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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/ ================================================================
OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST ================================================================
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/ ================================================================
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 ================================================================
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/ ================================================================
TOURISTY THINGS ================================================================
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 ================================================================
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/ ================================================================
AUDIO/VIDEO NEWS ================================================================
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 ================================================================
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 ================================================================
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The Book and the Spade:

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