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

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

Barbara Saylor Rodgers, Bob Heuman, David Emery, Rick Heli,

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

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

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EARLY HOMINIDS

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Evidence of Neanderthals in western Iran:

http://ifpnews.com/exclusive/archaeologists-traces-neanderthals/

Latest fiction incorporating Neanderthals in the storyline:

http://www.cbc.ca/books/why-claire-cameron-wants-to-change-the-way-we-see-neanderthals-1.4352340

Not sure where I’ve been putting this one on ‘Stone Age’ technology development:

https://phys.org/news/2017-10-longer-home-key-stone-age.html

More on the genetic legacy of Neanderthals:

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/neandertal-dna-european-asian-ancestry

http://bigthink.com/paul-ratner/you-might-be-a-neanderthal-if

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AFRICA

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Excavating a royal palace site in Rwanda:

http://www.newtimes.co.rw/section/read/221549/

http://allafrica.com/stories/201710110018.html

Study suggests the 14th century Black Death hit sub Saharan Africa as hard as it hit Europe:

http://www.wm.edu/news/stories/2017/did-the-second-plague-pandemic-reach-sub-saharan-africa.php

More on the latest climate change link to the Out of Africa hypothesis:

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2149848-cold-climate-may-have-driven-ancient-humans-move-out-of-africa/

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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT

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An Old Kingdom pyramidion, associated possibly with Queen Ankhnespepy II from Saqqara:

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/278680/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/Old-Kingdom-pyramid-peak-discovered-in-Saqqara.aspx

http://www.egyptindependent.com/french-swiss-archaeological-mission-unearth-mini-pyramid-saqqara/

http://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/27555/A-Small-Pyramidion-uncovered-around-Saqqara

https://dailynewsegypt.com/2017/10/15/new-pyramidion-discovered-sakkara-necropolis/

http://www.newsweek.com/ancient-egyptian-pyramidion-found-next-largest-obelisk-hints-existence-queens-684318

https://www.yahoo.com/news/ancient-egypt-pyramid-belonged-powerful-162327105.html

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/ancient-egypt-archaeologists-discover-pyramidion-clue-queen-ankhnespepy-iis-long-lost-chamber-1643171

Marking the discovery of the tomb of Seti I:

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-10/12/c_136672879.htm

On cats and the ancient Egyptians:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/why-ancient-egyptians-loved-their-kitties-180965155/

Zahi Hawass is criticizing claims of an ‘underground city’ beneath the Sphinx:

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-10/13/c_136677881.htm

More bits of Psamtik I’s colossal statue from Cairo:

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/278505/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/The-lower-part-of-th-Dynasty-king-Psamtik-I-coloss.aspx

http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=2444454&CategoryId=13936

A 5000 years bp toy chariot from a tomb in Sogmatar:

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/stunning-5000-year-old-toy-chariot-found-tomb-ancient-turkish-city-where-moses-may-have-lived-1643180

A 4500 years bp male burial from Corum:

https://www.dailysabah.com/history/2017/10/09/4500-year-old-male-skeleton-found-in-northern-turkey

Claims of the decipherment of a lost Luwian inscription with details about the Sea Peoples and Troy (the Live Science version seems to express the appropriate skepticism):

https://phys.org/news/2017-10-luwian-hieroglyphic-inscription-bronze-age.html

https://www.livescience.com/60629-ancient-inscription-trojan-prince-sea-people.html

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/archaeologists-decipher-ancient-stone-turkey-invasion-mysterious-sea-people-luwain-hieroglyphic-a7992141.html

https://www.zmescience.com/science/history-science/stone-inscription-troy-42342/

http://www.9news.com.au/technology/2017/10/11/14/02/who-were-the-sea-peoples-hieroglyphic-inscription-turkey-solves-ancient-mystery

http://www.independent.ie/world-news/3200yearold-stone-tells-of-invasion-of-mysterious-sea-people-36217376.html

https://sputniknews.com/science/201710111058124569-archeologists-decipher-ancient-stone/

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/ancient-hieroglyphs-reveal-answers-bronze-age-archaeological-mystery-1642964

https://www.dailysabah.com/history/2017/10/12/one-of-the-greatest-puzzles-of-mediterranean-archaeology-deciphered-in-central-turkey

http://www.newsweek.com/mystery-lost-biblical-sea-people-revealed-ancient-hieroglyphs-uncovered-turkey-683110

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/3200-year-old-inscription-lost-language-and-lot-doubt-180965244/

https://www.archaeology.org/news/5975-171010-luwian-inscription-translated

What the IDF does in regards to archaeology:

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/236648

Karaganda archaeologists have reconstructed the Saryarka pyramid:

http://www.inform.kz/en/karaganda-archaeologists-complete-reconstruction-of-an-ancient-saryarka-pyramid_a3073011

Feature on the Erbil citadel:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/10/world/middleeast/iraq-erbil-citadel.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

What Jutta Haser is up to:

http://www.jordantimes.com/news/local/german-scholar-explores-jordan%E2%80%99s-ancient-monasteries

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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS)

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Pipeline construction has revealed a Roman necropolis in Kutahya:

http://aa.com.tr/en/pg/photo-gallery/roman-burial-ground-found-in-turkeys-kutahya/0

http://vestnikkavkaza.net/news/Roman-burial-ground-discovered-in-Turkey-s-Kutahya.html

Roman mosaic find from Idyrus:

http://eu.greekreporter.com/2017/10/10/ancient-greek-mosaics-uncovered-in-southern-turkey/

http://www.tornosnews.gr/en/greek-news/culture/27612-ancient-greek-mosaics-discovered-in-southern-turkey.html

A dig in Wales unearthed a stretch of a major Roman road:

http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/roman-a55-north-wales-archaeology-13742114

A Roman ring from a Jersey field:

https://jerseyeveningpost.com/news/2017/10/15/2000-year-old-roman-ring-found-in-jersey-field/

Poland will be establishing a permanent mission in Georgia to dig for remains of the Colchis kingdom:

http://agenda.ge/news/88600/eng

They’re digging at the eastern gate of Philippopolis (Plovdiv):

https://sofiaglobe.com/2017/10/13/archaeologists-start-excavations-of-eastern-gate-of-philippopolis-in-bulgarias-plovdiv/

A Roman hoard of silver from Fife is going on display:

http://www.scotsman.com/heritage/people-places/silver-treasure-spanning-1-000-years-to-sparkle-at-national-museum-1-4586294

https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/local/fife/524672/historic-hoard-of-silver-found-in-fife-village-to-go-on-public-display/

Studying the transition from Iron Age to Roman in Dorset:

https://www.archaeology.co.uk/articles/iron-age-roman-transition-dorset.htm

‘Fake news’ in Roman coins:

http://www.numismaticnews.net/article/coins-identify-fake-news

A ancient counterfeit aureus came to auction:

https://www.coinworld.com/news/world-coins/2017/10/contemporary-counterfeit-ancient-aureus-sells-in-auction.all.html

Feature on Roman remains in Serbia:

http://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-europe-41516191/exploring-serbia-s-rich-and-hidden-roman-history

Feature on garum:

http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20171011-the-ancient-condiment-that-came-back-from-the-dead

Suggestion that the fall of Rome might have been a ‘biological affair’:

http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-harper-pandemics-rome-20171015-story.html

Feature on a Thracian chariot find from a while back that was making the rounds on social media this week:

https://www.livescience.com/60678-thracian-chariot-on-reddit-explained.html

On what the Romans did with abusive travel expense claims by officials:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/government-officials-abusing-travel-budgets-is-an-old-problem-ancient-in-fact/2017/10/09/27aaaee4-ad27-11e7-9e58-e6288544af98_story.html

https://www.news-journal.com/news/2017/oct/10/rampell-how-roman-emperors-dealt-with-government-o/

Feature on mentorship in the Odyssey:

https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2017/10/the-odyssey-mentorship/542676/

Comparing oligarchies ancient and modern:

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/oct/15/oligarchy-lessons-ancient-greece

What Cary Fulton is up to:

https://phys.org/news/2017-10-archaeologist-ancient-routes-cyprus.html

https://www.upi.com/Science_News/2017/10/09/Researchers-look-for-ancient-trade-routes-at-the-bottom-of-the-Mediterranean/4201507568124/

What Richard Saller is up to:

http://news.stanford.edu/2017/10/09/richard-saller-step-dean-humanities-sciences/

What Leopold Leeb is up to:

http://www.china.org.cn/arts/2017-10/12/content_41720206.htm

What Eric Cline and Kathy Schwab are up to:

https://www.greenwichsentinel.com/2017/10/13/two-archaeologists-reveal-how-civilizations-collapse-then-and-now-and-how-ancients-painted-their-sculptures/

An interview with Josiah Ober:

http://historynewsnetwork.org/article/166349

What Mark Mastrabgelo is up to:

https://thedickinsonian.com/opinion/2017/10/12/professor-spotlight-marc-mastrabgelo/

The Parthenon Marbles are not part of Brexit negotiations, apparently:

http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1070054.shtml

UCLA has received funding to establish a Center for Hellenic Culture:

http://www.pressreleasepoint.com/ucla-receives-5-million-establish-center-study-hellenic-culture

On what Stoicism can do for depression:

http://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/How-the-stoicism-of-Roman-philosophers-can-help-12265085.php

Some Classical reception at Talladega:

http://www.espn.com/jayski/cup/2017/story/_/id/20956789/drivers-win-talladega-iconic-vulcan-hammer-anvil-trophies

A lesson plan for comparing ancient Rome to modern times:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/11/learning/lesson-plans/then-and-now-exploring-modern-life-amid-relics-of-the-roman-empire.html

More on the assorted finds from the Antikythera shipwreck:

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/oct/10/what-mysteries-could-be-unlocked-by-new-antikythera-shipwreck-finds

https://www.zmescience.com/science/archaeology/antikythera-shipwreck-statues-bronze-11102017/

More on the Colosseum opening the upper levels to the public:

https://www.thespec.com/living-story/7622332-colosseum-opens-its-top-levels-to-public/

More on the Pantheon charging an entrance fee:

https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/rome-pantheon-tickets-price-cost-charge-visitors-a7985311.html

More on fault lines and Greek sacred sites:

http://www.ekathimerini.com/222454/article/ekathimerini/news/fault-lines-key-to-sacred-sites-of-ancient-greeks-study-claims

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

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EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland)

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Remains of a Neolithic longhouse from Denmark:

http://cphpost.dk/general/traces-of-4000-year-old-house-discovered-in-north-zealand.html

https://www.archaeology.org/news/5977-171010-denmark-neolithic-longhouse

Prehistoric burials from a Larkhill Garrison site:

http://www.salisburyjournal.co.uk/news/15593046.Prehistoric_remains_unearthed_in_Larkhill/

https://www.archaeology.org/news/5983-171012-england-larkhill-garrison

Latest find from the Lincoln Bypass construction is some massive 5000 years bp (maybe) structure of soe sort:

http://www.lincolnshirelive.co.uk/news/local-news/archaeologists-unearth-massive-5000-year-603713

Fifth century gold items found at that ‘massacre’ site at Sandy Borg (Sweden):

https://www.thelocal.se/20171011/gold-coin-sheds-new-light-on-5th-century-swedish-island-massacre

https://www.archaeology.org/news/5984-171012-gold-sandby-borg

Remains of an Anglo Saxon settlement (and other items) found during wind farm construction in Suffolk:

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-suffolk-41367884

http://www.eadt.co.uk/news/windfarm-cable-archeological-dig-unearths-fascinating-clues-to-our-past-1-5226352

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-10/10/c_136667878.htm

Plenty of press attention and spins on an apparent ‘Allah’ motif found in a Viking burial:

https://www.thelocal.se/20171012/why-viking-burial-clothes-contained-inscriptions-to-allah-and-ali

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-41567391

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/allah-viking-burial-fabrics-clothes-name-woven-found-islam-uppsala-sweden-funeral-customs-a7996166.html

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/oct/13/viking-burial-clothes-woven-with-allah-unveiled-by-swedish-university

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/14/world/europe/vikings-allah-sweden.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

http://metro.co.uk/2017/10/12/were-vikings-muslim-new-research-finds-allah-woven-into-burial-clothes-6995713/

https://www.albawaba.com/editorchoice/islamic-script-found-10th-century-viking-garments-1033146

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/10/viking-funeral-clothes-arabic-sweden-spd/

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/these-vikings-buried-their-dead-clothing-bearing-arabic-word-allah-180965262/

https://www.archaeology.org/news/5982-171012-viking-arabic-words

Some 10th century iron found in a stone oven in Topolcany:

https://spectator.sme.sk/c/20666921/archaeologists-discover-iron-treasure-hidden-in-oven.html

A medieval ring found during water supply work in Bulgaria:

https://sofiaglobe.com/2017/10/10/archaeology-mediaeval-ring-found-during-work-on-water-supply-in-bulgarias-assenovgrad/

A 17th century coin hoard from Poland:

http://www.numismaster.com/ta/numis/Article.jsp?ad=article&ArticleId=28720

… and a much larger one from Slovakia:

https://spectator.sme.sk/c/20671070/hundreds-of-coins-found-near-lucivna.html

Studying medieval gilding techniques:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-10/acs-tmo101117.php

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/10/171011120324.htm

Feature on a medieval ‘city of the dead’ in Russia:

http://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-europe-41587745/is-this-where-the-sick-went-to-die

On the use of silver in Scotland:

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-41565591

Publication of an Iron Age site in Scotland found in 2010:

http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/10/2017/excavating-an-iron-age-dun-in-the-scottish-highlands

More on that copper axe being linked to Otzi:

http://www.ibtimes.com/ax-linked-otzi-iceman-found-archaeologists-switzerland-2599333

http://micetimes.asia/archeologists-made-a-unique-discovery-about-the-alpine-ice-man/

More on those Bronze Age items found in a Swiss Alpine pass:

https://www.livescience.com/60651-bronze-age-artifacts-found-in-alpine-pass.html

https://www.livescience.com/60640-4000-year-old-bronze-age-artifacts-photos.html

https://www.yahoo.com/news/swiss-alpine-pass-yields-4-103900824.html

http://micetimes.asia/in-the-alps-found-unique-artifacts/

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Archaeology in Europe Blog:

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

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ASIA AND THE SOUTH PACIFIC

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A Neolithic site near Changchun:

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-10/14/c_136679540.htm

Interesting semi-subterranean dwelling remains (the dating is confusing) from Sichuan:

http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/culture/2017-10/12/content_33159270.htm

… I’m not sure if these finds are from the same site:

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-10/11/c_136672631.htm

Remains of 800 years bp walls and gates from Baidi township (China):

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-10/14/c_136679226.htm

http://www.daijiworld.com/news/newsDisplay.aspx?newsID=476750

https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/800yearold-pieces-of-walls-gates-excavated-in-china/1167709

Feature on some of China’s lesser-known heritage sites:

http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2115235/beyond-great-wall-chinas-lesser-known-world-heritage-sites

On the colours of the terracotta army:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/world/china-watch/culture/terracotta-warriors/

Feature on Chinese archaeologists working around the world:

http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1069823.shtml

A Maori stone adze find from New Zealand:

https://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/97403004/Ancient-M-ori-tool-found-on-Waikanae-golf-courses-ninth-fairway

https://www.archaeology.org/news/5987-171013-maori-stone-adze

A mass burial site from Tauranga:

http://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2017/10/surveyors-stumble-across-mass-burial-site-in-tauranga.html

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Southeast Asian Archaeology Newsblog:

http://www.southeastasianarchaeology.com/

New Zealand Archaeology eNews:

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

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NORTH AMERICA

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That canoe exposed by Hurricane Irma is still getting press attention:

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/florida/fl-reg-historical-canoe-hurricane-irma-20171006-story.html

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/fl-reg-historical-canoe-hurricane-irma-20171006-story.html

http://www.startribune.com/mysterious-wooden-canoe-found-in-florida-after-hurricane-may-date-to-1600s/450430843/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/hurricane-irma-cleanup-turns-up-an-ancient-canoe/2017/10/13/7856c4b0-aeab-11e7-be94-fabb0f1e9ffb_story.html

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/canoe-churned-irma-may-date-1600s-180965161/

Plans to dig at James Garfield’s former residence:

http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2017/10/president_james_a_garfields_fo.html

Plans to ‘dig’ at St Agnes mound:

https://www.avoyellestoday.com/news/archaeologists-plan-%E2%80%98dig%E2%80%99-st-agnes-mound

Assorted finds from pre-parkway construction on land once owned by Thomas Jefferson:

https://www.archaeology.org/news/5980-171011-jefferson-poplar-forest

Feature on Anna O. Shepard’s work:

http://www.dailycamera.com/news/ci_31358731/boulder-county-history-archaeologist-anna-shepard-pioneered-ancient?source=rss

Descendents of Black Loyalists in Nova Scotia might soon get title to their land (finally):

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41488953

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CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA

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Rice was domesticated in the Amazon some 4000 years bp:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-10/uoe-afd100817.php

Interesting wooden sculptures and other items from a Chanchan burial:

http://www.andina.com.pe/Ingles/noticia-peru-wood-sculptures-and-other-relics-found-at-ancient-chan-chan-684510.aspx

Remains of an Inca citadel from Cusco:

http://www.andina.com.pe/Ingles/noticia-peru-inca-citadel-remains-found-in-cusco-686051.aspx

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-10/12/c_136673088.htm

Evidence of ancient Sican human sacrifice:

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/pre-incan-grave-skeletons-1000-year-old-human-sacrifices-found-peru-1640974

What Olivia Navarro-Farr is up to:

https://www.ohio.com/akron/news/local/discovery-of-ancient-maya-tomb-has-direct-link-to-college-of-wooster-professor

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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 clouds in various cultures:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/from-cloud-nine-to-climate-change-heres-why-you-should-always-look-up/2017/10/06/7278bf64-a459-11e7-ade1-76d061d56efa_story.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/match-the-clouds-to-the-artist/031fc876-9da2-4aa1-8d85-04ad28b00c7a_quiz.html

OpEd on ‘Victoria and Abdul’:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/posteverything/wp/2017/10/09/why-does-hollywood-keep-churning-out-racist-fantasies-like-victoria-abdul/

The US and Turkey are having a spat which might impact archaeology:

http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/08/world/us-turkey-halt-visa-service/index.html

Pondering Columbus and his legacy:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/made-by-history/wp/2017/10/09/columbus-swashbuckling-hero-bootstrapping-immigrant-or-genocidal-monster/

… and his Catalan-inflected language:

http://www.chronicle.com/blogs/linguafranca/2017/10/08/christopher-columbuss-catalan-inflected-language/?cid=wb&elqTrackId=4357f9edf3fc4e63b6f6aaf92243c3d8&elq=5dd58188e2cb481c908a37445321fb00&elqaid=15967&elqat=1&elqCampaignId=6889

The Armada Portrait of Elizabeth I has been restored and returned:

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/oct/13/armada-portrait-elizabeth-i-restoration-spanish-armada-london-queens-house-greenwich

On causes of death by volcano since 1500 ce:

http://www.ibtimes.com/volcano-causes-death-1500-ad-pyroclastic-flow-projectiles-tsunamis-2599093

Rethinking the origin of cities:

https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg23631462-700-the-real-roots-of-early-city-states-may-rip-up-the-textbooks/#038;%23038;%23038;campaign_id=RSS%7CNSNS-

A daVinci is coming to auction:

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/oct/10/only-leonardo-in-private-hands-set-to-fetch-75m-at-auction

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/10/11/557183483/last-da-vinci-painting-in-private-hands-will-be-auctioned-next-month?sc=17&f=1008

https://www.voanews.com/a/da-vinci-portrait-christ-expected-fetch-one-hundred-million-dollars-at-auction/4064681.html

… and a feature on the Mona Lisa:

http://www.dw.com/en/leonardo-da-vinci-unveiled-his-enigmatic-mona-lisa-500-years-ago/a-40889784

Some Friday 13th stuff:

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

Feature on some really nice libraries:

https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/libraries-most-beautiful-world-bibliotheca-alexandrina-national-library-of-austria-bodleian-trinity-a7992821.html

How astronomers had to deal with a supernova in 1604:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/how-1604-supernova-presented-challenge-astronomers-180965138/

A gold leaf from Napoleon’s crown is coming to auction too:

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/gold-leaf-from-napoleons-crown-to-go-under-hammer-estimated-to-fetch-usd-177000/articleshow/61038607.cms

On keeping human skulls around the house:

https://arstechnica.com/video/2017/10/why-did-ancient-people-keep-human-skulls-around-the-house/

On the use of beeswax in various historical eras:

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/europes-stone-age-fishers-used-beeswax-make-point

Studying lentils and social inequality:

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/oct/11/lentils-origins-of-social-inequality

A strange possible poisoning cold case:

http://www.historytoday.com/joseph-kaifala/man-who-would-be-king-or-vicar

Victor Nuovo’s latest looks at the US Constitution:

http://www.addisonindependent.com/201710victor-nuovo-reasonableness-constitution

In light of the UNESCO change at the top this week, this item on the candidate from Qatar was interesting:

https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/27132/Suspicions-prevail-on-smuggled-artifacts-in-Arab-world

… related:

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-unesco-vote/frances-azoulay-wins-unesco-director-general-election-sources-idUSKBN1CI15P?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews

Latest ‘lost masterpieces found’ story:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-west-wales-41594195

This year’s MacArthur Grant recipients:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/11/arts/macarthur-genius-grants.html

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/10/11/556891441/here-are-the-2017-macarthur-genius-grant-winners?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=npr&utm_medium=social&utm_term=nprnews

A German Cistercian monastery is closing due to a shortage of monks:

http://www.dw.com/en/german-monastery-to-close-its-doors-after-nearly-nine-centuries/a-40954168

On the history of hard apple cider:

https://www.bonappetit.com/test-kitchen/ingredients/article/the-history-of-hard-cider-from-the-old-testament-to-the-apple-orchard

More on the hidden figures revealed in that painting at Yale:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/four-catholic-figures-found-hidden-17th-century-painting-reformation-leaders-180965174/

http://www.nhregister.com/news/article/Yale-painting-s-secret-revealed-A-Protestant-12278655.php

Review of Fitzharris, *The Butchering Art*:

http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/10/13/557367840/the-butchering-art-how-a-19th-century-physician-made-surgery-safer

Some humour on the spread of meditation:

http://www.theonion.com/article/historians-discover-meditation-spread-ancient-chin-57197

Archaeology Podcast Network:

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

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MUSEUM MATTERS

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Bloody Gold:

http://www.dw.com/en/what-europes-most-ancient-battlefield-reveals/a-40872262

Qin and Han Dynasties:

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/culture/2017-10/10/content_33056701.htm

Faces of China:

http://www.dw.com/en/why-chinese-portrait-painting-wasnt-only-for-the-powerful-and-famous/a-40925536

Drawn to Greatness:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/12/arts/design/a-gathering-of-greats-in-a-trove-of-drawings-at-the-morgan.html

Eleusinian Mysteries:

http://www.tornosnews.gr/en/greek-news/culture/27663-acropolis-museum-show-on-eleusinian-mysteries-%E2%80%9Csacred-way%E2%80%9D-in-december.html

Mata Hari:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/13/arts/mata-hari-netherlands.html

Feeding Stonehenge:

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/oct/15/stonehenge-neolithic-man-sweet-pork-rich-cheese-feasts

150 years of archaeology in Spain:

http://www.epa.eu/arts-culture-and-entertainment-photos/archeology-photos/madrid-s-archaeological-museum-presents-exhibit-on-150-years-of-archaeology-in-spain-photos-53821711

The Boston MFA has been given some nice Flemish and Dutch collections:

https://www.mfa.org/give/gifts-of-art/van-otterloo-and-weatherbie-collections

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/11/arts/the-museum-of-fine-arts-boston-to-receive-two-major-donations.html

Feature on the UCD Classics Museum:

http://www.universityobserver.ie/uncategorized/lesser-spotted-ucd-classics-museum/

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THE TECHY SIDE

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On detecting forged ancient silk:

https://cen.acs.org/articles/95/i41/Forgery-ancient-silk-leaves-chemical.html

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ON THE DNA FRONT

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DNA of the Rapa Nui people suggest they were rather isolated:

https://phys.org/news/2017-10-paleogenomic-analysis-easter-island-mysteries.html

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-10/uoc–pas100617.php

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/10/171012123046.htm

https://www.livescience.com/60673-easter-island-dna-evidence.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/12/science/easter-island-dna-south-america.html

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-science-easterisland/mystery-surrounding-ancient-easter-island-people-deepens-idUSKBN1CH2EV?feedType=RSS&feedName=scienceNews

https://www.yahoo.com/news/secrets-easter-island-doomed-civilization-104225034.html

http://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2017-10-13/who-were-the-ancient-easter-islanders/9040266

A study of Beothuk DNA suggests they were actually two distinct groups:

https://phys.org/news/2017-10-newfoundland-populated-multiple-distinct-groups.html

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/10/171012143329.htm

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/dna-deepens-mystery-of-newfoundlands-lost-beothuk-people/article36560469/

A study of skin colour and DNA:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/12/science/skin-color-race.html

Studying the genome of a 40 000 years bp Chinese burial:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-10/caos-gdf101317.php

Dog DNA changes parallel human DNA changes (or something like that):

http://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2017/10/13/557166894/dogs-and-people-have-more-in-common-than-you-might-think

Dienekes’ Anthropology Blog:

http://dienekes.blogspot.ca/

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TOURISTY THINGS

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Lamanai, Belize:

http://blog.mysanantonio.com/travel/2017/10/the-mystery-of-the-mayas-a-visit-to-lamanai-belize/

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CRIME BEAT

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A major bust in Romania:

https://www.romania-insider.com/romanian-police-5000-artifacts-treasure-hunters/

A British national caught smuggling items from the Ukraine:

http://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/454577.html

Latest Anonymous Swiss Collector Culture Crime News:

http://www.anonymousswisscollector.com/2017/10/culture-crime-news-2-8-october-2017.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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Turkey is trying to get back some Zeugma mosaics from the US:

http://aa.com.tr/en/culture-and-art/turkey-attempts-to-retrieve-roman-mosaics-from-us/932512

More on the return of the ‘calf bearer’ to Lebanon:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/11/arts/design/looted-antiquity-once-at-met-museum-to-return-to-lebanon.html

http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Lebanon-News/2017/Oct-13/422549-decades-on-stolen-antiquity-to-be-returned.ashx

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NUMISMATICA

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Latest e-Sylum:

http://www.coinbooks.org/v20/club_nbs_esylum_v20n41.html

… and the one which should appear later today:

http://www.coinbooks.org/v20/club_nbs_esylum_v20n42.html

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Ancient Coin Collecting:

http://ancientcoincollecting.blogspot.com/

Ancient Coins:

http://classicalcoins.blogspot.com/

Coin Week:

http://www.coinweek.com/

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AUDIO/VIDEO NEWS

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Audio News from Archaeologica:

http://www.archaeologychannel.org/audio-main-menu-cat/audio-news-list/2660-audio-news-from-archaeologica-1-october-2017-7-october-2017

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OBITUARIES

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Tony Sagona:

http://www.smh.com.au/comment/obituaries/scholar-brought-the-ancient-world-to-life-20171012-gyzfb3.html

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CONFERENCES

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Canada Before Confederation: Early Exploration and Mapping (Nov. 2017)

https://independent.academia.edu/ConferenceCanadabeforeConfederationEarlyMappingandExploration14981763

Bones to Drones: Science in Archaeology (Nov. 2017)

http://cba-wessex.org.uk/cba-events/the-cba-wessex-annual-conference-women-in-wessex/

Theoretical Archaeology Group (Dec. 2017):

http://tag2017cardiff.org/

Hidden Cultural Heritage (April 2018):

http://www.cicop.net/hch/

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GENERAL ARCHAEOLOGY NEWS BLOGS

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Archaeology Magazine News Page:

http://www.archaeology.org/news/

About.com Archaeology:

http://archaeology.about.com/

Ancient Digger:

http://www.ancientdigger.com/

Archaeology Briefs:

http://archaeologybriefs.blogspot.com/

Past Horizons:

http://www.pasthorizons.com/

Stonepages:

http://www.stonepages.com/news/

Taygete Atlantis excavations blogs aggregator:

http://planet.atlantides.org/taygete/

Time Machine:

http://heatherpringle.wordpress.com/

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PODCASTS/VODCASTS

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Archaeosoup:

http://www.youtube.com/user/Archaeos0up?feature=watch

The Book and the Spade:

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

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