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

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EARLY HOMINIDS
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Apparently some evidence of early tool use might have actually been
made by crocodiles (!):

https://phys.org/news/2017-11-ancient-crocs-stone-tools.html https://www.sciencenews.org/article/crocs-take-bite-out-claims-ancient-s tone-tool-use

Suggestion that height and weight evolved at different speeds as
hominins developed:

https://phys.org/news/2017-11-height-weight-evolved-bodies-ancestors.htm
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https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-11/uoc-haw102617.php https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/11/171108092241.htm https://news.sky.com/story/ancient-humans-roaming-african-savannahs-were -tall-and-skinny-study-finds-11117898


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AFRICA
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Feature on protecting pyramids in the Sudan:

http://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-africa-41932570/protecting-sudan-s-forg otten-pyramids

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The void in the Great Pyramid is still getting press coverage:

https://www.yahoo.com/news/secret-chamber-cosmic-rays-reveal-111500731.h
tml
https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/11/02/561468384/scientists- say-theyve-found-hidden-space-in-great-pyramid-of-giza https://dailynewsegypt.com/2017/11/08/newly-discovered-void-great-pyrami d-draws-eyes-egypt/

… and the coverage is still being criticized:

http://www.newsweek.com/giza-pyramid-void-new-discovery-criticized-egypt -officials-702438 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/egypt-archaeologist-criticizes-pyramid- void-discovery-122003 http://artdaily.com/news/100054/Zahi-Hawass-criticises-pyramid-void--dis covery- https://www.alaraby.co.uk/english/blog/2017/11/5/egyptian-archaeologist- slams-new-pyramid-findings

… and the Ministry has announced a new investigation to come:

http://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/31102/Ministry-announces-new-pyramid -investigation

Analysis of some 2000 years bp Egyptian papyri suggest the possibility
of copper in the ink:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-11/uoc--ifa111017.php https://phys.org/news/2017-11-ink-ancient-egyptian-papyri-copper.html https://www.upi.com/Science_News/2017/11/10/Ancient-Egyptian-scribes-mix ed-copper-in-their-ink/9011510336195/ https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/11/171110113931.htm

A followup piece on what they found in that goldsmith’s tomb near Luxor
last month:

https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/15/32021/Striking-Gold

A cuneiform tablet with an ‘infertility plan’:

https://www.dailysabah.com/history/2017/11/09/first-infertility-diagnosi s-made-4000-years-ago-discovered-in-cuneiform-tablet-in-turkey https://www.archaeology.org/news/6084-171109-turkey-surrogate-plan

A fifth century BCE Persian temple (and more) from northern Turkey:

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/excavations-could-change-religious-hist ory-of-anatolia-122065 https://www.dailysabah.com/history/2017/11/06/ancient-persian-temple-dis covered-in-northern-turkey-could-rewrite-religious-history

A Sassanian loom from northern Iraq:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-11/guf-ein110617.php https://phys.org/news/2017-11-excavation-northern-iraq-sasanian-loom.htm
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https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/11/171106100257.htm http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/11/2017/charred-remains -of-sasanian-loom-discovered-in-northern-iraq-excavations

Overviewish thing on recent finds in Saudi Arabia:

http://www.arabnews.com/node/1191691/saudi-arabia http://menafn.com/1096071072/Archaeological-discoveries-in-Saudi-Arabia

Feature on medicine in Ebla:

http://asorblog.org/2017/11/07/affair-herbal-medicine-special-kitchen-ro yal-palace-ebla/

Reaction to that solar-eclipse-in-Joshua thing last week:

https://mosaicmagazine.com/observation/2017/11/no-the-book-of-joshua-doe s-not-tell-of-a-rare-solar-eclipse/

… in case you missed it:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/how-scientists-identified- oldest-known-solar-eclipse-bible-180967135/

More on that remains-of-a-pregnant-woman in what is purported to be
King Solomon’s Mines:

https://www.yahoo.com/news/rare-king-solomon-apos-mines-115300560.html

What Matthew Bogdanos is up to:

http://www.palmbeachdailynews.com/news/local/loot-from-iraq-museum-finan ced-terrorism-recovery-mission-leader-says/ix2EYiJh8U79Az9MWrSE9N/

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A couple of important finds in this section this week … the first is
what cleaning up a ‘seal stone’ from the Griffin Warrior tomb revealed:

https://phys.org/news/2017-11-team-rare-minoan-sealstone-treasure-laden.
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https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-11/uoc-au110617.php https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/11/171107092910.htm https://www.livescience.com/60886-battle-gemstone-found-ancient-warrior- tomb.html https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/06/science/greece-griffin-warrior-archae ology-homer.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2017/11/08/history-art-rewritten-arch aeologists-unearth-3500-year-old-carving/ https://www.npr.org/2017/11/11/563475798/why-a-thumb-sized-stone-is-impo rtant-to-ancient-greek-art-history http://www.newsweek.com/ancient-greece-treasure-filled-tomb-bronze-age-w arrior-may-rewrite-history-703965 http://greece.greekreporter.com/2017/11/07/archaeologists-discover-maste rpiece-sealstone-in-greek-tomb/ http://www.news.com.au/technology/science/archaeology/pylos-combat-agate -is-a-3500yearold-masterpiece-of-ancient-art-technology/news-story/ 74b886dc0b87dedcf0f4581e0d421137 http://www.ibtimes.com/pylos-combat-agate-ancient-greek-seal-fine-specim en-miniature-prehistoric-art-2611420 https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/11/greek-sealstone-gemstone-com bat-griffin-warrior-tomb-spd/ http://www.nationalgeographic.com.au/history/ancient-greek-masterpiece-r evealed-on-thumb-size-gem.aspx https://www.archaeology.org/news/6075-171106-greece-seal-stone http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/masterpiece-greek-art-found-gri ffin-warrior-tomb-180967141/ http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/11/2017/discovery-of-ma sterpiece-sealstone-within-pylos-griffin-warrior-tomb

Another major story is the excavation of a Hellenistic gymnasium in
Egypt at what was once Philoteris:

https://phys.org/news/2017-11-archeologists-ancient-gymnasium-egypt-cair
o.html
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/281045/Heritage/Ancient-Egy pt/First-Hellenistic-gymnasium-in-Egypt-discovered-at.aspx https://dailynewsegypt.com/2017/11/07/remains-egypts-first-gymnasium-dis covered-fayoum/ https://www.dailysabah.com/history/2017/11/06/german-egyptian-archaeolog ists-discover-ancient-gymnasium https://www.livescience.com/60872-first-greek-gymnasium-found-in-egypt.h
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http://www.newsweek.com/ancient-egypt-newly-discovered-2300-year-old-gym nasium-made-tiny-village-look-704380 http://neoskosmos.com/news/en/Ancient-ties-First-Hellenistic-gymnasium-d iscovered-in-Egypt http://world.greekreporter.com/2017/11/07/ruins-of-hellenic-gymnasium-un earthed-in-egypt-oasis/ http://www.ibtimes.com/ancient-greek-gymnasium-2300-years-ago-discovered -egypt-2611940 https://www.archaeology.org/news/6074-110617-egypt-greek-gymnasium

Also high on the list is the find of a 2000 years bp sundial from a
theatre site in Interamna Lirenas:

http://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/archaeologists-uncover-rare-2000-year -old-sundial-during-roman-theatre-excavation https://phys.org/news/2017-11-archaeologists-uncover-rare-year-old-sundi al.html https://www.livescience.com/60901-ancient-sundial-found-in-amphitheater.
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http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-41915055 https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/1.821742 https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/cambridge-archaeologists-find-2-000-y ear-old-roman-sundial-b2b8rm6zt http://www.ibtimes.com/archaeologists-find-rare-ancient-roman-sundial-st ill-inscribed-owners-name-2612135 http://www.newsweek.com/archaeology-ancient-rome-sundial-roman-excavatio n-election-latin-705656 https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/11/ancient-rome-election-victor y-sundial-archaeology/ https://www.archaeology.org/news/6080-171108-rome-limestone-sundial

The reconstructed temple of Mithras in London opened to the public:

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/nov/08/reconstructed-roman-temp le-mithras-opens-public-bloomberg-hq https://www.ft.com/content/33fa41ea-c493-11e7-a1d2-6786f39ef675 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/11/08/reconstructed-roman-temple-op ens-beneath-city-london/ https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/nov/08/reconstructed-roman-temp le-mithras-opens-public-bloomberg-hq http://mentalfloss.com/article/514841/visit-temple-roman-mystery-cult-ne w-london-museum https://www.archaeology.org/news/6090-171110-london-mithras-temple

… related, but behind a paywall for me:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/11/11/roman-artefacts-returned-temp le-60-years-builders-handed-visitors/

Remains of a Roman road from Aachen:

https://phys.org/news/2017-11-roman-road-german-city-aachen.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/roman-road-discovered-during -digging-in-german-city-aachen/2017/11/07/2450f718-c3e2-11e7-9922-4151f5 ca6168_story.html http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/roman-road-discovered-digg ing-german-city-aachen-50989346 https://www.archaeology.org/news/6076-171107-germany-roman-road

I think we mentioned these finds from Tenea:

http://www.tornosnews.gr/en/greek-news/culture/27963-ancient-artifacts-u nearthed-from-2-000-year-old-tombs-in-corinth-greece.html

A ‘lion helmet’ dating to the Punic Wars:

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/.premium-1.821064

A Roman coin hoard from Mezdra (Bulgaria):

http://www.novinite.com/articles/185093/Roman+Coin+Hoard+Found+by+Chance +under+Tree+%E2%80%98Confirms%E2%80%99+Existence+of+Roman+Town+in+Bulgar ia%E2%80%99s+Mezdra http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2017/11/10/roman-coin-hoard-found-chanc e-tree-confirms-existence-roman-town-bulgarias-mezdra/

I’m not sure we’ve mentioned this mosaic from near the Sea of Galilee:

https://www.timesofisrael.com/who-run-the-world-sometimes-women-1600-yea r-old-church-mosaic-shows/

Not sure we’ve mentioned these votives from Anavlochos (Crete):

http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/11/2017/votive-figurine s-discovered-at-anavlochos-massif-excavation-on-crete

Passing mention of the find of a Roman site in Wales:

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-north-west-wales-41927454?intlink_from_ url=&link_location=live-reporting-story
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On Emily Wilson’s translation of the Odyssey:

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/nov/05/the-guardian-view- on-translation-an-interpretative-and-creative-act http://www.tornosnews.gr/en/greek-news/culture/28008-first-english-trans lation-of-homer-s-odyssey-by-a-woman.html

… and a piece by Dr. Wilson herself:

http://time.com/5008920/odyssey-translation-gender-history/

Suggestion that the Trojan Horse was really a boat:

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/the-trojan-horse-a-horse-or-a-boat-1220
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What Thomas Carpenter is up to:

http://www.thepostathens.com/article/2017/11/fall-commencement-thomas-ca rpenter

What Steven Ellis:

https://oberlinreview.org/14928/arts/on-the-record-with-steven-ellis/

Feature on Mike Duncan’s podcast:

https://www.thedailybeast.com/mike-duncan-made-ancient-rome-into-a-podca st-obsession

Plans to search for Scythian remains in Azerbaijan:

http://kazakh-tv.kz/en/view/news_kazakhstan/page_188566_

Looking for funding for the Amphipolis tomb:

http://www.ekathimerini.com/223073/article/ekathimerini/news/amphipolis- tomb-closer-to-espa-funds

Backgrounder on Knossos:

https://www.livescience.com/27955-knossos-palace-of-the-minoans.html

Feature on Caesarea:

http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20171106-israels-ancient-underwater-trea
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Latest oped on the Elgin/Parthenon Marbles and Brexit:

http://www.brownpoliticalreview.org/author/jflynn/

The antimony-in-Pompeii’s-pipes suggestion is making the rounds again:

https://www.livescience.com/60878-did-toxic-water-doom-pompeii.html http://www.newsweek.com/ancient-rome-pompeii-victims-may-have-been-poiso ned-being-buried-hot-ash-705705 https://www.archaeology.org/news/6082-171108-rome-water-antimony

Marking the 40th anniversary of the Vergina tombs find:

http://greece.greekreporter.com/2017/11/08/tombs-of-vergina-40-years-sin ce-andronikos-unearthed-the-macedonian-gems/

On ancient contraception:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/drsarahbond/2017/11/07/the-debate-over-cont raception-has-an-ancient-history/

On Diogenes’ finger:

http://greece.greekreporter.com/2017/11/04/diogenes-the-ancient-greek-ph ilosopher-who-was-the-first-to-give-the-finger/

Feature on Phryne:

http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20171108-the-it-girl-of-ancient-greece

Interesting feature on the hydraulis:

http://www.classicfm.com/discover-music/water-organ/

… and one on the aulos:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-41941088

Protecting mosaics in Perge:

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/iron-gates-to-protect-mosaics-in-perge-
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Review of Prevas, *Hannibal’s Oath*:

http://www.philly.com/philly/entertainment/20171112__Hannibal_s_Oath___H is_amazing_feats__his_mysterious_career.html

… and Patrick Hunt was talking about Hannibal’s route:

http://manitoumessenger.com/article/archeologist-patrick-hunt-traces-han nibals-path/

On Socrates and Trump:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/10/opinion/socrates-trump.html


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EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland) ================================================================
7000 years bp remains from Sofia:

http://www.novinite.com/articles/185042/Archaeologists+Discover+First+Ev er+Prehistoric+Remains+in+Downtown+of+Bulgaria%E2%80%99s+Capital+Sofia,+ No+Thracian+Traces

A ca 8th century burial from Hereford cathedral:

http://www.ledburyreporter.co.uk/news/15651904.Skeleton_found_at_cathedr al_dates_back_to_the_origins_of_Hereford/ https://www.archaeology.org/news/6087-171110-hereford-england-skeleton

A medieval Jewish cemetery from Bologna:

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/1.821664 http://www.newsweek.com/hundreds-long-lost-anonymous-medieval-jewish-gra ves-discovered-italy-706829 https://www.archaeology.org/news/6086-171109-italy-bologna-cemetery

Medieval mass graves from the Czech Republic:

http://www.radio.cz/en/section/news/archaeologists-say-czech-mass-graves -could-be-unique-in-europe http://praguemonitor.com/2017/11/10/archaeologists-uncover-30-medieval-m ass-graves-kutn%C3%A1-hora https://www.archaeology.org/news/6088-171110-czech-medieval-graves

A 1000 years bp child’s religious bracelet from Bulgaria:

http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2017/11/09/1000-year-old-childs-bracele t-virgin-mary-stamp-found-momchils-fortress-southern-bulgaria/

Bones of a 15th century (give or take) teenager from a Scottish cave:

http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/teenager-s-bones-found-at-eigg-massacr e-cave-tests-confirm-1-4608279 https://www.archaeology.org/news/6085-171109-scotland-eigg-cave

Some time capsules from the former St Alban’s museum site:

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-41913300

In Our Time was looking at the Picts this week:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09cvx7b

Story of the find of a 4000 years bp jawbone quite a while ago:

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/stirling-pensioner-discover ed-4000-year-11500245


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Possible evidence of Nanshan-era farming from China:

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-11/05/c_136729373.htm https://www.archaeology.org/news/6073-possible-evidence-of-cave-dwelling -farmers-found-in-china

A Neolithic burial on the China-Russia border:

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-11/08/c_136736788.htm

2000 years bp luxury baths from Xi’an:

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-11/06/c_136732167.htm http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/culture/2017-11/10/content_34348020.htm https://www.dailysabah.com/history/2017/11/10/2000-year-old-luxury-baths -uncovered-in-chinas-northwestern-xian-city https://www.archaeology.org/news/6079-171107-china-luxury-baths

Also from Xi’an … a 5500 years bp burial ground:

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-11/10/c_136742950.htm http://www.ecns.cn/2017/11-11/280547.shtml

Remains of some 12th century glass from Heiankyo:

http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201711070006.html https://www.archaeology.org/news/6081-171108-japan-suiteki-spout

Concerns for Goa’s oldest stone inscription:

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/goas-oldest-stone-inscripti on-under-threat/articleshow/61584926.cms

More on that 2400 years bp horse/chariot burial from Henan:

http://www.newsweek.com/ancient-china-100-horse-skeletons-discovered-240 0-year-old-burial-pit-next-705286 http://www.novinite.com/articles/185034/Archaeologists+Found+Chariots+of +Chinese+Funeral+Procession+that+are+2400+Years+Old

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Remains of a 2400 years bp settlement site in Mississauga:

https://www.mississauga.com/news-story/7912684-archaeological-dig-in-mis sissauga-turns-up-2-400-year-old-remains/

Luxury 17th century items from near the Paul Revere house:

http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2017/11/09/north-end-archaeological-dig -finds-artifacts/gZsnNRyUMAjUIjo74ksFIL/story.html https://boston.curbed.com/2017/11/10/16632846/north-end-archaeological-d ig-paul-revere-house https://www.archaeology.org/news/6089-171110-boson-colonial-luxury-items


Digging the homestead of Chatham’s first European homesteaders:

http://capeandislands.org/post/archaeological-dig-uncovers-homestead-cha thams-earliest-white-settlers#stream/0

Tallying up the 18th century burials at a Philadelphia construction
site:

http://www.durabilityanddesign.com/news/?fuseaction=view&id=17632

Concerns for Chaco Canyon:

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/nov/08/chaco-canyon-nationa l-park-new-mexico-drilling

Princeton ponders its racial history:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/06/arts/princeton-digs-deep-into-its-fra ught-racial-history.html

Identification of a burial mound in Ohio:

http://www.lancastereaglegazette.com/story/news/local/2017/11/06/ locals-identify-native-american-mound-fairfield-union-local-schools-prop erty/830615001/

Arguing over a 16th century shipwreck off Florida:

https://www.livescience.com/60859-shipwreck-excavation-awaits-court-ruli ng.html

More on the ‘Kelp Highway’ theory:

http://www.newsweek.com/anthropology-clovis-theory-kelp-forest-hypothesi s-settlers-america-ice-free-703444 http://newscenter.sdsu.edu/sdsu_newscenter/news_story.aspx?sid=77009 http://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php?topic=290429.0


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CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA ================================================================
Storms reveal the wreck of the Kestrel at a Brazilian resort:

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/storm-exposes-the-kestrel-from-sands- of-time-hlqsxjj7l https://www.9news.com.au/world/2017/11/09/10/03/mystery-of-missing-briti sh-ship-uncovered-on-brazil-beach

More on the pre Columbian cave art from Mona Island:

https://www.livescience.com/60851-on-an-uninhabited-caribbean-island-a-t rove-of-pre-columbian-cave-art.html https://www.livescience.com/60850-photos-mona-island-cave-art.html


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Interesting recently-found map of Australia is going on display:

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-41885447

Nice collaboration between Google and English Heritage:

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-41893143

An APOD of the Prague astronomical clock:

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap171107.html

Feature on the Russian Revolution:

http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-41885442

On Germany’s role in the Russian Revolution:

http://www.dw.com/en/how-germany-got-the-russian-revolution-off-the-grou nd/a-41195312

Celebrating Marie Curie’s 150th:

http://www.dw.com/en/the-two-time-nobel-prize-winner-marie-curie-was-bor n-150-years-ago/g-41262435

They checked out Chopin’s (pickled) heart:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/06/arts/chopin-heart-tuberculosis.html

On a statue of George Orwell:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-41886208

On a grasshopper in a Van Gogh:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/08/arts/design/grasshopper-vincent-van-g ogh-painting.html
http://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/visual-arts/
article183088866.html https://elpais.com/cultura/2017/11/08/actualidad/1510154425_196558.html

A ‘lost’ painting of Nelson is going on display:

http://www.sunderlandecho.com/news/national/lost-painting-of-nelson-reve als-facial-scars-and-missing-eyebrow-1-8852364

Commenting on the Valmadonna Trust Library auction:

https://www.timesofisrael.com/valmadonna-trust-library-auction-in-ny-bri ngs-record-sales-but-who-benefits/

On the importance of ‘western civilization’:

https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2017/11/why-everyone-shoul d-learn-about-western-civilization/545249/

… and the benefits of the Humanities:

http://wesleyanargus.com/2017/11/09/ode-to-the-classics-the-benefits-of- the-humanities/

Plans to digitize the Gunzburg Collection:

http://www.jns.org/news-briefs/2017/11/7/israel-and-russia-team-to-digit ize-famed-gnzburg-collection-of-jewish-works

Venice wants to divert some of those huge cruise ships:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/nov/08/venice-cruise-ship-traffic -restricted-amid-concerns-over-damage-to-buildings

Archaeology Podcast Network:

http://www.archaeologypodcastnetwork.com/archyfantasies/ ================================================================
MUSEUM MATTERS
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Living With Gods:

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/nov/06/living-with-gods-re view-art-religion-british-museum

Escape from Pompeii:

https://thewest.com.au/entertainment/escape-from-pompeii-exhibit-lands-i n-wa-ng-b88652871z

Greek Science:

http://world.greekreporter.com/2017/11/10/exhibition-of-ancient-greek-in novations-in-china/

Michelangelo:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/09/arts/design/michelangelo-review-metro politan-museum-of-art-carmen-bambach.html

How a museum in Mexico prepared for an exhibition:

https://elpais.com/cultura/2017/11/07/actualidad/1510079526_550129.html

… and I think this is the exhibition (sorry .. my Spanish isn’t working well this morning):

https://elpais.com/cultura/2017/11/08/actualidad/1510166894_389973.html

On the Sir John Soane Museum’s recreation of the tomb of Seti I:

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/nov/05/sir-john-soane-muse um-recreates-sepulchral-chamber-of-pharaoh-seti-i

Various coverage of the opening of the Louvre Abu Dhabi:

http://theartnewspaper.com/news/louvre-abu-dhabi-opening-report http://ca.blouinartinfo.com/news/story/2649903/louvre-abu-dhabi-first-in ternational-project-by-worlds https://www.economist.com/news/middle-east-and-africa/21731105-abu-dhabi -tries-distinguish-itself-cultural-destination-first https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/saturday-review/the-louvre-abu-dhabi- is-beautiful-but-so-far-theres-notenough-inside-qmrr7qz3s

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ON THE DNA FRONT ================================================================
On the DNA of the filles du roi:

https://www.salon.com/2017/11/04/how-a-french-kings-legacy-revealed-a-lo ophole-in-evolution_partner/

Latest ‘interbreeding’ focus is on Neolithic Europeans and migrating Anatolians:

https://phys.org/news/2017-11-dna-neolithic-europeans-interbred-anatolia
n.html
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-11/mpif-nfc110917.php https://www.sciencenews.org/article/ancient-european-farmers-and-forager s-hooked-big-time?tgt=nr


Dienekes' Anthropology Blog:

http://dienekes.blogspot.ca/ ================================================================
CLIMATE MATTERS ================================================================
What archaeology reveals about climate change:

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/nov/09/the-climate-has-changed- before-but-this-is-different-look-at-the-archeological-record

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TOURISTY THINGS ================================================================
Russian Revolution sites:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-sh/Red_October

Must see Greek monuments:

http://greece.greekreporter.com/2017/11/04/unesco-every-person-must-visi t-these-18-greek-monuments/

Underground Rome:

http://www.wantedinrome.com/news/guide-to-romes-underground-sites.html

Sites in Turkey:

https://www.dailysabah.com/travel/2017/11/11/guide-to-turkeys-iconic-anc ient-ruins


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CRIME BEAT
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A 95 years bp real life ‘tomb raider’ was being ‘celebrated’:

https://www.inverse.com/article/38187-real-life-tomb-raider-joan-howard- thief-not-hero

A major bust in the Fayum:

https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/31709/464-historical-artifacts-seiz ed-by-police-in-Fayoum

… and one in Bulgaria:

http://www.novinite.com/articles/185094/Roman+Woman%E2%80%99s+Bronze+Sta tuette,+300+More+Artifacts+Seized+from+Treasure+Hunters+Showcased+in+Exh ibition+in+Bulgaria%E2%80%99s+Pazardzhik http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2017/11/02/roman-womans-bronze-statuett e-300-artifacts-seized-treasure-hunters-showcased-exhibition-bulgarias-p azardzhik/

Theft from a church in France:

http://www.estrepublicain.fr/edition-belfort-hericourt-montbeliard/2017/ 11/10/des-voleurs-s-en-prennent-a-l-eglise

A bust of a fake-amulet-on-Facebook ring in Thailand:

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-11/06/c_136732530.htm

Not sure about this ‘Israel’ taking items from Hebron story:

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20171109-israel-steals-artefacts-from- roman-palace-in-hebron/

More on illicit items being sold online:

http://www.newsweek.com/amazon-ebay-archaeology-black-market-looting-art ifacts-704385 http://mentalfloss.com/article/513936/dont-buy-ancient-artifacts-you-see -online%E2%80%94most-are-looted-or-fake

… and calls for Amazon et al to be more proactive:

http://www.scmp.com/tech/e-commerce/article/2118774/archaeologists-and-e xperts-say-amazon-and-ebay-need-be-proactive

Latest Anonymous Swiss Collector Culture Crime News:

http://www.anonymousswisscollector.com/2017/11/culture-crime-news-30-oct ober-5-november-2017.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 ================================================================
Sharjah returned a number of items to Egypt:

http://english.ahram.org.eg/News/280986.aspx http://www.arabnews.com/node/1188741/offbeat https://aawsat.com/english/home/article/1076241/sharjah-returns-over-300 -smuggled-antiques-egypt

Turkey wants some items from Pergamon back:

https://www.dailysabah.com/turkey/2017/11/06/turkish-lawmakers-to-go-abr oad-to-probe-smuggled-artifacts

A Pissarro was returned to its Jewish owners:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-41906302 http://www.dw.com/en/french-court-orders-return-of-wwii-looted-pissarro- painting-to-owners-family/a-41286226

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NUMISMATICA
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More on those ancient coins from a desk drawer in Kent:

http://metro.co.uk/2017/11/06/2500-year-old-coins-discovered-in-a-desk-i n-kent-7057990/


Latest e-Sylum:

http://www.coinbooks.org/v20/club_nbs_esylum_v20n45.html

… and the one which should appear later today:

http://www.coinbooks.org/v20/club_nbs_esylum_v20n46.html


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Ancient Coin Collecting:

http://ancientcoincollecting.blogspot.com/

Ancient Coins:

http://classicalcoins.blogspot.com/

Coin Week:

http://www.coinweek.com/ ================================================================
AUDIO/VIDEO NEWS ================================================================
Audio News from Archaeologica:

http://www.archaeologychannel.org/audio-main-menu-cat/audio-news-list/ 2667-audio-news-from-archaeologica-29-october-2017-5-november-2017 ================================================================
OBITUARIES
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Iona Opie:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/iona-opie-scholarly-expl orer-of-the-lore-and-customs-of-childhood-dies-at-94/2017/11/04/ 29373164-c173-11e7-959c-fe2b598d8c00_story.html

Edward Allington:

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/nov/06/
edward-allington-obituary

Hugh Kearney:

http://www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/15644717.Obituary___Hugh_Kearney__ professor_of_history_and_author/

Karl Katz:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/10/obituaries/karl-katz-museum-director- in-new-york-and-israel-dies-at-88.html


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CONFERENCES
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Canada Before Confederation: Early Exploration and Mapping (Nov. 2017)

https://independent.academia.edu/ConferenceCanadabeforeConfederationEarl yMappingandExploration14981763

Bones to Drones: Science in Archaeology (Nov. 2017)

http://cba-wessex.org.uk/cba-events/the-cba-wessex-annual-conference-wom en-in-wessex/

Theoretical Archaeology Group (Dec. 2017):

http://tag2017cardiff.org/

Hidden Cultural Heritage (April 2018):

http://www.cicop.net/hch/

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GENERAL ARCHAEOLOGY NEWS BLOGS ================================================================

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