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https://phys.org/news/2017-08-turkey-bones-fate-ancient-cliff.html http://www.fox19.com/story/36157874/turkey-bones-may-help-trace-fate-of-ancient-cliff-dwellers

http://www.sfgate.com/nation/article/Turkey-bones-may-help-trace-fate-of-ancient-cliff-11882471.php



Dienekes' Anthropology Blog:

http://dienekes.blogspot.ca/ ================================================================
CLIMATE MATTERS ================================================================
Climate change concerns for Scottish sites:

http://www.scotsman.com/future-scotland/tech/scotland-s-historic-buildings-at-risk-from-climate-change-1-4531554


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TOURISTY THINGS ================================================================
Pakistan:

http://www.arabnews.com/node/1144301/saudi-arabia

Conquest Cup:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/17/sports/archery-conquest-cup-istanbul.html



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CRIME BEAT
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Focussing on dealers in the wake of the Hobby Lobby thing:

http://gazette.com/after-the-hobby-lobby-scandal-a-spotlight-on-antiquities-sales-in-israel/article/1609273

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865686974/After-the-Hobby-Lobby-scandal-a-spotlight-on-antiquities-sales-in-Israel.html

http://religionnews.com/2017/08/16/after-the-hobby-lobby-scandal-a-spotlight-on-antiquities-sales-in-israel/


� and accusations against Lincoln Blumell don�t appear to have any
substance:

http://universe.byu.edu/2017/08/17/accusations-against-byu-professor-appear-unsubstantiated1/


� this seems related:

http://gulfnews.com/weekend-review/arts-culture/learning-about-antiquities-in-old-city-of-jerusalem-1.2071274


That guy behind the cultural attacks in Timbuktu has to pay reparations:

http://www.dw.com/en/icc-timbuktu-destruction-to-cost-islamist-rebel-32-million/a-40131197

Not sure if this is the right category for the Guennol Stargazer dispute
or
not:

http://www.theintelligencer.com/entertainment/article/Hex-of-the-idol-art-collector-Christie-s-fight-11942092.php


Scotland Yard�s antiquities unit is shutting down:

https://www.artforum.com/archive/id=70410

18th/19th century artifact smuggling attempt foiled at an Egyptian
airport:

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/275535/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/Attempt-to-smuggle-th-century-artefacts-foiled-at-.aspx

http://www.egyptindependent.com/hurghada-authorities-foil-smuggle-attempt-6-artifacts/

https://english.aawsat.com/waleed-abdul-rahman/lifestyle-culture/egypt-foils-attempt-smuggle-19th-century-artifacts

� and a bust in Mansoura (we need a word for �house diggers�):

http://www.egypttoday.com/Article/1/18088/4-arrested-during-archaeological-dig-in-Mansoura


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 ================================================================
In case you missed the Hercules sarcophagus repatriation story a while
back:

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/hercules-to-come-to-turkey-in-september-.aspx?pageID=238&nid=116855&NewsCatID=375

https://www.dailysabah.com/turkey/2017/08/18/hercules-saga-switzerland-to-return-relic


India is still waiting for the US to return some items:

http://www.sundayguardianlive.com/news/10577-india-yet-receive-200-artefacts-worth-100-million-us


More on the repatriation/reburial of those Native American children
remains:

http://www.newsworks.org/index.php/local/harrisburg/106430-two-native-american-boys-remains-uncovered-in-carlisle-third-stays-buried


More on the Benin Bronzes:

https://qz.com/1054364/the-british-museum-will-return-bronze-sculptures-looted-from-benin-nearly-two-centuries-ago/


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NUMISMATICA
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Feature on Norman coins from Sicily:

http://www.coinweek.com/ancient-coins/coinweek-ancient-coin-series-coinage-normans-sicily/


Latest e-Sylum:

http://www.coinbooks.org/v20/club_nbs_esylum_v20n33.html

� and the one which should appear later today:

http://www.coinbooks.org/v20/club_nbs_esylum_v20n34.html


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Ancient Coin Collecting:

http://ancientcoincollecting.blogspot.com/

Ancient Coins:

http://classicalcoins.blogspot.com/

Coin Week:

http://www.coinweek.com/ ================================================================
PERFORMANCES AND THEATRE-RELATED ================================================================
The House of Government:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/18/books/review/yuri-slezkine-the-house-of-government.html


Feature on Beethoven:

http://www.wqxr.org/story/5-tales-complicated-life-beethoven/

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

http://www.archaeologychannel.org/audio-main-menu-cat/audio-news-list/2640-audio-news-from-archaeologica-6-august-2017-12-august-2017
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OBITUARIES
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Jo Draper:

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/aug/13/jo-draper-obituary

Robert Loder:

https://www.ft.com/content/9a24ab5c-81e2-11e7-a4ce-15b2513cb3ff

Paul Oliver:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/17/arts/music/paul-oliver-authority-on-the-blues-dies-at-90.html



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CONFERENCES
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Canada Before Confederation: Early Exploration and Mapping (Nov. 2017)

https://independent.academia.edu/ConferenceCanadabeforeConfederationEarlyMappingandExploration14981763


Bones to Drones: Science in Archaeology (Nov. 2017)

http://cba-wessex.org.uk/cba-events/the-cba-wessex-annual-conference-women-in-wessex/

Theoretical Archaeology Group (Dec. 2017):

http://tag2017cardiff.org/

Hidden Cultural Heritage (April 2018):

http://www.cicop.net/hch/

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GENERAL ARCHAEOLOGY NEWS BLOGS ================================================================
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:

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The Book and the Spade:

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