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explorator 19.30 November 20, 2016 ===============================================================
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EARLY HOMINIDS
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On the diet of early Paranthropus hominins:

http://phys.org/news/2016-11-tooth-patterns-paranthropus-early-hominins.html

Somewhat strange item focussing on the link between autism and
evolutionary success:


https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-11/uoy-aah111516.php https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/11/161116144701.htm http://www.archaeology.org/5020-161116-autism-evolution-survival

More on the benefits of inbreeding for early humans:


http://www.archaeology.org/5011-161111-dna-hominin-interbreeding

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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT ================================================================
A royal servant (maybe) mummy from Luxor dating to ca 1075-664 BCE:


https://egyptianstreets.com/2016/11/14/spanish-archaeologists-discover-2500-year-old-mummy-in-egypts-luxor/
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/nov/13/ancient-egyptian-mummy-discovered-very-good-condition-luxor
http://www.livescience.com/56871-3000-year-old-mummy-found-in-egyptian-tomb.html
http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2016/1115/Luxor-mummy-Archaeologists-unearth-3-000-year-old-sarcophagus
http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2016/1115/Why-an-undamaged-mummy-uncovered-in-Luxor-will-stay-in-Egypt
http://www.timesofisrael.com/millennia-old-mummy-found-in-egypt-tomb http://www.news.com.au/technology/science/archaeology/archaeologists-discover-3200yearold-mummy-in-egyptian-tomb/news-story/1841da8e35dcb17600f6e90e70055466
http://www.dailystar.com.lb//News/Middle-East/2016/Nov-13/381043-millennia-old-mummy-found-in-egypt-tomb.ashx
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/11/millennia-mummy-egypt-tomb-161113163116153.html
http://www.archaeology.org/5012-161114-egypt-mummy-amenrenef


I think we mentioned this causeway at Aswan:


http://www.archaeology.org/news/5001-161108-aswan-necropolis-causeway


Finds from various periods at Melid:


http://www.dailysabah.com/history/2016/11/18/archaeologists-dig-out-pieces-of-ancient-anatolian-city-state-of-melid


Interesting Bronze Age (not quite Canaanite) finds from Khirbet
al-Batrawy:


http://www.haaretz.com/jewish/archaeology/1.752808


Cf: http://www.lasapienzatojordan.it/


Canaanite and Egyptian finds from Tel Gezer:


http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Politics-And-Diplomacy/Ancient-trove-of-gold-and-silver-discovered-Israeli-archeological-site-472560
http://www.timesofisrael.com/rare-canaanite-era-trove-of-gold-and-silver-unearthed-in-central-israel/
http://www.haaretz.com/jewish/archaeology/1.753136 http://www.i24news.tv/en/news/israel/130113-161114-rare-canaanite-hidden-treasure-trove-discovered-in-israel
http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_article.php?id=37991 http://www.jewishpress.com/news/breaking-news/3600-year-old-jewels-found-in-judean-foothills/2016/11/15/
http://www.archaeology.org/5016-161115-israel-tel-gezer-cache


Cf: http://www.telgezer.com/


Arguing over which culture fortified Jerusalem:


http://www.haaretz.com/jewish/archaeology/.premium-1.753858


They’ve started poking around Aya Tekla:


http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/old-christian-center-to-be-unearthed-in-turkeys-south.aspx?pageID=238&nid=106283&NewsCatID=375


The so-called Ghassulian Star has gone on display:


http://www.timesofisrael.com/mysterious-6000-year-old-star-mural-sees-first-daylight-in-jerusalem/
http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-1.753414


Suggestion that Hebrew has the oldest alphabet:


https://www.sciencenews.org/article/oldest-alphabet-identified-hebrew


Suspected arson in the area of the Tomb of Absalom:


http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4878533,00.html http://www.timesofisrael.com/ancient-jerusalem-tombs-damaged-in-suspected-arson/
http://www.jta.org/2016/11/14/news-opinion/israel-middle-east/second-temple-era-archaeological-site-damaged-by-alleged-arson


A project to depict life in Israel some 2000 years bp:


http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Article.aspx?id=472806


… while this Byzantine arch reveal seems related to the above:


http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_article.php?id=38083


Bulldozing threat to a Byzantine site in Jordan (?):


http://www.jordantimes.com/news/local/antiquities-agency-defensive-ancient-church-bulldozed%E2%80%99


Latest Temple Mount-associated controversy:


http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4880687,00.html


More on plans to return to digging at Masada:


http://www.i24news.tv/en/news/israel/society/129388-161105-israeli-archaeologist-announces-return-to-masada-after-ten-year-absence


More on Israel’s plans to seek out more Dead Sea Scrolls:


http://phys.org/news/2016-11-israel-major-dead-sea-scrolls.html http://news.nationalpost.com/news/world/israel-middle-east/israel-launches-major-expedition-to-find-more-dead-sea-scrolls-the-crown-jewel-of-israeli-antiquities
http://www.egyptindependent.com/news/israel-launch-expedition-find-more-dead-sea-scrolls


More on that ‘Jerusalem papyrus’:


https://theconversation.com/how-a-2-700-year-old-piece-of-papyrus-super-charged-the-debate-over-unesco-and-jerusalem-68376


More on the restoration of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre (photos):


http://www.nationalgeographic.com/photography/proof/2016/11/oded-balilty-qa/?


More on the capture of Nimrud:


https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/nov/13/iraqi-troops-capture-nimrud-ancient-assyrian-city-isis
http://www.timesofisrael.com/iraq-military-says-it-recaptured-nimrud-home-to-ancient-city/
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/iraq-mosul-nimrud-1.3848921?cmp=rss


… and the damage to monuments and antiquities:


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-37997644 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-37992394 http://www.dw.com/en/ancient-city-of-nimrud-lies-in-ruins-after-is-occupation/a-36406825
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/isis-has-destroyed-nearly-3000-year-old-assyrian-ziggurat-180961101/?no-ist
http://www.timesofisrael.com/heartbroken-iraqis-reveal-islamic-state-ruin-of-ancient-nimrud/
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/the-times/isis-fighters-destroy-ancient-wonders-of-nimrud/news-story/b7bbaa4b80a3ce6fc518a1a29be66297
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/the-times/devastation-greets-liberators-of-nimruds-3000yearold-antiquities/news-story/ae061aa2ffd81a2045cbc20ae54c6a41
http://www.news.com.au/technology/science/archaeology/ancient-assyrian-capital-of-nimrud-and-its-famous-ziggurat-bulldozed-by-retreating-islamic-state/news-story/d99a959bc5686b825a690d653f0a0248


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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS) ================================================================
Big news this week was the ‘reveal’ of finds from the Circus Maximus excavations of the past six years:


http://phys.org/news/2016-11-ancient-latrines-lucky-horse-circus.html http://www.reuters.com/article/us-italy-circus-maximus-idUSKBN13B250?feedType=RSS&feedName=lifestyleMolt
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/circus-maximus-was-the-biggest-shopping-mall-in-antiquity-qrk5b9bbn
http://www.dw.com/en/circus-maxismus-in-rome-reopened/a-36421375 https://www.yahoo.com/news/circus-maximus-reopening-rome-frets-over-vandals-175740628.html
http://www.startribune.com/ancient-latrines-a-lucky-horse-new-finds-at-circus-maximus/401500795/
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/11/20/the-dirty-secret-about-ancient-bathrooms.html


A very interesting ‘lamp deposit’ find from Vindonissa:


http://www.thelocal.ch/20161115/mysterious-roman-remains-uncovered-in-swiss-town
http://www.tio.ch/News/Svizzera/Cronaca/1116191/Un-enigmatica-scoperta-archeologica-a-Windisch
http://www.archaeology.org/5018-161115-switzerland-roman-pot


Roman remains from Whitchurch:


http://www.shropshirelive.com/2016/11/16/archaeological-remains-shed-new-light-on-roman-whitchurch/


2000 years bp mosaics from Sanliurfa:


http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/ancient-mosaics-comes-to-light-in-turkeys-sanliurfa.aspx?pageID=238&nid=106098&NewsCatID=375
http://www.archaeology.org/5015-161115-turkey-tomb-mosaic


A 2200 years bp Paphlagonian burial:


http://www.dailysabah.com/history/2016/11/19/2200-year-old-paphlogonian-burial-chamber-discovered-in-turkey


A survey of sites in Bosnia-Herzegovina:


http://scienceinpoland.pap.pl/en/news/news,412031,archaeologists-explore-the-mecca-of-roman-veterans-in-bosnia-and-herzegovina.html


Looking for Roman roads in Lycia and Pamphylia:


http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/research-uncovers-lycian-roads-in-antalya-monument-.aspx?pageID=238&nid=106144&NewsCatID=375


Feature on some Roman (it seems) shipwrecks off Sapienza:


http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2016-11/12/c_135824773.htm


Evidence of an intestinal parasite from a Roman burial:


http://www.forbes.com/sites/kristinakillgrove/2016/11/14/intestinal-worm-discovered-in-ancient-roman-coffin/#7a57a0295169


Doubts about the latest claims regarding reading Herculaneum papyri:


https://www.thestar.com/news/insight/2016/11/11/unscrolling-an-ancient-mystery.html


Interesting feature on how Elgin ‘lost his marbles’:


http://www.thenational.scot/culture/scotland-back-in-the-day-the-complex-tale-behind-how-elgin-lost-his-marbles.24760


How Hadrian’s Wall was built:


http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/how-hadrians-wall-built-stands-12200388


Feature on a temple at Philae:


http://currentinwestfield.com/2016/column-philae-a-temple-a-bed-and-a-comet/


Feature on Silbannacus:


http://www.historyextra.com/article/bbc-history-magazine/silbannacus-roman-emperor-time-forgot


Followup to the brouhaha over a performance put on in the Salamis theatre:


http://cyprus-mail.com/2016/11/16/antiquities-department-no-power-act-salamis-case-auditor-general-rules/


Followup to that lead ingot find a few months ago:


http://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/rare-roman-ingot-found-by-plymothian-to-sell-for-tens-of-thousands/story-29913186-detail/story.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-38027798


Followup to the Greek influence on the Terracotta Army thing:


http://www.rawstory.com/2016/11/why-theres-so-much-backlash-to-the-theory-that-greek-art-inspired-chinas-terracotta-army/


What Danielle Allen is up to:


http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2016/11/danielle-allen-named-university-professor/


What Mary Beard is up to:


http://yaledailynews.com/blog/2016/11/15/renowned-classicist-mary-beard-engages-yale-colloquium/


What Eliot Wirshbo is up to:


http://ucsdguardian.org/2016/11/14/eliot-wirshbo-ucsds-latin-teacher/


Honours for Demetrios Michaelides:


http://famagusta-gazette.com/italy-honours-cypriot-archaeologist-p37194-69.htm


What Thucydides would think of Donald Trump:


http://www.spectator.co.uk/2016/11/what-thucydides-would-have-thought-of-donald-trump/


… in a similar vein:


http://www.bbc.com/news/video_and_audio/headlines/38030352


More on concerns for the Colosseum:


http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/colosseum-waits-funding-critical-repairs-fight-over-romes-subway-system-180961082/


More on plans for underwater museums, etc., at Epidaurus:


http://famagusta-gazette.com/greek-ancient-city-opts-for-urban-facelift-with-projection-of-underwater-an-p37139-69.htm
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2016-11/09/c_135815641.htm http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2016-11/16/c_135832033.htm


More on that Pandora operation to hunt down purloined antiquities:


http://cyprus-mail.com/2016/11/12/cyprus-police-coordinated-europe-wide-pandora-operation-hunt-missing-antiquities/


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EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland) ================================================================
A few years ago a ‘fish trap’ was found off Sweden and has now been
revealed to be a major underwater Mesolithic site:


http://phys.org/news/2016-11-underwater-stone-age-settlement.html https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-11/lu-usa111416.php http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/11/2016/mesolithic-settlement-in-the-baltic-sea-mapped-out
http://www.archaeology.org/5019-161116-sweden-mesolithic-settlement


Evidence of a 5600 years bp ‘religious centre’ near Stonehenge:


http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/stonehenge-prehistoric-religious-ceremonial-centre-discovered-archaeologists-a7425346.html


Early Christian/Anglo Saxon burials from Norfolk:


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-37940012 https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/nov/16/anglo-saxon-graves-in-norfolk-thought-to-be-oldest-found-in-uk
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/substandard-coffins-dark-ages-dead-great-ryburgh-a7419806.html
http://www.livescience.com/56892-anglo-saxon-cemetery-england.html http://www.livescience.com/56895-photos-rare-anglo-saxon-cemetery.html https://www.ft.com/content/116bc1fc-ab2c-11e6-9cb3-bb8207902122 http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/dramatic_discovery_of_early_christian_cemetery_at_great_ryburgh_sheds_light_on_first_days_of_new_religion_in_norfolk_1_4777893
http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/archaeology/art565333-Archaeologists-uncover-remarkably-preserved-Middle-Saxon-cemetery-with-wooden-coffins
http://www.lynnnews.co.uk/news/archaeological-sensation-uncovered-near-fakenham-1-7683037
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-archaeology-anglo-saxons-idUSKBN13B29P?feedType=RSS&feedName=lifestyleMolt
http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/landowner_trying_to_save_great_ryburgh_from_flooding_stumbled_upon_rare_anglo_saxon_graves_1_4779747
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-11-17/anglo-saxon-coffins-found-in-great-ryburgh-dig/8032560
http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/11/2016/anglo-saxon-plank-lined-graves-and-tree-trunk-coffins-excavated
http://www.archaeology.org/5022-161116-england-christian-cemetery


A Danish bishop’s faeces find:


http://phys.org/news/2016-11-danish-bishop-year-old-poo-whiff.html http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-38012609


A 14th-17th century set of dentures from Tuscany:


http://www.thelocal.it/20161117/italian-archaeologists-find-worlds-oldest-dentures-archaeology-history
http://www.archaeology.org/news/5024-161117-italy-prosthesis-denture


Some coins buried during the Civil War:


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-38003071


Questioning the value of the Alton hoard:


http://www.altonherald.com/article.cfm?id=114672&headline=Hoard%E2%80%99s%20value%20%E2%80%98too%20low%E2%80%99&sectionIs=news&searchyear=2016


Some guy proposed tearing down Versailles … with predictable reactions:


https://francais.rt.com/france/28878-journaliste-jean-michel-apathie-propose-raser-versailles


More on those monks’ burials at Fountains Abbey in Yorkshire:


https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/nov/13/fountains-abbey-study-reveals-scale-of-monks-burial-site
http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/14885383.EXPERTS_DISCOVER_500_GRAVES_AT_MONASTIC_RUINS_IN_NORTH_YORKSHIRE/
http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/14884779.500_monks__graves_discovered_in_North_Yorkshire/
http://www.darlingtonandstocktontimes.co.uk/news/14912389.Radar_reveals_abbey___s_unusual_burial_rituals/
http://www.archaeology.org/5013-161114-fountains-abbey-graves


More on the Curtain Theatre dig:


http://www.livescience.com/56901-shakespeare-curtain-theater-excavations.html


More on those Black Sea shipwrecks:


http://www.livescience.com/56865-40-shipwrecks-discovered-in-black-sea.html http://www.livescience.com/56862-photos-black-sea-shipwrecks.html http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/over-40-ancient-ships-discovered-bottom-black-sea-180961128/
http://www.corriere.it/scienze/16_novembre_16/relitti-mar-nero-venezia-navi-743de7b2-ab7a-11e6-ba61-2e866e9865d0.shtml
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/12/science/shipwrecks-black-sea-archaeology.html


More on reasons for Viking raids:


http://www.livescience.com/56786-vikings-raided-to-find-love.html


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ASIA AND THE SOUTH PACIFIC ================================================================
Bronze Age items from Gangwon:


http://english.donga.com/Home/3/all/26/782907/1


Jin/Yuan era structures from Hebei:


http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2016-11/20/c_135844159.htm


Possibly Hun-associated, 1500 years bp stone structures/monuments near the Caspian Sea:


http://www.livescience.com/56855-ancient-stone-monuments-discovered-along-caspian.html
http://www.livescience.com/56853-photos-massive-stone-complex-kazakhstan.html http://www.archaeology.org/5014-161114-kazakhstan-stone-structures


Interesting study of a Neolithic amulet from Pakistan:


http://www.archaeology.org/5017-161115-lost-wax-casting http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2016/1115/Is-this-mysterious-ancient-amulet-a-snapshot-of-cultural-innovation
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2016/11/15/this-6000-year-old-amulet-is-the-oldest-example-of-a-technology-still-used-by-nasa/


The Aboriginal petroglyphs known as ‘Moon Rock’ have been protected:


http://www.sbs.com.au/nitv/the-point-with-stan-grant/article/2016/11/14/ancient-moon-rock-engravings-protected-proof-aboriginal-astronomy


Australia’s oldest piece of jewellery:


http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/11/2016/kangaroo-bone-ornament-is-australias-oldest-known-piece-of-jewellery
http://www.latercera.com/noticia/identifican-amuleto-metalico-mas-antiguo-del-mundo-6-mil-anos-antiguedad/
http://www.archaeology.org/5028-161118-australia-nose-bone


Pondering how some Louis XIV coins made it to Siberia:


http://siberiantimes.com/science/others/news/n0789-stash-of-sun-kings-valuables-found-close-to-arctic-in-siberia/

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George Washington drank here (apparently):


http://www.abc2news.com/news/in-focus/highway-project-unearths-history-in-bush-reveal-tavern-that-george-washington-visited111816


Feature on Hopewell (non)violence:


http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/science/2016/11/13/01-archaeology-hopewell-show-culture-can-make-humans-less-violent.html


What Sissel Schroeder is up to:


http://www.niutoday.info/2016/11/15/archaeologist-explores-the-function-of-early-native-american-architecture/


More on that shipwreck in Lake Superior:


http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/perfectly-preserved-shipwreck-found-lake-superior-180961070/


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CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA ================================================================
Archaeologists have found remains of what may be the ‘original pyramid at Chichen Itza:


http://phys.org/news/2016-11-mexican-experts-pyramid-chichen-itza.html http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2016/11/16/world/americas/ap-lt-mexico-archaeology.html
http://www.dw.com/en/mayan-pyramid-hides-two-more-in-chichen-itza/a-36421464 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=11749866 http://cultura.elpais.com/cultura/2016/11/17/actualidad/1479349376_340277.html http://www.archaeology.org/5025-161117-kukulkan-third-temple


… and the pyramid seems to have been built like a ‘Russian nesting doll’:


https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/nov/17/mexican-pyramid-has-two-more-inside-scientists-discover
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-38008546 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/11/17/mexico/ http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/17/americas/chichen-itza-pyramid-discovery/index.html?sr=twCNN111716chichen-itza-pyramid-discovery0751PMStoryPhoto&linkId=31284065
http://artdaily.com/news/91716/Archaeologists-discover-that-Mexican-pyramid-built-like-a--Russian-nesting-doll-


On who first grew potatoes:


http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/19/science/potato-domestication-andes.html?_r=0


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This one seems to cross categories, so I’ll put it here … widespread
evidence of ‘prehistoric dairying’ around the Mediterranean:


http://phys.org/news/2016-11-widespread-evidence-prehistoric-dairying-mediterranean.html
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-11/uob-weo111516.php https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/11/161115120204.htm http://www.livescience.com/56904-ancient-people-consumed-dairy.html http://www.cbsnews.com/news/got-milk-people-living-9000-years-ago-did-ceramics-pots-show/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/5023-161117-neolithic-dairy-herds


Lots of coverage of the price fetched for that copy of the Ten
Commandments we mentioned a week or two ago:


http://phys.org/news/2016-11-ancient-ten-tablet-sold-auction.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/11/17/thou-shalt-not-covet-earliest-known-chiselled-inscription-of-ten/
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38011205 http://www.dw.com/en/ancient-ten-commandments-tablet-auctioned/a-36420081 http://wtop.com/entertainment/2016/11/ancient-ten-commandments-tablet-sold-at-auction-for-850000/
http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/ancient-ten-commandments-tablet-sold-auction-850000-43597184
http://artdaily.com/news/91700/World-s-earliest-10-Commandments-tablet-sold-for--850-000-by-Heritage-Auctions


Cuneiform cookies:


http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/15/science/cuneiform-tablet-cookies.html


Feature on ‘misrepresentative maps’:


https://www.theguardian.com/books/gallery/2016/nov/16/the-lie-of-the-land-when-map-makers-get-it-wrong-edward-brooke-hitching-in-pictures


Feature on the search for Amelia Earhart:


http://kval.com/news/local/amelia-earhart-expedition-2017-rick-pettigrew-archaeological-legacy-institute


Arguing over the authenticity of a recently discovered Van Gogh notebook:


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-37989885 http://www.dw.com/en/original-or-fake-experts-disagree-on-authenticity-of-new-van-gogh-sketches/a-36405960
http://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/world/2016/11/16/93949544/ http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/16/world/van-gogh-sketches-fake-or-authentic/index.html


Feature on Flaming June:


http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20161115-the-erotic-masterpiece-we-nearly-lost https://www.rbkc.gov.uk/subsites/museums/leightonhousemuseum/flamingjune/flaming.aspx


Remains of Gauguin’s father have been found off Antarctica (actually, in Chile):


http://theartnewspaper.com/news/news/remains-of-paul-gauguin-s-father-found-off-antarctica/


Medieval city dwellers weren’t any worse off than their more rural counterparts, apparently:


https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/11/161111120729.htm


What we can learn from Leibniz:


http://www.dw.com/en/300-years-after-the-death-of-leibniz-what-can-we-still-learn-from-him-today/a-36387419


Big bucks for a Chinese lamp originally from a ‘boot sale’:


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-37986885


Big bucks for a Munch:


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-37907046


… and a Monet haystack:


http://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/nation/2016/11/17/monet-haystack-painting-takes-record-$81.4-million/94012308/
http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=11&int_new=91696


A ‘lost’ Kahlo is coming to auction:


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-37998514


… as is a dodo skeleton:


http://phys.org/news/2016-11-composite-skeleton-dodo-bird-auctioned.html


A dictionary of surnames reveals info on the origins of assorted names in
the UK and Ireland:


https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/nov/17/dictionary-of-50000-surnames-and-their-origins-published
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-38003201


Feature on ochre:


http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20161111-paint-from-ochre-rocks-in-staithes-north-yorkshire-england


More on Shakespeare writing Henry V for a specific theatre:


http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/shakespeare-may-have-tailored-henry-v-specific-theater-180961077/


More on that Brueghel the Younger painting found in a store:


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-37897723


Archaeology Podcast Network:

http://www.archaeologypodcastnetwork.com/archyfantasies/ ================================================================
MUSEUM MATTERS
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Berthouville Treasure:


http://www.houstonpress.com/arts/ancient-roman-silver-unearthed-by-19th-century-french-farmer-on-view-at-mfah-8934668


Egyptian cats:


http://www.blouinartinfo.com/news/story/1693081/divine-felines-cats-of-ancient-egypt-at-dallas-museum-of-art


Qin and Han Dynasty treasures:


http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2016-11/16/c_135831979.htm


World of a Chinese Scholar:


http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2016-11/20/c_135843163.htm


Tut:


http://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2016/11/15/501036846/fit-for-a-king-grand-museum-will-showcase-tut-and-egypts-ancient-culture


Conserving the Collection:


http://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/art-and-culture/art-exhibitions-in-mumbai-conservation-of-art-custodians-of-history-4379375/


I think we mentioned the Harvard Museum’s plans to bring some items out of storage:


http://www.readingeagle.com/life/article/exhibit-harvard-museum-to-dust-off-curiosities-long-kept-in-storage


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THE TECHY SIDE
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Another isotope-based method for tracking ancient humans:


http://phys.org/news/2016-11-teeth-stories-archaeologist-prehistoric-gps.html https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/11/161118153511.htm


LiDAR use in Devon:


https://www.gim-international.com/content/news/lidar-surveys-reveal-devon-s-hidden-archaeological-studies


I think we mentioned this mummy scan that revealed a baby:


http://www.kentnews.co.uk/news/stunning_secrets_revealed_after_scientists_conduct_scan_on_mummy_on_display_in_maidstone_museum_1_4780975


Another mummy scan revealed a pile of baby crocodiles:


http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2016/11/egyptian-crocodile-is-a-mummy-in-more-ways-than-one-as-scan-reveals-47-babies/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-38026363


A ‘virtual autopsy’ at the BM:


http://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/bad-teeth-and-a-broken-nose-meet-man-from-7-500bc-tcxsqrmcd


Feature on Sarah Parcak’s work:


http://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/space-archaeologist-sarah-parcak-winner-smithsonians-history-ingenuity-award-180961120/


Feature on assorted tech used by archaeologists:


http://news.psu.edu/story/438317/2016/11/17/research/penn-state-archaeologists-use-it-help-uncover-past


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ON THE DNA FRONT ================================================================
DNA shows the effect of European contact on west coast First Nations
people:


http://phys.org/news/2016-11-nations-people-effects-european-contact.html https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-11/uoia-ffn111116.php http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/11/european-diseases-left-genetic-mark-native-americans
http://www.archaeology.org/5021-161116-canada-european-contact


On the origins of the Druze:


http://phys.org/news/2016-11-year-old-mystery-druze-people-genetic.html


DNA reveals fishing habits in Madagascar:


http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v539/n7629/full/539333f.html


Maize DNA tells an interesting story:


http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-37999506


More on what DNA reveals about the colonization of Pacific islands:


http://cultura.elpais.com/cultura/2016/11/12/actualidad/1478959382_298788.html


Dienekes' Anthropology Blog:

http://dienekes.blogspot.ca/

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CRIME BEAT
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A Bernini elephant in Rome was vandalized:


https://www.apollo-magazine.com/berninis-elephant-and-obelisk-vandalised-in-rome/
http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=11&int_new=91656


Charges against a Spanish national who destroyed a Neolithic cave site:


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/11/13/spaniard-jailed-for-destroying-neolithic-cave-to-make-an-animal/


A warning to collectors about Asian antiquities:


http://www.theaustralian.com.au/arts/visual-arts/professor-issues-a-caveat-emptor-alert-over-asian-art-antiquities/news-story/919613bf8de7a95605ae31d848281a01


Latest Anonymous Swiss Collector Culture Crime News:


http://www.anonymousswisscollector.com/2016/11/culture-crime-news-7-13-november-2016.html


conflict antiquities:

http://conflictantiquities.wordpress.com/

anonymous swiss collector:

http://www.anonymousswisscollector.com/

Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues:

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

Looting Matters:

http://lootingmatters.blogspot.com/

Illicit Cultural Property:

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

SAFE:

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

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REPATRIATION AND RECOVERY ================================================================
Switzerland returned a stolen stela to Egypt:


http://www.egyptindependent.com/news/egypt-retrieves-stolen-artifact-switzerland-0
http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=11&int_new=91631 https://africatimes.com/2016/11/14/antiquities-mystery-solved-swiss-return-stolen-artifact-to-egypt/


OpEd on repatriation:


http://www.hindustantimes.com/columns/why-retrieved-antiquities-should-be-sent-back-to-pace-of-origin/story-ic9LIm7SGSAIHsSIIciRuI.html


A debate on repatriation of Arab antiqutiies:


http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/250146/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/Oxford-Union-hosts-debate-on-repatriation-of-Arab-.aspx


More on the Aboriginal shield in the BM:


http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-11-17/legal-challenge-to-return-gweagal-shield-from-british-museum/8034808

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NUMISMATICA
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Guidelines for documenting ancient coin finds:


http://www.numismaster.com/ta/numis/Article.jsp?ad=article&ArticleId=28372


Feature on coinage of Marcus Aurelius:


http://www.coinweek.com/ancient-coins/philosopher-king-the-coinage-of-marcus-aurelius/


Feature on a coin of Caligula:


http://www.coinworld.com/news/world-coins/2016/11/son-honors-his-mother-on-ancient-coins-on-the-block.html


Latest e-Sylum:


http://www.coinbooks.org/club_nbs_esylum_v19n46.html


… and the one which should appear later today:


http://www.coinbooks.org/club_nbs_esylum_v19n47.html

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Ancient Coin Collecting:

http://ancientcoincollecting.blogspot.com/

Ancient Coins:

http://classicalcoins.blogspot.com/


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