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,

Sebastian Hyams, Kris Curry, Ute Luise Dietz, Richard C. Griffiths, and

Ross W. Sargent for headses upses this week (as always hoping I have left no one out).

… also thanks to all who weighed in on the multiple copies (or not)

issue we had last week; it was/is possibly a yahoo issue, but doesn’t seem

to be affecting everyone. We’ll add it to the ‘keep monitoring’ list …

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EARLY HOMINIDS

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Plenty of coverage of the claim that ‘laziness’ led to homo erectus’ demise:

https://phys.org/news/2018-08-laziness-extinction-homo-erectus.html

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-08/anu-lhl080918.php

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/08/180810091542.htm

https://www.livescience.com/63308-homo-erectus-laziness-extinction.html

https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/earliest-humans-were-bludgers-to-the-death-australian-researchers-find/news-story/248c5017481c26a820c2210285b6bd1b

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-08-10/homo-erectus-too-lazy-to-survive-anu-research-finds/10104878

http://www.archaeology.org/news/6889-180810-homo-erectus-extinction

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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT

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Studying the source of Old Kingdom and Protodynastic copper and its implications:

https://phys.org/news/2018-08-rediscovering-sources-egyptian-metals.html

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-08/e-rts080718.php

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/08/180807095100.htm

https://www.upi.com/Archaeologists-identify-sources-of-ancient-Egyptian-copper/2871533657273/?rc_fifo=1

Another sphinx find from Luxor:

https://egyptianstreets.com/2018/08/09/new-ancient-egyptian-sphinx-discovered-in-luxor/

https://www.newsweek.com/ancient-egypt-new-sphinx-statue-uncovered-historic-luxor-city-1067209

Feature on the ‘unlucky mummy’:

https://elpais.com/cultura/2018/08/04/actualidad/1533408384_752727.html

More on that pair of Middle Kingdom burial chambers:

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/308828/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/Burial-chambers-of-two-Middle-Kingdom-officials-di.aspx

https://www.archaeology.org/news/6842-18080-middle-kingdom-burial-chambers

A Hellenistic-era/inspired gold earring from the City of David:

https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Over-2000-years-later-Ancient-gold-earring-discovered-in-City-of-David-564379

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/.premium-2-000-year-old-horned-gold-earring-found-in-jerusalem-1.6361328

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/250229

https://www.timesofisrael.com/rare-2200-year-old-earring-a-goldmine-for-scholars-of-hellenistic-era-jerusalem/

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-archaeology/in-find-of-ancient-gold-earring-echoes-of-greek-rule-over-jerusalem-idUSKBN1KT18G

https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/biblical-sites-places/jerusalem/hellenistic-jewelry-discovered-jerusalem/

Neolithic remains (mostly) from Al Ain:

https://www.thenational.ae/uae/al-ain-historical-dig-throws-up-more-surprises-1.757342

https://gulfnews.com/news/uae/culture/researchers-reveal-neolithic-past-of-al-ain-1.2261962

http://www.gulftoday.ae/portal/5e6ab7a3-c2e3-4e61-a75d-62142e06ed87.aspx

Iron Age remains from northern Iran:

http://www.tehrantimes.com/news/426141/Iron-Age-remains-unearthed-in-northwest-Iran

Feature on ‘low power’ states in ancient Mesopotamia:

http://www.asor.org/anetoday/2018/08/Low-Power-States

Feature on the Temple Mount Sifting Project:

https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/biblical-sites-places/temple-at-jerusalem/temple-mount-sifting-project/

… and one on the Temple Mount floor:

https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/biblical-sites-places/temple-at-jerusalem/what-the-temple-mount-floor-looked-like/

More on the ceramic production site with a ‘break room’ from Gedera:

https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5320249,00.html

http://www.israelhayom.com/2018/08/01/1800-year-old-wine-jug-factory-found-in-central-israel/

1200 years bp mining site from Dadwadmi:

http://saudigazette.com.sa/article/540551/SAUDI-ARABIA/New-excavations-in-Dawadimi-unlock-mining-sites-dating-back-1200-years

Somewhat late to the party on that stone falling from the Western Wall:

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/western-wall-is-falling-apart-after-2-000-years-tkb37bb6f

More on that mosaic at the prison at Armageddon:

http://www.euronews.com/2018/08/08/israeli-prison-to-join-armageddons-list-of-ancient-ruins

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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS)

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A late Minoan burial from Crete:

http://greece.greekreporter.com/2018/08/08/farmer-discovers-rare-tombstone-from-late-minoan-iii-period-on-crete-photos/

A 2500 years bp Greek shipwreck in the Black Sea (not sure if we mentioned this one):

http://eu.greekreporter.com/2018/08/07/archaeologists-discover-ancient-greek-ship-in-black-sea/

https://www.newsweek.com/russia-finds-ancient-roman-ship-excellent-condition-bottom-sea-1061899

http://tass.com/society/1016317

https://www.sbs.com.au/news/ancient-roman-shipwreck-discovered-in-crimea

A 2400 years bp (maybe) pebble mosaic from Ambracia:

https://greekcitytimes.com/2018/08/10/4th-century-bc-mosaic-discovered-in-arta/

http://www.tornosnews.gr/en/greek-news/culture/32260-pebble-mosaic-dating-to-4th-century-bc-discovered-in-greek-city-of-arta.html

https://www.archaeology.org/news/6888-180810-greece-pebble-mosaic

Latest finds from Despotiko:

http://greece.greekreporter.com/2018/08/07/new-mesmerizing-archaeological-finds-discovered-on-greek-island/

http://www.tornosnews.gr/en/greek-news/culture/32231-archaic-building-and-mesmerizing-finds-at-despotiko-island-s-apollo-sanctuary-in-greece.html

https://greekcitytimes.com/2018/08/07/ancient-building-discovered-at-despotiko-islands-apollo-sanctuary/

http://www.archaeology.org/news/6846-180807-greece-despotiko-pottery

A ‘proedria’ grant from Plovdiv’s Odeon:

http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2018/08/11/inscription-granting-roman-man-front-row-seat-right-main-facade-of-antiquity-odeon-discovered-in-bulgarias-plovdiv/

A Roman and/or Romano-British structure from a dig at Caerwent:

http://www.chepstowbeacon.co.uk/article.cfm?id=112868&headline=Caerwent%20dig%20uncovers%20Roman%20history§ionIs=news&searchyear=2018

Not sure if we’ve mentioned this Roman necropolis from Serbia:

https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1001371/Roman-necropolis-discovered-complete-22-graves-containing-ancient-skeletons

Latest finds from the environs of Binchester Roman Fort:

http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/16409808.new-discoveries-in-dig-at-bishop-auckland-roman-fort/

Remains of some Roman/Byzantine settlement on the Asian side of Istanbul:

http://www.china.org.cn/world/Off_the_Wire/2018-08/07/content_58166050.htm

Linking Roman assassinations to drought:

https://www.livescience.com/63277-roman-emperor-assassinations.html

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/why-were-roman-emperors-more-likely-be-assassinated-during-droughts-180969957/

https://www.archaeology.org/news/6884-180808-roman-emperor-assassination

Linking Roman roads to modern European prosperity:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2018/08/06/how-year-old-roads-predict-modern-day-prosperity/

https://www.neweurope.eu/article/study-shows-modern-european-development-driven-by-ancient-roman-infrastructure/

http://www.philly.com/philly/business/how-2000-year-old-roads-predict-modern-day-prosperity-20180808.html

I think we mentioned these ‘horseshoes’ found at Vindolanda:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-45034623

https://www.archaeology.org/news/6843-180806-vindolanda-horse-shoes

… and there’s also an interesting feature on a human shoe found ages ago in Germany:

https://mymodernmet.com/womens-shoes-ancient-rome/

… and the Vindolanda Leather Project:

http://www.vindolanda.com/_blog/thevindolandablog/post/a-guest-post—vindolanda-leather/

Six statues from Magnesia:

https://www.dailysabah.com/history/2018/07/28/six-2000-year-old-greek-statues-discovered-in-southwestern-turkey

https://www.archaeology.org/news/6844-180806-turkey-magnesia-statues

On Greek aphrodisiacs:

http://greece.greekreporter.com/2018/08/05/here-are-5-ancient-greek-aphrodisiacs-for-you-to-try/

The annual concerns about aggressive photocosplayer types at the Colosseum:

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/it-s-cops-versus-robbers-at-the-colosseum-lcp5qb9vz

Review of Emily Wilson’s Odyssey:

https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/homer-for-scalawags-emily-wilsons-odyssey/

… and hype for the upcoming reading thereof in Ireland:

https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/it-s-really-important-casting-women-in-roles-traditionally-played-by-men-1.3585618

https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/life/features/actress-imogen-stubbs-on-taking-homers-odyssey-to-a-tent-on-north-coast-beaches-37196724.html

A drone’s eye view of Pompeii was making the rounds of various places this week:

https://aleteia.org/2018/08/10/experience-the-somber-beauty-of-pompeii-from-a-drones-eye-view/

Review of Edith Hall, *Aristotle’s Way*:

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/aug/09/aristotles-way-edith-hall-review

Review of Matthew Kneale’s book on the sackings of Rome:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/03/books/review/matthew-kneale-rome.html

In case you’re wondering about Gladiator sequels:

http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20180810-gladiator-2-was-written-and-its-mad

Another piece on ancient Greek music:

http://greece.greekreporter.com/2018/08/07/rediscovering-the-music-of-the-ancient-greeks-video/

More on that library find in Cologne:

https://www.livescience.com/63256-ancient-roman-library-discovered.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2018/08/06/long-lost-roman-library-reemerges-germany-after-years-darkness/

http://www.iflscience.com/editors-blog/archaeologists-unearth-massive-roman-public-library-in-heart-of-german-city/

https://bigthink.com/scotty-hendricks/2000-year-old-roman-library-discovered-in-germany

More on the frescos in the House of Jupiter at Pompeii:

https://elpais.com/cultura/2018/08/06/actualidad/1533545890_732004.html

More on that interesting gold ring from Rome:

https://www.livescience.com/63265-ancient-roman-gold-ring-found.html

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EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland)

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Some sort of Early Neolithic human occupation site from a lake in Finland:

https://phys.org/news/2018-08-archaeologists-submerged-stone-age-settlement.html

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-08/uoh-aft080718.php

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/08/180807095119.htm

https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/archaeologists_uncover_stone_age_kitchen_at_bottom_of_finnish_lake/10345616

5000 years bp stone axe(s) from Orkney:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-45113734

http://www.archaeology.org/news/6883-180808-orkney-neolithic-axes

Evidence of Bronze age human activity on Staffa:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-45130068

https://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/staffa-home-to-humans-3-800-years-ago-1-4781320

https://www.archaeology.org/news/6886-180809-staffa-scotland-bronze-age

Burial of an ‘unusually tall’ Bronze Age male from Bulgaria:

http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2018/08/07/unusually-tall-skeleton-severed-arm-found-in-4000-year-old-bronze-age-burial-mound-near-bulgarias-black-sea-coast/

A Bronze Age fortress (maybe) from Romania:

https://phys.org/news/2018-08-romanian-german-archeologists-year-old-fortress.html

https://balkaneu.com/3400-years-vast-old-citadel-discovered-in-western-romania/

http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/archaeologists-unearth-big-bronze-age-city-in-romania-08-06-2018

https://www.tristatehomepage.com/news/romanian-german-archeologists-find-3400yearold-fortress/1350795782

http://www.ibtimes.sg/archaeologists-discover-3400-year-old-fortress-romania-larger-ancient-troy-26958

https://www.archaeology.org/news/6847-180807-romania-bronze-age-fortress

An Iron Age roundhouse and farm from Lawford:

http://www.clactonandfrintongazette.co.uk/news/north_essex_news/16402009.iron-age-roundhouse-remains-found-in-dig/

Not sure if we mentioned this gold spearhead find a couple years ago:

https://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/gold-spearhead-buried-for-safekeeping-at-carnoustie-1-4780868

Floor replacement at Sithney Parish Church revealed a bunch of burials:

http://www.falmouthpacket.co.uk/news/16401776.skeletons-found-under-floor-of-sithney-parish-church/

I think we mentioned these medieval burials at a Hart Village construction site:

https://www.shieldsgazette.com/news/archeologists-investigating-up-to-100-anglo-saxon-burials-after-cemetery-found-on-hartlepool-housing-development-site-1-9287529

Different spins being put on Vikings from Greenland evidently trading walrus ivory in medieval times:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-08/uoc-lno080618.php

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/08/180807192842.htm

http://www.startribune.com/walrus-bones-provide-clues-to-fate-of-lost-viking-colony/490304741/

https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/walrus-bones-provide-clues-fate-lost-viking-colony-57095950

http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/08/walrus-tusk-trinket-may-shed-light-early-days-viking-trading

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/2018/08/07/vikings-greenland-colony-economy/

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/greenland-vikings-got-wealthy-walrus-tusks-180969962/

http://www.archaeology.org/news/6885-180809-norse-walrus-ivory

Medieval finds from Minsk:

https://www.tvr.by/eng/news/kultura/sotni_artefaktov_obnaruzheny_na_meste_drevnego_minska/

The wreck of the Delta II might be associated with Drake:

https://elpais.com/cultura/2018/08/07/actualidad/1533661350_102392.html

200 years bp ironworks remains:

https://www.thestar.co.uk/lifestyle/remains-of-200-year-old-ironworks-found-near-elsecar-and-hoyland-1-9288907

A metal detectorist found an Elizabethan gold signet ring:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-somerset-45145371

Pondering burials of horse skulls beneath Irish homes:

https://www.irishcentral.com/roots/history/horse-skulls-floors-houses-ireland

In case you’re in the market for a Victorian train station:

https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-england-south-yorkshire-45127453/chapeltown-s-victorian-railway-station-up-for-sale

An amateur archaeologist damage a gravesite:

https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/local/dundee/701937/400-year-old-howff-grave-damaged-by-amateur-archaeologist/

Some Picassos are among a Teheran Museums hidden collection of Western art:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/ten-picassos-discovered-amid-tehran-museums-hidden-collection-western-art-180969899/

On AI and the Vatican’s ‘secret archive’:

https://elfuturoesapasionante.elpais.com/el-archivo-secreto-del-vaticano-al-descubierto-gracias-a-la-inteligencia-artificial/

More on heatwave-related finds from the UK:

https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-the-uk/the-british-heat-wave-and-aerial-archeology

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/news-review/the-blazing-sun-coaxes-out-britains-shyest-treasures-8vjd5vrfq

https://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/roundup/articles/2018/08/11/4160194-prolonged-dry-weather-throws-up-more-hidden-treasures-/

More on the bimah at Lithuania’s synagogue:

https://www.livescience.com/63253-nazi-destroyed-synagogue-excavated.html

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/250097

https://mosaicmagazine.com/picks/2018/08/archaeologists-uncover-the-bimah-of-vilnas-great-synagogue/

https://www.haaretz.com/jewish/.premium-1.6358791

More on ‘welsh’ burials at Stonehenge:

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/aug/02/revealed-stonehenge-buried-welsh?CMP=share_btn_tw

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/why-did-welsh-bury-their-dead-stonehenge-180969874/

More on thread from Bronze Age Britain:

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/07/180726161103.htm

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

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ASIA AND THE SOUTH PACIFIC

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28 000 years bp (give or take) net sinkers from South Korea:

https://phys.org/news/2018-08-world-oldest-fishing-net-sinkers.html

https://www.archaeology.org/news/6849-180807-korea-net-weights

Pondering when aboriginal people arrived in Australia:

https://phys.org/news/2018-08-aboriginal-people-inaustralia.html

A Neolithic site from Kurnool:

https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/neolithic-site-discovered-in-kurnool-district/article24610716.ece

700 years bp octagon-shaped tomb from Yangquan:

https://www.livescience.com/63301-ancient-morbid-mural-tomb-china.html

https://www.livescience.com/63293-photos-ancient-mural-tomb-china.html

https://www.archaeology.org/news/6890-180810-china-octagon-tomb

I think we mentioned this ‘golden mummy’ from Kazakhstan:

https://www.inform.kz/en/archaeological-sensation-mummy-of-golden-young-man-found-in-e-kazakhstan_a3346360

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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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Studying Chinese mining camps in Oregon:

http://www.bluemountaineagle.com/Local_News/20180807/mystery-of-chinese-mining-revealed

The debate over how people arrived in the Americas continues:

https://phys.org/news/2018-08-current-evidence-interior-coastal-routes.html

https://www.livescience.com/63292-first-americans-route.html

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/debate-ice-free-pathway-americas-heats

https://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2018/0808/When-science-meets-history-Sorting-out-the-path-of-the-first-Americans

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/deadthings/?p=2787

Pondering drought and the disappearance of several Range Creek peoples:

https://catalystmagazine.net/beyond-shadow-drought/

Remains of a 17th century ‘Indian trading fort’ (and other finds) near Norwalk:

http://www.wnpr.org/post/dig-uncovers-ancient-artifacts-around-norwalk-walk-bridge

https://www.nancyonnorwalk.com/2018/08/conndot-finds-evidence-of-native-american-fort-pre-historic-human-artifacts-in-norwalk/

https://www.thehour.com/news/article/State-won-t-preserve-ancient-Indian-fort-found-13145306.php

Still looking for the Endeavour:

https://www.news.com.au/travel/world-travel/north-america/shipwreck-may-solve-250yearold-mystery/news-story/841298bff0fa71a8adf724f175f8d7e2

https://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/newport-harbour-hunt-for-james-cooks-ship-endeavour/news-story/7e52e2e962b14d4b3e69a3debec9e622

Feature on Hopewell ‘bladelets’:

http://www.dispatch.com/news/20180805/archaeology-hopewell-bladelets-multifunctional-from-carving-tools-to-souvenirs

A Confederate time capsule from 1913:

https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/05/us/new-orleans-beauregard-statue-time-capsule-trnd/index.html

Pondering the fate of Confederate monuments:

https://www.npr.org/633952187

Marking the Fort Laramie Peace Treaty:

https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2018/08/a-400-mile-ride-to-mark-150-years-of-the-fort-laramie-peace-treaty/566654/

Latest on that Russian treasure ship find claim:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-45093892

On technology and the humanities:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/08/opinion/oh-the-humanities.html

On women Impressionists:

http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20180807-the-women-impressionists-forgotten-by-history

On the literary effect of German forests:

https://www.dw.com/en/nazis-and-fairytales-germanys-forests-are-full-of-hidden-history/a-45015360

On ancient explanations for comets and meteors:

http://theconversation.com/how-ancient-cultures-explained-comets-and-meteors-100982

Still arguing over who painted the Salvador Mundi:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/oxford-scholar-challenges-salvator-mundi-attribution-arguing-leonardos-assistant-painted-majority-work-180969948/

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2018/aug/06/leonardo-da-vinci-scholar-challenges-attribution-salvator-mundi-bernardino-luini

More on evidence of extensive trade routes in North America some 3500 years bp:

https://phys.org/news/2018-08-discovery-copper-band-native-americans.html

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-08/bu-doc080218.php

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/08/180807094924.htm

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CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA

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7000 years bp Maya remains from a Tabasco cave:

https://globalnews.ca/news/4377012/mayan-remains-archaeologists/

https://www.archaeology.org/news/6887-180809-mexico-maya-cave-burial

Possible Wari remains from Huancayo:

https://andina.pe/ingles/noticia-peru-archaeological-remains-found-near-wariwillka-site-in-junin-719750.aspx

1500 years bp burials (including six ‘trophy heads’ from pits in the Vitor Valley of Peru:

https://www.livescience.com/63295-trophy-heads-mummies-ancient-peru-pits.html

NEH funding to study Maya citadels:

https://news.brown.edu/articles/2018/08/houston

More on farming in ancient Amazonia:

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/07/180726090212.htm

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Ancient MesoAmerica News:

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

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OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST

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Ben Franklin on social media:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2018/08/08/the-apology-from-benjamin-franklin-that-predicted-the-fight-over-falsehood-and-hate-on-social-media/

On ‘mesmerism’ old and new:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/04/opinion/sunday/donald-trump-mesmerist.html

How they found William Blake’s burial place:

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2018/aug/11/how-amateur-sleuths-finally-tracked-down-burial-place-william-blake?CMP=share_btn_fb

Review of a biography of Mary Shelley:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/03/books/review/in-search-of-mary-shelley-fiona-sampson.html

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THE TECHY SIDE

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Rethinking olive tree growth and the dating of the eruption of Santorini:

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/2018/08/10/olive-branch-santorini-bronze-age/

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CLIMATE MATTERS

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Arguing over the Meghalayan period designation:

http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/08/massive-drought-or-myth-scientists-spar-over-ancient-climate-event-behind-our-new

Evidence of a climate change in the Hexi Corridor 3700 years bp:

http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1114286.shtml

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ON THE DNA FRONT

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Working on the genome of Jomon and other Asian remains:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-08/ku-ppi080818.php

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/08/180809093427.htm

Dienekes’ Anthropology Blog:

http://dienekes.blogspot.ca/

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TOURISTY THINGS

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Volubilis:

http://saudigazette.com.sa/article/540590/World/Mena/Moroccos-ancient-city-of-Volubilis-rises-again

https://www.alaraby.co.uk/english/society/2018/8/7/moroccos-ancient-city-of-volubilis-rises-again

http://www.dailystar.com.lb/Arts-and-Ent/Culture/2018/Aug-09/459567-moroccos-oldest-roman-site-rises-again.ashx

https://www.moroccoworldnews.com/2018/08/251940/volubilis-moroccos-underrated-tourist-destination/

Sirmium:

https://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/tracing-emperors-footsteps-in-the-mother-of-cities–07-30-2018

Ancient Christian sites in Egypt:

https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-best-ancient-christian-sights-in-egypt

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PERFORMANCES

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On Henry James’ foray into theatre:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/03/books/review/henry-jamess-guy-domville.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

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CRIME BEAT

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I think we mentioned this bust in Sebastia:

https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Three-Palestinians-caught-robbing-an-archeology-site-564309

https://www.timesofisrael.com/palestinians-jailed-for-trying-to-rob-biblical-archaeological-site/

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/250169

An icon theft … but it isn’t ancient … or is it:

http://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/55574/Min-of-Antiquities-denies-claims-on-theft-of-ancient-icon

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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Calls for the ‘repatriation’ (sort of) of a Tudor era boat:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-45086897

Plenty of coverage of the BM’s return of looted antiquities to Iraq:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/09/looted-iraqi-antiquities-return-home-after-uk-experts-crack-cold-case

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-45132517

https://www.dw.com/en/british-museum-to-return-ancient-antiquities-looted-during-2003-iraq-war/a-45024436

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/british-museum-looted-antiquities-iraq-eninnu-temple-tello-2003-invasion-a8485056.html

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/08/british-museum-hand-looted-antiquities-iraqi-embassy-180809140724223.html

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/british-museum-to-return-looted-antiquities-to-iraq

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/british-museum-cracks-cold-case-of-sumerian-treasures-looted-from-iraq-bndtrvfvf

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/10/arts/iraq-looted-objects-british-museum.html

https://blog.britishmuseum.org/british-museums-iraq-scheme-helps-reunite-objects-from-ancient-site-of-tello/

Easter Island is seeking the return of Moai in the British Museum:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/07/easter-island-people-want-british-museum-return-moai-statue

Not quite ‘repatriation’ but a Colorado couple want the Swiss to return some artifacts they claim they own:

https://www.livescience.com/63271-rare-medieval-bible-canterbury-cathedral.html

https://www.courthousenews.com/colorado-couple-seeks-to-reclaim-artifacts-from-swiss/

Also not quite ‘repatriation’, a 700 years bp Bible returns to Canberbury Cathedral:

https://fr.aleteia.org/2018/08/08/vieille-de-700-ans-une-bible-francaise-de-retour-a-la-cathedrale-de-canterbury/

Possible loan of Benin Bronzes is still in the news:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/world/benin-bronzes-could-be-heading-home-on-loan/2018/08/08/d66f41d4-7495-11e8-bda1-18e53a448a14_video.html

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NUMISMATICA

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Latest e-Sylum:

http://www.coinbooks.org/v21/club_nbs_esylum_v21n31.html

… and the one which should appear later today:

http://www.coinbooks.org/v21/club_nbs_esylum_v21n32.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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Patricia Hermes:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/03/obituaries/patricia-hermes-whose-childrens-books-had-serious-side-dies-at-82.html

Rick Turner:

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/aug/06/rick-turner-obituary

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2018/08/09/rick-turner-archaeologist-obituary/

Harald Hauptmann:

News – http://www.dainst.org https://www.dainst.org/-/harald-hauptmann-1936-2018-?redirect=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dainst.org%2Fdai%2Fmeldungen%3Fp_p_id%3D101_INSTANCE_nZcCAiLqg1db%26p_p_lifecycle%3D0%26p_p_state%3Dnormal%26p_p_mode%3Dview%26p_p_col_id%3Dcolumn-6%26p_p_col_count%3D1

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AUDIO/VIDEO NEWS

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Audio News from Archaeologica:

https://www.archaeologychannel.org/audio-main-menu-cat/audio-news-list/2770-audio-news-from-archaeologica-29-july-4-august-2018

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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/

Jews and the Americas (February 2019):

https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/1932330/jews-and-americas-68th-annual-conference-center-latin-american

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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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