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Barnea Selavan, Joseph Lauer, Mike Ruggeri, Hernan Astudillo, Jona Lendering, Richard Campbell,Richard C. Griffiths, and Ross W. Sargent for headses upses this
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EARLY HOMINIDS
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I think we mentioned this group going on an ‘Otzi walk’:


http://www.dw.com/en/%C3%B6tzi-walk-hike-like-in-the-stone-age/a-18678346


Neanderthals may have had a thing for hot water:


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3213949/Neanderthals-liked-creature-comf
orts-Spanish-cave-suggests-ancient-cousins-HOT-WATER-one-bedroom.html


Rethinking the genus homo:


http://phys.org/news/2015-08-genus-homo.html


On the ecological impact of early humans:


http://phys.org/news/2015-08-prehistoric-humans-today-ecosystems.html


More on that 2 million year old pinkie:


http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/scientists-just-identified-pinkie-s-almost-2-
million-years-old-180956335/




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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT ================================================================
A 26th Dynasty vizier’s tomb from Luxor:


http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/139265/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/The-tomb-o
f-the-th-dynasty-ruler-of-Upper-Egypt-un.aspx




Some remains in a canopic jar appear to be the earliest evidence of heart failure:


http://news.discovery.com/history/archaeology/oldest-case-of-heart-failure-found-in-ancie
nt-mummy-150828.htm




The Sekhema statue saga continues:


http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/139175/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/Is-the-Sekh
emka-statue-lost-for-good.aspx


http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/44/138824/Heritage/Museums/Egyptian-gove
rnment-cannot-halt-Semenkha-statue-sa.aspx


http://english.alarabiya.net/en/perspective/features/2015/08/29/The-controversial-Sekhe
mka-Egyptian-statue-stirs-debate.html http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/44/138641/Heritage/Museums/Egyptian-arch
aeologist-Hawass-to-launch-petition-a.aspx


Egyptians forced mummy’s mouths open during mummification:


http://news.discovery.com/history/archaeology/ancient-egyptians-forcefully-opened-mout
hs-during-mummification-150827.htm




Plans to keep Tut’s mummy in the Valley of the Kings:


http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/138853/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/Mummy-of-
boy-king-Tutankhamun-to-remain-in-Valley-.aspx




Egyptian blue used in Roman-era mummy portraits:


http://phys.org/news/2015-08-unusual-blue-pigment-ancient-mummy.html http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/08/150826144116.htm http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=11&int_new=81018


Three brothers died while excavating some antiquities in Egypt:


http://www.thecairopost.com/news/165053/news/3-brothers-die-excavating-antiquities-in-
menoufia




Concerns for the site of Sebastia:


http://www.timesofisrael.com/at-ancient-israels-capital-politics-and-neglect-squelch-histo
rical-resonance/




Interesting study suggests the Philistines introduced cumin, sycamore, and the opium
poppy to Israel:


http://phys.org/news/2015-08-philistines-sycamore-cumin-opium-poppy.html http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2015-08/bu-pis082815.php http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/08/150828112741.htm http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/08/2015/philistines-introduced-cumin-
opium-poppy-and-sycamore-into-israel


Apparently more tests are coming for the ‘gospel of Jesus’ wife’:


http://www.livescience.com/51954-gospel-of-jesus-wife-origins.html http://www.timesofisrael.com/new-study-may-prove-authenticity-of-gospel-of-jesuss-wife/


http://www.newser.com/story/211814/gospel-of-jesus-wife-mystery-has-new-twist.html




OpEd on the utility of Greek tragedy:


http://theconversation.com/antigone-now-greek-tragedy-is-the-debate-we-have-to-have-46
136




Review of Stoneman, *Xerxes*:


https://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/books/review-xerxes-a-persian-life-richard-stone
man-yale-university-press




This week, ISIL appears to have destroyed (partially) the Temple of Bel in Palmyra:


http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/08/isil-blows-part-bel-temple-syria-palmyra-150830
195420900.html


http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2015-08/31/c_134570845.htm http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2015/08/30/islamic-state-explosion-severely-damages-a
ncient-temple-of-bel-in-syria-activists-say/


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3216360/ISIS-blow-2-000-year-old-Temple-Bel-Pal
myra-Syria.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490


http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/08/30/us-mideast-crisis-syria-bel-idUSKCN0QZ0XK2
0150830?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews


http://elpais.com/m/internacional/2015/08/28/actualidad/1440797497_736763.html http://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/ISIS-Threat/ISIS-documents-destruction-of-ancient-Rom
an-temple-in-Syria-413203


… and the Temple of Baal Shamin (which I think is different from the above, but I might be
wrong; photos accompanying articles are confusing):


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-34051870 http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/24/world/middleeast/islamic-state-blows-up-ancient-tem
ple-at-syrias-palmyra-ruins.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss


http://news.discovery.com/history/archaeology/is-blows-up-temple-in-syrias-palmyra-150
824.htm


http://www.timesofisrael.com/is-publishes-images-of-palmyra-temple-destruction/


http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/08/25/us-mideast-crisis-syria-palmyra-idUSKCN0QU
1CL20150825?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews


http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/miranda/la-et-cam-photos-show-islamic-milita
nts-detonating-ancient-ruins-at-palmyra-20150825-column.html


http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/isis-in-palmyra-british-museum-de
eply-distressed-by-destruction-of-baalshamin-temple-10469463.html


http://www.apollo-magazine.com/isis-destroys-ancient-temple-baalshamin-palmyra/ ?utm_source=Adestra&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20150827_Weekly_Round_
Up_35


… a satellite view of the site, before and after (again, Baal Shamin … same temple or
different from above?):


http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-34090536 http://www.timesofisrael.com/satellite-images-confirm-palmyra-temple-razing/ http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3215148/Satellite-images-confirm-ISIS-extremists
-destroyed-2-000-year-old-Syrian-temple-Baal-Shamin-amid-fears-raze-Palmyra-s-treasur
es-ground.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490


… and the UN condemned it, of course:


http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/1339 http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/un-calls-islamic-states-destruction-of-ancie
nt-syrian-temple-a-war-crime/article26087232/?cmpid=rss1&service=mobile




… various opEds:


http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/26/opinion/the-crimes-of-palmyra.html?partner=rssnyt&
emc=rss


http://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2015/08/25/nyt-isis-irreversible-destruction-of-
antiquities-has-reached-staggering-levels/


http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/aug/30/palmyra-isis-syria-history-influence-mour
n


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3211296/Will-ISIS-siege-Palmyra-end-total-destru
ction-Experts-warn-Syria-s-glories-Ancient-World-blasted-one-one.html?ITO=1490&ns_m
channel=rss&ns_campaign=1490 http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/aug/25/palmyra-tolerant-multicultural-is
is-ancient-city-migrants-savagery http://theconversation.com/against-isis-destruction-of-heritage-and-for-curators-as-the-cur
e-of-souls-46601


http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2015/aug/24/razing-palmyra-mass-murder-isis http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/isis-in-palmyra-after-destruction-of
-the-temple-of-baalshamin-what-is-left-of-the-ancient-city-10469385.html http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-34043676#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_sourc
e=PublicRSS20-sa


… and the FBI is warning people not to by artifacts from ISIL:


http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/08/27/us-usa-fbi-antiquities-idUSKCN0QW0O420150
827


http://www.haaretz.com/news/world/1.673191 https://www.fbi.gov/homepage-images/isil-antiquities-trafficking/view http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/aug/27/fbi-warns-art-dealers-of-antiquities-lo
oted-by-isl/


http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2015/08/fbi-dont-accidentally-buy-artifacts-stolen-by-isis/


https://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2015/Aug-28/313064-fbi-warns-art-dealer
s-about-looted-antiquities.ashx


… and nice features on ancient Palmyra:


http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/08/150826-syria-palmyra-islamic-state-isis-arc
haeology-history/


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-32824052






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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS)

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Big news this week is the discovery of a Mycenean Palace (with Linear B inscriptions)
near Sparta:


http://phys.org/news/2015-08-archaeologists-unearth-ancient-greek-palace.html


http://www.livescience.com/51984-ancient-spartan-palace-unearthed.html http://news.discovery.com/history/archaeology/archaeologists-unearth-ancient-greek-pal
ace-near-sparta-150826.htm


http://neoskosmos.com/news/en/greece-archaeological-discovery-sparta-palace-Mycena
ean-Age


http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/aug/26/ancient-greek-palace-unearthed-near-spar
ta-dates-back-to-17th-century-bc


http://www.rawstory.com/2015/08/archaeologists-unearth-ancient-greek-palace-near-spart
a/


http://news.yahoo.com/archaeologists-unearth-ancient-greek-palace-near-sparta-1647526
52.html


http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2015/0826/Could-scientists-have-just-discovered-the-l
ost-palace-of-Sparta


http://www.foxnews.com/science/2015/08/28/lost-palace-sparta-possibly-uncovered/


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3214211/Has-lost-palace-Sparta-Magical-o
bjects-clay-tablets-suggest-ruins-belong-Ancient-Greece-s-famous-civilisation.html?ITO=
1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490


http://www.forbes.com/sites/kristinakillgrove/2015/08/26/the-most-interesting-thing-about
-that-ancient-spartan-palace-isnt-the-palace-its-the-language/


http://www.ekathimerini.com/200878/article/ekathimerini/news/archaeologists-making-ex
citing-discoveries-in-laconia




Another find, with coverage of questionable quality, of remains of a submerged Greek
city some 4 or 5000 years b.p. in the Argolic Gulf:


http://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/submerged-greek-village-archaeologists-
paradise-not-atlantis-n417986


https://uk.news.yahoo.com/huge-lost-ancient-greek-city-is-found-sunk-beneath-the-sea-08
0950075.html#28TICzw




Interesting water law inscription from Laodicea:


http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/ancient-water-law-unearthed-in-laodicea-.aspx?pageID
=238&nid=87259




A well apparently used for hydromancy from Athens:


http://greece.greekreporter.com/2015/08/30/ancient-greek-well-used-for-hydromancy-disc
overed-in-athens/




Interesting finds near the Porta Nola (Pompeii):


http://www.culturekiosque.com/art/news/necropolis_porta_nola938.html http://www.ansa.it/sito/notizie/topnews/2015/08/26/pompei-scoperta-sepoltura-infantile_c
b5b1a88-f0f4-4004-98d5-b126f1f8a1f1.html




A Roman era mass grave from a farmer’s field in Turkey:


http://www.forbes.com/sites/kristinakillgrove/2015/08/24/roman-era-mass-grave-discover
ed-in-farmers-field-in-turkey/




Latest from the Roman Maryport dig:


http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/newcastle-university-student-uncov
ers-rare-9911721




Still looking for Colchester’s amphitheatre:


http://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/13631372.Two_Graves_found_but_no_amphitheatre
/




Cambridge wasn’t a backwater in Roman times:



http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/Hidden-Roman-villa-reveals-Cambridgeshire/ story-27690409-detail/story.html




Missed this one a month ago: they found more stuff on the shipwreck that carried the
Elgin Marbles:


http://news.discovery.com/history/archaeology/antiquities-found-on-shipwreck-that-carrie
d-elgin-marbles-150728.htm




Deer prints on roof tiles:


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-34050603


Back to Antikythera:


http://www.news.com.au/technology/science/second-expedition-to-antikythera-seeks-mor
e-mechanism-remains/story-fnjwl1aw-1227497703179?from=public_rss




Another interesting Scythian burial from Altai:


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3211842/Warrior-king-ancient-Russian-tom
b-Scythian-ruler-buried-riches-weapons-HORSE.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_c ampaign=1490




… and a Scythian town (apparently) at the bottom of a lake:


http://www.akipress.com/news%3A564201/


A couple were caught looting a site in Catalonia:


https://news.artnet.com/in-brief/french-nationals-arrested-looting-spain-327140


http://eu.greekreporter.com/2015/08/24/spain-french-couple-caught-looting-ancient-greek-
and-roman-ruins/




Pondering the magnitude of Pompeii’s destruction:


http://news.yahoo.com/video/pompeii-worst-volcanic-disaster-ever-210000059.html




… and a feature on Pompeii:


http://www.forbes.com/sites/davidbressan/2015/08/25/the-enduring-mysteries-of-mount-v
esuvius-and-the-destruction-of-pompeii/




… and fresco restoration:


http://scienceinpoland.pap.pl/en/news/news,406207,poles-preserve-paintings-in-the-villa
-buried-by-the-ashes-of-vesuvius.html




Recreating a Neolithic pit oven on Cyprus:


http://cyprus-mail.com/2015/08/26/ancient-pit-oven-fed-up-to-200-guests/


Interesting study of a female burial from Pydna:


http://www.forbes.com/sites/kristinakillgrove/2015/08/28/how-a-pregnant-womans-love-of
-dogs-led-to-death-by-parasite-in-ancient-greece/




Feature on the Temple of Apollo at Didyma:


http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2015/08/turkey-temple-of-apollo-may-decode-g
rey-mysteries.html#




Not sure where to put this one … a feature on bathing through the ages at Ankara:


http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2015/08/turkey-ancient-roman-history-awaits-to
-be-discovered.html




A guide to collecting ‘ancient marbles’:


http://www.christies.com/features/Collecting-Guide-Ancient-Marbles-6422-1.aspx




Some digitization projects at Cornell:


http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/2015/08/hidden-cornell-treasures-be-digitized




Hugh Jackman is being touted as the next Odysseus:


http://neoskosmos.com/news/en/Hugh-Jackman-to-play-Odysseus


Colorizing the Temple of Jupiter at Agrigento:


http://www.lasicilia.it/articolo/ecco-come-doveva-apparire-agli-akragantini-il-maestoso-ed
-enorme-tempio-di-giove




… while they’ve starting tearing down a pile of illegal buildings in the Valley of the
Temples:


http://www.ansamed.info/ansamed/en/news/sections/generalnews/2015/08/24/ demolition-starts-of-valley-of-temples-illegal-building_eb09021f-deb7-418f-9597-6795a0a
1552f.html




Feature on the Etruscans:




http://elviajero.elpais.com/elviajero/2015/08/20/actualidad/1440085411_791576.html




Semi-touristy thing on some popular ‘exile’ islands:


http://www.news.com.au/travel/world-travel/the-stunning-italian-islands-where-wicked-ro
man-emperors-sent-lustful-women/story-e6frfqbr-1227504252742




Big Classics meeting on Malta coming up:


http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20150823/education/Malta-to-host-internation
al-conference-of-Classics-educators.581627




Josiah Ober and the ancient Greek economy:


http://www.theaustralian.com.au/arts/review/josiah-ober-rates-classical-greece-highly-for
-its-economics/story-fn9n8gph-1227500149304




Review of Tom Holland, *Dynasty*:


http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/arts/books/non-fiction/article4537761.ece


… and an interesting interview:


http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/aug/28/tom-holland-interview-caligula-vampires-
coping-with-death-threats




More on looting on the rise in Greece:


http://neoskosmos.com/news/en/Illegal-excavations-on-the-rise


I think we mentioned this feature on Lucretius in the Renaissance last week:


http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/monkey-cage/wp/2015/08/22/the-rediscovery-of-thi
s-writer-in-the-renaissance-opened-the-way-to-the-modern-world-and-more-importantly-th
e-invention-of-political-science/




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EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland) ================================================================
Weird story of the week (and sad) … a Neolithic tomb in Spain was destroyed to make
way for a picnic table:


https://uk.news.yahoo.com/spain-workers-replace-6-000-150134195.html http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/08/27/435203455/ancient-tomb-in-spain-des
troyed-and-replaced-with-a-picnic-table


http://www.thelocal.es/20150826/fury-as-spanish-town-plonks-picnic-bench-on-ancient-ar
cheological-site




A Bronze Age cremation burial from Staffordshire:


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3214600/Bronze-Age-urn-cremated-bones-i
nside-discovered-moorland-footpath-nature-reserve.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&
ns_campaign=1490


http://www.leek-news.co.uk/Pot-containing-human-remains-3-500-years-old/ story-27680909-detail/story.html http://www.ashbournenewstelegraph.co.uk/Buried-treasure-3-500-year-old-urn-buried-Pea
k/story-27680949-detail/story.html


… and Bronze Age bones turn up during septic tank work in West Dorset:


http://www.bridportnews.co.uk/news/13627065.Rare_find_of_ancient_bones_in_west_Do
rset/


http://www.dorsetecho.co.uk/news/13629807.Ancient_bones_found_in_West_Dorset_dig
_are__significant_find_/


A ‘long lost’ Scottish monastery may have been found:


http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/homenews/13631786.Long_lost_Book_of_Deer_mo nastery__quot_may_have_been_found_quot_/


Medieval bones near Hertford Castle:


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3209319/Medieval-bones-discovered-road-
close-historic-castle-captured-rebellion-against-King-John.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel
=rss&ns_campaign=1490




Latest on Rhynie Man:


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3212596/Who-Scotland-s-Rhynie-Man-Dig-
aims-finally-identify-mysterious-1-500-year-old-axe-wielding-Pict-immortalised-stone.htm
l?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490


Latest on Nuestra Senora de las Mercedes:


http://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/spain-recovers-bronze-cannon-silver-items-from-19th-cent
ury-wreck-1.2533848




Feature on toys found during digs in Lincolnshire:


http://www.lincolnshireecho.co.uk/Archaeologist-reveals-exciting-children-s-toys/
story-27683035-detail/story.html




Feature on the Lewis Chessmen:


http://www.economist.com/news/books-and-arts/21662487-bones-contention


Restoration corruption in Romania:


http://www.dw.com/en/eu-funds-spent-on-brutal-revamp-of-romanias-saxon-churches/
a-18668690




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ASIA AND THE SOUTH PACIFIC ================================================================
A 2000 year-old egg from China:


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/peoplesdaily/article-3212692/2-000-year-old-egg-discov
ered-archaeologists-China.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490




A Joseon Dynasty shipwreck:


http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/Article.aspx?aid=3008406 http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20150826000416


Feature on the search for Muziris:


http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/in-search-of-muziris-indias-biggest-archaeological-dig-1
212328




Concerns for a pair of temples in Tamil Nadu:


http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/13th-century-ramanathapuram-temple
s-choultry-in-ruins/article7592617.ece




The Shigir idol is older than previously thought:


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3212829/World-s-oldest-wooden-statue-T
WICE-old-pyramids-New-analysis-reveals-Shigir-Idol-ancient-thought.html?ITO=1490&ns
_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490




Fighting to save sites in Kolkata:


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-33902003


Not sure if we mentioned this particular mummified child burial from Altai:


http://siberiantimes.com/science/casestudy/news/n0375-mummified-new-born-baby-prot
ected-in-leather-shroud-for-1500-years-ago-found-in-altai-mountains/


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3211366/Remains-newborn-mummified-AC
CIDENT-1-500-years-ago-solve-mysteries-ancient-Siberian-people.html?ITO=1490&ns_m
channel=rss&ns_campaign=1490


http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/news/article/mummified-baby-unearthed-in-altai/
528611.html




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NORTH AMERICA
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A very interesting Yup’ik mask from a rescue dig in Alaska:


http://theweek.com/speedreads/573528/archaeologists-uncover-amazingly-lifelike-halfhu
man-halfwalrus-shaman-mask-disappearing-alaskan-village




Plenty of (local) coverage of a shipwreck find in the Nanticoke River:


http://www.baltimoresun.com/health/maryland-health/bs-hs-nanticoke-shipwreck-2015082
6-story.html


http://www.delmarvanow.com/story/news/local/maryland/2015/08/28/shipwreck-vienna-lu
cky-find/71308492/ http://m.somdnews.com/article/20150828/NEWS/150829653/1075/mac-lab-conserves-old
est-maryland-shipwreck-discovered&template=southernMarylandMobile http://smnewsnet.com/archives/388693/eighteenth-century-shipwreck-discovered-in-the-n
anticoke-river/ http://www.delmarvanow.com/story/news/local/maryland/2015/08/24/ship-wreck-found/
32285713/




Latest from the Lake George dig (I’m not sure there’s anything we haven’t seen already):


http://www.post-gazette.com/life/travel/2015/08/30/New-York-dig-unearths-stone-walls-of-
an-old-British-fort/stories/201508230030




Latest from Jamestown:


http://wydaily.com/2015/08/28/local-news-jamestown-unearthed-recycled-breastplate-sto
neware-found-in-probable-cellar/




Looking for remains of the first private school in the US:


http://www.cbsnews.com/news/unearthing-the-school-of-the-founding-fathers/



They’re back at the Franklin Expedition site:


http://www.edmontonjournal.com/news/insight/Divers+expect+more+secrets+surface+fro
m+Franklin/11325134/story.html




… and plans to declare it a historic site:


http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674parks_canada_eyes_national_histori
c_site_for_downed_Franklin_sh/




Plans to return to Fort Rock Cave (Oregon):


http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/08/26/us-usa-oregon-cave-idUSKCN0QV0072015082
6?feedType=RSS&feedName=lifestyleMolt




Victims of human sacrifice at Cahokia were apparently locals:


http://westerndigs.org/victims-of-human-sacrifice-at-cahokia-were-locals-not-captives-stu
dy-finds/




Dam construction in BC is causing concerns for First Nations burial sites:



http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/site-c/article26154330/ ?cmpid=rss1




Another looter caught:


http://www.suffieldtimes.com/us/lake-county-man-suspected-of-looting-archaeological-sit
es/56583/


http://www.pressdemocrat.com/news/4392942-181/lake-county-man-suspected-of


More on the CSS Georgia recovery:


http://www.usace.army.mil/Media/NewsArchive/StoryArticleView/tabid/232/Article/614935/
a-wreck-reborn-recovering-the-civil-war-ironclad-css-georgia-from-the-savannah.aspx


http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2015/08/css_georgia_salvage_team_worki.html




================================================================
CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA ================================================================
Feature on the Inca Road:


http://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2015/08/29/435480149/for-inca-road-builders-extre
me-terrain-was-no-obstacle




More on that ‘skull rack’ from the Templo Mayor:


http://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/archaeologists-find-aztec-sacrificial-temp
les-main-skull-rack-n413411




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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 ================================================================
Recreating Natufian bread:


http://phys.org/news/2015-08-bread-began-ancient-tools-reconstructand.html http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2015-08/bu-wbb082515.php http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/08/150826101653.htm http://www.newkerala.com/news/2015/fullnews-110239.html


Feature on redheads:


https://www.spectator.co.uk/books/9615942/the-dangerous-red-headed-league/


How the eruption of Mount Tambora in 1815 affected art:


http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/25/science/mount-tambora-volcano-eruption-1815.html?
_r=0




Feature on Leon Trotsky:


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-33909385


Marking Ludwig’s birthday:


http://www.dw.com/en/happy-birthday-ludwig/a-18669085


Pondering periodization:


https://www.insidehighered.com/views/2015/08/26/review-jacques-le-goff-must-we-divide
-history-periods




On pepper and imperialism:


https://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2015/08/22/blame-pepper-for-imperialism-bananas
-for-misery/E6NCTP029zr0inxtAWKzUM/story.html




On the beginnings of women’s history:


http://phys.org/news/2015-08-women-history-began-earlier-assumed.html


On the changing art market:


http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/23/arts/design/soaring-art-market-attracts-a-new-breed-
of-advisers-for-collectors.html


Interesting feature on ‘execution ballads’:


http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/execution-ballads-once-spread-news-punis
hment-public-180956397




Keeping our eye on that ‘Nazi gold train’ story:


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-34072660


A medieval sanctuary seeks a hermit:


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-34075945


More on Marion True:


http://www.vnews.com/lifetimes/18274343-95/curator-who-vanished-now-wants-to-tell-her
-story




Archaeology Podcast Network:


http://www.archaeologypodcastnetwork.com/archyfantasies/ ================================================================
MUSEUM MATTERS
================================================================
Faith After the Pharaohs:


http://www.britishmuseum.org/whats_on/exhibitions/faith_after_the_pharaohs.aspx




Codex Sinaiticus:


http://www.timesofisrael.com/oldest-complete-new-testament-to-go-on-display-at-british-
museum/


http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/news/worlds-oldest-bible-codex-s
inaiticus-to-go-on-display-at-british-museum-10473944.html


http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2015/08/30/phenomenal-the-worlds-oldest-christian-bibl
e-dating-back-to-the-4th-century-is-going-on-display/


Gladiators:


http://ottawacitizen.com/news/national/defence-watch/less-than-two-weeks-left-to-see-gla
diators-exhibit-at-war-museum




Piranesi’s Paestum:


http://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/Piranesi-s-Paestum-at-Stanford-s-Cantor-645
1431.php




The Grand Egyptian Museum will have a different management model:


http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/138869/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/Grand-Egy
ptian-Museum-to-be-managed-internationall.aspx


http://news.yahoo.com/grand-egyptian-museum-managed-internationally-132254435.htm
l





A girl accidentally broke a Roman era glass vase at the British Museum:


http://www.foxnews.com/world/2015/08/26/young-visitor-accidentally-breaks-ancient-glas
s-artifact-at-israel-leading/


… or did she?:


http://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-museum-changes-account-on-broken-artifact/




… while another young person tripped and put their fist through a 17th century painting in
Taipei:


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-34049062 http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/08/25/434565176/video-12-year-old-boy-trip
s-rips-hole-in-1-5-million-painting?sc=17&f=1001


http://national.suntimes.com/national-world-news/7/72/1704811/watch-boy-trips-falls-350-
year-old-painting-punches-huge-hole




… which might turn out to be fake:


http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=11&int_new=81012


Here’s a roundup of some recent museum accidents (including the above):


http://www.apollo-magazine.com/museum-trips-five-works-of-art-broken-by-clumsy-galler
y-goers/?utm_source=Adestra&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20150827_Weekly_ Round_Up_35




… and the costliest ones:


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-34059664


Another museum director in hot water:


http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/27/arts/design/director-at-uzbekistan-museum-is-dismis
sed-and-accused-of-crimes.html




================================================================
THE TECHY SIDE
================================================================
A mummy in a Florence museum is the latest to get the facial reconstruction treatment:


http://phys.org/news/2015-08-oldest-pharaonic-mummy-museum-florence.html


Project involving 3d cameras to document sites in Syria and elsewhere which are threatened:


http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/28/middleeast/3d-mapping-ancient-monuments/ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/islamic-state/11829761/Archaeologists-plan-
to-use-3D-imagery-to-preserve-antiquities-under-threat-from-Islamic-State.html


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3213765/Digital-plan-save-ancient-sites-ISIS-ruin-
Monuments-men-believe-3D-printers-recreate-treasures-destroyed-jihadists-Middle-East.
html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490


On drone use at Irish sites:


http://www.slu.edu/nl-finan_irish_summer-817


They’ve opened up a ‘bone lab’ at Ephesus:


http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/08/2015/archaeozoologists-open-bon
e-lab-at-ephesus




On the importance of digitization:


http://www.npr.org/sections/npr-history-dept/2015/08/28/435144667/ holding-on-tight-to-old-new-york




================================================================
ON THE DNA FRONT ================================================================
Using dog DNA to solve a shipwreck mystery:


http://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/500-year-old-dog-s-DNA-solve-mystery-Plymouth-s/
story-27703912-detail/story.html


Dienekes' Anthropology Blog:


http://dienekes.blogspot.ca/ ================================================================
CLIMATE MATTERS ================================================================
On climate change and megafauna demise (maybe) again:


http://www.rt.com/news/312556-mammoths-extinction-humans-climate/


Several folks mentioned an incorrect link last week on climate change and the evolution
of dogs (thanks!) … here’s the correct one:


http://phys.org/news/2015-08-fossil-dogs-evolved-climate.html


================================================================
TOURISTY THINGS ================================================================
Walled cities:


http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20150827-living-in-the-worlds-greatest-walled-cities




================================================================
CRIME BEAT
================================================================
Getting a bit ahead, here are a couple of Anonymous Swiss Collector Culture Crime
Newses:


http://www.anonymousswisscollector.com/2015/08/culture-crime-news-17-23-august-201
5.html



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