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

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

Richard Campbell, David Critchley, mata kimasitayo, Bob Heuman,

Barbara Saylor Rodgers, 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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A rhino butchery site suggests a hominid presence in the Philipines some 700 000 years bp:

https://phys.org/news/2018-05-early-humans-philippines-years.html

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/discovery-suggests-humans-lived-philippines-much-earlier-believed-n870916

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/early-humans-crossed-ocean-on-floating-islands-ql3bwrqqw

https://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/the-times/early-humans-crossed-ocean-on-floating-islands/news-story/1f0456f559814d51c2a0c264547da83a

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/may/04/butchered-rhino-suggests-humans-were-in-the-philippines-700000-years-ago

https://www.seeker.com/culture/butchered-rhino-suggests-humans-lived-in-the-philippines-700000-years-ago

https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/02/world/early-humans-philippine-islands/index.html

http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/05/ancient-humans-settled-philippines-700000-years-ago-new-fossils-reveal

https://www.zmescience.com/science/early-hominids-bones-03052018/

https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2018/05/stone-tools-rhinoceros-luzon-philippines-ancient-hominins-science/

https://www.archaeology.org/news/6590-180503-philippines-hominin-occupation

A middle Paleolithic flake from the Crimea is being used as evidence of Neanderthal use of symbolism:

https://phys.org/news/2018-05-engraved-crimean-stone-artifact-neanderthal.html

https://www.livescience.com/62484-neanderthals-scratched-messages.html

https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/05/markings-on-this-flint-flake-had-symbolic-meaning-for-neanderthals/

https://cosmosmagazine.com/archaeology/neanderthals-produced-symbolic-art-research-suggests

https://www.europeanscientist.com/en/research/neanderthal-culture-included-symbolic-art-study-says/

http://www.archaeology.org/news/6589-180502-neanderthal-symbolic-art

For comparison, perhaps, we have notching on gazelle scapulae from the Galilee:

https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Archeological-study-reveals-unique-34000-year-old-culture-553232

https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/05/notched-gazelle-bones-may-be-the-signature-of-a-paleolithic-culture/

On how humans first began to depict animals:

https://phys.org/news/2018-05-signshow-early-humans-began-animals.html

https://www.upi.com/Science_News/2018/05/04/Study-considers-how-humans-first-depicted-animals-in-cave-paintings/1081525451166/

The ‘Out of Africa’ thing seems (?) to be being connected to migraines here:

http://www.dw.com/en/migraines-ancestral-emigration-from-africa-to-europe-linked-to-severe-headaches/a-43639174

Brain shape (as opposed to size) is suggested now as the reason sapiens outlasted neanderthals:

https://phys.org/news/2018-04-size-ancestors-brains-outlast-neanderthals.html

More on seafaring Neanderthals:

https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/archaeologist-makes-case-for-seafaring-neanderthals/

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More on that horse burial in the Sudan:

https://cosmosmagazine.com/archaeology/excavations-reveal-3000-year-old-horse

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A pair of inscribed limestone blocks found near the pyramid of Amenemhat I at Lisht:

https://www.livescience.com/62468-massive-carvings-rescued-egypt-looting.html

A ‘Royal celebration hall’ from the Ramses II era at Matariya:

http://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/49020/Royal-celebration-hall-from-Ramses-II-era-discovered

There is apparently no hidden chamber in Tut’s tomb:

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/298932/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/New-survey-confirms-no-hidden-Nefertiti-chamber-in.aspx

Feature on the French missions in Egypt:

https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/49293/Meet-the-representatives-of-French-archaeological-missions-in-Egypt

… and the numerous other ones as well:

https://traveltradedaily.com/africa-indian-ocean-news/item/4413-egypt-witnessing-230-archaeological-missions

[n.b. Grand Egyptian Museum news will now appear in the Museums section]

Concerns for Egyptian sites from an Ethiopian dam:

https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2018/04/egypt-academic-warns-risks-of-ethiopia-dam.html

More on the restoration of the colossal statue of Ramses II:

https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/48957/Restoration-of-Ramses-ll-is-complete

Feature on Papyrus Amherst 63:

http://www.asor.org/anetoday/2018/05/Three-Israelite-Psalms-Ancient-Egypt

Remains of a 3000 years bp structure at Tel Eton is the latest item being used as evidence for the ‘United Monarchy’:

https://phys.org/news/2018-05-evidence-pertaining-expansion-kingdom-david.html

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-05/bu-nep050118.php

https://www.livescience.com/62472-lost-biblical-kingdom-remains.html

http://www.iflscience.com/editors-blog/archaeologists-may-have-found-the-lost-biblical-city-of-king-david/

Imaging technology has revealed hitherto unseen text on some DSS fragments:

https://www.timesofisrael.com/dead-sea-scroll-fragment-unveiled-in-israel-may-point-to-an-unknown-manuscript/

https://www.livescience.com/62467-hidden-text-dead-sea-scrolls.html

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/dead-sea-scrolls-fragments-contain-writing-invisible-naked-eye-n870651

https://abcnews.go.com/International/nasa-technology-reveals-hidden-script-dead-sea-scrolls/story?id=54893185

http://www.news.com.au/technology/science/archaeology/dead-sea-scrolls-discovery-tech-reveals-hidden-script/news-story/d70f973c125685bb84f8b554cd607d8e

https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5250108,00.html

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/MAGAZINE-nasa-technology-reveals-existence-of-missing-dead-sea-scroll-1.6050952

https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/biblical-artifacts/dead-sea-scrolls/advanced-technology-dead-sea-scrolls/

https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Culture/Ancient-Hebrew-unearthed-using-space-age-technology-553260

http://www.jewishpress.com/news/archaeology-news/hidden-script-uncovered-in-fragments-of-dead-sea-scrolls/2018/05/01/

http://www.archaeology.org/news/6591-180503-scroll-fragments-infrared

Much being read into a Bar Kochba revolt coin find:

https://www.timesofisrael.com/unearthed-bar-kochba-coin-harkens-to-when-jewish-rebels-tried-to-stamp-out-rome/

https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Rare-coin-from-ancient-Jewish-Bar-Kokhba-revolt-discovered-in-cave-553384

http://www.jewishpress.com/news/israel/discovery-of-bar-kochba-era-coin-declared-at-lag-bomer/2018/05/04/

Suggestion that many of the tablets Hobby Lobby has to return to Iraq (see ‘Repatriation’) bome from the ‘missing’ Sumerian site of Irisagrig (based on?):

https://www.livescience.com/62437-stolen-sumerian-tablets-from-lost-city.html

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/artifacts-seized-hobby-lobby-may-come-lost-sumerian-city-180968931/

https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/paxnqn/ancient-artifacts-smuggled-by-hobby-lobby-traced-to-mysterious-sumerian-city-irisagrig-mesopotamian

Interviews with Eilat Mazar:

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/245185

http://www.jewishpress.com/news/archaeology-news/rejuvenation-the-lady-who-digs-jerusalem-audio/2018/04/30/

Arguing over some stolen Samaritan Torahs:

https://www.npr.org/2018/04/29/602836507/who-stole-the-torahs

http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-samaritans-can-t-get-back-torah-scroll-they-live-in-pa-territory-1.6035221

Not a lot of coverage of this 1700 years bp Christian site found on a former ISIL base:

https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/world-news/699835/ancient-christian-site-found-former-isis-territory-syria-manbij-islamic-state-3rd-century

http://www.news.com.au/technology/science/archaeology/ancient-christian-ruins-discovered-under-former-isisheld-territory/news-story/374cacfd986b12453d19103388d0122f

Coverage of the DSS 70 years symposium in Jerusalem last week:

https://baltimorejewishlife.com/news/print.php?ARTICLE_ID=102407

More on that Bible/Quran palimpsest that was sold at Christies:

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/apr/25/passages-from-the-bible-discovered-behind-quran-manuscript-christies

http://coptot.manuscriptroom.com/blog/-/blogs/sahidic-biblical-text-found-behind-qur-an-palimpsest

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A Diocletianic inscription from Plovdiv:

https://sofiaglobe.com/2018/05/01/archaeology-stone-with-inscription-praising-roman-emperor-diocletian-found-in-bulgarias-plovdiv/

http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2018/05/01/303-ad-inscription-dedicated-to-emperor-diocletian-over-tetrarchy-in-roman-empire-discovered-by-archaeologists-in-bulgarias-plovdiv/

https://www.archaeology.org/news/6584-180501-roman-diocletian-engraving

Possible evidence of Civilis’ revolt at Gelduba:

https://www.thelocal.de/20180502/roman-relics-found-in-rhein-region-show-evidence-of-bloody-uprising

https://www.archaeology.org/news/6587-180502-german-tribes-battle

Remains of a Roman road from Wigan to Warrington:

http://www.wigantoday.net/news/environment/archaeologists-find-roman-road-from-wigan-to-warrington-1-9146164

Very interesting recreation of a Bronze Age saw which might have been used by the Myceneans:

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/how-backyard-pendulum-saw-sliced-bronze-age-mystery

https://www.archaeology.org/news/6588-180502-bronze-age-saw

Feature on Greek and Roman glass:

http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/the-beauty-of-greek-and-roman-glass/

Lessons from the Iliad:

http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20180428-what-homers-iliad-can-tell-us-about-worship-and-war

On transgenderism and the Iliad:

https://www.spectator.co.uk/2018/05/transgenderism-and-the-iliad/

Feature on Antinous:

http://sfbaytimes.com/great-emperor-last-god-romans/

Feature on a Villanovan situla at the Getty:

http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/a-new-look-at-an-ancient-bucket/

Feature on the Flaminian obelisk:

http://theconversation.com/romes-flaminian-obelisk-an-epic-journey-from-divine-egyptian-symbol-to-tourist-attraction-95968

https://www.thelocal.it/20180504/from-ancient-egyptian-symbol-to-tourist-attraction-the-epic-journey-of-romes-flaminian-obelisk

In case you want to buy a 2500 years bp Greek town outside Halicarnassus:

http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-43990343

https://neoskosmos.com/en/114878/ancient-greek-town-in-turkey-being-sold/

http://www.tornosnews.gr/en/greek-news/culture/31174-ancient-greek-city-of-bargylia-in-turkey-on-sale.html

Some NLE coverage:

https://patch.com/pennsylvania/lansdale/71-north-penn-latin-students-earn-awards-excellence

https://mountvernonnews.com/article/2018/05/02/latin-students-ace-national-test/

What Nina Papathanasopoulou is up to:

http://thecollegevoice.org/2018/05/05/from-the-east-to-the-west-an-odyssey/

What Kate Gilhuly is up to:

http://thewellesleynews.com/2018/05/02/professor-kate-gilhuly-pursues-interest-in-literature-through-research-in-classics/

What Dan Davis is up to:

https://www.lutherchips.com/5488/news/davis-leads-archaeological-digs-in-israel-greece/

What Deborah Kamen is up to:

https://oberlinreview.org/16315/arts/deborah-kamen-associate-professor-of-classics/

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

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/aristotle-s-way-how-ancient-wisdom-can-change-your-life-by-edith-hall-review-s9tl0g6sh

Review of Emily Wilson’s *Odyssey* translation:

https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/books/the-odyssey-review-emily-wilsons-translation-brings-the-epic-closer-to-home-20180426-h0z9ac.html

Reviews of Madeline Miller’s *Circe*:

https://www.aspendailynews.com/arts_and_entertainment/basalt-library-staff-pick-circe-by-madeline-miller/article_6b486d8c-4e51-11e8-93a9-13273ff820b2.html

https://www.theaustralian.com.au/arts/review/circe-by-madeline-miller-fleshes-out-odyssey-sorceress/news-story/e189331f74f3ae2f1f6e54fd4d531435

More on that wall from Mytilene:

http://www.tornosnews.gr/en/greek-news/culture/31101-ancient-defensive-wall-emerges-during-salvage-excavation-on-lesvos-island.html

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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 of a possible 7000 years bp settlement in the middle of Copenhagen:

http://cphpost.dk/news/stone-age-settlement-found-in-the-middle-of-copenhagen.html

http://www.archaeology.org/news/6593-180504-mesolithic-copenhagen-settlement

A 7000 years bp settlement from the Kozareva Mogila Mound (Bulgaria):

http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2018/04/27/5th-millenium-bc-prehistoric-settlement-near-bulgarias-pomorie-was-much-larger-than-known-settlement-mound-archaeologists-find/

https://www.archaeology.org/news/6579-180430-kozareva-moglia-mound

Studying Neolithic light sources in Poland:

http://scienceinpoland.pap.pl/en/news/news%2C29227%2Cnew-light-sources-appeared-europe-development-agriculture.html

https://www.archaeology.org/news/6582-180430-poland-early-lamps

A possible Lusatian figurine found during construction of a Czech highway:

http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-05/04/c_137154356.htm

https://www.devdiscourse.com/Article/6204-archaeologists-finds-a-unique-prehistoric-figure-at-czech-republic/Europe%20and%20Central%20Asia

http://www.archaeology.org/news/6592-180503-czech-prague-statuette

A medieval site in downtown Prague:

http://www.radio.cz/en/section/curraffrs/prague-archaeologists-shed-light-on-medieval-city

https://www.archaeology.org/news/6592-180503-czech-prague-statuette

They’ve figured out how the stones at Dun Deardail ‘melted’ together:

https://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/archaeologists-solve-ancient-mystery-of-melted-iron-age-fort-1-4732710

https://www.archaeology.org/news/6585-180501-hill-fort-vitrification

Details of the finds from that Yeovil construction site:

https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/somerset-news/details-archaeological-discovery-yeovil-housing-1531213

Studying the survivors of the Battle of Dunbar:

http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16194712.Fresh_light_cast_on_the_brave_Scots_who_survived_the_bloody_Battle_of_Dunbar/

Not sure where to put this one … a feature on underwater archaeology in Cyprus:

http://cyprus-mail.com/2018/05/01/cyprus-is-a-hotbed-of-maritime-history/

The battle to save Sir John Betjeman’s favourite Church has succeeded:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/05/02/thirty-year-battle-save-sir-john-betjemans-favourite-church/

Feature on the Jewish history of the Tower of London:

https://m.jpost.com/Diaspora/The-Tower-of-London-and-its-Jewish-history-553296

The Stonehenge tunnel saga continues:

http://www.salisburyjournal.co.uk/news/16202367.Stonehenge_tunnel_plan___39_severely_flawed__39__say_heritage_chiefs/

I think we’ve mentioned the concerns for Westminster before:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/world/wp/2018/04/25/feature/westminster-home-of-british-democracy-is-rotting-from-within/

More on Copenhagen’s oldest church:

https://www.thelocal.dk/20180503/archaeologists-think-they-have-found-copenhagens-oldest-church

More on that massacre site in Sweden:

https://www.inverse.com/article/44345-ancient-massacre-shows-human-violence

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/1500-year-old-massacre-unearthed-sweden-180968904/

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Archaeology in Europe Blog:

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

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40 000 years bp stone tools from southeastern Australia:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-05-04/aboriginal-stone-tools-found-in-gippsland-during-sewer-dig/9722718

https://www.archaeology.org/news/6594-180504-australia-stone-tools

An unfinish waka (canoe) find from New Zealand:

https://www.radionz.co.nz/news/te-manu-korihi/356257/road-workers-uncover-10-metre-long-waka

http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK1804/S00700/possible-unfinished-waka-is-uncovered-on-puhoi-motorway.htm

https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/103480134/partially-complete-10-metrelong-waka-found-during-north-auckland-motorway-construction

https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/auckland-waka-discovery-nzta-veteran-excited-over-buried-maori-artefact-never-found-anything-like

https://www.archaeology.org/news/6581-180430-new-zealand-waka

… and a feature on the origin of the waka:

https://www.stuff.co.nz/nelson-mail/103624371/inspired-trip-exploring-the-tahitian-origins-of-the-anaweka-waka

Latest finds from Mizoram:

https://thenortheasttoday.com/mizoram-archaeological-survey-of-india-finds-human-remains-of-lost-civilization-in-the-state/

The search for flight 370 has turned up a couple of 19th century shipwrecks off Western Australia:

https://phys.org/news/2018-05-historians-indian-ocean-19th-century.html

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-43998983

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/may/03/mh370-search-offers-clues-for-19th-century-shipwreck-mysteries

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/australasia/mh370-flight-search-latest-missing-ships-found-malaysia-airlines-investigation-indian-ocean-a8334916.html

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/05/04/608423565/failed-mh370-search-may-have-solved-mystery-of-19th-century-shipwrecks

https://www.ctpost.com/news/science/article/Historians-name-2-Indian-Ocean-19th-century-12884101.php

Latest (colour) concerns for the Taj Mahal:

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-43967685

https://www.theage.com.au/world/asia/the-taj-mahal-is-turning-green-because-of-pollution-20180503-p4zd0a.html

https://elpais.com/cultura/2018/05/02/actualidad/1525273808_715605.html

On the wheat/rice divide in China:

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2018/04/30/606111526/so-a-rice-grower-and-a-wheat-grower-walk-into-a-coffee-shop

More on that 11 000 years bp Shigir idol:

http://www.newsweek.com/archaeology-evil-spirit-demons-ancient-man-908855

http://www.news.com.au/technology/science/archaeology/shigir-idol-found-to-be-11600-years-old-it-was-made-by-the-survivors-of-the-last-great-ice-age/news-story/5bb378f5b6978eff0cd088e8f20639cb

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http://www.southeastasianarchaeology.com/

New Zealand Archaeology eNews:

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

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A possible 3600 years bp tattoo kit from Tennessee:

https://hyperallergic.com/438579/worlds-oldest-tattoo-kit-fernvale-native-american/

https://boingboing.net/2018/05/03/3600-year-old-tattoo-kit-foun.html

Hoping to find Oneota artifacts at a Midewin site:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/news/ct-sta-will-county-archaeology-st-0504-story.html

Archaeology is being worked into the grade school curriculum in Michigan:

http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/news/business/article210133559.html

http://wwmt.com/news/state/new-michigan-curriculum-developed-from-archaeological-sites-04-30-2018

https://www.wral.com/new-michigan-curriculum-developed-from-archaeological-sites/17520475/

Erosion is exposing burials on Hart Island:

https://phys.org/news/2018-05-erosion-unearths-bones-york-island.html

https://www.livescience.com/62471-bones-exposed-hart-island.html

http://auburnpub.com/news/local/erosion-unearths-bones-on-new-york-s-island-of-the/article_b03d8a55-871c-5a78-9e7c-5c2c513e020b.html

http://www.niagara-gazette.com/news/erosion-unearths-bones-on-island-of-the-dead/article_77cabbb7-9def-5082-ae67-03047899ef88.html

First results of a study of the hull of a shipwreck that washed ashore in Florida a couple months ago:

https://www.firstcoastnews.com/article/news/local/historic-shipwreck-in-ponte-vedra-reveals-more-secrets/77-547420568

https://www.archaeology.org/news/6583-180501-florida-wooden-hull

Concerns for a Hopi site in Arizona:

http://www.journalaz.com/news/cottonwood/24537-concerns-raised-over-construction-on-hopi-site-by-89a.html

An Ice Age horse find from a Utah back yard:

https://www.inquisitr.com/4886878/utah-family-unearths-ice-age-horse-fossil-in-their-backyard/

Looking for the site of the original Fort Vancouver:

http://www.columbian.com/news/2018/may/02/graduate-student-embarks-on-project-to-pinpoint-site-of-original-fort-vancouver/

A pile of Lakota drawings have been digitized:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/20th-century-collection-drawings-sioux-tribe-have-been-digitized-180968953/

Feature on the first people in Oregon:

http://www.dailyastorian.com/CBG/news/20180502/the-first-people-in-oregon

Where is Captain Molly buried?:

https://apnews.com/efb1d1f15cfc4e23a2392943c6207a77

More on the UK giving the Franklin wrecks to Canada:

https://navaltoday.com/2018/04/27/uk-gifts-franklin-wrecks-to-canada/?uid=257

More on the Alexandria shipwrecks:

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/old-buried-ships-unearth-this-citys-seafaring-past

More on sloth hunting in New Mexico:

https://apnews.com/a8e4855765ea42c39cec1676f4ce2f21

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More on that child sacrifice site in Peru:

https://phys.org/news/2018-04-archaeologists-ancient-mass-child-sacrifice.html

https://www.livescience.com/62434-massive-child-sacrifice-ancient-peru.html

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/site-child-sacrifice-uncovered-peru-180968927/

http://www.archaeology.org/news/6580-180430-peru-children-llamas

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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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On the human need for stories:

http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20180503-our-fiction-addiction-why-humans-need-stories

Not sure where to put this one on the importance of ‘exchanges’ in central Asia over time:

https://thediplomat.com/2018/04/how-ancient-exchanges-in-central-asia-shaped-the-modern-world/

WWI soldier burials found in Wijtschate:

http://www.brusselstimes.com/belgium/11158/the-remains-of-over-40-soldiers-found-during-archaeological-digs-in-wijtschate

Apparently a French guy translated the King James Bible:

https://phys.org/news/2018-05-sources-frenchman-king-james-bible.html

On the impact of Das Kapital:

https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/public/blind-outrage-das-kapital/

… and Marx in general:

http://www.dw.com/en/karl-marx-at-200-what-remains-of-his-legacy/a-43625183

https://www.npr.org/2018/05/05/608807029/as-karl-marx-turns-200-visitors-pay-respect-and-a-fee-at-disputed-tomb-site

Feature on JCF Gauss:

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/johann-carl-friedrich-gauss-mathematics-number-theory-germany-google-doodle-a8328836.html

https://www.inverse.com/article/44309-johann-carl-friedrich-gauss-math-statistics-accomplishments

A ‘reidentified’ Reubens is coming to auction:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/05/01/rubens-painting-written-met-museum-now-set-make-millions/

https://www.antiquestradegazette.com/news/2018/copy-of-rubens-sold-by-met-museum-now-offered-at-christie-s-after-attribution-upgraded/

A purported relic from St Clement was saved from the trash heap:

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/may/01/relic-claimed-to-be-bone-from-st-clement-rescued-from-the-bin

http://camdennewjournal.com/article/weve-found-a-bit-of-pope-clement

… or maybe not:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/bone-saint-clement-found-londons-trash-180968954/

On the illness that killed Saladin (maybe):

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-05/uoms-edd050118.php

… and others:

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/may/05/what-killed-historys-most-famous-people-medical-sleuths-gather-to-investigate

On use of the term ‘darwinism’:

https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/on-darwinism/

Viktor Wynd has an interesting collection:

http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20180502-the-man-with-an-infectious-disease-for-collecting

Latest beer recreation:

http://www.iflscience.com/editors-blog/brewers-use-yeast-found-on-shipwreck-to-bring-220yearold-beer-back-to-life/

Studying the evidence of diet from assorted latrines:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/dna-ancient-latrines-reveal-what-people-ate-centuries-ago-180968947/

http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0195481

Big bucks for a Jack the Ripper postcard:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-43955441

Archaeology Podcast Network:

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

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MUSEUM MATTERS

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Golden Kingdoms:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/03/arts/design/golden-kingdoms-metropolitan-museum-of-art.html

https://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2018/golden-kingdoms

Teotihuacan:

http://www.chattanoogan.com/2018/5/5/368194/Art-Of-The-Ancient-Mexican-City-Of.aspx

Peace:

https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.ca/2018/04/peace-from-antiquity-to-present-day-at.html#kw7u3ZZ9uXubTMYR.97

Bavarian Legend:

http://www.dw.com/en/bavarian-myths-in-focus-at-ettal-abbey/a-43620767

Pompeii:

https://paradisevalleyindependent.com/events/pompeii-exhibition-returns-to-italy-may-28/

Rodin and the Art of Ancient Greece:

https://theartsdesk.com/visual-arts/rodin-and-art-ancient-greece-british-museum-review-magnificence-form-across-millennia

https://www.ft.com/content/4b783c28-4d37-11e8-97e4-13afc22d86d4

Just as we were sending out Explorator last week, there was a fire at the Grand Egyptian Museum:

http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-04/30/c_137145937.htm

… but there was no damage:

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/44/298547/Heritage/Museums/Firefighters-extinguish-blaze-on-scaffolding-at-Gr.aspx

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/298579/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/No-one-hurt,-no-artefacts-damaged-in-scaffolding-f.aspx

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/44/298906/Heritage/Museums/Egyptian-antiquities-minister-assures-that-last-we.aspx

… but it seems to have prompted more hype about the impending completion of the museum:

http://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/49367/No-museum-will-parallel-to-GEM-Hawass

http://www.arabnews.com/node/1296686

https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/49365/Grand-Egyptian-Museum-will-dazzle-the-world-Minister-of-Antiquities

https://egyptianstreets.com/2018/05/05/minister-of-antiquities-grand-egyptian-museum-more-than-70-complete/

… especially the arrival of Tut’s chariot:

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/44/298900/Heritage/Museums/Last-chariot-of-the-boy-king-Tutankhamun-arrives-s.aspx

http://theprovince.com/pmn/news-pmn/egypt-moves-last-chariot-of-king-tut-to-new-museum/wcm/82ff49bf-3fde-430d-8ff5-b9c06f78146b

http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20180505/news/305059949/

http://www.news.com.au/world/breaking-news/last-chariot-of-king-tut-moves-to-new-home/news-story/c6c300ab05cc8df1afc5061df4553d56

https://dailynewsegypt.com/2018/05/05/tutankhamuns-last-chariot-arrives-grand-egyptian-museum/

… and the GEM Tut Conference:

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/298897/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/Egypts-antiquities-minister-opens-Tutankhamun-conf.aspx

… and an investigation:

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/298604/Egypt/Politics-/Egypt-prosecutor-orders-probe-into-fire-at-Grand-E.aspx

http://www.egyptindependent.com/investigations-still-under-way-into-grand-egyptian-museums-fire/

Feature on the new Middle East Galleries at the Penn Museum:

https://hyperallergic.com/439440/penn-museum-unveils-its-new-middle-east-galleries/

Human remains policy at Australian museums:

https://phys.org/news/2018-04-australian-museums-human.html

cf: http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-43927157

More on fakes in a French museum:

https://elpais.com/cultura/2018/04/28/actualidad/1524924890_046569.html

https://www.npr.org/606919098

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THE TECHY SIDE

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On the guys behind the recreations of various ancient ancestors:

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/may/05/meet-the-ancestors-two-brothers-lifelike-figures-early-man-adrie-and-alfons-kennis

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ON THE DNA FRONT

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Interesting recovery of DNA from 12 000 years bp ‘quids’ from the Mule Spring Rockshelter site in Nevada:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-04/dri-aqr042718.php

https://phys.org/news/2018-04-ancient-quids-reveal-clues-genetic.html

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/04/180430102511.htm

DNA suggests a population of 250 made up the ‘founding’ Native American group:

https://phys.org/news/2018-05-dna-sequences-people-native-american.html

What we’re learning from the Tsimshian genome:

https://phys.org/news/2018-04-ancient-genomes-tsimshian-indigenous-people.html

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/04/180430160424.htm

On the genetic origins of South Asians:

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/04/south-asians-are-descended-mix-farmers-herders-and-hunter-gatherers-ancient-dna-reveals

Dienekes’ Anthropology Blog:

http://dienekes.blogspot.ca/

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CLIMATE MATTERS

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On climate change and the outcome of a Roman war with the Goths:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/kristinakillgrove/2018/05/04/how-climate-change-affected-the-outcome-of-the-romans-first-gothic-war/

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TOURISTY THINGS

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Peru away from Machu Picchu:

http://www.theweek.co.uk/travel/93373/away-from-machu-picchu-peru-s-other-archaeological-wonders

Romania’s ‘Rug Route’:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/04/travel/romania-rugs-road-trip.html

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CRIME BEAT

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The BM and Scotland Yard launched a database to track looted Egyptian artifacts:

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/scotland-yard-joins-global-crackdown-on-looted-pharaonic-antiquities

https://www.antiquestradegazette.com/news/2018/british-museum-launches-egyptian-antiquities-database-to-track-looted-artefacts/

… while a database of Nazi-looted items is bearing fruit already:

https://www.dailysabah.com/arts-culture/2018/05/02/new-database-on-nazi-looted-art-findings-shows-first-results

A looting attempt at a site associated with Judas Iscariot was foiled:

https://www.timesofisrael.com/attempted-antiquities-looting-at-site-linked-to-blood-money-of-judas-iscariot/

Thieves were caught in Istanbul with thousands of ancient coins:

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/istanbul-detain-two-over-artifact-smuggling-131097

https://www.albawaba.com/editorchoice/turkish-police-arrest-ancient-treasure-smugglers-istanbul-1124164

A bust in Igoumenitsa:

http://www.ekathimerini.com/228201/article/ekathimerini/news/illegal-antiquities-confiscated-in-igoumenitsa

High tech detection of art forgeries:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/02/arts/art-forgeries-sothebys.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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Big news this week was the Hobby Lobby’s return of the piles of artifacts they had smuggled from Iraq:

https://phys.org/news/2018-05-ancient-artifacts-seized-hobby-lobby.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/02/us/politics/iraq-artifacts-hobby-lobby-ice.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/ancient-artifacts-seized-from-hobby-lobby-returned-to-iraq/2018/05/02/4c926c2c-4e37-11e8-85c1-9326c4511033_story.html

https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/ice-returns-thousands-ancient-artifacts-seized-hobby-lobby-iraq

http://www.newsweek.com/hobby-lobby-will-return-thousands-ancient-artifacts-smuggled-out-iraq-907906

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/iraq-hobby-lobby-smuggler-artifacts-arts-crafts-museum-bible-a8333646.html

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/05/01/607582135/hobby-lobbys-smuggled-artifacts-will-be-returned-to-iraq

https://knpr.org/npr/2018-05/hobby-lobbys-smuggled-artifacts-will-be-returned-iraq

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-iraq-artifacts/u-s-to-return-thousands-of-smuggled-ancient-artifacts-to-iraq-idUSKBN1I326R

https://www.inverse.com/article/44412-hobby-lobby-stolen-iraq-artifacts-returned

https://boingboing.net/2018/05/02/stolen-antiquities-returned-fr.html

https://www.pri.org/stories/2018-05-03/thousands-iraqi-artifacts-were-once-smuggled-hobby-lobby-now-they-re-going-home

Cyprus returned 14 artifacts that had been smuggled to Cyprus:

https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/49165/Egypt-restores-14-smuggled-artifacts-from-Cyprus

https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/1/49252/Cypriot-President-delegation-returns-14-smuggled-artifacts-to-Egypt

http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-05/02/c_137149691.htm

http://menafn.com/1096802342/Egypt-receives-14-smuggled-artifacts

https://www.dailysabah.com/history/2018/05/02/cyprus-returns-stolen-ancient-artifacts-to-egypt

https://egyptianstreets.com/2018/05/02/cyprus-returns-stolen-egyptian-artifacts/

Pondering the BM and the Benin Bronzes:

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/will-british-museum-lend-back-the-benin-bronzes

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NUMISMATICA

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Feature on an Iron Age hoard found in the UK a couple years ago:

https://www.coinworld.com/news/world-coins/2018/05/tiny-hoard-causes-huge-excitement-in-great-britain.all.html

Latest e-Sylum:

http://www.coinbooks.org/v21/club_nbs_esylum_v21n17.html

… and the one which should appear later today:

http://www.coinbooks.org/v21/club_nbs_esylum_v21n18.html

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Ancient Coin Collecting:

http://ancientcoincollecting.blogspot.com/

Ancient Coins:

http://classicalcoins.blogspot.com/

Coin Week:

http://www.coinweek.com/

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PERFORMANCES AND THEATRE-RELATED

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Last Days of Anne Boleyn:

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-44017236

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AUDIO/VIDEO NEWS

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Audio News from Archaeologica:

http://www.archaeologychannel.org/audio-main-menu-cat/audio-news-list/2735-audio-news-from-archaeologica-22-april-28-april-2018

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OBITUARIES

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Everett Fahy:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/01/obituaries/everett-fahy-authority-on-european-painting-is-dead-at-77.html

Steven Marcus:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/30/obituaries/steven-marcus-columbia-scholar-and-literary-critic-dies-at-89.html

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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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