Presenting the biggest discoveries and news in archaeology for the month of August 2023.
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DISCOVERIES
Oregon oldest occupation site - 18 000 years old
https://www.sci.news/archaeology/rimrock-draw-rockshelter-12076.html
Image credit: University of Oregon
Mongolian dragon ornament - 5500 years old
https://arkeonews.net/archaeologists-discovered-a-dragon-made-of-mussel-shells-in-in-inner-mongolia/
Image Credit: Inner Mongolia Daily
Otzi DNA analysis - 5000 years old
https://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/oetzi-shows-his-true-colors-new-analysis-indicates-that-austrian-iceman-was-anatolian-a-475dfdbe-cdab-4407-8b38-95d927831c4c#ref=rss
Egyptian balm perfume rediscovered - 3400 years old https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-39393-y
Image Credit: Figure 1 from article. © Museum August Kestner, Hannover (Germany); photo: Christian Tepper (museum’s photographer).
Priest of Pacopampa found - 3000 years old
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-66645621
Brick DNA - 2900 years old
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-38191-w
Image Credit: Arnold Mikkelsen og Jens Lauridsen.
Pompeii slave bedrooms - 2000 years old
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/aug/20/bedroom-used-by-slaves-found-by-archaeologists-near-pompeii
Image Credit : Italian Culture Heritage Ministry
Roman dinosaur bone - 1800 years old
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-66579601
Image Credit: Cambridge Investment Partnership
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CURRENT EVENTS
British Museum theft https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2023/aug/26/british-museum-reputation-damaged-treasures-loss
Worlds first underwater archaeological park is open
https://arkeonews.net/worlds-first-deepwater-archaeological-park-inaugurated-off-xlendi-malta/
Underwater virtual museum: https://underwatermalta.org/
Image Credit: Malta Heritage Ministry
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ENTERTAINMENT
Cleopatra film
https://bleedingcool.com/movies/why-the-upcoming-cleopatra-film-is-taking-its-time-being-made/
Time team plans
https://www.businessmole.com/time-team-reveals-its-plans-for-the-future-of-archaeology/
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