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Thanks to Arthur Shippee, Dave Sowdon, Edward Rockstein, Kurt Theis, John McMahon,
Barnea Selavan, Joseph Lauer, Mike Ruggeri, Hernan Astudillo, Rick Heli, Barbara
Saylor Rogers, Bob Heuman, Trevor Ogden, Kris Curry, Richard Campbell, 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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Criticism of the way the homo naledi find has been announced:

http://www.theguardian.com/science/2015/oct/25/discovery-human-species-accused-of-ru
shing-errors

... and there's all that apartheidish controversy still lingering too:

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-fossil-find-gets-entangled-with-south-africa-s-
apartheid-past/

More on suggestion Neanderthals kept homo sapiens out of Europe:

http://www.theguardian.com/science/2015/oct/17/neanderthals-kept-early-homo-sapiens-
out-of-europe

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AFRICA
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Apparently snails were on the menu some 150 000 years b.p. in Libya:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3279233/Early-man-dined-SNAIL-PORRIDG
E-Molluscs-menu-150-000-years-ago-special-drills-used-extract-meat-shells.html

Digging the ruins at Kilwa:

http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/19/africa/kilwa-rhapta-felix-chami/ index.html?eref=rss_topstories

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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT ================================================================
A 15th century B.C.E. Egyptian ostracon turns out to be the oldest (so far) 'abedecary':

http://phys.org/news/2015-10-earliest-abecedary.html http://www.nwo.nl/en/news-and-events/news/2015/gw/the-earliest-known-abecedary.html
http://www.news.leiden.edu/news-2015/the-earliest-known-abcedary.html

Plenty of folks attended Ramses' sun alignment ceremony:

http://www.egyptindependent.com/news/3000-tourists-attend-king-ramses-sun-alignment-
ceremony

Vague plans to 'scan' the pyramids:

http://www.sis.gov.eg/En/Templates/Articles/tmpArticleNews.aspx?ArtID=96995#.VizKraJ
AE2c http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/161327/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/Egypts-Mi
nister-of-Antiquities-reveals-to-Ahram-On.aspx

They're still covering the repair of Tut's beard:

http://phys.org/news/2015-10-egypt-tutankhamun-mask-botched-epoxy.html http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/21/fixing-tutankhamuns-beard-unfortunately-t
hey-used-epoxy http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/egypt/11944619/ Tutankhamuns-mask-being-fixed-after-botched-glue-repair.html

... which might be complete by now:

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/researchers-put-king-tutankhamun-mask-restoration-on-di
splay/

... and they're still saying the authorities have approved the radar inspection of Tut's
tomb for hidden chambers (perhaps this is inside?):

http://phys.org/news/2015-10-egypt-panel-radar-nefertiti-tomb.html http://www.thecairopost.com/news/173281/news/antiquities-ministry-approves-radar-to-s
earch-king-tuts-tomb-for-hidden-room http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2015/oct/22/radar-use-approved-to-search-tutankham
uns-tomb-for-hidden-room http://www.egyptindependent.com/news/antiquities-ministry-approves-using-radar-inside
-tutankhamun-s-tomb

What Zahi Hawass thinks about the tomb of Nefertiti suggestion:

http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/News/13448/47/-Where-is-the-tomb-of-Queen-Nefertiti-.aspx

The restoration of Kiman Faris has been completed:

http://www.thecairopost.com/news/173559/news/renovation-completed-at-ancient-greco-r
oman-kiman-faris-minister

A secret tunnel in a Hittite castle (Geval Castle):

http://theweek.com/speedreads/584415/archaeologists-discover-secret-tunnel-ancient-hit
tite-castle

Concerns for the site of Uruk:

http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2015/10/iraq-archaeological-city-uruk-lack-sec
urity.html

Concerns for the Thracian (and earlier) site of Heraion Teikhos (Turkey):

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/treasure-hunters-destroying-precious-thracian-relics-in
-turkey-.aspx?pageID=238&nID=90134&NewsCatID=375 Latest Canaanite finds from Tel
Gezer:

http://www.bpnews.net/45650/more-canaanite-evidence-found-by-nobts-dig-team

Feature on that Temple Mount 'warning stone':

http://www.timesofisrael.com/ancient-temple-mount-warning-stone-is-closest-thing-we-ha
ve-to-the-temple/

Feature on the Temple Mount sifting project:

http://www.haaretz.com/jewish/archaeology/.premium-1.681034

... and whether there were Jewish Temples there:

http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-1.681589

Feature on Tel Megiddo:

http://discovermagazine.com/2015/nov/14-witness-to-armageddon

Somewhat iffy item on the origin of the epithet 'Jew':

http://www.haaretz.com/jewish/archaeology/1.681177

Not sure where to put this item on someone trying to save Gaza's antiquities:

http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2015/10/palestine-gaza-sculptor-art-exposure-t
ourism-israel-blockade.html

ISIL is not alone in looting items in Syria:

http://phys.org/news/2015-10-isis-culprit-war-related-looting-syria.html http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2015-10/dc-dls101915.php http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/202206 http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2015/10/21/Study-Islamic-State-not-only-grou
p-looting-antiquities-in-Syria/9111445440824/ http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2015/10/21/Study-many-groups-looting-antiqu
ities-in-Syria/9111445440824/

A jailed activist has a pile of 3d models of Palmyra:

http://www.wired.com/2015/10/jailed-activist-bassel-khartabil-3d-models-could-save-syri
an-history-from-isis/

Review of Brooks, *The Secret Chord*:

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/25/books/review/the-secret-chord-by-geraldine-brooks.h
tml

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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS) ================================================================
Plenty of coverage of (old) news that it's unlikely that a snake killed Cleopatra:

http://phys.org/news/2015-10-snake-cleopatra.html http://www.manchester.ac.uk/discover/news/article/?id=15317 http://www.bbc.com/news/education-34594812 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/video/sciencetech/video-1223039/Why-Cleopatra-NOT-killed-s
nake-bite.html

A nice medusa head from Anitocheia ad Cragum:

http://www.livescience.com/52531-medusa-head-ancient-roman-outpost.html http://www.livescience.com/52527-photos-antiochia-ruins.html http://www.dailynebraskan.com/news/unl-excavation-trip-leads-to-discovery-of-ancient-m
edusa-head/article_af18486e-785e-11e5-950b-03ca053e8d4e.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3282787/Medusa-s-head-unearthed-Sculpt
ure-mythical-monster-used-ward-evil-spirits-Roman-temple.html

Interesting fist-and-phallus items from an infant burial in Yorkshire:

http://www.forbes.com/sites/kristinakillgrove/2015/10/20/five-fist-and-phallus-pendants-fo
und-in-grave-of-roman-infant-in-yorkshire/

Latest from Binchester:

http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/features/13877244.Now_the_real_work_begins/

An asklepion at Feneos:

http://neoskosmos.com/news/en/excavation-reveals-Ancient-Greek-healing-temple-in-Fen
eos-Corinth

Latest on the Yenikapi shipwrecks:

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/ancient-shipwrecks-found-in-istanbuls-yenikapi-shed-li
ght-on-ancient-ship-production.aspx?pageID=238&nID=90256&NewsCatID=375

A followup of sorts to the search for lost Roman treasure from the sack of Rome:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/italy/11945845/Italians-identify-five-l
ocations-where-fabled-Roman-treasure-hoard-may-be-buried.html

Italy has restored and reopened a ramp which connected the imperial palace to the
forum:

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/ancient-roman-ramp-restored-connects-palace-and-roman-
forum/

DNA suggests the Minoans were of European stock:

http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-22527821

Italy's Latin revival:

http://www.politico.eu/article/italian-academy-latin-campus-rome-vivarium-novum/

Stealing from Pompeii apparently invokes a curse of some sort:

http://www.iol.co.za/travel/world/europe/returning-stolen-goods-to-pompeii-1.1932920

More on Pompeii not using funding fast enough:

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/world/pompeii-restorers-dig-and/2216474.html
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-3288423/Pompeii-restorers-dig-scrub-aga
inst-clock-EU-funding-deadline-looms.html

... while Italy still wants money for this sort of thing:

http://www.thelocal.it/20151020/italy-lovers-asked-to-help-save-crumbling-relics

Questioning the director of antiquities (I'm not sure what is going on here):

http://cyprus-mail.com/2015/10/25/antiquities-director-doth-protest-too-much/

Brock archaeologist solve a mystery:

http://www.brockpress.com/2015/10/mackenzie-chown-mystery-debunked/

Latest from Nemea:

http://greece.greekreporter.com/2015/10/19/ancient-nemea-to-host-new-school-of-ancient-
greek-athletics/ http://greece.greekreporter.com/2015/10/22/nemean-games-revival-to-become-modern-d
ay-tradition-trailer/

What Martin Wells is up to:

http://heralddemocrat.com/news/schools/austin-college-teacher-students-share-excavati
on-experiences

What Stephen Greenblatt is up to:

http://www.udel.edu/udaily/2016/oct/ancient-manuscript-102215.html

Victor Nuovo ponders Plato:

http://addisonindependent.com/201509plato-justice-and-perfecting-soul

Hadrian's Wall ... the Lego version:

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/lego-version-hadrians-wall-strives-authenti
city-180956973/

Mary Beard's top ten Romans:

http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2015/oct/23/10-best-ancient-romans-mary-beard

A new Asterix is coming out:

http://www.dw.com/en/new-asterix-comic-features-julian-assange-lookalike/a-18797256

Reviews of Beard, *SPQR*:

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4a92b1d4-78c4-11e5-a95a-27d368e1ddf7.html

More on CT scans of Pompeii's victims:

http://www.thenational.ae/world/europe/pompeii-under-the-scanner---in-pictures http://www.reuters.com/news/picture/frozen-lives-of-pompeii?articleId=USRTS54ZF

More on Dmitri Nakassis:

http://thevarsity.ca/2015/10/19/u-of-t-professor-dimitri-nakassis-wins-macarthur-genius-fe
llowship/

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EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland) ================================================================
Digging an 'Ice Age' site at Newtown Linford:

http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/Archaeologist-hunt-clues-Bradgate-Park-s-Ice-Age/
story-28017942-detail/story.html

Neolithic and Bronze Age finds from Brignall:

http://www.teesdalemercury.co.uk/Articles/prehistoric-find-during-brignall-dig-stuns-archa
eologists#sthash.gCW0XJDk.dpbs

Excavating a Neolithic cave site in Flintshire:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-north-east-wales-34591021

A Bronze Age arrowhead frome Cowes:

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-hampshire-34573230

Latest finds from the Mesolithic dig at Skye:

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-34604576

Plenty of coverage of a hiker finding a 1200 years b.p. Viking sword in Norway:

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/hiker-finds-1200-year-old-viking
-sword-in-norway-a6705521.html http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/22/europe/viking-sword-norway/ http://theweek.com/speedreads/584618/hiker-discovers-1200yearold-viking-sword-norwa
y http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2015/10/23/Hiker-finds-1200-year-old-Viking-s
word-in-Norway/1001445610148/ http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3284415/1-200-year-old-Viking-sword-lying
-road-Norway-s-good-condition-used-today.html

They're located the Duke of Newcastle's 18th century home:

http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/archaeology/art539672-floors-cellars-clu
mber-park-duke-of-newcastle-nottinghamshire-archaeologists

Plans to do something with Greyfriars:

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-34606046

Pondering Cromwell's death:

http://www.livescience.com/52569-oliver-cromwell-death-typhoid-fever.html

Wealthy types in Medieval Europe had to deal with lead issues apparently:

http://phys.org/news/2015-10-rich-middle-ages-unhealthy-life.html http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/10/151020103824.htm http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2015-10/uosd-bri102015.php http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/lead-poisoning-made-medieval-townspeopl
e-sickly-180957021/

Revisiting an Anglo Saxon burial site at Guildford:

http://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/nostalgia/anglo-saxon-burial-site-guildford-10168337

Identifying a burial found at a Holywell Pub site:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-north-east-wales-34578488

Progress on the Apostolos Andreas monastery restoration:

http://cyprus-mail.com/2015/10/23/work-on-apostolos-andreas-to-be-completed-by-2017/

On Henry V's secret chapel at Westminster Abbey:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-34618445

More on Neolithic rickets:

http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/641656/?sc=c52

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ASIA AND THE SOUTH PACIFIC ================================================================
First dog domestication took place in Asia, apparently:

https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn28361-first-domestication-of-dogs-took-place-in-a
sia-not-europe/ http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2015/1020/Where-did-humans-turn-wolves-into-domes
ticated-dogs
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-34577200

Very interesting death masks from 5th century Siberian burials:

http://siberiantimes.com/science/casestudy/features/f0170-haunting-new-find-of-death-m
asks-from-ancient-siberian-warrior-race/

Again with humans being responsible for megafauna extinction on Australia:

http://phys.org/news/2015-10-early-humans-linked-ancient-australian.html

On deciphering the Indus Valley script:

http://www.nature.com/news/ancient-civilization-cracking-the-indus-script-1.18587

Female aboriginal hunters made use of dingoes, apparently:

http://phys.org/news/2015-10-aboriginal-female-hunters-aided-dingoes.html

Another spin on illuminating the Taj Mahal:

http://www.pc-tablet.co.in/2015/10/23/16579/taj-mahal-illumination-heritage-experts-archa
eologists-warn-monument-damaged-insects/ http://www.ptinews.com/news/6646888_Heritage-experts-say-no-to-illumination-of-Taj-Ma
hal.html

A 9th century inscription from Madurai:

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/madurai/Archaeologists-decipher-9th-century-insc
ription/articleshow/49461777.cms

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Southeast Asian Archaeology Newsblog:

http://www.southeastasianarchaeology.com/

New Zealand Archaeology eNews:

http://nzarchaeology.blogspot.co.nz/index.html ================================================================
NORTH AMERICA
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The wreck of the SS Bay State has been found in Lake Ontario:

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/10/20/us-new-york-shipwreck-idUSKCN0SE30H20151
020 http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/oct/20/wreck-of-historic-steamship-that-sank-i
n-1862-storm-discovered-in-lake-ontario http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2015/10/21/Civil-War-era-steamship-wreck-found-in-La
ke-Ontario/1501445442958/ http://www.toledoblade.com/Culture/2015/10/20/Shipwreck-hunters-find-wreck-of-steamer-
lost-in-1862-storm.html http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2015/10/shipwreck_explorers_discover_1862_
steamship_in_lake_ontario.html

They're digging at the North Carolina state capitol grounds:

http://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/counties/wake-county/article41021562.html

... and at Boston Common:

http://boston.cbslocal.com/2015/10/19/archaeological-dig-underway-at-boston-common/
https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2015/10/19/city-conducting-archeological-dig-boston-
common/lPjYtIheI4J3ZtxJz6RcDJ/story.html

The University of Utah destroyed some Civil War artifacts:

http://dailyutahchronicle.com/2015/10/22/u-destroys-civil-war-era-historical-artifacts-in-bu
ilding-repairs/

On the influence of missionaries in early Ohio:

http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/science/2015/10/25/1-did-missionaries-influence
-earliest-ohioans.html

Rethinking Lafayette:

http://www.npr.org/2015/10/21/448932918/somewhat-united-brings-lafayette-down-from-hi
s-pedestal?sc=17&f=1008

On some female anti-suffragettes:

http://www.npr.org/sections/npr-history-dept/2015/10/22/450221328/american-women-wh
o-were-anti-suffragettes

A Ulysses S. Grant (jr.) mansion is up for sale:

http://dc.curbed.com/archives/2015/10/ulysses-s-grant-victorian-mansion-logan-circle.ph
p

Interesting 19th century kidnapping case:

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/06/nyregion/a-notorious-19th-century-kidnapping-in-bro
oklyn.html

On the real Ichabod Crane:

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/18/nyregion/who-was-the-real-ichabod-crane.html

On the first gossip column in the US:

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/04/nyregion/americas-first-gossip-column-and-eating-on
-subways-and-buses.html

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CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA ================================================================

Evidence of a 5500 years b.p. culture in what is now Ecuador:

http://tass.ru/en/society/830559

Chan Chan remains from Peru:

http://www.andina.com.pe/Ingles/noticia-chan-chan-archaeological-remains-found-at-buri
al-platform-in-peru-580184.aspx

Interesting analysis of Maya arrowheads from Guatemala:

http://www.livescience.com/52516-bloody-arrowhead-reveals-maya-ceremony.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3283134/Ancient-arrowheads-reveal-gory-p
ractices-Mayan-life-force-rituals-Ears-tongues-genitals-pierced-blood-fed-gods.html?ITO=
1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490

More interesting details from that Zultepec-Tecoaque site near Mexico City:

http://republicanherald.com/news/mexican-archaeological-site-yields-surprising-and-trou
bling-new-details-of-sacrifice-of-spaniards-in-16th-century-1.1961683

Low water levels contribute to a 16th century Mexican church emerging from a reservoir:

http://phys.org/news/2015-10-16th-century-church-emerges-mexico.html http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/10/19/450062360/a-church-emerges-after-c
enturies http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2015/10/19/400-year-old-church-emerges-res
ervoir/74214198/ http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Global-News/2015/1019/Out-of-the-depths-Ruins-of-16th-
century-church-emerge-from-Mexican-reservoir

On human impact on animals in the Caribbean:

http://phys.org/news/2015-10-fossils-reveal-humans-greater-threat.html

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OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST ================================================================
A Bible with an interesting typo in the Ten Commandments is coming to auction:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/religion/11946237/Bible-that-says-Thou-shalt-commit-ad
ultery-goes-on-sale.html http://www.foxnews.com/world/2015/10/22/rare-wicked-bible-encouraging-adultery-could-
sell-for-15000/

A rabbi rescued the Sefer Torah from a burning synagogue:

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2015/10/23/fire-engulfs-historic-new-jers
ey-synagogue/74488174/

On the popularity of the Gothic:

http://www.npr.org/2015/10/24/448977307/a-dark-and-stormy-night-why-we-love-the-gothi
c?sc=17&f=1008

Feature on the original Alice in Wonderland manuscript:

http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/new-light-for-original-alice-in-wonderland-
manuscript-20151024-gkhl6a.html

Feature on past mega Tsunamis:

http://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2015/10/traces-of-an-ancient-mega-tsunami/
411970/

Out of our period, but folks might be interested in a 60 years b.p. food stash from
Greenland:

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/arctic-explorers-uncover-60-year-old-food-st
ash-180956936/?no-ist

The BBC is out first with some Hallowe'en-related stuff:

http://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/2015/10/watch-why-halloweens-really-british/

A possible lost Donatello (maybe he lost it on purpose):

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/22/arts/design/statue-may-be-a-lost-work-by-donatello.h
tml

On the history of Paisley:

http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20151021-paisley-behind-rocks-favourite-fashion

The Heritage at Risk register:

http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-34543747

Again we hear about Van Gogh's fading sunflowers:

http://phys.org/news/2015-10-van-gogh-sunflowers-wilting.html

Interesting conservation issue:

http://news.yale.edu/2015/10/14/west-campus-art-preservation-lab-tackles-sticky-fossil-p
uzzle

'Pop Sonnets' is interesting:

http://www.npr.org/2015/10/17/446676686/pop-sonnets-finds-hidden-shakespeare-in-top-
40-tunes

Interesting bookplates:

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/23/arts/design/bookplates-for-famous-bookworms.html

Feature on daguerrotypes:

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/23/arts/design/new-light-on-old-photos.html

On Queen Victoria and biographies:

http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/10/23/queen-victoria-really-didnt-like-that-biograp
hy/

The UK has barred the export of a Rembrandt up for sale:

http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/10/20/britain-bars-export-of-a-rembrandt-hoping-t
o-find-an-in-country-buyer/

Darwin's kids were doodling:

http://www.openculture.com/2015/10/charles-darwins-kids-draw-on-surviving-manuscript-
pages-of-on-the-origin-of-species.html

Archaeology Podcast Network:

http://www.archaeologypodcastnetwork.com/archyfantasies/ ================================================================
MUSEUM MATTERS
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Greeks: Agamemnon to Alexander:

http://usa.greekreporter.com/2015/10/23/groundbreaking-greek-artifacts-exhibition-at-the-
field-museum/

cf: http://ottawacitizen.com/entertainment/local-arts/were-the-greeks-a-hit-for-the-museum
-of-history

Wayfinding:

http://blog.britishmuseum.org/2015/10/22/wayfinding-the-bridget-riley-art-foundation-and-
central-saint-martins-at-the-british-museum/

Celts:

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/celtic-links-pre-history-now-british-museum-show-111045537.
html

Jacob Riis photos:

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/23/arts/design/jacob-riis-photographs-still-revealing-ne
w-yorks-other-half.html

Andrea del Sarto:

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/23/arts/design/review-a-renaissance-painter-andrea-del
-sarto-striving-for-perfection.html

On museums digitizing collections:

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/20/science/putting-museums-samples-of-life-on-the-inte
rnet.html?emc=edit_au_20151019&nl=afternoonupdate&nlid=54147173&_r=1

Funding for the Worcester Art Museum:

http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/10/04/worcester-art-museum-receives-4-million-g
ift/

Egypt still has plans for an underwater museum:

http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2015/10/egypt-project-underwater-museum.ht
ml http://www.globalconstructionreview.com/news/egypt-reviv3es-plans-underw8ater-alexa7
ndria/

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ON THE DNA FRONT ================================================================
DNA suggests yersina pestis was plaguing people as early as the Bronze Age in Europe
and Asia:

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/23/science/in-ancient-dna-evidence-of-plague-much-earl
ier-than-previously-known.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fscience http://phys.org/news/2015-10-plague-humans-didnt-flea-borne-ancient.html http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2015-10/cp-pih101515.php http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/10/151022124532.htm http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-34603116 http://news.yahoo.com/plague-spreading-3-000-years-outbreaks-detected-160148809.htm
l http://www.nature.com/news/bronze-age-skeletons-were-earliest-plague-victims-1.18633
http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2015-10-23/plague-pathogen-infected-bronze-age-european
s/6877022
http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/641907/?sc=c52

On the Celtic origins of Icelanders:

http://thedockyards.com/the-celtic-origins-of-the-icelanders/

The Shround of Turin had some DNA analysis done on it:

http://www.livescience.com/52567-shroud-of-turin-dna.html


Dienekes' Anthropology Blog:

http://dienekes.blogspot.ca/ ================================================================
CLIMATE MATTERS ================================================================
On the impact of climate on agrarian cultures in Peru and Mexico:

http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/10/2015/climate-impacted-on-agraria
n-states-in-mexico-and-peru

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CRIME BEAT
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Italy and Lebanon are getting together to deal with antiquities smuggling:

http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Lebanon-News/2015/Oct-21/319613-lebanon-italy-team
-up-to-tackle-illegal-antiquities-trade.ashx

Latest Anonymous Swiss Collector Culture Crime News:

http://www.anonymousswisscollector.com/2015/10/culture-crime-news-12-18-october-201
5.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 ================================================================
A totem pole purloined by John Barrymore is returning to Alaska:

http://newsdaily.com/2015/10/alaska-tribe-to-get-back-totem-pole-taken-by-u-s-actor-in-19
30s/

Singapore is returning an 11th century bronze to India:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-34578307

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NUMISMATICA
================================================================
Interesting video on die cutting a Herodian coin:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kf4itWi6yv4

Latest e-Sylum:

http://www.coinbooks.org/club_nbs_esylum_v18n42.html

... and the one which should appear later today:

http://www.coinbooks.org/club_nbs_esylum_v18n43.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 ================================================================
Suffragette:

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/23/movies/review-in-suffragette-feminist-insight-thats-a
bout-more-than-the-vote.html http://www.npr.org/2015/10/23/451149841/suffragette-strikes-a-blow-for-womens-history?
sc=17&f=1008

In Gap of Time:

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/25/books/review/the-gap-of-time-by-jeanette-winterson.h
tml

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OBITUARIES
================================================================
Adam Zertal:

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/Flash.aspx/339439

Rosalyn Baxandall:

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/15/nyregion/rosalyn-baxandall-feminist-historian-and-a
ctivist-dies-at-76.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fobituaries

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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:

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