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Latest spin/motivation for ‘Out of Africa’:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-10/uoa-ahl100417.php http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/10/2017/drying-and-coolin g-climate-may-have-led-to-migration-from-africa-into-eurasia

On the origins of genital herpes:

http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/02/health/early-human-ancestor-genital-herpes/ index.html

On Neanderthal genetics’ effect on us:

https://phys.org/news/2017-10-neanderthals-didnt-red-hair.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2017/10/05/struggling-get-tan-blame-neand erthal-ancestors/ http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/10/05/555592707/neanderthal-g enes-help-shape-how-many-modern-humans-look https://www.stuff.co.nz/science/97579696/roger-hanson-exploring-the-history- and-genetics-of-neanderthals-and-us http://www.latercera.com/noticia/2-del-adn-los-seres-humanos-actuales-provie ne-los-neandertales/

More on that dig by China in Kenya:

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-10/01/c_136653304.htm

More on sapiens being around longer than previously thought:

https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/10/dna-from-old-skeleton-suggests-hum anitys-been-here-longer-than-we-thought/

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Some predynastic petroglyphs from the Subeira Valley:

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/278221/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/ Ancient-wall-markings-of-wild-animals-uncovered-in.aspx http://www.egyptindependent.com/predynastic-graffiti-rock-dating-back-stone-a ge-unearthed-south-aswan/ https://www.archaeology.org/news/5966-171004-egypt-subeira-valley

A broken bit of an Old Kingdom obelisk from near Giza:

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/278261/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/ Archaeologists-unearth-largestever-discovered-obel.aspx http://www.egyptindependent.com/upper-part-4000-year-old-obelisk-discovere d-near-giza-antiquities-ministry/ http://www.therepublic.com/2017/10/04/ml-egypt-antiquities/ http://www.newsweek.com/ancient-obelisk-fragment-uncovered-egypt-largest-e ver-recovered-679628 https://www.archaeology.org/news/5971-171006-saqqara-queen-obelisk

A head from a statue of Akhenaten found in Minya:

https://dailynewsegypt.com/2017/10/02/statue-king-akhenatens-head-discover ed-minya/

A Ptolemaic/Roman era pet cemetery near the Red Sea:

http://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/26474/Biggest-Cemetery-for-Pets-in-Ancie nt-Egypt-unearthed http://www.newsweek.com/ancient-egypt-pet-cemetery-1800-years-old-filled-10 0-skeletons-discovered-678384 https://www.forbes.com/sites/kristinakillgrove/2017/10/04/archaeologists-find- rare-pet-cemetery-in-ancient-egypt/

What it’s like to crawl into an Egyptian tomb:

http://www.abc17news.com/news/national-world/what-its-like-to-crawl-inside-a- 3500yearold-egyptian-tomb/625362458

What Zahi Hawass is explaining now:

http://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/25825/Hawass-Ancient-Egyptians-denoun ced-homosexuality

More on how Egyptians transported the stone to build the pyramids:

https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2017/10/06/did-egyptians-create-canal-an d-port-bring-stone-great-pyramid/xtoi4NzlTz9PYRo2QnmG0M/story.html

Studying the development of agriculture and cities in northern Mesopotamia:

http://sciencenordic.com/ancient-grain-reveals-development-earliest-cities https://www.archaeology.org/news/5961-171003-syria-tell-brak-grain

A flight ban has effectively halted a dig in Iraqi Kurdistan:

https://phys.org/news/2017-10-iraq-flight-halts-lost-ancient.html http://www.arabnews.com/node/1172666/world

Hamas has ‘levelled’ a Canaanite site in Gaza:

https://phys.org/news/2017-10-gaza-hamas-ancient-treasure.html https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-gaza-hamas-levels-an-ancient-archaeologica l-treasure/
https://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/palestinians/1.815965 http://gazette.com/in-gaza-hamas-levels-an-ancient-treasure/article/feed/ 499495 http://nationalpost.com/pmn/news-pmn/in-gaza-hamas-levels-an-ancient-treas
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OpEd on the politics of archaeology in Israel:

http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2017/10/israel-palestinians-west-ba nk-jerusalem-archaeology-netanyahu.html

… and a feature on ‘Temple Mount denial’:

http://www.jpost.com/Magazine/Disproving-Temple-Mount-denial-one-bucket-a t-a-time-506539

A number of recently-sold DSS fragments are fake, apparently:

https://www.timesofisrael.com/dead-sea-scrolls-scam-dozens-of-recently-sold -fragments-are-fakes-experts-warn/ http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/dead-sea-scroll-fragments-bought-100000-are-clever- fakes-written-2000-year-old-leather-1641970

The restored Lion of al-Lat is back on display in Damascus:

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/1.815115 https://uk.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-syria-statue/palmyra-statue-da maged-by-islamic-state-goes-on-display-in-damascus-idUKKCN1C61FA https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/world/palmyra-lion-of-allat-statue-damaged -by-is-now-stands-proud-in-damascus-20171002-gyseh9.html http://www.newsweek.com/syria-ancient-palmyra-lion-saved-isis-brought-back- life-damascus-677000 https://hyperallergic.com/404189/palmyra-ancient-lion-restored-isis/ https://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/news/97483064/Damaged-2000-year-old-Palmyr a-statue-goes-back-on-display-in-Damascus http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/ancient-statue-damaged-isis-res urrected-damascus-180965091/

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A bronze arm and other bits of statuary from the Antikythera shipwreck site:

https://phys.org/news/2017-10-rich-ancient-shipwreck-greece-yields.html https://www.livescience.com/60605-bronze-arm-at-antikythera-shipwreck.html https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/05/science/antikythera-shipwreck-greece.ht
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https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/oct/04/antikythera-shipwreck-yield s-new-treasures-and-hints-of-priceless-classical-statues http://www.newsweek.com/antikythera-shipwreck-excavation-recovers-pricele ss-bronze-arm-ancient-greek-677791 https://www.yahoo.com/news/antikythera-shipwreck-excavation-recovers-bron ze-190539292.html https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/seven-bronze-statues-may-be- buried-site-antikythera-shipwreck-180965127/

… there is also mention of a ‘mysterious disk’ in some articles:

http://www.nature.com/news/antikythera-shipwreck-yields-statue-pieces-and-m ystery-bronze-disc-1.22735 http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/10/ancient-greek-shipwreck-statues- found-video-spd/

A section of Hadrian’s Wall has been found in Newcastle:

http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/part-hadrians-wall-been-f ound-13705748 http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/861773/hadrian-wall-newcastle-city-centre- new-route-discovered https://www.archaeology.org/news/5963-171003-hadrians-wall-newcastle

A metal detectorist has found a hoard of silver denarii in Dorset:

https://coinweek.com/ancient-coins/metal-detectorist-finds-lifetime-hoard-rare- roman-coins/

… while a ‘secret hoard’ from Lincolnshire has gone on display:

http://www.lincolnshirelive.co.uk/news/local-news/secret-hoard-1700-year-old- 575512


Plenty of press coverage of the possible discovery of the tomb of St Nicholas (although the press naturally prefers to use ‘Santa Claus’):

https://phys.org/news/2017-10-archaeologists-st-nick-bones.html http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-41504172 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/10/04/turkish-archaeologists-believe-ha ve-discovered-santa-clauss/ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/oct/04/santa-claus-tomb-may-have-b een-uncovered-beneath-turkish-church-saint-nicholas https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/st-nicholas-remains-turkey- father-christmas-discovery-a7982796.html http://www.news.com.au/technology/science/archaeology/santas-ancient-tomb -discovered-in-turkey/news-story/0f4c89cf60a24451873e5e736c55d191 https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2017/10/04/ santa-dead-archaeologists-say/ http://www.newsweek.com/santa-claus-tomb-discovered-beneath-ancient-chur ch-turkey-676598 http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/santa-clauss-grave-has-been-found-by-archaeologist s-st-nicholas-church-turkey-1641747 http://www.theage.com.au/world/father-christmas-traced-to-tomb-at-turkish-chu rch-20171004-gyujz5 http://www.syracuse.com/us-news/index.ssf/2017/10/santa_claus_tomb_saint _nicholas_christmas.html http://www.scotsman.com/news/world/archaeologists-discover-santa-claus-s-t omb-in-turkey-1-4578998 https://www.yahoo.com/news/turkish-archaeologists-believe-discovered-santa -113735606.html https://www.dailysabah.com/history/2017/10/03/santa-claus-untouched-grave- may-be-beneath-church-in-turkeys-antalya-archaeologist-says https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/97632791/Children-look-away-Father-Christmas- may-be-dead-and-buried-in-Turkey https://www.thedailybeast.com/if-santa-is-buried-in-turkey-who-has-been-deliv ering-the-presents http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/archaeologists-discovered-st-ni cks-bones-50297463 http://neoskosmos.com/news/en/Ho-Ho-Oh-Archaeologists-find-tomb-of-St-Nich olas-in-Turkey https://gizmodo.com/turkish-archeologists-think-they-may-have-discovered-th- 1819136539 http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/10/santa-claus-st-nicholas-tomb-arc haeology-turkey-spd/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/turkey-claims-its-found-st-nicho las-crypt-180965116/

Looking for a 4th century palace in Istanbul:

https://www.dailysabah.com/history/2017/10/06/turkish-archaeologists-seek-4 th-century-byzantine-palace-in-historic-istanbul-district

Nice feature on the Roman dig in Leicester:

https://www.archaeology.co.uk/articles/colourful-past-uncovering-magnificent- mosaics-heart-roman-leicester.htm

Studying the logistics of the Roman army in Wales:

http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/news/view/956393-how-to-feed-an-invading-army-thou sands-of-miles-from-home https://phys.org/news/2017-10-invading-army-thousands-miles-home.html

Studying ancient trade routes in Cyprus:

https://www.utoronto.ca/news/deep-dive-u-t-archaeologist-goes-underwater-stu dy-ancient-trade-routes-cyprus

A study of feces from a Roman latrine at Sagalassos:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/kristinakillgrove/2017/10/03/archaeologists-test- feces-from-roman-latrine-find-roundworms-and-parasites/ http://www.newsweek.com/ancient-turkey-roman-poop-was-full-parasites-sewa ge-system-677660

Rethinking the fate of pagan temples:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/drsarahbond/2017/10/07/were-pagan-temples-all -smashed-or-just-converted-into-christian-ones/

A potentially interesting (lost) inscription with Troy references:

https://www.livescience.com/60629-ancient-inscription-trojan-prince-sea-peopl e.html

Latest ‘benefits of Classics’ piece:

http://www.sheffieldtelegraph.co.uk/news/telegraph-view-keeping-classics-for-t omorrow-1-8788807

What Mary Beard is up to:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/art/what-to-see/mary-beard-filled-imaginary-museu m-bronze-potatoes-ebay-finds/ https://news.artnet.com/art-world/cicero-would-have-loved-frieze-and-other-ins ights-on-art-fairs-from-classicist-mary-beard-1105910

An interview with Daniel Mendelsohn:

http://www.npr.org/2017/10/02/555075030/how-an-epic-poem-helped-transform -a-difficult-father-son-relationship

… and reviews of his recent tome:

https://newrepublic.com/article/145138/people-just-dont-like-odyssey http://krcc.org/post/how-epic-poem-helped-transform-difficult-father-son-relatio
nship http://buffalonews.com/2017/10/06/professor-81-year-old-father-odyssey-readi ng-homer/

Plans to reconnect Ephesus to the sea:

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/ambitious-project-aims-to-reunite-ancient-cit y-of-ephesus-with-sea-118416

Finds from a site in Cyprus will be protected even though the site isn’t classified as an archaeological site any more:

http://cyprus-mail.com/2017/10/04/antiquities-department-will-protect-finds-tou rist-complex/

… on the declassification:

http://cyprus-mail.com/2017/10/05/government-defends-declassification-churc h-plot-antiquities-site/

… and the church was apparently rather adamant:

http://cyprus-mail.com/2017/10/06/archbishop-threatened-antiquities-departm ent-head-church-land-designation/

… so now the focus is concern for sites in northern Cyprus:

http://cyprus-mail.com/2017/10/08/ancient-sites-north-risk/

The upper levels of the Colosseum are being opened to the public:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/10/03/plebeians-eye-view-tourists-allow ed-highest-level-colosseum/ http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/rome-colosseum-open-top-floors-roof-publ ic-visitors-a7984816.html https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/top-tier-of-romes-colosseum-opens-for-first-t
ime-in-40-years-6rfkmph9f http://www.dw.com/en/rome-colosseum-opens-its-top-levels-to-public/
a-40802664 http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/turismo/2017/10/1924258-coliseu-abre-andares- mais-altos-para-visitacao-a-partir-de-novembro.shtml http://www.ansa.it/english/news/lifestyle/arts/2017/10/04/colosseums-highest- level-to-reopen_f94e9490-7d32-4a20-89e2-96ff6842f0a9.html https://www.thelocal.it/20171003/romes-colosseum-italy-open-its-upper-levels -to-tourists-public http://www.latimes.com/sns-bc-eu--italy-colosseum-20171003-story.html

In case you haven’t seen the Cleopatra connection in the latest Assassin’s Creed:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/gaming/features/assassins-creed-origins-preview- not-assassins-creed-remember/

More on plans to charge admission to the Pantheon:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/europe/italy/rome/articles/ pantheon-entry-fee-introduction-/

More on Hellenikon:

http://www.reuters.com/article/eurozone-greece-hellenikon-government/ greek-archaeologists-decision-clears-way-for-hellenikon-tourism-project-idUS L8N1MF0YD?feedType=RSS&feedName=rbssFinancialServicesAndRealEstat
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http://www.tornosnews.gr/en/tourism-businesses/new-investments/27506-gre ek-privatization-agency-head-calls-for-publication-of-archaeologists-ruling-on- hellinikon.html


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A mesolithic carved antler horn from Poland:

https://phys.org/news/2017-10-ornamented-artifact-long-distance-exchange-m esolithic.html
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-10/p-oam092817.php http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/10/2017/antler-artefact-ma y-provide-evidence-of-exchange-between-mesolithic-communities

13 000 years bp evidence of use of beeswax as an adhesive:

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/europes-stone-age-fishers-used-beeswax -make-point

A copper ax linked to Otzi (?) has been found in the Swiss alps:

https://www.livescience.com/60614-ax-linked-to-otzi-iceman-found.html http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/snow-and-arrow_crossing-the-alps-in-the-neolithic -age/43567592?&ns_mchannel=rss&srg_evsource=rss

… while these Bronze Age finds I think we’ve mentioned before:

https://www.thelocal.ch/20171004/bronze-age-equipment-found-on-swiss-mou ntain-pass
https://www.yahoo.com/news/4-000-old-climbing-gear-110904287.html https://www.archaeology.org/news/5965-100417-swiss-bronze-age

Unusual stone tools from a Bronze Age site in Wales:

https://www.livescience.com/60606-stone-tools-unearthed-at-bronze-age-site. html
https://www.archaeology.org/news/5969-171005-wales-stone-tools

A possible Norse/Viking meeting place/parliament from Scotland:

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-41485948 http://www.scotsman.com/news/viking-parliament-site-in-caithness-may-have- been-found-1-4580380 http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/15573957.Archaeologists_make_tantalis ing_discoveries_at_mysterious_Highland_ruins/ https://www.archaeology.org/news/5962-171003-scotland-norse-parliament

Finds from a 14th century necropolis from Bulgaria:

http://micetimes.asia/in-bulgaria-archaeologists-have-discovered-a-valuable-fi nd/

Prussian spearheads from the battle of Grunwald:

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/600-year-old-prussian-spearheads-battle-grunwald-u nearthed-1641517

Latest exhumation is of a 270 years bp headless Jacobite clan chief:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/10/05/body-headless-jacobite-clan-chief -exhumed-solve-270-year-old/

Studying leprosy in the Middle Ages:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-10/sfi-mam100317.php https://phys.org/news/2017-10-morbidity-mortality-leprosy-middle-ages.html

Comparing the social differences between folks buried in dolmens and those buried in caves:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-10/uotb-brs100317.php

The Ely Bronze Age torc has gone on display:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-41513451 http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-41365740

A mysterious 17th century mural of Cleopatra:

http://www.ipswichstar.co.uk/news/mystery-surrounds-17th-century-mural-foun d-in-grade-ii-listed-building-in-ipswich-1-5223078

What they’re finding at the Manea colony dig:

http://www.elystandard.co.uk/news/secrets-of-manea-colony-revealed-in-video -1-5218389

Feature on Catalonia:

http://www.dw.com/en/catalonias-independence-movement-a-brief-history/ g-40819449

Latest theory on King Arthur:

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/miles-russell-bournemouth-university-king- arthur-was-created-as-a-celtic-superhero-fxj680g8t http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/king-arthur-never-existed-created-11304 183

Concerns for the Mary Rose:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2017/10/01/wreck-mary-rose-has-started-c ollapse-onto-warn-conservators/

Plans to restore a Venice palazzo:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/10/04/british-architect-chosen-lead-rest oration-venice-palazzo-has/

Plans for Sutton Hoo:

http://www.eadt.co.uk/news/major-work-to-transform-sutton-hoo-into-world-herit age-attraction-to-go-ahead-thanks-to-lottery-cash-1-5219553

The Svevo Castle in Bari has (re)opened to the public:

http://www.ansa.it/english/news/lifestyle/arts/2017/10/03/restored-svevo-castl e-in-bari-reopens_b19166b5-fb63-4425-ae06-e836350c4605.html



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A 12 000 years bp site from Vavunya (Sri Lanka):

http://www.sundaytimes.lk/article/1032321/prehistoric-settlement-dating-back- 12-000-years-found-in-vavuniya

Big bucks for a Song Dynasty bowl:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/oct/03/1000-year-old-china-song-dyn asty-bowl-sells-for-record-377m
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-41480690

Studying Harappan remains from Uttar Pradesh:

http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-key-to-why-harappans-moved-east-lies-i n-excavations-2550564

Expectations of finding Maori remains at a residential development site:

https://www.stuff.co.nz/taranaki-daily-news/news/97458458/buried-bodies-and -mori-artefacts-are-likely-to-be-found-during-residential-development

… while Maori garden remains were found at a Waikato Expressway
construction site:

https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/97172399/archaeologists-uncover-ancient-ku mara-garden-during-waikato-expressway-construction

Concerns arising from India’s new antiquities bill:

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/new-draft-antiquities-bill-will-f
acilitate-idol-theft-smuggling-say-activists/articleshow/60989155.cms

Feature on some Bronze Age Chinese bells:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/bronze-age-chinese -bells-tells-story-ancient-innovation-180964459/

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A 19th century flour mill from Virginia:

https://www.archaeology.org/news/5960-171003-alexandria-flower-mill-excava
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Latest on that Hurricane Irma canoe:

http://www.floridatoday.com/story/news/2017/10/05/cocoa-canoe-washed-up-h urricane-irma-may-date-1600-s/736511001/?from=global&sessionKey=&autol
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Damage to a site by Hurricane Maria:

http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/science/sd-me-ucsd-maria-20171 002-story.html

What they’ve found in a Butler Mounds dig:

http://www.pressreleasepoint.com/chickasaw-explorer-holds-two-shards-potter y-were-found-during-archeological-excavations-butler

Feature on Chaco Canyon:

https://www.livescience.com/60570-chaco-canyon-photos.html

An older statue controversy from New Mexico:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/30/us/statue-foot-new-mexico.html


More on Paul Revere’s outhouse:

https://www.livescience.com/60598-paul-revere-outhouse-excavated-in-boston .html
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Evidence of the role of women in Chan Chan:

https://perureports.com/2017/10/03/archaeologists-peru-women/

Studying life in Colombia 2400 years bp:

https://colombiareports.com/archaeologists-probing-life-colombia-2400-years- ago/

15th century accounts of earthquakes in Mexico:

https://elpais.com/internacional/2017/10/06/la_serpiente_emplumada/ 1507242256_189178.html


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Mike Ruggeri's Ancient Americas Breaking News:

http://goo.gl/1VdeA

Ancient MesoAmerica News:

http://ancient-mesoamerica-news-updates.blogspot.com/ ===============================================================
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OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST ===============================================================
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In the wake of Hugh Hefner’s death, a feature on nudity in art and elsewhere:

https://www.salon.com/2017/10/01/hugh-hefner-playboy-and-the-art-history-of- naked-ladies/

Interesting account of how an art ‘fraudster’ met his comeuppance:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/10/02/fraudster-tried-sell-fake-greek-bo wl-foiled-poundland-notebook/ https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=2ce8bacc-c820-4b64-8499-1c d33960c91e

Applying blockchain methods to archaeology (?):

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/oct/02/archaeology-and-blockchain -a-social-science-data-revolution

Not really sure where to put this piece on Novgorod and Russia:

http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20171002-the-town-that-gave-russia-its-name

On the myth of language history:

https://phys.org/news/2017-10-myth-language-history-languages.html

Digging up containers of mustard gas might not be a good idea:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-41491942

Feature on assorted gold artifacts:

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/10/ancient-gold-treasure-archaeolog y-egypt/

… and the search for assorted artifacts/sites:

https://www.livescience.com/60628-spectacular-archaeology-mysteries.html

On the origins of the concept of ‘evil’:

http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/08/us/las-vegas-evil-debate/index.html

On the invention of zero:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/07/opinion/sunday/who-invented-zero.html

One of the Scott Expedition folks wasn’t really a team player:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-10/uons-dte100517.php

Pondering Columbus’ ships:

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/10/columbus-nina-pinta-santa-maria -shipwreck-archaeology/

Restoration reveals some hidden figures in a painting at Yale Divinity
School:

https://news.yale.edu/2017/10/05/restoration-reveals-hidden-figures-div-scho ol-reformation-painting

A Viking reenactment group:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-sh/viking_club_where_men_fight_the ir_demons

I think we mentioned this database of Jewish art:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/worlds-largest-database-jewish -art-preserves-risk-heritage-objects-180965103/

Review of Scott, *Against the Grain*:

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/rise-agricultural-states-came-big-cost-ne w-book-argues

More on the ‘naked Mona Lisa’:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/da-vinci-had-hand-naked-mona- lisa-180965079/



Archaeology Podcast Network:

http://www.archaeologypodcastnetwork.com/archyfantasies/ ===============================================================
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MUSEUM MATTERS
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A jar from the Plain of Jars:

http://www.startribune.com/once-secret-cia-records-reveal-gift-of-ancient-stone -jar/448830723/

Soulful Creatures:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/01/arts/design/soulful-creatures-animal-mu mmies-in-ancient-egyptian-brooklyn-museum.html

Gladiators:

http://www.ajc.com/entertainment/attractions/fernbank-offers-look-into-the-live s-the-gladiators/3Grr34nQbEo5elx2BR8xVI/

Scythians:

http://blog.britishmuseum.org/horses-a-scythians-best-friend/

We had hints of this a while ago … thousands of items are missing from UK museums:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/10/01/thousands-artefacts-missing-brita ins-top-musuems/


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THE TECHY SIDE
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3d reconstruction of the Mars site:

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/10/mars-3D-reconstruction-shipwrec k-baltic-sweden-archaeology/

Virtual Athens:

https://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/ancient-athens-vr/

Recreating a lost chapel at Westminster in 3d:

https://phys.org/news/2017-10-lost-chapel-westminster-palace-revealed.html

Latest facial reconstruction is on 30 000 years bp Sungir folk:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-10/vs-3os100617.php

More on aerial thermal imagery and archaeology:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-09/dc-hat092117.php

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DNA suggests humans knew early on that inbreeding wasn’t a good thing:

https://phys.org/news/2017-10-prehistoric-humans-networks-inbreeding.html https://phys.org/news/2017-10-incest-neanderthal-woman-genome.html https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-10/fos--pha100517.php https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/10/171005141759.htm https://uk.news.yahoo.com/russia-prehistoric-remains-show-humans-1810024 51.html https://www.sciencenews.org/article/ancient-humans-avoided-inbreeding-netw orking


Dienekes' Anthropology Blog:

http://dienekes.blogspot.ca/ ===============================================================
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CRIME BEAT
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An attempt to smuggle some Mughal-era artifacts was foiled:

https://tribune.com.pk/story/1524795/bid-smuggle-mughal-era-antiquities-foile d/

Latest Anonymous Swiss Collector Culture Crime News:

http://www.anonymousswisscollector.com/2017/10/culture-crime-news-26-sept ember-1-october-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 ===============================================================
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StudyingGerman colonial skulls are a repatriation case in the making:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/oct/06/germany-to-investigate-1000- skulls-taken-from-african-colonies-for-racial-research http://www.dw.com/en/german-foundation-launches-probe-into-origin-of-african -skulls/a-40826267


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NUMISMATICA
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11th century hoard is headed to a Czech museum:

http://www.radio.cz/en/section/curraffrs/rare-coin-treasure-troves-headed-for-c zech-museum

Feature on a silver stater:

https://coinweek.com/ancient-coins/apollo-reverse-incuse-silver-stater-kunker- ma-shops/

Feature on a coin of Decimus Albinus:

https://coinweek.com/ancient-coins/ancient-coin-profile-decimus-albinus-brutu s-stabbed-caesar/

Latest e-Sylum:

http://www.coinbooks.org/v20/club_nbs_esylum_v20n40.html

… and the one which should appear later today:

http://www.coinbooks.org/v20/club_nbs_esylum_v20n41.html

In case you missed the study linking Roman coins to Carthaginian mines:

http://www.numismaticnews.net/article/high-tech-coin-research-reveals-metal- source


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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/ 2659-audio-news-from-archaeologica-24-september-2017-30-september-2017 ===============================================================
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OBITUARIES
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James Morwood:

https://classicalstudies.org/scs-news/memoriam-james-morwood

John C. Williams:

http://caneweb.org/new/?p=3683


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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/

Hidden Cultural Heritage (April 2018):

http://www.cicop.net/hch/

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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


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