One of these days – likely when whatever has been acting as a place-holder for winter this year finally goes the way of the dinosaurs – I will be more regular with my posts. In the meantime, this roundup covers March 14th to 20th inclusive. Enjoy!
From Archaeology.org:
Indian statues, illegally sold into the US, have been seized at Christie’s auction house by US authorities. I presume they’re being returned, but one never knows with US authorities.
Hikers are having a wonderful time in Israel these days, as another person has discovered a stunning artefact – this time a gold coin from the reign of the Roman Emperor Trajan.
Caesar may have been assassinated on the Ides of March, but he did his own share of killing before then, as this feature shows of his time in Gaul.
Dentistry, religion, and medieval books come together at last following the discovery of annotated sections of Britain’s oldest Bible from 3-D x-ray imaging.
It is likely that the remains of Sweden’s Saint Erik have been discovered in Uppsalla.
More of the ongoing hype about the possibility of additional rooms in Tutankhamun’s tomb in the Valley of the Kings.
A paleolithic carving of a bird has been discovered in southern France.
From the Smithsonian:
One of the ships from explorer Vasco da Gama’s fleet has been discovered off the coast of Oman.
From The Guardian:
A huge Iron Age site has been discovered in Yorkshire containing skeletons, swords, pots, beads, and other artefacts that tell the story of this place.
And from the LA Times:
The mysterious life of the Lone Woman of San Nicolas is front and centre again as archaeologists have identified the cave where she lived alone on the island for 18 years, and inspired one of my favourite novels “The Island of the Blue Dolphins” by Scott O’Dell.
Meggie Macdonald 