherers on the Mediterranean coast of Spain may have had more fish in their diet than previously thought:
https://www.york.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/2023/research/mediterranean-hunter-gatherers-marine-resources/
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/02/28/mediterranean-hunter-gatherers-relied-heavily-on-fish-diet/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11254-230227-spain-marine-food
Skulls found in a Somerset cave have been dated to 4000 years bp:
https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/somerset-news/update-mysterious-human-remains-found-8192058
A Bronze Age (maybe) tomb with golden necklaces from Armenia:
https://www.sacbee.com/news/nation-world/world/article272617615.html https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/armenia-poland-archaeology-tomb-metsomar-1234658969/
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/66599 https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/02/golden-necklaces-discovered-in-bronze-age-tomb/146309
A 3000 years bp toddler's show found by a mudlark in North Kent:
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/66593
A study of stelae from Portugal suggests steel was being used in Europe some 2900 years bp:
https://phys.org/news/2023-02-steel-europe-years.html https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/02/230228154510.htm https://www.zmescience.com/science/archaeology/archaeologists-stunned-by-2900-year-old-steel-tools-in-portugal/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/02/evidence-of-steel-tools-being-used-in-europe-during-late-bronze-age/146314
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/03/01/steel-was-already-used-in-europe-2900-years-ago/
cf:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0305440323000201 https://www.experimentalarchaeology.uni-freiburg.de/
Among the finds made during A14 construction a couple of years ago is an Iron Age comb made from a human skull:
https://www.livescience.com/comb-made-from-human-skull-may-have-been-used-in-iron-age-rituals
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-64797376 https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-733131 https://news.artnet.com/art-world/iron-age-bar-hill-comb-human-skull-2263565 http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/66624 https://arkeonews.net/iron-age-comb-found-made-from-human-skull-in-uk/ https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/03/02/the-bar-hill-comb/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archeologists-unearth-iron-age-comb-made-from-human-skull-180981722/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11259-230301-england-bone-comb
A 1st century CE Celtic figurine sporting a 'hinged phallus' from Lincolnshire (apparently going to auction):
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/2000-year-old-fertility-figurine-with-hinged-penis-discovered-1234659402/
https://www.insider.com/small-ancient-statue-enormous-penis-england-2023-2 http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/66608
A 7th/8th century burial of a mother and child at a school building site in Marseille:
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/66635
A metal detectorist in Germany found an 800 years bp hoard of gold jewellery and coins:
https://www.livescience.com/stunning-gem-covered-gold-earrings-discovered-in-800-year-old-hoard-in-germany
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11266-230303-germany-jewelry-coins
I think we mentioned this 'cache' of 500 years bp spices from the wreck of the Gribshund:
https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/science/archaeologists-find-well-preserved-500-year-old-spices-baltic-shipwreck-2023-03-03/
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-733314 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-03-05/archaeologists-find-500-year-old-spices-in-baltic/102055514
A mudlarker on the Thames found a Tudor leather archery wrist guard:
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-64787840
Remains of a medieval wharf found in the sea off Oslo:
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/66641
A metal detectorist found a hoard of 1000 17th century coins in Poland:
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/03/treasure-hoard-containing-1000-coins-uncovered-in-eastern-poland/146371
A study of remains in Heaning Wood Bone Cave in Cumbria suggests there were three periods of inhumation there:
https://the-past.com/news/cave-in-cumbria-used-for-centuries-of-burials/
A study of the evolution of the plague in Denmark over several centuries:
https://brighterworld.mcmaster.ca/articles/plague-yersinia-pestis-bacteria-denmark/
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/02/230224135014.htm http://www.archaeology.org/news/11258-230228-denmark-medieval-plague
Plans for a study of the remains of Lowbury Woman:
https://www.reading.ac.uk/news/2023/Research-News/Lowbury-Hill-remains-to-be-investigated-by-Reading-team
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/03/forgotten-lowbury-woman-burial-to-reveal-her-secrets/146321
Plans for a dig at Lowther Castle:
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cumbria-64782891
Plans for a study of the wreck of the HMS Captain:
https://the-past.com/news/lost-british-warship-set-to-be-investigated-150-years-after-sinking/
Studying shards of stained-glass windows smashed during the Protest Reformation of 1560 in Scotland:
https://phys.org/news/2023-02-piecing-scotland-religious-shards-glass.html
Overview of archaeological remains in the Bialowieza Forest:
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/02/28/the-bialowieza-forest-no-longer-an-archaeological-blank-spot/
More on that deisis found during Moscow-Kazan highway construction:
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-732861
More on the medieval Lombard woman whose skull shows signs of repeated trepanation:
https://www.livescience.com/painful-cross-shaped-incision-in-medieval-womans-skull-didnt-kill-her-but-second-surgery-did
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11264-230302-italy-skull-wounds
More on the find of remains of Neolithic megalithic monument builders' homes in France:
https://phys.org/news/2023-02-archaeologists-homes-europe-monument-makers.html https://www.archaeology.org/news/11251-230222-france-prehistoric-megaliths
More on the find of six burials under a kitchen floor in Scotland being dated to 2000 years bp:
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-64756840 http://www.archaeology.org/news/11257-230228-scotland-iron-age
More on evidence of monastical 'resilience' in the wake of Viking raids at Lyminge:
https://the-past.com/news/evidence-of-resilience-in-the-face-of-viking-raids-at-lyminge/
A development site in Plymouth might reveal some 2000 burials, apparently:
https://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/news/plymouth-news/developer-starts-work-plymouth-city-8203321
A Hereford museum has acquired a King Offa coin:
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-hereford-worcester-64817622
Feature on medieval baby care:
https://aeon.co/essays/medieval-babycare-from-breastfeeding-to-developmental-toys
Feature on how Vikings communicated with other people:
https://sciencenorway.no/communication-language-travel/the-vikings-traveled-a-lot-how-did-they-manage-to-talk-to-people/2159106
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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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Remains of a 6000 years bp 'defensive trench' from Henan:
https://english.news.cn/20230301/3795546d85214ca5bbf198c1c78c46cd/c.html http://en.people.cn/n3/2023/0301/c90000-10214720.html http://www.archaeology.org/news/11263-230302-china-suyang-trench
Overview of the finds from the 4000 years bp Bicun urban site:
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article272614717.html
A Jin Dynasty burial from Hebei:
http://en.people.cn/n3/2023/0228/c90000-10213907.html
Tang Dynasty pottery from the Fanjia site in Jinan:
https://www.centredaily.com/news/nation-world/world/article272640452.html
Remains of a large building foundation dating to the Liao Dynasty from Mongolia:
http://english.news.cn/20230221/22f54b7165be46ef98d8cfce8e66749c/c.html
Thirteen kilns dating to the Western Xia Dynasty from Yinchuan:
https://global.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202302/27/WS63fbf815a31057c47ebb0efd.html
A major kiln site dating to the Southern Song Dynasty was also revealed in Jiangsu:
http://www.china.org.cn/arts/2023-03/04/content_85142940.htm?f=pad&a=true
More on those 3500 years bp bone ice skates from Xinjiang:
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article272639296.html https://www.laprensalatina.com/3500-year-old-bone-ice-skates-found-in-china/ https://www.iflscience.com/animal-bone-ice-skates-dating-back-3-500-years-found-in-china-67780
More on the find of a 2400 years bp flush toilet:
https://www.dailysabah.com/life/history/worlds-oldest-flush-toilet-china-unearths-2400-year-old-lavatory
Plans for a display of assorted Sanxingdui artifacts:
https://www.shine.cn/news/metro/2303036853/
Feature on William Honeychurch's work on Mongolia's ancient nomadic cultures:
https://news.yale.edu/2023/02/21/mobile-culture-yale-archaeologist-sifts-through-mongolias-ancient-past
More on 2000 years bp musical instruments made from antlers from Viet Nam:
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/deer-antler-long-an-museum-storage-earliest-known-stringed-instruments-2261298
https://boingboing.net/2023/03/01/archaeologists-find-2000-year-old-musical-instrument.html
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/02/archaeologists-uncover-2000-year-old-stringed-instrument-in-vietnam/146259
Feature on medieval Buddhist hospitals in Sri Lanka:
https://theprint.in/opinion/buddhists-ran-sophisticated-medieval-hospitals-in-sri-lanka-heated-pool-forceps-acupuncture/1409836/
Remains of a 1300 years bp Buddhist monastery and stupa from Odisha:
https://www.thestatesman.com/india/asi-discovers-1300-yr-old-buddhist-monastery-stupa-in-odisha-1503158101.html
Feature on the archaeology of Keeladi and their trade connections:
https://m.timesofindia.com/city/chennai/caesers-coin-in-madurais-backyard-a-tale-of-two-cities/articleshow/98422846.cms
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Maori food storage pits from South Taranaki:
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/whanganui-chronicle/news/centuries-old-maori-food-storage-pits-found-in-south-taranaki-as-part-of-nukumaru-station-rd-extension-work/SBYKCSIDZZCD3NAHICGZLLYDEQ/
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NORTH AMERICA
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The 19th century wreck of the Ironton in Lake Huron has been located:
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/01/us/shipwreck-lake-huron.html https://apnews.com/article/great-lakes-shipwreck-discovery-ironton-91f6db8e3c42d37b2f8ade7b4df0a4bb
https://www.today.com/news/ship-found-century-lake-huron-confirms-tragic-story-victims-fates-rcna73057
https://theweek.com/michigan/1021417/ship-that-sank-in-1894-discovered-in-lake-huron
https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/long-lost-ship-found-in-lake-huron-confirming-17812665.php
Excavating a 19th century cemetery section prior to building construction in Columbus:
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