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    From rogueclassicist@21:1/5 to All on Tue Oct 6 12:37:22 2015
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    ar-park-could-be-noble-family-from-the-dark-ages-a6675311.html

    What we can learn about unsolved murders by digging up bodies:

    http://phys.org/news/2015-09-year-old-bodies-unsolved.html


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    ON THE DNA FRONT ================================================================
    DNA and Machu Picchu:

    http://phys.org/news/2015-10-ancient-dna-unravel-mystery-machu.html http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2015-09/gwu-uad092915.php

    Plans for DNA testing on some Dena'ina remains:

    http://www.alaskajournal.com/2015-09-30/kenaitze-tribe-allows-dna-testing-dena%E2%80
    %99ina-remains

    DNA has been used to identify the remains of Thomas Kent:

    http://phys.org/news/2015-09-dna-analysis-long-lost-rebel-thomas.html

    On using DNA to track human migrations:

    http://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2015/09/dna-genetics-migration-study/
    405955/

    ... in a similar vein (I think):

    http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2015-09/cp-cde091015.php

    More on ancient horse DNA:

    http://phys.org/news/2015-09-years-captivity-world-wild-horses.html

    More on Basque DNA:

    http://phys.org/news/2015-09-ancient-genomes-link-early-farmers.html

    Dienekes' Anthropology Blog:

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

    http://www.bbc.com/news/in-pictures-34276009

    Athens:

    https://www.bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/travel/2015/10/03/athens-not-ignored/jejul0yHj9Kg
    Ke9kjNixbJ/story.html

    Volterra:

    http://www.sfgate.com/travel/article/Volterra-Hill-town-rises-above-being-a-tourist-654413
    9.php

    Assorted ancient sites:

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/activityandadventure/11896249/Ancient-sites-readers-ti
    ps-advice-and-recommendations.html

    Nineveh, Antioch, Lepcis Magna:

    http://theconversation.com/three-ancient-cities-to-rival-london-paris-and-new-york-48107

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    CRIME BEAT
    ================================================================
    Very interesting (maybe) murder of an art thief story:

    http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/arcablog/~3/M7Wo93x8W3A/mystery-surrounding-murder-
    of-art-thief.html

    More on the first person brought to the Hague Court on heritage crime charges:

    http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/islamic-militant-becomes-first-person-ev
    er-charged-with-destruction-of-heritage-sites-a6674931.html http://www.jpost.com/International/Suspected-Islamist-rebel-faces-ICC-for-destruction-of-T
    imbuktu-Muslim-heritage-sites-419490

    Latest Anonymous Swiss Collector Culture Crime News:

    http://www.anonymousswisscollector.com/2015/09/culture-crime-news-21-27-september-
    2015.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 ================================================================
    Egypt has recovered a stolen Seti I relief from London:

    http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/152042/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/Egypt-reco
    vers-Stolen-relief-of-King-Seti-I-from-L.aspx

    ... and an item from France:

    http://www.thecairopost.com/news/169727/topnews/looted-egyptian-figurine-arrives-from-
    france

    The Toledo MoA is returning a bunch of items to India:

    http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-us-museum-will-return-over-100-stolen-antiques-to-i
    ndia-2130848
    http://artforum.com/news/id=55176

    Another Nazi war loot return:

    http://www.syracuse.com/us-news/index.ssf/2015/09/polish_painting_looted_nazis_foun
    d_ohio.html

    Some stolen Picassos are being returned ... with a backstory:

    http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/24/arts/design/the-billionaire-the-picassos-and-a-30-mill
    ion-gift-to-shame-a-middleman.html

    Not sure if this is a repatriation issue (yet):

    http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/09/21/getty-museum-and-armenian-church-reach-
    agreement-over-13th-century-manuscript/


    ================================================================
    NUMISMATICA
    ================================================================
    Latest e-Sylum:

    http://www.coinbooks.org/club_nbs_esylum_v18n39.html

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

    http://www.coinbooks.org/club_nbs_esylum_v18n40.html

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

    http://ancientcoincollecting.blogspot.com/

    Ancient Coins:

    http://classicalcoins.blogspot.com/

    Coin Week:

    http://www.coinweek.com/ ================================================================
    PERFORMANCES AND THEATRE-RELATED ================================================================
    Binoche in Antigone:

    http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/01/theater/in-performance-juliette-binoche-of-antigone.ht
    ml

    The Daughter of Dawn:

    http://www.npr.org/sections/npr-history-dept/2015/10/02/442317667/rare-film-is-glimpse-
    of-a-distant-america

    Review of a tome on the greatest plays:

    http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/the-101-greatest-plays-fr
    om-antiquity-to-the-present-by-michael-billington-book-review-a6675456.html

    ================================================================
    OBITUARIES
    ================================================================
    Yuri Afanasyev:

    http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/02/world/europe/yuri-n-afanasyev-historian-who-repudia
    ted-communism-dies-at-81.html

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

    http://www.archaeologychannel.org/news-from-tac/audio-news-from-archaeologica/ 2294-audio-news-from-archaeologica-20-sep-26-sep-2015 ================================================================
    UPCOMING CONFERENCES ================================================================
    (send in your notices!) ================================================================
    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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