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explorator 19.27 October 30, 2016 ===============================================================
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Thanks to Arthur Shippee, Dave Sowdon, Edward Rockstein, Kurt Theis,
John McMahon, Barnea Selavan, Joseph Lauer, Mike Ruggeri, Hernan
Astudillo,
Bob Heuman, David Critchley, Hernan Astudillo, Rick Heli,
Barbara Saylor Rodgers, Yaron Eliav, Richard Campbell, Richard C.
Griffiths,
Rick Pettigrew, and Ross W. Sargent for headses
upses this week (as always hoping I have left no one out).

... mostly repeats this week

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EARLY HOMINIDS
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Neanderthals ate more vegetation than previously thought:


https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/10/161027094135.htm


Studying early hominid teeth:


http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2016/10/25/497094756/dental-detectives-what-fossil-teeth-reveal-about-ancestral-human-diets



More on human ancestry being more complex than previously thought:


https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/10/161020142642.htm http://www.archaeology.org/4970-161026-genetics-interbreeding-relationship


More on ‘tool making’ monkeys:


http://www.nature.com/news/monkey-tools-raise-questions-over-human-archaeological-record-1.20816



More on right-handed homo habilis:


http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2016/1020/Scientists-say-they-have-found-the-oldest-right-handed-human



More on early evidence of heating stone prior to flaking:


http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/10/2016/early-evidence-of-heating-stone-to-enhance-flaking-qualities



More on the ‘good side’ of hominid interbreeding:


http://scienmag.com/new-tools-identify-key-evolutionary-advantages-from-ancient-hominid-interbreeding/


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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT ================================================================
The Toledo Museum of Art put some Egyptian antiquities up for auction,
despite Egypt’s protests and Zahi Hawass is trying to get sanctions put
on
the Museum:


http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/246760/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/Zahi-Hawass-to-try-to-put-sanctions-on-Toledo-Muse.aspx

http://www.toledoblade.com/Art/2016/10/29/Egypt-wants-sanctions-against-museum-for-selling-antiquities.html


Feature on the plundering of Egyptian relics:


http://www.middleeasteye.net/columns/corruption-central-egypts-antiquities-1838534106



Egypt put a pile of seized antiquities on display:


http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1013681.shtml


More on ‘additional chambers’ being detected in the Great Pyramid:


http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2016-10/19/c_135764315.htm


In case you’re missing the Tutankhamen miniseries going on in the UK:


http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2016-10-23/did-tutankhamuns-howard-carter-and-evelyn-carnarvon-really-have-a-romantic-relationship



A 10 000 years bp site in the Tabuk region of Saudi Arabia:


http://english.alarabiya.net/en/variety/2016/10/24/Archaeologists-examine-Saudi-site-aged-10000-years-.html



A Parthian era tunnel in a Mikal village:


http://en.mehrnews.com/news/120816/Parthian-era-tunnel-turns-page-in-Mikal-history



A Byzantine inn complex from Assos:


http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/ancient-inn-complex-unearthed-in-assos-.aspx?pageID=238&nID=105381&NewsCatID=375

http://www.archaeology.org/4972-161027-turkey-assos-theater


I think we mentioned evidence of a hitherto unknown Canaanite revolt
against Egypt in Jaffa:


http://www.haaretz.com/jewish/archaeology/1.748579


Much coverage of the opening of the traditional site of Jesus’ tomb in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre:


http://phys.org/news/2016-10-experts-uncover-hidden-layers-jesus.html http://www.livescience.com/56672-jesus-tomb-opened-first-time-in-centuries.html

http://www.livescience.com/56675-photos-church-of-holy-sepulchre-jesus-tomb.html

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/oct/27/jesus-tomb-jerusalem-restoration-church-of-the-holy-sepulchre-christ-christianity

http://www.jpost.com/Christian-News/Report-Final-burial-place-of-Jesus-revealed-after-hundreds-of-years-471017

http://www.timesofisrael.com/scientists-expose-original-stone-of-jesuss-jerusalem-tomb/

http://www.timesofisrael.com/at-the-holiest-spot-in-christendom-delving-for-jesuss-resting-place/

http://forward.com/news/breaking-news/352919/burial-slab-of-jesus-uncovered-for-first-time-in-centuries/

http://www.csmonitor.com/World/2016/1028/Researchers-open-what-they-think-may-have-been-Jesus-tomb

http://www.news.com.au/technology/science/archaeology/restoration-workers-peel-back-ancient-layers-surrounding-cave-said-to-be-jesus-tomb-in-jerusalem/news-story/1a94bd93252f2f2f825deeac9c5d42ed

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/06/25/what-the-hell-is-going-on-in-jesus-tomb.html

https://www.yahoo.com/news/jesus-tomb-opened-first-time-160800494.html http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/christs-burial-slab-uncovered-for-the-first-time-in-centuries-74831/

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/archaeologist-at-jesus-tomb-site-what-was-found-is-astonishing/

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/10/jesus-tomb-opened-church-holy-sepulchre/

http://cultura.elpais.com/cultura/2016/10/28/actualidad/1477671780_437738.html


More on that oldest Hebrew papyrus mentioning Jerusalem:


http://www.antiquities.org.il/article_eng.aspx?sec_id=25&subj_id=240 http://phys.org/news/2016-10-important-ancient-papyrus-seized-looters.html http://www.timesofisrael.com/oldest-hebrew-mention-of-jerusalem-found-on-rare-papyrus-from-7th-century-bce/
http://www.jewishpress.com/news/breaking-news/first-temple-era-document-mentioning-jerusalem-exposed/2016/10/26/
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-archaeology-idUSKCN12Q1SO?il=0 http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/219379 http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Ancient-papyrus-scroll-found-with-earliest-Hebrew-mention-of-Jerusalem-470898
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4870938,00.html http://www.haaretz.com/jewish/archaeology/.premium-1.749357 http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_article.php?id=37415 http://forward.com/news/breaking-news/352646/does-ancient-scroll-prove-jewish-tie-to-jerusalem-and-refute-modern-day-une/


… while scholars are having doubts about the authenticity of that
‘Jerusalem papyrus’:


http://www.livescience.com/56653-hebrew-papyrus-seized-from-looters.html http://www.livescience.com/56646-photos-hebrew-papyrus-judean-desert.html http://www.rollstonepigraphy.com/?p=715 https://facesandvoices.wordpress.com/2016/10/22/new-judean-desert-papyrus-sold-by-an-anonymous-antiquities-dealer/

https://gath.wordpress.com/2016/10/28/my-take-on-the-jerusalem-papyrus/ http://www.haaretz.com/jewish/archaeology/.premium-1.749603 http://www.timesofisrael.com/archaeologists-question-oldest-hebrew-mention-of-jerusalem/

http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/dont-politicize-archaeology-and-dont-historicize-politics-on-the-new-jerusalem-papyrus/
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/27/world/middleeast/israel-unesco-holy-site.html


Israel was displaying some First Temple era pottery from Temple Mount too:


http://www.haaretz.com/jewish/archaeology/1.749337 http://www.timesofisrael.com/archaeologists-reveal-first-solomons-temple-era-artifacts-ever-found-on-temple-mount/


UNESCO is under pressure (it seems) to rethink its decision about Jewish presence on Temple Mount:


http://www.timesofisrael.com/us-lawmakers-urge-unesco-panel-to-reject-text-erasing-jewish-ties-to-temple-mount/

http://www.breitbart.com/jerusalem/2016/10/26/temple-mount-archaeologist-unesco-resolution-disgrace/

https://www.algemeiner.com/2016/10/26/the-jewish-connection-to-jerusalem-is-undeniable/
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/27/world/middleeast/israel-unesco-holy-site.html http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_article.php?id=37447


A “muslim” inscription confirming Jewish presence was also mentioned this
week:


http://www.jewishpress.com/news/breaking-news/ancient-muslim-inscription-confirms-dome-of-the-rocks-jewish-temple-origin/2016/10/28/


Some DSS fragments are coming to auction:


http://www.hamhigh.co.uk/news/dead_sea_scrolls_fragments_put_on_sale_for_first_time_by_hampstead_dealer_1_4751216



… as is the earliest ‘copy’ of the Ten Commandments:


http://www.jewishpress.com/news/breaking-news/earliest-ten-commandments-tablet-on-auction-in-beverly-hills/2016/10/25/



Syria is complaining about digs by Israel … in Syria:


http://www.timesofisrael.com/at-unesco-syria-complains-of-israeli-archaeological-digs-inside-syria/



Israel denies digging inside Syria:


http://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/israel-says-no-archaeological-digs-in-syria-village/



Feature on the Assyrians:


http://www.livescience.com/56659-assyrians-history.html


More on Israel’s National Archaeology Campus:


http://www.haaretz.co.il/gallery/architecture/.premium-1.3103968 https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/israels-effort-to-get-a-gadget-obsessed-generation-to-look-at-old-stuff/2016/10/25/aa85c324-9a29-11e6-b3c9-f662adaa0048_story.html


More on where Titus breached Jerusalem’s third wall:


http://jewishstandard.timesofisrael.com/scientists-discover-where-titus-breached-jerusalem-walls/



More on 1300 years bp antidepressants from Istanbul:


http://www.natureworldnews.com/articles/30587/20161025/1300-year-old-antidepressant-drugs-unearthed-in-istanbul.htm



More on that short-time mosaic carpet reveal:


http://www.haaretz.com/jewish/archaeology/.premium-1.749520


Op Ed on Aleppo, then and now:


http://www.upi.com/Top_News/Opinion/2016/10/24/A-tale-of-two-Aleppos-Ancient-city-in-ruins-with-poor-on-front-lines/8381477321949/


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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS) ================================================================
Cyprus was also protesting the Toledo Museum’s sale of antiquities:


http://greece.greekreporter.com/2016/10/26/antiquities-for-sale-ohios-toledo-museum-of-art-sells-ancient-artifacts-cyprus-and-egypt-protest/

http://www.toledoblade.com/Art/2016/10/25/Cyprus-demands-auction-be-stopped-Ambassador-wants-artifacts-displayed-in-Toledo-museum.html
http://in-cyprus.com/ohio-museum-sells-pieces-despite-protests-from-cyprus/
… as was Joan Connelly:


http://www.toledoblade.com/Art/2016/10/24/Art-expert-slams-Toledo-museum-nbsp-sale-of-nbsp-antiquities.html



… while a clumsy caterer knocked a thumb off a statue in the British
Museum:


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/10/26/hapless-caterer-knocks-thumb-off-roman-statue-in-british-museum/

http://theartnewspaper.com/news/conservation/british-museum-gives-venus-the-finger-back/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-37786103 http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/28/arts/design/british-museum-townley-venus-thumb-repaired.html


Remains of a Roman military camp in Burley-in-Wharfedale:


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bradford-west-yorkshire-37727136


Roman-era windmills from Missis:


http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/windmills-of-misis-comes-to-light-.aspx?pageID=238&nID=105166&NewsCatID=375



A kingdom of Osroene floor mosaic:


http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/ancient-edessa-floor-mosaic-unearthed-.aspx?pageID=238&nid=105425&NewsCatID=375



In case you didn’t hear about the earthquake which was felt in Rome:


http://www.irishmirror.ie/news/earthquake-hits-italy-shaking-romes-9131896


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EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland) ================================================================
Evidence that humans were hunting and skinning cave lions some 16 000
years
bp:


http://phys.org/news/2016-10-upper-paleolithic-humans-cave-lions.html http://www.livescience.com/56654-humans-hunted-cave-lions-for-pelts.html https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/oct/26/prehistoric-humans-may-have-hunted-cave-lions-to-extinction-fossils-indicate

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/humans-may-have-hunted-cave-lions-extinction-throw-rugs-180960915/

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/27/science/cave-lion-pelts-caverns.html http://www.archaeology.org/news/4969-161026-cave-lion-extinction


An 8th century Pictish carved stone from Orkney:


http://www.scotsman.com/news/8th-century-pictish-carved-stone-discovered-in-orkney-cliff-1-4272055

http://www.archaeology.org/news/4974-161028-orkney-pictish-cross


A fresco fragment from the Great Basilica in Plovdiv:


http://www.archaeology.org/4964-161024-bulgaria-basilica-philippopolis


I think we mentioned these ‘unusual’ medieval graves from Poland:


http://www.archaeology.org/news/4951-161018-poland-boulder-graves


… while another cemetery in Poland may have victims of a 17th century
epidemic:


http://www.archaeology.org/4976-161028-poland-cholera-burials


A lost ship from the Battle of Trafalgar (I think):


http://elpais.com/elpais/2016/10/24/ciencia/1477297638_714700.html


The Trust has taken over Snodhill Castle:


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hereford-worcester-37744260


Plans to revamp St Mary’s in Melton Mowbray:


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-37678335


Jorvik Viking Centre will reopen in April:


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-37749443


The Pope is opening Castel Gandolpho to the public:


http://cultura.elpais.com/cultura/2016/10/22/actualidad/1477125342_987623.html



Feature on medieval Lund:


http://www.medievalhistories.com/the-medieval-city-of-lund/


On efforts to save art in earthquake-damaged parts of Italy:


http://www.apollo-magazine.com/effort-save-italys-earthquake-damaged-art-architecture/?utm_source=Adestra&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20161029_Weekly_Round_Up_43



More on all those shipwrecks found in the Black Sea:


http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/shipwrecks-discovery-black-sea-bulgaria-thousands-years-old-a7379691.html

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/10/black-sea-shipwreck-discovery/ http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-10-25/ancient-shipwrecks-found-accidentally-during-black-sea-mapping/7962270

http://www.universityherald.com/articles/46285/20161028/41-shipwrecks-down-the-black-sea-discovered-university-of-southampton-academics-believe-3d-tech-has-far-to-go-video.htm

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/perfectly-preserved-ancient-shipwrecks-found-in-depths-of-black-sea.aspx?pageID=238&nid=105345&NewsCatID=375

http://www.archaeology.org/news/4965-161025-black-sea-shipwrecks


More on medieval finds from Newton Abbot:


http://www.archaeology.org/news/4949-161018-newtown-abbot-millstone


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ASIA AND THE SOUTH PACIFIC ================================================================


12 000 years bp cave art from East Timor:


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-37764195


Life in southern China some 3400 years bp:


http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2016-10/29/c_135789763.htm


Sixth century swords from a Kyushu tomb:


http://www.archaeology.org/4966-161015-japan-ray-skin


Song/Ming/Qing dynasty wells from Changsha:


http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2016-10/27/c_135785662.htm


Latest from the work at the tomb of the Marquis of Haihun:


http://english.cctv.com/2016/10/30/VIDEGDyQGdgZenxylKxGy0DD161030.shtml


Korean scientists have figured out how metal plating worked some 1400
years
ago:


http://m.yna.co.kr/mob2/en/contents_en.jsp?cid=AEN20161024005600320&site=0200000000&mobile



Two months after the earthquake, a couple of temples in Bagan have
collapsed:


http://www.irrawaddy.com/culture/two-temples-in-bagan-collapse-two-months-after-earthquake.html



Feature on how Aboriginal peoples fermented things:


http://phys.org/news/2016-10-revealing-science-aboriginal-fermentation.html


I think we’ve had this thing on the colonization of
Poly/Micronesia/Oceania
before:


http://phys.org/news/2016-10-currents-geography-people-settledoceania.html https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-10/uoo-eps102716.php https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/10/161028113828.htm


On the antiquity (maybe) of the caste system in India:


http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/mumbai/caste-system-in-india-existed-since-harappan-times-says-archaeologist/article9283807.ece



More on that 2500 years bp ‘cannabis burial’:


http://www.livescience.com/56596-cannabis-shroud-found-in-ancient-grave.html

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/ancient-tomb-suggests-cannabis-use-is-nothing-new/ http://www.archaeology.org/4963-161024-china-burial-cannabis


More on that child’s rattle from Siberia:


http://www.natureworldnews.com/articles/30652/20161026/childs-4000-year-old-rattle-unearthed-in-siberia.htm

http://www.archaeology.org/4962-161024-siberia-bear-rattle


More on purported Greek influence on Qin’s terracotta army:


http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=2423752&CategoryId=13003 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/foreign-forces-row-over-chinas-terracotta-warriors-.aspx?PageID=238&NID=105493&NewsCatID=375


… and the Roman coins in a Japanese castle story is still making the
rounds:


http://www.columbian.com/news/2016/oct/27/roman-coins-in-japanese-ruins-baffle-archaeologists/


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I think we mentioned this pre-Clovis ‘horse’ evidence from Paisley Cave:


http://westerndigs.org/early-northwesterners-lived-among-extinct-stout-legged-horses-oregon-fossils-show/



Interesting study of some Sonora burials suggests violent deaths and
‘blood
feuds’:


http://phys.org/news/2016-10-ancient-burials-blood-feuds.html https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-10/uoa-abs102416.php http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2016/10/24/Ancient-graves-offer-evidence-of-blood-feuds-researchers-say/3001477334850/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2016/10/25/ancient-burials-suggest-a-history-of-blood-feuds-brutality-and-revenge/

http://news.nationalpost.com/news/world/ancient-burials-suggest-a-history-of-blood-feuds-brutality-and-revenge

http://scienmag.com/ancient-burials-suggestive-of-blood-feuds/ http://www.archaeology.org/4967-161025-sonoran-desert-burials http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/10/2016/ancient-burials-suggestive-of-blood-feuds


A pair of 1800s era shipwrecks from Lake Huron:


http://www.13newsnow.com/news/local/two-shipwrecks-in-lake-huron-lost-since-the-1800s-have-been-found-identified/343102962

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2016/10/27/lake-huron-shipwrecks/92807338/


Tracking down (attempting) a lost statue of John Calhoun:


http://www.wmbfnews.com/story/33426039/archaeologist-historian-try-to-solve-mystery-of-statue-missing-154-years

http://www.live5news.com/story/33426039/archaeologist-historian-try-to-solve-mystery-of-statue-missing-154-years



On the Statue of Liberty:


http://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/2016/10/25/92743792/


More on that 300 years bp baby remains connected to an early Maryland
governor:


https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dna-testing-links-300-year-old-remains-of-a-baby-to-a-colonial-md-governor/2016/10/16/43ed3446-84d8-11e6-92c2-14b64f3d453f_story.html



More on that find of a third shipwreck from the Luna fleet:


http://www.pnj.com/story/news/local/pensacola/2016/10/21/third-shipwreck-luna-fleet-uncovered/92487848/



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CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA ================================================================
A very interesting 2000 years bp (maybe) cave burial from Chihuahua:


http://westerndigs.org/mummified-bird-baby-found-in-cave-shed-light-on-earliest-desert-farmers/

http://www.archaeology.org/4975-161028-mexico-scarlet-macaw


Feature on some Chilean mummies:


http://www.elmostrador.cl/cultura/2016/10/24/momias-chilenas-mas-antiguas-del-mundo-buscan-ser-patrimonio-de-la-humanidad/



It was a good tourist year for the Chan Chan archaeological zone:


http://www.andina.com.pe/Ingles/noticia-peru-chan-chan-archaeological-zone-welcomes-over-30000-foreign-visitors-637268.aspx



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Hands on teaching with artifacts the UMich:


http://lsa.umich.edu/lsa/news-events/all-news/search-news/the-future-of-the-past.html



Suggestion that Christopher Marlowe was one of Shakespeare’s ‘co writers’:


https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2016/oct/23/christopher-marlowe-credited-as-one-of-shakespeares-co-writers

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/10/24/499144368/christopher-marlowe-officially-credited-as-co-author-of-3-shakespeare-plays

https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/oxford-says-shakespeare-will-share-credit-for-henry-vi/2016/10/24/69912bea-99db-11e6-b552-b1f85e484086_story.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/25/books/shakespeare-christopher-marlowe-henry-vi.html

https://www.yahoo.com/news/big-data-reveals-mixed-authorship-17-shakespeare-plays-182319088.html
http://www.dw.com/en/big-data-reveals-shakespeare-co-authored-17-of-his-plays/a-36145979
http://cultura.elpais.com/cultura/2016/10/24/actualidad/1477311194_853346.html


Recreating a 2500 years bp beer from Germany:


http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2016/10/24/498863394/2-500-years-ago-this-brew-was-buried-with-the-dead-a-brewery-has-revived-it



On the Lipton ‘tea empire’:


http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2016/10/25/498863411/-from-tea-garden-to-teapot-how-lipton-became-an-empire?sc=17&f=1008



A nice APOD of Whitby Abbey:


http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap161029.html


Marking the 500th anniversary of Luther’s hammering activities:


http://www.dw.com/en/why-martin-luther-was-an-unsuspecting-revolutionary/a-36161020

http://www.dw.com/en/whats-changed-in-the-new-luther-bible-and-how-the-scorpions-contributed/a-36088313



Latest Victor Nuovo installment on Spinoza:


http://www.addisonindependent.com/?q=node/41398


Feature on Antony von Leeuwenhoek: http://elpais.com/elpais/2016/10/24/ciencia/1477260258_805231.html


Just in time for Halloween … a pile of “grisly” archaeological
discoveries:


http://www.livescience.com/13637-8-grisly-archaeological-discoveries.html


… and ‘spirit photos’:


http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/27/arts/gallery/tbt-spirit-photography-william-hope/index.html



… and debunking the Salem Witch trials:


https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/five-myths-about-the-salem-witch-trials/2016/10/27/62abd0cc-9ad1-11e6-9980-50913d68eacb_story.html



There was also a feature on a pile of not-so-grisly archaeological discoveries:


http://www.livescience.com/29594-earths-most-mysterious-archeological-discoveries-.html



A lost AA Milne poem turns up:


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-37772420


On some circumnavigation pioneers:


http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/16/travel/pioneers-in-circumnavigation-around-the-world.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Ftravel



Interesting feature on ‘landscape spotting’ in Britain:


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/10/29/landscape-spotting-how-to-decode-britains-ancient-past/



On the spread of the brown rat:


http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/28/science/brown-rat-new-york-city.html


Feature on assorted religious orders, then and now:


http://www.bbc.com/news/business-37727458


Review of O’Neill, *Unmentionable*:


http://www.npr.org/2016/10/26/498726754/i-shall-faint-unmentionable-unpacks-victorian-womanhood



Archaeology Podcast Network:

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


http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=11&int_new=91047


Rodin:


http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=11&int_new=91069


Martin Luther:


http://www.startribune.com/life-of-martin-luther-on-display-in-rare-mia-exhibit/399168641/

http://artdaily.com/news/91197/First-exhibition-marking-500th-anniversary-of-Martin-Luther-s--Ninety-Five-Theses--opens


Quran:


http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-37793031


Paint the Revolution:


http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/28/arts/design/review-paint-the-revolution-offers-mexican-muralist-muscle-and-delicate-beauty.html

Turner:


http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/26/books/review-turner-a-portrait-of-a-most-dazzling-and-disagreeable-artist.html


Jewish Exodus:


http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/28/arts/design/a-jewish-exodus-to-a-new-nation.html


Time and Cosmos in Greco Roman Antiquity:


http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/isawnews/~3/NrPJYM-xFjA/timeandcosmosreviewedinnyt

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/25/science/time-ancient-rome-greece.html?em_pos=small&emc=edit_sc_20161024&nl=science-times&nl_art=8&nlid=19675441&te=1


19th century Shanghai:


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-37762842


Saving antiquities in WWII Athens:


http://www.ekathimerini.com/213213/article/ekathimerini/life/show-sheds-light-on-wwii-efforts-to-salvage-priceless-antiquities



That auction of items from the Toledo Museum of Art went on anyway, of
course:


http://www.toledoblade.com/Art/2016/10/27/Controversial-auctioning-of-Toledo-Museum-of-Art-artifacts-ends.html



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THE TECHY SIDE
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High tech examination of mummy cartonnage:


https://www.wired.com/2016/10/x-rays-revealing-mysterious-writings-mummy-coffins/?mbid=nl_102616_p4&CNDID=18932725

http://www.sciencealert.com/archaeologists-are-using-x-rays-to-read-inside-mummy-coffins

http://www.archaeology.org/4973-161027-imaging-techniques-cartonnage


More on 3d recreations of a Pompeii villa:


http://www.euronews.com/2016/10/26/ancient-meets-modern-in-3d-reconstruction-of-pompeii-home



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ON THE DNA FRONT ================================================================
I think we’ve had this story in some form or another already … Melanesians carry the DNA of an unknown hominid predecessor:


https://www.sciencenews.org/article/dna-data-offer-evidence-unknown-extinct-human-relative



Dienekes' Anthropology Blog:

http://dienekes.blogspot.ca/

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TOURISTY THINGS ================================================================
George Washington’s still:


https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2016/10/17/apple-brandy-the-surprising-fall-spirit-flowing-from-the-stills-at-mt-vernon/



St John (NB):


http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/30/travel/st-john-new-brunswick-canada-legacy-of-british-loyalists.html


St Kilda:


http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20161019-the-eeriest-island-in-the-world


Fontainebleau:


http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/02/travel/fontainebleau-france-architecture.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Ftravel



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CRIME BEAT
================================================================
A couple weeks’ worth of Culture Crime news … I think I missed one:


http://www.anonymousswisscollector.com/2016/10/culture-crime-news-17-23-october-2016.html

http://www.anonymousswisscollector.com/2016/10/culture-crime-news-10-16-october-2016.html



conflict antiquities:

http://conflictantiquities.wordpress.com/

anonymous swiss collector:

http://www.anonymousswisscollector.com/

Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues:

http://paul-barford.blogspot.ca/

Looting Matters:

http://lootingmatters.blogspot.com/

Illicit Cultural Property:

http://illicit-cultural-property.blogspot.com/

SAFE:

http://www.savingantiquities.org/blog/

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REPATRIATION AND RECOVERY ================================================================
Libya halted the auction of a purloined statue in Paris:


http://www.libyaobserver.ly/culture/libyas-department-antiquity-halts-sale-stolen-ancient-statue-france



A repatriation case in the making? Another Benin bronze on the market:


http://theartnewspaper.com/market/benin-bronze-sold-off-by-british-museum-in-1950-returns-to-market/


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NUMISMATICA
================================================================
Feature on ‘alternative currencies’ in the Roman world:


http://www.historyextra.com/article/bbc-history-magazine/history-alternative-currencies-bes-bitcoin



An Edward VIII coin is going on display:


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-37776690


Latest eSylum:


http://www.coinbooks.org/club_nbs_esylum_v19n43.html


… and the one which should appear later today:


http://www.coinbooks.org/club_nbs_esylum_v19n44.html


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Ancient Coin Collecting:

http://ancientcoincollecting.blogspot.com/

Ancient Coins:

http://classicalcoins.blogspot.com/

Coin Week:

http://www.coinweek.com/ ================================================================
PERFORMANCES AND THEATRE-RELATED ================================================================
A huge Mozart box set:


http://www.npr.org/sections/deceptivecadence/2016/10/27/498681317/240-hours-22-pounds-a-mammoth-mozart-box-set-aims-at-more-than-complete?sc=17&f=1039


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

http://www.archaeologychannel.org/audio-main-menu-cat/audio-news-list/2502-audio-news-from-archaeologica-16-october-2016-22-october-2016

Latest Strata: Portraits of Humanity:

http://www.archaeologychannel.org/video-guide/strata-portraits-of-humanity/2499-strata-october-2016

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OBITUARIES
===============================================================
Brian Robinson:


http://bangordailynews.com/2016/10/28/news/bangor/renowned-umaine-archaeologist-brian-robinson-dies-at-63/



Ernie Haerinck:


http://www.thenational.ae/opinion/comment/remembering-ernie-haerinck-the-archaeologist-who-helped-reveal-uaes-ancient-secrets



Edgar Munhall:


http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/20/arts/design/edgar-munhall-first-curator-of-the-frick-collection-dies-at-83.html



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CONFERENCES
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(send in your notices!) ================================================================
GENERAL ARCHAEOLOGY NEWS BLOGS ================================================================
Archaeology Magazine News Page:

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

About.com Archaeology:

http://archaeology.about.com/

Ancient Digger:

http://www.ancientdigger.com/

Archaeology Briefs:

http://archaeologybriefs.blogspot.com/

Past Horizons:

http://www.pasthorizons.com/

Stonepages:

http://www.stonepages.com/news/

Taygete Atlantis excavations blogs aggregator:

http://planet.atlantides.org/taygete/

Time Machine:

http://heatherpringle.wordpress.com/

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