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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, David Critchley, Don Buck, Rick Heli, Richard C. Griffiths, and Ross W. Sargent for headses upses this week (as always hoping I have left no one out).

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EARLY HOMINIDS
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Studying to El Sidron child to postulate how Neanderthals grew:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-09/snrc-crh092117.php https://phys.org/news/2017-09-neanderthal-boy-skull-grew-human.html https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/09/170921141215.htm https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/21/science/neanderthal-brain-growth.html http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-41351019 https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/sep/22/neanderthal-boys-skull-rev eals-they-grew-like-modern-boys https://www.seeker.com/culture/archaeology/neanderthal-boy-found-in-spanis h-cave-was-human-like-but-with-a-larger-brain http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-41351019 http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/09/22/552963854/study-suggest s-neanderthals-enjoyed-long-childhoods http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/did-neanderthal-children-grow -lot-modern-human-children-180964993/ https://elpais.com/elpais/2017/09/21/ciencia/1506013776_695158.html

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AFRICA
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On the racism behind interpretations of some of Africa’s ancient architecture:

http://allafrica.com/stories/201709180081.html

More on that Portuguese shipwreck found off Namibia a decade ago:

https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/97052511/Recovered-artifacts-from-a-shipwrecke d-16th-Century-Portuguese-vessel-still-missing-after-a-decade

More on curbing theft of Libyan antiquities:

https://www.libyaobserver.ly/culture/head-libyas-archeology-authority-urges-n eighboring-countries-help-end-smuggling-antiquities


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Mark Lehner may have found evidence of how the stones for the pyramids
were transported (news on this is just a trickle at this point):

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=11925828 https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/4534360/archaeologists-uncover-proof-of-how- egyptians-built-the-great-pyramid-of-giza/

Nice feature on a pit full of ritually-buried statuary from Karnak (found in 2014):

https://www.livescience.com/60484-egyptian-statues-found-in-pit.html https://www.livescience.com/60485-photos-ancient-egyptian-sphinx-buried-in- pit.html
http://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/24144/%E2%80%98Graveyard%E2%80%9 9-of-Ancient-Egyptian-sculptures-in-Karnak

Documenting antiquities in Tanis (I’m not sure what’s going on here):

http://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/23433/Campaign-documents-fixed-antiqui ties-in-Tanis-Egypt

More on Hawass’ opera project:

http://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/22398/Hawass-to-write-opera-about-Tutan khamen

Two interesting pieces of investigative journalism on the Guennol Stargazer:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/59c54f19e4b08d6615504225 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/59c03f89e4b082fd4205b935

Studying Urartian burials from the province of Van:

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/urartian-necropolis-reveals-burial-customs-. aspx?pageID=238&nid=118185&NewsCatID=375

Feature on a 3000 years bp doll in a Gaziantep museum:

http://www.arabnews.com/node/1164496/offbeat

More on citrus in the ancient Mediterranean:

https://www.aftau.org/news-page-archaeology?=&storyid4677=2347&ncs4677 =3&erid=6686858&trid=b2ee032f-6135-48b0-ab7a-7b572b813668

Revisiting the current state of Palmyra:

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/ancient-city-of-palmyra-in-intensive-care-aft er-destruction-by-isil.aspx?pageID=238&nid=118102&NewsCatID=375

… and Mosul:

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/salvation-mosul-180964772/

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Latest Minoan (and later) finds from Zominthos:

http://www.tornosnews.gr/en/greek-news/culture/27244-complex-architectural-f eatures-and-rare-artifacts-found-in-minoan-palace-excavations-on-cretan-mou ntain.html http://greece.greekreporter.com/2017/09/19/new-pictures-from-minoan-palace- of-zominthos-released/

We’re also reading of the find of some Minoan burials:

http://www.news.com.au/world/breaking-news/3000yearold-minoan-graves-un covered/news-story/0ff977692ff6715a66a83fa08fc5d14e http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=2443561&CategoryId=13936

More on the Mycenean tomb find at Orchomenos:

http://www.euronews.com/2017/09/19/mycenaean-tomb-found-in-greece

Bridge construction near the Crimea reveals a 5th century BCE Greek fortress
of some sort:

http://tass.com/society/966176

A possible temple of Athena from Manisa:

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/searching-for-traces-of-ancient-temple-of-at hena-in-turkeys-manisa.aspx?pageID=238&nID=118049&NewsCatID=375

A Hellenistic temple of Poseidon (maybe) from Jordan:

http://www.trtworld.com/mea/archaeologists-discover-ancient-temple-in-jordan -s-amman-10564

Feature on the excavations at Patara:

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/daily-life-tools-shed-light-on-hellenistic-era-
in-antalya.aspx?pageID=238&nid=118180&NewsCatID=375

Nice feature on Syrians in Hadrianic Britain:

http://www.aramcoworld.com/en-US/Articles/July-2017/Hadrian-s-Syrians-1

A temple of Artemis on Euboea:

http://greece.greekreporter.com/2017/09/20/swiss-archaelogists-discover-anci ent-temple-of-artemis-on-euboea/ http://www.ekathimerini.com/221897/article/ekathimerini/life/ancient-greek-san ctuary-of-artemis-unearthed-in-evia-says-culture-ministry http://www.newsweek.com/ancient-greece-secrets-long-lost-temple-artemis-re vealed-after-100-year-search-669435 http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-09/22/c_136630440.htm https://www.archaeology.org/news/5930-170920-greece-artemis-temple

Some Nero brickstamps:

http://www.readingchronicle.co.uk/news/15552282.Rare_evidence_of_leading _Roman_figure_found_during_excavation/

A 1700 years bp villa from Antalya:

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/ruins-of-ancient-villa-found-in-antalya.aspx ?pageID=238&nid=118136&NewsCatID=375

Linking Roman lead pipes and the economy:

https://www.pri.org/stories/2017-09-24/new-study-tracks-ancient-roman-econo my-using-city-s-early-lead-plumbing

Interesting study of ancient Mediterranean textile characteristics and influences:

https://phys.org/news/2017-09-ancient-textiles-reveal-differences-mediterrane an.html
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-09/uoc-atr092217.php https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/09/170922094034.htm

Feature on Sparta:

https://www.livescience.com/32035-sparta.html

Feature on the Margites:

http://www.thedailybeast.com/before-the-iliad-did-homer-write-the-worlds-first- comedy


I think we mentioned this study suggesting Greeks may have deliberately
built on fault lines:

https://www.seeker.com/culture/archaeology/ancient-greeks-may-have-deliber ately-built-sacred-sites-on-earthquake-faults https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidbressan/2017/09/21/active-earthquake-faul ts-may-played-a-role-in-the-rise-and-demise-of-ancient-sacred-sites/

In case you missed the return of that ‘Hercules sarcophagus’:

https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/geneva-to-turkey_priceless-roman-sarcophagus- heads-home-after-legal-saga/43495484 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/roman-sarcophagus-of-hercules-returns-ho me-to-turkey.aspx?pageID=238&nID=117972&NewsCatID=375 https://www.dailysabah.com/turkey/2017/09/20/sarcophagus-of-hercules-set-i n-place

What Max Nelson is up to:

http://windsorstar.com/news/local-news/barbarians-and-brews-university-of-wi ndsor-prof-knows-his-beer-history

We’re being warned about a ‘supervolcano’ near Vesuvius again:

http://www.ibtimes.com/italy-supervolcano-near-mount-vesuvius-may-soon-er upt-scientists-say-2591185

Homer and hip hop … fused:

https://www.thelantern.com/2017/09/graduate-student-creates-homer-and-hip-h op-fusion/

More on that Roman mosaic from Boxford:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/18/world/europe/
uk-boxford-roman-mosaic.html https://www.livescience.com/60440-roman-mosaic-found-in-england.html http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/09/ancient-roman-mosaic-discovere d-video-spd/ http://mentalfloss.com/article/504561/amateur-archaeologists-england-uneart h-rare-roman-mosaic

More on that mass burial from Parion:

http://www.newsweek.com/ancient-rome-mass-grave-filled-skeletons-baffles-a rchaeologists-turkey-666806 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/skeletons-found-in-ancient-tomb.aspx?page ID=238&nid=118011&NewsCatID=375

More on recent finds from Vindolanda:

https://www.livescience.com/60379-photos-roman-fort-vindolanda.html https://www.livescience.com/60385-toy-swords-unearthed-roman-fort-vindolan da.html

Reviews of Daniel Mendelsohn, *An Odyssey*:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/18/books/review/review-an-odyssey-daniel- mendelsohn.html https://www.csmonitor.com/Books/Book-Reviews/2017/0920/An-Odyssey-is-a- father-son-journey-with-Homer-as-guide

Review of Bishop, *The Pilum*:

https://www.archaeology.co.uk/articles/review-pilum-roman-heavy-javelin.htm

Review of Rushworth and Croom, *Segedunum*:

https://www.archaeology.co.uk/articles/review-segedunum-excavations-charle s-daniels-roman-fort-wallsend-1975-1984.htm

Review of Ferry’s *Aeneid* translation:

https://www.wsj.com/articles/of-arms-and-the-man-1506104780


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6000 years bp remains of a dwelling near Ayrshire:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-41347487 http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/15550214.Remains_of_6_000_year_old _dwelling_found_in_Ayrshire_field_during_water_mains_project/ http://www.scotsman.com/news/house-older-than-stonehenge-found-in-east-ay rshire-field-1-4566488 http://www.thenational.scot/news/15550893.Archaeologists_excited_by_Neolit hic_house_find/ http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/6000-year-old-house-older-stonehenge-found-scottis h-field-1640452 http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/09/2017/unearthing-an-anc ient-house-in-ayrshire https://www.archaeology.org/news/5932-170921-scotland-neolithic-house

A Bronze Age hoard from Cumbria:

https://www.archaeology.co.uk/articles/unusual-bronze-age-hoard-found-cumb ria.htm

A possible Pictish longhouse find at Burghead Fort:

https://www.archaeology.co.uk/articles/pictish-longhouse-unearthed-burghead -fort.htm

Sixty or so largely intact shipwrecks from various periods found in the Black Sea’s ‘dead zone’:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/09/19/watch-shipwrecks-dating-5th-cent ury-discovered-bottom-black/ http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/scientists-investigating-climate-chan ge-stumble-11197975 http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/archaeologists-reveal-2500-years-of-s eafaring-in-the-black-sea-09-19-2017 https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/scientists-discover-60-ancie nt-ships-preserved-black-sea-n803991 http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/another-fleet-ancient-ships-disco vered-black-sea-180964978/ https://www.archaeology.org/news/5938-170922-black-sea-shipwrecks

… not sure if this is part of the above:

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/ancient-wreckages-discovered-on-southern- coasts-in-mersin.aspx?pageID=238&nid=118227&NewsCatID=375

A Viking boat burial from Norway:

https://www.livescience.com/60462-early-viking-boat-grave-discovered.html

Interesting medieval porpoise burial (!) from the Chapelle Dom Hue:

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/sep/19/medieval-porpoise-grave-o n-channel-island-puzzles-archaeologists https://www.seeker.com/culture/archaeology/porpoise-burial-by-medieval-mon ks-creates-puzzling-grave-mystery http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/09/medieval-porpoise-bones-buried- guernsey-video-spd/ http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/discovery-porpoise-bones-medi eval-site-mystifies-archaeologists-180964961/ https://www.archaeology.org/news/5927-170919-channel-island-porpoise

… and apparently it is not a unique find:

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/sep/20/channel-islands-burie d-porpoise-is-not-the-first-such-mysterious-find

Digging a medieval cave monastery in Georgia:

http://agenda.ge/news/87481/eng

Latest Crossrail find is evidence of bodysnatching, apparently:

https://www.archaeology.co.uk/articles/beating-londons-bodysnatchers.htm

Excavating the ‘utopian wife-swapping project’ at Manea:

http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/history/wife-swapping-manea-project- utopian-13631077 http://metro.co.uk/2017/09/18/200-year-old-wife-swapping-colony-discovered-i n-cambridgeshire-6936893/

A dig has commenced next to the Paisley Abbey site:

http://www.renfrewshire24.co.uk/2017/09/18/work-starts-on-archaeological-dig- to-explore-a-mysterious-site-near-paisley-abbey/

Searching for the original Oxen Ford:

http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/15549517.Storytelling_flints_and_the_origi nal_Oxen_Ford__flood_scheme_archaeology_begins/ https://www.archaeology.org/news/5939-170922-oxford-ancient-archaeology

Feature on what might remain of Old Skegness:

http://www.bostonstandard.co.uk/whats-on/arts/old-skegness-lost-to-the-sea-c ould-be-hiding-ancient-treasures-1-8148260

A metal detectorist has found a medieval crucifix:

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-41318348

Studying Neolithic Orkney rivalries:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-41319168 http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/homenews/15544975.Neolithic_commun ities_in_Orkney_faced_tensions_and_rivalries_with_other_villages__scienti sts_show/

I think we mentioned this purported hanging of a monkey in Hartlepool:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tees-40801937

… and this Viking sword find:

https://www.archaeology.org/news/5911-170912-norway-viking-sword

More on the Rooswijk:

https://www.archaeology.co.uk/articles/rescuing-the-rooswijk.htm

More on that female Viking warrior:

http://www.columbian.com/news/2017/sep/21/dna-says-viking-warrior-found-in -1889-was-female/

… and the doubts associated therewith:

http://mashable.com/2017/09/12/female-viking-warrior-military-leader-doubts- debunk/

More on the Stonehenge tunnel approval:

http://www.chardandilminsternews.co.uk/news/15529171.Government_gives_ green_light_to_Stonehenge_tunnel/


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19 Neolithic burials on the China-Russia border:

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-09/22/c_136629307.htm https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/19-neolithic-tombs-discovered-in-chi na/1151927

Five Tusi ‘chieftain’ burials from Guizhou:

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-09/18/c_136618019.htm http://www.thestandard.com.hk/breaking-news.php?id=96845&sid=3 https://www.archaeology.org/news/5923-170918-china-tusi-chieftains

Feature on some of China’s significant archaeology finds from the past five years:

http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/culture/2017-09/18/content_32143430.htm

Feature on the dig at Sharyshyq:

http://kazakh-tv.kz/en/view/news_kazakhstan/page_187387_

More on the ‘irregularities’ of the dig at Tang’s tomb:

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-09/12/c_136603829.htm

A sixth century CE stone sculpture of Shiva from Kashmir:

http://www.india.com/news/agencies/rare-6th-century-stone-sculpture-of-shiva- found-in-kashmir-2494261/ http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-kashmir-6th-century-lord-shiva-stone-scu lpture-unearthed-in-harwan-2548041

On how India contributed to the development of math(s):

https://phys.org/news/2017-09-ways-ancient-india-world-maths.html

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Evidence of a human presence in Alaska 14 000 years bp:

https://source.colostate.edu/csu-archaeologists-unearthing-mans-roots-alaska
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Finds from various periods at three Fredericksburg sites:

http://www.fredericksburg.com/news/local/fredericksburg/bones-ancient-artifac ts-found-at-three-fredericksburg-sites/article_1e89f702-956e-53d5-82e6-b64ae a650a07.html http://www.martinsvillebulletin.com/news/bones-ancient-artifacts-dating-to-b-c- found-at-three/article_fdac2e87-ab81-5485-97f5-56e8436e8f75.html

An (expensive) 1831 drain pipe from Toronto:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/st-lawrence-market-costs-1.4298986 http://www.blogto.com/city/2017/09/controversy-old-drain-pipe-north-st-lawren ce-market/

Concerns for sites in the Chaco region:

https://phys.org/news/2017-09-archaeologists-chaco-region.html http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/sep/22/archaeologists-more-prot ections-needed-for-chaco-r/
https://durangoherald.com/articles/185292 http://www.wnem.com/story/36433337/archaeologists-more-protections-neede d-for-chaco-region http://www.denverpost.com/2017/09/22/chaco-culture-national-historical-park-p rotections/

Feature on arrowheads from Piedmont (SC):

https://www.carolinacountry.com/carolina-stories/stories/indian-arrowheads-of -the-piedmont

Feature on the history of the University of Virginia:

https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/public/charlottesville-jeffersons-university/

Latest evidence (maybe) for the lost city of Roanoke:

http://portcitydaily.com/2017/09/22/possible-evidence-of-the-lost-colony-found -at-coastal-land-trusts-new-site-x-nws/

More on the Erebus:

https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2017/09/14/hms-erebus-wreck-to-unlock -secrets-of-doomed-franklin-expedition.html

More on the dugout canoe Irma revealed:

http://www.nbc15.com/content/news/Canoe-washed-ashore-after-Irma-could-be -hundreds-of-years-old-445334383.html


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A Maya royal burial from El Peru-Waka (Guatemala):

https://www.livescience.com/60433-royal-mayan-tomb-with-red-bones.html http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/09/ancient-maya-king-tomb-spd/ http://nypost.com/2017/09/20/archeologists-discover-tomb-of-4th-century-may an-king/
https://www.yahoo.com/news/1-000-old-tomb-maya-174500765.html

Cold-resistant yeast found in some 1000 years bp pottery found near the Chile-Argentina border:

https://www.archaeology.org/news/5928-170919-south-america-yeast

… with the expected connections being made to beer production:

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/lager-beer-may-originate-south-america -not-germany-research-suggests-n802541 http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/did-lager-beer-originate-south-a merica-180964962/

Sediment in Martinique is connected to an 18th century earthquake (and
tsunami) in Portugal:

https://eos.org/articles/caribbean-sediment-traced-to-1755-portuguese-quake- and-tsunami

On the affinities between Brazilian earthworks and the Hopewell Mounds:

http://www.dispatch.com/news/20170924/archaeology-brazilian-earthworks-ee rily-similar-to-ohios-hopewell-mounds

Feature on Teotihuacan’s urban design:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-09/dgo-htu092017.php https://phys.org/news/2017-09-teotihuacan-urban-lost.html https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/09/170920113346.htm http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/09/2017/teotihuacans-uniq ue-urban-design

Pondering the population of Easter Island:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-09/f-ste092017.php

… and an APOD with an Easter Island connection:

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap170918.html

Mexico is creating a Latin American theme park:

https://economia.elpais.com/economia/2017/09/18/actualidad/ 1505756714_551619.html

On a temple in the Amazon and the history of cocoa (my Spanish isn’t working well this a.m.):

https://elpais.com/elpais/2017/09/22/estilo/1506043289_701424.html



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On why we ignore the idea of warrior women:

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/sep/18/battle-prejudice-war rior-women-ancient-amazons

On Yale’s ‘brain collection’:

https://www.yalemedicine.org/stories/brain-science/

Feature on Samuel Johnson’s dictionary:

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/sep/18/how-well-do-you-know-samu el-johnsons-dictionary-quiz

… and a feature on the man himself:

http://www.ibtimes.com/who-samuel-johnson-google-doodle-honors-dictionary- author-2591027

An old sack proves to be of the right age to be associated with St Francis of Assisi:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-09/uosd-7yo092217.php http://www.ibtimes.com/science-offers-evidence-catholic-religions-st-francis-a ssisi-legend-2593106

Feature on doomsday predictions:

https://www.livescience.com/60499-ancient-theories-fuel-doomsday-prediction s.html

Latest Lego work is a history of London:

https://londonist.com/london/art-and-photography/someone-s-created-a-histor y-of-london-in-lego-it-s-something-quite-special

A ‘lost’ Rubens turns up in the Glasgow Museum:

http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-41373007 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/09/24/missing-rubens-masterpiece-foun d-hanging-historic-house-glasgow/

Medieval studies is having a dustup over accusation of racism now:

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2017/09/19/one-professors-critique-ano ther-divides-medieval-studies

A WWI U-boat find off the coast of Belgium:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-41318195 https://www.livescience.com/60475-wwi-german-u-boat-found-off-belgium-coas t.html

A history of sunglasses:

http://www.jhunewsletter.com/2017/09/21/the-many-shades-of-sunglasses-a-s hort-history/

Changes regarding the sale of antiquities are coming in India:

http://www.livemint.com/Politics/lo3Z90iJXmqy0N8Oa2BUtN/You-may-soon-b e-able-to-sell-antiques-without-a-licence.html

On Hobbit inspiration:

http://www.newsweek.com/hobbit-jrr-tolkien-anniversary-inspiration-668989

Millicent Fawcett is getting a statue:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-41330508

Feature on Sebastian Elcano:

https://elpais.com/cultura/2017/09/21/actualidad/1505951978_854948.html

Pondering ‘Tulipmania’:

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/there-never-was-real-tulip-fever-1809 64915/

Studying the history of ‘sociable reading’:

https://phys.org/news/2017-09-reveals-hidden-history-sociable-18th.html

Not sure if this ‘nazi era’ box find from Austria has made it into the reputable
press yet:

http://m.jpost.com/Diaspora/Hitler-busts-Nazi-era-paintings-found-in-Austrian- Parliament-building-505283

A call for the return of the Met’s art and antiquities squad:

https://www.apollo-magazine.com/bring-back-the-mets-art-and-antiquities-squ
ad/

Review of Beglane (ed), *Gatherings: Past and Present*:

https://www.archaeology.co.uk/articles/review-gatherings-past-present.htm

Archaeology Podcast Network:

http://www.archaeologypodcastnetwork.com/archyfantasies/ ===============================================================
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MUSEUM MATTERS
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Treasures of Viet Nam:

http://english.vietnamnet.vn/fms/art-entertainment/186614/vietnamese-archae ological-treasures-continue-tour-of-germany.html

Scythians:

https://www.spectator.co.uk/2017/09/pot-smoking-warriors-who-attached-enem y-bodyparts-to-their-horses-scythians-reviewed/ http://www.theupcoming.co.uk/2017/09/19/scythians-warriors-of-ancient-siberi a-at-the-british-museum-exhibition-review/ https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/waldemar-januszczak-art-review-scythians- british-museum-6b0r33zlt

Escape from Pompeii:

http://www.communitynews.com.au/fremantle-gazette/lifestyle/escape-from-po mpeii-the-untold-roman-rescue-is-at-the-maritime-museum-in-fremantle/

Ancient Chinese Science:

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-09/22/c_136627875.htm http://greece.greekreporter.com/2017/09/22/__trashed-19/

Gladiators:

http://www.gwinnettdailypost.com/entertainment/gladiators-exhibit-turns-fernb ank-into-the-colosseum/article_d741769c-642d-540e-a97f-98db8099ffc1.html

Chinese Landscapes:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/13/arts/design/chinese-landscapes-at-the-m et-if-those-mountains-could-talk.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2F design

Fort Orange collection:

https://altamontenterprise.com/09212017/pieces-past-tell-how-dutch-settlers-a nd-native-peoples-collaborated-1600s

Book of the Dead:

https://news.uchicago.edu/article/2017/09/22/exhibit-illustrates-magical-power s-book-dead-ancient-egypt

Egypt is denying that illicit artifacts have been given to the Louvre Abu Dhabi:

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/277421/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/ No-unauthorised-Egyptian-artefacts-at-Louvre-Abu-D.aspx http://www.egyptindependent.com/no-egyptian-antiquities-smuggled-louvre-ab u-dhabi-museum-official/ https://dailynewsegypt.com/2017/09/20/egypt-denies-sending-antiquities-disp lay-abu-dhabis-louvre/ http://menafn.com/1095880258/Egypt-denies-sending-antiquities-to-display-at- Abu-Dhabis-Louvre

The Peabody Essex Museum has acquired some Native American artifacts:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/21/arts/design/peabody-essex-museum-get s-set-of-native-american-artifacts.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2 Farts

Report on the Paris Biennale:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/15/arts/design/paris-biennale.html?rref=coll ection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fdesign


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Applying VR to African artifacts:

https://phys.org/news/2017-09-virtual-reality-life-african-fossils.html

What 3d scans of dog fossils reveals about domestication:

https://phys.org/news/2017-09-d-analysis-dog-fossils-domestication.html https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/09/170920182045.htm

On the use of drones in archaeology:

https://www.wired.com/story/archaeologists-dont-always-need-to-digtheyve-go t-drones/

… and aerial thermal imagery:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-09/dc-hat092117.php https://phys.org/news/2017-09-aerial-thermal-imagery-revolutionizing-archaeo logy.html


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ON THE DNA FRONT ===============================================================
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A major genomic study of Africa:

https://phys.org/news/2017-09-ancient-human-dna-sub-saharan-africa.html https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-09/hms-ahd092017.php https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/09/170921141311.htm https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/21/science/africa-dna-migration.html http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/deadthings/2017/09/21/oldest-african-dna- offers-rare-window-into-past/ http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/scientists-complete-first-majo r-study-ancient-human-dna-africa-180964973/ https://www.archaeology.org/news/5934-170921-africa-genome-migration


Dienekes' Anthropology Blog:

http://dienekes.blogspot.ca/ ===============================================================
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TOURISTY THINGS
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Pompeii and Herculaneum:

http://www.philstar.com/opinion/2017/09/21/1741177/ visit-pompeii-and-herculaneum


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CRIME BEAT
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Arrests over illegal excavations in Cairo and Sharqia:

http://www.egyptindependent.com/two-suspects-arrested-illegal-excavation-ca iro-sharqia/

A break-in at the Mohamed Ali Palace in Shubra:

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContentP/10/277419/Blogs/Breakin-at-Moha med-Ali-Palace-in-Shubra,-no-artefa.aspx

Some Ottoman-era items seized at the Cairo airport are headed for the
Museum of Islamic Art:

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/44/277471/Heritage/Museums/ Ottomanera-artefacts-seized-at-Cairo-airport-to-go.aspx

Feature on the market for forged and stolen artworks:

http://www.smh.com.au/comment/global-market-for-forged-and-stolen-artworks -is-thriving-and-underpoliced-20170921-gylyc0.html

Not sure where to put this one … the mayor of Paphos is making accusations against Foreign Ministry staff:

http://cyprus-mail.com/2017/09/22/paphos-mayor-accuses-foreign-ministry-sta ff-wrongdoing/

Latest Anonymous Swiss Collector Culture Crime News:

http://www.anonymousswisscollector.com/2017/09/culture-crime-news-4-17-se ptember-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 ===============================================================
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Not sure if we should classify it as repatriation when folks turn in artifacts:

https://www.libyaobserver.ly/inbrief/two-people-hand-relics-authorities-tripoli

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NUMISMATICA
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Latest e-Sylum:

http://www.coinbooks.org/v20/club_nbs_esylum_v20n38.html

… and the one which should appear later today:

http://www.coinbooks.org/v20/club_nbs_esylum_v20n39.html


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Ancient Coin Collecting:

http://ancientcoincollecting.blogspot.com/

Ancient Coins:

http://classicalcoins.blogspot.com/

Coin Week:

http://www.coinweek.com/ ===============================================================
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Feature on Francesca Caccini:

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/francesca-caccini-sixteenth-cent ury-musical-genius-youve-never-heard-180964884/

Loving Vincent:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/21/movies/loving-vincent-review-van-gogh. html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Farts

Victoria and Abdul:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/21/movies/victoria-and-abdul-review-judi-de nch.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Farts

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Audio News from Archaeologica:

http://www.archaeologychannel.org/audio-main-menu-cat/audio-news-list/

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