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

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

Richard Campbell, Barbara Saylor Rodgers, Bob Heuman, David Critchley,

Alfred Kriman, Richard C. Griffiths, and Ross W. Sargent for headses

upses this week (as always hoping I have left no one out).

Happy Fathers Day to all the fathers and father figures out there.

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EARLY HOMINIDS

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Theory on tool use and the origins of language:

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/06/toolmaking-language-brain/562385/

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AFRICA

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Latest UNESCO Heritage Status designations in Africa:

http://www.dw.com/en/africas-newest-world-heritage-sites/g-44243510

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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT

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Restoration of a head of Ramses II has been completed:

https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/51924/Renovation-of-discovered-head-of-Ramses-II-completed

What Egypt’s newly-reappointed antiquities minister is focusing on:

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/302488/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/Egypts-newly-reappointed-antiquities-minister-inte.aspx

https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/52137/Minister-of-antiquities-to-focus-on-9-files-during-his

Egypt is hosting the 12th International Congress of Egyptologists:

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/302403/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/Egypt-to-host-th-round-of-the-International-Congre.aspx

3500 years bp petroglyphs from Wadi Umm Tineidba:

https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/52067/New-archaeological-site-uncovered-in-Elkab-desert

http://www.newsweek.com/ancient-egypt-3000-year-old-rock-art-early-form-hieroglyphs-discovered-desert-976735

https://phys.org/news/2018-06-archaeologists-ancient-art-egypt.html

http://www.arabnews.com/node/1320986/art-culture

https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/archaeologists-find-ancient-rock-art-in-egypt/

https://www.archaeology.org/news/6718-180613-egypt-desert-rock-art

A 2000 years bp family burial cave from Tiberias:

https://www.timesofisrael.com/the-case-of-the-missing-concrete-how-a-2000-year-old-burial-cave-was-found/

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/MAGAZINE-builders-accidentally-discover-roman-era-jewish-catacomb-in-israel-1.6167799

http://www.jewishpress.com/news/israel/ancient-burial-complex-exposed-in-works-on-new-tiberias-neighborhood/2018/06/10/

Byzantine-era winepresses from Tzippori:

https://www.timesofisrael.com/unique-byzantine-era-winepresses-unearthed-in-roofed-water-cistern-in-tzippori/

https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Byzantine-wine-press-uncovered-at-Zippori-National-Park-559627

http://www.jewishpress.com/news/israel/ancient-winepress-found-in-excavation-of-water-reservoir/2018/06/10/

https://www.archaeology.org/news/6712-18011-israel-byzantine-winepress

A 1000 years bp amulet of some sort with Arabic script from near Temple Mount:

http://www.jewishpress.com/news/israel/jerusalem/1000-year-old-clay-amulet-with-arabic-blessing-discovered-in-city-of-david/2018/06/14/

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/MAGAZINE-unique-1-000-year-old-islamic-amulet-found-in-jerusalem-1.6175765

https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Small-amulet-makes-for-a-large-find-559987

A number of ‘in the news’ items are going on display in small-town Oklahoma:

https://www.timesofisrael.com/why-the-world-premiere-of-precious-biblical-artifacts-is-in-quiet-oklahoma/

… and Eilat Mazar was there as well:

https://www.thetrumpet.com/17374-a-conversation-with-eilat-mazar

What Elizabeth Carter and Robert Englund are up to:

http://dailybruin.com/2018/06/10/retiring-professors-leave-behind-legacy-of-passion-for-near-eastern-archaeology/

Lawrence Schiffman on the Dead Sea Scrolls at 70 (pdf):

http://lawrenceschiffman.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/dead-sea-scrolls-70.pdf

More on that figurine from Abel Beth Maacah:

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/jun/10/3000-year-old-sculpture-leaves-researchers-scratching-their-heads

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/sculpture-3000-years-israel-ancient-king-discovered-archaeologists-abel-beth-maacah-a8391956.html

https://mosaicmagazine.com/picks/2018/06/a-rare-sculpture-possibly-of-a-biblical-monarch-puts-a-face-on-ancient-israel/

http://www.iflscience.com/editors-blog/mysterious-sculpture-of-tiny-figure-head-could-be-3000yearold-biblical-king/

https://aleteia.org/2018/06/11/archaeologists-discover-tiny-head-that-may-be-face-of-biblical-king/

https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/ancient-cultures/ancient-israel/iron-age-royal-abel-beth-maacah/

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/could-sculpted-head-depict-little-known-biblical-king-180969302/

Jewish artifacts have apparently gone missing from Damascus:

https://www.kpvi.com/news/national_news/jewish-artifacts-disappear-from-damascus-in-fog-of-syria-war/article_fb1beebc-e137-5f0e-9b3d-273fe653b33b.html

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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS)

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Remains of a (late?) Roman imperial villa near the Milvian Bridge:

http://www.ansa.it/english/news/lifestyle/arts/2018/06/05/imperial-villa-found-near-milvian-bridge_06ad7769-e48e-4bce-8db2-b4ff13c8494e.html

https://www.archaeology.org/news/6724-180615-rome-imperial-villa

Remains of an Illyrian settlement near Shkodra:

http://www.tiranatimes.com/?p=137525

http://scienceinpoland.pap.pl/en/news/news%2C29816%2Cpolish-archaeologists-discover-over-2000-years-old-lost-city-albania.html

https://www.archaeology.org/news/6711-180611-albania-forgotten-city

Evidence of a Roman town wall in Sandy:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-44487020

This is the Byzantine wine press story from the ANE section with more of a Classics spin:

http://world.greekreporter.com/2018/06/12/byzantine-era-wine-presses-discovered-in-israel-with-depictions-of-greek-gods-dionysus-and-heracles/

A ‘hidden message’ on a kylix by the Oedipus Painter (paywalled?):

https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-surprise-message-on-a-priceless-ancient-artifact-1529006069

Roman finds are delaying plans for a 2600-home development plan in Swindon:

https://www.theplanner.co.uk/decision/appeal-roman-remains-prevent-recovered-2600-home-swindon-scheme

A sort of catching-up-with-Pompeii item:

http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-06/13/c_137249742.htm

Feature on Roman remains in Serbia:

http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20180614-serbias-forgotten-roman-legacy

Feature on the Case Romane del Celio:

https://www.wantedinrome.com/yellowpage/underground-rome-case-romane-del-celio.html

Feature on the Parthenon frieze:

http://www.ekathimerini.com/229546/article/ekathimerini/community/the-color-and-design-of-the-parthenon-frieze

In case you missed the Greenland ice core story:

https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2018-06-13/pollution-in-polar-ice-cores-reveals-human-history

Concerns about a Latin exam in Ireland:

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/education/junior-cert-classical-studies-and-latin-roman-army-puts-a-stop-to-students-march-1.3532247

More on that dispute between Sotheby’s and Greece over a horse figurine:

https://www.thelocal.ch/20180611/answer-to-sothebys-and-greek-dispute-over-an-ancient-artifact-could-lie-in-basel

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/getty-fighting-keep-rare-greek-bronze-180969384/

What Nancy Rabinowitz is up to:

https://www.hamilton.edu/news/story/professor-comparative-literature-nancy-sorkin-rabinowitz-lectures-on-activism-and-the-classics

What Tim Whitmarsh is up to:

https://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/cambridge-news/tim-whitmarsh-cambridge-love-island-14769114

What Madeleine Ota is up to:

https://news.stanford.edu/2018/06/12/senior-examines-effects-ancient-artifacts-southeastern-sicilians-identities/

On ancient leadership:

https://www.tes.com/news/ancient-art-leadership

ClassCon in Father Comes Home From the Wars:

https://www.theroot.com/a-heros-journey-father-comes-home-from-the-wars-is-a-r-1826600077

Op Eds on Jeremy Corbyn and the Parthenon Marbles saga:

http://www.spiked-online.com/newsite/article/why-the-british-museum-should-keep-the-elgin-marbles/21490

https://frieze.com/article/what-jeremy-corbyn-gets-right-and-wrong-his-pledge-return-stolen-parthenon-marbles

Eating like an ancient Greek philosopher:

http://www.tornosnews.gr/en/tourism-businesses/gastronomy/31590-aristotle-menu-eating-like-the-ancient-greek-philosopher.html

Something about not visiting sites in northern Cyprus:

https://cyprus-mail.com/2018/06/12/our-view-idiocy-of-attempt-to-ban-visits-to-sites-in-north/

https://cyprus-mail.com/2018/06/11/eu-defies-ministry-rebuke-over-archaeological-sites-in-north/

Review of Nixey, *The Darkening Age*:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/08/books/review/catherine-nixey-darkening-age.html

Review of Mythos:

https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/stage/review/2018/06/12/stephen-fry-tells-great-stories-in-mythos-men-at-shaw-festival-but-just-what-is-he-trying-to-say.html

More hype from the upcoming Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey:

https://mashable.com/2018/06/11/assassins-creed-odyssey-historical-figures/

https://www.pcgamesn.com/assassins-creed-odyssey/assassins-creed-odyssey-dialogue-choices-socrates

https://venturebeat.com/2018/06/12/asssassins-creed-odyssey-wont-let-you-romance-socrates-so-whats-the-point/

More on the ‘tomb of the athlete/strigils’:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/construction-workers-find-rare-intact-tomb-rome-180969247/

More on that fire in Greece which exposed a pile of (probably purloined) artifacts:

http://greece.greekreporter.com/2018/06/11/blaze-in-central-greece-reveals-ancient-artifact-video/

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

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EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland)

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Assorted Bronze Age remains from Somerset:

https://www.businessleader.co.uk/bronze-age-discovery-at-bridgwater-gateway/46242/

Remains of a possible Iron Age/prehistoric settlement near Thurso:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-44485722

https://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/iron-age-settlement-potentially-found-near-thurso-1-4754852

https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/highlands/1498193/high-hopes-that-previously-unknown-prehistoric-settlement-found-near-thurso/

http://www.thenational.scot/news/16294757.Remains_of_potential_prehistoric_settlement_found_in_Caithness/

http://www.archaeology.org/news/6721-180614-scotland-stone-hearth

Remains of a 2000 years bp Highland wolf from a peat bog:

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/digger-finds-2-000-year-old-highland-wolf-buried-in-peat-bog-zs6r3ntqp

I think we mentioned this Iron Age battle site from Aiken Enge (Denmark):

http://sciencenordic.com/archaeologists-uncover-remains-horrifying-iron-age-battle-denmark

https://phys.org/news/2018-06-archaeologists-uncover-horrifying-iron-age.html

Evidence that large-scale whaling in Scandinavia might date back to the 6th century:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-06/uu-lwi061318.php

https://phys.org/news/2018-06-large-scale-whaling-north-scandinavia-date.html

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/06/180613113745.htm

Interesting discovery of 7th century writing inscribed on a window ledge at Tintagel:

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/jun/15/inscribed-7th-century-window-ledge-tintagel-cornwall

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-44486385

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/06/14/ancient-doodle-discovered-windowsill-tintagel-castle-evidence/?WT.mc_id=tmg_share_em

http://www.archaeology.org/news/6726-180615-england-tintagel-inscription

A medieval ossuary from Slovakia:

https://spectator.sme.sk/c/20846691/precious-romanesque-church-reveals-secret.html

https://www.archaeology.org/news/6716-180612-slovak-medieval-ossuary

Archaeologists are surveying the site of the Battle of Glen Shiel:

https://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/study-at-battlefield-glen-where-spanish-joined-the-jacobites-1-4753199

https://www.archaeology.org/news/6717-180612-scotland-jacobite-uprising

Assorted small finds from various periods from a dig in Stirling prior to footpath refurbishment:

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/old-bullets-16th-century-coin-12707800

Studying the environmental impact of agriculture in Bronze Age Ireland:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-06/uobc-aaa060718.php

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/06/180613163019.htm

Feature on Aethelflaed:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-44069889

Feature on Ignacius Sancho:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-44480914

Feature on Scotland’s Rock Art Project:

https://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/when-prehistoric-man-lived-around-glasgow-1-4752856

http://www.archaeology.org/news/6714-180611-scotland-rock-art

Plans to preserve a threatened 3 000 years bp log road in Ireland:

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/3-000-year-old-bronze-age-oak-road-to-be-preserved-in-co-westmeath-1.3526507

https://www.archaeology.org/news/6713-180611-ireland-log-road

Conservation of medieval fortifications in Famagusta is complete:

https://cyprus-mail.com/2018/06/10/conservation-works-at-ravelin-bastion-in-famagusta-completed/

More on earlier evidence of the Bubonic Plague in Russia:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/ancient-teeth-push-back-origins-bubonic-plague-180969304/

More on that 1000 years bp possible execution victim from South Downs:

http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/16281850.Body_of_1000-year-old_executed_man_dug_up_on_South_Downs/

More on that Bluetooth hoard:

http://www.numismaster.com/ta/numis/Article.jsp?ad=article&ArticleId=29330

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

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ASIA AND THE SOUTH PACIFIC

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12 000 years bp petroglyphs from China’s Kalunasan province:

http://micetimes.asia/archaeologists-have-discovered-cave-paintings-age-of-12-thousand-years/

270 items (oddly specific) dating to the 6/7th centurys from Mongolia’s Bulgan province:

http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-06/12/c_137248915.htm

Remains of a Nara Period palace (in Nara, of course):

http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201806160004.html

Vakataka Dynsaty remains from Nandivardhan:

https://indianexpress.com/article/india/capital-of-rulers-who-built-ajanta-caves-unearthed-in-nagpur-district-5213572/

https://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/capital-of-vakataka-dynasty-who-ruled-deccan-built-ajanta-caves-excavated-in-nagpur/1203151/

https://www.archaeology.org/news/6715-180612-india-ancient-capital

Remains of 7th century temples outside Madurai:

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/madurai/hidden-by-overgrowth-temple-ruins-unearthed/articleshow/64534047.cms

Archaeologists are digging at Ara Metua:

http://www.cookislandsnews.com/national/culture/item/69667-archaeologists-dig-ara-metua

http://www.cookislandsnews.com/national/environment/item/69713-revealing-mysteries-of-ancient-road

Rethinking Qin:

http://www.china.org.cn/arts/2018-06/15/content_52269601.htm

More on the Sanauli Chariots:

https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/asi-excavated-sanauli-chariots-have-potential-to-challenge-aryan-invasion-theory/312415

https://www.thequint.com/news/india/sanauli-excavation-near-delhi-mahabharata-links-speculation

https://indianexpress.com/article/express-sunday-eye/wheel-of-time-chariots-and-sophisticated-weapons-from-the-pre-iron-age-5220282/

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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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A site in Alabama is pushing back the date of tobacco use in North America by 1500 years:

https://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2018/06/archaeologists_find_earliest_k.html

http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/06/americans-have-been-lighting-more-3000-years-ancient-pipe-reveals

http://www.archaeology.org/news/6725-180615-alabama-nicotine-pipe

Remains of a Calusa ruler’s house discovered in Florida:

https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2018/06/ancient-native-american-kings-house-found-florida-archaeology-science/

https://www.orlandoweekly.com/Blogs/archives/2018/06/14/florida-home-of-ancient-native-american-ruler-rediscovered-at-mound-key

http://www.iflscience.com/editors-blog/evidence-of-native-american-kings-house-last-seen-by-spanish-conquistadors-found-in-florida/

Studying a Paleoindian ochre mine in Wyoming:

https://buckrail.com/paleoindian-ochre-mine-in-wyoming-may-be-largest-in-north-america/

A slave-trade-associated shipwreck in the Florida Keys:

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/florida-keys/article212848494.html

First finds from a dig at Colonial Michilimackinac:

http://www.minews26.com/content/archaeologists-first-artifact-of-the-year-at-colonial-michilimackinac/

The find of 10 000 years bp Tuqan man on the Channel Islands has been officially announced:

https://www.vcstar.com/story/news/special-reports/outdoors/2018/06/13/ancient-remains-discovered-reburied-san-miguel-island-tuqan-man-channel-islands-santa-ynez-chumash/670609002/

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/special-reports/outdoors/2018/06/13/ancient-remains-discovered-reburied-san-miguel-island-tuqan-man-channel-islands-santa-ynez-chumash/670609002/

http://www.archaeology.org/news/6719-180613-california-tuqan-man

… and he’s been reburied:

https://phys.org/news/2018-06-ancient-native-american-reburied-california.html

https://santamariatimes.com/news/local/ancient-native-american-returned-to-resting-place/article_8a70aad3-0f33-5aaa-b13c-ddaedfd4d176.html

http://www.keyt.com/news/ventura-county/chumash-ancient-remains-return-to-the-channel-islands/752730558

On Chaco population:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2018/06/01/conservatism-took-hold-here-1000-years-ago-until-the-people-fled/?wpisrc=nl_science&wpmm=1

A lot of Toronto’s archaeological remains are sittin in boxes, apparently:

https://www.thestar.com/news/insight/2018/06/16/torontos-archeological-treasures-still-buried-in-bankers-boxes-garages-basements-and-lockers.html

Shell Oil has preserved some slave cemeteries in New Orleans:

http://www.whig.com/article/20180614/AP/306149978

I think we mentioned these Native American children’s remains from Carlisle:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jun/14/us-army-pennsylvania-native-american-children?CMP=share_windows_mail

Feature on the Lost Colony:

http://www.iflscience.com/editors-blog/archaeologists-are-trying-to-solve-the-mystery-of-the-lost-colony-of-north-america/

More on that cellar in Jamestown:

http://www.archaeology.org/news/6662-180604-virginia-church-cellar

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CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA

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Murals from Chan Chan:

http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=2459012&CategoryId=13936

Evidence that Mesoamerican turquoise actually came from Mesoamerica (and not the American Southwest):

https://phys.org/news/2018-06-unveils-true-ancient-turquoise.html

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-06/aaft-mtm061118.php

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-06/dc-nru060818.php

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/06/180614095248.htm

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/13/science/turquoise-aztecs-mexico.html?rref=collection%2Fcolumn%2Ftrilobites

https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/06/isotope-analysis-says-aztecs-preferred-locally-grown-turquoise/

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/aztec-turquoise-was-probably-locally-sourced-180969375/

http://www.archaeology.org/news/6722-180614-mesoamerican-turquoise-mines

Studying the Pampa de las Salinas geoglyphs:

https://www.livescience.com/62792-peru-geoglyphs-depict-heavens.html

http://www.archaeology.org/news/6720-180613-peru-circular-geoglyphs

How they put the hats on the Easter Island Statues:

https://www.seeker.com/culture/hat-trick-researchers-solve-a-lingering-mystery-about-easter-islands-statues

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/clever-way-easter-island-statues-got-their-cool-hats-180969253/

Feature on khipus:

https://aeon.co/ideas/the-khipu-code-the-knotty-mystery-of-the-inkas-3d-records

More on that mass child sacrifice site from Peru:

https://www.enca.com/technology/archaeologists-find-new-mass-child-sacrifice-site-in-peru

https://www.brecorder.com/2018/06/11/422511/archaeologists-unearth-56-skeletons-of-children-sacrificed-in-ritual/

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-06-15/mass-child-sacrifice-site-in-peru-the-largest-in-the-world/9874226

https://www.nbcnews.com/video/ancient-child-sacrifice-burial-ground-discovered-in-peru-1256391747792

More on Inca trepanation:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/inca-head-crackers-had-better-success-rates-civil-war-surgeons-180969324/

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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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On Peruvian mummies and Paolo Guerrero:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/44415647

Big bucks for a Chinese vase found in a shoebox:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-44457262

Einstein’s travel diaries have plenty of racist comments, apparently:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-44472277

On depictions of lightning in art:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/11/science/lightning-paintings-photographs.html

On the origins of maps in the Near East:

http://www.asor.org/anetoday/2018/06/Origins-of-Maps

Some of Marie Antoinette’s jewellery is coming to auction:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/luxury/jewellery/marie-antoinettes-jewellery-auctioned-sothebys-including-precious/?WT.mc_id=tmg_share_em

A possible clue to solving the mystery of that missing panel from the Ghent altarpiece:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/15/puzzler-says-he-has-cracked-code-to-stolen-belgian-masterpiece

Another fire at the Glasgow Art School:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-44504659

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/16/world/europe/uk-fire-glasgow-school-of-art.html

Archaeology Podcast Network:

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

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MUSEUM MATTERS

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Van Gogh and Japan:

http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20180611-van-gogh-and-japan-the-prints-that-shaped-the-artist

Sally Hemmings:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/16/us/sally-hemings-exhibit-monticello.html

Modigliani:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-44419199

Tut:

https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/breaking-news/australian-museum-gets-50m-upgrade/news-story/0a620b8d127e711ad8fc98758210a7af

https://www.9news.com.au/national/2018/06/11/11/57/king-tut-exhibition-coming-to-upgraded-australian-museum

https://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/latest-news/australian-museum-gets-50m-upgrade/news-story/0a620b8d127e711ad8fc98758210a7af

The Acropolis Museum is celebrating its ninth birthday:

https://news.gtp.gr/2018/06/14/acropolis-museum-celebrate-ninth-birthday/

More on the new Troy museum:

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/troy-treasures-to-be-displayed-in-new-museum-133232

More hype for the Grand Egyptian Museum:

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/44/302140/Heritage/Museums/Egypts-GEM-announces-prequalification-stage-for-bi.aspx

http://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/52117/GEM-general-supervisor-80-GEM%E2%80%99s-constructions-completed

… and their new logo is causing a stir:

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/44/302213/Heritage/Museums/New-logo-design-for-Grand-Egyptian-Museum-creates-.aspx

https://egyptianstreets.com/2018/06/13/grand-egyptian-museum-logo-causes-controversy/

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THE TECHY SIDE

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Nice feature on the Sinai Palimpsest Project:

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-44144527

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ON THE DNA FRONT

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In case you missed the Bubonic Plague ‘older origins’ story (it really is a DNA story):

https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/06/4000-year-old-genomes-point-to-origins-of-bubonic-plague/

DNA reveals what kind of pigs were living in Bronze Age Hallstatt:

https://phys.org/news/2018-06-skin-teethdna-reveal-kind-pigs.html

DNA suggests no Aryan invasion evidence at a Harappan site:

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/harappan-site-of-rakhigarhi-dna-study-finds-no-central-asian-trace-junks-aryan-invasion-theory/articleshow/64565413.cms

Dienekes’ Anthropology Blog:

http://dienekes.blogspot.ca/

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TOURISTY THINGS

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Rhine:

http://www.dw.com/en/new-loreley-promotes-iconic-world-heritage-on-the-rhine/a-44156536

Untrodden Broadway:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/14/arts/design/broadway-walking-tour-hidden-gems.html

Mada’in Saleh:

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/long_reads/saudi-arabia-hidden-archaeology-alhijir-petra-charles-doughty-a8373686.html

Empuries:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/explore-ancient-ruins-empuries-180969383/

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CRIME BEAT

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First coverage of the Bulmer art theft trial:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-somerset-44471188

Feature on the illegal antiquities trade:

http://theconversation.com/illegal-trade-in-antiquities-a-scourge-that-has-gone-on-for-millennia-too-long-98093

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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I think we mentioned the return of that stolen Columbus letter:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/15/world/europe/vatican-columbus-letter.html

https://in.reuters.com/video/2018/06/14/us-returns-stolen-1493-columbus-letter?videoId=435939093&videoChannel=101

Pondering Ethiopian manuscripts and repatriation:

https://hyperallergic.com/446918/british-exhibitions-of-ethiopian-manuscripts-prompt-questions-about-repatriation/

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NUMISMATICA

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A pile of 19th century gold coins from an uninhabited house in France:

https://www.news.com.au/technology/science/archaeology/gold-coins-worth-155000-discovered-in-abandoned-house/news-story/3c13717cdf95baacc3939fcab4ac1634

Latest e-Sylum:

http://www.coinbooks.org/v21/club_nbs_esylum_v21n23.html

… and the one which should appear later today:

http://www.coinbooks.org/v21/club_nbs_esylum_v21n24.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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PERFORMANCES AND THEATRE-RELATED

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How to hear the Met’s historic instruments:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/now-streaming-swan-songs-mets-historic-instruments-180969297/

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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/2748-audio-news-from-archaeologica-3-june-9-june-2018

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OBITUARIES

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Ulrike Wulf-Rheidt:

http://www.geschkult.fu-berlin.de/e/klassarch/_inhaltselemente-rd/wulf-rheidt.html

William Reese:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/15/obituaries/william-reese-leading-seller-of-rare-books-is-dead-at-62.html

Antonio Giuliano:

http://roma.repubblica.it/cronaca/2018/06/16/news/roma_morto_antonio_giuliano_archeologo_e_storico_dell_arte-199188141/

Michael Noakes:

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2018/jun/13/michael-noakes-obituary

Miriam Griffin:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2018/06/14/miriam-griffin-classicist-obituary/

Gary Breschini:

http://www.montereyherald.com/article/NF/20180614/NEWS/180619928

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CONFERENCES

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CBA Wessex 60th Anniversary Conference (November 2018):

http://cba-wessex.org.uk/cba-events/annual-conference-2018/

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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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