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Author Topic: October 2016 Archeology – Ancient Near East and Egypt  (Read 2199 times)

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October 2016 Archeology – Ancient Near East and Egypt
« on: October 02, 2016, 02:02:11 pm »
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Part II.


A Second Temple era ‘dining hall’ (maybe) in Jerusalem:
http://www.haaretz.com/jewish/archaeology/.premium-1.744288

More on reading the Ein Gedi scroll without unrolling it:
https://www.yahoo.com/news/scientists-read-ancient-hebrew-scroll-163206121.html

A survey has revealed a number of caves associated (maybe) with Jewish rebels hiding from the Romans:
http://www.haaretz.com/jewish/archaeology/1.744834

Nice overviewish piece on the past year in archaeology in Israel:
http://www.haaretz.com/jewish/archaeology/1.745047

Jordan
Remains of ‘monumental gardens’ at Petra:
http://www.haaretz.com/jewish/archaeology/1.744119

… and a feature on Talal Akasheh’s conservation efforts there:
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/09/talal-akasheh-explorer-moments-culture-Petra/

Feature on some Bronze Age hillforts in Jordan:
http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/09/2016/early-bronze-age-hillforts-of-the-basalt-desert-of-eastern-jordan

Turkey
That 8000 years bp figurine from Catal Huyuk is still in the news:
http://news.stanford.edu/2016/09/29/archaeologists-find-8000-year-old-goddess-figurine-central-turkey/

Remains of a 2800 years bp Urartian sewage system in Van:
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/2800-year-old-urartian-sewage-system-unearthed-in-van.aspx?pageID=238&nid=104338

They’re checking out a hole that appeared at the Topkapi Palace:
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/experts-probe-hole-in-istanbuls-topkapi-palace-garden.aspx?pageID=238&nid=104434&NewsCatID=341

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Re: October 2016 Archeology – Ancient Near East and Egypt
« Reply #1 on: October 09, 2016, 01:03:41 pm »
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Egypt
A French citizen returned a golden mummy mask to Egypt:
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/245300/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/Antiquities-ministry-receives-golden-mummy-mask-fr.aspx

Repatriation is not as easy as it might seem, apparently:
http://newsweekme.com/egypts-repatriation-antiquities-proves-mammoth-task/

Egypt is signing a MoU with the Aga Khan Trust:
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/43/245067/Heritage/Islamic/Egyptian-antiquities-ministry-to-sign-MoU-with-Can.aspx

Feature on Tut’s burial chamber:
http://egypttoday.com/blog/2016/10/02/unraveling-the-private-lives-of-mummies/

They’re still talking about that Sekhemka statue:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-northamptonshire-37338390

Latest mummy CT scan:
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/ct-scans-show-first-x-rayed-mummy-new-light

Iraq
ISIS’s looting activities are getting attention … first, at Kirkuk:
http://www.iraqinews.com/iraq-war/isis-destroys-steals-archaeological-sites-near-kirkuk/

Israel
More on that First Temple period Gate/Shrine:
http://www.jewishpress.com/news/breaking-news/large-first-temple-period-gate-shrine-excavated-in-central-israel/2016/09/28/

More on the Ein Gedi Scroll:
http://www.euronews.com/2016/10/05/piece-of-coal-deciphered-as-ancient-biblical-text

More on the toilet from Tel Lachish:
http://forward.com/news/israel/351122/was-ancient-stone-toilet-placed-in-biblical-shrine-to-destroy-it/

What Cynthia Shafer-Elliott is up to:
http://www.auburnjournal.com/article/10/05/16/auburn-archaeologist-leads-annual-digs-israel

Feature on Gertrude Bell:
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheAsorBlog/~3/KEvAP_ExHc0/

Jordan
More on 6000 years bp forts in Jordan:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-10-05/archaeologists-find-6,000-year-old-fort-in-jordanian-desert/7903358

Kazakhstan

Evidence of an early (?) Christian community in Kazakhstan:
http://www.christiandaily.com/article/archaeologists-discover-first-evidence-of-ancient-christian-community-in-kazakhstan/57614.htm

Kurdistan
Excavating a ‘lost city’ near Erbil:
http://rudaw.net/english/culture/071020161

Turkey
Concerns for Topkapi Palace:
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/topkapi-palace-risk-of-collapse-the-result-of-years-of-neglect-of-historical-heritage.aspx?PageID=238&NID=104509&NewsCatID=375

Syria
There’s bribery of Russian soldiers going on at Palmyra according to some reports:
http://news.nationalpost.com/news/world/looters-bribing-russian-soldiers-to-turn-a-blind-eye-to-the-plundering-of-palmyra-archaeologists-say

… related OpEd:
http://news.nationalpost.com/full-comment/robert-fulford-isils-assault-on-history

… while a number of items destroyed by them have been replicated and put on display in Rome:
http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=11&int_new=90649

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Re: October 2016 Archeology – Ancient Near East and Egypt
« Reply #2 on: October 23, 2016, 04:39:48 pm »
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Suggestion that ancient Assyrians were rather ‘homely’:
http://www.aina.org/ata/20161022030724.htm

Egypt
Claims that two unexplored chambers have been detected in the Great Pyramid are being questioned:
http://www.livescience.com/56512-great-pyramid-chambers-may-not-exist.html

… while the ‘scan pyramids project’ seeks an extension:
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/245727/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/Scan-Pyramids-project-requests-year-extension-.aspx

Some Late Period tombs from Aswan:
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/246263/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/Two-Late-Period-tombs-discovered-in-Aswan.aspx

They’ve restored the barque shrine of Tuthmosis III:
http://www.ansamed.info/ansamed/en/news/sections/culture/2016/10/10/archaeology-barque-shrine-of-king-tuthmosis-iii-restored_9443b91e-9d02-4780-9bb7-f4e1a5573954.html

Egypt is trying to prevent an auction of some antiquities:
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/44/246249/Heritage/Museums/Antiquities-ministry-trying-to-stop-sale-of-Egypti.aspx

They’re still wondering about that Sekhemka statue:
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/arcablog/~3/3qGEw6fefl8/who-bought-northamptons-sekhemka-at.html

Feature on the search for Tut:
http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2016-10-16/who-was-tutankhamun-the-true-story-of-howard-carter-and-lord-carnarvons-search-for-the-boy-king

Iraq
Feature on Mosul through the ages:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2016/10/21/the-history-of-mosul-in-five-maps/

Another feature on Gertrude Bell:
http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-1.747490

Israel
A study suggests Tel Megiddo was destroyed some 3000 years bp by a rather fast-moving fire:
http://www.livescience.com/56445-ancient-israel-city-burned-in-hours.html

Evidence of some previously-unknown Canaanite revolt against Egypt from Jaffa:
http://www.haaretz.com/jewish/archaeology/1.748579

Evidence (maybe) of where Rome breached Jerusalem’s ‘third wall’:
http://www.antiquities.org.il/Article_eng.aspx?sec_id=25&subj_id=240&id=4225

A 2700 years bp papyrus mentioning Jerusalem (in Hebrew):
http://www.jewishpress.com/news/breaking-news/discovery-jerusalem-on-hebrew-papyrus/2016/10/21/

Latest finds from the caliphate palace at Khirbat al Minya:
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-10/jgum-nfo102116.php

Some ‘new’ Dead Sea Scrolls are being touted … and questioned:
http://www.livescience.com/56428-25-new-dead-sea-scrolls-revealed.html

Feature on the Copper Scroll:
http://www.ncregister.com/blog/tmcdonald/the-mystery-of-the-copper-scroll

A carpet mosaic at Hisham Palace was briefly uncovered:
http://phys.org/news/2016-10-massive-carpet-mosaic-briefly-uncovered.html

UNESCO put out a declaration denying Jewish ties to Temple Mount with expected reaction:
http://www.timesofisrael.com/unescos-executive-board-adopts-jerusalem-resolution/

… and then it went a bit further:
http://www.timesofisrael.com/antiquities-chief-compares-unesco-to-islamic-state/

… probably related:
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20161013-israeli-archaeologist-denies-jewish-ties-to-al-aqsa-mosque/

More on ‘Hezekiah’s toilet’:
http://forward.com/news/israel/351122/was-ancient-stone-toilet-placed-in-biblical-shrine-to-destroy-it/

Jordan
On what drove ‘neolithization’ in Jordan:
http://phys.org/news/2016-10-resilient-risky-and-reliable-strategy-driven-neolithization.html

Feature on the women of Petra:
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/videos/category/smithsonian-channel/important-women-of-petra/

Feature on Jordan’s ‘airborne monuments men’:
http://phys.org/news/2016-10-jordan-airborne-monuments-men-sites.html

Syria
Feature on Michal Gawlikowski’s work in Palmyra:
http://theartnewspaper.com/news/conservation/the-man-who-spent-40-years-preserving-palmyra-s-past/

Turkey
5000 years bp grape seeds from Izmir:
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/ancient-grape-seeds-found-in-izmir-.aspx?pageID=238&nid=104803&NewsCatID=375

A late Bronze Age shipyard from Dana Island:
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/huge-ancient-shipyard-unearthed-on-turkeys-dana-island.aspx?pageID=238&nid=105120&NewsCatID=375

Finds from various periods on Giresun Island:
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/excavations-reveal-religious-history-of-giresun-island.aspx?pageID=238&nid=104830

A destroyed 12th century church from Pisidia:
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/destroyed-church-finally-unearthed-in-pisidia.aspx?pageID=238&nid=104925&NewsCatID=375

Some ‘ancient antidepressants’ from Istanbul:
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/ancient-antidepressants-found-in-excavations-.aspx?pageID=238&nid=105079&NewsCatID=375

More on that ‘goddess’ figurine from Catal Huyuk:
http://www.livescience.com/56515-neolithic-goddess-figurine-uncovered.html

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