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explorator 18.40 January 31, 2016 ===============================================================
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Sargent for headses
upses this week (as always hoping I have
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EARLY HOMINIDS
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Feature on the implications of finds in Blombos Cave (mostly):


http://allafrica.com/stories/201601281630.html


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AFRICA
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Hype for an impending Purdue dig in the Sudan:


http://www.wbiw.com/state/archive/2016/01/purdue-archaeologist-returning-to-africa-to-re
sume-excavating-ancient-tombs.php


http://www.greenfieldreporter.com/view/story/3deb9d5d742f4a8abe829e6eb6a4576d/ IN--Purdue-Tomb-Excavations




More on that site in Kenya which might suggest the earliest example of human warfare:


http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2016/0125/Is-this-the-earliest-evidence-of-human-warf
are




… and a related oped:


http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/24/opinion/sunday/is-warfare-in-our-bones.html






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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT ================================================================
Plenty more coverage of the eight folks being sent to ‘trial’ for the botched Tutanhamen
mask thing:


http://phys.org/news/2016-01-egypt-king-tut-mask-trial.html http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/25/world/middleeast/egypt-museum-king-tutankhamen-
mask.html?_r=0


http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Global-News/2016/0124/Eight-Egyptian-museum-official
s-face-trial-over-King-Tut-s-broken-beard http://www.thestar.com/news/world/2016/01/24/egypt-charges-8-over-botched-king-tut-ma
sk-repair.html


http://artdaily.com/news/84597/Egypt-museum-staff-to-face-disciplinary-hearing-over-bot
ched-repair-of-Tutankhamun-mask


http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/01/160125-tut-mask-repair-egypt-trial/ http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3414350/Museum-staff-charged-negligence-trying
-reattach-King-Tutankhamun-s-beard-GLUE.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_camp aign=1490


A Chinese team will be digging in Egypt for the first time:


http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2016-01/25/c_135044027.htm http://www.ecns.cn/2016/01-26/197077.shtml


They’re not going to restore the Baron Empain Palace, apparently:


http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/43/185983/Heritage/Islamic/Egypts-ministry-
of-Antiquities-denies-investigatio.aspx




More hype for a proposed undersea museum in Alexandria:


http://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/french-architect-designs-undersea-museum-for-ruins-of-al
exandria-1.2749931


More on particles and the Bent Pyramid:


http://bigstory.ap.org/article/8161487dca054db79b63b4be01a7d049/


The big news this week is that the Babylonians apparently used some sort of calculation
to track Jupiter, although the headline writers aren’t sure which branch of mathematics is
involved:


http://phys.org/news/2016-01-babylonian-astronomers-position-jupiter-geometric.html


http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-01/aaft-abu012616.php http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/29/science/babylonians-clay-tablets-geometry-astrono
my-jupiter.html http://www.livescience.com/53518-babylonians-tracked-jupiter-with-fancy-math.html


http://news.discovery.com/history/ancient-babylonian-used-calculus-to-find-jupiter-16012
.htm#mkcpgn=rssnws1


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-35431974 http://science.sciencemag.org/content/351/6272/482 http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2016/0128/Were-ancient-Babylonian-astronomers-mat
h-whizzes


http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/ancient-babylonians-used-early-calculus-to-t
rack-path-of-jupiter-study-finds-a6840146.html http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/ancient-babylonians-were-using-geomet
ry-centuries-earlier-thought-180957965/ http://news.yahoo.com/knowing-angles-ancient-babylonians-used-tricky-geometry-22502
9191.html http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/01/28/464447490/track-jupiters-path-like-an-
ancient-babylonian?sc=17&f=1001


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-3421844/Knowing-angles-Ancient-Babylo
nians-used-tricky-geometry.html


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3421190/Babylonians-used-geometry-trac
k-Jupiter-long-Europeans-Stone-tablets-reveal-ancient-astronomers-used-calculations-1-7
00-years-earlier.html


http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/2016/01/28/ancient-babylonian-astronomers-
were-way-ahead-of-their-time/


http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2016-01-29/ancient-babylonian-text-earliest-use-of-calculu
s-for-astronomy/7121548


http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/01/160128-math-geometry-babylon-jupiter-astr
onomy-space/


https://www.sciencenews.org/article/babylonians-used-geometry-track-jupiter%E2%80%9
9s-movements


http://www.haaretz.com/jewish/archaeology/1.700031 http://elpais.com/elpais/2016/01/28/ciencia/1454005761_424627.html


Very interesting early church find from Cappadocia:


http://www.aina.org/news/20160126181625.htm http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/historic-church-discovered-in-turkeys-nevsehir-could-c
hange-history-of-orthodoxy.aspx?PageID=238&NID=94309&NewsCatID=375




Aramaic and Greek inscriptions from a tomb at Zippori:


http://www.livescience.com/53504-rabbi-tomb-inscriptions-discovered.html http://mfa.gov.il/MFA/IsraelExperience/History/Pages/1,700-year-old-funerary-inscription
s-exposed-in-Zippori-cemetery-27-Jan-2016.aspx


http://www.antiquities.org.il/Article_eng.aspx?sec_id=25&subj_id=240&id=4176 http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/1700-year-old-inscriptions-linked-to-rabbis-unearthed-i
n-Galilee-442924
http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-1.699872 http://www.timesofisrael.com/1700-year-old-rabbis-tombstones-reflect-jewish-life-in-galile
an-city/


Inscriptions suggest the Oman kingdom existed from at least the third century B.C.E.:


http://www.thenational.ae/uae/inscriptions-on-sharjah-tomb-prove-oman-kingdom-existed
-in-third-century-bc




Not sure where to put this one … pondering whether this is actually the oldest image of
the Virgin Mary:


http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/31/opinion/sunday/is-this-the-oldest-image-of-the-virgin-
mary.html




The Saudi Kingdom has put in place some new antiquities laws:


http://www.menafn.com/1094552691/Saudi-New-laws-to-curb-antiques-trade




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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS) ================================================================
Hope we’ll hear more about this Minoan shipwreck find:


http://www.dailysabah.com/nation/2016/01/30/4000-year-old-shipwreck-belonging-to-min
oans-found-in-turkey




Some statues of Artemis and Apollo were found at a Roman villa dig at
Aptera:


http://www.livescience.com/53505-statues-of-greek-gods-unearthed-in-crete.html


http://news.discovery.com/history/archaeology/statues-of-greek-gods-unearthed-in-crete-
160127.htm


http://www.ekathimerini.com/205425/article/ekathimerini/life/archaeologists-make-excitin
g-discovery-at-aptera-in-crete http://greece.greekreporter.com/2016/01/26/excavation-reveals-significant-statuettes-at-a
rchaeological-site-of-aptera/


A huge hoard of Roman coins from Yeovil:


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3421222/Hoard-3-000-Roman-coins-uneart
hed-Rare-monies-buried-270AD-bear-image-various-emperors-elephant-hippo-worth-175-
000.html


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/earth/environment/archaeology/12127566/Digger-driver-
wins-share-of-3339-Roman-coins-he-found-levelling-a-hockey-pitch.html


Somewhat vague item on Roman catacombs being used for illegal dumping:


http://www.reuters.com/article/us-italy-ruins-illegal-dump-idUSKCN0V32NX http://www.thelocal.it/20160128/italy-illegaly-filled-an-ancient-roman-catacomb-with-harmf
ul-waste http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jan/26/illegal-dumping-in-roman-catacombs-leav
es-precious-ancient-site-polluted


Roman/Byzantine burials from Istanbul:


http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/roman-byzantine-grave-unearthed-on-istanbuls-istiklal
-avenue.aspx?pageID=238&nid=94245




Feature on Ostia:


http://www.wsj.com/articles/in-ostia-a-search-for-the-secrets-of-romes-port-1454089086


Feature on naumachiae:


http://www.slate.com/articles/life/history/2016/01/the_roman_naumachiae_water_battles
_that_forced_prisoners_to_re_enact_naval.html




On Roman use of makeup and the like:


http://www.historytoday.com/susan-stewart/how-vain-were-romans


… and from vanity, we move to ‘raunchy’:


http://www.newstalk.com/Just-how-raunchy-were-the-Ancient-Romans


Redefining Classics at Harvard:


http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2016/1/28/karnam-sanskrit-classical-language/




Nice cover of Bastille’s ‘Pompeii’ in Latin:


http://www.bustle.com/articles/138276-girl-covers-bastilles-pompeii-in-latin-the-actual-lan
guage-of-pompeii-video




I’m starting to think that horse burial in an ancient Greek cemetery might not be ancient
itself:


http://neoskosmos.com/news/en/Preserved%20horse%20skeleton%20discovered%20on %20ancient%20site




Plans for another ‘big dig’ at Lancaster Castle:


http://www.thevisitor.co.uk/news/local/fingers-crossed-for-second-big-dig-in-lancaster-1-7
700647




More on that column collapse at Pompeii:


http://www.dw.com/en/italy-pompeii-entrance-temporarily-closed/a-19002472


More on the origins of the York ‘gladiators’:


http://www.livescience.com/53512-decapitated-roman-gladiators-revealed.html

http://www.livescience.com/53469-photos-headless-roman-gladiators-identified.html


http://news.yahoo.com/decapitated-gladiators-reveal-roman-empires-genetic-influence-12
4229005.html




More on the Roman winery at Vagnari:


http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/01/2016/discovering-a-roman-imperia
l-winery-at-vagnari-italy




More on that Bodicacia tombstone:


http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-35401177


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EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland) ================================================================
They’re digging up a lot of bodies in Blackburn in anticipation of road construction:


http://www.theweek.co.uk/68972/bodies-of-800-children-unearthed-in-blackburn


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-35408967 http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/14227214.Clearance_work_for_new_Blackbur
n_road_reveals_2_000_bodies_and_a_treasure_trove_of_goods/


I think we mentioned this child burial from Bristol Cathedral:


http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/Archaeologists-uncover-surprising-secret-Bristol/ story-28593821-detail/story.html




Latest theory about Stonehenge’s purpose:


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3422517/Was-Stonehenge-ancient-NIGHTC
LUB-Architect-believes-monument-two-storey-venue-used-drinking-dancing.html


http://www.salisburyjournal.co.uk/news/14231503.Once_a__majestic_roundhouse____ar
chitect_believes_she_s_solved_Stonehenge_s_mysterious_origin/


Gregor MacGregor ran an interesting scam:


http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20160127-the-conman-who-pulled-off-historys-most-auda
cious-scam




Feature on how modern day Paris came about:


http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20160126-how-a-modern-city-was-born


A ‘lost map’ of Cornwall has turned up in a collection:


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-35443760


Thomas Becket’s casket is on display:


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-35443574


Feature on Peter the Great’s cabin:


http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/cabin-could-be-worlds-smallest-palace-180
957918/?no-ist




In case you wondered how to put on a torc:


http://blog.britishmuseum.org/2016/01/29/how-do-you-put-on-a-torc/


More on that ‘Bronze Age Pompeii’:


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-35428554 http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/28/world/europe/england-must-farm-archaeology.html


http://www.apollo-magazine.com/unearthing-the-secrets-of-east-anglias-bronze-age-settl
ers/




More on that Neolithic tomb in Spain:


http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-01/uob-nmt012116.php http://phys.org/news/2016-01-neolithic-tomb-reveals-death.html


More on plague lingering for longer than previously thought:


http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-01/mu-dob012516.php


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Humans are being blamed for the extinction of a giant bird in Australia:


http://phys.org/news/2016-01-ancient-extinction-giant-australian-bird.html http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2016/0129/Humans-appetite-for-huge-eggs-led-to-exti
nction-of-500-pound-bird


http://theconversation.com/new-analysis-finds-no-evidence-that-climate-wiped-out-austral
ias-megafauna-53821


Domesticated cats in China some 5500 years b.p.:


http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/01/160125100118.htm http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2016/0127/Were-cats-domesticated-twice http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3417182/China-breed-domesticated-cat-5-5
00-years-ago-Study-proves-pet-felines-arose-naturally-Asia-weren-t-imported-West.html?
ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490




Gold and other precious artifacts from the Sanxingdui Ruins:


http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2016-01/28/c_135054936.htm


What was in some ancient Chinese cosmetics:


http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2016-01/28/c_135054872.htm


Concerns for some sections of the Great Wall:


http://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2016/01/27/464421353/chinas-great-wall-is-crumbli
ng-in-many-places-can-it-be-saved?sc=17&f=1001




16 Buddhist stupas from Nateshwar:


http://www.thedailystar.net/backpage/16-buddhist-stupas-found-nateshwar-209926




… and an important (maybe) Buddhist post hole found near Nigrodharam:


http://kathmandupost.ekantipur.com/news/2016-01-31/buddha-post-hole-found-in-nigrodh
aram-area.html




Pondering the origins of Austronesian languages:


http://phys.org/news/2016-01-austronesian-languages.html http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/01/160128122004.htm http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-01/uoh-nri012816.php


A ‘Fujizuka’ mound is being dated to the Edo period:


http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/social_affairs/AJ201601290004


More on the world’s oldest tea:


http://phys.org/news/2016-01-world-oldest-tea-chinese-emperor.html http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2016/01/26/464437173/worlds-oldest-tea-discovered-i
n-an-ancient-chinese-emperors-tomb?sc=ipad&f=1001




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Interesting 2500 years b.p. family footprints from Arizona:


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3417808/A-2-500-year-old-family-stroll-froz
en-time-Footprints-left-Native-American-farmers-children-DOG-unearthed-Arizona.html?IT
O=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490


http://www.abc15.com/news/region-central-southern-az/tucson/ancient-human-footprints-
uncovered-near-i-10-in-pima-county


Pondering the impact of Native American depopulation post-1492:


http://phys.org/news/2016-01-aftermath-native-american-depopulation-impacted.html


http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-01/smu-smt012616.php http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/01/new-mexicos-american-indian-population-cras
hed-100-years-after-europeans-arrived


18th century finds from Fort Lawrence:


http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/fort-lawrence-beausejour-charles-burke-1.
3421687




Revolutionary War finds near a New Jersey church:


http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2016/01/26/revolutionary-war-treasure-u
nearthed-nj-church/79332906/




More bones are turning up during road work in St Augustine:


http://www.miamiherald.com/news/article57577638.html http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/local/st-augustine/historic-burials-found-in-archeaol
ogical-dig-in-st-augustine/23243615


Mammoth (and other) bones from OSU’s football field:


http://phys.org/news/2016-01-mammoth-bones-unearthed-oregon-state.html


Studying how the Komoks people fished:


http://www.comoxvalleyecho.com/news/366202521.html


More folks are weighing in on Florida’s proposed ‘citizen archaeology’ bill:


http://www.browardpalmbeach.com/news/indigenous-leaders-fight-archaeology-bill-that-w
ould-let-anyone-keep-historical-artifacts-7548304




Feature on American political ‘swag’ over the years:


http://www.npr.org/2016/01/30/464862396/from-axes-to-flip-flops-a-peek-at-200-years-wor
th-of-american-political-schwag




Amherst College has dumped its mascot:


http://www.npr.org/2016/01/27/464533011/amherst-college-give-unofficial-mascot-lord-jef
f-the-boot?sc=17&f=3




More on that Harlem burial ground:


http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/28/nyregion/discovery-of-burial-ground-backs-a-less-co
nventional-version-of-harlems-history.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss




More on finds in the wake of melting Arctic ice:


http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/arctic-erodes-archaeologists-are-racing-
protect-ancient-treasures-180957933/?no-ist




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CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA ================================================================
Report on what has been found at the El Paraiso site:


http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=2404121&CategoryId=14095


A 1200 years b.p. ‘sacrifice chamber’ beneath a temple in Peru:


http://www.peruthisweek.com/news-researchers-discover-1200-year-old-temple-evidence
-of-female-sacrifice-108674


http://theweek.com/speedreads/601096/archaeologists-discover-remains-young-women-
sacrificed-1000-years-ago


http://www.jpost.com/Breaking-News/Archaeologists-find-remains-of-women-sacrificed-10
00-years-ago-in-Peru-442504


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3417699/Secret-sacrifice-chamber-beneath
-1-200-year-old-temple-Contorted-skeletons-women-believed-offered-pre-Incan-gods-bloo
dthirsty-rituals-unearthed-Peru.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490




I think we mentioned this ‘weaver burial’ from Lima:


http://www.peruthisweek.com/news-lima-remains-of-presumed-weaver-dating-back-to-350
0-years-ago-found-in-huaca-108654




Pondering who the Aztecs were sacrificing at Tenochtitlan:


http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/entertainment/2016/01/25/study-overturns-prevailing-ide
as-about-sacrifices-at-tenochtitlan/


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3417150/Did-Aztec-rulers-sacrifice-STAFF-
Bones-reveals-victims-served-elite-killed-Great-Temple-Tenochtitl-n.html?ITO=1490&ns_
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OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST

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Flat earth theories were kicking around again, with predictable reponses:


http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/01/26/464474518/neil-degrasse-tyson-gets-
into-a-rap-battle-with-b-o-b-over-flat-earth-theory


http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20160126-how-we-know-earth-is-round http://news.discovery.com/space/history-of-space/no-earth-isnt-flat-heres-how-ancients-p
roved-it-160128.htm


http://phys.org/news/2016-01-flat-wrong-misunderstood-history-earth.html


I think we mentioned Napoleon’s marriage contract was coming to auction:


http://www.livescience.com/53521-marriage-contract-signed-by-napoleon-sale.html




Iceland is building temples to Norse gods:


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/iceland/11385603/Iceland-to-build-fir
st-temple-to-Norse-gods-in-1000-years.html




Feature on historical treatments/rituals for infertility:


http://phys.org/news/2016-01-remedies-infertility-rituals-early-medical.html




Latest on dog domestication/evolution:


https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/innovations/wp/2016/01/29/dogs-may-have-evolv
ed-to-handle-our-bad-tempers/




On the Open Syllabus Project:


http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/24/opinion/sunday/what-a-million-syllabuses-can-teach-
us.html




In case you missed the ‘Italian coverup’:


http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/28/world/europe/hassan-rouhani-italy-visit-nude-statues
-capitoline-museums.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss


http://www.forbes.com/sites/ceciliarodriguez/2016/01/27/should-nude-statues-be-covered
-when-muslim-dignitaries-visit-italy-did/


http://www.dw.com/en/nude-statue-diplomacy-angers-italian-social-media/a-19007106
http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=11&int_new=84646 https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2016/01/26/italy-covers-up-nude-
marble-statues-for-iranian-presidents-visit/


… and the related comparanda:


https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2016/01/27/americans-get-offende
d-by-statues-of-naked-people-too/




Beatrix Potter’s ‘latest’:


http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/27/books/beatrix-potter-manuscript-about-a-cat-with-a-d
ouble-life-is-found.html


http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/01/26/464433143/100-years-later-beatrix-po
tter-tale-of-sharply-dressed-feline-to-be-published?sc=ipad&f=1008




On the origins of fun house mirrors:


http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/31/nyregion/peter-stuyvesant-and-the-fun-house-mirrors
.html




Great writers apparently are dealing with fractals:


http://phys.org/news/2016-01-world-greatest-literature-reveals-multifractals.html




Pondering who to put on Scottish money:


http://newsdaily.com/2016/01/three-scientists-on-shortlist-to-appear-on-new-scottish-ban
knote/




Followups to the Cecil Rhodes statue brouhaha:


http://www.dw.com/en/oxford-decision-to-keep-rhodes-statue-sparks-twitter-debate/
a-19011753


http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/29/opinion/must-rhodes-fall.html


… related:


http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/01/29/education/college-symbol-controversies.
html




The Getty acquired Danae:


http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/30/arts/design/getty-museum-acquires-danae-a-17th-ce
ntury-work-at-sothebys.html




Marking the first English edition of War and Peace:


http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/29/arts/television/130-years-ago-war-and-peace-finally-
published-in-english.html






Archaeology Podcast Network:


http://www.archaeologypodcastnetwork.com/archyfantasies/ ================================================================
MUSEUM MATTERS
================================================================
Children in the Past:


http://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/the-archaeology-of-childhood


Maya: Lords of Time:


http://mcclungmuseum.utk.edu/exhibits/maya-lords-of-time/


Transforming the Body in Ancient Egypt:


http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/features/new-exhibition-transforming
-the-body-in-ancient-egypt-looks-beyond-the-pharaohs-and-shines-a-light-a6828166.html




Ancient /Norman Sicily:


http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2016/jan/28/sicily-the-superpower-british-museum-re
visits-islands-golden-ages


http://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwart/article/The-British-Museum-Opens-SICILY-CULTU
RE-AND-CONQUEST-April-21-20160129




Beyond Beauty:


http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2016/jan/29/roman-egyptian-mummy-mask-dis
play-museum-treasures-london-temple-place




Pompeii:


http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/pompeii-exhibit-mmfa-1.3421106


Hellenistic Bronzes:


http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/vestiges-of-an-ancient-greek-art-form-preserved-by-cata
strophe/




Bosch:


http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/31/travel/a-bosch-retrospective.html?rref=collection%2F
sectioncollection%2Ftravel




Monet to Matisse:


http://www.dw.com/en/monet-to-matisse-in-tate-modern-art-in-transition/a-19011086




Blooks:


http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/29/books/a-secret-in-every-tome-no-text-required.html




Art of Prehistoric Times:


http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/29/arts/design/berlin-show-features-german-ethnologist
s-copies-of-art-from-prehistoric-times.html




OpEd pondering ‘Founding Myths’:


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alexandre-stipanovich/should-darth-vader-sit-at_b_90740
56.html





Latest fallout from the Sekhema statue thing:


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-northamptonshire-35431852


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THE TECHY SIDE
================================================================
I think we mentioned that some Elephantine scrolls were getting the xray treatment:



http://europe.newsweek.com/X-RAYS-REVEAL-SECRETS-EGYPTIAN-SCROLLS-PAPYRUS- 416719




Using drones at Hadrian’s Villa:


http://www.ansa.it/english/news/lifestyle/arts/2016/01/28/drones-to-help-protect-hadrians
-villa_80c281b7-a46b-4642-964e-49874e0b121c.html




More on digitally preserving ancient monuments:


http://phys.org/news/2016-01-preservationists-capture-cultural-monuments-3d.html


http://www.livescience.com/53520-can-3d-scans-save-cultural-sites-from-war.html http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/3d-scanners-race-to-monuments-before-te
rrorists-blow-them-up/ http://phys.org/news/2016-01-preservationists-capture-cultural-monuments-3d.html


… and 3d printing of artifacts:


http://neoskosmos.com/news/en/Hundreds-of-Greek-artefacts-to-be-preserved


A NASA image of the Mediterranean (seems to be mostly southwest Europe) might be of
interest:


http://phys.org/news/2016-01-nasa-image-space-station-flyover.html


… and of the Nazca lines:


https://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/nasa-radar-brings-a-new-view-of-world-heritage-site






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ON THE DNA FRONT ================================================================
Repatriation of some Native American remains gets in the way (apparently) of DNA
studies:


http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/02/science/tribes-win-in-fight-for-la-jolla-bones-clouds-h
opes-for-dna-studies.html




Haven’t mentioned genetic claims of the Liqian people lately:


http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/2010/11/no-romans-needed-to-explain-chinese-
blondes/#.Vq4kYDYrJn6




More on the Anglo-Saxon component of the English population:


http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/01/160119151252.htm http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2016/0120/Where-did-the-British-come-from-Ancient-D
NA-holds-clues






Dienekes' Anthropology Blog:


http://dienekes.blogspot.ca/ ================================================================
CLIMATE MATTERS ================================================================
Nice overview of climate shifts over the past couple millennia:


http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/jan/29/modern-european-summers-are-wa
rmest-since-roman-times-study-finds


http://www.newsweek.com/summer-ancient-rome-europe-global-warming-420917 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3421362/Europe-warmest-s-Roman-times-
Tree-rings-temperatures-highest-2-000-years.html




More on the impact of agriculture:


http://phys.org/news/2016-01-mounting-evidence-early-agriculture-staved.html






================================================================
TOURISTY THINGS ================================================================
Greece:


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/article-3423972/The-romance-Greece-ancient-glory-past
-present-dreamy-historic-Peloponnese.html




A Siberian Prison:


http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20160129-see-inside-a-notorious-siberian-prison




Most Beautiful Towns in Europe:


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/travelnews/12129402/The-30-most-beautiful-towns-in-E
urope.html




================================================================
CRIME BEAT
================================================================
Roman coins were stolen from the Chelmsford Museum:


http://www.essexchronicle.co.uk/museum/story-28631650-detail/story.html


Latest Anonymous Swiss Collector Culture Crime News:


http://www.anonymousswisscollector.com/2016/01/culture-crime-news-18-24-january-201
6.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/


================================================================
REPATRIATION AND RECOVERY ================================================================
The Getty returned a head of Hades to Italy:


https://www.rt.com/usa/330590-looted-statue-head-getty/ http://www.thelocal.it/20160129/us-museum-gives-italy-back-looted-head-of-greek-statue


http://www.euronews.com/newswires/3137399-italy-welcomes-back-ancient-head-of-hade
s-dug-up-illegally-in-1970s/




More on Switzerland returning Etruscan items to Italy:


http://www.italiantribune.com/looted-etruscan-treasures-returned-to-italy/




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


http://www.coinbooks.org/club_nbs_esylum_v19n04.html


… and the one which should appear later today:


http://www.coinbooks.org/club_nbs_esylum_v19n05.html


------------------------
Ancient Coin Collecting:


http://ancientcoincollecting.blogspot.com/


Ancient Coins:


http://classicalcoins.blogspot.com/


Coin Week:


http://www.coinweek.com/ ================================================================
PERFORMANCES AND THEATRE-RELATED ================================================================
Recreating old methods of ‘special effects’:


http://www.npr.org/2016/01/24/464102357/british-theater-showcases-special-effects-from-
the-18th-century




Ring:


http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/29/arts/music/review-in-wagners-ring-forging-an-epic-va
lkyries-on-their-first-flight.html




Nat Turner biopic:


http://www.npr.org/2016/01/27/464533039/biopic-about-nat-turner-is-a-success-at-sundan
ce-film-festival?sc=17&f=3




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


http://archaeologychannel.org/audio-main-menu-cat/audio-news-list/2352-audio-news-fro
m-archaeologica-17-jan-2016-23-jan-2016


Latest edition of Strata:


http://archaeologychannel.org/video-guide/strata-portraits-of-humanity/ 2337-strata-january-2016 ================================================================
UPCOMING CONFERENCES ================================================================
(send in your notices!) ================================================================
GENERAL ARCHAEOLOGY NEWS BLOGS ================================================================
Archaeology Magazine News Page:


http://www.archaeology.org/news/


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