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,

Richard Miller, Kris Curry, Rick Heli, 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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The first hominins on the Tibetan Plateau appear to have been Denisovans:

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/01/science/denisovans-tibet-jawbone-dna.html

https://phys.org/news/2019-05-hominins-tibetan-plateau-denisovans.html

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/05/190501131405.htm

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-05/mpif-fho043019.php

https://www.livescience.com/65402-denisovans-tibetan-plateau.html

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-48107498

https://gizmodo.com/jawbone-fossil-reveals-more-about-the-denisovans-a-mys-1834444888

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/05/first-fossil-jaw-denisovans-finally-puts-face-elusive-human-relatives

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/05/denisovan-jawbone-roof-world/588442/

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-01395-0

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/?p=34116

https://elpais.com/elpais/2019/05/03/ciencia/1556895551_694299.html

https://elpais.com/elpais/2019/04/30/ciencia/1556649196_615390.html

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2019/05/mysterious-ancient-human-denisovan-found-roof-world/

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/first-time-denisovan-fossil-identified-outside-siberia-180972088/

http://www.archaeology.org/news/7624-190501-denisovan-xiahe-mandible

A 300 000 years bp skull from Hualong Cave demonstrates variation and continuity in early Asian humans:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-04/caos-mph043019.php

https://phys.org/news/2019-05-middle-pleistocene-human-skull-reveals.html

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/deadthings/?p=3381

Latest suggestion is that humans developed from an ancestor not limited to tree habitats (‘grounded’):

https://phys.org/news/2019-04-human-ancestors-grounded-analysis.html

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-04/nyu-haw043019.php

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/04/190430103455.htm

http://theconversation.com/red-sea-stone-tool-find-hints-at-hominins-possible-route-out-of-africa-115641

More on Neanderthals and golden eagles:

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/04/neanderthals-may-have-trapped-golden-eagles-130000-years-ago

http://www.archaeology.org/news/7621-190430-neanderthal-golden-eagle

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AFRICA

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Evidence that the origins of yam cultivation are in the Niger River Basin:

https://phys.org/news/2019-05-genetic-yams-evidence-niger-river.html

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/05/plant-studies-show-where-africas-early-farmers-tamed-some-continents-key-crops

http://www.archaeology.org/news/7630-190503-niger-river-yam-domestication

A colonial-era ‘disappearing gun’ from Cape Town:

http://www.bbc.com/travel/gallery/20190423-the-mystery-of-cape-towns-disappearing-gun

On the status of blacksmiths across Africa:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/how-blacksmiths-forged-powerful-status-across-continent-africa-180972065/

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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT

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An Old Kingdom cemetery near the Giza plateau find, with a focus on a ‘double tomb’ of some 5th dynasty priests:

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/331045/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/Old-Kingdom-tombs-discovered-on-Egypts-Giza-Platea.aspx

http://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/70029/A-double-tomb-dating-back-to-the-fifth-dynasty-uncovered

https://phys.org/news/2019-05-egypt-ancient-cemetery-giza-famed.html

https://www.livescience.com/65409-ancient-cemetery-by-giza-pyramids.html

https://www.livescience.com/65408-photos-ancient-cemetery-giza-pyramids.html

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/egypt-news-giza-pyramids-cemetery-find-tomb-a8900076.html

https://www.gulftoday.ae/news/2019/05/04/egypt-uncovers-old-kingdom-cemetery

http://www.ecns.cn/hd/2019-05-05/detail-ifzhxrpw8974540.shtml

http://www.startribune.com/egypt-says-ancient-cemetery-found-at-giza-famed-pyramids/509478742/

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/ancient-cemetery-found-giza-pyramids-200714743.html

Egypt is going to use archaeology for tourism boosting (this is news?):

https://menafn.com/1098450312/Egypt-to-use-archeological-discoveries-to-bolster-tourism-sector

http://www.ecns.cn/travel/news/2019-04-30/detail-ifzhtktn3340165.shtml

http://famagusta-gazette.com/2019/04/30/egypt-seeks-to-boost-tourism-through-flourishing-archeological-discoveries/

Feature on Tut:

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/people/reference/tutankhamun/

More on the suggestion that two queens ruled before Tut took the throne:

https://phys.org/news/2019-04-egyptologist-canada-theory-queen-tutankhamun.html

Feature on Peqi’in Cave:

http://www.asor.org/anetoday/2019/05/Peqi%27in-Cave

Feature on Kazakhstan’s ‘Golden Man’:

https://news.cgtn.com/news/3d3d774d7a637a4d34457a6333566d54/index.html

A new reading of the Mesha Stele suggests King Balak may have been an historical figure:

https://www.livescience.com/65381-mesha-stele-biblical-king.html

https://www.aftau.org/news-page-archaeology?=&storyid4677=2451&ncs4677=3&erid=7886027

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-05/afot-nro050219.php

https://phys.org/news/2019-05-mesha-stele-far-reaching-consequences-biblical.html

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/.premium-the-biblical-king-balak-was-a-historical-figure-reinterpretation-of-mesha-stele-sug-1.7188438

https://www.iflscience.com/editors-blog/ancient-stone-tablet-suggests-biblical-king-was-a-real-historical-figure/

http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03344355.2019.1586378

https://www.newsweek.com/bible-king-mesha-stele-moabite-stone-moab-jordan-history-archaeology-1411453

… but folks still argue for a David reading:

https://www.timesofisrael.com/high-tech-study-of-ancient-stone-keeps-davidic-dynasty-in-disputed-inscription/

I think we mentioned this ‘wall’ discovery at Lachish:

https://mosaicmagazine.com/picks/history-ideas/2019/04/carbon-dating-may-confirm-the-biblical-account-of-an-ancient-fortress/

Feature on the Levantine origins of ‘the undead’:

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/.premium.MAGAZINE-stalking-us-for-9-000-years-the-levantine-origins-of-the-undead-1.7184675

Hyping the archaeological potential of Jordan/Petra:

https://menafn.com/1098461246/Jordan-Petra-region-still-holds-completely-untapped-potentialarchaeologist

Feature on the early days of archaeology in the UAE:

https://www.thenational.ae/arts-culture/digging-deep-into-the-past-unearthing-ancient-civilisations-in-the-uae-1.856553

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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS)

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22 Roman burials behind the Lincoln Holiday Inn:

https://www.lincolnshirelive.co.uk/news/lincoln-news/archaeologists-discover-22-roman-skeletons-2820226

13 mystery burials outside of Leon:

https://elpais.com/cultura/2019/03/27/actualidad/1553691249_693477.html

Results of a study/survey looking for evidence of Romans in New Forest:

https://www.advertiserandtimes.co.uk/new-forest-notes-romans

Archaeologists may have located the ‘lost’ baptistery at Hagia Sophia:

https://www.livescience.com/65408-photos-ancient-cemetery-giza-pyramids.html

https://www.thedailybeast.com/hagia-sophia-archaeologists-uncover-more-secrets-at-ancient-worlds-largest-christian-cathedral?source=articles&via=rss

http://www.archaeology.org/news/7619-190429-istanbul-hagia-sophia

Hyping a recently-found Mithras Temple’s touristy side in Turkey:

https://ahvalnews.com/archaeology/newly-discovered-temple-mithras-makes-turkeys-diyarbakir-touristic-attraction

On evidence for where Caesar landed in Britain (paywalled):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/05/04/forget-thames-way-essex-caesar/

The Olympias will be open to the public:

http://www.ekathimerini.com/240045/gallery/ekathimerini/life/ancient-trireme-open-to-public

This week, a Bulgarian student was caught carving her initials on the Colosseum:

https://www.novinite.com/articles/196795/Bulgarian+Student+was+Caught+Writing+on+the+Colosseum

https://www.wantedinrome.com/news/bulgarian-student-defaces-colosseum-in-rome.html

… then a Hungarian national did it too:

http://www.ansa.it/english/news/general_news/2019/05/02/tourist-carves-initials-into-colosseum_09c34b5e-44f6-42e7-8138-1fa69942fc29.html

https://www.wantedinrome.com/news/hungarian-tourist-carves-letter-t-into-colosseum.html

That new statue of Alexander the Great in Athens has already been vandalized:

http://www.ekathimerini.com/239995/article/ekathimerini/news/alexander-statue-in-central-athens-vandalized

https://greece.greekreporter.com/2019/05/01/athens-alexander-the-great-statue-vandalized-with-graffiti/

https://neoskosmos.com/en/135957/alexander-the-great-statue-vandalised-in-athens/

https://greekcitytimes.com/2019/05/02/statue-of-alexander-the-great-vandalized-after-2-weeks-of-being-placed-in-centre-of-athens/

Feature on cities founded by Alexander:

https://world.greekreporter.com/2019/04/30/cities-around-the-globe-founded-by-alexander-the-great/

Feature on the Parthenon frieze:

http://www.ekathimerini.com/239925/article/ekathimerini/life/the-colors-and-design-of-the-parthenon-frieze

Feature on various women scholars’ ‘rebooting’ of Classics:

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/apr/29/epic-win-why-women-are-lining-up-to-reboot-the-classics

In a similar vein:

https://www.stylist.co.uk/books/feminist-retellings-classic-stories-greek-myths-fairy-tales-gender-swap/263972

Linking Indian and Greek philosophy:

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/desires-of-a-modern-indian/how-the-greek-philosophy-was-adapted-from-indian-philosophy/

On violence in Euripides:

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/02/theater/ivo-van-hove-electre-oreste-comedie-franciase.html

Feature on Lucretius:

https://aeon.co/essays/lucretius-the-flat-earth-and-the-malaise-of-modern-science

Feature on Socrates:

https://theweek.com/articles/833916/who-real-socrates

What the Greeks can tell us about rebuilding Notre Dame:

https://www.spectator.co.uk/2019/05/lessons-from-the-greeks-on-rebuilding-notre-dame/

What Caroline Stark is up to:

https://classics.howard.edu/articles/dr-caroline-stark-brings-black-classicists-19th-century-exhibit-harvards-center-hellenic

What Aaron Irvin is up to:

https://www.murrayledger.com/news/local/murray-state-history-professor-featured-on-netflix-s-roman-empire/article_e2cf0ef2-6a24-11e9-a5cf-83f9a946dbbc.html

What Matthew Sears is up to:

https://www.newsweek.com/professor-shooters-fire-every-writer-blogger-youtuber-politician-inspires-1408652

What Joseph Manning is up to:

https://news.yale.edu/2019/04/29/historians-research-teaching-gives-students-window-ancient-world

Review of Simon Critchley, *Tragedy, the Greeks, and Us*:

https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/books/2019/05/what-ancient-greeks-teach-us

More attention for ‘An Odyssey’:

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/arts/an-odyssey-is-aprils-pick-for-the-pbs-newshour-new-york-times-book-club

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/arts/discussion-questions-on-an-odyssey

A big fine for the former head of the Pompeii site:

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/pompeii-chief-turned-ruined-theatre-into-tourist-arena-z7n9z9pzg

https://www.corriere.it/english/19_aprile_30/court-condemns-exorbitant-costs-of-pompeii-restoration-b6d04110-6b49-11e9-9e7e-c3b62bd0716c.shtml

A nice donation to Classics at UIllinois:

https://las.illinois.edu/news/2019-05-01/alumnus-commits-15-million-department-classics

https://blogs.illinois.edu/view/6231/782052

They were going to put Megacles on trial again (I’m still looking for followups to this):

https://www.thenationalherald.com/241148/national-hellenic-museum-announces-special-broadcast-of-trial-of-megacles-april-28/

On Game Theory and Greek gods:

https://daily.jstor.org/greek-gods-and-game-theory/

More on the early Cycladic finds at Keros and Daskalio:

https://www.thenationalherald.com/241555/early-cycladic-society-on-keros-noted-for-architectural-wonders/

More on Romans building ‘seismic protection’ into their buildings:

https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/05/study-says-ancient-romans-may-have-built-invisibility-cloaks-into-structures/

https://advocator.ca/science/ancient-romans-had-anti-seismic-technologies/9926

https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/05/study-says-ancient-romans-may-have-built-invisibility-cloaks-into-structures/

More on that ‘wound’ from Thasos:

https://www.iflscience.com/editors-blog/strangely-circular-injury-solves-a-2000yearold-murder-mystery/

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EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland)

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A bear paw from a Neolithic burial in Poland:

http://scienceinpoland.pap.pl/en/news/news%2C33789%2Cbears-paw-bones-45-thousand-years-old-tomb-near-sandomierz.html

https://www.newsweek.com/bear-paw-stone-age-burial-dismembered-skeletons-1412964

https://www.archaeology.org/news/7617-190429-poland-bear-paw

Interesting find that ‘prehistoric Iberians’ were creating imitation amber beads:

https://phys.org/news/2019-05-examples-iberian-prehistoric-imitation-amber.html

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-05/p-feo042419.php

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/05/190501141115.htm

https://cosmosmagazine.com/geoscience/amber-beads-revealed-as-prehistoric-fakes

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/2019/05/03/iberians-fake-amber-cheat/

https://www.newsweek.com/5000-year-old-fake-amber-beads-found-spanish-burial-sites-first-example-1406723

http://www.archaeology.org/news/7625-190501-fake-amber-beads

Evidence of a possible 1400 years bp settlement in downtown Brussels:

http://brusselstimes.com/art-culture/15323/archaeologists-can-carry-on-works-until-30-june-on-parking-58-site

http://www.archaeology.org/news/7631-190503-belgium-river-settlement

A metal detectorist found a Bronze Age bracelet in Dorchester:

https://www.wessexfm.com/news/dorset-news/2862070/treasure-hunter-digs-up-bronze-age-bracelet-in-dorchester/

… while another hobbyist found a medieval brooch in Norfolk:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-norfolk-48136011

Evidence of Paget’s disease in several medieval burials from Cheshire:

https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/news/pressreleases/2019/apr/scientists-solve-the-800-year-old-mystery-of-an-ancient-bone-disease.aspx

https://phys.org/news/2019-04-evidence-bone-disease-medieval-skeletons.html

http://www.archaeology.org/news/7623-190501-england-paget-s-disease

Interesting ‘facial anomaly’ in a medieval burial from Iceland:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/kristinakillgrove/2019/04/30/this-woman-from-medieval-iceland-lived-with-a-disfiguring-facial-anomaly/#42987e49227d

17th/18th century finds from Levice:

https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22106942/archaeologists-made-some-unusual-discoveries-near-levice.html

An infant burial at Alderney Roman fort actually dates from the 19th century:

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-guernsey-48157505

They’re digging again at Drumanagh fort:

https://www.independent.ie/regionals/fingalindependent/news/experts-are-digging-for-the-secrets-of-fingals-mysterious-drumanagh-38061373.html

Nice feature on the manpower in the Mary Rose:

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/may/05/mary-rose-henry-viii-triple-decker-500-men

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I think we mentioned this 13 500 years ‘squatting woman’ burial from Guangdong:

https://www.newsweek.com/archaeology-ancient-china-skeleton-tomb-1409779

A Ming Dynasty inscription from Hebei:

http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-05/04/c_138033787.htm

http://www.china.org.cn/china/2019-05/05/content_74751065.htm

A 5000 years bp burial of a warrior of some sort from Huangshan:

http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-05/01/c_138026305.htm

https://www.gulf-times.com/story/630318/Chinese-archaeologists-find-5-000-year-old-mysteri

4000 years bp burials from Sinauli, including ‘legged coffins’:

http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/delhi/2019/may/01/asi-finds-two-legged-coffins-in-up-claims-first-in-indian-subcontinent-1971224.html

https://www.dailypioneer.com/2019/india/asi-digs-out-4-000-yr-old-sacred-chambers.html

http://www.archaeology.org/news/7627-190502-india-harrapan-burials

3500 years bp petroglyphs from Qilian Mountain:

http://www.china.org.cn/arts/2019-04/28/content_74730545.htm

http://www.archaeology.org/news/7616-190429-china-rock-art

A study (largely genetic, it seems) of the indigenous populations of ‘inner Eurasia’:

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/04/190429111902.htm

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-04/mpif-dot042619.php

Traces of the Alexander-founded-missing-bits of Bazira:

https://www.dawn.com/news/1479138/traces-of-alexander-city-found-in-swat

Concerns for Hyderabad’s Charminar after a chunk of the minaret fell off:

https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/large-chunk-of-plaster-falls-off-charminar-minaret/article27016637.ece

https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/hyderabad-s-iconic-charminar-damaged-as-portion-of-minaret-falls-off/story-xLQy86FjWOp1uaugz2NTLO.html

https://www.livemint.com/news/india/hyderabad-s-heritage-charminar-damaged-as-chunk-of-minaret-falls-1556785633667.html

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/asi-pollution-turning-charminar-black/articleshow/69169192.cms

… and it was supposedly fixed a few months ago, apparently:

http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/hyderabad/2019/may/05/wasnt-minaret-fixed-six-months-ago-asks-ghmc-1972872.html

… but repairs are forthcoming:

https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/repair-work-of-charminar-to-begin-soon-119050301375_1.html

Feature on the disappearance of Harappan civilization:

https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p077x0m7/why-did-an-entire-civilisation-vanish-

Opeddish thing on recent vandalism of some dolmens:

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/vandalism-of-dolmens-shows-irreverence-for-past/articleshow/69136752.cms

More on that stucco statue from Phanigiri:

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/rare-life-size-figurine-unearthed-in-phanigiri/articleshow/69103894.cms

https://www.thehansindia.com/telangana/indias-rare-life-size-figurine-unearthed-in-phanigiri-of-telangana-525486

http://www.archaeology.org/news/7620-190430-india-stucco-sculpture

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NORTH AMERICA

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Something about a prehistoric footprint being found in Alaska (I think we mentioned this a while back):

http://www.newsminer.com/news/alaska_news/prehistoric-footprint-discovered-in-interior/article_4e86c60e-6e3e-11e9-a9e8-635a744ee150.html

500 years bp human bones (apparently) found by some folks walking along the Tennessee River:

https://www.al.com/news/2019/04/centuries-old-bones-found-alongside-tennessee-river.html

Hurricane Michael revealed traces of what is called ‘The Negro Fort’ in Apalachicola National Forest:

https://www.livescience.com/65397-hurricane-michael-fort-gadsden-artifacts.html

https://www.livescience.com/65391-photos-fort-gadsden-artifacts-hurricane-michael.html

https://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/2019/04/27/hurricane-michael-unearths-artifacts-historic-apalachicola-river-negro-fort/3472717002/

http://www.archaeology.org/news/7618-190429-florida-fort-gadsden

Studying Fremont irrigation methods:

https://nhmu.utah.edu/blog/2019/04/29/rangecreek

Feature on the first documented slave in Virginia:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2019/04/29/she-was-captured-enslaved-years-ago-now-angela-symbolizes-brutal-history/

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CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA

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A 1500 years bp royal burial (maybe) from Holmul:

https://www.theyucatantimes.com/2019/05/skeletons-of-1500-year-old-pair-of-maya-kings-discovered/

https://www.latercera.com/que-pasa/noticia/cientificos-la-u-austral-encontraron-la-huella-humana-mas-antigua-america-15-600-anos/633715/

A 15th century anchor off Veracruz:

https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/search-for-cortes-ships-turns-up-anchor/

On Maya use of chocolate as currency:

https://www.zmescience.com/science/archaeology/maya-civilization-currency-01072018/

Hyping a documentary on finds at Holmul:

https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2019/may/01/laser-maps-reveal-lost-mayan-treasures-in-guatemala-jungle

From another bit of documentary hype comes word of Maya use of skulls for incense burning:

https://nypost.com/2019/05/01/ancient-skull-reveals-mayans-used-severed-heads-to-burn-incense/

Again with the megafauna stuff:

https://elpais.com/elpais/2019/04/12/ciencia/1555061040_073105.html

Feature on Chinchorro mummies:

https://wtop.com/world/2019/05/surprise-the-worlds-oldest-mummies-are-not-in-egypt/

https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/worlds-oldest-mummies-chile/index.html

More on that 15 000 years bp footprint from Chile:

https://phys.org/news/2019-04-footprint-chile-oldest-americas-scientists.html

https://www.livescience.com/65368-oldest-human-footprint-americas.html

https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/chile-15000-year-old-footprint-trnd/index.html

https://gizmodo.com/controversial-study-suggests-15-600-year-old-impression-1834394797

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/deadthings/?p=3360

http://www.archaeology.org/news/7622-190501-chile-ancient-footprint

More on magnetic mesoamerican statuary:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidbressan/2019/05/01/potbelly-sculptures-suggest-mesoamericans-knew-about-magnetism-2000-years-ago/

More on 10 000 years bp burials in Amazonia:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/archaeologists-discover-some-amazons-oldest-human-burials-180972031/

https://in.news.yahoo.com/humans-settled-amazonia-much-older-previously-thought-study-134033524.html

More on Wari beer:

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/crux/2019/04/29/pepper-berry-chicha-ancient-wari-brewery/

https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/05/how-to-brew-ancient-wari-beer/

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Mike Ruggeri’s Ancient Americas Breaking News:

http://goo.gl/1VdeA

Ancient MesoAmerica News:

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

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OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST

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MIT put together a ‘world’s greatest historical figures’ list:

https://www.thenationalherald.com/242054/greek-historical-figures-philosophers-lead-mit-worlds-greats-list/

… and the Greek press doesn’t like some of the national assignments:

https://usa.greekreporter.com/2019/04/29/thales-of-turkey-and-ataturk-of-greece-according-to-mit-media-lab/

https://neoskosmos.com/en/135840/mit-project-shows-turkey-tops-greece-as-birthplace-of-great-philosophers/

Lots of Leonardo news … first, on the DNA of a lock of his hair (maybe):

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2019/apr/29/italy-leonardo-da-vinci-dna-lock-of-artists-hair-test-remains-french-grave

https://www.livescience.com/65375-leonardo-da-vinci-hair-dna-unlikely.html

… and his musical side:

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/apr/30/leonardo-da-vinci-shaping-the-invisible-martin-kemp-i-fagiolini

https://leonardo.ifagiolini.com/

… and wondering if he had ‘claw hand’:

https://www.livescience.com/65396-da-vinci-hand-injury.html

https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/03/health/da-vinci-hand-palsy-study/index.html

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-48151105

… his three best paintings:

https://newsum.in/news/3-best-paintings-of-leonardo-da-vinci/

… his science:

https://www.elobservador.com.uy/nota/-como-fue-que-da-vinci-se-convirtio-en-el-cientifico-mas-audaz-de-su-tiempo–2019426121940

… his lost masterpieces:

http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20190501-leonardo-da-vincis-lost-masterpieces

… a timeline to make you feel inadequate:

https://edition.cnn.com/interactive/style/leonardo500/

… his legacy in pop culture:

https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/lifestyle/culture/how-leonardo-da-vincis-legacy-has-lived-on-in-pop-culture-921417.html

… and a general feature:

https://www.dw.com/en/the-world-revisits-leonardo-da-vinci/a-47297997

https://news.yahoo.com/tuscan-paradise-where-da-vincis-genius-bloomed-113752000.html

… and of course, it’s because it’s the 500th anniversary of his death:

http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-05/03/c_138030160.htm

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-48105977

http://www.china.org.cn/arts/2019-05/03/content_74745777.htm

Coverage of a Shakespeare and Translation conference:

https://www.dw.com/en/the-inexhaustible-always-contemporary-shakespeare/a-48527590

Interesting story on some Golden Spike paintings that were almost tossed:

https://www.sltrib.com/artsliving/2019/05/02/two-historic-paintings/

Lessons from the Notre Dame fire:

https://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/the-profound-lesson-of-the-notre-dame-fire-a-1263725.html

What medieval monks can teach us about digital distractions:

https://aeon.co/ideas/how-to-reduce-digital-distractions-advice-from-medieval-monks

In search of the HMS Beagle’s anchors … or at least images of them:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/historians-are-looking-images-hms-beagles-anchors-180972073/

On Black Holes and creativity:

https://www.sciencenews.org/blog/context/black-hole-image-validates-imagining-unimaginable

Feature on Annie Edson Taylor:

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/01/obituaries/annie-edson-taylor-overlooked.html

Pondering the cause of death for Elizabeth Woodville:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/did-elizabeth-woodville-englands-white-queen-die-plague-180972053/

On bioarchaeology:

https://blog.britishmuseum.org/the-british-museum-membercast-bioarchaeology-at-the-british-museum/

On moving a really, really big painting:

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/01/arts/bouguereau-jeunesse-bacchus-sothebys-move.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Farts

Some folks might be interested in Tibetan army claims of yeti footprints being found (or not):

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2019/04/30/indias-army-claims-it-found-yeti-footprints-nepal-world-is-skeptical/

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2019/04/30/yeti-spotting-indian-army-tweets-footprints-mythical-beast/3624673002/

https://www.livescience.com/65362-indian-army-yeti-tweet.html

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/0/100-years-yeti-hunting-have-finally-found-abominable-snowman/

… which are most likely bear footprints:

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/30/world/asia/yeti-footprints-indian-army.html

A graphic novel version of Robinson Crusoe:

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/01/books/review/robinson-crusoe-daniel-defoe.html

More on the SAA fiasco:

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2019/04/30/how-not-handle-me-too-related-public-relations-crisis

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MUSEUM MATTERS

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Delos:

https://neoskosmos.com/en/134830/delos-hosts-first-ever-site-specific-exhibition/

http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-05/04/c_138032312.htm

5000 years of writing:

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/02/arts/design/writing-exhibition-british-library.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Farts

Pets in ancient Greece:

http://www.ekathimerini.com/240042/article/ekathimerini/life/divine-symbols-and-adored-pets-in-ancient-greece

Hittites:

https://www.la-croix.com/Culture/Expositions/chimeres-oubliees-royaumes-neo-hittites-2019-05-03-1201019315

Munch:

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/01/books/review/karl-ove-knausgaard-so-much-longing-in-so-little-space.html

The Grand Egyptian Museum will have some hologram exhibits, apparently:

http://www.arabnews.com/node/1492256/middle-east

The Louvre’s Leondardo show will be reservation only:

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/29/arts/design/louvre-leonardo-tickets.html

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THE TECHY SIDE

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Feature on dendrochronology:

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/30/science/tree-rings-climate.html

https://classics.cornell.edu/dendrochronology-workshop-expands-horizons

Feature on GPR:

https://phys.org/news/2019-04-lost-graves-archaeology-methods.html

VR at Pompeii:

https://arpost.co/2019/04/29/artglass-lets-you-see-pompeii-in-its-true-glory-with-ar-glasses/

VR at other sites:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidanderson/2019/04/30/unreal-archaeology-how-the-ancient-world-is-being-recreated-in-virtual-reality/

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ON THE DNA FRONT

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Dienekes’ Anthropology Blog:

http://dienekes.blogspot.ca/

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TOURISTY THINGS

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Siem Reap:

https://themalaysianreserve.com/2019/05/03/angkor-wat-is-great-and-all-but-its-time-to-give-siem-reap-its-due/

Sicily:

https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/destinations/2019/04/29/rick-steves-sicily-attractions-things-to-do/3611422002/

Winemaking in France:

http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20190501-frances-fascinating-wine-treatment

Sousse:

http://www.ansamed.info/ansamed/en/news/sections/culture/2019/05/03/tunisia-celebrates-sousse-capital-of-cohabitation_4c5f173e-8c0a-4b67-bb3f-0dd6c3198ac1.html

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CRIME BEAT

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Very interesting feature on smuggling activities from Iraq and Syria into Turkey:

https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-middle-east-47671566/syrian-looting-tracking-the-history-taken-from-a-warzone

… and with a focus on the role of social media:

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-47628369

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/artefacts-looted-from-iraq-and-syria-sold-on-facebook-d3hx5h6hb

https://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-closes-groups-being-used-to-sell-looted-artefacts-from-syria-2019-5

An attempt to smuggle an Ottoman era door was thwarted in Egypt:

https://www.egyptindependent.com/customs-authority-thwarts-attempt-to-smuggle-ottoman-era-door/

2500+ Roman and Hellenistic era coins in a bust in Turkey:

https://www.dailysabah.com/turkey/2019/04/30/over-2500-roman-hellenistic-era-coins-seized-in-central-turkeys-kayseri

Assorted antiquities in a bust at Cairo airport:

https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/1/69927/In-pics-Smuggled-swords-ammunition-seized-in-Cairo-Airport

A surprising ruling in a Nazi loot case in California:

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-48118342

https://www.timesunion.com/news/us/article/LA-judge-rules-Spanish-museum-can-keep-13808686.php

https://elpais.com/cultura/2019/05/01/actualidad/1556688735_946856.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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A UK museum is trying to get a Roman altar back from Italy:

https://www.timesandstar.co.uk/news/17617547.hopes-grow-for-return-of-maryports-altar-gift-to-mussolini/

I think we mentioned this Bible from a Pittsburgh library being recovered in the Netherlands:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/17th-century-bible-stolen-pennsylvania-library-recovered-netherlands-180972060/

Italy returned a couple of items to Syria:

http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-04/29/c_138022662.htm

More on repatriations to China from Italy:

http://global.chinadaily.com.cn/a/201904/29/WS5cc653f1a3104842260b907a.html

Latest opEd on repatriation:

https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Africa/2019/0430/Art-of-the-steal-European-museums-wrestle-with-returning-African-art

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NUMISMATICA

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Latest e-Sylum:

http://www.coinbooks.org/v22/club_nbs_esylum_v22n17.html

… and the one which should appear later today:

http://www.coinbooks.org/v22/club_nbs_esylum_v22n18.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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OBITUARIES

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David Mankin:

https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2019/04/david-mankin-who-inspired-students-love-classics-dies-61

https://classicalstudies.org/scs-news/memoriam-david-mankin

Lucy Turnbull:

https://classicalstudies.org/scs-news/memoriam-lucy-turnbull

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AUDIO/VIDEO NEWS

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Audio News from Archaeologica:

https://www.archaeologychannel.org/audio-guide/audio-news/2850-audio-news-from-archaeologica-22-april-27-april-2019

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CONFERENCES

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European Association of Biblical Studies Annual Conference (August 2019):

https://www.eabs.net/EABS/Conferences/Warsaw_2019/EABS/Abstract_system/Call_for_papers_Warsaw.aspx

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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

Archaeology Podcast Network:

http://www.archaeologypodcastnetwork.com/

The Book and the Spade:

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

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