The second installment of things literally or figuratively unearthed that
appeared in the news in the the second quarter of 2022 includes some animal
stuff, some art stuff, and a bit of potpourri. Research: Torchinsky, Rina. “2
missing Charles Darwin notebooks are mysteriously returned more than 20 years
later.” NPR. 4/5/2022. https://www.npr.org/2022/04/05/1091010338/charles-
darwin-notebooks-cambridge-library Roberts, Stuart. “Missing Darwin notebooks
returned to Cambridge University Library.” University of Cambridge.
https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/TreeOfLife Diamond Light Source. “The race to
preserve the oven bricks of the Tudor warship the Mary Rose.” Phys.Org.
4/7/2022. https://phys.org/news/2022-04-oven-bricks-tudor-warship-mary.html
AFP. “Mystery sarcophagus found in Notre-Dame to be opened.” Via PhysOrg.
4/14/2022. https://phys.org/news/2022-04-mystery-sarcophagus-notre-dame.html
Kuta, Sarah. “Long-Lost Medal Honoring Revolutionary War Hero Sells for
Record-Breaking $960,000.” Smithsonian. 4/14/2022.
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/lost-medal-honoring-revolutionary-
war-hero-sells-for-record-breaking-960k-180979910/ Stacks & Bowers. “1781
(1839) Daniel Morgan at Cowpens medal. Gold, 56.2 mm. Dies by Jean-Jacques
Barre, after Dupre. Betts-593, Julian MI-7, Loubat 8. SP.../”
https://auctions.stacksbowers.com/lots/view/3-VKYS3/1781-1839-daniel-morgan-
at-cowpens-medal-gold-562-mm-dies-by-jean-jacques-barre-after-dupre-betts-593
-julian-mi-7-loubat-8-sp?utm_source=coinweek University of Helsinki.
“Friendship Ornaments From The Stone Age.” Via Archaeological News Network.
4/25/2022. https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2022/04/friendship-
ornaments-from-stone-age.html Brazell, Emma. “Lost 700-year-old ship found
just five feet beneath street by construction workers.” Metro.co.uk.4/20/2022.
https://metro.co.uk/2022/04/20/tallinn-700-year-old-ship-found-5ft-under-
street-by-construction-workers-16498703/ Almeroth-Williams, Thomas. “Anglo-
Saxon kings were mostly veggie but peasants treated them to huge barbecues,
new study argues.” EurekAlert. 4/21/2022. https://www.eurekalert.org/news-
releases/950285 Jane Recker. “Lost Charlotte Brontë Manuscript Sells for $1.25
Million.” Smithsonian. 4/22/2022. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news
/lost-charlotte-bronte-manuscript-sells-for-one-million-180979955/ The Bronte
Society. “Bronte Parsonage Museum to Acquire Charlotte Bronte’s ‘A Book of
Rhymes.’” https://www.bronte.org.uk/whats-on/news/248/bronte-parsonage-museum-
to-acquire-charlotte-brontes-a-book-of-ryhmes Rosengreen, Carley. “Ancient
hand grenades: Explosive weapons in medieval Jerusalem during Crusades.”
Phys.org. 4/26/2022. https://phys.org/news/2022-04-ancient-grenades-explosive-
weapons-medieval.html van der Sluijs, Marinus Anthony and Hisashi Hayakawa. “A
candidate auroral report in the Bamboo Annals, indicating a possible extreme
space weather event in the early 10th century BCE.” Advances in Space
Research. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asr.2022.01.010 Gamillo, Elizabeth.
“Evidence of Earliest Aurora Found in Ancient Chinese Texts.” Smithsonian.
4/26/2022. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/evidence-of-earliest-
candidate-aurora-found-in-ancient-chinese-texts-180979979/ Fox23.com. “Bronze
statue of ballerina Marjorie Tallchief stolen from Tulsa Historical Society.”
4/30/2022. https://www.fox23.com/news/bronze-statue-ballerina-marjorie-
tallchief-stolen-tulsa-historical-society/ZFOBFU77PBBONI423W2SNBK5S4/
Associated Press. “Tulsa ballerina statue to be restored; more pieces found.”
The Oklahoman. 5/11/2022. https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/2022/05/11
/tulsa-ballerina-marjorie-tallchief-statue-restored-more-pieces-
found/9721520002/ Higgens, Dave. “Tiny bible rediscovered during lockdown
‘belongs to everyone’.” The Independent. 5/5/2022.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/covid-india-isaac-b2071923.html The
Strad. “1714 ‘da Vinci, ex-Seidel’ Stradivari violin sells for $15.34m.”
6/10/2022. https://www.thestrad.com/news/1714-da-vinci-ex-seidel-stradivari-
violin-sells-for-1534m/15015.article Mufarech, Antonia. “This 308-Year-Old
Violin Could Become the Most Expensive Ever Sold.” Smithsonian. 5/9/2022.
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/this-308-year-old-violin-could-
mark-a-new-world-record-180980051/ Djinis, Elizabeth. “Ancient Roman Sculpture
Likely Looted During WWII Turns Up at Texas Goodwill.” Smithsonian. 5/6/2022.
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/ancient-roman-sculpture-likely-
looted-during-wwii-turns-up-at-texas-goodwill-180980045/ Haq, Hana Noor.
“Human genome of Pompeii victim sequenced for the first time.” CNN. 5/26/2022.
https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/26/europe/pompeii-human-genome-sequence-scn-scli-
intl/index.html Vindolanda Charitable Trust. “Ancient Graffiti Uncovered.”
5/26/2022. https://www.vindolanda.com/News/ancient-graffiti Reeves, Jay and
Emily WAgster Pettus. “1955 warrant in Emmett Till case found, family seeks
arrest.” Associated Press. Via WJTV. 6/29/2022.
https://www.wjtv.com/news/state/1955-warrant-in-emmett-till-case-found-family-
seeks-arrest/ Bunch, Lonnie G. III. “Why the Smithsonian Adopted a New Policy
on Ethical Collecting.” Smithsonian Magazine. 6/2022.
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/smithsonian-adopted-
new-policy-ethical-collecting-180980047/ Kuta, Sarah. “Unlocking the Secrets
of the ‘Clotilda,’ the Last Known Slave Ship.” Smithsonian. 5/19/2022.
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/unlocking-the-secrets-of-clotilda-
the-last-known-slave-ship-180980107/ Guiffrida, Angela. “Stolen Nostradamus
manuscript is returned to library in Rome.” The Guardian. 5/5/2022.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/may/05/stolen-nostradamus-manuscript-
is-returned-to-library-in-rome Bar, Hervé. “Colombia shares unprecedented
images of treasure-laden wreck.” Phys.org. 6/7/2022.
https://phys.org/news/2022-06-colombia-unprecedented-images-treasure-
laden.html BBC. “Shipwreck The Gloucester hailed most important since Mary
Rose.” 6/10/2022. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-norfolk-61734192.amp
Bartman, Cat. “Wreck of historic royal ship discovered off the English coast.”
EurekAlert. 6/9/2022. https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/955462 Kuta,
Sarah. “399-Year-Old Copy of Shakespeare’s First Folio Could Fetch $2.5
Million at Auction.” Smithsonian.com. 6/15/2022.
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/399-year-old-copy-of-shakespeares-
first-folio-could-fetch-25-million-at-auction-180980258/ Max Planck Society.
“Ancient plague genomes reveal the origins of the Black Death.” Phys.org.
6/15/2022. https://phys.org/news/2022-06-ancient-plague-genomes-reveal-
black.html Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. “Origins of the
Black Death identified.” EurekAlert. 6/15/2022. https://www.eurekalert.org
/news-releases/955621 Langgut, Dafna and Yosef Garfinkel. “7000-year-old
evidence of fruit tree cultivation in the Jordan Valley, Israel.” Scientific
Reports. May 2022. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-10743-6 The History Blog. “1,300
-year-old shipwreck found in France.”
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/64330 Green, Monica H. “Okay, so here
are my comments on the new paper in @Nature  announcing palaeogenetic
identification of the origin of the Black Death.” Tweet thread. 6/22/2022.
https://twitter.com/monicaMedHist/status/1539737786210652160 Alberge, Dalya.
“First ever prayer beads from medieval Britain discovered.” The Telegraph.
6/26/2022. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/travel/news/first-ever-prayer-beads-from-
medieval-britain-discovered/ar-AAYSVfq#image=2 Sands, Leo. “Pompeii: Ancient
pregnant tortoise surprises archaeologists.” BBC. 6/25/2022.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-61931172 Djinis, Elizabeth. “Divers Pull
Marble Head of Hercules From a 2,000-Year-Old Shipwreck in Greece.”
Smithsonian. 6/27/2022. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/divers-pull-
marble-head-hercules-shipwreck-greece-180980306/ Phys.org. “Explorers find
WWII Navy ship, deepest wreck discovered.” 6/25/2022.
https://phys.org/news/2022-06-deepest-shipwreck-wwii-ship-philippines.html
Terrazas, Michael. “UGA study asks: Did democracy have a separate origin in
the Americas?” UGA Research. 6/13/2022. https://research.uga.edu/news/uga-
study-asks-did-democracy-have-a-separate-origin-in-the-americas/ Norwegian
University of Science and Technology. “Climate change reveals unique artefacts
in melting ice patches.” EurekAlert. 5/22/2022. https://www.eurekalert.org
/news-releases/953892 Daily Sabah. “Farmer Ploughs Up Rare Hittite Gold
Bracelet In Turkey.” From Archeology News Network. 3/28/2022.
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2022/03/farmer-ploughs-up-rare-
hittite-gold.html Bower, Bruce. “A new origin story for domesticated chickens
starts in rice fields 3,500 years ago.” Science News. 6/6/2022.
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/chicken-domestication-bones-origin-asia-
rice-fields-exotic-animals Gamillo, Elizabeth. “Researchers Pinpoint Date When
Chickens Were First Domesticated.” Smithsonian. 6/8/2022.
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/researchers-pinpoint-date-when-
chickens-were-first-domesticated-180980212/ Recker, Jane. “How Did Thousands
of Frog Bones End Up Buried at an Iron Age Settlement?.” Smithsonian.
6/15/2022. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/housands-of-frog-bones-
found-at-iron-age-settlement-180980251/ BBC. “Frog bones found in
Cambridgeshire Iron Age ditch baffle experts.” 6/13/2022.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-61784186 Perfetto, Imma.
“Two ancient wolf populations which evolved into man’s best friend.” Cosmos.
6/30/2022. https://cosmosmagazine.com/nature/ancient-wolf-populations-dog-
ancestors/ Bergstrom, Anders et al. “Grey wolf genomic history reveals a dual
ancestry of dogs.” Nature. 6/29/2022.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-04824-9 Redazione ANSA. “'Theodoric
the Great' villa mosaic found near Verona.” 4/20/2022.
https://www.ansa.it/english/news/lifestyle/arts/2022/04/13/theodoric-the-
great-villa-mosaic-found-near-verona_f092783e-10af-4d05-92c0-6392fdf676a8.html
Saltworks Castle. “An Unusual Discovery – Polychromes from the Time of the
Vasa.” https://muzeum.wieliczka.pl/aktualnosci/niezwykle-odkrycie-
polichromie-z-czasow-wazow Archaeology News Network. “Prehistoric People
Created Art By Firelight, New Research Reveals.” 4/20/2022.
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2022/04/prehistoric-people-
created-art-by.html Rochicchioli, Pierre. “Race to save undersea Stone Age
cave art masterpieces.” Phys.org. 5/30/2022. https://phys.org/news/2022-05
-undersea-stone-age-cave-art.html Griffith University. “Machine-learning model
can detect hidden Aussie rock art.” Phys.org. 6/27/2022.
https://phys.org/news/2022-06-machine-learning-hidden-aussie-art.html Chang,
Cara. “Harvard Holds Human Remains of 19 Likely Enslaved Individuals,
Thousands of Native Americans, Draft Report Says.” Harvard Crimson. 6/1/2022.
https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2022/6/1/draft-human-remains-report/
Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative Investigative Report
https://www.bia.gov/sites/default/files/dup/inline-
files/bsi_investigative_report_may_2022_508.pdf D’Emilio, Frances. “Italy
creates new museum for trafficked ancient artifacts.” AP. 6/15/2022.
https://apnews.com/article/travel-rome-italy-e39d360dfd1bec9d8e2078b387e1508d
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