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EARLY HOMINIDS
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A Paleolithic elephant butchering site from Greece:

http://phys.org/news/2015-11-paleolithic-elephant-butchering-site-greece.html

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/11/151125083934.htm

Dating homo naledi:

http://allafrica.com/stories/201511251738.html

There was much talk about Lucy this week:

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/who-is-lucy-the-australopithecus-and-how-did-she-get-her-name-a6746526.html

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/who-is-lucy-the-australopithecus-afarensis-google-doodle-darwin-evolution-ascent-of-man-march-of-a6746361.html

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/lucy-the-australopithecus-how-related-are-we-to-this-32-million-year-old-hominid-a6745801.html

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/who-is-lucy-the-australopithecus-afarensis-google-doodle-discovery-a6745696.html

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/google/google-doodle/12012134/lucy-google-doodle.html

http://time.com/4126011/lucy-australopithecus-discovery/ http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/lucy-australopithecus-turns-41-180957384/

http://elpais.com/elpais/2015/11/24/ciencia/1448321781_117811.html http://www.newsy.com/videos/google-doodle-celebrates-lucy-the-australopithecus/ http://elpais.com/elpais/2015/11/24/ciencia/1448321781_117811.html

Interesting theory on ‘betrayals of trust’ and the spread of humans:

http://phys.org/news/2015-11-betrayals-rapid-human-species-world.html http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2015-11/uoy-hnd112415.php

Studying how human evolution and tool making are connected:

http://phys.org/news/2015-11-biologists-human-impacts-tool-evolution.html

Studying early human endurance:

http://www.npr.org/2015/11/20/455904655/how-did-endurance-help-early-humans-survive


Not sure if this early human migration to China story is old news or a new
spin on something:

http://phys.org/news/2015-11-earliest-modern-humans-southern-china.html

Not sure where to put this one … humans killing Mastodons was apparently
good for gourds:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/11/151123202817.htm http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2015-11/ps-lom112315.php

A new species of anthropoid primate from Libya:

http://phys.org/news/2015-11-species-early-anthropoid-primate-libyan.html
I think we had this Denisovan DNA story:

http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2015/1117/Two-ancient-teeth-reveal-clues-about-humanity-s-mysterious-cousins


More on that homo erectus skull from China:

http://phys.org/news/2015-11-well-preserved-homo-erectus-skull-eastern.html http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2015/11/25/Fossilized-Homo-erectus-skull-found-in-China/2771448466851/


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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT ================================================================

A lengthy Middle Kingdom wall/fence from Avaris:

http://phys.org/news/2015-11-egypt-ancient-dating-years.html http://english.ahram.org.eg/News/171636.aspx http://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/3-500-year-old-fence-found-in-egypt-1.2673576

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2015/11/24/world/middleeast/ap-ml-egypt-antiquities.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/egypt-discovers-ancient-fence-dating-back-over-3500-years/2015/11/24/9ef99f38-92cf-11e5-befa-99ceebcbb272_story.html

A 22nd Dynasty tomb of a priest of Amun from Luxor:

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/171837/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/%E2%80%98Wellpreserved%E2%80%99-sarcophagus-of-nd-dynasty-nobleman.aspx

http://thecairopost.youm7.com/news/179349/news/2700-yr-old-sarcophagus-of-high-priest-of-god-amun-unearthed-in-luxor

http://www.elmostrador.cl/noticias/vida-en-linea/2015/11/26/un-sarcofago-faraonico-de-3-mil-anos-aflora-intacto-en-luxor/

Plenty of hype happening in relation to radar scans and hidden chambers in Tut’s tomb:

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/nov/28/egypt-90-sure-there-are-hidden-chambers-in-king-tuts-tomb
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/king-tutankhamun-officials-90-sure-there-is-a-secret-chamber-ancient-egyptian-tomb-a6752586.html

http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/34953207 http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-34952947 http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/11/28/457680483/high-chance-that-2-rooms-are-hidden-behind-king-tut-s-tomb-egypt-says
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/11/151128-tut-tomb-scans-hidden-chambers/
http://phys.org/news/2015-11-egypt-percent-chance-hidden-rooms.html http://news.yahoo.com/scans-king-tut-tomb-suggest-90-chance-hidden-101949181.html

… and suggestions his mask was made for Nefertiti:

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/tutankhamun-great-golden-face-mask-was-actually-made-for-his-mother-nefertiti-research-reveals-a6753156.html

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/king-tutankhamun-new-evidence-suggests-ancient-egyptian-gold-death-mask-was-made-for-heretic-queen-a6751776.html

… and continuing suggestions that Nefertiti is in one of the hidden
chambers:

http://www.dw.com/en/experts-confident-secret-chamber-in-king-tuts-tomb-belongs-to-nefertiti/a-18881590

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/egypt/12022571/Archaeologists-believe-they-are-a-step-closer-to-finding-Queen-Nefertitis-tomb.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/king-tuts-tomb-may-also-house-final-resting-place-of-queen-nefertiti/2015/11/28/16cd1b02-9609-11e5-a2d6-f57908580b1f_story.html

http://www.cnn.com/2015/11/28/africa/possible-clue-nefertiti-tomb-egypt/index.html

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3337567/Is-lost-Queen-Nefertiti-hiding-Tutankhamun-s-tomb-New-hi-tech-radar-images-point-hidden-passages-walls-boy-king-s-chamber.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/11/151126-nefertiti-tomb-tut-egypt-archaeology/

… and a feature on Tut:

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/11/151124-tut-biography-egypt-tomb-archaeology/


On the early cultivation of fava beans in the Levant:

http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2015/11/25/457375600/some-ancient-farmers-grew-fava-beans-before-they-grew-grains?sc=17&f=1001

http://www.antiquities.org.il/Article_eng.aspx?sec_id=25&subj_id=240&id=4160

http://mfa.gov.il/MFA/IsraelExperience/History/Pages/Prehistoric-man-in-Galilee-preferred-legumes-23-Nov-2015.aspx

http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Article.aspx?id=435072 http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/203811 http://artdaily.com/news/83134/Seeds-discovered-in-excavations-indicate-prehistoric-man-living-in-the-southern-near-east

An eight-year-old found the head of a First Temple statuette of a
fertility
goddess at Beit Shemesh:

http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_article.php?id=29979 http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4730877,00.html http://www.timesofisrael.com/8-year-old-stumbles-on-first-temple-era-archaeological-find/
http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Culture/8-year-old-Indiana-Jones-makes-First-Temple-era-archaeological-find-in-Beit-Shemesh-435329
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/203912

There’s more to the underground city in Cappadocia than meets the eye:

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/ancient-underground-city-in-cappadocia-will-rewrite-history.aspx?pageID=238&nID=91554&NewsCatID=375


A very nice overview of the Gospel of Jesus Wife thing:

https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2015/11/28/the-case-gospel-jesus-wife-still-isn-closed/gJo7KfDFywXEJ8dLFFjdrK/story.html


More on that Gospel of John fragment that was on eBay:

http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2015/11/23/rare-christian-papyrus-ebay-99-dollars/76254312/
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/ancient-papyrus-early-christian-text-141123027.html


Review of Spiro, *Captivity*:

http://www.wsj.com/articles/zelig-in-jerusalem-1448490313

Hamas seized a pile of gold coins found in Gaza:

http://www.algemeiner.com/2015/11/23/hamas-seizes-chest-of-ancient-gold-coins-accidentally-discovered-in-gaza/


War is a bigger threat to Syrian antiquities than ISIL:

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/11/151125-isis-syria-satellite-images-looting-archaeology/


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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS) ================================================================
Remains of an unknown Greek town on Mount Pindos:

http://greece.greekreporter.com/2015/11/25/ruins-of-ancient-greek-city-found-on-mount-pindos/


Workers came across remains of a Roman villa near the site of the Horti Lamiani:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/italy/12016473/Road-workers-discover-2000-year-old-Roman-villa.html

http://www.thelocal.it/20151124/italy-roadworks-unearth-frescoed-roman-room

DNA analysis of four Roman-era Londoners suggest a multi-ethnic mix:

http://phys.org/news/2015-11-londoners-multi-ethnic-museum.html http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-34809804 http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/nov/23/exotic-origins-of-roman-londoners-revealed-by-dna-analysis-of-bones

http://news.yahoo.com/first-londoners-were-multi-ethnic-mix-museum-214516727.html


… criticism:

http://www.breitbart.com/london/2015/11/24/bbc-claims-london-always-multi-cultural-based-incomplete-study-just-four-people/

A 1700 years b.p. intaglio ring depicting Cupid:

http://www.livescience.com/52884-ancient-ring-depicts-nude-cupid.html

Interesting 6th/7th century mosaic from Adana:

http://www.dailysabah.com/arts-culture/2015/07/15/mosaic-with-bible-inscription-found-in-adana


You can now tour Petra via Google maps:

http://www.usatoday.com/picture-gallery/travel/destinations/2015/11/23/discover-petra-with-google-maps/76272752/


Roman remains beneath a Dorchester car park:

http://www.dorsetecho.co.uk/news/14094084.What_did_the_Romans_do_for_us___Roman_road_unearthed_under_Dorchester_car_park/


… and a Chester bus station:

http://www.chesterchronicle.co.uk/news/chester-cheshire-news/chester-bus-station-site-once-10514191


Concerns for ancient Phocaea:

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/izmir-sewage-construction-project-poses-risk-to-the-ancient-phocaea.aspx?pageID=238&nid=91794


More on that warrior grave from Messenia:

http://www.ekathimerini.com/203796/gallery/ekathimerini/life/discovery-of-ancient-warriors-grave-hides-bonds-of-friendship


They’re still digging at Paphos’ agora:

http://cyprus-mail.com/2015/11/27/polish-archaeot-paphos-agora/

Pondering/hyping Cycladic figures:

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/ancient-papyrus-early-christian-text-141123027.html


Chatting about poison in history:

http://blogs.abc.net.au/queensland/2015/11/poisons-from-arsenic-to-the-ancient-greeks.html


Feature/hype about Agrippina:

http://www.thelocal.de/20151126/the-life-of-the-murderous-mother-of-cologne

Hyping Christie’s upcoming antiquities auction:

http://www.christies.com/features/Greek-and-Roman-sculpture-Legs-arms-hands-and-feet-6859-1.aspx


Italy was showcasing some recovered stolen frescoes from Paestum:

http://www.thelocal.it/20151127/stolen-pre-roman-frescoes-displayed-for-first-time

http://uk.reuters.com/article/2015/11/26/uk-italy-art-theft-frescoes-idUKKBN0TF1QS20151126

Feature on the Roman games:

http://www.historyextra.com/article/romans/timeline-rise-and-fall-roman-games


We’ve already mentioned these gladiator graves in Mugla:

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/3000-year-old-gladiator-graves-on-display-in-turkeys-mugla.aspx?pageID=238&nID=91508&NewsCatID=375


Plans to dig the site of Segelocum:

http://www.retfordtimes.co.uk/Project-unearth-fascinating-Roman-secrets/story-28226678-detail/story.html


… and this Roman hoard of coins from a Welsh field:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/earth/environment/archaeology/12020410/Hoard-of-Roman-silver-coins-found-buried-in-Welsh-field.html

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3334908/Significant-hoard-Roman-coins-discovered-Wales-Silver-money-issued-Marc-Antony-2-000-years-ago.html

… and the Swiss hoard:

http://news.discovery.com/history/archaeology/trove-of-antique-roman-coins-found-in-swiss-orchard-151120.htm


Interesting protest of changes to rules at the Colosseum:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/italy/12021773/Man-scales-Colosseum-to-protest-Rome-Holy-Year-crackdown.html

http://uk.reuters.com/article/2015/11/27/us-pope-holyyear-colosseum-protest-idUKKBN0TG1EM20151127
http://www.thelocal.it/20151127/irate-travel-agent-climbs-colosseum-in-protest

… related:

http://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/destinations/europe/italy/74485806/rome-banishes-centurion-impersonators

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/italy/12018471/Rome-cracks-down-on-fake-centurions-who-charge-tourists-exorbitant-sums-for-photographs.html

Interview with Mary Beard about SPQR:

http://www.salon.com/2015/11/28/we_still_think_like_ancient_romans_the_clash_between_the_demands_of_homeland_security_and_rights_of_the_individual_we_havent_solved_that/


Review of Beard, *Laughter in Ancient Rome*:

http://www.newcriterion.com/articles.cfm/There-s-an-old-joke-8250

Review of Robin Lane Fox, *Augustine*:

http://www.economist.com/news/books-and-arts/21679165-british-historian-offers-fresh-take-best-known-life-ancient-world-o-come


Review of Robert Harris, *Dictator*:

http://www.newstatesman.com/culture/books/2015/11/end-orator-ancient-roman-machinations-robert-harriss-dictator


More on lost islands found:

http://greece.greekreporter.com/2015/11/25/lost-ancient-greek-island-has-been-found/

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/11/151119-lost-island-aegean-kane-sparta-athens-archaeology/


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EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland) ================================================================
A Mesolithic site on the University of Lincoln campus:

http://www.lincolnshireecho.co.uk/secrets-huge-hole-University-Lincoln-revealed/story-28241984-detail/story.html#1


A medieval ring from Derbyshire:

http://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/Metal-detector-fan-unearths-800-year-old-Medieval/story-28222678-detail/story.html


Interesting bit of medieval ‘recycling’:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/12014969/Rarest-medieval-panel-painting-saved-by-recycling.html

http://phys.org/news/2015-11-reformation-recycling-rare-destruction.html

Latest from the dig at Shakespeare’s place:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-coventry-warwickshire-34936744 http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Archeologists-Uncover-New-Details-Of-Shakespeares-Stratford-Mansion-20151127


Interesting suggestion that medieval monks made up Glastonbury legends for fundraising purposes:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/12013336/Glastonbury-legend-was-fabricated-by-12th-century-monks-desperate-to-raise-cash.html

http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/archaeology/art541934-glastonbury-abbey-king-arthur-reading-university

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/breakingnews/offbeat/monks-made-up-myths-to-help-finance-glastonbury-abbey-34229333.html

http://www.theguardian.com/science/2015/nov/23/glastonbury-myths-made-up-by-12th-century-monks

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/how-glastonbury-abbeys-myths-were-invented-by-medieval-monks-on-the-make-a6746051.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/religion/archaeologists-monks-made-up-legends-about-king-arthurs-burial-site/2015/11/25/2bb36d92-93ba-11e5-befa-99ceebcbb272_story.html

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3331634/How-medieval-monks-Glastonbury-legends-Stories-Jesus-King-Arthur-doctored-raise-money-abbey-destroyed-devastating-fire.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490


They’ve figured out how medieval parchment was made:

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2015-11/uoy-gut112315.php http://phys.org/news/2015-11-skin-medieval-mystery.html http://www.theguardian.com/science/2015/nov/23/scientists-get-under-skin-13th-century-mystery-vellum-vulgate-bible

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/medieval-europes-first-large-scale-publishing-industry-revealed-a6745981.html

http://artdaily.com/news/83194/International-team-of-bioarchaeologists-get-under-the-skin-of-a-Medieval-mystery

Research suggests Columbus didn’t bring syphilis back to Europe:

http://www.thelocal.it/20151123/colombus-didnt-bring-syphilis-to-europe-research-shows


Feature on Britain’s Bronze Age mummies:

http://theconversation.com/solved-the-mystery-of-britains-bronze-age-mummies-48475


Someone stole the plaques from Woodhenge:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-34953047

Review of Kirkpatrick, *From the Penny Dreadful …”

http://www.the-tls.co.uk/tls/public/article1350770.ece

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ASIA AND THE SOUTH PACIFIC ================================================================
Mauryan (and earlier) remains from Annupur:

http://www.hindustantimes.com/bhopal/remains-of-5-000-year-old-civilisation-discovered-in-mp-s-anuppur/story-NVlNbitqUTjkXSn3GHBxmO.html


Concerns for heritage temples in Chennai:

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/Ancient-temples-face-razing-as-superstition-rules-the-roost/articleshow/49965170.cms


A 9th century poem written on wood might help figure out the development
of
kanji:

http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/social_affairs/AJ201511270069

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How ancient Floridians dealt with variations in sea levels:

http://www.tampabay.com/news/environment/globalwarming/ancient-floridians-knew-how-to-cope-with-rising-seas-archaeologists-find/2255732


Native American remains found along the Napa River:

http://napavalleyregister.com/news/local/native-american-remains-found-along-river-restoration-project/article_211e2610-4346-537e-af73-3fe30c24b0ed.html


Pondering the pilgrims:

http://www.npr.org/2015/11/26/457246585/reconsidering-the-pilgrims-piety-and-americas-founding-principles?sc=17&f=1001


… and Pocahontas:

http://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2015/11/25/457256340/despite-similarities-pocahontas-gets-love-malinche-gets-hate-why?sc=17&f=1001


… and American Thanksgiving in general:

http://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/2015/11/watch-thanksgiving-myth-vs-fact/

http://www.npr.org/sections/npr-history-dept/2015/11/25/456357684/the-peculiar-parade-of-thanksgiving-traditions

http://www.npr.org/sections/npr-history-dept/2015/11/24/456786946/masking-memories-thanksgiving-in-disguise


Suggestion that a pile of Civil War cannon might be buried at Fort Taber:

http://www.southcoasttoday.com/article/20151126/NEWS/151129592/-1/RSS777

Questioning claims of ‘The River of Blood’:

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/25/us/politics/in-renovation-of-golf-club-donald-trump-also-dressed-up-history.html?smid=tw-nytpolitics&smtyp=cur&_r=0


On the history of fighting forest fires:

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/11/151122-wildfire-forest-service-firefighting-history-pyne-climate-ngbooktalk/


Pondering Woodrow Wilson’s legacy:

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/24/opinion/what-woodrow-wilson-cost-my-grandfather.html?_r=0

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/25/opinion/the-case-against-woodrow-wilson-at-princeton.html?smid=nytcore-iphone-share&smprod=nytcore-iphone


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CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA ================================================================
Four Ichma burials from Lima:

http://phys.org/news/2015-11-pre-inca-tombs-peru-lima.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/southamerica/peru/12019985/Pre-hispanic-mummies-from-1000-AD-discovered-in-Peru.html

http://perureports.com/2015/11/27/peru-centuries-old-tombs-found-at-lima-archaeological-site/

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3336096/Mystery-SITTING-mummies-1-000-year-old-bodies-pre-Incan-civilisation-buried-looking-sea.html

http://artdaily.com/news/83236/Four-pre-Inca-tombs-found-in-the-middle-of-a-residential-neighborhood-in-Lima

http://www.lbc.co.uk/pre-hispanic-mummies-remains-found-in-peru-120506 http://www.dawn.com/news/1222796

What Eric Dyrdahl is up to:

http://www.southernminn.com/the_kenyon_leader/community/article_c9685759-6dce-5cf0-a9a7-48869abc6142.html


More on when people first arrived in South America:

http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2015/1120/When-did-people-first-arrive-in-South-America


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Arguing about the world’s oldest tattoos:

http://www.forbes.com/sites/kristinakillgrove/2015/11/23/chilean-chinchorro-or-alpine-otzi-archaeologists-settle-debate-over-worlds-oldest-tattoos/


On the history of taxis:

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/how-taxis-went-from-ancient-roman-sedan-chairs-to-uber/story-fnpoi7cy-1227620070618


On food shaping history:

http://news.yale.edu/2015/03/04/columbus-celebrity-chefs-how-food-helped-shape-history


An extinct squash was ‘revived’ from some 850 year old seeds:

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/extinct-squash-revived-370727

On ‘here be dragons’:

http://www.npr.org/2015/11/22/456370910/black-dragon-river-charts-history-along-the-amur?sc=17&f=1032


On the appeal of Sherlock Holmes:

http://theconversation.com/the-case-of-the-immortal-detective-sherlock-holmes-and-his-enduring-appeal-50597


Marking the centennial of the theory of relativity:

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/24/science/a-century-ago-einsteins-theory-of-relativity-changed-everything.html

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/11/23/science/albert-einstein-general-relativity.html?rref=collection/sectioncollection/science

Book hype (it seems) on the history of human use of plants:

http://phys.org/news/2015-11-what-have-plants-ever-done.html

Already getting piece on Hannukah:

http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/stuff-you-most-likely-didnt-know-about-channuka/


… and Santa:

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/27/arts/design/mama-says-that-santa-claus-does-not-come-to-poor-people.html


I think we mentioned this reshaping skulls thing:

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/parents-have-been-reshaping-their-kids-skulls-45000-years-180957343/


Some scholars pick out the ‘books of the year’:

http://www.the-tls.co.uk/tls/public/article1637188.ece

Lawsuit over a Modigliani:

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/25/arts/design/estate-sues-nahmad-gallery-network-for-modigliani-portrait.html


Reuniting some Heades:

http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/11/19/with-sothebys-sale-minnesota-museum-reunites-martin-johnson-heade-paintings/


Archaeology Podcast Network:

http://www.archaeologypodcastnetwork.com/archyfantasies/ ================================================================
MUSEUM MATTERS
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Vikings:

http://www.iomtoday.co.im/what-s-on/manx-entertainment-news/new-viking-exhibition-to-open-at-manx-museum-1-7591587


Cook artifacts:

http://www.sbs.com.au/nitv/article/2015/11/26/aboriginal-artefacts-taken-captain-cook-feature-national-gallery

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/arts/visual-arts/captured-by-cook-artefacts-travel-from-botany-to-uk-and-back/story-fn9d3avm-1227624564591?sv=9ae383501fe7081dc096cad364592898


Edward Curtis photos:

http://www.cnn.com/2015/11/24/us/cnnphotos-curtis-masterworks-native-americans/index.html


Greeks:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/museums/ct-greeks-field-museum-ent-1125-20151124-column.html


The Greats:

http://theconversation.com/masterpieces-from-scotland-is-easily-the-greatest-exhibition-of-old-master-works-to-visit-sydney-51038


Pepys:

http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-34786023

Hoards:

http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/archaeology/art542002-british-museum-hidden-history-ancient-britain


Feature on the Herakleidon Museum:

http://www.ansamed.info/ansamed/en/news/sections/culture/2015/11/27/greek-pride-in-the-rooms-of-the-small-herakleidon-museum_72583db6-f0ad-4531-88b0-7f986e685282.html


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THE TECHY SIDE
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Xraying Victorian skeletons from the Crossrail excavations:

http://phys.org/news/2015-11-radiography-academics-x-ray-victorian-skeletons.html


More on those unopened 17th century letters:

http://www.livescience.com/52871-sealed-17th-century-letters-photos.html

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ON THE DNA FRONT ================================================================
On how DNA changed with the development of agriculture:

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/24/science/agriculture-linked-to-dna-changes-in-ancient-europe.html

http://phys.org/news/2015-11-tracks-gene-introduction-farming-europe.html http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2015-11/hms-agr112015.php http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/11/151123202631.htm https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2015/11/23/ancient-dna-shows-stone-age-humans-evolved-quickly-as-they-took-up-farming/
http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2015/1125/When-humans-became-farmers-how-did-genes-change
http://arstechnica.com/science/2015/11/how-evolution-took-us-from-neolithic-farmers-to-modern-europeans/

Searching for DNA in Doggerland:

http://www.wired.com/2015/11/hunting-for-dna-in-doggerland-an-ancient-land-beneath-the-north-sea/


More on that ‘fourth strand’ of European DNA:

http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-34883225

Dienekes' Anthropology Blog:

http://dienekes.blogspot.ca/ ================================================================
CRIME BEAT
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A legit antiquities dealer in Israel was busted with a pile of ancient
coins:

http://www.timesofisrael.com/cops-bust-antiquities-dealer-with-over-3000-ancient-coins/

http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Man-arrested-for-attempting-to-sell-3000-stolen-ancient-coins-on-black-market-435497


If you’re illegally excavating, you probably don’t want to blab about it
on
Instagram:

http://5newsonline.com/2015/11/23/u-s-forest-service-man-shared-photos-of-illegal-artifact-excavation-on-instagram/


Latest Anonymous Swiss Collector Culture Crime News:

http://www.anonymousswisscollector.com/2015/11/culture-crime-news-16-22-november-2015.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 ================================================================
An Olmec figure will be returning to Mexico from Germany:

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_GERMANY_MEXICO_ART_DEALER?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2015-11-27-08-08-09


I think we mentioned the return of Mungo Man to Australia:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/australiaandthepacific/australia/11979442/University-returns-40000-year-old-Mungo-Man-to-Australias-Aborigines.html


Austria is returning a 26th dynasty piece to Egypt:

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/170403/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/Egypt-recovers-th-dynasty-faience-statuette-in-Aus.aspx



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NUMISMATICA
================================================================
Latest e-Sylum:

http://www.coinbooks.org/club_nbs_esylum_v18n47.html

… and the one which should appear later today:

http://www.coinbooks.org/club_nbs_esylum_v18n48.html

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Ancient Coin Collecting:

http://ancientcoincollecting.blogspot.com/

Ancient Coins:

http://classicalcoins.blogspot.com/

Coin Week:

http://www.coinweek.com/

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OBITUARIES
================================================================
Yoram Tsafrir:

http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-1.687891

John Peel:

http://www.theguardian.com/science/2015/nov/20/john-peel


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AUDIO/VIDEO NEWS ================================================================
Audio News from Archaeologica:

http://www.archaeologychannel.org/audio-main-menu-cat/audio-news-list/2327-audio-news-from-archaeologica-15-nov-21-nov-2015

Latest episode of Strata:

http://www.archaeologychannel.org/video-guide/strata-portraits-of-humanity/2322-strata-november-2015
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UPCOMING CONFERENCES ================================================================
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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/ ================================================================ PODCASTS/VODCASTS ================================================================
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