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explorator 19.49-50 April 9, 2017
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Thanks to Arthur Shippee, Dave Sowdon, Edward Rockstein, Kurt Theis,
John McMahon, Barnea Selavan, Joseph Lauer, Mike Ruggeri,
Barbara Saylor Rodgers, Bob Heuman, Kris Curry, David Critchley,
Rick Heli, David Emery, ‘muddy102’, Magnus Fiskejo,
Richard Campbell, 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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Interesting Neanderthal-associated decorated raven bone from the Crimea:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-03/p-adr032317.php
https://phys.org/news/2017-03-raven-bone-crimea-insight-neanderthal.html
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2126292-neanderthal-artist-revealed-in-a-finely-carved-raven-bone/#038;%23038;%23038;campaign_id=RSS%7CNSNS-
https://www.sciencenews.org/blog/science-ticker/neandertals-had-eye-patterns?tgt=nr
http://www.archaeology.org/news/5413-170329-neanderthal-raven-bone
http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/03/2017/decorated-raven-bone-may-provide-insight-into-neanderthal-cognition

Latest theory on how Otzi died:

http://news.nationalpost.com/news/world/who-killed-otzi-italys-ancient-iceman-and-oldest-mummy-researchers-think-it-was-personal
http://www.theage.com.au/world/clues-in-a-very-cold-case-shed-light-on-how-otzi-the-iceman-died-20170328-gv8842.html
http://www.smh.com.au/world/clues-in-a-very-cold-case-shed-light-on-how-otzi-the-iceman-died-20170328-gv8842

Not sure where to put this one … on the effects of adopting the bow for
hunting:

http://www.npr.org/sections/13.7/2017/04/06/522562042/adoption-of-bow-use-in-ancient-hunting-may-have-set-off-societal-changes
http://nhpr.org/post/adoption-bow-use-ancient-hunting-may-have-set-societal-changes

What Claudine Gravel-Miguel is up to:

https://asunow.asu.edu/20170407-discoveries-love-and-death-paleolithic-asu-archaeology-student

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AFRICA
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More on those Neolithic petroglyphs near Aswan:

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/03/170322094906.htm

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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT
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A 3800 years bp tomb of an Egyptian nobleman (and others) found near
Aswan:

http://www.livescience.com/58424-mummy-ancient-egyptian-nobleman-found.html
http://www.archaeology.org/news/5404-170327-egypt-shemai-coffin

… not sure if this is part of the above-mentioned discovery:

https://www.dailysabah.com/history/2017/03/29/3800-year-old-untouched-tomb-of-ancient-egyptian-woman-found

A 3700 years bp pyramid was found:

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/262156/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/Remains-of-th-Dynasty-pyramid-discovered-in-Dahshu.aspx
https://egyptianstreets.com/2017/04/03/egypt-discovers-remains-of-13th-dynasty-pyramid-in-dahshur-necropolis/
https://phys.org/news/2017-04-pyramid-egypt.html
https://www.seeker.com/culture/archaeologists-discover-remains-of-3700-year-old-egyptian-pyramid
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-39484988
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/egyptian-pyramid-3700-years-archaeologists-king-sneferu-mahmoud-afifi-excavation-a7666321.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/kidspost/new-pyramid-discovered-in-egypt/2017/04/03/2d2088b0-10d5-11e7-9b0d-d27c98455440_story.html
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/new-pyramid-discovered-egypt-excavation-dashur-royal-necropolis/
http://www.natureworldnews.com/articles/37126/20170407/look-archaeologists-discover-remains-of-3-700-year-old-pyramid-in-egypt.htm
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/new-pyramid-discovered-egypt-180962813/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/5421-170403-egypt-dahshur-pyramid
http://cultura.elpais.com/cultura/2017/04/03/actualidad/1491244140_289594.html

… and later identified as belonging to Ameny Qemau:

http://www.livescience.com/58531-second-pyramid-pharaoh-ameny-qemau-discovered.html
http://www.archaeology.org/news/5429-170405-egypt-dahshur-pyramid

Egypt has set up an on site lab to restore Khufu’s second solar boat:

https://phys.org/news/2017-03-lab-egypt-pyramids-pharaonic-boat.html
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-03/30/c_136168880.htm

… and they excavated a ‘plank’::

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-egypt-archaeology-idUSKBN1702KE?feedType=RSS&feedName=lifestyleMolt
http://www.news.com.au/world/breaking-news/egypt-unearths-part-of-ancient-boat/news-story/f9c997e67889b114fa9aaa6c7de66836
http://www.smh.com.au/world/plank-from-ancient-boat-made-for-cheops-found-near-great-pyramid-at-giza-20170329-gv9jjr.html
http://www.stuff.co.nz/world/africa/91032172/Plank-from-boat-made-for-Cheops-found-near-Great-Pyramid-at-Giza
https://www.yahoo.com/news/egypt-unearths-part-ancient-king-khufus-boat-172026136.html

The 4th century imperial bathing complex at Alexandria was inaugurated:

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/41/262047/Heritage/GrecoRoman/th-century-imperial-bath-complex-inaugurated-in-Eg.aspx
https://egyptianstreets.com/2017/04/02/4th-century-imperial-bathing-complex-exhibited-in-alexandria/
http://www.egyptindependent.com/news/photos-4th-century-imperial-bathing-complex-inaugurated-alexandria

I think we mentioned this find of a possible statue of Tiye:

http://www.livescience.com/58401-statue-of-king-tut-grandmother-possibly-discovered.html

Suggestion that Egypt should get into the sale of antiquities business:

http://www.thenational.ae/business/economy/patrick-werr-selling-precious-artefacts-could-top-up-egypts-coffers

Reflecting on that colossal statue find a few weeks ago:

http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2017/03/egypt-discovery-pharaonic-statute-archaeology-microscope.html

What Zahi Hawass is up to:

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/262533/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/Famed-Egyptologist-Zahi-Hawass-appointed-IFPSD-Cul.aspx

Plans to develop four archaeological palaces:

http://www.egyptindependent.com/news/antiquities-ministry-develop-4-archaeological-palaces

What skeletal evidence tells us about warfare in Mesopotamia:

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/ancient-craniums-tell-new-story-violence-bloody-warfare-mesopotamia-1615241

Anatolia’s oldest (so far) olive press comes from Antalya:

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/anatolias-oldest-known-olive-oil-press-found-in-antalya.aspx?pageID=238&nid=111466&NewsCatID=375
http://www.dailysabah.com/history/2017/04/02/anatolias-oldest-olive-oil-press-found-in-southern-turkeys-antalya

Looking at the evidence for Humayama:

http://www.sdjewishworld.com/2017/04/07/canadian-scholar-examines-nabataean-colony-of-humayma/

They’re still not sure about those settlement remains found in Iran’s
Kerman province a few weeks ago:

https://financialtribune.com/articles/people-travel/61928/uncertainty-over-antiquity-of-newly-uncovered-town
http://www.tehrantimes.com/news/412450/Archaeologists-dispatched-to-newly-unearthed-site-in-southeast

Plundering concerns for sites in Jiroft:

http://www.tehrantimes.com/news/102136/Official-Says-Ancient-Relics-Plundered-in-Jiroft

An Assyrian tomb with remains of ten people found in Iraq:

http://www.livescience.com/58433-ancient-assyrian-tomb-discovered-in-iraq.html
https://www.yahoo.com/news/ancient-assyrian-tomb-10-skeletons-114900432.html

Latest ‘clue’ (apparently) for the location of King Solomon’s mines:

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/03/king-solomon-mines-bible-timna-dung/

Students are helping to dig at Ramat Beit Shemesh:

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/227331
http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Jerusalem-students-uncover-nearly-2000-year-old-relics-from-Bar-Kokhba-revolt-485324
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4941276,00.html
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/news/ancient-egyptian-tomb-3800-year-old-mummy-qubbet-el-hawa-aswan-egypt-spanish-archaeological-mission-a7656676.html
http://www.sciencetimes.com/articles/11209/20170328/archaeologists-unearthed-3-800-year-old-tomb-of-an-ancient-egyptian-woman-in-intact-position.htm
http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/600601/Egypt-Mummy-Tomb-Ancient-Pyramids-Nile-Aswan-Aswan-Pharaohs-Sarenput-II-Shemai-Dynasty

There were funding concerns for the Temple Mount sifting project:

http://www.jewishpress.com/news/israel/innovative-temple-mount-sifting-project-facing-termination-over-funding/2017/04/03/
http://www.timesofisrael.com/sifting-for-temple-mount-artifacts-halts-as-city-of-david-funding-dries-up/
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/227703
http://forward.com/fast-forward/368027/temple-mount-archeological-project-stalls-after-right-wing-group-cuts-fundi/
https://templemount.wordpress.com/2017/04/02/is-this-the-end-of-the-sifting-project/

… and a crowdfunding effort was raised:

http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Politics-And-Diplomacy/Temple-Mount-Sifting-Project-launches-crowdfunding-campaign-after-losing-funding-486045

… and then we hear that funding has been approved:

http://www.timesofisrael.com/netanyahu-intervenes-to-save-temple-mount-sifting-project/
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/227807

Meanwhile, the project found a piece of a Second Temple column capital:

http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_article.php?id=41549

… and a finger from a possibly Egyptian statue:

http://www.jewishpress.com/news/israel/jerusalem/part-of-egyptian-statue-may-have-been-discovered-by-temple-mount-sifters/2017/04/09/
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/227944

28 unpublished fragments of Dead Sea Scrolls have been sold in the US:

http://www.livescience.com/58507-new-dead-sea-scrolls-sold-in-us.html

… and a companion piece:

http://www.livescience.com/58505-how-to-study-dead-sea-scrolls.html

A dig in East Jerusalem forced 25 families from their homes:

http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-1.782441

On Palestine’s efforts to curb antiquities theft:

http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2017/04/palestine-antiquities-theft-smuggling-recover.html

A confrontation between guards and an Israeli archaeologist at the Al Aqsa
Mosque:

http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=776157
http://aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/israel-arrests-7-guards-of-al-aqsa-mosque-official/781157

I think we’ve mentioned the Lithodomos VR app for Jerusalem:

http://www.livescience.com/58566-ancient-jerusalem-reconstructed-in-virtual-reality-app.html
http://www.timesofisrael.com/virtual-reality-app-recreates-jerusalem-during-second-temple/

More on fears of collapse at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre:

https://www.yahoo.com/news/shrine-over-jesus-tomb-danger-190500851.html

More on that Crusader shipwreck from Acre:

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/crusader-shipwreck-siege-acre-discovered-180962597/

Work has begun on the restoration of the Topkapi Palace:

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/biggest-restoration-in-history-of-topkapi-palace-underway.aspx?pageID=238&nID=111757&NewsCatID=375

Feature on the destruction in the Mosul Museum:

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-39470521

This seems like the place to put some vintage pictures of Syrian sites:

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/03/syria-aleppo-national-geographic-archive/

Using satellite imagery to document damage to sites:

https://phys.org/news/2017-04-professor-satellites-iraq-syria.html
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/features/education/school-zone/os-ucf-syria-satellite-20170323-story.html

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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS)
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Collecting DNA from some Late Minoan tombs:

https://phys.org/news/2017-03-late-minoan-tombs-early-european.html

Metro construction in Rome may have revealed a section of the Aqua Appia:

https://www.thelocal.it/20170406/metro-workers-have-accidentally-discovered-romes-oldest-aqueduct
http://www.euronews.com/2017/04/06/archaeologists-uncover-ancient-rome-aqueduct
http://www.archaeology.org/news/5434-170406-rome-oldest-aqueduct

Plenty of Roman finds from a site in the Netherlands:

http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2017/03/rich-roman-haul-surprises-dutch-archaeologists/

Remains of a village which are being linked with Cartimandua in Yorkshire:

http://www.livescience.com/58587-roman-settlement-discovered-beneath-england-road.html
http://www.livescience.com/58581-photos-roman-settlement-discovered-in-yorkshire.html
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/rich-roman-settlement-discovered-under-britains-longest-road/
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/royal-sex-scandal-roman-empire-yorkshire-discovery-a7671171.html
http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/15211293.You_might_complain_about_the_roadworks_on_the_A1__but_just_look_at_what_has_been_uncovered/
http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/15211293.Fascinating_finds_during_A1_roadworks_shed_new_light_on_Roman_expansion_into_Northern_England/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/5436-170407-roman-england-ring
http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/04/2017/discoveries-point-to-roman-wealth-creation-in-northern-england

A Roman villa from Cholsey:

http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/15186736.Roman_villa_found_at_development_site_in_Cholsey/
http://www.heraldseries.co.uk/news/15186736.Roman_villa_found_at_development_site_in_Cholsey/
http://www.oxfordtimes.co.uk/news/15197431.Housing_developers_stumble_on_Roman_villa/

Latest Roman finds from Verulamium:

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-39502557

Major mosaics found at what was likely ancient Ucetia:

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/stunning-mosaics-shed-light-enigmatic-past-roman-city-southern-france-1614314
http://www.livescience.com/58567-roman-mosaics-in-lost-city.html
http://www.livescience.com/58565-photos-lost-roman-mosaics-of-southern-france.html
https://www.yahoo.com/news/elaborate-mosaics-unearthed-apos-lost-135500947.html
http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/601540/lost-city-secret-ancient-roman-mosaics-Ucetia-france-video
http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/786296/Ancient-Roman-city-Ucetia-discovered-France-archaeologists
http://www.sciencealert.com/these-mysterious-mosaics-reveal-the-existence-of-a-long-lost-roman-city-called-ucetia
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/technology/science/lost-ancient-roman-town-dating-back-2000-years-discovered-beneath-construction-site/news-story/2177ccfd380c3f6ed93627fb7c5d34ff
http://www.natureworldnews.com/articles/37035/20170404/lost-ancient-city-of-ucetia-finally-found-with-iconic-roman-mosaics.htm

Roman era walls from a construction site in Varna:

http://sofiaglobe.com/2017/03/31/archaeology-roman-era-building-walls-found-in-construction-site-in-bulgarias-varna/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/5418-170331-bulgaria-roman-walls

Three Roman sarcophagi from near Izmit:

http://www.dailysabah.com/life/2017/04/03/construction-workers-find-3-ancient-roman-era-tombs-in-turkeys-izmit-province
http://www.archaeology.org/news/5424-170403-turkey-marmara-sarcophagi

A followup to that Kybele sculpture threatened by quarrying activities:

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/court-bans-rock-quarry-near-kybele-sculpture.aspx?pageID=238&nid=111373&NewsCatID=375

A tomb on Paphos supposedly connected to one of the Ptolemies:

http://cyprus-mail.com/2017/03/29/paphos-tomb-probably-belonged-ptolemy-prince/
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-03/29/c_136168703.htm

… or maybe not:

http://in-cyprus.com/tomb-of-the-kings-discovery-sparks-row-video/
http://cyprus-mail.com/2017/03/30/antiquities-director-warns-jumping-conclusions-ptolemy-claim/

Related:

http://in-cyprus.com/discovery-sparks-renewed-interest-in-tombs-of-the-kings/

Remains of ‘concession stands’ found near the arena at Carnuntum:

http://www.livescience.com/58521-ancient-shops-found-at-roman-gladiator-arena.html
http://www.livescience.com/58524-photos-ancient-roman-gladiator-arena-carnuntum.html
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/ancient-roman-gladiator-arena-concession-stand-shops-found/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/5427-170404-austria-carnuntum-shops
http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/03/2017/new-gladiatorial-games-discoveries-in-roman-carnuntum

The search is on for one of Caligula’s ships beneath Lake Nemi:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/04/03/italy-hunts-emperor-caligulas-long-lost-third-pleasure-ship/
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/from-the-depths-of-depravity-caligula-s-party-boat-to-be-raised-after-2-000-years-fjgdkw3jk
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-4378258/Divers-begin-search-Emperor-Caligula-s-party-boat.html
http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2017/04/divers_search_lake_for_roman_e.html
https://www.thesun.co.uk/uncategorized/3253724/wreck-of-roman-emperor-caligulas-luxury-cruise-ship-where-he-hosted-wild-orgies-to-be-pulled-from-the-seabed/
http://www.post-gazette.com/news/world/2017/04/06/Roman-Emperor-Caligula-pleasure-ship/stories/201704060226
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2017/04/04/divers-to-scour-lake-for-emperor-caligulas-2000-year-old-pleasure-ship/

Roman finds from Dorchester:

https://www.viewnews.co.uk/dig-bowling-green-adds-dorchesters-roman-history/

Roman burials (and other finds?) from a school development site in Norton:

http://www.gazetteherald.co.uk/news/15210770._Once_in_a_lifetime__find_by_archaeologists_at_school_site/
http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/15210770._Once_in_a_lifetime__find_by_archaeologists_at_school_site/

On what the Roman navy was doing when Vesuvius erupted:

http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/untold-tale-of-roman-navys-daring-bid-to-save-the-people-of-pompeii-20170328-gv81hy.html

Journalists jumping to conclusions in the wake of new dna identifcation of
the sex of a some Pompeii casts:

http://www.ansa.it/english/news/lifestyle/arts/2017/04/06/pompeii-cast-shows-male-lovers-3_a107e138-e6f4-4507-93ce-00958b377a50.html
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/3286273/famous-two-maidens-of-pompeii-found-locked-in-embrace-are-men-and-could-have-been-gay-lovers/
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/04/07/embracing-figures-pompeii-could-have-gay-lovers-scan-reveals/

… cf:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/kristinakillgrove/2017/04/08/is-that-skeleton-gay-the-problem-with-projecting-modern-ideas-onto-the-past/

On rabbinic tales of Roman origins:

http://asorblog.org/2017/04/03/rabbinic-tales-roman-origins/

Overviewish thing on the Parthenon/Elgin Marbles:

http://www.nationalgeographic.com.au/history/how-the-parthenon-lost-its-marbles.aspx

In case you missed the Hercules sarcophagus about to be returned to
Turkey:

http://www.dailysabah.com/duplicate/2017/03/27/sarcophagus-of-heracles-to-be-returned-to-turkey
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/ancient-smuggled-sarcophagus-coming-home-to-turkey.aspx?pageID=238&nID=111255&NewsCatID=375

On Latin tattoos:

https://life.spectator.co.uk/2017/03/ive-written-last-latin-tattoo/

On using Latin to analyze other languages:

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/03/170327083256.htm

Marking the 2500th anniversary of ‘fake news’:

https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-2-500th-birthday-for-the-father-of-historyand-fake-news-1490884822

What Hunter Rawlings is up to:

http://news.cornell.edu/stories/2017/03/hunter-and-elizabeth-rawlings-feted-greek-themed-dinner

What Dan el Padilla Peralta is up to:

http://hub.jhu.edu/2017/03/30/dan-el-padilla-peralta-undocumented-immigrant/

What Robin Flemin is up to:

http://www.theslateonline.com/article/2017/04/lecture-explains-romes-effect-on-british-culture

What Elizabeth Wilcox is up to:

http://www.clarksvilleonline.com/2017/04/04/austin-peay-state-university-latingeology-student-elizabeth-wilcox-headed-europe-roman-site-excavation/

What Pramit Chaudhuri is up to:

https://news.utexas.edu/2017/04/05/mapping-the-evolution-of-literature-using-science-techniques

Honours for Carla Ionescu:

http://www.durhamregion.com/news-story/7210521-trent-university-recognizes-outstanding-teacher-from-durham-campus/

In case you missed the Cambridge Latin graffiti incident:

https://blogs.spectator.co.uk/2017/04/curious-incident-cambridge-latin-graffiti/

Christie’s guide to collecting Greek vases:

http://www.christies.com/features/Greek-Vases-A-collecting-guide-8178-1.aspx?sc_lang=en

More on that Salamis naval base:

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/naval-base-used-legendary-battle-salamis-found-180962666/

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Evidence of 13 000 years bp ‘tooth fillings’ from Italy:

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2127300-oldest-tooth-filling-was-made-by-an-ice-age-dentist-in-italy/#038;%23038;%23038;campaign_id=RSS%7CNSNS-
http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2017/04/07/Worlds-oldest-dental-fillings-found-in-Italy/7301491595712/
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/stone-age-hunter-gatherers-tackled-their-cavities-sharp-tool-and-tar

>From the Yamnaya to the Corded Ware culture (not quite sure where to put this one):

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-04/fos--smt040217.php
https://phys.org/news/2017-04-steppe-migrant-thugs-pacified-stone.html
http://www.livescience.com/58555-corded-ware-culture-arose-from-intermarriages.html
http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/04/2017/understanding-how-the-corded-ware-culture-was-formed-in-europe

A study of prehistoric Alpine farming:

https://phys.org/news/2017-04-prehistoric-alpine-farming-bernese-oberland.html

Bronze Age remains from Chichester:

http://www.bognor.co.uk/news/bronze-age-settlement-discovered-in-chichester-1-7905551

A Bronze Age house from Slovakia:

http://www.archaeology.org/news/5437-170407-slovakia-bronze-age

An Iron Age chariot - and - horses burial from Pocklington:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-39431371
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/iron-age-chariot-horse-yorkshire-archaeology-significant-find-half-a-century-buried-together-a7659091.html
http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/15193688.Iron_Age_chariot_burial/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/5410-170329-england-chariot-burial

A 1000 years bp Viking toy boat from Norway:

http://www.livescience.com/58456-1000-year-old-toy-viking-boat.html
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/1000-year-old-toy-viking-boat-unearthed/
https://www.yahoo.com/news/1-000-old-toy-viking-154000394.html
http://www.archaeology.org/news/5412-170329-norway-toy-boat

A medieval building from Limassol:

http://cyprus-mail.com/2017/03/27/limassol-roadworks-uncover-mediaeval-building/

Not sure if this will still come up … 800 medieval burials from an Irish
hillfort site:

http://www.irishexaminer.com/viewpoints/analysis/800-medieval-bodies-found-during-hillfort-dig-446670.html

Remains of a ‘coffin birth’ from a plague-era burial:

http://www.seeker.com/coffin-birth-found-in-black-death-burial-2333620306.html
http://www.archaeology.org/news/5411-170329-italy-coffin-birth

More on that medieval Jewish cemetery find in Rome:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/28/world/europe/rome-skeletons-jewish-cemetery.html
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865676678/Jewish-graves-unearthed-in-Rome-testify-to-community7s-persecution.html?pg=all
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/227785
http://www.archaeology.org/news/5405-170327-rome-jewish-cemetery

On how medieval types dealt with their fear of ‘revenant corpses’ (or
zombies):

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-04/uos-nae040317.php
https://phys.org/news/2017-04-archaeological-evidence-efforts-resist-dead.html
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/04/170403123341.htm
http://www.livescience.com/58545-mutilated-zombie-corpses-in-england.html
http://www.livescience.com/58543-photos-zombie-burials.html
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/walking-dead-medieval-villagers-zombie-proofed-their-corpses/
https://www.seeker.com/culture/archaeology/medieval-villagers-hacked-their-dead-to-pieces-in-fear-of-zombie-apocalypse
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-39477005
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/apr/03/medieval-villagers-mutilated-the-dead-to-stop-them-rising-study-finds
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/archaeology-scientists-find-medieval-remains-english-vampires-yorkshire-wharram-percy-a7663121.html
http://www.archaeology.org/news/5422-170403-england-medieval-bones
http://cultura.elpais.com/cultura/2017/04/03/actualidad/1491233946_988401.html

A medieval mason mark from Hyde Abbey:

http://www.hampshirechronicle.co.uk/news/15190491.Medieval_mark_found_at_Hyde_Abbey/
http://www.basingstokegazette.co.uk/news/regional/winchester/15190491.Medieval_mark_found_at_Hyde_Abbey/

Not sure what era these burials from Serdica are:

http://www.irishexaminer.com/viewpoints/analysis/800-medieval-bodies-found-during-hillfort-dig-446670.html
http://www.archaeology.org/news/5430-170405-bulgaria-serdica-burials

A major restoration project at Reading Abbey:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-berkshire-39429380

Restoration of a 15th century Maronite Church:

http://cyprus-mail.com/2017/04/08/15th-century-maronite-church-repaired-returned/

Ongoing criticism of the Stonehenge tunnel project:

http://www.salisburyjournal.co.uk/news/15210865.Ex_mayor_says_Stonehenge_tunnel_will__destroy_Britain_s_history_/
http://www.salisburyjournal.co.uk/news/15210878.Councillor_slams_A303_bypass_plan_as__total_disaster_/

A day in the life of a Neolithic woman:

http://www.radio.cz/en/section/panorama/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-neolithic-woman

More on the identification of the Fame shipwreck:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-39353551

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Archaeology in Europe Blog:

http://archaeology-in-europe.blogspot.com/

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ASIA AND THE SOUTH PACIFIC
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25 000 years bp (more or less) ‘bling’ from Sulawesi:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-04/gu-rup040317.php
https://phys.org/news/2017-04-uncover-prehistoric-art-ornaments-indonesian.html
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/04/170403151157.htm
http://www.livescience.com/58516-ice-age-art-jewelry-found-indonesian-cave.html
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/apr/04/ice-age-art-in-indonesia-reveals-how-spiritual-life-evolved-en-route-to-australia
http://www.theage.com.au/world/prehistoric-jewellery-found-in-indonesian-cave-challenges-view-early-humans-less-advanced-20170405-gvecxi.html
http://www.archaeology.org/news/5425-170404-indonesia-ice-age-art
http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/04/2017/prehistoric-art-and-ornaments-from-indonesian-ice-age-uncovered
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/artifacts-found-indonesian-cave-show-complex-ice-age-culture-180962787/

3000 years bp cavern burials from Viet Nam:

http://e.vnexpress.net/news/news/vietnamese-archaeologists-unearth-3-000-year-old-cemetery-hidden-in-a-cavern-3563777.html

13 tombs (1800 to 2700 years bp) from Tibet:

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-04/05/c_136184618.htm
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/culture/2017-04/06/content_28818786.htm

Latest finds from Paryzdepe:

http://akipress.com/news%3A590864/

19th century artifacts from a Christchurch construction site:

http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/91238578/Bears-Grease-among-early-19th-century-artefacts-found-at-Christchurch-convention-centre-site
http://www.archaeology.org/news/5432-170406-new-zealand-artifacts

I think we mentioned this capstone from Hyderabad:

http://www.sciencetimes.com/articles/11025/20170326/scientists-found-40-tons-of-capstone-from-south-india-largest-capstone-ever-found.htm
http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/capstone-in-humanoid-shape-found-at-narmeta/article17740568.ece

Samurai fashion:

http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/26/arts/samurai-fashion/index.html

Aborigines were aware of dinosaur footprints:

http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-39405167
http://www.dw.com/en/australia-confirms-its-own-jurassic-park-with-huge-dinosaur-footprints/a-38149275

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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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14 000 years bp site on Triquet Island (British Columbia):

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/archeological-find-affirms-heiltsuk-nation-s-oral-history-1.4046088?cmp=rss
http://www.nature.com/news/ancient-bones-reveal-girl-s-tough-life-in-early-americas-1.21753
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/ancient-bones-reveal-girl-rsquo-s-tough-life-in-early-americas/
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/14000-village-discovered-triquet-island-british-columbia-canada-oldest-settlment-north-america-a7673726.html
http://www.newser.com/story/241016/ancient-village-in-canada-older-than-rome-pyramids.html
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/one-oldest-north-american-settlements-found-180962750/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/5416-170330-canada-first-americans

A pre-Clovis site in Florida:

http://advances.sciencemag.org/content/2/5/e1600375

On fluting in Clovis weaponry:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-04/ksu-ksa040417.php
https://phys.org/news/2017-04-archaeologist-fluting-ancient-stone-weaponry.html
http://www.archaeology.org/news/5438-170407-clovis-points-fluting
http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/04/2017/why-clovis-added-a-flute-feature-to-their-stone-weaponry

A 1500 years bp pit house from the Fraser Canyon:

http://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/archaeology-study-reveals-unique-glimpse-into-bridge-river-aboriginals-spanning-1500-years

More on Calusa artifacts from a southwest Florida midden:

http://www.winknews.com/2017/03/26/sifting-through-history-calusa-artifacts-found-in-southwest-fla/
http://www.sciencetimes.com/articles/11038/20170326/archaeologists-found-rare-calusa-artifacts-in-florida-midden.htm

Cannonballs from a Pittsburgh site:

http://www.archaeology.org/news/5407-170328-pittsburgh-allegheny-arsenal

Pondering an 18th century Virginia shipwreck:

http://wtop.com/alexandria/2017/04/uncovering-mystery-behind-alexandria-waterfronts-18th-century-ship/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/5423-170403-virginia-colonial-ship

On a collection of Navajo pottery:

http://www.sltrib.com/news/5111734-155/fate-of-pottery-collection-is-a?fullpage=1

Investigating James Madison’s slave history:

http://www.npr.org/2017/03/28/521804754/a-woman-reconnects-with-her-ancestors-slave-past-at-james-madison-s-estate

Another reburial for James Polk?:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-39157523

A Harriet Tubman photo:

http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2017/03/rare_harriet_tubman_photo_going_to_the_smithsonian_library_of_congress.html
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/03/31/rare-harriet-tubman-photo-garners-161k-auction/99893566/

Feature on the first folks to populate the Americas:

http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20170328-the-first-people-who-populated-the-americas

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CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA
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Remains of a royal palace at Oaxaca/El Palenque:

https://phys.org/news/2017-03-ancient-palace-complex-mexican-valley.html
https://phys.org/news/2017-04-unearthing-secrets-aztecs.html
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/palace-remains-mexico-point-ancient-rise-centralized-power
http://nypost.com/2017/03/29/2300-year-old-palace-had-a-room-just-for-killing-people/
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/palace-remains-mexico-point-ancient-rise-centralized-power?tgt=nr
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/palace-remains-mexico-point-ancient-rise-centralized-power
http://www.news.com.au/technology/science/archaeology/mysterious-palace-dating-back-2300-years-discovered-in-mexico/news-story/6db99aad5249c04a1a644f671c35fbe7?from=rss-basic
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/giant-ancient-palace-unearthed-mexico-was-rulers-home-seat-government-1613944
http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2017/03/21/1701336114
http://www.archaeology.org/news/5417-170330-el-palenque-palace
http://verne.elpais.com/verne/2017/04/06/mexico/1491435975_945457.html

Cf:
http://articles.latimes.com/2013/apr/22/science/la-sci-sn-oaxaca-mexico-temple-20130422

Latest on Naia:

https://phys.org/news/2017-03-early-americas-girl-naia-young.html
http://www.nature.com/news/ancient-bones-reveal-girl-s-tough-life-in-early-americas-1.21753
http://www.archaeology.org/news/5419-170331-mexico-naia-bones

Flood concerns for some Peruvian sites:

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-peru-floods-idUSKBN1700E6?feedType=RSS&feedName=environmentNews

More on climate change and the Maya:

http://www.livescience.com/58515-climate-change-incited-mayan-wars.html

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Mike Ruggeri's Ancient Americas Breaking News:

http://goo.gl/1VdeA

Ancient MesoAmerica News:

http://ancient-mesoamerica-news-updates.blogspot.com/
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OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST
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Another university building renaming row, this time in Australia:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-39376013

On Beauty and the Beast:

http://www.npr.org/2017/03/26/515434292/tale-as-old-as-time-the-dark-appeal-of-beauty-and-the-beast?sc=17&f=1008

Plenty of press attention for a study of cannibalism in various periods:

https://phys.org/news/2017-04-stone-age-cannibals-worth-hassle.html
http://www.livescience.com/58574-early-humans-cannibalism-not-for-nutrition.html
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/04/human-cannibalism-nutrition-archaeology-science/
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/06/science/cannibalism-human-body-calories.html
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/prehistoric-human-bones-show-signs-of-cannibalism/
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/2017/04/05/how-nutritious-is-human-flesh/
http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2017/04/06/522880018/what-s-the-dietary-value-of-a-human
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/ancient-cannibals-did-not-eat-humans-nutrition-study-says-180962823/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/5433-170406-cannibalism-nutritional-value

Review of Eric Cline, *Three Stones Make a Wall*:

http://news.nationalpost.com/arts/books/book-reviews/buildings-with-a-storied-past-eric-h-clines-love-of-archaeology-is-infectious

OpEd on the role of scholars in art sales:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/30/arts/design/expert-opinion-or-elaborate-ruse-scrutiny-for-scholars-role-in-art-sales.html

Humans have been dealing with mice for quite a while:

https://phys.org/news/2017-03-ancient-mice-teeth-villages-ecological.html
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-03/wuis-mit032317.php
http://www.timesofisrael.com/study-in-israel-finds-mouse-has-been-in-the-house-for-15000-years
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-39383041
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2125939-mice-lived-with-us-15000-years-ago-even-before-farming-took-off/#038;%23038;%23038;%23038;campaign_id=RSS%7CNSNS-news
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/house-mouse-oldest-domesticated-animal-rivals-dogs-15000-years-jordan-valley-hunter-gatherers-a7652911.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2017/03/28/mice-have-been-infesting-homes-ever-since-humans-started-building-them/
http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2017/0329/Mice-to-men-everywhere-you-go-we-ll-follow
http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/03/2017/15000-years-ago-mice-occupied-hunter-gatherer-homes
http://www.archaeology.org/news/5406-170327-mouse-human-settlements

On language origins:

http://bigthink.com/philip-perry/half-of-all-languages-come-from-one-root-language-how-it-spread-is-something-of-debate

On Emmanuel Kant:

http://www.dw.com/en/picky-warmth-loving-beer-hater-who-was-immanuel-kant/a-38086096

On ‘humble pie’:

http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20170322-how-a-pocket-sized-snack-changed-the-english-language

On the history of priestly celibacy:

http://www.livescience.com/58420-how-celibacy-became-mandatory-for-priests.html

Interesting collection of ‘women’s suffrage letters’:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/29/arts/womens-suffrage-collection-susan-b-anthony.html

Haven’t heard about the Voynich Manuscript in a while:

https://soundcloud.com/yaleuniversity/decoding-the-voynich-manuscript

I think we mentioned these shipwreck emeralds coming to auction:

https://apnews.com/55eb6f663e954c6596c82e610079c3e1

That vandalized Gainsborough is back on display:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/28/arts/design/national-gallery-london-gainsborough.html

… as is a restored Leonardo:

http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/news/2017/03/27/leonardo-masterpiece-back-on-display-following-restoration/

On the restoration of the Ghent Altarpiece:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-04/w-rbo040317.php

Why Gibraltar is British:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-39484942

In defense of art history:

https://www.insidehighered.com/views/2017/04/04/questioning-assumptions-about-value-art-history-essay

Latest theory about ‘secret’ body bits hidden in Michelangelo art:

https://phys.org/news/2017-04-michelangelo-medici-chapel-hidden-female.html

On Zoroastrianism:

http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20170406-this-obscure-religion-shaped-the-west

On the origins of the pinata:

http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20170331-the-mysterious-origins-of-the-piata

The legacy of Les Miserables:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/31/books/review/novel-of-the-century-les-miserables-david-bellos.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fbooks

A ‘Shakespearean notepad’:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-berkshire-39452558

Archaeology Podcast Network:

http://www.archaeologypodcastnetwork.com/archyfantasies/
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MUSEUM MATTERS
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A World of Emotions:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/23/arts/design/review-a-world-of-emotions-in-greek-art-unmasks-the-stony-faces.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fdesign
http://brooklynrail.org/2017/04/artseen/A-World-of-Emotions-Ancient-Greece-700-BC-200-AD

Mummies:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/23/arts/design/mummies-exhibition-american-museum-of-natural-history.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fdesign

Qin and Han dynasty art:

http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/world/2017-03/28/content_28713243.htm
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/photo/2017-03/29/c_136165933.htm
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/30/arts/design/review-age-of-empires-chinese-art-the-met-museum.html
http://www.metmuseum.org/press/exhibitions/2016/age-of-empires

Chimera of Arezzo:

http://www.theflorentine.net/art-culture/2017/03/chimera-di-arezzo-returns-palazzo-vecchio/

Pompeii:

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/newslocal/central-sydney/ruins-from-the-ancient-city-of-pompeii-form-part-of-australian-national-maritime-museum-exhibition/news-story/a9039688d67a7a44991849363639c56c

Roman Cavalry:

http://www.itv.com/news/tyne-tees/2017-04-08/roman-cavalry-exhibition-opens-across-hadrians-wall/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-39538303

Cranach the Elder:

http://www.dw.com/en/the-warhol-of-the-renaissance-lucas-cranach-the-elder/g-38287797

Constable:

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/apr/06/constable-in-brighton-exhibition-for-the-master

Pre Roman antiquities at the Bardo:

http://www.ansamed.info/ansamed/en/news/sections/culture/2017/04/07/bardo-museum-in-tunis-to-host-uffizi-pre-roman-antiquities_cc3df4dd-48d0-419c-a88c-af7be3851700.html

Greek vases:

http://newsok.com/worcester-museum-opens-ancient-greek-vase-exhibit/article/feed/1196190
http://www.tornosnews.gr/en/greek-news/culture/24441-new-light-on-ancient-greek-vase-painting-at-worcester-art-museum.html

Caesarius of Arles:

http://www.newliturgicalmovement.org/2017/04/from-march-24th-until-june-25th-vatican.html#.WOpqr461tn4

Queer British Art:

http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20170405-the-victorian-view-of-same-sex-desire

Early American landscape photography:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/in-sight/wp/2017/03/31/the-radical-transformation-of-19th-century-america-through-the-lens-of-landscape-photographers/

Feature on the Museum of the American Revolution:

http://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/nation-now/2017/03/29/inside-new-museum-american-revolution/99767274/

Funding for the Corinium Museum:

http://www.wiltsglosstandard.co.uk/news/15194751.Corinium_Museum_receives___676_900_from_Heritage_Lottery_Fund_to_support___1_3m_archaeology_exhibition/

The Toledo MoA is selling off some items:

http://www.toledoblade.com/Art/2017/04/05/Toledo-Museum-of-Art-selling-off-over-140-pieces.html

The Jorvik Viking Centre is reopening:

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2017/apr/06/yorks-viking-centre-to-reopen-christmas-flood-jorvik
http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/15207792.UPDATED__Join_us_on_a_journey_to_the_new_Jorvik/

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THE TECHY SIDE
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Latest facial reconstruction is of a 13000 years bp Tham Lod woman:

http://www.archaeology.org/news/5428-170405-tham-lod-woman

Dating rock art in South Africa:

http://www.archaeology.org/news/5435-170406-rock-art-dated

Still getting coverage of that medieval ‘poor man’ facial reconstruction:

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/facial-reconstruction-medieval-man-sheds-light-englands-ordinary-poor-180962634/
https://www.yahoo.com/news/archaeologists-reconstruct-face-medieval-man-144000971.html
http://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2017/03/29/meet-a-700-year-old-man-orig-tc.cnn

CAT scanning cat mummies and other things:

https://phys.org/news/2017-03-mummified-cat-scannew-technologies-ancient.html

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ON THE DNA FRONT
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10 000 years of genetic continuity in North America:

https://phys.org/news/2017-04-reveals-years-genetic-northwest-north.html

Dienekes' Anthropology Blog:

http://dienekes.blogspot.ca/
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TOURISTY THINGS
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Mekong Delta:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/04/travel/laos-mekong-river-khmer-temple.html

Historical cafes:

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/best-cafes-history-buffs-180962692/

Armenia:

http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20170330-the-worlds-first-christian-country

Cyprus:

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/04/06/travel/what-to-do-36-hours-in-cyprus.html

Sanhedrin Trail:

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/227853
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4946158,00.html
http://www.jewishpress.com/news/history/presenting-first-interactive-hiking-trail-since-sanhedrin-left-hall-of-hewn-stones/2017/04/06/

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CRIME BEAT
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Latest Culture Crime News:

http://www.anonymousswisscollector.com/2017/03/culture-crime-news-20-26-march-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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A different kind of ‘musical’ repatriation:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/28/arts/finally-returning-bernsteins-overdue-mahler.html

A stolen Rockwell has been returned:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/31/nyregion/norman-rockwell-stolen-painting.html

Germany returned some items to Greece:

http://greece.greekreporter.com/2017/04/01/stolen-antiquities-returned-from-munich-arrive-at-national-archaeological-museum-in-athens/

More on the return of that sarcophagus to Turkey:

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/ancient-smuggled-sarcophagus-coming-home-to-turkey.aspx?pageID=238&nID=111255&NewsCatID=375
http://www.archaeology.org/news/5408-170328-turkey-sarcophagus-repatriation
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/roman-empire-era-coffin-set-to-go-home-to-turkey-lawyers-say/
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/art-dealer-accepts-prized-coffins-return-to-turkey.aspx?pageID=238&nid=111398&NewsCatID=375

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NUMISMATICA
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Feature on the history of money:

http://british.museumblog.org/change-is-good-a-history-of-money/

A Roman provincial dupondius:

http://www.coinweek.com/ancient-coins/ancient-coin-profiles-roman-provincial-bronze-dupondius-augustus-agrippa-crocodile/

Big bucks for a gold stater:

http://www.numismaticnews.net/article/gold-stater-brings-18500-sale

Some Greek gods on coins:

http://www.coinworld.com/news/world-coins/2017/03/ancient-gods-abound-on-greek-coinage.all.html

Three weeks’ worth of e-Syla:

http://www.coinbooks.org/v20/club_nbs_esylum_v20n13.html
http://www.coinbooks.org/v20/club_nbs_esylum_v20n14.html
http://www.coinbooks.org/v20/club_nbs_esylum_v20n15.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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AUDIO/VIDEO NEWS
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Audio News from Archaeologica:

http://www.archaeologychannel.org/audio-main-menu-cat/audio-news-list/2579-audio-news-from-archaeologica-19-march-2017-25-march-2017
http://www.archaeologychannel.org/audio-main-menu-cat/audio-news-list/2581-audio-news-from-archaeologica-26-march-2017-1-april-2017
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OBITUARIES
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Christina Vella:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/27/books/christine-vella-dead-author-of-intimate-enemies.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fobituaries

Paul Novograd:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/27/nyregion/paul-novograd-dead-ran-claremont-riding-academy-in-manhattan.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fobituaries

William Kelly:

http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/nytimes/obituary.aspx?n=william-simpson&pid=184769730

David French:

http://biaa.ac.uk/news/item/name/condolences-message

Louis Feldman:

http://blogs.yu.edu/news/in-memoriam-dr-louis-feldman/

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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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