Part one of this quarter's edition of Unearthed! features updates, medical things, books and letters, oldest known things, and smells. Research: <ul> <li>Abdallah, Hannah. &ldquo;Analysis of charred food in pot reveals that prehistoric Europeans had surprisingly complex cuisines.&rdquo; EurekAlert. 3/4/2025. https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1117763</li> <li>Almeroth-Williams, Thomas. &ldquo;British redcoat&rsquo;s lost memoir reveals harsh realities of life as a disabled veteran.&rdquo; EurekAlert. 1/14/2026. https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1111595</li> <li>Anderson, Sonja. &ldquo;Does This Skeleton Found Beneath a Dutch Church Belong to D&rsquo;Artagnan, the Man Who Inspired &lsquo;The Three Musketeers&rsquo;?&rdquo; Smithsonian. 3/27/2026. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/this-skeleton-found-beneath-the-floor-of-a-dutch-church-may-belong-to-dartagnan-the-fourth-musketeer-180988448/</li> <li>Anderson, Sonja. &ldquo;Historians Thought This Rare Renaissance Portrait by One of the First Famous Female Artists Was Lost to History&mdash;Until It Surfaced in North Carolina.&rdquo; 2/3/2026. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/historians-thought-this-rare-renaissance-portrait-by-one-of-the-first-famous-female-artists-was-lost-to-history-until-it-surfaced-in-north-carolina-180988120/</li> <li>Anderson, Sonja. &ldquo;Hundreds of Ancient Roman Blade Sharpeners Emerge From a Riverbank in England, Revealing the Ruins of a 2,000-Year-Old Whetstone Factory.&rdquo; Smithsonian. 1/20/2026. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/hundreds-of-ancient-roman-blade-sharpeners-emerge-from-a-riverbank-in-england-revealing-the-ruins-of-a-2000-year-old-whetstone-factory-180988016/</li> <li>Anderson, Sonja. &ldquo;The Italian Government Just Paid Nearly $35 Million for a Rare Caravaggio Portrait&mdash;One of the Most Expensive Artworks It&rsquo;s Ever Acquired.&rdquo; Smithsonian. 3/16/2026. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-italian-government-just-paid-nearly-35-million-for-a-rare-Caravaggio-portrait-one-of-the-most-expensive-artworks-its-ever-acquired-180988344/</li> <li>Arnold, Paul. &ldquo;Poop as medicine? A Roman vial's chemistry backs up ancient medical texts.&rdquo; Phys.org. 2/4/2026. https://phys.org/news/2026-02-poop-medicine-roman-vial-chemistry.html</li> <li>Arnold, Paul. &ldquo;Scents of the afterlife: Identifying embalming recipes by 'sniffing' the air around Egyptian mummies.&rdquo; Phys.org. 2/5/2026. https://phys.org/news/2026-02-scents-afterlife-embalming-recipes-sniffing.html#google_vignette</li> <li>Bacon, Jordan. &ldquo;English history&rsquo;s biggest march is a myth &ndash; King Harold sailed to the Battle of Hastings.&rdquo; EurekAlert. 3/20/2026. https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1120082</li> <li>Bastola, Kunjal. &ldquo;A Groundskeeper Noticed a Sinkhole on a Golf Course. It Turned Out to Be a Wine Cellar Full of Empty Bottles, Untouched for More Than 100 Years.&rdquo; Smithsonian. 3/19/2026. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a-groundskeeper-noticed-a-sinkhole-on-a-golf-course-it-turned-out-to-be-a-wine-cellar-full-of-empty-bottles-untouched-for-more-than-100-years-180988379/</li> <li>Bastola, Kunjal. &ldquo;A Little Boy&rsquo;s Library Book Was Due in 1989. Thirty-Six Years Later, He Realized His Parents Had Never Returned It.&rdquo; Smithsonian. 1/26/2026. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a-little-boys-library-book-was-due-in-1989-thirty-six-years-later-he-realized-his-parents-had-never-returned-it-180988046/</li> <li>Baum, Stephanie. &ldquo;Ancient parrot DNA reveals sophisticated, long-distance animal trade network pre-dating the Inca Empire.&rdquo; 3/10/2026. https://phys.org/news/2026-03-ancient-parrot-dna-reveals-sophisticated.html</li> <li>Baum, Stephanie. &ldquo;From the Late Bronze Age to today, the Old Irish Goat carries 3,000 years of Irish history.&rdquo; 2/26/2026. https://phys.org/news/2026-02-late-bronze-age-today-irish.html</li> <li>Benzine, Vittoria. &ldquo;What Did Pompeii Smell Like? A New Study Analyzes Its Ancient Incense.&rdquo; Artnet. 3/31/2026. https://news.artnet.com/art-world/pompeii-ritual-incense-study-2760240</li> <li>Brooks, James. &ldquo;Danish warship sunk by Nelson&rsquo;s British fleet discovered after 225 years.&rdquo; Associated Press. 4/2/2026. https://apnews.com/article/denmark-archaeologists-warship-nelson-copenhagen-dannebroge-lynetteholm-4519533d9e774a490f6020e893634e09</li> <li>Carvajal, Guillermo. &ldquo;Archaeologists achieve a historic milestone by dating French cave paintings with carbon-14 for the first time.&rdquo; 3/10/2025. https://www.labrujulaverde.com/en/2026/03/archaeologists-achieve-a-historic-milestone-by-dating-french-cave-paintings-with-carbon-14-for-the-first-time/</li> <li>Clayworth, Liv. &ldquo;Bird poop powered the rise of the Chincha Kingdom, archaeologists find.&rdquo; EurekAlert. 2/11/2026. https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1115214</li> <li>&ldquo;Lost page of the Archimedes Palimpsest identified in Blois, central France.&rdquo; Phys.org. 3/9/2026. https://phys.org/news/2026-03-lost-page-archimedes-palimpsest-blois.html</li> <li>Ehrlich, Claudia. &ldquo;Signs on Stone Age objects: Precursor to written language dates back 40,000 years.&rdquo; EurekAlert. 2/23/2026. https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1117179</li> <li>Ferrer, Isabel. &ldquo;Is d&rsquo;Artagnan lying beneath a church in Maastricht? DNA will determine if remains found are those of the famous musketeer.&rdquo; El Pais. 3/25/2025. https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-03-25/is-dartagnan-lying-beneath-a-church-in-maastricht-dna-will-determine-if-remains-found-are-that-of-the-famous-musketeer.html?outputType=amp</li> <li>Gebauer, Kathryn. &ldquo;Groundbreaking discovery reveals Africa&rsquo;s oldest cremation pyre and complex ritual practices.&rdquo; EurekAlert. 1/1/2016. https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1111191</li> <li>Harley, Sadie. &ldquo;Iron Age dental plaque reveals Scythians consumed milk from horses and ruminants.&rdquo; Phys.org. 1/21/2026. https://phys.org/news/2026-01-iron-age-dental-plaque-reveals.html</li> <li>He, Ye. &ldquo;Singapore&rsquo;s first ancient shipwreck reveals record cargo of Yuan dynasty blue-and-white porcelain.&rdquo; EurekAlert. 2/12/2026. https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1116512</li> <li>Johansen, Rikke T&oslash;rns&oslash;. &ldquo;Archaeologists reveal a medieval super ship: "It's the World&rsquo;s largest cog".&rdquo; Vikingeskibs Museet. 12/22/2025. https://www.vikingeskibsmuseet.dk/en/news/archaeologists-reveal-a-medieval-super-ship-its-the-worlds-largest-cog</li> <li>Kasal, Krystal. &ldquo;Hannibal's famous war elephants: Single bone in Spain offers first direct evidence.&rdquo; Phys.org. 2/5/2026. https://phys.org/news/2026-02-hannibal-famous-war-elephants-bone.html</li> <li>Kasal, Krystal. &ldquo;Oldest known sewn hide and other artifacts from Oregon caves shed light on early clothing in harsh climates.&rdquo; Phys.org. 2/10/2026. https://phys.org/news/2026-02-oldest-sewn-artifacts-oregon-caves.html</li> <li>Killgrove, Kristina. &ldquo;Romans used human feces as medicine 1,900 years ago &mdash; and used thyme to mask the smell.&rdquo; 1/29/2026. https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/romans/romans-used-human-feces-as-medicine-1-900-years-ago-and-used-thyme-to-mask-the-smell</li> <li>Killgrove, Kristina. &ldquo;Stone Age woman was buried like a man, revealing flexible gender roles 7,000 years ago in Hungary.&rdquo; LiveScience. 3/3/2026. https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/stone-age-woman-was-buried-like-a-man-revealing-flexible-gender-roles-7-000-years-ago-in-hungary</li> <li>Koc University. &ldquo;Earliest evidence of indigo-dyed textiles and single-needle knitting discovered in Bronze Age Anatolia.&rdquo; Phys.org. 2/21/2026. https://phys.org/news/2026-02-earliest-evidence-indigo-dyed-textiles.html</li> <li>Kuta, Sarah. &ldquo;Did Neanderthals Use Birch Bark Tar as an Antibiotic to Treat Wounds and Infections?&rdquo; Smithsonian. 3/30/2026. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/did-neanderthals-use-birch-bark-tar-as-an-antibiotic-to-treat-wounds-and-infections-180988393/</li> <li>Kuta, Sarah. &ldquo;Ostrich Eggshells Suggest Our Ancestors May Have Understood Basic Geometry 60,000 Years Ago.&rdquo; Smithsonian. 3/9/2026. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/these-intricately-decorated-ostrich-eggshells-suggest-our-ancestors-may-have-understood-basic-geometry-60000-years-ago-180988315/</li> <li>Kuta, Sarah. &ldquo;&Ouml;tzi the Iceman May Have Carried a Cancer-Causing Strain of HPV, a Common Virus Still Plaguing Humans Today.&rdquo; Smithsonian. 1/20/2026. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/otzi-the-iceman-may-have-carried-a-cancer-causing-strain-of-hpv-a-common-virus-still-plaguing-humans-today-180988024/</li> <li>Kuta, Sarah. &ldquo;Shipwreck Timbers Appeared on a Beach After a Storm. They Had Been Buried Beneath the Sand Since the 17th Century.&rdquo; Smithsonian. 3/2/2026. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/shipwreck-timbers-appeared-on-a-beach-after-a-storm-they-had-been-buried-beneath-the-sand-since-the-17th-century-180988260/</li> <li>Lawson-Tancred, Jo. &ldquo;Salvador Dal&iacute;&rsquo;s Largest Work Snapped Up by Florida Museum.&rdquo; Artnet. 3/27/2026. https://news.artnet.com/market/salvador-dali-largest-work-bonhams-sale-2749246</li> <li>Lock, Lisa. &ldquo;Ancient DNA finds 15,800-year-old dogs in Anatolia, buried like humans.&rdquo; Phys.org. 3/28/2026. https://phys.org/news/2026-03-ancient-dna-year-dogs-anatolia.html</li> <li>Lock, Lisa. &ldquo;Are one in 200 men really related to Genghis Khan? Maybe not, according to a new study.&rdquo; Phys.org. 2/21/2026. https://phys.org/news/2026-02-men-genghis-khan.html</li> <li>Lucibella, Michael. &ldquo;Prehistoric tool made from elephant bone is the oldest discovered in Europe.&rdquo; EurekAlert. 1/26/2026. https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1113140</li> <li>Luscombe, Richard. &ldquo;Mass grave in Jordan sheds new light on world&rsquo;s earliest recorded pandemic.&rdquo; The Guardian. 1/31/2026. https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/jan/31/plague-of-justinian-pandemic</li> <li>net. &ldquo;Did King Harold Sail to Hastings? New Study Sparks Debate Among Historians.&rdquo; 3/2026. https://www.medievalists.net/2026/03/did-king-harold-sail-to-hastings-new-study-sparks-debate-among-historians/</li> <li>net. &ldquo;Viking-Age Woman Buried with Her Dog in Norway.&rdquo; 3/2026. https://www.medievalists.net/2026/03/viking-age-woman-buried-with-her-dog-in-norway/</li> <li>Newcastle University Press Office. &ldquo;5,300-year-old &lsquo;bow drill&rsquo; rewrites story of ancient Egyptian tools.&rdquo; 2/9/2026. https://www.ncl.ac.uk/press/articles/latest/2026/02/ancientegyptiandrillbit/</li> <li>Noraz, R., Chauvey, L., Wagner, S. et al. Ancient DNA reveals 4000 years of grapevine diversity, viticulture and clonal propagation in France. Nat Commun 17, 2494 (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-70166-z</li> <li>Nordin, Gunilla. &ldquo;World&rsquo;s oldest arrow poison &ndash; 60,000-year-old traces reveal early advanced hunting techniques.&rdquo; 1/7/2026. https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1111624</li> <li>Parco Archaeologico de Ercolano. &ldquo;Archaeology: New precious decorations discovered at Villa Sora in the Herculaneum Park.&rdquo; 2/5/2026. https://ercolano.cultura.gov.it/archaeology-new-precious-decorations-discovered-at-villa-sora-in-the-herculaneum-park/?lang=en</li> <li>Paul, Andrew. &ldquo;Hiker finds 3,000-year-old bull sculpture in Spain.&rdquo; Popular Science. 3/17/2026. https://www.popsci.com/science/hiker-finds-bronze-age-bull-spain/</li> <li>Potter, Lisa. &ldquo;A wild potato that changed the story of agriculture in the American Southwest.&rdquo; EurekAlert. 1/21/2026. https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1113056</li> <li>&ldquo;Digital scans unveil new love notes and sketches on ancient Pompeii wall.&rdquo; 1/19/2026. https://www.reuters.com/science/digital-scans-unveil-new-love-notes-sketches-ancient-pompeii-wall-2026-01-19/</li> <li>Richard L. Rosencrance et al. ,Complex perishable technologies from the North American Great Basin reveal specialized Late Pleistocene adaptations. Sci. Adv. 12, eaec2916(2026).DOI:10.1126/sciadv.aec2916</li> <li>Ruse, Amy. &ldquo;Tasmanian tiger lives on in Arnhem Land rock art.&rdquo; EurekAlert. 3/30/2026. https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1121955</li> <li>Ruse, Amy. &ldquo;World&rsquo;s oldest rock art holds clues to early human migration to Australia.&rdquo; EurekAlert. 1/21/2026. https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1112900</li> <li>Siehoff, Jonas. &ldquo;Hygienic conditions in Pompeii's early baths were poor.&rdquo; 1/12/2026. https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1112403</li> <li>Ta&ccedil;on, P. S. C., A.Jalandoni, S. K.May, J.Nganjmirra, and C.Mungulda. 2026. &ldquo;The Devil Is in the Detail: Tasmanian Devil and Tasmanian Tiger Paintings From Awunbarna and Injalak Hill, Northern Territory, Australia.&rdquo; Archaeology in Oceania. https://doi.org/10.1002/arco.70024</li> <li>The History Blog. &ldquo;$40 estate sale find by early African-American silversmith sells for $24,000.&rdquo; 2/4/2026. https://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/75294</li> <li>The History Blog. &ldquo;43,000 ostraca found at one site shed light on social history of Egypt.&rdquo; 5/15/2026. https://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/75609</li> <li>The History Blog. &ldquo;British Museum acquires Tudor Heart.&rdquo; 2/10/2026. https://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/75343</li> <li>The History Blog. &ldquo;Exceptional Roman cargo shipwreck found in Lake Neuch&acirc;tel.&rdquo; 3/29/2026. https://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/75705</li> <li>The History Blog. &ldquo;Extraordinary find: 10th c. bronze wheel cross matches mold found 43 years ago.&rdquo; 1/24/2026. https://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/75220</li> <li>The History Blog. &ldquo;Previously unknown Hans Baldung Grien portrait emerges after 500 years in the sitter&rsquo;s family.&rdquo; 1/17/2026. https://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/75161</li> <li>The History Blog. &ldquo;Roman wooden writing tablets from Belgium deciphered.&rdquo; 1/22/2206. https://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/75207</li> <li>Thomas, Laura. &ldquo;A century-old Stonehenge mystery may finally be solved.&rdquo; Science Daily. 1/27/2026. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/01/260127010208.htm</li> <li>Thorsberg, Christian. &ldquo;The National Gallery of Art Acquires 17th-Century Masterpiece by Baroque Painter Artemisia Gentileschi.&rdquo; Smithsonian. 2/7/2026. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-national-gallery-of-art-acquired-17th-century-masterpiece-by-baroque-painter-artemisia-gentileschi-180988147/</li> <li>Thorsberg, Christian. &ldquo;This Luxury Steamer Disappeared on a Stormy Night in 1872. Nearly 150 Years Later to the Day, It Was Found at the Bottom of Lake Michigan.&rdquo; Smithsonian. 2/18/2026. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/this-luxury-steamer-disappeared-on-a-stormy-night-in-1872-nearly-150-years-to-the-day-it-was-found-in-the-bottom-of-lake-michigan-180988204/</li> <li>Unibo Magazine. &ldquo;Humanity&rsquo;s oldest geometries, engraved on ostrich eggs.&rdquo; https://magazine.unibo.it/en/articles/humanitys-oldest-geometries-engraved-on-ostrich-eggs</li> <li>University of T&uuml;bingen. &ldquo;Earliest hand-held wooden tools found in Greece date back 430,000 years.&rdquo; Phys.org. 1/1/2026. https://phys.org/news/2026-01-earliest-held-wooden-tools-greece.html</li> <li>Villotte, S., T.Szeniczey, S.Kacki, and A.Anders. 2026. &ldquo;Fixed and Fluid: The Two Faces of Gender Roles&mdash;A Combined Study of Activity Patterns and Burial Practices in the European Neolithic.&rdquo; American Journal of Biological Anthropology189, no. 2: e70217. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.70217.</li> <li>Whiddington, Richard. &ldquo;3,300-Year-Old Papyrus Reveals How Ancient Egyptians Fixed Drawing Mistakes.&rdquo; ArtNet. 3/9/2026. https://news.artnet.com/art-world/ancient-egyptian-papyrus-white-out-fluid-2752125</li> <li>Whiddington, Richard. &ldquo;Long-Lost Archimedes Text Resurfaces in French Museum.&rdquo; Artnet. 3/11/2026. https://news.artnet.com/art-world/lost-page-of-archimedes-palimpsest-found-2753005</li> <li>Whiddington, Richard. &ldquo;Lost Parthenon Piece Unearthed From Lord Elgin&rsquo;s Shipwreck.&rdquo; ArtNet. 3/19/2026. https://news.artnet.com/art-world/parthenon-fragment-lord-elgin-shipwreck-2755894</li> <li>Zeilsgtra, Andrew. &ldquo;Breathing in the past: How museums can use biomolecular archaeology to bring ancient scents to life.&rdquo; EurekAlert. 2/5/2026. https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1114918</li> <li>Zinin, Andrew. &ldquo;600-year-old pinot noir grape found in medieval French toilet.&rdquo; Phys.org. 3/24/2026. https://phys.org/news/2026-03-year-pinot-noir-grape-medieval.html#google_vignette</li> </ul>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

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