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explorator 19.52 April 23, 2017 ===============================================================
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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
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EARLY HOMINIDS
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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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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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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
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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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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
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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



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THE TECHY SIDE
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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


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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


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CRIME BEAT
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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/

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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

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NUMISMATICA
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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


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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


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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
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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


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

https://independent.academia.edu/ConferenceCanadabeforeConfederationEarlyMappingandExploration14981763

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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:

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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