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EARLY HOMINIDS
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Study suggests that 'culturally sophisticated' humans migrated from Europe to the Levant some 40 000 years bp:
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https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-11/afot-srt110519.php
https://phys.org/news/2019-11-reveals-humans-migrated-europe-levant.html
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/11/191105113459.htm
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... I think this is the same story:
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https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Teeth-40000-years-old-surprise-TAU-team-606949
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Linking Neanderthal extinction to human diseases:
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https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-11/suo-ssl110719.php
https://phys.org/news/2019-11-scientists-link-neanderthal-extinction-human.html
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/11/191107160610.htm
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What we've learned about human origins over the past decade:
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https://gizmodo.com/how-this-decade-of-archaeology-changed-what-we-know-abo-1839333265
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A possible hint about the development of upright walking (in apes):
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-50305423
https://phys.org/news/2019-11-fossil-humans.html
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Exhibition hype about the origin of Indonesians:
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https://www.thejakartapost.com/life/2019/11/08/tracing-origins-of-native-indonesians-through-archaeology.html
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More on dating cave paintings in Spain to Neanderthals:
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https://news.artnet.com/art-world/cave-art-neanderthals-mistake-1699299
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More on possible Neanderthal jewellery from Spain:
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https://www.sciencenews.org/article/ancient-toe-bone-hints-neandertals-used-eagle-talons-jewelry
https://www.sciencealert.com/the-last-of-the-neanderthals-carved-this-eagle-talon-into-a-powerful-symbol
https://www.archaeology.org/news/8156-191104-neanderthal-eagle-bone
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More on controversial claims of Botswana as the cradle of modern humans:
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https://www.pbs.org/newshour/science/cradle-of-modern-human-life-found-in-botswana-maybe
https://www.voanews.com/africa/botswanas-historians-archaeologists-cautious-study-claiming-human-origins
https://www.latercera.com/que-pasa/noticia/estudio-vincula-el-origen-de-los-humanos-modernos-a-un-lago-en-botswana/882758/
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More on Otzi's final journey:
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https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/2019/10/scientists-reconstruct-otzi-iceman-final-climb/
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AFRICA
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A 'complete' (!) genome study of North Africa has some interesting conclusions:
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https://phys.org/news/2019-11-genetic-imprint-palaeolithic-north-african.html
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-11/upf--tgi110619.php
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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT
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A cemetery with Roman, Greek, and Predynastic burials from Ismailia:
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https://aawsat.com/english/home/article/1983461/ancient-roman-greek-cemetery-discovered-egypt
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-11/07/c_138536868.htm
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1169373.shtml
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... and more on the Greco-Roman burials from Saqqara:
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https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/77520/First-Roman-era-cemetery-discovered-in-Saqqara
https://www.egyptindependent.com/team-excavates-first-roman-catacomb-tomb-discovered-in-saqqara/
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Egypt is getting tougher on smuggling and climbing monuments:
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http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/355339/Egypt/Politics-/Egypt-to-impose-tougher-penalties-for-smuggling-an.aspx
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Not sure about this item that Zahi Hawass said they're close to finding Nefertiti's tomb:
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https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1201673/ancient-history-egyptology-ancient-egypt-the-pharaohs-Tuankhamun-valley-of-the-kings-arche
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... and he's reiterating that Tut wasn't murdered:
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https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/77430/Hawass-Tutankhamun-was-not-murdered
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Coverage of the 12th International Congress of Egyptologists:
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https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/77472/12th-International-Congress-of-Egyptologists-launched-on-Nov-3
https://egyptindependent.com/antiquities-ministry-inaugurates-12th-international-conference-of-egyptologists/
https://www.egyptindependent.com/ministry-of-antiquities-organizes-tour-for-egyptologists/
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Feature on Tutmania:
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https://www.telegraph.co.uk/art/what-to-see/tut-mania-world-went-wild-king-tutankhamun/
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Feature on the Rosetta Stone:
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http://www.reporterherald.com/trivially-speaking-rosetta-stone-gave-the-modern-world-clues-about-ancient-egypt
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More on that find of a 4000 years bp copy of the Book of Two Ways:
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https://boingboing.net/2019/11/04/archaeologists-in-egypt-discov.html
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Remains of a Neolithic 'sewer system' from Mardin:
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http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/ancientsewer-system-unearthed-in-mardin-148457
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/culture/archaeologists-unearth-ancient-settlement-in-se-turkey/1638247
http://www.archaeology.org/news/8171-191108-turkey-sewer-system
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... and a Neolithic building seems to be in the area as well:
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https://www.yenisafak.com/en/news/11000-year-old-ancient-temple-found-in-eastern-turkey-3504172
http://www.archaeology.org/news/8153-191101-turkey-mardin-building
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A 1500 years bp 'Pinocchio' graffito from Laodicea (not sure about this one):
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https://www.yenisafak.com/en/news/ancient-pinocchio-unearthed-in-western-turkey-3504676
https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/tech/4930388/ancient-pinocchio-cave-painting-scrawled-to-expose-a-liar-1500-years-ago-found/
https://www.thesun.co.uk/tech/10303024/ancient-pinocchio-cave-painting/
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I think we mentioned that France reopened the 'Tomb of the Kings' last month:
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https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2019/11/08/world/middleeast/ap-ml-france-jerusalem-tomb.html
http://www.startribune.com/france-reopens-contested-jewish-tomb-in-east-jerusalem/564647422/
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More on those Byzantine tools from Usha:
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https://mfa.gov.il/MFA/IsraelExperience/History/Pages/A-1,400-year-old-hammer-and-nails-found-at-IAA-excavation-at-ancient-Usha-30-October-2019.aspx
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I really have no idea where to put this ... a 'Roman' wall (4th-6th CE) from Iran:
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https://www.livescience.com/hadrians-wall-of-iran-discovered.html
https://ifpnews.com/satellite-images-lead-to-discovery-roman-wall-iran
https://www.dailysabah.com/history/2019/11/06/iranian-archaeologists-discover-remnants-of-ancient-wall
https://www.archaeology.org/news/8165-191106-iran-ancient-wall
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Feature on music that accompanied work in the ancient Mediterrean world:
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http://www.asor.org/anetoday/2019/11/Prehistoric-soundscapes-mill-songs-and-music-of-work
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Feature on some Babylonian recipe recreations:
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http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20191103-the-worlds-oldest-known-recipes-decoded
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More on Christopher Rollstons work with the ostraca from Machaerus:
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https://www.newswise.com/articles/gwu-professor-translates-ancient-inscriptions-discovered-at-the-site-of-machaerus?sc=c52
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More on Assyrians observing auroras:
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https://www.thedailybeast.com/northern-lights-you-wont-believe-where-the-earliest-recording-of-the-aurora-was-found
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More on dust storms and the decline of the Akkadian Empire:
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https://www.thesun.co.uk/tech/10229948/akkadian-empire-mesopotamia-dust-storm/
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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS)
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Murex shells and Minoan-era buildings from Chryssi (we may have mentioned this one):
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http://www.ekathimerini.com/246088/gallery/ekathimerini/in-images/minoan-compound-uncovered-on-tiny-islet
https://www.tornosnews.gr/en/greek-news/culture/37472-murex-shells-and-treasures-discovered-from-flourishing-minoan-era-settlement-on-crete.html
https://www.newsweek.com/ancient-greek-minoan-settlement-purple-dye-shells-fish-tanks-1469900
https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1200601/ancient-history-news-greeks-civilisation-history-philosophy-news-economic-wealth
https://greekcitytimes.com/2019/11/02/minyan-settlement-crete/
https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/minoan-treasures-found-on-libyan-sea-island.746517
https://www.archaeology.org/news/8169-191107-greece-minoan-shells
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Two ancient and one medieval shipwreck off the island of Kasos:
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https://phys.org/news/2019-11-ancient-shipwrecks-aegean-island-kasos.html
https://www.newsweek.com/ancient-greek-shipwreck-pyramid-anchors-1469839
https://greece.greekreporter.com/2019/11/04/five-shipwrecks-discovered-during-new-explorations-at-kasos-island/
https://apnews.com/49f6e63236b641d7a790952e2e1dfc32
https://www.newstribune.com/news/news/story/2019/nov/05/3-ancient-shipwrecks-discovered-off-aegean-island-of-kasos/802763/
https://www.israelhayom.com/2019/11/08/3-ancient-shipwrecks-discovered-off-aegean-island-of-kasos/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/8163-191106-greek-island-shipwrecks
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Latest Vindolanda tablet finds:
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https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/new-revelations-life-edge-roman-17210181
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Roman inscriptions from Mustis (Tunisia):
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https://www.thefirstnews.com/article/hundreds-of-inscriptions-revealing-fascinating-tale-of-ancient-city-uncovered-in-tunisia-8532
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... and hyping a documentary about the underwater remains of Neapolis (Tunisia):
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https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1201250/archaeology-news-divers-roman-empire-secret-tunisia-garum-fish-sauce-spt
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Archaeologists at back at the acropolis of Glas:
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https://phys.org/news/2019-11-greece-prehistoric-feat.html
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A 1600 years bp Roman ring from Essex (found a couple years ago):
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https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-essex-50236414
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Roman (and later) finds underwater off the coast of Spain (Portitxol Bay):
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https://www.euroweeklynews.com/2019/11/06/underwater-excavation-findings-in-portitxol-bay/
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Roman jewellery in a 2000 years bp burial in the 'North Caucasus':
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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-7665209/Roman-jewellery-body-2-000-year-old-barbarian-woman-Caucasus.html
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Plans to digitize Colchester's Roman wall:
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https://www.itv.com/news/anglia/2019-11-06/colchester-s-unique-roman-wall-to-be-scanned-and-digitised-for-first-time/
https://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/18018506.state-of-the-art-technology-helps-shine-light-roman-wall/
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Assorted Culture Ministry groups are challenging the Elliniko development plan:
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http://www.ekathimerini.com/246270/article/ekathimerini/news/three-culture-ministry-associations-challenge-elliniko-development-plan
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Feature on the Oxyrhynchus papyri:
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https://www.irishcatholic.com/the-secret-words-from-oxyrhynchus/
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Feature on a KCL project to bring Latin and Classics to 'poorer' (ugh) students:
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https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/poorer-pupils-learn-to-benefit-from-classics-0qb6s0hb3
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Feature on the secular games:
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https://coinweek.com/coins/coin-profiles/ancient-coins-coin-profiles/the-grandeur-that-was-rome-the-secular-games-of-the-circus-maximus/
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Feature on Pompeii:
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https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/life/2019-11-06-pompeii-ready-to-reveal-more-of-its-haunting-past/
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Feature largely on Lucretius:
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https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/the-slowness-of-literature-and-the-shadow-of-knowledge
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Feature on the Vergina tombs:
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https://greece.greekreporter.com/2019/11/08/tombs-of-vergina-when-definitive-proof-of-macedonias-greek-origin-was-uncovered/
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Feature on the Theogony:
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https://www.thehindu.com/books/let-there-be-gods-hesiods-theogony/article29917894.ece
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Feature on Cleopatra:
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http://thewhitonline.com/2019/11/features/herstory-cleopatra-was-more-than-what-society-would-make-of-her/
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A performance of the Aeneid:
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https://www.elystandard.co.uk/what-s-on/theatre/arms-and-a-man-1-6360900
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Feature on Brown's dig at Koutroulou Magoula:
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http://www.browndailyherald.com/2019/11/08/students-archaeologists-uncover-artifacts-ancient-greek-site/
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On Brent Davis and his work with Linear A:
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https://pursuit.unimelb.edu.au/articles/how-do-you-crack-the-code-to-a-lost-ancient-script
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Feature on Father Foster:
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https://medium.com/in-medias-res/the-vaticans-latinist-92451bdb5dec
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On Andrew Goldman's use of VR in his Pompeii course:
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https://www.gonzagabulletin.com/news/the-future-is-now-gonzaga-professor-utilizes-vr-in-classroom/article_754303d2-0030-11ea-8726-0f1d72af8fbb.html
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Tom Holland on the 'truth' of the Trojan War:
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https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/as-the-british-museum-opens-its-blockbuster-troy-show-historian-tom-holland-examines-the-truth-behind-homers-epic-tales-9vpnb9r68
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Review of Kneale, *Rome: A History in Seven Sackings*:
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https://www.tricitynews.com/lifestyles/book-of-the-week-rome-a-history-in-seven-sackings-1.23997356
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Review of Osgood, *How to be a Bad Emperor*
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https://www.arabnews.com/node/1580781/books
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Review of Dunn (ed.), *Of Gods and Men*:
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https://catholicherald.co.uk/magazine/a-grown-up-guide-to-the-classics/
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On the Jewish roots of Asterix:
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https://www.jpost.com/Diaspora/The-Jewish-roots-of-French-icon-Asterix-the-Gaul-606728
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Modern politicians and ancient Rome (possibly paywalled):
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https://www.telegraph.co.uk/books/non-fiction/could-todays-politicians-do-better-looked-ancient-rome/
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On the Tories (UK) calling themselves Spartans:
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https://www.theweek.co.uk/104166/who-are-the-tory-spartans
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If Plutarch had to write about Trump:
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https://www.wsj.com/articles/parallel-lives-of-donald-trump-11573084662
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On the alt-right and Rome:
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https://www.vox.com/2019/11/6/20919221/alt-right-history-greece-rome-donna-zuckerberg
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... and a response:
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https://www.commentarymagazine.com/politics-ideas/its-all-greek-to-them-alt-right/
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http://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/recent.html
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EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland)
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Possible Neolithic log boats found during a survey of Boyne:
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https://www.thejournal.ie/newgrange-archaeologists-neolithic-boats-boyne-4878107-Nov2019/
https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/first-survey-of-boyne-uncovers-neolithic-log-boats-961580.html
https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/heritage/archaeologists-find-possible-neolithic-log-boats-near-newgrange-1.4071616
http://www.archaeology.org/news/8159-191105-ireland-neolithic-river
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Neolithic (?) petroglyphs from Tumlehed (Sweden) give some ideas about seafaring:
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https://phys.org/news/2019-11-newly-motifs-art-tumlehed-seafaring.html
https://www.miragenews.com/newly-discovered-motifs-in-rock-art-in-tumlehed-in-sweden-show-seafaring-in-stone-age/
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Blick Mead is now being touted as Britain's first city:
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https://www.salisburyjournal.co.uk/news/18014553.britains-first-city-discovered-near-stonehenge/
https://www.republicworld.com/world-news/uk-news/britains-first-ever-city-discovered-near-the-site-of-stonehenge.html
https://www.iflscience.com/editors-blog/archaeologists-find-evidence-britains-first-city-say-inhabitants-built-stonehenge/
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Interesting followup on an artifact found at the Iron Age site of Cairns a few years ago:
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https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-50308033
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/weird-iron-age-container-scotland-comes-massive-fin-whale-180973520/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/8166-191107-orkney-whale-bone
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A Viking burial at Vinjoera (Norway):
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https://www.lifeinnorway.net/a-viking-grave-mystery-in-norway/
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Photodendrometry suggests Norway's stave churches are older than previously thought:
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https://phys.org/news/2019-11-stave-churches-norway-older-previously.html
https://aleteia.org/2019/11/06/new-technology-shows-norways-stave-churches-are-older-than-believed/
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Recent finds from the Los Hitos site:
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https://elpais.com/elpais/2019/11/04/inenglish/1572862297_953740.html
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A detectorist found a 17th century hawking ring:
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https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-essex-50236411
http://www.archaeology.org/news/8161-191105-england-hawking-ring
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A pair of shipwrecks, one of which might be the 'sister ship' to the Vasa near Stockholm:
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https://phys.org/news/2019-11-sweden-sistership-iconic-vessel.html
https://www.timesunion.com/news/world/article/In-Sweden-wreck-could-be-sistership-to-iconic-14819655.php
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/08/17th-century-warships-linked-to-swedens-historic-vasa-found
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Archaeologists have figured out the origins of the Staffordshire Hoard:
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https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2019/nov/01/staffordshire-hoard-archaeologists-academic-research-gold-ornaments
https://www.archaeology.org/news/8160-191105-england-staffordshire-hoard
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Plenty of liquor bottles from a WWI era shipwreck in the Baltic:
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https://phys.org/news/2019-11-hundreds-bottles-liquor-salvaged-wwi-era.html
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Interesting WWI graffiti from Lincolnshire:
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http://www.spaldingvoice.co.uk/graffiti-sparks-quadring-familys/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/8157-191104-world-war-i-graffiti
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Feature on Guy Fawkes:
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https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2019/11/guy-fawkess-misunderstood-legacy/601336/
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Feature on the Jews of York:
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https://www.timesofisrael.com/coming-back-to-the-castle-the-improbable-return-of-the-jews-of-york/
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More on Vikings and walruses:
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https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/11/vikings-killed-off-icelands-walruses/
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ASIA AND THE SOUTH PACIFIC
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Paleolithic finds from a cave in Iran:
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http://www.tehrantimes.com/news/441737/Archaeologists-find-new-evidence-of-Paleolithic-era-in-Iranian
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2000 years bp Buddhist remains from Badho Dheri Gandhian Mansehra:
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https://www.urdupoint.com/en/pakistan/archaeologists-discovers-2000-years-old-remai-753383.html
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Archaeology played a major role in the Ayodhya decision regarding the site of a mosque:
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https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-50347383
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/ram-mandir-verdict-muslims-should-build-babri-mosque-outside-ayodhya-says-archaeologist-kk-muhammed/articleshow/71983420.cms
https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/101119/the-verdict.html
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-50053301
https://elpais.com/internacional/2019/11/09/actualidad/1573313292_836468.html
https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/south-asia/article/3037035/muslims-slam-ruling-indias-top-court-grants-bitterly-disputed
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What modern China can learn from Taizong:
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https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3036978/open-friendly-and-rich-modern-china-can-learn-ancient-emperor
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Feature on Iran's Tappeh Mill:
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http://www.payvand.com/news/19/nov/1008.html
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Feature on the Getty's work to conserve the site of Bagan:
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http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/bagan-getty-partners-conserve-ancient-site/
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NORTH AMERICA
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LiDAR revealed a number of Mississippian-era settlements off the coast of Florida:
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https://phys.org/news/2019-11-drones-reveal-secrets-ancient-florida.html
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/nov/04/drone-lasers-ancient-settlement-florida-lidar-archaeology
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-7657221/Scientists-discover-ancient-Florida-village-predates-Columbus-hundreds-years.html
https://www.tampabay.com/news/environment/2019/11/08/archaeologists-with-drone-find-bead-making-settlements/
https://www.newsweek.com/secrets-ancient-native-american-village-laser-technology-florida-1470186
https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/11/a-drone-helped-archaeologists-discover-a-lost-florida-island-settlement/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/ancient-bead-making-community-emerges-coast-florida-180973488/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/8164-191106-raleigh-island-beads
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A Colorado highway expansion is routed over some Pueblo sites:
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https://www.npr.org/2019/11/07/776818246/colorado-highway-expansion-routed-over-ancient-native-american-sites
https://www.wbur.org/npr/776818246/colorado-highway-expansion-routed-over-ancient-native-american-sites
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Plans to study African American pottery at Colonial Williamsburg:
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https://www.dailypress.com/virginiagazette/va-vg-colonial-williamsburg-pottery-1109-20191108-ncuob65xsbdqnciushv5rdwt5i-story.html
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Efforts to save Chinese mining sites in Oregon:
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https://www.sanluisobispo.com/news/business/article237195158.html
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A Revolutionary War-era rifle stolen fifty years ago was recovered at a 'barn sale':
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https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/revolutionary-war-rifle-stolen-50-years-ago-found-barn-sale-1-180973472/
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Feature/talk on the role Fairfield (Iowa) played in the Underground Railroad:
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https://www.ottumwacourier.com/news/local_news/underground-railroad-played-a-huge-role-in-fairfield-s-history/article_8e1fab1a-035c-11ea-b535-53e7f63e797f.html
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Reenacting the German Coast Uprising:
?
https://www.npr.org/2019/11/09/777810796/hundreds-march-in-reenactment-of-a-historic-but-long-forgotten-slave-rebellion
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/09/us/a-slave-rebellion-rises-again.html
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CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA
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Evidence of 15 000 years bp 'mammoth traps' from Tultepec (Mexico):
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https://phys.org/news/2019-11-huge-trove-mammoth-skeletons-mexico.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/08/science/mexico-mammoth-traps.html
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-50330717
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/07/mammoth-trap-mexico-prehistoric-hunting-pits
https://www.france24.com/en/20191106-huge-trove-of-mammoth-skeletons-found-in-mexico
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/mammoth-traps-containing-remains-of-14-of-the-giant-creatures-discovered-in-mexico/ar-BBWsNWZ
https://www.thedailybeast.com/archaeologists-believe-they-found-worlds-first-mammoth-trap-in-mexico
https://www.theyucatantimes.com/2019/11/researchers-didnt-think-humans-attacked-mammoths-until-they-uncovered-a-trap-in-mexico/
https://www.latercera.com/que-pasa/noticia/descubren-la-primera-trampa-artificial-del-mundo-cazar-mamuts/892207/
https://elpais.com/elpais/2019/11/07/ciencia/1573148756_158032.html
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/found-mexico-two-traps-where-woolly-mammoths-were-driven-their-deaths-180973522/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/8170-191108-mexico-mammoth-hunting
?
2500 years bp, folks in the Caribbean (and Florida) were eating turtles:
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https://www.manchester.ac.uk/discover/news/ancient-bone-protein-reveals-which-turtles-were-on-the-menu-in-florida-caribbean/
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-11/fmon-abp110419.php
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/11/191104141658.htm
https://phys.org/news/2019-11-ancient-bone-protein-reveals-turtles.html
http://www.archaeology.org/news/8162-191105-prehistoric-sea-turtles
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LiDAR revealed remains of an Inca settlement (Wat'a) at 13 000 feet!:
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https://www.newsweek.com/ancient-inca-city-peruvian-andes-1468755
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Excavating the Estate Little Princess site on St Croix:
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https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/11/caribbean-excavation-offers-intimate-look-lives-enslaved-africans
?
Descendants of Corets and Moctezuma have 'made up', apparently:
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https://verne.elpais.com/verne/2019/11/09/mexico/1573267197_977811.html
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Feature on Jeremy Sabloff's work looking for the archaeology of the 'common folk' (Maya, mostly):
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https://theweek.com/articles/870187/archaeology-commoners
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Feature on Chile's civil war of 1859:
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https://culto.latercera.com/2019/11/06/guerra-constitucion-1859/
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More on that 17th century tunnel with pre-hispanic inscriptions in Mexico:
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https://www.livescience.com/17th-century-tunnel-discovered-mexico.html
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Mike Ruggeri's Ancient Americas Breaking News:
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http://goo.gl/1VdeA
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Ancient MesoAmerica News:
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http://ancient-mesoamerica-news-updates.blogspot.com/
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OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST
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On distractions throughout history:
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https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20191104-how-did-our-ancestors-avoid-distractions
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In case you missed the news about that shipwreck above Niagara Falls 'moving':
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https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Massive-Ship-Stuck-in-Niagara-Falls-Rocks-for-Over-a-Century-Could-Plunge-Off-Edge-564334431.html
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/historic-boat-stuck-above-niagara-falls-1918-finally-breaks-free-180973469/
?
An unknown work by Sorolla has come to light:
?
https://elpais.com/cultura/2019/11/05/actualidad/1572984058_818415.html
?
Feature on Swedish folktales:
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https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p07syr0r/the-dark-psychology-behind-swedish-folktales
?
Feature on 'guy' as a pronoun of sorts:
?
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/comma-queen/the-new-pronoun-in-town
?
Feature on the Phoenicia:
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https://www.moroccoworldnews.com/2019/11/286022/phoenicia-voyage-history-americas/
?
On witches and brooms:
?
https://verne.elpais.com/verne/2019/10/31/articulo/1572530981_809208.html
?
Interesting feature on Spain and Portugal messing with their nautical charts to fool the 'competition':
?
https://elpais.com/cultura/2019/10/17/actualidad/1571331889_543800.html
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On the history of high-heeled shoes:
?
https://www.bbc.com/ideas/videos/the-curious-origin-of-the-high-heel/p07sqgpy
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Interesting feature on some folks who rebelled (I think) on Magellan's voyages:
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https://elpais.com/cultura/2019/11/05/actualidad/1572951676_240875.html
?
On human success coming from cooperation:
?
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-11/uocp-hhp110619.php
?
Feature on the ten 'most exciting' archaeological discoveries:
?
https://www.thetravel.com/archaeological-discoveries-most-exciting-history/
?
Feature on the hat industry of Danbury, Connecticut:
?
https://www.wshu.org/post/hat-city-usa#stream/0
?
An Austrian family who fled the Nazis is lending their netsuke collection to Austria:
?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-50302106
?
OpEd on the Mona Lisa:
?
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/06/arts/design/mona-lisa-louvre-overcrowding.html
?
On incest bans and 'western individualism':
?
https://phys.org/news/2019-11-incest-dawn-individualism.html
https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2019/11/07/777276474/western-individualism-may-have-roots-in-the-medieval-churchs-obsession-with-ince
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MUSEUM MATTERS
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Ishtar Gate:
?
https://isaw.nyu.edu/exhibitions/ishtar-gate
?
Troy:
?
https://blog.britishmuseum.org/the-british-museum-membercast-the-story-of-troy/
?
Inspired by the East:
?
https://blog.britishmuseum.org/inspired-by-the-east-connecting-collections/
?
DaVinci:
?
https://elpais.com/cultura/2019/11/07/actualidad/1573151599_963954.html
?
Michelangelo drawings:
?
https://www.ranchosantafereview.com/news/events/story/2019-11-04/review-michelangelo-and-other-italian-masters-on-display-in-san-diego-for-the-first-time
?
Heroes and Hoplites:
?
https://neoskosmos.com/en/150565/heroes-hoplites-display-explores-ancient-greek-warfare-at-the-hellenic-museum/
?
Javier Mariscal:
?
https://elpais.com/elpais/2019/11/04/eps/1572880164_169251.html
?
Ship figureheads:
?
https://historynewsnetwork.org/article/173539
?
Edith Gregor Halpert:
?
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/07/arts/design/edith-halpert-review-jewish-museum.html
?
Washington Pentateuch:
?
https://www.jpost.com/Diaspora/1000-year-old-Hebrew-Bible-revealed-in-Washington-DC-607271
?
On 'museum diplomacy':
?
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/05/arts/design/pompidou-center-shanghai.html
?
Criticizing the British Museum (and others) as the world's largest receivers of stolen property:
?
https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/news/british-museum-stolen-property-collection-gallery-history-exhibition-a9185436.html
http://www.artnews.com/2019/11/05/british-museum-repatriation-debate/
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-11-10/aboriginal-petroglyphs-stolen-and-missing-from-tasmania/11663382
?
... possibly a response:
?
https://blog.britishmuseum.org/art-in-crisis-identifying-and-returning-looted-objects/
?
The National Portrait Gallery will be closed for three years:
?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-50304783
?
Anthropological items stored in the basement of the Kline Geology Lab need to find a new home:
?
https://news.yale.edu/2019/11/04/moving-house-one-thing-try-moving-4-billion-years-natural-history
?
On Maori heads in the British museum:
?
https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/british-high-commissioner-unaware-preserved-m-ori-heads-still-remain-museum-v1
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AUCTIONS AND RELATED ACTIVITIES
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A purported DaVinci statue didn't get any bids:
?
https://news.artnet.com/market/da-vinci-linked-bronze-sculpture-estimated-fetch-50-million-auction-nobody-bid-1694302
?
A recently-found Gentileschi came to auction:
?
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2019/nov/08/newly-found-work-by-artemisia-gentileschi-to-be-auctioned
?
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THE TECHY SIDE
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Latest mummy CT scan was that of a cat:
?
https://www.livescience.com/ancient-cat-mummy-multiple-cats.html
http://www.archaeology.org/news/8168-191107-egypt-cat-mummy
?
You can now go on a virtual tour of the 'witch marks' in Creswell Crags:
?
https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/tech/4918147/medieval-witch-marks-carved-into-cave-wall-to-ward-off-evil-found-and-you-can-go-on-virtual-tour-of-cave-to-hell/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/you-can-now-see-cave-full-creepy-witches-marks-3d-1-180973484/
https://www.livescience.com/witch-marks-cavern.html
?
Hyping a NOVA program on hi tech looks at the DSS:
?
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/video/dead-sea-scroll-detectives/
?
A German team 'virtually unrolled' a papyrus from the Berlin Egyptian Museum and identified a text of Leviticus:
?
https://stocknewsbrief.com/2019/11/05/physicists-discover-hidden-text-in-what-was-thought-to-be-blank-egyptian-papyri/
https://www.jerusalemonline.com/late-sixth-century-burnt-scroll-of-leviticus-deciphered/
?
More on the UK team trying to do the same with scrolls from 'Pompeii' (Herculaneum?):
?
https://www.wdrb.com/news/technology-at-uk-helping-decipher-ancient-scrolls-scorched-in-pompeii/article_cfd19500-fffb-11e9-a108-cf7ed1c369de.html
?
More on that Viking warrior woman facial reconstruction:
?
https://www.livescience.com/Viking-shield-maiden-facial-reconstruction.html
https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/tech/4914243/face-of-1000-year-old-viking-warrior-woman-with-gruesome-battle-wound-across-her-skull-revealed/
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7642565/Scientists-reconstruct-face-1-000-year-old-Viking-warrior-woman.html
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ON THE DNA FRONT
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DNA confirms the identity of a one-legged burial in Russia as belonging to one of Napoleon's generals:
?
https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/07/europe/napoleon-bonaparte-general-skeleton-scli-intl/index.html
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-50329041
https://www.universityherald.com/articles/76731/20191108/napoleonic-generals-remains-found-russia-dna-test-confirms.htm
?
A study of 12 000 years of the genetic history of Rome has some interesting finds in terms of diversity and migration:
?
https://phys.org/news/2019-11-genetic-history-rome.html
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-11/su-srl110419.php
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/11/191107160611.htm
https://www.thelocal.it/20191108/ancient-romans-had-overwhelming-genetic-diversity-study-finds
https://science.sciencemag.org/content/366/6466/708
https://www.genomeweb.com/sequencing/ancient-romans-genetic-ancestry-revealed-new-study
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/?p=40410
http://www.archaeology.org/news/8172-191108-rome-immigration-genomes
?
What we learn from the genetics of some 3000 years bp Egyptian wheat:
?
https://theconversation.com/what-3-000-year-old-egyptian-wheat-tells-us-about-the-genetics-of-our-daily-bread-126387
?
What DNA is revealing about Marat's skin disease:
?
https://elpais.com/elpais/2019/11/06/ciencia/1573047006_395530.html
?
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TOURISTY THINGS
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Five Spanish castles:
?
https://elpais.com/elpais/2019/11/05/paco_nadal/1572935024_176946.html
?
Pueblean sites:
?
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/06/travel/ancestral-puebloans-us-southwest.html
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PERFORMANCES
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Medea:
?
https://clermontreport.com/the-greektragedy-medea-presented-by-the-montverde-academy-theatre-department/
?
Britannia:
?
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/britannia-review-life-in-ancient-britain-just-got-even-madder-dfgmv3xk2
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2019/nov/07/britannia-season-two-review-the-roman-romp-so-radical-it-must-be-revered
?
The Men Who Leonardo Loved:
?
http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20191107-the-men-who-leonardo-da-vinci-loved
?
Dickinson:
?
https://slate.com/culture/2019/11/dickinson-apple-tv-accuracy-poetry.html
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CRIME BEAT
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An attempted theft from a Makkah museum:
?
http://www.gdnonline.com/Details/647292/Turkish-man-faces-legal-action-after-bid-to-steal-Mecca-antiquities
http://www.saudigazette.com.sa/article/582155/SAUDI-ARABIA/Turk-held-for-trying-to-steal-antiquities-from-Makkah-Museum
?
In case you missed the attack on tourists at Jerash:
?
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/06/jordan-attack-foreign-tourists-among-several-stabbed-in-jerash
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/video-tourists-stabbed-in-jordanian-city-near-roman-ruins/
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/tourists-among-several-people-stabbed-near-roman-ruins-jordans-jerash
?
A daring theft from a French cathedral:
?
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/thieves-ram-historic-french-cathedral-making-trove-relics-180973463/
?
conflict antiquities:
?
http://conflictantiquities.wordpress.com/
?
anonymous swiss collector:
?
http://www.anonymousswisscollector.com/
?
Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues:
?
http://paul-barford.blogspot.ca/
?
Looting Matters:
?
http://lootingmatters.blogspot.com/
?
Illicit Cultural Property:
?
http://illicit-cultural-property.blogspot.com/
?
SAFE:
?
http://www.savingantiquities.org/blog/
?
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REPATRIATION AND RECOVERY
================================================================
Fort Lewis College will be repatriating the Native human remains in its possession:
?
https://durangoherald.com/articles/299774-fort-lewis-college-will-repatriate-native-american-human-remains
?
A pile of Pueblo pots were returned:
?
https://www.santafenewmexican.com/pasatiempo/art/prodigal-pottery-pueblo-pots-come-home/article_52c317ce-f690-11e9-a268-7fc12339887d.html
?
Egypt is backing China's quest to repatriate items:
?
http://global.chinadaily.com.cn/a/201911/05/WS5dc0dc9aa310cf3e3557578d.html
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NUMISMATICA
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Feature on some Ready replicas coming to auction:
?
https://www.coinworld.com/news/precious-metals/a-ready-made-collection-of-museum-replicas-fakes
?
Latest e-Sylum:
?
http://www.coinbooks.org/v22/club_nbs_esylum_v22n44.html
?
... and the one which should appear later today:
?
http://www.coinbooks.org/v22/club_nbs_esylum_v22n45.html
------------------------
Ancient Coin Collecting:
?
http://ancientcoincollecting.blogspot.com/
?
Ancient Coins:
?
http://classicalcoins.blogspot.com/
?
Coin Week:
?
http://www.coinweek.com/
?
?
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OBITUARIES
================================================================
Richard Cerutti:
?
https://www.latimes.com/obituaries/story/2019-11-05/richard-cerutti-dead-mastodon-archaeology-san-diego
?
James Hughes-Hallett:
?
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/james-hughes-hallett-obituary-gp3kq8ln7
?
Aykut Cinaroglu:
?
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/archaeologist-buried-near-excavation-site-148432
?
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AUDIO/VIDEO NEWS
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Audio News from Archaeologica:
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https://www.archaeologychannel.org/audio-guide/audio-news/2896-audio-news-from-archaeologica-october-27-through-november-2-2019
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CONFERENCES
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CBA Wessex Annual Conference (November 2019):
?
https://www.cba-wessex.org.uk/product-category/conference/
?
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GENERAL ARCHAEOLOGY NEWS BLOGS
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Archaeology Magazine News Page:
?
http://www.archaeology.org/news/
?
About.com Archaeology:
?
http://archaeology.about.com/
?
Ancient Digger:
?
http://www.ancientdigger.com/
?
Archaeology Briefs:
?
http://archaeologybriefs.blogspot.com/
?
Past Horizons:
?
http://www.pasthorizons.com/
?
Stonepages:
?
http://www.stonepages.com/news/
?
Taygete Atlantis excavations blogs aggregator:
?
http://planet.atlantides.org/taygete/
?
Time Machine:
?
http://heatherpringle.wordpress.com/
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PODCASTS/VODCASTS
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Archaeosoup:
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http://www.youtube.com/user/Archaeos0up?feature=watch
?
Archaeology Podcast Network:
?
http://www.archaeologypodcastnetwork.com/
?
The Book and the Spade:
?
http://www.radioscribe.com/bknspade.htm
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