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explorator 20.08 June 18, 2017
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Don Buck, Adrienne Mayor, Richard C. Griffiths, and Ross W. Sargent
for headses upses this week (as always hoping I have left no one out).

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EARLY HOMINIDS
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Studying the ‘Neanderthal-homo sapiens transition’ in a Czech cave:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-06/anu-ssl061317.php
https://phys.org/news/2017-06-neanderthal-homo-sapiens-transition.html
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/06/170614114243.htm
http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2017/06/14/Czech-cave-dig-reveals-details-of-Neanderthal-human-transition/7951497460230/
https://www.yahoo.com/news/czech-cave-sheds-light-neanderthal-075530063.html

http://www.ibtimes.com/neanderthals-homo-sapiens-likely-met-over-40000-years-ago-modern-day-czech-republic-2552510
http://www.archaeology.org/news/5660-170615-czech-cave-neanderthals
http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/06/2017/new-light-on-neanderthal-homo-sapiens-transition

Paleoproteomics looks like something we’ll be hearing more about:

https://phys.org/news/2017-06-scientists-reconstructing-relationship-modern-humans.html

Traces of million years bp fire (making?) in Northern Cape cave:

http://www.sabc.co.za/news/a/007def00417991fc919e932c6b8b577e/Traces-of-million-years-old-fires-discovered-in-N-Cape--20170611

On the evolution of fire making:

http://www.npr.org/sections/13.7/2017/06/15/533030708/what-are-our-best-clues-to-the-evolution-of-fire-making

More on purported European origins for early hominids:

https://phys.org/news/2017-06-bulgarian-savannah.html

More on 300 000 years bp homo sapiens:

http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2017/0608/Just-how-Earth-shattering-are-those-300-000-year-old-Homo-sapiens-fossils

https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/06/300000-year-old-early-homo-sapiens-sparks-debate-over-evolution/

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AFRICA
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Man-made holes in Sudan may hint at Mesolithic era shelters::

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/sudan-mysterious-holes-drilled-rocks-are-remains-ancient-shelters-banks-nile-river-1625878

http://www.archaeology.org/news/5620-170612-sudan-rock-holes

Digging a site associated with the Kingdom of Kush:

http://www.gulf-times.com/story/553025/Archaeological-dig-in-Sudan-unearths-many-exciting

Remains of a city dating back to the 10th century AD in Ethiopia:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/06/16/archaeologists-unearth-forgotten-city-ethiopia/

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-40301959
http://www.newsweek.com/ethiopia-discovery-islam-africa-harlaa-626634
http://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/7950/Egyptian-Indian-and-Chinese-antiquities-discovered-in-Ethiopia

1000 years bp glass beads from Nigeria:

https://www.livescience.com/59462-early-glassmaking-west-africa.html

On the history of fossil hunting in Africa:

https://theconversation.com/its-time-to-celebrate-africas-forgotten-fossil-hunters-77345

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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT
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Encroachments on Dashur’s necropolis have been removed:

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/270971/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/Encroachments-made-since--removed-from-Egypts-Dahs.aspx

Plans to use robots to explore looters’ tunnels in Egypt:

https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/these-robots-will-explore-tunnels-dug-by-looters-in-egypt

More on those child burials associated with the construction of Amarna:

http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0617/ancient_egyptian_juvenile_graves.php3

More on that Hellenistic tomb from Alexandria:

http://observer.com/2017/06/egyptian-tomb-artifacts-discovered/

A monumental mikveh from Herod’s palace in Jordan:

http://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/1.795720
http://www.jewishpress.com/news/israel/hungarian-archaeologists-unearth-herods-fortress-ritual-bath-east-of-jordan-river/2017/06/15/

Multispectral imaging revealed some lines of 600 BCE Hebrew on chunk of
pottery found 50 years ago:

https://www.aftau.org/news-page-archaeology?&storyid4677=2335&ncs4677=3
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-06/afot-mir061417.php
https://phys.org/news/2017-06-multispectral-imaging-reveals-ancient-hebrew.html
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/06/170614160504.htm
http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Culture/Advanced-imaging-reveals-rare-Hebrew-inscription-from-First-Temple-period-496878

http://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/1.796024
http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-4975905,00.html
http://www.timesofisrael.com/revolutionary-technology-reveals-dazzling-hidden-text-on-biblical-era-shard/
http://www.jewishpress.com/news/history/multispectral-imaging-reveals-ancient-hebrew-inscription-undetected-for-over-50-years/2017/06/15/
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/16/science/send-more-wine-pottery-archaeology.html

http://www.newsweek.com/scientists-transcribe-invisible-2500-year-old-hebrew-inscription-request-send-625946

http://www.archaeology.org/news/5663-170615-ancient-hebrew-inscription

The stone tower at Gihon Spring is about a 1000 years younger than
previously thought:

http://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/chemistry/jerusalem-tower-younger-thought
https://phys.org/news/2017-06-jerusalem-tower-younger-thought.html
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-06/wios-jty061517.php
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/06/170615120635.htm
https://www.livescience.com/59519-ancient-stone-tower-younger-than-thought.html

A pair of antiquities thieves were caught in the act (by a hiker) at
Tzipori:

http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Israel-nabs-antiquities-pirates-at-archeological-site-496617

http://www.jewishpress.com/news/israel/israeli-arabs/antiquities-robbers-caught-in-ancient-galilee-town/2017/06/12/
http://www.timesofisrael.com/hiker-helps-stop-antiquities-robbing-gang-in-northern-israel/

More on that Crusader-era ‘escape tunnel’:

http://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/1.795692

Feature on how cuneiform was used:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-39870485

Lawrence Schiffman on the Magdala Stone:

http://lawrenceschiffman.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/magdala-stone.pdf

Saudi Arabia is hosting an antiquities forum:

http://www.arabnews.com/node/1114231/saudi-arabia

Training folks to restore mosaics in Jordan:

https://www.albawaba.com/editorchoice/preserving-jordans-heritage-italian-expert-has-trained-50-locals-mosaic-restoration-985

Review of McGovern, *Ancient Brews Rediscovered and Re-created*:

https://www.wsj.com/articles/liquid-time-capsules-1497571568

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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS)
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The Getty is returning a statue of Zeus to Italy:

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-et-cm-getty-repatriation-20170613-story.html

Why London is where it is:

http://londonist.com/london/features/why-is-london-here

Sarah Bond wrote a piece on the need to see the colours in ancient
statuary:

https://hyperallergic.com/383776/why-we-need-to-start-seeing-the-classical-world-in-color/

… which was spun in various ways for political purposes:

http://www.nationalreview.com/article/448501/white-marble-sculpture-white-supremacy

… and resulted in her getting death threats:

http://www.press-citizen.com/story/news/2017/06/16/ui-classics-professor-receives-threats-after-online-essay-statuary-race/403275001/

Meanwhile, she also penned a piece on the crocodile hunters at the Roman
games:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/drsarahbond/2017/06/12/the-ancient-crocodile-hunters-that-helped-to-supply-the-roman-games/

What John Younger is up to (possibly misquoted in this):

http://news.ku.edu/2017/06/09/art-religious-artifacts-support-idea-minoan-matriarchy-ancient-crete-researcher-says

An interview with Tim Whitmarsh:

https://conatusnews.com/professor-greek-culture-tim-whitmarsh/

Honours for Jack Davis:

http://magazine.uc.edu/editors_picks/recent_features/albaniaaward.html

What Caius Mergy is up to:

http://lymeline.com/2017/06/local-resident-caius-mergy-graduates-from-middlebury-college/

Mapping Greek ceramic production:

https://uanews.arizona.edu/story/project-maps-greek-ceramic-production-over-five-millennia

https://phys.org/news/2017-06-greek-ceramic-production-millennia.html

About that Nero rock opera in Rome:

http://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2017/06/16/532243973/atop-ancient-ruins-a-rock-opera-about-emperor-nero-leaves-some-romans-unimpresse

https://knpr.org/npr/2017-06/atop-ancient-ruins-rock-opera-about-emperor-nero-leaves-some-romans-unimpressed

http://wfit.org/post/atop-ancient-ruins-rock-opera-about-emperor-nero-leaves-some-romans-unimpressed

On comparing Trump to Julius Caesar:

http://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-is-no-orange-julius-but-he-does-share-traits-with-other-tyrants-of-rome

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/14/opinion/the-trumpiest-roman-of-them-all.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=opinion-c-col-left-region&region=opinion-c-col-left-region&WT.nav=opinion-c-col-left-region

… related:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/13/opinion/a-julius-caesar-for-the-trump-era.html?emc=eta1&_r=0

On Thucydides:

http://theconversation.com/guide-to-the-classics-thucydidess-history-of-the-peloponnesian-war-71550

On some ancient doctors:

https://blog.oup.com/2017/06/famous-doctors-ancient-world/

On recreating Roman wines:

http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/europe/roman-vineyards-reopening-eastern-galicia-wine-makers-tasting-ribeira-sacra-guimarovaldeorras-adega-a7790436.html

On the Roman propagandistic legacy:

https://www.opendemocracy.net/digitaliberties/jemimah-steinfeld/what-romans-did-for-us-on-age-old-art-of-propaganda

On the inspiration(s) for Wonder Woman:

https://www.bustle.com/p/the-real-life-female-warriors-who-inspired-wonder-woman-62228

http://www.rejectedprincesses.com/blog/trilogy-of-films-on-ancient-women-warrior-tribes-announced

… and a popular joke in the movie:

https://www.buzzfeed.com/arianelange/to-clitorize

Marking the 90th anniversary of the Swedish Mission in Cyprus:

http://famagusta-gazette.com/sweden-marks-th-anniversary-of-swedish-archaeological-mission-in-cyprus-p40800-69.htm

More on the Catacombs of Domitilla:

https://www.livescience.com/59424-paintings-of-christ-in-roman-catacombs.html

https://www.livescience.com/59428-roman-catacomb-frescoes-photos.html
http://www.sciencetimes.com/articles/17050/20170613/lasers-art-art-restoration-ancient-artifacts-laser-ablation.htm

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EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland)
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5000 years bp tools found during construction in downtown Moscow:

http://tass.com/society/951717

Iron Age and Bronze Age finds from Parliament Hill:

http://camdennewjournal.com/article/archaeological-dig-finds-prehistoric-humans-enjoyed-heath-barbecues

Remains of some Bronze Age roundhouses near Cornwall:

http://www.falmouthpacket.co.uk/news/15346250.Bronze_Age_discovery_on_Helston_housing_site_raises_questions_over_its_future/

http://www.archaeology.org/news/5658-170614-england-cornwall-roundhouses

A Viking ‘chief’ burial from Iceland:

http://icelandmag.visir.is/article/archaeologists-n-iceland-discover-viking-age-chief-buried-ship-his-sword-and-dog

http://icelandmonitor.mbl.is/news/culture_and_living/2017/06/16/iceland_viking_grave_a_bigger_find_than_we_believed/

… and then another:

http://icelandmag.visir.is/article/second-viking-age-ship-burial-found-archaeological-site-n-iceland

Both:

http://www.archaeology.org/news/5662-170615-iceland-boat-burials

We also are hearing of four ‘pagan graves’:

http://icelandreview.com/news/2017/06/16/important-archaeological-find-north-iceland

A medieval sword from a peat bog:

http://scienceinpoland.pap.pl/en/news/news,414626,lubelskie-medieval-sword-discovered-at-a-peat-bog.html

Evidence of ‘skinning cats’ in medieval Spain (various spins put on this,
of course):

https://www.livescience.com/59443-medieval-farmers-skinned-cats.html
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/medieval-farmers-skinned-cats-for-pagan-rituals/

Excavating a possible medieval royal hunting lodge in New Forest:

http://www.hampshirechronicle.co.uk/news/15349070.Archaeologists_excavate_royal_hunting_lodge_in_New_Forest/

… and a medieval longhouse near Seathwaite Tarn:

http://www.cumbriacrack.com/2017/06/15/second-longhouse-excavation-gets-underway-duddon-valley/

A 14th century abbey wall from Canterbury:

http://www.kentnews.co.uk/news/archaeological-excavation-in-canterbury-uncovers-14th-century-abbey-precinct-wall-1-5060380

Remains of a Minton pottery factory:

http://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/historic-minton-kiln-found-under-a-stoke-town-centre-car-park-destined-to-become-student-flats/story-30394324-detail/story.html

More witch markings from Wookey Hole:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-40262004

Some ‘mysterious vaults’ were found by stonemasons working at Blenheim
Palace:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-40264213

Finds from excavations at Auckland Castle:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tees-40232402

Latest visitor centre saga is at Clifford’s Tower:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-40221432

UNESCO doesn’t like the Stonehenge tunnel plan:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-40286120

On fixing damage to artifacts done in last year’s earthquake in Italy:

http://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-europe-40264695/restorers-battle-to-fix-thousands-of-pieces-after-last-year-s-quake

Interview with Christopher Ferguson:

http://www.museumsassociation.org/museums-journal/q-a/14062017-q-and-a-christopher-ferguson

More on the Montem Mound:

http://www.sloughexpress.co.uk/gallery/slough/116448/has-the-mystery-of-the-montem-mound-finally-been-solved.html

More on ‘Firehenge’ near Avebury:

http://www.news.com.au/technology/science/archaeology/excavations-near-avebury-uncover-mysterious-firehenge-800-years-older-than-stonehenge/news-story/5c77e180d84d2ca6bfc04a5d465ad845

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/massive-wooden-fire-monument-older-stonehenge-180963642/

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ASIA AND THE SOUTH PACIFIC
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Suggestion that a Shigir idol may have been carved with beaver teeth:

http://siberiantimes.com/science/others/news/beavers-teeth-used-to-carve-the-oldest-wooden-statue-in-the-world/

http://www.archaeology.org/news/5661-170615-shigir-idol-beavers

Early Warring States period (or earlier) tomb from Hebei:

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-06/13/c_136362094.htm
http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/culture/2017-06/15/content_29756205.htm

Studying the remains of human sacrifice victims at the Shang Dynasty Royal
Cemetery:

https://www.livescience.com/59513-ancient-china-human-sacrifice-revealed.html

https://sg.news.yahoo.com/ancient-human-sacrifice-victims-faced-124900148.html

Excavating a 19th century Googong schoolhouse:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-06-15/19th-century-googong-school-house-unearthed/8619050

Australia’s history textbooks still have problems:

http://theconversation.com/history-textbooks-still-imply-that-australians-are-white-72796

Feature on restoring the Great Wall:

https://www.voanews.com/a/great-wall-restored/3902900.html

More on the ‘disappearance’ of the Jenny Lind:

https://www.yahoo.com/news/famous-19th-century-shipwreck-vanished-152800007.html

More on the possible rediscovery of the Pink and White Terraces:

http://www.newser.com/story/244152/researchers-say-theyve-found-lost-wonder-of-world.html

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Southeast Asian Archaeology Newsblog:

http://www.southeastasianarchaeology.com/

New Zealand Archaeology eNews:

http://nzarchaeology.blogspot.co.nz/index.html
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NORTH AMERICA
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Searching for evidence of New Hampshire’s oldest occupants:

http://nhpr.org/post/digging-evidence-new-hampshires-earliest-inhabitants#stream/0

The UW-Madison dig at Aztalan Park:

http://www.dailyunion.com/news/article_614fb63c-5055-11e7-a4a4-0b2032816bcf.html

I think we mentioned this piece on Ohio’s Hopewell culture benefitting
from
immigrants:

http://www.dispatch.com/news/20170611/archaeology--immigrants-aided-creative-boom-by-ancient-ohioans

19th century remains from a Luzerne County dig:

http://wnep.com/2017/06/13/archaeological-dig-unearths-an-interesting-past-in-luzerne-county/

Coverage of a dig in Shreveport:

https://www.ktbs.com/news/there-s-an-archaeological-dig-in-shreveport/article_239c332e-50af-11e7-a9fa-8b998111b1d1.html

Excitement about a possible ‘underground tunnel’ in Halifax:

http://globalnews.ca/news/3528108/underground-tunnel-rumours-fueled-by-discovery-of-old-halifax-sewer-line/

… that turned out to be a sewer pipe:

http://www.thetelegram.com/news/regional/2017/6/15/structure-initially-thought-to-be-possible-halifax-tunnel-just-a-sewer-pipe.html

Looking for Sitka remains in Alaska:

http://www.alaskapublic.org/2017/06/14/woman-with-small-shovel-finds-a-clue-to-sitkas-paleo-past/

Possible shipwreck debris from an Oregon beach:

http://www.dailyastorian.com/Local_News/20170615/possible-shipwreck-debris-uncovered-in-cannon-beach

http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2017/06/debris_that_could_be_from_a_10.html

http://www.archaeology.org/news/5665-170616-oregon-coast-timber

Not sure if we mentioned this find of the wreck of the McCulloch off the
California coast:

https://www.livescience.com/59488-historic-shipwreck-mcculloch-discovered.html

https://www.livescience.com/59491-photos-century-old-sunken-ship-found.html
http://www.sciencetimes.com/articles/17103/20170614/historic-shipwreck-spanish-american-war-discovered-southern-california-coast.htm

Plans for a dig at the St George River:

https://knox.villagesoup.com/p/dig-seeks-signs-of-elusive-fort-generals-estate-african-presence/1658176

The Shíshálh Archaeological Project has some interesting features:

http://thestarphoenix.com/news/local-news/vibrant-culture-archaeological-project-reveals-faces-of-canadas-past

What Metin Eren is up to:

http://www.crainscleveland.com/article/20170617/NEWS/170619811/ksu-prof-is-an-archaeological-wunderkind

On the history of interracial marriage in Virginia:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/retropolis/wp/2017/06/11/before-loving-v-virginia-another-interracial-couple-fought-in-court-for-their-marriage/

Feature on Mesa Verde:

https://www.livescience.com/27360-mesa-verde.html

On French art and the American Republic:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/15/arts/design/french-paintings-america-collects-bazille-national-gallery-review.html

More on Chumash relics from Santa Rosa Island:

http://www.independent.com/news/2017/jun/14/ancient-chumash-artifacts-found-santa-rosa/

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CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA
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A ‘volcanic’ theory about the El Volcan pyramid in Peru:

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/mysterious-volcano-shaped-pyramid-discovered-peru-hosted-celebrations-honour-solar-eclipses-1624111

What we’re learning about the Guanacaste people:

http://www.vozdeguanacaste.com/en/articles/2017/06/16/pre-columbian-guanacastecans-wore-their-deads-bones-and-cut-their-enemies-heads

A number of funerary urns from a site in Tiscapa (Nicaragua):

http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=14323&SEO=nicaraguan-experts-discover-archaeological-site

Feature on Tenochtitlan:

https://www.livescience.com/34660-tenochtitlan.html

Feature on Tordesillas:

http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20170615-the-town-that-split-the-world-in-two

More on the Aztec temple excavation in Mexico City:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/12/science/aztec-temple-mexico-city.html
http://observer.com/2017/06/500-year-old-aztec-temple-discovered-mexico-city/

https://www.livescience.com/59468-aztec-temple-in-mexico-city.html
http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/aztec-temple-discovered-mexico-city-ehecatl-tenichtitlan-templo-mayor-a7790901.html

More on that mask from Argentina:

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/mask-challenges-theories-origin-metalworking-south-america-180963630/

https://www.sciencealert.com/this-3-000-year-old-copper-mask-could-rewrite-the-history-books

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OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST
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Someone recreated the Sutton Hoo helmet:

http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/15341423.Sutton_Hoo_helmet_recreated_in_stunning_silver/

The ‘last line of defense’ role of archaeologists:

http://www.hcn.org/articles/archaeologists-protect-ruins-from-destruction-Southwest

A painting from the Scott era was found in Antarctica:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-40245227
http://www.archaeology.org/news/5657-170614-antarctic-watercolor-painting

On promoting the humanities:

https://www.insidehighered.com/views/2017/06/13/scholars-unconvincing-case-about-value-humanities-essay

On the word ‘idiot’:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/12/opinion/trump-and-the-true-meaning-of-idiot.html

On Shakespeare’s ‘politics’:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2017/06/13/the-trump-family-shouldnt-fight-shakespeare-theyll-lose/

Some Juneteenth coverage:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/13/dining/juneteenth-food-slavery-abolition.html

An 18th century botanical colouring book:

http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/14/us/coloring-book-trnd/index.html
http://www.botanicus.org/title/b11968564

We may have mentioned this forger before:

https://www.spectator.co.uk/2017/06/the-forger-who-fooled-the-art-world/
http://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/news-life/master-forger-who-fooled-world-used-mates-face-in-roman-sculpture/news-story/073eecd879b282991269d5c9ba042fd8

On some cultures that practiced human sacrifice:

https://www.livescience.com/59514-cultures-that-practiced-human-sacrifice.html

The stolen brain of St John Bosco was recovered:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/06/16/stolen-brain-st-john-bosco-found-kettle

Latest Polynesian vessel recreation and its trip:

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/traditional-polynesian-vessel-complete-round-world-journey-180963734/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40316930

On how Pasteur changed chemistry:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/14/science/louis-pasteur-chirality-chemistry.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fscience

Feature on Ignaz von Dollinger:

https://www.americamagazine.org/arts-culture/2017/06/13/man-who-fought-papal-infallibility

Review of a biography of Machiavelli:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/16/books/review/be-like-the-fox-machiavelli-biography-erica-benner.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fbooks

Archaeology Podcast Network:

http://www.archaeologypodcastnetwork.com/archyfantasies/
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MUSEUM MATTERS
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Age of Empires:

https://hyperallergic.com/374312/from-a-jade-burial-suit-to-terracotta-warriors-a-blockbuster-display-of-chinas-ancient-treasures/

Pompeii:

http://portlandtribune.com/pt/11-features/362885-241681-pompeii-the-exhibition

http://www.oregonlive.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2017/06/omsi_pompeii_comes_to_portland.html

Roman hoards:

http://thenantwichnews.co.uk/2017/06/13/roman-hoards-exhibition-opens-at-nantwich-museum/

Hyping the Hatay Archaeological Museum’s soon-to-arrive mosaics:

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/hatay-to-welcome-worlds-largest-mosaic-collection.aspx?pageID=238&nid=114274&NewsCatID=375

Feature on the items at the San Giovanni metro stop in Rome:

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/rome-san-giovanni-metro-museum-artifacts-unearthed/

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THE TECHY SIDE
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Studying ancient weapons with xray and neutron technology:

http://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/archaeology-x-ray-neutron-15062017/

Feature on the techy side of the multispectral imaging technology used to
reveal that Hebrew writing:

http://forward.com/fast-forward/374823/israeli-scientists-read-invisible-words-ancient-pottery-digital-camera/

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ON THE DNA FRONT
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Another piece on using DNA to track migrations:

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/ancient-dna-could-unravel-mystery-prehistoric-european-migration-180963702/

Dienekes' Anthropology Blog:

http://dienekes.blogspot.ca/
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TOURISTY THINGS
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Italian libraries:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/13/travel/italian-libraries-hidden-treasures-books-architecture-art.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/13/travel/what-to-read-tour-of-italian-libraries.html

Machu Picchu:

http://www.cnn.com/travel/article/machu-picchu-and-the-sacred-valley-peru/index.html

Dartmoor:

https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2017/jun/17/discovering-dartmoor-devon-on-patrol-landscape-detective-mary-ann-ochota

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Native American objects stolen from a Durango storage facility:

https://durangoherald.com/articles/165517-native-american-artifacts-worth-thousands-stolen-from-durango-storage

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/colorado/articles/2017-06-14/native-american-artifacts-stolen-in-colorado

Ottoman era Qurans seized at Cairo’s airport:

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/43/271103/Heritage/Islamic/Qurans-from-Ottoman-era-seized-at-Cairo-Internatio.aspx

Latest Anonymous Swiss Collector Culture Crime News:

http://www.anonymousswisscollector.com/2017/06/culture-crime-news-5-11-june-2017.html

conflict antiquities:

http://conflictantiquities.wordpress.com/

anonymous swiss collector:

http://www.anonymousswisscollector.com/

Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues:

http://paul-barford.blogspot.ca/

Looting Matters:

http://lootingmatters.blogspot.com/

Illicit Cultural Property:

http://illicit-cultural-property.blogspot.com/

SAFE:

http://www.savingantiquities.org/blog/

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REPATRIATION AND RECOVERY
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The American University in Cairo returned some items:

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/270845/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/AUC-hands-over-Egyptian-artefacts-from--excavation.aspx
http://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/7659/AUC-returns-5-000-artifacts-to-Antiquities-Ministry

http://www.egyptindependent.com/auc-hands-over-5000-artifacts-fustat-excavation/

http://www.archaeology.org/news/5655-170613-egypt-cairo-repatriation

Meanwhile, Cambridge is refusing to return some artifacts to Australia:

https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2017-06-17/cambridge-university-refuses-to-return-aboriginal-artifacts-to-australia

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-australia-aborigines-idUSKBN1980A6?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews

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NUMISMATICA
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Latest e-Sylum:

http://www.coinbooks.org/v20/club_nbs_esylum_v20n24.html

… and the one which should appear later today:

http://www.coinbooks.org/v20/club_nbs_esylum_v20n25.html

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Ancient Coin Collecting:

http://ancientcoincollecting.blogspot.com/

Ancient Coins:

http://classicalcoins.blogspot.com/

Coin Week:

http://www.coinweek.com/
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PERFORMANCES AND THEATRE-RELATED
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I’m really not sure what to do with all this Trump/Julius Caesar stuff
that
has been clogging my mailbox this week … focus varies:

http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/12/opinions/caesar-free-expression-opinion-maltby/index.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/12/theater/julius-caesar-shakespeare-donald-trump.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2017/06/16/calpurnia-as-melania-octavius-as-jared-the-public-theater-goes-full-trump-with-julius-caesar-in-central-park/

http://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2017/06/17/trump-activists-interrupt-caesar-play-jpm-orig.cnn

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/17/theater/julius-caesar-central-park-trump-protesters.html

La Mere Coupable:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/16/arts/an-operatic-rarity-picks-up-where-mozart-and-rossini-left-off.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Farts

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AUDIO/VIDEO NEWS
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Audio News from Archaeologica:

http://www.archaeologychannel.org/audio-main-menu-cat/audio-news-list/2625-audio-news-from-archaeologica-4-june-2017-10-june-2017
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OBITUARIES
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Anne Pippin Burnett:

https://news.uchicago.edu/article/2017/06/12/anne-pippin-burnett-renowned-scholar-greek-poetry-1925%E2%80%932017

Rudolph Masciantonio:

http://www.philly.com/philly/obituaries/20160924_Rudolph_Masciantonio__75__retired_foreign_language_director_for_Philly_schools.html

Ben Finney:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/17/us/ben-finney-dead-hawaii-tahiti.html

Philip Gossett:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/15/arts/music/philip-gossett-scholar-who-brought-operas-back-to-life-dies-at-75.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Farts

Chana Bloch:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/09/books/chana-bloch-died-poet-and-translator.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fbooks

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CONFERENCES
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Canada Before Confederation: Early Exploration and Mapping (Nov. 2017)

https://independent.academia.edu/ConferenceCanadabeforeConfederationEarlyMappingandExploration14981763

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GENERAL ARCHAEOLOGY NEWS BLOGS
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Archaeology Magazine News Page:

http://www.archaeology.org/news/

About.com Archaeology:

http://archaeology.about.com/

Ancient Digger:

http://www.ancientdigger.com/

Archaeology Briefs:

http://archaeologybriefs.blogspot.com/

Past Horizons:

http://www.pasthorizons.com/

Stonepages:

http://www.stonepages.com/news/

Taygete Atlantis excavations blogs aggregator:

http://planet.atlantides.org/taygete/

Time Machine:

http://heatherpringle.wordpress.com/
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PODCASTS/VODCASTS
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Archaeosoup:

http://www.youtube.com/user/Archaeos0up?feature=watch

The Book and the Spade:

http://www.radioscribe.com/bknspade.htm
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