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week (as always hoping I have left no one out).

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EARLY HOMINIDS
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Plenty of coverage of the latest find of 18 (or so) skeletons of homo naledi in a South African cave (we make have had this before, but there’s a ton of coverage all of a sudden):

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-05/uow-sac050417.php https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-05/uotw-hns050717.php https://phys.org/news/2017-05-homo-naledi-surprisingly-young-age.html https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/05/170509083557.htm http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-39842975 https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/may/09/new-haul-of-homo-naledi-b ones-sheds-surprising-light-on-human-evolution http://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/early-human-homo-naledi-ma y-have-made-tools-buried-dead-n756916 http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/05/2017/researchers-disco ver-more-homo-naledi-remains-in-rising-star-cave http://www.archaeology.org/news/5539-170509-homo-naledi-skull

… the focus of a pile of features is that homo naledi was concurrent with homo
sapiens:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-05/jcu-jts050717.php https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/05/170509083554.htm https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/05/170509083551.htm http://www.nature.com/news/small-brained-early-human-lived-more-recently-th an-expected-1.21961 https://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/world/2017/05/09/fossils-suggest-ho minids-may-have-lived-alongside-modern-humans/101462922/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2017/05/09/ humanitys-strange-new-cousin-is-shockingly-young-and-shaking-up-our-family -tree/ https://www.seeker.com/culture/archaeology/this-human-relative-may-have-liv ed-alongside-our-species-in-africa http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/primitive-cousin-may-have-lived- africa-early-humans-180963218/ http://elpais.com/elpais/2017/05/08/ciencia/1494269515_595710.html

… possible source for all this excitement:

https://elife.elifesciences.org/

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Plenty of excitement over the find of 17 (give or take) non-Royal mummies
from Minya:

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/268686/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/ Cachette-of--mummies-unearthed-in-Egypts-ElMinya.aspx https://egyptianstreets.com/2017/05/13/chamber-of-17-mummies-discovered-i n-egypts-minya/ http://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/5063/Ministry-announces-18-mummies-di scovered-in-central-Egypt http://www.dailynewsegypt.com/2017/05/13/17-mummies-newly-discovered-b uried-minya-cemetery/ http://www.livescience.com/59100-catacomb-filled-with-mummies-discovered- egypt.html http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/archaeologists-egypt-uncover-human-ne cropolis-least-17-mummies-n759066 https://phys.org/news/2017-05-mummies-central-egypt.html http://www.dw.com/en/archaeologists-discover-new-mummy-burial-site-in-egy pt/g-38830323 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-middle-east-39908747/mass-mummy-find- in-ancient-egypt-site http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/05/13/egypt-discovers-new-necropolis- 17-mummies/ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/may/14/egypt-archaeologists-find-17 -new-mummies-in-necropolis http://www.dailystar.com.lb//News/Middle-East/2017/May-13/405695-17-mum mies-discovered-in-central-egypt-ministry.ashx http://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/Egypt-uncovers-chamber-of-17-mummies-49
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http://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/1.788925 http://www.timesofisrael.com/17-mummies-found-in-ancient-egyptian-burial-sit
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http://english.alarabiya.net/en/life-style/travel-and-tourism/2017/05/13/ Dig-finds-17-mummies-in-central-Egypt-antiquities-ministry.html http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/world-news/613877/Egyptian-17-mummies-cat acombs-antiquities-ministry https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/05/13/egyptian-archaeologi sts-uncover-necropolis-17-mummies/101638880/ http://www.euronews.com/2017/05/13/17-mummies-found-in-egypt http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/17-well-preserved-mummies-believed-be-greco-roma n-period-found-egypts-el-minya-1621492

… and a 13th Dynasty tomb from Dahshur:

http://www.egypttoday.com/Article/1/4961/Burial-chamber-from-the-13th-Dynas ty-found-in-Dahshour https://egyptianstreets.com/2017/05/11/egypt-continues-its-discoveries-with-a -3700-year-burial-chamber-in-dahshur/ http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/268521/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/ Burial-chamber-of-recently-unearthed-th-Dynasty-Py.aspx https://phys.org/news/2017-05-egypt-burial-chamber-dating-years.html http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/egypt-found-burial-chamber-dati ng-back-3700-years-47329489 http://www.therepublic.com/2017/05/10/ml-egypt-antiquities-2/

… which appears to belong to a pharaoh’s daughter (I think this is the same as
the above):

http://www.livescience.com/59066-burial-chamber-of-princess-in-egypt-pyrami d.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-39882254 http://theartnewspaper.com/news/archeology/archaeologists-uncover-ancient- egyptian-princess-s-tomb-in-dahshur/ http://observer.com/2017/05/3700-year-old-egyptian-pyramid-dahshur-princes
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There was also an animal necropolis found at Minya (which might be the
same as the first item? News from Egypt was confusing this week):

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/268613/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/ Egyptian-archaeologists-to-announce-new-discovery-.aspx

… not sure if this is the same find:

http://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/5039/Greco-Roman-grave-intact-mummie s-discovered-in-Minya

Pondering a mongoose on a leash portrayal:

http://www.livescience.com/59022-egypt-tomb-with-leashed-mongoose-drawin
g.html

More on that funerary garden find:

http://www.livescience.com/59006-ancient-funerary-garden-discovered-in-egy pt.html http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2017/05/08/ancient-egyptian-funerary-garden-dis covered.html

As might be expected, all the recent finds are raising hopes for Egyptian tourism:

http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-egypt-archaeology-discovery-idUKKBN1890F4 ?il=0
https://www.yahoo.com/movies/egypt-uncovers-chamber-mummies-sees-life-t ourism-120556313.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2017/05/14/egypt-hope s-slew-of-recent-archaeological-discoveries-will-bring-blessings-to-struggling- economy/

An attempted smuggling of a scribe statue was foiled:

http://www.egypttoday.com/Article/1/4878/Smuggling-attempt-of-Pharaonic-scri be-statue-obstructed

… as was one involving a pile of ushabtis:

http://www.egypttoday.com/Article/1/4788/Smuggling-attempt-of-52-artifacts-is- obstructed

Discussing how to move Tut’s artifacts safely:

https://phys.org/news/2017-05-experts-egypt-king-tut-artifacts.html http://www.timesofisrael.com/experts-meet-in-egypt-over-moving-king-tut-artifa cts/

… related:

http://www.egypttoday.com/Article/1/4786/Grand-Egyptian-Museum-prepares-f or-unveiling-King-Tut%E2%80%99s-treasures

… and there are plans to put remains of his stillborn daughters on display as well:

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/ancient-egypt-archaeologists-plan-exhibit-remains-tut ankhamuns-stillborn-daughters-1620473

The Philistines apparently brought their pigs with them to Israel:

http://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/1.787738
Cf: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-00701-y

Latest WWI artifacts found in Israel are more military in nature:

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/229373 http://www.livescience.com/59049-wwi-artifacts-found-in-israel.html http://www.archaeology.org/news/5543-170510-wwi-weapons-israel

While a cache of Biblical artifacts collected by Polish soldiers during WWII was found as well:

http://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/.premium-1.788061

Jerusalem has opened its archaeological garden:

http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Israel-unveils-archaeological-garden-in-Jeru salems-Old-City-490138

War in Yemen is creating concern for mummies:

https://phys.org/news/2017-05-yemen-war-threatens-millennia-old-mummies.h
tml
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4495690/2-500-year-old-mummies-disi ntegrating-Yemen.html

Moving a 15th century tomb in Turkey to make way for a(nother) dam:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/may/12/historic-turkish-tomb-zeynel- bey-moved-hydroelectric-dam

Seeking funding for a dig in Turkey:

http://journalstar.com/news/local/education/with-field-school-temporarily-close d-unl-archaeologist-seeking-help-to/article_6eb36cfe-bece-503a-abb7-e8f66c5 4457e.html

So like we were saying, they found that missing 2700 years bp stele in a construction yard in Turkey, albeit damaged:

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/ancient-stele-damaged-during-excavation.a spx?pageID=238&nid=112904&NewsCatID=375

… and now it turns out to be fake:

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/ancient-stele-turns-out-to-be-fake-.aspx?pag eID=238&nid=112980&NewsCatID=375

Nice feature on the Babatha Archive:

http://asorblog.org/2017/05/09/ancient-legal-papyri-bring-lost-world-life/

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A Roman sarcophagus from near Istanbul:

http://www.dailysabah.com/istanbul/2017/05/09/ancient-sarcophagus-discover ed-during-road-work-in-istanbuls-tuzla

Possible Punic walls from Cittadella:

http://www.timesofmalta.com/mobile/articles/view/20170511/local/ancient-wall s-uncovered-just-outside-cittadella.647604

Press coverage of a kiln find at Verulamium:

http://www.stalbansreview.co.uk/news/15280785.More_ancient_ruins_found_ after_gas_pipe_gives_archaeologists_chance_to_dig_deeper/ http://www.archaeology.org/news/5547-170511-england-verulamium-kiln

Plans to look at those shackled burials from Falero:

http://greece.greekreporter.com/2017/05/11/the-american-school-of-classical-s tudies-at-athens-to-decode-one-thousand-2500-year-old-skeletons/

Feature on Perge mosaics:

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/perge-mosaics-as-magnificent-as-the-ones-i n-zeugma-.aspx?pageID=238&nid=112943&NewsCatID=375

Still looking (apparently) for Caligula’s party boat:

https://www.seeker.com/culture/archaeology/mystery-of-emperor-caligulas-par ty-ship-to-be-revealed-after-2000-years

What Becca Napolitano is up to:

https://www.conncoll.edu/news/news-archive/2017/latin--physics--physical-lab or--archaeology.html#.WRhOpsm1tn4

Victor Nuovo has been writing about Aristotle (not sure how many of these are still alive):

http://www.addisonindependent.com/201704victor-nuovo-artistotle-and-birth-p olitical-science http://www.addisonindependent.com/201704victor-nuovo-aristotle-becoming-v irtuous http://www.addisonindependent.com/201705victor-nuovo-aristotle-becoming-v irtuous

Feature on the Babatha archive:

http://asorblog.org/2017/05/09/ancient-legal-papyri-bring-lost-world-life/

A very sketchy ‘Pompeii apple’ is coming to auction:

http://www.itv.com/news/calendar/2017-05-12/2-000-year-old-apple-to-feature- at-antiques-fair-in-leeds/

Some CAC coverage:

https://gazette.mun.ca/campus-and-community/classics-conference/


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A 4000 years bp (maybe) dugout canoe from a rescue dig in Lincolnshire:

http://www.lincolnshirelive.co.uk/ancient-log-boat-discovered-at-lincoln-bypas s-archaeological-dig/story-30324608-detail/story.html http://www.archaeology.org/news/5544-170510-lincolnshire-log-boat

Bronze Age burial mound from Coniscliffe:

http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/history/memories/15284520.Bronze_Age_b urial_mound_found_at_Coniscliffe/

Assorted barrows and other sites from various periods found by (LiDAR?) scanning in Poland:

http://scienceinpoland.pap.pl/en/news/news,414046,scientists-discovered-bar rows-and-outlines-of-ancient-fields-in-the-bialowieza-forest.html http://www.archaeology.org/news/5538-170508-poland-laser-scans

All sorts of tunnels found on Spike Island:

http://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/secret-tunnels-discovered-at-spike-island- 789225.html

Finds from various periods halt gas pipeline construction in Albania:

https://phys.org/news/2017-05-ancient-site-discovery-albania-halts.html http://www.tornosnews.gr/en/greek-news/culture/25232-ancient-site-discovery- in-albania-halts-work-on-tap-gas-pipeline.html

Feature on powerful women in medieval Germany:

https://blog.oup.com/2017/05/ottonian-queenship-powerful-women-early-medi eval-germany/

A Bronze Age gold ring is declared ‘treasure’:

http://www.loughboroughecho.net/news/local-news/bronze-age-gold-ring-decla red-13007954

… while another metal detectorist is getting a big reward for his Viking find:

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/may/12/man-who-found-richest-vik ing-hoard-in-the-uk-to-get-2m-award http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/05/12/metal-detectorist-receive2m-rewa rd-britains-biggest-viking-hoard/ http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/scottish-treasure-hunter-sco ops-2million-10409864

More on that ‘lost garden’ find at a Scottish castle:

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/lost-18th-century-garden-found-s cottish-castle-180963179/


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Excavations have begun on a Tamil Nadu site in Alagankulam:

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/excavation-begins-at-alaganku lam-archaeological-site/articleshow/58593108.cms

Carbon dating of that ‘Penang woman’ burial suggests she is “5710” years bp:

http://www.themalaymailonline.com/malaysia/article/carbon-dating-confirms-p enang-woman-is-5710-years-old http://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2017/05/13/carbon-dating-finds-penan g-woman-to-be-5710-years-old/

Not sure about these claimed Altai megaliths:

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/siberia-huge-dragon-griffin-megaliths-created-by-mys terious-ancient-culture-altai-mountains-1620900

They’re making the archaeology-tourism connection in Myanmar:

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-05/09/c_136267733.htm

Concerns for Buddha’s birthplace:

http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-39772099

More on that nomad burial in central China:

http://www.sciencetimes.com/articles/14797/20170510/archaeologists-found-1 -800-year-old-nomad-tomb-central-china.htm

I think we mentioned this ‘city’ find in central China as well:

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-05/12/c_136276931.htm


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Assorted site finds are affecting bridge construction in Maine:

https://penobscotbaypress.com/news/2017/may/11/artifacts-found-at-falls-brid ge-site-will-impact-p/#.WRhUscm1tn4

Feature on Monticello:

http://www.post-gazette.com/news/nation/2017/05/11/Monticello-archaeologist -slave-crystal-ptacek-mulberry-row-thomas-jefferson/stories/201705050166

Feature on the Moche diet (or part of it):

https://www.forbes.com/sites/kristinakillgrove/2017/05/12/micro-fossils-show- moche-munched-on-marine-meals/

Massasoit Ousamequin was reburied this weekend:

http://www.southcoasttoday.com/news/20170512/tribal-chief-who-signed-treat y-with-pilgrims-to-be-reburied

A millstone from Cleveland:

http://www.archaeology.org/news/5549-170512-ohio-cleveland-millstone

Digging has resumed at the El Pueblo trading post:

http://www.chieftain.com/news/pueblo/archaeological-project-again-underway- at-historic-trading-post/article_2e74b53e-36b4-584f-b400-8317c575c03c.html

More on those ‘asylum burials’ in Mississippi:

http://www.livescience.com/59045-7000-bodies-under-university-campus.html https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/05/07/7-000-bodies-co uld-buried-mississippi-campus/312352001/

More on that ‘garbage dump’ in Davenport, Iowa:

http://www.archaeology.org/news/5536-170508-iowa-davenport-trash

More on that ‘lost city’ in Kansas:

http://www.npr.org/2017/05/10/527817921/kansas-archaeologist-rediscovers-l ost-native-american-city

On the nicknames of the NY Fire and Police departments:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/04/nyregion/
origins-of-new-yorks-finest.html

On how African slaves preserved a variety of rice:

http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2017/05/10/527449714/a-lost-rice-variety-a nd-the-story-of-the-freed-merikins-who-kept-it-alive


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Brazil’s archaeologists are protesting:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/may/10/brazil-archaeologists-ancien t-lands-indigenous http://plus55.com/brazil-culture/2017/05/brazil-archaeologists-measures-eras e-ancient-land

Flying a drone over Tiwanaku:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2017/may/12/drone-images-provide- new-insights-into-lost-bolivian-civilisation-video

On Maya myths:

http://news.yale.edu/2017/05/05/interpreting-maya-myths-through-art-qa-oswal do-chinchilla-mazariegos

More on those khipus:

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/twisted-textile-cords-may-contain-clues-in ca-messages


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Not sure where to put this find of some 16th century coins in an ivory chess figure (much less figure out how archaeologists could “stumble” on it):

http://tass.com/society/945191

Much excitement over the find of a William Caxton print:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-39846929 http://www.livescience.com/59087-page-from-medieval-priests-handbook-disc overed.html http://www.livescience.com/59090-rare-page-from-englands-first-printer-found- in-library-video.html http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/found-pages-one-first-books-prin ted-england-180963216/

Apparently modern ‘fiddles’ sound better than a Stradivarius:

http://www.dw.com/en/toss-out-the-old-stradivarius/a-38771561 http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/stradivarius-violins-dont-sound- better-newer-models-study-says-180963222/

More on medieval fasting and chicken evolution:

http://www.archaeology.org/news/5542-170510-medieval-chicken-domesticati
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Big bucks for an Agatha Christie notebook:

http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/15284041.Christie___s_notebook_unear thed_after_60_years_and_sells_for___15_000/

I think we heard about the British parliament ditching parchment a while ago:

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/british-parliament-ditches-parch ment-paper-180963177/


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Camille Claudel:

http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20170509-the-tragic-lover-who-never-escape d-rodins-shadow
http://www.museecamilleclaudel.fr/

New York gargoyles:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/05/nyregion/anonymous-arts-museum-rural -shrine-to-city-decorations.html

Michelangelo sketches:

http://gothamist.com/2017/05/08/met_michelangelo.php

Roads of Arabia:

http://www.albawaba.com/editorchoice/%E2%80%98roads-arabia%E2%80%99- archaeological-exhibition-opens-seoul-972604

Villa of Oplontis:

http://www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/Arts/2017/0509/Ancient-class-distinctio ns-displayed-in-Rome-exhibit

Britain’s ‘Pompeii’:

http://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-england-cambridgeshire-39889603/3000-year- old-pompeii-finds-on-show

Vikings:

http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/15282835.Face_to_face_with_the_Vikings/

DaVinci:

http://www.richmond.com/entertainment/new-da-vinci-exhibit-debuts-in-new-bu ilding-at-science/article_a015bd68-7ffc-5714-8366-645aa1814426.html

Menorah:

http://www.timesofisrael.com/can-vatican-display-shed-light-on-the-fate-of-the- menorah/

Crossrail finds:

http://www.cityam.com/264205/roman-skulls-tudor-bowling-ball-crossrail-launc hes-virtual

Feature on the Lycian Civilizations Museum:

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/lycian-artifacts-at-new-museum-draw-tourist s-.aspx?pageID=238&nid=112896&NewsCatID=375

They’re still talking about an underwater museum in the Piraeus:

http://www.tornosnews.gr/en/greek-news/culture/25227-ministry-cosco-agrees- with-creation-of-underwater-antiquities-museum-in-piraeus.html


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Not sure I understand this brain-scanning suggestion that ‘human like’ behaviour emerged 1.8 million years bp:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-05/iu-wo050817.php https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/05/170508184905.htm http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/how-smart-early-humans-brai n-imaging-answers-180963176/ https://theconversation.com/brain-imaging-modern-people-making-stone-age-t ools-hints-at-evolution-of-human-intelligence-77231 http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/05/2017/neuroarchaeology -used-to-investigate-early-stone-tool-production

… there was a musical tie too played up in later versions:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-05/uoea-cie050517.php https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/05/170508112431.htm

Laser mapping the pyramids:

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/05/10/national/japanese-archaeologist s-use-lasers-map-egyptian-pyramids/

New ceramic dating techniques?:

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/culture/art/2017-05/11/content_29303276.htm

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Silver fir DNA seems to be something useful to know about:

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/05/170508083419.htm

On the origins of the Indian population:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-05/uoh-api050817.php https://phys.org/news/2017-05-archaeogeneticist-indian-population-today-pop ulace.html
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/05/170508095149.htm http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2017/05/08/Modern-DNA-reveals-ancient-or igins-of-Indian-population/6721494272565/ http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/05/2017/indian-origins-pin pointed-using-genetic-evidence-from-current-populace

More on Franklin Expedition DNA:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/franklin-dna-sailors-descendants-1.4104 345?cmp=rss

Apparently humans are less genetically diverse than wheat:

http://bigthink.com/philip-perry/humans-are-less-genetically-diverse-than-whe at-what-does-that-mean-for-our-species


Dienekes' Anthropology Blog:

http://dienekes.blogspot.ca/ ===============================================================
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Ancient viruses are apparently ‘waking up’ from melting ice:

http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20170504-there-are-diseases-hidden-in-ice-an d-they-are-waking-up

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An antiquities possession bust in Athens:

http://www.amna.gr/english/article/18471/Man-arrested-for-possession-and-tra nsportation-of-rare-antiquities http://greece.greekreporter.com/2017/05/10/man-arrested-for-possession-and- transportation-of-rare-antiquities/ http://www.tornosnews.gr/en/greek-news/culture/25235-man-arrested-for-poss ession-and-transportation-of-rare-antiquities-in-greece.html

An antiquities bust near Hebron:

http://www.jpost.com/Breaking-News/Police-raid-antiquities-stockpile-in-West- Bank-490427 http://www.jns.org/news-briefs/2017/5/11/israel-police-raid-recovers-stolen-je wish-antiquities-near-hebron http://www.jewishpress.com/news/eye-on-palestine/palestinian-authority/ stolen-antique-coins-jewelry-seized-in-arab-village/2017/05/11/ http://www.timesofisrael.com/police-recover-stolen-ancient-coins-lamps-other- antiquities-near-hebron/ https://www.algemeiner.com/2017/05/11/israel-police-raid-recovers-stolen-jew ish-antiquities-near-hebron/

Brazen looting of Native American sites in San Diego County:

http://www.cbs8.com/story/35377068/archaeologists-looters-posting-pics-of-n ative-american-artifacts

Latest Anonymous Swiss Collector Culture Crime News;

http://www.anonymousswisscollector.com/2017/05/culture-crime-news-23-apri l-7-may-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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An ‘internal’ repatriation dispute of some Hittite artifacts:

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/corum-deputy-asks-return-of-ankaras-hittite- artifacts-.aspx?pageID=238&nid=112851&NewsCatID=375

France returned a relief (and other items) to Egypt:

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/268427/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/ Ancient-Egyptian-limestone-relief-recovered-from-P.aspx http://www.dailynewsegypt.com/2017/05/10/ministry-antiquities-retrieves-stol en-artifacts-france/ http://www.egyptindependent.com/news/egyptian-government-restored-44-artif acts-paris http://www.archaeology.org/news/5541-170509-egypt-repatriated-artifacts

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NUMISMATICA
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The Bredon Hoard is going on display:

http://www.cotswoldjournal.co.uk/news/15280763.Museum_to_showcase_Ro man_coins_found_in_2011_discovery/ http://www.eveshamjournal.co.uk/news/15282458.Secrets_of_Roman_coin_h oard_to_be_revealed/

Roman aurei are coming to auction:

http://www.coinworld.com/news/world-coins/2017/05/roman-gold-aureii-star-in- swiss-auction-may-29.all.html

Latest e-Sylum:

http://www.coinbooks.org/v20/club_nbs_esylum_v20n19.html

… and the one which should appear later today:

http://www.coinbooks.org/v20/club_nbs_esylum_v20n20.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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Richard III:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-39856414

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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/ 2616-audio-news-from-archaeologica-30-april-2017-6-may-2017 ===============================================================
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OBITUARIES
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Albert Henrichs:

http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2017/5/1/albert-henrichs-dies/

Lloyd Cotsen:

http://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-lloyd-cotsen-20170510-story.ht
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http://newsroom.ucla.edu/stories/in-memoriam:-lloyd-cotsens-generosity-help ed-ucla-establish-renowned-institute-of-archaeology

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CONFERENCES
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Canada Before Confederation: Early Exploration and Mapping (Nov. 2017)

https://independent.academia.edu/ConferenceCanadabeforeConfederationEarl yMappingandExploration14981763 ===============================================================
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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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