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    From david meadows@21:1/5 to All on Sun May 1 16:35:52 2016
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    explorator 190.01 May 1, 2016 ===============================================================
    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, Hernan
    Astudillo,
    Barbara Saylor Rodgers, Bob Heuman, Kris Curry, David Critchley,
    Angie Telepenko, Richard Campbell, Richard C. Griffiths, and
    Ross W. Sargent for headses upses this week (as always hoping
    I have left no one out).

    Another year of Explorator is in the books and we begin with
    apologies for last week's issue apparently not being sent out by
    Yahoo!

    Never mind that, as is my wont, I being a new volume of Explorator
    by extending my thanks to my many correspondents who lighten my
    workload a bit (some of them have been around almost since the
    beginning!) and to all of you who faithfully wait for and read
    Explorator every week!

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    EARLY HOMINIDS
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    Hominins as prey some 500 000 years bp:

    http://phys.org/news/2016-04-hominins-food-carnivores-years.html https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/04/160427164128.htm http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-04/p-hmh042216.php https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2016/04/28/ancient-human-bones-show-evidence-of-a-hungry-hyena-encounter/

    http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/04/2016/500000-years-ago-hominins-may-have-been-food-for-carnivores

    A homo erectus skull from Sangiran:

    http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2016/04/27/ancient-human-skull-discovered-in-sangiran.html


    Neanderthals weren’t picky eaters:

    http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-04/p-nau042216.php http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2016/04/29/476032883/neanderthals-were-less-picky-eaters-than-early-humans?sc=17&f=1001


    Studying early footprints:

    http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/prehistoric-ape-men-walked-like-humans-according-to-groundbreaking-research-a7000781.html


    They did a facial reconstruction on Altamura Man:

    http://news.discovery.com/history/face-of-neanderthal-altamura-man-recreated-160427.htm



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    AFRICA
    ================================================================
    That cosmic ray analysis method that was mentioned a while back (and in
    today’s Techy section) has confirmed the existence of another chamber in a Dashur pyramid:

    http://www.latercera.com/noticia/tendencias/2016/04/659-678340-9-confirman-existencia-de-una-camara-en-la-piramide-de-dahshur.shtml



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    ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT ================================================================
    The Director General of Luxor’s antiquities is suggesting that the pharaoh
    of the Exodus wasn’t Egyptian:

    http://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/Senior-Egyptian-archaeologist-Israeli-claim-that-Pharaoh-was-Egyptian-is-a-lie-452379
    http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_article.php?id=33373 http://www.jns.org/news-briefs/2016/4/26/setg6klyy9pdk0hf1g6b12h4mzdzq2 http://www.breakingisraelnews.com/66589/egyptian-archaeologist-claims-passover-storys-pharaoh-not-egyptian/
    https://www.algemeiner.com/2016/04/27/egyptian-archaeologist-claims-passover-storys-pharaoh-was-not-an-egyptian/

    Cf: http://paleojudaica.blogspot.co.il/2016_04_24_archive.html#3413140831864057864


    Feature on obelisks (wsj … may or may not work for you):

    http://www.wsj.com/articles/obscure-obelisks-of-desire-1461965487

    Things you might find in a pharaoh’s tomb:

    http://www.theguardian.com/childrens-books-site/gallery/2016/may/01/pharoahs-tomb-ancient-egypt


    Remains of a sixth millennium BCE village in Kurdistan:

    http://en.mehrnews.com/news/115674/Relics-of-ancient-six-millennia-old-village-uncovered


    A birdwatcher at Tel Dor found a 3700 years bp scarab:

    http://www.timesofisrael.com/3700-year-old-scarab-seal-found-by-birdwatcher-near-haifa/


    Some idiot high school students vandalized the citadel of Ashod:

    http://www.timesofisrael.com/teens-vandalize-ancient-citadel-for-holiday-paint-party/
    http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4796943,00.html http://www.antiquities.org.il/Article_heb.aspx?sec_id=25&subj_id=240&id=4195

    Feature on assorted Jewish diaspora kingdoms:

    http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/A-Jewish-kingdom-in-ancient-Babylon-452113

    Latest in the Temple Mount saga:

    http://www.breitbart.com/jerusalem/2016/04/25/exclusive-islam-scholar-claims-jews-fabricated-ties-temple-mount/


    Studying ibn Sina’s record of a possible supernova in 1006:

    http://phys.org/news/2016-04-ancient-text-reveals-ibn-sina.html http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/ancient-arabic-text-shines-light-massive-supernova-180958942/


    Plans to restore Akkale:

    http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/ancient-akkale-to-be-restored-.aspx?pageID=238&nid=98425


    Feature on how the Bible was written:

    http://www.haaretz.com/jewish/archaeology/.premium-1.716368

    A possible Persian side to ‘Game of Thrones’:

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2016/04/24/the-ancient-persian-god-that-may-be-at-the-heart-of-game-of-thrones/


    Palmyra is apparently 30% damaged:

    http://syriadirect.org/news/syrian-antiquities-expert-on-palmyra-visit-site-is-%E2%80%9830-damaged%E2%80%99/


    The UN/UNESCO folk tell us Palmyra is still “authentic”:

    http://artdaily.com/news/86848/Despite-damage-Palmyra-retains--authenticity---UNESCO

    http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/unesco-dont-worry-palmyra-still-authentic-180958944/
    http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=53796 http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-04-27/despite-damage-palmyra-retains-authenticity-unesco/7365314

    More hope for restoration:

    http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/apr/27/despite-isis-destruction-ancient-palmyra-in-syria-/?page=all


    More on the destruction of the gates of Nineveh:

    http://www.artforum.com/news/id=59809

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    ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS) ================================================================
    Big news this week is the discovery of a massive Roman coin hoard in
    Spain:

    http://phys.org/news/2016-04-citizen-scientists-rare-ice-industrial.html http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2016/04/29/world/europe/ap-eu-spain-roman-trove-.html

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-36172538 https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/apr/29/massive-haul-ancient-roman-coins-unearthed-spain

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/04/29/construction-workers-unearth-over-half-a-tonne-of-roman-coins-in/

    http://www.canindia.com/roman-treasure-worth-millions-of-euros-found/ http://news.nationalpost.com/news/construction-workers-in-spain-unearth-an-ancient-roman-fortune-600-kilograms-of-pristine-coins
    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3565350/Spain-Park-workers-hit-huge-Roman-coin-trove-accident.html

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/04/29/construction-workers-in-spain-unearth-huge-trove-of-ancient-roman-coins/

    https://www.rt.com/news/341324-roman-coins-spain-tons/ http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-04-29/roman-coin-cache-found-in-southern-spain/7369272
    http://www.cnn.com/2016/04/29/europe/spain-roman-coins-found/index.html http://www.thelocal.es/20160428/building-work-unearths-600kg-of-roman-coins-in-spain

    http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/spanish-ditch-diggers-unearth-1300-pounds-roman-coins-180958958/

    http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/spanish-ditch-diggers-unearth-1300-pounds-roman-coins-180958958/

    Remains of a potentially major Roman military site at Exeter:

    http://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/Discovered-massive-Roman-base-conquered-West/story-29198417-detail/story.html


    Roman kilns from Congresbury:

    http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/rare-Roman-archaeology-threaten-Congresbury/story-29186928-detail/story.html


    Interesting statue from Long Melford:

    http://www.eadt.co.uk/news/rare_statue_could_help_unearth_secrets_of_long_melford_s_roman_past_1_4509701


    Injured veterans are digging at Malton Roman fort:

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-36144601

    Plenty of press coverage for a mistranslated mosaic (we may have mentioned this):

    http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/rare-mosaic-in-turkeys-south-arouses-interest-.aspx?pageID=238&nid=98357

    http://eu.greekreporter.com/2016/04/25/archaeologists-in-turkey-discover-ancient-mosaic-with-greek-message/

    http://www.sciencealert.com/archaeologists-have-discovered-an-ancient-mosaic-skeleton-that-says-enjoy-your-life?perpetual=yes&limitstart=1

    http://www.timesofisrael.com/skeleton-on-ancient-mosaic-yolo/ https://www.inverse.com/article/14868-archaeologists-discover-ancient-skeleton-meme-mural-saying-be-cheerful-and-live-your-life


    … and even when someone notices it is wrong, they get it wrong too:

    http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/Default.aspx?pageID=238&nid=98401&NewsCatID=375


    Rushing to record finds stored in Teesdale:

    http://www.teesdalemercury.co.uk/Articles/archaeologists-race-against-time-to-record-roman-relics


    I think we mentioned this ‘lost’ bit of Hadrian’s wall at Segedunum:

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-36120237

    Feature on Franck Goddio:

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/art/what-to-see/sunken-cities-the-man-who-found-atlantis/


    Plato and Trump (sorry):

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/plato-would-have-predicted--and-been-horrified-by--trumps-rise/2016/04/26/3805cb80-0bec-11e6-a6b6-2e6de3695b0e_story.html


    Goings on in the Nimes amphitheatre:

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3558241/Roman-gladiators-return-Nimes-France-complete-bloodthirsty-battles-slave-girls-Julius-Caesar-fantastic-enactment-Nimes.html


    Reviews of Mary Beard’s *Ultimate Rome* doc:

    http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2016/apr/28/mary-beards-ultimate-rome-review-busting-myths-in-silver-hi-tops

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2016/04/27/mary-beards-ultimate-rome-empire-without-limit---through-beard-w/

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2016/04/27/mary-beard-romans-were-as-xenophobic-and-ethnocentric-as-any-peo/
    http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/entertainment/14454351.Mary_Beard_s_Roman_holiday/

    More on the Jewish catacombs in Rome opening to the public:

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-3561697/They-not-secret-anymore-ancient-Jewish-catacombs-Rome-limits-decades-finally-open-public.html


    More on that Roman villa find:

    http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/massive-roman-villa-found-british-backyard-180958821/


    More on the Phaleron burials:


    https://asunow.asu.edu/20160426-discoveries-asu-bioarchaeologist-greece-grave-project

    More on that Etruscan inscription:

    http://www.reuters.com/article/us-italy-art-etruscan-idUSKCN0XM0VC http://uk.reuters.com/video/2016/04/25/discovery-illuminates-etruscan-society?videoId=368261035



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    Latest reviews from BMCR:

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

    Visit our blog:

    http://rogueclassicism.com/ ================================================================
    EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland) ================================================================
    Neolithic flint axes from a Danish bog:

    http://cphpost.dk/news/historic-flint-axes-found-in-denmark.html

    Pondering a 3000 years bp site on Turlough Hill:

    http://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/mystery-surrounds-burren-settlement-excavated-by-archaeologists-1.2629951


    They’ve found remains of the church where William Wallace was made
    Guardian
    of Scotland:

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-36158808#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

    http://www.scotsman.com/regions/dumfries-borders/site-where-wallace-made-scots-guardian-uncovered-in-selkirk-1-4114154

    http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/homenews/14462075.Archaeologists_find_church_where_William_Wallace_was_made_Guardian_of_Scotland/

    http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/ancient-church-william-wallace-named-7859207

    Excavating the Curtain Theatre site:

    http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/04/2016/the-curtain-takes-centre-stage-as-excavation-of-shakespearean-theatre-begins

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3558639/Archaeologists-begin-unearthing-site-played-host-earliest-performance-Shakespeare-s-Romeo-Juliet.html

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/04/25/archaeological-dig-to-prove-shakespeare-was-a-shoreditch-boy/


    Two more 17th century shipwrecks have been found in Stockholm:

    http://www.thelocal.se/20160429/two-historic-shipwrecks-found-in-central-stockholm


    First direct evidence of a c-section done on a deceased mother comes from
    an 18th century Hungarian mummy:

    http://news.discovery.com/history/first-c-section-evidence-found-on-hungarian-mummy-160425.htm


    A Haslington church statue was vandalized:

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-36141878

    Concerns for York’s lost Franciscan friary:

    http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/14448724.Fire_station_revamp_could_destroy_ancient_relics_from_York_s_lost_Franciscan_Friary__say_experts/


    More on that Jewish ‘slum’ in Amsterdam:

    http://www.jta.org/2016/04/24/news-opinion/world/17th-century-jewish-slum-unearthed-in-amsterdam


    More on that clump of Anglo Saxon hair:

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3559858/Did-Anglo-Saxons-use-hairspray-Mysterious-plaited-hair-discovered-coffin-covered-exotic-pine-resin.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490


    More on the Vikings penetrating deeper into England than previously
    thought:

    http://sciencenordic.com/viking-invaders-struck-deep-west-england-and-may-have-stuck-around


    More on the antiquity of ‘Swiss’ cheese:

    http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/swiss-have-made-cheese-iron-age-180958952/



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    Archaeology in Europe Blog:

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

    ================================================================
    ASIA AND THE SOUTH PACIFIC ================================================================
    A 4800 years bp burial of a mother and child from Taiwan:

    http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/apr/27/taiwans-oldest-human-fossil-mother-and-baby-from-4800-years-ago

    http://www.reuters.com/video/2016/04/26/prehistoric-mother-and-child-discovered?videoId=368275246&feedType=VideoRSS&feedName=OddlyEnough&videoChannel=4

    http://www.australianetworknews.com/4800-year-old-mummy-mother-holding-infant-unearthed/
    http://www.cbsnews.com/news/4800-year-old-fossil-of-mother-cradling-baby-discovered/
    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3562291/Incredible-4-800-year-old-fossil-mother-cradling-looking-lovingly-baby-Taiwan.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490
    http://www.latercera.com/noticia/tendencias/2016/04/659-678336-9-encuentran-fosil-de-4800-anos-de-una-madre-abrazando-a-su-hijo.shtml

    1700 years bp Buddhist sculptures from a dig in Bazira (Pakistan):

    http://www.livescience.com/54599-buddha-sculptures-discovered-in-ancient-shrine.html


    Clumsy archaeologists found smelting works at Angkor:

    http://www.phnompenhpost.com/post-weekend/little-luck-archaeologists-stumble-forges-angkor


    Archaeological evidence of a Chinese presence on South China islands:

    http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2016-04/22/c_135304215.htm

    What Matt Carter is up to:

    http://www.nzherald.co.nz/hawkes-bay-today/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503462&objectid=11628661


    Preserving the Wiradjuri language:

    http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/09/world/asia/australia-aboriginal-tribe-wiradjuri.html


    Revisiting Nepal, a year after the earthquake:

    http://www.apollo-magazine.com/one-year-on-an-update-from-nepals-earthquake-damaged-heritage-sites/


    -----

    Southeast Asian Archaeology Newsblog:

    http://www.southeastasianarchaeology.com/

    New Zealand Archaeology eNews:

    http://nzarchaeology.blogspot.co.nz/index.html ================================================================
    NORTH AMERICA
    ================================================================
    Some 2000 years bp spear points from California:

    http://phys.org/news/2016-04-geography-student-year-old-native-american.html


    Latest from the Erebus:

    http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/parks-canada-erebus-wreck-exploration-1.3549005


    Plans to dig an early industrial site of some sort in Edmonton:

    http://www.edmontonexaminer.com/2016/04/27/phd-student-conducting-archaeological-dig-in-mill-creek-ravine-this-summer


    A possible grill find from Jamestown:

    http://wydaily.com/2016/04/29/local-news-jamestown-unearthed-common-cooking-grill-a-rare-find-for-archaeologists/


    Some major rethinking going on at the site of James Monroe’s home:

    http://www.wm.edu/news/stories/2016/science-rewrites-history-at-the-home-of-president-james-monroe.php

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/education/wp/2016/04/28/at-virginia-home-of-president-monroe-a-sizable-revision-of-history/?hpid=hp_hp-top-table-main_monroe-610a%3Ahomepage%2Fstory

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/home-long-thought-to-be-monroes-turns-out-to-be-guest-house/2016/04/28/6687f130-0d19-11e6-bc53-db634ca94a2a_story.html

    http://bigstory.ap.org/article/e899960f1f414c4cb369f4a50c1a171a/home-long-thought-be-monroes-turns-out-be-guest-house


    Finds from a tavern site in St Augustine:

    http://staugustine.com/news/local-news/2016-04-27/ancient-tortoise-shell-found-milltop-site


    Back when Explorator began, Kennewick Man was the big controversy … seems they’ve finally decided he’s a Native American:

    http://phys.org/news/2016-04-corps-kennewick-native-american.html http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2016/0428/At-9-000-years-old-Kennewick-Man-can-now-get-native-American-burial

    http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/corps-determines-kennewick-man-native-american-38709022

    http://www.courthousenews.com/2016/04/28/kennewick-man-was-native-american-after-all.htm

    http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/over-9000-years-later-kennewick-man-will-be-given-native-american-burial-180958947/


    Studying middens made by the Calusa people:

    http://phys.org/news/2016-04-shells-interdisciplinary-unraveling-mysteries-calusa.html

    http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-04/uog-bos042816.php http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/04/2016/shell-islands-of-the-calusa-kingdom


    Remembering the Circleville Massacre:

    http://www.good4utah.com/news/local-news/circleville-massacre-remembered-with-monument-dedication?m


    A burial ground dispute in Utah:

    http://www.sltrib.com/news/3796302-155/no-new-utah-school-near-ancient?fullpage=1


    Reconstructing Native American history from 19th century ledger books:

    http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/22/arts/design/american-indian-narratives-in-picture-form.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fdesign&_r=0


    Feature on the first map to mention America:

    http://www.historytoday.com/dean-nicholas/putting-america-map

    A Taft letter coming to auction:

    http://m.jpost.com/International/Under-the-hammer-Tafts-1916-letter-against-pick-of-1st-Jewish-Supreme-Court-justice-Brandeis-452258#article=6017OTAyQzdDMjVDMzI3QTE3REQ0RTBFMERFMzg5QzY2OTA=


    Yale is resisting renaming Calhoun College:

    http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/28/nyregion/yale-defies-calls-to-rename-calhoun-college.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fnyregion

    http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/30/opinion/at-yale-a-right-that-doesnt-outweigh-a-wrong.html

    http://www.nhregister.com/general-news/20160429/yale-students-hold-calhoun-college-renaming-ceremony-to-end-legacy-of-slavery


    On preserving historic murals in Hyannis:

    http://www.capecodtimes.com/news/20160428/collaborative-effort-preserves-historic-murals-in-hyannis


    More on the possible pieces of DeSoto’s cross find in Arkansas:

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3557071/Arkansas-archaeologists-believe-remains-Spanish-conquistador-s-Christian-cross-erected-1541-Native-American-village.html



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    CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA ================================================================
    A 4500 years bp mummy find from Peru:

    http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/4500-year-old-female-mummy-discovered-in-peru-a6999051.html


    Studying some mysterious holes in Peru’s Pisco Valley:

    http://www.peruthisweek.com/news-archaeology-overlooked-inca-wonder-109386 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3559440/Did-Inca-use-mysterious-line-holes-collect-TAX-Ancient-empire-used-6-000-pits-store-count-tributes.html?ITO=applenews

    http://arstechnica.com/science/2016/04/investigation-of-mysterious-inca-holes-gives-insight-into-ancient-economy/

    On ‘authoritarian structures’ among Peru’s Chavin people:

    https://news.stanford.edu/2016/04/25/stanford-archaeologist-traces-origins-authority-andes-peru/

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3563252/Ancient-priests-used-DRUGS-control-followers-3-000-years-ago-Evidence-suggests-Peru-s-Chav-n-culture-civilisation-ruled-authority.html


    On pre-Columbian water storage in Amazonia:

    https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/04/160428103155.htm http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-04/uog-wsm042816.php http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/04/2016/water-storage-made-prehistoric-settlement-expansion-possible-in-amazonia


    Funding to study a Maya port at Quintana Roo:

    http://www.imperialvalleynews.com/index.php/news/latest-news/8937-nsf-awards-232k-to-study-environmental-impacts-on-ancient-maya-port.html


    More on child sacrifice among the Maya:

    http://thescienceexplorer.com/humanity/grim-discoveries-point-child-sacrifice-and-human-trafficking-ancient-maya-civilization



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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 ================================================================
    Feature on how the Black Death spread:

    http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/04/how-europe-exported-black-death

    Nice feature on how to promote your dig:

    http://asorblog.org/2016/04/27/11828/

    … but folks might want to be aware of this aspect of digs too:

    http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/apr/25/secret-life-archaeologist-soil-sandwiches-sexism-sites


    On assorted mythical beasties:

    http://phys.org/news/2016-04-myth-reality-fabled-beasts-real-life.html

    Justus Rosenberg is an interesting guy:

    http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/01/nyregion/professor-justus-rosenberg-has-a-past.html


    … as was Hertha Marks Ayrton:

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2016/04/27/hertha-marks-ayrton-the-english-pioneer-who-blazed-a-trail-for-w/

    http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/hertha-marks-ayrton-s-162nd-birthday-5-facts-about-the-british-mathematician-engineer-physicist-and-a7004556.html


    Another one from the early days of Explorator … seems the Book of Kells
    was
    always being brought up … it’s back in the news:

    http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20160425-the-book-of-kells-medieval-europes-greatest-treasure


    On the history of cosmetic surgery:

    http://theconversation.com/friday-essay-the-ugly-history-of-cosmetic-surgery-56500


    Self help advice from Walt Whitman:

    http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/30/books/walt-whitman-promoted-a-paleo-diet-who-knew.html

    http://www.npr.org/2016/04/30/476029449/song-of-my-self-help-walt-whitman-also-wrote-a-manly-health-advice-column?sc=17&f=7


    Questioning the identity of Shakespeare:

    http://www.npr.org/2016/04/25/475551898/2-shakespearean-actors-revive-debate-over-the-bard-s-identity


    On Shakespeare’s influence:

    http://www.nytimes.com/video/theater/100000004351406/there-is-no-escaping-shakespeare.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fbooks

    http://news.yale.edu/2016/04/22/conversation-david-scott-kastan-enduring-legacy-william-shakespeare

    A Cervantes autograph manuscript:

    http://ccaa.elpais.com/ccaa/2016/04/29/andalucia/1461941658_272714.html

    Not sure where to put this one on art along the Tiber:

    http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/27/world/europe/tiber-river-rome-cleanup.html


    Big bucks for the founding rules of baseball:

    http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/25/sports/baseball/founding-rules-of-baseball-sell-for-3-million-in-auction.html


    Latest ancient beer recreation:

    http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/israeli-brewery-recreated-2000-year-old-beer-180958883/


    … and Noah’s ark will apparently sail again:

    http://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2016/04/27/ark-of-noah-replica-to-travel-to-brazil-sdg-orig.cnn


    A history of suits:

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-36173491

    … and leopard skin prints:

    http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/29/arts/design/dressed-to-kill-the-power-ofleopard-prints.html


    More on the history of the potato:


    https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/04/25/the-secret-ancient-history-of-the-potato-that-could-change-the-story-of-civilization/


    More on Germany’s beer purity law:

    http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2016/04/29/475138367/germanys-beer-purity-law-is-500-years-old-is-it-past-its-sell-by-date?sc=17&f=1001


    More on the antiquity of some fairy tales:

    http://www.cbsnews.com/news/tale-as-old-as-time-some-fairy-tales-may-be-6000-years-old/



    Archaeology Podcast Network:

    http://www.archaeologypodcastnetwork.com/archyfantasies/ ================================================================
    MUSEUM MATTERS
    ================================================================
    This is a Voice:

    http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/for-the-first-time-see-two-early-medieval-books-written-by-women-on-display-together-180958884/


    Origin of the Alphabet:

    http://egyptianstreets.com/2016/04/27/exhibition-on-origin-of-the-alphabet-in-sinai-kicks-off-at-egyptian-museum/

    http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/44/204496/Heritage/Museums/Sinai-The-Origin-of-the-Alphabet-exhibit-on-displa.aspx


    Roman Mosaics:

    http://www.dailydemocrat.com/general-news/20160425/decorative-mosaics-from-the-roman-empire-on-view-at-las-getty-villa/1


    Sicily:

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/event/article-3563242/Sicily-s-debt-Norman-wisdom-4-000-years-island-s-history-Greeks-Normans-brought-vividly-life-British-Museum.html


    Pompeii:

    http://english.cctv.com/2016/04/30/VIDESBC9W9H18mGxjIe3pYIh160430.shtml

    Power and Pathos:

    http://theartnewspaper.com/comment/reviews/books/vision-virtuosity-versatility/


    Pergamon:

    http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2a395b7a-089f-11e6-a623-b84d06a39ec2.html

    Yale’s Babylonian Collection has been given some nice seals:

    http://news.yale.edu/2016/04/18/yale-babylonian-collection-receives-gift-rare-ancient-art



    There was a fire at New Delhi’s Museum of Natural History:

    http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/fire-devastates-new-delhis-national-museum-natural-history-180958914/
    http://foreignpolicy.com/2016/04/27/in-new-delhi-a-nations-treasures-consumed-by-fire/

    Latest look at the Museum of the Bible:

    http://www.timesofisrael.com/as-priceless-israeli-artifacts-head-to-a-controversial-dc-bible-museum-some-wonder-why/


    More on cuts at the Met:

    http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/22/arts/design/metropolitan-museum-of-art-plans-job-cuts-andrestructuring.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fdesign



    ================================================================
    THE TECHY SIDE
    ================================================================
    Angkor Wat was given the LiDAR treatment:

    https://www.sciencenews.org/article/lasers-unveil-secrets-and-mysteries-angkor-wat


    Lots of attention for a robot used to explore a French shipwreck:

    https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/apr/30/diving-robot-ocean-one-wreck-sunken-treasure-louis-xiv

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/04/30/stanford-universitys-robo-mermaid-can-help-researchers-feel-unde/

    http://www.mercurynews.com/science/ci_29822078/how-did-stanford-designed-humanoid-discover-vase-from
    http://www.engadget.com/2016/04/27/stanford-humanoid-robotic-diver-oceanone/

    Using crime software to analyse ancient footprints:

    https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/04/160426092130.htm

    Feature on a new technique for conserving mummies:

    http://www.ndtv.com/hyderabad-news/in-a-first-experts-conserve-2-000-year-old-mummy-with-advance-techniques-1400199


    More on cosmic rays and pyramid exploration:

    http://www.livescience.com/54596-pyramid-interior-revealed-using-cosmic-rays.html

    http://news.discovery.com/history/ancient-egypt/pyramid-interior-revealed-using-cosmic-rays-160427.htm

    http://www.cortezjournal.com/article/20160424/NEWS01/160429933/0/news/Archaeologists-use-high-tech-to-unlock-pyramid%E2%80%99s-mystery

    More on Sarah Parcak’s work:

    http://www.pri.org/stories/2016-04-26/space-archaeologists-and-activists-are-using-satellites-unearth-history



    ================================================================
    ON THE DNA FRONT ================================================================
    DNA suggests that half of western European males descend from one Bronze
    Age king (not sure how DNA shows rank):

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2016/04/25/half-of-british-men-descended-from-one-bronze-age-king/


    … this seems to be the same story, less sensationalized:

    http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-04/wtsi-mdr042216.php http://arstechnica.com/science/2016/04/y-chromosomes-history-shows-links-to-migration-tech-developments/




    Dienekes' Anthropology Blog:

    http://dienekes.blogspot.ca/ ================================================================
    CLIMATE MATTERS ================================================================
    Studying the data from inland ice records:

    http://phys.org/news/2016-04-citizen-scientists-rare-ice-industrial.html http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/japanese-priests-collected-almost-seven-centuries-climate-data-180958929/


    ================================================================
    TOURISTY THINGS ================================================================
    Bosch’s home town:

    http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/01/travel/hieronymus-bosch-netherlands.html

    Athens:

    http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/01/travel/athenswas-hotel-review.html


    ================================================================
    CRIME BEAT
    ================================================================
    What Donna Yates is up to:

    http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/14449101.The_expert_aiming_to_make_antiquities_collecting_socially_unacceptable______like_having_a_gigantic_elephant_tusk_on_your_mantle_quot_/

    Here’s the latest edition of her Culture Crime News newsletter:

    http://www.anonymousswisscollector.com/2016/04/culture-crime-news-18-24-april-2016.html



    conflict antiquities:

    http://conflictantiquities.wordpress.com/

    anonymous swiss collector:

    http://www.anonymousswisscollector.com/

    Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues:

    http://paul-barford.blogspot.ca/

    Looting Matters:

    http://lootingmatters.blogspot.com/

    Illicit Cultural Property:

    http://illicit-cultural-property.blogspot.com/

    SAFE:

    http://www.savingantiquities.org/blog/

    ================================================================
    REPATRIATION AND RECOVERY ================================================================
    The US returned some Buddhist art was returned to Pakistan:

    https://asiancorrespondent.com/2016/04/us-returns-stolen-ancient-buddhist-sculpture-to-pakistan/

    http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/apr/27/ancient-buddhist-sculpture-returned-to-pakistani-g/

    http://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/nation/2016/04/28/83637388/

    Assorted repatriations from assorted countries to India:

    http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/18-antiquities-recovered-from-foreign-countries-govt/1/651150.html


    These ‘saved items’ might be called prepatriation, I guess:

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-36153842

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    NUMISMATICA

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