It’s been a strange month but, having returned from a much needed holiday in Niagara-on-the-Lake, I’m ready to get back into the swing of things. And it don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that swing, so here goes this month’s roundup. Enjoy!
From Archaeology.org:
Archaeologists are examining temples built hundreds of years ago to determine how to design future earthquake proofing.
Another delightful discovery out of the Galilee this season; this time it’s a rock-cut kiln from the Roman period.
Things I didn’t know: Hong Kong has not be subjected to any serious archaeological work in its harbour. The discovery of an anchor and cannon from a site near Basalt Island is the first such work to be undertaken.
An Etruscan tomb near Vulci has yielded enigmatic silver hands as part of its cache.
And speaking of Etruscans, the Danish museum Ny Carlesbeg Glyptotek is repatriating artefacts originally from the Sabine necropolis at Colle del Forno.
From a Swedish shipwreck, archaeologists may have discovered the stinkiest cheese ever, having been buried in mud for 340 years.
The earliest known evidence of tobacco cultivation has been discovered in Utah.
And evidence from the Solomon Islands suggests that early Polynesian tattoo artists used obsidian tools to imbed the ink in skin.
From Biblical Archaeology:
An in memoriam for Jim Robinson reviews the discovery and later release of the Nag Hammadi codices discovered in Egypt in 1945.
From the CBC:
Plans to raise Roald Amundsen’s ship, the Maud, from the seabed at Cambridge Bay are now underway.
Meggie Macdonald 