Thanks to Arthur Shippee, Dave Sowdon, Edward Rockstein, Kurt Theis,

John McMahon, Barnea Selavan, Joseph Lauer, Mike Ruggeri, Hernan Astudillo,

Barbara Saylor Rodgers, Rick Heli, Bob Heuman, David Critchley

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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Apparently some evidence of early tool use might have actually been made by crocodiles (!):

https://phys.org/news/2017-11-ancient-crocs-stone-tools.html

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/crocs-take-bite-out-claims-ancient-stone-tool-use

Suggestion that height and weight evolved at different speeds as hominins developed:

https://phys.org/news/2017-11-height-weight-evolved-bodies-ancestors.html

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-11/uoc-haw102617.php

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/11/171108092241.htm

https://news.sky.com/story/ancient-humans-roaming-african-savannahs-were-tall-and-skinny-study-finds-11117898

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AFRICA

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Feature on protecting pyramids in the Sudan:

http://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-africa-41932570/protecting-sudan-s-forgotten-pyramids

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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT

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The void in the Great Pyramid is still getting press coverage:

https://www.yahoo.com/news/secret-chamber-cosmic-rays-reveal-111500731.html

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/11/02/561468384/scientists-say-theyve-found-hidden-space-in-great-pyramid-of-giza

https://dailynewsegypt.com/2017/11/08/newly-discovered-void-great-pyramid-draws-eyes-egypt/

… and the coverage is still being criticized:

http://www.newsweek.com/giza-pyramid-void-new-discovery-criticized-egypt-officials-702438

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/egypt-archaeologist-criticizes-pyramid-void-discovery-122003

http://artdaily.com/news/100054/Zahi-Hawass-criticises-pyramid-void–discovery-

https://www.alaraby.co.uk/english/blog/2017/11/5/egyptian-archaeologist-slams-new-pyramid-findings

… and the Ministry has announced a new investigation to come:

http://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/31102/Ministry-announces-new-pyramid-investigation

Analysis of some 2000 years bp Egyptian papyri suggest the possibility of copper in the ink:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-11/uoc–ifa111017.php

https://phys.org/news/2017-11-ink-ancient-egyptian-papyri-copper.html

https://www.upi.com/Science_News/2017/11/10/Ancient-Egyptian-scribes-mixed-copper-in-their-ink/9011510336195/

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/11/171110113931.htm

A followup piece on what they found in that goldsmith’s tomb near Luxor last month:

https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/15/32021/Striking-Gold

A cuneiform tablet with an ‘infertility plan’:

https://www.dailysabah.com/history/2017/11/09/first-infertility-diagnosis-made-4000-years-ago-discovered-in-cuneiform-tablet-in-turkey

https://www.archaeology.org/news/6084-171109-turkey-surrogate-plan

A fifth century BCE Persian temple (and more) from northern Turkey:

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/excavations-could-change-religious-history-of-anatolia-122065

https://www.dailysabah.com/history/2017/11/06/ancient-persian-temple-discovered-in-northern-turkey-could-rewrite-religious-history

A Sassanian loom from northern Iraq:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-11/guf-ein110617.php

https://phys.org/news/2017-11-excavation-northern-iraq-sasanian-loom.html

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/11/171106100257.htm

http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/11/2017/charred-remains-of-sasanian-loom-discovered-in-northern-iraq-excavations

Overviewish thing on recent finds in Saudi Arabia:

http://www.arabnews.com/node/1191691/saudi-arabia

http://menafn.com/1096071072/Archaeological-discoveries-in-Saudi-Arabia

Feature on medicine in Ebla:

http://asorblog.org/2017/11/07/affair-herbal-medicine-special-kitchen-royal-palace-ebla/

Reaction to that solar-eclipse-in-Joshua thing last week:

https://mosaicmagazine.com/observation/2017/11/no-the-book-of-joshua-does-not-tell-of-a-rare-solar-eclipse/

… in case you missed it:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/how-scientists-identified-oldest-known-solar-eclipse-bible-180967135/

More on that remains-of-a-pregnant-woman in what is purported to be King Solomon’s Mines:

https://www.yahoo.com/news/rare-king-solomon-apos-mines-115300560.html

What Matthew Bogdanos is up to:

http://www.palmbeachdailynews.com/news/local/loot-from-iraq-museum-financed-terrorism-recovery-mission-leader-says/ix2EYiJh8U79Az9MWrSE9N/

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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS)

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A couple of important finds in this section this week … the first is what cleaning up a ‘seal stone’ from the Griffin Warrior tomb revealed:

https://phys.org/news/2017-11-team-rare-minoan-sealstone-treasure-laden.html

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-11/uoc-au110617.php

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/11/171107092910.htm

https://www.livescience.com/60886-battle-gemstone-found-ancient-warrior-tomb.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/06/science/greece-griffin-warrior-archaeology-homer.html

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2017/11/08/history-art-rewritten-archaeologists-unearth-3500-year-old-carving/

https://www.npr.org/2017/11/11/563475798/why-a-thumb-sized-stone-is-important-to-ancient-greek-art-history

http://www.newsweek.com/ancient-greece-treasure-filled-tomb-bronze-age-warrior-may-rewrite-history-703965

http://greece.greekreporter.com/2017/11/07/archaeologists-discover-masterpiece-sealstone-in-greek-tomb/

http://www.news.com.au/technology/science/archaeology/pylos-combat-agate-is-a-3500yearold-masterpiece-of-ancient-art-technology/news-story/74b886dc0b87dedcf0f4581e0d421137

http://www.ibtimes.com/pylos-combat-agate-ancient-greek-seal-fine-specimen-miniature-prehistoric-art-2611420

https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/11/greek-sealstone-gemstone-combat-griffin-warrior-tomb-spd/

http://www.nationalgeographic.com.au/history/ancient-greek-masterpiece-revealed-on-thumb-size-gem.aspx

https://www.archaeology.org/news/6075-171106-greece-seal-stone

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/masterpiece-greek-art-found-griffin-warrior-tomb-180967141/

http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/11/2017/discovery-of-masterpiece-sealstone-within-pylos-griffin-warrior-tomb

Another major story is the excavation of a Hellenistic gymnasium in Egypt at what was once Philoteris:

https://phys.org/news/2017-11-archeologists-ancient-gymnasium-egypt-cairo.html

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/281045/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/First-Hellenistic-gymnasium-in-Egypt-discovered-at.aspx

https://dailynewsegypt.com/2017/11/07/remains-egypts-first-gymnasium-discovered-fayoum/

https://www.dailysabah.com/history/2017/11/06/german-egyptian-archaeologists-discover-ancient-gymnasium

https://www.livescience.com/60872-first-greek-gymnasium-found-in-egypt.html

http://www.newsweek.com/ancient-egypt-newly-discovered-2300-year-old-gymnasium-made-tiny-village-look-704380

http://neoskosmos.com/news/en/Ancient-ties-First-Hellenistic-gymnasium-discovered-in-Egypt

http://world.greekreporter.com/2017/11/07/ruins-of-hellenic-gymnasium-unearthed-in-egypt-oasis/

http://www.ibtimes.com/ancient-greek-gymnasium-2300-years-ago-discovered-egypt-2611940

https://www.archaeology.org/news/6074-110617-egypt-greek-gymnasium

Also high on the list is the find of a 2000 years bp sundial from a theatre site in Interamna Lirenas:

http://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/archaeologists-uncover-rare-2000-year-old-sundial-during-roman-theatre-excavation

https://phys.org/news/2017-11-archaeologists-uncover-rare-year-old-sundial.html

https://www.livescience.com/60901-ancient-sundial-found-in-amphitheater.html

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-41915055

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/1.821742

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/cambridge-archaeologists-find-2-000-year-old-roman-sundial-b2b8rm6zt

http://www.ibtimes.com/archaeologists-find-rare-ancient-roman-sundial-still-inscribed-owners-name-2612135

http://www.newsweek.com/archaeology-ancient-rome-sundial-roman-excavation-election-latin-705656

https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/11/ancient-rome-election-victory-sundial-archaeology/

https://www.archaeology.org/news/6080-171108-rome-limestone-sundial

The reconstructed temple of Mithras in London opened to the public:

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/nov/08/reconstructed-roman-temple-mithras-opens-public-bloomberg-hq

https://www.ft.com/content/33fa41ea-c493-11e7-a1d2-6786f39ef675

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/11/08/reconstructed-roman-temple-opens-beneath-city-london/

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/nov/08/reconstructed-roman-temple-mithras-opens-public-bloomberg-hq

http://mentalfloss.com/article/514841/visit-temple-roman-mystery-cult-new-london-museum

https://www.archaeology.org/news/6090-171110-london-mithras-temple

… related, but behind a paywall for me:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/11/11/roman-artefacts-returned-temple-60-years-builders-handed-visitors/

Remains of a Roman road from Aachen:

https://phys.org/news/2017-11-roman-road-german-city-aachen.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/roman-road-discovered-during-digging-in-german-city-aachen/2017/11/07/2450f718-c3e2-11e7-9922-4151f5ca6168_story.html

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/roman-road-discovered-digging-german-city-aachen-50989346

https://www.archaeology.org/news/6076-171107-germany-roman-road

I think we mentioned these finds from Tenea:

http://www.tornosnews.gr/en/greek-news/culture/27963-ancient-artifacts-unearthed-from-2-000-year-old-tombs-in-corinth-greece.html

A ‘lion helmet’ dating to the Punic Wars:

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/.premium-1.821064

A Roman coin hoard from Mezdra (Bulgaria):

http://www.novinite.com/articles/185093/Roman+Coin+Hoard+Found+by+Chance+under+Tree+%E2%80%98Confirms%E2%80%99+Existence+of+Roman+Town+in+Bulgaria%E2%80%99s+Mezdra

http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2017/11/10/roman-coin-hoard-found-chance-tree-confirms-existence-roman-town-bulgarias-mezdra/

I’m not sure we’ve mentioned this mosaic from near the Sea of Galilee:

https://www.timesofisrael.com/who-run-the-world-sometimes-women-1600-year-old-church-mosaic-shows/

Not sure we’ve mentioned these votives from Anavlochos (Crete):

http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/11/2017/votive-figurines-discovered-at-anavlochos-massif-excavation-on-crete

Passing mention of the find of a Roman site in Wales:

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-north-west-wales-41927454?intlink_from_url=&link_location=live-reporting-story

/

On Emily Wilson’s translation of the Odyssey:

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/nov/05/the-guardian-view-on-translation-an-interpretative-and-creative-act

http://www.tornosnews.gr/en/greek-news/culture/28008-first-english-translation-of-homer-s-odyssey-by-a-woman.html

… and a piece by Dr. Wilson herself:

http://time.com/5008920/odyssey-translation-gender-history/

Suggestion that the Trojan Horse was really a boat:

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/the-trojan-horse-a-horse-or-a-boat-122005

What Thomas Carpenter is up to:

http://www.thepostathens.com/article/2017/11/fall-commencement-thomas-carpenter

What Steven Ellis:

https://oberlinreview.org/14928/arts/on-the-record-with-steven-ellis/

Feature on Mike Duncan’s podcast:

https://www.thedailybeast.com/mike-duncan-made-ancient-rome-into-a-podcast-obsession

Plans to search for Scythian remains in Azerbaijan:

http://kazakh-tv.kz/en/view/news_kazakhstan/page_188566_

Looking for funding for the Amphipolis tomb:

http://www.ekathimerini.com/223073/article/ekathimerini/news/amphipolis-tomb-closer-to-espa-funds

Backgrounder on Knossos:

https://www.livescience.com/27955-knossos-palace-of-the-minoans.html

Feature on Caesarea:

http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20171106-israels-ancient-underwater-treasure

Latest oped on the Elgin/Parthenon Marbles and Brexit:

http://www.brownpoliticalreview.org/author/jflynn/

The antimony-in-Pompeii’s-pipes suggestion is making the rounds again:

https://www.livescience.com/60878-did-toxic-water-doom-pompeii.html

http://www.newsweek.com/ancient-rome-pompeii-victims-may-have-been-poisoned-being-buried-hot-ash-705705

https://www.archaeology.org/news/6082-171108-rome-water-antimony

Marking the 40th anniversary of the Vergina tombs find:

http://greece.greekreporter.com/2017/11/08/tombs-of-vergina-40-years-since-andronikos-unearthed-the-macedonian-gems/

On ancient contraception:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/drsarahbond/2017/11/07/the-debate-over-contraception-has-an-ancient-history/

On Diogenes’ finger:

http://greece.greekreporter.com/2017/11/04/diogenes-the-ancient-greek-philosopher-who-was-the-first-to-give-the-finger/

Feature on Phryne:

http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20171108-the-it-girl-of-ancient-greece

Interesting feature on the hydraulis:

http://www.classicfm.com/discover-music/water-organ/

… and one on the aulos:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-41941088

Protecting mosaics in Perge:

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/iron-gates-to-protect-mosaics-in-perge-121609

Review of Prevas, *Hannibal’s Oath*:

http://www.philly.com/philly/entertainment/20171112__Hannibal_s_Oath___His_amazing_feats__his_mysterious_career.html

… and Patrick Hunt was talking about Hannibal’s route:

http://manitoumessenger.com/article/archeologist-patrick-hunt-traces-hannibals-path/

On Socrates and Trump:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/10/opinion/socrates-trump.html

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http://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/recent.html

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http://rogueclassicism.com/

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EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland)

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7000 years bp remains from Sofia:

http://www.novinite.com/articles/185042/Archaeologists+Discover+First+Ever+Prehistoric+Remains+in+Downtown+of+Bulgaria%E2%80%99s+Capital+Sofia,+No+Thracian+Traces

A ca 8th century burial from Hereford cathedral:

http://www.ledburyreporter.co.uk/news/15651904.Skeleton_found_at_cathedral_dates_back_to_the_origins_of_Hereford/

https://www.archaeology.org/news/6087-171110-hereford-england-skeleton

A medieval Jewish cemetery from Bologna:

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/1.821664

http://www.newsweek.com/hundreds-long-lost-anonymous-medieval-jewish-graves-discovered-italy-706829

https://www.archaeology.org/news/6086-171109-italy-bologna-cemetery

Medieval mass graves from the Czech Republic:

http://www.radio.cz/en/section/news/archaeologists-say-czech-mass-graves-could-be-unique-in-europe

http://praguemonitor.com/2017/11/10/archaeologists-uncover-30-medieval-mass-graves-kutn%C3%A1-hora

https://www.archaeology.org/news/6088-171110-czech-medieval-graves

A 1000 years bp child’s religious bracelet from Bulgaria:

http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2017/11/09/1000-year-old-childs-bracelet-virgin-mary-stamp-found-momchils-fortress-southern-bulgaria/

Bones of a 15th century (give or take) teenager from a Scottish cave:

http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/teenager-s-bones-found-at-eigg-massacre-cave-tests-confirm-1-4608279

https://www.archaeology.org/news/6085-171109-scotland-eigg-cave

Some time capsules from the former St Alban’s museum site:

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-41913300

In Our Time was looking at the Picts this week:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09cvx7b

Story of the find of a 4000 years bp jawbone quite a while ago:

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/stirling-pensioner-discovered-4000-year-11500245

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http://archaeology-in-europe.blogspot.com/

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ASIA AND THE SOUTH PACIFIC

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Possible evidence of Nanshan-era farming from China:

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-11/05/c_136729373.htm

https://www.archaeology.org/news/6073-possible-evidence-of-cave-dwelling-farmers-found-in-china

A Neolithic burial on the China-Russia border:

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-11/08/c_136736788.htm

2000 years bp luxury baths from Xi’an:

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-11/06/c_136732167.htm

http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/culture/2017-11/10/content_34348020.htm

https://www.dailysabah.com/history/2017/11/10/2000-year-old-luxury-baths-uncovered-in-chinas-northwestern-xian-city

https://www.archaeology.org/news/6079-171107-china-luxury-baths

Also from Xi’an … a 5500 years bp burial ground:

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-11/10/c_136742950.htm

http://www.ecns.cn/2017/11-11/280547.shtml

Remains of some 12th century glass from Heiankyo:

http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201711070006.html

https://www.archaeology.org/news/6081-171108-japan-suiteki-spout

Concerns for Goa’s oldest stone inscription:

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/goas-oldest-stone-inscription-under-threat/articleshow/61584926.cms

More on that 2400 years bp horse/chariot burial from Henan:

http://www.newsweek.com/ancient-china-100-horse-skeletons-discovered-2400-year-old-burial-pit-next-705286

http://www.novinite.com/articles/185034/Archaeologists+Found+Chariots+of+Chinese+Funeral+Procession+that+are+2400+Years+Old

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Southeast Asian Archaeology Newsblog:

http://www.southeastasianarchaeology.com/

New Zealand Archaeology eNews:

http://nzarchaeology.blogspot.co.nz/index.html

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NORTH AMERICA

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Remains of a 2400 years bp settlement site in Mississauga:

https://www.mississauga.com/news-story/7912684-archaeological-dig-in-mississauga-turns-up-2-400-year-old-remains/

Luxury 17th century items from near the Paul Revere house:

http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2017/11/09/north-end-archaeological-dig-finds-artifacts/gZsnNRyUMAjUIjo74ksFIL/story.html

https://boston.curbed.com/2017/11/10/16632846/north-end-archaeological-dig-paul-revere-house

https://www.archaeology.org/news/6089-171110-boson-colonial-luxury-items

Digging the homestead of Chatham’s first European homesteaders:

http://capeandislands.org/post/archaeological-dig-uncovers-homestead-chathams-earliest-white-settlers#stream/0

Tallying up the 18th century burials at a Philadelphia construction site:

http://www.durabilityanddesign.com/news/?fuseaction=view&id=17632

Concerns for Chaco Canyon:

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/nov/08/chaco-canyon-national-park-new-mexico-drilling

Princeton ponders its racial history:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/06/arts/princeton-digs-deep-into-its-fraught-racial-history.html

Identification of a burial mound in Ohio:

http://www.lancastereaglegazette.com/story/news/local/2017/11/06/locals-identify-native-american-mound-fairfield-union-local-schools-property/830615001/

Arguing over a 16th century shipwreck off Florida:

https://www.livescience.com/60859-shipwreck-excavation-awaits-court-ruling.html

More on the ‘Kelp Highway’ theory:

http://www.newsweek.com/anthropology-clovis-theory-kelp-forest-hypothesis-settlers-america-ice-free-703444

http://newscenter.sdsu.edu/sdsu_newscenter/news_story.aspx?sid=77009

http://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php?topic=290429.0

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CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA

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Storms reveal the wreck of the Kestrel at a Brazilian resort:

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/storm-exposes-the-kestrel-from-sands-of-time-hlqsxjj7l

https://www.9news.com.au/world/2017/11/09/10/03/mystery-of-missing-british-ship-uncovered-on-brazil-beach

More on the pre Columbian cave art from Mona Island:

https://www.livescience.com/60851-on-an-uninhabited-caribbean-island-a-trove-of-pre-columbian-cave-art.html

https://www.livescience.com/60850-photos-mona-island-cave-art.html

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http://goo.gl/1VdeA

Ancient MesoAmerica News:

http://ancient-mesoamerica-news-updates.blogspot.com/

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OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST

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Interesting recently-found map of Australia is going on display:

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-41885447

Nice collaboration between Google and English Heritage:

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-41893143

An APOD of the Prague astronomical clock:

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap171107.html

Feature on the Russian Revolution:

http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-41885442

On Germany’s role in the Russian Revolution:

http://www.dw.com/en/how-germany-got-the-russian-revolution-off-the-ground/a-41195312

Celebrating Marie Curie’s 150th:

http://www.dw.com/en/the-two-time-nobel-prize-winner-marie-curie-was-born-150-years-ago/g-41262435

They checked out Chopin’s (pickled) heart:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/06/arts/chopin-heart-tuberculosis.html

On a statue of George Orwell:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-41886208

On a grasshopper in a Van Gogh:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/08/arts/design/grasshopper-vincent-van-gogh-painting.html

http://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/visual-arts/article183088866.html

https://elpais.com/cultura/2017/11/08/actualidad/1510154425_196558.html

A ‘lost’ painting of Nelson is going on display:

http://www.sunderlandecho.com/news/national/lost-painting-of-nelson-reveals-facial-scars-and-missing-eyebrow-1-8852364

Commenting on the Valmadonna Trust Library auction:

https://www.timesofisrael.com/valmadonna-trust-library-auction-in-ny-brings-record-sales-but-who-benefits/

On the importance of ‘western civilization’:

https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2017/11/why-everyone-should-learn-about-western-civilization/545249/

… and the benefits of the Humanities:

http://wesleyanargus.com/2017/11/09/ode-to-the-classics-the-benefits-of-the-humanities/

Plans to digitize the Gunzburg Collection:

http://www.jns.org/news-briefs/2017/11/7/israel-and-russia-team-to-digitize-famed-gnzburg-collection-of-jewish-works

Venice wants to divert some of those huge cruise ships:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/nov/08/venice-cruise-ship-traffic-restricted-amid-concerns-over-damage-to-buildings

Archaeology Podcast Network:

http://www.archaeologypodcastnetwork.com/archyfantasies/

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MUSEUM MATTERS

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Living With Gods:

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/nov/06/living-with-gods-review-art-religion-british-museum

Escape from Pompeii:

https://thewest.com.au/entertainment/escape-from-pompeii-exhibit-lands-in-wa-ng-b88652871z

Greek Science:

http://world.greekreporter.com/2017/11/10/exhibition-of-ancient-greek-innovations-in-china/

Michelangelo:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/09/arts/design/michelangelo-review-metropolitan-museum-of-art-carmen-bambach.html

How a museum in Mexico prepared for an exhibition:

https://elpais.com/cultura/2017/11/07/actualidad/1510079526_550129.html

… and I think this is the exhibition (sorry .. my Spanish isn’t working well this morning):

https://elpais.com/cultura/2017/11/08/actualidad/1510166894_389973.html

On the Sir John Soane Museum’s recreation of the tomb of Seti I:

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/nov/05/sir-john-soane-museum-recreates-sepulchral-chamber-of-pharaoh-seti-i

Various coverage of the opening of the Louvre Abu Dhabi:

http://theartnewspaper.com/news/louvre-abu-dhabi-opening-report

http://ca.blouinartinfo.com/news/story/2649903/louvre-abu-dhabi-first-international-project-by-worlds

https://www.economist.com/news/middle-east-and-africa/21731105-abu-dhabi-tries-distinguish-itself-cultural-destination-first

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/saturday-review/the-louvre-abu-dhabi-is-beautiful-but-so-far-theres-notenough-inside-qmrr7qz3s

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ON THE DNA FRONT

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On the DNA of the filles du roi:

https://www.salon.com/2017/11/04/how-a-french-kings-legacy-revealed-a-loophole-in-evolution_partner/

Latest ‘interbreeding’ focus is on Neolithic Europeans and migrating Anatolians:

https://phys.org/news/2017-11-dna-neolithic-europeans-interbred-anatolian.html

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-11/mpif-nfc110917.php

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

Dienekes’ Anthropology Blog:

http://dienekes.blogspot.ca/

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CLIMATE MATTERS

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What archaeology reveals about climate change:

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/nov/09/the-climate-has-changed-before-but-this-is-different-look-at-the-archeological-record

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TOURISTY THINGS

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Russian Revolution sites:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-sh/Red_October

Must see Greek monuments:

http://greece.greekreporter.com/2017/11/04/unesco-every-person-must-visit-these-18-greek-monuments/

Underground Rome:

http://www.wantedinrome.com/news/guide-to-romes-underground-sites.html

Sites in Turkey:

https://www.dailysabah.com/travel/2017/11/11/guide-to-turkeys-iconic-ancient-ruins

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CRIME BEAT

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A 95 years bp real life ‘tomb raider’ was being ‘celebrated’:

https://www.inverse.com/article/38187-real-life-tomb-raider-joan-howard-thief-not-hero

A major bust in the Fayum:

https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/31709/464-historical-artifacts-seized-by-police-in-Fayoum

… and one in Bulgaria:

http://www.novinite.com/articles/185094/Roman+Woman%E2%80%99s+Bronze+Statuette,+300+More+Artifacts+Seized+from+Treasure+Hunters+Showcased+in+Exhibition+in+Bulgaria%E2%80%99s+Pazardzhik

http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2017/11/02/roman-womans-bronze-statuette-300-artifacts-seized-treasure-hunters-showcased-exhibition-bulgarias-pazardzhik/

Theft from a church in France:

http://www.estrepublicain.fr/edition-belfort-hericourt-montbeliard/2017/11/10/des-voleurs-s-en-prennent-a-l-eglise

A bust of a fake-amulet-on-Facebook ring in Thailand:

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-11/06/c_136732530.htm

Not sure about this ‘Israel’ taking items from Hebron story:

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20171109-israel-steals-artefacts-from-roman-palace-in-hebron/

More on illicit items being sold online:

http://www.newsweek.com/amazon-ebay-archaeology-black-market-looting-artifacts-704385

http://mentalfloss.com/article/513936/dont-buy-ancient-artifacts-you-see-online%E2%80%94most-are-looted-or-fake

… and calls for Amazon et al to be more proactive:

http://www.scmp.com/tech/e-commerce/article/2118774/archaeologists-and-experts-say-amazon-and-ebay-need-be-proactive

Latest Anonymous Swiss Collector Culture Crime News:

http://www.anonymousswisscollector.com/2017/11/culture-crime-news-30-october-5-november-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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Sharjah returned a number of items to Egypt:

http://english.ahram.org.eg/News/280986.aspx

http://www.arabnews.com/node/1188741/offbeat

https://aawsat.com/english/home/article/1076241/sharjah-returns-over-300-smuggled-antiques-egypt

Turkey wants some items from Pergamon back:

https://www.dailysabah.com/turkey/2017/11/06/turkish-lawmakers-to-go-abroad-to-probe-smuggled-artifacts

A Pissarro was returned to its Jewish owners:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-41906302

http://www.dw.com/en/french-court-orders-return-of-wwii-looted-pissarro-painting-to-owners-family/a-41286226

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NUMISMATICA

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More on those ancient coins from a desk drawer in Kent:

http://metro.co.uk/2017/11/06/2500-year-old-coins-discovered-in-a-desk-in-kent-7057990/

Latest e-Sylum:

http://www.coinbooks.org/v20/club_nbs_esylum_v20n45.html

… and the one which should appear later today:

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

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Audio News from Archaeologica:

http://www.archaeologychannel.org/audio-main-menu-cat/audio-news-list/2667-audio-news-from-archaeologica-29-october-2017-5-november-2017

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OBITUARIES

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Iona Opie:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/iona-opie-scholarly-explorer-of-the-lore-and-customs-of-childhood-dies-at-94/2017/11/04/29373164-c173-11e7-959c-fe2b598d8c00_story.html

Edward Allington:

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/nov/06/edward-allington-obituary

Hugh Kearney:

http://www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/15644717.Obituary___Hugh_Kearney__professor_of_history_and_author/

Karl Katz:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/10/obituaries/karl-katz-museum-director-in-new-york-and-israel-dies-at-88.html

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CONFERENCES

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

https://independent.academia.edu/ConferenceCanadabeforeConfederationEarlyMappingandExploration14981763

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

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

Theoretical Archaeology Group (Dec. 2017):

http://tag2017cardiff.org/

Hidden Cultural Heritage (April 2018):

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

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GENERAL ARCHAEOLOGY NEWS BLOGS

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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/

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PODCASTS/VODCASTS

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Archaeosoup:

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

The Book and the Spade:

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

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