[continued from previous message]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-35462043


On toleration of immigrants in the MIddle Ages:


http://phys.org/news/2016-02-english-towns-jewish-heritage-tolerant.html


A 200 years b.p. curry recipe:


http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/british-monks-discovered-curry-recipe-200-
year-old-cookbook-180957979/?no-ist




On the ‘secret’ of ancient Venetian glass making:


http://www.csmonitor.com/Technology/2016/0204/Secrets-of-ancient-Venetian-glassmaki
ng-revealed




Interesting medieval playing cards:


http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/lavishly-illustrated-medieval-playing-cards-
flouted-church-and-law-180957994/




On the history of gravity:


http://theconversation.com/timeline-the-history-of-gravity-54528


On punitive divinities and moral development:


http://phys.org/news/2016-02-punitive-omniscient-gods-expansion-human.html https://theconversation.com/how-punitive-omniscient-gods-may-have-encouraged-the-ex
pansion-of-human-society-54275 http://www.hecc.ubc.ca/2016/02/10/moralisticgods/ https://www.sciencenews.org/article/rise-human-civilization-tied-belief-punitive-gods


Charles I’s Shakespeare folio is on display:


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-35561796


The usual Valentine’s Day stuff of varying quality and dependability:


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/12152008/Valentines-Day-201
6-What-has-it-got-to-do-with-love-And-who-was-St-Valentine.html




Some posthumous disease diagnoses:


http://www.history.com/news/7-historical-figures-posthumously-diagnosed-with-illnesses




… and a Laura Ingalls diagnosis too:


http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/03/health/mary-ingalls-blind-little-house-on-prairie/
index.html




On how public art gets ‘lost’:


http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20160208-why-are-these-masterpieces-at-risk




No, it wasn’t wooly mammoth (or sloth) at the Explorer’s Club:


http://phys.org/news/2016-02-mystery-explorers-club-meal-wasnt.html http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2016/02/05/465309625/two-grad-students-use-scienc
e-to-bust-the-dinner-hoax-of-the-century?sc=17&f=1007


http://news.yale.edu/2016/02/03/yale-puts-prehistoric-mystery-meat-test-spoiler-alert-it-s-
not-woolly-mammoth-or-giant-gr


Plans to recreate the voyage that brought settlers to Japan:


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-35542648


More on that atlas/Reddit thing:


http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/01/15/463209833/norways-national-library-
discovers-rare-atlas-with-a-little-help-from-reddit




On William Blake’s grave:


http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/07/magazine/letter-of-recommendation-william-blakes-g
rave.html




Tracing the idea of asylum:


http://theconversation.com/sanctuary-for-asylum-seekers-is-an-offer-with-ancient-pedigre
e-54234




On the history of the lawn:


http://theconversation.com/adventures-on-the-lawn-sex-death-democracy-and-rebellion-5
1734




On assorted rhetorical structures:


http://theconversation.com/think-you-know-your-rhetorical-structures-i-cant-even-43056




On some Carnival origins:


http://www.dw.com/en/a-kiss-for-your-tie-why-carnival-kicks-off-with-gender-power-games/
a-19022057




On Dadaism:


http://www.dw.com/en/how-dadaism-revolutionized-art-100-years-ago/a-19016756




Arguing over a Picasso:


http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/03/arts/design/picasso-bust-custody-battle-moma.html




Groundhog Day history:


http://www.livescience.com/53559-groundhog-day-punxsutawney-phil-history.html




A Rembrandt deal:


http://www.dw.com/en/historic-deal-france-and-the-netherlands-buy-two-rembrandts-toget
her/a-19017898


http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=11&int_new=84798


Looking for gold in human urine:


http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/02/02/465188104/phosphorus-starts-with-
pee-in-this-tale-of-scientific-serendipity




Another thing on fairy tales:


http://www.npr.org/2016/02/07/463861692/folklore-for-hipsters-fairy-tales-before-they-wer
e-cool




The only time I want to mention Donald Trump in these pages:


http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20160205-what-does-this-have-to-do-with-trump




Flat earth stuff:


http://phys.org/news/2016-01-flat-wrong-misunderstood-history-earth.html


On assorted female body parts in history:


http://theconversation.com/no-youre-not-hardwired-to-stare-at-womens-breasts-53449




On collecting art:


http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/14/t-magazine/art/takashi-murakami-art-collection-yoko
hama-museum.html




On Berlin’s ad columns:


http://www.dw.com/en/how-berlin-got-its-omnipresent-ad-columns-and-why-digital-marketi
ng-cant-topple-them/a-19035128




Searching for the Connaught:


http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20160210-inside-the-hunt-for-a-million-dollar-haul-of-oce
an-gold




How ancient Egypt shaped our ideas of beauty:


http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20160204-how-ancient-egypt-shaped-our-idea-of-beauty






Archaeology Podcast Network:



http://www.archaeologypodcastnetwork.com/archyfantasies/ ================================================================
MUSEUM MATTERS
================================================================
Artist and Empire:


http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20160205-the-art-of-empire-can-britain-face-its-colonial-
past




Quebec Archaeology:


http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=11&int_new=85047 http://news.nationalpost.com/life/travel/from-shipwrecks-to-dugout-canoe-exhibition-highl
ights-quebec-archeology


Vikings:


http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/05/arts/design/vikings-here-to-set-the-record-straight.ht
ml?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3429225/Vikings-Times-Square-exhibition-500-art
ifacts-debunks-myths-surrounding-Scandinavian-raiders-traders.html?ITO=1490&ns_mch
annel=rss&ns_campaign=1490


Dendur Colors:



http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/02/arts/temple-of-dendurs-lost-colors-brought-to-life-at-t
he-met.html




Pre Raphaelite drawings:


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-35472652


Pompeii: Recovery of Antiquity:


http://www.mcgilltribune.com/a-e/the-recovery-of-antiquity-musee-des-beaux-arts-802724
/


http://montrealgazette.com/entertainment/arts/visual-arts-the-pompeii-of-79-a-d-returns-to
-life-at-the-montreal-museum-of-fine-arts


Power and Pathos:


http://catholicherald.com/stories/Power-and-Pathos-gives-a-glimpse-into-Jesus-world,308
68




Midas:


http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/golden-age-of-midas-exhibit-in-us-.aspx?pageID=238&
nid=95005&NewsCatID=375


http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/current/2016-02-11/latest-news/penn-museum-exhibit-fe
atures-rare-treasures-time-king-midas


http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2016/02/08/groundbreaking-king-midas-exhibit-premiere
s-in-philadelphia/


DaVinci:


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/art/what-to-see/leonardo-da-vinci-the-mechanics-of-genius-sci
ence-museum-review1/




Lod Mosaic:


http://www.southflorida.com/theater-and-arts/sf-roman-mosaic-frost-museum-art-miami-m
ystery-lod-20160209-story.html




================================================================
THE TECHY SIDE
================================================================
On drones and archaeology:


http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-02/du-dfr021016.php


On the use of satellites to find shipwrecks:


http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/satellites-could-help-discover-modern-and-anci
ent-shipwrecks/






================================================================
ON THE DNA FRONT ================================================================
The genetic legacy of Neanderthals:


http://phys.org/news/2016-02-neanderthal-dna-subtle-significant-impact.html http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/neanderthal-human-trysts-may-be-linked-to-mo
dern-depression-heart-disease/


http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03j9wx2 http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/02/11/466224456/science-hunts-for-clues-t
o-human-health-in-neanderthal-dna


http://www.livescience.com/53691-neanderthal-human-interbreeding-health-risks.html


https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/feb/11/neanderthal-dna-may-account-for-nicot
ine-addiction-and-depression


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/science-news/12152734/Depression-obesity-an
d-smoking-all-triggered-by-our-inherited-DNA.html


http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/mental-health-pr
oblems-could-have-origins-in-neanderthal-interbreeding-a6868286.html


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3442488/Can-t-lose-weight-quit-smoking-Bl
ame-Neanderthals-Genes-inherited-ancient-cousins-linked-addiction-depression-callouse
s.html


http://science.sciencemag.org/content/351/6274/676.4 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/2016/02/11/neanderthal-dna-may-still-affect-o
ur-health-and-habits/


http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=2405546&CategoryId=13936 http://www.albanydailystar.com/health/europeans-and-asians-carry-between-15-percent-a
nd-4-percent-neanderthal-dna-16330.html


‘Most Britons’ have Syrian DNA, apparently:


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1244654/Study-finds-Britons-descended-fa
rmers-left-Iraq-Syria-10-000-years-ago.html


Some major upheaval seen in DNA dating back to the last Ice Age:


https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/02/160204150602.htm http://phys.org/news/2016-02-dna-evidence-uncovers-major-upheaval.html http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2016/0205/Major-population-upheaval-in-Ice-Age-Euro
peans-linked-to-climate-change




Tracing African slaves:


http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/02/160204-tracing-slave-dna-africa-mesoameri
ca/




… not sure if this rethink of the African genome is related to the above:


http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/05/science/dna-study-of-first-ancient-african-genome-fla
wed-researchers-report.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss




Concerns after a legal battle over La Jolla bones:


http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/02/science/tribes-win-in-fight-for-la-jolla-bones-clouds-h
opes-for-dna-studies.html






Dienekes' Anthropology Blog:


http://dienekes.blogspot.ca/ ================================================================
CLIMATE MATTERS ================================================================
The Little Ice Age is linked to political turmoil in China:


http://www.techtimes.com/articles/132171/20160210/can-climate-change-alter-course-of-h
istory-little-ice-age-linked-to-political-turmoil-in-china-fall-of-roman-empire.htm




… and other places:


http://phys.org/news/2016-02-ice-age-coincides-fall-eastern.html http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-02/fe-ni020416.php http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/02/volcano-induced-little-ice-age-may-have-contri
buted-famines-wars-6th-and-7th-centuries


https://www.newscientist.com/article/2076713-125-year-mini-ice-age-linked-to-the-plague-
and-fall-of-empires/




Some effects of the last Ice Age:


http://phys.org/news/2016-02-volcanic-eruptions-ice-age-caps.html




================================================================
TOURISTY THINGS ================================================================
Cave temples of India:


http://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/remarkable-cave-temples-architecture-nagara-dra
vidian-southern-india-deccan-chalukya-180957971/




Italy by Vespa:


http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/14/travel/vespa-italy-holidays-tours.html?rref=collectio
n%2Fsectioncollection%2Ftravel




================================================================
CRIME BEAT
================================================================
A retired archaeologist from India is tracking down stolen artifacts:


http://www.catchnews.com/india-news/a-75-year-old-archaeologist-catches-artefact-smug
glers-sitting-on-his-computer-1454871755.html




Another replacing-real-with-fakes-in-the-museum case:



http://www.jordantimes.com/news/local/house-panel-looking-museum-artefacts-after-400-
ancient-coins-replaced-fakes




A couple weeks’ worth of Anonymous Swiss Collector:


http://www.anonymousswisscollector.com/2016/02/culture-crime-news-1-7-february-2016.
html


http://www.anonymousswisscollector.com/2016/02/culture-crime-news-25-31-january-201
6.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/


================================================================
REPATRIATION AND RECOVERY ================================================================
Major repatriation of Symes-related antiquities:


http://www.livescience.com/53610-stolen-treasures-returned-italy.html http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/arts/visualarts/article4680017.ece http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3427051/Hundreds-looted-antiquities-including-m
osaics-Pompeii-ancient-sarcophagi-uncovered-Switzerland.html


http://theartnewspaper.com/news/news/trove-of-antiquities-found-in-secret-swiss-store-a
nd-they-are-linked-to-disgraced-british-art-dealer/ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/switzerland/12134541/Disgraced-Brit
ish-art-dealers-priceless-treasure-trove-discovered-hidden-in-Geneva.html http://www.livescience.com/53610-stolen-treasures-returned-italy.html http://www.livescience.com/53606-photos-etruscan-treasures-returned-italy.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/italy-retrieves-looted-treasure-linked-to-
british-art-dealer-as-pressure-builds-for-uk-to-return-a6847611.html


Peru recovered a pile of artifacts:


http://www.andina.com.pe/ingles/noticia-peru-recovers-largest-batch-of-cultural-relics-597
238.aspx




Egypt is getting a bowl back from Germany:


http://allafrica.com/stories/201602130440.html


Some British-owned aboriginal artifacts might be returned:


http://www.9news.com.au/national/2016/02/10/14/09/sacred-indigenous-artefacts-could-s
oon-be-returned-to-australia




Ecuador is getting back a pile of things from Argentina and Spain:


http://artforum.com/news/id=57989




================================================================
NUMISMATICA
================================================================
Feature on ancient counterfeiters:


http://www.coinweek.com/featured-news/bad-money-ancient-counterfeiters-and-their-coin
s/




700 years b.p. Danish ‘Civil War’ coins:


http://www.thelocal.dk/20160210/700-year-old-danish-civil-war-coins-found-by-metal-dete
ctor



https://www.rt.com/news/332073-denmark-medieval-coins-apple/


Plenty of e-Syla (in order of appearance):


http://www.coinbooks.org/club_nbs_esylum_v19n05.html http://www.coinbooks.org/club_nbs_esylum_v19n06.html http://www.coinbooks.org/club_nbs_esylum_v19n07.html


------------------------
Ancient Coin Collecting:


http://ancientcoincollecting.blogspot.com/


Ancient Coins:


http://classicalcoins.blogspot.com/


Coin Week:


http://www.coinweek.com/ ================================================================
PERFORMANCES AND THEATRE-RELATED ================================================================
Hamlet:


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-35450301


Birth of a Nation:


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-35458409




================================================================
OBITUARIES
================================================================
Margaret Rylatt:


http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/coventry-archaeologist-margaret-r
ylatt-died-10845567


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


http://archaeologychannel.org/audio-main-menu-cat/audio-news-list/2355-audio-news-fro
m-archaeologica-24-jan-2016-30-jan-2016 http://archaeologychannel.org/audio-main-menu-cat/audio-news-list/2358-audio-news-fro
m-archaeologica-31-jan-2016-6-feb-2016


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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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