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    From david meadows@21:1/5 to All on Sun Oct 23 17:56:38 2016
    [continued from previous message]

    http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2016-10/10/c_135743851.htm

    A 700 years bp Ming dynasty banknote inside a Chinese sculpture:

    http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/19/luxury/ming-dynasty-found-note-inside-sculpture/index.html

    On a possible 11 000 years bp astronomical observatory type thing in
    Australia:

    http://www.archaeology.org/4906-161013-australia-wurdi-youang http://www.mnn.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/blogs/mysterious-ancient-stone-formation-australia-likely-worlds-oldest-observatory

    Evidence of island-under-a-single-ruler at Nan Madol in an ancient
    Polynesian tomb:

    http://phys.org/news/2016-10-evidence-chief-pacific-islanders-society.html https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-10/smu-ao1101816.php https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/10/161018132620.htm http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/10/2016/pacific-islanders-invented-new-kind-of-society-at-nan-madol
    http://www.archaeology.org/4961-161021-pohnpei-nan-madol

    A 4000 years bp child�s rattle from a Siberian burial:

    http://siberiantimes.com/science/others/news/n0780-4000-year-old-childrens-rattle-beautifully-crafted-as-bear-cubs-head-and-it-still-rattles/

    A 2400 years bp Siberian idol apparently underwent �racial realignment� in
    the Middle Ages:

    http://siberiantimes.com/other/others/features/f0264-siberias-stone-idols/

    More on 1000 years bp Japan being more �cosmopolitan� than previously
    thought:

    http://artdaily.com/news/90741/Ancient-Japan--more-cosmopolitan--than-thought--researchers
    http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/10/05/national/history/research-uncovers-evidence-ancient-japan-cosmopolitan-previously-thought/

    More on the origins of Polynesians:

    http://www.livescience.com/56382-original-polynesians-hailed-from-taiwan.html

    More on death-by-boomerang:

    http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/18/science/first-boomerang-victim-australia.html https://www.yahoo.com/news/man-killed-brutal-boomerang-blow-121500400.html

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    Southeast Asian Archaeology Newsblog:

    http://www.southeastasianarchaeology.com/

    New Zealand Archaeology eNews:

    http://nzarchaeology.blogspot.co.nz/index.html ================================================================
    NORTH AMERICA
    ================================================================
    Hurricane Matthew revealed some Civil War era cannonballs on a South
    Carolina beach:

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-37611586 http://www.livescience.com/56458-hurricane-matthew-uncovers-civil-war-cannonballs.html
    http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/civil-war-era-cannonballs-unearthed-hurricane-matthew-180960737/
    http://www.newsmax.com/US/hurricane-matthew-south-carolina-beach-cannonballs/2016/10/10/id/752652/

    A 19th century distillery on the Kentucky River:

    http://www.kentucky.com/news/state/article108222782.html

    A handwritten Lincoln letter is coming to auction:

    http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/10/10/handwritten-letter-from-abraham-lincoln-for-sale.html

    On the �worst president ever�:

    http://www.npr.org/2016/10/15/498056608/-worst-president-ever-one-author-says-this-title-goes-to-james-buchanan?sc=17&f=1032

    Pondering a Columbus Day myth:

    http://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2016/10/10/496060711/on-columbus-day-a-look-at-the-myth-that-all-the-real-indians-died-off?sc=17&f=1032

    They announced the find of the de Luna settlement in Florida:

    http://pulsegulfcoast.com/2016/10/uwf-announce-new-archaeological-discovery http://www.pnj.com/story/news/local/pensacola/2016/10/21/luna-sites-galvanize-public-archaeology/92517436/

    � and a third de Luna shipwreck:

    http://www.pnj.com/story/news/local/pensacola/2016/10/21/third-shipwreck-luna-fleet-uncovered/92487848/
    http://www.archaeology.org/4960-161021-third-luna-ship

    Latest from the Castillo de San Marcos dig:

    http://www.actionnewsjax.com/news/local/archeologists-finding-artifacts-near-castillo-de-san-marcos/459168888

    There�s a new Wyandotte Nations centre:

    http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/science/2016/10/09/01-archaeology-wyandotte-nations-new-center-aims-to-restore-lost-culture.html

    On damage to the Declaration of Independence:

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/was-the-declaration-of-independence-defaced-experts-say-yes/2016/10/21/5bb6efaa-96d9-11e6-bb29-bf2701dbe0a3_story.html

    On the first woman to run for president:

    http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2016/10/18/victoria-woodhull-hillary-clinton-first-woman/92051476/

    Rethinking a misunderstood aspect of the American Revolution:

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/10/20/what-we-can-learn-from-one-of-the-biggest-mysteries-and-misunderstandings-of-the-american-revolution/?wpisrc=nl_az_most

    More on salt at Chaco Canyon:

    http://phys.org/news/2016-10-salt-secret-success-ancient-chaco.html

    More on that buried �bison feast� from Alberta:

    http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/1600-year-old-untouched-feast-unearthed-alberta-180960738/
    http://www.archaeology.org/news/4892-161005-buffalo-jump-roasting-pit

    More on that mastodon skeleton from Michigan:

    http://phys.org/news/2016-10-team-recovers-michigan-mastodon-skeleton.html https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/10/161018081948.htm http://www.archaeology.org/4950-161018-michigan-mastodon-skeleton


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    CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA ================================================================
    An 8000 years bp �cache� of animal bones from Mexico:

    http://www.archaeology.org/4958-161020-mexico-bison-remains

    Evidence of ancient dog sacrifice beneath a zoo in Peru:

    http://phys.org/news/2016-10-beneath-peru-zoo-ancient-dog.html http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=11&int_new=90836 http://www.scienceworldreport.com/articles/49839/20161014/animal-sacrifices-dogs-buried-1-000-years-ago-found-peru.htm

    Overviewish thing on the dig at El Pilar:

    http://phys.org/news/2016-10-archaeology-canopy.html https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-10/uoc--aut101316.php

    On the effects of the �rubber boom� on animal life in South America:

    http://phys.org/news/2016-10-documents-staggering-loss-wildlife-amazon.html

    16th century Chinese porcelain in Acapulco:

    http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2016-10/15/c_135755647.htm http://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/ming-dynasty-china-found-in-acapulco/ http://www.archaeology.org/4943-161017-mexico-chinese-porcelain http://internacional.elpais.com/internacional/2016/10/20/mexico/1476919222_200786.html

    Feature on the latest finds from Cahuachi:

    http://www.agi.it/cultura/2016/10/07/news/scoperta_italiana_aggiunge_enigma_ai_misteri_di_nazca-1145250/

    Feature on the discovery (a while back) of Naia:

    http://voices.nationalgeographic.com/2016/10/19/see-the-underwater-crypt-thats-home-to-americas-oldest-human-skeleton/

    More on the tombs from Homul:

    https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/oct/14/mayan-tombs-snake-kings-holmul-guatemala


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    Mike Ruggeri's Ancient Americas Breaking News:

    http://goo.gl/1VdeA

    Ancient MesoAmerica News:

    http://ancient-mesoamerica-news-updates.blogspot.com/ ================================================================
    OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST ================================================================
    Interesting finds about Frankincense (spun various ways):

    http://m.phys.org/news/2016-10-veil-queen-sheba-perfume.html http://www.livescience.com/56506-chemistry-of-frankincense-revealed.html http://www.archaeology.org/4942-161017-frankincense-olibanic-acids

    On assorted celebrated codices:

    http://www.livescience.com/56507-mysterious-ancient-codices.html

    On the history of the pencil:

    http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2016/10/11/492999969/origin-of-pencil-lead

    On Marcantonio Raimondi�s dubious distinction:

    https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/jonathanjonesblog/2016/oct/13/marcantonio-raimondi-renaissance-printer-i-modi-the-positions-porn-europe

    How ancient �spear throwers� work:

    http://boingboing.net/2016/10/10/primitive-technology-making-a.html

    They�ve raised Roald Amundsen�s ship:

    http://www.livescience.com/56477-roald-amundsen-ship-the-maud-raised.html

    Plenty of umbrage as art history a-levels were axed in the UK:

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-37642722

    � and archaeology:

    http://www.bbc.com/news/education-37632700 http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/archaeology-a-level-is-next-specialist-arts-subject-to-be-killed-off-62dm3t7pv
    https://www.tes.com/news/school-news/breaking-news/axing-archaeology-a-level-damaging-future-infrastructure-projects
    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/2016/10/18/tony-robinson-backs-petition-to-stop-a-level-archeology-from-bei/
    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/thinking-man/sir-tony-robinson-scrapping-archaeology-a-level-is-an-assault-on/

    � and Classics:

    https://www.theguardian.com/education/2016/oct/17/scrapping-archeology-classics-a-levels-barbaric-tony-robinson
    https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/oct/18/the-guardian-view-on-a-level-changes-loss-of-civilisation

    Feature on scary clowns:

    http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/16/opinion/sunday/what-do-the-scary-clowns-want.html

    Some pre-Halloween stuff:

    http://www.archaeology.org/issues/232-1611/features/4940-ireland-halloween-roots
    http://www.livescience.com/56285-halloween-guide.html

    Latest crossing-the-Pacific-in-a-reed-boat attempt:

    http://phys.org/news/2016-10-american-pacific-reed-boat-australia.html http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/lifestyle/2016/10/22/american-to-cross-pacific-ocean-to-australia-in-reed-boat-built-by-bolivian/

    Arguing about some Renaissance terra cottas:

    http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/21/arts/design/donatello-st-lawrence-terra-cotta-sculpture-florence.html

    Pondering Ossian�s works (and claims thereof):

    http://phys.org/news/2016-10-science-year-old-literary-controversy.html http://www.livescience.com/56578-scottish-epic-ossian-tied-to-irish-mythology.html

    Pressure on the antiquities trade:

    https://www.ft.com/content/1b176496-9622-11e6-a1dc-bdf38d484582

    Exorcisms are too scary for young priests apparently:

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-37676977

    Shakespeare and the US election:

    http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/09/opinion/sunday/shakespeare-explains-the-2016-election.html

    Big bucks for a Titanic locker key:

    http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-37738643

    Latest Victor Nuovo on Spinoza (not sure if it still works):

    http://www.addisonindependent.com/201610nuovo-spinoza-freedom-and-determination

    On the trafficking of body parts in the past:

    http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/18/opinion/nat-turners-skull-and-my-students-purse-of-skin.html

    Pondering an art history riddle:

    https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2016/oct/17/hannah-gadsby-why-i-love-the-arnolfini-portrait-one-of-art-historys-greatest-riddles


    Archaeology Podcast Network:

    http://www.archaeologypodcastnetwork.com/archyfantasies/ ================================================================
    MUSEUM MATTERS
    ================================================================
    Valentin de Boulogne:

    http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=11&int_new=90709

    Caravaggio�s heirs:

    http://www.prnewswire.co.uk/news-releases/caravaggios-heirs---baroque-in-naples--first-comprehensive-exhibition-of-masterpieces-of-neapolitan-baroque-painting-596620711.html

    .. similar:

    http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20161010-why-caravaggio-was-a-shocking-as-his-paintings
    https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/beyond-caravaggio

    Van Gogh:

    http://www.wcpo.com/news/insider/cincinnati-art-museums-new-van-gogh-exhibit-peers-into-mind-of-revered-artist

    Once there was a house:

    https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/2016/10/12/years-later-evoking-terrible-moment-time/bc609izxrywsVFrWWlCyWO/story.html

    Botticelli:

    http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20161014005335/en/Botticelli-Search-Divine-Florentine-Painting-Medici-Bonfires
    http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=11&int_new=90912

    Quran:

    http://aa.com.tr/en/americas/first-major-quran-exhibition-in-us-set-to-open-/668502
    http://www.dailysabah.com/religion/2016/10/20/first-major-quran-exhibition-in-us-set-to-open
    https://www.moroccoworldnews.com/2016/10/199572/quran-exposition-opens-washington-dc/

    History of the World in 100 Objects:

    http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/art-and-design/history-of-the-world-in-100-objects-at-national-museum-of-australian-in-canberra-clocks-50000-visitors-20161020-gs6kaz.html

    Daubigny, Monet, Van Gogh:

    http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/20/arts/design/van-gogh-museum-traces-daubigny-influence.html
    https://www.vangoghmuseum.nl/en/whats-on/exhibitions/daubigny-monet-van-gogh

    Mugal India:

    http://www.blouinartinfo.com/news/story/1641877/mughal-india-at-the-cleveland-museum-of-art

    Oscar Wilde�s Cell (etc):

    http://www.npr.org/2016/10/20/498715561/reading-gaol-where-oscar-wilde-was-imprisoned-unlocks-its-gates-for-art

    Damnatio Memoriae:

    http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=11&int_new=90957

    Bouts:

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tees-37673250

    Medieval Jerusalem:

    http://www.timesofisrael.com/met-exhibition-on-medieval-jerusalem-has-lots-of-harmony-not-so-much-judaism/

    Lives Bound Together:

    http://www.npr.org/2016/10/16/496770465/records-descendants-help-weave-stories-of-george-washingtons-slaves

    Matisse:


    http://www.henleystandard.co.uk/entertainment/story.php?id=269800

    Istanbul�s archaeology museums are celebrating 125 years:

    http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/istanbul-archaeology-museums-celebrate-125-years-of-housing-civilizations.aspx?PageID=238&NID=104882&NewsCatID=375

    Harvard�s Peabody Museum is bringing a pile of stuff out of storage:

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/harvard-museum-to-dust-off-curiosities-long-kept-in-storage/2016/10/17/d53717b8-9424-11e6-9cae-2a3574e296a6_story.html
    https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/art/2016/10/13/indiana-jones-had-favorite-museum/5HcqX0arGdWrNoRjH1IOPJ/story.html
    http://www.sentinelandenterprise.com/police/ci_30477069/harvard-dust-off-hundreds-unique-museum-items
    http://www.kxxv.com/story/33403372/harvard-museum-to-dust-off-curiosities-long-kept-in-storage
    http://kron4.com/ap/harvard-museum-to-dust-off-curiosities-long-kept-in-storage/

    The NG of Australia is wondering about a bunch of its items now:

    http://www.theaustralian.com.au/arts/explainer-the-nga-looted-antiquities-scandal/news-story/046e1789adacfa68f391afc68b3fdfa4

    On mummy portraits coming to auction:

    http://www.apollo-magazine.com/the-faces-of-antiquity-in-the-sale-rooms-of-new-york/

    On neglected women artists:

    http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20161019-the-great-women-artists-that-history-forgot

    The Nero exhibition in Trier has been quite the success:

    http://www.wort.lu/en/panorama/trier-more-than-250-000-visitors-at-nero-exhibition-58045e6d5061e01abe83a737


    ================================================================
    THE TECHY SIDE
    ================================================================
    Drones and VR shed light on the Plain of Jars:

    http://phys.org/news/2016-10-laos-plain-jars-recreated-virtual.html https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-10/anu-aud101916.php http://www.archaeology.org/news/4953-161019-drone-laos-jars http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-10-18/vr-and-drones-could-unlock-secrets-about-the-plain-of-jars-laos/7938520
    http://www.theage.com.au/act-news/anu-archaeologists-using-virtual-technology-in-laos-20161019-gs5w6j.html

    Drones are being used inaccessible parts of the Caribbean too:

    http://phys.org/news/2016-10-drones-history-caribbean.html

    Studying ancient art with 3D printing:

    http://artdaily.com/news/90913/University-of-Virginia-faculty-and-staff-use-3-D-printing-to-take-a-fresh-look-at-ancient-art

    Using lasers to study Isle of Man graves:

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-isle-of-man-37703921

    More on unlocking �unreadable� scrolls:

    http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/scientist-to-unlock-unreadable-scrolls-9323z67wg


    ================================================================
    ON THE DNA FRONT ================================================================
    Mapping the genome of the African diaspora in the Americas:

    https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-10/uoca-smg101016.php

    Using DNA to map where the first farmers lived:

    http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/18/science/ancient-farmers-archaeology-dna.html

    Ancient human relations are rather more complex, according to DNA:

    http://phys.org/news/2016-10-ancient-human-history-complex-previously.html

    DNA of a 300 years bp baby remains connect it with an early Maryland
    governor:

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dna-testing-links-300-year-old-remains-of-a-baby-to-a-colonial-md-governor/2016/10/16/43ed3446-84d8-11e6-92c2-14b64f3d453f_story.html


    Dienekes' Anthropology Blog:

    http://dienekes.blogspot.ca/ ================================================================
    TOURISTY THINGS ================================================================
    Pergamon:

    http://www.dailysabah.com/travel/2016/10/22/city-of-pergamon-once-the-biggest-metropolis-awaits-history-lovers

    Underground Naples:

    http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20161011-an-ancient-world-concealed-underground

    Paphos:

    http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20161017-it-was-an-ancient-form-of-sex-tourism

    Dracula�s Castle:

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2016/10/18/you-can-now-compete-to-spend-one-terrifying-night-in-draculas-castle/

    Siberian Cradle of Humanity:

    http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/20/world/europe/siberian-town-stakes-a-claim-as-humanitys-cradle.html

    European Castles:

    http://www.dw.com/en/fortresses-and-castles-in-europe/a-36109955


    ================================================================
    CRIME BEAT
    ================================================================
    Story about the �mafia� supplying ISIL with weapons in exchange for
    antiquities (lots of skepticism about this one):

    http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/the-times/mafia-sells-rifles-to-jihadists-in-exchange-for-libyan-artefacts/news-story/679cd7b5eee03404a6ab897870873e4e
    http://www.libyanexpress.com/italian-mafia-is-providing-libyas-is-with-weapons-in-return-of-ancient-artefacts/
    http://www.dailysabah.com/europe/2016/10/17/italian-mafia-cooperates-with-daesh-sells-libyan-antiquities
    http://theartnewspaper.com/news/news/italian-mafia-trading-weapons-for-libyan-artefacts-plundered-by-isil-italian-newspaper-claims-/
    http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2016/10/17/Italian-mob-sells-weapons-to-ISIS-in-Libya-in-exchange-for-looted-antiquities-.html
    http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/10/18/italian-mob-trades-weapons-with-looted-art-from-isis-in-libya.html
    http://www.apollo-magazine.com/mafia-factions-allegedly-providing-guns-to-terrorists-in-exchange-for-antiquities/
    https://news.artnet.com/market/italian-mafia-arms-isis-trading-art-707582

    Another bust in Greece:

    http://www.amna.gr/english/article/15426/Police-presents-priceless-loot-of-antiquities-smuggling-ring-bust
    http://greece.greekreporter.com/2016/10/11/police-unveil-priceless-artifacts-and-religious-icons-from-antiquities-smuggling-ring-bust/
    http://info-europa.com/uncategorized/trucker-nabbed-smuggling-antiquities-from-patra-port/44792

    � and in the UAE:

    http://gulftoday.ae/portal/a1809932-e883-4f5c-92dc-f32cecdab445.aspx https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/emirati-police-holding-3-foreigners-trying-to-sell-artifacts/2016/10/18/9975ad8e-950f-11e6-9cae-2a3574e296a6_story.html
    http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2016/10/18/world/middleeast/ap-ml-emirates-antiquities-bust.html

    Criticism of Bavaria�s efforts in regards to looted art:

    http://www.dw.com/en/critics-say-bavaria-not-doing-enough-on-looted-art/a-36034558

    Latest Anonymous Swiss Collector Culture Crime News:

    http://www.anonymousswisscollector.com/2016/10/culture-crime-news-3-9-october-2016.html


    conflict antiquities:

    http://conflictantiquities.wordpress.com/

    anonymous swiss collector:

    http://www.anonymousswisscollector.com/

    Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues:

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

    Looting Matters:

    http://lootingmatters.blogspot.com/

    Illicit Cultural Property:

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

    SAFE:

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

    ================================================================
    REPATRIATION AND RECOVERY ================================================================
    Australia�s senate is joining in seeking repatriation of items from the
    BM:

    https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/oct/11/australian-senate-joins-push-to-repatriate-indigenous-artefacts-from-british-museum

    � while the provenance of a Maya item at the NGA is being questioned:

    http://www.theaustralian.com.au/arts/visual-arts/mayan-vase-subject-of-latest-provenance-inquiry-at-nga/news-story/2bd592eecd07e8e6d3acff6313ca9216

    Remains of a number of Aboriginals were returned to Australia:

    http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/indigenous/remains-of-13-aboriginals-will-be-returned-to-australia/news-story/f099cb9d25ca56caaea792f8a8fbeaa5
    http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=11&int_new=90943

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    NUMISMATICA
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    Feature on Bactrian coins:

    http://www.coinweek.com/ancient-coins/ngc-ancients-unusual-bactrian-portraits/

    Feature on the Theban Silver Stater:

    http://www.coinweek.com/coins/coin-profiles/ancient-coins-coin-profiles/ancient-coin-profiles-greece-theban-silver-stater/

    Trying to keep the Boldre Hoard together:

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-37708385

    An Iron Age hoard from Ightham:

    http://www.kentlive.news/a-hoard-of-gold-coins-more-than-2-000-years-old-was-found-in-ightham/story-29823491-detail/story.html

    Plenty of e-Syla to work through:

    http://www.coinbooks.org/club_nbs_esylum_v19n41.html http://www.coinbooks.org/club_nbs_esylum_v19n42.html http://www.coinbooks.org/club_nbs_esylum_v19n43.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 ================================================================
    A Bronte rock musical:

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-37717671

    An Iliad:

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/in-an-iliad-the-epic-glory-and-terror-of-war/2016/10/11/cba722d0-8fd1-11e6-bc00-1a9756d4111b_story.html

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    Audio News from Archaeologica:

    http://www.archaeologychannel.org/audio-main-menu-cat/audio-news-list/2500-audio-news-from-archaeologica-9-october-2016-15-october-2016
    http://www.archaeologychannel.org/audio-main-menu-cat/audio-news-list/2495-audio-news-from-archaeologica-2-october-2016-8-october-2016
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    OBITUARIES
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    Jacob Neusner:

    http://www.jewishpress.com/news/breaking-news/scholar-jacob-neusner-dead-at-84/2016/10/09/
    http://www.christianorigins.div.ed.ac.uk/2016/10/16/remembering-jacob-neusner/

    Ernie Haerinck:

    http://www.thenational.ae/opinion/comment/archaeologist-shone-a-light-on-the-secrets-of-our-past


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    CONFERENCES
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    6th Rye Medieval Academic Conference (October 22):

    http://www.ryemuseum.co.uk/ ================================================================
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    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:

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    The Book and the Spade:

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