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explorator 20.01 April 30, 2017 ===============================================================
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Thanks to Arthur Shippee, Dave Sowdon, Edward Rockstein, Kurt Theis,
John McMahon, Barnea Selavan, Joseph Lauer, Mike Ruggeri, Hernan
Astudillo,
Barbara Saylor Rodgers, Bob Heuman, Bill Kennedy, Suzan Mazur,
David Critchley, Rick Heli, David Emery, Richard C. Griffiths,
and Ross W. Sargent for headses upses this week
(as always hoping I have left no one out).

Now in our 21st year! Thanks to all who passed along good wishes
on our anniversary! ================================================================
EARLY HOMINIDS
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Suggestion that homo naledi is much younger than previously thought:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-39710315 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2128834-homo-naledi-is-only-250000-years-old-heres-why-that-matters/


Feature on Australopithecus sediba:

http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/04/famous-ancestor-may-be-ousted-human-family

http://www.archaeology.org/news/5508-170425-australopithecus-sediba-skull

Pondering whether Lucy had a ‘midwife’:

http://www.livescience.com/58844-did-human-ancestor-lucy-have-midwife.html

More on homo floresiensis and probably origins in Africa:

https://phys.org/news/2017-04-indonesian-hobbits-revealed.html http://www.livescience.com/58855-hobbits-led-early-migration-out-of-africa.html

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/apr/21/hobbit-species-did-not-evolve-from-ancestor-of-modern-humans-research-finds?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

https://www.seeker.com/culture/history/origins-of-mysterious-indonesian-hobbits-revealed

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2128483-mystery-human-hobbit-ancestor-may-have-been-first-out-of-africa/

http://www.natureworldnews.com/articles/37541/20170424/origins-of-indonesia-flores-man-hobbits-finally-unlocked.htm

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/ancestors-of-flores-ldquo-hobbits-rdquo-may-have-been-pioneers-of-first-ldquo-human-rdquo-migration-out-of-africa/

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-04/23/c_136229301.htm https://theconversation.com/ancestors-of-flores-hobbits-may-have-been-pioneers-of-first-human-migration-out-of-africa-76560

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/hobbits-could-be-much-older-once-thought-180963012/


More on the latest about how Otzi died:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/26/world/europe/bolzano-italy-iceman-south-tyrol-museum-of-archaeology.html?emc=edit_th_20170327&nl=todaysheadlines&nlid=27123570&_r=2

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/otzi-iceman-froze-death http://www.archaeology.org/news/5510-170425-otzi-frozen-mummy

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AFRICA
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South African Mesolithic stone knapping innovations from Sibudu Cave:

https://phys.org/news/2017-04-early-evidence-middle-stone-age.html http://www.livescience.com/58845-first-evidence-of-advanced-stone-weapons.html

http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2017/04/26/South-African-cave-yields-Middle-Stone-Age-projectiles/9791493235208/

https://theconversation.com/ancestors-of-flores-hobbits-may-have-been-pioneers-of-first-human-migration-out-of-africa-76560

http://www.archaeology.org/news/5514-170426-pressure-flaked-points


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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT ================================================================
On the one hand, there are concerns for Egyptian tourism:

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2017/04/lonely-pyramids-giza-egyptian-tourism-falling-170418050241421.html

… while claims that recent discoveries are helping it:

https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2017-04-25/new-archaeological-finds-helping-egypts-image-tourism-sector-minister


The Egyptian Parliament wants to begin an awareness campaign about illegal excavations:

http://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/4254/Parliament-calls-for-awareness-campaign-to-combat-illegal-archaeological-excavation


More on that major tomb find at Luxor:

https://www.yahoo.com/news/tomb-full-mummies-unearthed-luxor-155800770.html

In Our Time this week looked at the Egyptian Book of the Dead:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08n1y2v

Remember when those German ‘researchers’ managed to steal a piece of the Pyramid of Khufu? The antiquities people who were supposed to prevent such things now face trial:

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/266496/Egypt/Politics-/Egyptian-ministry-staff-face-trial-over-theft-from.aspx

http://www.egyptindependent.com/news/antiquities-former-employees-referred-trial-over-great-pyramid-theft

http://www.egypttoday.com/Article/1/4267/12-Egypt-officials-guards-to-be-tried-over-German-sabotage


Another smuggled ‘Torah’ (and other items) bust in Turkey:

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/smuggled-torah-artefacts-seized-in-turkeys-northwest.aspx?pageID=238&nid=112398

http://www.jpost.com/Diaspora/1500-year-old-Torah-recovered-from-Turkish-smugglers-489027

Concerns about illegal excavations in Myndos:

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/illegal-excavations-stir-reaction-in-myndos-.aspx?pageID=238&nid=112527&NewsCatID=375


Turkey is seeking to recover a recently-auctioned piece of Anatolian
sculpture (which we mentioned last week, I think):

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkey-seeks-return-of-5000-year-old-marble-figure-.aspx?pageID=238&nID=112555&NewsCatID=375


Cf: http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/smuggled-anatolian-idol-sold-in-us-.aspx?pageID=238&nID=112576&NewsCatID=375


Recent finds (and a temple restoration) from Caesarea:

https://phys.org/news/2017-04-israel-uncovers-ancient-roman-history.html http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-1.785858 http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2017/04/26/Ancient-tablet-unearthed-at-historic-Roman-excavation-site-in-Israel/6841493234436/

http://www.timesofisrael.com/unique-mother-of-pearl-menorah-etching-found-in-ancient-caesarea/

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-archaeology-idUSKBN17T1E1?feedType=RSS&feedName=lifestyleMolt

https://www.yahoo.com/news/israel-uncovers-ancient-roman-history-mediterranean-port-174931591.html

http://www.jns.org/news-briefs/2017/4/26/ancient-menorah-tablet-shows-clear-jewish-presence-in-caesarea
http://www.archaeology.org/news/5512-170426-caesarea-inscribed-menorah

… coinciding with an announcement of some major funding:

http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Rothschild-Foundation-to-invest-NIS-100m-to-uncover-ancient-Caesarea-489049

https://www.algemeiner.com/2017/04/26/rothschild-foundation-investing-more-than-27-million-to-renovate-ancient-caesarea/
http://www.jewishpress.com/news/history/rothschild-foundation-investing-27-million-in-caesareas-hidden-treasures-past-and-present/2017/04/26/

… from the press conference:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-lNV3Ckeww&feature=youtu.be https://youtu.be/tbKkUaMMU9Q
https://youtu.be/SfRiG4SRtI0

A Second Temple antiquities bust in Samaria:

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/228580 http://www.timesofisrael.com/police-uncover-antiquities-trove-in-west-bank-bust/

https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/israel/diplomacy-defense/143571-170425-israel-announces-arrest-of-15-terror-suspects-in-overnight-west-bank-raids

http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Stolen-antiquities-from-Second-Temple-period-recovered-from-West-Bank-home-489021


Interesting interview with Ian Hodder on assorted things relating to Catal Huyuk:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/58fe2a64e4b0f02c3870ecf0

Remembering Louis Feldman:

http://www.thejewishstar.com/stories/a-sheloshim-tribute-to-prof-louis-feldman-ztl,13464


A 1500 years bp church find in Istanbul:

http://www.dailysabah.com/history/2017/04/26/1500-year-old-church-discovered-during-infrastructure-work-in-istanbuls-beylerbeyi


A ‘mystery’ Russian general (later identified as a captain) burial in
Turkey:

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/skeleton-of-russian-general-found-inside-unearthed-coffin-in-turkeys-ardahan.aspx?pageID=238&nid=112457&NewsCatID=375

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/russian-soldier-found-inside-unearthed-coffin-in-turkeys-ardahan-was-captain-museum-director--.aspx?pageID=238&nid=112479&NewsCatID=341

Kurds are restoring ancient sites in Iraq:

http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2017/0424/Iraq-s-Kurds-restore-ancient-sites-envision-a-tourist-friendly-future



Hatra has apparently been recovered from ISIL:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-39726244 http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/iraqi-forces-seized-hatra-antiquities-site-47027440

http://www.timesofisrael.com/iraqi-forces-seize-ancient-site-of-hatra-from-is/

https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2017/apr/27/ancient-city-of-hatra-recaptured-from-isis-iraqi-forces-say-video

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/the-times/iraqi-troops-recapture-ancient-city-of-hatra-from-islamic-state/news-story/10d1ae25b1e8a6351b2e4ffa4a0486ee


Another feature on ISIL financing terrorism with antiquities:

http://www.aina.org/news/20170429140410.htm

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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS) ================================================================
A Mycenean era burial from Salamis:

http://www.tornosnews.gr/en/greek-news/culture/25024-mycenean-era-tomb-with-grave-goods-unearthed-in-salamis-main-town.html


A hoard of Alexander the Great coinage from Azerbaijan:

https://www.azernews.az/culture/112098.html

On women’s protests in ancient Rome:

https://thebluereview.org/nevertheless-they-persisted/

Honours for Lauren Donovan Ginsberg:

http://www.uc.edu/profiles/profile.asp?id=25006

Some Classics Olympia coverage:

http://news.usc.edu/120516/age-old-skills-give-usc-classics-students-a-big-win-over-their-contemporaries/


What Sarah Davies is up to:

http://www.union-bulletin.com/things_to_do/arts/ancient-rome-assimilated-in-places-and-ideas-of-modern-world/article_1fc394d4-2ad2-11e7-a573-abf6603b1ca8.html


Feature on Hadrian’s Wall:

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/fears-fueled-ancient-border-wall-180963025/


Feature on what the Arch of Titus originally looked like:

http://forward.com/fast-forward/370111/stunning-how-the-infamous-arch-of-titus-looked-in-roman-heyday/


Latest on the search for Cleopatra’s tomb:

http://remezcla.com/features/culture/dominican-archaeologist-dramatic-quest-cleopatra-tomb/


An ancient aqueduct on Samos was reopened:

http://www.ekathimerini.com/217941/gallery/ekathimerini/in-images/ancient-aqueduct-restored-and-opened-in-samos


Latin is alive and well in Romania:

http://www.themalaymailonline.com/features/article/in-romania-latin-holds-out

http://www.nation.co.ke/lifestyle/artculture/Keeping-Latin-alive-in-Romania/1954194-3906724-131fy07/

Reactions to a statue of Archimedes in a Hampshire village:

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/shortcuts/2017/apr/24/eureka-naked-archimedes-hampshire-ellisfield-statue

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/04/23/naked-greek-statue-could-distract-drivers-hampshire-village/

Some press coverage of Rome’s birthday celebrations:

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-04/24/c_136232222.htm

More on the Cleveland MoA returning that head of Drusus:

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/cleveland-museum-art-will-return-stolen-roman-sculpture-italy-180962973/


Brief review of Roberts, *Plague of War*:

https://www.timeshighereducation.com/books/review-the-plague-of-war-jennifer-t-roberts-oxford-university-press#survey-answer


Review(ish) of King, *Feast of Sorrow*:

http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2017/04/28/525892896/what-did-ancient-romans-eat-new-novel-serves-up-meals-and-intrigue



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EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland) ================================================================


On Viking longhouses and early burial practices:

https://phys.org/news/2017-04-iron-age-viking-longhouses-funerals.html

Evidence that Danish Vikings may have been making their own wine:

https://www.thelocal.dk/20170426/danish-vikings-may-have-made-their-own-wine


A medieval castle find in Poland:

http://scienceinpoland.pap.pl/en/news/news,413952,archaeologists-have-discovered-a-lost-castle-in-the-lower-silesian-wilderness.html

http://www.archaeology.org/news/5518-170428-castle-iron-working-village

Some WWI training tunnels in Wiltshire:

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/apr/24/first-world-war-training-tunnels-and-trenches-discovered-in-wiltshire


Plans to excavate the wreck of the Rooswijk:

http://www.kentonline.co.uk/deal/news/shipwreck-from-1740-discovered-124575/


More reactions to Stonehenge tunnel plans:

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/apr/25/stonehenge-tunnel-desecration-prehistoric-traffic-jams

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/apr/27/listen-to-the-experts-on-the-stonehenge-tunnel

http://observer.com/2017/04/stonehenge-tunnel-threatens-ancient-monument-future-archaeological-discoveries/


Pondering the Uffington White Horse:

http://www.archaeology.org/news/5506-170424-uffington-white-horse

Feature on bog bodies:

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/europe-bog-bodies-reveal-secrets-180962770/


Scotland’s oldest concert hall is getting some restoration:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-39745221

They’re fixing up Hurst Castle:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-39716359


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

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ASIA AND THE SOUTH PACIFIC ================================================================
Plenty of coverage of a Neolithic (maybe) ‘seashell’ burial from Gua Kepah (spelling varies):

http://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2017/04/24/gua-kapar-skeleton-could-be-female/

http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2017/04/24/shells-from-prehistoric-burial-site-sent-for-carbon-dating/

http://www.themalaymailonline.com/malaysia/article/archaeologist-possibly-more-prehistoric-skeletons-in-guar-kepah

http://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2017/04/233583/5000-year-old-skeleton-found-guar-kepah

http://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2017/04/25/a-find-that-can-change-history-stone-age-remains-buried-in-seashells-the-first-to-be-found-in-malays/

A pair of 2000 years bp burials from China’s Hunan province:

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-04/28/c_136243995.htm http://thedailymillbury.com/uncategorized/2000-year-old-tombs-excavated-in-central-china/105481


A 1400 years bp cave inscription in Hebei associated with a Shaolin monk:

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-04/26/c_136237560.htm http://www.archaeology.org/news/5513-170426-china-master-sengchou

Some Chinese tomb robbers were apparently using feng shui:

http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2091868/chinese-history-buff-uses-feng-shui-knowledge-raid-ancient-tombs

Suggestion that early Khmers were ‘bookworms’:

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/post-plus/early-khmers-were-bookworms-evident-ancient-libraries


Assorted 19th century finds at the Athenaeum site in New Zealand:

https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/artefacts-uncovered-athenaeum

Feature on the Terracotta Army:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-39708249

More on those miniature looms from a Chinese burial:

https://www.yahoo.com/news/wooden-figurines-apos-weave-apos-130100411.html

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http://www.southeastasianarchaeology.com/

New Zealand Archaeology eNews:

http://nzarchaeology.blogspot.co.nz/index.html ================================================================
NORTH AMERICA
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Plenty of attention for a controversial claim that humans were in
California, some 130 000 years bp (yes, that’s the claimed number of
zeroes):

http://www.nature.com/news/controversial-study-claims-humans-reached-americas-100-000-years-earlier-than-thought-1.21886

https://phys.org/news/2017-04-humans-america-years-earlier-thought.html https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/04/170426143033.htm https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/26/science/prehistoric-humans-north-america-california-nature-study.html

http://www.livescience.com/58851-humans-occupied-north-america-earlier-than-thought.html

https://www.seeker.com/culture/archaeology/earliest-evidence-of-humans-in-the-americas-could-change-everything-if-true
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2129042-first-americans-may-have-been-neanderthals-130000-years-ago/

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/neanderthals-california-provocative-study-47032919

http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-39710311 https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/apr/26/could-history-of-humans-in-north-america-be-rewritten-by-broken-mastodon-bones

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/mastodon-fossils-human-colonise-world-pre-historic-understand-history-bones-san-diego-cerutti-a7705246.html

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/04/26/525628056/new-evidence-suggests-humans-arrived-in-the-americas-far-earlier-than-thought

http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-americas-first-humans-20170426-story.html

http://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/mastodon-bone-findings-could-upend-our-understanding-human-history-n751406

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2017/04/26/archaeology-shocker-study-claims-humans-reached-the-americas-130000-years-ago/

http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2017/0426/Could-these-mastodon-bones-rewrite-the-history-of-the-Americas

http://www.cnn.com/videos/us/2017/04/26/north-america-earliest-human-study-orig-vstop.cnn

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/ancient-bones-spark-fresh-debate-over-first-humans-in-the-americas/


… some good skepticism expressed here:

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/04/mastodons-americas-peopling-migrations-archaeology-science/


… and an attempt to present ‘both sides’:

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/analysis-new-study-says-settlers-arrived-americas-130000-years-ago-believe/


… and the ‘political’ side:

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2017/04/29/were-humans-in-america-100-000-years-before-we-thought.html


Excavating a Mik’maq shell midden in Port Joli:

http://thechronicleherald.ca/southshorebreaker/1462889-unearthing-history-in-port-joli-archaeologists-dig-up-pieces-of-mi%E2%80%99kmaq-cu


Searching for a French shipwreck in Port Royal Sound:

http://www.islandpacket.com/news/local/community/beaufort-news/article146911214.html


Plans to further investigate the HMS Terror:

http://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/parks-canadas-underwater-archaeology-team-visit-hms-terror-with-government-of-nunavut-and-gjoa-haven-support-team-620714093.html


Potential repatriation item: Poundmaker’s pipe in the British Museum:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/poundmaker-pipe-saskatchewan-british-museum-london-1.4080776


Feature on Hopewell Culture:

http://www.livescience.com/58897-hopewell-culture.html

New Orleans is taking down Confederate monuments:

https://apple.news/Au57Vjbr2ToydwRaewd25EQ

An oak tree associated with George Washington was cut down:

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2017/04/25/oak-tree-george-washington/100873208/


Jamestown archaeologists have begun the conservation of the Knight’s
Tombstone:

http://wydaily.com/2017/04/21/jamestown-unearthed-archaeologists-begin-conservation-of-knights-tombstone/


… while Bill Kelso has a book out on recent finds:

http://wydaily.com/2017/04/27/jamestown-archaeologist-bill-kelso-releases-new-book-on-recent-discoveries/


More on the discovery of the site of Etzanoa:

http://www.post-gazette.com/news/nation/2017/04/24/Its-location-a-mystery-for-centuries-huge-Native-American-city-may-be-found-in-Kansas/stories/201704240076

http://www.columbian.com/news/2017/apr/23/huge-indian-city-found-in-kansas/

More on that Declaration of Independence find in England:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/04/24/a-rare-copy-of-the-declaration-of-independence-has-been-found-in-england/


More on Civil War cannonballs from Lawrenceville:

http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2017/04/26/cannonballs-found-lawrenceville/


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CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA ================================================================
Overviewish piece on eight years of excavations at Teotihuacan:

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/apr/24/mexicos-ancient-city-guards-its-secrets-but-excavation-reveals-new-mysteries


Suggestion that the Colla people may have fled a 15th century Inca
invasion:

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/treasure-trove-bronze-copper-reveals-incredible-speed-flash-inca-invasion-1618394

http://www.archaeology.org/news/5507-170424-peru-ayawiri-house

A Maya sculpture find from Chiapas:

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/locals-stumble-across-ancient-mayan-god-monument-while-clearing-debris-mexico-1618735

http://www.archaeology.org/news/5516-170427-mexico-maya-sculpture

Evidence of bad spines in ancient Peru:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/kristinakillgrove/2017/04/27/in-ancient-peru-archaeologists-find-rare-spinal-condition-and-possible-inbreeding/


More on that recent khipu find/study:

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/04/inca-khipus-code-discovery-peru/


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http://goo.gl/1VdeA

Ancient MesoAmerica News:

http://ancient-mesoamerica-news-updates.blogspot.com/ ================================================================
OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST ================================================================
Some sketchy Egyptian artifacts Florence Nightingale purchased are going
on
display:

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2017/apr/23/florence-nightingale-egyptian-amulets-world-museum-liverpool


Pondering whether museum directors should have curatorial experience:

https://www.apollo-magazine.com/do-museum-directors-need-curatorial-experience/


Pondering the black market in antiquities (again):

http://www.wbur.org/cognoscenti/2017/04/24/restoring-ethics-antiquities-market-liza-oliver-erich-hatala-matthes


On the ‘Ancient Civilizations Team’ that aims to protect heritage from terrorism:

http://www.timesofisrael.com/ancient-civilizations-team-up-to-protect-heritage-from-terrorism/

http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=11&int_new=95442

On some medieval medicines:

http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/04/27/525143152/welcome-to-the-poison-garden-medicines-medieval-roots


Feature on 3000 years of women in science:

http://www.dw.com/en/3000-years-women-in-science/av-38540910

Big treasure legend on an island in the Indian Ocean:

http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20170425-the-island-with-100-million-hidden

Feature on Princess Barbara Jorjadze’s cookbook:

http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2017/04/28/524404924/19th-century-princess-and-cookbook-author-was-also-georgias-first-feminist


English-style drizzle is being implicated in the demise of megafauna:

https://phys.org/news/2017-04-english-style-drizzle-ice-age-giants.html

Feature on the Augsburg Book of Miraculous Signs (and related items):

http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20170421-the-eerie-historical-visions-that-predict-the-apocalypse


On Goya’s ‘mystery illness’:

http://www.livescience.com/58890-goya-mystery-illness-diagnosis.html

Questioning the route of the via Dolorosa:

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/jesus-may-not-have-walked-jerusalem-s-dolorosa-scholars-n746516



Archaeology Podcast Network:

http://www.archaeologypodcastnetwork.com/archyfantasies/ ================================================================
MUSEUM MATTERS
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Vermeer:

http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20170425-why-vermeers-paintings-are-less-real-than-we-think

http://www.louvre.fr/en/close-vermeer-masters-genre-painting-golden-age

Egypt’s Sunken Mysteries:

http://www.showonshow.com/rietberg/2017/osiris/index.html

Scythians:

http://theartnewspaper.com/news/treasures-of-scythian-tombs-are-coming-to-the-british-museum-/

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/scythians-are-coming-from-russia-with-love-jk9k2kbs9


Russian Revolution:

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-04/28/c_136241605.htm

Van Gogh:

http://theconversation.com/heres-looking-at-vincent-van-goghs-olive-grove-with-two-olive-pickers-76312

http://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/exhibition/van-gogh-and-the-seasons/

The NGA has confirmed it has some more stolen idols:

http://www.canberratimes.com.au/act-news/nga-confirms-four-more-indian-scultpures-have-been-stolen-20170424-gvr5e0.html


Dance will be featured at the Temple of Dendur at the Met:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/25/arts/dance/dance-off-the-wall-coming-next-season-to-the-met-museum.html



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THE TECHY SIDE
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A new online resource for Scottish prehistoric monuments:

https://phys.org/news/2017-04-online-digital-resource-life-scotland.html

Fiddling with radiocarbon dating:

https://phys.org/news/2017-04-radiocarbon-dating-postmodern-makeover.html http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/deadthings/2017/04/28/visit-prehistoric-scotland-with-a-couple-clicks/


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ON THE DNA FRONT ================================================================
DNA of early hominins can apparently be recovered from cave sediments:

https://phys.org/news/2017-04-dna-extinct-humans-cave-sediments.html https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/04/170427141708.htm https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-04/snrc-ant042717.php http://www.livescience.com/58873-dna-from-extinct-humans-photos.html http://www.livescience.com/58872-neanderthal-dna-found-in-ancient-cave-mud.html

https://www.seeker.com/culture/archaeology/researchers-find-dna-from-extinct-humans-in-cave-sediments

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2017/04/28/prehistoric-human-dna-found-caves-without-bones-enormous-scientific/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-39747326 https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/27/science/ancient-human-dna-cave-dirt.html?_r=0

http://www.theage.com.au/technology/sci-tech/scientists-recover-ancient-dna-from-cave-dirt-without-needing-to-find-bones-20170428-gvugro.html

https://cosmosmagazine.com/archaeology/ancient-humans-identified-through-dna-left-in-cave-soil

http://m.france24.com/en/20170428-prehistoric-human-dna-found-caves-without-bones

http://www.archaeology.org/news/5519-170428-sediment-hominin-dna http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/04/2017/new-technique-extracts-dna-from-hominids-preserved-in-sediments

A study of the DNA of Scythian horses:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-04/fos--shb042117.php https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/27/science/horses-genetics-domestication-scythians.html?_r=0

http://www.post-gazette.com/news/science/2017/04/28/Ancient-horse-DNA-shows-Scythian-warriors-were-adept-domesticators/stories/201704280151

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/ancient-dna-bucks-tale-how-horse-was-tamed

http://www.archaeology.org/news/5520-170428-scythian-horse-genome http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/04/2017/researchers-study-scythian-horse-breeding

On the DNA of some Franklin expedition members:

http://www.livescience.com/58797-dna-sailors-on-1845-arctic-expedition.html

Latest look at canine DNA:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/25/science/dogs-dna-ancestry.html http://www.nature.com/news/dog-family-tree-reveals-hidden-history-of-canine-diversity-1.21885

http://www.archaeology.org/news/5515-170427-peruvian-hairless-dog

We now have a barley genome:

http://www.sci-news.com/genetics/barley-genome-04814.html



Dienekes' Anthropology Blog:

http://dienekes.blogspot.ca/ ================================================================
CLIMATE MATTERS ================================================================
Correlating (apparently) climate change and early human activity at an
Algerian site dating to 1.7 million years bp:

https://phys.org/news/2017-04-climate-early-human-algerian-site.html

On the threat climate change poses to historic sites:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/26/climate/tasmania-global-warming-shoreline-erosion.html


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TOURISTY THINGS ================================================================
Tarsus:

http://www.dailysabah.com/travel/2017/04/29/experience-history-in-the-holy-lands-of-tarsus


Lima:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/27/travel/lima-peru-budget-travel-food-art-surfing.html



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CRIME BEAT
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Anonymous Swiss Collector Culture Crime News:

http://www.anonymousswisscollector.com/2017/04/culture-crime-news-17-23-april-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 ================================================================
Cambodia recovered some Khmer jewellery:

http://www.archaeology.org/news/5504-170424-cambodia-jewelry-repatriated

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NUMISMATICA
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Latest e-Sylum:

http://www.coinbooks.org/v20/club_nbs_esylum_v20n17.html

… and the one which should appear later today:

http://www.coinbooks.org/v20/club_nbs_esylum_v20n18.html


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Ancient Coin Collecting:

http://ancientcoincollecting.blogspot.com/

Ancient Coins:

http://classicalcoins.blogspot.com/

Coin Week:

http://www.coinweek.com/ ================================================================
PERFORMANCES AND THEATRE-RELATED ================================================================
A symphony inspired by the Voynich manuscript:

http://news.yale.edu/2017/04/24/voynich-symphony-premiere-may-4-woolsey-hall


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AUDIO/VIDEO NEWS ================================================================
Audio News from Archaeologica:

http://www.archaeologychannel.org/audio-main-menu-cat/audio-news-list/2612-audio-news-from-archaeologica-16-april-2017-22-april-2017
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OBITUARIES
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Anne Pippin Burnett:

https://classicalstudies.org/scs-news/memoriam-anne-pippin-burnett


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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/


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