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Archaeozoologists open bone lab at Ephesus . Past Horizons Unusual use of blue pigment found in ancient mummy portraits . Popular Archaeology Victims of Human Sacrifice at Cahokia Were Locals, Not ‘Foreign’ Captives, Study Finds . Western Digs Ancient Egyptians Forced Open Mouths During Mummification . Discovery News See the Weirdest Archaeological Discoveries Of Recent Times . Artnet Archaeologist reveals most exciting children's toys discovered underground in Lincoln . Lincolnshire Echo Ancient Greek palace discovered near Sparta . Tulane Hullabaloo Philistines introduced sycamore, cumin and opium poppy into Israel during the Iron Age . Physorg Greek Archaeologists Unearth 3,600-Year-Old Mycenaean Palace near Sparta . SCI News

Prehistoric climate variability a key factor in human evolution, say scientists . PopularArchaeology Archaeologists making exciting discoveries in Laconia . Ekathimerini Soviet WWII plane, Jewish tombstones found in Polish river . Daily Democrat      Poles preserve paintings in the villa buried by the ashes of Vesuvius . PAP Mysterious Culture Revealed in Ancient Greek Palace Discovery. Discovery News Archaeologists find possible historic cannon at Red Bank . Philly Indian archaeologists discover 2,500-year-old temple destroyed in epic flood . The Week  

How Peru is using drones to protect its archaeological treasures. . Slate French couple arrested for looting archaeological site in Catalonia . The Local Archaeological artefacts unearthed at Lesnes Abbey Woods Park . Bexley Times Jerusalem Dig Hits Pay Dirt .Popular Archaeology World's greatest ever haul of supersize cave lion bones found in Urals . The Siberian Times Excavating meaning from the complex myths of southern Africa's San people . Physorg Archaeologists uncover new Yup’ik artifacts near Quinhagak. Alaska Public Media Archaeologists aim to unravel the mystery of the Rhynie Man . University of Aberdeen Aztec skull trophy rack discovered at Mexico City’s Templo Mayor ruin site. the Guardian Looking for Queen Nefertiti. Al Ahram

Evidence of torture and mutilation from Neolithic mass grave . Past Horizons The Human Hunter: Then and Now . Popular Archaeology Debris gone, archaeologists find passage in Agra Fort . The Times of India Ruins in Nara likely site of largest settlement in 4th century . The Asahi Shimbun   First Scandinavian farmers were far more advanced than we thought . Science Nordic   Thousand years old elite grave discovered in Sandomierz. PAP Archaeology: Ancient groups likely used fire as landscape tool . The Columbus Dispatch Roman glass-making furnaces discovered in Egypt’s Delta . The Cairon Post

"Cahuachi Sanctuary is bigger than Chan Chan," says archaeologist . Peru this Week Drone Technology Aids in Discoveries at Medieval Irish Sites . Sain tLouis University Dig at Colonial battleground uncovers fort's stone walls . The Modesto Bee Dig yields treasures under Poznań's Old Market Square . Radio Poland Scientists uncover pattern of mass murder in Neolithic times . Popular Archaeology   Subterranean river discovered beneath Mexico's Chichen Itza ruins . The Guardian

Incised stone sun discs found during Danish island excavations . Past Horizons Chinese cave 'graffiti' tells a 500-year story of climate change and impact on society . Popular Archaeology Victims of the Great Plague 'discovered' at Liverpool Street station. BBC To Smoke Or Not To Smoke: Scientist Says William Shakespeare Used Marijuana . CBS DC 'Sea Monster' Figurehead Emerges From Baltic Sea . Discovery News Ancient 'warrior princess' skeleton found in Kazakhstan . The Telegraph Marks on 3.4-million-year-old bones not due to trampling, analysis confirms . Eurekalert Lost Colony of Roanoke: Map’s hidden clue could solve 400-year-old mystery. News

Finds shed new light on ancient Roman frontier settlement . Popular Archaeology Queen Nefertiti: Has the tomb of Tutankhamun's mother been found hiding in plain sight ? Independent Has the Baron de Rothschild’s Ship, lost over 100 years ago, been found ? Science Daily Doomed Mayan King Honored in 1,600-Year-Old Tablet . Discovery News Archaeologists Discover Massive Roman Building from Ancient Serdica in Bulgaria’s Capital Sofia . Archaeology in Bulgaria Bulgarian Archaeologists Find Rare Byzantine Gold Coin in Perperikon . Novinite 'Summer Palace' at Qutub Shahi has a chinese connect . The Times of India Ancient Egyptian Mummies Embalmed With Unusual Recipes . Discovery News New Cahokia Mounds exhibit features 700-year-old canoe. BND

Archaeologist explores the first civilization of ancient Tibet . Popular Archaeology Archaeologists Find Last Fragment of Early Christian Christogram in Bishop’s Basilica in Bulgaria’s Sandanski. Archaeology in Bulgaria Ancient Ceremonial Site 10 Times Bigger than Stonehenge Hits the Archaeological Spotlight . Ancient Origins Suez Canal Archaeological Exhibition opens in Egypt. NewHistorian Archaeologists Find Viking Families Among Skeletons in Northern Iceland . Forbes Submerged Culture At Dry Tortugas . South Dade News Leader

Finding the Battle of Bannockburn . Past Horizons Treasure trove of sacred writings displayed for the public . Popular Archaeology Ancient hillfort to be excavated in Lochaber. BBC Signs of 9000-year-old settlement found in Behbahan . Mehr News Bones of the victims at Roman Herculaneum . Heritage Daily 2,000-Year-Old Ritual Bath with Mysterious Aramaic Inscriptions Discovered in Israel. SCI News Underwater 'Stonehenge' Monolith Found Off Coast of Sicily . Discovery News Bronze Age Walkway Discovered in England . Archaeology

Cambuskenneth’s lost harbour . Pas Horizons Australo-Melanesians and a very ancient ancestry . Popular Archaeology 1,200-Year-Old Pouches Found in Arizona Cave Contain Prehistoric ‘Chewing Tobacco,’ Study Finds. Western Digs Bar-Ilan U. archaeologists uncover entrance gate and fortification of Biblical city . Eurekalert Egyptian archaeologists discover human remains and pottery . Luxor Times These petroglyphs believed to be drawn 8,000 to 10,000 years ago in remotest Siberia . The Siberian Times First measurements taken of South Africa’s iron age magnetic field history . Heritage Daily 'Ancient Hebrew inscriptions' baffle Israeli archaeologists. BBC The home of Goliath: Archaeologists discover enormous ancient gate to the 'largest biblical city of its time'. Independent