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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/ ================================================================
OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST ================================================================
Not sure where to put this study on the European colonization of Asia:
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-03/uok-anp032017.php https://phys.org/news/2017-03-perspective-european-colonization-asia.html http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/03/2017/new-perspective-on-european-colonisation-of-asia
Plenty of interest for a pile of WWI era liquor bottles found in Israel:
https://phys.org/news/2017-03-israeli-archeologists-liquor-bottles-wwi.html http://www.livescience.com/58397-british-wwi-liquor-bottle-stash-found.html http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/227106 http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Hundreds-of-liquor-bottles-belonging-to-British-Soldiers-from-WWI-unearthed-484859
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/mar/22/israel-whisky-gin-bottles-first-world-war
http://www.timesofisrael.com/archaeologists-uncork-100-year-old-liquor-stash-left-by-british-troops/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/5394-170322-israel-liquor-bottles
On the history of butter:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/food/our-messed-up-relationship-with-food-has-a-long-history-it-started-with-butter/2017/03/20/a7e9fe88-0a6c-11e7-93dc-00f9bdd74ed1_story.html
Nice feature on becoming an archaeologist:
http://voices.nationalgeographic.com/2017/03/21/for-anyone-who-ever-dreamed-of-being-an-archaeologist/
Latest ancient ship recreation: the Ma’agen Michael II:
http://www.timesofisrael.com/replica-of-2500-year-old-ship-found-off-israel-christened-ahead-of-maiden-voyage/
http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=11&int_new=94561 http://www.archaeology.org/news/5386-170317-israel-replica-ship
On the impact of the invention of paper:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/the-reporters-38892687
Review of Nealon, *Food Fights and Culture Wars*:
http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2017/03/12/519460915/how-lemonade-helped-paris-fend-off-plague-and-other-surprising-food-fights
Review of 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
Latest ‘hidden image’ in a medieval painting:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-39254184
Hidden message in a Constable:
http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20170321-why-this-striking-rainbow-may-carry-a-hidden-message
Searching for relatives of a Jack the Ripper victim:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-39233978
Some archaeological discoveries that were funded by the US government:
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/03/archaeology-discoveries-neh-us-government-troy-jamestown/
On the popularity of Emily Dickenson among moody teenagers:
http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20170315-why-moody-teenagers-love-emily-dickinson
On climate on the shape of your nose:
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/16/science/ancestral-climates-may-have-shaped-your-nose.html
http://www.voanews.com/a/nose-shape-influenced-local-climate/3769613.html
Pondering cannibalism:
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2017/03/18/why-do-cannibals-eat-people.html
Spring related slideshow of art:
http://www.dw.com/en/the-art-of-spring/a-19121851
Reviewish/Interviewish on Alexander von Humboldt:
http://www.dw.com/en/germanys-original-eco-pioneer/a-37976573
On Stradivariuses:
http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/22/luxury/stradivarius-million-dollar-instruments/index.html
… and one that had been stolen was heard again in concert:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-39262166 https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/on-a-stormy-night-roman-totenbergs-stolen-stradivarius-is-reborn-in-public/2017/03/13/80c9b0c0-0821-11e7-a15f-a58d4a988474_story.html
http://www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/Music/2017/0314/Stradivarius-violin-recovered-from-1980-theft-heard-in-concert-for-first-time
On the history of the zipper:
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20170322-the-ingenious-invention-to-better-the-button
On bread as an ‘economic marker’ in France:
http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2017/03/20/520459332/let-them-eat-bread-the-theft-that-helped-inspire-les-miserables
Earliest depiction of ‘fiery serpent’ disease:
http://www.livescience.com/58298-earliest-depiction-of-guinea-worm-medieval-painting.html
Oldest surviving ‘anime’:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-39301120
On Jane Austen and the alt-right:
http://www.dw.com/en/white-pride-and-prejudice-why-the-alt-right-has-adopted-jane-austen/a-38073727
… and her faked marriage records:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-39330703 http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=11&int_new=94625
On timekeeping:
http://www.dw.com/en/a-brief-history-of-time/g-37937897
On Machiavelli’s ‘tunnel’/tavern/inspiration:
http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20170317-machiavellis-secret-tunnel-to-fame
On the invention of heterosexuality:
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20170315-the-invention-of-heterosexuality
More on Mona Lisa’s smile:
http://www.livescience.com/58264-mona-lisa-looks-happy.html
Archaeology Podcast Network:
http://www.archaeologypodcastnetwork.com/archyfantasies/ ================================================================
MUSEUM MATTERS
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Photos of the Russian Empire:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-39266423
Michelangelo/Picasso drawings:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-39232650
Berlin Painter:
https://paw.princeton.edu/article/after-2500-years-fame
Gilded Lady:
http://www.livescience.com/58312-mummies-museum-exhibit.html http://www.livescience.com/58313-photos-mummies-peru-egypt.html
Alma Tadema:
http://www.artlyst.com/previews/alma-tadema-exhibition-announced-leighton-house-museum-july/
Rodin’s Legacy:
http://www.dw.com/en/rodins-influence-felt-by-artists-even-today/a-38035647
History of the World in 100 Objects:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/world/china-watch/culture/british-museum-roadshow-at-beijing-museum/
Maya:
https://www.dmagazine.com/arts-entertainment/2017/03/an-exhibition-at-the-perot-unlocks-the-secrets-of-the-maya/
Aigai Artifacts:
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/aigai-artifacts-on-display-at-louvre-.aspx?pageID=238&nid=111067&NewsCatID=375
Cycladic Society:
http://www.tornosnews.gr/en/greek-news/culture/24092-%E2%80%9Ccycladic-society,-5000-years-ago%E2%80%9D-exhibition-in-athens-extended-to-april-9.html
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
New York will have a Center for Women’s History:
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/14/arts/design/history-of-women-in-america-museum-exhibit-new-york.html
Remembering the opening of the Israel Museum:
http://www.timesofisrael.com/from-its-first-curator-a-breathless-memorable-account-of-the-opening-of-the-iconic-israel-museum/
Camille Claudel is getting a museum:
http://www.dw.com/en/rodins-lover-sculptor-camille-claudel-gets-museum-in-paris/a-38091782
More on Louvre ‘sanctuary’ plans:
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/11/arts/louvre-shelter-for-art-caught-in-the-crossfire.html
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THE TECHY SIDE
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A virtual reconstruction of 17th century Edinburgh:
https://phys.org/news/2017-03-technology-reveals-16th-century-edinburgh.html
Facial reconstruction of a ‘medieval poor man’ from Cambridge:
http://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/face-of-ordinary-poor-man-from-medieval-cambridge-graveyard-revealed
https://phys.org/news/2017-03-ordinary-poor-medieval-cambridge-graveyard.html http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-39346494 http://www.news.com.au/technology/science/archaeology/archaeologists-reconstruct-remains-of-man-buried-in-13th-century-medieval-hospital-graveyard/news-story/28a2f9d884e70ce0622fa15dcc399e7c
http://www.livescience.com/58380-archaeologists-reconstruct-medieval-man-face.html
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/mar/22/face-medieval-cambridge-man-emerges-700-years-after-death
http://www.archaeology.org/news/5391-170321-cambridge-medieval-man
A ‘solution’ (‘data water’) to track smuggled artifacts from Syria (and elsewhere):
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-39331342 http://www.npr.org/2017/03/21/520922468/archeologists-in-syria-use-data-water-to-confound-antiquities-smugglers
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/british-firm-saves-syrias-treasure-from-looters-2pdnsw206
http://www.nwptv.org/blogs/local-national-news/archeologists-in-syria-use-data-water-to-confound-antiquities-smugglers/
More on Pictish murder victim facial reconstruction:
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/ancient-murder-victim-pictish-man-face-digitally-recreated/
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ON THE DNA FRONT ================================================================
Dienekes' Anthropology Blog:
http://dienekes.blogspot.ca/
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TOURISTY THINGS ================================================================
Naples:
http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20170309-a-city-with-too-much-history-to-handle
China’s Karez:
http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20170307-an-ancient-oasis-in-chinas-remote-desert
Cambodia:
https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2017/mar/24/angkor-wat-alternative-cambodia-ruins-banteay-chhmar
US historic sites:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/travel/the-shortest-route-to-americas-49603-historic-sites-will-only-take-you-50-years/2017/03/13/cab14daa-d2da-11e6-a783-cd3fa950f2fd_story.html
Manaus Opera House:
http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20170316-the-beautiful-theatre-in-the-heart-of-the-amazon-rainforest
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CRIME BEAT
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Egypt thwarted 24 antiquities thefts:
http://menafn.com/1095313082/Egypt-thwarts-24-cases-of-antiquities-theft-in-one-week
http://aa.com.tr/en/culture-and-art/egypt-thwarts-24-cases-of-antiquities-theft-in-one-week/770389
I think we mentioned this bust in Israel:
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/226744
Another attack on a painting, this time in the National Gallery:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-39322056 http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/03/20/520825575/man-charged-after-painting-attack-at-londons-national-gallery
Overviewish piece on antiquities trafficking:
http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/specialseries/2017/02/art-trafficking-170228090044987.html
… and in a similar vein, with a focus on items smuggled to the US:
http://www.livescience.com/58324-artifacts-shipped-to-us-from-egypt-turkey.html http://www.livescience.com/58338-photos-smuggled-looted-artifacts.html https://www.yahoo.com/news/100-million-artifacts-shipped-egypt-155400489.html
Those stolen Van Gogh’s we mentioned a few weeks ago are back ‘home’:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-39343747
Two weeks’ worth of Culture Crime News:
http://www.anonymousswisscollector.com/2017/03/culture-crime-news-06-12-march-2017.html
http://www.anonymousswisscollector.com/2017/03/culture-crime-news-13-19-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 ================================================================
Fighting to repatriate an Irish skeleton from the BM:
https://irishpost.co.uk/a-dying-wish-battle-on-to-return-irishs-giant-skeleton-from-british-museum-for-burial-in-ireland/
An Etruscan pot was returned to Italy:
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/16/arts/design/stolen-etruscan-vessel-to-be-returned-to-italy.html
France returned a mummy mask to Egypt:
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/261181/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/New-Kingdom-mummy-mask-recovered-from-France.aspx
http://www.sis.gov.eg/Story/108273?lang=en-us
Switzerland is returning a sarcophagus to Turkey:
http://www.turkishamericannews.com/turkey/item/19270-ancient-smuggled-sarcophagus-coming-home-to-turkey
Benin continues to seek repatriation of items from France:
http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=11&int_new=94730
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NUMISMATICA
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A few weeks’ worth of e-Syla:
http://www.coinbooks.org/v20/club_nbs_esylum_v20n11.html http://www.coinbooks.org/v20/club_nbs_esylum_v20n12.html http://www.coinbooks.org/v20/club_nbs_esylum_v20n13.html
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Ancient Coin Collecting:
http://ancientcoincollecting.blogspot.com/
Ancient Coins:
http://classicalcoins.blogspot.com/
Coin Week:
http://www.coinweek.com/ ================================================================
AUDIO/VIDEO NEWS ================================================================
Audio News from Archaeologica:
http://www.archaeologychannel.org/audio-main-menu-cat/audio-news-list/2578-audio-news-from-archaeologica-5-march-2017-18-march-2017
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OBITUARIES
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Geoff Wainwright:
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/mar/15/geoff-wainwright-obituary
Douglas Birk:
http://www.pineandlakes.com/news/4234958-douglas-birk-pine-river-historian-state-archaeologist-remembered
http://www.startribune.com/obituary-douglas-birk-pioneer-of-minnesota-archaeology/416479843/
Colin Dexter:
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/21/books/colin-dexter-dead-creator-of-inspector-morse.html
http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=11&int_new=94636 https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/obituaries/2017/03/23/colin-dexter-creator-inspector-morse-dies/oWSBHxx4ZWAPgPwGTHdY3N/story.html
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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 ================================================================
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/ ================================================================ PODCASTS/VODCASTS ================================================================
Archaeosoup:
http://www.youtube.com/user/Archaeos0up?feature=watch
The Book and the Spade:
http://www.radioscribe.com/bknspade.htm ================================================================
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