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explorator 26.19 August 27, 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, Simon Stoddart ,
Richard Campbell, Barbara Saylor Rodgers, Bob Heuman, David Critchley, Andrew Szegedy-Maszak,
Richard Miller, Kris Curry, Rick Heli, Richard C. Griffiths, Frank MacKay, Alexis D'Hautcourt,
Don Buck, mata kimasitayo, and Ross W. Sargent for headses upses this week
(as always hoping I have left no one out).

nb: there will be no Explorator next week due to travel to uncertain internet-availability locales; big double issue for the week that follows!

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EARLY HOMINIDS
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Working though 86 000 years of human occupation of Inakaya Cave in Canakkale:

https://arkeonews.net/inkaya-cave-excavations-in-turkiyes-western-uncovers-86000-year-old-traces-of-human-life/

Evidence Neanderthals were on Naxos some 200 000 years bp (not sure this is news):

https://greekreporter.com/2023/08/21/neanderthals-early-humans-reached-greek-island-of-naxos-200000-years-ago/

Feature on Neanderthals:

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/neanderthals-our-extinct-human-relatives

Feature on Pamela Akuku's work with early humans and animals:

https://www.snexplores.org/article/pamela-akuku-archeologist-profile ============================================================
AFRICA
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Feature on a 200 years bp Quran in Cape Town:

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-66221758

More on the 16th century plantation precursor on Sao Tome island:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-12430259/First-slavery-plantation-discovered-Africa-Ruins-nearly-500-year-old-sugar-estate-located-tiny-island-west.html
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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT ============================================================
Zahi Hawass was (apparently) dropping hints about mummified remains of Nefertiti:

https://see.news/hawass-hints-at-imminent-unveiling-of-queen-nefertitis-mummy-at-bowers-museum

Feature on Egyptian 'within family' marriages:

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/did-the-ancient-egyptians-really-marry-their-siblings-and-children

Middle Bronze Age and Iron Age burials from Isgam Dasht (Iran):

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/488135/Ancient-tombs-discovered-in-northern-Iran

Hyping an upcoming dig at the 9000 years bp site of Tepe Ozbaki:

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/488228/Eighth-excavation-season-to-throw-new-light-on-9-000-year-old

Interesting study of DNA extracted from a 2900 years bp clay brick from Nimrud:

https://phys.org/news/2023-08-ancient-dna-year-old-clay-brick.html https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/08/230822111659.htm https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-66595058 https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2023-08-24/ty-article/do-bricks-have-dna-this-one-from-ancient-mesopotamia-did/0000018a-280e-da97-a7cb-6ebe312e0000
https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/clay-brick-is-a-time-capsule-of-plants-from-over-2900-years-ago/
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/68106 https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/08/researchers-extract-ancient-dna-from-a-2900-year-old-clay-brick/148366
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11699-230823-iraq-brick-dna

cf: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-38191-w

Feature on recent finds and current work on the Mashki Gate in Mosul:

https://www.thenationalnews.com/arts-culture/2023/08/21/mosul-archaeology-project-uncovers-spectacular-assyrian-relics/
http://www.aina.org/news/20230820222019.htm

Feature on efforts to save Mosul's last synagogue:

https://www.sun-sentinel.com/2023/08/22/the-race-to-save-mosuls-last-synagogue/

An 8200 years bp water channel from the Yesilova Hoyuk excavations:

https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/8-200-year-old-water-channel-discovered-in-izmir-185763
https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/historys-one-of-oldest-water-channels-discovered-in-turkiyes-izmir/news
https://arkeonews.net/one-of-the-earliest-water-channels-in-history-dating-back-8200-years-was-discovered-in-western-turkiye/

A 2300 years bp figurine of Hekate from the ongoing excavations at Kelenderis:

https://greekreporter.com/2023/08/21/greek-goddess-hecate-figurine-ancient-kelenderis/
https://greekcitytimes.com/2023/08/20/unearthing-the-ancient-greek-city-of-kelenderis-a-glimpse-into-the-goddess-hecates-realm/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/08/archaeologists-find-hecate-figurine-at-ancient-kelenderis/148333
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11702-230824-turkey-hecate-sculpture

... and some background on Kelenderis:

https://greekcitytimes.com/2023/08/20/unearthing-the-ancient-greek-city-of-kelenderis-a-glimpse-into-the-goddess-hecates-realm/

A 2000 years bp Greek inscription from the Metropolis excavations in Izmir:

https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/ancient-inscription-honoring-roman-governor-found-in-izmir/news

Police performing practice dives off the coast of Yalova came across a 1700 years bp (maybe) shipwreck:

https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/marine-teams-discover-1-700-year-old-shipwreck-185715
https://arkeonews.net/on-the-eastern-shore-of-the-marmara-sea-off-the-coast-of-yalova-a-1700-year-old-shipwreck-was-discovered/

Latest work on Mount Zion is revealing evidence of Jerusalem's destruction by the Babylonians and the Romans:

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2023-08-21/ty-article-magazine/evidence-of-jerusalems-destruction-at-hands-of-romans-and-babylonians-found-on-mount-zion/0000018a-170b-d84b-adfe-579b67c60000

More on the corbelled vault from Tel Shimron:

https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-northern-israel-massive-3800-year-old-monument-stuns-and-stumps-archaeologists/
https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/ancient-cultures/ancient-israel/canaanite-corbelled-vault/?mqsc=E4154385&dk=ZE3380ZF0

More on the Roman military amphitheatre from near Tel Megiddo:

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/blood-red-walls-of-roman-amphitheater-unearthed-near-armageddon-in-israel

Assorted finds from the seventh season of digging at the Al Abla site in Saudi Arabia (date?):

https://www.thenationalnews.com/gulf-news/saudi-arabia/2023/08/26/saudi-archaeologists-claim-significant-discoveries-at-al-abla-site/

Hyping 285 archaeological site along Saudi Arabia's northern border:

https://www.arabnews.com/node/2361536/saudi-arabia

Concerns for (looted(Yemeni items coming to auction in Tel Aviv:

https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2023/08/21/709322/Yemen-looted-antiquities-sale-Israel
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20230822-looted-yemen-antiquities-to-go-on-auction-in-israel/
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This Week in the Ancient Near East Podcast:

https://thisweekintheancientneareast.podbean.com/

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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS) ============================================================
Archaic finds from the sanctuary of Poseidon dig at Helike:

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article278490134.html https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/excavations-ancient-greek-city-helike-cult-center-1234677507/
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/68082

Pondering that possible 1st century CE synagogue in Phanagoria:

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/synagogue-unearthed-in-russia-may-be-one-of-the-oldest-outside-israel-but-not-everyone-is-convinced

A kouros sculpture and other finds from Despotiko:

https://greekreporter.com/2023/08/21/kouros-ancient-greek-sanctuary-despotiko/ https://greekcitytimes.com/2023/08/23/naked-kouros-statue-among-new-finds-at-despotiko/
https://www.thenationalherald.com/ancient-ruins-on-greek-island-show-2480-year-old-marble-statues/
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article278493769.html https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/08/naked-kouros-statue-among-new-finds-at-despotiko/148345

Two more rams were brought up from the site of the Battle of the Aegades:

https://storiearcheostorie.com/2023/08/23/archeologia-nuovi-ritrovamenti-dal-sito-della-battaglia-delle-egadi-dal-fondale-di-levanzo-riemergono-elmi-spade-monete-e-altri-due-rostri-foto/

Remains of a 1st century BCE (maybe) Capitolium temple structure from Sarsina:

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article278543394.html https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/08/roman-capitolium-temple-discovered-in-sarsina/148371

2000 years bp remains of Roman structures probably associated with a known villa from Mazarron:

https://murciatoday.com/more_roman_ruins_discovered_on_the_mazarron_beachfront_in_el_alamillo_2222895-a.html

Using chicken bones to date the destruction of Scythopolis (not sure how new this is):

https://greekreporter.com/2023/08/26/destruction-ancient-greek-city-scythopolis/

Interesting vase inscription found during excavations on Belgium:

https://www.lesoir.be/532300/article/2023-08-21/des-archeologues-belges-font-une-decouverte-unique

Overview of the ongoing first year dig at Fort Magna:

https://www.northumberlandgazette.co.uk/news/environment/unexpected-new-discoveries-made-at-vindolanda-charitable-trust-excavation-project-at-fort-of-magna-4269641

A dinosaur bone from a Roman site in Cambridge:

https://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/cambridge-news/archaeologists-find-dinosaur-bone-amongst-27561253
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article278461654.html https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-66579601

Remains of 2000 years bp Roman walls in a Swiss gravel pit:

https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/2000-year-old-roman-walls-discovered-in-swiss-canton-zug/48752592
https://greekreporter.com/2023/08/27/ancient-roman-complex-switzerland/ https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/08/archaeologists-uncover-large-roman-complex-in-gravel-quarry/148387
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11698-230823-roman-wall-swiss-alps

X-ray analysis of some Pompeii victims' bones suggests they died of asphyxiation:

https://phys.org/news/2023-08-analyses-pompeii-victims-x-ray-fluorescence.html https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/998728 ansa.it/english/news/lifestyle/arts/2023/08/24/asphyxiation-a-likely-cause-of-death-at-pompeii-study_28da5cf5-55a4-4541-8fa3-6c9793228cb6.html
https://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-08-23/residents-of-pompeii-who-fled-the-eruption-of-vesuvius-died-of-asphyxiation.html
https://greekreporter.com/2023/08/25/x-ray-helps-solve-pompeiis-victims-mystery/
https://www.sciencealert.com/plaster-used-to-cast-pompeis-victims-may-have-contaminated-their-remains
https://www.popsci.com/science/pompeii-chemical-analysis/ https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/08/how-did-the-pompeii-victims-of-vesuvius-eruption-die-let-us-count-the-ways/
https://gizmodo.com/x-ray-analysis-of-pompeii-victims-bones-suggest-they-s-1850765502

Overview of the ongoing dig at Caistor:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-norfolk-66548545 https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-norfolk-66600069

Calls for more study of the Roman remains at Southwick:

https://www.wiltshiretimes.co.uk/news/23740624.call-investigation-roman-remains-southwick/

More on the find of two new fragments of the Fasti Ostienses:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/15/roman-fragments-emperor-hadrian-daily-events-calendar-ostia-antica-italy
https://arkeonews.net/two-new-fragments-of-the-fasti-ostienses-a-kind-of-chronicle-engraved-on-marble-slabs-have-been-found-in-the-ostia-antica-archaeological-park/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11700-230823-ostia-hadrian-calendar

More on what the recent finds from Civita Giuliana near Pompeii reveal about the lives of enslaved persons:

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/aug/20/bedroom-used-by-slaves-found-by-archaeologists-near-pompeii
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-cup/2023/08/20/rats-looting-roman-villa-vesuvius-eruption-slaves-pompeii/
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/08/20/rats-mice-fleeing-vesuvius-eruption-entombed-vases-pompeii/
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-12428295/Uncovering-history-Pompeiis-SLAVES-Archaeologists-discover-cramped-room-ancient-house-provides-rare-glimpse-lives-servants-Mount-Vesuvius-devastating-eruption.html
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/new-find-throws-light-life-slaves-romes-pompeii-2023-08-20/
https://www.reuters.com/video/watch/idsAlz?now=true https://www.dw.com/en/pompeii-discovery-sheds-light-on-life-under-slavery/a-66584871
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-755465 https://greekreporter.com/2023/08/21/pompeii-slave-bedroom/ https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/1436/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/1436/pub/1436/page/45/article/NaN
https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/archaeologists-discover-slave-quarters-in-roman-villa-near-pompeii/news
https://www.nbcnews.com/video/slaves-bedroom-discovered-in-ancient-roman-villa-near-pompeii-191233605853
https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/slaves-ancient-rome-pompeii-intl/index.html https://www.euronews.com/culture/2023/08/21/archaeologists-unearth-slave-bedroom-in-ancient-roman-villa-near-pompeii
https://www.ansa.it/english/news/lifestyle/arts/2023/08/20/slaves-lives-uncovered-at-pompeii-villa_5a063637-230b-4706-90b2-5c4cc635cd45.html
https://english.alarabiya.net/features/2023/08/20/New-find-throws-light-on-poor-living-conditions-of-slaves-in-Ancient-Rome-s-Pompeii
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/bedroom-enslaved-people-found-villa-pompeii-1234677358/
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/pompeii-servants-quarters-discovered-2352578 https://hyperallergic.com/840754/new-pompeii-discovery-sheds-light-on-slavery-in-ancient-rome/
https://arkeonews.net/new-finds-in-ancient-romes-pompeii-show-conditions-of-precarity-and-poor-hygiene-in-which-people-of-lower-status-lived-during-that-time/
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/68096 https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/08/slave-room-found-at-roman-pompeii/148327 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/enslaved-individuals-slept-in-this-bedroom-untouched-since-mount-vesuvius-eruption-180982794/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11694-230822-pompeii-slavery-bedroom

More on the 2300 years bp finds from Carthage's tophet:

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/rare-gold-coins-and-cremated-infants-were-possible-sacrificial-gifts-to-the-ancient-gods-of-carthage

More on the opening of the Largo Argentina to the public:

https://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2023/08/20/exp-ancient-roman-crime-scene-italy-tourism-ben-wedeman-pkg-082003aseg3-cnni-world.cnn

More on the Macedonian-influenced staters found in Anglesey:

https://greekherald.com.au/culture/gold-coins-depicting-the-greek-god-apollo-discovered-in-wales/

More on the find of an 1800 years bp denarius in a sandbox in Germany:

http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/68120

Review of Robin Lane Fox, *Homer and His Iliad*:

https://www.historytoday.com/archive/review/homer-and-his-iliad-robin-lane-fox-review

Review of Oliver Hekster, *Caesar Rules*:

https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/caesar-rules-olivier-hekster-book-review-michael-kulikowski/?#Echobox=1692266646

Interview with Emily Hauser about *How Women Became Poets*:

https://press.princeton.edu/ideas/emily-hauser-on-how-women-became-poets

An NEH grant for James Romm:

https://midhudsonnews.com/2023/08/26/bard-professor-james-romm-receives-50000-neh-public-scholar-grant/

Pondering a probable fake sculpture of Alexander:

https://www.dw.com/en/restituted-sculpture-of-alexander-the-great-a-forgery/a-66599759

There were several features on Pompeii this week, including an item on when the city as found:

https://www.historytoday.com/archive/months-past/pompeii-found https://www.historyextra.com/period/roman/archaeology-discovery-pompeii-herculaneum-plaster-casts-dead-when-who/

... and a general feature about the city:

https://www.historyextra.com/period/roman/last-hours-pompeii-mount-vesuvius-eruption-timeline/

... and daily life:

https://www.historyextra.com/period/roman/pompeii-streets-archaeology-daily-life-ancient-rome/

... five recent finds:

https://www.newsweek.com/fascinating-pomepii-finds-mount-vesuvius-eruption-1822197

Feature on pants in ancient Rome:

https://bigthink.com/the-past/pants-roman-history/

Feature on the Hoxne Hoard:

https://www.suffolklive.com/news/suffolk-news/how-biggest-ever-hoard-roman-8680963

Feature on Roman Caerleon:

https://britishheritage.com/history/roman-city-legion-caerleon-wales

Feature on Sophocles' attitude toward war:

https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/08/22/sophokles-against-war/

Feature on a project to collect long-forgotten archaeological info in Athens:

https://www.newyorker.com/news/annals-of-inquiry/the-hidden-archeologists-of-athens

Feature on travelling for pleasure in the ancient world:

https://engelsbergideas.com/notebook/ancients-abroad/

Questioning the claim that ancient slavery 'wasn't all that bad':

https://theconversation.com/dismantling-the-myth-that-ancient-slavery-wasnt-that-bad-205801
https://phys.org/news/2023-08-dismantling-myth-ancient-slavery-wasnt.html

Feature on the first excavations at Delos:

https://greekreporter.com/2023/08/22/excavations-greek-island-delos/

Latest Pasts Imperfect:

https://pastsimperfect.substack.com/p/pasts-imperfect-82423
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Roman Archaeology Blog:

http://romanarc.blogspot.com/

Rogueclassicism:

http://rogueclassicism.com/ ============================================================
EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland) ============================================================
Assorted 9000 years bp lithic finds from a site on the coast of Norway:

https://partner.sciencenorway.no/archaeology-ntnu-stone-age/rare-stone-age-discovery-in-norway/2239871
https://phys.org/news/2023-08-rare-stone-age-discovery-mid-norway.html

A 6500 years bp 'festival site' with plenty of red ochre fragments from a site near Carlisle:

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/body-paint-festival-river-eden-archaeology-b2398463.html
https://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/23744683.ancient-festival-site-dating-back-6-500-years-found-near-carlisle/
https://greekreporter.com/2023/08/26/archaeological-find-supports-ancient-greek-explorers-account-britons/

A 5500 years bp menhir from Sao Bras de Alportel:

https://www.portugalresident.com/5500-year-old-menhir-discovered-in-sao-bras-de-alportel/

A study of land use in Late Neolithic Estonia:

https://phys.org/news/2023-08-doctoral-thesis-west-estonian-lowlands.html

Water work near Navenby revealed a possible 4000 years bp deer sacrifice site:

https://www.anglianwater.co.uk/news/ancient-sacrificial-offering-found-in-navenby--as-workers-prepare-for-a-new-water-grid/
https://www.lincolnshireworld.com/heritage-and-retro/heritage/ancient-deer-sacrifice-found-by-water-workers-in-village-4264030
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11701-230824-england-deer-sacrifice

3000 years bp 'mummified' bees from a site in Portugal:

https://phys.org/news/2023-08-bees-pharaohs-mummified-southwest-coast.html https://arkeonews.net/hundreds-of-mummified-bees-inside-their-cocoons-from-the-time-of-the-pharaohs-found-in-portugal/

cf: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/spp2.1518

A 4th century CE Goth cemetery from Poland:

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/vast-gothic-cemetery-brimming-with-grave-goods-and-ornate-silver-jewelry-discovered-in-poland
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11706-230825-poland-goth-cemetery

Medieval burials from the outskirts of Nola:

https://arkeonews.net/medieval-hub-of-arts-crafts-center-discovered-in-nola-the-discovery-could-rewrite-the-history-of-early-medieval-nola/

A medieval Muromian burial ground in the city of Muroma:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/08/archaeologists-find-muromian-burial-ground-in-muroma/148339

Archaeologists have found remains of a medieval tower in Lublin's Old Town (Poland) which was known from drawings:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/08/archaeologists-find-remains-of-a-medieval-tower-in-lublins-old-town/148352

Possible (maybe no) Knights Templar burials at White Ladies Priory:

https://www.expressandstar.com/news/local-hubs/wolverhampton/2023/08/26/expert-asks-for-more-research-to-be-done-around-templar-graves/

A 1300 years bp warrior burial from a cemetery in Ingelheim:

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article278574959.html

A dozen 1000 years bp silver coins from a medieval fort site in Poland:

https://www.newsweek.com/archaeologists-discover-1000-year-old-silver-coins-medieval-fortress-1821999

A study of York's medieval Jewish community:

https://phys.org/news/2023-08-york-medieval-jewish-community.html

More on the 8000 years bp 'stilt village' in Albania:

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/europes-oldest-known-village-teetered-on-stilts-over-a-balkan-lake-8000-years-ago
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/is-this-the-oldest-village-in-europe-180982787/

More on the study of residues in some Maykop-era cauldrons from the Caucasus:

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/998318 https://www.sci.news/archaeology/ancient-caucasian-diet-12205.html http://www.archaeology.org/news/11695-230822-caucasus-bronze-cauldrons

More on claims of the possible location of Jomsborg:

https://www.jpost.com/omg/article-755453

Another court challenge for the Stonehenge Tunnel:

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/aug/26/revival-of-stonehenge-road-tunnel-plan-triggers-new-legal-challenge

Concerns for the future of the Gunpowder Plot House:

https://www.expressandstar.com/news/local-hubs/dudley/kingswinford/2023/08/21/fears-for-future-of-gunpowder-plot-house/

Concerns over plans to turn a historic monastery in Cyprus into a mosque:

https://europeanconservative.com/articles/news/cyprus-national-outrage-over-turkish-plans-to-turn-historic-monastery-into-mosque/

Protection for the remains of Bristol Castle:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-bristol-66584645 https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/history/remains-bristol-castle-given-new-8696688

Plans to 'rehome' the 18th century yacht, the Peggy, in Castletown:

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-isle-of-man-66501432

The Gorbals' Citizens Theatre statues have been returned to its roof:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-66569750

Feature on the Druids:

https://aeon.co/essays/what-can-archaeology-tell-us-about-the-druids-dark-arts ----------
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 ============================================================
A Neolithic 'mussel shell dragon' from a site in China's Inner Mongola Autonomous region:

http://t.m.china.org.cn/convert/c_xoU44m4g.html https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202308/1296839.shtml https://english.news.cn/20230825/a4902ad850134336989364519208a99d/c.html https://arkeonews.net/archaeologists-discovered-a-dragon-made-of-mussel-shells-in-in-inner-mongolia/
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/68132 https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/08/neolithic-shell-dragon-discovered-in-inner-mongolia/148395

A study of the agricultural economy during the Yangshao era:

https://phys.org/news/2023-08-evidence-formation-evolution-prehistoric-agricultural.html

Assorted digs are getting underway in Liaoning province:

http://www.ecns.cn/news/culture/2023-08-24/detail-ihcskrzm0992657.shtml

More on giant panda remains near the tomb of emperor Wen:

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/2200-year-old-remains-of-sacrificed-giant-panda-and-tapir-discovered-near-chinese-emperors-tomb
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11693-230821-china-sacrificial-pits

More on cranial modification practices among the Hirota people:

https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/why-did-an-ancient-japanese-society-practice-skull-modification
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/these-ancient-japanese-islanders-created-a-signature-skull-shape-by-molding-babies-heads-180982763/
https://arkeonews.net/japans-ancient-practice-of-cranial-modification-hirota-people-in-tanegashima/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11697-230822-japan-hirota-skulls

Malaysian petroglyphs dating 1600-1800 CE depict elite v indigenous conflict:

https://phys.org/news/2023-08-malaysian-art-depict-eliteindigenous-conflict.html
https://arkeonews.net/malaysian-rock-art-found-to-depict-ruling-class-and-indigenous-tribes-conflict/
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/radiocarbon-dating-of-borneo-cave-art-tells-a-hidden-history-of-centuries-old-indigenous-resistance-1234677600/

cf: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0288902

The Naga blustrade at Angkor Wat has been restored:

https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501347257/experts-restore-the-naga-balustrade-at-the-southern-ground-floor-of-angkor-wat/

4000 years bp petroglyphs from Musapet:

https://telanganatoday.com/prehistoric-rock-art-dating-back-to-4000-years-found-at-musapet
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/neolithic-rock-art-found-on-hillock-in-mahabubnagar/articleshow/102885530.cms?from=mdr
https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/hyderabad/2023/aug/21/neolithic-age-rock-art-found-in-mahbubnagar-2607189.html

More than 450 Vijayanagara gold coins near an Ankalamma temple:

https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/andhra-pradesh/2023/aug/24/over-450vijayanagara-gold-coins-unearthed-nearankalamma-temple-2608278.html

The ASI is planning a 3d laser scan of the Lingaraj Temple in Odisha:

https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/archaeological-survey-of-india-to-undertake-3d-laser-scan-of-odishas-lingaraj-temple/cid/1960875
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AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND ============================================================
Latest finds relating to the Batavia:

https://hakaimagazine.com/news/the-batavias-story-of-mutiny-and-murder-gets-a-new-chapter/

Concerns for the wreck of the South Australian:

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/aug/27/south-australias-oldest-european-shipwreck-at-risk-from-the-forces-that-uncovered-it

cf: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s41636-023-00403-5 ============================================================
NORTH AMERICA
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3000 years bp artifacts found at the excavation of an Alutiiq sod house site near Kodiak (Alaska):

https://www.thecordovatimes.com/2023/08/25/ancient-grass-mat-artifacts-found-in-kodiak/
https://alaska-native-news.com/archaeologists-recover-3000-year-old-weavings-from-ancestral-alutiiq-settlement/69558/

Searching for remains of a 17th century Dutch for in Delaware:

https://www.capegazette.com/article/archaeological-survey-looks-1631-dutch-fort/263261

A dig at Fort Fisher State Historic Site has revealed some Civil War tunnels:

https://www.starnewsonline.com/picture-gallery/entertainment/local/2023/08/24/civil-war-tunnels-uncovered-at-fort-fisher-state-historic-site/70670648007/
https://www.wwaytv3.com/archeological-dig-at-fort-fisher-uncovering-remnants-of-civil-war-ammunition-magazine/

An excavation of a well found last year at Jamestown is just getting underway:

https://www.dailypress.com/2023/08/23/digging-deeper-jamestown-archaeologists-begin-excavations-inside-well-found-last-year/

A possible 19th century shipwreck off the coast of PEI:

https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/mysterious-shipwreck-overgrown-unidentified-found-174127096.html

Drought revealed a WWI era shipwreck in the Neches River in Evadale (Texas):

https://www.texasstandard.org/stories/neches-river-shipwreck-evadale-east-texas/

A study of the effects of the buffalo slaughter on Indigenous peoples:

https://phys.org/news/2023-08-buffalo-slaughter-left-impact-indigenous.html

cf: https://academic.oup.com/restud/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/restud/rdad060/7186113

More on Oregon as earliest occupation site in North America:

https://nbcmontana.com/news/offbeat/university-of-oregon-archaeologists-say-new-evidence-suggests-oregon-may-be-north-americas-oldest-human-occupation-site-clovis-culture-prehistoric-paleoamerican-stone-bone-orange-agate-mount-st-helens-ice-age-camel
https://wpde.com/news/offbeat/university-of-oregon-archaeologists-say-new-evidence-suggests-oregon-may-be-north-americas-oldest-human-occupation-site-clovis-culture-prehistoric-paleoamerican-stone-bone-orange-agate-mount-st-helens-ice-age-camel
https://kpic.com/news/local/university-of-oregon-archeologists-say-new-evidence-suggests-oregon-may-be-north-americas-oldest-human-occupation-site

More on the burials of Confederate soldiers found in Colonial Williamsburg:

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/remains-of-4-confederate-soldiers-amputated-legs-and-gold-coins-found-at-a-civil-war-battlefield-in-virginia
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/remains-found-in-williamsburg-were-confederate-soldiers-archaeologists-say-180982772/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11704-230825-williamsburg-confederate-soldiers

Hyping the impending opening of a 200 years bp time capsule at West Point:

https://www.timesunion.com/hudsonvalley/news/article/west-point-discovers-time-capsule-18309261.php

Feature on the Anti-Rent War:

https://www.timesunion.com/hudsonvalley/article/anti-rent-war-history-18287091.php
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CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA ============================================================
A 4000 years bp (maybe) polychrome wall from northern Peru:

https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/ancient-polychrome-wall-found-northern-peru-likely-over-4000-years-old-2023-08-24/
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-756178 http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/68126

Evidence of 'ritual beheading' at a pyramidal site among the 1000 years bp remains of Moral-Reforma:

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/deformed-skulls-and-ritual-beheadings-found-at-maya-pyramid-in-mexico
https://www.newsweek.com/skulls-found-ancient-maya-site-reveal-gruesome-historical-ritual-1822581
https://mexiconewsdaily.com/culture/inah-reports-on-sacrificial-victims-at-ancient-maya-site-in-tabasco/
https://www.centredaily.com/news/nation-world/world/article278617214.html https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/08/evidence-of-ritual-beheading-identified-at-maya-pyramid/148381

Feature (I don't think this is 'new') on a Maya dish depicting a Wahyis spirit:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/08/archaeologists-uncover-maya-dish-depicting-wahyis-spirit/148358

More on that pre-Inca 'thunder floor' from Peru:

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/inca-stomped-salutes-thunder-god-dance-floor
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Mike Ruggeri's Ancient Americas Breaking News:

http://goo.gl/1VdeA

Mike Ruggeri's Ancient Americas lecture channels on Youtube:

https://mikeruggerisyoutube.tumblr.com/

Ancient MesoAmerica News:

http://ancient-mesoamerica-news-updates.blogspot.com/ ============================================================
OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST ============================================================
Feature on a Czech Neolithic boat recreation:

https://www.ekathimerini.com/culture/1218537/sailing-the-aegean-trade-routes-neolithic-style/

Feature on the Piltdown Man hoax:

https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/1438/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/1438/pub/1438/page/69/article/NaN

Feature on the Hay Poisoner:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-66439470

Feature on research into Shakespeare and race:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/books/2023/08/23/farah-karim-cooper-great-white-bard/

Feature on the Wildenstein art inheritance case:


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