[continued from previous message]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/museums/the-new-bible-museum-tells-a-clear-powerful-story-and-it-could-change-the-museum-business/2017/11/15/6fc76f40-c98e-11e7-8321-481fd63f174d_story.html


� and it is spawning opeds on various subjects:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-museum-of-the-bible-reflects-the-discouraging-state-of-christianity/2017/11/17/0d8d419a-cbd4-11e7-aa96-54417592cf72_story.html?utm_term=.fc4c5986e676

https://www.timesofisrael.com/judaism-is-the-star-at-a-bible-museum-built-by-hobby-lobby/

https://www.vox.com/identities/2017/11/17/16658504/bible-museum-hobby-lobby-green-controversy-antiquities


Provenance concerns at the Louvre Abu Dhabi:

https://www.albawaba.com/loop/original-louvre-abu-dhabi-stolen-iraqi-artifacts-1049458

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THE TECHY SIDE
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On dendrochronology:

https://www.sapiens.org/column/curiosities/tree-ring-dating-mesa-verde/?utm_content=bufferb3895&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer


Mapping shipwrecks off Western Australia:

https://phys.org/news/2017-11-volunteers-d-imaging-shipwrecks.html


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ON THE DNA FRONT ================================================================
What DNA reveals about the early population of North America:

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/nov/15/no-lost-tribes-or-aliens-what-ancient-dna-reveals-about-american-prehistory


More on European hunter-gatherers interbreeding with Neolithic farmers:

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/ancient-european-farmers-and-foragers-hooked-big-time

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/how-asian-nomadic-herders-built-new-bronze-age-cultures?utm_source=editorspicks111917&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Editors_Picks

http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/11/2017/european-hunter-gatherers-slowly-integrated-into-neolithic-farming-communities-over-time


Dienekes' Anthropology Blog:

http://dienekes.blogspot.ca/

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TOURISTY THINGS ================================================================
Assorted ancient cities:

http://www.cnn.com/travel/article/worlds-best-ancient-cities/index.html

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CRIME BEAT
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Latest Anonymous Swiss Collector Culture Crime News:

http://www.anonymousswisscollector.com/2017/11/culture-crime-news-6-12-november-2017.html


Mario Becchina is feeling the heat:

https://www.dailysabah.com/europe/2017/11/15/italy-police-confiscate-millions-of-euros-from-mafia-linked-art-dealer

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 ================================================================
That dispute over Crimean gold in the Netherlands is heating up:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/11/16/russia-threatens-cut-museum-ties-netherlands-crimea-gold/
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NUMISMATICA
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Latest e-Sylum (there�s a special edition in the Obituaries section too):

http://www.coinbooks.org/v20/club_nbs_esylum_v20n46.html

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Ancient Coin Collecting:

http://ancientcoincollecting.blogspot.com/

Ancient Coins:

http://classicalcoins.blogspot.com/

Coin Week:

http://www.coinweek.com/

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

http://www.archaeologychannel.org/audio-main-menu-cat/audio-news-list/2668-audio-news-from-archaeologica-5-november-2017-11-november-2017
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OBITUARIES
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Eric P. Newman:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/16/obituaries/eric-newman-dead-leading-authority-on-coins.html

http://www.coinbooks.org/v20/club_nbs_esylum_v20n47.html

Jeremy Hutchinson:

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-37657545

Edward Allington:

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/edward-allington-obituary-hx76vkcqf

Thomas Rinkevich:

http://www.omaha.com/obits/rinkevich-thomas-edward/article_1b4cdd74-ffb5-599b-a8e7-436e018c22ed.html


James Morwood:

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2017/nov/14/james-morwood-obituary

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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:

http://heatherpringle.wordpress.com/ ================================================================ PODCASTS/VODCASTS ================================================================
Archaeosoup:

http://www.youtube.com/user/Archaeos0up?feature=watch

The Book and the Spade:

http://www.radioscribe.com/bknspade.htm ================================================================
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