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time:

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/grand-egyptian-museum-next-big-thing-180961333/


They’re building a museum at Olduvai:

http://allafrica.com/stories/201612120033.html

The Vatican museum has a woman in charge for the first time:

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/jonathanjonesblog/2016/dec/22/vatican-museums-female-head-barbara-jatta

http://www.italy24.ilsole24ore.com/art/panorama/2016-12-27/the-pope-names-first-woman-to-run-vatican-museums-100627.php?uuid=ADoBd5KC



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THE TECHY SIDE
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The Chinchorro mummies are getting the ctscan treatment:

http://phys.org/news/2016-12-scans-unveil-secrets-world-oldest.html http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/worlds-oldest-mummies-get-ct-scan-180961578/

http://www.archaeology.org/5165-161227-chile-chinchorro-mummies

The Vlochos thing had a techy side:

http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/14988549.Bournemouth_researchers_use_high_tech_gear_to_reveal_2_500_year_old_city/


The techy side of underwater archaeology:

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/dec/29/new-technologies-bring-marine-archaeology-treasures-to-light


Nice feature on LiDAR used to find a lost city in the Honduran jungle:

http://www.newyorker.com/tech/elements/an-ancient-city-emerges-in-a-remote-rain-forest


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ON THE DNA FRONT ================================================================
The DNA connection between First Nations’ cold adaptations (esp the
Inuit):

http://phys.org/news/2016-12-arctic-inuit-native-american-cold.html http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/23/science/inuit-greenland-denisovans.html http://www.archaeology.org/5160-161223-greenland-inuit-genome

Tracing pandemics in the Americas:

https://www.theguardian.com/science/blog/2016/dec/19/ancient-dna-reveals-genetic-legacy-of-pandemics-in-the-americas


On the people who settled on the Tibetan plateau:

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/tibetan-plateau-discovery-shows-humans-may-be-tougher-than-we-thought/


Plans to find the genetic history of Newton’s apple:

http://phys.org/news/2016-12-evolution-ideas-scientists-decode-genetic.html

… hot on the heels of the jujube tree:

http://phys.org/news/2016-12-jujube-genome-fruit-tree-domestication.html

An interesting Hapsburg related DNA study:

http://www.bbc.com/news/38129757


Dienekes' Anthropology Blog:

http://dienekes.blogspot.ca/ ================================================================
TOURISTY THINGS ================================================================
Irish Neolithic tombs:

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/20/travel/ireland-newgrange-ancient-passage-tombs-mounds.html


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CRIME BEAT
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A bust near Meslongi:

http://www.ekathimerini.com/214703/article/ekathimerini/news/four-suspected-antiquities-thieves-nabbed-near-mesolongi


Feature on the ICE folks:

http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/ICE-on-the-Trail-of-Stolen-Relics-407680975.html


Some artifacts from Guam are showing up on eBay:

http://www.kuam.com/story/34119754/2016/12/23/experts-note-guam-artifacts-being-sold-on-ebay


On thefts from some Indian temples:

http://www.sundayguardianlive.com/news/7772-fourteen-artefacts-stolen-three-years


Claim that the search for a Seljuk sultan’s tomb was brought to an end
because German archaeologists were smuggling artifacts (!):

http://www.dailysabah.com/d/culture-arts/2016/12/28/search-for-seljuk-sultans-tomb-stopped-after-german-archaeologists-caught-smuggling-artifacts


A New York art dealer has been charged for her involvement in some shady practices:

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/21/arts/design/prominent-antiquities-dealer-accused-of-selling-stolen-artifacts.html

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/12/22/506615096/gallery-owner-arrested-for-trafficking-stolen-antiquities-worth-millions-of-doll

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/ny-antiquities-dealer-charged-selling-stolen-artifacts-44335455

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/arts/art-dealer-nancy-wiener-who-sold-stolen-buddha-to-nga-arrested/news-story/bfcd12c9d01b7312a38a3dccb96269ef

http://www.wsj.com/articles/new-york-art-dealer-charged-with-trafficking-illegal-antiquities-1482370409


A couple weeks’ worth of Culture Crime News:

http://www.anonymousswisscollector.com/2016/12/culture-crime-news-12-18-december-2016.html

http://www.anonymousswisscollector.com/2016/12/culture-crime-news-19-25-december-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 ================================================================
Some Native American remains were returned for reburial:

http://phys.org/news/2016-12-ancient-skeleton-native-americans-reburial.html


Egypt received a relief stolen from Hatshepsut’s temple:

http://phys.org/news/2016-12-egypt-ancient-stolen-limestone-relief.html http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/253502/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/Stolen-relief-of-Queen-Hatshepsut-recovered-from-L.aspx

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2016/12/20/world/middleeast/ap-ml-egypt-antiquities.html

http://lasvegassun.com/news/2016/dec/20/egypt-receives-ancient-stolen-limestone-relief/

http://www.newschannel6now.com/story/34097830/egypt-receives-ancient-stolen-limestone-relief

http://www.archaeology.org/5151-161220-egypt-looted-limestone

Jordan returned a pile of artifacts to Egypt:

http://www.egyptindependent.com/news/egypt-retrieves-340-smuggled-artifacts-jordan


Columbia returned some items to Peru:

http://www.archaeology.org/5164-161227-peru-repatriated-artifacts

I think we mentioned these paintings stolen from Verona turning up in the Ukraine:

https://www.artforum.com/news/id=65595

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NUMISMATICA
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Feature on bridges on ancient coins:

http://www.coinweek.com/ancient-coins/coinweek-ancient-coin-series-bridges-ancient-coins/


Three weeks’ worth of e-Syla:

http://www.coinbooks.org/club_nbs_esylum_v19n51.html http://www.coinbooks.org/club_nbs_esylum_v19n52.html http://www.coinbooks.org/club_nbs_esylum_v19n53.html

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Ancient Coin Collecting:

http://ancientcoincollecting.blogspot.com/

Ancient Coins:

http://classicalcoins.blogspot.com/

Coin Week:

http://www.coinweek.com/ ================================================================
AUDIO/VIDEO NEWS ================================================================
Audio News from Archaeologica:

http://www.archaeologychannel.org/audio-main-menu-cat/audio-news-list/2531-audio-news-from-archaeologica-11-december-2016-17-december-2016

http://www.archaeologychannel.org/audio-main-menu-cat/audio-news-list/2531-audio-news-from-archaeologica-11-december-2016-17-december-2016

December edition of Strata: Portraits of Humanity:

http://www.archaeologychannel.org/video-guide/strata-portraits-of-humanity/2526-strata-december-2016

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CONFERENCES
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GENERAL ARCHAEOLOGY NEWS BLOGS ================================================================
Archaeology Magazine News Page:

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

About.com Archaeology:

http://archaeology.about.com/

Ancient Digger:

http://www.ancientdigger.com/

Archaeology Briefs:

http://archaeologybriefs.blogspot.com/

Past Horizons:

http://www.pasthorizons.com/

Stonepages:

http://www.stonepages.com/news/

Taygete Atlantis excavations blogs aggregator:

http://planet.atlantides.org/taygete/

Time Machine:

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