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

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

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

Richard Miller, Kris Curry, Rick Heli, Richard C. Griffiths, Frank MacKay,

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

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EARLY HOMINIDS

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Inferring all sorts of things from 250+ Neanderthal footprints from Normandy:

https://phys.org/news/2019-09-neanderthals-footsteps.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/12/science/neanderthal-footprints-kids.html

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/sep/10/neanderthal-footprints-found-in-france-offer-snapshot-of-their-lives

https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2019-09-10/fossil-footprints-made-by-neanderthal-children-in-france/11485942

https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/09/80000-year-old-footprints-reveal-neanderthal-social-life/

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/.premium.MAGAZINE-french-neanderthals-had-lots-of-kids-fossil-footprints-show-1.7817591

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/?p=38539

… with a focus on height:

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2215803-ancient-footprints-show-neanderthals-may-have-been-taller-than-thought/

http://www.archaeology.org/news/7995-190909-france-neanderthal-footprints

Evidence of recycling of flint blades by Acheulian culture folks in the Levant:

https://phys.org/news/2019-09-early-humans-tiny-flint-surgical.html

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-09/afot-ehu091119.php

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/09/190911130408.htm

https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Slice-and-Dice-TAU-team-sees-Acheulian-flints-as-pre-eco-aware-butchery-601383

https://www.timesofisrael.com/dainty-500000-year-old-blades-show-man-used-finesse-to-chow-down-on-elephants/

http://www.archaeology.org/news/7999-190911-israel-tiny-knives

Feature on the Sima de los Huesos site:

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/crux/?p=13118

More on that Denisovan finger:

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/.premium-denisovan-finger-muddies-picture-of-human-evolution-1.7795433

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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT

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Two tombs at the Dra’ Abu el-Naga necropolis in Luxor were inaugurated:

https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/74579/Min-of-Antiquities-inaugurates-2-archaeological-tombs-in-Luxor

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/346377/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/In-Photos-Ancient-tombs-restored,-to-open-for-visi.aspx

http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-09/09/c_138375997.htm

… related:

https://egyptindependent.com/egypts-antiquities-minister-restores-two-cemeteries-in-luxor-at-cost-of-le16-million/

A couple of temples in Luxor were also restored:

http://www.ansamed.info/ansamed/en/news/sections/culture/2019/09/11/two-ancient-tombs-and-temple-restored-in-luxor_d3526d56-b874-44ae-aa77-3cc4254520a4.html

A possible temple site in Sohag:

https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/74679/Min-Study-underway-on-stones-discovered-in-Sohag

Evidence of a 5000 years bp Egyptian trading centre in Israel:

http://scienceinpoland.pap.pl/en/news/news%2C78514%2Cnew-findings-krakow-archaeologists-israel.html

http://www.archaeology.org/news/8000-190911-israel-tel-erani

An electrician on his way to work found the remains of an unknown Canaanite-era settlement in Araba:

https://www.timesofisrael.com/4500-year-old-burial-artifacts-chanced-upon-by-electrician-on-his-way-to-work/

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/.premium-dagger-blade-storage-vessels-about-4-500-years-old-found-along-galilee-dirt-road-1.7832059

https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Galilee-citizen-hands-rare-finds-to-National-Treasures-Department-of-IAA-601349

https://www.jewishpress.com/news/israel/israeli-arabs/israeli-arab-electrician-unearths-4500-year-old-dagger-blade-vessels-in-burial-grave/2019/09/11/

http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-09/11/c_138384624.htm

http://www.china.org.cn/arts/2019-09/12/content_75199219.htm

Latest find from the City of David sifting project is a First Temple seal impression the the name of a Bible-era royal steward:

https://www.timesofisrael.com/tiny-first-temple-seal-impression-inscribed-with-biblical-royal-stewards-name/

https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/2600-year-old-Hebrew-seal-found-near-Western-Wall-601118

https://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-5584977,00.html

https://www.jta.org/quick-reads/seal-bearing-hebrew-name-from-kingdom-of-judea-discovered-in-jerusalem

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/268629

Figuring out the Mamluk-era origins of some Golden Horde silk:

https://astanatimes.com/2019/09/ukrainian-archaeologist-solves-mystery-of-ancient-silk-cloth/

Plans for a mosque on the site of Turkey’s first beer factory:

https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-turkey-beer/turkey-plans-to-build-mosque-on-site-of-istanbuls-first-beer-factory-idUKKCN1VP27S

More on the parchment technology of the DSS:

http://news.mit.edu/2019/temple-scroll-ancient-preservation-0906

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/09/190908124614.htm

https://cosmosmagazine.com/chemistry/salty-tales-new-mystery-for-the-dead-sea-scrolls

https://www.timesofisrael.com/salt-study-unravels-ancient-mystery-around-well-preserved-dead-sea-scroll/

https://www.livescience.com/temple-scroll-salt-preservation.html

https://www.newsweek.com/dead-sea-scroll-preservation-mystery-1457864

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/unique-salt-coating-helped-preserve-25-foot-long-dead-sea-scroll-180973074/

More on the possible find of the site of Emmaus:

https://news.yahoo.com/archaeologists-may-have-found-biblical-town-linked-to-jesuss-resurrection-190959931.html

More on the impending flooding of the Hasankeyf site by the Ilisu dam:

https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2019/sep/12/they-are-barbaric-turkey-prepares-to-flood-12000-year-old-city-to-build-dam

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/turkey-moving-forward-its-plans-flood-10000-year-old-city-180973124/

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I think we mentioned this 6th century BCE ram’s head figurine from Apollonia:

https://sofiaglobe.com/2019/09/08/archaeology-6th-century-bce-bronze-statuette-found-on-bulgarias-cyricus-island/

http://www.archaeology.org/news/7996-190910-apollonia-ram-statuette

Evidence of a 6th century BCE settlement on Evia:

https://greece.greekreporter.com/2019/09/10/ancient-settlement-uncovered-on-greeces-evia-island/

A late archaic stone head fragment from the temple of Athena at Paestum:

http://www.ansa.it/english/news/lifestyle/arts/2019/09/12/archaic-head-found-in-paestum-temple_7077459f-445e-4cc3-82fb-fb3175fe8f16.html

A burial of a second century ‘warlord’ in Uhersky Brod:

https://www.radio.cz/en/section/news/archaeologists-find-unique-grave-of-roman-era-warlord-in-uhersky-brod

Finds from various periods from a dig on Kythnos:

https://www.tornosnews.gr/en/greek-news/culture/36716-rich-antiquity-early-christian-and-byzantine-finds-at-excavation-on-greek-island-of-kythnos.html

More delays for the Thessaloniki Metro construction project:

https://greece.greekreporter.com/2019/09/11/thessaloniki-metro-suffers-new-delay-as-controversy-brews-over-ancient-finds/

Not sure why this discovery of a tunnel in the Roman theatre at Antipatris isn’t getting more attention:

http://www.china.org.cn/world/Off_the_Wire/2019-09/11/content_75193516.htm

Figuring out who the Scythians actually were:

https://news.err.ee/980012/tartu-university-researchers-help-reveal-scythians-true-identity

Continuing efforts to save the Hellenistic site at Yeroskipou:

https://cyprus-mail.com/2019/09/11/public-urged-to-unite-to-protect-antiquities-in-yeroskipou/

Pondering some recently-found Roman tombstones from Aizanoi:

https://www.dailysabah.com/history/2019/09/09/romans-wrote-sorrowful-poems-on-tombstones-excavations-in-western-turkey-reveal

Divers in Puerto de Mazarron found a Roman phallus amulet:

https://murciatoday.com/2_000_year_old_roman_phallus_amulet_found_by_divers_in_puerto_de_mazarra_n_1099286-a.html

A new study of diet and mortality rates in Roman Britain:

https://phys.org/news/2019-09-bones-roman-britons-clues-dietary.html

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/09/190910111408.htm

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-09/uob-bor091019.php

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/romes-civilising-influence-no-fun-for-locals-v070lrhq8

A study of competition among elite women in mid-Republican Rome:

https://phys.org/news/2019-09-women-status-superiority-mid-republican-rome.html

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-09/uog-wac091319.php

The press is all agog because a late Roman double burial dubbed ‘the Lovers of Modena’ are both male:

https://www.livescience.com/lovers-of-modena-skeletons-are-men.html

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-49672855

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/12/lovers-of-modena-skeletons-holding-hands-were-both-men-study

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2019/09/12/who-were-lovers-modena-roman-era-remains-are-two-men-holding-hands-study-claims/

https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/lovers-modena-hand-holding-roman-skeletons-were-both-men-researchers-n1054166

https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/europe/115772988/ancient-roman-skeletons-dubbed-lovers-of-modena-are-two-men-holding-hands-study-claims

https://www.newsweek.com/lovers-modena-ancient-skeletons-hands-two-men-1458951

https://www.dw.com/en/lovers-of-modena-skeletons-were-both-men/a-50408489

https://www.thedailybeast.com/lovers-of-modena-ancient-skeletons-were-two-men-but-italy-refuses-to-call-them-lovers?source=articles&via=rss

https://www.iflscience.com/editors-blog/lovers-of-modena-skeletons-buried-holding-hands-were-males-new-analysis-confirms/

https://elpais.com/elpais/2019/09/13/ciencia/1568367630_243262.html

https://gizmodo.com/famous-lovers-of-modena-skeletons-were-young-men-new-a-1838098148

http://www.archaeology.org/news/8005-190913-italy-male-skeletons

Feature on the battle of Marathon:

https://greece.greekreporter.com/2019/09/12/the-battle-at-marathon-which-saved-western-civilization-2500-years-ago/

A shipwreck off Alonnisos will be open to visitors next summer:

https://greece.greekreporter.com/2019/09/14/classical-era-shipwreck-off-greek-island-of-alonnisos-accessible-to-visitors-next-summer/

In case you missed it: Egypt happened upon 20 Ptolemaic/Roman sites in Alexandria over the past while:

https://www.albawaba.com/editors-choice/egypt-discovers-20-archaeological-sites-accident-alexandria-1307304

https://www.egyptindependent.com/coincidence-leads-to-discovery-of-20-archaeological-sites-in-alexandria/

On future plans for Vindolanda:

https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/end-date-roman-excavation-work-16877380

… and Amphipolis:

https://news.gtp.gr/2019/09/10/ministry-speeds-works-greeces-amphipolis-site/

In Parthenon Marbles news, this week there was much outrage over the ‘damp’ and mold in the British Museum’s gallery housing them:

https://greece.greekreporter.com/2019/09/11/greek-culture-minister-mendoni-slams-british-museum-over-parthenon-gallerys-condition/

http://www.ekathimerini.com/244431/article/ekathimerini/news/minister-reacts-to-photos-of-damp-stains-at-british-museums-parthenon-marbles-gallery

https://greekcitytimes.com/2019/09/12/greece-outraged-mould-surrounding-parthenon-sculptures/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/greece-british-museum-damp-insults-parthenon-sculptures/2019/09/11/144bf762-d4ae-11e9-8924-1db7dac797fb_story.html

https://www.wral.com/greece-british-museum-damp-insults-parthenon-sculptures/18626901/

https://cyprus-mail.com/2019/09/11/greece-says-damp-in-british-museum-is-insult-to-parthenon-sculptures/

… and the Greek president is taking offense at the BM’s refusal to return the marbles:

https://neoskosmos.com/en/146185/art-athina-greek-president-says-british-museums-failure-to-return-marbles-is-offensive-to-the-uk-as-it-is-to-greek-culture/

https://www.tornosnews.gr/en/greek-news/culture/36764-greek-president-refusal-to-return-elgin-marbles-offends-british-culture-and-history.html

https://www.thenationalherald.com/260664/greek-president-british-museums-refusal-to-return-parthenon-sculptures-offensive-to-british-culture-and-history/

https://greece.greekreporter.com/2019/09/14/greek-president-pavlopoulos-british-museums-refusal-to-return-parthenon-sculptures-offensive-to-british-culture-and-history/

… and opEds are asserting Greek ownership:

https://www.thenationalherald.com/260447/the-parthenon-marbles-are-greek-no-loan/

Interesting feature on the work of Acropolis restorers:

http://www.greece-is.com/science-sanctuary-life-acropolis-restorer/

Feature on the Minoans:

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/.premium.MAGAZINE-ancient-tablets-may-reveal-what-destroyed-minoan-civilization-1.7809371

Feature on Greek music:

https://edtimes.in/watch-we-finally-know-what-ancient-greek-music-sounded-like/

Feature on Antoninus Pius:

https://fee.org/articles/antoninus-pius-the-greatest-roman-emperor-you-ve-never-heard-of/

Feature on ‘classical birds’:

https://aeon.co/essays/the-ancient-world-teemed-with-birds-now-we-think-with-them

Feature on Alexander and Kampir Tepe:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/asia/uzbekistan/articles/Kampir-tepe-pompeii-uzbekistan/

Feature on Syme:

https://www.courthousenews.com/we-who-are-about-to-die-do-not-salute/

Feature on hedonism/Epicureanism:

https://qz.com/1705028/the-meaning-of-hedonism-is-different-now-than-in-ancient-greece/

Feature on Plato’s Republic:

https://merionwest.com/2019/09/09/better-understanding-platos-republic/

Feature on Alexander’s conquest of Persia:

http://www.history.com/news/alexander-the-great-defeat-persian-empire

Strange place to find a Syracusan dekadrachma:

https://www.record-eagle.com/news/police-possible-rare-coin-found/article_227a8934-d571-11e9-9d65-1bdab84090ac.html

Concerns for Roman catacombs in Gozo:

https://lovinmalta.com/news/the-only-roman-catacombs-in-gozo-are-under-threat-after-planning-application-submitted/

On teaching Latin at a Catholic girls school:

https://eidolon.pub/how-to-survive-teaching-latin-at-a-catholic-all-girls-school-db86b9201e9

Comparing Bruce Springsteen and Aristotle:

http://theconversation.com/bruce-springsteen-an-aristotle-for-our-times-122886

Interview with Mary Beard:

http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/video-meet-classicist-mary-beard/

… while she was writing about how Romans handled prorogation:

https://www.the-tls.co.uk/roman-precedent-johnson-prorogue/

… and comparing Boris Johnson and Augustus:

https://www.the-tls.co.uk/boris-johnson-emperor-augustus-fact-check/

… and she thinks intellectuals need to get out more:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/celebrity-interviews/mary-beard-classics-travel-twitter/

A public ‘performance’ of Lombardo’s Iliad translation (not sure if it’s a marathon reading):

https://www.gpbnews.org/post/revisiting-iliad-3000-years-later

Peter Jones on Tacitus’ handling of sources:

https://www.spectator.co.uk/2019/09/tacitus-knew-how-to-handle-stories-from-insiders-and-sources/

… and figuring out whether Pericles or Augustus is the best model for Boris Johnson to follow:

https://spectator.us/pericles-pm-boris-hero/

What Emily Greenwood is up to:

https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2019/09/12/greenwood-continuing-the-conversation/

Barbara Graziosi will be delivering the Townsend Lectures at Cornell:

http://news.cornell.edu/stories/2019/09/townsend-lectures-focus-home-ancient-mediterranean

Patrick O’Sullivan is talking about symposia:

http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/ED1909/S00022/wit-and-eroticism-of-the-greek-symposium-revealed.htm

On Plato and Brexit:

https://qz.com/1708121/plato-explains-the-confusion-over-brexit-in-uk-courts/

Explaining the irish Prime Minister’s subtle jab at Boris Johnson:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/09/leo-varadkar-athena-hercules-boris-johnson-why

https://theweek.com/speedreads/863595/irish-prime-minister-seemingly-uses-greek-mythology-burn-boris-johnson

Feature on the ‘futility’ of Britain’s Roman walls:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/visiting-the-roman-walls-in-britain-as-the-nation-debates-new-barriers/2019/09/05/ab7fba8c-cf7d-11e9-9031-519885a08a86_story.html

A modern coin honouring Alcaeus:

http://news.coinupdate.com/greece-latest-proof-silver-coin-in-greek-culture-series-features-ancient-poet-alcaeus/

In case you missed the naming of Jupiter’s recently-discovered moons:

https://www.tornosnews.gr/en/world-news/36731-planet-jupiter%E2%80%99s-recently-discovered-moons-receive-ancient-greek-names.html

Review of Alice Oswald, *Nobody*:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/books/what-to-read/nobody-alice-oswald-review-oxford-professor-poetry-treading/

Review of John Sellars, *Lessons in Stoicism*:

https://www.scotsman.com/arts-and-culture/books/book-review-lessons-in-stoicism-by-john-sellars-1-5002954

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

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Evidence that humans in Britain were consuming milk products some 6000 years bp:

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-49650806

https://phys.org/news/2019-09-earliest-evidence-consumption.html

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-09/uoy-rfe091019.php

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/09/190910105353.htm

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/.premium.MAGAZINE-neolithic-britons-ate-dairy-6-000-years-ago-fossil-tartar-shows-1.7833445

https://www.zmescience.com/science/earliest-milk-proteins-britain-8234234/

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/teeth-show-humans-were-drinking-animal-milk-6000-years-ago-180973101/

http://www.archaeology.org/news/7998-190911-england-neolithic-dairy

Drought has revealed the ‘Spanish Stonehenge’:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/drought-reveals-dolmen-guadalperal-popularly-dubbed-spanish-stonehenge-180973070/

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/europe/spain/articles/drought-reveals-stonehenge-dolmen-guadalperal-climate-change-anc/

A 3000 years bp fortress site in Armenia:

https://phys.org/news/2019-09-archaeological-team-excavates-major-fortress-settlements.html

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-09/tuoh-hat091019.php

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/09/190910102044.htm

On use of livestock transport in the Netherlands in the Bronze Age:

https://phys.org/news/2019-09-livestock-signify-ties-humans-animals.html

Finds of ‘national significance’ at Nesscliffe Hillfort:

https://www.shropshirelive.com/news/2019/09/13/archaeologists-uncover-items-of-national-significance-at-nesscliffe-hillfort/

Finds from Silchester suggest the Romans might not have introduced baths to Britain:

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/silchester-dig-suggests-brits-beat-romans-to-the-baths-kjnr2kzf3

An interesting 2nd-4th century CE Roman bronze cauldron in a burial cairn in Norway:

https://phys.org/news/2019-09-roman-bronze-cauldron-unearthed-central.html

https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidnikel/2019/09/13/roman-age-discovery-in-central-norway-excites-archaeologists/

A possible 1400 years bp Pictish burial ground on Black Isle:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-49661125

https://www.scotsman.com/heritage/large-1-400-year-old-pictish-cemetery-uncovered-in-the-highlands-1-5002943

http://www.archaeology.org/news/8001-190912-scotland-picts-cemetery

The extinction of a species of Icelandic walrus coincides with the 1100 years bp establishment of a Norse settlement there:

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/09/190913101432.htm

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-09/uoct-eoi091319.php

Studying teeth for details about diet during the Great Irish famine:

https://phys.org/news/2019-09-teeth-vital-clues-diet-great.html

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-09/uoe-tov090919.php

https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/teeth-reveal-clues-about-peoples-diet-during-the-irish-famine-38484567.html

http://www.archaeology.org/news/8004-190912-ireland-dental-plaque

Digging is starting at a clay pipe factory site in Worcester:

https://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/17896184.park-archaeological-dig-will-reveal-worcesters-forgotten-pipe-industry/

Feature on Attila the Hun’s followers:

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/people/reference/who-were-ruthless-warriors-behind-attila-hun/

Concerns for the Vega Baja site:

https://elpais.com/cultura/2019/09/09/actualidad/1568026419_453007.html

Feature on the Saxons in Transylvania:

http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20190909-the-last-of-transylvanias-saxons

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Plenty of paleolithic petroglyphs from Uzbekistan:

http://scienceinpoland.pap.pl/en/news/news%2C78516%2Cuzbekistan-polish-archaeologists-discovered-rich-cluster-rock-carvings.html

http://www.archaeology.org/news/7994-190909-uzbekistan-rock-art

Road construction in central China revealed a number of Han Dynasty-era burials:

http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-09/10/c_138381689.htm

http://www.archaeology.org/news/8002-190912-china-han-dynasty

I think we mentioned this 500 years bp distillery site from Anhui:

https://www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2019/09/huge-500-year-old-distillery-found-in-china/

An interesting, much spun Xiongnu-era belt buckle from the ‘Russian Atlantis’:

https://www.livescience.com/iphone-burial-russian-atlantis.html

https://siberiantimes.com/science/others/news/archeologist-in-awe-at-2100-year-old-iphone-like-belt-buckle-unearthed-in-atlantis-grave-in-tuva/

https://metro.co.uk/2019/09/08/archaeologists-find-ancient-skeleton-buried-2100-year-old-iphone-10706242/

Hoping for some excavations in villages near Keezhadi:

http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2019/sep/13/excavations-likely-in-villages-near-keezhadi-2032777.html

India is hoping to get an 800 years bp Ramappa temple on UNESCO’s Heritage List:

https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/ramappa-temple-being-readied-for-greater-glory/article29377388.ece

Searching for a 2500 years bp petroglyph in Bengaluru came up empty:

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/search-for-citys-oldest-resident-leads-to-garbage-dump/articleshow/71119424.cms

The ASI wants people to register all their privately-owned antiquities:

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/asi-wants-people-to-register-all-pvt-antiques-within-15-days/articleshow/71119928.cms

Feature on Marau Ta’aroa:

https://theconversation.com/hidden-women-of-history-marau-taaroa-the-sydney-schooled-last-queen-of-tahiti-122539

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NORTH AMERICA

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Evidence of 4000 years bp trade links between hunter-gatherer groups in eastern North America:

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/island-grave-site-hints-far-flung-ties-among-ancient-americans

http://www.archaeology.org/news/8006-190913-hunter-gatherer-trade

A parking/picnic area construction site in West Virginia revealed some Early Archaic artifacts:

https://www.register-herald.com/news/artifacts-trigger-archaeological-study-at-trailhead/article_49165d83-5310-5a85-9c04-39380a86f071.html

Finds from Toms Point (California) suggest Coast Miwok traditions carried on much longer than previously thought:

https://www.sfchronicle.com/environment/article/Discovery-alters-timeline-for-Native-Americans-in-14423617.php?psid=n3m0d

Interesting ‘revisiting dig’ at the Compass Inn site revealing assorted 18th century items:

https://triblive.com/local/westmoreland/compass-inn-dig-uncovers-foundations-reexamines-historic-fireplace-possible-privy/

Update on that ‘mystery’ 18th century shipwreck off St Augustine:

https://www.jacksonville.com/news/20190912/mystery-shipwreck-off-st-augustine-slowly-gives-up-clues

Hurricane Dorian revealed some Civil War-era cannonballs on a South Carolina beach:

https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/09/us/dorian-folly-beach-cannonball-trnd/index.html

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/hurricane-dorian-unearths-civil-war-cannonballs-south-carolina-beach-180973095/

Skeletons revealed during hospital construction in New Haven belong to 19th century Roman Catholic immigrants, apparently:

https://news.yale.edu/2019/09/09/skeletons-yield-clues-about-19th-century-immigrant-life-new-haven

https://www.middletownpress.com/news/article/Skeletons-found-at-New-Haven-site-tell-14425405.php

http://www.archaeology.org/news/7997-190910-connecticut-immigrant-cemetery

Remembering a battle on Lake Champlain during the War of 1812:

https://www.wamc.org/post/tributes-those-who-died-during-9-11-battle-lake-champlain-1814

More hype for the ‘impending’ find/identification of the wreck of the Endeavour off Rhode Island:

https://www.livescience.com/captain-cook-endeavour-shipwreck-possibly-discovered.html

https://www.providencejournal.com/news/20190908/is-sunken-ship-off-goat-island-endeavor

https://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/researchers-looking-for-captain-cooks-ship-20190908-4dkieuwovbfrbc7chhmrp7mit4-story.html

https://www.newcastleherald.com.au/story/6373574/captain-cooks-endeavour-may-be-found/?cs=7579

https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/6373574/capt-cooks-endeavour-may-be-found/?cs=14264

More on the search for DNA at the Meadowcroft Rockshelter:

https://www.post-gazette.com/news/science/2019/09/01/Meadowcroft-Village-Rockshelter-Adovasio-Archeology-Clovis-Paleo-Indians/stories/201908300072

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CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA

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An awful lot of garbage seems to accumulate in Yucatan cenotes:

https://www.theyucatantimes.com/2019/09/divers-remove-850-kilograms-of-garbage-from-a-yucatan-cenote-video/

Feature on the San Jose shipwreck off Cartagena:

http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20190908-a-shipwreck-worth-billions-off-the-coast-of-cartagena

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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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Not sure where to put this important study of the geographical origins of tin in the Bronze Age:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-09/uoh-teo091319.php

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/09/190913120830.htm

https://phys.org/news/2019-09-enigma-bronze-age-tin.html

Marking Alexander von Humboldt’s 250th birthday:

https://www.dw.com/en/top-stories/expedition-humboldt/s-46674363

https://www.dw.com/en/alexander-von-humboldt-a-19th-century-german-home-story/a-47815958

https://www.dw.com/en/humboldt-20-why-a-scientist-born-250-years-ago-is-more-relevant-than-ever/a-47354061

Feature on Edith Wharton’s *Custom of the Country*:

https://www.newyorker.com/books/second-read/what-edith-wharton-knew-a-century-ago-about-women-and-fame-in-america

Pondering Paul Revere’s legacy:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/exploring-paul-reveres-legacy-beyond-his-famed-midnight-ride-180973121/

Victor Nuovo on Emerson:

http://addisonindependent.com/opeds/victor-nuovo-emerson-experience

On the meaning of ‘decimate’:

https://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2019-09-03/decimate-does-not-mean-to-kill-one-in-every-10/11459980?pfmredir=sm§ion=analysis

Feature on the Enlightenment:

https://www.livescience.com/55327-the-enlightenment.html

They’ve recreated the Lewis Chessmen:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-49649356

Arguing about the sexuality of Richard the Lionheart:

https://elpais.com/cultura/2019/09/05/actualidad/1567698271_526635.html

Some Friday the 13th trivia:

https://www.dw.com/en/13-cultural-references-that-made-friday-the-13th-unlucky/a-37118529

On the social history of beds:

https://phys.org/news/2019-09-bizarre-social-history-beds.html

https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/The-bizarre-social-history-of-beds-14436964.php

On the history of solar power:

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-49344595

In case you’re wondering about Confederate statues in Charlottesville:

https://www.npr.org/2019/09/14/760876494/judge-blocks-removal-of-confederate-statue-that-sparked-charlottesville-protest

Review of a book on the East India Company:

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/12/books/review/anarchy-william-dalrymple.html

Denouncing the ‘pervasive masculinity’ in archaeological museums:

https://elpais.com/cultura/2019/09/06/actualidad/1567760560_848540.html

More on lead levels at Notre Dame:

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/09/14/world/europe/notre-dame-fire-lead.html

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MUSEUM MATTERS

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Ancient Nubia Now (possibly paywalled):

https://www.wsj.com/articles/mysteries-of-nubia-11568392704

Freud and Egypt:

https://www.timesofisrael.com/freuds-fetish-for-ancient-egyptology-unveiled-in-new-exhibit/

Magellan:

https://elpais.com/cultura/2019/09/12/actualidad/1568279216_110850.html

DaVinci’s mechanical lion:

https://phys.org/news/2019-09-leonardo-da-vinci-mechanical-lion.html

Afghan Geniza:

https://www.jpost.com/International/Ancient-Afghan-Geniza-documents-to-go-on-display-for-first-time-view-601089

William Blake:

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2019/sep/09/william-blake-review-blazing-heresies

http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20190910-william-blake-the-visionary-relevant-200-years-on

https://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-britain/exhibition/william-blake-artist

William Morris:

http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20190909-the-first-eco-warrior-of-design

https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/standen-house-and-garden/features/morris-and-co-inspired-by-nature-exhibition

The Great Steppe:

http://www.timesca.com/index.php/news/21586-kazakhstan-to-open-the-great-steppe-history-and-culture-exhibition-in-turkey

Verrocchio:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/museums/the-first-us-show-devoted-to-the-artist-who-helped-forge-leonardo-da-vincis-genius/2019/09/11/02f7aabe-0735-4623-8819-735a271e26fb_story.html

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/man-who-mentored-da-vinci-has-finally-received-his-first-us-retrospective-180973127/

Trebizond Alexander Romance Codex:

https://www.thenationalherald.com/259912/exhibition-on-rare-trebizond-alexander-romance-codex-opens-in-thessaloniki/

The Islamabad Museum has added to their collection:

https://www.dawn.com/news/1504287

Museums should include the ‘harsh realities’ of Neanderthal life:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/09/13/museums-urged-display-harsh-realities-neanderthal-lives/

Zahi Hawass inaugurated a Tut model museum in Brazil:

https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/74607/Zahi-Hawass-inaugurates-King-Tut%E2%80%99s-archaeological-model-museum-in-Brazil

Lack of space at the British Museum resulted in a major loan to the Getty:

http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/no-room-at-the-british-museum

Feature on the Luxor Museum:

http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-09/12/c_138385027.htm

Mummies are on the move from the Egyptian Museum:

https://www.egyptindependent.com/antiquities-ministry-to-move-39-ancient-mummies-from-egyptian-museum/

Assorted things donated to British museums:

https://hyperallergic.com/517147/rubens-and-hirst-among-46-objects-donated-to-british-museums-in-58-6-million-tax-deal/

A Dutch museum is removing references to the ‘Golden Age’:

https://www.dw.com/en/dutch-museum-bans-golden-age-from-exhibitions/a-50423426

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AUCTIONS AND RELATED ACTIVITIES

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A nice price for a 17th century ring:

https://www.asianimage.co.uk/news/17893435.historic-17th-century-ring-fetches-17-000-auction/

Another interview with Sarah Parcak:

https://wgnradio.com/2019/09/09/national-geographic-explorer-and-space-archaeologist-sarah-parcak-when-we-excavate-we-dont-dig-to-find-we-dig-to-find-out/

Fallout from a looted Maya sculpture showing up for sale:

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2019-09-11/looted-maya-sculpture-millon-auction

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THE TECHY SIDE

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Some folks created a ‘virtual skull’ of the last common ancestor of modern humans:

https://phys.org/news/2019-09-cranium-oldest-human-ancestor.html

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-09/c-wno090919.php

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/10/science/human-ancestor-skull-computer.html

http://www.archaeology.org/news/8003-190912-last-common-ancestor

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ON THE DNA FRONT

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Technology exists to extract DNA from a 1.7 million years bp rhino tooth (!):

https://phys.org/news/2019-09-game-changing-evolution-mysteries.html

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-09/sjcu-rc090619.php

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/million-year-old-rhino-tooth-provides-oldest-dna-data-180973117/

More on that study of South Asia DNA:

https://cosmosmagazine.com/archaeology/massive-genome-study-reveals-south-asia-s-prehistory

More on those related burials from the Mongol invasion of Russia:

https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/09/archaeologists-unearth-mass-graves-from-mongol-invasion-of-russia/

More on the DNA of that Harappan woman:

http://www.sci-news.com/genetics/harappan-genome-07575.html

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/rare-ancient-dna-south-asia-reveals-complexities-little-known-civilization-180973053/

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CLIMATE MATTERS

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Studying the effect of climate change in ancient times:

https://menafn.com/1098994782/Scholar-embarks-on-study-of-climate-change-impact-in-ancient-times

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TOURISTY THINGS

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Petra:

https://www.thetravel.com/petra-jordan-facts-trivia/

Caesarea:

https://www.kamloopsthisweek.com/community/travel-imperial-caesarea-king-herod-s-roman-city-1.23944728

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PERFORMANCES

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Raiders of the Lost Past:

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2019/sep/11/raiders-of-the-lost-past-review-glorious-tv-to-see-you-through-the-end-times

Mythos:

https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/17903461.stephen-fry-talks-greek-myths-gods-new-theatre-oxford/

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CRIME BEAT

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Trying to curb antiquities trafficking by ISIL:

https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/europe-moves-to-curb-isis-antiquity-trafficking/

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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Neil MacGregor was warning about ‘colonial guilt’:

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/beware-colonial-guilt-neil-macgregor-warns-museums-3f7mmfrp6

A good overview of the repatriation by museums issue:

https://www.thenational.ae/arts-culture/art/the-repatriation-debate-should-museums-return-colonial-artefacts-1.908805

An inscription was returned to Cyrpus:

https://in-cyprus.com/cypriot-antiquity-returned-to-cyprus-during-a-ceremony-in-brussels/

An American family returned a famine-era poet’s manuscript to Ireland:

https://www.irishcentral.com/roots/history/american-family-returns-irish-manuscript

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NUMISMATICA

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Latest e-Sylum:

http://www.coinbooks.org/v22/club_nbs_esylum_v22n36.html

… and the one which should appear later today:

http://www.coinbooks.org/v22/club_nbs_esylum_v22n37.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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Jean Edward Smith:

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/13/books/jean-edward-smith-dead.html

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AUDIO/VIDEO NEWS

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Audio News from Archaeologica:

https://www.archaeologychannel.org/audio-guide/audio-news/2881-audio-news-from-archaeologica-september-1-through-7-2019

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CONFERENCES

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

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

CBA Wessex Annual Conference (November 2019):

https://www.cba-wessex.org.uk/product-category/conference/

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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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