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explorator 20.39 January 21, 2018 ===============================================================
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EARLY HOMINIDS
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Challenging the dating of the arrival of humans in Europe:
https://phys.org/news/2018-01-refutes-theory-dispersal-humans-europe.html
The Montmaurin-Laniche Neanderthal mandible is rather interesting:
https://phys.org/news/2018-01-montmaurin-la-niche-mandible-reveals-complexity.html
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AFRICA
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Evidence of pre-European arrival glassmaking in West Africa:
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-01/ru-rff011818.php https://phys.org/news/2018-01-evidence-sub-saharan-africa-glassmaking.html http://www.ibtimes.com/africans-made-their-own-glass-didnt-need-europeans-archaeologists-say-2643290
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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT ================================================================
A Rameses II stele from
http://www.archaeology.org/news/6282-180117-egypt-ramses-ii-stele
Zahi Hawass announced plans for digs in the Valley of the Monkey:
https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/40627/New-excavation-works-led-by-Zahi-Hawas-take-place-in
http://www.egyptindependent.com/hawass-mission-kicks-off-uncover-pharaonic-tomb-luxor/
... among which appears to be the search for the tomb of Tut's wife Ankhsenamun, which was getting much hype:
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/288380/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/Searching-for-the-tomb-of-Tutankhamuns-wife-Ankhes.aspx
https://www.livescience.com/61441-search-for-king-tut-wife.html http://www.newsweek.com/egyptian-archaeologists-begin-search-tutankhamuns-wife-valley-kings-784472
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/might-found-resting-place-tutankhamuns-missing-wife-144739324.html
https://www.dailysabah.com/history/2018/01/18/archaeologists-discover-tomb-that-may-belong-to-king-tuts-wife
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/ancient-egypt-archaeologists-now-searching-tomb-king-tutankhamuns-wife-ankhesenamun-1655540
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-could-close-tomb-king-tuts-wife-180967858/
1st/2nd century tombs from Al Alamein:
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/43/288299/Heritage/Islamic/st-century-tomb-discovered-in-northern-Egypts-AlAl.aspx
https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/40362/Egyptian-archaeological-mission-discovers-tomb-in-Alamein
https://www.archaeology.org/news/6286-180118-egypt-al-alamein-tombs
Feature on Hetepheres I:
http://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/40167/Hetepheres-I-King-Sneferu%E2%80%99s-wife-and-King-Khufu%E2%80%99s-mother
Feature on Neithhotep:
https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/40455/Ancient-Egyptian-Queen-Neithhotep-Narmer%E2%80%99s-wife
Feature on Narmer/Menes:
https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/40388/Top-facts-about-man-who-unified-Egypt
It was Archaeologist's Day in Egypt:
http://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/40348/Ministry-of-Antiquities-celebrates-Archeologists%E2%80%99-Day
Feature on Egyptian music:
http://asorblog.org/2018/01/16/earliest-music-ancient-egypt/
Plans for Kom El Shoqafa:
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/41/288258/Heritage/GrecoRoman/Egypt-to-develop-Alexandrias-Kom-ElShoqafa-archaeo.aspx
https://dailynewsegypt.com/2018/01/15/ministry-antiquities-restore-kom-el-shoqafa-archaeological-area/
Plans to open the Giza Plateau earlier to get more tourists in:
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/288194/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/Giza-Plateau-to-open-earlier-to-accommodate-more-t.aspx
We've mentioned this 'climate change and the pharaohs' thing before:
https://yalealumnimagazine.com/articles/4627-climate-change-and-the-pharaohs
Researcher have 'deciphered' one of the last two 'undeciphered' Qumran scrolls:
http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Culture/University-of-Haifa-researchers-decipher-mysterious-Dead-Sea-Scroll-539357
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/.premium-israeli-researchers-decipher-one-of-last-undecoded-dead-sea-scrolls-1.5748695
http://www.jewishpress.com/news/israel/one-of-last-two-qumran-scrolls-reconstructed-deciphered-throwing-light-on-alternative-jewish-
calendar/2018/01/21/
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/Flash.aspx/409040
Questionable claim of some Apulian ware depicting a scene from the Parthenon found at one of sites claimed to be Bethsaida:
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/.premium.MAGAZINE-pottery-with-parthenon-scene-found-in-biblical-village-1.5731050
http://www.newsweek.com/israel-ancient-vase-greek-gods-biblical-kingdom-jesus-miracles-783838
cf:
https://rogueclassicism.com/2018/01/18/parthenon-pediment-image-from-bethsaida-yeah-about-that/
Rethinking the dating of some sites in Israel:
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/.premium.MAGAZINE-archaeologists-drop-bible-pick-up-science-to-solve-jerusalem-puzzles-1.5746304
I think we've mentioned these Umm al Nar era sites in Oman:
http://www.muscatdaily.com/Archive/Oman/Five-archaeological-sites-tracing-back-to-2500-2000-BC-unearthed-in-Saham-oldest-finds-in-northern-Oman-
569j
Feature on the location of Sodom:
https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/biblical-sites-places/biblical-archaeology-sites/where-is-sodom/
Feature on Isfahan as crossroads:
http://www.tehrantimes.com/news/420447/Isfahan-a-crossroads-for-ancient-civilizations-traders-survey
Hasankeyf will soon be flooded:
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/ancient-town-of-hasankeyf-one-step-closer-to-destruction-after-top-courts-decision-125872
What James Roberts is up to:
http://www.armidaleexpress.com.au/story/5173018/meet-the-24-year-old-who-spent-months-studying-bones-in-the-arabian-desert/
PETA has issues at Petra:
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-42692743 ================================================================
ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS) ================================================================
Very interesting Cycladic Bronze Age finds from Dhaskalio:
https://phys.org/news/2018-01-unusually-sophisticated-prehistoric-monuments-technology.html
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/18/complex-engineering-and-metal-work-discovered-beneath-ancient-greek-pyramid
http://www.tornosnews.gr/en/greek-news/culture/29502-cambridge-university-archaeologists-make-new-discoveries-on-greek-island-of-keros.html
http://www.ekathimerini.com/225004/article/ekathimerini/life/cambridge-university-archaeologists-making-exciting-discoveries-on-keros
https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2018/01/archaeologists-uncover-advanced-greek-plumbing-metalwork-keros-spd/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/6283-180118-greece-dhaskalio-island
Evidence of Bronze Age beer brewing from Archontiko:
http://greece.greekreporter.com/2018/01/19/thirsty-greeks-brewed-beer-in-bronze-age/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/6287-180119-greece-beer-brewing
Selinunte was being hailed as having a 'mini Pompeii' beneath it ...
http://www.ansamed.info/ansamed/en/news/sections/generalnews/2018/01/17/mini-pompeii-may-be-hiding-under-modern-day-selinunte_227aaf1e-
a686-4fd9-8ac6-dec09a396e0e.html
... and also as being the site of the oldest evidence of the Hekate cult:
http://www.ansa.it/english/news/lifestyle/arts/2018/01/16/oldest-ever-trace-of-hekate-cult-found-2_fadc3aa0-c134-4ccd-815f-16eb1895f54d.html
Byzantine mosaics found during mine-searching activities in Syria:
http://world.greekreporter.com/2018/01/17/greek-culture-unearthed-in-war-torn-syria/
http://www.tornosnews.gr/en/greek-news/culture/29501-ancient-greek-mosaic-floor-found-unearthed-in-war-torn-syrian-city-of-hama.html
Feature on the Iklaina dig:
http://www.tornosnews.gr/en/greek-news/culture/29430-pylos-excavations-make-greek-archaeologists-revised-beliefs-on-mycenaean-era.html
In case you haven't heard about this 'Britannia' series:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42698138 https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2018/jan/18/britannia-recap-series-one-episode-one
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2018/jan/18/britannia-review-jez-butterworths-epic-fantasy-rules-the-airwaves
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2018/01/18/britannia-episode-one-review-may-new-drama-game-thrones-fans/
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/0/britannia-episode-three-recap-like-life-brian-added-eye-gouging/
http://www.syfy.com/syfywire/watch-the-first-trailer-for-amazons-britannia https://inews.co.uk/culture/television/britannia-review-sky/ https://www.scotsman.com/news/britannia-set-to-become-the-next-game-of-thrones-1-4662245
http://theconversation.com/britannia-druids-and-the-surprisingly-modern-origins-of-myths-89979
Plans to reconstruct the stoa of Philip V on Delos:
http://www.tornosnews.gr/en/greek-news/culture/29551-groundwork-for-reconstruction-of-philip-v-stoa-on-greek-island-of-delos-is-complete.html
What Mary Beard is up to:
http://www.ekathimerini.com/225034/article/ekathimerini/life/cambridge-classicist-confronts-sexist-online-abuse
What Patrick Hunt is up to:
http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/ancient-general-can-teach-modern-leadership/
What Jordan Rogers is up to:
https://www.penn.museum/blog/world/the-mediterranean/whats-the-deal-with-roman-walls-anyway-autopsy-and-analysis-of-romes-topography-jordan-
rogers/
Fighting to keep a garbage dump from opening near Hadrian's Villa:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/01/17/italian-prince-appeared-bond-leads-fight-against-rubbish-dump/
As suspected, the Parthenon/Elgin Marbles dispute is heating up in the wake of that Rodin exhibition:
http://eu.greekreporter.com/2018/01/15/the-parthenon-marbles-are-back-in-the-news/
http://www.tornosnews.gr/en/greek-news/culture/29474-british-museum-rodin-proves-why-parthenon-marbles-should-stay-in-uk.html
A grant ensure that some Roman finds will stay at a North Hertfordshire Museum:
http://www.thecomet.net/news/roman-treasures-set-for-north-herts-museum-thanks-to-grant-funding-1-5356938
http://www.royston-crow.co.uk/news/roman-treasures-set-for-north-herts-museum-thanks-to-grant-funding-1-5356938
Questioning some ancient Roman punishments:
https://theconversation.com/mythbusting-ancient-rome-cruel-and-unusual-punishment-87939
For some reason, a number of outlets were comparing Donald Trump to assorted Roman emperors:
https://www.rawstory.com/2018/01/donald-trump-resembles-a-mad-roman-emperor-but-is-he-more-like-nero-or-caligula/
https://www.alternet.org/trump-american-nero-or-american-caligula https://www.forbes.com/sites/ralphbenko/2018/01/15/donald-trump-caligula-michael-wolff-suetonius-infamia-and-the-fake-news-wars/#5fb9ef023d84
VR tour technology for Greek sites:
http://greece.greekreporter.com/2018/01/15/augmented-reality-device-offers-unique-3d-view-of-acropolis/
More on that large (now-pre Christian) cemetery in Somerset:
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-somerset-42661132 http://metro.co.uk/2018/01/15/significant-archaeological-find-kept-hush-hush-council-developing-site-7230038/
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Neolthic cultures apparently were more 'connected' than previously thought:
http://www.newsweek.com/early-human-pottery-spain-783939
Not sure if we've mentioned this 'ritual cave' site in Ireland:
http://www.thejournal.ie/ancient-human-remains-mayo-3805783-Jan2018/ http://www.newsweek.com/human-bones-irish-cave-ritual-786206 https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/oireachtas/hillwalker-s-mayo-cave-find-is-5-000-year-old-burial-site-1.3361581
https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/republic-of-ireland/ancient-remains-found-in-mountainside-ritual-chamber-36507620.html
https://www.archaeology.org/news/6288-180119-ireland-neolithic-cave
Mesolithic houses in Norway were used for a long time, apparently:
http://sciencenordic.com/houses-reused-over-1000-years-during-stone-age https://www.archaeology.org/news/6281-180117-norway-mesolithic-dwellings
Evidence of a 3000 years bp village at a development site in Derby:
http://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/news/local-news/ancient-buried-village-discovered-derby-1068820
http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/leicester-news/leicester-archaeologists-uncover-iron-age-1076125
Remains of Iron Age roundhouses from St Neots:
http://www.huntspost.co.uk/news/iron-age-discovery-at-housing-site-sheds-new-light-on-history-of-town-1-5361316
A Bronze Age gold hoard from Furness:
http://www.nwemail.co.uk/news/ulverston/Hoard-of-Bronze-Age-gold-found-in-Furness-subject-of-treasure-inquest-db66d9a7-5407-4ed6-bfc0-d8848dce34
dc-ds
A Viking comb with runes is causing some excitement:
http://sciencenordic.com/unique-viking-runes-discovered-denmark https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2018/01/viking-age-ribe-comb-runes-alphabet-spd/
Evidence of a medieval castle from Galway:
https://www.rte.ie/news/connacht/2018/0115/933500-galway-castle/ https://www.irishtimes.com/news/environment/galway-s-missing-13th-century-castle-found-in-medieval-quarter-1.3356465
https://www.archaeology.org/news/6278-180116-ireland-bungalvy-castle
A medieval scribe's knife from Pasym Castle (Poland):
http://scienceinpoland.pap.pl/en/news/news%2C27960%2Cunique-knife-early-medieval-scribe-discovered-pasym.html
Remains of an 18th century abandoned inn near Brora:
https://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/18th-century-inn-abandoned-during-clearances-is-unearthed-1-4666340
https://www.archaeology.org/news/6290-180119-scotland-highland-inn
Headless human remains from the Tower of London aren't those of an 18th century Jacobite apparently:
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/jan/19/headless-body-is-not-scottish-clan-chief-simon-fraser-experts
The big news of the week appears to be that France is going to lend the Bayeux Tapestry to the UK:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42713552 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/01/17/bayeux-tapestry-displayed-britain-leaves-french-shores-first/
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/may-hails-bayeux-tapestry-loan-as-very-significant-hbqqt32qt
http://www.dw.com/en/france-offers-to-loan-bayeux-tapestry-to-the-uk/a-42193244 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/17/emmanuel-macron-bayeux-tapestry-loan-britain
https://www.scotsman.com/news/france-set-to-loan-950-year-old-bayeux-tapestry-to-britain-1-4664218
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/17/arts/bayeux-tapestry-uk.html?mtrref=www.google.com&gwh=E5520F272E79D9E7E6A160B8BE7782C6&gwt=pay
https://theconversation.com/bayeux-tapestry-is-going-home-after-950-years-medieval-history-professor-90260
http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/15857800.Bayeux_Tapestry_loan_would_not_happen_for_five_years__as_historic_art_work_is_discussed_at_UK_France
_summit/
https://hyperallergic.com/421871/historic-loan-bayeux-tapestry/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/frances-fabled-bayeux-tapestry-is-headed-to-britain-in-a-loan-for-the-ages/2018/01/18/a8827044-fb9f-
11e7-9b5d-bbf0da31214d_story.html?utm_term=.dfab79bf19a7
... and various places are vying to host it:
http://www.eadt.co.uk/news/will-quince-puts-forward-colchester-to-host-bayeux-tapestry-1-5359515
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/v-a-should-have-bayeux-tapestry-says-sir-roy-strong-dhqkgmc99
https://inews.co.uk/news/uk/embroidery-wars-museums-battle-right-host-historic-loan-bayeux-tapestry/
http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/15857831.Hampshire_offers_to_host_Bayeux_Tapestry/
https://coventryobserver.co.uk/news/calls-for-bayeux-tapestry-to-go-on-display-at-coventry-cathedral-4599/
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/19/bayeux-tapestry-loan-france-battle-of-hastings-site
... and there are concerns on how to get it to Britain safely:
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/bayeux-tapestry-now-for-a-new-battle-bringing-fragile-masterpiece-to-britain-safely-2k629tpvh
http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/15855384.Why_bringing_the_Bayeux_Tapestry_to_Britain_may_not_be_that_simple/
https://hyperallergic.com/422329/french-experts-doubt-practicality-of-bayeux-tapestry-loan/
... and suggestions that the UK lend the Rosetta Stone to France:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/01/17/bayeux-tapestry-displayed-britain-leaves-french-shores-first/
... or Napoleon's horse:
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/napoleon-s-horse-marengo-could-be-loaned-in-exchange-for-bayeux-tapestry-n6f2bgh8s
... in case you need a refresher on the Tapestry:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42722679
Rats are off the hook for spreading the Black Plague, apparently:
https://phys.org/news/2018-01-skeleton-teeth-historical-photography-retelling.html
http://www.pnas.org/cgi/doi/10.1073/pnas.1715640115 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-42690577 https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2018/01/16/the-classic-explanation-for-the-black-death-plague-is-wrong-scientists-
say/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/are-rats-innocent-spreading-black-plague-180967855/
Rewiring Buckingham Palace is turning up some interesting items:
http://www.cnn.com/2018/01/19/europe/buckingham-palace-electrical-finds-history-trnd/index.html
Studying deforestation in Europe:
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-01/uop-elf011518.php
Prague's astronomical clock is undergoing restoration work:
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/18/world/europe/prague-astronomical-clock-orloj.html
Climate change concerns for sites in Scotland:
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/jan/15/scotlands-historic-sites-at-high-risk-from-climate-change-report-says
Checking the evidence which led to the execution of William Bury:
https://phys.org/news/2018-01-chance-dundee.html
Feature on the St Gallen Abbey:
https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/business/religious-odyssey_gallus-and-the-irish-monks--grandfathers-of-european-culture-/43813106
More on that Deer Monastery:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/possible-remains-lost-monastery-discovered-scotland-180967838/
More on Scandinavian origins:
http://sciencenordic.com/first-scandinavians-came-north-and-south https://www.thelocal.se/20180115/who-were-the-first-scandinavians-ancient-dna-sheds-light-on-their-mysterious-origins
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ASIA AND THE SOUTH PACIFIC ================================================================
An 11 000 years bp infant burial from Guizhou:
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-01/19/c_136909114.htm https://www.archaeology.org/news/6289-180119-china-child-burial
A 2500 years bp bronze smelter from Hubei:
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-01/16/c_136900510.htm
Han Dynasty cliff cave burials from Chengdu:
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-01/18/c_136905766.htm https://www.archaeology.org/news/6285-180118-china-cliff-tombs
18 burials from various periods in Shanxi:
http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/a/201801/16/WS5a5d6468a3102c394518f7de.html
Studying what the Xiongnu were doing at Sanlian City:
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-01/16/c_136900293.htm
... this seems to be related:
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-01/17/c_136902472.htm
A wooden post dating back to New Zealand's Land Wars:
https://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/capital-life/capital-day/100528365/wooden-post-dating-back-to-the-new-zealand-land-wars-found-in-central-
wellington
https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/treasure-trove-colonial-history-unearthed-wellington-road-works
China's big discoveries in 2017:
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-01/16/c_136900212.htm http://www.ecns.cn/2018/01-17/288817.shtml http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/a/201801/17/WS5a5eeb9ea310e4ebf433e4fc.html
On the Tasmanian genocide:
https://phys.org/news/2018-01-evidence-tasmanian-genocide.html
More on that possible Scythian kurgan in Siberia:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/ancient-frozen-tomb-scythian-prince-siberia-archaeology-gino-caspari-a8163446.html
https://www.livescience.com/61432-frozen-scythian-tomb-siberia.html https://www.archaeology.org/news/6275-180112-russia-scythian-kurgan
More on irrigation along the Silk Road:
https://www.livescience.com/61408-silk-road-helped-irrigate-desert.html
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Recent finds from Harpers Ferry:
https://www.heraldmailmedia.com/news/tri_state/west_virginia/artifacts-display-unearths-years-of-harpers-ferry-history/article_36401785-9ae9-5aa
1-b622-e6dcad2c040a.html
A dried flower with possible Lincoln connections:
https://www.ilnews.org/news/statewide/local-historian-finds-rare-artifact-linked-to-abraham-lincoln/article_66828634-fbdb-
11e7-aca6-c36eebc44d08.html
https://www.archaeology.org/news/6284-180118-lincoln-funeral-rose
On the 'know nothing' movement:
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/15/opinion/trump-american-values.html
What Victor Mastone is up to:
https://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2018/01/17/this-state-archaeologist-specializies-buried-treasure/A9QweimHEzt31uxNJRvKoO/story.html
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CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA ================================================================
Plenty of coverage of the discovery of a passage connecting two underwater caves in the Yucatan with Maya associations:
https://phys.org/news/2018-01-archaeologists-mexico-world-longest-cave.html https://www.livescience.com/61464-longest-underwater-cave.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/central-america/mexico/articles/divers-identify-world-largest-underground-cave-network-in-mexico-
yucatan-peninsula/
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/17/worlds-longest-underwater-cave-system-discovered-mexico-divers-gran-acuifero-maya
http://www.dw.com/en/worlds-largest-underwater-cave-discovered-in-mexico/a-42195990
https://verne.elpais.com/verne/2018/01/17/mexico/1516209786_074600.html https://elpais.com/internacional/2018/01/16/la_serpiente_emplumada/1516119767_618043.html
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mexico-discovery/worlds-biggest-flooded-cave-found-in-mexico-explorers-say-idUSKBN1F60CY?feedType=RSS&feedNam
e=lifestyleMolt
https://www.yahoo.com/news/worlds-biggest-flooded-cave-found-mexico-explorers-041422917.html
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/worlds-biggest-ever-underwater-cave-filled-ancient-mayan-artefacts-has-just-been-discovered-1655488
https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2018/01/largest-underwater-cave-system-in-the-world-discovered-in-mexico-spd/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/largest-underwater-cave-system-discovered-mexico-180967880/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/6280-180117-mexico-maya-cenotes
A 16th century epidemic in Mexico may have been caused by Salmonella:
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-01/mpif-pco011118.php https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/01/180115120545.htm https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/16/mexico-500-years-later-scientists-discover-what-killed-the-aztecs
http://nationalpost.com/news/mystery-of-horrifying-disease-that-wiped-out-aztecs-unraveled-by-science\
https://www.yahoo.com/news/salmonella-epidemic-may-wiped-15-105216789.html https://elpais.com/elpais/2018/01/15/ciencia/1515997924_751783.html http://www.news.com.au/technology/science/archaeology/500-years-later-scientists-think-theyve-solved-germ-mystery-that-nearly-wiped-out-mexican-
population/news-story/f35d6baab1f756cf2ae4a8b898bcfa80
https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/01/15/577681552/salmonella-may-have-caused-massive-aztec-epidemic-study-finds
http://nhpr.org/post/salmonella-may-have-caused-massive-aztec-epidemic-study-finds
https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/salmonella-could-have-caused-16th-century-epidemic/
https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2018/01/cocoliztli-salmonella-outbreak-mexico-dna-spd/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/6277-180116-mexico-cocoliztli-epidemic
Feature on Thomas Stuart Ferguson:
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/01/how-mormon-lawyer-transformed-archaeology-mexico-and-ended-losing-his-faith
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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/ ================================================================
OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST ================================================================
A couple of previously-unknown van Goghs have been 'discovered':
http://www.dw.com/en/2-previously-unknown-van-gogh-drawings-discovered/a-42166178
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/16/arts/design/van-gogh-new-drawing.html
Questioning some Modigliani authenticity claims:
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/12/arts/design/modigliani-paintings-authenticity-questioned-genoa.html
Feature on Feejee Mermaids:
https://hyperallergic.com/421405/how-a-fake-monster-creeped-into-our-museums/
On the 1818 version of Frankenstein:
https://www.npr.org/2018/01/16/577721104/see-a-famous-monster-come-alive-in-frankenstein-the-1818-text
On the allure of 'ruins':
http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20180112-the-timeless-allure-of-ruins
Feature on Sinclair Lewis:
https://yalealumnimagazine.com/articles/4593-sinclair-lewis-student-scribe
On the olfactory talents of hunter-gatherers:
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/hunter-gatherer-lifestyle-could-help-explain-superior-ability-id-smells?
On the human-turkey relationship through history:
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-01/uoy-njf011718.php https://phys.org/news/2018-01-ancient-human-turkey-relationship.html
On assorted historical misconceptions:
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/jan/17/mythconceptions-10-things-from-history-everyone-gets-wrong
On translating Crime and Punishment:
https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/public/crime-and-punishment-translation/
Feature on the Rubaiyat:
http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20180111-the-rubaiyat-historys-most-luxurious-book-of-poetry
Archaeology Podcast Network:
http://www.archaeologypodcastnetwork.com/archyfantasies/ ================================================================
MUSEUM MATTERS
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Cameroon Royal Crests:
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/17/arts/design/royal-crests-cameroon-metropolitan-museum.html
Hadrian:
http://greece.greekreporter.com/2018/01/15/fethiye-mosque-museum-in-athens-reopens-for-hadrian-exhibition/
Colonial Pottery:
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/17/arts/design/colonial-pottery-new-york-ceramics-and-glass-fair.html
https://www.livescience.com/61481-colonial-toilet-pottery.html
Roman defences:
https://english.sta.si/2472419/roman-defence-system-presented-at-national-museum
Feature on the Archaeological Museum of Thebes:
http://www.ekathimerini.com/224961/opinion/ekathimerini/comment/the-gate-of-thebes
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THE TECHY SIDE
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Avgi is the latest facial reconstruction:
http://greece.greekreporter.com/2018/01/19/experts-reveal-face-of-7000-year-old-woman-in-athens/
https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2018/01/archaeology-agvi-greek-stoneage-facial-reconstruction/
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ON THE DNA FRONT ================================================================
DNA reveals two 'mummy brothers' had different fathers:
https://phys.org/news/2018-01-ancient-dna-results-year-old-egyptian.html
Dienekes' Anthropology Blog:
http://dienekes.blogspot.ca/ ================================================================
TOURISTY THINGS ================================================================
Jordan:
http://www.miamiherald.com/living/travel/article194701294.html https://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/destinations/middle-east/100604382/Exploring-the-archaeological-wonders-of-Jordan
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CRIME BEAT
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Latest busts from Egypt:
http://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/40396/Police-seize-ancient-Egyptian-Greek-artifacts-in-Upper-Egypt
Hobby Lobby surrendered some more items:
http://www.newsweek.com/hobby-lobby-surrenders-245-more-smuggled-iraq-artifacts-federal-government-784388
https://hyperallergic.com/422331/hobby-lobby-forfeits-245-iraqi-artifacts/
Theft of a door from Egypt's cemetery of the pyramid builders:
http://www.egyptindependent.com/historical-door-at-giza-pyramids-stolen/
More on the New York Antiquities Trafficking Unit's recent busts:
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/new-york-da-s-antiquities-trafficking-unit-starts-the-new-year-with-double-seizures
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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Latest e-Sylum:
http://www.coinbooks.org/v21/club_nbs_esylum_v21n02.html
... and the one which should appear later today:
http://www.coinbooks.org/v21/club_nbs_esylum_v21n03.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/2681-audio-news-from-archaeologica-7-january-2017-13-january-2018
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OBITUARIES
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John Barton:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42740631
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CONFERENCES
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Hidden Cultural Heritage (April 2018):
http://www.cicop.net/hch/
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GENERAL ARCHAEOLOGY NEWS BLOGS ================================================================
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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