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explorator 20.28 November 5, 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, Rick Heli, Allan Brockway, Bob
Heuman, Stan Nadel, Don Buck, Tim Parkin, David Emery, Richard C.
Griffiths, and Ross W. Sargent for headses upses this week (as always
hoping I have left no one out).

A lot of 'borderline' archaeology coverage this week for some reason
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EARLY HOMINIDS
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Returning to the Neanderthal-sapiens interbreeding theme:

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/mating-neandertals-reintroduced-lost -dna-modern-humans

Homo sapiens “outlasted” Neanderthals, apparently:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2017/11/01/ humans-didnt-outsmart-the-neanderthals-we-just-outlasted-them/ http://nationalpost.com/news/canada/humans-didnt-outsmart-the-neandertha ls-we-just-outlasted-them http://www.denverpost.com/2017/11/01/humans-didnt-outsmart-neanderthals- outlasted-them/

On early hominid tool-making:

https://www.zmescience.com/science/information-sharing-stone-age/

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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT ================================================================
Easily the big archaeology story of the week was the suggestion that
cosmic rays had helped detect a ‘great void’ in the Great Pyramid:

http://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/30637/Cosmic-ray-imaging-finds-hidde n-structure-in-Egypt-s-Great https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/02/science/pyramids-giza-void.html https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/nov/02/archaeolgists-discover-m ysterious-void-deep-within-great-pyramid-of-giza http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-41845445 http://www.reuters.com/article/us-science-pyramid/cosmic-ray-imaging-fin ds-hidden-structure-in-egypts-great-pyramid-idUSKBN1D21IY https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/africa/98511341/Cosmic-rays-reveal-mysteri ous-void-in-Egypts-Great-Pyramid http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2017/11/02/mysterious-void-great-pyra mid-giza-could-finally-reveal-pyramids/ https://www.yahoo.com/news/particle-physicists-detect-mysterious-big-120 012396.html https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/11/great-pyramid-giza-void-disc overed-khufu-archaeology-science/ https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/11/cosmic-rays-outer-sp ace-pyramids/544574/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2017/11/02/ cosmic-rays-reveal-mysterious-void-in-egypts-great-pyramid/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/cosmic-ray-particles-reveal-s ecret-chamber-in-egypts-great-pyramid/ https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/11/scientists-confirm-theres-a-myst erious-void-in-the-great-pyramid/ http://www.newsweek.com/giza-great-pyramid-ancient-egypt-secret-chamber- everything-you-need-know-700085 http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/11/02/561468384/scientists-s ay-theyve-found-hidden-space-in-great-pyramid-of-giza?sc=17&f=1001 http://www.smh.com.au/world/cosmic-rays-reveal-mysterious-void-in-egypts -great-pyramid-20171102-gzdxqm.html http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/future_tense/2017/11/how_scient ists_discovered_a_massive_hole_in_the_great_pyramid.html https://elpais.com/elpais/2017/11/01/ciencia/1509537816_384789.html http://www.ibtimes.co.in/giant-void-discovered-khufus-great-pyramid-giza -help-cosmic-rays-748085

… and the Ministry wasn’t happy how it was announced:

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/280880/Heritage/Ancient-Egy pt/ScanPyramids-mission-rushed-in-announcing-discover.aspx http://gulfnews.com/news/mena/egypt/egypt-critical-of-hasty-pyramid-anno uncement-1.2118124 http://abcnews.go.com/International/great-pyramids-previously-hidden-voi d-hailed-scientists-dismissed/story?id=50907655

… and it was quickly pointed out that this void has long been known:

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/280853/Heritage/Ancient-Egy pt/Void-within-Great-Pyramid-of-Giza-not-a-new-discov.aspx http://www.egyptindependent.com/newly-discovered-gap-khufu-pyramid-alrea dy-known-zahi-hawass/ https://www.yahoo.com/news/egypt-archaeologist-criticises-pyramid-void-d iscovery-135656899.html https://www.forbes.com/sites/kristinakillgrove/2017/11/04/what-archaeolo gists-want-you-to-know-about-the-great-pyramid-void/ http://www.france24.com/en/20171104-egyptian-archaeologist-criticises-vo id-discovery-great-pyramid-khufu-tomb

Eight Old Kingdom burials from near Luxor (not sure if we’ve had this
one yet):

https://qtelegram.com/egypt-a-tomb-of-the-pharaonic-era-reveals-eight-mu mmies/15946

A number of tombs, including a ‘cursed’ one, near the Pyramids have
also been opened:

http://www.newsweek.com/ancient-egypt-tomb-cursed-giza-pyramid-workers-r eopen-698463 https://www.albawaba.com/editorchoice/egypt-cursed-tomb-opened-public-fi rst-time-discovery-30-years-ago-1042560 https://www.yahoo.com/news/ancient-egypt-cursed-tomb-men-163957956.html

Assorted coverage remembering the discovery of Tut’s tomb:

http://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/30912/Today-in-history-tomb-of-king- Tutankhamun-discovered https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2017/11/04/On-This-Day-Howard-Carter-finds- King-Tutankhamens-tomb/6971509765493/ http://www.postandcourier.com/charleston_scene/celebrate-discovery-of-tu t-s-tomb-and-unlocking-of-egyptian/article_7176313a-bd7e-11e7-863b-bf290 a8f2503.html


The Djoser Pyramid wll soon be inaugurated:

https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/30085/Djoser-Pyramid-to-be-inaugura ted-in-2017

A solar eclipse mentioned in Egyptian records and the Bible (associated
with Joshua) apparently has been identified (expect skepticism on this
one):

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/10/171029220104.htm http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/10/30/first-solar-eclipse-ever-reco rded-took-place-3000-years-ago/ https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/oldest-recorded-solar-eclipse-helps- date-the-egyptian-pharaohs http://www.newsweek.com/ancient-egyptian-and-biblical-texts-reveal-oldes t-known-solar-eclipse-and-695921 http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Miracle-described-in-Book-of-Joshua-may -have-been-earliest-recorded-solar-eclipse-510903 https://elpais.com/elpais/2017/10/30/ciencia/1509320354_876281.html


Remains of a pregnant woman found in the purported King Solomon’s
Mines:

http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Archaeologists-discover-rare-remains-of -pregnant-woman-in-King-Solomons-Mines-510965 https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/.premium-1.820180 http://www.ibtimes.com/archaeologists-find-pregnant-womans-skeleton-anci ent-copper-mines-israel-2608677 http://www.jewishpress.com/news/archaeology-news/pregnant-egyptian-woman s-remains-discovered-in-king-solomons-mines/2017/11/01/ https://www.algemeiner.com/2017/11/01/israeli-archaeologists-unearth-pre gnant-womans-remains-at-king-solomons-mines/

This claim of the discovery of Naboth’s Vineyard didn’t make it into
any mainstream source:

https://www.cnsnews.com/commentary/eric-metaxas/yet-another-find-biblica l-proportions-naboths-vineyard-discovered

… or the so-called ‘footprints of God’ (plenty of ‘iffy’ things this week, no?):

http://www.pulse.ng/communities/religion/archaeologists-find-footprints- of-god-near-river-jordan-id7527794.html

A 1500 years bp ‘chicken’ from Kinneret:

http://www.tabletmag.com/scroll/247954/woman-goes-swimming-in-the-kinner et-stumbles-on-priceless-1500-year-old-relic

On the Bible and archaeology:

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/1.818795

Lawrence Schiffman on the Dead Sea Scrolls:

http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Culture/Seventy-years-of-the-Dead-Sea-S crolls-510977

… and a feature on an important one:

https://www.jewishlinknj.com/features/21409-the-most-important-dead-sea- text-a-lost-paragraph-from-the-book-of-samuel

Hype for a book on ancient Israel:

http://www.uwyo.edu/uw/news/2017/10/uw-religion-today-the-ancient-israel ites-through-archaeology,-history-and-text.html

Hopes for learning from renovations to the Orukaya Dam:

https://www.dailysabah.com/environment/2017/10/30/2200-year-old-dam-will -shed-light-on-climate-and-vegetation-change-in-northern-turkey

Studying copper mining in Jordan:

http://menafn.com/1096039902/Jordanian-scholar-digs-deep-into-copper-min ing-in-ancient-times

Iran blocked a rally planned at the tomb of Cyrus the Great:

http://thepeninsulaqatar.com/article/29/10/2017/Iran-blocks-illegal-rall y-at-ancient-king-s-tomb https://www.yahoo.com/news/iran-blocks-illegal-rally-ancient-kings-tomb- 153458425.html

… and there was some sort of ‘plot’?:

https://www.voanews.com/a/iran-foils-plot-involving-tomb-of-cyrus-the-gr eat/4090877.html

Another feature on ISIL’s attacks on culture:

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/wall-street-journal/the-crumbli ng-of-a-culture-islamic-states-attack-on-antiquity/news-story/7b268c5fdb 3d0db588812cb8d6b768c0

… and they’re apparently selling plenty of things on eBay, Facebook,
etc.:

http://observer.com/2017/11/isis-selling-stolen-artifacts-on-ebay-amazon -facebook-whatsapp/

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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS) ================================================================
An interesting ‘lion helmet’ dating to the Punic Wars:

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/.premium-1.821064

Remains of a silver Thracian wreath from Bulgaria:

https://www.archaeology.org/news/6060-171031-bulgaria-silver-wreath

Archaeologists may have found the site of the Serdica mint:

http://www.novinite.com/articles/184942/Archaeologists+May+Have+Found+Mi nt+of+Ancient+Roman+City+Serdica+in+Bulgaria%E2%80%99s+Capital+Sofia

Suggestion that pagans in late Roman Palestine embraced Christianity ‘quickly’:

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/.premium-1.820696

Tomb finds from Roman Corinth/Tenea:

http://www.newsweek.com/ancient-greece-haul-jewels-and-golden-coins-unco vered-2000-year-old-tombs-698275 http://greece.greekreporter.com/2017/11/02/haul-of-jewels-and-gold-coins -uncovered-in-ancient-greek-city-of-tenea/ http://www.tornosnews.gr/en/greek-news/culture/27963-ancient-artifacts-u nearthed-from-2-000-year-old-tombs-in-corinth-greece.html https://www.archaeology.org/news/6064-171101-greece-tenea-tombs

A Roman era gold necklace from Heraclea Sintica:

http://www.novinite.com/articles/184888/Ancient+Roman+Gold+Necklace+Disc overed+by+Archaeologists+in+Ancient+City+Heraclea+Sintica+in+Southwest+B ulgaria

Some Roman skeletons from Ramsgate:

http://www.kentonline.co.uk/thanet/news/roman-era-skeletons-uncovered-13
4703/

A sarcophagus cover from Gumushane (Turkey):

https://www.dailysabah.com/history/2017/11/03/construction-workers-find- ancient-sarcophagus-cover-in-turkeys-gumushane

On underwater archaeology off Naxos:

http://www.tornosnews.gr/en/greek-news/culture/27964-underwater-search-o ff-naxos-island-coast-yields-rich-finds.html

There will be plenty of interest in Emily Wilson’s translation of the Odyssey:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/02/magazine/the-first-woman-to-translate -the-odyssey-into-english.html https://boingboing.net/2017/11/04/emily-watsons-translation-of.html

Pondering the plague of Cyprian:

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/11/solving-the-mystery- of-an-ancient-roman-plague/543528/

On sex and violence in ancient art:

https://qtelegram.com/violence-and-sex-the-shocking-art-of-the-ancient-r emeasured/16242

On the aqueduct on Samos:

http://www.tornosnews.gr/en/tourism-businesses/thematic-tourism/ 27937-wondrous-eupalenion-aqueduct-of-samos-declared-international-landm ark-of-engineering.html

Feature on Honor Frost:

https://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20171029/life-features/ Honor-Frost-a-legacy-in-the-field-of-underwater-archaeology.661705

What Robert Harris is up to:

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/robert-harris-author-of-the-cicero-tr ilogy-on-the-bloody-lessons-from-rome-ignored-by-todays-leaders-flx2brnb
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What Ann Woods is up to:

http://ucsdguardian.org/2017/10/31/professor-ann-woods-from-the-louvre-t o-the-lecture-hall/

Rethinking how the Portland Vase was made:

https://newatlas.com/portland-vase-mystery-solved/51958/

On historians’ involvement in Assassin’s Creed:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/assassins-creed-origins-historian-1 .4382255

… but criticism for the portrayal of Cleopatra:

https://www.polygon.com/features/2017/11/2/16593124/assassins-creed-orig ins-cleopatra

On the ancient Long Jump:

https://ancientsport.wordpress.com/2017/11/01/reconstruction-of-the-anci ent-long-jump/

On Greek marathons:

https://sports.yahoo.com/greek-marathons-where-runners-pit-themselves-ag ainst-history-025847609.html

On Scythian tattoos:

https://blog.britishmuseum.org/ancient-tattoos-getting-under-the-skin-of -the-scythians/

On making mosaics at the Zeugma Museum:

https://www.dailysabah.com/history/2017/11/02/learning-the-art-of-mosaic -making-at-zeugma-mosaic-museum-southeast-turkey

Concerns for Hadrian’s Wall:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2017/10/31/hadrians-wall-succumbing-f oreign-invasion-nearly-2000-years/

On William V Harris:

http://gothamist.com/2017/11/01/columbia_professor_steps_down.php

More on the drinking water at Pompeii:

http://sciencenordic.com/pompeii-residents-were-screwed-volcanic-eruptio
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More on the Roman ‘theatre’ in Jerusalem:

http://www.entertainment-news.online/2017/11/02/archaeologists-just-exhu med-ancient-roman-theater-tell-us-jerusalem-western-wall/

Review of Harper, *The Fate of Rome*:

https://www.wsj.com/articles/review-romes-cosmic-retribution-1509133738


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EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland) ================================================================
Identifying ‘Torbrex Tam’ as Stirling’s oldest resident:

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/stirlings-oldest-resident-r evealed-4000-11449217 https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/bronze-age-farmer-tam-is-earliest-cit y-resident-r29fhm7jn

A Pictish petroglyph of a ‘big nosed warrior’ from near Perth:

http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/rare-pictish-carving-of-big-nosed-warr ior-found-near-perth-1-4602051 https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/local/perth-kinross/536172/ historic-pictish-stone-found-during-multi-million-pound-perth-roadworks- project/ http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/significant-pictish-stone-u nearthed-road-11461229 https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/retropolis/wp/2017/10/31/martin-luth er-shook-the-world-500-years-ago-but-did-he-nail-anything-to-a-church-do
or/

They’re still not sure about skeletons buried in Halton Castle:

http://aboutmanchester.co.uk/mystery-of-the-halton-castle-skeletons-deep
ens/

Latest in the mapping of ‘Doggerland’:

http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/15640479.Mysteries_of_lost_No rth_Sea_kingdom_of_Doggerland_surfacing___thanks_to_Bradford_researchers
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A 13th century coin is declared treasure:

http://www.pontefractandcastlefordexpress.co.uk/news/medieval-coin-from- 13th-century-france-is-declared-to-be-treasure-1-8839597

Interesting 17th century silver hawk ring:

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-41763074

Options to preserve the Sutz Lattrigen neolithic site:

https://phys.org/news/2017-10-ways-neolithic-site.html

Concerns for a 2500 years bp castle near Exmouth:

http://www.exmouthjournal.co.uk/news/a-2-500-year-old-castle-near-exmout h-needs-your-help-1-5260692

Possible protection for a site associated with the Battle of
Winwick/Red Bank:

http://www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/news/15632934.Field_which_played_a_m ajor_role_in_Second_Civil_War_could_be_protected/

More on the leprotic Viking squirrels:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/drsarahbond/2017/10/31/did-the-viking-squir rel-trade-spread-leprosy/


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ASIA AND THE SOUTH PACIFIC ================================================================
Paleolithic beads from a site in Ningxia Hui:

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-10/30/c_136715334.htm https://www.archaeology.org/news/6058-171031-china-paleolithic-beads

Wells and other signs of a settlement from a site in Beijing:

http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1073062.shtml

73 tombs from Zhengzhou:

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/culture/2017-11/02/content_34019601.htm

A 2400 years bp burial with horse and chariot from Henan (we may have
mentioned this one):

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-11/01/c_136720716.htm http://www.dnaindia.com/science/report-archaeologists-discover-2400-year -old-horse-chariot-pit-in-china-2557015 https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/archaeologists-discover-2400year old-horse-chariot-pit-in/1179315 https://www.archaeology.org/news/6063-171101-china-chariot-pit

They’re still looking for Zheng He’s lost ‘treasure ship’:

http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2118421/hunt-ming-dynasty -admiral-zheng-hes-lost-treasure-ship-heats


On social inequality in Tahiti 1000 years bp:

http://flathatnews.com/2017/10/31/understanding-social-inequality-1000-y ears-ago-dr-jennifer-kahn-gives-talk-about-culture-in-french-polynesia/

Kyrgyzstan reburied a mummy and there was major political fallout,
apparently:

http://www.tol.org/client/article/27305-kyrgyzstan-archaeology-mummy-psy chics-culture-ministry.html http://nypost.com/2017/10/31/this-country-is-in-political-turmoil-over-t he-reburial-of-its-only-ancient-mummy/ https://sg.news.yahoo.com/outrage-kyrgyzstan-reburies-only-ancient-mummy -041558361.html http://thepeninsulaqatar.com/article/31/10/2017/Outrage-after-Kyrgyzstan -reburies-its-only-ancient-mummy

They’re still arguing over the purpose of the Taj Mahal:

https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/the-claim-taj-mahal-is-tejo-m ahalaya-temple-palace-is-concocted-and-self-built-c/303703

On strange things found along the Silk Road:

https://arstechnica.com/video/2017/10/the-strangest-things-archaeologist s-have-found-on-the-ancient-silk-roads/

Pondering a mystery burial near Sydney Harbour found back in the 1960s:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-11-02/mystery-burial-aboriginal-woman-ba lls-head-sydney-curious-sydney/9069892

More on that figurine from a potato field in Siberia:

https://www.dailysabah.com/history/2017/10/30/ancient-statuette-discover ed-at-potato-field-in-russia

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Digging a site at a Cape Cod farm:

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/massachusetts/articles/ 2017-10-29/archaeologists-digging-for-ancient-artifacts-at-cape-farm

Excavating Pilgrim-related remains in Massachusetts:

http://www.patriotledger.com/news/20171024/archaeology-teams-come-up-wit h-interesting-finds-in-plymouth https://www.archaeology.org/news/6055-171027-massachusetts-pilgrim-homes


Excavating a sod house near Iqaluit:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/archaeology-qaummaarviit-inookie-inu it-heritage-1.4383894 https://ca.news.yahoo.com/team-excavates-sod-house-near-111800740.html

On prehistoric hunting on a Lake Huron ridge:

http://www.toledoblade.com/local/2017/10/29/Prehistoric-people-hunted-ca ribou-on-ancient-Lake-Huron-ridge.html

A pile of 18th century remains in Philadelphia were apparently dumped
in a landfill:

https://whyy.org/articles/archaeologist-claims-hundreds-18th-century-phi lly-remains-dumped-landfill/

… possibly related:

http://www.philly.com/philly/news/pennsylvania/philadelphia/bones-arch-s treet-construction-site-pmc-orphans-court-20171030.html

The search for the ‘route’ of the first ‘Americans’ continues to be pondered:

http://science.sciencemag.org/content/358/6363/592?rss=1 https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/11/majority-of-scientists-now-agree -that-humans-came-to-the-americas-by-boat/

… including now the ‘kelp highway’:

https://www.seeker.com/culture/archaeology/the-first-americans-may-have- migrated-along-a-coastal-kelp-highway http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/deadthings/2017/11/02/ first-americans-kelp-highway/ http://science.sciencemag.org/content/358/6363/604.21

Latest from the Franklin Expedition dives:

http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674parks_canada_releases _new_images_of_2017_franklin_dives_in_nunavut/

What Jack Ray is up to:

http://ksmu.org/post/msu-professor-returns-previous-site-continue-diggin g#stream/0

On life in Wyoming, 10000 years bp:

http://planetjh.com/2017/11/01/real-wyoming-natives-for-10000-years-shee peaters-knew-how-to-live-with-nature/

Feature on Clovis points:

http://knau.org/post/earth-notes-clovis-points

Calusa artifacts revealed by Hurricane Irma are headed to a museum:

http://news.wgcu.org/post/hundreds-calusa-artifacts-unearthed-irma-be-cu rated-museum

Feature on Hopewell copper interests:

http://www.dispatch.com/news/20171029/archaeology-copper-was-sacred-to-h opewell-regardless-of-its-source

More on turquoise mining in the southwest:

https://uanews.arizona.edu/story/ua-research-sheds-new-light-early-turqu oise-mining-southwest

Review of Wood, *Friends Divided*:

http://www.npr.org/2017/11/01/560097237/friends-divided-digs-into-the-bu mpy-bonds-between-2-presidents?sc=17&f=1008

Review of Shorto, *Revolution Song*:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/30/books/review/russell-shorto-revolutio n-song.html


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CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA ================================================================
Studying pre Columbian petroglyphs from Puerto Rico’s Mona Island:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-10/uol-nro102717.php https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/10/171029220108.htm http://www.newsweek.com/puerto-rico-mona-island-cave-art-early-humans-ci vilization-696239 http://metro.co.uk/2017/10/30/ancient-cave-paintings-were-made-by-island ers-tripping-on-drugs-7040130/ http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/lost-art-tainos-culture -british-archaeologists-island-mona-caribbean-a8026321.html https://www.yahoo.com/news/m/7f4eb5b5-fc7c-3b5f-a1d4-c683b634a24e/ ss_mysterious-rock-art-uncovered.html https://www.archaeology.org/news/6057-171030-taino-rock-art

Studying pre-Inka elites:

http://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/pre-inka-elites-and-the-social-li fe-of-fragments https://phys.org/news/2017-10-pre-inka-elites-social-life-fragments.html

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/this-fascinating-pre-incan-society-high-andes-l acked-social-hierarchies-1645520 https://www.archaeology.org/news/6072-171103-argentina-infant-urns

Feature on the survival of the church of Santa Prisca de Taxco:

https://elpais.com/cultura/2017/11/02/actualidad/1509650615_533672.html


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Mike Ruggeri's Ancient Americas Breaking News:

http://goo.gl/1VdeA

Ancient MesoAmerica News:

http://ancient-mesoamerica-news-updates.blogspot.com/ ================================================================
OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST ================================================================
On the embalming of Lenin:

https://english.alarabiya.net/en/features/2017/10/29/Learn-the-secret-be hind-the-embalming-of-Vladimir-Lenin-s-body.html

An 18th century painting of Mecca is coming to auction:

https://english.alarabiya.net/en/life-style/art-and-culture/2017/10/29/ Rare-1791-painting-of-Mecca-1917-Saudi-diary-up-for-auction-at-Sotheby-s
.html

On the history of locks:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/home-improvement-tips/
history-of-locks/

With Hallowe’en, there were a number of witch-related items this week …
a facial reconstruction:

http://nypost.com/2017/10/31/scientists-recreate-face-of-scottish-witch- using-3d-wizardry/ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/10/31/face-witch-died-1704-digitall y-reconstructed/

… what we’ve learned from Salem:

http://www.newsweek.com/archaeology-salem-says-were-thinking-about-witch es-and-witch-hunts-all-wrong-694200

… and an overviewish sort of thing:

https://www.bustle.com/p/how-long-have-witches-existed-these-ancient-myt hs-about-witches-will-give-you-nightmares-3067204

There were also a number of items related to the 500th anniversary of
the Reformation:

http://www.frontiersman.com/faith/the-th-anniversary-of-the-reformation/ article_376582e8-be73-11e7-86f6-47976545d830.html http://www.christianitytoday.com/edstetzer/2017/october/500th-anniversar y-of-reformation.html

… and how it affected beer:

http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2017/10/31/561117731/the-other-refor mation-how-martin-luther-changed-our-beer-too?sc=17&f=1008

On the Neolithic revolution and climate change:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-11/uop-ctn103117.php

Grammar changes, no matter what grammarians think:

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/nov/01/resistance-to-changes-in -grammar-is-futile-say-researchers

Interesting item on the search for a lost royal Burma ruby:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-41838026 https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/burmese-royal-descendant-on-mission-t o-discover-fate-of-missing-ruby-q2swzn33f

John Donne did more than write poetry:

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2017/nov/03/scurrilous-manuscript-th at-could-have-undone-john-donne-discovered

Pondering Marvel’s Thor:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/what-smithsonian- folklorist-thinks-about-marvels-cleaned-version-thor-180967052/

Feature on Russian Revolution propaganda posters:

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-41833406

Gurlitt’s collection is on display:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-41850650 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-41847096

Why a DaVinci is in a contemporary auction:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/03/arts/christies-leonardo-da-vinci-auct ion.html

More on that Mary, Queen of Scots portrait revealed by xrays:

https://www.archaeology.org/news/6061-171031-scotland-mary-portrait

Review of Isaacson’s biography of DaVinci:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/01/books/review-leonardo-da-vinci-biogra phy-walter-isaacson.html


Archaeology Podcast Network:

http://www.archaeologypodcastnetwork.com/archyfantasies/ ================================================================
MUSEUM MATTERS
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Renaissance portfolios:

http://www.newsadvance.com/lifestyles/lynchburg-college-exhibit-features -translated-renaissance-era-folios/article_959e1af9-c181-54ba-9846-41a20 530488e.html

Persepolis:

http://www.rmo.nl/english/exhibitions/fascination-with-persepolis

Nineveh:

http://www.rmo.nl/english/exhibitions/nineveh

Vikings (UK):

https://www.archaeology.co.uk/articles/reviews/review-vikings-rediscover -legend.htm

Vikings (Canada):

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/art-and-architecture/new-rom-exhibi t-challenges-common-perceptions-of-thevikings/article36829066/

Scythians:

http://www.kcwtoday.co.uk/2017/10/scythians-warriors-ancient-siberia/ https://www.thenational.ae/arts-culture/art/exhibition-review-scythians- warriors-of-ancient-siberia-1.671656

Living With Gods:

https://www.standard.co.uk/goingout/arts/living-with-gods-people-places- and-worlds-beyond-exhibition-review-full-of-surprises-a3672171.html https://londonist.com/london/art-and-photography/the-british-museum-is-l iving-with-gods-in-a-religious-exhibition http://www.telegraph.co.uk/art/what-to-see/exhibition-powerful-makes-cry -living-gods-british-museum-review/ https://www.economist.com/news/books-and-arts/21730852-why-humans-need-s piritual-dimension-their-lives-neil-macgregor-living-gods https://www.ft.com/content/ed8d73ae-bf19-11e7-823b-ed31693349d3

Minoans:

http://brooklynrail.org/2017/11/artseen/Restoring-the-Minoans-Elizabeth- Price-and-Sir-Arthur-Evans

Terracotta Army:

http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/world/2017-10/31/content_33951442.htm

Tut:

http://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/30657/Tutankhamen%E2%80%99s-gold-bel ongings-to-exhibit-soon

Emotions:

http://www.blouinartinfo.com/news/story/2637719/greek-antiquity-and-emot ions-at-acropolis-museum-athens

Catal Huyuk:

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/catalhoyuk-skeletons-draw-museum-visito rs-121661

The British Museum won’t have a presence in Abu Dhabi:

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/british-museums-deal-with-abudhabi-be comes-history-08d0cpfqv

… but the Louvre connection is getting a lot of hype:

http://gulfnews.com/news/uae/louvre-abu-dhabi/rich-history-of-louvre-par is-to-enrich-abu-dhabi-museum-1.2116379 http://gulfnews.com/news/uae/culture/peek-into-other-museums-through-lou vre-abu-dhabi-1.2117037

Japan is funding a major portion of the Grand Egyptian Museum’s costs:

http://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/30465/Japan-pays-75-of-Grand-Egyptia n-Museum%E2%80%99s-costs


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THE TECHY SIDE
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Using technology to map the Mayan aquifer:

http://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/new-technology-helps-map-mayan-aquifer/

On Digital preservation:

https://news.utexas.edu/2017/10/30/preservation-for-the-digital-ages

Latest look at a child mummy:

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/3d-scan-2000-year-old-child-mummy/

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ON THE DNA FRONT ================================================================
Dienekes' Anthropology Blog:

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

https://www.ft.com/content/41788bbc-60aa-11e7-8814-0ac7eb84e5f1

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CRIME BEAT
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An attempt to smuggle a 18th century Coptic icon was foiled:

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/42/280612/Heritage/Coptic/ Hurghada-airport-officials-foil-attempt-to-smuggle.aspx https://dailynewsegypt.com/2017/10/30/authorities-seize-attempt-smugglin g-copper-coptic-icon/ http://www.egyptindependent.com/coptic-artifact-seized-hurghada-airport- smuggled/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/6062-171031-egypt-coptic-icon

Feature on forger Islam Akhun:

https://www.kashmirmonitor.in/Details/135443/islam-akhun-the-great-centr al-asian-forger

An apparently looted artifact showed up at TEFAF:

http://www.artfixdaily.com/news_feed/2017/10/29/5938-authorities-seize-a ncient-artifact-at-tefaf-new-york https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/29/arts/design/ancient-limestone-relief- seized-european-fine-art-fair.html https://news.artnet.com/market/relief-seized-tefaf-new-york-1132610 https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/police-seize-dealers-persian-plunder- q02qblf3n

A number of items were stolen from Tel Al-Fara’een:

http://www.egypttoday.com/Article/1/30101/79-rare-antiques-stolen-from-T el-Al-Fara-een

Feature on looted antiquities for sale online:

https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-online-bazaar-for-looted-antiquities-15 09466087

Latest Anonymous Swiss Collector Culture Crime news:

http://www.anonymousswisscollector.com/2017/10/culture-crime-news-23-29- october-2017.html


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