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

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

Bob Heuman, Rick Heli, David Critchley, Frank MacKay,

Richard C. Griffiths, and Ross W. Sargent for headses upses this week

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

Happy whatever you celebrated/are celebrating/will celebrate for

the past couple of weeks!

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EARLY HOMINIDS

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More on that 500 000 years bp homo erectus site in Israel:

http://mfa.gov.il/MFA/IsraelExperience/History/Pages/Important-and-rare-prehistoric-site-uncovered-in-central-Israel-7-January-2017.aspx

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-42598519

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/1.825168

https://www.timesofisrael.com/half-a-million-years-ago-homo-erectus-made-prehistoric-swiss-army-knives-here/

http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Rare-500-million-year-old-archaeological-site-uncovered-in-central-Israel-533034

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/07/stone-age-hunter-gatherers-paradise-discovered-in-israel

https://www.archaeology.org/news/6259-180108-israel-acheulian-axes

Feature on Otzi’s footwear:

http://www.neatorama.com/2018/01/07/Re-creating-tzis-Shoes/

Feature on human origins:

https://phys.org/news/2018-01-humans.html

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AFRICA

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Morocco has designated the village of Jbel Irhoud as a heritage site:

http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-01/10/c_136885882.htm

https://en.yabiladi.com/articles/details/60821/morocco-jbel-irhoud-registered-national.html

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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT

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Latest parking lot finds (from Sohag) are the remains of the feet of a statue of Amenhotep

III:

https://dailynewsegypt.com/2018/01/09/part-ancient-statue-found-parking-lot/

http://www.egyptindependent.com/archaeological-artifact-discovered-in-sohag-parking-lot/

https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/39630/Discovery-of-a-part-of-Amenhotep-III-statue

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/granite-feet-discovered-egyptian-parking-lot-traced-back-ancient-statue-king-amenhotep-iii-1654348

http://www.archaeology.org/news/6262-180108-egypt-foot-fragment

Recent finds from Tel Edfu and Kom Ombo:

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/287937/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/Archaeologists-unveil-two-major-discoveries-in-Upp.aspx

https://dailynewsegypt.com/2018/01/14/ministry-antiquities-opens-2018-two-major-discoveries/

http://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/39854/2-major-archaeological-discoveries-unveiled-in-Aswan

http://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/39872/Oldest-archaeological-evidence-in-Aswan-Tel-Edfu-revealed

http://www.gulftoday.ae/portal/a8826f91-4bb1-489a-88cf-0f5426a2a6cc.aspx

http://www.archaeology.org/news/6271-180111-egypt-tel-edfu

An inscription of Ramses II from San Al-Hagar:

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/288037/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/Ramses-II-stelae-uncovered-at-San-AlHagar-site.aspx

http://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/40015/Stela-of-19th-Dynasty-King-Ramses-II-discovered

http://www.egyptindependent.com/ramses-ii-stelae-found-at-san-al-hagar-archaeological-site-in-sharqiya/

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/stela-depicting-ramses-ii-making-offerings-ancient-egyptian-deity-discovered-neglected-site-1655100

Feature on Merneith:

https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/39776/Ancient-Egyptian-Queens-Merneith-Egypt%E2%80%99s-1st-female-ruler

… and one on Ankhesenamun:

http://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/39546/Ancient-Egyptian-Queens-Ankhesenamun-royal-sister-and-wife

Colour me skeptical on this claim of an ‘iron throne’ in the ‘newly discovered’ chamber in Khufu’s pyramid:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-01/pdm-cpi011118.php

https://phys.org/news/2018-01-iron-throne-newly-chamber-cheops.html

Interesting evidence of farming in the Negev in Byzantine times:

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/1.834254

http://www.jewishpress.com/news/on-campus/gerbil-bones-attest-to-successful-byzantine-agriculture-in-the-negev/2018/01/11/

Concerns for the site of Archelais:

http://tmsifting.org/en/2018/01/07/isis-style-destruction-of-antiquities-right-here-in-israel/

Feature on Jerusalem’s ‘Holy Landfill’:

https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/biblical-sites-places/jerusalem/garbage-archaeology-ancient-jerusalem/

Pondering the Phoenicians (potentially paywalled):

https://www.spectator.co.uk/2018/01/did-the-fabled-phoenicians-ever-actually-exist/

A ‘best finds of 2017′ list with a focus on Turkey:

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/best-archaeological-discoveries-in-2017-125374

More on Um Al Nar culture remains in Oman:

http://timesofoman.com/article/125719/Oman/Heritage/Five-old-settlements-cemeteries-dating-back-to-Um-Al-Nar-culture-unearthed-in-Saham

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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS)

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Greco-Roman burials from Alexandria:

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/287818/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/Distinguished-GrecoRoman-tombstone-unearthed-at-Al.aspx

http://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/39745/Remains-of-Greco-Roman-era-tombs-uncovered

https://dailynewsegypt.com/2018/01/09/remains-greco-roman-era-unearthed-alexandria/

https://www.albawaba.com/editorchoice/new-greco-roman-era-remains-uncovered-alexandria-1071992

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/greco-roman-tombstone-painted-false-door-discovered-alexandria-1654539

https://www.archaeology.org/news/6263-180109-egypt-false-door

Evidence of an Etruscan settlement on Sardinia (!):

http://www.ansamed.info/ansamed/en/news/sections/culture/2018/01/08/etruscan-settlement-found-in-sardinia-for-first-time_288c45c9-9ae3-4b5e-ab8d-cb9bf654b775.html

A possible major Roman burial ground in Yatton (UK):

http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/local-news/roman-burial-site-300-graves-1032543

http://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/somerset-news/claims-hundreds-bodies-been-found-1026493

http://www.thewestonmercury.co.uk/news/dead-bodies-found-at-construction-site-in-arnolds-way-yatton-believed-to-be-from-roman-cemetery-1-5349943

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-42661132

A Roman coin hoard from a Wakefield garden:

https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/roman-coin-treasure-hoard-found-in-wakefield-garden-1-8945817

They’ve dated the Porta Nigra in Trier:

http://www.dw.com/en/largest-roman-city-gate-north-of-the-alps-finally-dated/a-42123937

Interview with the directors of the Griffin Warrior project:

http://wvxu.org/post/uc-led-team-excavating-griffin-warrior-tomb#stream/0

Hype for a talk by Richard Fletcher about the Vultur Archaeological project:

http://www.isleofman.com/News/details/85001/the-excavation-of-a-roman-villa-in-southern-italy

Interview with Michaelis Kosmopoulos about the Iklaina dig:

http://greece.greekreporter.com/2018/01/13/pylos-excavations-make-greek-archaeologists-rethink-mycenean-era/

What Thomas Howe is up to:

https://www.southwestern.edu/live/news/12332-professor-thomas-howe-to-present-strolling-with

What Paolo Visona is up to:

https://uknow.uky.edu/research/uk-archaeologist-serves-fulbright-specialist-croatia

Feature on the Hoxne Hoard:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/search-lost-hammer-led-largest-cache-roman-treasure-ever-found-britain-180967263/

Feature on the Praetorian Guard:

https://elpais.com/cultura/2017/12/28/actualidad/1514469132_803437.html

Feature on a Roman fresco fragment in an Australian museum:

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/arts/review/fragment-of-roman-wall-painting-nicholson-museum-university-of-sydney/news-story/e012ec6a0e7ada82b9e57aafe0a44eb2

President Trump was compared to Caligula twice this week:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/12/opinion/mr-president-your-toga-is-showing.html

https://www.spectator.co.uk/2018/01/if-trump-seems-bad-remember-caligula/

More on that possibly-undisturbed Scythian burial:

https://phys.org/news/2018-01-swiss-archaeologist-earliest-tomb-scythian.html

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/01/180111090243.htm

http://www.newsweek.com/ancient-icy-tomb-scythian-prince-oldest-hidden-treasures-779510

http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/satellite-find_earliest-scythian-prince-tomb-uncovered-in-siberia/43821282?&ns_mchannel=rss&srg_evsource=rss

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/newly-discovered-earliest-burial-tomb-9th-century-bc-scythian-prince-may-contain-hidden-treasure-1654912

https://www.archaeology.org/news/6275-180112-russia-scythian-kurgan

On a Roman mosaic in Bath:

http://www.bathchronicle.co.uk/news/bath-news/you-know-theres-hidden-roman-1036955

How a temple of Augustus ended up in the gardens of Windsor Castle:

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/01/roman-ruins-windsor-castle/550199/

On women military historians:

https://sarahemilybond.com/2018/01/12/yes-women-do-study-military-history/

On the lessons of Herodotus:

http://www.weeklystandard.com/justice-and-sorrow/article/2011119

More on that 4th century board game from Slovakia:

https://spectator.sme.sk/c/20730977/ancient-board-game-has-no-parallel-in-europe.html

https://boingboing.net/2018/01/12/how-do-you-play-this-boardgame.html

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/we-still-dont-really-know-how-play-ancient-roman-board-game-180967778/

More on that dribble cup from Croatia:

http://www.neatorama.com/2018/01/08/Earliest-Known-Practical-Joke-Discovered-in-Croatia/

Review of Tempest, *Brutus*:

http://www.bgdailynews.com/community/book-review-brutus/article_3c70cbee-001c-5eb0-bf96-76eca7acec0f.html

Review of Mendelsohn, *An Odyssey*:

http://www.cjnews.com/culture/books-and-authors/memoir-part-travelogue-part-retelling-odyssey

Latest reviews from BMCR:

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

Visit our blog:

http://rogueclassicism.com/

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EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland)

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Evidence that Worcester is about 500 years older than previously thought:

http://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/15826592.Worcester_at_least_500_years_older_than_previously_thought/

http://www.droitwichadvertiser.co.uk/news/worcester_news/15826592.display/

A 2400 years bp broch from Comar Wood (Scotland):

http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/15823349.Mystery_of_the_ruins_in_the_woods_probed_by_archaeologists/

https://www.archaeology.org/news/6276-180112-scotland-comar-wood

An update on the search for the Book of Deer monastery (still not clear whether they

have actually located it?):

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-42569851

http://www.newsweek.com/bible-christian-monastery-new-testament-book-deer-scottish-gaelic-writing-775405

https://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/breakthrough-in-quest-for-book-of-deer-monastery-1-4655114

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/search-medieval-book-deer-monastery-gets-major-archaeological-breakthrough-1654195

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/lost-scottish-monastery-where-ancient-bible-text-was-written-discovered-after-1000-years-1654290

https://www.archaeology.org/news/6260-180108-scotland-medieval-monastery

A metal detectorist found a gold Saxon coin:

http://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/news/local-news/plymouth-man-digs-up-extremely-1024035

http://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/man-finds-rare-4000-saxon-1024856

A Saxon burial ground in Norfolk has been kept secret for a while:

http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/environment/anglo-saxon-cemetery-found-at-fulmodeston-1-5347099

Viking remains in Cork:

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/viking-centre-discovered-in-cork-city-predates-waterford-settlement-1.3350654

https://www.irishcentral.com/roots/history/newly-found-viking-artefacts-suggest-cork-could-be-ireland-s-oldest-urban-settlement

https://www.rt.com/news/415654-irish-viking-settlement-discovery/

http://www.archaeology.org/news/6273-180111-ireland-cork-vikings

Remains of a Victorian street in Bristol:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-42601750

Some preservation work is being don on the Worlebury Hill Fort site:

http://www.thewestonmercury.co.uk/news/worlebury-hill-fort-group-to-remove-brambles-to-uncover-archaeology-1-5353052

Storm Eleanor damaged an Iron Age Fort site in Ireland:

http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/part-of-2500-year-old-fort-falls-into-sea-465394.html

https://www.archaeology.org/news/6261-180108-ireland-dun-beag

Feature on shipwrecks off Bristol:

http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/history/shipwrecks-hidden-beneath-waves-bristol-1021194#ICID=nsm

Feature on Mary, Queen of Scots’ imprisonment:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/these-letters-tell-inside-story-mary-queen-scots-imprisonment-180967762/

Concerns for Bronze Age mounds in Yorkshire:

https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/environment/park-s-bronze-age-burial-mounds-at-risk-from-walkers-1-8950340

http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/15819871.Stone_cairns_are_a_modern_scourge_on_ancient_sites__says_archaeologist/

Not sure about this ‘birdman of loughcrew’ find:

http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/roundup/articles/2018/01/10/4150620-birdman-of-loughcrew-ancient-tomb-find-just-got-stranger/

In case you want to buy the castle where Richard the Lionheart died:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/01/12/castle-richard-lionheart-died-goes-sale-1m/

More on York Minster’s stained glass window restoration:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/york-minsters-massive-great-east-windoow-finishes-10-year-restoration-180967797/

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Archaeology in Europe Blog:

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

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ASIA AND THE SOUTH PACIFIC

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Remains of a Buddhist town and temple from Nateshwar (Bangladesh):

http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-01/08/c_136880174.htm

A stele from northern Tibet is believed to be the oldest Buddhist evidence in the region:

http://www.hindustantimes.com/art-and-culture/this-one-s-for-history-buffs-oldest-buddhist-stele-discovered-in-tibet/story-ZnHVJOpwbBEGF9adG2kq6N.html

http://www.india.com/news/agencies/oldest-buddhist-stele-discovered-in-tibet-2835087/

https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/oldest-buddhist-stele-discovered-in-tibet/1225941

http://www.archaeology.org/news/6274-180112-buddhist-stele-tibet

A headless statue of a bull from Java:

http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2018/01/09/ancient-cow-statue-found-in-sukoharjo.html

https://www.archaeology.org/news/6265-180109-indonesia-bull-sculpture

Remains of a 1500 years bp (give or take) mouth harp from Siberia:

http://siberiantimes.com/science/casestudy/news/ancient-jews-harps-found-in-altai-mountains-as-musical-instruments-reappear-after-1700-years/

https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2018/01/ancient-musical-instrument-mouth-jaw-harp-siberia-russia-spd/

https://www.archaeology.org/news/6264-180109-siberia-mouth-harp

1000 years bp palace remains from the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region:

http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-01/08/c_136880481.htm

https://www.archaeology.org/news/6266-180109-china-summer-palace

A 13th century stone inscription from a Shiva temple in Dindigul:

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/madurai/archaeologists-stumble-upon-ancient-shiva-temple-stone-inscription-in-dindigul/articleshow/62436009.cms

Suggestion that a tomb of a Ming emperor might lie under some ‘bleeding rocks’:

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/tombs-found-under-bleeding-rocks-11821872

A 2500 years bp ‘dragon bed’ excavated a while ago has been restored:

http://www.ecns.cn/2018/01-09/287535.shtml

Studying the mural paintings of the Mogao Grottoes:

https://phys.org/news/2018-01-creation-era-ancient-mogao-grottoes.html

India is looking for remains of some ‘missing’ sites:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/india-is-on-the-hunt-for-24-untraceable-historical-treasures/2018/01/13/bd6d4a7e-f4ce-11e7-9af7-a50bc3300042_story.html?utm_term=.8b1c5aebd29b

http://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/india-is-on-the-hunt-for-untraceable-historical-treasures/article_382affb7-a8d4-54d1-a186-68aa6e85b961.html

http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/south-asia/article/2128197/indian-authorities-struggle-trace-24-missing-monuments

Latest claimed drawing of an ancient supernova is a 6000 years bp petroglyph from the

Kashmir:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/10/two-suns-no-its-a-supernova-drawn-6000-years-ago-say-indian-scientists

Studying accusations of witchcraft in rural China:

https://phys.org/news/2018-01-women-accused-witchcraft-rural-china.html

More on evidence of irrigation from the Tian Shan mountains:

https://www.livescience.com/61408-silk-road-helped-irrigate-desert.html

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/01/180104120137.htm

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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 very interesting 1000 years bp copper arrow point from the Yukon:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/archaeologist-ice-patches-copper-arrowhead-yukon-first-nations-1.4485895

James Hemings’ kitchen at Monticello was revealed this week:

https://www.livescience.com/61388-thomas-jefferson-james-hemings-kitchen.html

https://www.archaeology.org/news/6267-180110-monticello-kitchen-stoves

A possible Civil War era slave cemetery in Nashville halts development plans:

https://phys.org/news/2018-01-halts-civil-war-graves.html

http://www.timesunion.com/news/us/article/Developer-halts-plans-after-likely-Civil-War-12494511.php

http://www.fredericksburg.com/news/news-wire/developer-halts-plans-after-likely-civil-war-graves-found/article_8626a9f9-b3ea-55a4-a9b4-ee529fec9c7d.html

Feature on Cahokia:

https://www.livescience.com/22737-cahokia.html

Interesting feature on exotic animals and the California Gold Rush:

https://phys.org/news/2018-01-exotic-animals-gold.html

Feature on Recy Taylor:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42603330

On Norwegian immigration to the US:

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2018/01/12/577673191/trump-wishes-we-had-more-immigrants-from-norway-turns-out-we-once-did

More on writing found on the Queen Anne’s Revenge:

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/jan/11/fragments-of-book-recovered-from-wreck-of-blackbeards-ship

http://dailycaller.com/2018/01/10/archaeologists-find-books-pirates-may-have-read-at-sea/

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/discovery-shows-pirates-liked-read-about-sailing-expeditions-180967775/

Review of Ayers, *Thin Light of Freedom*:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/12/books/review/edward-l-ayers-thin-light-of-freedom-civil-war.html

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CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA

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Moche ‘ceremonial chambers’ found in Lambayeque:

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-peru-archaeology/ancient-finding-in-peru-sheds-light-on-desert-society-archaeologist-idUSKBN1EY0BZ?feedType=RSS&feedName=lifestyleMolt

http://www.newsweek.com/secret-chambers-thrones-discovered-peru-ancient-civilization-erotic-art-moche-776060

https://perureports.com/2018/01/13/discovery-lifts-veil-ancient-desert-civilization/

https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2018/01/ancient-peruvian-moche-civilization-throne-banquet-hall-ceremony-spd/

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/1500-year-old-painted-banquet-hall-offers-rare-insight-into-perus-ancient-moche-culture-1654375

https://www.archaeology.org/news/6270-180110-peru-moche-rooms

Not sure where to put this one about a 1000 years bp Inca jug turning up at a barn

sale in Maine (I think):

http://weeklypacket.com/news/2018/jan/11/1000-year-old-ceremonial-inca-jug-found-at-barn-sa/#.Wlt9GJOpk1I

https://penobscotbaypress.com/news/2018/jan/11/1000-year-old-ceremonial-inca-jug-found-at-barn-sa/

More on that 1000 years bp Aztec ‘model of the universe’:

http://www.ibtimes.co.in/1000-year-old-aztec-stone-shrine-discovered-mexico-depicts-ancient-model-universe-756344

https://www.forbes.com/sites/trevornace/2018/01/07/mysterious-1000-year-old-stone-structure-thought-to-depict-the-creation-of-earth/#5a4449bd18bd

More on those shipwrecks and lighthouse remains off the Yucatan:

https://www.livescience.com/61378-shipwrecks-yucatan.html

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/two-ancient-dutch-british-shipwrecks-sunken-lighthouse-discovered-off-coast-mexico-1654512

http://www.archaeology.org/news/6268-18010-mexico-shipwrecks-cannons

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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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Possibly the world’s oldest tattoo parlour is in Jerusalem:

http://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-middle-east-42668361/is-this-the-world-s-oldest-tattoo-parlour

On the names of the months:

https://theconversation.com/explainer-where-do-the-names-of-our-months-come-from-87246

In case you’re looking for a centennial to celebrate in 2018:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/11/travel/centennial-events-2018.html

We’ve mentioned the use of dogs for sniffing out stolen artifacts:

https://www.livescience.com/61373-dogs-sniff-out-stolen-artifacts.html

… and now one is being used to sniff out artifact damaging bugs in a museum:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/boston-museum-training-puppy-sniff-out-art-chewing-insects-180967804/

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/11/arts/dog-training-museum.html

Pondering why we wear pants:

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/crux/2018/01/09/why-wear-pants/

Spinning the execution of the Romanovs:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/11/opinion/russia-jew-bishop-lies.html

Feature on yoghurt:

http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20180110-the-country-that-brought-yoghurt-to-the-world

Review of Swift, *The Bughouse*:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/09/books/review/daniel-swift-the-bughouse.html

Archaeology Podcast Network:

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

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MUSEUM MATTERS

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Mummy Portraits:

https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2018/january/art-and-science-of-mummy-portraits-from-roman-egypt/

China’s First Emperor:

http://www.theday.com/events–exhibits/20180107/exhibit-explores-history-of-chinas-first-emperor

William Blake:

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2018/jan/10/rare-william-blake-works-to-be-exhibited-in-sussex-where-he-lived

On the Elgin Marbles and Rodin (BM exhibition):

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2018/jan/11/rodin-work-show-parthenon-marbles-london-british-museum

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/01/11/british-museum-show-rodin-sculptures-beside-elgin-marbles-inspired/

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/rodin-s-case-for-elgin-marbles-to-remain-at-british-museum-ntbwwc822

https://www.ft.com/content/21eca8f8-f6d9-11e7-88f7-5465a6ce1a00

https://blog.britishmuseum.org/rodin-and-ancient-greece-a-perfect-pairing/

https://blog.britishmuseum.org/an-introduction-to-the-parthenon-and-its-sculptures/

https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/controversial-elgin-marbles-to-be-shown-in-british-museums-rodin-exhibition-36478875.html

Feature on ‘unusual’ military museums:

http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20180105-the-worlds-unusual-military-museums

More on the Met charging admission:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/north-america/united-states/new-york/articles/new-york-metropolitan-museum-of-art-to-charge-entry-fee/

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THE TECHY SIDE

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More on using teeth to determine the age of death of assorted skeletons:

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/01/180104120306.htm

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smartnews-history-archaeology/identifying-elderly-remains-just-got-easier-180967789/

I think we’ve had this neolithic Greek girl’s facial reconstruction story before:

http://neoskosmos.com/news/en/Ancient-Athenian-teenagers-face-said-to%20-have-lived-during-7000BC-reconstructed-for-public-display-Avgi-dawn

http://www.tornosnews.gr/en/greek-news/culture/29360-neolithic-girl-s-reconstructed-face-unveiled-at-acropolis-museum-on-january-19.html

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ON THE DNA FRONT

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DNA suggests there was a dual migration into Scandinavia:

http://cphpost.dk/news/fossil-dna-sheds-light-on-origins-of-early-scandinavians.html

http://sciencenordic.com/first-scandinavians-came-north-and-south

https://phys.org/news/2018-01-genomic-main-migrations-scandinavia-ice.html

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-01/p-dmc010218.php

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-01/uu-gds010418.php

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/early-scandinavians-adapt-living-high-latitudes-mixed-heritage-children-a8150346.html

http://theconversation.com/ancient-dna-sheds-light-on-the-mysterious-origins-of-the-first-scandinavians-89703

http://www.archaeology.org/news/6269-180110-scandinavia-hunter-gatherers

What DNA reveals about the Phoenicians:

https://phys.org/news/2018-01-ancient-phoenician-dna-sardinia-lebanon.html

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/01/180110141309.htm

http://www.newsweek.com/dna-mysterious-ancient-civilization-phoenicians-explorers-greeks-romans-774524

More on DNA revealing a case of Hepatitis B:

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/01/180104153449.htm

More on DNA and the peopling of North America:

https://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2018/0109/Native-American-family-tree-sprouts-a-new-branch

Dienekes’ Anthropology Blog:

http://dienekes.blogspot.ca/

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TOURISTY THINGS

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Monte Alban:

https://www.ocregister.com/2018/01/12/why-monte-alban-is-the-most-interesting-ancient-city-youve-never-heard-of/

Assorted sites of archaeological interest:

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/travel/tripideas/exciting-world-wonders-weve-only-just-discovered/ss-BBHZzWQ?li=AAggpOh&ocid=mailsignout

Iran’s ‘Village of Little People’:

http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20180109-irans-ancient-village-of-little-people

Ethiopia’s rock churches:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-42664588

Hohle Fels:

http://www.dw.com/en/germanys-unesco-world-heritage-site-the-oldest-ice-age-artworks/g-39306118

Bremen:

http://www.dw.com/en/world-heritage-site-bremen/av-38950539

Speicherstadt:

http://www.dw.com/en/world-heritage-site-speicherstadt-in-hamburg/av-38894277

Wismar and Stralsund:

http://www.dw.com/en/world-heritage-site-wismar-and-stralsund/av-38950951

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CRIME BEAT

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More coverage (and more things seized) from Michael Steinhardt:

http://www.jpost.com/Diaspora/Over-1m-of-art-seized-from-home-of-prominent-New-York-philanthropist-533099

http://neoskosmos.com/news/en/Looted-ancient-Greek-antiquities-seized-from-collectors-NYC-home

http://www.pappaspost.com/looted-greek-antiques-seized-billionaires-new-york-city-home/

… and Greece is seeking repatriation:

http://greece.greekreporter.com/2018/01/08/greece-asks-for-repatriation-of-looted-antiquities-seized-by-new-york-authorities/

http://www.ekathimerini.com/224696/article/ekathimerini/news/greece-to-seek-repatriation-of-looted-antiquities-seized-from-collectors-nyc-home

http://www.tornosnews.gr/en/greek-news/culture/29334-the-greek-american-ny-prosecutor-who-hunts-down-antiquities-smugglers-photos-video.html

http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-01/08/c_136878536.htm

Phoenix Fine Art was raided this week:

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/phoenix-ancient-art-illicite-antiquities-1197380

Might as well mention this fake Modigliani show:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-42652431

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/12/arts/design/modigliani-paintings-authenticity-questioned-genoa.html

Anonymous Swiss Collector Culture Crime News:

http://www.anonymousswisscollector.com/2018/01/culture-crime-news-25-december-2017-6-january-2018.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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Greece wants a Parthenon sculpture in a German museum returned:

http://greece.greekreporter.com/2018/01/11/greece-seeks-parthenon-sculpture-from-german-museum/

Interesting repatriation story about Nikolaos Platon and WWII:

http://www.ekathimerini.com/224787/article/ekathimerini/life/return-of-stolen-antiquities-puts-a-wwii-hero-in-the-spotlight

Items were returned from ‘London’ to India after a long battle, it seems:

http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/india-retrieves-12th-century-brahma-brahmani-idol-from-london-others-to-follow-soon/story-AQedopXKmJc75JsC9aThXP.html

More on the US returning some mummy parts to Egypt:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/mummy-parts-repatriated-egypt-90-years-after-being-looted-180967760/

More on repatriation of items to Lebanon:

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-lebanon-antiquities/ancient-statues-looted-in-lebanese-war-returned-decades-later-idUSKBN1F11Y0?il=0

https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2018-01-12/lebanon-receives-trio-of-stolen-artifacts-recovered-in-ny

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NUMISMATICA

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Latest e-Sylum:

http://www.coinbooks.org/v21/club_nbs_esylum_v21n01.html

… and the one which should appear later today:

http://www.coinbooks.org/v21/club_nbs_esylum_v21n01.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:

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OBITUARIES

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Lawrence E Stager:

http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2018/1/13/lawrence-stager-obituary/

Eugene V Thaw:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/05/obituaries/eugene-v-thaw-dies-art-collector-and-dealer.html

Bruce M Cole:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/bruce-cole-renaissance-scholar-who-led-national-endowment-for-the-humanities-dies-at-79/2018/01/12/0541584c-f6f3-11e7-b34a-b85626af34ef_story.html

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CONFERENCES

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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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