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explorator 20.05 May 28, 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, Gina Salapata, Kris Curry, Rick Heli, Richard Campbell, Richard C. Griffiths, and Ross W. Sargent for headses
upses this week (as always hoping I have left no one out).
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EARLY HOMINIDS
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Much is being made of 7.2 million years bp ‘pre-human’ remains in the Balkans:
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-05/uot-sf7051717.php https://phys.org/news/2017-05-scientists-million-year-old-pre-human-balkans. html
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/05/170523083548.htm http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/05/2017/7-2-million-year-ol d-hominin-remains-discovered-in-the-balkans
… with speculations about humans evolving in Europe, rather than Africa:
https://phys.org/news/2017-05-humans-evolve-europe-africa-dont.html http://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/.premium-1.791397 http://www.dw.com/en/study-the-oldest-pre-human-could-originate-from-europe -not-africa/a-39004699
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2017/05/22/europe-birthplace-mankind-not- africa-scientists-find/
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/controversial-study-claims-apes- and-human-ancestors-split-southern-europe-180963426/
Meanwhile, a child Australopithecus skeleton is telling us things about the evolution of the human spine:
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/05/170523083546.htm https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2017/05/26/ how-a-3-3-million-year-old-toddler-offers-researchers-a-window-into-human-ev olution/
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/05/23/529693497/3-3-million-yea r-old-fossil-sheds-light-on-how-the-spine-evolved
http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/05/2017/7-2-million-year-ol d-hominin-remains-discovered-in-the-balkans
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/early-hominin-toddler-was-kind-u s-180963424/
More pondering of the homo naledi genome:
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/may/23/homo-naledi-genome-will- we-ever-find-this-elusive-key-to-human-evolution
… related:
https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2017/may/25/early-human-fossils-homo-n aledi-johannesburg-south-africa
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AFRICA
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Study suggests ochre was being used at Porc-Epic Cave in Ethiopia for 4500 years during the Mesolithic:
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-05/p-oub051817.php https://phys.org/news/2017-05-ochre-middle-stone-age-humans.html http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/05/2017/ochre-use-persist ed-over-thousands-of-years-in-ethiopian-cave
http://www.archaeology.org/news/5583-170525-ethiopia-porc-epic-cave
Feature on pyramids in Algeria:
http://english.alarabiya.net/en/variety/2017/05/23/Algerian-culture-minister-sa ys-pyramids-were-discovered-in-Tiaret.html
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Plenty of embalming materials found in the tomb of a 20th Dynasty vizier at Deir al Bahari:
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/269208/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/ Embalming-materials-for-Middle-Kingdom-vizier-Ipi-.aspx
http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=2436765&CategoryId=13936 http://www.archaeology.org/news/5568-170522-egypt-mummification-material
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A lintel with a cartouche of Sesostris II from Ihnasya:
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/269618/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/ Lintel-bearing-Middle-Kingdom-cartouches-unearthed.aspx
More on that Nectanebo II inscription found in a ‘looting hole’:
https://www.yahoo.com/news/ancient-egyptian-pharaoh-carving-found-114100 165.html
Feature on mummies’ curses and mummy mania:
http://theconversation.com/friday-essay-desecration-and-romanticisation-the-r eal-curse-of-mummies-77476
Feature on Egyptian blue:
https://hyperallergic.com/366307/egyptian-blue-the-first-synthetic-pigment/
Long distance obsidian trade in Paleolithic Syria:
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/tool-sharpens-focus-stone-age-networkin g-middle-east
http://www.archaeology.org/news/5578-170524-syria-paleolithic-obsidian
A 4000 years bp ‘trading post’ on Sir Beni Yas Island:
http://gulfnews.com/news/uae/culture/archaeological-team-on-sir-bani-yas-isla nd-finds-4-000-year-old-trading-post-1.2032258
http://www.thenational.ae/uae/heritage/evidence-of-4000-year-old-trading-post- uncovered-on-sir-bani-yas-island
5000 years bp ‘luxurious’ dwellings from Yassitepe:
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/yassitepe-excavations-reveal-ancient-luxur ious-life-in-izmir-.aspx?pageID=238&nID=113529&NewsCatID=375
https://www.dailysabah.com/history/2017/05/22/archaeologists-unearth-5000- year-old-luxury-settlement-in-western-turkey
5000 years bp necropolis (maybe) from southern Iran:
http://www.tehrantimes.com/news/413727/Archaeological-probe-finds-prehisto ric-gravestones-in-southeast
They’ve cleaned up finds from the oldest baptistery (Mardin):
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/artifacts-in-worlds-first-baptistery-cleaned-. aspx?pageID=238&nID=113389&NewsCatID=375
Napoleonic mass grave from Jaffa:
http://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/1.790107
A database of at-risk sites in the Middle East:
http://www.timesofisrael.com/new-database-charts-20000-at-risk-archaeologic al-sites-in-the-middle-east/
http://www.albawaba.com/editorchoice/20000-archeological-sites-threatened- mena-region-war-major-cause-978582
Finds from the ‘last battle of Jerusalem’ (when the Romans breached the walls) were put on display this week:
http://www.antiquities.org.il/Article_eng.aspx?sec_id=25&subj_id=240&id=428
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http://www.jpost.com/Six-Day-War-Anniversary/Evidence-of-2000-year-old-batt le-for-Jerusalem-unearthed-in-City-of-David-493901
http://www.jewishpress.com/news/israel/jerusalem/evidence-revealed-of-the-l ast-battle-of-jerusalem-from-2000-years-ago/2017/05/25/
http://www.timesofisrael.com/ancient-war-for-jerusalem-echoes-as-stones-and -arrowheads-uncovered/
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4967557,00.html http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/230167 http://artdaily.com/news/96206/Exhibition-reveals-evidence-of-the-last-battle-f or-Jerusalem-from-2-000-years-ago-
Studying pools used by pilgrims in the Old City:
http://www.jns.org/news-briefs/2017/5/23/study-jerusalem-reservoirs-used-by- pilgrims-2000-years-ago
https://www.algemeiner.com/2017/05/24/research-elucidates-ancient-jerusale m-reservoirs-known-as-elephant-in-the-room/
http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_article.php?id=42607
On epigraphic evidence for names in the Bible:
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865680748/53-Old-Testament-names-conf irmed-by-archaeological-inscriptions.html
Review of Veyne, *Palmyra*:
http://www.sfchronicle.com/books/article/Palmyra-An-Irreplaceable-Treasure-b y-Paul-11174001.php
Feature on Hatra:
https://www.apollo-magazine.com/hatras-embattled-history-from-the-romans-t o-isis/
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An 1800 years bp kiln from Verulamium:
http://www.hertsad.co.uk/news/new-roman-artefact-uncovered-in-st-albans-ver ulamium-park-1-5023975
Remains of a Roman bath house and other finds from Carlisle:
http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/Experts-stunned-by-Premier-League-Rom an-find-in-Carlisle-a6c85ddc-31c9-429b-b455-9b208d9de418-ds
http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/809860/Carlisle-Roman-remains-archaeolo gical-discovery
Interesting study of those sling bullets found at Burnswark:
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/05/ancient-slingshot-lethal-44-magn um-scotland/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/05/26/ roman-militarys-secret-weapon-wailing-slingshot-bullets-with-power-of-44-mag num/
On some pyramids in Algeria with a Classical connection:
http://english.alarabiya.net/en/variety/2017/05/23/Algerian-culture-minister-sa ys-pyramids-were-discovered-in-Tiaret.html
Plans for that mosaic from Leicester to go on display:
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leicestershire-39997600
France’s new education minister is promoting the study of Latin and Greek:
http://eu.greekreporter.com/2017/05/24/new-french-education-minister-to-prom ote-latin-and-ancient-greek-in-schools/
Brexit is a threat to Classics funding:
https://www.ft.com/content/c9755056-3fab-11e7-82b6-896b95f30f58
On the Classical World New Zealand project:
http://www.massey.ac.nz/massey/learning/departments/school-of-humanities/ classical-world-new-zealand/classical-world-new-zealand_home.cfm
Latin is waning in Maine:
http://www.pressherald.com/2017/05/28/as-allure-of-latin-wanes-new-teaching- methods-focus-on-fun/
A trio of Victor Nuovo’s latest columns:
http://www.addisonindependent.com/201705victor-nuovo-theory-and-practice http://www.addisonindependent.com/201705victor-nuovo-friendship-%E2%80% 94-tie-binds
http://www.addisonindependent.com/201705victor-nuovo-aristotles-political-in equities-weve-come-long-way
About this year’s Princeton salutatorian:
https://www.princeton.edu/news/2017/05/26/salutatorian-storey-fuses-comput er-science-classics
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http://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/recent.html
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EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland) ===============================================================
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Five burials and a possible henge site from the West Midlands:
http://observer.com/2017/05/4000-year-old-earthwork-henge-and-burial-site-di scovered-in-england/
http://www.livescience.com/59276-henge-monument-and-burials-uncovered-en gland.html
http://www.archaeology.org/news/5570-17-05-22-england-henge-burials
Malta’s Neolithic hypogeum has been conserved and opened to the public:
http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20170516/social/al-Saflieni-Hypog eum-reopens.648082
http://www.archaeology.org/news/5576-170524-malta-hypogeum-conserved http://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/maltas-hypogeum-one-worlds-best-pre served-prehistoric-sites-reopens-public-180963397/
A Viking base from Lincolnshire:
http://www.livescience.com/59264-9th-century-viking-camp-in-england.html
A 17th century bridge from downtown Moscow:
https://www.rbth.com/news/2017/05/22/archaeologists-dig-up-17th-century-sto ne-bridge-in-downtown-moscow_767471
A medieval brewery on the outskirts of Lincoln:
http://www.lincolnshirelive.co.uk/medieval-brewery-used-by-monks-discovere d-by-archaeologists-on-the-outskirts-of-lincoln/story-30346623-detail/ story.html
http://www.archaeology.org/news/5569-170522-england-medieval-brewery
Another piece on medieval ‘fear of the undead’:
http://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/1.790889
Finds from various periods on the outskirts of Melton:
http://www.meltontimes.co.uk/news/mounting-excitement-over-ancient-new-arc haeological-find-near-melton-1-7976966
More on that ‘4000 years bp sacred burial ground’ from Shropshire:
http://www.archaeology.org/news/5575-170523-england-shropshire-burial-gro
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They’re still arguing about the Galloway hoard:
http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/15310494.Director_of_National_Museum _of_Scotland_defends_its_plans_for_the_Galloway_Hoard_of_Viking_treasur e_to_MSPs/
http://www.gallowaygazette.co.uk/news/environment/summit-meeting-to-secur e-viking-hoard-for-galloway-1-4448070
On the Svaty Jur site (Slovakia):
https://spectator.sme.sk/c/20542813/archaeologist-pieces-together-early-histo ry-of-what-is-now-western-slovakia.html
http://www.archaeology.org/news/5587-170526-arab-silver-coin
Remembering the find of Girona gold:
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-40045580
Feature (podcast) on the Bell Beaker folk:
https://www.theguardian.com/science/audio/2017/may/28/the-bell-beaker-folk- science-weekly-podcast
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Archaeology in Europe Blog:
http://archaeology-in-europe.blogspot.com/
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Paleolithic hand print cave petroglyphs from Inner Mongolia:
http://www.newsgram.com/cave-painting-of-human-hand-prints-belonging-to-pa laeolithic-era-found-by-archaeologists-in-chinas-inner-mongolia-region/
Eight petroglyphs of horses from Ningxia Hui:
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-05/25/c_136314996.htm
Evidence of early dog domestication from the Siberian arctic:
http://www.archaeology.org/news/5585-170526-siberia-domesticated-dogs
Bones from cooked meat at a Harappan site:
http://indianexpress.com/article/india/haryana-archaeologists-discover-bones -from-cooked-meat-found-at-harappan-site-4675772/
A 3rd/4th century CE necropolis from Azerbaijan:
http://news.az/articles/society/122072
An interesting medieval ‘dance pose’ burial from Russia:
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/siberia-ancient-grave-reveals-dancing-skeleton-tied-a fter-death-ritual-burial-1623136
http://www.archaeology.org/news/5574-170523-russia-far-east-medieval-burial
Studying the Terracotta Warriors:
http://elpais.com/elpais/2017/05/18/ciencia/1495114479_793962.html
More on evidence of human sacrifice in ancient Korea:
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/5th-century-remains-may-be-evi dence-human-sacrifice-ancient-korea-180963344/
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Southeast Asian Archaeology Newsblog:
http://www.southeastasianarchaeology.com/
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NORTH AMERICA
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A 13 000 years bp arrowhead from a Northampton field:
http://www.gazettenet.com/An-archaeological-dig-in-the-meadows-in-Northamp ton-9887462
Studying Washington’s birth site:
http://www.fredericksburg.com/news/local/archaeologist-washington-s-birth-sit e-more-mysterious-than-thought/article_06957ffb-3d97-5d34-a402-8ddb24bbb 151.html
http://www.archaeology.org/news/5582-170525-virginia-washington-birthplace
Recent finds from Pueblo Bonito:
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/chaco-canyons-ancient-civilization-contin ues-puzzle
… and a related feature on Chaco culture:
http://www.livescience.com/59218-chaco-culture.html
Another stone pillar found in a New Mexico forest:
http://krqe.com/2017/05/23/mysterious-stone-pillars-emerge-from-northern-ne w-mexico-forest/
Feature on a Fremont pit house from Utah replica study:
https://issuu.com/usuprm/docs/utah_state_magazine_summer_2017/30
Reconstructing a 10 300 years bp bison hunt:
http://www.kansas.com/news/local/article153093719.html
Feature on the preservation of a pile of Alaskan artifacts:
http://www.archaeology.org/news/5573-170523-alaska-artifacts-preserved
They’re almost done restoring Fort Herkimer Church:
http://www.syracuse.com/state/index.ssf/2017/05/restoration_of_fort_herkime r_church_nears_completion.html
What’s next for the Baldwin Hall site at UGa:
http://news.uga.edu/releases/article/uga-announces-next-steps-for-research-a bout-baldwin-hall-site/
http://onlineathens.com/local-news/2017-05-25/uga-reveals-next-steps-study- baldwin-hall-remains
Latest from Jamestown (I think we’ve heard of most of this already):
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/may/20/saving-a-one-of-a-kind-gr avestone-at-jamestown/
On Ithaca’s Dey Street:
http://www.ithacajournal.com/story/news/local/2017/05/25/dutch-roots-ithacas- dey-street/345293001/
On an historic maple tree in Syracuse:
http://www.syracuse.com/outdoors/index.ssf/2017/05/tree_story.html
On 19th century Catholics in Boston:
http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2017/05/27/fear-immigrants-persecution-re ligious-minorities-the-life-century-boston-catholics/7OOo5AwF3hOxYqEr7jbHR M/story.html
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Evidence of a human presence in Peru 15 000 years bp:
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-05/fau-fai052317.php https://phys.org/news/2017-05-groundbreaking-discovery-early-human-life.ht
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https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/05/170524141745.htm http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/05/traces-some-south-america-s-earlie st-people-found-under-ancient-dirt-pyramid
http://www.sciencetimes.com/articles/16056/20170525/15-000-year-old-artifact s-unearthed-at-ancient-huaca-prieta-temple-in-northern-peru.htm
http://www.archaeology.org/news/5580-170525-huaca-prieta-rush-matting http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/05/2017/exploring-origins- of-complex-society-in-peru
Studying ancient trade networks in the Andes:
https://phys.org/news/2017-05-surprisingly-complex-portrait-ancient-networks. html
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http://goo.gl/1VdeA
Ancient MesoAmerica News:
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They’re still fascinated by Phineas Gage:
http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/05/21/528966102/why-brain-sci entists-are-still-obsessed-with-the-curious-case-of-phineas-gage
Turkey is trying to revive Ottoman-era sports:
http://www.dw.com/en/turkey-brings-back-ottoman-sports-to-revive-past-glory/ g-38943063
On humans and honey bees:
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/may/24/honey-i-love-you-our-4000 0-year-relationship-with-the-humble-bee
On Martin Luther as the father of protest songs:
http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20170522-martin-luther-father-of-protest-son gs
Italy is giving away assorted castles:
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/italy-giving-away-103-historic-bu ildings-free-charge-180963423/
On Samuel Morse:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/retropolis/wp/2017/05/24/before-there- was-twitter-there-was-morse-code-remembering-social-medias-true-inventor/
Archaeology Podcast Network:
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Menorah:
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/blinged-out-menorah-debuts-pio neering-exhibit-rome-180963381/
Raphael drawings:
https://www.apollo-magazine.com/art-diary/raphael-the-drawings-ashmolean-o xford/?utm_source=Adestra&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20170527_ WeeklyBriefing_13
Italy blocked five recent high level museum appointments:
http://www.ansamed.info/ansamed/en/news/sections/generalnews/2017/05/ 25/italian-court-blocks-5-top-museum-appointments_15d60d2e-e3d0-47f9-afca -34ac1793c30d.html
Moving Tut’s items to the new museum in Cairo:
https://phys.org/news/2017-05-king-tut-bed-chariot-cairo.html http://www.startribune.com/egypt-moves-bed-chariot-of-king-tut-to-new-museu m/423904333/
http://www.independent.ie/world-news/bed-and-chariot-of-king-tutankhamun-m oved-to-new-museum-in-cairo-35749063.html
http://artdaily.com/news/96167/King-Tutankhamun-s-bed--chariot-paraded-thro ugh-Cairo-to-new-home
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-egypt-archaeology-idUSKBN18K1KN?feedTy pe=RSS&feedName=lifestyleMolt
A new archaeological museum is in the works for Cyprus:
http://cyprus-mail.com/2017/05/23/greek-architect-design-new-archaeological- museum/
http://greece.greekreporter.com/2017/05/24/greek-architect-wins-competition-f or-designing-cyprus-new-archaeological-museum/
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Feature on ‘space archaeology’:
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/space-archaeology-transforms-how-ancient-sit es-are-discovered/
They’ve reconstructed the face of an 18th century Scottish woman:
http://www.archaeology.org/news/5572-170523-scotland-woman-face-reconstr
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… and some 4000 years bp First Nations people:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/kristinakillgrove/2017/05/24/watch-these-4000-y ear-old-first-nations-skeletons-come-back-to-life/
We’ll be hearing more about bone proteomics:
https://phys.org/news/2017-05-bone-proteomics-reveal-dead.html
Using photogrammetry at a St Augustine burial ground:
http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/local/st-augustine/historic-burial-ground- seen-with-3d-imagery-in-st-augustine/443417525
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DNA suggests hunter-gatherers and the first farmers were closer than
previously thought:
https://phys.org/news/2017-05-ancient-dna-evidence-hunter-gatherers-farmer s.html
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/05/170525123052.htm https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-05/cp-ade051817.php https://cosmosmagazine.com/archaeology/europe-s-ancient-hunter-gatherers- and-farmers-were-intimately-connected
http://www.archaeology.org/news/5581-170525-romania-farmers-hunters
Dienekes' Anthropology Blog:
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TOURISTY THINGS
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Khndzoresk Cave (Armenia):
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/visit-ancient-cave-city-armenia-180962 981/
Mexico City:
http://www.bostonherald.com/lifestyle/travel/2017/05/why_mexico_city_is_a_ world_class_destination_and_you_should_go
Huaca Bellavista (Peru):
http://www.andina.com.pe/Ingles/noticia-explore-hidden-treasures-at-huaca-be llavista-site-in-lima-peru-668037.aspx
Taormina:
http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/europe/taormina-what-to-do-sicily-italy-mo unt-etna-teatro-antico-mafia-isola-bella-a7753776.html
Spain’s Medieval Skyscrapers:
http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20170523-spains-medieval-clifftop-skyscrape
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Via Dolorosa:
http://www.jpost.com/In-Jerusalem/Something-new-in-the-Old-City-492218
Venice:
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/venice-has-been-married-sea-ov er-thousand-years-180963370/
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Major international effort involved in a bust in Bulgaria:
http://sofiaglobe.com/2017/05/27/40-arrests-thousands-of-items-seized-in-bul garia-turkey-and-france-in-operation-against-illegal-trade-in-archaeological-obj
ects/
https://www.dailysabah.com/europe/2017/05/26/bulgaria-recovers-over-5000- antiquities-in-joint-anti-smuggling-op-with-turkey-france
Three antiquities smugglers arrested at Grevena:
http://greece.greekreporter.com/2017/05/21/greek-police-arrest-3-antiquity-sm ugglers-at-grevena/
Recovery of a purloined/illegally excavated kouros and related arrests:
http://www.ekathimerini.com/218760/article/ekathimerini/news/stolen-ancient- greek-statue-found-two-arrested
http://www.tornosnews.gr/en/greek-news/society/25511-stolen-ancient-greek-s tatue-found-and-two-men-arrested.html
http://pilotonline.com/news/nation-world/world/greek-police-recover-illegally-e xcavated-statue-arrest/article_f27649aa-9bd1-56a7-8f7c-cfa00fc85312.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/greek-police-recover-illegally-e xcavated-statue-arrest-2/2017/05/26/8b88e8ae-421a-11e7-b29f-f40ffced2ddb_ story.html
A foiled attempted sarcophagus sale in Turkey:
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/ancient-tomb-seized-from-treasure-hunters-i n-central-turkey.aspx?pageID=238&nID=113546&NewsCatID=375
https://www.dailysabah.com/turkey/2017/05/24/12-treasure-hunters-trying-to-s ell-ancient-sarcophagus-for-4m-detained-in-turkeys-eskisehir
Probation for damaging a Native American site in Oregon:
http://www.kajo.com/news/local/stories.php?subaction=showfull&id=14953503 39&ucat=2
http://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/Oregon-man-sentenced-for-damaging- archaeological-11162405.php
Latest Anonymous Swiss Collector Culture Crime News:
http://www.anonymousswisscollector.com/2017/05/culture-crime-news-15-21- 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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The UK returned four items to Egypt:
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/269514/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/ Egypt-recovers-four-ancient-Egyptian-artefacts-fro.aspx
http://www.egyptindependent.com/antiquities-ministry-restores-artifacts/ https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20170524-egypt-says-it-restored-4-stolen- artefacts-from-britain/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/5584-170526-egypt-smuggled-artifacts
Seven items were returned to Italy from New York:
http://www.kiro7.com/news/looted-statues-pottery-returned-to-italy-after-probe-i
n-nyc/526609581
http://english.alarabiya.net/en/variety/2017/05/26/US-returns-stolen-archeolog ical-artifacts-to-Italy-.html
http://nypost.com/2017/05/25/looted-ancient-artifacts-found-in-midtown-gallery -finally-returned/
http://artdaily.com/news/96213/United-States-returns-stolen-artifacts-to-Italy http://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/5771/US-returns-stolen-artifacts-to-Italy https://www.courthousenews.com/seven-looted-antiquities-returned-italy/
Latest Nazi loot settlement:
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/28/arts/design/michele-marieschi-painting- sothebys-auction-restitution.html
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NUMISMATICA
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Feature on recent numismatic finds in Israel:
http://asorblog.org/2017/05/23/israel-numismatic-report-important-finds-altruis tic-reporting-law/
Latest e-Sylum:
http://www.coinbooks.org/v20/club_nbs_esylum_v20n21.html
… and the one which should appear later today:
http://www.coinbooks.org/v20/club_nbs_esylum_v20n22.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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AUDIO/VIDEO NEWS ===============================================================
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Audio News from Archaeologica:
http://www.archaeologychannel.org/audio-main-menu-cat/audio-news-list/ 2621-audio-news-from-archaeologica-14-may-2017-20-may-2017 ===============================================================
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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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