[SunkenCiv]

upcoming GGG topics for the rest of this week:

Fragment of a 1,750-year-old New Testament translation discovered
https://phys.org/news/2023-04-fragment-year-old-testament.html

1,100-year-old ‘ceremonial’ Viking shields were actually used in battle, study suggests
https://www.livescience.com/1100-year-old-ceremonial-viking-shields-were-actually-used-in-battle-study-suggests

Egypt:

Researchers use 21st century methods to record 2,000 years of ancient graffiti in Egypt
https://www.sfu.ca/sfunews/stories/2023/03/researchers-use-21st-century-methods-to-record-2-000-years-of-an.html

A Pit of Severed Hands Could Be The Remains of a Grisly Ancient Egyptian Ceremony
https://www.sciencealert.com/a-pit-of-severed-hands-could-be-the-remains-of-a-grisly-ancient-egyptian-ceremony
https://www.science.org/content/article/severed-hands-unearthed-ancient-egyptian-site-may-have-been-battle-trophies

See the oldest human ever found in Egypt in stunning new facial approximation
https://www.livescience.com/see-the-oldest-human-ever-found-in-egypt-in-stunning-new-facial-approximation

Mummies provide the key to reconstruct the climate of the ancient Mediterranean
https://phys.org/news/2023-04-mummies-key-reconstruct-climate-ancient.html
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/04/ancient-mummy-labels-help-to-reconstruct-climate-of-roman-egypt/146786

Precolumbian/Postcolumbian Americas

New, exhaustive study probes hidden history of horses in the American West
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/03/230330172129.htm

First Evidence of Sabertoothed Cat Inhabiting the State of Iowa
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/04/first-evidence-of-sabertoothed-cat-inhabiting-the-state-of-iowa/146797

Diet and Cuisine:

New clues to the behavioral variability of Neanderthal hunting parties
https://www.cenieh.es/en/press/news/new-clues-behavioral-variability-neanderthal-hunting-parties

Ancient Humans Cooked And Ate Giant Land Snails Around 170,000 Years Ago
https://www.iflscience.com/ancient-humans-cooked-and-ate-giant-land-snails-around-170000-years-ago-68292

Neolithic Farmers Processed Cow, Goat and Sheep Milk
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/04/neolithic-farmers-processed-cow-goat-and-sheep-milk/146792

Yak milk consumption among Mongol Empire elites
https://news.umich.edu/yak-milk-consumption-among-mongol-empire-elites/

Possible, although something like it may have been posted a while back:

A Look Inside the Roman Brothels of Ancient Pompeii
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MImUfavTBSc
https://ninetymilesfromtyranny.blogspot.com/2013/06/are-pornographic-coins-of-ancient-rome.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spintria

[Red Badger]

Yak milk consumption among Mongol Empire elites..........

[SunkenCiv]

Got ‘em all posted! Yay me!