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explorator 20.29 November 12, 2017 ===============================================================
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this week (as always hoping I have left no one out).
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EARLY HOMINIDS
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Apparently some evidence of early tool use might have actually been
made by crocodiles (!):
https://phys.org/news/2017-11-ancient-crocs-stone-tools.html https://www.sciencenews.org/article/crocs-take-bite-out-claims-ancient-s tone-tool-use
Suggestion that height and weight evolved at different speeds as
hominins developed:
https://phys.org/news/2017-11-height-weight-evolved-bodies-ancestors.htm
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https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-11/uoc-haw102617.php https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/11/171108092241.htm https://news.sky.com/story/ancient-humans-roaming-african-savannahs-were -tall-and-skinny-study-finds-11117898
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AFRICA
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Feature on protecting pyramids in the Sudan:
http://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-africa-41932570/protecting-sudan-s-forg otten-pyramids
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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT ================================================================
The void in the Great Pyramid is still getting press coverage:
https://www.yahoo.com/news/secret-chamber-cosmic-rays-reveal-111500731.h
tml
https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/11/02/561468384/scientists- say-theyve-found-hidden-space-in-great-pyramid-of-giza
https://dailynewsegypt.com/2017/11/08/newly-discovered-void-great-pyrami d-draws-eyes-egypt/
… and the coverage is still being criticized:
http://www.newsweek.com/giza-pyramid-void-new-discovery-criticized-egypt -officials-702438
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/egypt-archaeologist-criticizes-pyramid- void-discovery-122003
http://artdaily.com/news/100054/Zahi-Hawass-criticises-pyramid-void--dis covery-
https://www.alaraby.co.uk/english/blog/2017/11/5/egyptian-archaeologist- slams-new-pyramid-findings
… and the Ministry has announced a new investigation to come:
http://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/31102/Ministry-announces-new-pyramid -investigation
Analysis of some 2000 years bp Egyptian papyri suggest the possibility
of copper in the ink:
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-11/uoc--ifa111017.php https://phys.org/news/2017-11-ink-ancient-egyptian-papyri-copper.html https://www.upi.com/Science_News/2017/11/10/Ancient-Egyptian-scribes-mix ed-copper-in-their-ink/9011510336195/
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/11/171110113931.htm
A followup piece on what they found in that goldsmith’s tomb near Luxor
last month:
https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/15/32021/Striking-Gold
A cuneiform tablet with an ‘infertility plan’:
https://www.dailysabah.com/history/2017/11/09/first-infertility-diagnosi s-made-4000-years-ago-discovered-in-cuneiform-tablet-in-turkey
https://www.archaeology.org/news/6084-171109-turkey-surrogate-plan
A fifth century BCE Persian temple (and more) from northern Turkey:
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/excavations-could-change-religious-hist ory-of-anatolia-122065
https://www.dailysabah.com/history/2017/11/06/ancient-persian-temple-dis covered-in-northern-turkey-could-rewrite-religious-history
A Sassanian loom from northern Iraq:
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-11/guf-ein110617.php https://phys.org/news/2017-11-excavation-northern-iraq-sasanian-loom.htm
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https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/11/171106100257.htm http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/11/2017/charred-remains -of-sasanian-loom-discovered-in-northern-iraq-excavations
Overviewish thing on recent finds in Saudi Arabia:
http://www.arabnews.com/node/1191691/saudi-arabia http://menafn.com/1096071072/Archaeological-discoveries-in-Saudi-Arabia
Feature on medicine in Ebla:
http://asorblog.org/2017/11/07/affair-herbal-medicine-special-kitchen-ro yal-palace-ebla/
Reaction to that solar-eclipse-in-Joshua thing last week:
https://mosaicmagazine.com/observation/2017/11/no-the-book-of-joshua-doe s-not-tell-of-a-rare-solar-eclipse/
… in case you missed it:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/how-scientists-identified- oldest-known-solar-eclipse-bible-180967135/
More on that remains-of-a-pregnant-woman in what is purported to be
King Solomon’s Mines:
https://www.yahoo.com/news/rare-king-solomon-apos-mines-115300560.html
What Matthew Bogdanos is up to:
http://www.palmbeachdailynews.com/news/local/loot-from-iraq-museum-finan ced-terrorism-recovery-mission-leader-says/ix2EYiJh8U79Az9MWrSE9N/
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A couple of important finds in this section this week … the first is
what cleaning up a ‘seal stone’ from the Griffin Warrior tomb revealed:
https://phys.org/news/2017-11-team-rare-minoan-sealstone-treasure-laden.
html
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-11/uoc-au110617.php https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/11/171107092910.htm https://www.livescience.com/60886-battle-gemstone-found-ancient-warrior- tomb.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/06/science/greece-griffin-warrior-archae ology-homer.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2017/11/08/history-art-rewritten-arch aeologists-unearth-3500-year-old-carving/
https://www.npr.org/2017/11/11/563475798/why-a-thumb-sized-stone-is-impo rtant-to-ancient-greek-art-history
http://www.newsweek.com/ancient-greece-treasure-filled-tomb-bronze-age-w arrior-may-rewrite-history-703965
http://greece.greekreporter.com/2017/11/07/archaeologists-discover-maste rpiece-sealstone-in-greek-tomb/
http://www.news.com.au/technology/science/archaeology/pylos-combat-agate -is-a-3500yearold-masterpiece-of-ancient-art-technology/news-story/ 74b886dc0b87dedcf0f4581e0d421137
http://www.ibtimes.com/pylos-combat-agate-ancient-greek-seal-fine-specim en-miniature-prehistoric-art-2611420
https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/11/greek-sealstone-gemstone-com bat-griffin-warrior-tomb-spd/
http://www.nationalgeographic.com.au/history/ancient-greek-masterpiece-r evealed-on-thumb-size-gem.aspx
https://www.archaeology.org/news/6075-171106-greece-seal-stone http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/masterpiece-greek-art-found-gri ffin-warrior-tomb-180967141/
http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/11/2017/discovery-of-ma sterpiece-sealstone-within-pylos-griffin-warrior-tomb
Another major story is the excavation of a Hellenistic gymnasium in
Egypt at what was once Philoteris:
https://phys.org/news/2017-11-archeologists-ancient-gymnasium-egypt-cair
o.html
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/281045/Heritage/Ancient-Egy pt/First-Hellenistic-gymnasium-in-Egypt-discovered-at.aspx
https://dailynewsegypt.com/2017/11/07/remains-egypts-first-gymnasium-dis covered-fayoum/
https://www.dailysabah.com/history/2017/11/06/german-egyptian-archaeolog ists-discover-ancient-gymnasium
https://www.livescience.com/60872-first-greek-gymnasium-found-in-egypt.h
tml
http://www.newsweek.com/ancient-egypt-newly-discovered-2300-year-old-gym nasium-made-tiny-village-look-704380
http://neoskosmos.com/news/en/Ancient-ties-First-Hellenistic-gymnasium-d iscovered-in-Egypt
http://world.greekreporter.com/2017/11/07/ruins-of-hellenic-gymnasium-un earthed-in-egypt-oasis/
http://www.ibtimes.com/ancient-greek-gymnasium-2300-years-ago-discovered -egypt-2611940
https://www.archaeology.org/news/6074-110617-egypt-greek-gymnasium
Also high on the list is the find of a 2000 years bp sundial from a
theatre site in Interamna Lirenas:
http://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/archaeologists-uncover-rare-2000-year -old-sundial-during-roman-theatre-excavation
https://phys.org/news/2017-11-archaeologists-uncover-rare-year-old-sundi al.html
https://www.livescience.com/60901-ancient-sundial-found-in-amphitheater.
html
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-41915055 https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/1.821742 https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/cambridge-archaeologists-find-2-000-y ear-old-roman-sundial-b2b8rm6zt
http://www.ibtimes.com/archaeologists-find-rare-ancient-roman-sundial-st ill-inscribed-owners-name-2612135
http://www.newsweek.com/archaeology-ancient-rome-sundial-roman-excavatio n-election-latin-705656
https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/11/ancient-rome-election-victor y-sundial-archaeology/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/6080-171108-rome-limestone-sundial
The reconstructed temple of Mithras in London opened to the public:
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/nov/08/reconstructed-roman-temp le-mithras-opens-public-bloomberg-hq
https://www.ft.com/content/33fa41ea-c493-11e7-a1d2-6786f39ef675 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/11/08/reconstructed-roman-temple-op ens-beneath-city-london/
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/nov/08/reconstructed-roman-temp le-mithras-opens-public-bloomberg-hq
http://mentalfloss.com/article/514841/visit-temple-roman-mystery-cult-ne w-london-museum
https://www.archaeology.org/news/6090-171110-london-mithras-temple
… related, but behind a paywall for me:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/11/11/roman-artefacts-returned-temp le-60-years-builders-handed-visitors/
Remains of a Roman road from Aachen:
https://phys.org/news/2017-11-roman-road-german-city-aachen.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/roman-road-discovered-during -digging-in-german-city-aachen/2017/11/07/2450f718-c3e2-11e7-9922-4151f5 ca6168_story.html
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/roman-road-discovered-digg ing-german-city-aachen-50989346
https://www.archaeology.org/news/6076-171107-germany-roman-road
I think we mentioned these finds from Tenea:
http://www.tornosnews.gr/en/greek-news/culture/27963-ancient-artifacts-u nearthed-from-2-000-year-old-tombs-in-corinth-greece.html
A ‘lion helmet’ dating to the Punic Wars:
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/.premium-1.821064
A Roman coin hoard from Mezdra (Bulgaria):
http://www.novinite.com/articles/185093/Roman+Coin+Hoard+Found+by+Chance +under+Tree+%E2%80%98Confirms%E2%80%99+Existence+of+Roman+Town+in+Bulgar ia%E2%80%99s+Mezdra
http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2017/11/10/roman-coin-hoard-found-chanc e-tree-confirms-existence-roman-town-bulgarias-mezdra/
I’m not sure we’ve mentioned this mosaic from near the Sea of Galilee:
https://www.timesofisrael.com/who-run-the-world-sometimes-women-1600-yea r-old-church-mosaic-shows/
Not sure we’ve mentioned these votives from Anavlochos (Crete):
http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/11/2017/votive-figurine s-discovered-at-anavlochos-massif-excavation-on-crete
Passing mention of the find of a Roman site in Wales:
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-north-west-wales-41927454?intlink_from_ url=&link_location=live-reporting-story
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On Emily Wilson’s translation of the Odyssey:
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/nov/05/the-guardian-view- on-translation-an-interpretative-and-creative-act
http://www.tornosnews.gr/en/greek-news/culture/28008-first-english-trans lation-of-homer-s-odyssey-by-a-woman.html
… and a piece by Dr. Wilson herself:
http://time.com/5008920/odyssey-translation-gender-history/
Suggestion that the Trojan Horse was really a boat:
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/the-trojan-horse-a-horse-or-a-boat-1220
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What Thomas Carpenter is up to:
http://www.thepostathens.com/article/2017/11/fall-commencement-thomas-ca rpenter
What Steven Ellis:
https://oberlinreview.org/14928/arts/on-the-record-with-steven-ellis/
Feature on Mike Duncan’s podcast:
https://www.thedailybeast.com/mike-duncan-made-ancient-rome-into-a-podca st-obsession
Plans to search for Scythian remains in Azerbaijan:
http://kazakh-tv.kz/en/view/news_kazakhstan/page_188566_
Looking for funding for the Amphipolis tomb:
http://www.ekathimerini.com/223073/article/ekathimerini/news/amphipolis- tomb-closer-to-espa-funds
Backgrounder on Knossos:
https://www.livescience.com/27955-knossos-palace-of-the-minoans.html
Feature on Caesarea:
http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20171106-israels-ancient-underwater-trea
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Latest oped on the Elgin/Parthenon Marbles and Brexit:
http://www.brownpoliticalreview.org/author/jflynn/
The antimony-in-Pompeii’s-pipes suggestion is making the rounds again:
https://www.livescience.com/60878-did-toxic-water-doom-pompeii.html http://www.newsweek.com/ancient-rome-pompeii-victims-may-have-been-poiso ned-being-buried-hot-ash-705705
https://www.archaeology.org/news/6082-171108-rome-water-antimony
Marking the 40th anniversary of the Vergina tombs find:
http://greece.greekreporter.com/2017/11/08/tombs-of-vergina-40-years-sin ce-andronikos-unearthed-the-macedonian-gems/
On ancient contraception:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/drsarahbond/2017/11/07/the-debate-over-cont raception-has-an-ancient-history/
On Diogenes’ finger:
http://greece.greekreporter.com/2017/11/04/diogenes-the-ancient-greek-ph ilosopher-who-was-the-first-to-give-the-finger/
Feature on Phryne:
http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20171108-the-it-girl-of-ancient-greece
Interesting feature on the hydraulis:
http://www.classicfm.com/discover-music/water-organ/
… and one on the aulos:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-41941088
Protecting mosaics in Perge:
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/iron-gates-to-protect-mosaics-in-perge-
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Review of Prevas, *Hannibal’s Oath*:
http://www.philly.com/philly/entertainment/20171112__Hannibal_s_Oath___H is_amazing_feats__his_mysterious_career.html
… and Patrick Hunt was talking about Hannibal’s route:
http://manitoumessenger.com/article/archeologist-patrick-hunt-traces-han nibals-path/
On Socrates and Trump:
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/10/opinion/socrates-trump.html
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EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland) ================================================================
7000 years bp remains from Sofia:
http://www.novinite.com/articles/185042/Archaeologists+Discover+First+Ev er+Prehistoric+Remains+in+Downtown+of+Bulgaria%E2%80%99s+Capital+Sofia,+ No+Thracian+Traces
A ca 8th century burial from Hereford cathedral:
http://www.ledburyreporter.co.uk/news/15651904.Skeleton_found_at_cathedr al_dates_back_to_the_origins_of_Hereford/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/6087-171110-hereford-england-skeleton
A medieval Jewish cemetery from Bologna:
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/1.821664 http://www.newsweek.com/hundreds-long-lost-anonymous-medieval-jewish-gra ves-discovered-italy-706829
https://www.archaeology.org/news/6086-171109-italy-bologna-cemetery
Medieval mass graves from the Czech Republic:
http://www.radio.cz/en/section/news/archaeologists-say-czech-mass-graves -could-be-unique-in-europe
http://praguemonitor.com/2017/11/10/archaeologists-uncover-30-medieval-m ass-graves-kutn%C3%A1-hora
https://www.archaeology.org/news/6088-171110-czech-medieval-graves
A 1000 years bp child’s religious bracelet from Bulgaria:
http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2017/11/09/1000-year-old-childs-bracele t-virgin-mary-stamp-found-momchils-fortress-southern-bulgaria/
Bones of a 15th century (give or take) teenager from a Scottish cave:
http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/teenager-s-bones-found-at-eigg-massacr e-cave-tests-confirm-1-4608279
https://www.archaeology.org/news/6085-171109-scotland-eigg-cave
Some time capsules from the former St Alban’s museum site:
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-41913300
In Our Time was looking at the Picts this week:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09cvx7b
Story of the find of a 4000 years bp jawbone quite a while ago:
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/stirling-pensioner-discover ed-4000-year-11500245
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ASIA AND THE SOUTH PACIFIC ================================================================
Possible evidence of Nanshan-era farming from China:
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-11/05/c_136729373.htm https://www.archaeology.org/news/6073-possible-evidence-of-cave-dwelling -farmers-found-in-china
A Neolithic burial on the China-Russia border:
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-11/08/c_136736788.htm
2000 years bp luxury baths from Xi’an:
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-11/06/c_136732167.htm http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/culture/2017-11/10/content_34348020.htm https://www.dailysabah.com/history/2017/11/10/2000-year-old-luxury-baths -uncovered-in-chinas-northwestern-xian-city
https://www.archaeology.org/news/6079-171107-china-luxury-baths
Also from Xi’an … a 5500 years bp burial ground:
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-11/10/c_136742950.htm http://www.ecns.cn/2017/11-11/280547.shtml
Remains of some 12th century glass from Heiankyo:
http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201711070006.html https://www.archaeology.org/news/6081-171108-japan-suiteki-spout
Concerns for Goa’s oldest stone inscription:
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/goas-oldest-stone-inscripti on-under-threat/articleshow/61584926.cms
More on that 2400 years bp horse/chariot burial from Henan:
http://www.newsweek.com/ancient-china-100-horse-skeletons-discovered-240 0-year-old-burial-pit-next-705286
http://www.novinite.com/articles/185034/Archaeologists+Found+Chariots+of +Chinese+Funeral+Procession+that+are+2400+Years+Old
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Remains of a 2400 years bp settlement site in Mississauga:
https://www.mississauga.com/news-story/7912684-archaeological-dig-in-mis sissauga-turns-up-2-400-year-old-remains/
Luxury 17th century items from near the Paul Revere house:
http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2017/11/09/north-end-archaeological-dig -finds-artifacts/gZsnNRyUMAjUIjo74ksFIL/story.html
https://boston.curbed.com/2017/11/10/16632846/north-end-archaeological-d ig-paul-revere-house
https://www.archaeology.org/news/6089-171110-boson-colonial-luxury-items
Digging the homestead of Chatham’s first European homesteaders:
http://capeandislands.org/post/archaeological-dig-uncovers-homestead-cha thams-earliest-white-settlers#stream/0
Tallying up the 18th century burials at a Philadelphia construction
site:
http://www.durabilityanddesign.com/news/?fuseaction=view&id=17632
Concerns for Chaco Canyon:
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/nov/08/chaco-canyon-nationa l-park-new-mexico-drilling
Princeton ponders its racial history:
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/06/arts/princeton-digs-deep-into-its-fra ught-racial-history.html
Identification of a burial mound in Ohio:
http://www.lancastereaglegazette.com/story/news/local/2017/11/06/ locals-identify-native-american-mound-fairfield-union-local-schools-prop erty/830615001/
Arguing over a 16th century shipwreck off Florida:
https://www.livescience.com/60859-shipwreck-excavation-awaits-court-ruli ng.html
More on the ‘Kelp Highway’ theory:
http://www.newsweek.com/anthropology-clovis-theory-kelp-forest-hypothesi s-settlers-america-ice-free-703444
http://newscenter.sdsu.edu/sdsu_newscenter/news_story.aspx?sid=77009 http://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php?topic=290429.0
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CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA ================================================================
Storms reveal the wreck of the Kestrel at a Brazilian resort:
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/storm-exposes-the-kestrel-from-sands- of-time-hlqsxjj7l
https://www.9news.com.au/world/2017/11/09/10/03/mystery-of-missing-briti sh-ship-uncovered-on-brazil-beach
More on the pre Columbian cave art from Mona Island:
https://www.livescience.com/60851-on-an-uninhabited-caribbean-island-a-t rove-of-pre-columbian-cave-art.html
https://www.livescience.com/60850-photos-mona-island-cave-art.html
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OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST ================================================================
Interesting recently-found map of Australia is going on display:
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-41885447
Nice collaboration between Google and English Heritage:
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-41893143
An APOD of the Prague astronomical clock:
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap171107.html
Feature on the Russian Revolution:
http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-41885442
On Germany’s role in the Russian Revolution:
http://www.dw.com/en/how-germany-got-the-russian-revolution-off-the-grou nd/a-41195312
Celebrating Marie Curie’s 150th:
http://www.dw.com/en/the-two-time-nobel-prize-winner-marie-curie-was-bor n-150-years-ago/g-41262435
They checked out Chopin’s (pickled) heart:
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/06/arts/chopin-heart-tuberculosis.html
On a statue of George Orwell:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-41886208
On a grasshopper in a Van Gogh:
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/08/arts/design/grasshopper-vincent-van-g ogh-painting.html
http://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/visual-arts/
article183088866.html
https://elpais.com/cultura/2017/11/08/actualidad/1510154425_196558.html
A ‘lost’ painting of Nelson is going on display:
http://www.sunderlandecho.com/news/national/lost-painting-of-nelson-reve als-facial-scars-and-missing-eyebrow-1-8852364
Commenting on the Valmadonna Trust Library auction:
https://www.timesofisrael.com/valmadonna-trust-library-auction-in-ny-bri ngs-record-sales-but-who-benefits/
On the importance of ‘western civilization’:
https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2017/11/why-everyone-shoul d-learn-about-western-civilization/545249/
… and the benefits of the Humanities:
http://wesleyanargus.com/2017/11/09/ode-to-the-classics-the-benefits-of- the-humanities/
Plans to digitize the Gunzburg Collection:
http://www.jns.org/news-briefs/2017/11/7/israel-and-russia-team-to-digit ize-famed-gnzburg-collection-of-jewish-works
Venice wants to divert some of those huge cruise ships:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/nov/08/venice-cruise-ship-traffic -restricted-amid-concerns-over-damage-to-buildings
Archaeology Podcast Network:
http://www.archaeologypodcastnetwork.com/archyfantasies/ ================================================================
MUSEUM MATTERS
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Living With Gods:
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/nov/06/living-with-gods-re view-art-religion-british-museum
Escape from Pompeii:
https://thewest.com.au/entertainment/escape-from-pompeii-exhibit-lands-i n-wa-ng-b88652871z
Greek Science:
http://world.greekreporter.com/2017/11/10/exhibition-of-ancient-greek-in novations-in-china/
Michelangelo:
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/09/arts/design/michelangelo-review-metro politan-museum-of-art-carmen-bambach.html
How a museum in Mexico prepared for an exhibition:
https://elpais.com/cultura/2017/11/07/actualidad/1510079526_550129.html
… and I think this is the exhibition (sorry .. my Spanish isn’t working well this morning):
https://elpais.com/cultura/2017/11/08/actualidad/1510166894_389973.html
On the Sir John Soane Museum’s recreation of the tomb of Seti I:
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/nov/05/sir-john-soane-muse um-recreates-sepulchral-chamber-of-pharaoh-seti-i
Various coverage of the opening of the Louvre Abu Dhabi:
http://theartnewspaper.com/news/louvre-abu-dhabi-opening-report http://ca.blouinartinfo.com/news/story/2649903/louvre-abu-dhabi-first-in ternational-project-by-worlds
https://www.economist.com/news/middle-east-and-africa/21731105-abu-dhabi -tries-distinguish-itself-cultural-destination-first
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/saturday-review/the-louvre-abu-dhabi- is-beautiful-but-so-far-theres-notenough-inside-qmrr7qz3s
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ON THE DNA FRONT ================================================================
On the DNA of the filles du roi:
https://www.salon.com/2017/11/04/how-a-french-kings-legacy-revealed-a-lo ophole-in-evolution_partner/
Latest ‘interbreeding’ focus is on Neolithic Europeans and migrating Anatolians:
https://phys.org/news/2017-11-dna-neolithic-europeans-interbred-anatolia
n.html
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-11/mpif-nfc110917.php https://www.sciencenews.org/article/ancient-european-farmers-and-forager s-hooked-big-time?tgt=nr
Dienekes' Anthropology Blog:
http://dienekes.blogspot.ca/ ================================================================
CLIMATE MATTERS ================================================================
What archaeology reveals about climate change:
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/nov/09/the-climate-has-changed- before-but-this-is-different-look-at-the-archeological-record
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TOURISTY THINGS ================================================================
Russian Revolution sites:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-sh/Red_October
Must see Greek monuments:
http://greece.greekreporter.com/2017/11/04/unesco-every-person-must-visi t-these-18-greek-monuments/
Underground Rome:
http://www.wantedinrome.com/news/guide-to-romes-underground-sites.html
Sites in Turkey:
https://www.dailysabah.com/travel/2017/11/11/guide-to-turkeys-iconic-anc ient-ruins
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CRIME BEAT
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A 95 years bp real life ‘tomb raider’ was being ‘celebrated’:
https://www.inverse.com/article/38187-real-life-tomb-raider-joan-howard- thief-not-hero
A major bust in the Fayum:
https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/31709/464-historical-artifacts-seiz ed-by-police-in-Fayoum
… and one in Bulgaria:
http://www.novinite.com/articles/185094/Roman+Woman%E2%80%99s+Bronze+Sta tuette,+300+More+Artifacts+Seized+from+Treasure+Hunters+Showcased+in+Exh ibition+in+Bulgaria%E2%80%99s+Pazardzhik
http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2017/11/02/roman-womans-bronze-statuett e-300-artifacts-seized-treasure-hunters-showcased-exhibition-bulgarias-p azardzhik/
Theft from a church in France:
http://www.estrepublicain.fr/edition-belfort-hericourt-montbeliard/2017/ 11/10/des-voleurs-s-en-prennent-a-l-eglise
A bust of a fake-amulet-on-Facebook ring in Thailand:
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-11/06/c_136732530.htm
Not sure about this ‘Israel’ taking items from Hebron story:
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20171109-israel-steals-artefacts-from- roman-palace-in-hebron/
More on illicit items being sold online:
http://www.newsweek.com/amazon-ebay-archaeology-black-market-looting-art ifacts-704385
http://mentalfloss.com/article/513936/dont-buy-ancient-artifacts-you-see -online%E2%80%94most-are-looted-or-fake
… and calls for Amazon et al to be more proactive:
http://www.scmp.com/tech/e-commerce/article/2118774/archaeologists-and-e xperts-say-amazon-and-ebay-need-be-proactive
Latest Anonymous Swiss Collector Culture Crime News:
http://www.anonymousswisscollector.com/2017/11/culture-crime-news-30-oct ober-5-november-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 ================================================================
Sharjah returned a number of items to Egypt:
http://english.ahram.org.eg/News/280986.aspx http://www.arabnews.com/node/1188741/offbeat https://aawsat.com/english/home/article/1076241/sharjah-returns-over-300 -smuggled-antiques-egypt
Turkey wants some items from Pergamon back:
https://www.dailysabah.com/turkey/2017/11/06/turkish-lawmakers-to-go-abr oad-to-probe-smuggled-artifacts
A Pissarro was returned to its Jewish owners:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-41906302 http://www.dw.com/en/french-court-orders-return-of-wwii-looted-pissarro- painting-to-owners-family/a-41286226
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NUMISMATICA
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More on those ancient coins from a desk drawer in Kent:
http://metro.co.uk/2017/11/06/2500-year-old-coins-discovered-in-a-desk-i n-kent-7057990/
Latest e-Sylum:
http://www.coinbooks.org/v20/club_nbs_esylum_v20n45.html
… and the one which should appear later today:
http://www.coinbooks.org/v20/club_nbs_esylum_v20n46.html
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Ancient Coin Collecting:
http://ancientcoincollecting.blogspot.com/
Ancient Coins:
http://classicalcoins.blogspot.com/
Coin Week:
http://www.coinweek.com/ ================================================================
AUDIO/VIDEO NEWS ================================================================
Audio News from Archaeologica:
http://www.archaeologychannel.org/audio-main-menu-cat/audio-news-list/ 2667-audio-news-from-archaeologica-29-october-2017-5-november-2017 ================================================================
OBITUARIES
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Iona Opie:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/iona-opie-scholarly-expl orer-of-the-lore-and-customs-of-childhood-dies-at-94/2017/11/04/ 29373164-c173-11e7-959c-fe2b598d8c00_story.html
Edward Allington:
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/nov/06/
edward-allington-obituary
Hugh Kearney:
http://www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/15644717.Obituary___Hugh_Kearney__ professor_of_history_and_author/
Karl Katz:
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/10/obituaries/karl-katz-museum-director- in-new-york-and-israel-dies-at-88.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-wom en-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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