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EARLY HOMINIDS
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On homo sapiens' early adaptation to the rain forest environment in
South Asia:

https://phys.org/news/2018-09-secrets-early-human-ancestors-african.html


Some humour from the Onion:

https://www.theonion.com/evolution-definitively-proven-as-scientists-cap ture-fir-1828752402 ================================================================
AFRICA
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More on nomadic herders' legacy in Africa:

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/.premium.MAGAZINE-wildlife-hot-spots -in-kenya-arose-where-prehistoric-nomads-camped-1.6435626 ================================================================
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Remains of a Neolithic village at Tell el-Samara:

https://phys.org/news/2018-09-secrets-early-human-ancestors-african.html https://www.egyptindependent.com/oldest-neolithic-village-in-egypts-nile -delta-uncovered/ https://dailynewsegypt.com/2018/09/03/rare-neolithic-era-village-discove red-in-dakahlia/ https://egyptianstreets.com/2018/09/03/older-than-pharaohs-archaeologist s-unearth-5000-year-old-village/ https://www.livescience.com/63509-ancient-egyptian-village-predates-phar aohs.html
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-egypt-archaeology-discovery/ archeologists-find-neolithic-remains-in-nile-delta-idUSKCN1LI0OZ https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/ancient-egyptian-village-found-nile-d elta-predated-pharaohs-archaeologists-say-n905806 https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/egypt-ancient-villa ge-nile-delta-neolithic-era-pharaoh-tel-al-samara-a8519901.html http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-09/03/c_137439525.htm https://www.news.com.au/world/breaking-news/neolithic-remains-found-in-n ile-delta/news-story/d640a41dc8f40d6fb84b1ebe5406fa0f http://www.euronews.com/2018/09/02/ancient-egyptian-village-found-nile-d elta-predated-pharaohs-archaeologists-say-n905806 https://www.newsweek.com/ancient-egypt-archaeologists-unearth-neolithic- village-two-thousand-years-1101767 http://www.archaeology.org/news/6942-180904-egypt-neolithic-farming

A 'rocky' necropolis find at Lisht (we may have mentioned this one;
dating still isn't clear):

http://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/57159/Rocky-cemetery-uncovered-in-Li sht-area-Giza https://www.egyptindependent.com/pharaonic-cemetery-found-near-of-senuse rt-i-pyramid/ http://www.ibtimes.sg/egypt-archaeology-stone-cemetery-discovered-near-p yramid-king-senusert-i-27291 http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-09/05/c_137447506.htm https://www.albawaba.com/editorchoice/egyptian-diggers-discover-new-phar aonic-cemetery-1182568 http://www.archaeology.org/news/6947-180905-egypt-lisht-tombs

The big news this week (of course) was the fire at the Museum in
Brazil; Egypt was concerned for Egyptian artifacts there:

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/310814/Egypt/Politics-/ Egypt-expresses-great-sorrow-for-loss-to-world-her.aspx http://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/57068/Antiquities-Ministry-seeks-tru th-on-status-of-Egyptian-artifacts-at https://egyptianstreets.com/2018/09/03/hundreds-of-ancient-egyptian-anti quities-feared-destroyed-in-brazil-museum-fire/ https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20180904-egypt-seeks-detailed-report-o n-artifacts-at-brazils-burnt-museum/ https://www.albawaba.com/editorchoice/700-egyptian-artifacts-face-uncert ain-fate-after-brazil-museum-went-flames-1181324 https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/article217918915.html https://dailynewsegypt.com/2018/09/05/egypt-concerned-over-damaged-brazi l-museum-monuments-due-to-fire-offers-assistance/

... and eventually we heard some specifics:

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/311017/Heritage/Ancient-Egy pt/UPDATED-piece-Egyptian-collection-at-Brazils-Natio.aspx http://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/57213/Preliminary-report-700-Egyptia n-artifacts-destroyed-in-Brazil-museum-fire http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-09/07/c_137450404.htm

[more on the fire in the Classics section and the Museum section]

Egypt has opened a 6th dynasty tomb to tourists:

http://www.egypttoday.com/Article/1/57305/Egypt-opens-tomb-dating-back-t o-6th-dynasty-for-tourists http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/311129/Heritage/Ancient-Egy pt/Egypt-inaugurates-tomb-of-sixth-dynasty-Vizier-Meh.aspx https://egyptianstreets.com/2018/09/09/egypt-opens-old-kingdom-tomb-to-p ublic-for-the-first-time/

Remains of a 2500 years bp Persian palace in Turkey:

https://www.dailysabah.com/history/2018/09/07/2500-year-old-persian-pala ce-found-at-turkeys-oluz-mound

A pile of Hellenistic seal impressions from Maresha:

http://huc.edu/news/2018/09/04/hundreds-hellenistic-period-seal-impressi ons-discovered-maresha-israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/1020-untouched-clay-sealings-discovered-af ter-two-millennia-in-hidden-cave/

There's been some underwater surveying going on off the coast of Israel
in anticipation of the Leviathan pipeline project:

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-archaeology-israel-natgas/under-the-s ea-antiquities-make-way-for-israels-leviathan-pipeline-idUSKCN1LM1IR http://www.israelhayom.com/2018/09/07/underwater-antiquities-make-way-fo r-israels-leviathan-pipeline/ https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/israeli-archaeologists-protect-an-anci ent-ports-treasures-from-pipeline-construction

Remains of a 1000 years bp mosque near Al Ain (UAE):

https://www.thenational.ae/uae/heritage/archaeologists-uncover-uae-s-ear liest-mosque-at-al-ain-site-1.768052 https://www.khaleejtimes.com/news/general/photos-1000-year-old-mosque-di scovered-in-uae https://gulfnews.com/news/uae/government/uae-s-earliest-mosque-found-in- al-ain-1.2275856 http://www.gulftoday.ae/portal/96be62c1-1689-4ff6-a22f-1fa8547d133a.aspx

Feature on the pomegranate in the ANE:

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/.premium.MAGAZINE-before-judaism-the -8-000-year-old-history-of-pomegranate-reverence-1.6461970

Feature on Babylonian beer:

https://cosmosmagazine.com/archaeology/new-findings-confirm-that-bronze- age-babylonians-really-loved-beer ================================================================
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A farmer found a pair of Minoan burials on Crete (I think we mentioned
this one):

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/greek-farmer-stumbles-3400-yea r-old-tomb-hidden-below-his-olive-grove-180970197/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/kristinakillgrove/2018/08/24/spectacular-sk eletons-unearthed-from-bronze-age-chamber-tomb-on-crete/#67cca39d547c

An just to confuse the issue, another pair of Minoan burials were found
in Siteia (also Crete):

https://greece.greekreporter.com/2018/09/02/archaeological-excavation-un covers-two-grave-sites-from-the-middle-minoan-in-ne-crete/ http://www.tornosnews.gr/en/greek-news/culture/32419-two-rich-burials-di scovered-in-excavations-at-petras-cemetery-on-crete-island.html https://www.archaeology.org/news/6948-180906-crete-petras-burials

Not sure if we've mentioned this Minoan palace from Zorinthos:

https://greece.greekreporter.com/2018/09/07/more-details-of-minoan-palac e-found-in-crete-come-to-light/

Results of this year's dig on Kythnos:

https://greece.greekreporter.com/2018/09/04/greeces-new-archaeological-d iscovery-the-ancient-city-of-kythnos-photos/ https://www.argophilia.com/news/archaeologists-make-stunning-new-discove ries-on-kythnos/220935/ https://greekcitytimes.com/2018/09/05/stunning-new-archaeological-discov ery-made-on-kythnos-island/

Interesting Roman statue head from Pleven:

https://www.novinite.com/articles/191938/Unique+Find%3A+Roman+Statue+Hea d+Found+at+Excavations+near+Pleven http://www.archaeology.org/news/6941-180904-bulgaria-roman-head

A Roman mosaic from ancient Aventicum (Switzerland):

https://www.thelocal.ch/20180906/richly-decorated-roman-mosaic-uncovered -during-swiss-building-works

We're just beginning to get word in English of this coin hoard find in
the theatre of Como:

https://www.france24.com/en/20180908-roman-gold-coins-discovered-italian -theatre

A gladiator relief from Nicopolis ad Istrum:

http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2018/09/06/ancient-relief-with-gladiato r-fight-discovered-in-roman-city-of-nicopolis-ad-istrum-near-bulgarias-v eliko-tarnovo/

An interesting 'bird basin' from the Netherlands:

https://www.dutchnews.nl/news/2018/09/bird-basin-is-unique-find-could-ch ange-ideas-about-romans-in-nl/ https://www.archaeology.org/news/6944-180904-netherlands-roman-basin

Somewhat shocking account of the fate of a Roman fountain in
Colchester:

http://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/16690454.council-admits-disposing-of- roman-relic-12-years-on/ https://inews.co.uk/news/ancient-roman-ruin-left-to-disintegrate-by-coun cil-who-left-it-outside/ https://www.localgov.co.uk/Council-disposed-of-ancient-Roman-artefact/
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A set of frescoes from Pompeii were victims of the fire at the Brazil
Museum:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-09-03/brazil-museum-fire-destroys-collec tion/10195034 https://nationalpost.com/news/world/they-survived-pompeiis-explosion-but -these-historical-treasures-are-now-feared-lost-in-rios-flames

A data base for studying Isis worship on the Iberian peninsula:

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/09/180904114759.htm

We've heard about this Roman basilica in an Iznik lake ... there might
be a pagan temple beneath:

https://www.livescience.com/63498-ancient-church-hidden-in-turkey-lake.h
tml
https://www.livescience.com/63496-ancient-basilica-turkey-photos.html https://www.iflscience.com/environment/a-giant-artifact-from-the-ancient -world-has-been-lurking-in-this-lake-for-centuries/

Interesting study of a Roman watermill:

http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/09/ancient-roman-watermill-hides-clu es-workers-took-few-months

A nice intro to Pompeii:

https://smarthistory.org/pompeii-an-introduction/

On invective in Roman politics:

https://www.livescience.com/63473-insults-politics-ancient-rome.html

On Roman soldiers' 'energy' drink:

https://qz.com/quartzy/1372506/posca/

On the labyrinth not really ever existing:

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/minotaur-s-labyrinth-was-always-just- a-myth-says-scholar-7rc6bgl02

On the Elgin/Parthenon marbles being 'fake' (I'll be blogging on this
one next week):

https://greekcitytimes.com/2018/09/06/british-art-historian-calls-stolen -parthenon-sculptures-fake/ https://eu.greekreporter.com/2018/09/06/british-historian-claims-elgin-m arbles-are-fakes/

On Brexit and the Elgin/Parthenon marbles:

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/long_reads/elgin-marbles-parthenon-sc ulptures-ancient-greece-british-museum-brexit-a8520406.html

Interview with Mary Beard:

http://time.com/5385434/mary-beard-interview-civilisations/

Applying network analysis in a hamfisted sort of way to the Odyssey:

http://theconversation.com/how-we-showed-homers-odyssey-is-not-pure-fict ion-with-a-little-help-from-facebook-102302

cf: https://www.forbes.com/sites/matthewgabriele/2018/09/05/ facebook-homers-odyssey/

Teaching ancient art in the #metoo era:

https://hyperallergic.com/456269/how-to-teach-ancient-art-in-the-age-of-
metoo/

On how Eratosthenes figured out the world was round:

https://greece.greekreporter.com/2018/09/05/how-the-greeks-knew-that-the -earth-was-round-2500-years-ago/

On some influential Roman women:

https://www.historyextra.com/period/roman/leading-women-ancient-rome-liv ia-octavia-agrippina-messalina/

Review of *The Silence of the Girls*:

https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/books/book-reviews/feminist-ret elling-of-homers-classic-breaks-the-silence-of-troys-women-37268629.html https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-45368271 https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/revisiting-the-iliad- from-the-womens-perspective/2018/09/06/3e4365b8-aafd-11e8-a8d7-0f63ab8b1 370_story.html

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A Paleolithic mammoth kill site from Austria:

https://metro.co.uk/2018/09/07/grisly-ancient-stone-age-woolly-mammoth-k ill-site-discovered-7922563/ https://www.archaeology.org/news/6954-180907-austria-mammoth-tusk

Evidence of 7200 years bp cheese from a pot from Croatia:

https://phys.org/news/2018-09-earliest-mediterranean-cheese-production-r evealed.html
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-09/p-emc082818.php https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/09/180905142048.htm https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-45408848 https://www.livescience.com/63500-ancient-cheese-mediterranean.html https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/09/06/scientists-find-evidence-700 0-year-old-cheese-neolithic-villages/ https://www.zmescience.com/science/archaeology/early-mediterranean-chees e-05092018/ https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2018/09/news-7200-year-old-ch eese-ancient-food-chemistry/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/traces-7200-year-old-cheese-fo und-croatia-180970224/ http://www.archaeology.org/news/6946-180905-croatia-neolithic-cheese

Feature/update on the Bronze Age Varhegy site:

https://spectator.sme.sk/c/20904013/archaeological-site-reveals-life-in- the-bronze-age.html

A 14th century coin hoard from the Kaliakra Fortress:

http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2018/09/03/decline-of-bulgarian-byzanti ne-empires-before-ottoman-conquest-revealed-by-tatar-plunder-treasure-po t-from-black-sea-fortress-kaliakra/ https://www.archaeology.org/news/6953-180907-bulgaria-coin-hoard

A detectorist find from 2016 has been declared treasure:

https://www.devonlive.com/news/detectorist-discovers-treasure-east-devon -1967853

Drought conditions have also revealed sites in Denmark:

http://cphpost.dk/news/warm-summer-helping-the-flying-archaeologists-to- identify-ancient-settlements.html

... and we're still hearing from the UK on that score:

https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/local-hubs/bridgnorth/much-wenlock/ 2018/09/04/how-shropshires-hidden-history-has-been-uncovered-by-the-long -hot-summer/

Not sure if we mentioned this medieval board game find from a Russian
castle:

https://www.newsweek.com/medieval-russia-ancient-board-game-discovered-s ecret-castle-chamber-1108818

Access to a 2400 years bp site in Jumilla has been improved:

https://murciatoday.com/improved-access-to-2400_year_old-archaeological- site-in-jumilla_634843-a.html

Plans to restore a gothic cellar site in Paris:

https://fr.aleteia.org/2018/09/06/a-paris-le-cellier-gothique-des-abbes- dourscamp-va-etre-restaure/

A WWI training trench from Spike Island:

https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/spike-island-dig-unco vers-first-world-war-training-trench-867272.html http://www.archaeology.org/news/6952-180907-ireland-training-trench

Remembering the sinking of the Princess Alice:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-44800309

Feature on Colonel Blood:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/podcasts/retropod/colonel-blood-the-scoun drel-who-tried-to-steal-great-britains-crown-jewels-1/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/retropolis/wp/2018/08/01/swedens-cro wn-jewel-heist-isnt-historys-craziest-ask-the-brits-about-colonel-blood/

Reviewish piece on Peter Bogucki, *Barbarians*:

https://phys.org/news/2018-09-ancient-clues-voice-silent-cultures.html

More on Sicilian amber in Europe:

https://phys.org/news/2018-08-sicilian-amber-western-europe-pre-dates.ht
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https://cosmosmagazine.com/archaeology/prehistoric-sicily-was-an-early-s ource-of-amber

What Anglo Saxon teeth reveal about modern health:

https://phys.org/news/2018-09-anglo-saxon-teeth-modern-health.html

More on hidden tunnels at Culzean Castle:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/hidden-medieval-door-leading-s mugglers-caves-discovered-underneath-scottish-castle-180970172/

More on 'hunger stones' appearing as water levels decrease:

http://mentalfloss.com/article/555669/hunger-stones-bearing-ominous-mess ages-have-resurfaced-drought-stricken-europe

More on Shakespearean theatres reopening:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/remains-one-first-theaters-per form-shakespeares-plays-will-open-public-after-400-years-180970188/
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I think we mentioned this Ming Dynasty grotto from Shaanxi:

https://news.cgtn.com/news/3d3d674d3249544f79457a6333566d54/share.html

French and Afghan archaeologists are working at Ghonghola:

https://menafn.com/1097377990/Afghan-French-archeologists-doing-research -on-Ghoghola

Feature on Nur Jahan:

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-45319055

Replicating a Maori sail:

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/northern-advocate/news/article.cfm?c_id=15034 50&objectid=12120904

On Maori oral traditions about moas:

https://theconversation.com/dead-as-the-moa-oral-traditions-show-that-ea rly-maori-recognised-extinction-101738 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/oral-history-suggests-maori-pr overbs-bird-extinction-mirrored-fears-indigenous-groups-own-decline-1809
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Southeast Asian Archaeology Newsblog:

http://www.southeastasianarchaeology.com/

New Zealand Archaeology eNews:

https://us14.campaign-archive.com/home/?u=ddab09cab5362c9613318bd92&id=b 917a20ae5
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I think we mentioned this bone arrowhead find from the Yukon:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/arrowhead-demster-highway-archaeolo gist-yukon-1.4805547 https://www.archaeology.org/news/6943-180904-canada-bone-arrowhead

On the use of turtle shells as musical instruments in the early
southeastern US:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-09/fsu-tss090518.php https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/09/180905115706.htm https://phys.org/news/2018-09-turtle-shells-musical-instruments-indigeno us.html

... while a bunch of stone artifacts from Colorado may have been
percussion instruments:

https://www.9news.com/article/news/local/stone-artifacts-could-be-colora dos-oldest-percussion-instruments/73-590995639 http://www.archaeology.org/news/6945-180905-colorado-percussion-instrume
nt

Studying 1000 years bp bones from Frio County (Texas):

https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/txdot-archaeologists-study-thou sand-year-old-human-bones/273-592006074 https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/Ancient-remains-discovere d-in-Frio-County-13213719.php

Bones from a site in Hampton (Va) are 900 years bp:

https://www.wavy.com/news/local-news/hampton/native-american-bones-uncov ered-in-hampton-date-back-to-900-ad-archaeologists-say/1426449925 https://www.virginiafirst.com/news/native-american-bones-uncovered-in-ha mpton-date-back-to-900-ad-archaeologists-say/1427903307

Finds from various periods from a Salem site:

https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/2018/09/07/archaeology-dig-p olice-facility-site-uncovers-clues-early-salem/1197093002/

Hyping a dig at Nine Mile Canyon (Utah):

http://www.moabsunnews.com/news/article_4841ed9a-b1e8-11e8-9fee-633353c0 2a14.html

Resuming a dig at an 18th century mansion in Georgetown:

https://thedcline.org/2018/09/06/archaeologist-completes-long-stalled-ex cavation-at-1787-mansion-in-georgetown/

A cache of Klondike Gold Rush era coins from the Yukon:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/dawson-city-old-coins-1.4811814 https://www.archaeology.org/news/6949-180906-klondike-gold-rush-coins

I think we mentioned this identification of a Lake Erie shipwreck as
the Lake Serpent:

https://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2018/08/underwater_explorers_r esearch.html https://www.archaeology.org/news/6940-180831-lake-erie-shipwreck-excavat
ed

Identifying (sort of) an 18th century burial at Louisbourg from three
buttons:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/kristinakillgrove/2018/09/07/3-strange-butt ons-help-archaeologists-identify-18th-century-skeleton-as-foreign-born-s oldier/#73a1e48327bf

Studying strands of hair from Franklin expedition members is shedding
light on lead poisoning claims:

https://phys.org/news/2018-09-strands-hair-member-franklin-clues.html https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-09/mu-soh090518.php

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The Americas' oldest (probably) human remains were victims of the
Brazil Museum fire:

https://www.livescience.com/63489-brazil-museum-fire-luzia.html https://www.iflscience.com/editors-blog/brazils-museum-fire-destroyed-am ericas-oldest-human-remains-dating-back-nearly-12000-years/

Evidence of human cultivation on Brazil's coast some 4800 years bp:

https://phys.org/news/2018-09-coastal-brazil-early-farming.html https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-09/uoy-csi090318.php

Tauary burial urns from Brazil*:

https://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/Ancient-Amazonian-Funeral-Urns-Fo und-in-Brazil-Archaelogists-20180902-0005.html

Making connections between Copan and El Chorro*:

https://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/Copan-Excavations-In-Honduras-Rev eal-Royal-Connections-20180903-0017.html

Trying to touristify evidence of slavery in Barbados:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/07/travel/barbados-slavery-history.html
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http://ancient-mesoamerica-news-updates.blogspot.com/ ================================================================
OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST ================================================================
Latest botched art restoration:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/07/mary-and-jesus-given-garis h-robes-in-botched-spanish-restoration http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-45455125

I think we mentioned this discussion of the term 'Stone Age':

https://theconversation.com/australian-archaeologists-dropped-the-term-s tone-age-decades-ago-and-so-should-you-47275 https://phys.org/news/2018-08-australian-archaeologists-term-stone-age.h
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Feature on Labour Day:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/01/us/what-is-labor-day.html

Suggestion that the Mona Lisa had a thyroid issue:

https://www.cnn.com/videos/health/2018/09/07/doctor-mona-lisa-sick-mxp-v
px.hln

Some coverage of the EAA conference in Barcelona:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-09/uob-mt3090518.php

Pondering mmhmm:

https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2018/08/17/606002607/ready-for-a -linguistic-controversy-say-mhmm

Pondering what Jesus looked like:

https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-a-forensic-pilgrimage-a-scholar-asks-wh at-did-jesus-look-like/

Feature on a collector of Napoleonic items:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/07/arts/design/french-collector-napoleon -paris-biennale.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

On shoes in fairy tales:

https://theconversation.com/from-tech-to-fetish-shoes-in-fairy-tales-are -a-mark-of-status-93948

... and the recovery of Judy Garland's slippers:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-45418657

Colourizing WWI photos to try to identify some nurses:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-45418762

Feature on duels:

https://theconversation.com/pistols-at-dawn-why-theres-more-to-duelling- than-whats-seen-on-our-screens-101665

Latest thoughts on Dog Domestication:

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/?p=26946 https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/09/dog-ritual-sacrifice -ancient-siberia/569512/

An online plant database of interest:

https://www.npr.org/2018/09/02/641310268/centuries-old-plant-collection- now-online-a-treasure-trove-for-researchers

Pondering volcanoes and Waterloo:

https://www.livescience.com/63494-napoleon-defeat-waterloo-volcano.html

Pondering archaeologists' treatment of human remains:

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/crux/2018/09/07/when-is-it-ok-for-arch aeologists-to-dig-up-the-dead/

Feature on Victorian 'Magic Lanterns':

https://www.livescience.com/63508-magic-lantern-victorian-netflix.html

Review of MacGregor, *Living with the Gods*:

https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/books/living-with-the-gods-on-belie fs-and-peoples-by-neil-macgregor-review-a3929036.html ================================================================
MUSEUM MATTERS
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Coverage of the Brazil Museum fire:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/02/world/americas/national-museum-brazil -fire.html
https://elpais.com/internacional/2018/09/03/america/
1535935296_562657.html https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/03/fire-engulfs-brazil-nation al-museum-rio https://www.npr.org/2018/09/03/644284093/in-brazils-national-museum-fire -officials-fear-incalculable-loss-of-artifacts https://www.dw.com/en/fire-at-brazil-national-museum-engulfs-200-year-ol d-building/a-45329013 https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/inferno-wipes-out-90-of-brazil-museum -s-cultural-treasures-xb32q9jfd https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/02/americas/brazil-national-museum-fire-intl /index.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/firefighters-battle-fi re-at-esteemed-rio-de-janeiro-museum/2018/09/02/e7a11394-af12-11e8-8b53- 50116768e499_story.html https://www.sciencealert.com/museum-fire-brazil-museu-nacional-rio-de-ja neiro-200-years-history-scientific-collection https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-45392668 https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/rio-museum-fire-brazil -national-video-latest-de-janiero-a8520001.html https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/americas/106780963/firefighters-battle-mas sive-blaze-at-brazil-museum https://www.yahoo.com/news/fire-engulfs-national-museum-one-brazils-olde st-031514580.html
https://apnews.com/7810839883784c838189beeec7b377b9 https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2018/09/news-museu-nacional-f ire-rio-de-janeiro-natural-history/

... and things lost (in general):

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/04/science/brazil-museum-fire.html https://www.sciencealert.com/here-s-what-we-know-so-far-has-survived-the -museum-fire-in-brazil https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/09/brazil-rio-de-janeir o-museum-fire/569299/ https://phys.org/news/2018-09-national-museum-rio-relics-world.html https://phys.org/news/2018-09-survived-brazil-museum.html https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-45395774 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/04/brazil-national-museum-fir e-collection-destroyed-not-insured https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/03/brazils-national-museum-wh at-could-be-lost-in-the-fire https://elpais.com/elpais/2018/09/06/ciencia/1536224039_526308.html https://elpais.com/internacional/2018/09/03/actualidad/
1535989751_418912.html https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/cotidiano/2018/09/acabou-tudo-diz-museolog o-apos-visitar-destruido-museu-nacional-no-rio.shtml https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-06192-9 http://www.archaeology.org/news/6951-180906-brazil-museum-fire

... and there were concerns before connected to funding cuts:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/04/world/americas/brazil-museum-fire.htm l?smid=nytcore-ios-share https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/03/brazilians-mourn-museums-p riceless-collection-amid-anger-at-funding-cuts https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/cotidiano/2018/09/em-1844-diretor-do-museu -nacional-ja-se-queixava-de-condicoes-precarias-e-falta-de-recursos.shtm
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https://www.ft.com/content/44e65120-af92-11e8-8d14-6f049d06439c

... and at least one strange reaction scene:

https://www.timesunion.com/news/world/article/The-Latest-Brazilians-mour n-museum-destroyed-in-13201270.php


... and plenty of afterthoughts:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/these-are-latest-updates-brazi ls-devastating-national-museum-fire-180970232/ https://www.timesunion.com/news/world/article/Firefighters-battle-fire-a t-esteemed-Rio-de-13200666.php http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-45404310 https://www.economist.com/leaders/2018/09/08/lessons-from-the-destructio n-of-the-national-museum-of-brazil http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/crux/?p=9559 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/deadthings/?p=2863 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/artifacts-destroyed-brazil-dev astating-national-museum-fire-180970194/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/these-are-latest-updates-brazi ls-devastating-national-museum-fire-180970232/ https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/07/opinion/fire-brazil-national-museum.h
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https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/03/world/americas/brazil-museum-fire.htm l?smid=nytcore-ios-share

Animal-shaped vessels:

https://www.thehour.com/entertainment/article/Animal-themed-drinkware-sh ows-ancients-partied-in-13200009.php https://www.oaoa.com/people/entertainment/article_13b18ca8-2574-58db-9d6 c-ef4dfe56c736.html https://www.recorder.com/Animal-themed-drinkware-shows-ancients-partied- in-beast-mode-19900266

Ancient Prayer:

https://m.jpost.com/Israel-News/13th-century-prayerbook-goes-on-display- for-first-time-in-30-years-566337

Tut:

https://egyptianstreets.com/2018/09/06/king-tutankhamun-exhibition-will- move-from-los-angeles-to-paris/

Vikings:

http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/the-vikings-are-coming-star-finds-to-go-on-s how-in-norwich-castle-museum-s-new-exhibition-1-5684471

Tortoiseshell art:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/07/arts/gallery-tortoiseshell-art-naples .html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

Fontana and Anguissola:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/madrids-prado-museum-will-spot light-pioneering-duo-female-renaissance-artists-180970214/

The Louvre Abu Dhabi is delaying the reveal of the Salvator Mundi:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-45403862 https://www.timesunion.com/news/world/article/Abu-Dhabi-delays-exhibitio n-of-da-Vinci-s-13200907.php

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AT THE AUCTIONS ================================================================
More on the auction of those Titanic items:

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-08-31/bankrupt-titanic-exhi bitor-sets-biggest-sale-ever-of-ship-relics ================================================================
THE TECHY SIDE
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Identifying the bones used to make tools:

https://phys.org/news/2018-09-technology-animal-bones-ancient-tools.html


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ON THE DNA FRONT ================================================================
Interesting DNA study of some Alemannic burials found in the 1960s:

https://phys.org/news/2018-09-dna-early-medieval-alemannic-warriors.html https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/09/180905184821.htm

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