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explorator 20.06 June 4, 2017
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hoping I have left no one out).

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= EARLY HOMINIDS
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= Latest thing on Otzi’s death (not really recent):

http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-40104139

More on speculation that an ape from the Balkans is connected to human
evolution:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2017/05/22/
ape-that-lived-in-europe-7-million-years-ago-could-be-human-ancestor-controv
ersial-study-suggests/

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= AFRICA
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= Connecting early human migration in Africa to groundwater springs:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-05/cu-gs052617.php
https://phys.org/news/2017-05-critical-sources-early-humans-east.html

I think we’ve previously mentioned this new technique of dating petroglyphs
in South Africa:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-06/uotw-nrr060117.php
https://phys.org/news/2017-06-technique-date-prehistoric-southern-africa.html
http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/06/2017/
dating-rock-art-in-southern-africa

More on ochre and that cave in Ethiopia:

http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/archaeology/a26674/worlds-oldest
-art-studio-found-in-a-cave/

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= ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT
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= Ten Late Period tombs from Aswan:

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/269999/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/
Ten-Late-Period-tombs-uncovered-in-Aswan.aspx
http://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/6338/10-tombs-of-old-middle-new-kingdo
ms-unearthed-in-Aswan
http://observer.com/2017/06/egyptian-tombs-mummies-discovered/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/5596-170601-aswan-rock-tombs

More on the necropolis recently found at Minya;

http://www.wpxi.com/news/egypt-discovers-new-necropolis-in-minya-first-in-ar
ea/522295815

What we’re learning from Neolithic remains from Bestansur:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/kristinakillgrove/2017/06/01/unusual-house-of-th
e-dead-tells-archaeologists-about-earliest-farmers/#2808733e639f

Oldest (2250 BCE) known Anatolian document from the Acemhöyük Mound:

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/oldest-anatolian-transcript-found-in-acemho
yuk-.aspx?pageID=238&nid=113711&NewsCatID=375

Persian-era sculpture fragments reassembled from Lebanon:

http://www.livescience.com/59294-ceramic-heads-discovered-ancient-waste-d
ump.html
http://www.archaeology.org/news/5590-170530-lebanon-head-sculptures

Studying what folks were eating in Second Temple Israel:

http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Article.aspx?id=494148
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4968529,00.html

On the winery at Jezreel:

http://thetorah.com/the-story-of-naboths-vineyard-and-the-ancient-winery-in-jez
reel/

On Jezreel in Ahab’s time:

http://thetorah.com/jezreel-a-military-city-and-the-location-of-jehus-coup/

Feature on the Gamla excavations:

http://asorblog.org/2017/05/30/gamla-excavations-final-report-rest-story/
?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheA
sorBlog+%28The+ASOR+Blog%29

An Ottoman-era well and reservoir near Beit Shemesh:

http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Sophisticated-Ottoman-era-water-well-and-re
servoir-unearthed-near-Beit-Shemesh-494210
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/230324
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4968965,00.html

In the wake of last week’s ‘Roman slingshot study’ a feature on the
‘Palestinian slingshot’ and some sling stones:

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/ancient-slingshot-stones-were-aerodynamic
-dig-reveals-.aspx?pageID=238&nid=113803&NewsCatID=375

Caesarea has major touristy ambitions:

http://www.jns.org/latest-articles/2017/5/30/archaeology-haven-of-caesarea-se
eks-to-emerge-as-main-tourism-site-in-israel

What Jason Ur is up to:

http://www.rudaw.net/mobile/english/interview/02062017

Nice feature on Gertrude Bell:

http://www.thedailybeast.com/the-woman-who-vanished

A sort of ‘current state of Palmyra’ piece:

http://www.latimes.com/world/middleeast/la-fg-syria-palmyra-ruins-2017-story.
html

Review of Veyne, *Palmyra*:

http://www.sfgate.com/books/article/Palmyra-An-Irreplaceable-Treasure-by-Pa
ul-11174001.php

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= ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS)
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= They’re investigating the sunken port around Delos:

http://greece.greekreporter.com/2017/05/30/culture-and-sports-ministry-signifi
cant-finds-from-underwater-excavation-at-delos/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/5588-170530-greece-delos-breakwater

A Roman teen burial dug up in the late 1970s is going on display:

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/may/30/roman-teen-skeleton-muse
um-london-collection-new-buildings

A Roman bath house from Chichester:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-40103605
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/may/31/luxury-bath-house-from-ro
man-chichester-unearthed-by-archaeologists
https://www.chichester.news/news/community/soaked-history-priory-park-dig-r
eveals-chichesters-roman-elite-enjoyed-private-bath-house/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/5593-170531-roman-chichester-bath

… and one from under the Carlisle Cricket Club:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cumbria-40076000
http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/Roman-discovery-set-to-boost-interest-in-
Carlisle-0d731efc-f95d-491c-a3f2-1c469db14cab-ds

A hoard of Roman coins from the Netherlands:

http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2017/06/hoard-of-roman-coins-found-a
t-former-burial-site-in-gelderland/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/5601-170602-roman-gold-coins

Nice followup to that Lavau Celtic Prince burial from a year or so ago:

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/lavau-celtic-prince-2500-year-old-royal-tomb-starts-re
veal-its-secrets-1623933
http://www.archaeology.org/news/5591-170530-celtic-lavau-prince

Another Roman roof tile with a pawprint … this time from Lincolnshire:

http://www.lincolnshirelive.co.uk/cat-leaves-purr-fect-paw-print-in-2-000-year-ol
d-tile-unearthed-in-lincoln/story-30365006-detail/story.html
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/cat-left-pawprint-2000-year-old-ro
man-roof-tile-180963556/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/5597-170601-england-lincolnshire-excavatio
n

Not sure if this Medusa mosaic find from Perge is actually recent:

http://micetimes.asia/in-turkey-archaeologists-have-unearthed-an-interesting-
artifact/

Latest finds from Plovdiv’s Great Basilica dig:

http://sofiaglobe.com/2017/05/30/archaeology-further-400-sq-m-of-mosaics-65-
graves-uncovered-at-plovdivs-great-basilica-site/

Hype for a Roman inscription from Malatya:

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/gravestone-of-ancient-roman-couple-stirs-in
terest-in-malatya-.aspx?pageID=238&nID=113772&NewsCatID=379

… and Aratos’ grave:

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/ancient-monumental-grave-under-agricultur
al-field-in-mardin.aspx?pageID=238&nid=113854&NewsCatID=375

Plenty of photos from the renovation and opening of the Domitilla catacombs:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/05/30/laser-technology-uncovers-1600-
year-old-christian-frescoes-romes/
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/30/arts/design/fresh-finds-at-romes-ancient-
catacombs.html
https://phys.org/news/2017-05-domitilla-catacombs-unveiled-years-renovation
..html
http://www.dw.com/en/roman-catacombs-unveiled-after-years-of-renovation/
g-39071995
https://www.forbes.com/sites/drsarahbond/2017/05/31/new-technology-reveal
s-a-catacomb-fresco-of-the-roman-grain-trade-and-even-renaissance-graffiti/

Feature on Roman laundries:

http://montrealgazette.com/opinion/columnists/the-right-chemistry-laundry-sec
rets-of-the-ancient-romans

Latest from Victor Nuovo on Aristotle:

http://www.addisonindependent.com/201706victor-nuovo-aristotle-city-and-go
od-life

With the release of the Wonder Woman movie, one expects some Amazon
stuff:

http://theconversation.com/the-truth-about-the-amazons-the-real-wonder-wome
n-78248
http://theconversation.com/selling-sex-wonder-woman-and-the-ancient-fantasy
-of-hot-lady-warriors-78059
http://theconversation.com/who-cares-about-batman-v-superman-wonder-wom
an-finally-steals-the-show-56963

… and with a major Scythian exhibition coming to the BM, there are some
features on them too: