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explorator 19.49-50 April 9, 2017
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John McMahon, Barnea Selavan, Joseph Lauer, Mike Ruggeri,
Barbara Saylor Rodgers, Bob Heuman, Kris Curry, David Critchley,
Rick Heli, David Emery, ‘muddy102’, Magnus Fiskejo,
Richard Campbell, Richard C. Griffiths, 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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Interesting Neanderthal-associated decorated raven bone from the Crimea:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-03/p-adr032317.php
https://phys.org/news/2017-03-raven-bone-crimea-insight-neanderthal.html
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2126292-neanderthal-artist-revealed-in-a-finely-carved-raven-bone/#038;%23038;%23038;campaign_id=RSS%7CNSNS-
https://www.sciencenews.org/blog/science-ticker/neandertals-had-eye-patterns?tgt=nr
http://www.archaeology.org/news/5413-170329-neanderthal-raven-bone
http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/03/2017/decorated-raven-bone-may-provide-insight-into-neanderthal-cognition

Latest theory on how Otzi died:

http://news.nationalpost.com/news/world/who-killed-otzi-italys-ancient-iceman-and-oldest-mummy-researchers-think-it-was-personal
http://www.theage.com.au/world/clues-in-a-very-cold-case-shed-light-on-how-otzi-the-iceman-died-20170328-gv8842.html
http://www.smh.com.au/world/clues-in-a-very-cold-case-shed-light-on-how-otzi-the-iceman-died-20170328-gv8842

Not sure where to put this one … on the effects of adopting the bow for
hunting:

http://www.npr.org/sections/13.7/2017/04/06/522562042/adoption-of-bow-use-in-ancient-hunting-may-have-set-off-societal-changes
http://nhpr.org/post/adoption-bow-use-ancient-hunting-may-have-set-societal-changes

What Claudine Gravel-Miguel is up to:

https://asunow.asu.edu/20170407-discoveries-love-and-death-paleolithic-asu-archaeology-student

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AFRICA
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More on those Neolithic petroglyphs near Aswan:

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/03/170322094906.htm

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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT
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A 3800 years bp tomb of an Egyptian nobleman (and others) found near
Aswan:

http://www.livescience.com/58424-mummy-ancient-egyptian-nobleman-found.html
http://www.archaeology.org/news/5404-170327-egypt-shemai-coffin

… not sure if this is part of the above-mentioned discovery:

https://www.dailysabah.com/history/2017/03/29/3800-year-old-untouched-tomb-of-ancient-egyptian-woman-found

A 3700 years bp pyramid was found:

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/262156/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/Remains-of-th-Dynasty-pyramid-discovered-in-Dahshu.aspx
https://egyptianstreets.com/2017/04/03/egypt-discovers-remains-of-13th-dynasty-pyramid-in-dahshur-necropolis/
https://phys.org/news/2017-04-pyramid-egypt.html
https://www.seeker.com/culture/archaeologists-discover-remains-of-3700-year-old-egyptian-pyramid
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-39484988
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/egyptian-pyramid-3700-years-archaeologists-king-sneferu-mahmoud-afifi-excavation-a7666321.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/kidspost/new-pyramid-discovered-in-egypt/2017/04/03/2d2088b0-10d5-11e7-9b0d-d27c98455440_story.html
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/new-pyramid-discovered-egypt-excavation-dashur-royal-necropolis/
http://www.natureworldnews.com/articles/37126/20170407/look-archaeologists-discover-remains-of-3-700-year-old-pyramid-in-egypt.htm
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/new-pyramid-discovered-egypt-180962813/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/5421-170403-egypt-dahshur-pyramid
http://cultura.elpais.com/cultura/2017/04/03/actualidad/1491244140_289594.html

… and later identified as belonging to Ameny Qemau:

http://www.livescience.com/58531-second-pyramid-pharaoh-ameny-qemau-discovered.html
http://www.archaeology.org/news/5429-170405-egypt-dahshur-pyramid

Egypt has set up an on site lab to restore Khufu’s second solar boat:

https://phys.org/news/2017-03-lab-egypt-pyramids-pharaonic-boat.html
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-03/30/c_136168880.htm

… and they excavated a ‘plank’::

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-egypt-archaeology-idUSKBN1702KE?feedType=RSS&feedName=lifestyleMolt
http://www.news.com.au/world/breaking-news/egypt-unearths-part-of-ancient-boat/news-story/f9c997e67889b114fa9aaa6c7de66836
http://www.smh.com.au/world/plank-from-ancient-boat-made-for-cheops-found-near-great-pyramid-at-giza-20170329-gv9jjr.html
http://www.stuff.co.nz/world/africa/91032172/Plank-from-boat-made-for-Cheops-found-near-Great-Pyramid-at-Giza
https://www.yahoo.com/news/egypt-unearths-part-ancient-king-khufus-boat-172026136.html

The 4th century imperial bathing complex at Alexandria was inaugurated:

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/41/262047/Heritage/GrecoRoman/th-century-imperial-bath-complex-inaugurated-in-Eg.aspx
https://egyptianstreets.com/2017/04/02/4th-century-imperial-bathing-complex-exhibited-in-alexandria/
http://www.egyptindependent.com/news/photos-4th-century-imperial-bathing-complex-inaugurated-alexandria

I think we mentioned this find of a possible statue of Tiye:

http://www.livescience.com/58401-statue-of-king-tut-grandmother-possibly-discovered.html

Suggestion that Egypt should get into the sale of antiquities business:

http://www.thenational.ae/business/economy/patrick-werr-selling-precious-artefacts-could-top-up-egypts-coffers

Reflecting on that colossal statue find a few weeks ago:

http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2017/03/egypt-discovery-pharaonic-statute-archaeology-microscope.html

What Zahi Hawass is up to:

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/262533/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/Famed-Egyptologist-Zahi-Hawass-appointed-IFPSD-Cul.aspx

Plans to develop four archaeological palaces:

http://www.egyptindependent.com/news/antiquities-ministry-develop-4-archaeological-palaces

What skeletal evidence tells us about warfare in Mesopotamia:

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/ancient-craniums-tell-new-story-violence-bloody-warfare-mesopotamia-1615241

Anatolia’s oldest (so far) olive press comes from Antalya:

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/anatolias-oldest-known-olive-oil-press-found-in-antalya.aspx?pageID=238&nid=111466&NewsCatID=375
http://www.dailysabah.com/history/2017/04/02/anatolias-oldest-olive-oil-press-found-in-southern-turkeys-antalya

Looking at the evidence for Humayama:

http://www.sdjewishworld.com/2017/04/07/canadian-scholar-examines-nabataean-colony-of-humayma/

They’re still not sure about those settlement remains found in Iran’s
Kerman province a few weeks ago:

https://financialtribune.com/articles/people-travel/61928/uncertainty-over-antiquity-of-newly-uncovered-town
http://www.tehrantimes.com/news/412450/Archaeologists-dispatched-to-newly-unearthed-site-in-southeast

Plundering concerns for sites in Jiroft:

http://www.tehrantimes.com/news/102136/Official-Says-Ancient-Relics-Plundered-in-Jiroft

An Assyrian tomb with remains of ten people found in Iraq:

http://www.livescience.com/58433-ancient-assyrian-tomb-discovered-in-iraq.html
https://www.yahoo.com/news/ancient-assyrian-tomb-10-skeletons-114900432.html

Latest ‘clue’ (apparently) for the location of King Solomon’s mines:

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/03/king-solomon-mines-bible-timna-dung/

Students are helping to dig at Ramat Beit Shemesh:

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/227331
http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Jerusalem-students-uncover-nearly-2000-year-old-relics-from-Bar-Kokhba-revolt-485324
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4941276,00.html
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/news/ancient-egyptian-tomb-3800-year-old-mummy-qubbet-el-hawa-aswan-egypt-spanish-archaeological-mission-a7656676.html
http://www.sciencetimes.com/articles/11209/20170328/archaeologists-unearthed-3-800-year-old-tomb-of-an-ancient-egyptian-woman-in-intact-position.htm
http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/600601/Egypt-Mummy-Tomb-Ancient-Pyramids-Nile-Aswan-Aswan-Pharaohs-Sarenput-II-Shemai-Dynasty

There were funding concerns for the Temple Mount sifting project:

http://www.jewishpress.com/news/israel/innovative-temple-mount-sifting-project-facing-termination-over-funding/2017/04/03/
http://www.timesofisrael.com/sifting-for-temple-mount-artifacts-halts-as-city-of-david-funding-dries-up/
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/227703
http://forward.com/fast-forward/368027/temple-mount-archeological-project-stalls-after-right-wing-group-cuts-fundi/
https://templemount.wordpress.com/2017/04/02/is-this-the-end-of-the-sifting-project/

… and a crowdfunding effort was raised:

http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Politics-And-Diplomacy/Temple-Mount-Sifting-Project-launches-crowdfunding-campaign-after-losing-funding-486045