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https://hyperallergic.com/393978/the-met-museum-hands-over-another-antiqui ty-believed-to-be-stolen/

Feature on Beijing’s Palace Museum:

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-08/01/c_136490404.htm

More on the British Museum’s 3d printing offerings:

https://3dprint.com/182710/british-museum-3d-printing/ http://blog.britishmuseum.org/3d-printing-museum-objects-for-the-home/ http://mentalfloss.com/article/503199/you-can-now-view-3d-model-rosetta-ston e-online


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Using 3d printing technology to allow museum visitors to interact with
objects:

https://phys.org/news/2017-07-d-technologies-students-ancient-greece.html http://www.tornosnews.gr/en/greek-news/culture/26579-ancient-greek-artifacts- undergo-3d-printing-by-new-zealand-university.html

Imaging techniques find a sixth century text in a bookbinding:

http://mentalfloss.com/article/502886/6th-century-writing-discovered-inside-m edieval-bookbinding

Another feature on remote sensing and the like in Southwestern archaeology:

https://phys.org/news/2017-08-argonne-digital-tools-southwestern-cultural.htm
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Feature on high tech archaeology in Egypt:

https://phys.org/news/2017-08-egyptologists-high-tech-ancient-mysteries.html http://www.timesofisrael.com/egyptologists-go-high-tech-to-unlock-ancient-my steries/


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Plenty of attention for a study suggesting modern Greeks descend from
Myceneans and Minoans:

https://phys.org/news/2017-08-civilizations-greece-revealing-stories-science. html
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-08/mpif-adr072817.php https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/08/170802134718.htm http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-40791188 https://www.livescience.com/60027-origins-of-1st-advanced-greek-civilization s.html http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/the-times/greeks-descend-from-h omers-mycenaean-heroes/news-story/1d5ff80bde3dac9cc715bfc820639f32 http://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/1.804974 http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/08/greeks-really-do-have-near-mythical -origins-ancient-dna-reveals http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/ancient-greece-scientists-crack-dna-sequence-cradle- western-civilisation-first-time-1633212 http://www.zmescience.com/science/archaeology/origin-of-greeks-02082017/ http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/dna-analysis-sheds-light-myster ious-origins-ancient-greeks-180964314/ http://www.archaeology.org/news/5782-170802-greece-dna-origins http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/08/2017/minoan-and-myce naean-origins-revealed

On medieval manuscripts and DNA:

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/medieval-manuscripts-are-dna-s morgasbord-180964252/



Dienekes' Anthropology Blog:

http://dienekes.blogspot.ca/ ===============================================================
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CLIMATE MATTERS
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Rising seas threaten sites in Louisiana:

https://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/Inhabit/2017/0804/Salvage-archaeolo gy-When-rising-seas-threaten-to-wash-away-history

… and has damaged Seminole sites in Florida:

http://www.miaminewtimes.com/arts/florida-summit-addresses-climate-change s-effects-on-historic-seminole-tribe-sites-9540801 http://www.browardpalmbeach.com/arts/florida-summit-addresses-climate-cha nges-effects-on-historic-seminole-tribe-sites-8800460

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Canterbury Trail:

https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2017/aug/01/canterbury-kent-walk-mediev al-streets-attractions-cathedral

Bath:

http://www.thestatesman.com/books-education/jane-austen-s-city-roman-built- baths-and-elegant-spas-still-entice-1501658139.html

Provence:

https://www.memphisdailynews.com/news/2017/aug/3/48-hours-in-provence/

Ostia Antica:

https://www.coffscoastadvocate.com.au/news/a-step-back-to-ancient-times/ 3208978/

Oman:

http://timesofoman.com/article/114300/Oman/Tourism/Oman-Tourism-What-m akes-Musandam-so-attractive-to-tourists


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Indirect fallout from the Hobby Lobby case … five antiquities dealers in Jerusalem are facing tax fraud charges:

http://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2017/07/31/540579261/israeli-authoritie s-arrest-antiquities-dealers-in-connection-with-hobby-lobby-sc http://www.jpost.com/In-Jerusalem/5-Palestinians-arrested-for-aiding-Hobby-L obby-in-antiquities-smuggling-501300 http://forward.com/fast-forward/378819/israeli-police-arrest-antiquities-smuggl ers-connected-to-hobby-lobby/ http://www.timesofisrael.com/east-jerusalem-antiquity-dealers-arrested-for-tax -fraud/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/israeli-police-jerusalem-a ntiquity-dealers-arrested-for-con/2017/07/30/aae60264-751d-11e7-8c17-533c5 2b2f014_story.html https://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/headlines-breaking-stories/1328893/ photos-20-million-fraud-operation-eastern-jerusalem-antiquities-dealers.html http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=11897392

Meanwhile, OpEds are coming out about how Hobby Lobby is being unfairly criticized:

http://www.sltrib.com/religion/global/2017/08/03/despite-smuggled-antiquities- purchase-some-say-criticism-of-bible-museum-is-unfair/

… while Iraq anxiously awaits the return of things:

http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2017/08/hobby-lobby-iraq-artifacts-u s-smugglers.html

A southeast Asian ‘smuggling kingpin’s’ attempt to get around the law:

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/antiques-smuggling-kingpin-lo aned-artefacts-to-museum-to-get-legal-tag/articleshow/59837679.cms

Latest Anonymous Swiss Collector Culture Crime News:

http://www.anonymousswisscollector.com/2017/07/culture-crime-news-24-30-j uly-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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NUMISMATICA
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A Marcus Aurelius aureus at auction:

http://www.coinweek.com/ancient-coins/choice-marcus-aurelius-gold-aureus-2 017-ana-auction/

Feature on collecting ancient weights:

http://www.coinweek.com/ancient-coins/coinweek-ancient-coin-series-collectin g-ancient-weights/

Latest e-Sylum:

http://www.coinbooks.org/v20/club_nbs_esylum_v20n31.html

… and the one which should appear later today:

http://www.coinbooks.org/v20/club_nbs_esylum_v20n32.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/ 2634-audio-news-from-archaeologica-23-july-2017-29-july-2017 ===============================================================
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Alan Cameron:

https://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/classics/newsrecords/2017/Professor-Al an-Cameron-1938-2017.aspx https://classicalstudies.org/scs-news/memoriam-alan-cameron

Harold Williams:

https://www.apollo-magazine.com/getty-trust-founding-president-harold-m-willi ams-dies/

Dennis Mack Smith:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/02/books/denis-mack-smith-dead-historian- of-italy.html


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

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

Bones to Drones: Science in Archaeology (Nov. 2017)

http://cba-wessex.org.uk/cba-events/the-cba-wessex-annual-conference-wome n-in-wessex/

Theoretical Archaeology Group (Dec. 2017):

http://tag2017cardiff.org/

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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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Archaeosoup:

http://www.youtube.com/user/Archaeos0up?feature=watch

The Book and the Spade:

http://www.radioscribe.com/bknspade.htm ===============================================================
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