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explorator 21.15 August 5, 2018 ===============================================================
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EARLY HOMINIDS
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Million years bp stone tools from Bhopal:

http://www.asianage.com/india/all-india/020818/one-million-year-old-tools-discovered-in-bhopal.html

Home sapiens success is being tied to the species' ecological
adaptability:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-07/mpif-hsd072618.php https://phys.org/news/2018-07-homo-sapiens-ecological-niche-hominins.html https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/07/180730120247.htm https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/new-human-evolution-theory-we-won-because-we-conquered-new-vistas-1.6334393
https://www.natureworldnews.com/articles/39316/20180731/the-secret-to-survival-how-homo-sapiens-outlasted-other-homonins.htm
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2018/07/30/homo-sapiens-won-human-race-adapting-extreme-climates-study/

A genome study suggests current 'pygmy' populations on Flores Island are
not ancestors to homo floresiensis:

https://phys.org/news/2018-08-modern-flores-island-pygmies-genetic.html https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-08/uoc--neo072818.php https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/08/180802141558.htm https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/02/science/pygmies-flores-evolution.html https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-45049024 https://www.livescience.com/63248-hobbits-pygmies-evolution.html https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/08/the-modern-pygmies-of-flores-are-not-related-to-homo-floresiensis/
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/deadthings/?p=2771 https://www.sciencenews.org/article/dna-analysis-indonesia-pygmies-did-not-descend-hobbits?tgt=nr
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/new-genetic-study-suggests-modern-flores-island-pygmies-and-ancient-hobbits-are-unrelated-180969858/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/6839-180803-indonesia-flores-genes

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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT ================================================================
A pair of Middle Kingdom 'statesmen' tombs from Minya:

https://www.egyptindependent.com/two-ancient-egyptian-tombs-uncovered-in-minya/ https://egyptianstreets.com/2018/08/01/tombs-of-middle-kingdom-state-officials-found-in-minya/
https://www.albawaba.com/editorchoice/two-tombs-discovered-pertaining-middle-egyptian-kingdom-1167898
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-07/31/c_137360003.htm

The search for the tomb of Tut's wife continues:

https://www.livescience.com/63206-tomb-king-tut-wife-mystery.html

This seems like a flashback to the 1970s ... the Great Pyramid apparently focuses electromagnetic energy:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-07/iu-srt073018.php https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/great-pyramid-giza-egypt-electromagnetic-energy-radio-chambers-itmo-university-a8471386.html
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-6008131/Great-Pyramid-Giza-focus-electromagnetic-energy-hidden-chambers.html

Feature on evidence of human sacrifice in Egypt:

http://www.asor.org/anetoday/2018/08/Ancient-Egypt-Sacrifice

More on that Ptolemaic sarcophagus:

https://www.egyptindependent.com/antiquities-ministry-brings-researcher-to-check-on-alexandria-sarcophagus-remains/

Evidence of the development of agriculture at Tel Tsaf some 7500 years bp:

https://www.timesofisrael.com/dig-in-mediterranean-diet-first-appeared-in-the-jordan-valley-7500-years-ago/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/6830-180731-jordan-valley-tel-tsaf

What is being dubbed a large 'spa and game complex' attached to a pottery workshop from Gedera:

https://phys.org/news/2018-07-ancient-pottery-factory-unveiled-israel.html https://www.timesofisrael.com/spa-and-game-room-with-mancala-found-at-ancient-pottery-workshop-in-israel/
https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Culture/Early-Christianity-era-wine-jug-workshop-unearthed-in-central-Israel-563866
https://www.dailysabah.com/history/2018/07/31/ancient-pottery-factory-dating-back-1800-years-unearthed-in-israel
https://www.archaeology.org/news/6833-170801-israel-pottery-workshop

More on the 1700 years bp mosaic found during construction of the Lod
Mosaic Center:

http://mfa.gov.il/MFA/IsraelExperience/History/Pages/Additional-1700-year-old-mosaic-discovered-in-Lod-29-July-2018.aspx
https://www.timesofisrael.com/second-stunning-lod-mosaic-unearthed-during-building-of-museum-to-house-original/
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/MAGAZINE-while-building-a-mosaics-museum-in-israel-another-mosaic-is-found-1.6318751
https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Excavators-uncover-1700-year-old-mosaic-in-Lod-563700
http://www.jewishpress.com/news/israel/1700-year-old-mosaic-discovered-on-site-of-future-mosaic-museum-in-lod/2018/07/29/
https://mosaicmagazine.com/picks/2018/07/ancient-roman-era-mosaics-discovered-in-israel/
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-07/30/c_137356068.htm https://elpais.com/cultura/2018/07/30/actualidad/1532957586_719630.html https://www.archaeology.org/news/6827-180730-israel-lod-mosaic

Latest study of Palmyra:

http://sciencenordic.com/ancient-palmyra-story-urban-resilience https://phys.org/news/2018-08-ancient-palmyraa-story-urban-resilience.html

Nice feature on Eckart Frahm's identification of those Hobby Lobby (not mentioned!) cuneiform tablets:

https://news.yale.edu/2018/06/26/yale-assyriologist-discovers-evidence-lost-city-iraq

Another feature on Gobekli Tepe:

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/is-this-the-world-s-first-architecture

An archaeological award named for Khaled al Asaad:

https://thearabweekly.com/international-award-honours-legacy-slain-arab-archaeologist

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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS) ================================================================
Remains (apparently) of a Roman library in Cologne:

https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-45029960 https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/jul/31/spectacular-ancient-public-library-discovered-in-germany
http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=2462143&CategoryId=13936 https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/germany-oldest-library-01082018/
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/cologne-archaeologists-unearth-oldest-library-in-germany
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/cologne-archaeologists-unearth-foundations-germanys-oldest-library-180969795/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/6828-180730-germany-roman-llibrary

Also from Germany comes word of a find (last year) of a 3rd century
sarcophagus find with assorted cosmetic items accompanying the body:

https://phys.org/news/2018-07-dead-gorgeous-ancient-sarcophagus-held.html https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2018-07-30/dead-gorgeous-ancient-sarcophagus-held-mirror-cosmetics
https://www.forbes.com/sites/kristinakillgrove/2018/07/31/death-becomes-her-archaeologists-announce-roman-skeleton-discovered-with-beauty-tools/
https://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/world/2018/08/01/ancient-beauty-products-discovered-coffin/37241895/

Evidence of a Roman (with Iron Age connections too) settlement at
Alderney:

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-guernsey-45034312

An 1800 years bp gold signet ring of some sort from a Somerset field:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-somerset-45028623 https://www.albawaba.com/en/editorchoice/amateur-treasure-hunter-unearths-1800-year-old-gold-roman-signet-ring-1168138
https://www.rt.com/uk/434964-roman-ring-find-somerset/

Roman 'horseshoes' from Vindolanda:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-45034623

Latest from the 'House of Jupiter' in Regio V of Pompeii:

http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=2462285&CategoryId=13936 http://www.ansa.it/english/news/lifestyle/arts/2018/08/03/new-domus-re-emerges-at-pompeii_5ac100f2-a5ad-404a-95e6-c0c922ec421d.html

... and some very impressive footage of a drone flight over Pompeii:

https://www.rt.com/news/435121-pompeii-drone-footage-excavation/

Hellenistic/Roman burials from Euromos:

https://www.dailysabah.com/history/2018/08/03/7-tombs-dating-back-to-hellenistic-roman-periods-unearthed-in-sw-turkey
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/culture-and-art/turkey-7-tombs-of-hellenistic-roman-period-unearthed/1221768

Really a crime story, but there are no arrests ... find of a Greek
inscription in a 'bag of rocks':

http://www.ekathimerini.com/231307/article/ekathimerini/news/ancient-inscription-found-on-marble-slab-stashed-in-bag-of-rocks
http://greece.greekreporter.com/2018/08/01/marble-slab-with-ancient-inscription-discovered-in-evia-greece/

A half dozen Hellenistic/Roman statues from Magnesia:

http://eu.greekreporter.com/2018/08/04/excavations-in-turkey-reveal-six-ancient-greek-statues/
http://www.tornosnews.gr/en/greek-news/culture/32147-six-ancient-greek-statues-found-in-magnesia-on-the-meander-in-western-turkey.html

A 4th century CE (maybe) muralled tomb from downtown Sofia:

https://www.novinite.com/articles/191454/Archaeologists+Discovered+a+Late+Antique+Tomb+with+Murals+in+Sofia
http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2018/08/03/unknown-late-antiquity-tomb-with-murals-found-by-accident-in-downtown-of-bulgarias-capital-sofia/

Remains of a 4th century Christian monastery on top of a Thracian Horseman shrine near Plovdiv:

http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2018/08/01/archaeologists-find-4th-century-early-christian-monastery-on-top-of-thracian-horseman-shrine-near-bulgarias-dragoynovo/

In case you missed the coverage of this Saka (i.e. Scythian) site in Kazakhstan:

https://metro.co.uk/2018/07/30/incredible-haul-gold-2800-years-ago-unearthed-kazakhstan-7777369/
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/6898796/incredible-stash-of-priceless-2800-year-old-royal-jewellery-found-by-archaeologists-in-kazakhstan/
https://astanatimes.com/2018/08/archaeologists-find-saka-burial-mound-later-graves-near-astana/
https://www.zmescience.com/science/ancient-priceless-treasure-kazakhstan-03082018/
http://kazakh-tv.kz/en/view/culture/page_196615_archaeological-findings https://www.archaeology.org/news/6832-180801-kazakhstan-burial-mound

What ancient Greek music sounded like:

https://phys.org/news/2018-07-ancient-greek-music.html http://theconversation.com/ancient-greek-music-now-we-finally-know-what-it-sounded-like-99895
http://www.theweek.co.uk/95542/video-researchers-reveal-how-ancient-greek-music-sounded

Study connecting drought and the rise and fall of emperors:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/08/02/beware-heatwave-droughts-roman-empire-led-emperors-assassinated/
https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2018/08/01/the-rise-and-the-rainfall-of-the-roman-empire

Feature on that Milvian Bridge church/villa site:

https://hyperallergic.com/453107/archaeologists-may-have-discovered-a-church-built-on-the-site-of-constantine-the-greats-conversion-to-christianity/

What Darrel Janzen is up to:

https://www.abbynews.com/community/brown-university-scholarship-recipient-earns-phd/

Some Elgin/Parthenon Marbles background:

http://greece.greekreporter.com/2018/08/01/1801-when-lord-elgin-removed-the-first-sculptures-from-parthenon-to-take-to-england/

... and a feature on their 'ownership':

https://hyperallergic.com/454162/patricia-vigderman-the-real-life-of-the-parthenon-mad-creek-books-2018/

Working to open an ancient Roman bath in Turkey to tourists:

https://www.aa.com.tr/en/culture-and-art/turkeys-ancient-roman-bath-to-open-for-tourists-soon/1219908
https://www.dailysabah.com/travel/2018/08/03/ancient-roman-bath-in-turkey-worlds-oldest-thermal-treatment-center-to-open-for-tourists
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/photo-turkeys-ancient-roman-bath-to-open-for-tourists-soon-135318
https://www.albawaba.com/editorchoice/ancient-roman-bath-turkey-under-renovation-tourists-1168056

The Plutonium in Hierapolis-Pamakkale will soon be open to tourists as
well:

https://www.aa.com.tr/en/culture-and-art/roman-era-gate-of-hell-restoration-in-turkey-nears-end/1217265
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/ancient-gate-of-hell-in-turkey-to-open-to-visitors-in-september-135188

Behind the paywall is a bit of Classical reception at bachelorette parties
that is out of Greek comedy:

https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-bachelorette-partys-over-venues-snub-bridezillas-and-their-entourages-1532704297

Feature on Tyrian purple:

http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20180801-tyrian-purple-the-regal-colour-taken-from-mollusc-mucus

More on the tomb beneath the Maltepe mound near Plovdiv:

https://sofiaglobe.com/2018/07/25/bulgarian-archaeologists-map-out-large-3rd-century-roman-tomb-near-plovdiv/

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5000 years bp human remains from Stonehenge suggest they originally came
from west Wales:

https://phys.org/news/2018-08-people-built-stonehenge.html https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-08/uoo-nls073018.php https://www.livescience.com/63240-cremation-burials-stonehenge.html https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-45046354 https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/aug/02/revealed-stonehenge-buried-welsh
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2018/08/02/stonehenge-builders-welsh-oxford-university-finds/?WT.mc_id=tmg_share_em
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/cremated-remains-reveal-hints-who-buried-stonehenge
https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/02/health/stonehenge-human-remains/index.html http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/?p=26159 https://elpais.com/elpais/2018/08/02/ciencia/1533224090_580550.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2018/08/02/people-buried-at-stonehenge-5000-years-ago-came-from-far-away-study-finds/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/6837-180802-england-stonehenge-burials

A 3500 years bp site in Kent:

http://www.kentonline.co.uk/faversham/news/dig-reveals-mid-neolithic-monument-187219/

Anglo Saxon (and other?) burials from a development site in Hartlepool:

https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-news/scores-skeletons-found-site-new-14985777

A medieval coffin lid from Norton Priory:

http://www.runcornandwidnesworld.co.uk/news/16387949.the-mystery-surrounding-coffin-lid-discovered-at-norton-priory-in-runcorn/

Medieval burials from Down Cathedral:

https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/medieval-skeletons-unearthed-in-down-cathedral-car-park-37183399.html
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-45059893 https://www.belfastlive.co.uk/news/belfast-news/downpatrick-dig-unearths-12-medieval-14983927
An 'octangular' building from Calke Abbey:

https://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/burton/calke-abbey-building-found-1831584

The French culture ministry is looking for the wrecks of the Cordeliere
and
the Regent:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-44806083

Wooden water pipes dating to the 18th century from Edinburgh:

https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/historic-network-of-wooden-pipes-discovered-in-edinburgh-dig-1-4775724
https://www.archaeology.org/news/6831-180731-scotland-edinburgh-water-pipes

Archaeologists have located the Bimah of the Vilnius' Great Synagogue :

https://www.thejc.com/news/world/lithuania-archaeologists-unearth-great-synagogue-of-vilnius-s-old-mikve-1.467961
https://www.archaeology.org/news/6841-180803-vilna-synagogue-bimah

I think we mentioned the latest finds from the Rooswijk:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-kent-44925445 https://www.archaeology.org/news/6834-180801-kent-dutch-shipwreck

More on that Saxon warrior burial from the Salisbury Plain:

https://www.livescience.com/63222-veterans-find-ancient-warrior-burial.html

More on things exposed during the heat wave in the UK:

https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/08/climate-change-brings-the-uks-hidden-past-to-the-surface/

... a new find is the possible home of St Oliver Plunkett:

https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/heatwave-uncovers-likely-home-of-st-oliver-plunkett-859922.html
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/lost-home-of-st-oliver-plunkett-may-have-been-uncovered-by-heatwave-1.3586862

... and this 'prehistoric enclosure' from Duninga:

https://www.kilkennypeople.ie/news/home/326747/wow-kilkenny-men-discover-prehistoric-enclosure-in-paulstown-field-using-drone.html

... and pondering what happens next to all these discoveries:

http://www.thejournal.ie/archeologica-discoveries-4162562-Aug2018/

... and a feature on what a heatwave in 1858 London was like:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-45009749
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Hyping a major dig in Tibet:

http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1113538.shtml

I think we've mentioned some of these Mahabharata-era remains already:

https://www.indiatoday.in/mail-today/story/asi-finds-roysl-remains-from-mahabharat-era-relics-could-belong-to-2000-1800-bc-1299851-2018-07-30
https://www.latestly.com/technology/science/mahabharata-era-relics-found-in-up-by-archaeological-survey-of-india-294952.html

Remains of a 'lost civilization' dating to 600 BCE in Mizoram:

https://www.telegraphindia.com/states/north-east/remains-of-a-day-found-at-vangchhia-249324

Ongoing concerns for thefts from temples in India:

https://www.theweek.in/news/india/2018/07/30/theft-of-ancient-relics-from-temples-continue-unabated.html

More on that cache of Tipu Sultan rockets:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jul/27/indian-warrior-king-tipu-sultan-rocket-cache-unearthed-in-abandoned-well
https://www.archaeology.org/news/6825-180730-mysorean-iron-rocket

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NORTH AMERICA
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9000 years bp artifacts from Cedar Rapids:

https://www.thegazette.com/bear-creek-archaeology-archaeology-team-9000-year-old-artifacts-newbo-neighborhood-cedar-rapids-20180803

Latest from the Dawson site in Montreal:

https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/archaeologists-unearth-ancient-iroquois-artifacts-near-downtown-core-1.4032481

Plenty of Huron-Wendat artifacts from a dig at a church in
L'Ancienne-Lorette:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/archeology-dig-artifacts-quebec-city-huron-wendat-history-1.4764246
https://www.archaeology.org/news/6829-180731-quebec-history

A wildfire in Waterton Lakes National Park has revealed a pile of
Blackfoot
camps:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/kenow-fire-blackfoot-archeology-sites-1.4765349
https://www.archaeology.org/news/6826-180730-canada-blackfoot-camps

Evidence of a 4000 years bp trade route stretching from the Great Lakes to
the Carolinas:

https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/07/ancient-north-american-trade-networks-reached-farther-than-we-thought/

Digging a possible Underground Railroad site in Chicago:

https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/07/31/secret-room-underground-railroad/

A structure in Cambridge might be a slave cabin of some sort:

https://www.stardem.com/spotlight/cambridge-structure-may-be-slave-cabin/article_d4b60ca0-ba24-5d12-8a54-bd29ebf4d6a3.html

They're digging at the 'Bloody Assize of 1814' site down the road from
here:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/archaeology-dig-ancaster-1.4768518 https://www.archaeology.org/news/6835-180801-canada-ancaster-excavation

Digging a 19th century Fayetteville Arsenal site:

https://www.myplainview.com/news/article/Dig-continues-at-site-of-19th-century-13116266.php

French and Indian War finds from the SUNY Adirondack Field School:

http://www.saratogian.com/20180730/archaeological-field-school-reveals-french-and-indian-war-findings

What Fred Hiebert is up to:

https://www.al.com/news/mobile/index.ssf/2018/08/nat_geo_archaeologist_who_expl.html

Feature on Madison Square Park:

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/08/03/nyregion/madison-square-park-history-nyc.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

More on possible remains of a colonial governor at Jamestown:

http://wina.com/news/064460-archaeologists-may-have-found-the-remains-of-a-colonial-govenor/

... and they've called in one of the people who worked on Richard III:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2018/07/30/richard-iii-expert-called-identify-headless-jamestown-skeleton/?WT.mc_id=tmg_share_em
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Brief item on a funeral bundle from a cave in Tamaulipas:

https://phys.org/news/2018-07-mexican-experts-seeds-mummified-child.html

A Wari site from Huancayo:

https://perureports.com/2018/08/03/pre-incan-archaeological-remains-found-in-huancayo/

Searching the Gulf of Mexico for ships sunk by Cortes:

http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=2462097&CategoryId=14091

Studying Chilean petroglyphs of llamas:

https://phys.org/news/2018-07-chile-art-llamas-divulge-secrets.html http://www.asianage.com/life/art/020818/chiles-rock-art-llamas-divulge-secrets-of-ancient-desert-culture.html

Studying the severity of the drought during the 'Maya collapse':

https://phys.org/news/2018-08-scientists-severity-drought-maya-collapse.html http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/2018/08/02/maya-drought-collapse-disappear/
https://gizmodo.com/scientists-just-measured-the-drought-that-may-have-brou-1828053642
https://elpais.com/elpais/2018/08/02/ciencia/1533209672_129588.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2018/08/02/an-ancient-lake-holds-secrets-to-the-mayan-civilizations-mysterious-collapse-study-finds/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/6840-180803-maya-lake-chichancanab

Feature on the Aztec 'Death Whistle':

https://sorendreier.com/the-mysterious-aztec-death-whistle/

Plans to limit tourism on Easter Island:

https://www.dw.com/en/chile-moves-to-protect-easter-island-by-limiting-tourism/a-44920031
https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/easter-island-visit-chile-statues-tourists-tourism-social-environmental-impact-a8469791.html

More on those child sacrifice remains from the Templo Mayor:

https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2018/07/remains-of-sacrificed-child-discovered.html#R3h2qVzxRYxlS7PV.97

More on Chilean mummies in poisonous clothing:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/these-chilean-mummies-were-buried-mercury-laced-red-clothing-180969792/
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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 study suggests that coastal mass burial sites (e.g. on Orkney and
Vanuatu) my be connected to tsunamis:

https://phys.org/news/2018-08-prehistoric-mass-graves-linked-tsunamis.html https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-45035429 https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-think-they-ve-found-the-sad-reason-behind-these-mysterious-mass-graves
https://newsroom.unsw.edu.au/news/science-tech/prehistoric-mass-graves-may-be-linked-tsunamis-new-research-reveals
https://www.archaeology.org/news/6838-180802-scotland-orkney-tsunami

Assorted Emily Bronte-related items:

http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20180725-heathcliff-and-literatures-greatest-love-story-are-toxic
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-45004689

Interview with David Kertzer on his study of Pius IX:

https://news.brown.edu/articles/2018/07/kertzer

On the world's oldest ice cream (maybe):

http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20180801-the-birthplace-of-ice-cream

Pondering Cixi:

https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/history/cixi-china-history-empress-dowager-feminist-a8449711.html

Feature on Artemisia Gentileschi:

https://elpais.com/cultura/2018/07/24/actualidad/1532423109_336825.html

Feature on the Battle of Vienna:

https://aeon.co/essays/the-battle-of-vienna-was-not-a-fight-between-cross-and-crescent

Latest on Amelia Earhart:

https://www.livescience.com/63212-amelia-earhart-radio-distress-calls.html

Feature on the history of Zildjian cymbals:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/03/arts/music/zildjian-cymbals-400-years.html

On Paracelsus and syphilis:

https://elpais.com/elpais/2018/07/31/ciencia/1533027246_653272.html

Identifying the painter of a Kansas museum portrait:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/researchers-unravel-six-decade-mystery-kansas-museum-portrait-180969862/

In case you need a refresher on some historical conspiracy theories which
are reeemerging:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/retropolis/wp/2018/08/04/how-j-p-morgan-didnt-sink-the-titanic-and-other-qanon-conspiracy-theories-debunked/
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MUSEUM MATTERS
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Athenian Pets:

http://www.tornosnews.gr/en/greek-news/culture/32180-rare-roman-era-grave-of-pet-dog-at-national-archaeological-museum.html
http://greece.greekreporter.com/2018/08/02/monument-of-pet-dog-is-the-new-exhibit-in-athens-national-archaeological-museum/

Maya Red Queen:

http://www.theyucatantimes.com/2018/07/the-maya-red-queen-comes-to-life-in-mexico-city-museum/
https://elpais.com/internacional/2018/07/27/la_serpiente_emplumada/1532720509_032983.html

Early photos:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-45024098

Electric Park:

https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Electric-Park-protected-women-put-boozy-men-on-13107403.php

Stabiae:

http://www.ansamed.info/ansamed/en/news/sections/culture/2018/07/31/exhibition-on-ancient-stabia-at-pompeii-antiquarium_5925a9c8-afa8-4574-9ba3-868cbdd755cf.html

Chippendale:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/27/arts/design/chippendale-300-furniture.html https://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2018/chippendale-director http://chippendale300.co.uk/

Latest bit of hype for the Grand Egyptian Museum:

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/44/308987/Heritage/Museums/Red-granite-head-of-King-Senusret-I-arrives-at-the.aspx


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AT THE AUCTIONS ================================================================
Ben-Gurion letters:

https://m.jpost.com/Israel-News/Culture/Selling-history-on-line-A-rare-documents-penned-by-Ben-Gurion-sold-online-563928
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THE TECHY SIDE
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The Paphos Theatre is the latest to get a VR app:

https://cyprus-mail.com/2018/07/29/vr-app-recreates-majesty-of-ancient-paphos-theatre/

I think we mentioned this spy-satellite survey of the Melleria site:

https://phys.org/news/2018-07-spies-mellaria.html

Feature on drones in archaeology:

http://www.jordantimes.com/news/local/drones-give-new-push-aerial-archaeology ================================================================
CLIMATE MATTERS ================================================================ Climate-related concerns for sites in the (Russian) Arctic:

http://tass.com/society/1015530

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ON THE DNA FRONT ================================================================

Dienekes' Anthropology Blog:

http://dienekes.blogspot.ca/ ================================================================
TOURISTY THINGS ================================================================
Castles in Jordan:

https://www.albawaba.com/slideshow/historical-remains-ancient-castles-jordan-1166222

Fort Ticonderoga:

http://www.wamc.org/post/fort-ticonderoga-looks-become-universal-destination

Sheki:

https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/sheki-azerbaijan/index.html

Chiang Mai:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/02/travel/what-to-do-in-chiang-mai-thailand.html

Boulevards:

http://www.latimes.com/travel/la-tr-paris-and-other-boulevards-20180729-story.html

Coast of Turkey:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/turkeys-turquoise-coast/ancient-turkish-sites/

Sinai Trail:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-44846905

Matera:

https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/matera-italy/index.html

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PERFORMANCES
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Demon:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/31/arts/music/demon-bard-summerscape-review.html

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CRIME BEAT
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Theft of the Swedish Royal jewels (!):

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-45028732 https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/01/world/europe/sweden-theft-crowns.html https://www.npr.org/2018/08/01/634544467/the-swedish-job-daring-thieves-steal-royal-jewels-escape-on-motorboat
https://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/world/2018/08/01/witness-describes-swedish-speedboat-jewel-heist/37243001/
https://www.dw.com/en/swedish-crown-jewels-stolen-from-strangnas-cathedral-in-speedboat-heist/a-44903485

An 18th century violin turns up in a pawn shop:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/30/arts/stolen-violin-massachusetts-pawnshop.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 ================================================================
Ecuador is displaying items recovered from Germany (six years ago):

https://elpais.com/elpais/2018/07/26/album/1532605026_943340.html

Not quite repatriated Cranach:

https://www.dw.com/en/nazi-looted-cranach-artworks-to-remain-in-california-museum/a-44895118

Yupik artifacts returning to Alaska:

https://www.myplainview.com/news/article/Yupik-artifacts-en-route-to-Alaska-for-museum-13128611.php
https://www.theintelligencer.com/news/article/Yupik-artifacts-en-route-to-Alaska-for-museum-13128611.php

A Swiss warehouse was ordered to return a statue to Egypt:

https://www.thelocal.ch/20180803/swiss-federal-criminal-court-orders-geneva-warehouse-firm-to-return-statue-to-egypt

A US collector has returned some items to Thailand:

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/looted-artifacts-returned-thailand-1328516 ================================================================
NUMISMATICA
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Pondering the origins of money:

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/money-ancient-origins-debate-mystery

Connecting stone currency and bitcoin:

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/yap-stone-money-bitcoin-blockchain-cryptocurrency


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