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explorator 19.28 November 6, 2016 ===============================================================
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Astudillo,
Bob Heuman, David Critchley, Rick Heli, Barbara Saylor Rodgers, Allan
Brockway,
Richard Campbell, Richard C. Griffiths, Rick Pettigrew, 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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This seems to be a growing story � Melanesians carry DNA which comes (apparently) from an unknown, extinct hominid:


http://phys.org/news/2016-11-people-melanesia-genetic-evidence-previously.html


Ostrich eggshell beads in the Denisova Cave:


http://siberiantimes.com/other/others/news/n0789-paleolithic-jewellery-still-eye-catching-after-50000-years/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/4981-161101-denisova-cave-beads


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AFRICA
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Evidence of mesolithic ochre processing in Ethiopia/East Africa:


http://phys.org/news/2016-11-middle-stone-age-ochre-tools.html https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/11/161102143618.htm https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-11/p-msa102616.php http://www.archaeology.org/4989-161103-ethiopia-tools-ochre


How domesticated chickens made their way to Africa:


http://phys.org/news/2016-11-africa-oldest-domestic-chicken-bones.html https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/11/161103091312.htm https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-11/wuis-htc110216.php http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/664136/?sc=rssn


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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT ================================================================


A 3800 years bp �tableau� of Egyptian boats from Abydos:


http://www.livescience.com/56695-ancient-egypt-boat-tableau-discovered.html http://www.cbsnews.com/news/ancient-images-egyptian-pharaohs-tomb/ https://www.yahoo.com/news/3-800-old-tableau-egyptian-114700069.html http://www.archaeology.org/4979-161031-egypt-boat-images


In the wake of those auctions, Egypt is seeking sanctions against the
Toledo MoA:


http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/246958/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/Egypt-urges-sanctions-on-Toledo-museum-of-Art.aspx


� and has cut ties therewith as well:


http://www.egyptindependent.com/news/antiquities-ministry-breaks-contact-toledo-museum-over-auction-sales
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20161101-egypt-bans-cooperation-with-toledo-museum-over-antiquities-sale/


� background, in case you missed it:


http://theartnewspaper.com/news/museums/outcry-after-toledo-museum-of-art-sells-ancient-greek-and-egyptian-objects-at-auction/


Alexandria hosted an underwater antiquities conference:


http://www.egyptindependent.com/news/archaeologists-descend-alexandria-celebration-egypt-s-underwater-heritage
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2016-11/01/c_135795176.htm http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2016-11/03/c_135801413.htm


Remains of a Bronze Age city in northern Iraq:


http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/11/2016/bronze-age-city-discovered-in-northern-iraq


Evidence of Baldwin III�s 12th century attack on his mother:


http://www.haaretz.com/jewish/archaeology/1.748810


The press in Israel loves when kids find artifacts � this time, it�s a
1200 years bp coin from the Galilee:


http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Teenagers-discover-1200-year-old-coin-in-the-Galilee-471424
http://www.jewishpress.com/news/breaking-news/rare-1200-year-old-gold-coin-discovered-in-lower-galilee/2016/11/01/
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/219640 http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4873812,00.html


Some followups to the opening of the traditionally-identified site of
Jesus� tomb in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre:


http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/10/jesus-christ-tomb-burial-church-holy-sepulchre/
http://www.livescience.com/56700-original-bedrock-of-jesus-tomb-revealed.html http://www.natureworldnews.com/articles/30941/20161101/heres-what-experts-discovered-opening-jesus-christs-burial-tomb.htm
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/walls-jesus-tomb-exposed-first-time-centuries-180960953/
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/jesus-christ-tomb-discovery-jerusalem-israel-scientists-uncover-marble-rock-a7384206.html
http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=11&int_new=91220 http://www.timesofisrael.com/original-limestone-bed-on-which-jesus-was-buried-said-uncovered/
http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/news/2016/10/31/jesuss-tomb-exposed-for-the-first-time-in-centuries/
http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2016/1101/Jesus-Tomb-opened-What-did-we-learn-so-far
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/10/jesus-tomb-opened-church-holy-sepulchre/


Plans to resume digging at Masada:


http://www.i24news.tv/en/news/israel/society/129388-161105-israeli-archaeologist-announces-return-to-masada-after-ten-year-absence


Arguing over the authenticity of that �Jerusalem Papyrus� continues:


http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/11/06/is-israel-s-big-new-find-a-hoax.html
http://www.livescience.com/56653-hebrew-papyrus-seized-from-looters.html http://www.livescience.com/56646-photos-hebrew-papyrus-judean-desert.html https://www.yahoo.com/news/ancient-hebrew-papyrus-seized-looters-140100407.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865666077/Scholars-say-papyrus-mentioning-Jerusalem-based-kingdom-may-be-fake.html?pg=all
http://forward.com/news/breaking-news/352646/does-ancient-scroll-prove-jewish-tie-to-jerusalem-and-refute-modern-day-une/


� while the IAA continues to maintain it is genuine, of course:


http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/IAA-refutes-authenticity-accusations-of-Jerusalem-papyrus-inscription-471239
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-archaeology-idUSKCN12Q1SO?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews


Meanwhile, Palestine is set to lay claim to the DSS:


http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Article.aspx?id=471781


Another piece on the politics of archaeology in Israel:


http://www.wsj.com/articles/how-archaeology-became-an-israeli-palestinian-battleground-1478267201


On early changes to the Decalogue:


http://scienmag.com/when-jews-and-christians-changed-the-ten-commandments/


Sixty percent of sites in Iraq have been looted, apparently:


http://www.nrttv.com/en/Details.aspx?Jimare=10773


More on that �Muslim� inscription which proves Jewish ties to Temple
Mount:


http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_article.php?id=37507 http://www.timesofisrael.com/centuries-before-trying-to-deny-it-muslims-carved-jewish-link-to-jerusalem-into-mosque/


More on Jerusalem�s new Archaeology Campus:


http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-1.749679

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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS) ================================================================


A massive Gallo Roman villa find from Brittany:


http://www.connexionfrance.com/roman-villa-gallo-cotes-damor-brittany-archaeologists-housing-development-view-article.html


They�re back looking at that Phoenician shipwreck off Gozo:


http://www.archaeology.org/4977-161031-malta-phoenician-shipwreck


� and the shipwreck that was carrying the Parthenon/Elgin Marbles:


http://www.haaretz.com/jewish/archaeology/1.750272


Greece is planning (again?) an underwater museum:


http://www.china.org.cn/arts/2016-11/01/content_39618423.htm


A coin is causing a rethink of the date of the Segovia aqueduct:


http://elpais.com/elpais/2016/11/01/inenglish/1477997248_304960.html http://www.archaeology.org/news/4988-161102-segovia-aqueduct-coin


Plans for Roman style food at Pompeii:


http://www.ansa.it/english/news/lifestyle/arts/2016/11/02/roman-style-meal-to-be-served-at-pompeii_be3c2519-079e-4ca3-b7b5-93e2518d905f.html


Concerns for the Colosseum after the earthquake:


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/10/31/italy-fears-for-colosseum-as-cracks-get-bigger-after-each-quake/
http://news.nationalpost.com/news/world/massive-earthquake-in-italy-has-added-worrisome-cracks-to-2000-year-old-colosseum-experts-warn
http://www.apollo-magazine.com/italy-earthquakes-damage-to-heritage-sites-in-rome-confirmed/


� and the volcano is mentioned again:


http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/rome-volcano-slowly-reawakening-scientists-italy-earthquake-a7391016.html


Interview with Anne Carson:


https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/oct/30/anne-carson-do-not-believe-art-therapy-interview-float


What C Brian Rose is up to:


http://www.the-college-reporter.com/2016/10/30/c-brian-rose-talks-preserving-historical-artifacts-culture-at-common-hour/


Honours for Jack Davis and Sharon Stocker:


http://www.uc.edu/profiles/profile.asp?id=24259
� and Steven Lattimore:


http://satprnews.com/2016/11/04/dr-steven-lattimore-celebrated-for-work-as-an-educator-classicist/


Latest in the Parthenon Marbles saga:


http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/14834725.Government_urged_to_return_Elgin_Marbles_to_Greece/


On use of high tech analysis at Volterra:


http://triblive.com/news/allegheny/11402789-74/volterra-models-scanning


More on the Cyprus side of that Toledo MoA thing:


http://www.toledoblade.com/Art/2016/10/25/Cyprus-demands-auction-be-stopped-Ambassador-wants-artifacts-displayed-in-Toledo-museum.html
http://cnsnews.com/news/article/ohio-museum-sells-pieces-despite-protests-cyprus-egypt
http://theartnewspaper.com/news/museums/outcry-after-toledo-museum-of-art-sells-ancient-greek-and-egyptian-objects-at-auction/


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EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland) ================================================================
Studying a 9000 years bp burial in Ireland:


http://www.archaeology.org/4992-161103-ireland-polished-adze


Bronze Age burials and pottery from a Gwynedd quarry:


http://www.dailypost.co.uk/business/business-news/graves-discovered-gwynedd-quarry-dig-12106228
http://www.archaeology.org/news/4983-161101-wales-intact-pottery


A Viking �toolbox� find:


http://sciencenordic.com/archaeologists-discover-viking-toolbox


An Anglo Saxon hoard from Louth:


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/11/05/anglo-saxon-treasure-trove-discovered-in-potato-field/


Work at the Kremlin revealed some medieval remains:


http://phys.org/news/2016-11-kremlin-makeover-exposes-mediaeval-mysteries.html http://www.scmp.com/news/world/russia-central-asia/article/2042629/mysteries-kremlin-are-revealed-archaeologists-dig


The �cursed� St Anne�s Well has been found near Liverpool:


http://www.livescience.com/56737-cursed-medieval-well-found-in-england.html http://www.sciencealert.com/archaeologists-have-uncovered-a-cursed-well-in-england
http://www.archaeology.org/4994-161104-england-st-anne-s-well


Concerns for wetland sites:


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-37826894 https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/11/161102143426.htm https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-10/uoy-aea102716.php http://www.archaeology.org/4982-161101-star-carr-preservation


Feature on the Watlington Hoard:


http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/14839409.Medieval_Viking_treasure_trove___the_history_of_the_Watlington_Hoard_unearthed/


They�re excavating at Sittaford Stone Circle:


http://www.tavistock-today.co.uk/article.cfm?id=416866&headline=Dartmoor%20stone%20circle%20undisturbed%20for%20hundreds%20of%20years%20being%20excavated&sectionIs=news&searchyear=2016


Another theory on the origin of Stonehenge�s stones:


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2016/10/28/massive-25-ton-stones-of-stonehenge-may-have-come-from-further-a/


A project to find witches marks all over the UK:


http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-37817785 https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2016/oct/31/witches-marks-historic-england-evil-spirits


A 19th century shipwreck from the Baltic:


http://www.archaeology.org/4987-161102-finland-shipwreck-bottles


Latest from the Scottish Soldiers Archaeology Project:


http://www.archaeology.org/4984-161101-scottish-soldiers-survivors


The bones of Sophia Dorothea may have been found:


http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/dorothea-code-could-300-year-old-bones-solve-royal-mystery-n675421


Using experimental archaeology to figure out Viking fighting styles:


http://sciencenordic.com/archaeologist-discovers-new-style-viking-combat http://cphpost.dk/news/danish-archaeologist-discovers-new-viking-fighting-style.html


Pondering the Aberdeen Bestiary:


http://www.archaeology.org/4986-161102-aberdeen-bestiary-images


Feature on the Rothwell Charnel Chapel:


http://www.archaeology.co.uk/articles/features/rothwell-charnel-chapel-the-nameless-dead.htm


Feature on Otzi:


http://elpais.com/elpais/2016/10/27/ciencia/1477580868_703313.html


Repairs are under way at Lindisfarne Castle:


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-37815977


Pondering the �sinking� of Venice:


https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/nov/02/when-will-venice-sink-google


More earthquake damage coverage:


https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/oct/30/san-benedetto-basilica-norcia-destroyed-italy-earthquake
http://www.cortezjournal.com/article/20161030/AP/310309897/Latest-Italian-earthquake-devastates-medieval-sites


More on those �scratched stones� from Denmark which might be a map:


http://www.livescience.com/56719-scratched-stones-worlds-oldest-maps.html http://www.livescience.com/56709-photos-scratched-stones-ancient-maps.html http://www.cbsnews.com/news/ancient-scratched-stones-worlds-earliest-maps-or-magic-artifacts/


More on humans decorating with cave lion pelts:


http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2016/1026/Ancient-interior-decorators-Did-early-humans-line-caves-with-lion-pelts?cmpid=TW
http://www.archaeology.org/news/4969-161026-cave-lion-extinction


More on the fresco fragment from the Plovdiv Basilica:


http://www.archaeology.org/news/4964-161024-bulgaria-basilica-philippopolis


More on Black Sea shipwrecks:


http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/perfectly-preserved-ancient-shipwrecks-found-in-depths-of-black-sea.aspx?pageID=238&nid=105345&NewsCatID=375


More on finds from the Hellfire Club:


http://www.archaeology.org/news/4995-161104-hellfire-club-carving


Just for the record, we�re watching this �pyramid in Spain� story with a skeptical eye:


http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/556318/Ancient-Pyramids-Europe-Spain-Discovered-Canete-Rewrite-History-Mystery-Valley


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ASIA AND THE SOUTH PACIFIC ================================================================
Evidence of human habitation of Australia�s interior some 49 000 years bp:


http://phys.org/news/2016-11-humans-earlier-australia-remote-outback.html http://phys.org/news/2016-11-aboriginal-people-inhabited-wa-midwest.html http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-37854246 https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/nov/02/humans-arrived-in-australian-interior-49000-years-ago-archaeologists-believe-flinders-ranges
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/people-settled-australia%E2%80%99s-rugged-interior-surprisingly-early
http://www.abc.net.au/am/content/2016/s4568130.htm http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2016/1102/What-happened-when-humans-first-arrived-in-Australia
http://www.smh.com.au/technology/sci-tech/astounding-archaeology-discovery-places-inland-human-occupation-of-australia-at-49000-years-20161102-gsg4ox.html
http://www.archaeology.org/4990-161103-australia-megafauna-rock-shelter http://www.archaeology.org/news/4993-161104-australia-yellabidde-cave


� and some focussed on how the evidence was found:


http://www.stuff.co.nz/world/australia/86056456/Man-searching-for-toilet-in-Australias-outback-makes-astounding-discovery-of-49-000-year-old-human-settlement
http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Discovery-of-49-000-year-old-human-settlement-10592531.php


Studying Maori social systems:


http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1611/S00063/maori-social-systems-focus-of-novel-research-collaboration.htm


Evidence of the earliest use of coal in Xinjiang:


http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/culture/2016-11/02/content_27251296.htm


Rethinking Yunnan�s Bronze Age:


http://www.gokunming.com/en/blog/item/3835/archaeological_find_changing_understanding_of_yunnans_bronze_age


Identifying sites in Islamabad:


http://dailytimes.com.pk/islamabad/02-Nov-16/eight-archaeological-sites-identified-in-capital


I think we mentioned this child�s rattle from Siberia:


http://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2016/11/01/491624/ancient-toy-discovered-in-Russia http://www.archaeology.org/news/4962-161024-siberia-bear-rattle


More on the Marquis of Haihun�s tomb excavation:


http://english.cctv.com/2016/10/30/VIDEGDyQGdgZenxylKxGy0DD161030.shtml


More on the role of climate in the colonization of the Pacific:


http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/02/science/south-pacific-islands-migration.html http://www.archaeology.org/4991-161103-oceania-climate-simulation http://scienmag.com/early-pacific-seafarers-likely-latched-onto-el-nino-and-other-climate-patterns/


More on that �cannabis burial�:


https://www.yahoo.com/news/2-500-old-burial-hints-140900556.html

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NORTH AMERICA
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In case you�re wondering about that Dakota Pipeline dispute:


http://kfor.com/2016/11/01/the-sacred-land-at-the-center-of-the-dakota-pipeline-dispute/
http://www.montereyherald.com/business/20161102/the-latest-new-standoff-in-protest-over-dakota-pipeline/1


� apparently artifacts were found:


http://www.thegazette.com/subject/news/nation-and-world/before-protest-conflict-pipeline-builder-found-artifacts-20161101
http://www.columbian.com/news/2016/nov/02/regulator-pipeline-company-too-late-in-reporting-artifacts/
http://www.ksdk.com/news/artifacts-found-on-north-dakota-pipeline-route-not-reported-for-10-days/346282809
http://www.kristv.com/story/33603355/the-latest-pipeline-builder-could-be-fined-in-north-dakota


� but:


http://lancasteronline.com/insider/officials-say-no-native-american-burial-sites-found-yet-in/article_62594330-a205-11e6-afc3-4fa7f3ca60ac.html


Fire-scarred trees on Hecate Island apparently were of human origin:


http://phys.org/news/2016-11-british-columbia-island-historical-human.html https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-11/uoo-oaw110216.php


A possible high altitude buffalo jump in Wyoming:


http://www.archaeology.org/4985-161102-wyoming-buffalo-jump


On voting on Tuesdays in the US:


http://www.npr.org/2016/11/01/500208500/why-do-we-vote-on-tuesdays


More on those Michigan Mammoth bones from a while back:


http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2016/1101/What-Michigan-mammoth-bones-say-about-early-North-American-settlers


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CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA ================================================================
I think we mentioned this child burial and mummified macaw from the
Chihuahuan desert a few weeks ago:


http://westerndigs.org/mummified-bird-baby-found-in-cave-shed-light-on-earliest-desert-farmers/


Searching for Cuba�s pre-Columbian roots:


http://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/taino-indigenous-culture-columbus-archaeology-cuban-identity-cultural-travel-180960975/


I think we mentioned how some Chilean mummies are turning to slime:


http://www.sciencealert.com/the-oldest-mummies-in-the-world-are-turning-into-black-slime


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OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST ================================================================
Some more Halloween-related items � first on Halloween apples:


http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2013/10/30/241924745/the-secret-steamy-history-of-halloween-apples


� and a halloween-related (apparently) reenactment of a mummy unwrapping:


https://www.bu.edu/today/2016/mummy-ritual-reenactment/


� and real-life vampire diseases:


http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20161031-the-real-life-disease-that-spread-the-vampire-myth
https://www.insidehighered.com/audio/2016/10/31/vampires-and-tuberculosis


� and revisiting a Venetian �vampire burial�:


http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/seriouslyscience/2016/10/31/halloween-flashback-strange-case-vampire-burial-venice/


� and more generally on Halloween history:


http://www.dw.com/en/halloween-and-the-souls-trapped-in-purgatory/a-36214983


Pondering the swastika:


http://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2016/10/28/499475248/diwali-dilemma-my-complicated-relationship-with-the-swastika


I think we�ve mentioned Lawrence of Arabia and how his claims have been
backed up by archaeology recently:


http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-37803035


Why van Gogh really sliced off his ear:


http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/31/world/van-gogh-ear-slash-motive-trnd/index.html


Marking the 500th anniversary of Utopia:


https://www.insidehighered.com/views/2016/11/02/essay-500th-anniversary-thomas-mores-utopia


On the survival of France�s aristocracy:


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-37655777


The Monarch of the Glen is coming to auction:


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-37847020


For the cat aficionados out there:


http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/02/arts/television/review-in-the-story-of-cats-on-pbs-a-look-at-evolutionary-masters.html


Recreating an Iron Age German �beer�:


http://www.livescience.com/56731-iron-age-beer-recipe-recreated.html http://wksu.org/post/2500-years-ago-brew-was-buried-dead-brewery-has-revived-it


Revisiting the floods of Florence:


https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/waters-rising-a-tale-of-the-man-who-helped-saved-florences-cultural-treasures/2016/11/02/524cdd12-9d0f-11e6-b3c9-f662adaa0048_story.html


� and Vasari�s �Last Supper� has been restored:


http://www.dw.com/en/16th-century-last-supper-masterpiece-restored-50-years-after-epic-flood/a-36272784


On how cooking began:


https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg23230980-600-what-was-the-first-cooked-meal/


On cholera:


http://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2016/11/04/500664156/cholera-101-why-an-ancient-disease-keeps-on-haunting-us


Latest on Amelia Earhart has her dying as a castaway:


http://phys.org/news/2016-11-amelia-earhart-died-castaway.html http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/how-photo-amelia-earharts-arms-could-uncover-her-fate-1-180960995/
http://www.archaeology.org/4996-161104-amelia-earhart-arms


On children�s names:


http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-37854247


More on the Pope opening Castel Gandolfo to the public:


http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/pope-francis-isnt-using-his-summer-house-so-vatican-letting-public-in-180960883/

Archaeology Podcast Network:

http://www.archaeologypodcastnetwork.com/archyfantasies/ ================================================================
MUSEUM MATTERS
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Michigan Mammoth:


http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2016/1101/What-will-we-learn-from-mammoth-exhibit-at-Univ.-of-Michigan


Origins of Art:


https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/jonathanjonesblog/2016/nov/03/on-the-origins-of-art-exhibition-tasmania-why-did-humans-start-making-art-comment


Goldfinch:


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-37845639


Khirbet Qeiyafa:


http://www.haaretz.com/haaretz-labels/1.750309 http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4872064,00.html


Again we�re hearing that the Louvre might house threatened objects from
Syria, Iraq, etc.:


http://www.artdaily.org/index. asp?int_sec=11&int_new=91272


Feature on Basra�s Museum of Antiquities:


https://www.ft.com/content/0d91282c-8bb2-11e6-8cb7-e7ada1d123b1


More delays for the Louvre Abu Dhabi:


http://www.zawya.com/mena/en/story/Louvre_Abu_Dhabi_opening_further_delayed_to_2017__sources-TR20161104nL8N1D433XX2/


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THE TECHY SIDE
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Feature on digitizing manuscripts:


http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/how-experts-are-digitizing-ancient-manuscripts-180960685/


On some non C14 dating methods:


https://cosmosmagazine.com/archaeology/beyond-carbon-dating-how-archaeologists-find-the-age-of-an-object

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ON THE DNA FRONT ================================================================
Dienekes' Anthropology Blog:

http://dienekes.blogspot.ca/ ================================================================
TOURISTY THINGS ================================================================
Armenian Wine:


http://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/armenia-wine-travel-tourism-viticulture-vineyards-180959986/


German Beer:


http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20161027-how-pure-is-the-beer-in-germany


Assorted German touristy stuff:


http://www.dw.com/en/what-do-tourists-want-to-see-in-germany/a-18768578


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CRIME BEAT
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Latest Anonymous Swiss Collector Culture Crime News:


http://www.anonymousswisscollector.com/2016/10/culture-crime-news-24-30-october-2016.html


Switzerland is denying Jihadists are storing loot there:


http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=11&int_new=91274


A bust in assorted places in Attica:


http://www.ekathimerini.com/213347/article/ekathimerini/news/four-arrested-for-illegal-antiquities-trading


Mexico doesn�t recover a lot of stolen artifacts, apparently:


http://www.insightcrime.org/news-analysis/only-a-fraction-of-mexico-s-stolen-cultural-antiquities-are-recovered


China is toughening its stand on purloined antiquties:


http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2016-11/03/content_27260446.htm


Feature on why ISIL destroys antiquities:


http://www.kabc.com/2016/10/25/isis-destruction-of-antiquities-explained/ http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/nationworld/la-fg-iraq-islamic-state-antiquities-snap-story.html


A stolen manuscript turns up on an internet auction site:


http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-37801421


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 ================================================================
Australia is seeking an aboriginal shield from the British Museum:


http://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/as-it-happens-wednesday-edition-1.3832953/they-ve-got-no-claim-indigenous-australian-demands-british-museum-return-ancestral-shield-1.3832962

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NUMISMATICA
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A �Racketeer Nickel� from Deadwood:


http://rapidcityjournal.com/news/local/eureka-moment-arises-as-experts-discover-rare-coin-in-deadwood/article_2b9d6c1d-f31c-5c07-a853-5280c406428a.html
http://www.archaeology.org/4978-161031-deadwood-racketeer-nickel


Big bucks for a silver tetradrachm:


http://www.coinworld.com/news/world-coins/2016/11/whopping-six-hundred-thirteen-thousand-nine-hundred-ninety-nine-us-realized-for-460-bc-silver-tetradrachm.html


Raising funds for the Boldre Hoard:


http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/14842035.Campaigners_raise_more_than___10_000_for_Roman_coin_exhibition/


Latest eSylum:


http://www.coinbooks.org/club_nbs_esylum_v19n44.html


� and the one which should appear later today:


http://www.coinbooks.org/club_nbs_esylum_v19n45.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 ================================================================
Two Class Acts:


http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/29/theater/review-what-would-sophocles-do-pucker-up-perhaps.html

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

http://www.archaeologychannel.org/audio-main-menu-cat/audio-news-list/2507-audio-news-from-archaeologica-23-october-2016-29-october-2016
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CONFERENCES
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(send in your notices!) ================================================================
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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