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John McMahon, Barnea Selavan, Joseph Lauer, Mike Ruggeri, Bob Heuman,
Adrienne Mayor, Jan Bailey, Frank MacKay, David Critchley, Patrick Swan,
David Emery, Richard Campbell, Richard C. Griffiths,and Ross W. Sargent
for headses upses this week (as always hoping I have left no one out).

Thanks to all who passed along best wishes!


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EARLY HOMINIDS
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This one sort of brings together all the neanderthal v sapiens news items
from the past few months:

http://phys.org/news/2016-05-million-year-meleeneanderthals-humans.html http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2016/05/08/the-2-million-year-melee-neanderthals-vs-humans/

Now climate change is figuring in in the demise of the Neanderthals:

http://phys.org/news/2016-05-climate-contributed-extinction-neanderthals.html http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-05/uocd-nrs051116.php http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/653391/?sc=c52

More on differing dietary strategies of neanderthals v sapiens:

http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/05/2016/differing-dietary-strategies-of-neanderthals-and-upper-palaeolithic-homo-sapiens


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AFRICA
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A 16th century shipwreck off Namibia:

http://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-ideas/adventure/the-bom-jesus-namibias-ancient-shipwreck-thought-to-be-the-most-significant-ever/news-story/9fb96a37ad57c9d9bb0d3a83761eea31


Sites in Libya don’t face the same threats as sites in Syria, etc.,
apparently:

http://www.euronews.com/newswires/3192178-libyas-ancient-sites-not-exposed-to-same-risk-as-in-syria-iraq-experts/

http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-libya-security-culture-idUKKCN0Y22FA

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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT ================================================================
A CT scan of a coffin excavated in 1907 has revealed the remains of an 18
week (give or take) old foetus:

http://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/youngest-ancient-egyptian-human-foetus-discovered-in-miniature-coffin-at-the-fitzwilliam-museum

http://phys.org/news/2016-05-youngest-ancient-egyptian-human-foetus.html http://news.discovery.com/history/ancient-egypt/youngest-mummy-from-ancient-egypt-found-160512.htm

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/may/11/ancient-egyptian-coffin-found-to-hold-youngest-known-mummified-foetus

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2016/05/11/mummified-body-of-miscarried-baby-found-in-tiny-egyptian-coffin/

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3585380/The-world-s-youngest-mummy-Incredibly-preserved-foetus-discovered-tiny-Egyptian-coffin-stored-British-museum.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490

http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/13/world/egypt-mummy-fetus-discovered/index.html http://www.smh.com.au/world/this-tiny-fetus-is-the-youngest-ancient-egyptian-mummy-ever-found-20160512-gou47k
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2016/05/12/this-tiny-fetus-is-the-youngest-ancient-egyptian-mummy-ever-found/

Tattoos on a 3000 years bp mummy:

http://www.livescience.com/54687-egyptian-mummy-tattoos.html http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/intricate-animal-and-flower-tattoos-found-on-egyptian-mummy/

http://www.nature.com/news/intricate-animal-and-flower-tattoos-found-on-egyptian-mummy-1.19864

http://arstechnica.com/science/2016/05/using-infrared-imaging-scientists-discover-tattoos-on-3000-year-old-mummy/


Some blocks from a building associated with Hatshepsut depicting her as a woman:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2016/04/23/a-new-discovery-sheds-light-on-ancient-egypts-most-successful-female-pharaoh/


Evidence of a sanctuary associated with Nectanebo I at Matariya:

http://www.ansamed.info/ansamed/en/news/sections/culture/2016/05/05/egypt-new-archaeological-discovery-in-matariya_bb7a0795-db7f-40dd-9ec1-34f0d270be41.html


They’re now officially arguing over the probable non-existence of ‘secret chambers’ in Tut’s tomb:

http://phys.org/news/2016-05-egyptologists-differ-tut-tomb-hidden.html http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/208370/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/Experts-clash-over-theory-that-Tutankhamun%E2%80%99s-tomb-.aspx

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/05/160509-king-tut-tomb-chambers-radar-archaeology/

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/archeologists-clash-egypt-king-tut-tomb-theory-38964858

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3579569/Archeologists-clash-Egypt-King-Tut-tomb-theory.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490
https://www.yahoo.com/news/egyptologists-differ-tut-tomb-hidden-chambers-170755682.html

… and there are apparently no hidden chambers:

http://www.livescience.com/54708-nefertiti-missing-no-chambers-in-king-tut-tomb.html

http://news.discovery.com/earth/king-tut-tomb-secret-chambers-not-so-fast-160509.htm#mkcpgn=rssnws1

http://artdaily.com/news/87190/Egyptologists-differ-on-Tut-tomb--hidden-chambers-

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3585251/New-scans-King-Tut-s-tomb-NO-hidden-chambers-Experts-dash-hopes-Queen-Nefertiti-s-grave-lies-walls.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490


… and there are all sorts of rumours flitting about:

http://www.news.com.au/technology/science/archaeology/archaeologists-clash-over-king-tut-tomb-theory/news-story/0f12d8d305a6990d655fde7a44633616?from=public_rss

http://www.news.com.au/technology/science/archaeology/egypt-in-denial-as-reports-leak-out-that-radar-survey-found-no-secret-tutankhamun-tomb-chambers/news-story/3c37577839acc008b1e0fc0b2845ff87

http://english.ahram.org.eg/News/205859.aspx http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/may/12/egypt-hidden-chambers-tutankhamun-tomb-nefertiti

… and more tests need to be made, apparently:

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/nefertiti-more-tests-need-to-be-carried-out-before-archaeologists-can-excavate-secret-chamber-a7022936.html


Early on the ‘woman’s tomb’ thing was brought up again:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3574648/Was-Tutankhamun-s-tomb-built-WOMAN-Layout-feminine-features-boy-king-s-death-mask-hint-inherited-resting-place.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490


The tombs of four ‘royal butlers’ at Luxor are opening to the public:

http://www.sis.gov.eg/En/Templates/Articles/tmpArticleNews.aspx?ArtID=103918

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3589153/It-paid-royal-servant-Ancient-Egypt-Stunning-tombs-pharaohs-butlers-opened-following-restoration-elaborate-paintings.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490

A groundwater project at Aswan’s Edfu Temple is complete:

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/216732/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/Antiquities-ministry-celebrates-completion-of-grou.aspx


Egypt’s Sohag archaeological gallery was not damaged in a fire in the
area:

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/216603/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/Egypts-Sohag-archaeological-gallery-was-not-subjec.aspx

Feature on Howard Carter’s house:

http://egypttoday.com/blog/2016/05/05/in-the-footsteps-of-egyptologist-howard-carter/


I think this is the end of the Sekhemka statue saga:

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/ancient-egyptian-statue-of-sekhemka-disappears-into-private-collection-in-moral-crime-against-world-a7019946.html

The Eastern Badia Archaeological project is finding Neolithic sites in the Jordanian desert:

http://wtop.com/travel/2016/05/in-jordans-spring-desert-bloom-hints-of-human-history/


Pondering all the burials from Umm al Quwain:

http://www.thenational.ae/uae/heritage/20160515/how-and-where-the-bodies-were-buried-an-ancient-uae-mystery-revealed

Much attention was given to a claim about a Bronze Age ‘World War Zero’
and
the disappearance of the ‘Luwians’:

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2087924-world-war-zero-brought-down-mystery-civilisation-of-sea-people/
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3587701/Mysterious-civilisation-Sea-Peoples-wiped-world-war-zero-according-new-study.html


… but cf Eric Cline’s response:

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2087924-world-war-zero-brought-down-mystery-civilisation-of-sea-people/


Evidence of ‘air conditioning’ in first millennium ‘Kuwait’:

http://spectator.sme.sk/c/20153276/slovaks-discover-ancient-air-conditioning-in-kuwait.html


Something about the ‘last hiding places’ of the Jewish Revolt being found (these were found ages ago):

http://www.haaretz.com/jewish/archaeology/.premium-1.718720

Concerns after a wall collapse at Solomon’s Pools:

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4801309,00.html

Challenging plans to move artifacts from East Jerusalem:

http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-1.718216 http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Article.aspx?id=453274

Feature on Franck Goddio’s work:

http://www.wired.com/2016/05/franck-goddio-archeology/ https://www.rt.com/uk/342204-ancient-egypt-underwater-atlantis/ http://www.thedailystar.net/world/middle-east/the-secrets-lost-egyptian-city-were-underwater-1220041
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/83c846e8-1249-11e6-839f-2922947098f0.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3576551/Explore-splendours-Egypt-s-Atlantis-Lost-treasures-sunken-cities-weekend-1-000-years-submerged-waters-Nile-delta.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490
http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/05/africa/sunken-cities-exhibition-egypt-greece-london/index.html

Feature on Gabriel Barkay: http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_article.php?id=33667

What Robert Cargill is up to:

http://daily-iowan.com/2016/05/12/in-search-of-the-bible-ui-professor-robert-cargill-to-read-from-the-cities-that-built-the-bible-may-15/


What Daniel Falk is up to:

http://news.psu.edu/story/409684/2016/05/10/research/falk-co-edit-new-critical-editions-dead-sea-scrolls


Feature on the Sykes-Picot agreement:

http://www.dw.com/en/sykes-picot-a-kind-of-tapestry-of-plans-and-promises/a-19242904

http://theconversation.com/explainer-what-is-the-100-year-old-sykes-picot-agreement-59309
http://theconversation.com/the-sykes-picot-agreement-and-the-making-of-the-modern-middle-east-58780
http://theconversation.com/obsession-with-sykes-picot-says-more-about-what-we-think-of-arabs-than-history-58775

On turning Turkey’s historic churches into mosques:

http://eu.greekreporter.com/2016/05/10/why-turkeys-historic-churches-are-being-turned-into-mosques/

http://www.aina.org/news/20160509191928.htm

The US law against importation of Syrian antiquities was signed into law
but already it’s being questioned:

http://www.livescience.com/54698-obama-signs-syrian-antiquities-import-restrictions.html


On the propaganda use of Palmyra’s ruins last week:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2016/05/06/how-ancient-ruins-are-perfect-propaganda-in-the-middle-east/

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3575447/Culture-civilization-return-Palmyra-Russian-orchestra-performs-concert-ancient-Roman-amphitheatre-time-ISIS-used-carry-public-executions-Syria.html

Another feature on Syria’s ‘monuments men’:

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/syrias-monument-men-save-thousands-of-historical-artifacts/


Assorted countries are pledging to help rebuild Palmyra:

http://www.albawaba.com/news/numerous-countries-pledge-rebuild-palmyra-russia-expected-reconstruct-key-areas-840170


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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS) ================================================================
How London became the capital of Britannia (a major fort tind):

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/how-london-became-britains-capital-has-been-revealed-for-the-first-time-a7028191.html

http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/05/2016/discovery-of-roman-fort-built-after-boudican-revolt

… also a major fort find at Exeter:

http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/archaeology/art553644-exeter-devon-crematorium-archaeology-roman-military


Learning from Roman roads:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3436936/Britain-s-lost-Roman-roads-discovered-2-000-years-Maps-reveal-new-key-route-used-conquer-Northern-England.html


Word (but no pictures) of an Aphrodite statue find in Jerash:

http://www.ansamed.info/ansamed/en/news/sections/culture/2016/05/13/archaeology-jordan-aphrodite-statue-discovered-in-jerash_f063d589-114d-4f7a-9f3a-efc01c8168fc.html


Can’t remember if we mentioned this horse racing rules inscription from
Konyi (not a new find, by the way):

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/horseracing-rules-found-on-2000-year-old-tablet-in-central-turkey.aspx?pageID=238&nid=98621

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3570915/The-winner-COULDN-T-Ancient-tablet-reveals-rules-2-000-year-old-horse-racing-previous-champions-banned-competing-again.html

Dating (sort of) Sappho’s Midnight Poem:

http://phys.org/news/2016-05-scientists-planetarium-advanced-astronomical-software.html
http://gizmodo.com/scientists-used-the-stars-to-confirm-when-a-famous-sapp-1776569251

Connecting the rise of Rome to some volcanic eruptions:

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2086330-kingdom-busting-volcanoes-linked-to-the-rise-of-the-roman-empire/


Studying ancient ink:

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/06/arts/design/solving-the-mystery-of-ancient-ink-origins.html


The Elgin/Parthenon Marbles issue is heating up again:

http://www.newsweek.com/greece-looks-forge-new-alliances-win-back-elgin-marbles-457473

http://www.apollo-magazine.com/greece-to-seek-international-help-to-recover-the-elgin-marbles/

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/elgin-marbles-greece-pressures-british-museum-492527

http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2016/may/08/greece-international-justice-regain-parthenon-marbles-uk

http://au.greekreporter.com/2016/05/06/returnthemarbles-campaign-unveils-new-ad/
http://neoskosmos.com/news/en/Foundation-for-Hellenic-Studies-South-Australia-supports-return-the-marbles-billboard-at-British-Museum-in-london

Another major antiquities bust in Italy:

http://www.nerve.in/news%3A2535002797101

Feature on Dura Europos:

http://www.ancientjewreview.com/articles/2016/4/18/david-as-warrior-at-dura-europos


Feature on Spartacus:

http://www.wsj.com/articles/he-was-spartacus-1463169892

Feature on the TLL:

http://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2016/05/14/476873307/the-ultimate-latin-dictionary-after-122-years-still-at-work-on-the-letter-n


What Dan Davis is up to:

http://www.lutherchips.com/1998/features/dan-davis-leads-dig-in-greece/

What John McDonald is up to:

http://newscenter.sdsu.edu/sdsu_newscenter/news_story.aspx?sid=76174

Ted Talk on Gregory Heyworth’s work:

http://www.ted.com/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts


Honours for a pair of St Olaf Classicists:

http://wp.stolaf.edu/blog/two-textbooks-by-st-olaf-professors-share-book-award/

What Lisa Whitlach is up to:

http://www.manitoumessenger.com/article/faculty-in-focus-professor-whitlach/


What Daniele Maras is up to:

http://www.loyolamaroon.com/10009353/faith/lecture-explains-etruscan-culture-affects-modern-day/


Very nice video of Delphi:

http://greece.greekreporter.com/2016/05/10/spine-tingling-delphi-exquisite-beauty-from-above-going-viral-video/


Why Classicists should watch Kimmy Schmidt:

http://decider.com/2016/05/13/is-unbreakable-kimmy-schmidt-secretly-all-about-ancient-greek-philosophy/


More on Hannibal’s route:

http://www.newyorker.com/tech/elements/searching-for-signs-of-hannibals-route-in-dna-from-horse-manure?mbid=rss



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A Bronze Age beaker from Evesham:

http://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/14491956.Bronze_Age_beaker_unearthed_on_building_site/

http://www.eveshamjournal.co.uk/news/14491953.Archaeological_dig_unearths_Evesham__39_s_links_to_the_Bronze_Age/


Pondering Bronze Age hoards:

http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20160503-why-ancient-brits-threw-out-their-most-valuable-possessions


Some 3600 years bp axes were made of Cypriot copper:

http://www.haaretz.com/jewish/archaeology/1.719125

Evidence that children were skilled ceramicists during the Bronze Age:

http://phys.org/news/2016-05-archaeological-method-children-skilled-ceramists.html

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-05/lu-nam051116.php

Studying the effect of humans on plants after their arrival on Gran
Canaria:

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/05/160504121930.htm

An Anglo Saxon cemetery in Tidworth:

http://www.andoveradvertiser.co.uk/news/14479811.Archaeologists_unearth_Anglo_Saxon_cemetery_in_Tidworth/

http://www.basingstokegazette.co.uk/news/regional/andover/14479811.Archaeologists_unearth_Anglo_Saxon_cemetery_in_Tidworth/

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3576903/An-Anglo-Saxon-cemetery-teeming-fascinating-objects-unearthed-near-Stonehenge-second-time-month.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490


Plenty of 7th-11th century burials (?) found on a Welsh beach:

http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/excavations-carried-out-after-50-11259593
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-west-wales-36164417


A ‘Viking parliament’ site at Cnoc An Rath:

http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/homenews/14478238.Viking__parliament__site_uncovered_on_Scottish_island/

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3581379/Viking-parliament-site-unearthed-Scotland-Analysis-reveals-Norse-assemblies-held-site-Bute.html


A new interpretation of the Rok runestone:

http://phys.org/news/2016-05-rok-runestone-inscription-view-viking.html http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-05/uog-nio050216.php https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2016/05/04/the-key-to-these-ancient-riddles-may-lie-in-a-fathers-love-for-his-dead-son/

Medieval finds from a Suffolk schoolyard:

http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/archaeology/art553920-suffolk-school-archaeology-kitchen-spindle-bones


A 13th century portrait of a Jew from Spain:

http://www.jewishjournal.com/culture/article/spanish_archaeologists_unearth_rare_13th_century_portrait_of_a_jew

http://www.jta.org/2016/05/06/news-opinion/world/spanish-diggers-unearth-rare-13th-century-pottery-portrait-of-a-jew

http://www.timesofisrael.com/spanish-archaeologists-identify-rare-pottery-portrait-of-a-jew/

Lead in the bones of some 18th century soldiers:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3587304/That-s-hangover-Lead-bones-18th-century-soldiers-come-contaminated-bottles-RUM.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490


They’re looking for Henry VII’s birthplace:

http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/archaeologists-could-close-finding-exact-11278144

A prehistoric chamber full of Victorian rubbish:

http://www.orcadian.co.uk/2016/05/two-finds-one-harray-chamber/

A fieldwork report from Landsjo Castle:

http://scienceblogs.com/aardvarchaeology/2016/05/04/landsjo-castle-2015-fieldwork-report/


Concerns arising from a sinkhole in Plumstead:

http://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/news/14480891.Archaeologists_call_for__thorough_investigation__after_Plumstead_sinkhole_emerges/


Concerns for the HMS Victory:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-36254359

Plenty of shipwrecks off Scotland, apparently:

http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/news/14465198.Lost_ships_and_aircraft_recorded_off_Scotland_s_West_Coat/

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-36148771

Heritage funding in Italy:

http://www.thelocal.it/20160502/italys-neglected-wonders-to-get-1bn-boost http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/05/02/italy-to-spend-a-billion-euros-on-restoring-museums-and-monument/


Latest on the Stonehenge tunnel plan:

http://www.salisburyjournal.co.uk/news/14467467.Stonehenge_tunnel_report_recognises_benefits_if_plans_designed_and_delivered_well/

http://www.westerndailypress.co.uk/UNESCO-Stonehenge-A303-tunnel-entrance-think/story-29217554-detail/story.html#ixzz47ca0Qflf

Bosnia’s Ferhad Pasha Mosque has reopened:

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-36237014

I think we’ve had something on this medieval women’s fashion thing (maybe
not):

http://phys.org/news/2016-05-medieval-women-men.html https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/05/160503104633.htm http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3573074/How-women-better-dressed-men-Medieval-females-preferred-clothes-cut-better-quality-cloth.html


… not sure if this is the same thing:

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/05/160505-shipwreck-gown-dress-royal-discovery-texel-holland-clothing/


On protecting shipwrecks in the English Channel:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-36204672

On the lost literature of medieval England:

http://www.historytoday.com/eleanor-parker/lost-literature-medieval-england

In case you’re in the market for an English castle:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-36256391

Some criticism from the finder of the Galloway Hoard:

http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/homenews/14490164.Metal_detectorist_who_found_biggest_treasure_find___39_sidelined__39_/


Latest on the Lacock Cup:

http://www.gazetteandherald.co.uk/news/14485410.Lacock_Cup_sold_for___1_3m_comes_home_to_Wiltshire/


Recreating the trial of Patrick Hamilton:

http://scienceblogs.com/aardvarchaeology/2016/05/04/landsjo-castle-2015-fieldwork-report/


More on that braided hair find … possibly from a saint:

http://www.livescience.com/54644-mysterious-braided-hair-medieval-saint.html

http://news.discovery.com/history/archaeology/mysterious-braided-hair-may-belong-to-medieval-saint-160506.htm#mkcpgn=rssnws1

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3559858/Mysterious-plaited-hairpiece-1-000-year-old-coffin-belonged-Medieval-saint-appears-covered-hairspray.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-36094897#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/mysterious-braided-hair-may-belong-to-medieval-saint/


More on that William Wallace kirk:

http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/archaeology/art553407-selkirk-auld-kirk-scottish-borders-history


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Plenty of excitement over 46 000 years bp hafted (maybe) axe fragments
which may be the oldest of that type:

http://phys.org/news/2016-05-world-oldest-axe-fragment-australia.html http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-05/uos-woa051016.php http://www.livescience.com/54722-ax-blade-may-be-worlds-oldest.html http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-36256733 http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/11/asia/australia-oldest-ax-head/index.html http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2016/0510/Did-scientists-discover-the-world-s-oldest-hatchet-in-the-wilds-of-Australia
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/may/10/oldest-known-axe-discovered-in-australia-claim-researchers
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/05/11/australian-researchers-say-theyve-found-the-worlds-oldest-hatchet/
http://www.news.com.au/national/western-australia/axe-discovery-in-wa-aboriginal-ancestors-tool-is-worlds-oldest/news-story/635519a789dca624e72b10f75bea1be8

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3583863/World-s-oldest-stone-axe-fragments-prove-tool-invented-northern-Australia-50-000-years-ago-technology-never-spread-rest-country.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/05/10/worlds-oldest-axe-discovered-in-australia/

http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/05/2016/oldest-known-axe-fragment-found-in-australia
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/nearly-50000-year-old-stone-chip-shows-australians-were-innovators-axe-technology-180959050/

… or maybe it was just a hand axe:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3586662/World-s-oldest-hafted-axe-not-handle-Archaeologists-admit-no-evidence-claim-believe-likelihood-high.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490


… and there was general skepticism:

http://news.nationalpost.com/news/finding-the-oldest-axe-in-the-world-was-easy-persuading-academic-reviewers-it-was-real-was-an-ordeal


An 8000 years bp paddy field:

http://www.mid-day.com/articles/8000-year-old-paddy-field-found-in-china/17205189


300 years bp finds from Hong Kong’s last urban walled village:

http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education-community/article/1942538/discovery-300-year-old-relics-hong-kongs-last


600 years bp finds at the Forbidden City’s Palace Museum:

http://www.thestar.com.my/news/regional/2016/05/07/ancient-relics-found-at-palace-museum/

http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2016-05/06/content_25099511.htm http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1941678/chinese-archaeologists-solve-mystery-beijings-forbidden-palace

Interesting sculptures from a shrine in Bazira:

http://www.livescience.com/54598-photos-sculptures-discovered-in-ancient-shrine.html


A pair of burials from Azerbaijan:


http://sputniknews.com/art_living/20160508/1039263603/military-ancient-necropolis-discovery.html

Latest on the Plain of Jars burials:

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/04/23/world/science-health-world/ancient-burials-revealed-mysterious-plain-jars-laos/


Restoring a Thai king’s tomb:

http://www.mmtimes.com/index.php/national-news/20111-restoration-restarts-on-thai-king-s-tomb.html


Feature on Japanese porcelain:

http://phys.org/news/2016-05-artand-sciencebehind-treasured-japanese-porcelain.html

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-05/acs-ta-050416.php

What Bisanta Kumar Bidari is up to:

http://www.dailyexpress.com.my/news.cfm?NewsID=109777

Nice feature on Najibullah Popal and how he saved many of Afghanistan’s
museum relics:

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/may/05/afghanistan-national-museum-kabul-bactrian-hoard-najibullah-popal

More on that mother-baby burial from Taiwan:

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/05/160506-stone-age-mothers-day-fossils-taiwan/

http://www.nbcnews.com/video/archaeologists-find-4-800-year-old-mother-child-fossil-674053187925


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The Page-Ladson sinkhole site in Florida suggests that humans and
mastodons
were contemporaneous some 14 500 years (give or take) bp:

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/14/science/humans-mastodons-florida.html?_r=0

http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-36286548 http://phys.org/news/2016-05-evidence-humans-southeastern-earlier-previously.html

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-05/uom-net051116.php https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/may/14/archaeology-florida-sinkhole-ancient-humans-mastodon-knife-bones-bering-strait

http://www.livescience.com/54735-mastodon-remains-in-underwater-site.html http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-mastodon-stone-tools-early-americans-snap-htmlstory.html

http://www.bradenton.com/news/article77576577.html http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/05/160513-first-americans-clovis-mastodon-florida-page-ladson/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2016/05/13/ancient-tools-and-bone-found-in-florida-could-help-rewrite-the-story-of-the-first-americans/
http://www.ndtv.com/world-news/ancient-tools-and-bone-found-in-florida-could-help-rewrite-the-story-of-the-first-americans-1406176
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3589074/Did-humans-conquer-America-1-500-YEARS-earlier-thought-Stone-tools-Florida-sinkhole-suggest-continent-s-settlers-arrived-12-500BC.html
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/deadthings/2016/05/13/first-americans-underwater-butchering-site-dices-timeline/
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2088095-first-americans-hunted-big-game-in-florida-14500-years-ago/
http://www.nature.com/news/underwater-archaeologists-unearth-ancient-butchering-site-1.19913
http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2016/0513/Underwater-archeological-site-recasts-peopling-of-the-Americas-narrative

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/underwater-finds-reveal-humans-long-presence-north-america-180959103/


… while remains of an extinct species of bison turned up at the Old Vero
Man site:

http://phys.org/news/2016-05-archaeologists-uncover-year-old-bones-ancient.html

http://www.livescience.com/54748-ancient-bison-discovered-vero-beach.html http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-05/fau-au1051116.php https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/05/160511123812.htm http://www.wpbf.com/news/big-reveal-at-old-vero-man-site-may-resemble-crime-scene/39402274
http://www.tcpalm.com/news/indian-river-county/archaeologists-may-have-discovered-ancient-bison-bones-at-vero-man-site-31f1f111-b64e-1b01-e053-0100-378039641.html
http://www.wpbf.com/news/archaeologists-find-ancient-bones-at-old-vero-site/39372696

Plenty of artifacts show up at a proposed golf course site on Lake
Michigan:

http://www.wisn.com/news/study-finds-thousands-of-artifacts-at-proposed-golf-site/39450958

http://www.startribune.com/study-finds-thousands-of-artifacts-at-wisconsin-golf-site/378576826/

A 900 years bp village from New Mexico:

http://westerndigs.org/900-year-old-village-recorded-in-volcanic-badlands-of-new-mexico/


Interesting pre-Valley-Forge campsite in New Jersey:

http://phys.org/news/2016-05-jersey-hillside-clues-revolutionary-war.html http://www.cbsnews.com/news/on-new-jersey-hillside-clues-to-revolutionary-war-mystery/

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3580348/On-New-Jersey-hillside-clues-Revolutionary-War-mystery.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2016/05/09/clues-to-revolutionary-war-mystery-are-slowly-being-revealed-on-a-gently-sloping-new-jersey-hillside/#038;%23038;%23038


Ages ago we heard a claim that the Endeavour had been found off the coast
of Rhode Island … the claim is back:

http://phys.org/news/2016-05-captain-cook-ship-rhode-island.html http://phys.org/news/2016-05-theyre-captain-cook-ship.html http://www.livescience.com/54624-revolutionary-war-shipwreck-possibly-found.html

http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/cook-endeavour-wreck-1.3565735 https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/may/02/captain-james-cook-endeavour-ship-found
http://www.abc.net.au/am/content/2016/s4456285.htm http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/05/03/archaeologists-move-a-step-closer-to-finding-wreck-of-captain-co/

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/may/04/hms-endeavour-colonial-past-james-cook
http://www.foxnews.com/science/2016/05/02/captain-cooks-ship-endeavour-found-in-newport-harbor.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/remains-of-captain-cooks-ship-likely-off-rhode-island-coast/2016/05/03/0916eab6-1119-11e6-a9b5-bf703a5a7191_story.html

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/hms-endeavour-captain-james-cooks-flagship-found-in-newport-harbor-a7011221.html
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/remains-of-captain-cooks-ship-likely-off-rhode-island-coast/article29830452/?cmpid=rss1


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