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

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

Barbara Saylor Rodgers, David Critchley, Rick Heli, Frank MacKay,

Bob Heuman, 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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Using some new technology to examine the La Ferrassie 1 Neanderthal skeleton:

https://phys.org/news/2018-03-technology-reveals-secrets-famous-neandertal.html

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-03/bu-ntr032718.php

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/03/180327132025.htm

Studying hominin brains:

https://www.archaeology.org/6471-new-thoughts-on-ancient-hominin-brains

More on toys found in various archaeological contexts:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-03-31/old-toys-prehistoric-society-children-archaeology-anthropology/9493204

More on ‘cultural development’ during the Mesolithic:

https://www.ksl.com/?sid=46291209&nid=148

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More on concerns for archaeological sites in Europe:

http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-03/25/c_137063032.htm

More on the ‘lost city’ found in South Africa:

https://nypost.com/2018/03/23/laser-technology-reveals-lost-city-in-south-africa/

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A 2500 years bp sarcophagus at the University of Sydney was thought to be empty for 150

years, but turned out to have a mummy inside:

https://phys.org/news/2018-03-archaeologists-ancient-egyptian-coffin-thought.html

https://www.livescience.com/62142-mummy-unexpectedly-found-in-sarcophagus.html

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-43550496

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mummy-remains-found-in-sarcophagus-previously-thought-to-be-empty/

https://www.yahoo.com/news/ancient-egypt-mummy-remains-discovered-120334268.html

https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/australia/102682488/Sarcophagus-surprise-Ancient-mummy-found-in-coffin-thought-to-be-empty

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-03-26/mummy-found-in-what-was-thought-to-be-an-empty-coffin/9589110

https://www.theage.com.au/technology/mummy-in-2500-year-old-coffin-at-sydney-uni-may-be-egyptian-priestess-20180328-p4z6mf.html

http://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/news-life/secrets-of-2500yearold-egyptian-mummy-lay-in-storeroom-for-150-years/news-story/063cbc8b5da6988c7bff7f75a38d08cf

http://www.dw.com/en/australia-mummy-found-in-empty-egyptian-coffin/a-43148511

http://m.jpost.com/Middle-East/Once-overlooked-2500-year-old-coffin-may-offer-clues-into-ancient-Egypt-547217

http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-03/27/c_137069197.htm

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/researchers-find-human-remains-inside-2500-year-old-empty-coffin-180968616/

https://www.archaeology.org/6468-180326-egypt-coffin-mummy

I think we mentioned this mummy artifact turning up in a Sheffield charity shop:

https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/ancient-miniature-mummy-artefact-found-at-sheffield-charity-shop-1-9083669

https://www.thestar.co.uk/news/sheffield-charity-shop-workers-discover-miniature-mummy-from-ancient-egypt-in-box-of-bric-a-brac-1-9083861

Folks were looking at Tut’s armour:

https://www.livescience.com/62170-king-tut-boy-soldier-explained.html

http://www.ibtimes.com/was-king-tut-warrior-egyptian-pharaoh-had-battle-damaged-armor-new-research-suggests-2666330

https://nypost.com/2018/03/26/secrets-revealed-in-king-tuts-armor/

… and the brown spots on paintings in his tomb:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/26/arts/design/king-tut-getty-egypt-conservation.html

https://www.livescience.com/62152-king-tut-tomb-mysterious-brown-spots.html

… and the ‘makeover’ of the tomb is apparently almost complete:

https://phys.org/news/2018-03-tomb-king-tutankhamen.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/decade-long-makeover-of-king-tuts-tomb-nearly-completed/2018/03/27/c4f70004-31f1-11e8-b6bd-0084a1666987_story.html

https://www.voanews.com/a/decade-long-makeover-of-king-tut-tomb-nealy-completed/4320239.html

http://www.columbian.com/news/2018/mar/28/decadelong-makeover-of-tomb-of-king-tut-nearly-complete/

https://www.archaeology.org/6479-180329-tut-tomb-conservation

On Pharoahs’ responses to drought:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/30/climate/egypt-climate-drought.html

Climate change-related concerns for Egypt:

https://www.chicagomaroon.com/article/2018/3/30/oriental-institute-director-talks-climate-threats/

More on that identification of an image of Hatshepsut:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/rare-image-pharoah-found-university-collection-180968587/

More on what’s going on at Gobeklitepe:

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/the-guard-of-gobeklitepe-humanitys-ground-zero-129322

A small hoard of coins from the Jewish Revolt found in a cave near Temple Mount:

http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Coins-symbolically-discovered-from-great-revolt-before-Passover-547128

http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Coins-from-destruction-of-Second-Temple-found-in-time-for-Passover-547144

https://www.thetrumpet.com/17069-rare-jewish-revolt-coins-discovered-in-jerusalem-cave

https://www.thetrumpet.com/17070-another-great-archaeological-discovery-by-dr-eilat-mazar

https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/243632

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/.premium-coins-showing-despair-of-jewish-rebels-found-in-jerusalem-1.5955990

https://www.timesofisrael.com/rare-trove-of-bronze-jewish-revolt-coins-unearthed-near-temple-mount/

http://www.jewishpress.com/news/israel/jerusalem/dozens-of-freedom-coins-from-the-66-67-ce-jewish-revolt-discovered-in-temple-mount-cave/2018/03/26/

http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-03/26/c_137067094.htm

Latest from the Cairo Genizah Project:

http://www.jewishpress.com/news/religion/cairo-genizah-project-reveals-11th-century-passover-haggadah/2018/03/28/

Not sure if we’ve ever mentioned this ‘first person’ Genesis manuscript from Qumran:

https://elpais.com/cultura/2018/03/26/actualidad/1522088525_381854.html

Feature on a visit to the Met’s Egyptian wing during Passover:

https://www.timesofisrael.com/a-tour-group-leader-uncovers-passover-secrets-in-the-met-museums-egyptian-wing/

What Adelheid Otto is up to:

https://phys.org/news/2018-03-insights-early-urban-life.html

More on Byzantine pigeons in the Negev:

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/MAGAZINE-byzantine-secret-of-surviving-in-the-negev-midget-pigeons-1.5957176

https://www.archaeology.org/6477-180329-israel-negev-doves

The UK is training female archaeologists in Iraq:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/apr/01/uk-archaeologists-help-iraqis-restore-their-isis-ravaged-heritage

More on Syrian accusations that Israel removed items from a Damascus temple:

http://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/Syria-accuses-Israel-of-removing-Jewish-artifacts-from-Damascus-temple-546896

More on Um Al Nar artifacts from the Kuwaiti coast:

http://menafn.com/1096649778/Rare-antiquities-found-along-eastern-Kuwaiti-coast

More on China-Saudi Arabia cooperation in excavation:

http://www.china.org.cn/arts/2018-03/26/content_50748227.htm

More on Mellaart:

https://inews.co.uk/news/long-reads/tales-of-the-past-renowned-british-archaeologist-accused-of-fabricating-bronze-age-history/

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I think we’ve mentioned this Nero-era villa in Rome:

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/MAGAZINE-rare-art-unearthed-in-nero-era-mansion-and-bath-by-rome-1.5956969

Roman remains beneath a St Albans primary school:

http://www.hertsad.co.uk/news/roman-artefacts-uncovered-at-st-michael-s-school-in-verulamium-st-albans-1-5456103

A Roman ‘distribution centre’ near Cambridge (A14 related):

http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-03/28/c_137070045.htm

A rubble-filled building in Bulgaria with Gothic invasion connections (apparently):

https://www.archaeology.org/news/6481-180330-roman-bulgaria-goths

Feature on the Herculaneum Conservation Project:

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/can-technology-unravel-the-secrets-sealed-by-mt-vesuvius-2000-years-ago-pompeii/

Rome through Josephus’ eyes:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/28/travel/rome-through-the-eyes-of-flavius-josephus.html

On trying to revive Classics in Scotland:

http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16122809.Professor_Matthew_Fox__The_stories_of_the_Classical_world_are_compelling_for_primary_pupils/

https://www.tes.com/news/school-news/breaking-news/call-reverse-near-extinction-classics-scottish-schools

On the Romans in Scotland:

http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/homenews/16115154.Remarkable_secrets_of_the_Romans_time_in_Scotland_unveiled/

http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/homenews/16115642.How_the_Romans_nearly_conquered_Scotland/

What David Potter is up to:

http://www.utdailybeacon.com/news/distinguished-lecturer-clears-the-fog-of-a-roman-empress-s/article_f87e1cf0-3160-11e8-a678-d3f3538dd82c.html

Greek archaeologists denied permission for filming at the Temple of Poseidon at Sounion:

http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/national/16127152.Greek_archaeologists_prevent_BBC_filming_Le_Carre_adaptation_at_Poseidon_temple/

http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/national/16127233.BBC_spy_show_denied_access_to_ancient_Greek_temple/

https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/film-tv/news/greek-archaeologists-prevent-bbc-filming-le-carre-adaptation-at-poseidon-temple-36757610.html

https://www.independent.ie/style/celebrity/celebrity-news/bbc-spy-show-denied-access-to-ancient-greek-temple-36757759.html

http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16127803.BBC_spy_show_denied_access_to_ancient_Greek_temple/

… and the government wasn’t happy:

https://www.wftv.com/entertainment/greek-archaeologists-prevent-bbc-filming-at-poseidon-temple/723667772

http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20180329/news/303299912/

There’s a working water organ at the Acropolis Museum:

http://greece.greekreporter.com/2018/03/30/ancient-greek-water-organ-sounds-again-at-acropolis-museum/

Romans had some strange ideas about animals:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/kristinakillgrove/2018/03/30/12-very-wrong-things-the-ancient-romans-believed-about-animals/

Romanizing Mattis:

http://www.sfgate.com/opinion/article/Mattis-is-an-ancient-Roman-action-hero-12787681.php

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-wp-mattis-comment-3e1678ee-3296-11e8-8bdd-cdb33a5eef83-20180328-story.html

What Robert McNeil is up to:

http://www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/16127460.Robert_McNeil__Still_hooked_on_classics__even_if_I_don___t_understand_much/

More on those ‘boxing gloves’ from Vindolanda:

https://www.archaeology.co.uk/articles/packing-a-punch-boxing-gloves-found-at-vindolanda.htm

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

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http://rogueclassicism.com/

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EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland)

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Overviewish of the finds from various periods found during A14 construction:

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-43559369

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/mar/27/anglo-saxon-settlement-and-roman-army-camp-found-in-a14-bypass-dig

http://www.wimbledonguardian.co.uk/news/national/16119180.Work_to_upgrade_A14_near_Cambridge_exposes_abandoned_medieval_village/

https://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/cambridge-news/a14-archeology-roman-saxon-finds-14461413

https://www.eveningexpress.co.uk/news/uk/work-to-upgrade-a14-near-cambridge-exposes-abandoned-medieval-village/

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/medieval-village-a14-roadworks-cambridge-discover-museum-of-london-archaeology-a8277856.html

https://www.archaeology.org/news/6470-180327-england-highway-construction

A 5000 years bp shoe from a Swiss lake:

http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/archaeological-find-_divers-discover-5-000-year-old-shoe-in-swiss-lake–/44003700?ns_mchannel=rss&srg_evsource=rss

Neolithic causewayed enclosure from Berkshire:

https://www.archaeology.co.uk/articles/neolithic-causewayed-enclosure-discovered-in-berkshire.htm

Studying Neolithic burials on Orkney:

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-43547952

https://www.archaeology.org/news/6473-180328-orkney-neolithic-burials

Evidence of a 4000 years bp village in a Derby field:

https://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/news/derby-news/breadsall-hilltop-redrow-homes-archaeological-1385689

Looking for Neolithic petroglyphs at a site on Anglesey:

https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/archaeologists-revealing-secrets-5000-year-14451258

How Neolithic hunter-gatherers dealt with climate change:

https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/03/hunter-gatherers-survived-wild-climate-shifts-after-the-last-ice-age/

https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/26/health/climate-change-hunter-gatherers/index.html

http://www.archaeology.org/news/6474-180328-england-mesolithic-climate-change

A Bronze Age Cornish barrow find:

https://phys.org/news/2018-03-archaeologist-cornish-barrow-site.html

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-03/anu-aad032818.php

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/03/180329095418.htm

More hints of an Anglo Saxon palace near Rendlesham:

http://www.eadt.co.uk/news/treasure-found-near-woodbridge-and-sutton-hoo-adds-to-evidence-for-rendlesham-palace-1-5456872

http://www.ipswichstar.co.uk/news/treasure-found-near-woodbridge-and-sutton-hoo-adds-to-evidence-for-rendlesham-palace-1-5456872

‘Laser scans’ reveal Bronze Age sites off the coast of Wales:

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-43534578

Feature on the ‘Save Our Cannons’ campaign:

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-43557696

Sorry … can’t resist including this ‘find’ in Ireland:

https://www.irishcentral.com/culture/craic/archaeologists-discover-potential-leprechaun-bones-on-uninhabited-irish-island

More on the 12th century graffiti from Dublin:

http://www.thejournal.ie/12th-century-graffiti-art-uncovered-as-part-of-medieval-discovery-in-dublins-coombe-3918137-Mar2018/

https://www.irishcentral.com/news/medieval-graffiti-discovered-dublin

More on that medieval coffin birth:

https://www.livescience.com/62125-medieval-mother-coffin-birth-trepanation.html

https://www.sciencealert.com/pregnant-medieval-woman-coffin-birth-trepanation-pre-eclampsia-bologna

http://www.archaeology.org/news/6475-180328-italy-coffin-birth

More on research into the Glencoe massacre:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-trace-remains-of-lost-settlements-of-1692-Glencoe-massacre-180968570/

More on those Iron Age party remains from Scotland:

https://www.livescience.com/62138-iron-age-meat-feast-with-jewelry.html

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/iron-age-people-knew-how-to-party-ancient-trash-heap-reveals/

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

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Neolithic artifacts from Chinas’ Heilongjiang Province:

http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-03/31/c_137078606.htm

A major hoard of ‘feudal’ coins form Saitama:

http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201803270001.html

http://www.archaeology.org/news/6472-180327-japan-bronze-coins

A broken Yayoi pottery culture period pot was reassembled and revealed an image of a village:

http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201803240031.html

https://www.archaeology.org/news/6467-18032-japan-yayoi-village

A 3rd/4th century bronze mirror from Japan (I think this is a followup):

http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201803280004.html

https://www.archaeology.org/news/6480-180329-japan-bronze-mirror

An interesting ‘scapegoat doll’ from Honshu:

http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201803290001.html

https://www.archaeology.org/news/6478-180329-japan-wooden-hitogata

Remains of a 2000 years bp ‘major road’ in central China:

http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-03/28/c_137072025.htm

Overiviewish thing on items found at the Qingtai ruines last year, including a ‘Big Dipper temple’:

http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-03/30/c_137076876.htm

Archaeologists believe they have found the tomb of General Cao Cao:

https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3390636

http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2138951/archaeologists-confident-they-have-found-body-fabled-chinese

http://www.newsweek.com/ancient-chinese-general-tried-hide-his-tomb-archaeologists-found-it-862341?yptr=yahoo

Interesting 4000 years bp burials from Rakhigarhi’s Harappan necropolis:

http://indianexpress.com/article/explained/mysteries-of-rakhigarhis-harappan-necropolis-in-burials-from-4000-years-ago-women-both-exalted-condemned-5111253/

Studying dietary habits along the Silk Road(s):

https://source.wustl.edu/2018/03/compared-to-nomadic-communities-silk-road-cities-were-urban-food-deserts-study-finds/

https://phys.org/news/2018-03-nomads-food-trends-silk-roads.html

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-03/wuis-ct032318.php

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/03/180327093957.htm

20 Mughal-era ‘frescoes’ are being restored at Red Fort:

http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/labourers-chip-away-plaster-to-reveal-20-mughal-era-paintings-at-red-fort-5112458/

18th century Aboriginals in Australia apparently took materials from British ships:

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-43551015

Spain is questioning the ‘official version’ of the discovery of New Zealand:

https://politica.elpais.com/politica/2018/03/24/diario_de_espana/1521926709_862381.html

On skiing in China, 8000 years bp:

http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20180328-chinas-8000-year-old-skiing-method

More on that 2000 years bp ‘rice wine’ (maybe) from a Chinese tomb:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/found-bottle-2000-year-old-wine-chinese-tomb-180968582/

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http://www.southeastasianarchaeology.com/

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

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13 000 years bp human footprints on Canada’s Pacific coast:

https://phys.org/news/2018-03-year-human-footprints-canada-pacific.html

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/03/180328143306.htm

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-03/p-1oh032118.php

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/mar/28/footprints-sand-scientists-prehistoric-canada-british-columbia

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/28/science/footprints-oldest-north-america.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2018/03/30/the-oldest-footprints-in-north-america-are-right-where-native-historians-said-they-should-be/

https://www.adn.com/nation-world/2018/03/30/the-oldest-footprints-in-north-america-are-right-where-native-historians-said-they-should-be/

https://www.livescience.com/62153-oldest-human-footprints-in-north-america.html

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/deadthings/2018/03/28/human-footprints/

https://www.forbes.com/sites/kristinakillgrove/2018/03/28/oldest-human-footprints-in-north-america-found-on-canadian-coast/

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/footprints-put-people-canada-west-coast-13000-years-ago

https://www.stuff.co.nz/science/102730104/13-000-year-old-human-footprints-found-on-Canadian-island

https://www.ibtimes.co.in/oldest-human-footprints-last-ice-age-found-off-canadas-pacific-coast-765456

https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/03/13000-year-old-human-footprints-discovered-in-british-columbia/

http://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/2139382/prehistoric-human-footprints-unearthed-canadian

https://www.archaeology.org/news/6476-180328-canada-oldest-footprints

cf: http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0193522

The hull of an 18th century shipwreck washed up on the shore of a Florida beach this week:

http://www.staugustine.com/news/20180329/amazing-discovery-centuries-old-ships-hull-washes-up-on-ponte-vedra-beach

https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2018/03/29/Partial-hull-from-18th-century-shipwreck-washes-up-in-Florida/8001522340374/

http://www.jacksonville.com/news/20180328/old-shipwreck-washes-ashore-in-ponte-vedra-beach

http://time.com/5221418/florida-sailing-ship-wreckage/

https://www.archaeology.org/news/6483-180330-florida-beach-shipwreck

Latest theory on the Lost Colony:

https://pilotonline.com/news/local/history/article_5031be6a-e3b5-5531-9401-f63701e278d9.html

https://pilotonline.com/news/local/history/article_ddedefad-c4ea-5e54-88a6-44b388fb8e75.html

Indiana University will be looking for shipwrecks in the Florida Keys:

http://www.idsnews.com/article/2018/03/iu-students-to-conduct-underwater-research-on-shipwrecks

19th century finds beneath the Obama center site:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/kamin/ct-met-obama-center-artifacts-kamin-0325-story.html

Funding to save a Revolutionary War flag at Fort Ticonderoga:

http://www.syracuse.com/state/index.ssf/2018/03/fort_ticonderoga_gets_funding_to_save_rare_british_flag.html

More on that burial site off Venice (Florida):

http://www.heraldtribune.com/news/20180327/ancient-burial-site-off-coast-of-venice-is-virtually-explored

More on the purported burial of ‘Black Sam’ Bellamy (nothing new here that I can see):

http://www.newsweek.com/archaeologists-burial-site-richest-pirate-867764

More on the FBI looking for lost Civil War gold in Pennsylvania (maybe):

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/fbi-searching-lost-civil-war-gold-180968581/

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CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA

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Evidence of possible child sacrifice at a Chimu site in Peru:

https://www.livescience.com/62108-ancient-child-sacrifices-found.html

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-5535565/Ancient-Peruvian-child-sacrifices-treasures-uncovered-tombs.html

Suggestions that indigenous Peruvians were more ‘resilient’ than the Inca conquest suggests:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/when-genetics-and-linguistics-challenge-winners-version-history-180968607/

A shipment of ‘colonial jewels’ found on the Yucatan coast:

http://www.maritimeherald.com/2018/discovery-of-a-shipment-of-colonial-jewels-on-the-yucatan-coast-revealed/

On the ‘zoo’ of Tenochtitlan:

https://elpais.com/internacional/2018/03/28/la_serpiente_emplumada/1522262880_869783.html

More on those 81 settlements in the Amazon:

https://phys.org/news/2018-03-amazon-thought-uninhabited-home-million.html

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-03/uoe-pot032518.php

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/03/180327110518.htm

https://www.livescience.com/62137-amazon-once-densely-inhabited.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2018/03/27/archaeologists-discover-81-ancient-settlements-in-the-amazon/?utm_term=.3a52be6fab8d

https://www.wsj.com/articles/satellites-reveal-ancient-civilization-beneath-the-amazon-rainforest-1522162800

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/science/ct-amazon-ancient-settlements-20180327-story.html

http://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/as-it-happens-wednesday-edition-1.4597040/archaeologists-discover-mysterious-geoglyphs-and-81-lost-settlements-in-the-amazon-1.4597047

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/mar/27/lost-amazon-villages-uncovered-by-archaeologists

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/amazon-rainforest-hidden-europeans-arrive-brazil-villages-society-university-exeter-a8276326.html

http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16119478.__39_Uninhabited__39__Amazon_was_home_to_up_to_a_million__study_finds/

https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/americas/102660841/Archaeologists-discover-81-ancient-settlements-in-the-Amazon

http://www.newsweek.com/amazon-rainforest-glyphs-research-columbus-861960

https://www.seeker.com/archaeology/lost-villages-of-the-amazon-may-have-housed-up-to-1-million-before-colonization

http://www.nationalgeographic.com.au/history/amazon-jungle-once-home-to-millions-more-than-previously-thought.aspx

https://www.archaeology.org/news/6469-180327-amazon-ditched-enclosure

More on that ‘alien mummy’ from the Atacama Desert:

https://gizmodo.com/alien-mummy-found-in-atacama-desert-is-actually-a-tiny-1823988455

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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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Easter related items on Roman crucifixion:

https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/biblical-topics/crucifixion/jesus-and-the-cross/

http://thefederalist.com/2018/03/30/yes-ancient-romans-really-practice-crucifixion/

https://elpais.com/internacional/2018/03/29/america/1522352876_146346.html

… and Pontius Pilate:

https://historynewsnetwork.org/article/168311

… and the location of the Last Supper:

https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/biblical-sites-places/jerusalem/jesus-last-supper-tomb-of-david/

Some April fooolishness:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-43073391

On assorted mummies around the world:

http://www.dw.com/en/ata-%C3%B6tzi-and-tutankhamun-whats-so-fascinating-about-mummies/a-43132264

A 90 year old ‘armchair archaeologist’ (really a techy story):

http://www.northwestgeorgianews.com/news/national/meet-the–year-old-armchair-archaeologist-ted-gbs-present/youtube_2c65ae4f-6458-570c-a05f-79c36539bfbe.html

http://www.wdel.com/news/national/meet-the–year-old-armchair-archaeologist-ted-gbs-present/youtube_00513721-e746-5706-99b8-92a06f00ff88.html

On the history of the ‘wolf whistle’:

http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20180322-the-surprising-history-of-the-wolf-whistle

Marking Gorky’s 150th birthday:

http://www.dw.com/en/russian-writer-maxim-gorky-still-courting-controversy-on-his-150th-birthday/a-43157389

Interesting backstory to that daVinci auction a while back:

https://frieze.com/article/was-record-breaking-da-vinci-sale-result-arab-princess-accidental-bidding-war

Only known edition of annotated Ben Jonson plays has been saved by/at the University of Edinburgh:

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/mar/27/annotated-ben-jonson-plays-saved-university-of-edinburgh

Martha Brown is to be exhumed and given a proper burial:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/03/30/murderer-inspired-tess-durbervilles-exhumed-julian-fellowes/

Feature on Hannah Glasse and her cookbook:

https://elpais.com/cultura/2018/03/28/actualidad/1522222746_482597.html

On the history of lawns:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/podcasts/retropod/lawn-wars/

‘Proto Australian’ is apparently 10 000 years old:

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-43564134

https://www.archaeology.org/news/6482-180330-australia-indigenous-language

Archaeology Podcast Network:

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

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MUSEUM MATTERS

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Pompeii Photos:

https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2018/03/30/ancient-roman-ruins-meet-the-modern-lens/

Vikings:

http://theconversation.com/vikings-exhibit-hangs-up-the-sword-and-gives-us-a-welcome-insight-into-domestic-life-93474

Sunken Cities:

https://hyperallergic.com/434740/sunken-cities-egypt-st-louis-art-museum/

https://www.wsj.com/articles/sunken-cities-egypts-lost-worlds-review-treasures-beneath-the-waves-1522180261

http://www.numismaticnews.net/article/sunken-cities-exhibit-now-open-st-louis

Tut:

https://dailynewsegypt.com/2018/03/27/new-tutankhamun-exhibition-opens-los-angeles/

The Rose Empire:

http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20180323-what-irans-dazzling-art-tells-us-about-its-civilisation

https://www.louvrelens.fr/exhibition/lempire-des-roses/

A ‘food centric’ tour of the Met:

https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2018/03/27/596154249/a-feast-for-the-eyes-an-art-inspired-food-tour-at-the-met

Someone is suing over the recent Terracotta Warriors exhibit in Pennsylvania:

https://www.phillymag.com/news/2018/03/27/franklin-institute-lawsuit-terracotta-warriors/

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THE TECHY SIDE

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Plans to digitally “recreate” a never-started fresco at a 17th century French chateau:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/fresco-never-realized-will-be-digitally-recreated-french-castle-180968623/

Not sure if we’ll ever get to mention palaeoproteomics again, so:

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/03/180327094019.htm

More on that Galen palimpsest:

http://www.ibtimes.com/centuries-old-manuscript-could-reveal-history-ancient-roman-treatments-2666162

I think we mentioned this Herculaneum Papyri project:

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/can-technology-unravel-the-secrets-sealed-by-mt-vesuvius-2000-years-ago-pompeii/

Cro Magnon Man is the latest to get the facial reconstruction treatment:

https://phys.org/news/2018-03-warts-reconstruct-cro-magnon.html

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ON THE DNA FRONT

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Review of David Reich, *Who We Are …*:

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/mar/29/who-we-are-how-got-here-david-reich-ancient-dna-review

… and Reich has a column on genetics and race in the NYT:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/23/opinion/sunday/genetics-race.html

On the use and abuse of ancient DNA:

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-03857-3?error=cookies_not_supported&code=8c7b9bdc-3f41-444c-859d-5a3e430631f6

On archaeology and geneetics/genomics:

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-03773-6?error=cookies_not_supported&code=b917bb95-b3bb-4d2f-9f3e-b088872a3f5a

More on the DNA stuff from Morocco:

https://www.livescience.com/62131-oldest-human-dna-mysterious-ancient-culture.html

Dienekes’ Anthropology Blog:

http://dienekes.blogspot.ca/

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CLIMATE MATTERS

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TOURISTY THINGS

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Budapest:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/29/travel/36-hours-in-budapest.html

San Juan de Ulua:

https://elpais.com/cultura/2018/03/28/actualidad/1522265706_303311.html

The Alamo:

https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/destinations/2018/03/23/alamo-san-antonio/454276002/

Taj Mahal (limited hours):

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/03/30/598230781/taj-mahal-you-dont-have-to-go-home-but-you-ve-got-to-get-out-of-here-in-3-hours

Ethiopian Churches:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-43582880

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CRIME BEAT

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Vandalism of the tomb of Caleb on the West Bank:

http://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/Biblical-tomb-vandalized-with-Swastikas-in-Palestinian-village-547076

A bust in Spain involving a well-known dealer and ISIL loot (apparently):

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-43571615

https://www.wsj.com/articles/spanish-police-detain-two-men-suspected-of-selling-antiquities-linked-to-islamic-state-1522327053

A bust in Sparta:

http://www.ekathimerini.com/227118/article/ekathimerini/news/sparti-police-busts-antiquity-smuggling-ring-seizes-precious-statue

http://greece.greekreporter.com/2018/03/27/police-seize-stolen-ancient-greek-artifacts-photos/

https://neoskosmos.com/en/113193/three-smugglers-of-precious-hellenic-and-roman-antiquities-arrested/

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/antiquity-smugglers-arrested-trying-to-sell-ancient-greek-statue-8zg9ql5ht

http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-03/27/c_137069892.htm

More on tourist damage to a mosaic in Pompeii:

http://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-updates/tourist-damages-ancient-site-in-quest-for-good-photo/news-story/cfc2409995983628b38ac881c09f5612

Latest Anonymous Swiss Collector Culture Crime News:

http://www.anonymousswisscollector.com/2018/03/culture-crime-news-19-25-march-2018.html

conflict antiquities:

http://conflictantiquities.wordpress.com/

anonymous swiss collector:

http://www.anonymousswisscollector.com/

Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues:

http://paul-barford.blogspot.ca/

Looting Matters:

http://lootingmatters.blogspot.com/

Illicit Cultural Property:

http://illicit-cultural-property.blogspot.com/

SAFE:

http://www.savingantiquities.org/blog/

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REPATRIATION AND RECOVERY

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I think we mentioned the return from the US to Egypt of some items smuggled almost a century ago:

http://www.ecns.cn/2018/03-28/297302.shtml

http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-03/27/c_137069950.htm

Germany returned some items to Viet Nam:

http://en.vietnamplus.vn/german-police-hand-over-antiquities-to-vietnam/128749.vnp

http://english.vietnamnet.vn/fms/art-entertainment/198203/german-police-hand-over-antiquities-to-vietnam.html

… and to Cyprus:

http://cyprus-mail.com/2018/03/30/germany-returns-stolen-antiquities/

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NUMISMATICA

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Latest e-Sylum:

http://www.coinbooks.org/v21/club_nbs_esylum_v21n12.html

… and the one which should appear later today:

http://www.coinbooks.org/v21/club_nbs_esylum_v21n13.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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Beethovenfest:

http://www.dw.com/en/why-beethoven-and-fate-go-together/a-43105633

Warrior Women:

http://msmagazine.com/blog/2018/03/29/true-histories-warrior-women/

Civilisations:

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/mar/31/civilisations-david-olusoga-european-kenneth-clark-series-review

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AUDIO/VIDEO NEWS

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Audio News from Archaeologica:

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OBITUARIES

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Eleanor Winsor Leach:

https://classicalstudies.org/scs-news/memoriam-eleanor-winsor-leach-0

Louie Kamookak:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/29/inuit-oral-historian-who-pointed-way-to-franklin-shipwrecks-dies-aged-58

Barbara Lewalski:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/29/obituaries/barbara-lewalski-87-milton-scholar-and-barrier-breaker-is-dead.html

Russell Freedman:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/29/obituaries/russell-freedman-88-writer-of-history-for-young-readers-dies.html

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CONFERENCES

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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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