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The conclusion of the July 2024 edition of things unearthed literally or figuratively covers animals, shipwrecks, and medicine. But it starts with the assorted things that don't fit in a category, which are grouped as potpourri. Research: Binswanger, Julia. “Groundbreaking Research Shows Ancient Egyptians Were Conducting Cancer Surgery Over 4,000 Years Ago.” Smithsonian. 5/29/2024. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/groundbreaking-research-shows-ancient-egyptians-were-conducting-cancer-surgery-over-4000-years-ago-180984431/ Feldman, Ella. “The Judy Garland Museum Wants to Buy Dorothy’s Ruby Slippers.” Smithsonian. 6/25/2024. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-judy-garland-museum-wants-to-buy-dorothys-ruby-slippers-180984604/ Mount Vernon. “Archaeologists Discover Two Intact, Sealed 18th Century Glass Bottles During Mansion Revitalization at George Washington’s Mount Vernon.” 4/22/2024. https://www.mountvernon.org/about/news/article/archaeologists-discover-two-intact-sealed-18th-century-glass-bottles-during-mansion-revitalization-at-george-washington-s-mount-vernon/ Mount Vernon. “Archaeologists Unearth 35 Glass Bottles from the 18th Century at George Washington’s Mount Vernon During Mansion Revitalization, Most Containing Perfectly Preserved Cherries and Berries.” 6/13/2024. https://www.mountvernon.org/about/news/article/archaeologists-unearth-35-glass-bottles-from-the-18th-century-at-george-washington-s-mount-vernon-during-mansion-revitalization-most-containing-perfectly-preserved-cherries-and-berries/ Helm, Charles and Alan Whitfield. “Stingray sand 'sculpture' in South Africa may be oldest example of humans creating an image of another creature.” Phys.org. 4/1/2024. https://phys.org/news/2024-04-stingray-sand-sculpture-south-africa.html Mills, Charlie. “Tasmanian Devil tooth and other rare artefacts found during re-excavation of Pilbara's Juukan Gorge.” ABC News. 4/16/2024. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-17/tooth-and-artefacts-found-in-excavation-of-juukan-gorge/103729346 Burnett, Sarah. “New finds at Culloden shed light on intensity of battle.” National Trust for Scotland. https://www.nts.org.uk/stories/new-finds-at-culloden-shed-light-on-intensity-of-battle Ferguson, Alisdair. “Scottish archaeologists find potential buckle of Culloden clan chief.” 4/12/2024. https://www.thenational.scot/news/24249505.scottish-archaeologist-find-potential-buckle-culloden-clan-chief/ Brewer, Keagan. “For 600 years the Voynich manuscript has remained a mystery—now, researchers think it's partly about sex.” Phys.org. 4/16/2024. https://phys.org/news/2024-04-years-voynich-manuscript-mystery-sex.html Keagan Brewer, Michelle L Lewis, The Voynich Manuscript, Dr Johannes Hartlieb and the Encipherment of Women’s Secrets, Social History of Medicine, 2024;, hkad099, https://doi.org/10.1093/shm/hkad099 Babbs, Verity. “A Dining Room With Stunning Wall Murals Unearthed in Pompeii.” Artnet. 4/11/2024. https://news.artnet.com/art-world/dining-room-murals-pompeii-2467748 Mortensen, Antonia. “A blue painted shrine is the latest discovery in Pompeii ‘treasure chest’.” CNN. 6/4/2024. https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/04/science/blue-sacrarium-pompeii-excavation-scli-intl-scn/index.html Nadeau, Barbie Latza. “Pompeii gladiator drawings suggest children saw ‘extreme form’ of violence.” 5/29/2024. https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/29/style/pompeii-children-drawings-scli-intl-scn/index.html Zeilstra, Andrew. “When did the chicken cross the road? New evidence from Central Asia.” EurekAlert. 4/2/2024. https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1039445 anderson, Sonja. “Archaeologists May Have Found the Villa Where the Roman Emperor Augustus Died.” Smithsonian. 4/24/2024. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/covered-in-ash-by-the-same-eruption-that-buried-pompeii-this-villa-may-have-belonged-to-emperor-augustus-180984212/ Kuta, Sarah. “The Public Finally Has Access to an Accurate List of Japanese Americans Detained During World War II.” Smithsonian. 4/29/2024. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/public-finally-access-accurate-list-japanese-americans-detained-during-world-war-ii-180984241/ Artnet News. “The Stone of Destiny Was Once But a Humble Doorstep, a New Study Reveals.” 5/17/2024. https://news.artnet.com/art-world/stone-of-destiny-doorstep-2480385 “UNESCO wants to add Stonehenge to list of endangered heritage sites.” 6/25/2024. https://phys.org/news/2024-06-unesco-stonehenge-endangered-heritage-sites.html Benzine, Vittoria. “A Lavinia Fontana Portrait Enters a Museum Collection After 400 Years in Private Hands.” Artnet. 5/1/2024. https://news.artnet.com/art-world/legion-of-honor-lavinia-fontana-acquisition-2478687 Binswanger, Julia. “This 130,000-Year-Old Decorative Bear Bone May Be the Oldest Known Neanderthal Art.” Smithsonian. 5/22/2015. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/this-130000-year-old-decorative-bear-bone-may-be-the-oldest-known-neanderthal-art-180984380/ Nalewicki, Jennifer. “2,000-year-old rock art, including nearly 140-foot-long snake, may mark ancient territories in Colombia, Venezuela.” LiveScience. 6/3/2024. https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/2000-year-old-rock-art-including-nearly-140-foot-long-snake-may-mark-ancient-territories-in-colombia-venezuela Fraser, Alex. “Mona Lisa's mysterious background decrypted by art-loving geologist.” Reuters. 5/15/2024. https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/mona-lisas-mysterious-background-decrypted-by-art-loving-geologist-2024-05-15/ Benzine, Vittoria. “These Rare Aztec Manuscripts, Long in Private Hands, Were Just Acquired by Mexico.” 4/3/2024. https://news.artnet.com/art-world/rare-aztec-manuscripts-acquired-by-mexico-2462468 van den Berg, Bert. “Ancient scroll reveals new story of Plato's death—here's why you should be suspicious of it.” Phys.org. 5/6/2024. https://phys.org/news/2024-05-ancient-scroll-reveals-story-plato.html#google_vignette Anderson, Sonja. “This Newly Deciphered Papyrus Scroll Reveals the Location of Plato’s Grave.” Smithsonian. 5/1/2024. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/platos-elusive-grave-located-after-bionic-eye-penetrates-2000-year-old-papyrus-180984221/ Anderson, Sonja. “Letters Written by Ancient Roman Commanders Have Been Found in a Pet Cemetery in Egypt.” Smithsonian. 5/28/2024. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/letters-written-by-ancient-roman-commanders-have-been-found-in-a-pet-cemetery-in-egypt-180984423/ Jane Austen’s House Museum. “Frank Austen Transcription Project Underway.” https://janeaustens.house/news/frank-austen-transcription-project-underway/ Moubtahij, Zineb. “Hunter-gatherer diets weren't always heavy on meat: Morocco study reveals a plant-based diet.” 6/10/2024. https://phys.org/news/2024-06-hunter-diets-werent-heavy-meat.html Rosbach, Molly. “Legacy of Indigenous stewardship of camas dates back more than 3,500 years, OSU study finds.” EurekAlert. 5/21/2024. https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1045535 Oregon State University. “Legacy of Indigenous stewardship of camas dates back more than 3,500 years, OSU study finds.” 5/20/2024. https://today.oregonstate.edu/news/legacy-indigenous-stewardship-camas-dates-back-more-3500-years-osu-study-finds Profenna, Chiara. “Selective Indigenous camas cultivation goes back 3,500 years, OSU study finds.” HereIsOregon. 5/24/2024. https://www.hereisoregon.com/experiences/2024/05/selective-indigenous-camas-cultivation-goes-back-3500-years-osu-study-finds.html "Ancient Syrian diets resembled the modern 'Mediterranean diet'." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 12 June 2024. www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/06/240612140846.htm. Delgado, Maria Jesus. “Direct evidence found for dairy consumption in the Pyrenees in the earliest stages of the Neolithic.” EurekAlert. 6/17/2024. https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1048471 Arrebola, Ruiz. “Oldest Wine Ever Found in Liquid Form Unearthed in 2,000-Year-Old Tomb.” Smithsonian. 6/18/2024. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/this-brown-fluid-is-the-worlds-oldest-liquid-wine-too-bad-its-flavored-with-dead-roman-180984566/ Daley, Jason. “This Bread Was Made Using 4,500-Year-Old Egyptian Yeast.” Smithsonian. 8/8/2019. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/bread-was-made-using-4500-year-old-egyptian-yeast-180972842/ Kuta, Sarah. “Oldest Known Aboriginal Pottery Discovered in Australia.” Smithsonian. 5/24/2024. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/oldest-known-aboriginal-pottery-discovered-in-australia-180984414/ Hinchliffe, Joe. “Great Barrier Reef discovery overturns belief Aboriginal Australians did not make pottery, archaeologists say.” The Guardian. 4/9/2024. https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/apr/10/great-barrier-reef-discovery-overturns-belief-aboriginal-australians-did-not-make-pottery Ulm, Sean et al. “Early Aboriginal pottery production and offshore island occupation on Jiigurru (Lizard Island group), Great Barrier Reef, Australia.” Quaternary Science Reviews, Volume 333, 2024, 108624, ISSN 0277-3791, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2024.108624. Stewart, Matthew et al. “First evidence for human occupation of a lava tube in Arabia: The archaeology of Umm Jirsan Cave and its surroundings, northern Saudi Arabia.” PLOS One. 4/17/2024. https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0299292 Treffeisen, Beth. “Researchers unearth the long-lost homestead of King Pompey in Lynn.” 6/25/2024. https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2024/06/25/researchers-unearth-the-long-lost-homestead-of-king-pompey-in-lynn/ Northeastern University. “Pompey was elected a Colonial-era 'king.' Did researchers find the foundation of his home outside Boston?” Phys.org. 6/11/2024. https://phys.org/news/2024-06-pompey-elected-colonial-era-king.html Dylan S. Davis et al. ,Island-wide characterization of agricultural production challenges the demographic collapse hypothesis for Rapa Nui (Easter Island).Sci. Adv.10,eado1459(2024).DOI:10.1126/sciadv.ado1459 Anderson, Sonja. “Centuries-Old Maya Beekeeping Tools Unearthed in Mexico.” Smithsonian. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/centuries-old-maya-beekeeping-tools-unearthed-mexico-180984405/ Anderson, Sonja. “These 28 Horses Were Buried in an Ancient Mass Grave. How Did They Die?” Smithsonian. 6/3/2024. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/these-french-horses-may-have-died-fighting-caesar-180984455/ Cassidy, Benjamin. “How a Trove of Whaling Logbooks Will Help Scientists Understand Our Changing Climate.” Smithsonian. 6/3/2024. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/how-a-trove-of-whaling-logbooks-will-help-scientists-understand-our-changing-climate-180984424/ net. “Sunken medieval warship continues to offer up its secrets.” https://www.medievalists.net/2024/04/sunken-medieval-warship/ Casimiro, Tânia Manuel. “Metal Objects Were Much Desired: A Sixteenth-Century Shipwreck Cargo off the Coast of Esposende (Portugal) and the Importance of Studying Ship Cargos.” Journal of Maritime Archaeology. Volume 19, pages 23–40, (2024). https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11457-024-09388-5 Benzine, Vittoria. “A New Study on a 16th-Century Shipwreck in Portugal Reveals Its Valuable Cargo.” Artnet. 4/1/2024. https://news.artnet.com/art-world/portugal-shipwreck-cargo-2461227 Pearson, Natali. “Underwater cultural heritage: Studying 'orphaned objects' to work out which shipwrecks they came from.” Phys.org. 4/29/2024. https://phys.org/news/2024-04-underwater-cultural-heritage-orphaned-shipwrecks.html#google_vignette Kuta, Sarah. “This Ship Mysteriously Vanished 115 Years Ago. Now, It’s Been Found at the Bottom of Lake Superior.” Smithsonian. 5/6/2024. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/this-ship-mysteriously-vanished-on-lake-superior-115-years-ago-now-its-been-found-180984265/ Kuta, Sarah. “Wreck of WWII Submarine Found After 80 Years.” Smithsonian. 5/31/2024. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/wreck-of-wwii-submarine-found-after-80-years-180984446/ Kuta, Sarah. “Ernest Shackleton’s Last Ship, Quest, Discovered Off the Coast of Canada.” Smithsonian. 6/14/2024. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/ernest-shackletons-last-ship-quest-discovered-off-the-coast-of-canada-180984545/ Sagar, Soumya. “'Exceptional' prosthesis of gold, silver and wool helped 18th-century man live with cleft palate.” LiveScience. 4/12/2024. https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/exceptional-prosthesis-of-gold-silver-and-wool-helped-18th-century-man-live-with-cleft-palate Davis, Nicola. “Egyptian scribes suffered work-related injuries, study says.” The Guardian. 6/27/2024. https://www.theguardian.com/science/article/2024/jun/27/egyptian-scribes-work-related-injuries-study Seo, Hannah. “Porcelain Gallbladder Found in Human Remains in Mississippi Asylum Cemetery.” Atlas Obscura. 4/24/2024. https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/porcelain-gallbladder-grave net. “Medieval Squirrels Linked to Spread of Leprosy in Humans.” https://www.medievalists.net/2024/05/medieval-squirrels-leprosy/ Kuta, Sarah. “Did Body Lice Spread Bubonic Plague? Research Suggests the Parasites Are Better Vectors Than Thought.” Smithsonian. 5/23/2024. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/did-body-lice-spread-bubonic-plague-research-suggests-the-parasites-are-better-vectors-than-thought-180984412/ Sullivan, Will. “50,000-Year-Old Neanderthal Bones Have Remains of Human Viruses, Scientists Find.” Smithsonian. 5/23/2024. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/50000-year-old-neanderthal-bones-have-remains-of-human-viruses-scientists-find-180984404/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.