Wednesday What's New in History | April 19, 2017 | AskHistorians Archive Observer

Discovery May Help Decipher Ancient Inca String Code - !!!!!!! - Current Anthropology article
Preschoolers dig archaeology at ASU mock excavation
Ancient City Site Reported by Spanish Expedition Found in Kansas
Cleveland Museum of Art returns Roman portrait of Drusus after learning it was stolen from Italy in WWII
Food for thought: reconstructing the diet of Napoleon's Grand Army
More than 1,000 ancient Egyptian artifacts and coffins found in tomb near Luxor
Stunning 23,000 year old Venus Figurine unearthed in Russia: The Venus is made from a mammoth tusk and it portrays a fat, maybe pregnant woman, with a big belly and bust. It was found near parts of mammoth bones that were painted with a mineral sienna paint
Medieval priest discovered in elaborate grave 700 years after his death
Solstice Alignments Discovered in 'Peter Pan' Gardens
Ancient brassware discovered in China by villagers at archaeological site turns out to be 161 explosive warheads from WWII
1,100-year-old inscription unearthed from floor of Tiruvannamalai temple
Decoratively carved medieval sheep leg bone tool found at bottom of well in England might have been an apple-corer, scoop, basket-making tool or sailor's 'fid'
Farming reached the Mediterranean from the Near-East much earlier than we thought: Researchers used 1,500 mitochondrial genome lineages to date the arrival of farmers in different regions of Europe. They found that farmers first arrived in the Late Glacial era, 13,000 years ago.
Roman emperor's and nobles' 1,900 year old rural estates found in Turkey with mosaics, rock-cut reliefs, altar inscribed with a poem, clay water pipes and pottery remains
The Lost City That’s Not Lost - A very good read
Archaeologists Study Eroding S Carolina Prehistoric Shell Mound—100 yrs ago it stood 15 ft tall. Today, 3-ft. “We’re looking at a few months before it’s gone.” A likely trash pit filled with shells is in its heart. A whelk drilled with 2 holes found in layer of whelks from a feast.
2,000 year old underground city unearthed in Iran with interlinked tunnels, halls, 25 rooms and 60 skeletons
Precision chronology sheds new light on the origins of Mongolia's nomadic horse culture: New research finds that this nomadic horse culture can trace its roots back more than 3,000 years in the eastern Eurasian Steppes
Ancient tools found near Route 8 now believed to be 12,700 years old
The Tallest Men in the World Trace Back to Paleolithic Mammoth Hunters
5,000 year old skull of 13 year old girl reveals deep triangular surgical incision to treat hydrocephalus, patient died a few months later
Ancient mummy 'with 1,100 year old Adidas boots' died after she was struck on the head