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Watkins, Richard C. Griffiths, and Ross W. Sargent for headses upses this
week (as always hoping I have left no one out).

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EARLY HOMINIDS
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On the effect of the advent of dairy farming on human skulls:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-08/uoc--fcc082417.php http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2017/08/25/birth-farming-caused-jaw-dropp ing-changes-human-skull-scientists/

There was a lot of grit in naledi’s diet:

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/nitty-gritty-homo-naledis-diet-revealed-its -teeth


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AFRICA
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On a ‘lost city’ in Tanzania (700 years bp) battling soil erosion:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-08/uoy-cu082117.php https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/08/170821102730.htm https://phys.org/news/2017-08-lost-city-years-soil-erosion.html http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/08/2017/sophisticated-far ming-techniques-found-at-700-year-old-tanzanian-site

Feature on Gertrude Aba Mansah Eyifa-Dzidzienyo:

https://www.graphic.com.gh/news/general-news/dr-gertrude-eyifa-dzidzienyo-i s-first-female-archaeologist.html

Libyan archaeologists are looking for the remains of Barca:

https://www.libyaobserver.ly/culture/libyan-archeology-authority-look-lost-anci ent-city-barca


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There was some damage to Khufu’s second solar boat during excavation:

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/275774/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/ Egyptian-antiquities-ministry-inspects-Khufus-boat.aspx http://www.archaeology.org/news/5861-170822-egypt-solar-boat-excavation

More on Roman-era tombs from the Dakhla Oasis area:

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/41/275873/Heritage/GrecoRoman/ New-Roman-tombs-discovered-in-Egypts-Dakhla-Oasis.aspx http://www.egyptindependent.com/five-roman-cemeteries-discovered-dakhla-o
asis/ https://egyptianstreets.com/2017/08/24/an-egyptian-archaeological-mission-di scovers-five-roman-tombs-in-dakhla-oasis/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/egypt-archaeologists-unc over-tombs-dating-back-to-roman-era/2017/08/24/98f398dc-88eb-11e7-96a7-d1 78cf3524eb_story.html https://phys.org/news/2017-08-egypt-archaeologists-uncover-tombs-dating.ht
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https://www.livescience.com/60223-2000-year-old-egyptian-tombs-from-roman -period.html https://www.livescience.com/60221-2000-year-old-egyptian-tombs-photos.html http://www.timesofisrael.com/egypt-archaeologists-uncover-roman-era-tombs/

More on a monk settlement near Minya:

https://dailynewsegypt.com/2017/08/20/remains-residential-city-found-minya/

8600 years bp remains from Eksi Huyuk:

https://www.dailysabah.com/history/2017/08/21/8600-year-old-findings-uneart hed-in-western-turkeys-eksi-hoyuk

They’re digging at Al Ain (UAE) again:

http://www.gulftoday.ae/portal/b307e809-c9ae-4480-a46a-3e4d06dcd5ac.aspx

Plenty of coverage this week for something new (I’m not sure what … this was
known since the 1940s) about the Babylonians’ knowledge of trigonometry:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-08/uons-mmo082117.php https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/08/170824141250.htm https://www.livescience.com/60227-babylonian-clay-tablet-trigonometry.html https://www.seeker.com/culture/history/ancient-babylonian-tablet-identified-as -the-worlds-oldest-trigonometry-table http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/845305/Babylonian-clay-tablet-3-700-ye ars-world-s-oldest-trigonometric-table-Indiana-Jones https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/08/25/plimpton_322_babylonian_trig_table
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https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/aug/24/mathematical-secrets-of-an cient-tablet-unlocked-after-nearly-a-century-of-study http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/babylonians-trigonometry-develo p-more-advanced-modern-mathematics-3700-years-ago-ancient-a7910936.htm
l http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/health-science/greeks-lose-credit-for-tri gonometry/news-story/425b557ff67d4d712cd37a425b10a028 http://www.smh.com.au/technology/sci-tech/ancient-tablet-offers-new-angle-on- birth-of-maths-sydney-researchers-say-20170824-gy3u1w.html https://www.yahoo.com/news/3-700-old-babylonian-tablet-180000397.html http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/3700-year-old-babylonian-stone-tablet-code-finally-cr acked-1636561 http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/08/ancient-babylonian-trigonometry- tablet-plimpton-322-video-spd/ http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/08/2017/babylonian-clay-t ablet-mathematical-mystery-solved

… and just for good measure, there was something about Babylonians’ eclipse-predicting abilities too:

http://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/1.808116
3200 years bp remains of a ‘pagan ritual hall’ from Tel Burna:

http://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/1.808353 http://www.archaeology.org/news/5860-170822-israel-ritual-canaanite-site

More on that 3000 years bp statue from Tayinat:

http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/08/2017/3000-year-old-fem ale-statue-found-at-citadel-gate-complex-in-southeast-turkey

A 2800 years bp horse burial from Turkey’s Van province:

https://www.dailysabah.com/history/2017/08/23/2800-year-old-horse-skeleton- discovered-in-eastern-turkey

Latest child-finds-artifact-in-Israel story involves a half shekel coin and an 8/9
year-old-girl:

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/234283 http://www.timesofisrael.com/8-year-old-girl-stumbles-upon-ultra-rare-2000-ye ar-old-half-shekel https://www.jta.org/2017/08/25/news-opinion/israel-middle-east/8-year-old-isra eli-girl-finds-rare-2000-year-old-coin http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/8-year-old-Israeli-girl-finds-2000-year-old-ha lf-shekel-503509

Jerusalem has ‘frozen’ plans to build a luxury hotel on an ancient village site:

http://www.timesofisrael.com/jerusalem-freezes-plan-to-build-luxury-villas-on- ancient-village/

Latest building-a-dam-in-Turkey-will-flood-sites story:

http://www.dw.com/en/ancient-settlement-primed-for-flooding-in-turkey/ a-40195104 http://www.theweek.co.uk/87994/turkeys-neolithic-caves-is-destruction-of-herit age-ever-justified http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2017/08/turkey-anger-simmers-over -destruction-in-ancient-town.html

Not sure where to put this vague item about finds from Paktia that seem to
have Persian connections … maybe not:

http://www.tolonews.com/arts-culture/gold-and-silver-among-relics-found-pakti
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More on that mosaic workshop from Jerash:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/drsarahbond/2017/08/24/discovery-of-early-isla mic-mosaic-tesserae-sheds-light-on-art-and-earthquakes/#5ae161d04cdd

More on finds made during Istanbul’s metro construction:

https://www.dailysabah.com/history/2017/08/23/ancient-human-remains-disco vered-in-istanbul-metro-construction-site

Not sure where to put this ‘spinoff’ from the Hobby Lobby case:

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/08/hobby-lobby-funds-israeli-settlement- archaeology-170826181403031.html

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Possible evidence of winemaking in 4th millennium BCE Italy:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-08/uosf-woi082417.php https://phys.org/news/2017-08-world-oldest-italian-wine-ancient.html https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/08/170824141201.htm http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/08/2017/copper-age-storag e-jar-once-contained-wine

Mycenean tombs from Nemea:

http://www.tornosnews.gr/en/greek-news/culture/26893-new-mycenaean-tomb s-discovered-during-recent-nemea-excavations-in-greece.html

Xrays reveal details in a Herculaneum fresco:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-08/acs-rah072517.php https://phys.org/news/2017-08-remarkable-artistry-hidden-ancient-roman.html https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/08/170821085702.htm https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/elemental-maps-reveal-hidden-beauty- of-roman-portrait/3007876.article https://www.seeker.com/culture/x-ray-reveals-ancient-roman-portrait-covered-i n-mt-vesuvius-ash http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/08/ancient-roman-painting-x-ray-tec hnology-spd/ http://www.nationalgeographic.com.au/history/captivating-new-look-at-ancient- painting-buried-by-volcano.aspx http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/ancient-roman-painting-buried-thousands-years-after- vesuvius-eruption-gets-new-life-1635682 https://www.forbes.com/sites/samlemonick/2017/08/21/science-is-uncovering- the-exquisite-detail-in-this-faded-painting/ http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/x-rays-reveal-details-portrait-onc e-hidden-under-vesuvius-ash-180964592/

A pair of Roman sarcophagi from near Rome’s Stadio Olimpico:

http://www.ansa.it/english/news/lifestyle/arts/2017/08/23/roman-sarcophagi-di scovered-near-stadio_ce131439-7bb3-4ea9-902a-331e4ef81b05.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/08/24/ancient-roman-sarcophagi-discov ered-chance-next-romes-football/ https://www.thelocal.it/20170824/ancient-roman-tombs-found-near-football-sta dium-in-italy

Metal detectorists found a major coin hoard near Cornwall:

http://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/treasure-hunting-pair-uneart hed-nearly-367139 http://www.archaeology.org/news/5869-170824-england-roman-coins

A second century cistern from Peperikon:

http://sofiaglobe.com/2017/08/25/archaeology-2nd-century-ce-drinking-water-c ollection-tank-found-at-bulgarias-perperikon/

… and assorted Roman structural remains from Sofia:

http://sofiaglobe.com/2017/08/25/archaeology-ancient-tavern-shops2-found-un der-sofias-sveta-nedelya-square/

Latest from that Colchian Kingdom dig we’ve mentioned a couple of times:

http://agenda.ge/news/85935/eng

A Byzantine-era mosaic with a Justinianic ‘inscription’ from Jerusalem:

https://phys.org/news/2017-08-rare-byzantine-mosaic-revealed-jerusalem.htm
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http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Article.aspx?id=503199 http://www.timesofisrael.com/once-in-a-lifetime-find-of-ancient-greek-inscriptio
n-uncovered-at-jerusalems-old-city-gate/ http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/234406 http://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/1.808491 http://www.jewishpress.com/news/israel/jerusalem/emperor-justinian-mosaic- inscription-unearthed-near-damascus-gate/2017/08/23/ http://forward.com/fast-forward/380811/miraculous-1-500-year-old-mosaic-une arthed-in-jerusalem/ http://forward.com/news/world/380813/miraculous-1-500-year-old-mosaic-unea rthed-in-jerusalem/ http://www.dw.com/en/rare-1500-year-old-mosaic-discovered-in-jerusalem/ a-40214870 http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-08-25/construction-workers-unearth-6th-cent ury-mosaic-in-jerusalem/8841794 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/byzantine-mosaic-revealed-in-jerusalem-ol d-city.aspx?pageID=238&nid=117163&NewsCatID=375 http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/845177/christian-mosaic-floor-greek-Jer usalem https://www.yahoo.com/news/rare-byzantine-mosaic-revealed-jerusalems-old- city-132841311.html http://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-archaeology-idUSKCN1B3195 http://www.tornosnews.gr/en/greek-news/culture/26894-greek-inscription-disco vered-on-1500-year-old-jerusalem-mosaic-floor.html http://www.archaeology.org/news/5863-170823-israel-byzantine-inscription

Remains of a Roman bath at Faversham:

http://www.kentonline.co.uk/faversham/news/archaeologists-dig-in-to-reveal-1 30738/

Possible Roman tweezers from the Washingborough bypass dig (maybe
medieval though):

http://www.lincolnshirelive.co.uk/news/local-news/washingborough-bypass-di g-unearths-pristine-382978

Restoration work has started at the stadium at Denizli:

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/ancient-stadium-in-denizli-under-restoration .aspx?pageID=238&nid=116945&NewsCatID=375

… and digging has started/resumed at Nicopolis ad Istrum:

http://www.focus-fen.net/news/2017/08/21/422196/veliko-tarnovo-archaeologic al-research-starts-in-roman-city-of-nicopolis-ad-istrum.html

Feature on the Seven Wonders:

http://www.salon.com/2017/08/20/how-we-lost-the-seven-wonders-of-the-ancie nt-world/

Feature on Kathleen Martinez’ ongoing search for the tomb of Cleo:

https://dominicantoday.com/dr/local/2017/08/21/dominican-archaeologist-upb eat-on-finding-cleopatra-efe/

Feature on Chedworth Roman Villa:

http://www.wiltsglosstandard.co.uk/news/15487343.Visitors_could_in_future_ see_what_lies_under_the_ground_at_Chedworth_Roman_Villa_in_three_dim ensional_scan_of_buried_ruins/

Feature on the ancient Greek diet:

http://greece.greekreporter.com/2017/08/22/eating-habits-in-ancient-greece/

Feature on Commodus:

http://www.abc.net.au/radio/melbourne/programs/evenings/commodus/
8840516

… and Menander:

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/wanganui-chronicle/midweek/news/article.cfm?c_id =1503658&objectid=11911137

… and damnatio memoriae type things (with modern comparisons):

http://www.nationalreview.com/article/450810/civil-war-monuments-rome-can-t each-america-about-preserving-history

… and Troy:

https://www.livescience.com/38191-ancient-troy.html

Opeddish on Caligula:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/26/opinion/sunday/
caligula-roman-empire.html

Pondering what Pompeii would be like if Vesuvius didn’t erupt:

http://www.nationalgeographic.com.au/history/what-would-pompeii-be-like-if-v esuvius-never-erupted.aspx

Some recent research on some of the victims:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/kristinakillgrove/2017/08/24/pregnant-women-an d-fetuses-among-vesuvius-victims-archaeologists-reveal/


On the Castle Howard sculptures ‘saved for the nation’:

http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/15482605.The_Roman_treasures_from_Cas tle_Howard_saved_for_the_nation_in_a___5_4_million_tax_deal/

More on Brexit and the Elgin/Parthenon Marbles:

http://www.dw.com/en/greece-could-use-brexit-to-recover-stolen-parthenon-art/ a-40038439


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Remains of an 8th century settlement near Sallins:

http://www.leinsterleader.ie/news/home/266292/archaeologists-discover-8th-c entury-settlement-near-sallins.html http://www.archaeology.org/news/5862-170822-ireland-kildare-early-medieval- complex

Remains of a huge 9th century ‘slaughter hound’ from Co Kildare:

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/beware-of-the-dog-giant-killer-canine-is-une arthed-z0s57ttw6

A small 700 years bp coin hoard from Carlisle:

http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/Treasure-dating-back-more-than-700-year s-found-in-Carlisle-366cbf78-5138-499d-9993-b8f4c66819b8-ds

Medieval burials from Swords Castle:

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/social-affairs/burials-uncovered-at-swords-c astle-dig-1.3196904

Solving a 13th century mystery at a Russian site:

https://phys.org/news/2017-08-russian-archaeological-13th-century-mystery.ht
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Remains of a 13th century gateway in Vinne:

https://spectator.sme.sk/c/20633435/archaeologists-find-gateway-from-13th-ce ntury-in-vinne.html http://www.archaeology.org/news/5873-170825-slovakia-viniansky-castle

I think we mentioned this 200 years bp ‘refugee camp’ site near Galway:

http://www.archaeology.org/news/5858-170821-galway-linen-refugee-camp

Questioning a seal purportedly used by Robert the Bruce:

http://www.thenational.scot/news/15497256.Doubts_raised_over_famous_sea ls_said_to_have_been_used_by_Robert_the_Bruce_which_may_be_replicas
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A town council ‘mistake’ halted an Ipswich Cornhill dig:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-41012498

Surveying a WWI POW camp site in Jersey:

https://jerseyeveningpost.com/news/2017/08/25/archaeologists-survey-pow-c
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Protected status for some shipwreck sites off the UK:

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-40991727

On Italy’s efforts to rebuild earthquake-damaged sites:

http://www.ansa.it/english/news/lifestyle/arts/2017/08/21/italy-rebuilding-quak e-damaged-heritage_0ade2047-d96d-43f3-8446-1969e4e2d047.html

Latest examination of the Venus of Vesti Dolni Vestonice:

http://www.radio.cz/en/section/curraffrs/shapely-czech-venus-reveals-secrets

Plans to reinter thousands of burials from the St Nicholas East Kirk
(Aberdeen) dig a decade ago:

http://www.scotsman.com/news/1-000-skeletons-found-in-aberdeen-to-be-reint erred-1-4540552

Tracking down a Christopher Columbus letter that had been stolen from the Vatican:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/08/24/sleuths-track-centuries-old-copy-l etter-written-christopher/

Medieval London was a violent place:

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2145415-medieval-london-was-the-most- violent-place-in-england/

More on mikvehs from the Great Vilna synagogue dig:

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5006995,00.html

More on the Ballachulish goddess:

http://www.scotsman.com/news/the-return-of-the-2-500-year-old-ballachulish-g oddess-1-4542330


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Latest from the Naringala Fortress dig:

http://www.today.az/news/society/164339.html

A 400 years bp Korean mummy apparently had a bad meal:

http://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/1.808565

A 16th century Ganesh idol from Hyderabad:

http://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/250817/guntur-16th-cent ury-ganesh-found.html

The Taj Mahal is apparently a tomb, not a temple:

http://www.india.com/news/india/asi-admits-taj-mahal-is-a-tomb-not-a-temple-2 429472/

On life in early colonial New Zealand:

https://www.stuff.co.nz/southland-times/news/95863669/milton-burial-project-a -work-in-progress-to-reveal-the-lives-and-deaths-of-early-pioneerss

Concerns for Indian antiquities:

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/indian-antiquities-under-threat-are-we-
aware-of-the-implications/articleshow/60239492.cms

Efforts to save colonial-era fountains in Mumbai:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-40847731

Attempting to get Heritage Status for some burial mounds in Osaka:

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/?post_type=news&p=1255656

More on evidence of an ancient trade network in Viet Nam:

https://phys.org/news/2017-08-archaeologists-uncover-ancient-network-vietna m.html http://www.archaeology.org/news/5857-170821-vietnam-ancient-trade-network

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Learning about Ohio’s early crops from seeds and pollen remains:

http://www.dispatch.com/news/20170820/archaeology-ancient-seeds-pollen-s how-ohios-lost-crops

An Ohlone site in Fremont:

http://abc7news.com/realestate/exclusive-developer-uncovers-ohlone-indian-r emains-i-team-investigates/2336282/

Interesting study of what led to the demise of the Hunley and crew:

https://phys.org/news/2017-08-confederate-submarine-crew-weapon.html https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-08/du-csc081817.php https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2017/08/24/ science-may-have-solved-the-150-year-old-mystery-of-a-sunken-civil-war-sub marine http://www.nature.com/news/scientists-solve-mystery-of-us-civil-war-submarin e-1.22447

Feature on the ‘Bourbon Pompeii’:

http://www.kentucky.com/news/business/article169294127.html http://www.wkyt.com/content/news/Bourbon-Pompeii-Rare-find-now-open-to-vis itors-441561733.html

Home renovations in Ohio reveal a 19th century log cabin:

http://www.foxnews.com/science/2017/08/24/couple-discover-19th-century-log- cabin-during-home-renovation.html http://www.cnn.com/videos/us/2017/08/25/ohio-log-cabin-discovery-orig-vstan. cnn


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16 Chinese migrant burials (100 years bp) at the Huaca Bellavista site (lots of confusing headlines with this one):

http://www.andina.com.pe/Ingles/noticia-peru-chinese-skeletons-found-in-lima- archaeological-site-679681.aspx https://phys.org/news/2017-08-peru-pre-incan-site-tomb-chinese.html http://www.nydailynews.com/news/peru-discovers-bodies-16-chinese-migrant s-pre-incan-tomb-gallery-1.3440001?old=/gallery.html https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/reuters/at-ancient-pyramid-in-peru--remains-of-2 0th-century-chinese-labourers-found/43468128 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-peru-archaeology-idUSKCN1B504W http://www.archaeology.org/news/5871-170825-peru-indentured-labor

Assorted Inca remains from around Machu Picchu:

http://www.andina.com.pe/Ingles/noticia-peru-inca-paintings-funerary-contexts -found-near-machu-picchu-679880.aspx

Feature on the Maya:

https://www.livescience.com/41781-the-maya.html

Mexico has created a special police division to deal with cultural heritage issues:

http://www.dw.com/en/mexico-creates-new-federal-police-division-to-protect-cu ltural-heritage/a-40255182


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The Biblical commentary of Bishop Fortunatianus has been translated:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/08/22/dont-take-bible-literally-says-sch olar-brought-light-earliest/

Victor Nuovo on Locke:

http://www.addisonindependent.com/201708victor-nuovo-locke-saw-evil-patria
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In case you’re wondering about the fate of statuary in the US South:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41030362 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41002743

… and Australia:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-41020363

… and pondering how Shakespeare spelled his name (because of a statue):

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-shakespeare-hecuba-statue-usc-2 0170823-htmlstory.html

On the family that saved Monticello:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/retropolis/wp/2017/08/23/neo-nazis-ral lied-around-jeffersons-statue-at-uva-but-it-was-jews-who-saved-monticello/

A Constable fake is now considered original:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-41000338

Recreating recipes from 17th century ships:

http://mentalfloss.com/article/503719/archaeologists-are-recreating-recipes-1 7th-century-ships

On the history of tulips:

http://www.dw.com/en/tulips-dramatic-journey-to-europe/g-40199643

On female Russian soldiers during WWI:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/23/insider/russian-women-muster-for-a-batt alion-of-death.html http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/women-warriors-russian-revolution-1 80963067/

Feature on Champollion:

http://catholicstarherald.org/the-man-who-mastered-the-rosetta-stone/

On baked puddings:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-41036341

On the slow adoption of electricity:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40673694

On Primitivism (art movement):

http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20170818-how-a-small-african-figurine-chang ed-art

On the sound of ancient languages:

https://holykaw.alltop.com/ancient-languages-sounded-like

On the Battle of Hill 70 (WWI):

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41004040

On the Westminster chimes:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-40997642

More eclipse-related items:

http://blog.britishmuseum.org/solar-eclipses-then-and-now/

More on the find of the USS Indianapolis:

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/uss-indianapolis-lost-wwii -warship-found-pacific-ocean-72-years-later-navy-sea-submarine-a7903436.ht
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Archaeology Podcast Network:

http://www.archaeologypodcastnetwork.com/archyfantasies/ ===============================================================
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MUSEUM MATTERS
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Lewis Carroll’s photos:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-41024587

Faces of Power:

http://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-museum-coin-exhibit-shows-a-daughters-l ove-is-worth-more-than-gold/

Centennial of the Everyday:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/museums/in-the-galleries-sim ple-objects-speak-about-life-in-an-18th-century-hostelry/2017/08/24/ bfb5bfe0-8693-11e7-a50f-e0d4e6ec070a_story.html

Splendor and Beauty (Chinese antiquities):

http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1063168.shtml

Scythians:

https://www.ft.com/content/96cca90c-7c63-11e7-ab01-a13271d1ee9c

Plans for an open air museum near Persepolis:

http://www.tehrantimes.com/news/416132/Open-air-museum-to-be-set-up-near- Persepolis

Rommel’s Cave Museum in Egypt is reopening:

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/44/275975/Heritage/Museums/ Rommels-Cave-Museum-in-Egypt-to-be-reopened-Friday.aspx http://www.egyptindependent.com/rommel-cave-museum-reopened-7-years/ http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-08/26/c_136555993.htm

The Met has turned over that disputed vase:

http://neoskosmos.com/news/en/Met-surrenders-looted-Ancient-Greek-vase-to- US-authorities-for-investigation


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THE TECHY SIDE
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Not sure where ‘soundscape’ archaeology pieces fit best .. this one is one an
Ice Age site:

https://phys.org/news/2017-08-life-ice-age-captured-soundscape.html

Studying the clay of the Terracotta Warriors:

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/china-terra-cotta-army-clay

Another piece on replicating ancient weapons at Kent State:

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/lab-replicates-weapons-early-fea ts-north-american-engineering-180964077/

Another feature on LiDAR:

https://qz.com/1060921/self-driving-cars-use-the-same-technology-that-discov ers-ancient-civilizations/

Not sure how relevant this 3d scanning of fossilized feces is to our purview:

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/08/170824150951.htm


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ON THE DNA FRONT ===============================================================
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Rethinking the impact of ‘caveman’ DNA:

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/08/170823140650.htm https://phys.org/news/2017-08-cavemen-genetic-checkup.html

More on turkey DNA:

https://news.wsu.edu/2017/08/22/dna-suggests-pueblo-migration/ http://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_news/turkey-bones-may-help- trace-fate-of-ancient-cliff-dwellers/article_602da09b-32ed-5967-b94d-d642d66 368c5.html



Dienekes' Anthropology Blog:

http://dienekes.blogspot.ca/ ===============================================================
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TOURISTY THINGS
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Abandoned castles:

http://www.cnn.com/travel/article/abandoned-castles-worldwide/index.html

Conquest Cup:

https://nyti.ms/2v4R9Rl

Ethiopia’s Underground Churches:

http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20170817-ethiopias-miraculous-underground- churches

Alhambra palace:

http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20170817-the-secret-world-of-granadas-alham bra-palace

Budapest:

http://www.dw.com/en/budapest-new-life-in-old-ruins/a-40178137

Egungun Festival (Nigeria):

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-41026019

Zerzevan Castle:

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/zerzevan-castle-home-to-secret-history-.as px?pageID=238&nid=117141&NewsCatID=375


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CRIME BEAT
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Viking objects stolen from a Norway museum:

https://www.dailysabah.com/europe/2017/08/20/400-immeasurable-viking-obj ects-stolen-from-museum-in-norway

Theft from a site in South Africa is raising a lot of concerns:

http://www.nature.com/news/theft-of-south-african-relics-riles-researchers-1.22 479 https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/south-africa/2017-08-23-theft-of-gold-relics-fr
om-kruger-museum-angers-archaeologists/

Two smuggling busts in Egypt … the second one is kind of strange:

https://dailynewsegypt.com/2017/08/21/authorities-spoils-attempts-smuggling -rare-ancient-relics-outside-egypt/ http://www.timesofisrael.com/bizarre-18th-century-jewish-items-seized-from-ar chaeology-smuggler-in-egypt/ http://www.menafn.com/1095755473/Authorities-spoils-attempts-of-smuggling- rare-ancient-relics-outside-Egypt

… I think this is one of the above in more detail:

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/43/275899/Heritage/Islamic/ Egyptian-authorities-foil-attempt-to-smuggle-Khedi.aspx http://www.egyptindependent.com/cairo-airport-foils-attempt-smuggle-khedival -era-antiquities-saudi-arabia/

Latest idiot-visitor-breaks-a-museum-object-while-trying-to-take-a-photo story:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/08/22/museum-visitor-damages-800-ye ar-old-coffin-lifting-child-photo/ https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2017/aug/22/museum-visitors-photo-stun t-damages-800-year-old-coffin-essex http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-41012491

Arrests for illegal diving for antiquities off Mani (Greece):

http://www.tornosnews.gr/en/greek-news/society/26877-six-arrested-on-charg e-of-illegal-diving-for-antiquities-in-mani-greece.html http://greece.greekreporter.com/2017/08/23/six-men-charged-with-illegal-divin g-for-antiquities-in-mani/

This ‘stolen coins’ case involving a British man in Turkey is being spun in various ways:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-41056552

Latest Anonymous Swiss Collector Culture Crime News:

https://www.anonymousswisscollector.com/2017/08/culture-crime-news-7-20-a ugust-2017.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/

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REPATRIATION AND RECOVERY ===============================================================
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On what India has recovered since 2014:

http://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/210817/24-antiquities-b rought-back-by-modi-government-since-2014.html http://plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=17112&SEO=india-recovered-24-antiq uities-in-three-years

On returning Nazi loot:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41000756

Turkey wants the Hittite King Maradas to be returned:

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkey-asks-for-return-of-hittite-king-marada s.aspx?pageID=238&nid=117042&NewsCatID=375

A piece of marble pipe taken from Olympia was returned:


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