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explorator 20.51 April 15, 2018
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and Ross W. Sargent for headses upses this week
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EARLY HOMINIDS
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An 85 000 years bp finger bone from Saudi Arabia is causing a bit of an
Out of Africa rethink:

https://phys.org/news/2018-04-human-migration-africa-geographically-widespread.html
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-04/mpif-fhm040418.php
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/04/180409112551.htm
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/09/science/a-fossilized-finger-bone-may-be-from-the-earliest-humans-on-the-arabian-peninsula.html
https://www.livescience.com/62256-ancient-human-finger-in-arabia.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-43700703?intlink_from_url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/topics/c1038wnxyy0t/archaeology&link_location=live-reporting-story
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/apr/09/finger-fossil-shows-humans-went-east-of-africa-earlier-than-thought
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/finger-arabian-desert-secrets-human-migration-homo-sapiens-archaeology-a8294991.html
http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-human-finger-fossil-20180409-story.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2018/04/10/an-85000-year-old-finger-fossil-may-challenge-theories-about-how-early-humans-migrated-from-africa/
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article208342749.html
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2018/04/09/earliest-human-fossil-saudi-arabia-discovered-migration/499222002/
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/MAGAZINE-85-000-year-old-homo-sapiens-bone-found-in-saudi-arabia-1.5980752
https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/middle-east/102999501/A-finger-bone-from-an-unexpected-place-and-time-upends-the-story-of-human-migration-out-of-Africa
http://www.newsweek.com/early-human-migrations-arabian-peninsula-fossil-finger-877609
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/deadthings/2018/04/09/fossil-arabian-desert/
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/finger-fossil-puts-people-arabia-least-86000-years-ago
https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/04/saudi-arabian-fossil-find-puts-finger-on-the-story-of-human-dispersal/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/rare-85000-year-old-finger-bone-could-complicate-our-understanding-african-migration-180968720/
https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2018/04/saudi-arabia-finger-human-migration-homo/
https://www.archaeology.org/6499-early-migrants-may-have-traveled-beyond-the-levant

Pondering the evolutionary advantage of expressive eyebrows:

https://phys.org/news/2018-04-evolutionary-advantage-eyebrows.html
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-04/uoy-web040618.php
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/04/180409112554.htm
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/13/science/eyebrow-evolution-expression.html
https://www.archaeology.org/6502-180409-homo-heidelbergensis-skull

Interview with David Reigh about Neanderthal humanity:

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/apr/07/ever-evolving-story-humanity-david-reich-interview-neanderthals-denisovans-genome

More on the oldest wooden Neanderthal tools found in Spain:

https://www.sciencealert.com/neanderthal-wooden-tools-iberian-peninsula-spain-90-000-years-old
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AFRICA
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a huge cache of Meroitic inscriptions from the Sudan is causing a lot of
excitement:

https://www.livescience.com/62272-oldest-meroe-inscriptions-sudan-africa.html
http://www.newsweek.com/sub-saharan-african-empires-nubia-meroitic-napata-kush-kingdom-883813
http://www.iflscience.com/editors-blog/tablets-inscribed-with-mysterious-extinct-language-unearthed-at-ancient-african-city-of-the-dead/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/cache-ancient-inscriptions-africas-oldest-written-languages-180968786/
https://www.sciencealert.com/nubian-funerary-artefacts-meroitic-texts-found-in-sedeinga-sudan
https://www.archaeology.org/6539-180411-sudan-meroitic-texts
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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT
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Archaeologists have found some 4500 'new' fragments of a colossal statue
of Psamtik I in Cairo:

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/297399/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/New-discovery-in-Matariya-sheds-light-on-the-shape.aspx
http://www.egyptindependent.com/4500-artifacts-belonging-to-king-psamtek-i-statue-discovered-in-matariya/
http://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/47474/Large-fragments-of-massive-Psamtek-I-s-Matariya-colossus-uncovered
https://www.albawaba.com/editorchoice/german-egyptian-excavation-unveiled-4500-relics-belonging-pharaoh-kings-1116416
http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=2454446&CategoryId=13936
https://www.archaeology.org/6537-180411-king-psamtek-i-colossus

The tomb of Tut's wife may have been found ... or not:

https://www.livescience.com/62264-search-king-tut-wife-tomb.html

Feature on how Howard Carter almost missed Tut's tomb:

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/archaeology-and-history/magazine/2018/03-04/findingkingtutstomb/

Hype for a tv programme about restoring Khufu's boats:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-africa-43643197/rebuilding-history-restoring-a-pharaoh-s-ancient-boat

A papyrus record of an early case of sexual assault:

http://www.iflscience.com/editors-blog/ancient-text-talks-about-a-powerful-man-being-called-out-for-sexual-assault/
https://qz.com/1249141/metoo-sexual-assault-possibly-led-to-the-firing-of-a-powerful-man-in-ancient-egypt/

Feature on aging in ancient Egypt:

http://www.asor.org/anetoday/2018/04/Getting-Old-In-Ancient+Egypt

Feature on what the Israelites were doing in Egypt:

https://thetorah.com/what-kind-of-construction-did-the-israelites-do-in-egypt/

More on the FBI helping identify a mummy:

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/fbi-solves-mummy-identity-egypt-deit-el-bersha-djehutynakht-wife-a8293771.html
https://www.yahoo.com/news/mystery-over-identity-4-000-164019342.html

Schoolkids on a dig in the West Bank dug up an oil lamp:

http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Elementary-school-pupils-dig-up-a-piece-of-Jewish-history-549170
https://www.timesofisrael.com/pupils-reconstruct-1500-year-old-holy-land-life-in-school-archaeological-dig/

Suggestion that Yahweh originated as the Canaanite 'Vulcan':

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/.premium.MAGAZINE-jewish-god-yahweh-originated-in-canaanite-vulcan-says-new-theory-1.5992072

Years later, thousands of artifacts are still missing from the National
Museum in Iraq:

http://www.aina.org/news/20180409184251.htm
http://menafn.com/1096715659/Fifteen-years-after-looting-thousands-of-artefacts-are-still-missing-from-Iraqs-national-museum

Concerns for sites arising from war in Yemen and Iraq:

http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/04/war-savages-ancient-sites-yemen-and-iraq-destroying-archaeological-record

Feature on the site of Al-Ula:

http://www.egypttoday.com/Article/9/47471/Saudi-archaeological-treasure-of-Al-Ula-to-open-to-tourists
https://sg.news.yahoo.com/desert-ruins-al-ula-saudis-revive-forgotten-past-102521792.html
http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/saudi-arabia/al-ula-ruins-saudis-revive-forgotten-past-1.2203380
http://english.alarabiya.net/en/features/2018/04/10/WATCH-Chinese-Saudi-archeologists-unearth-cultural-relics-in-Saudi-Arabia.html
https://www.yahoo.com/news/desert-ruins-al-ula-saudis-revive-forgotten-past-102521440.html

What Marta D'Andrea is up to:

http://www.jordantimes.com/news/local/italian-scholar-researches-crisis-reformation-near-east%E2%80%99s-early-urban-societies

More on China-Saudi dig cooperation:

http://english.alarabiya.net/en/features/2018/04/10/WATCH-Chinese-Saudi-archeologists-unearth-cultural-relics-in-Saudi-Arabia.html

Feature on the history of French digs in Saudi Arabia:

http://www.arabnews.com/node/1281826
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A red figure krater from Apollonia Pontica:

http://www.novinite.com/articles/189388/Red-Figure+Krater+Unearthed+in+Bulgaria
http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2018/04/10/archaeologists-find-6th-century-bc-home-red-figure-pottery-krater-depicting-oedipus-and-the-sphinx-from-apollonia-pontica-in-bulgarias-sozopol/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/6536-180410-bulgaria-sozopol-krater

.... related:

https://neoskosmos.com/en/113833/ancient-greek-dwelling-unearthed-in-bulgaria/
http://eu.greekreporter.com/2018/04/13/experts-find-ancient-greek-heritage-in-bulgarian-black-sea-coast/

A 'Classical' 'meeting ground' from Myra:

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/ancient-myra-meeting-ground-unearthed-130219

I think we mentioned this cherub fresco:

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/MAGAZINE-rare-art-unearthed-in-nero-era-mansion-and-bath-by-rome-1.5956969

TV hypish thing on the identification of the pass where Hannibal crossed
the Alps:

https://www.livescience.com/62265-hannibal-alps-crossing-mystery.html

Latest theory on the collapse of Mycenean civilization:

http://www.tornosnews.gr/en/greek-news/culture/30911-new-study-mycenaean-civilization-might-have-collapsed-due-to-uprising-or-invasion.html

We're beginning to read of new finds from Pompeii:

https://www.ilmattino.it/napoli/cultura/pompei_regio_v_dagli_scavi_corso_affiora_la_finestra_di_casa_la_grata_ferro-3667217.html

In case you missed the 'Greco Roman' Temple find in Siwa last week:

https://neoskosmos.com/en/113691/remains-of-rare-greco-roman-temple-unearthed-in-egypt/
https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/temple-ancient-egypt-08042018/
http://greekreporter.com/egyptian-experts-find-ancient-greco-roman-temple/

Feature on Roman anchors in Malta and religion:

https://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20180411/community/Roman-anchors-in-Malta-and-ancient-maritime-religion.676007

Feature on Ingres' painting depicting Virgil reading from the Aeneid:

https://www.christies.com/features/Deconstructed-Ingres-Virgil-reading-from-the-Aeneid-9121-1.aspx

Feature on Gismondi's Rome model:

https://www.archdaily.com/892031/explore-this-1-250-model-of-ancient-rome-which-took-38-years-to-construct
http://www.news.com.au/travel/world-travel/europe/the-incredible-model-city-that-took-38-years-to-create/news-story/cc87d6d0054f625ed43fe021d50bcb3a

Feature on coloured statuary:

https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-people-classical-sculptures-meant-white

Looking at Greek vases:

http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/10-ways-to-look-at-ancient-greek-vases/

Feature on medicine in antiquity:

https://phys.org/news/2018-04-medicine-antiquityfrom-ancient-temples-roman.html
http://sciencenordic.com/medicine-antiquity

cf:

https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/ancient-cultures/daily-life-and-practice/medicine-in-the-ancient-world/

Feature on Phrygian caps:

https://sarahemilybond.com/2018/04/09/before-maga-mithras-phrygian-caps-and-the-politics-of-headwear/

Feature on Rome and the Jews:

https://www.spectator.co.uk/2018/04/rome-and-the-jews/

Feature on some artifacts found in Bulgaria:

http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2018/04/12/6-amazing-artifacts-with-ancient-greek-mythology-scenes-discovered-in-bulgaria/

Feature on an early Greek yoyo depiction:

http://greece.greekreporter.com/2018/04/08/the-ancient-greek-boy-and-his-yo-yo/

Again pondering Carthaginian childe sacrifice:

https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/ancient-cultures/did-the-carthaginians-really-practice-infant-sacrifice/

On the benefits of learning Latin:

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/why-learning-latin-stays-with-you-forever
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/arts/opinion-study-latin-if-you-want-to-talk-like-a-supervillain

What Kate Birney is up to:

http://newsletter.blogs.wesleyan.edu/2018/04/09/birney-receives-mellon-fellowship-to-pursue-role-of-scents-in-antiquity/

What Brendan McGlone is up to:

http://wesleyanargus.com/2018/04/09/mcglone-18-selected-as-humanistic-study-fellow-for-the-paideia-institute/

Some Eta Sigma Phi convention coverage:

http://uknow.uky.edu/student-and-academic-life/classics-students-receive-recognition-national-convention
http://www.baylor.edu/mediacommunications/news.php?action=story&story=197953

Reviews of Madeline Miller's *Circe*:

https://www.npr.org/2018/04/11/599831473/circe-gives-the-witch-of-the-odyssey-a-new-life
https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/the-original-nasty-woman-is-a-goddess-for-our-times/2018/04/09/742c54d0-3b88-11e8-974f-aacd97698cef_story.html
https://www.theintelligencer.com/entertainment/article/Book-World-The-original-nasty-woman-is-a-goddess-12818886.php
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/apr/08/circe-madeline-miller-homer-odyssey-retelling-review
http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2018/4/10/circe-review/
https://www.bustle.com/p/circe-by-madeline-miller-is-a-love-letter-to-the-first-witch-in-literature-8707797
https://www.refinery29.com/2018/04/195530/madeline-miller-circe-author-interview-women-mythology
http://dailytexanonline.com/2018/04/12/circe-stuns-as-the-retelling-of-an-old-classic

Pondering why women authors are working on Greek myths right now:

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/many-women-writers-ancient-myths-troy-fall-of-a-city-pat-barker-k9rz7lrv0

They keep finding things in Larnaca:

http://cyprus-mail.com/2018/04/11/antiquity-finds-increasing-costs-larnaca-square-revamp/

More on the Russell Crowe 'divorce auction' results:

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/russell-crowe-divorce-auction-australia-film-props-bid-gladiator-millions-a8294561.html
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EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland)
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11 000 years bp cave art from Crete:

http://greece.greekreporter.com/2018/04/11/amazing-greek-cave-art-found-to-be-over-11000-years-old/

Searching for/mapping a 'stone age' site in the North Sea:

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-43711762

Some of the stones at Stonehenge were on the Salisbury plain long before
humans were:

https://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/the-times/stonehenge-rocks-were-there-long-before-humans/news-story/6f934150b230e592b8c2303c71b6b59a
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=12029278&ref=rss
http://www.theweek.co.uk/92795/stonehenge-rocks-in-place-millions-of-years-before-humans
https://news.sky.com/story/some-stonehenge-rocks-were-at-salisbury-plain-long-before-humans-11323822
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/stonehenge-pillars-already-place-humans-arrived-expert-claims-112103143.html
https://www.forbes.com/sites/trevornace/2018/04/10/parts-of-stonehenge-were-in-place-long-before-humans-archaeologists-find/

Remains of a 1500 years bp onion from Sweden:

https://www.thelocal.se/20180411/ancient-onion-reveals-roman-links-with-swedens-pompeii
https://www.archaeology.org/news/6538-180411-sweden-ancient-onion

An interesting 'medieval' burial of a man with a 'knife prosthetic' arm
(maybe):

https://www.sciencealert.com/medieval-lombard-man-amputated-arm-knife-prosthesis
https://www.forbes.com/sites/kristinakillgrove/2018/04/12/archaeologists-find-ancient-knife-hand-prosthesis-on-medieval-warrior/
http://www.ibtimes.sg/archaeologists-puzzled-find-knife-attached-mans-hand-ancient-period-25931
https://www.archaeology.org/news/6545-180413-italy-amputation-prosthesis

Some 600 years bp 'loaded dice' from Norway:

https://www.livescience.com/62273-cheating-medieval-dice-norway.html
https://www.cnet.com/news/cheating-dice-medieval-con-artist-norway/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/6541-180412-norway-gambling-dice

Excavating a 19th century slaughterhouse in Scotland:

http://www.archaeology.org/news/6501-180409-scotland-edinburgh-slaughterhouse

Studying the skeletons of Napoleonic-era soldiers who died in the Battle
of Aspern:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/kristinakillgrove/2018/04/13/skeletons-from-napoleonic-battlefield-shed-light-on-soldiers-health/#21bc18a3227e

Plans to dig a deserted medieval settlement site in Teesdale:

https://www.teesdalemercury.co.uk/features/remember-when-more-work-to-uncover-secrets-of-lost-dale-village
http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/local/southdurham/barnardcastle/16145715.Teesdale_medieval_settlement_to_be_explored_in_archaeological_dig/

Apparently there are 'Islamic Conquest of the Iberian peninsula' deniers:

https://elpais.com/elpais/2018/04/06/hechos/1523043230_705992.html

They've figured out the origins of the Carambolo treasure:

https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2018/04/carambolo-treasure-tartessos-gold-atlantis-spain-archaeology/

More on Neolithic Scandinavians eating fish:

http://www.archaeology.org/news/6500-180409-scandinavia-fish-diets

More on Viking sunstones:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/simulation-suggest-legendary-viking-sunstones-could-have-worked-180968710/

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ASIA AND THE SOUTH PACIFIC
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The Leang Burung 2 site in Indonesia was occupied by humans some 50 000
years bp, apparently:

https://phys.org/news/2018-04-humans-occupied-indonesian-site-leang.html
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-04/12/c_137106145.htm
http://theconversation.com/ancient-stone-tools-found-on-sulawesi-but-who-made-them-remains-a-mystery-92277
https://www.archaeology.org/news/6542-180412-sulawesi-hominin-tools

Interesting finds from a 3500 years bp site in Bengal:

http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/proto-historic-settlement-of-artisans-unearthed/article23474828.ece

3000 years bp burials from Tibet:

http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-04/09/c_137098567.htm
http://www.nerve.in/news%3A2535004175930

A possible royal palace site from Cambodia:

http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30342792
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30342819
https://www.archaeology.org/news/6535-180410-cambodia-jayavarman-palace

Fifth century Japanese burials in Korea:

http://english.donga.com/Home/3/all/26/1282272/1

Concerns for a megalithic burial site in Andhra Pradesh:

http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/megalithic-burial-site-in-a-state-of-neglect/article23476045.ece

Remains of a 4000 years bp settlement in Uttar Pradesh:

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/settlement-dating-back-almost-4000-years-found-in-up/articleshow/63694412.cms

Digging pre-gold rush sites in Melbourne:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-04-12/melbourne-metro-tunnel-archaeological-dig/9642282

Digging a 19th century cemetery in Otago:

https://phys.org/news/2018-04-reveal-history-exhumation-otago-graves.html
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC1804/S00012/researchers-reveal-history-with-exhumation-of-otago-graves.htm
https://www.stuff.co.nz/southland-times/news/103030698/exhumation-at-old-lawrence-cemetery-reveals-surprising-finds
http://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2018/04/archaeologists-dig-up-otago-graves-to-piece-together-history.html
https://www.otago.ac.nz/news/news/otago683078.html
https://www.archaeology.org/news/6543-180412-gold-rush-cemetery

Again we're getting a top ten list of archaeological finds from China last
year:

http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-04/11/c_137101160.htm
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-04/11/c_137103911.htm
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1097296.shtml
http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/a/201804/11/WS5acd4780a3105cdcf65176a2.html
http://www.ecns.cn/2018/04-11/298681.shtml

The Taj Mahal's minarets were damaged in a thunderstorm:

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-43735757
https://www.thedailystar.net/world/asia/thunderstorm-destroys-taj-mahal-minarets-1561963
https://www.yahoo.com/news/violent-winds-topple-stone-pillars-taj-mahal-complex-135718932.html

Studying the spread of rice cultivation in the Neolithic:

http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-04/12/c_137106623.htm

Feature on Humayun's tomb:

https://www.thedailystar.net/in-focus/humayuns-tomb-1560025

More on CaoCao's tomb:

http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2140732/one-down-two-go-discovery-cao-caos-tomb-turns-focus-search
http://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/short-reads/article/2141303/finding-cao-cao-discovery-remains-will-help-put
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NORTH AMERICA
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The Vikings made it to Canada by mistake, apparently (this is another spin
on sunstones):

https://www.livescience.com/62284-how-vikings-reached-canada.html

They found another shipwreck in downtown Alexandria:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/three-ships-from-the-1700s-found-on-one-block-in-old-town-alexandria/2018/04/12/98ba1c8c-3da0-11e8-8d53-eba0ed2371cc_story.html
https://wtop.com/alexandria/2018/04/historic-3rd-ship-uncovered-by-archaeologists-in-alexandria/
http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Three-ships-from-the-1700s-found-on-one-block-in-12829706.php
http://www.wusa9.com/article/news/local/alexandria/discovery-of-third-ship-at-alexandria-construction-site/65-537655436

Tracing Wabanaki canoe routes in New Brunswick:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/researchers-mapping-first-nations-ancient-canoe-routes-new-brunswick-180968678/

Old Vero Man is not as old as originally thought:

https://www.tcpalm.com/story/news/local/indian-river-county/2018/04/09/old-vero-man-not-old-originally-thought-after-archaeologists-analyze-artifacts/498388002/

Concerns for eroding coastline sites:

http://nhpr.org/post/archaeologists-find-eroding-coastlines-threaten-past-much-present

Plans to 3d scan that recently-exposed shipwreck in Florida:

https://www.abcactionnews.com/news/region-tampa/usf-archaeologists-to-3d-map-florida-shipwreck

Plans to dig Fort Clarence:

https://greatlakesledger.com/2018/04/13/fort-clarence-military-fortification-to-be-excavated/

Arizona might put minimally-trained people in charge of identifying sites:

http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/arizona-bill-minimal-training-archaeological-sites-state-land-10290379

Concerns for sites on the Alkali Ridge:

https://www.sltrib.com/news/environment/2018/04/07/in-utah-canyons-where-an-ancient-civilization-once-flourished-the-feds-are-now-inviting-oil-and-gas-drilling/

Not sure about this 'peopling of the Americas' theory:

http://www.fairfaxtimes.com/articles/did-north-america-s-first-humans-cross-the-chesapeake-to/article_6c3b7540-3f51-11e8-b0b9-f7f08a10e811.html

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CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA
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Interesting 1900 years bp burial of some shark fishermen in Peru:

https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2018/04/peru-viru-ancient-shark-fishermen-archaeology/

Studying a pre-Hispanic village site in the Sonoran desert:

https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/binational-project-explores-altar-valley/

More on recently-found Nazca geoglyphs:

https://hyperallergic.com/436618/new-nazca-lines-discovered-using-drones/
http://dailycaller.com/2018/04/09/archaeologists-drones-peru/
http://www.peruviantimes.com/09/drones-help-discover-desert-drawings-in-palpa-near-nazca/30594/
http://www.dw.com/en/mysterious-geoglyphs-discovered-in-peru/g-43353009
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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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Pondering ancient astronomy:

https://elpais.com/elpais/2018/03/19/ciencia/1521477253_818672.html

An interesting 1000 years bp shirt:

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/04/12/style/thousand-year-old-shirt-sothebys.html

Pondering how to make Old Masters more engaging:

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/comment/old-master-disco-lives-in-kasse

On the history of tea making in Sri Lanka:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-43629707

Digital recreations of 7 ancient 'iconic' buildings:

http://www.thisisinsider.com/ancient-ruins-reconstructed-2018-4

Pondering whether anthropologists should be judgemental:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/13/books/review/katherine-verdery-my-life-as-a-spy.html

On Friday the 13th:

http://www.dw.com/en/13-cultural-references-that-made-friday-the-13th-unlucky/a-37118529

Samuel Coleridge's remains were found again:

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/apr/12/samuel-taylor-coleridge-poet-remains-rediscovered-wine-cellar
http://www.archaeology.org/news/6544-180413-samuel-taylor-coleridge

Plans to search for Shackleton's lost ship:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-43703723
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/04/10/british-scientists-race-find-lost-shipwreck-ernest-shackletons/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/antarctic-research-ship-will-search-wreck-shackletons-endurance-180968780/

Some Arabic science manuscripts are coming to auction:

http://robbreport.com/shelter/auctions/important-scientific-manuscripts-at-sothebys-2787913/

On transcribing documents:

https://www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/2018/0406/Wanted-Volunteers-who-like-history-and-can-read-cursive

Iceland's first black citizen?:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/14/world/europe/denmark-iceland-slavery-hans-jonathan.html

On old sleeping patterns:

http://bigthink.com/robby-berman/for-1000s-of-years-we-went-to-bed-twice-a-night-2

Feature on Mary Magdalene:

https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-biggest-myths-about-mary-magdalene

Review of *An Atlas of Rare and Familiar Colour*:

http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20180328-the-pigment-made-of-human-remains-and-more-surprising-hues

Archaeology Podcast Network:

http://www.archaeologypodcastnetwork.com/archyfantasies/
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MUSEUM MATTERS
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Sunken Cities:

http://www.columbiatribune.com/news/20180413/venture-bound-lost-worlds-of-egypts-sunken-cities

Rodin and the Art of Ancient Greece:

http://ca.blouinartinfo.com/news/story/2968131/rodin-and-the-art-of-ancient-greece-at-the-british-museum

Iran: Cradle of Civilization:

https://financialtribune.com/articles/travel/84407/iranian-relics-on-show-in-britain-netherland
http://menafn.com/1096726244/Iran-loan-exhibits-to-be-shown-in-England-Netherlands

Delacroix:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/museums/in-paris-a-major-delacroix-exhibition-that-continues-to-explore-his-genius/2018/04/12/0d754b62-3d6c-11e8-8d53-eba0ed2371cc_story.html

The Horse in Ancient Greek Art:

http://www.richmond.com/entertainment/museums/take-the-reins-of-vmfa-s-the-horse-in-ancient/article_6379d64e-253c-5901-a4dc-61fcd472b85c.html

Coverage of the Reinstalled Getty Villa Galleries:

http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/new-to-explore-in-the-reinstalled-getty-villa-galleries/
https://news.artnet.com/exhibitions/doubling-art-historical-emphasis-getty-villa-unveils-newly-reinstalled-collection-month-1265057

The BC Royal Museum has launched a grant to repatriate First Nations
artifacts:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/royal-b-c-museum-repatriation-grant-first-nations-1.4614836

.... while a Mellon Grant is being used to document and reorganize the
Haffenreffer collections:

https://news.brown.edu/articles/2018/04/engagingamericas

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ON THE DNA FRONT
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Plans to further investigate the Roman genetic legacy in the UK:

http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-43712587
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2018/04/11/did-romans-leave-genetic-legacy-britain/
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/people-south-england-might-descended-romans-123258653.html
http://www.iflscience.com/editors-blog/the-romans-may-have-left-a-genetic-legacy-in-the-people-living-in-southeast-britain/

A DNA study in Mexico reveals some Asian connections:

http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/04/latin-america-s-lost-histories-revealed-modern-dna
https://www.archaeology.org/news/6546-180413-mexico-asia-dna

Pondering the ethics of extracting ancient DNA:

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/scientists-must-unravel-a-thorny-mummy-controversy/

Studying sweet potato DNA is causing a bit of a rethink of human migration
theories:

https://phys.org/news/2018-04-people-sweet-potatoes.html
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/04/180412140845.htm
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/12/science/sweet-potato-pacific-dna.html
https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/04/polynesians-may-not-have-gone-grocery-shopping-in-south-america/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/6540-180412-sweet-potato-origins

General feature on what we're learning from DNA:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-43701630

Dienekes' Anthropology Blog:

http://dienekes.blogspot.ca/
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CLIMATE MATTERS
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On a mid-sixth century cold spell:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-04/uoh-ucd041118.php
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/04/180411111049.htm
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TOURISTY THINGS
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Stairway to Heaven:

http://www.bbc.com/travel/gallery/20180412-the-philippines-2000-year-old-engineering-feat

Santorini:

https://www.usatoday.com/picture-gallery/travel/destinations/2018/04/14/the-magical-island-of-santorini-greece/33830003/

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CRIME BEAT
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A smuggling attempt in Jordan thwarted:

http://www.jordantimes.com/news/local/23-smuggled-ivory-ornaments-confiscated-south-amman-rest-station

A major (it seems) bust in Delhi:

https://www.indiatoday.in/fyi/story/cbi-delhi-recover-81-antiquities-artifact-crores-east-kailash-patel-nagar-1210093-2018-04-11
https://www.mid-day.com/articles/cbi-seizes-81-antique-artefacts-from-delhi-registers-case-under-antiquities-law/19309173

A Chagall stolen 30 years ago is being returned:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-43747630

Latest Anonymous Swiss Collector Culture Crime News:

http://www.anonymousswisscollector.com/2018/04/culture-crime-news-26-march-8-april-2018.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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Egypt has recovered some items smuggled to the US in the 1920s:

http://www.egypttoday.com/Article/1/47460/Egypt-reclaims-mummified-hands-head-smuggled-in-1927-from-NY
http://www.egyptindependent.com/egypt-retrieves-remnants-of-mummy-smuggled-to-us-in-1927/
https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/1/47460/Egypt-reclaims-mummified-hands-head-smuggled-in-1927-from-NY

More on lending Ethiopia their previously-plundered artifacts:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/london-museum-says-it-willing-return-looted-ethiopian-artifacts-long-term-loan-180968699/
http://www.reuters.tv/v/jcG/2018/04/10/london-museum-may-return-ethiopian-loot-on-loan
http://allafrica.com/stories/201804100712.html

.... related:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/apr/15/ethiopians-urge-britain-return-bones-of-stolen-prince-and-loot

.... and the opeds that follow:

http://www.turkeytelegraph.com/life-style/ethiopia-reopens-debate-on-colonial-plunder-h17042.html
https://www.ft.com/content/0f48fa90-3cc9-11e8-b7e0-52972418fec4
http://www.politicsweb.co.za/opinion/should-africas-looted-art-be-returned

More on Turkey seeking returns of various artifacts:

https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/turkey-demands-return-plundered-ancient-artefacts-180408133736710.html
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NUMISMATICA
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Latest e-Sylum:

http://www.coinbooks.org/v21/club_nbs_esylum_v21n14.html

.... and the one which should appear later today:

http://www.coinbooks.org/v21/club_nbs_esylum_v21n15.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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A folk opera based on the Odyssey:

http://www.idsnews.com/article/2018/04/entfolkopera040918
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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/2730-audio-news-from-archaeologica-1-april-7-april-2018
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OBITUARIES
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Robert T. Buck:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/12/obituaries/robert-t-buck-who-revitalized-brooklyn-museum-dies-at-79.html

Ivor Guest:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/09/obituaries/ivor-guest-97-dies-transformed-study-of-dance-history.html

John Wesley Robb:

http://dornsife.usc.edu/news/stories/2785/in-memoriam-john-wesley-robb-98/
https://news.usc.edu/140815/in-memoriam-john-wesley-robb-98/
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CONFERENCES
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Hidden Cultural Heritage (April 2018):

http://www.cicop.net/hch/

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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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