On Sunday, June 25, 2023 at 11:43:24 AM UTC-5, david meadows wrote:
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> explorator 26.10 June 25, 2023
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> You can read explorator online at:
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> https://exploratornews.wordpress.com/
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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, Christopher Kimberley,
> 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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> 57 000 years bp (or earlier) 'engravings' from the La Roche-Cotard cave are being attributed to Neanderthals:
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> https://phys.org/news/2023-06-neanderthal-cave-engravings-oldest-years.html
> https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/jun/21/engravings-french-cave-oldest-known-neanderthals-scientists
> https://www.france24.com/en/culture/20230622-oldest-known-neanderthal-engravings-found-in-france-s-loire-valley
> https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/23/europe/neanderthals-french-cave-markings-scn/index.html
> https://news.yahoo.com/ancient-finger-painting-57-000-213337256.html
> https://www.vice.com/en/article/y3w3mm/archaeologists-discover-worlds-oldest-neanderthal-cave-engravings
> https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/these-prehistoric-paintings-are-57-000-years-old-but-who-painted-them
> https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/57000-year-old-neanderthal-markings-identified-in-sealed-french-cave-1234672251/
> https://www.sciencealert.com/scratches-on-a-cave-wall-in-france-likely-to-be-earliest-example-of-neanderthal-art
> https://www.iflscience.com/worlds-oldest-cave-engravings-found-but-homo-sapiens-were-not-the-artist-69472
> https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/oldest-known-neanderthal-engravings-found-sealed-off-in-cave-for-57000-years/
> https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/06/could-these-marks-on-a-cave-wall-be-oldest-known-neanderthal-finger-paintings/
> https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/06/researchers-find-oldest-known-neanderthal-engravings/147759" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/06/researchers-find-oldest-known-neanderthal-engravings/147759
> https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/06/23/oldest-known-neanderthal-engravings-unearthed-in-french-cave/
> https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/oldest-known-neanderthal-engravings-discovered-in-french-cave-180982408/
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> cf: https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/06/archaeologists-have-uncovered-a-4000-year-old-solar-sanctuary-in-the-netherlands/147744
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> Evidence of Neanderthal cannibalism from the Coves del Toll de Mola cave (Spain):
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> https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/06/evidence-of-neanderthal-cannibalism-found-in-spanish-cave/147832
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> Evidence of bone tools at the Chez-Pinaud-Jonzac Neanderthal site:
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> https://phys.org/news/2023-06-unseen-industry-neanderthals-bone-tools.html
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> More on the muscle reconstruction of Lucy and its implications:
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> https://www.sciencealert.com/lucy-reconstructed-secrets-of-ancient-human-ancestor-revealed
> https://archaeonewsnet.com/2023/06/first-hominin-muscle-reconstruction-shows-3-2-million-year-old-lucy-could-stand-as-erect-as-we-can.html
> https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/06/19/lucy-could-stand-as-erect-as-we-can/
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> More on 86 000 years bp evidence of homo sapiens from the Tam Pa Ling cave on Laos:
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> https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/06/230621164756.htm
> https://scienceblog.com/538377/ancient-human-remains-in-laos-cave-hint-at-early-migrations/
> https://archaeonewsnet.com/2023/06/researchers-get-rare-glimpse-of-our-first-ancestors-in-southeast-asia.html
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> More on the 42 000 years bp 'phallic pendant' from Mongolia:
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> https://phys.org/news/2023-06-ancient-pendant-mongolia-oldest-penis.html
> https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/42000-year-old-anatomically-accurate-penis-pendant-is-the-worlds-earliest-known-depiction-of-human-genitalia
> https://www.sciencealert.com/this-ancient-blob-may-be-the-oldest-phallic-depiction-ever-found
> https://news.artnet.com/art-world/pendant-mongolia-earliest-phallic-art-2324393
> https://arkeonews.net/a-42000-year-old-pendant-found-in-northern-mongolia-may-be-the-earliest-known-phallic-art/
> http://www.archaeology.org/news/11547-230621-mongolia-pendant-paleolithic" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.archaeology.org/news/11547-230621-mongolia-pendant-paleolithic
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> More on 'Viking disease' being passed on in Neanderthal genes:
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> https://archaeonewsnet.com/2023/06/the-viking-disease-can-be-due-to-gene-variants-inherited-from-neanderthals.html
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> More on multiple origins from closely related populations for homo sapiens:
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> https://archaeonewsnet.com/2023/06/new-model-for-human-evolution-suggests-homo-sapiens-arose-from-multiple-closely-related-populations.html
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> AFRICA
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> Pondering depictions of one-horned creatures in art across southern Africa:
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> https://phys.org/news/2023-06-unicorns-southern-africa-fascinating-story.html
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> ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT
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> The pyramid of Queen Titi Sheri in Abydos has been restored:
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> https://english.ahram.org.eg/News/503571.aspx
> https://english.news.cn/20230622/a052bc08048940df903c567b22304b39/c.html
> https://www.egyptindependent.com/queen-titi-sheri-pyramid-in-abydos-restored-alongside-discovery-of-king-ahmose-era-cemetery/
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> More on evidence of hydraulic engineering along the Nile in Egypt and Sudan:
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> https://www.sciencealert.com/ancient-structure-along-river-nile-is-oldest-hydraulics-system-of-its-kind
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> Remains of a settlement that was 'prosperous' during the Sassanid era from western Iran:
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> https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/485912/New-traces-of-ancient-city-revealed-in-western-Iran
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> A dig at the Gabri site yas revealed Achaemenid, Parthian, and Sassanid-era pottery:
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> https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/485958/Archaeologists-unearth-potteries-dating-from-Achaemenid-Parthian
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> Feature on Ennigaldi-Nanna and the first museum:
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> https://mymodernmet.com/ennigaldi-nanna-founded-the-first-museum-in-the-world/
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> Feature on the book of Esther as a source for Achaemenian history:
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> https://www.asor.org/anetoday/2023/06/esther-achaemenian-history
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> Review of Matt Waters, *King of the World: The Life of Cyrus the Great*:
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> https://www.nationalreview.com/magazine/2023/07/10/the-cyrus-the-great-we-thought-we-knew/
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> More on locating sites in Iraq using AI:
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> https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/archaeology-today/telling-a-tell-with-artificial-intelligence/?mqsc=E4152929&dk=ZE3260ZF0
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> More on translating cuneiform using AI:
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> https://www.iflscience.com/google-translate-for-cuneiform-archaeologists-have-used-ai-to-find-a-way-69495
> https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/06/archaeologists-use-artificial-intelligence-ai-to-translate-5000-year-old-cuneiform-tablets/147816
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> A 1600 years bp mosaic with Trojan War scenes is being excavated at al-Rastan City (Syria):
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> https://english.news.cn/20230623/4168a71a12ff4a8984908ea7309d0ffd/c.html
> http://www.china.org.cn/world/Off_the_Wire/2023-06/23/content_88938467.htm
> https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Syrian-Archaeologists-Unveil-1600-Year-Old-Greek-Mosaic-20230623-0006.html
> https://it.euronews.com/cultura/2023/06/23/siria-scoperto-un-nuovo-mosaico-romano-vicino-a-homs
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> A monument to Ishtar from Nimrud (I think this is a few months old, newswise):
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> https://www.iflscience.com/relics-of-historys-first-known-goddess-emerge-in-assyrian-city-razed-by-isis-69503
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> Feature on the art of Dura Europos:
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> https://the-past.com/feature/the-gods-of-dura-europos/
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> Finds from several eras but mostly focusing on the find of a Cimmerian settlement site in Anatolia:
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> https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/japanese-archaeologist-reveal-1st-settlement-of-cimmerians-in-anatolia/news
> https://arkeonews.net/archaeologists-reveal-first-settlement-of-cimmerians-in-anatolia/
>
> An overview of the state of underwater archaeology in Turkiye:
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> https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkiyes-underwater-archaeological-map-prepared-184081
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> 4th century BCE pebble mosaics from a 'wealthy' building complex in Sinop:
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> https://arkeonews.net/mosaics-found-in-turkeys-sinop-belong-to-dining-room-of-a-wealthy-family/
> http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/67602
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> 2300 years bp burials within the city wall of Iznik:
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> https://www.dailysabah.com/turkiye/secrets-revealed-burials-found-within-city-walls-in-turkiyes-iznik/news
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> Feature on Jordan's Roman-era water tunnel of Umm Qais:
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> https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/jordans-roman-era-waterway-water-tunnel-of-umm-qais/2928577
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> Study suggests a Tel Shikmona factora was manufacturing purple dye in the First Temple era:
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> https://www.timesofisrael.com/purple-from-holy-temple-objects-traced-to-snail-guts-at-3000-year-old-haifa-factory/
> https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2023-06-21/ty-article/archaeologists-discover-secret-to-the-prosperity-of-the-biblical-kingdom-of-israel/00000188-dda6-df52-a79d-dda704dc0000
> https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-746977
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> Latest attempt at identifying the 'real Bethsaida':
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> https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2023-06-22/ty-article-magazine/how-a-mix-up-in-antiquity-involving-jesus-could-help-identify-the-real-bethsaida/00000188-de03-df52-a79d-de238bae0000
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> More on 12 000 years bp bone 'flutes' from a Natufian site in Israel:
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> https://storiearcheostorie.com/2023/06/20/archaeonews-tiny-flutes-from-12000-years-ago-found-in-israel-may-imitate-calls-of-predatory-birds/
> https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/06/22/the-first-prehistoric-wind-instruments-discovered-in-the-levant/
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> Feature on the Amorites:
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> https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/people-cultures-in-the-bible/who-were-the-amorites/
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> More on the suggestion that Bronze Age Jerusalem was centred on Temple Mount:
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> https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/ancient-cultures/ancient-israel/ancient-jerusalem-not-where-we-thought/
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> Pondering when humans first started to 'settle down' (in the ANE):
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> https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/when-did-humans-start-settling-down-180982328/
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> Feature on Lawrence of Arabia:
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> https://www.thecollector.com/who-was-lawrence-of-arabia/
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> This Week in the Ancient Near East Podcast:
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> https://thisweekintheancientneareast.podbean.com/
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> ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS)
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> Plenty of 15th/14th century grave goods from the Hala Sultan Tekke site (Cyprus):
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> https://cyprus-mail.com/2023/06/23/rich-trove-of-burial-items-uncovered-during-excavations-near-tekke/
> https://greekcitytimes.com/2023/06/24/excavations-at-dromolaxia-vyzakia-site-unearth-rich-burial-gifts/
> https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/06/23/excavations-at-dromolaxia-vyzakia-hala-sultan-tekke/
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> Etruscan pottery and pieces of iron chalics from the Etruscan necropolis of Crocifisso del Tufo in Orvieto (Italian):
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> https://www.stilearte.it/scavo-archeologico-calici-di-ferro-e-buccheri-etruschi-scoperti-nella-necropoli-del-crocifisso-del-tufo-di-orvieto/
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> A 4th century BCE painted tomb burial from Pontecagnano (all coverage is Italian so far):
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> https://salerno.occhionotizie.it/pontecagnano-tomba-guerriero/
> https://www.italia2tv.it/2023/06/23/archeologia-scoperta-una-tomba-a-camera-dipinta-nella-necropoli-di-potecagnano/
> https://www.stilearte.it/tomba-affrescata-di-un-guerriero-del-iv-secolo-a-c-trovata-ora-in-campania-il-defunto-indossava-una-coroncina-doro/
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> Early report of a 3rd century BCE shipwreck full of amphorae off the coast of Hvar:
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> https://total-croatia-news.com/lifestyle/3rd-century-ship/
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> Roman era pottery found in an agricultural trench during roadwork in Malta:
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> https://lovinmalta.com/news/local/roman-pottery-trenching-works-along-salini-road-as-phase-one-completed/
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> A tease of a 'relief' depicting an agathodemon being revealed at Pompeii (Italian):
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> https://www.stilearte.it/trovato-a-pompei-altorilievo-di-un-serpente-agatademone-indica-la-presenza-di-un-larario-che-sara-portato-alla-luce/
>
> A 1900 years bp silver phalera from Vindolanda:
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> https://arkeonews.net/volunteer-archaeologists-discovered-a-1900-year-old-silver-military-decoration-in-vindolanda/
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> A quotation from Virgil identified on an 1800 years bp olive oil amphora from Spain:
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> https://phys.org/news/2023-06-archaeological-poem-virgil-remnants-roman.html
> https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/993263
> https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/jun/21/virgil-quote-found-on-fragment-of-roman-jar-unearthed-in-spain
> https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jun/24/ancient-roman-pot-virgil-poetry
> https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article276615686.html
> https://arkeonews.net/found-in-spain-a-poem-by-virgil-engraved-in-a-roman-amphora/
> https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/virgil-quote-roman-jar-180982426/
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> cf: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-roman-archaeology/article/abs/las-georgicas-de-virgilio-in-figlinis-a-proposito-de-un-grafito-ante-cocturam-sobre-un-anfora-olearia-betica/742CDE20EED6987767C896C2A1F01739
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> The site where Julius Caesar was assassinated (and the Largo Argentina cat sanctuary) opened to the public:
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> https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/20/world/europe/rome-julius-caesar-assassination.html
> https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/20/julius-caesar-murder-site-rome-open-tourists
> https://www.theguardian.com/education/2023/jun/19/square-where-julius-caesar-was-killed-will-open-to-public-in-rome
> https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/julius-caesar-assassination-arena-rome-b2360610.html
> https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-12211797/Ancient-Rome-temples-complex-ruins-building-Caesar-stabbed-opens-tourists.html
> https://apnews.com/article/rome-ancient-temples-julius-caesar-726e7c504f4a173dbe6ba322fbfabc18
> https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/rome-square-julius-caesar-was-killed-tourists-pompey-rcna90320
> https://www.forbes.com/sites/suzannerowankelleher/2023/06/20/rome-site-of-caesars-assassination/
> https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/06/19/rome-ancient-temples-julius-caesar/6a457b54-0ed2-11ee-8d22-5f65b2e2f6ad_story.html
> https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/ancient-rome-temples-complex-ruins-building-caesar-stabbed-100204118
> https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-06-20/ancient-roman-temple-complex-with-ruins-of-building-where-caesar/102498830
> https://www.thedailybeast.com/rome-opens-site-of-julius-caesars-assassination-as-a-tourist-attraction
> https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-746850
> https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/et-tu-brute-square-where-caesar-was-stabbed-to-welcome-visitors/news
> https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/ancient-roman-temple-complex-opens-to-tourists-184096
> https://in-cyprus.philenews.com/news/international/rome-to-open-ancient-square-where-julius-caesar-was-killed/
> https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-rome-to-open-ancient-square-where-julius-caesar-was-killed-2/
> https://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/destinations/europe/italy/300909450/rome-opens-up-ancient-temples-complex-including-ruins-of-building-where-julius-caesar-was-stabbed
> https://www.artdependence.com/articles/roman-ruins-where-caesar-was-stabbed-opens-to-tourists/
> https://news.artnet.com/art-world/area-sacra-rome-caesar-assassination-2324333
> https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/julius-caesar-stabbing-site-rome-opens-public-1234672130/
> https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/julius-caesar-murder-rome-180982409/
>
> More on the Roman mausoleum site revealed in London:
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> https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/romans/completely-unique-roman-mausoleum-discovered-in-rubble-of-london-building-site
> https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-747165
> https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/roman-mausoleum-found-london-180982395/
>
> More on coins linked to the Legio X Fretensis being found in Georgia:
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> https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/romans/1st-century-coins-from-jewish-revolt-against-the-romans-discovered-near-the-black-sea
>
> Hyping the dig just getting underway at Birdoswald fort:
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> https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/65944108
>
> The DNA sequence of a pair of victims from Pompeii has been worked out (this seems to be an old story):
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> https://greekreporter.com/2023/06/20/dna-pompeii-victim-sequenced/
>
> The dig at Carlisle (where the big heads were found) has been extended until July:
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> https://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/23594802.incredible-carlisle-archaeological-dig-extended-july/
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> ... related:
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> https://www.kpcnews.com/columnists/article_87b9132d-fa50-5b4b-a4f1-0da42a5b82b1.html
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> Hyping the new Metro station to be built under Rome's Forum:
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> https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/italy-rome-metro-new-700m-station-ancient-forum-nglxgzmwh
>
> An interview with Paul Cartledge about Cleopatra:
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> https://www.thecollector.com/interview-queen-cleopatra-with-prof-paul-cartledge-oxford/
>
> Review of Jane Draycott, *Cleopatra's Daughter*:
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> https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/23/books/review/cleopatras-daughter-jane-draycott.html
>
> Review of Adam Nicolson, *How to Be: Life Lessons from the Early Greeks*:
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> https://www.spectator.com.au/2023/06/from-anaximander-to-zeno/
>
> Feature on a small bronze hand found at Vindolanda a few years ago:
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> https://www.thecollector.com/interview-queen-cleopatra-with-prof-paul-cartledge-oxford/
>
> Feature on how ancient Athens was 'more genuinely democratic' than modern systems:
>
> https://theconversation.com/how-the-ancient-greeks-kept-ruthless-narcissists-from-capturing-their-democracy-and-what-modern-politics-could-learn-from-them-208042
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> Feature on gladiators:
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> https://eaglesanddragonspublishing.com/gladiators-of-ancient-rome/
>
> Feature on the Epiacum Roman Fort:
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> https://www.lancs.live/news/cumbria-news/cumbrias-ancient-fort-thats-best-27183028
>
> Feature on the 'rules' of the Trojan War:
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> https://www.ancientworldmagazine.com/articles/rules-trojan-war-heralds-nightfall/
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> Feature on toga parties through the ages:
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> https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/history-of-toga-parties-times-luxury-zc62dnh5d
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> Feature on the Antikythera Mechanism:
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> https://news.artnet.com/art-world/indiana-jones-antikythera-mechanism-2311525
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> Feature on ancient Greek marriage and wedding ceremonies:
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> https://www.thecollector.com/ancient-greek-weddings-facts/
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> Feature on the circus which was once on the site of the Vatican:
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> https://aleteia.org/2023/06/22/did-you-know-the-vatican-was-once-a-chariot-race-arena/
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> Feature on Dionysus:
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> https://greekreporter.com/2023/06/19/dionysus-modern-olympic-god/
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> Feature on Nike:
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> https://greekreporter.com/2023/06/19/nike-greek-goddess-sports-brand/
>
> Feature on ancient Greek 'melee weapons':
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> https://greekreporter.com/2023/06/20/deadliest-melee-weapons-on-the-ancient-greek-battlefield/
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> Feature on the Greek Dark Ages:
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> https://greekreporter.com/2023/06/19/ancient-greek-dark-ages/
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> Feature on the Eleusinian mysteries:
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> https://the-past.com/feature/eleusinian-mysteries/
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> Feature on Theano of Crotone:
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> https://greekreporter.com/2023/06/18/theano-philosopher-wife-pythagoras/
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> Feature on the wars between Greece and Persia:
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> https://greekreporter.com/2023/06/18/ancient-greeks-persians-history/
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> Feature on Keats' 'Chapman's Homer' poem:
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> https://www.nysun.com/article/poem-of-the-day-on-first-looking-into-chapmans-homer
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> Another feature on headless Roman statues:
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> https://greekreporter.com/2023/06/21/ancient-roman-statues-headless/
>
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> http://rogueclassicism.com/
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> EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland)
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> 7000 years bp fish traps from Lake Tesse (Norway):
>
> https://sciencenorway.no/archaeology-stone-age/7000-year-old-fish-traps-excavated-in-norwegian-mountain-lake-a-race-against-time-as-the-water-is-coming-in/2213166
> https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article276648131.html
> https://www.archaeology.org/news/11546-230620-norway-mountains-fishing
>
> A 4000 years bp 'Stonehenge-like' sanctuary from the Netherlands:
>
> https://phys.org/news/2023-06-dutch-unveil-year-old-stonehenge-like-discovery.html
> https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/4500-year-old-stonehenge-sanctuary-discovered-in-the-netherlands
> https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/21/archaeologists-unearth-stonehenge-netherlands
> https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/stonehenge-netherlands-dutch-religious-site-b2362026.html
> https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/06/23/archaeologists-discover-4000-year-old-sanctuary-with-solar-calendar-in-tiel/
> https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/stonehenge-like-4000-year-old-sanctuary-discovered-netherlands-2023-06-21/
> https://www.dailysabah.com/life/history/archaeologists-find-4000-year-old-shrine-in-netherlands
> https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/dutch-unveil-4-000-year-old-stonehenge-like-discovery-184160
> https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-747101
> https://www.ynetnews.com/travel/article/rjvl9ozu2
> https://www.dw.com/en/dutch-archaeologists-find-4000-year-old-shrine/a-65996139
> https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-06-22/stonehenge-like-sanctuary-discovered-in-the-netherlands/102511728
> https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3224939/4000-year-old-dutch-stonehenge-site-unveiled-netherlands
> https://www.sciencealert.com/4000-year-old-stonehenge-monument-first-of-its-kind-in-the-netherlands
> https://news.artnet.com/art-world/stonehenge-of-the-netherlands-2326240
> https://arkeonews.net/archaeologists-find-4000-year-old-sanctuary-in-netherlands/
> https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/06/archaeologists-have-uncovered-a-4000-year-old-solar-sanctuary-in-the-netherlands/147744
> https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/06/23/archaeologists-discover-4000-year-old-sanctuary-with-solar-calendar-in-tiel/
> https://www.archaeology.org/news/11553-230623-netherlands-solar-calendar
>
> 4000 years bp burials of victims of two different varieties of plague from Austria:
>
> https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/06/austrias-oldest-bronze-age-plague-victims-identified/147810
>
> A metal detectorist in Poland came across a Bronze Age jewellery hoard:
>
> https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/nation-world/world/article276578541.html
> http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/67548
>
> A metal detectorist in Norfolk found a Viking-era bronze die of some sort:
>
> https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-norfolk-65987904
>
> Excavations at a 12th/13th century settlement site in Russia have revealed a seal depicting St George (inter alia):
>
> https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/06/seal-depicting-st-george-among-finds-found-near-suzdal/147824
>
> A medieval sword found in Amiens last year has gone on display:
>
> https://www.newsweek.com/ancient-sword-medieval-found-great-condition-1808116
>
> Latest interesting flea market find is a medieval hand cannon (!):
>
> http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/67580
>
> A medieval gaming piece with runic inscriptions from rescue excavations in Trondheim (Norway):
>
> https://sciencenorway.no/archaeology-history-medieval-history/medieval-gaming-piece-with-runic-inscription-discovered-in-norway/2215701
> https://www.lifeinnorway.net/gaming-piece-with-runes-found-in-trondheim/
> http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/67558
> https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/06/archaeologists-find-gaming-piece-with-runic-inscriptions/147685
>
> A study of the wealth made via slavery by past rulers in the Netherlands:
>
> https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/19/dutch-study-reveals-extent-of-wealth-made-via-slavery-from-three-past-rulers-king-willem-alexander
>
> Finds from various periods from a dig near Rimavska Sobota (Slovakia):
>
> https://spectator.sme.sk/c/23183311/special-find-unearthed-during-archaeological-research-near-rimavska-sobota.html
>
> Finds from various periods from a development site dig in Truro:
>
> https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cornwall-65950602
>
> More on 4000 years bp evidence of yersina pestis in Britain:
>
> https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jun/19/ancient-britons-stonehenge-killers-plague-britain-migration
>
> More on viking runes found during kitchen renovations in Denmark:
>
> https://news.artnet.com/art-world/denmark-ancient-stone-viking-runes-2320332
>
> More on Bronze Age burials near Stonehenge:
>
> https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/vast-cemetery-of-bronze-age-burial-mounds-unearthed-near-stonehenge
> https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/bronze-age-cemetery-stonehenge-180982397/
> http://www.archaeology.org/news/11545-230620-england-burial-mounds
>
> More on that (suspiciously) well-preserved 3000 years bp sword from a German burial:
>
> https://phys.org/news/2023-06-german-archaeologists-bronze-age-sword.html
> https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/octagonal-sword-from-bronze-age-burial-in-germany-is-so-well-preserved-it-shines
> https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/65944195
> https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/archaeologists-unearth-3000-year-old-sword-in-germany/news
> https://mymodernmet.com/ancient-sword-germany/
> https://www.zmescience.com/science/archaeologists-find-perfectly-preserved-ancient-octagonal-old-sword-its-almost-shining/
> https://arkeonews.net/archaeologists-find-a-3000-year-old-bronze-sword-in-germany/
> https://archaeonewsnet.com/2023/06/german-archaeologists-find-bronze-age-sword-so-well-preserved-it-almost-shines.html
> https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/bronze-age-sword-germany-180982399/
> http://www.archaeology.org/news/11544-230620-germany-bronze-sword
>
> More on the petroglyphs recently found in Norway:
>
> https://www.star-telegram.com/news/nation-world/world/article276573466.html
> https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/06/hiker-finds-bronze-age-pictographs-in-norway/147707
>
> More on plans to raise the 3000 years bp Zambratija shipwreck (sewn boat) off the coast of Croatia:
>
> https://www.iflscience.com/divers-want-to-recover-this-3000-year-old-shipwreck-from-croatias-seafloor-69458
>
> More on violence in early farming societies of Neolithic Europe:
>
> https://phys.org/news/2023-06-warfare-responsible-boom-bust-neolithic-societies.html
>
> More on the depiction of a Viking ship found on Iceland:
>
> https://www.sacbee.com/news/nation-world/world/article276576981.html
> https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/06/depiction-of-viking-ship-found-in-iceland/147694
>
> Official pondering of the future of the Scatness site:
>
> https://www.shetnews.co.uk/2023/06/23/trust-keen-to-hear-islanders-views-on-the-future-of-scatness-iron-age-site/
>
> Concerns for London's Liverpool Street Station:
>
> https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-65950261
>
> Concerns/feature on St Peter-on-the-Wall church:
>
> https://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/2023/06/24/sacred-mysteries-a-saxon-church-on-a-roman-wall-by-the-sea/
>
> Conservation of some Turkish-held churches on Cyprus have been completed:
>
> https://in-cyprus.philenews.com/news/local/conservation-of-turkish-held-panagia-chryseleousa-agios-antonios-churches-completed/
>
> A dig near Caerau Hillfort in Cardiff has resumed:
>
> https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1vzz6ynwr4o
>
> ... related:
>
> https://nation.cymru/news/bronze-age-house-in-cardiff-excavated-under-city-park/
> https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/cardiff-bronze-age-experts-action-cardiff-university-b1089484.html
>
> A grant to study early inhabitants of Scotland:
>
> https://www.aberdeenlive.news/news/aberdeen-news/university-aberdeen-archaeologist-gets-17m-8544363
>
> Feature on 20 'Polish Stonehenge' sites (7000 years bp):
>
> https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/06/19/about-20-polish-stonehenge-structures-have-been-identifie/
>
> Feature on the acoustics of Stonehenge:
>
> https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p0frkb7n/what-did-stonehenge-sound-like-
>
> Feature on recreating the Viking diet:
>
> https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20230619-what-did-the-vikings-eat
>
> Feature on recreating Ipswich Ware:
>
> https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-suffolk-65950740
>
> ----------
> 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/
>
> ============================================================
> ASIA AND THE SOUTH PACIFIC
> ============================================================
> Eastern Zhou Dynasty finds (including musical instruments and a wooden oar) from two site in Shaoxing:
>
> https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202306/21/WS6492b0eca310bf8a75d6b218.html
>
> A Warring States tomb from Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region:
>
> http://www.china.org.cn/arts/2023-06/21/content_88591591.htm
> http://t.m.china.org.cn/convert/c_7319eMcc.html
>
> A Spring and Autumn period 'large-scale building site' from Shaanxi:
>
> http://www.china.org.cn/arts/2023-06/23/content_88903634.htm
> http://t.m.china.org.cn/convert/c_ThBsCbee.html
>
> A 2000 years bp bunch of Zongzi from a tomb excavating in Xinyang:
>
> http://www.china.org.cn/china/Off_the_Wire/2023-06/21/content_88640749.htm
> http://t.m.china.org.cn/convert/c_qrhJju7A.html
>
> What ceramics reveal about Chinese trade in the 14th century:
>
> https://phys.org/news/2023-06-ceramics-story-14th-century-chinese.html
>
> Overview of a recent Chinese project using a submersible to locate assorted shipwrecks:
>
> https://global.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202306/20/WS6490e61aa310bf8a75d6ac73.html
>
> Restoration and reinstallation of some sandstone pillars at Angkor Wat;
>
> https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/angkor-pillars-repaired-reinstalled
>
> 400 (or more) Chola-era finds from an excavation in Vadakkapattu:
>
> https://www.dtnext.in/news/tamilnadu/asi-finds-400-chola-era-artefacts-in-vadakkupattu-excavation-site-719899
> ============================================================
> AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND
> ============================================================
> 9000 years bp tools found by divers off the coast of Western Australia:
>
> https://www.watoday.com.au/national/western-australia/ancient-artefacts-found-at-long-lost-underwater-site-off-australian-coast-20230619-p5dhmw.html
> https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/8242770/ancient-indigenous-cutting-tools-found-off-wa-coast/
>
> More on Moluccan boats depicted on Australian petroglyphs:
>
> https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/australian-rock-art-boat-mystery-180982400/
> ============================================================
> NORTH AMERICA
> ============================================================
> Evidence of macaw breeding in southwestern New Mexico as early as the 12th century:
>
> https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2023/06/19/north-americas-first-parrot-breeders-got-started-earlier-than-we-knew/?sh=39f7af355979
>
> Possible foundations of a French and Indian Wars post in Halifax (Pennsylvania):
>
> https://www.dailyitem.com/news/dig-uncovers-suspected-foundations-relics-from-french-and-indian-war-post/article_21d31468-107a-11ee-bc5f-3330eb5365eb.html
>
> Latest finds being put together at the Colonial Fort Michilimackinac dig:
>
> https://www.mlive.com/news/2023/06/archeologists-piece-together-earthenware-sherds-found-at-historic-michigan-fort.html
>
> Human remains found at a West Asheville construction site likely belonged to former enslaved persons and parishioners associated with an African American Church:
>
> https://mountainx.com/news/remains-at-construction-site-were-likely-former-slaves-parishioners-of-african-american-church/
>
> Digging up a parking lot in downtown Montreal revealed remains of an early 19th century stone house:
>
> https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/archeological-dig-hydro-quebec-artifacts-montreal-1.6886600
> https://montreal.citynews.ca/2023/06/23/hydro-quebec-montreal-archeological-treasure/
>
> Feature on a study of 16th and 17th century Indigenous pottery in McMaster's collection:
>
> https://brighterworld.mcmaster.ca/articles/indigenous-archaeology-foodways-cooking-vessels/
>
> We're beginning to read of things found in that Shuyler statue time capsule:
>
> https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/first-catholic-governor-suicide-18161524.php
>
> More on early evidence of freshwater fishing in Alaska:
>
> https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/06/230616161940.htm
> https://archaeonewsnet.com/2023/06/study-shows-ancient-alaskans-were-freshwater-fishers.html
>
> More on 6000 years bp 'earth ovens' in Washington State:
>
> https://www.idahostatejournal.com/news/local/newly-unearthed-6-000-year-old-archeological-site/article_576b9566-0af1-11ee-8167-d3d8a2eb2123.html
> https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/06/5000%E2%80%91year%E2%80%91old-tribal-earth-ovens-found-in-washington-state/147753
> https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/06/21/ancient-tribal-earth-ovens-excavated-in-washington-state/
> https://www.archaeology.org/news/11543-230619-washington-kalispel-ovens
>
> More on Caddo Nation ancestors' remains being found at the Crenshaw site in Arkansas:
>
> https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/06/230614220525.htm
> https://archaeonewsnet.com/2023/06/remains-at-crenshaw-site-are-local-ancestors-of-caddo.html
>
> More on evidence that Paleo-americans were hunting assorted megafauna 13 000 years bp:
>
> https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2023/06/21/clovis-hunting-mammoths-forensics/
> https://archaeonewsnet.com/2023/06/forensic-evidence-suggests-paleo-americans-hunted-mastodons-mammoths-and-other-megafauna-in-eastern-north-america-13000-years-ago.html
> ============================================================
> CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA
> ============================================================
> A previously-unknown Maya city site from the jungles of southern Mexico:
>
> https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-65974439
> https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/ancient-maya-city-discovered-mexican-jungle-2023-06-21/
> https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/ancient-mayan-empire-city-was-found-mexican-jungle-rcna90351
> https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12220119/Ancient-Mayan-city-discovered-jungles-southern-Mexico.html
> https://yucatanmagazine.com/ancient-mayan-city-ocomtun-found-hidden-in-calakmul-jungle/
> https://mexiconewsdaily.com/culture/ancient-maya-city-discovered-campeche/
> https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12220119/Ancient-Mayan-city-discovered-jungles-southern-Mexico.html
> https://www.newsweek.com/lost-maya-city-pyramids-discovered-hidden-deep-jungle-1808192
> https://hyperallergic.com/829229/ancient-maya-city-discovered-in-mexican-jungle/
> https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/06/lost-maya-city-discovered-in-mexican-forest/147737
> https://www.archaeology.org/news/11552-230622-maya-city-ocomtun
>
> A Maya sculpture of Cizin from Mexico (we may have mentioned this a while ago):
>
> https://www.newsweek.com/ancient-maya-deity-death-sculpture-unearthed-mexico-1807807
> https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/06/deity-of-death-statue-found-during-maya-train-construction/147702
>
> Burials and assorted objects found from a dig at the Toltec site of Tula:
>
> https://www.aa.com.tr/en/americas/archaeologists-unearth-historic-remains-objects-in-tula-mexico/2928575
>
> More on the mummified person found surrounded by coca leaves in Lima:
>
> https://phys.org/news/2023-06-archaeologists-mummy-coca-hilltop-peru.html
> https://archaeonewsnet.com/2023/06/archaeologists-find-mummy-surrounded-by-coca-leaves-on-hilltop-in-perus-capital.html
>
> ... and the one found in a rubbish dump:
>
> https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-65915074
>
> More on climate change and violence in early Andean populations:
>
> https://archaeonewsnet.com/2023/06/climate-change-likely-led-to-violence-in-early-andean-populations.html
> -----
> 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
> ============================================================
> Not sure where to put this item on the identification of the Graz Mummy Book (3rd century BCE) as possibly being the earliest example of a codex:
>
> https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/maltese-conservator-discovers-oldestknown-book-world.1039353
> https://www.globalvillagespace.com/the-el-hiba-papyrus-fragment-ancient-greek-tax-records/
>
> Feature on Lizzie Halliday:
>
> https://www.timesunion.com/hudsonvalley/catskills/article/lizzie-halliday-catskills-serial-killer-18155927.php
>
> Feature on C.S. Lewis:
>
> https://www.thecollector.com/cs-lewis-famous-author-writer/
>
> Not sure where to put this story of the British Museum not acknowledging the translator of some Chinese poetry in one of its exhibitions:
>
> https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2023/jun/20/translator-alleges-work-on-chinese-radical-plagiarised-in-british-museum-show
> https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2023/jun/22/british-museum-offers-to-pay-translator-after-plagiarism-row
> https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/article/3224880/chinese-canadian-translator-calls-out-british-museum-using-her-work-without-permission-or-payment
> https://hyperallergic.com/828872/translator-yilin-wang-says-british-museum-used-her-work-without-permission/
> https://www.cnn.com/style/article/british-museum-exhibit-chinese-translations-intl-hnk/index.html
> https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/article/3224880/chinese-canadian-translator-calls-out-british-museum-using-her-work-without-permission-or-payment
> https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/british-museum-removes-translations-chinese-poetry-exhibition-1234672131/
> https://news.artnet.com/art-world/british-museum-used-translation-without-permission-2324957
> https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/06/22/british-museum-accused-of-using-translators-work-without-permission
>
> Interesting study of eye movements of folks looking at Bosch's 'Garden of Earlthly Delights':
>
> https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2023/jun/20/eye-tracking-glasses-show-viewers-of-bosch-triptych-are-drawn-to-hell-prado-spain
>
> A study of the spread of racism by former Confederates after the Civil War:
>
> https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/ex-confederates-spread-racist-attitudes-far-wide-civil-war-rcna90419
>
> cf: https://www.nber.org/papers/w31331
>
> Feature on Freud and his antiquities:
>
> https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/freud-the-antique-collector
>
> What medieval manuscripts reveal about the history of whales:
>
> https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/medieval-manuscripts-reveal-hidden-history-whales-180982348/
>
> Pondering whether Indiana Jones helped or hurt archaeology:
>
> https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/indiana-jones-harrison-ford-movie-impact-archeology
>
> Pondering the naming of diseases:
>
> https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/19/science/medicine-eponyms-nazis.html
>
> Review of translations of Seamus Heaney:
>
> https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/19/books/review/translations-of-seamus-heaney.html
> ============================================================
> CURRENT EVENTS:
> ============================================================
> Some of the annual coverage of the summer solstice at Stonehenge:
>
> https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-wiltshire-65970567
> https://www.thestar.com/news/world/europe/2023/06/21/summer-solstice-brings-druids-pagans-and-thousands-of-curious-people-to-stonehenge.html
> https://kearneyhub.com/news/nation-world/thousands-gather-at-stonehenge-for-annual-ritual-marking-summer-solstice/article_2bdcebbf-f544-5ac8-ab31-5eceb7624d25.html
> https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/summer-solstice-brings-thousands-to-stonehenge-184124
> https://www.newdelhitimes.com/antlers-and-fancy-dress-stonehenge-welcomes-8000-visitors-for-summer-solstice/
>
> ... and how the ancient Greeks marked the summer solstice:
>
> https://greekreporter.com/2023/06/21/how-the-ancient-greeks-celebrated-the-summer-solstice/
>
> ... and ten monuments that align to the solstice:
>
> https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/10-temples-tombs-and-monuments-that-align-with-the-summer-solstice
>
> On the history of abortion:
>
> https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/23/health/abortion-is-ancient-history-and-that-matters-today-scn/index.html
>
> Seeking Heritage Statue for Ludwig II's palaces:
>
> https://apnews.com/article/germany-bavaria-king-ludwig-neuschwanstein-referendum-7217c86c60c8c12673b9beeec8468298
>
> The Louvre is safeguarding some Ukrainian antiquities:
>
> https://hyperallergic.com/828245/pariss-louvre-museum-is-safeguarding-ukrainian-antiquities/
>
> More on Egypt's anger at a Dutch museum:
>
> https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/18/world/middleeast/egypt-african-dutch-museum.html
> ============================================================
> LANGUAGE RELATED
> ============================================================
> A study of the origin of the Irish language:
>
> https://www.irishcentral.com/roots/history/dna-research-irish-language-roots
>
> More on the origin of Indigenous languages in South America:
>
> https://archaeonewsnet.com/2023/06/seeking-the-origin-of-indigenous-languages-in-south-america.html
> ============================================================
> PHILOSOPHERS AND MATTERS PHILOSOPHICAL
> ============================================================
> Feature on Diogenes the Cynic:
>
> https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/hide-and-seek/202306/diogenes-the-cynic-a-socrates-gone-mad
>
> Victor Nuovo on the Socratic revolution:
>
> https://www.addisonindependent.com/2023/06/22/victor-nuovo-the-socratic-revolution/
> ============================================================
> MUSEUM MATTERS
> ============================================================
> The Feast:
>
> https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2023-06-23/ty-article-magazine/a-feast-fit-for-an-assyrian-king-and-69-574-guests/00000188-e9c7-df52-a79d-fde766930000
>
> Romans:
>
> https://www.sussexexpress.co.uk/whats-on/things-to-do/rare-roman-sword-and-recently-discovered-childs-gold-ring-go-on-display-at-littlehampton-museums-new-romans-exhibition-4187595
>
> San Casciano Bronzes:
>
> https://www.ansa.it/english/news/lifestyle/arts/2023/06/22/san-casciano-bronzes-go-on-show-at-quirinale_a48904ad-be81-46c4-86a0-a4be68508d39.html
> https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/23/rare-find-of-24-ancient-bronzes-in-tuscany-goes-on-display-in-rome
> https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/23/arts/design/ancient-bronzes-italy-san-casciano-dei-bagni.html
> https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/bronze-statues-exhibition-rome-180982421/
>
> Proof of Early China:
>
> http://www.ecns.cn/news/2023-06-20/detail-ihcqnqaq5153001.shtml
>
> China's Hidden Century:
>
> https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/travel-leisure/article/3225016/late-qing-dynasty-china-brought-life-british-museum-exhibition-about-century-leading-end-imperial
>
> Isis:
>
> https://www.leggo.it/italia/roma/amato_iside_mostra_roma_domus_aurea_oggi_21_6_2023-7476027.html
>
> Laocoon:
>
> https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/06/22/laocoon-and-his-sons-in-frankfurt/
>
> Medieval Treasures:
>
> https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/25/paris-exhibition-aims-to-dispel-myth-of-primitive-england-in-middle-ages
>
> Incas Beyond the Empire:
>
> https://www.laprensalatina.com/peru-exhibit-delves-beyond-incas-stereotypical-warlike-image/
>
> Return of the Gods:
>
> https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/special-features/greek-roman-gods-return-liverpool-26970720
>
> Charles II associated Prayerbook:
>
> https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/23/prayerbook-priest-john-huddleston-saved-king-charles-life-on-display-in-staffordshire-hall
> https://www.expressandstar.com/news/local-hubs/staffordshire/2023/06/23/rare-prayer-book-owned-by-priest-who-helped-save-the-life-of-king-charles-ii-goes-on-public-display-in-featherstone/
> https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/1376/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/1376/pub/1376/page/33/article/NaN
>
> Spanish Armada Maps:
>
> https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-65959498
>
> Aurelius:
>
> https://www.getty.edu/art/exhibitions/aurelius/
>
> Hokusai:
>
> https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/22/arts/design/hokusai-boston-museum-fine-arts-review.html
>
> The End of the Seven Years' War:
>
> https://www.adirondackalmanack.com/2023/06/fort-ticonderoga-presents-robert-nittolo-collection-new-exhibit-success-the-end-of-the-seven-years-war.html
>
> Looking for a place to house the Yenikapi shipwrecks:
>
> https://arkeonews.net/history-of-8500-years-waits-for-a-museum/
>
> Amsterdam's Rembrandt House has a tattoo room for a while:
>
> https://apnews.com/article/rembrandt-tattoo-amsterdam-art-6b1c28a52d2f0fd0df9ff3c2d8ab4554
>
> Athens' Acropolis Museum is 14 years old:
>
> https://www.tornosnews.gr/en/greek-news/greek-news/culture/49010-athens-acropolis-museum-a-beacon-of-art-and-culture-is-now-14-years-old.html
> https://www.thenationalherald.com/the-acropolis-museum-a-beacon-of-art-and-culture-is-now-14-years-old/
>
> More on Egypt's dispute with a Dutch museum exhibit:
>
> https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/18/world/middleeast/egypt-african-dutch-museum.html
>
> A preview of the expansion of Tunisia's Carthage Museum:
>
> https://www.barrons.com/articles/tunisia-s-carthage-museum-gives-preview-of-expanded-renovation-bfa6189f
>
> Feature on the International African American Museum:
>
> https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/23/arts/design/charleston-african-american-museum.html
>
> Lefferts Historic House has been restored and reopened:
>
> https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/22/arts/design/lefferts-historic-house.html
>
> Interview with Zahi Hawass regarding the Grand Egyptian Museum:
>
> https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/44/503310/Antiquities/Museums/INTERVIEW-The-Grand-Egyptian-Museum-is-biggest-cul.aspx
> ============================================================
> AUCTIONS AND SALES RELATED
> ============================================================
> The last portrait Klimt made is coming to auction:
>
> https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20230621-klimts-lady-with-a-fan-the-painting-thats-valued-at-65m
> https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/06/21/gustav-klimts-lady-with-a-fan-comes-to-auction-at-sothebys/
>
> The Louvre interrupted the auction of an Anguier sculpture:
>
> https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/06/21/louvre-halts-auction-of-26m-record-breaking-terracotta-sculpture
>
> A "Painting of Two Ladies" has been 'saved for the UK":
>
> https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2023/jun/23/lost-portrait-allegorical-painting-of-two-ladies-compton-verney
> ============================================================
> THE TECHY SIDE
> ============================================================
> Latest facial reconstruction is a teenaged Anglo-Saxon girl:
>
> https://phys.org/news/2023-06-reconstruct-lifestyle-7th-century-anglo-saxon-teen.html
> https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/992490
> https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/anglo-saxon-teen-face-revealed-b2360576.html
> https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-65919518
> https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/7th-century-teenage-face-1.6882663
> https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/1373/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/1373/pub/1373/page/43/article/NaN
> https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/06/behold-the-likely-face-of-a-7th-century-anglo-saxon-teenage-girl/
> https://arkeonews.net/archaeologists-reconstruct-the-face-of-a-7th-century-anglo-saxon-woman-buried-with-trumpington-cross/
> https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/06/20/the-trumpington-cross-burial/
>
> Four Ptolemaic mummies from the National Archaeological Museum Egyptian collection received the CT treatment:
>
> https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/06/20/the-nams-mummies-undergo-imaging-examination/
>
> ============================================================
> TOURISTY THINGS
> ============================================================
> Solstice at Sperlonga:
>
> https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/article/sperlonga-solstice-roman-empire-ulysses-italy-cave-cyclops
>
> Standing stones in Cornwall:
>
> https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2023/jun/21/stone-circles-and-tombs-cornwall-uk
>
> Shikoku Pilgrimage:
>
> https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/23/travel/shikoku-pilgrimage-japan.html
>
> Zadar:
>
> https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/19/travel/zadar-croatia-old-town.html
>
> Another tourist behaving badly carving graffiti at the Colosseum:
>
> https://metro.co.uk/2023/06/25/tourist-caught-carving-girlfriends-name-into-romes-colosseum-with-keys-19011110/
>
> ============================================================
> CRIME BEAT
> ============================================================
> Douglas Latchford's daughter paid $12 million to end the case:
>
> https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/22/arts/douglas-latchford-antiquities-trafficker-daughter.html
> https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/06/22/cambodia-antiquities-forfeiture-latchford/
> https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/12m-settlement-announced-civil-forfeiture-action-against-antiquities-trafficker
> https://news.artnet.com/art-world/douglas-latchford-estate-forfeits-12-million-2326844
> https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/forfeiting-12-million-helped-settle-the-civil-case-against-accused-trafficker-douglas-latchford-1234672461/
> https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/06/23/douglas-latchford-estate-12m-trafficking-case
> https://hyperallergic.com/829735/disgraced-dealers-daughter-to-forfeit-12m-and-allegedly-smuggled-statue/
>
> Arrests in assorted major art thefts from US Museums over the past few decades:
>
> https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/suspects-charged-museum-thefts-warhol-pollock-180982412/
>
> Turkish police recovered thousands of items in a major raid in Istanbul:
>
> https://famagusta-gazette.com/2023/06/24/turkish-police-recover-thousands-of-artifacts-in-anti-trafficking-raid/
> https://english.news.cn/20230623/aa40fddf84ab4aa68d4fb3e1ffab2c1c/c.html
>
> Iranian police seized 3680 items at Tehran's airport:
>
> https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/486091/3-680-antiquities-seized-by-police-at-Tehran-airport
>
> The guy who was trying to sell that EidMar aureus was charged with grand larceny:
>
> https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12224073/Dealer-worlds-expensive-coin-sold-4-1M-charged-grand-larceny-NYC.html
> https://greekcitytimes.com/2023/06/23/greek-coin-smuggler-dealer-of-worlds-most-expensive-coin-arrested-for-grand-larceny-in-new-york/
>
> More on the California man on trial (now convicted) for importing a looted Roman mosaic from Syria:
>
> https://www.justice.gov/usao-cdca/pr/palmdale-man-found-guilty-illegally-importing-ancient-roman-mosaic-syria-depicting
> https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/06/23/california-man-guilty-smuggling-ancient-roman-mosaic-looted-syria
> https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/palmdale-man-convicted-of-illegally-importing-ancient-roman-mosaic-from-syria/
> https://www.sacbee.com/news/california/article276663831.html
> https://news.artnet.com/art-world/looted-roman-mosaic-trial-2324045
>
> Review of Michael Finkel, *The Art Thief*:
>
> https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/24/books/the-art-thief-michael-finkel.html
> ----------
> conflict antiquities:
>
> http://conflictantiquities.wordpress.com/
>
> anonymous swiss collector:
>
> http://www.anonymousswisscollector.com/
>
> Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues:
>
> http://paul-barford.blogspot.ca/
>
> Looting Matters:
>
> http://lootingmatters.blogspot.com/
>
> Illicit Cultural Property:
>
> http://illicit-cultural-property.blogspot.com/
>
> SAFE:
>
> http://www.savingantiquities.org/blog/
>
> ============================================================
> REPATRIATION AND RECOVERY
> ============================================================
> The US will be returning 100 items to India, apparently:
>
> https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/videos/news/america-to-return-over-100-antiquities-of-india-that-were-stolen-from-us-pm-modi-in-us/videoshow/101229548.cms
> https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/pm-modi-state-visit-us-to-return-over-100-antiquities-stolen-from-india-101687592810878.html
> https://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-us-to-return-over-100-stolen-indian-antiquities-pm-modi-3048963
>
> The US returned a large number of ancient Greek coins to Greece:
>
> https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/federal-agents-national-hellenic-museum-conduct-largest-repatriation-ancient-coins
> https://greekcitytimes.com/2023/06/22/after-customs-seizure-u-s-returns-priceless-ancient-coins-to-greece/
> https://greekreporter.com/2023/06/22/u-s-returns-ancient-coins-greece/
> https://www.archaeology.org/news/11550-230622-greece-coins-repatriation
>
> The UK returned a smuggled statue to Iran:
>
> https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/486131/UK-returns-smuggled-ancient-artifact-to-Iran
> https://en.mehrnews.com/news/202429/UK-returns-smuggled-ancient-artifact-to-Iran
>
> Germany returned a pair of masks to Colombia:
>
> https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/06/23/germany-repatriates-indigenous-masks-colombia
>
> Austria is working on a law to return colonial items:
>
> https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/06/20/austrian-government-to-propose-law-on-returning-museum-objects-acquired-in-a-colonial-context
>
> More on Italy's return of a 2800 years bp stone tablet to Iraq:
>
> https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-65944282
> https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20230618-iraq-unveils-ancient-stone-tablet-returned-by-italy
> https://english.news.cn/20230619/05b7802a446c4e1bb6841aeecac841b0/c.html
> https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20230619-iraq-recovers-looted-artefact-from-italy/
> https://jordantimes.com/news/region/iraq%C2%A0unveils-ancient-stone-tablet-returned-italy
> https://www.arabnews.com/node/2323686/middle-east
> ============================================================
> NUMISMATICA
> ============================================================
> Latest e-Sylum:
>
> http://www.coinbooks.org/v26/club_nbs_esylum_v26n25.html
>
> ... and the one which should appear later today:
>
> http://www.coinbooks.org/v26/club_nbs_esylum_v26n26.html
> ------------------------
>
> Coin Week:
>
> http://www.coinweek.com/
>
> ============================================================
> OBITUARIES
> ============================================================
> Judith Averill:
>
> https://caneweb.org/obituary-of-judith-averill/
>
> Max Morath:
>
> https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/19/arts/music/max-morath-dead.html
>
> Theodore Weeden:
>
> http://ntweblog.blogspot.com/2023/06/theodore-j-ted-weeden-obituary.html
>
> Henry Petroski:
>
> https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/22/science/henry-petroski-dead.html
>
> Peter Harbison:
>
> https://www.irishtimes.com/obituaries/2023/06/24/peter-harbison-obituary-one-of-irelands-best-known-archaeologists/
>
> ============================================================
> AUDIO/VIDEO NEWS
> ============================================================
> Audio News from Archaeologica:
>
> https://www.archaeologychannel.org/audio-guide/audio-news/3294-audio-news-from-archaeologica-june-11th-through-the-17th-2023
> ============================================================
> GENERAL ARCHAEOLOGY NEWS BLOGS
> ============================================================
> Archaeology Magazine News Page:
>
> http://www.archaeology.org/news/
>
> About.com Archaeology:
>
> http://archaeology.about.com/
>
> Archaeology Briefs:
>
> http://archaeologybriefs.blogspot.com/
>
> Atlas Obscura:
>
> https://www.atlasobscura.com/
>
> Heritage Daily:
>
> https://www.heritagedaily.com/
>
> Sapiens Archaeology:
>
> https://www.sapiens.org/category/archaeology/
>
> Taygete Atlantis excavations blogs aggregator:
>
> http://planet.atlantides.org/taygete/
> ============================================================
> PODCASTS/VODCASTS
> ============================================================
> Archaeosoup:
>
> http://www.youtube.com/user/Archaeos0up?feature=watch
>
> Archaeology Podcast Network:
>
> http://www.archaeologypodcastnetwork.com/
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Best that Charlie's III Angels git diggin' cuz Great-grandpappy ain't kiddin'.
Heel Stone and White Horse relics to The Alamo by 1st January 2024.
(provided that y'all wanna keep that shithole solar system around)

https://archive.4plebs.org/pol/thread/433359249
http://boards.4chan.org/pol/thread/433359249
https://archived.moe/pol/thread/433359249

Best that Charlie's III Angels git diggin' cuz Great-grandpappy ain't kiddin'.
Heel Stone and White Horse relics to The Alamo by 1st January 2024.
(provided that y'all wanna keep that shithole solar system around)

https://archive.4plebs.org/pol/thread/433359249
http://boards.4chan.org/pol/thread/433359249
https://archived.moe/pol/thread/433359249

Best that Charlie's III Angels git diggin' cuz Great-grandpappy ain't kiddin'.
Heel Stone and White Horse relics to The Alamo by 1st January 2024.
(provided that y'all wanna keep that shithole solar system around)

https://archive.4plebs.org/pol/thread/433359249
http://boards.4chan.org/pol/thread/433359249
https://archived.moe/pol/thread/433359249

Donna Stone
Secretary