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Overviewish thing on 3600+ burials from various periods found in Xianyang City:

https://ukranews.com/en/news/825729-3-648-tombs-spanning-over-2-200-yrs-found-in-nw-china-city

I think we mentioned these 2400 years bp remains of tea leaves from a royal burial in Shandong:

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2022/01/10/time-for-a-fresh-brew-oldest-tea-in-world-discovered

A bioarchaeological study of Yingpan Man:

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-04383-5

More on that 2500 years bp leather 'scale armour' from a burial in China:

https://www.livescience.com/rare-leather-armor-found-china-burial https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/fish-like-scale-armor-found-in-2500-year-old-tomb-in-china/

More on those muralled tombs from Shanxi:

https://www.asiaone.com/china/stunning-underground-murals-found-central-china-are-believed-be-hundreds-years-old
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/63127

Feature on how the tandoori made it to China:

https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/food-drink/article/3163105/chinas-tandoori-story-how-oven-travelled-india-down-silk-road

8000-10 000 years bp artefacts from a site in Tibet:

http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/20220113/8b6ff3b285544092b0182d0fc1f79212/c.html
https://news.cgtn.com/news/2022-01-13/New-findings-in-Tibet-shed-light-on-prehistoric-human-activities-16N0p6oN1za/index.html
http://www.china.org.cn/arts/2022-01/14/content_77989086.htm https://nation.com.pk/14-Jan-2022/new-archaeological-findings-in-tibet-shed-light-on-prehistoric-human-activities

Some 16th century items from a site associated with a Japanese warlord are being touted as prototypes of ninja weapons:

https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14514335

Arguing over primacy of Telugu inscriptions:

https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/telangana/2022/jan/10/firsttelugu-inscription-claim-sparks-debate-2405135.html

Plans to restore a 9th century stepwell in Pali:

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/archaeology-dept-to-renovate-9th-century-stepwell-in-pali/articleshow/88843108.cms

Fourth part of a feature on south Asian civilizations (not sure if we mentioned the earlier ones):

https://dailytimes.com.pk/866218/south-asian-civilisations-part-iv/

Feature on Dwarka:

https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20220113-dwarka-indias-submerged-ancient-city

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AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND ============================================================
Archaeologists are disputing a Warragamba Dam heritage assessment:

https://www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw/warragamba-dam-heritage-assessment-manifestly-inadequate-archaeologists-20220112-p59nlk.html
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NORTH AMERICA
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Not sure about this Indigenous archaeologist's claims of humans arriving in North America 130 000 years bp:

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/indigenous-archaeologist-argues-humans-may-have-arrived-here-130-000-years-ago-1.6313892

Finds from various periods at a dig near Calgary's Stampede grounds:

https://calgary.ctvnews.ca/excavation-revealing-artifacts-from-calgary-s-past-1.5740761

More on evidence of Atlantic cod being consumed in Gold Rush-era California:

https://today.ku.edu/2022/01/06/archaeological-dig-reveals-participants-californias-gold-rush-dined-salted-atlantic-cod
http://news.unm.edu/news/releases-20220112 https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/01/10/participants-in-californias-gold-rush-dined-on-salted-atlantic-cod/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/10271-220110-gold-rush-cod

Suggestion that Clovis points weren't used to kill animals:

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/clovis-hunter-stone-points-mammoth-kill-north-america
http://www.archaeology.org/news/10280-220113-clovis-points-scavengers

A follow-up to that canoe find in Lake Mendota a few months ago:

https://www.wkow.com/townnews/internet/archaeologists-go-behind-the-scenes-of-ancient-canoe-discovery-in-lake-mendota/article_78182a86-7592-11ec-8dec-c37e346658d0.html

Arguing about Paleoindians in Ohio:

https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/columns/2022/01/12/columnist-archaeologists-debate-shows-how-science-works/9169994002/

Feature on the Iniskim Umaapi medicine wheel:

https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20220109-iniskim-umaapi-is-this-canadas-stonehenge

Feature on the dig at the 10000 years bp Old Farms Road site (CT):

https://www.ctinsider.com/living/article/Archeological-digs-ct-Paleoindians-16757928.php

Pondering Benedict Arnold:

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/indigenous-archaeologist-argues-humans-may-have-arrived-here-130-000-years-ago-1.6313892

Feature on finds from Haida Gwaii:

https://hakaimagazine.com/news/haida-gwaiis-caves-have-been-hiding-a-huge-secret/

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CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA ============================================================
A 1000 years bp Maya 'palace' from Kuluba:

https://www.theyucatantimes.com/2022/01/archaeologists-discover-a-thousand-year-old-palace-in-kuluba-near-tizimin/

Plenty of attention for a study suggesting Wari elites put psychotropics in their beer:

https://phys.org/news/2022-01-beer-like-psychotropics-wari-elites-drugs.html https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-692346 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2304014-ancient-andean-leaders-may-have-mixed-hallucinogen-with-their-beer/
https://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/history-and-civilisation/2022/01/did-hallucinogenic-booze-fuel-politics-in-ancient-peru
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/01/wari-empire-in-peru-used-beer-and-drugs-to-cement-control/142504
https://www.sciencealert.com/peru-s-ancient-wari-empire-might-have-used-hallucinogenic-beer-to-win-over-commoners
https://boingboing.net/2022/01/14/psychedelic-beer-served-for-political-gain.html
https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/01/ancient-peruvians-partied-hard-spiked-their-beer-with-hallucinogens-to-win-friends/

Feature on Inca khipu knots:

https://aeon.co/videos/reading-the-strings-and-knots-that-keep-the-secrets-of-the-inka-empire

More on that 'roped' mummy find from Cajamarquilla:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-10253673/Archaeology-Weird-mummy-Peruvian-tomb-tied-ROPES-hands-covering-face.html

More on Maya methods of dealing with drought:

https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2022/01/research-reveals-ancient-maya-lessons.html
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/01/13/research-reveals-ancient-maya-lessons-on-surviving-drought/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/10273-220110-maya-drought-farming
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Mike Ruggeri's Ancient Americas Breaking News:

http://goo.gl/1VdeA

Mike Ruggeri's Ancient Americas lecture channels on Youtube:

https://mikeruggerisyoutube.tumblr.com/

Ancient MesoAmerica News:

http://ancient-mesoamerica-news-updates.blogspot.com/ ============================================================
OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST ============================================================
Marking Moliere's 400th anniversary:

https://www.dw.com/en/celebrating-molieres-enduring-legacy-400-years-on/a-60425774

Feature on the history of breastfeeding:

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/the-history-of-breastfeeding-and-myths-persisting-thousands-of-years-1.10529412

On the history of beets:

https://www.adirondackalmanack.com/2022/01/january-harvest-of-the-month-beets.html

On the history of clogs (footwear):

https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20220111-why-the-ugly-clog-is-the-style-statement-of-our-times

Another feature on 'letterlocking':

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/10/science/european-royals-letterlocking.html

Latest 'turns out that painting is by a Flemish master' story:

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2022/jan/09/art-historian-discovers-that-65-painting-on-his-wall-is-work-of-flemish-master

A study of worrying about teenagers in various eras:

https://theconversation.com/bones-and-teeth-help-reveal-whether-teenagers-have-always-been-a-source-of-worry-for-their-parents-174376
https://phys.org/news/2022-01-bones-teeth-reveal-teenagers-source.html

Feature on 'two sleeps' in medieval times:

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20220107-the-lost-medieval-habit-of-biphasic-sleep

Feature on the Renaissance:

https://www.livescience.com/55230-renaissance.html

Pondering Lady Macbeth:

https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20220110-why-lady-macbeth-is-literatures-most-misunderstood-villain

UBC has acquired a Shakespeare First Folio:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/shakespeare-first-folio-acquired-by-the-university-of-british-columbia-180979393/

Feature on Clara Barton:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/clara-barton-hero-nurse-180979006/?

Feature on Gisela Richter:

https://www.archaeological.org/archaeologists-you-should-know-richter/

An update on the Aurora Villa impending sale:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jan/14/the-princess-and-the-caravaggio-bitter-dispute-rages-over-roman-villa
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20220116-roman-villa-housing-caravaggio-up-for-auction-amid-legal-dispute

Feature on BC and AD:

https://www.livescience.com/45510-anno-domini.html

Feature on the heart as a symbol:

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2022/jan/15/hindu-gods-aztec-rites-blondie-hits-why-the-heart-is-our-eternal-symbol

Feature on the potential of deep submergence archaeology:

https://www.asor.org/anetoday/2022/01/deep-submergence-archaeology

Latest NEH grants:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/11/arts/neh-grants.html ============================================================
CURRENT EVENTS:
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Feature on the current wave of studies linking climate to various historical events:

https://e360.yale.edu/features/climate-clues-from-the-past-prompt-new-look-at-history
https://www.wired.com/story/old-climate-clues-shed-new-light-on-history/

Feature on historical slave-owning members of Congress:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/interactive/2022/congress-slaveowners-names-list/

Ida B Wells is being honoured with a Barbie:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/interactive/2022/congress-slaveowners-names-list/

Senatorial legislation to honour Emmett Till and his mother:

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/senate-passes-bill-honor-emmett-till-his-mother-n1287340

A Dutch royal coach with images of slavery is being 'mothballed':

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jan/13/dutch-king-to-retire-golden-coach-with-slavery-images-after-racism-row
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ANIMAL AND PLANT DOMESTICATIONS ============================================================
DNA from some 'mystery' skeletons from northern Syria suggests they were kungas and represent the first purposely 'bioengineered hybrids':

https://phys.org/news/2022-01-horses-ass-hybrids-bred-warfare.html https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/939818 https://www.livescience.com/hybrid-kungas-discovered-mesopotamia https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/14/science/ancient-horses-kungas-hybrid.html https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/14/world/kunga-mystery-animal-identity-revealed-scn/index.html
http://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/819/reader/reader.html?social#!preferred/0/package/819/pub/819/page/41/article/251636
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/mesopotamians-created-the-first-hybrid-animal-4500-years-ago-1.10536247
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2304693-hybrid-animal-in-4500-year-old-tomb-is-earliest-known-bred-by-humans/
https://www.sciencealert.com/ancient-war-donkeys-kungas-were-likely-the-earliest-bioengineered-hybrid-animals-made-by-humans
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/kunga-donkey-wild-ass-hybrid-biology

cf: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abm0218

Plenty of press for a study suggesting medieval warhorses were rather smaller than we might expect:

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/01/220110103235.htm https://www.exeter.ac.uk/research/news/articles/medievalwarhorsesweresurp.html https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/jan/10/medieval-warhorses-no-bigger-than-modern-day-ponies-study-finds
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-10387679/Archaeology-Medieval-warhorses-5ft-high-no-bigger-modern-day-ponies.html
http://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/846/reader/reader.html?social#!preferred/0/package/846/pub/846/page/39/article/261219
http://www.sci-news.com/archaeology/medieval-warhorses-10449.html https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/01/medieval-warhorses-were-surprisingly-small-in-stature/142500
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2022/01/medieval-warhorses-were-surprisingly.html
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/01/11/medieval-warhorses-were-surprisingly-small-in-stature/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/newly-discovered-norwegian-runes-might-contain-a-medieval-joke-180979381/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/10274-220111-england-medieval-horses ============================================================
MUSEUM MATTERS
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Piceni artifacts:

http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/63093

Picture the City (London):

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-59954279

cf: https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/museum

African Origin:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/06/arts/design/met-museum-african-origin-exhibit.html

Aquatints:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/goingoutguide/museums/national-gallery-of-art-aquatint-from-its-origins-to-goya/2022/01/13/82475852-70a5-11ec-a5d2-7712163262f0_story.html

cf: https://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/2021/aquatint-origins-goya.html

Human zoos:

https://www.dw.com/en/how-colonial-powers-presented-people-in-human-zoos/a-60356531

cf: https://expohumanzoo.africamuseum.be/en

Vermeer:

https://elpais.com/cultura/2022-01-09/vermeer-la-joven-de-la-perla-y-otras-34-obras-que-cambiaron-la-historia-del-arte.html

Pompeii:

https://www.post-gazette.com/ae/art-architecture/2022/01/12/Pompeii-gladiator-helmet-Pittsburgh/stories/202201120055

A former Australian politician was calling for a boycott of the Ancient Greek exhibition because of British Museum ties:

https://neoskosmos.com/en/2022/01/11/news/australia/call-by-former-greek-australian-politician-to-boycott-ancient-greek-warriors-exhibition-generates-debate-on-facebook/

There are still some Steinhardt looted artifacts at the Israel Museum:

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium.MAGAZINE-israel-museum-presents-three-of-u-s-billionaire-michael-steinhardt-s-looted-works-1.10530907

... and a related opEd:

https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/editorial/remove-the-name-of-this-art-looter-s-name-from-israel-museum-walls-1.10541005

More hype for the GEM:

https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/320511 ============================================================
AUCTIONS AND SALES RELATED ============================================================
High expectations for a 1907 gold coin:

https://www.barrons.com/articles/a-1907-10-gold-coin-could-sell-for-more-than-500-000-01642113264

A leading bookseller's Americana collection is coming to auction:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/13/arts/christies-rare-books-william-reese.html

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ON THE DNA FRONT
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More on finding DNA in sediments at archaeological sites:

https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/dna-in-unlikely-places-helps-piece-together-ancient-humans-family-trees
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/01/10/dna-in-archaeological-sediments-for-long-periods-of-time/
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THE TECHY SIDE
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More on plans to xray child mummies in Palermo:

http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/63101 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/researchers-study-sicilian-child-mummies-180979386/

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TOURISTY THINGS
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Hadrian's Wall:

https://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/adventure/2022/01/along-hadrians-wall-ancient-romes-temples-towers-and-cults-come-to-life

Rome:

https://www.dw.com/en/iconic-european-cities-rome/g-60047971

Delphi:

https://www.wsj.com/articles/delphi-greece-travel-temple-of-apollo-11642011070

Nimes:

https://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/travel/2022/01/the-inside-guide-to-nimes-the-french-city-packed-with-roman-history

Bookstore towns:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/attention-bibliophiles-these-book-towns-should-be-your-next-vacation-stops-180973624/
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PERFORMANCES AND MUSIC RELATED ============================================================
Macbeth:

https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3162935/tragedy-macbeth-movie-review-denzel-washington-his

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CRIME BEAT
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On what looting in Syria is funding:

https://www.syriahr.com/en/233806/ https://english.aawsat.com/home/article/3405356/iranian-militias-deir-ezzor-steal-archaeological-ruins-banks-euphrates

Archaeologists (!) recovered a buddha statue slated for smuggling in Khanpur:

https://nation.com.pk/14-Jan-2022/archaeology-dept-recovers-2-000-years-old-statue-of-buddha
https://tribune.com.pk/story/2338445/man-held-for-stealing-buddha-statue

Another pensioner in Napoli caught with artifacts:

https://napoli.zon.it/reperti-archeologici-detenuti-illegalmente-denunciato-64enne/

Arrests for illegal excavations in Swabi (Pakistan):

https://www.dawn.com/news/1668902

More on the petroglyph vandalism at Big Bend National Park:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/09/us/big-bend-park-rock-vandalism.html

Feature on US commitment to end the illegal trade of Cambodian antiquities:

https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501006984/us-committed-to-end-illegal-trade-of-cambodian-antiquities/

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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 ============================================================
The Rubin museum is returning items to Nepal:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/10/arts/design/rubin-museum-returning-nepalese-relics.html
https://www.nepalitimes.com/latest/rubin-to-return-nepal-antiquities/ https://news.artnet.com/art-world/rubin-museum-art-will-repatriate-two-centuries-old-artifacts-nepal-2058753
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/rubin-museum-agrees-to-return-stolen-religious-artifacts-to-nepal-180979391/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/10285-220114-nepal-repatriation-artifacts

A Steinhardt-associated Roman-era sculpture head is being returned to Libya:

https://www.thenationalnews.com/mena/2022/01/13/us-to-return-looted-veiled-head-of-a-female-antiquity-to-libya/
https://www.libyaobserver.ly/news/norland-hails-return-looted-artifact-libya https://english.alaraby.co.uk/news/looted-libyan-artefact-worth-12m-return-home

A Newcastle museum is returning a Benin bronze stave:

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2022/jan/12/newcastle-museum-to-return-benin-bronze-stave
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2022/01/14/another-uk-museum-will-return-a-benin-bronze-to-nigeria

A US private collector/ Netscape founder is returning 28 looted items to Cambodia:

http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/northamerica/20220112/37adb24edc06458399b7da2522c25a41/c.html
http://www.china.org.cn/arts/2022-01/13/content_77986559.htm https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2022/01/13/james-clark-netscape-latchford-pandora-papers/
https://www.forbes.com/sites/carlieporterfield/2022/01/12/netscape-billionaire-james-clark-says-he-handed-over-35-million-in-trafficked-art/
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/12/arts/design/james-clark-cambodian-antiquities.html
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501005867/more-antiquities-to-be-returned-to-kingdom/
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/tamil-nadu-to-get-back-three-more-of-its-idols-soon/articleshow/88864401.cms
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NUMISMATICA
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Feature on depictions of insects on ancient coins:

https://coinweek.com/ancient-coins/hey-theres-a-bug-on-my-ancient-coin/

Feature on coins featuring Persian kings:

https://coinweek.com/ancient-coins/coins-of-the-persian-kings-of-kings/

Latest e-Sylum:

http://www.coinbooks.org/v25/club_nbs_esylum_v25n02.html

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

http://www.coinbooks.org/v25/club_nbs_esylum_v25n03.html ------------------------

Coin Week:

http://www.coinweek.com/

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OBITUARIES
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Martha Sharp Joukowsky:

https://www.brown.edu/academics/archaeology/news/msj

Jimmy Albright:

https://www.newspressnow.com/news/local_news/education/archaeologist-pastor-jimmy-albright-has-died/article_55e3113a-7261-11ec-9455-43b2ca1792c2.html

Clyde Bellecourt:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/13/us/clyde-bellecourt-dead.html

Tributes to Richard Leakey:

https://www.sapiens.org/archaeology/richard-leakey-paleoanthropology/ https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/richard-leakey-animal-conservation-fossils-b1987256.html
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jan/13/they-saw-bigger-things-richard-leakey-edward-o-wilson-and-thomas-lovejoy-remembered-aoe
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AUDIO/VIDEO NEWS
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Audio News from Archaeologica:

https://www.archaeologychannel.org/audio-guide/audio-news/3129-audio-news-from-archaeologica-january-2nd-through-january-8th-2022
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GENERAL ARCHAEOLOGY NEWS BLOGS ============================================================
Archaeology Magazine News Page:

http://www.archaeology.org/news/

About.com Archaeology:

http://archaeology.about.com/

Archaeology Briefs:

http://archaeologybriefs.blogspot.com/

Atlas Obscura:

https://www.atlasobscura.com/

Heritage Daily:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/

Sapiens Archaeology:

https://www.sapiens.org/category/archaeology/

Taygete Atlantis excavations blogs aggregator:

http://planet.atlantides.org/taygete/ ============================================================
PODCASTS/VODCASTS
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Archaeosoup:

http://www.youtube.com/user/Archaeos0up?feature=watch

Archaeology Podcast Network:

http://www.archaeologypodcastnetwork.com/ ============================================================
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