Timely considering the growing discussion surrounding Columbus Day/Indigenous Peoples’ Day, here are two theories that the Greeks long preceded the Italian explorer’s and Norse New World exploits. Interesting and controversial ideas, as Greek Reporter’s Philip Chrysopoulos explains. (For more on the subject of pre-Columbian discoveries see Columbus Was Last: From 200,000 BC to 1492, A Heretical History of Who Was First, from Anomalist Books, as praised in Publisher’s Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, and Booklist.) On the other hand, hopefully Jason Colavito has demolished the thinking he reports in Robert Schoch Claims “Ice Age” Egyptian Temples Were Deliberately Buried. Anyone who has actually studied and visited Karnak et al. should find that notion about “Ice Age” temples shocking. Now for a surprising twist on some ancient work, in Aarhus University’s Upcycling in the Past: Viking Beadmakers’ Secrets Revealed. An interdisciplinary collaboration has reached remarkable conclusions about pre-modern sustainable manufacturing. From work to play as Round Stones Found in Prehistoric Santorini Are Game Pieces, New Study Says. Ruth Schuster tells how artificial intelligence analyses have complemented scholarly thinking, and sets this finding against a history of ancient “fun and games.” (WM)
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