Part 2 of this installment of Unearthed! features animals, swords, art, shoes, shipwrecks, and the miscellany category of potpourri.

Research:
Abrams, G., Auguste, P., Pirson, S. et al. Earliest evidence of Neanderthal multifunctional bone tool production from cave lion (Panthera spelaea) remains. Sci Rep 15, 24010 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-08588-w
Addley, Esther. “English warship sunk in 1703 storm gives up its secrets three centuries on.” The Guardian. 7/31/2025. https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/jul/31/british-warship-hms-northumberland-1703-storm-archaeology
Alberge, Dalya. “New research may rewrite origins of the Book of Kells, says academic.” The Guardian. 9/26/2025. https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/sep/26/new-research-may-rewrite-origins-of-the-book-of-kells-says-academic
Alex, Bridget et al. “Regional disparities in US media coverage of archaeology research.” Science Advances. Vol. 11, No. 27. July 2025. https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adt5435
American Historical Association. “Historians Defend the Smithsonian.” Updated 8/15/2015. https://www.historians.org/news/historians-defend-the-smithsonian/#statement
Anderson, Sonja. “Underwater Archaeologists Capture Photos of Japanese Warship That Hasn’t Been Seen Since It Sank During World War II.” Smithsonian. 7/23/2025. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/underwater-archaeologists-capture-photos-of-japanese-warship-that-hasnt-been-seen-since-it-sank-during-world-war-ii-180987026/
“Ancient DNA provides a new means to explore ancient diets.” Via PhysOrg. 7/1/2025. https://phys.org/news/2025-06-ancient-dna-explore-diets.html
Archaeology Magazine. “Roman Workshop Specialized in Manufacturing Nails.” 9/11/2025. https://archaeology.org/news/2025/09/11/roman-workshop-specialized-in-manufacturing-nails-for-army-boots/
Arnold, Paul. “DNA analysis reveals insights into Ötzi the Iceman's mountain neighbors.” Phys.org. 7/22/2025. https://phys.org/news/2025-07-dna-analysis-reveals-insights-tzi.html
Arnold, Paul. “Prehistoric 'Swiss army knife' made from cave lion bone discovered in Neanderthal cave.” Phys.org. 7/9/2025. https://phys.org/news/2025-07-prehistoric-swiss-army-knife-cave.html
Associated Press. “Divers recover artifacts from the Titanic’s sister ship Britannic for the first time.” 9/16/2025. https://apnews.com/article/britannic-titanic-shipwreck-recovery-9a525f9831bc0d67c1c9604cc7155765
Breen, Kerry. “Woman's remains exhumed in Oregon's oldest unidentified person case.” CBS News. 9/24/2025. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/oak-grove-jane-doe-remains-exhumed-oregon-unidentified-person-homicide/
Croze, M., Paladin, A., Zingale, S. et al. Genomic diversity and structure of prehistoric alpine individuals from the Tyrolean Iceman’s territory. Nat Commun 16, 6431 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-61601-8
Davis, Nicola. “Even Neanderthals had distinct preferences when it came to making dinner, study suggests.” The Guardian. 7/17/2025. https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/jul/17/even-neanderthals-had-distinct-preferences-when-it-came-to-making-dinner-study-suggests
Durham University. “Bronze and Iron Age cultures in the Middle East were committed to wine production.” EurekAlert. 9/17/2025. https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1098278
“Archaeologists discover four at-risk shipwrecks on colonial waterfront at Brunswick Town/Fort Anderson State Historic Site.” 8/4/2025. https://news.ecu.edu/2025/08/04/archaeologists-discover-four-at-risk-shipwrecks-on-colonial-waterfront-at-brunswick-town-fort-anderson-state-historic-site/
Fratsyvir, Anna. “Polish president-elect urges Ukraine to allow full exhumations of Volyn massacre victims, despite resumed work.” 7/12/2025. https://kyivindependent.com/polands-president-elect-urges-zelensky-to-allow-full-exhumations-in-volyn-as-work-already-resumes/
Fry, Devin and Jordan Gartner. “Coroner’s office identifies man 55 years later after exhuming his body from cemetery.” 7/19/2025. https://www.kltv.com/2025/07/19/coroners-office-identifies-man-55-years-later-after-exhuming-his-body-cemetery/
Guagnin, Maria et al. “12,000-year-old rock art marked ancient water sources in Arabia's desert.” Phys.org. 10/1/2025. https://phys.org/news/2025-10-year-art-ancient-sources-arabia.html
History Blog. “Medieval leather goods found in Oslo.” 7/15/2025. https://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/73641
Jana Matuszak, Jana. “Of Captive Storm Gods and Cunning Foxes: New Insights into Early Sumerian Mythology, with an Editoin of Ni 12501.” Iraq. Vol. 86. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/iraq/article/of-captive-storm-gods-and-cunning-foxes-new-insights-into-early-sumerian-mythology-with-an-edition-of-ni-12501/391CFC6A9361C23A0E7AF159F565A911
Kuta, Sarah. “Cut Marks on Animal Bones Suggest Neanderthal Groups Had Their Own Unique Culinary Traditions.” Smithsonian. 7/17/2025. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/cut-marks-on-animal-bones-suggest-neanderthal-groups-had-their-own-unique-culinary-traditions-180987002/
Kuta, Sarah. “Seventy Years Later, They Finally Know What It Is.” Smithsonian. 8/1/2025. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/scientists-found-sticky-goo-inside-a-2500-year-old-jar-70-years-later-they-finally-know-what-it-is-180987088/
Kuta, Sarah. “Underwater Archaeologists Were Looking for a Lost Shipwreck in Wisconsin. They Stumbled Upon a Different Vessel Instead.” Smithsonian. 7/16/2025. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/underwater-archaeologists-were-looking-for-a-lost-shipwreck-in-wisconsin-they-stumbled-upon-a-different-vessel-instead-180986990/
Linköping University. “Ancient crop discovered in the Canary Islands thanks to archaeological DNA.” Phys.org. https://phys.org/news/2025-09-ancient-crop-canary-islands-archaeological.html
Lucchesi, Madison. “More layoffs at GBH as ‘Defunded’ sign goes viral.” Boston.com. 7/24/2025. https://www.boston.com/news/media/2025/07/24/gbh-layoffs-defunded-sign/
Luscombe, Richard. “‘It’s incredibly exciting’: ancient canoe unearthed after Hurricane Ian stormed through Florida.” The Guardian. 9/28/2025. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/28/florida-ancient-canoes
Margalida, Antoni et al. “The Bearded Vulture as an accumulator of historical remains: Insights for future ecological and biocultural studies.” Ecology. Volume 106, Issue 9. 9/11/2025. https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ecy.70191
Metcalfe, Tom. “300-year-old pirate-plundered shipwreck that once held 'eyewatering treasure' discovered off Madagascar.” Live Science. 7/3/2025. https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/300-year-old-pirate-plundered-shipwreck-that-once-held-eyewatering-treasure-discovered-off-madagascar
Mondal, Sanjukta. “Ancient Romans likely used extinct sea creature fossils as amulets.” Phys.org. 7/28/2025. https://phys.org/news/2025-07-ancient-romans-extinct-sea-creature.html
Morris, Steven. “Iron age settlement found in Gloucestershire after detectorist unearths Roman swords.” The Guardian. 7/4/2025. https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/jul/04/roman-swords-gloucestershire-villa-iron-age-settlement-discovery
Mullett, Russell et al. “Precious finger traces from First Nations ancestors revealed in a glittering mountain cave in Australia.” Phys.org. 7/28/2025. https://phys.org/news/2025-07-precious-finger-nations-ancestors-revealed.html
Ocean Exploration Trust. “Expedition reveals 13 shipwrecks from WWII battles off Guadalcanal.” Phys.org. 8/4/2025. https://phys.org/news/2025-08-reveals-shipwrecks-wwii-guadalcanal.html
Oster, Sandee. “Study translates fragmentary ancient Sumerian myth around 4,400 years old.” Phys.org. 7/22/2025. https://phys.org/news/2025-07-fragmentary-ancient-sumerian-myth-years.html
Paul, Andrew. “130-year-old butter bacteria discovered in Danish basement.” Popular Science. 9/15/2025. https://www.popsci.com/science/old-butter-basement-discovery/
Penn, Tim. “Big Roman shoes discovered near Hadrian's Wall—but they don't necessarily mean big Roman feet.” Phys.org. 7/20/2025. https://phys.org/news/2025-07-big-roman-hadrian-wall-dont.html#google_vignette
Pogrebin, Robin and Graham Bowley. “Smithsonian Responds to Trump’s Demand for a Review of Its Exhibits.” New York Times. 9/3/2025. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/arts/design/smithsonian-bunch-trump.html
Preston, Elizabeth. “Scientists found a 650-year-old shoe in a vulture nest. That’s just the start of it.’ National Geographic. 10/1/2025. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/vulture-nest-was-hiding-a-650-year-old-shoe
Reilly, Adam. “GBH lays off 13 staff at American Experience, pauses production of new documentaries.” GBH. 7/22/2025. https://www.wgbh.org/news/local/2025-07-22/gbh-lays-off-13-staff-at-american-experience-pauses-production-of-new-documentaries
Richmond, Todd. “Searchers discover ‘ghost ship’ that sank in Lake Michigan almost 140 years ago.” Associated Press. 9/15/2025. https://apnews.com/article/lake-michigan-schooner-shipwreck-door-county-ccff930d8cd87f3597483938f8fb4fd6
Savat, Sarah. “Discovery expands understanding of Neolithic agricultural practices, diets in East Asia.” EurekAlert. 9/24/2025. https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1099662
Seb Falk, James Wade, The Lost Song of Wade: Peterhouse 255 Revisited, The Review of English Studies, Volume 76, Issue 326, October 2025, Pages 339–365, https://doi.org/10.1093/res/hgaf038
Smith, Kiona N. “Oldest wooden tools in East Asia may have come from any of three species.” Ars Technica. 7/7/2025. https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/07/did-denisovans-or-homo-erectus-make-the-oldest-wooden-tools-in-east-asia/
The Catholic Herald. “Plans in train to exhume holy remains of martyr St Thomas More.” 7/14/2025. https://thecatholicherald.com/article/plans-in-train-to-exhume-holy-remains-of-martyr-st-thomas-more
The History Blog. “1600-year-old iron scale, weights found in Turkey.” 7/10/2025. https://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/73597
The History Blog. “2,500-year-old honey identified in ancient offering.” 7/31/2025. https://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/73776
The History Blog. “Kushan vessel inscribed with woman’s name found in Tajikistan.” 7/8/2025. https://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/73582
The History Blog. “Medieval sword fished out of Vistula in Warsaw.” 7/7/2025. https://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/73574
The History Blog. “Unique 3D mural 3,000-4,000 years old found in Peru.” 7/30/2025. https://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/73769
The White House. “Letter to the Smithsonian: Internal Review of Smithsonian Exhibitions and Materials.” 8/12/2025. https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/2025/08/letter-to-the-smithsonian-internal-review-of-smithsonian-exhibitions-and-materials/
Thorsberg, Christian. “A Tiny Typo May Explain a Centuries-Old Mystery About Chaucer’s ‘Canterbury Tales’ and ‘Troilus and Criseyde’.” Smithsonian. 7/16/2025. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a-tiny-typo-may-explain-a-centuries-old-mystery-about-chaucers-canterbury-tales-and-troilus-and-criseyde-180986991/
University of Cambridge. “Scholars just solved a 130-year literary mystery—and it all hinged on one word.” 7/16/2025. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/07/250716000855.htm
Vindolanda Trust. “Magna Shoes.” 7/2/2025. https://www.vindolanda.com/news/magna-shoes
Whiddington, Richard. “$2 Thrift Store Plate Turns Out to Be Rare Chinese Porcelain Worth Thousands.” Artnet. 8/21/2025. https://news.artnet.com/market/chinese-porcelain-uk-thrift-store-auction-2680013
Whiddington, Richard. “Famed Antikythera Shipwreck Yields More Astonishing Discoveries.” Artnet News. 7/16/2025. https://news.artnet.com/art-world/antikythera-shipwreck-more-discoveries-2668217
Whiddington, Richard. “Scholars Crack 130-Year-Old Mystery Behind a Lost Medieval Epic.” 7/17/2025. https://news.artnet.com/art-world/song-of-wade-mystery-chaucer-2668558
Whiddington, Richard. “Sunken Clues Reveal Identity of Mysterious Scottish Shipwreck.” Artnet. 7/25/2025. https://news.artnet.com/art-world/scotland-shipwreck-sanday-2671342

Part 2 of this installment of Unearthed! features animals, swords, art, shoes, shipwrecks, and the miscellany category of potpourri.
Research:
<ul>
<li>Abrams, G., Auguste, P., Pirson, S. et al. Earliest evidence of Neanderthal multifunctional bone tool production from cave lion (Panthera spelaea) remains. Sci Rep 15, 24010 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-08588-w</li>
<li>Addley, Esther. &ldquo;English warship sunk in 1703 storm gives up its secrets three centuries on.&rdquo; The Guardian. 7/31/2025. https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/jul/31/british-warship-hms-northumberland-1703-storm-archaeology</li>
<li>Alberge, Dalya. &ldquo;New research may rewrite origins of the Book of Kells, says academic.&rdquo; The Guardian. 9/26/2025. https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/sep/26/new-research-may-rewrite-origins-of-the-book-of-kells-says-academic</li>
<li>Alex, Bridget et al. &ldquo;Regional disparities in US media coverage of archaeology research.&rdquo; Science Advances. Vol. 11, No. 27. July 2025. https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adt5435</li>
<li>American Historical Association. &ldquo;Historians Defend the Smithsonian.&rdquo; Updated 8/15/2015. https://www.historians.org/news/historians-defend-the-smithsonian/#statement</li>
<li>Anderson, Sonja. &ldquo;Underwater Archaeologists Capture Photos of Japanese Warship That Hasn&rsquo;t Been Seen Since It Sank During World War II.&rdquo; Smithsonian. 7/23/2025. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/underwater-archaeologists-capture-photos-of-japanese-warship-that-hasnt-been-seen-since-it-sank-during-world-war-ii-180987026/</li>
<li>&ldquo;Ancient DNA provides a new means to explore ancient diets.&rdquo; Via PhysOrg. 7/1/2025. https://phys.org/news/2025-06-ancient-dna-explore-diets.html</li>
<li>Archaeology Magazine. &ldquo;Roman Workshop Specialized in Manufacturing Nails.&rdquo; 9/11/2025. https://archaeology.org/news/2025/09/11/roman-workshop-specialized-in-manufacturing-nails-for-army-boots/</li>
<li>Arnold, Paul. &ldquo;DNA analysis reveals insights into &Ouml;tzi the Iceman's mountain neighbors.&rdquo; Phys.org. 7/22/2025. https://phys.org/news/2025-07-dna-analysis-reveals-insights-tzi.html</li>
<li>Arnold, Paul. &ldquo;Prehistoric 'Swiss army knife' made from cave lion bone discovered in Neanderthal cave.&rdquo; Phys.org. 7/9/2025. https://phys.org/news/2025-07-prehistoric-swiss-army-knife-cave.html</li>
<li>Associated Press. &ldquo;Divers recover artifacts from the Titanic&rsquo;s sister ship Britannic for the first time.&rdquo; 9/16/2025. https://apnews.com/article/britannic-titanic-shipwreck-recovery-9a525f9831bc0d67c1c9604cc7155765</li>
<li>Breen, Kerry. &ldquo;Woman's remains exhumed in Oregon's oldest unidentified person case.&rdquo; CBS News. 9/24/2025. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/oak-grove-jane-doe-remains-exhumed-oregon-unidentified-person-homicide/</li>
<li>Croze, M., Paladin, A., Zingale, S. et al. Genomic diversity and structure of prehistoric alpine individuals from the Tyrolean Iceman&rsquo;s territory. Nat Commun 16, 6431 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-61601-8</li>
<li>Davis, Nicola. &ldquo;Even Neanderthals had distinct preferences when it came to making dinner, study suggests.&rdquo; The Guardian. 7/17/2025. https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/jul/17/even-neanderthals-had-distinct-preferences-when-it-came-to-making-dinner-study-suggests</li>
<li>Durham University. &ldquo;Bronze and Iron Age cultures in the Middle East were committed to wine production.&rdquo; EurekAlert. 9/17/2025. https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1098278</li>
<li>&ldquo;Archaeologists discover four at-risk shipwrecks on colonial waterfront at Brunswick Town/Fort Anderson State Historic Site.&rdquo; 8/4/2025. https://news.ecu.edu/2025/08/04/archaeologists-discover-four-at-risk-shipwrecks-on-colonial-waterfront-at-brunswick-town-fort-anderson-state-historic-site/</li>
<li>Fratsyvir, Anna. &ldquo;Polish president-elect urges Ukraine to allow full exhumations of Volyn massacre victims, despite resumed work.&rdquo; 7/12/2025. https://kyivindependent.com/polands-president-elect-urges-zelensky-to-allow-full-exhumations-in-volyn-as-work-already-resumes/</li>
<li>Fry, Devin and Jordan Gartner. &ldquo;Coroner&rsquo;s office identifies man 55 years later after exhuming his body from cemetery.&rdquo; 7/19/2025. https://www.kltv.com/2025/07/19/coroners-office-identifies-man-55-years-later-after-exhuming-his-body-cemetery/</li>
<li>Guagnin, Maria et al. &ldquo;12,000-year-old rock art marked ancient water sources in Arabia's desert.&rdquo; Phys.org. 10/1/2025. https://phys.org/news/2025-10-year-art-ancient-sources-arabia.html</li>
<li>History Blog. &ldquo;Medieval leather goods found in Oslo.&rdquo; 7/15/2025. https://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/73641</li>
<li>Jana Matuszak, Jana. &ldquo;Of Captive Storm Gods and Cunning Foxes: New Insights into Early Sumerian Mythology, with an Editoin of Ni 12501.&rdquo; Iraq. Vol. 86. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/iraq/article/of-captive-storm-gods-and-cunning-foxes-new-insights-into-early-sumerian-mythology-with-an-edition-of-ni-12501/391CFC6A9361C23A0E7AF159F565A911</li>
<li>Kuta, Sarah. &ldquo;Cut Marks on Animal Bones Suggest Neanderthal Groups Had Their Own Unique Culinary Traditions.&rdquo; Smithsonian. 7/17/2025. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/cut-marks-on-animal-bones-suggest-neanderthal-groups-had-their-own-unique-culinary-traditions-180987002/</li>
<li>Kuta, Sarah. &ldquo;Seventy Years Later, They Finally Know What It Is.&rdquo; Smithsonian. 8/1/2025. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/scientists-found-sticky-goo-inside-a-2500-year-old-jar-70-years-later-they-finally-know-what-it-is-180987088/</li>
<li>Kuta, Sarah. &ldquo;Underwater Archaeologists Were Looking for a Lost Shipwreck in Wisconsin. They Stumbled Upon a Different Vessel Instead.&rdquo; Smithsonian. 7/16/2025. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/underwater-archaeologists-were-looking-for-a-lost-shipwreck-in-wisconsin-they-stumbled-upon-a-different-vessel-instead-180986990/</li>
<li>Link&ouml;ping University. &ldquo;Ancient crop discovered in the Canary Islands thanks to archaeological DNA.&rdquo; Phys.org. https://phys.org/news/2025-09-ancient-crop-canary-islands-archaeological.html</li>
<li>Lucchesi, Madison. &ldquo;More layoffs at GBH as &lsquo;Defunded&rsquo; sign goes viral.&rdquo; Boston.com. 7/24/2025. https://www.boston.com/news/media/2025/07/24/gbh-layoffs-defunded-sign/</li>
<li>Luscombe, Richard. &ldquo;&lsquo;It&rsquo;s incredibly exciting&rsquo;: ancient canoe unearthed after Hurricane Ian stormed through Florida.&rdquo; The Guardian. 9/28/2025. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/28/florida-ancient-canoes</li>
<li>Margalida, Antoni et al. &ldquo;The Bearded Vulture as an accumulator of historical remains: Insights for future ecological and biocultural studies.&rdquo; Ecology. Volume 106, Issue 9. 9/11/2025. https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ecy.70191</li>
<li>Metcalfe, Tom. &ldquo;300-year-old pirate-plundered shipwreck that once held 'eyewatering treasure' discovered off Madagascar.&rdquo; Live Science. 7/3/2025. https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/300-year-old-pirate-plundered-shipwreck-that-once-held-eyewatering-treasure-discovered-off-madagascar</li>
<li>Mondal, Sanjukta. &ldquo;Ancient Romans likely used extinct sea creature fossils as amulets.&rdquo; Phys.org. 7/28/2025. https://phys.org/news/2025-07-ancient-romans-extinct-sea-creature.html</li>
<li>Morris, Steven. &ldquo;Iron age settlement found in Gloucestershire after detectorist unearths Roman swords.&rdquo; The Guardian. 7/4/2025. https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/jul/04/roman-swords-gloucestershire-villa-iron-age-settlement-discovery</li>
<li>Mullett, Russell et al. &ldquo;Precious finger traces from First Nations ancestors revealed in a glittering mountain cave in Australia.&rdquo; Phys.org. 7/28/2025. https://phys.org/news/2025-07-precious-finger-nations-ancestors-revealed.html</li>
<li>Ocean Exploration Trust. &ldquo;Expedition reveals 13 shipwrecks from WWII battles off Guadalcanal.&rdquo; Phys.org. 8/4/2025. https://phys.org/news/2025-08-reveals-shipwrecks-wwii-guadalcanal.html</li>
<li>Oster, Sandee. &ldquo;Study translates fragmentary ancient Sumerian myth around 4,400 years old.&rdquo; Phys.org. 7/22/2025. https://phys.org/news/2025-07-fragmentary-ancient-sumerian-myth-years.html</li>
<li>Paul, Andrew. &ldquo;130-year-old butter bacteria discovered in Danish basement.&rdquo; Popular Science. 9/15/2025. https://www.popsci.com/science/old-butter-basement-discovery/</li>
<li>Penn, Tim. &ldquo;Big Roman shoes discovered near Hadrian's Wall&mdash;but they don't necessarily mean big Roman feet.&rdquo; Phys.org. 7/20/2025. https://phys.org/news/2025-07-big-roman-hadrian-wall-dont.html#google_vignette</li>
<li>Pogrebin, Robin and Graham Bowley. &ldquo;Smithsonian Responds to Trump&rsquo;s Demand for a Review of Its Exhibits.&rdquo; New York Times. 9/3/2025. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/arts/design/smithsonian-bunch-trump.html</li>
<li>Preston, Elizabeth. &ldquo;Scientists found a 650-year-old shoe in a vulture nest. That&rsquo;s just the start of it.&rsquo; National Geographic. 10/1/2025. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/vulture-nest-was-hiding-a-650-year-old-shoe</li>
<li>Reilly, Adam. &ldquo;GBH lays off 13 staff at American Experience, pauses production of new documentaries.&rdquo; GBH. 7/22/2025. https://www.wgbh.org/news/local/2025-07-22/gbh-lays-off-13-staff-at-american-experience-pauses-production-of-new-documentaries</li>
<li>Richmond, Todd. &ldquo;Searchers discover &lsquo;ghost ship&rsquo; that sank in Lake Michigan almost 140 years ago.&rdquo; Associated Press. 9/15/2025. https://apnews.com/article/lake-michigan-schooner-shipwreck-door-county-ccff930d8cd87f3597483938f8fb4fd6</li>
<li>Savat, Sarah. &ldquo;Discovery expands understanding of Neolithic agricultural practices, diets in East Asia.&rdquo; EurekAlert. 9/24/2025. https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1099662</li>
<li>Seb Falk, James Wade, The Lost Song of Wade: Peterhouse 255 Revisited, The Review of English Studies, Volume 76, Issue 326, October 2025, Pages 339&ndash;365, https://doi.org/10.1093/res/hgaf038</li>
<li>Smith, Kiona N. &ldquo;Oldest wooden tools in East Asia may have come from any of three species.&rdquo; Ars Technica. 7/7/2025. https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/07/did-denisovans-or-homo-erectus-make-the-oldest-wooden-tools-in-east-asia/</li>
<li>The Catholic Herald. &ldquo;Plans in train to exhume holy remains of martyr St Thomas More.&rdquo; 7/14/2025. https://thecatholicherald.com/article/plans-in-train-to-exhume-holy-remains-of-martyr-st-thomas-more</li>
<li>The History Blog. &ldquo;1600-year-old iron scale, weights found in Turkey.&rdquo; 7/10/2025. https://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/73597</li>
<li>The History Blog. &ldquo;2,500-year-old honey identified in ancient offering.&rdquo; 7/31/2025. https://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/73776</li>
<li>The History Blog. &ldquo;Kushan vessel inscribed with woman&rsquo;s name found in Tajikistan.&rdquo; 7/8/2025. https://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/73582</li>
<li>The History Blog. &ldquo;Medieval sword fished out of Vistula in Warsaw.&rdquo; 7/7/2025. https://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/73574</li>
<li>The History Blog. &ldquo;Unique 3D mural 3,000-4,000 years old found in Peru.&rdquo; 7/30/2025. https://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/73769</li>
<li>The White House. &ldquo;Letter to the Smithsonian: Internal Review of Smithsonian Exhibitions and Materials.&rdquo; 8/12/2025. https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/2025/08/letter-to-the-smithsonian-internal-review-of-smithsonian-exhibitions-and-materials/</li>
<li>Thorsberg, Christian. &ldquo;A Tiny Typo May Explain a Centuries-Old Mystery About Chaucer&rsquo;s &lsquo;Canterbury Tales&rsquo; and &lsquo;Troilus and Criseyde&rsquo;.&rdquo; Smithsonian. 7/16/2025. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a-tiny-typo-may-explain-a-centuries-old-mystery-about-chaucers-canterbury-tales-and-troilus-and-criseyde-180986991/</li>
<li>University of Cambridge. &ldquo;Scholars just solved a 130-year literary mystery&mdash;and it all hinged on one word.&rdquo; 7/16/2025. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/07/250716000855.htm</li>
<li>Vindolanda Trust. &ldquo;Magna Shoes.&rdquo; 7/2/2025. https://www.vindolanda.com/news/magna-shoes</li>
<li>Whiddington, Richard. &ldquo;$2 Thrift Store Plate Turns Out to Be Rare Chinese Porcelain Worth Thousands.&rdquo; Artnet. 8/21/2025. https://news.artnet.com/market/chinese-porcelain-uk-thrift-store-auction-2680013</li>
<li>Whiddington, Richard. &ldquo;Famed Antikythera Shipwreck Yields More Astonishing Discoveries.&rdquo; Artnet News. 7/16/2025. https://news.artnet.com/art-world/antikythera-shipwreck-more-discoveries-2668217</li>
<li>Whiddington, Richard. &ldquo;Scholars Crack 130-Year-Old Mystery Behind a Lost Medieval Epic.&rdquo; 7/17/2025. https://news.artnet.com/art-world/song-of-wade-mystery-chaucer-2668558</li>
<li>Whiddington, Richard. &ldquo;Sunken Clues Reveal Identity of Mysterious Scottish Shipwreck.&rdquo; Artnet. 7/25/2025. https://news.artnet.com/art-world/scotland-shipwreck-sanday-2671342</li>
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