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    From david meadows@21:1/5 to All on Sun Apr 23 16:51:22 2017
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    explorator 19.52 April 23, 2017 ===============================================================
    If you're having problems getting 'the whole issue', read Explorator
    online at:

    https://exploratornews.wordpress.com/


    Thanks to Arthur Shippee, Dave Sowdon, Edward Rockstein, Kurt Theis,
    John McMahon, Barnea Selavan, Joseph Lauer, Mike Ruggeri, Hernan
    Astudillo,
    Barbara Saylor Rodgers, Bob Heuman, Don Buck, Maureen Fant,
    Jennifer Cosham, Anthony Stevens, Magnus Fiskesjo, Kris Curry,
    David Critchley, Rick Heli, David Emery, Richard C. Griffiths,
    and Ross W. Sargent for headses upses this week (as always hoping I
    have left no one out).

    ... and so we come to the end of our twentieth year (!) of
    putting out this newsletter every Sunday! ================================================================
    EARLY HOMINIDS
    ================================================================
    Latest attempt to fit homo floresiensis on the hominid family tree:

    https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-04/anu-ooi042017.php https://phys.org/news/2017-04-indonesian-hobbits-revealed.html https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/04/170421084917.htm https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/apr/21/hobbit-species-did-not-evolve-from-ancestor-of-modern-humans-research-finds

    http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/real-life-hobbits-early-humans-floresiensis-homo-sapiens-scientists-indonesia-a7694691.html

    http://www.iol.co.za/news/science/hobbit-link-to-h-erectus-takes-a-pounding-8769720

    http://www.smh.com.au/technology/sci-tech/origins-of-indonesias-flores-hobbits-most-likely-in-africa-and-not-from-java-man-study-claims-20170421-gvptdr.html

    http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-04-22/origin-of-hobbits-finally-uncovered-by-anu-researchers/8463376

    http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-04/21/c_136226654.htm http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/scientists-debunk-theory-that-hobbits-were-mans-cousin-1618170

    https://www.newscientist.com/article/2128483-mystery-human-hobbit-ancestor-may-have-been-first-out-of-africa/

    http://www.sciencealert.com/indonesia-s-hobbits-are-far-older-than-we-originally-thought

    http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/2017/04/21/the-hobbit-older-lineage/

    http://www.archaeology.org/news/5501-170421-homo-floresiensis-bones http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/04/2017/study-reveals-homo-floresiensis-not-descended-from-homo-erectus


    A 23 000 years bp ‘Venus figurine’ got a pile of press attention because someone’s throwaway line:

    http://siberiantimes.com/other/others/news/stunning-23000-year-old-venus-with-derriere-like-kim-kardashians-unearthed-in-russia/


    Not sure if we’ve mentioned this 38 000 years bp rock art from France:

    http://www.newsweek.com/archaeologists-discover-38000-year-old-animal-art-585767


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    ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT ================================================================
    1000 ushabti and 10 sarcophagi from a 18th Dynasty noble’s tomb in Luxor:

    http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContentP/9/265161/Heritage/Egyptian-archaeologists-unearth-tomb-of-th-Dynasty.aspx

    http://www.livescience.com/58738-tomb-of-mummies-unearthed-at-luxor.html http://www.livescience.com/58736-photos-mummies-ancient-egypt-cemetery.html http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/04/archaeologists-major-discovery-egypt-luxor-170418132642659.html

    https://phys.org/news/2017-04-archaeologists-statues-tomb-egypt-luxor.html http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-39633599 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/04/18/egypt-discovers-3000-year-old-tomb-nobleman/

    http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/noblemans-tomb-egypt-discovery-nile-luxor-userhat-new-kingdom-judge-a7691996.html

    http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/archaeologists-find-1000-statues-tomb-egypts-luxor-46860072

    http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-04-19/egypt-discovers-3000-year-old-tomb-of-nobleman/8452084

    http://www.smh.com.au/world/egyptians-unearth-3000-year-old-tomb-of-judge-near-luxor-20170419-gvnhwu.html

    http://www.cbsnews.com/news/archaeologists-open-ancient-tomb-find-1000-statues/

    https://ca.news.yahoo.com/mummies-discovered-in-ancient-tomb-near-egypts-luxor-145515943.html

    http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/3500-year-old-tomb-unearthed-luxor-take-look-incredible-pictures-mummies-sarcophagi-1617776

    http://www.albawaba.com/news/egyptian-archaeologists-unearth-18th-dynasty-tomb-964462

    http://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/mummies-discovered-in-ancient-tomb-near-egypts-luxor/

    http://www.reuters.com/article/us-egypt-archaeology-discovery-idUSKBN17K1VW?feedType=RSS&feedName=lifestyleMolt

    http://www.westernmassnews.com/story/35174800/archaeologists-find-1000-statues-in-tomb-in-egypts-luxor

    http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/04/ancient-egypt-mummies-statues-luxor-discovery/

    http://www.archaeology.org/news/5491-170418-luxor-tomb-ou-sarhat

    … maybe it’s only six sarcophagi:

    https://egyptianstreets.com/2017/04/18/new-major-tomb-containing-six-mummies-and-artifacts-unearthed-in-luxor/

    http://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/4105/18th-Dynasty-Pharaonic-tomb-reveals-350-more-statutes
    http://www.egyptindependent.com/news/video-350-additional-artifacts-found-newly-excavated-luxor-cemetery

    http://artdaily.com/news/95304/Egyptian-archaeological-team-discovers-mummies-in-ancient-tomb-near-Egypt-s-Luxor

    … or maybe eight:

    http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/18/middleeast/egypt-tombs-mummies/index.html http://www.sfgate.com/news/media/Archaeologists-discover-3-500-year-old-tombs-in-829344.php

    https://www.seeker.com/culture/archaeology/eight-mummies-and-other-treasures-found-in-luxor-tomb-bonanza

    http://cultura.elpais.com/cultura/2017/04/18/actualidad/1492528157_358652.html

    … and there are hopes it will boost tourism:

    http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-04-19/egypt-discovers-3000-year-old-tomb-of-nobleman/8452084


    A colossal statue of Ramses II has been restored:

    http://timesofoman.com/article/107397/World/Middle-East/Egypt-unveils-giant-restored-statue-of-Ramses-II

    http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/04/20/world/science-health-world/egypt-unveils-giant-restored-statue-ramses-ii/
    https://news.artnet.com/art-world/egypt-unveils-restored-75-ton-ancient-collossus-statue-ramses-ii-930875

    http://english.aawsat.com/waleed-abdul-rahman/lifestyle-culture/egypt-unveils-restored-statue-ramses-ii

    Pondering the origins of Hathor:

    http://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/1.783982

    On the ‘legend of the mummy’:

    http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20170420-where-does-the-legend-of-the-mummy-come-from


    More wondering whether Egypt should sell artifacts to help its economy:

    http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2017/04/egypt-national-treasures-sale-tourism-crisis-investment.html


    More on Zahi Hawass’ latest activities:

    http://www.egyptindependent.com/news/un-honors-egyptologist-zahi-hawass-being-appointed-ambassador-culture-and-antiquities


    A Killia idol is coming to auction:

    http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/ancient-anatolian-statuette-of-abundance-seeks-record-at-new-york-auction-.aspx?pageID=238&nid=112157&NewsCatID=375


    That ‘comet inscription’ from Gobekli Tepe is back in the news:

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2017/04/21/ancient-stone-carvings-confirm-comet-struck-earth-10950bc-wiping/

    http://www.arabnews.com/node/1088616/offbeat

    More on that ‘buried city’ find in Iran:

    http://plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=11833&SEO=iran-archaeologists-unearth-2000-year-old-city


    Some illegal diggers were caught in the Beit Keshet Forest:

    http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/228290

    ISIL made an attack on St Catherine’s Monastery this week:

    http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/04/18/524610884/gunmen-attack-popular-religious-tourism-site-in-sinai

    https://apnews.com/ecf9dd48c08d4d548f190c8cb15f5226/Islamic-State-claims-attack-on-Egypt-police-checkpoint


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    ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS) ================================================================
    Plans to probe a Hellenistic/Roman era pyramid at Khirbet Midras:

    http://www.timesofisrael.com/archaeologists-to-probe-ancient-pyramid-in-judean-hills/

    http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4949880,00.html

    Remains of a Roman aqueduct under the via Praenestina:

    http://roma.repubblica.it/cronaca/2017/04/16/news/roma_alla_prenestina_riaffora_l_acquedotto_appio-163075536/


    A recently-discovered mosaic from Uzes was removed this week (by archaeologists) and people aren’t happy:

    http://theartnewspaper.com/news/conservation/removal-of-a-rare-roman-mosaic-in-southern-france-enflames-local-conservation-groups-/


    They’re looking for the missing portions of that ‘Gypsy girl’ mosaic:

    http://www.dailysabah.com/history/2017/04/20/initiative-to-return-missing-pieces-from-gypsy-girl-mosaic-in-turkeys-gaziantep


    A Roman villa associated somehow with Marcus Aurelius from Kibyratis:

    http://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/1.783703 http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/roman-emperors-2000-year-old-summer-palace-discovered-turkey-1617195

    http://www.dailysabah.com/history/2017/04/18/2000-year-old-roman-summer-home-discovered-in-southern-turkey

    I think we’ve mentioned this Roman road find in Israel:

    http://www.numismaster.com/ta/numis/Article.jsp?ad=article&ArticleId=28535

    Plans to continue digging at the Amphipolis tomb:

    http://www.tornosnews.gr/en/greek-news/culture/24796-greek-culture-minister-excavations-in-amphipolis-will-resume.html


    What C. Brian Rose is up to:

    http://udreview.com/the-homeric-allure-archaeological-findings-on-the-trojan-war/


    Feature on Peter Brown:

    http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/article/2017/04/peter-brown-late-antiquity

    What Rebecca Kerns is up to:

    http://www.depauw.edu/news-media/latest-news/details/32986/

    On the allure of speaking Latin:

    https://www.wsj.com/articles/black-men-speaking-latin-1492469886

    On Classics at Monmouth:

    http://www.reviewatlas.com/news/20170420/monmouth-college-at-center-of-classics


    Hype for a documentary about Baiae:

    http://www.ansamed.info/ansamed/en/news/sections/culture/2017/04/20/underwater-pompeii-of-baia-featured-in-documentary_28ed8d5f-6372-41eb-aed8-36ee5c4bc7fe.html


    A rock opera about Nero is causing problems in Rome:

    http://roma.repubblica.it/cronaca/2017/04/21/news/titolo_non_esportato_da_hermes_-_id_articolo_6696746-163509761/?refresh_ce


    A ‘hidden’ Michelangelo drawing of Cleopatra has gone on display:

    https://guardian.ng/art/hidden-michelangelo-drawing-goes-on-show-in-rome/

    A marathon reading of the Odyssey at the College of the Holy Cross:

    http://www.telegram.com/news/20170419/epic-tale-entire-odyssey-read-at-holy-cross-to-benefit-refugees

    https://news.holycross.edu/blog/2017/04/21/holy-cross-takes-on-sirens-and-cyclopes-with-marathon-reading-of-the-odyssey/

    This was one of the first ‘repatriation stories’ after wwii:

    http://www.ekathimerini.com/217722/article/ekathimerini/life/the-world-war-ii-adventures-of-an-ancient-lady


    Regular maintenance in store for Pompeii:

    http://theartnewspaper.com/news/conservation/the-man-leading-the-restoration-of-pompeii/


    This week’s idiot vandalism was inflicted on a Roman sarcophagus in
    Poundbury:

    http://www.blackmorevale.co.uk/roman-sarcophagus-wrecked-by-vandals/story-30283044-detail/story.html

    http://www.dorsetecho.co.uk/news/15239072.ANGRY_AND_DISAPPOINTED__Archaeologist_speaks_out_over_vandalism_of__priceless__Roman_sarcophagus/

    Greece has recognized ‘paganism’ as a religion:

    http://greece.greekreporter.com/2017/04/20/greek-state-recognizes-paganism-as-religion/


    On a church that was never built in the Colosseum:

    http://www.romereports.com/2017/04/13/the-history-of-the-church-that-was-never-built-inside-the-colosseum


    On the assassination of Julius Caesar and its effects:

    http://www.newstatesman.com/culture/books/2017/04/mary-beard-how-caesar-s-murder-set-template-political-assassination


    Daniel Mendelsohn remember his father:

    http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/04/24/a-father-and-sons-final-odyssey

    James Romm on ‘updating’ Homer:

    http://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/a-misguided-impulse-to-update-the-greek-classics?intcid=mod-latest


    More on the search for Caligula’s ships:

    http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2017/04/23/the-search-for-caligula-s-sunken-orgy-ship.html


    Interesting infographic on volcanic activity in Italy:

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/five-myths-about-the-cross/2017/04/14/dae63c1a-1fa8-11e7-be2a-3a1fb24d4671_story.html


    Feature on Ronald Syme:

    http://elpaissemanal.elpais.com/documentos/ronald-syme/


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    Latest reviews from BMCR:

    http://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/recent.html

    Visit our blog:

    http://rogueclassicism.com/ ================================================================
    EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland) ================================================================
    I think we were just beginning to get coverage of the find of the burials
    of five archbishops of Canterbury last week:

    http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-39613462 https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/apr/16/remains-of-five-archbishops-discovered-near-lambeth-palace-canterbury

    http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/archbishops-canterbury-remains-tomb-church-lambeth-st-mary-john-bancroft-garden-museum-a7686546.html

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/thinking-man/remains-five-missing-archbishops-canterbury-found-accident/

    http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/uk/tombs-of-five-former-archbishops-of-canterbury-located-underneath-church-35627429.html

    http://www.theage.com.au/world/secret-tomb-of-five-archbishops-found-under-deconsecrated-medieval-london-church-20170417-gvm4a7.html

    http://news.nationalpost.com/news/world/hole-accidentally-cut-in-u-k-museum-floor-reveals-stairs-to-hidden-tomb-of-five-archbishops

    http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/builders-find-remains-five-archbishops-canterbury-180962920/

    http://www.archaeology.org/news/5492-170418-lambeth-archbishop-vault

    A burial of a medieval priest with a head injury of some sort from
    Thornton
    Abbey:

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2017/04/16/mysterious-grave-medieval-priest-uncovered-lincolnshire/

    http://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/exciting-medieval-find-at-thornton-abbey/story-30275150-detail/story.html

    http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/sheffield-archaeologists-discover-medieval-priest-in-elaborate-grave-700-years-after-his-death-1-8496353

    http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/hell-on-earth-yorkshire-academics-reveal-secrets-of-medieval-grave-1-8496336

    http://www.lincolnshirelive.co.uk/8203-archaeology-team-discover-700-year-old-remains-of-medieval-priest-at-thornton-abbey/story-30275460-detail/story.html

    http://www.archaeology.org/news/5493-170418-thornton-abbey-coffin

    Pathways in Kensington Gardens were apparently aligned to the solstice:

    http://www.livescience.com/58706-solstice-alignments-discovered-peter-pan-gardens.html


    Reconstructing the diet of Napoleon’s Grand Army:

    https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/apr/18/food-for-thought-reconstructing-the-diet-of-napoleons-grand-army


    A section of the Bristol Old Vic theatre wall was exposed:

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-39622017

    Plans to excavate a Dutch ship near Kent:

    http://www.kentnews.co.uk/business/dutch-ship-which-sank-on-goodwin-sands-in-1740-to-be-partially-excavated-in-kent-this-summer-1-4984835


    A suspicious fire at a 16th century home in Dorset:

    http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/dorset-fire-stately-home-16th-century-suspicious-parnham-house-a7685411.html


    More on 13 000 years bp dental work:

    http://www.livescience.com/58722-earliest-dental-fillings-ice-age-skeleton.html



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    Archaeology in Europe Blog:

    http://archaeology-in-europe.blogspot.com/

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    ASIA AND THE SOUTH PACIFIC ================================================================
    5000+ bp burials from Penang are causing some excitement:

    http://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2017/04/232088/5000-year-old-skeleton-discovered-guar-kepah-construction-site

    http://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2017/04/20/stone-age-finds-thrill-researchers/

    http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2017/04/19/ancient-bones-found-at-penangs-stone-age-site/

    http://www.todayonline.com/world/asia/prehistoric-human-skeleton-found-penang-neolithic-site

    http://www.archaeology.org/news/5495-170419-malaysia-neolithic-bones

    Model looms from a 2100 years bp tomb from China:

    http://www.livescience.com/58741-tiny-looms-discovered-in-chinese-tomb.html http://www.livescience.com/58740-photos-tiny-chinese-looms.html http://www.archaeology.org/news/5496-170419-china-model-looms

    An 1100 years bp inscription from a temple floor in India:

    http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/1100-year-old-inscription-unearthed-from-floor-of-tiruvannamalai-temple/articleshow/58212372.cms

    http://www.archaeology.org/news/5500-170420-india-arunachaleswarar-inscription


    Another suggestion for the origin of skiing:

    https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/19/sports/skiing/skiing-china-cave-paintings.html


    Feature on some Saka stone houses from Kazakhstan:

    http://astanatimes.com/2017/04/saka-stone-houses-in-central-kazakhstan-shed-light-on-kazakh-nomadic-culture-archaeologist-says/


    More concerns for petroglyphs in Australia:

    https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/apr/21/worlds-largest-collection-of-rock-art-at-risk-australian-senators-told


    Elsewhere, at the Rainbow Cave site:

    http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/04/2017/managing-and-protecting-waljin-mia-rainbow-cave-a-sacred-cultural-place


    More on the origins of Mongolia’s horse culture:

    http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/04/2017/shedding-new-light-on-origins-of-mongolias-nomadic-horse-culture


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    Southeast Asian Archaeology Newsblog:

    http://www.southeastasianarchaeology.com/

    New Zealand Archaeology eNews:

    http://nzarchaeology.blogspot.co.nz/index.html ================================================================
    NORTH AMERICA
    ================================================================
    Remains of 2000 bp dwellings in downtown Phoenix:

    http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/developers-of-downtown-phoenix-frys-find-prehistoric-homes-during-dig-9247406

    Archaeologists may have found the pre-Columbian settlement of
    Cecomocomoco:

    http://hppr.org/post/long-lost-native-american-city-discovered-south-central-kansas

    http://www.kansas.com/news/state/article144968264.html http://www.star-telegram.com/news/nation-world/national/article145026439.html

    http://www.newser.com/story/241427/archaeologist-says-hes-found-great-lost-city-in-kansas.html

    http://nypost.com/2017/04/18/teen-accidentally-helps-discover-lost-16th-century-civilization/

    http://www.thebaynet.com/articles/0417/archaeologists-may-have-found-indian-village.html


    A pemmican production camp from Montana:

    http://westerndigs.org/centuries-old-pemmican-making-camp-uncovered-in-montana/

    http://www.archaeology.org/news/5497-170419-montana-pemmican-production

    A ‘new’ parchment of the Declaration of Independence has turned up in
    England:

    https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/21/arts/a-new-parchment-declaration-of-independence-surfaces-head-scratching-ensues.html

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/04/22/precious-declaration-independence-copy-discovered-chichester/

    https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/apr/21/declaration-of-independence-sussex-england-rare

    Some early photos of Yellowstone National Park:

    http://www.livescience.com/58710-early-yellowstone-national-park-photos.html


    Conserving the Knight’s tombstone from Jamestown:

    http://wydaily.com/2017/04/21/jamestown-unearthed-archaeologists-begin-conservation-of-knights-tombstone/

    http://www.archaeology.org/news/5503-170421-jamestown-knights-tomb

    Studying the ‘stone fleet’ off South Carolina:

    http://www.islandpacket.com/news/local/community/beaufort-news/article146031164.html


    Concerns for burials at Louisbourg:

    http://www.capebretonpost.com/news/local/2017/4/20/erosion-threatens-burial-ground-at-fortress-louisbourg.html


    Concerns that fracking might endanger Chaco Canyon sites:

    http://www.santafenewmexican.com/pasatiempo/art/frack-and-ruin-archaeologists-fear-drilling-could-obliterate-chaco-connections/article_e8d22fee-ef6c-5fc5-aeee-70ccbadeddac.html



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    CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA ================================================================
    Feature (it might be a discovery) on Incan khipus:

    https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/local/fife/409788/st-andrews-academic-reveals-secrets-of-ancient-incan-talking-knots/

    http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/04/inca-khipus-code-discovery-peru/ http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/2017/04/19/khipu-code-inca-language/

    http://www.archaeology.org/news/5502-170421-peru-logosyllabic-khipus

    Honours for Heather Hurst:

    http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/673406/?sc=rsln


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    http://goo.gl/1VdeA

    Ancient MesoAmerica News:

    http://ancient-mesoamerica-news-updates.blogspot.com/ ================================================================
    OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST ================================================================
    On the history of wedding cake:

    http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2017/04/18/523787236/eat-now-or-forever-hold-your-piece-the-layered-history-of-wedding-cake


    Another feature on crucifixion:

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/five-myths-about-the-cross/2017/04/14/dae63c1a-1fa8-11e7-be2a-3a1fb24d4671_story.html

    Studying the height of English folk over a couple of millennia:

    https://phys.org/news/2017-04-highs-lows-englishman-average-height.html

    A ‘chemical threat’ to paintings:

    https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-04/acs-twc042017.php

    Pondering ‘Paradise Lost’:

    http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20170419-why-paradise-lost-is-one-of-the-worlds-most-important-poems


    On paintings of the Rhine:

    http://www.dw.com/en/art-meets-nature-on-the-rhine/a-38534088

    Medieval antibiotic hopes:

    http://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/medieval-medical-books-could-hold-recipe-new-antibiotics-180962947/


    Feature on the Reformation:

    http://cultura.elpais.com/cultura/2017/04/19/actualidad/1492606977_908306.html


    Conserving the Last Supper:

    http://cultura.elpais.com/cultura/2017/04/20/actualidad/1492685097_675928.html


    More evidence regarding the Armenian Genocide:

    https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/22/world/europe/armenian-genocide-turkey.html


    Review of Devlin, *Finding Fibonnaci*:

    https://www.insidehighered.com/views/2017/04/19/review-keith-devlin-finding-fibonacci-quest-rediscover-forgotten-mathematical


    Review of Cline, *Three Stones Make a Wall*:

    https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg23431210-700-raiders-of-the-lost-phone/#038;%23038;%23038;campaign_id=RSS%7CNSNS-


    Review of Roper, *Martin Luther*:

    https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/14/books/review/martin-luther-renegade-and-prophet-lyndal-roper.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fbooks




    Archaeology Podcast Network:

    http://www.archaeologypodcastnetwork.com/archyfantasies/ ================================================================
    MUSEUM MATTERS
    ================================================================
    Caravaggio:

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-39590447

    Utamaro:

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/museums/three-large-masterpieces-reunited-for-the-first-time/2017/04/14/a3be6aae-1ad6-11e7-855e-4824bbb5d748_story.html


    Age of Empires:

    http://artdaily.com/news/95283/Exhibition-at-Metropolitan-Museum-of-Art-features--more-than-160-ancient-Chinese-works-of-art


    Chinese Emperors:

    http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-04/22/c_136227267.htm

    Pompeii:

    http://www.theaustralian.com.au/arts/review/escape-from-pompeii-australian-national-maritime-museum/news-story/4321aa06ca2c7d198694dd8a6e05d246


    Feature on the Temple of Dendur at the Met:

    http://www.metmuseum.org/about-the-met/curatorial-departments/egyptian-art/temple-of-dendur-50


    Feature on Hartwig Fischer:

    https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-twinkly-eyed-german-in-charge-of-britains-treasure-6q7cgtlpl


    … related:

    https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/mummy-s-the-word-for-british-museum-revamp-dcdqbhpjf



    ================================================================
    THE TECHY SIDE
    ================================================================
    I think we had this facial reconstruction of a woman from a Thai rock
    shelter last week:

    http://www.livescience.com/58705-stone-age-woman-had-modern-face.html http://www.cbsnews.com/news/meet-the-stone-age-woman-with-a-modern-looking-face/

    https://phys.org/news/2017-04-woman-tham-lod-late-pleistocene.html https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antiquity/article/late-pleistocene-woman-from-tham-lod-thailand-the-influence-of-today-on-a-face-from-the-past/E8831252A362F2646CCFA07E9ACD4351

    Dating San rock art:

    http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/new-technique-shows-san-rock-art-5000-years-old-180962948/


    Recreating ancient monuments in VR:

    http://www.smh.com.au/technology/smartphone-apps/the-melbourne-archeologist-on-a-mission-to-recreate-ancient-monuments-in-vr-20170414-gvl6yt.html


    ================================================================
    ON THE DNA FRONT ================================================================
    Dingos have the most interesting genome, apparently:

    http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/dingo-wins-worlds-most-interesting-genome-competition-180962922/



    Dienekes' Anthropology Blog:

    http://dienekes.blogspot.ca/ ================================================================
    TOURISTY THINGS ================================================================
    Geoglyphs:


    http://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/five-planets-most-mysterious-geoglyphs-180962917/


    Bali:

    https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/04/20/travel/what-to-do-36-hours-in-bali-indonesia.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Ftravel


    Carrizo Plain:

    http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20170411-the-california-land-where-no-one-can-live


    Madain Saleh:

    http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20170418-saudi-arabias-silent-desert-city


    ================================================================
    CRIME BEAT
    ================================================================
    Latest Anonymous Swiss Collector Culture Crime News:

    http://www.anonymousswisscollector.com/2017/04/culture-crime-news-10-16-april-2017.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 ================================================================

    The Cleveland Museum of Art returned a portrait of Drusus to Italy:

    http://www.cleveland.com/arts/index.ssf/2017/04/cleveland_museum_of_art_return_2.html

    https://news.artnet.com/art-world/ancient-bust-repatriated-cleveland-museum-929615


    The Boston Public Library is returning a bunch of coins and other items:

    http://www.masslive.com/news/boston/index.ssf/2017/04/boston_public_library_returnin.html


    I suspect we’ll be hearing more about the Guelph Treasure case:

    http://www.dw.com/en/nazi-looted-art-claim-sets-new-test-for-germany/a-38485849

    ================================================================
    NUMISMATICA
    ================================================================
    Those gold coins in the piano were declared treasure:

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-shropshire-39655769 https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/apr/20/gold-sovereign-hoard-found-college-piano-declared-treasure

    http://www.coinworld.com/news/world-coins/2017/04/gold-piano-hoard-declared-treasure-in-united-kingdom.html

    http://news.sky.com/story/mystery-surrounds-treasure-trove-of-gold-coins-hidden-in-piano-in-shropshire-10844026

    https://www.abqjournal.com/990635/who-stashed-gold-inside-a-british-piano-its-a-mystery-2.html

    http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/national/article/Mystery-surrounds-rightful-owners-of-gold-coins-hoard-hidden-in-piano-58c240ba-1d2b-4155-942b-8b46d43c0885-ds

    http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/uk/coroner-to-decide-if-stash-of-sovereigns-found-in-old-piano-is-treasure-35637923.html


    Some medieval coins turned up in a ‘community dig’ in Erpingham:

    http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/medieval-coins-unearthed-during-community-dig-in-erpingham-1-4977881


    Feature on coins from the Jewish War:

    http://www.coinweek.com/ancient-coins/coinweek-ancient-coin-series-coinage-of-the-jewish-war/


    Latest e-Sylum:

    http://www.coinbooks.org/v20/club_nbs_esylum_v20n16.html

    … and the one which should appear later today:

    http://www.coinbooks.org/v20/club_nbs_esylum_v20n17.html


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

    http://ancientcoincollecting.blogspot.com/

    Ancient Coins:

    http://classicalcoins.blogspot.com/

    Coin Week:

    http://www.coinweek.com/ ================================================================
    PERFORMANCES AND THEATRE-RELATED ================================================================
    A contest to create companion pieces to Shakespeare:

    https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/21/theater/american-shakespeare-center-to-commission-38-modern-riffs.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Farts


    What Emma Rice is up to:

    https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/21/theater/emma-rice-shakespeares-globe-director-letter-to-successor.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Farts


    Amazing Grace:

    https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/14/theater/amazing-grace-musical-museum-of-the-bible-washington.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fdesign


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

    http://www.archaeologychannel.org/audio-main-menu-cat/audio-news-list/2611-audio-news-from-archaeologica-9-april-2017-15-april-2017
    ================================================================
    OBITUARIES
    ===============================================================
    Dai Morgan Evans:

    https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/apr/17/dai-morgan-evans-obituary

    David French:

    https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/apr/20/david-french-obituary


    ================================================================
    CONFERENCES
    ================================================================
    Canada Before Confederation: Early Exploration and Mapping (Nov. 2017)

    https://independent.academia.edu/ConferenceCanadabeforeConfederationEarlyMappingandExploration14981763

    ================================================================
    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:

    http://heatherpringle.wordpress.com/ ================================================================ PODCASTS/VODCASTS ================================================================
    Archaeosoup:

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

    The Book and the Spade:

    http://www.radioscribe.com/bknspade.htm ================================================================

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