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Stone doesn't burn. https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2022-07-05/ty-article/conflagration-at-tell-gezer-destroyed-the-thorns-not-the-antiquities/00000181-cd31-db80-a9b7-ed3765ed0000?utm_source=mailchimp&utm_medium=Content&utm_campaign=archaeology-and-science&utm_content=8621ed4fdb Conf...

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/06/wreck-of-historic-royal-ship-discovered-off-the-english-coast/143816 Wreck of historic royal ship discovered off the English coast A royal shipwreck has been discovered off the English coast. The wreck is of one of the most famous ships of the 17th century – The...

to resurrect the tourist industry! https://www.rawstory.com/statuette-of-architect-among-new-cache-of-ancient-egyptian-artifacts/ Statuette of architect among new cache of ancient Egyptian artifacts Egypt on Monday unveiled a cache of sarcophagi and bronze statuettes -- including one of pioneering a...

If you were a Palestinian would YOU trust the Israeli government for anything?

https://haaretz.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d3bceadb340d6af4daf1de00d&id=5afde4df2f&e=e481685249 Huge Cache of Stolen Antiquities Found in Central Israel Cuneiform tablets, jewels, and 1,800 coins, including one bearing the name of Shimon Bar Kochba, found in antiquities trader's hous...

Based on location and timing, it dates from the War of the First Coalition against France.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-61391848

Dutch 18th Century mass grave: Skeletons in Vianen were British soldiers

A scholarly paper on the site: Over a thousand burials does seem quite impressive. https://www.archeonil.fr/images/revue%202000%202003/AN2003-04-Hassan_et_al.pdf Social Dynamics at the Late Predynastic to Early Dynastic Site of Kafr Hassan Dawood, East Delta, Egypt Fekri A. Hassan (Institute of Arch...

Most Phoenician/Carthaginian sites in Spain are coastal. This one apparently came as a bit of a surprise. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/apr/26/unprecedented-phoenician-necropolis-osuna-spain Workers discover ‘unprecedented’ Phoenician necropolis in southern Spain Preliminary surveys in Osun...

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-61228553 Gaza farmer finds 4,500-year-old statue of Canaanite goddess A stone statue of an ancient goddess of beauty, love and war has been found in the Gaza Strip. Hamas, the Islamist militant group which governs the tiny Palestinian territory, says the he...

Doesn't have to be a pope. Could be some nobleman's illegitimate kid.

It was the 14th century.

This should prove interesting. If they can do it to Ramses II they can do it to whoever this was. https://www.rawstory.com/mystery-sarcophagus-found-in-notre-dame-to-be-opened/ Mystery sarcophagus found in Notre-Dame to be opened Agence France-Presse During preparatory work to rebuild the church's a...

Absolutely. But it was a commonplace attitude at the time as you say.

The author is correct. One rarely hears about anything outside of Egypt. https://theconversation.com/archaeological-site-along-the-nile-opens-a-window-on-the-nubian-civilization-that-flourished-in-ancient-sudan-174575 Archaeological site along the Nile opens a window on the Nubian civilization that ...

That's better than the Clovis-First types who insisted that their view was the only one possible and attempted to destroy the careers of any who disputed them. Once pre-Clovis sites were identified they had little choice but to cling to their outdated theories for dear life. Always best to leave a l...