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    From rogueclassicist@21:1/5 to All on Sun Nov 1 18:10:38 2015
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    explorator 18.28 November 1, 2015 ===============================================================
    If you're having problems getting 'the whole issue', read Explorator online at:

    https://exploratornews.wordpress.com/


    Thanks to Arthur Shippee, Dave Sowdon, Edward Rockstein, Kurt Theis, John McMahon,
    Barnea Selavan, Joseph Lauer, Mike Ruggeri, Don Buck, Hernan Astudillo, Rick Heli,
    Bob Heuman, Kris Curry, Barbara Saylor Rodgers, Richard Campbell, Richard C. Griffiths, and Ross W. Sargent for headses upses this week (as always hoping I have
    left no one out). ================================================================
    EARLY HOMINIDS
    ================================================================
    Latest 'common ancestor' candidate is Pliobates cataloniae:

    http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2015/1030/Was-the-common-ancestor-of-all-apes-actu
    ally-petite-video

    Hopes of finding more homo floresiensis remains:

    https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn28413-frodos-basement-secret-chamber-found-wh
    ere-hobbit-humans-lived/ http://www.thedailystar.net/science/secret-crypt-found-where-hobbit-humans-lived-16474
    6

    Podcast pondering the east African origins of humans:

    http://www.theguardian.com/science/audio/2015/oct/26/anthropology

    ================================================================
    AFRICA
    ================================================================
    In Our Time this week discussed the empire of Mali (direct link to the audio):

    http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/5/redir/version/2.0/mediaset/audio-nondrm-dow
    nload/proto/http/vpid/p036jnft.mp3

    ================================================================
    ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT ================================================================
    Not sure if we mentioned that a Polish team found a hitherto unknown temple of Hatshepsut:

    http://scienceinpoland.pap.pl/en/news/news,407046,polish-archaeologists-discovered-an
    -unknown-temple-of-hatshepsut.html

    Three tombs in Luxor are being 'inaugurated':

    http://www.egyptindependent.com/news/antiquities-minister-inaugurate-3-tombs-luxor
    http://www.thecairopost.com/news/174128/news/tomb-of-tutankhamens-viceroy-in-luxor-o
    pens-after-renovation-completed

    ... and the Hibis Temple in the Kharga Oasis is too:

    http://www.egyptindependent.com/news/hibis-temple-be-reopened-thursday http://www.thecairopost.com/news/173944/news/tourism-minister-to-inaugurate-hibis-tem
    ple

    Preservation plans at Karanis:

    http://www.thecairopost.com/news/173817/news/press-release-us-and-egypt-help-preser
    ve-ancient-site-in-karanis

    Laying blame in some vandalism in Heliopolis:

    http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2015/10/egypt-heliopolis-city-vandalism-excav
    ation-archaeology.html

    We're getting more details on plans to 'scan' the pyramids:

    http://phys.org/news/2015-10-experts-unravel-secrets-pyramids.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/pyramids-of-giza-technology-m
    ay-unlock-secrets-of-egypt-s-wonder-of-the-ancient-world-a6708451.html http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/scientists-want-scan-egypts-pyramids-secr
    ets-180957074/ http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/161858/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/%E2%80%
    98ScanPyramids%E2%80%99-project-hopes-to-decipher-ancient-s.aspx http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3290584/Cosmic-rays-unravel-Egypt-s-sec
    rets-Advanced-imaging-discover-Queen-Nefertiti-s-tomb-finally-reveal-pyramids-built.htm
    l?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490 http://www.foxnews.com/science/2015/10/26/scientists-to-get-inside-4-pyramids-without-t
    ouching-them.html

    Dr Hawass revealed something interesting about 'Chasing Mummies':

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/style-blog/wp/2015/10/29/egypts-indiana-jones-co
    mes-clean-about-zoe-peed-in-the-great-pyramid-episode-of-his-reality-show/

    More on that oldest 'abc's primer':

    http://news.discovery.com/history/archaeology/oldest-abcs-primer-found-on-ancient-egyp
    tian-pottery-151026.htm#mkcpgn=rssnws1

    A storm exposed a 1500 years b.p. wine press in Israel's Sharon Plain region:

    http://www.jpost.com/Not-Just-News/Article.aspx?id=430087 http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2015/10/27/tools-flew-in-the-air-strong-storm-unearths-a
    ncient-find-in-israel/

    Folks are still trying to understand how a Judean seal ended up in a Sarmatian burial:

    http://www.haaretz.com/jewish/archaeology/.premium-1.682980

    Nice feature on Tell es-Safi:

    http://blogs.yu.edu/news/the-gates-of-gath/

    Feature on cuneiform:

    http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/what-heck-cuneiform-anyway-180956999/

    The British Museum is training Iraqi archaeologists in reconstruction:

    http://www.museumsassociation.org/museums-journal/news/29102015-bm-to-help-iraq-r
    econstruct-archaeological-sites
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-34654633 http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2015/oct/28/british-museum-to-train-iraqi-curators-in-
    heritage-protection http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/british-museum-to-train-iraqi-archaeologists-.aspx?pa
    geID=238&nid=90540&NewsCatID=375

    A couple of monasteries associated with St Photios:

    http://orthodoxia.co/two-monasteries-associated-with-st-photios-recently-discovered/

    Temple denial continues:

    http://www.timesofisrael.com/jerusalem-mufti-denies-temple-mount-ever-housed-jewish-s
    hrine/

    cf: a very interesting photo essay:

    http://jcpa.org/secrets-under-the-al-aqsa-mosque-a-photographic-essay/

    Continued concerns for sites in Yemen:

    http://www.historytoday.com/sarah-rijziger/yemen%E2%80%99s-endangered-treasures

    Not sure where to put this one ... The Hobby Lobby/Museum of the Bible people are
    being investigated ostensibly over the shipment of some cuneiform tablets back in 2011
    (although that seems to be only part of the story): http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/10/26/exclusive-feds-investigate-hobby-lobb
    y-boss-for-illicit-artifacts.html?via=twitter_page http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/10/27/hey-hobby-lobby-boss-thou-shalt-not-st
    eal.html http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/oct/28/hobby-lobby-investigated-ancient-artifa
    cts-iraq
    http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/museums/160473/ http://www.newser.com/story/215098/hobby-lobby-clan-suspected-of-looting-iraq-antiquiti
    es.html

    ... and so now there's speculation that the Museum of the Bible may have funded ISIL
    indirectly:

    http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2015/10/hobby-lobby-ceo-antiquities-terrorism http://www.newrepublic.com/article/123262/between-hobby-lobby-and-isis-battle-iraqs-ant
    iquities

    Meanwhile, ISIL was blowing up columns in Palmyra with people attached:

    http://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/1.682549 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3291217/ISIS-executes-three-people-binding-colu
    mns-ancient-city-Palmyra-blowing-up.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign= 1490 http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2015/10/27/ISIS-blows-up-ancient-colu
    mns-in-Syria-s-Palmyra-monitor.html http://www.mideasttime.com/islamic-state-blows-up-both-prisoners-and-antiquities/
    587546/ http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/oct/27/islamic-state-straps-prisoners-to-anci
    ent-palmyra-/ http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/26/middleeast/isis-pillar-executions-palmyra-syria/ index.html

    ... and we read of Tess Davis' work trying to deal with ISIL's looting:

    http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2015/10/stolen_artifacts_isis_money_and_a_new_
    orleanian_on_the_case.html

    ... and the US Senate has a bill proposed related to ISIL's smuggling activities:

    http://thehill.com/policy/defense/258559-senator-pushes-bill-targeting-isis-antiquities-sm
    uggling


    ================================================================
    ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS) ================================================================
    There were a couple of major finds this week ... the first was an intact (more or less)
    3500 years b.p. burial from Pylos:

    http://phys.org/news/2015-10-ancient-warrior-tomb-huge-treasure.html http://phys.org/news/2015-10-uc-team-rare-warrior-tomb.html http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/10/151026172105.htm http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2015-10/uoc-utd102615.php http://magazine.uc.edu/editors_picks/recent_features/warrior_tomb.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/greece/11958381/3500-year-old-warri
    or-prince-tomb-is-most-exciting-Ancient-Greek-find-for-decades.html http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/27/science/a-warriors-grave-at-pylos-greece-could-be-a-
    gateway-to-civilizations.html http://www.livescience.com/52599-ancient-greek-warrior-tomb-discovered.html http://news.discovery.com/history/archaeology/treasure-filled-3500-year-old-warriors-gra
    ve-found-151027.htm http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/10/151027-pylos-greece-warrior-grave-mycena
    ean-archaeology/ http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/26/skeleton-ancient-warrior-treasure-found-gr
    eece-tomb http://www.dw.com/en/bronze-age-warriors-tomb-unearthed-in-spectacular-find-in-souther
    n-greece/a-18807272 http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/10/26/greece-archaeology-tomb-idUSL8N12Q3SZ201
    51026?feedType=RSS&feedName=basicMaterialsSector http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2015/1027/Archaeologists-in-Greece-unearth-magnific
    ent-3-500-year-old-tomb http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/10/151027-pylos-greece-warrior-grave-mycena
    ean-archaeology/ http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/10/28/is-this-the-ancestor-of-a-homeric-hero.h
    tml http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/heres-what-was-inside-griffin-warriors-grav
    e-180957063/ http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3291134/Ancient-warrior-s-tomb-laid-untouched-3-
    500-years-discovered-Greece-alongside-huge-hoard-treasure-including-gold-jewellery-si
    gnet-rings.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490 http://greece.greekreporter.com/2015/10/27/warrior-tomb-treasure-intact-for-3500-years-u
    nearthed-in-greece/ http://neoskosmos.com/news/en/Unlooted-tomb-in-Pylos-a-stunning-discovery-griffin-war
    rior http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/10/27/excavated-warrior-tom
    b-with-unparalleled-riches-prompts-new-consideration-of-ancient-greek-history/ http://www.latimes.com/world/europe/la-fg-warriors-grave-greece-20151026-htmlstory.ht
    ml

    ... and hot on the heels of that the announcement of the find of 22 ancient (for the most
    part) shipwrecks off the coast of Fourni:

    http://www.livescience.com/52604-22-ancient-shipwrecks-near-greek-island.html http://news.discovery.com/history/archaeology/22-shipwrecks-found-in-single-greek-locat
    ion-in-greece-151028.htm http://greece.greekreporter.com/2015/10/29/22-shipwrecks-discovered-in-greek-archipela
    go/ http://news.yahoo.com/22-ancient-shipwrecks-discovered-near-greek-island-093121931.h
    tml http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/shipwreck-graveyard-has-been-found-gr
    eek-archipelago-180957091/ http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-3298012/Now-S-hidden-treasure-ha
    ul-22-shipwrecks-discovered-one-spot-coast-Greece.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/10/30/amazing-discovery-o
    f-22-shipwrecks-off-greece-offers-wondrous-of-ancient-life/?tid=pm_national_pop_b

    Roman/Byzantine warehouse remains at Dreamer's Bay (Cyprus):

    http://cyprus-mail.com/2015/10/30/dreamers-bay-dig-finds-ancient-harbour-warehouse/
    http://famagusta-gazette.com/team-of-archaeologists-work-at-ancient-harbour-in-cyprus-p
    30501-69.htm

    The Southwell 'Roman Villa' site was saved from development:

    http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-34668362

    What James Bradley Wells is up to:

    http://www.depauw.edu/news-media/latest-news/details/31995/

    What Peter Meineck is up to:

    http://thecollegevoice.org/2015/10/28/classics-scholar-brings-ancient-theater-forming-con
    nections-between-neuroscience-history-and-theater/

    What Debbie Felton is up to:

    http://www.umass.edu/newsoffice/article/spooks-monsters-killers-umass-amherst


    What Joan Breton Connelly is up to:

    http://samfordcrimson.com/?p=7459

    Honours for Tara Welch:

    http://news.ku.edu/2015/10/24/tara-welch-receives-hope-award

    The Dallas Museum of Art acquired a Herakles head:

    http://www.artfixdaily.com/artwire/release/5161-dallas-museum-of-art-acquires-1st-centur
    y-roman-head-of-herakles

    Lessons from some dead Romans:

    http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/commentandblogs/2015/10/27/ten-ancient-romans-we-co
    uld-all-learn-from/ Pondering Plato:

    http://addisonindependent.com/201509plato-justice-and-perfecting-soul

    Grand Valley State University had a Homerathon:

    http://www.lanthorn.com/article/2015/10/keeping-homer-alive

    In case you missed ABBA songs in ancient Greek:

    http://au.greekreporter.com/2015/10/28/new-zealand-students-sing-abba-in-ancient-greek
    -video/

    Reviews of Tom Holland, *Dynasty*:

    http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e9bea9ee-7c97-11e5-98fb-5a6d4728f74e.html http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/oct/29/dynasty-tom-holland-rome-review

    Reviews of Robert Harris, *Dictator*:

    http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/oct/29/dictator-by-robert-harris-review-finale

    Interviewish with Mary Beard about SPQR:

    http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/features/professor-mary-beard-tal
    ks-about-her-new-history-of-ancient-rome-book-a6706337.html

    ... and review:

    http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/oct/28/spqr-history-ancient-rome-mary-beard

    More on Pompeii needing some sort of spending push:

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/italy/11955699/Pompeii-in-race-again
    st-time-to-spend-EU-funds-after-years-of-mismanagement.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/pompeii-must-spend-remainder-
    of-105m-renovation-fund-by-end-of-year-or-lose-access-to-the-money-a6708331.html
    http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/10/25/us-italy-pompeii-idUSKCN0SJ07B20151025?fe
    edType=RSS&feedName=lifestyleMolt

    -----
    Latest reviews from BMCR:

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

    Visit our blog:

    http://rogueclassicism.com/ ================================================================
    EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland) ================================================================
    A 6000 years b.p. 'eco home' near Stonehenge:

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-34659000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/prehistoric-eco-house-1300-yea
    rs-older-than-stonehenge-discovered-by-archaeologists-a6712716.html http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/oct/29/archaeologists-discover-mesolithic-eco
    -home-near-stonehenge

    ... and they're still talking about the Stonehenge tunnel plan:

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-34648523

    ... and I think we mentioned these Stonehenge 'barbecues':

    http://www.livescience.com/52596-stonehenge-builders-hosted-barbecues.html

    There was also some Neolithic feasting going on at Drumclog:

    http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/10/2015/ early-neolithic-feasting-rituals

    Saxon finds from near Leighton Buzzard:

    http://www.leightonbuzzardonline.co.uk/news/local-news/excavation-unearths-rare-saxon
    -finds-1-7034455

    A Danish metal detectorist came across some Viking items:

    http://cphpost.dk/news/amateur-archaeologist-finds-viking-treasure-on-danish-island.html
    http://theweek.com/speedreads/585999/amateur-archaeologist-discovers-viking-treasure
    -buried-sand

    A 700 years b.p. (maybe) ring find:

    http://www.gazetteherald.co.uk/news/13900624.Gold_ring_discovered_in_Ryedale_coul
    d_be_700_years_old/

    Latest finds from Hereford Cathedral:

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hereford-worcester-34641594

    Feature on France's royal deaths:

    http://www.dw.com/en/adieu-louis-frances-royal-deaths/g-18807590

    Very interesting house for sale:

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/earth/environment/conservation/11963955/Yours-for-2.1
    m-9th-century-manor-house-that-is-fit-for-a-king-or-several.html

    More on hikers finding a Viking sword in Norway:

    http://theartnewspaper.com/news/conservation/160823/ http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/28/hiker-stumbles-upon-extraordinary-milleni
    a-old-viking-sword

    -----
    Archaeology in Europe Blog:

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

    ================================================================
    ASIA AND THE SOUTH PACIFIC ================================================================
    Earthworks in Kazakhstan were back in the news (and very badly reported on ... expect
    some better coverage next week):

    http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/03/science/nasa-adds-to-evidence-of-mysterious-ancien
    t-earthworks.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3297282/Mystery-ancient-patterns-Kazakh
    stan-Space-images-reveal-remarkable-structures-including-cross-swastika.html http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a18019/nasa-contributes-satellite-images-to-h
    elp-study-ancient-earthworks/

    Strange headline on a report of a 2500 years b.p. female warrior burial find in Siberia:

    http://siberiantimes.com/science/casestudy/features/f0175-2500-year-old-female-siberia
    n-warrior-is-beheaded-by-excavator/

    -----

    Southeast Asian Archaeology Newsblog:

    http://www.southeastasianarchaeology.com/

    New Zealand Archaeology eNews:

    http://nzarchaeology.blogspot.co.nz/index.html ================================================================
    NORTH AMERICA
    ================================================================
    Mississippian influence on the Fort Ancient culture:

    http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/science/2015/10/25/1-did-missionaries-influence
    -earliest-ohioans.html

    Very interesting structures from Homolovi State Park:

    http://www.paysonroundup.com/news/2015/oct/28/mystery-wrapped-enigma/

    Evidence of human sacrifice from Wisconsin (!):

    http://www.smithsonianmag.com/videos/category/history/in-wisconsin-evidence-of-huma
    n-sacrifice/

    A bison kill site in South Dakota:

    http://www.capjournal.com/news/archaeologist-ree-heights-bone-site-marks-ancient-hunt
    ers-bison-kill/article_ed36549c-7c5a-11e5-8c64-3bb058d7bab3.html

    Also from South Dakota ... a rescue dig finds assorted Native American items:

    http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/nov/1/archaeologists-excavate-campground
    -before-road-con/

    Looking for Acadian sites in Grand Pre:

    http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/acadian-church-1.3290859

    Confederate graves in Kentucky:

    http://www.newschannel5.com/news/local-news/archeological-dig-finds-dozens-of-confed
    erate-graves

    19th century remains from a dig in Fredericton:

    http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/carleton-park-archeological-find-1.329493
    3?cmp=rss

    Talking about preserving/restoring the Alamo:

    http://newsdaily.com/2015/10/remember-the-alamo-because-its-getting-a-facelift/

    Interesting photo of Ulysses S. Grant:

    http://www.npr.org/sections/npr-history-dept/2015/10/27/452089384/a-very-weird-photo-of
    -ulysses-s-grant

    Feature on the houses of 'other presidents':

    http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/01/arts/design/beyond-monticello-and-mount-vernon-the
    -other-presidents-houses.html

    A native American language (Chocktaw) project:

    http://ygsna.sites.yale.edu/news/native-american-language-project-expands-indigenous-l
    anguage-instruction

    Review of Schiff, *Witches of Salem*:

    http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/01/books/review/the-witches-salem-1692-by-stacy-schiff
    .html http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/26/books/stacy-schiffs-the-witches-shines-a-torch-on-sa
    lem-trials.html

    ================================================================
    CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA ================================================================
    I think we mentioned this Inca child sacrifice site:

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3289698/The-Inca-shrine-CHILDREN-sacrif
    iced-Human-remains-caves-offerings-gods-times-extreme-weather.html

    More Inca finds from Cuzco:

    http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/entertainment/2015/10/27/archaeologists-make-new-disc
    overies-at-site-in-peru/

    What we're learning about the Maya working class:

    http://phys.org/news/2015-10-temples-ancient-bones-reveal-mayan.html http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2015-10/uof-btt102915.php http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/fossils_ruins/archaeology/~3/us01HbDdDp
    Y/151029141225.htm


    Amazonian natives had little impact on the land, apparently:

    http://phys.org/news/2015-10-amazonian-natives-impact.html

    Feature on the Nazca lines:

    http://www.latimes.com/travel/la-tr-d-nazca-lines-main-20151101-story.html

    ... and Maria Reiche's work there:

    http://www.latimes.com/travel/la-tr-d-nazca-lines-reiche-20151101-story.html

    On Mexico's Day of the Dead:

    http://blog.britishmuseum.org/2015/10/30/the-spirit-of-mexicos-day-of-the-dead/

    -----
    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 ================================================================
    Now we're blaming megafauna (especially mammoth) extinction on a mineral deficiency:

    http://phys.org/news/2015-10-mammoths-declined-due-mineral-starvation.html

    ... then again:

    http://phys.org/news/2015-10-human-role-extinction-mammoths-mammals.html http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2015-10/uow-rbh102315.php http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/10/2015/humans-played-major-role-in
    -demise-of-ancient-mammals

    Rethinking the development of agriculture:

    https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22830450-700-the-real-first-farmers-how-agricult
    ure-was-a-global-invention/

    On manipulative auction house strategies:

    http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/01/arts/design/how-auction-houses-orchestrate-sales-fo
    r-maximum-drama.html

    On Strauss' mountain climb:

    http://www.npr.org/sections/deceptivecadence/2015/10/28/452581472/richard-strauss-mu
    sical-mountain-climb

    Delaware's tax laws seem amenable to collectors:

    http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/26/arts/design/art-collectors-find-safe-harbor-in-delawar
    es-tax-laws.html

    On the history of gossip:

    http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2015/10/27/452051265/gossip-girls-tea-parties-and-th
    e-sexist-slang-they-inspired

    On hunter-gatherers:

    http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/27/science/nothing-simple-about-hunter-gatherer-societi
    es.html

    ... and eating red meat (response to the UN's thing last week):

    http://news.discovery.com/human/evolution/didnt-our-ancestors-eat-red-meat-151026.ht
    m

    Russia is now planning to exhume Nicholas:

    http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/27/russia-to-exhume-murdered-tsars-father-to
    -solve-riddle-of-slain-royal-children

    Some 800 years b.p. seeds sprouted:

    http://www.mnn.com/your-home/organic-farming-gardening/blogs/students-revive-extinct-
    squash-800-year-old-seeds

    On Dresden's Church of Our Lady:

    http://www.dw.com/en/turbulent-history-dresdens-church-of-our-lady/a-18814528

    Russian and the UK are going to do some portrait swapping:

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3296341/Shakespeare-Dickens-Chekhov-Dostoev
    sky-UK-Russia-swap-portraits-cultural-heavyweights-unprecedented-cultural-exchange.ht
    ml http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/news/chekhov-and-dostoevsky-portr
    aits-to-be-displayed-in-uk-in-unprecedented-cultural-exchange-with-a6714086.html

    The place where the Black Death ended (maybe):

    http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20151026-the-sleepy-village-that-stopped-the-black-deat
    h

    On evil old women in fairy tales:

    http://www.npr.org/2015/10/28/450657717/why-are-old-women-often-the-face-of-evil-in-fair
    y-tales-and-folklore

    Assorted Hallowe'en related items:

    http://www.forbes.com/sites/kristinakillgrove/2015/10/31/how-the-romans-gave-us-bones-
    of-the-dead-cookies-for-halloween/
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/guides/zpbq6fr http://www.livescience.com/52648-mythical-halloween-monsters-origins.html http://www.npr.org/sections/npr-history-dept/2015/10/30/453135085/halloweens-past-wac
    ky-pranks-with-wagons

    Interview with Stacy Schiff:

    http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/25/books/review/stacy-schiff-by-the-book.html

    Archaeology Podcast Network:

    http://www.archaeologypodcastnetwork.com/archyfantasies/ ================================================================
    MUSEUM MATTERS
    ================================================================
    Faith After the Pharaohs:

    http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2015/oct/27/egypt-faith-after-the-pharaohs-revi
    ew-british-museum http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2015/oct/30/ancient-egypt-faith-after-the-phara
    ohs http://www.telegraph.co.uk/art/what-to-see/egypt-faith-after-the-pharoahs--british-museum
    -review/
    http://www.artdaily.org/index. asp?int_sec=11&int_new=82506 http://news.yahoo.com/worlds-oldest-bible-show-british-museum-tracks-egypts-11555757
    9.html

    ... nice backgrounder:

    http://www.thenational.ae/arts-life/the-review/solomon-schechter-and-the-lost-years-of-eg
    ypt

    Ancient Egypt Transformed:

    http://www.apollo-magazine.com/the-metropolitan-museum-wants-to-transform-our-view-o
    f-ancient-egypt/

    Mummymania:

    http://theconversation.com/mummies-have-had-a-bad-wrap-its-time-for-a-reassessment-4
    8729

    Celts:

    http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/27/arts/international/cultures-of-the-celts-revisited.html
    http://blog.britishmuseum.org/2015/10/27/discovering-hidden-celtic-creatures/

    Pozzuoli:

    http://www.ansamed.info/ansamed/en/news/sections/culture/2015/10/26/exhibition-bring
    s-ancient-pozzuoli-near-naples-to-life_8489386f-7f3b-42c2-a095-086adfed3924.html

    Ed-Dur:

    https://en-maktoob.news.yahoo.com/two-ancient-uae-towns-linked-global-trade-04361311
    4.html

    Class Distinctions:

    http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/01/arts/design/class-distinctions-a-boston-show-highlig
    hts-social-divisions-in-17th-century-dutch-life.html

    Food in the Middle Ages and Renaissance:

    http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/01/arts/design/at-the-getty-museum-outrageous-menus-
    of-centuries-past.html

    Vermeer:

    http://www.npr.org/2015/10/29/448890125/vermeers-woman-in-blue-returns-to-d-c-hoping-
    for-better-luck-this-time

    The British Museum is planning to charge foreign tourists:

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3298813/Cash-strapped-British-Museum-plans-n
    ew-entry-fee-foreign-tour-groups.html

    They're renovating the Rodin Museum:

    http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/31/arts/design/recasting-rodins-life-and-work.html

    ================================================================
    THE TECHY SIDE
    ================================================================
    The synchrotron looks like it will have positive applications:

    http://eandt.theiet.org/news/2015/oct/synchrotron-archaeology.cfm

    ================================================================
    ON THE DNA FRONT ================================================================
    DNA from some 11 500 years b.p. child burials from Alaska is revealing things about the
    peopling of the Americas:

    http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/27/science/dna-of-ancient-children-offers-clues-on-how-
    people-settled-the-americas.html?_r=0 http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2015/1027/What-ancient-babies-reveal-about-ice-age-
    Americans-travels http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/10/2015/ancient-dna-from-alaskan-ba
    bies-provides-clues-to-peopling-of-americas http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3290710/First-humans-Northern-North-Ame
    rica-11-500-year-old-baby-fossils-humans-paused-spread-globe.html http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/fossils_ruins/archaeology/~3/Fs71U-ZmSn
    w/151026171748.htm http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2015-10/uou-abb102015.php http://phys.org/news/2015-10-ancient-babies-boost-bering-bridge.html http://www.sltrib.com/home/3095008-155/utah-genetics-research-links-ancient-babies?ful
    lpage=1

    DNA suggests some interesting breeding of cattle by Neolithic farmer types:

    http://phys.org/news/2015-10-ancient-wild-ox-genome-reveals.html

    More on DNA telling us about the antiquity of the plague:

    http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/23/science/in-ancient-dna-evidence-of-plague-much-earl
    ier-than-previously-known.html http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/10/2015/ancestral-plague-predomina
    ntly-spread-by-human-to-human-contact http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=11&int_new=82487

    More on DNA and the Shroud of Turin:

    http://www.livescience.com/52567-shroud-of-turin-dna.html


    Dienekes' Anthropology Blog:

    http://dienekes.blogspot.ca/ ================================================================
    TOURISTY THINGS ================================================================
    Sedlec Ossuary:

    http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20151027-the-church-of-40000-corpses

    Berlin cemeteries:

    http://www.dw.com/en/rip-berlin-face-your-ghosts-and-tour-the-citys-cemeteries/ a-18758516

    Ancient Ireland:

    http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20151026-discover-irelands-most-ancient-secrets

    Roman sites:

    https://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/travel/a/29891710/ancient-roman-empires-essence/

    Hadrian's Wall:

    http://www.cumbriacrack.com/2015/10/26/discover-hadrians-wall-this-winter/

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

    http://www.anonymousswisscollector.com/2015/10/culture-crime-news-19-25-october-201
    5.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/ ================================================================
    NUMISMATICA
    ================================================================
    Latest e-Sylum:

    http://www.coinbooks.org/club_nbs_esylum_v18n43.html

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

    http://www.coinbooks.org/club_nbs_esylum_v18n44.html


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

    http://ancientcoincollecting.blogspot.com/

    Ancient Coins:

    http://classicalcoins.blogspot.com/

    Coin Week:

    http://www.coinweek.com/ ================================================================
    PERFORMANCES AND THEATRE-RELATED ================================================================
    Therese Raquin:

    http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/30/theater/review-in-therese-raquin-keira-knightley-as-a-
    baleful-adulteress.html

    Heneral Luna:

    http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/30/movies/review-heneral-luna-is-a-patriotic-biopic-that-
    aspires-to-epicness.html

    Witches of America:

    http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/01/books/review/witches-of-america-by-alex-mar.html

    Hamilton:

    http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/27/theater/students-will-get-tickets-to-hamilton-with-its-h
    ip-hop-infused-history.html

    Heretical Angels:

    http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/27/arts/music/review-katarina-livljanics-heretical-angel
    s-contemplates-mortality.html

    Art of Fugue:

    http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/30/arts/music/review-angela-hewitt-decodes-bachs-the-
    art-of-fugue.html


    ================================================================
    OBITUARIES
    ================================================================
    Lisa Jardine:

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/11955153/Lisa-Jardine-historian-obituary.htm
    l http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/newsreview/theweek/obituaries/article1626459.ece
    ?CMP=OTH-gnws-standard-2015_10_31

    J.K. Anderson:

    http://www.classics.berkeley.edu/about/news/memoriam-j-k-anderson-jan-3-1924-oct-13-2
    015

    V.N. Misra:

    http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/pune/world-renowned-archaeologist-prof-vn-misra-
    passes-away/ http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/archaeologist-virendra-nath-misra-p
    asses-away/article7827537.ece

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

    http://www.archaeologychannel.org/news-from-tac/audio-news-from-archaeologica/ 2314-audio-news-from-archaeologica-18-oct-24-oct-2015

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