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John McMahon, Barnea Selavan, Joseph Lauer, Mike Ruggeri, Hernan
Astudillo, Barbara Saylor Rodgers, David Critchley, Rick Heli, Frank
MacKay, Bob Heuman, 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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Using some new technology to examine the La Ferrassie 1 Neanderthal
skeleton:

https://phys.org/news/2018-03-technology-reveals-secrets-famous-neandert al.html
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-03/bu-ntr032718.php https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/03/180327132025.htm

Studying hominin brains:

https://www.archaeology.org/6471-new-thoughts-on-ancient-hominin-brains

More on toys found in various archaeological contexts:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-03-31/old-toys-prehistoric-society-child ren-archaeology-anthropology/9493204

More on 'cultural development' during the Mesolithic:

https://www.ksl.com/?sid=46291209&nid=148 ================================================================
AFRICA
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More on concerns for archaeological sites in Europe:

http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-03/25/c_137063032.htm

More on the 'lost city' found in South Africa:

https://nypost.com/2018/03/23/laser-technology-reveals-lost-city-in-sout h-africa/

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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT ================================================================
A 2500 years bp sarcophagus at the University of Sydney was thought to
be empty for 150 years, but turned out to have a mummy inside:

https://phys.org/news/2018-03-archaeologists-ancient-egyptian-coffin-tho ught.html https://www.livescience.com/62142-mummy-unexpectedly-found-in-sarcophagu
s.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-43550496 https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mummy-remains-found-in-sarcophagus-previous ly-thought-to-be-empty/ https://www.yahoo.com/news/ancient-egypt-mummy-remains-discovered-120334 268.html https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/australia/102682488/Sarcophagus-surprise-A ncient-mummy-found-in-coffin-thought-to-be-empty http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-03-26/mummy-found-in-what-was-thought-to -be-an-empty-coffin/9589110 https://www.theage.com.au/technology/mummy-in-2500-year-old-coffin-at-sy dney-uni-may-be-egyptian-priestess-20180328-p4z6mf.html http://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/news-life/secrets-of-2500year old-egyptian-mummy-lay-in-storeroom-for-150-years/news-story/063cbc8b5da 6988c7bff7f75a38d08cf http://www.dw.com/en/australia-mummy-found-in-empty-egyptian-coffin/
a-43148511 http://m.jpost.com/Middle-East/Once-overlooked-2500-year-old-coffin-may- offer-clues-into-ancient-Egypt-547217 http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-03/27/c_137069197.htm https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/researchers-find-human-remains -inside-2500-year-old-empty-coffin-180968616/ https://www.archaeology.org/6468-180326-egypt-coffin-mummy

I think we mentioned this mummy artifact turning up in a Sheffield
charity shop:

https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/ancient-miniature-mummy-artefact-fo und-at-sheffield-charity-shop-1-9083669 https://www.thestar.co.uk/news/sheffield-charity-shop-workers-discover-m iniature-mummy-from-ancient-egypt-in-box-of-bric-a-brac-1-9083861

Folks were looking at Tut's armour:

https://www.livescience.com/62170-king-tut-boy-soldier-explained.html http://www.ibtimes.com/was-king-tut-warrior-egyptian-pharaoh-had-battle- damaged-armor-new-research-suggests-2666330 https://nypost.com/2018/03/26/secrets-revealed-in-king-tuts-armor/

... and the brown spots on paintings in his tomb:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/26/arts/design/king-tut-getty-egypt-cons ervation.html https://www.livescience.com/62152-king-tut-tomb-mysterious-brown-spots.h
tml

... and the 'makeover' of the tomb is apparently almost complete:

https://phys.org/news/2018-03-tomb-king-tutankhamen.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/decade-long-makeover-of-king-tut s-tomb-nearly-completed/2018/03/27/c4f70004-31f1-11e8-b6bd-0084a1666987_ story.html https://www.voanews.com/a/decade-long-makeover-of-king-tut-tomb-nealy-co mpleted/4320239.html http://www.columbian.com/news/2018/mar/28/decadelong-makeover-of-tomb-of -king-tut-nearly-complete/ https://www.archaeology.org/6479-180329-tut-tomb-conservation

On Pharoahs' responses to drought:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/30/climate/egypt-climate-drought.html

Climate change-related concerns for Egypt:

https://www.chicagomaroon.com/article/2018/3/30/oriental-institute-direc tor-talks-climate-threats/

More on that identification of an image of Hatshepsut:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/rare-image-pharoah-found-unive rsity-collection-180968587/

More on what's going on at Gobeklitepe:

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/the-guard-of-gobeklitepe-humanitys-grou nd-zero-129322

A small hoard of coins from the Jewish Revolt found in a cave near
Temple Mount:

http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Coins-symbolically-discovered-from-grea t-revolt-before-Passover-547128 http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Coins-from-destruction-of-Second-Temple -found-in-time-for-Passover-547144 https://www.thetrumpet.com/17069-rare-jewish-revolt-coins-discovered-in- jerusalem-cave https://www.thetrumpet.com/17070-another-great-archaeological-discovery- by-dr-eilat-mazar
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/243632 https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/.premium-coins-showing-despair-of-je wish-rebels-found-in-jerusalem-1.5955990 https://www.timesofisrael.com/rare-trove-of-bronze-jewish-revolt-coins-u nearthed-near-temple-mount/ http://www.jewishpress.com/news/israel/jerusalem/dozens-of-freedom-coins -from-the-66-67-ce-jewish-revolt-discovered-in-temple-mount-cave/2018/
03/26/
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-03/26/c_137067094.htm

Latest from the Cairo Genizah Project:

http://www.jewishpress.com/news/religion/cairo-genizah-project-reveals-1 1th-century-passover-haggadah/2018/03/28/

Not sure if we've ever mentioned this 'first person' Genesis manuscript
from Qumran:

https://elpais.com/cultura/2018/03/26/actualidad/1522088525_381854.html

Feature on a visit to the Met's Egyptian wing during Passover:

https://www.timesofisrael.com/a-tour-group-leader-uncovers-passover-secr ets-in-the-met-museums-egyptian-wing/

What Adelheid Otto is up to:

https://phys.org/news/2018-03-insights-early-urban-life.html

More on Byzantine pigeons in the Negev:

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/MAGAZINE-byzantine-secret-of-survivi ng-in-the-negev-midget-pigeons-1.5957176 https://www.archaeology.org/6477-180329-israel-negev-doves

The UK is training female archaeologists in Iraq:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/apr/01/uk-archaeologists-help-ira qis-restore-their-isis-ravaged-heritage

More on Syrian accusations that Israel removed items from a Damascus
temple:

http://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/Syria-accuses-Israel-of-remov ing-Jewish-artifacts-from-Damascus-temple-546896

More on Um Al Nar artifacts from the Kuwaiti coast:

http://menafn.com/1096649778/Rare-antiquities-found-along-eastern-Kuwait i-coast

More on China-Saudi Arabia cooperation in excavation:

http://www.china.org.cn/arts/2018-03/26/content_50748227.htm

More on Mellaart:

https://inews.co.uk/news/long-reads/tales-of-the-past-renowned-british-a rchaeologist-accused-of-fabricating-bronze-age-history/

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I think we've mentioned this Nero-era villa in Rome:

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/MAGAZINE-rare-art-unearthed-in-nero- era-mansion-and-bath-by-rome-1.5956969

Roman remains beneath a St Albans primary school:

http://www.hertsad.co.uk/news/roman-artefacts-uncovered-at-st-michael-s- school-in-verulamium-st-albans-1-5456103

A Roman 'distribution centre' near Cambridge (A14 related):

http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-03/28/c_137070045.htm

A rubble-filled building in Bulgaria with Gothic invasion connections (apparently):

https://www.archaeology.org/news/6481-180330-roman-bulgaria-goths

Feature on the Herculaneum Conservation Project:

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/can-technology-unravel-the-secrets-sealed-b y-mt-vesuvius-2000-years-ago-pompeii/

Rome through Josephus' eyes:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/28/travel/rome-through-the-eyes-of-flavi us-josephus.html

On trying to revive Classics in Scotland:

http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16122809.Professor_Matthew_Fox__The_s tories_of_the_Classical_world_are_compelling_for_primary_pupils/ https://www.tes.com/news/school-news/breaking-news/call-reverse-near-ext inction-classics-scottish-schools

On the Romans in Scotland:

http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/homenews/16115154.Remarkable_secrets_ of_the_Romans_time_in_Scotland_unveiled/ http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/homenews/16115642.How_the_Romans_near ly_conquered_Scotland/

What David Potter is up to:

http://www.utdailybeacon.com/news/distinguished-lecturer-clears-the-fog- of-a-roman-empress-s/article_f87e1cf0-3160-11e8-a678-d3f3538dd82c.html

Greek archaeologists denied permission for filming at the Temple of
Poseidon at Sounion:

http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/national/16127152.Greek_archaeolog ists_prevent_BBC_filming_Le_Carre_adaptation_at_Poseidon_temple/ http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/national/16127233.BBC_spy_show_den ied_access_to_ancient_Greek_temple/ https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/film-tv/news/greek-arch aeologists-prevent-bbc-filming-le-carre-adaptation-at-poseidon-temple-36 757610.html https://www.independent.ie/style/celebrity/celebrity-news/bbc-spy-show-d enied-access-to-ancient-greek-temple-36757759.html http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16127803.BBC_spy_show_denied_access_t o_ancient_Greek_temple/

... and the government wasn't happy:

https://www.wftv.com/entertainment/greek-archaeologists-prevent-bbc-film ing-at-poseidon-temple/723667772 http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20180329/news/303299912/

There's a working water organ at the Acropolis Museum:

http://greece.greekreporter.com/2018/03/30/ancient-greek-water-organ-sou nds-again-at-acropolis-museum/

Romans had some strange ideas about animals:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/kristinakillgrove/2018/03/30/12-very-wrong- things-the-ancient-romans-believed-about-animals/

Romanizing Mattis:

http://www.sfgate.com/opinion/article/Mattis-is-an-ancient-Roman-action- hero-12787681.php http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-wp-mattis-comment-3e1678ee-3296-1 1e8-8bdd-cdb33a5eef83-20180328-story.html

What Robert McNeil is up to:

http://www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/16127460.Robert_McNeil__Still_hook ed_on_classics__even_if_I_don___t_understand_much/

More on those 'boxing gloves' from Vindolanda:

https://www.archaeology.co.uk/articles/packing-a-punch-boxing-gloves-fou nd-at-vindolanda.htm

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Overviewish of the finds from various periods found during A14
construction:

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-43559369 https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/mar/27/anglo-saxon-settlement-a nd-roman-army-camp-found-in-a14-bypass-dig http://www.wimbledonguardian.co.uk/news/national/16119180.Work_to_upgrad e_A14_near_Cambridge_exposes_abandoned_medieval_village/ https://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/cambridge-news/a14-archeology-roma n-saxon-finds-14461413 https://www.eveningexpress.co.uk/news/uk/work-to-upgrade-a14-near-cambri dge-exposes-abandoned-medieval-village/ https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/medieval-village-a14-roa dworks-cambridge-discover-museum-of-london-archaeology-a8277856.html https://www.archaeology.org/news/6470-180327-england-highway-constructio
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A 5000 years bp shoe from a Swiss lake:

http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/archaeological-find-_divers-discover-5-000-y ear-old-shoe-in-swiss-lake--/44003700?ns_mchannel=rss&srg_evsource=rss

Neolithic causewayed enclosure from Berkshire:

https://www.archaeology.co.uk/articles/neolithic-causewayed-enclosure-di scovered-in-berkshire.htm

Studying Neolithic burials on Orkney:

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-43547952 https://www.archaeology.org/news/6473-180328-orkney-neolithic-burials

Evidence of a 4000 years bp village in a Derby field:

https://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/news/derby-news/breadsall-hilltop-redro w-homes-archaeological-1385689


Looking for Neolithic petroglyphs at a site on Anglesey:

https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/archaeologists-reveali ng-secrets-5000-year-14451258

How Neolithic hunter-gatherers dealt with climate change:

https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/03/hunter-gatherers-survived-wild-c limate-shifts-after-the-last-ice-age/ https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/26/health/climate-change-hunter-gatherers/ index.html http://www.archaeology.org/news/6474-180328-england-mesolithic-climate-c
hange

A Bronze Age Cornish barrow find:

https://phys.org/news/2018-03-archaeologist-cornish-barrow-site.html https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-03/anu-aad032818.php https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/03/180329095418.htm

More hints of an Anglo Saxon palace near Rendlesham:

http://www.eadt.co.uk/news/treasure-found-near-woodbridge-and-sutton-hoo -adds-to-evidence-for-rendlesham-palace-1-5456872 http://www.ipswichstar.co.uk/news/treasure-found-near-woodbridge-and-sut ton-hoo-adds-to-evidence-for-rendlesham-palace-1-5456872

'Laser scans' reveal Bronze Age sites off the coast of Wales:

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-43534578

Feature on the 'Save Our Cannons' campaign:

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-43557696

Sorry ... can't resist including this 'find' in Ireland:

https://www.irishcentral.com/culture/craic/archaeologists-discover-poten tial-leprechaun-bones-on-uninhabited-irish-island

More on the 12th century graffiti from Dublin:

http://www.thejournal.ie/12th-century-graffiti-art-uncovered-as-part-of- medieval-discovery-in-dublins-coombe-3918137-Mar2018/ https://www.irishcentral.com/news/medieval-graffiti-discovered-dublin

More on that medieval coffin birth:

https://www.livescience.com/62125-medieval-mother-coffin-birth-trepanati on.html https://www.sciencealert.com/pregnant-medieval-woman-coffin-birth-trepan ation-pre-eclampsia-bologna http://www.archaeology.org/news/6475-180328-italy-coffin-birth

More on research into the Glencoe massacre:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-trace-remains-o f-lost-settlements-of-1692-Glencoe-massacre-180968570/

More on those Iron Age party remains from Scotland:

https://www.livescience.com/62138-iron-age-meat-feast-with-jewelry.html https://www.cbsnews.com/news/iron-age-people-knew-how-to-party-ancient-t rash-heap-reveals/
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ASIA AND THE SOUTH PACIFIC ================================================================
Neolithic artifacts from Chinas' Heilongjiang Province:

http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-03/31/c_137078606.htm

A major hoard of 'feudal' coins form Saitama:

http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201803270001.html http://www.archaeology.org/news/6472-180327-japan-bronze-coins

A broken Yayoi pottery culture period pot was reassembled and revealed
an image of a village:

http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201803240031.html https://www.archaeology.org/news/6467-18032-japan-yayoi-village

A 3rd/4th century bronze mirror from Japan (I think this is a
followup):

http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201803280004.html https://www.archaeology.org/news/6480-180329-japan-bronze-mirror

An interesting 'scapegoat doll' from Honshu:

http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201803290001.html https://www.archaeology.org/news/6478-180329-japan-wooden-hitogata

Remains of a 2000 years bp 'major road' in central China:

http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-03/28/c_137072025.htm

Overiviewish thing on items found at the Qingtai ruines last year,
including a 'Big Dipper temple':

http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-03/30/c_137076876.htm

Archaeologists believe they have found the tomb of General Cao Cao:

https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3390636 http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2138951/archaeologists-co nfident-they-have-found-body-fabled-chinese http://www.newsweek.com/ancient-chinese-general-tried-hide-his-tomb-arch aeologists-found-it-862341?yptr=yahoo

Interesting 4000 years bp burials from Rakhigarhi's Harappan
necropolis:

http://indianexpress.com/article/explained/mysteries-of-rakhigarhis-hara ppan-necropolis-in-burials-from-4000-years-ago-women-both-exalted-condem ned-5111253/

Studying dietary habits along the Silk Road(s):

https://source.wustl.edu/2018/03/compared-to-nomadic-communities-silk-ro ad-cities-were-urban-food-deserts-study-finds/ https://phys.org/news/2018-03-nomads-food-trends-silk-roads.html https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-03/wuis-ct032318.php https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/03/180327093957.htm

20 Mughal-era 'frescoes' are being restored at Red Fort:

http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/labourers-chip-away-plaste r-to-reveal-20-mughal-era-paintings-at-red-fort-5112458/

18th century Aboriginals in Australia apparently took materials from
British ships:

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-43551015

Spain is questioning the 'official version' of the discovery of New
Zealand:

https://politica.elpais.com/politica/2018/03/24/diario_de_espana/ 1521926709_862381.html

On skiing in China, 8000 years bp:

http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20180328-chinas-8000-year-old-skiing-met
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More on that 2000 years bp 'rice wine' (maybe) from a Chinese tomb:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/found-bottle-2000-year-old-win e-chinese-tomb-180968582/
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13 000 years bp human footprints on Canada's Pacific coast:

https://phys.org/news/2018-03-year-human-footprints-canada-pacific.html https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/03/180328143306.htm https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-03/p-1oh032118.php https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/mar/28/footprints-sand-scientis ts-prehistoric-canada-british-columbia https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/28/science/footprints-oldest-north-ameri ca.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2018/03/30/ the-oldest-footprints-in-north-america-are-right-where-native-historians -said-they-should-be/ https://www.adn.com/nation-world/2018/03/30/the-oldest-footprints-in-nor th-america-are-right-where-native-historians-said-they-should-be/ https://www.livescience.com/62153-oldest-human-footprints-in-north-ameri ca.html
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/deadthings/2018/03/28/
human-footprints/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/kristinakillgrove/2018/03/28/oldest-human-f ootprints-in-north-america-found-on-canadian-coast/ https://www.sciencenews.org/article/footprints-put-people-canada-west-co ast-13000-years-ago https://www.stuff.co.nz/science/102730104/13-000-year-old-human-footprin ts-found-on-Canadian-island https://www.ibtimes.co.in/oldest-human-footprints-last-ice-age-found-off -canadas-pacific-coast-765456 https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/03/13000-year-old-human-footprints- discovered-in-british-columbia/ http://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/2139382/ prehistoric-human-footprints-unearthed-canadian https://www.archaeology.org/news/6476-180328-canada-oldest-footprints

cf: http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/
journal.pone.0193522

The hull of an 18th century shipwreck washed up on the shore of a
Florida beach this week:

http://www.staugustine.com/news/20180329/amazing-discovery-centuries-old -ships-hull-washes-up-on-ponte-vedra-beach https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2018/03/29/Partial-hull-from-18th-century-s hipwreck-washes-up-in-Florida/8001522340374/ http://www.jacksonville.com/news/20180328/old-shipwreck-washes-ashore-in -ponte-vedra-beach
http://time.com/5221418/florida-sailing-ship-wreckage/ https://www.archaeology.org/news/6483-180330-florida-beach-shipwreck

Latest theory on the Lost Colony:

https://pilotonline.com/news/local/history/article_5031be6a-e3b5-5531-94 01-f63701e278d9.html https://pilotonline.com/news/local/history/article_ddedefad-c4ea-5e54-88 a6-44b388fb8e75.html

Indiana University will be looking for shipwrecks in the Florida Keys:

http://www.idsnews.com/article/2018/03/iu-students-to-conduct-underwater -research-on-shipwrecks

19th century finds beneath the Obama center site:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/kamin/ct-met-obama-center- artifacts-kamin-0325-story.html

Funding to save a Revolutionary War flag at Fort Ticonderoga:

http://www.syracuse.com/state/index.ssf/2018/03/fort_ticonderoga_gets_fu nding_to_save_rare_british_flag.html

More on that burial site off Venice (Florida):

http://www.heraldtribune.com/news/20180327/ancient-burial-site-off-coast -of-venice-is-virtually-explored

More on the purported burial of 'Black Sam' Bellamy (nothing new here
that I can see):

http://www.newsweek.com/archaeologists-burial-site-richest-pirate-867764


More on the FBI looking for lost Civil War gold in Pennsylvania
(maybe):

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/fbi-searching-lost-civil-war-g old-180968581/
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CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA ================================================================
Evidence of possible child sacrifice at a Chimu site in Peru:

https://www.livescience.com/62108-ancient-child-sacrifices-found.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-5535565/Ancient-Peruvian- child-sacrifices-treasures-uncovered-tombs.html

Suggestions that indigenous Peruvians were more 'resilient' than the
Inca conquest suggests:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/when-genetics-and-linguist ics-challenge-winners-version-history-180968607/

A shipment of 'colonial jewels' found on the Yucatan coast:

http://www.maritimeherald.com/2018/discovery-of-a-shipment-of-colonial-j ewels-on-the-yucatan-coast-revealed/

On the 'zoo' of Tenochtitlan:

https://elpais.com/internacional/2018/03/28/la_serpiente_emplumada/ 1522262880_869783.html

More on those 81 settlements in the Amazon:

https://phys.org/news/2018-03-amazon-thought-uninhabited-home-million.ht
ml
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-03/uoe-pot032518.php https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/03/180327110518.htm https://www.livescience.com/62137-amazon-once-densely-inhabited.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2018/03/27/ archaeologists-discover-81-ancient-settlements-in-the-amazon/ ?utm_term=.3a52be6fab8d https://www.wsj.com/articles/satellites-reveal-ancient-civilization-bene ath-the-amazon-rainforest-1522162800 http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/science/ct-amazon-ancient -settlements-20180327-story.html http://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/as-it-happens-wednesday-edition-1.45 97040/archaeologists-discover-mysterious-geoglyphs-and-81-lost-settlemen ts-in-the-amazon-1.4597047 https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/mar/27/lost-amazon-villages-unc overed-by-archaeologists https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/amazon-rainforest-hidden-euro peans-arrive-brazil-villages-society-university-exeter-a8276326.html http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16119478.__39_Uninhabited__39__Amazon _was_home_to_up_to_a_million__study_finds/ https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/americas/102660841/Archaeologists-discover -81-ancient-settlements-in-the-Amazon http://www.newsweek.com/amazon-rainforest-glyphs-research-columbus-86196
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https://www.seeker.com/archaeology/lost-villages-of-the-amazon-may-have- housed-up-to-1-million-before-colonization http://www.nationalgeographic.com.au/history/amazon-jungle-once-home-to- millions-more-than-previously-thought.aspx https://www.archaeology.org/news/6469-180327-amazon-ditched-enclosure

More on that 'alien mummy' from the Atacama Desert:

https://gizmodo.com/alien-mummy-found-in-atacama-desert-is-actually-a-ti ny-1823988455
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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 ================================================================
Easter related items on Roman crucifixion:

https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/biblical-topics/crucifixion/ jesus-and-the-cross/ http://thefederalist.com/2018/03/30/yes-ancient-romans-really-practice-c rucifixion/
https://elpais.com/internacional/2018/03/29/america/
1522352876_146346.html

... and Pontius Pilate:

https://historynewsnetwork.org/article/168311

... and the location of the Last Supper:

https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/biblical-sites-places/ jerusalem/jesus-last-supper-tomb-of-david/

Some April fooolishness:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-43073391

On assorted mummies around the world:

http://www.dw.com/en/ata-%C3%B6tzi-and-tutankhamun-whats-so-fascinating- about-mummies/a-43132264

A 90 year old 'armchair archaeologist' (really a techy story):

http://www.northwestgeorgianews.com/news/national/meet-the--year-old-arm chair-archaeologist-ted-gbs-present/youtube_2c65ae4f-6458-570c-a05f-79c3 6539bfbe.html http://www.wdel.com/news/national/meet-the--year-old-armchair-archaeolog ist-ted-gbs-present/youtube_00513721-e746-5706-99b8-92a06f00ff88.html

On the history of the 'wolf whistle':

http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20180322-the-surprising-history-of-the- wolf-whistle

Marking Gorky's 150th birthday:

http://www.dw.com/en/russian-writer-maxim-gorky-still-courting-controver sy-on-his-150th-birthday/a-43157389

Interesting backstory to that daVinci auction a while back:

https://frieze.com/article/was-record-breaking-da-vinci-sale-result-arab -princess-accidental-bidding-war

Only known edition of annotated Ben Jonson plays has been saved by/at
the University of Edinburgh:

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/mar/27/annotated-ben-jonson-plays -saved-university-of-edinburgh

Martha Brown is to be exhumed and given a proper burial:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/03/30/murderer-inspired-tess-durbe rvilles-exhumed-julian-fellowes/

Feature on Hannah Glasse and her cookbook:

https://elpais.com/cultura/2018/03/28/actualidad/1522222746_482597.html

On the history of lawns:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/podcasts/retropod/lawn-wars/

'Proto Australian' is apparently 10 000 years old:

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-43564134 https://www.archaeology.org/news/6482-180330-australia-indigenous-langua
ge

Archaeology Podcast Network:

http://www.archaeologypodcastnetwork.com/archyfantasies/ ================================================================
MUSEUM MATTERS
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Pompeii Photos:

https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2018/03/30/ancient-roman-ruins-meet-the-m odern-lens/

Vikings:

http://theconversation.com/vikings-exhibit-hangs-up-the-sword-and-gives- us-a-welcome-insight-into-domestic-life-93474

Sunken Cities:

https://hyperallergic.com/434740/sunken-cities-egypt-st-louis-art-museum
/
https://www.wsj.com/articles/sunken-cities-egypts-lost-worlds-review-tre asures-beneath-the-waves-1522180261 http://www.numismaticnews.net/article/sunken-cities-exhibit-now-open-st-
louis

Tut:

https://dailynewsegypt.com/2018/03/27/new-tutankhamun-exhibition-opens-l os-angeles/

The Rose Empire:

http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20180323-what-irans-dazzling-art-tells- us-about-its-civilisation https://www.louvrelens.fr/exhibition/lempire-des-roses/

A 'food centric' tour of the Met:

https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2018/03/27/596154249/a-feast-for-th e-eyes-an-art-inspired-food-tour-at-the-met

Someone is suing over the recent Terracotta Warriors exhibit in
Pennsylvania:

https://www.phillymag.com/news/2018/03/27/franklin-institute-lawsuit-ter racotta-warriors/

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THE TECHY SIDE
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Plans to digitally "recreate" a never-started fresco at a 17th century
French chateau:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/fresco-never-realized-will-be- digitally-recreated-french-castle-180968623/

Not sure if we'll ever get to mention palaeoproteomics again, so:

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/03/180327094019.htm

More on that Galen palimpsest:

http://www.ibtimes.com/centuries-old-manuscript-could-reveal-history-anc ient-roman-treatments-2666162

I think we mentioned this Herculaneum Papyri project:

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/can-technology-unravel-the-secrets-sealed-b y-mt-vesuvius-2000-years-ago-pompeii/

Cro Magnon Man is the latest to get the facial reconstruction
treatment:

https://phys.org/news/2018-03-warts-reconstruct-cro-magnon.html

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ON THE DNA FRONT ================================================================
Review of David Reich, *Who We Are ...*:

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/mar/29/who-we-are-how-got-here-da vid-reich-ancient-dna-review

... and Reich has a column on genetics and race in the NYT:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/23/opinion/sunday/genetics-race.html

On the use and abuse of ancient DNA:

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-03857-3?error=cookies_not_sup ported&code=8c7b9bdc-3f41-444c-859d-5a3e430631f6

On archaeology and geneetics/genomics:

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-03773-6?error=cookies_not_sup ported&code=b917bb95-b3bb-4d2f-9f3e-b088872a3f5a

More on the DNA stuff from Morocco:

https://www.livescience.com/62131-oldest-human-dna-mysterious-ancient-cu lture.html

Dienekes' Anthropology Blog:

http://dienekes.blogspot.ca/ ================================================================
CLIMATE MATTERS ================================================================

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TOURISTY THINGS ================================================================
Budapest:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/29/travel/36-hours-in-budapest.html

San Juan de Ulua:

https://elpais.com/cultura/2018/03/28/actualidad/1522265706_303311.html

The Alamo:

https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/destinations/2018/03/23/ alamo-san-antonio/454276002/

Taj Mahal (limited hours):

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/03/30/598230781/taj-mahal-y ou-dont-have-to-go-home-but-you-ve-got-to-get-out-of-here-in-3-hours

Ethiopian Churches:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-43582880

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CRIME BEAT
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Vandalism of the tomb of Caleb on the West Bank:


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