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EARLY HOMINIDS
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Evidence of toolmaking 2.4 million years bp from Algeria:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-11/aaft-csa112618.php https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/11/181129142407.htm https://phys.org/news/2018-11-stone-tools-date-early-humans.html https://www.sciencenews.org/article/ancient-homo-stone-tools-north-afric a-arabia-early https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/11/30/24-million-year-old-tools-fo und-algeria-could-upend-human-origin/ https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/30/world/human-tools-north-africa-humanity-s cli-intl/index.html?no-st=1543605520 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-07570-z https://elpais.com/elpais/2018/11/29/ciencia/1543492747_755404.html https://www.dw.com/en/algeria-the-new-cradle-of-civilization/a-46515910 https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/11/we-found-rocks-in-a- hopeless-place/576967/ http://theconversation.com/human-ancestors-may-have-spread-to-north-afri ca-earlier-than-thought-stone-tool-discovery-suggests-107834 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/deadthings/?p=3051 https://www.iflscience.com/editors-blog/24millionyearold-stone-tools-fou nd-in-algeria-could-rewrite-human-origin-story/ https://www.archaeology.org/news/7172-181129-north-africa-hominins

An Acheulean presence in the Arabian peninsula ca 190 000 years bp:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-11/mpif-stl112618.php https://phys.org/news/2018-11-stone-tools-linked-ancient-human.html https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/11/181129100030.htm http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/deadthings/?p=3053 https://www.livescience.com/64203-ancient-hominins-saudi-arabia.html http://www.archaeology.org/news/7175-181130-saudi-arabia-acheulean

Again with the human/Neanderthal interbreeding fascination:

https://phys.org/news/2018-11-multiple-instances-inter-breeding-neandert hal-early.html https://www.livescience.com/64189-neanderthals-and-humans-interbreeding.
html

Evidence of a human presence on the Tibetan plateau some 30-40 000
years bp:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-11/caos-nas112918.php https://phys.org/news/2018-11-archaeological-site-human-habitation-timel ine.html
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/11/181129142426.htm https://www.sciencenews.org/article/stone-age-people-conquered-tibetan-p lateau-thin-air http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/2018/11/29/tibetan-plateau-hum an-occupation-migation/ https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2018/11/earliest-evidence-sto ne-age-humans-tibetan-plateau-tools-found/ https://cosmosmagazine.com/archaeology/high-plains-drifters-tibetan-plat eau-colonised-for-30-000-years https://www.archaeology.org/news/7173-181129-high-altitude-tools

Paleolithic cave art from across Europe suggests 'relatively advanced' knowledge of astronomy:

https://phys.org/news/2018-11-prehistoric-cave-art-reveals-ancient.html https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-11/uoe-pca112718.php https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/11/181127111025.htm https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/scotland/cave-paintings-tell-complica ted-stories-of-the-stars-rpcvdd8cm https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/ancient-cave-paintings-a stronomy-28112018/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/bridaineparnell/2018/11/28/cave-paintings-m ay-actually-be-sophisticated-star-maps/ http://www.archaeology.org/news/7168-181128-cave-art-constellations

On Neanderthal trading relations:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-11/arsc-apf112918.php ================================================================
AFRICA
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Feature on Christianborg Castle (Accra):

https://menafn.com/1097742592/Slavers-in-the-family-what-a-castle-in-Acc ra-reveals-about-Ghanas-history

More on humans being off the hook for African megafauna extinctions in
the past:

https://www.archaeology.org/news/7163-181126-africa-megafauna-extinction https://www.heritagedaily.com/2018/11/human-ancestors-not-to-blame-for-a ncient-mammal-extinctions-in-africa/122189 ================================================================
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Eight late period mummies from the Dashur necropolis:

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/318090/Heritage/Ancient-Egy pt/Eight-Late-Period-mummies-discovered-in-Dahshur-ne.aspx http://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/61104/8-coffins-uncovered-at-archaeo logical-area-of-Dahshour https://egyptianstreets.com/2018/11/28/egyptian-expedition-discovers-new -burial-grounds-in-dahshour/ https://www.newsweek.com/ancient-egypt-eight-mummies-discovered-ornately -decorated-sarcophagi-1237050 https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/ancient-egypt-archa eology-mummies-cairo-king-amenemhat-ii-dashur-a8659741.html https://www.aa.com.tr/en/culture-and-art/archaeologists-in-egypt-discove r-trove-of-mummies/1323249 https://www.albawaba.com/editorchoice/archaeologists-discover-eight-mumm ies-near-giza-1219826 https://www.philstar.com/world/2018/11/28/1872643/egypt-unearths-eight-a ncient-mummies https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Ancient-mummies-found-in-Pyramid-of-Ki ng-Amenemhat-II-573108 https://www.news.com.au/technology/science/archaeology/egyptian-mummies- dating-back-2300-years-unearthed/news-story/d296d7d2de2a8b149e4e93d78ee2
cf3f
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/2018/11/ancient-egypt-mummies -discovery-pyramid/ https://www.archaeology.org/news/7171-181129-dashur-royal-necropolis

A Middle Kingdom tomb from Luxor "with very nice paintings":

https://www.livescience.com/64174-mummies-in-luxor-tombs.html https://www.livescience.com/64164-photos-mummies-luxor.html https://www.timesofisrael.com/egypt-unveils-ancient-luxor-tomb-with-very -nice-paintings/
http://www.china.org.cn/arts/2018-11/26/content_74208343.htm https://ww.egyptindependent.com/antiquities-minister-to-announce-new-sig nificant-luxor-archaeological-discovery/

A Chinese delegation is excavating at Luxor's Montu Temple:

http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-11/27/c_137633110.htm http://www.china.org.cn/world/Off_the_Wire/2018-11/30/
content_74223885.htm

Restoration of a Ramses II statue has started:

http://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/61156/Restoration-of-last-statue-of- Ramses-II-begins

More on those two mummies (17th and 18th Dynasty) mentioned last week:

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/mummy-egypt-found-unopen ed-coffin-3000-luxor-western-bank-nile-elasasef-necropolis-a8650866.html https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/nov/25/mummified-woman-dating-bac k-3000-years-unveiled-in-egypt https://news.artnet.com/art-world/egypt-female-mummy-1402603 https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/egypt-mummy-woman-unveiled-intl/
index.html https://abcnews.go.com/International/13th-century-priests-tomb-discovere d-egypts-luxor/story?id=59418449 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/well-preserved-female-mummy-fo und-elite-egyptian-necropolis-180970902/ http://www.archaeology.org/news/7160-181126-egypt-luxor-sarcophagi

A 9000 years bp stone mask from the West Bank:

https://www.livescience.com/64199-rare-neolithic-stone-mask.html https://www.timesofisrael.com/9000-year-old-mask-from-hebron-hills-sheds -light-on-the-dawn-of-agriculture/ https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/9000-year-old-stone-mask-discovered-in -southern-Hebron-Hills-573012 http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/255386 https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5416546,00.html http://www.jewishpress.com/news/archaeology-news/9000-year-old-stone-mas k-sheds-light-on-stone-age-cottage-industry/2018/11/28/ https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/.premium.MAGAZINE-archaeologists-rec over-rare-9-000-year-old-mask-found-by-west-bank-settler-1.6698074 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-46376993 https://www.france24.com/en/20181128-israel-unveils-rare-ancient-mask https://www.newsweek.com/creepy-9000-year-old-mask-linked-beginnings-agr iculture-discovered-west-bank-1238887 https://www.iflscience.com/editors-blog/incredibly-rare-9000yearold-meti culously-carved-stone-mask-discovered-in-israel/ https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/2018/11/neolithic-stone-mask- discovery-archaeology-forgery/ https://www.archaeology.org/news/7167-181128-neolithic-stone-mask

... and some concerns:

https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2018/11/ israeli-mask-discovered.html

Evidence of Canaanite trepanation at Megiddo:

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/.premium.MAGAZINE-primitive-brain-su rgery-3-500-years-ago-discovered-in-northern-israel-1.6699993

A 6th century BCE cuneiform record of a slave sale from Tel Mikhmoret:

https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Discovered-cuneiform-reveals-Babylonia n-slave-trade-in-biblical-Samaria-573265

Archaeologists are exploring a couple 'new' Qumran caves:

https://www.livescience.com/64200-dead-sea-scrolls-caves-discovered.html https://www.timesofisrael.com/newly-discovered-caves-may-hold-more-dead- sea-scrolls/

A ring found 50 years ago bears the name of Pilate (you can draw
conclusions):

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/30/world/middleeast/
pontius-pilate-ring.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/ancient-ring-crucif y-jesus-pontius-pilate-roman-governor-west-bank-a8658911.html https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/11/30/bronze-ring-found-ancient-fo rtress-near-bethlehem-may-have-belonged/?WT.mc_id=tmg_share_em https://www.timesofisrael.com/2000-year-old-ring-engraved-with-pilate-ma y-have-belonged-to-notorious-ruler/

Photo feature on Shivta:

https://www.livescience.com/64170-photos-shivta-israel-jesus.html

A Bronze Age 58 holes game from an Azerbaijan rock shelter:

https://www.zmescience.com/science/archaeology-58-holes-game-26112018/

The Royal Game of Ur is apparently making a comeback:

https://www.euronews.com/2018/11/26/royal-game-of-ur-the-ancient-boardga me-making-a-comeback-in-iraq

On the 'cloak and dagger' search for ancient judaeo-christian texts:

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2018/12/inside-bible-collect ors-search-other-original-christian-texts/

Reviving ancient Babylonian language:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/11/27/academic-revives-ancient-bab ylonian-2000-years-language-died/

Folks might be interested in Aren Maeir's biblical archaeology MOOC:

https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2018/09/coming-soon-mooc-biblica l-archaeology.html

More on vanilla at Megiddo:

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/11/biblical-city-armageddon-signs-e arly-vanilla-and-elaborate-medical-care

More on meteorites near the Dead Sea 3700 years bp:

https://www.livescience.com/64179-ancient-cosmic-airburst-middle-east.ht
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More on that purported early depiction of Jesus:

https://www.livescience.com/64173-earliest-jesus-portrait-israel.html

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Roman-era rock-cut tombs from Hatay:

https://www.dailysabah.com/history/2018/11/27/19-roman-tombs-unearthed-i n-southern-turkeys-antakya https://www.aa.com.tr/en/turkey/roman-tombs-unearthed-in-southern-turkey -/1322768 https://ahvalnews.com/turkish-tourism/roman-tombs-unearthed-turkeys-anta kya-province

A 1700 bp Roman burial from Tarhuna (Libya):

https://www.libyaobserver.ly/inbrief/ancient-roman-tomb-discovered-tarhu
na

Heavy flooding/landslides revealed a Roman burial in Bodrum:

https://www.dailysabah.com/history/2018/11/30/roman-era-tomb-revealed-af ter-heavy-rain-triggers-landslides-in-southwestern-bodrum https://www.yenisafak.com/en/news/late-roman-tomb-found-in-aegean-turkey -3467905

A Roman coin hoard from Berlicum:

https://nltimes.nl/2018/11/27/brothers-find-100-roman-coins-brabant-town https://www.nu.nl/wetenschap/5595449/broers-vinden-ruim-honderd-romeinse -munten-in-berlicum.html

On the difficulty excavating some mosaics in Cyprus:

https://cyprus-mail.com/2018/11/26/excavation-of-ancient-mosaics-proving -to-be-a-herculean-task/

Feature on the archaeological finds beneath St John Lateran:

https://phys.org/news/2018-11-hidden-history-rome-revealed-world.html https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-11/nu-hho112718.php https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/11/archaeologists-map-centuries-of- history-beneath-worlds-oldest-cathedral/

On evidence of Roman pollution from a Swiss lake:

https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/science-saturday_how-ancient-romans-also-po lluted-the-land/44587378 https://eos.org/articles/ancient-romans-polluted-their-lakes-just-like-w e-do-today

Feature on the sunken Roman port at Olbia:

https://phys.org/news/2018-11-exploring-watery-france-sunken-roman.html

Feature on Etruscan beliefs about the afterlife:

http://sciencenordic.com/how-etruscans-reached-afterlife-orgasm-blood-an d-erotic-dance

Feature on the Pantheon:

https://aleteia.org/2018/11/27/romes-pantheon-a-place-of-christian-worsh ip-for-the-past-1400-years/

On mead production along Hadrian's Wall:

https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/drink-made-life-swe eter-romans-15481712

Feature on Plato's interpreters:

https://caravanmagazine.in/literature/reading-plato-interpreters

Feature on mosaic preservation in the Mediterranean:

http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/a-new-chapter-in-the-effort-to-preserve-anci ent-mosaics-in-the-mediterranean/

On conserving the Drunken Satyr:

http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/an-introduction-to-the-drunken-satyr-a-rare- roman-bronze-being-studied-and-conserved-at-the-getty-villa/

Feature on Boudica:

https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/boudica-queen-of-the-iceni-who-almost-beat -the-romans

Some ancient Roman forensics (sort of):

https://www.forbes.com/sites/kristinakillgrove/2018/11/28/these-three-fo rensic-science-techniques-from-ancient-rome-reveal-shocking-gaps-in-mode rn-methods/

On early Christians exaggerating Roman persecution:

https://www.thedailybeast.com/did-christian-historians-exaggerate-about- persecution-by-the-romans

There's a movie about the Apollo of Gaza:

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/apollo-gaza-1164119

Ceres has returned to the VT statehouse:

http://digital.vpr.net/post/ceres-statue-once-again-adorns-vermont-state houses-golden-dome

Review of Emily Wilson's *Odyssey* translation:

https://catholicherald.co.uk/magazine/the-horror-and-the-beauty-of-ancie nt-greece/

... and there was a marathon reading of it:

https://neoskosmos.com/en/124818/all-set-for-an-epic-reading-of-the-odys
sey/

Talking about ancient robots:

https://a16z.com/2018/11/19/gods-robots-ancient-myths-technology-mayor/

Some Assassin's Creed Odyssey appreciation:

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2018-11-28-why-homer-would-approve-of -assassins-creed-odyssey

A graphic novel of the Odyssey:

https://elpais.com/cultura/2018/11/02/actualidad/1541178920_941913.html

Still suggesting Atlantis is in Spain:

https://www.livescience.com/64176-lost-city-atlantis-spain.html

More on the Leda and the Swan fresco from Pompeii:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/25/world/europe/pompeii-fresco-leda-swan -zeus.html
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6000 years bp evidence of caviar consumption from Germany:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/stone-age-humans-enjoyed-rich- diet-featuring-caviar-180970918/

"Stone Age" petroglyphs from Finland:

https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-46363629

Finds from various periods during A14 construction in the UK:

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/nov/26/prehistoric-remains-mamm oth-tusks-woolly-rhino

A Celtic hoard from Slovakia:

https://spectator.sme.sk/c/20962892/archaeologists-found-treasure-of-sil ver-celtic-coins.html http://www.archaeology.org/news/7162-181126-slovakia-silver-coins

An Anglo Saxon burial ground from the Lincolnshire Wolds:

https://phys.org/news/2018-11-anglo-saxon-cemetery.html https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-11/uos-roa112318.php https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-46347307 https://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2018/11/27/anglo-saxon-burial-site-s hows-dark-ages-enlightened-times/ https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/nov/27/burial-sites-5th-6th-cen turies-yield-female-treasures-lincolnshire https://www.iflscience.com/editors-blog/archaeologists-unearth-lavishly- dressed-anglosaxon-skeletons-surrounded-by-beads-swords-and-ivory/ http://www.archaeology.org/news/7164-181127-england-anglo-saxon-cemetery

A medieval woman's stamp/seal from Denmark:

https://www.thelocal.dk/20181127/relic-found-in-denmark-belonged-to-infl uential-14th-century-woman https://www.archaeology.org/news/7166-181127-denmark-medieval-seal

Evidence of a medieval whisky still at Lindores Abbey:

https://www.thespiritsbusiness.com/2018/11/lindores-abbey-discovers-medi eval-whisky-still/ https://scotchwhisky.com/magazine/latest-news/21836/lindores-abbey-dig-u nearths-historic-first/

Analyzing butchered bones to understand the medieval diet in Perth:

https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/local/perth-kinross/772070/ cat-burghers-medieval-residents-of-perth-forced-into-desperate-diets/ http://www.archaeology.org/news/7161-181126-scotland-medieval-perth

Mapping murders in medieval London:

https://phys.org/news/2018-11-reveals-medieval-london-meanest-streets.ht
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https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/nov/28/death-map-medieval-londo n-1300s
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-46355383 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/relive-medieval-londons-bloody -murders-new-interactive-death-map-180970922/

cf: https://www.vrc.crim.cam.ac.uk/

An 18th/19th century child cave burial from Poland:

http://scienceinpoland.pap.pl/en/news/news%2C31838%2Cmalopolskie-bird-sk ull-found-mouth-child-buried-cave.html http://www.archaeology.org/news/7176-181130-poland-bird-skulls

Archaeologists have determined the Basilica at Palmate was sacked a
couple of times:

http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2018/11/27/early-byzantine-city-palmate -with-huge-christian-basilica-was-pillaged-twice-by-avars-slavs-bulgaria n-archaeologists-find/

A 7th century crypt in Paris might soon open to the public:

https://fr.aleteia.org/2018/11/28/la-plus-ancienne-et-secrete-crypte-de- paris-bientot-ouverte-au-public/

I think we mentioned this Ottoman hoard from Pleven:

http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2018/11/19/prison-inmates-find-hoard-of -7000-ottoman-silver-coins-hidden-in-2-treasure-pots-in-bulgarias-pleven
/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/7169-181128-bulgaria-ottoman-coins

Studying Mesolithic diet in Germany:

https://cosmosmagazine.com/archaeology/stone-age-food-was-haute-cuisine http://www.archaeology.org/news/7174-181130-germany-mesolithic-cooking

Funding for Norwich castle:

https://www.edp24.co.uk/business/norwich-castle-gets-210-000-transformat ion-boost-1-5801717

Feature on the Pictish paintings in Wemyss Caves:

http://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p06sztyp/the-ancient-symbols-hidden-in-a-c
ave

Some revisionism coming from the underwater site of the Mars:

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/.premium.MAGAZINE-archaeologists-fin d-lost-swedish-man-of-war-and-sink-the-hype-1.6694809

More on that Celtic chariot burial in Wales:

https://www.zmescience.com/science/chariot-discovered-archaeology-wales- 26112018/

More on Vikings establishing cities:

https://www.mnn.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/blogs/vikings-may-have-raided -they-also-established-thriving-cities

Review of David Edgerton, *The Rise and Fall of the British Nation*:

https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/public/review-david-edgerton-british- nation/
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ASIA AND THE SOUTH PACIFIC ================================================================
Board game pieces from near a looted ancient (1500+ years bp) tomb in
Qingzhou City:

https://www.livescience.com/52808-ancient-board-game-found-in-china-tomb
.html

The Daisen Kofun Mound in Osaka is revealing some interesting details:

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20181123/p2g/00m/0dm/002000c https://www.archaeology.org/news/7165-181127-japan-daisen-kofun

5th century Buddhist remains from a Guntur vilage:

https://www.thehansindia.com/posts/index/Andhra-Pradesh/2018-11-27/ 5th-C-Buddhist-remains-unearthed-in-Guntur-village/448310

Suggestion that some Chinese 'pyramids' are aligned with the cardinal
points:

https://phys.org/news/2018-11-chinese-pyramids-pole-star.html https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-11/pdm-tp112818.php

Humans are off the hook for Siberian rhino extinctions too:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-46358789 https://theconversation.com/how-a-change-in-climate-wiped-out-the-siberi an-unicorn-107365 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/how-climate-change-killed-sibe rian-unicorn-180970911/

Studying pre-European burial practices in New South Wales:

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-11-28/pre-european-burial-practices-in- rural-nsw-discovered/10559244

A 17th century scroll from the early Christian community in Japan:

https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/japanese-museum-finds-rare-scrol l-from-countrys-early-christians-41863

A new 'base' for archaeology in the South China Sea:

http://www.china.org.cn/china/2018-11/29/content_74221006.htm

On international trade in ancient China:

https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/short-reads/article/ 2173158/international-trade-ancient-china-and

Feature on the Taj Mahal:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-sh/twilight_of_the_taj
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Southeast Asian Archaeology Newsblog:

http://www.southeastasianarchaeology.com/

New Zealand Archaeology eNews:

https://us14.campaign-archive.com/home/?u=ddab09cab5362c9613318bd92&id=b 917a20ae5
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NORTH AMERICA
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Looking at wrecks on the bottom of Lake Minnetonka:

https://www.swnewsmedia.com/lakeshore_weekly/news/local/underwater-archa eologists-identify-new-wrecks-at-bottom-of-lake-minnetonka/article_147f6 ee8-0966-58db-a450-a4c444400097.html

Studying the relationship between tobacco and agricultural production:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/americas-earliest-smokers- may-have-helped-launch-agricultural-revolution-180970904/

Going through the trash of Colorado Springs' founding father:

http://www.cpr.org/news/story/archaeologists-are-studying-colorado-sprin gs-founding-father-by-digging-through-his-trash

Feature on Etzanoa:

https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24032060-200-unearthed-the-missin g-native-american-city-on-the-great-plains/

What Anna Prentiss is up to:

https://www.kpvi.com/news/regional_news/university-of-montana-professor- anna-prentiss-uncovers-clues-of-hunter/article_f2818f08-5568-52c2-b3d8-4 a1215109078.html

Feature on Mississippi's first black senator:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2018/11/25/mississippis-first-bla ck-senator-was-greeted-with-applause-it-wouldnt-last ================================================================
CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA ================================================================
Oldest burials ever found in Ecuador:

https://phys.org/news/2018-11-archaeologists-oldest-burials-ecuador.html https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-11/fefu-fah112618.php https://www.iflscience.com/editors-blog/archaeologists-have-discovered-t he-oldest-human-burials-in-ecuador/

Interesting collaboration between disciplines studying Maya 'shell
decor':

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-11/fmon-ham112618.php https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/11/181126142824.htm

On Diego de Landa's destruction of Maya writing:

http://churchandstate.org.uk/2016/11/one-catholic-priest-destroyed-the-e ntire-mayan-written-language/

How Incas worked without alphabetic writing:

https://aeon.co/ideas/how-the-inkas-governed-thrived-and-fell-without-al phabetic-writing
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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 ================================================================
Not sure where to put this one ... some guy in the UK was using a 4000
years bp pot as a toothbrush holder:

https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/toothbrush-holder-in-uk-turns- out-to-be-a-jar-from-indus-valley-civilisation/story-LQFkWkJWex50FJfdiEC cJP.html https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/dads-4-toothbrush-holder-turns-136
61644
https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/entertainment/jar-bought-from-car-boot -sale-for-4-used-to-keep-toothbrushes-in-is-very-old/28/11/

Michelangelo in Constantinople:

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/11/26/when-michelangelo-went-to- constantinople

There are only four Old English manuscripts in the world (!):

https://mymodernmet.com/old-english-manuscripts/

On the history of the Advent calendar:

https://www.dw.com/en/the-advent-calendars-sweet-history/g-17256886

On Waltham watches:

http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20181126-the-massachusetts-city-that-sol d-time-to-the-world

On automata:

https://slate.com/technology/2018/11/strange-frequencies-automaton-dolls -eyes.html

On the risks of collecting antiquities:

https://www.ft.com/content/f4df95c2-cc94-11e8-8d0b-a6539b949662

On hangover cures throughout history:

https://slate.com/human-interest/2018/11/hair-of-the-dog-history-hangove r-cure.html

On Newton's 'discovery' of gravity (humour):

https://www.newyorker.com/humor/daily-shouts/an-oral-history-of-isaac-ne wton-discovering-gravity-as-told-by-his-contemporaries

On Christians and the winter solstice thing:

https://bigthink.com/culture-religion/how-christians-co-opted-the-winter -solstice

On 'fake news' in the era of Philip II:

https://elpais.com/elpais/2018/11/24/hechos/1543087634_866047.html

More criticism of Columbus:

https://elpais.com/cultura/2018/11/26/actualidad/1543228299_277471.html

A guide to Kahlil Gibran:

https://theconversation.com/guide-to-the-classics-the-prophet-by-kahlil- gibran-107274

A photo long thought to be of Van Gogh is actually his brother:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/29/arts/design/rare-photo-is-a-teenage-v an-gogh-but-not-vincent.html https://www.apnews.com/e8194f78395845689b2438fee8e8feca https://www.dw.com/en/famous-vincent-van-gogh-photo-actually-of-his-brot her-theo/a-46514954

On Islam and science:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2018/11/30/what-we-lose-when-we-l ose-muslim-immigrants/?wpisrc=nl_everything&wpmm=1

On Kaiser Wilhelm II:

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/what-happens-when-a-bad-t empered-distractible-doofus-runs-an-empire

On the end of WWI:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-46329241

Hester Pulter's poetry is available online:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/17th-century-female-aristocrat s-little-known-poems-now-available-online-180970910/

More on the Leaning Tower not leaning so much:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/22/world/europe/
leaning-tower-of-pisa.html https://phys.org/news/2018-12-straightening-tower-pisa.html

Review of a couple of books about Nietzsche:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/20/books/review/sue-prideaux-i-am-dynami te-john-kaag-hiking-with-nietzsche.html ================================================================
MUSEUM MATTERS
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Hadrian and Athens:

http://www.qgazette.com/news/2018-11-28/Front_Page/On_The_Road_in_Greece _PhilHellene_Roman_Emperor_Ha.html

Tintoretto:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/15/arts/design/tintoretto-venice.html

Ashurbanipal:

https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-conqueror-with-a-taste-for-art-1543060800 ?mod=searchresults&page=1&pos=1

Toulouse-Lautrec:

http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20181123-toulouse-lautrec-poster-boy-of -the-paris-elite

Mycenean Greece:

https://www.dw.com/en/the-myths-and-mysteries-of-ancient-greece-on-show- in-germany/a-46488891 https://www.dw.com/en/the-legendary-world-of-agamemnon/g-46492992 https://eu.greekreporter.com/2018/11/29/mycenaean-treasures-travel-to-ge rmany-for-rare-exhibition/

... related feature:

https://www.dw.com/en/heinrich-schliemann-the-man-who-discovered-troy/ a-18946144

V&A Cast Courts:

http://theartnewspaper.com/news/sitting-room-only-as-v-and-a-opens-up-tr ajan-s-column https://www.standard.co.uk/go/london/arts/v-and-a-cast-courts-replicas-r ome-a4002336.html

Hyping the Grand Egyptian Museum:

https://www.latimes.com/world/la-fg-grand-egyptian-museum-20181126-story
.html
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContentP/4/318121/Opinion/ Egyptian-Museum-reborn.aspx

... and sharing artifacts:

http://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/61191/The-National-Museum-receives-8 00-artifacts

Hyping the Troy museum:

http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-12/01/c_137643901.htm

On Florence's Accademia:

https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/accademia-private-tour-florence-italy /index.html

Pondering how museums acquire stuff:

http://www.arabnews.com/node/1412506 ================================================================
AT THE AUCTIONS ================================================================
An unrecorded John Donne manuscript recently found in Suffolk is coming
to auction:

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/nov/30/unknown-john-donne-manuscr ipt-discovered-in-suffolk
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-46398605

An original Eiffel Tower staircase is coming to auction:

https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/eiffel-tower-staircase-sale/
index.html

A Bible signed by Einstein:

https://m.jpost.com/Diaspora/Bible-inscribed-by-Einstein-to-be-auctioned -questions-his-religious-views-572739

Big bucks for a Dorset detectorist's ring find:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-46343473

Big bucks for a Roman bronze foot:

https://www.antiquestradegazette.com/news/2018/roman-bronze-foot-from-mo numental-statue-makes-10-times-estimate-at-bonhams-auction/ ================================================================
THE TECHY SIDE
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What medieval dental plaque reveals:

https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/11/medieval-dental-plaque-sheds-lig ht-on-how-our-microbiomes-have-changed/

A Denisovan facial reconstruction:

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/nov/24/denisovan-neanderthal-hy brid-denny-dna-finder-project

Giving Bruegel's creative process a high tech inspection:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/23/arts/design/bruegel-kunsthistorisches -museum-technology-layers.html https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/new-online-portal-reveals-piet er-bruegels-macabre-underdrawings-creative-process-180970889/

Using tech to protect cultural heritage:


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