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 Critchley, Rick Heli,

Trevor Watkins, Richard C. Griffiths, and Ross W. Sargent

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

*NB* It being the long weekend and all next week, it is unlikely

that I’ll be able to assemble Explorator; look for a double issue

the following week!

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EARLY HOMINIDS

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On the effect of the advent of dairy farming on human skulls:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-08/uoc–fcc082417.php

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2017/08/25/birth-farming-caused-jaw-dropping-changes-human-skull-scientists/

There was a lot of grit in naledi’s diet:

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/nitty-gritty-homo-naledis-diet-revealed-its-teeth

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AFRICA

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On a ‘lost city’ in Tanzania (700 years bp) battling soil erosion:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-08/uoy-cu082117.php

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/08/170821102730.htm

https://phys.org/news/2017-08-lost-city-years-soil-erosion.html

http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/08/2017/sophisticated-farming-techniques-found-at-700-year-old-tanzanian-site

Feature on Gertrude Aba Mansah Eyifa-Dzidzienyo:

https://www.graphic.com.gh/news/general-news/dr-gertrude-eyifa-dzidzienyo-is-first-female-archaeologist.html

Libyan archaeologists are looking for the remains of Barca:

https://www.libyaobserver.ly/culture/libyan-archeology-authority-look-lost-ancient-city-barca

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There was some damage to Khufu’s second solar boat during excavation:

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/275774/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/Egyptian-antiquities-ministry-inspects-Khufus-boat.aspx

http://www.archaeology.org/news/5861-170822-egypt-solar-boat-excavation

More on Roman-era tombs from the Dakhla Oasis area:

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/41/275873/Heritage/GrecoRoman/New-Roman-tombs-discovered-in-Egypts-Dakhla-Oasis.aspx

http://www.egyptindependent.com/five-roman-cemeteries-discovered-dakhla-oasis/

https://egyptianstreets.com/2017/08/24/an-egyptian-archaeological-mission-discovers-five-roman-tombs-in-dakhla-oasis/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/egypt-archaeologists-uncover-tombs-dating-back-to-roman-era/2017/08/24/98f398dc-88eb-11e7-96a7-d178cf3524eb_story.html

https://phys.org/news/2017-08-egypt-archaeologists-uncover-tombs-dating.html

https://www.livescience.com/60223-2000-year-old-egyptian-tombs-from-roman-period.html

https://www.livescience.com/60221-2000-year-old-egyptian-tombs-photos.html

http://www.timesofisrael.com/egypt-archaeologists-uncover-roman-era-tombs/

More on a monk settlement near Minya:

https://dailynewsegypt.com/2017/08/20/remains-residential-city-found-minya/

8600 years bp remains from Eksi Huyuk:

https://www.dailysabah.com/history/2017/08/21/8600-year-old-findings-unearthed-in-western-turkeys-eksi-hoyuk

They’re digging at Al Ain (UAE) again:

http://www.gulftoday.ae/portal/b307e809-c9ae-4480-a46a-3e4d06dcd5ac.aspx

Plenty of coverage this week for something new (I’m not sure what … this was known since the 1940s) about the Babylonians’ knowledge of trigonometry:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-08/uons-mmo082117.php

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/08/170824141250.htm

https://www.livescience.com/60227-babylonian-clay-tablet-trigonometry.html

https://www.seeker.com/culture/history/ancient-babylonian-tablet-identified-as-the-worlds-oldest-trigonometry-table

http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/845305/Babylonian-clay-tablet-3-700-years-world-s-oldest-trigonometric-table-Indiana-Jones

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/08/25/plimpton_322_babylonian_trig_table/

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/aug/24/mathematical-secrets-of-ancient-tablet-unlocked-after-nearly-a-century-of-study

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/babylonians-trigonometry-develop-more-advanced-modern-mathematics-3700-years-ago-ancient-a7910936.html

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/health-science/greeks-lose-credit-for-trigonometry/news-story/425b557ff67d4d712cd37a425b10a028

http://www.smh.com.au/technology/sci-tech/ancient-tablet-offers-new-angle-on-birth-of-maths-sydney-researchers-say-20170824-gy3u1w.html

https://www.yahoo.com/news/3-700-old-babylonian-tablet-180000397.html

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/3700-year-old-babylonian-stone-tablet-code-finally-cracked-1636561

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/08/ancient-babylonian-trigonometry-tablet-plimpton-322-video-spd/

http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/08/2017/babylonian-clay-tablet-mathematical-mystery-solved

… and just for good measure, there was something about Babylonians’ eclipse-predicting abilities too:

http://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/1.808116

3200 years bp remains of a ‘pagan ritual hall’ from Tel Burna:

http://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/1.808353

http://www.archaeology.org/news/5860-170822-israel-ritual-canaanite-site

More on that 3000 years bp statue from Tayinat:

http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/08/2017/3000-year-old-female-statue-found-at-citadel-gate-complex-in-southeast-turkey

A 2800 years bp horse burial from Turkey’s Van province:

https://www.dailysabah.com/history/2017/08/23/2800-year-old-horse-skeleton-discovered-in-eastern-turkey

Latest child-finds-artifact-in-Israel story involves a half shekel coin and an 8/9 year-old-girl:

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/234283

http://www.timesofisrael.com/8-year-old-girl-stumbles-upon-ultra-rare-2000-year-old-half-shekel

https://www.jta.org/2017/08/25/news-opinion/israel-middle-east/8-year-old-israeli-girl-finds-rare-2000-year-old-coin

http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/8-year-old-Israeli-girl-finds-2000-year-old-half-shekel-503509

Jerusalem has ‘frozen’ plans to build a luxury hotel on an ancient village site:

http://www.timesofisrael.com/jerusalem-freezes-plan-to-build-luxury-villas-on-ancient-village/

Latest building-a-dam-in-Turkey-will-flood-sites story:

http://www.dw.com/en/ancient-settlement-primed-for-flooding-in-turkey/a-40195104

http://www.theweek.co.uk/87994/turkeys-neolithic-caves-is-destruction-of-heritage-ever-justified

http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2017/08/turkey-anger-simmers-over-destruction-in-ancient-town.html

Not sure where to put this vague item about finds from Paktia that seem to have Persian connections … maybe not:

http://www.tolonews.com/arts-culture/gold-and-silver-among-relics-found-paktia

More on that mosaic workshop from Jerash:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/drsarahbond/2017/08/24/discovery-of-early-islamic-mosaic-tesserae-sheds-light-on-art-and-earthquakes/#5ae161d04cdd

More on finds made during Istanbul’s metro construction:

https://www.dailysabah.com/history/2017/08/23/ancient-human-remains-discovered-in-istanbul-metro-construction-site

Not sure where to put this ‘spinoff’ from the Hobby Lobby case:

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/08/hobby-lobby-funds-israeli-settlement-archaeology-170826181403031.html

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Possible evidence of winemaking in 4th millennium BCE Italy:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-08/uosf-woi082417.php

https://phys.org/news/2017-08-world-oldest-italian-wine-ancient.html

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/08/170824141201.htm

http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/08/2017/copper-age-storage-jar-once-contained-wine

Mycenean tombs from Nemea:

http://www.tornosnews.gr/en/greek-news/culture/26893-new-mycenaean-tombs-discovered-during-recent-nemea-excavations-in-greece.html

Xrays reveal details in a Herculaneum fresco:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-08/acs-rah072517.php

https://phys.org/news/2017-08-remarkable-artistry-hidden-ancient-roman.html

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/08/170821085702.htm

https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/elemental-maps-reveal-hidden-beauty-of-roman-portrait/3007876.article

https://www.seeker.com/culture/x-ray-reveals-ancient-roman-portrait-covered-in-mt-vesuvius-ash

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/08/ancient-roman-painting-x-ray-technology-spd/

http://www.nationalgeographic.com.au/history/captivating-new-look-at-ancient-painting-buried-by-volcano.aspx

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/ancient-roman-painting-buried-thousands-years-after-vesuvius-eruption-gets-new-life-1635682

https://www.forbes.com/sites/samlemonick/2017/08/21/science-is-uncovering-the-exquisite-detail-in-this-faded-painting/

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/x-rays-reveal-details-portrait-once-hidden-under-vesuvius-ash-180964592/

A pair of Roman sarcophagi from near Rome’s Stadio Olimpico:

http://www.ansa.it/english/news/lifestyle/arts/2017/08/23/roman-sarcophagi-discovered-near-stadio_ce131439-7bb3-4ea9-902a-331e4ef81b05.html

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/08/24/ancient-roman-sarcophagi-discovered-chance-next-romes-football/

https://www.thelocal.it/20170824/ancient-roman-tombs-found-near-football-stadium-in-italy

Metal detectorists found a major coin hoard near Cornwall:

http://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/treasure-hunting-pair-unearthed-nearly-367139

http://www.archaeology.org/news/5869-170824-england-roman-coins

A second century cistern from Peperikon:

http://sofiaglobe.com/2017/08/25/archaeology-2nd-century-ce-drinking-water-collection-tank-found-at-bulgarias-perperikon/

… and assorted Roman structural remains from Sofia:

http://sofiaglobe.com/2017/08/25/archaeology-ancient-tavern-shops2-found-under-sofias-sveta-nedelya-square/

Latest from that Colchian Kingdom dig we’ve mentioned a couple of times:

http://agenda.ge/news/85935/eng

A Byzantine-era mosaic with a Justinianic ‘inscription’ from Jerusalem:

https://phys.org/news/2017-08-rare-byzantine-mosaic-revealed-jerusalem.html

http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Article.aspx?id=503199

http://www.timesofisrael.com/once-in-a-lifetime-find-of-ancient-greek-inscription-uncovered-at-jerusalems-old-city-gate/

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/234406

http://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/1.808491

http://www.jewishpress.com/news/israel/jerusalem/emperor-justinian-mosaic-inscription-unearthed-near-damascus-gate/2017/08/23/

http://forward.com/fast-forward/380811/miraculous-1-500-year-old-mosaic-unearthed-in-jerusalem/

http://forward.com/news/world/380813/miraculous-1-500-year-old-mosaic-unearthed-in-jerusalem/

http://www.dw.com/en/rare-1500-year-old-mosaic-discovered-in-jerusalem/a-40214870

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-08-25/construction-workers-unearth-6th-century-mosaic-in-jerusalem/8841794

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/byzantine-mosaic-revealed-in-jerusalem-old-city.aspx?pageID=238&nid=117163&NewsCatID=375

http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/845177/christian-mosaic-floor-greek-Jerusalem

https://www.yahoo.com/news/rare-byzantine-mosaic-revealed-jerusalems-old-city-132841311.html

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-archaeology-idUSKCN1B3195

http://www.tornosnews.gr/en/greek-news/culture/26894-greek-inscription-discovered-on-1500-year-old-jerusalem-mosaic-floor.html

http://www.archaeology.org/news/5863-170823-israel-byzantine-inscription

Remains of a Roman bath at Faversham:

http://www.kentonline.co.uk/faversham/news/archaeologists-dig-in-to-reveal-130738/

Possible Roman tweezers from the Washingborough bypass dig (maybe medieval though):

http://www.lincolnshirelive.co.uk/news/local-news/washingborough-bypass-dig-unearths-pristine-382978

Restoration work has started at the stadium at Denizli:

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/ancient-stadium-in-denizli-under-restoration.aspx?pageID=238&nid=116945&NewsCatID=375

… and digging has started/resumed at Nicopolis ad Istrum:

http://www.focus-fen.net/news/2017/08/21/422196/veliko-tarnovo-archaeological-research-starts-in-roman-city-of-nicopolis-ad-istrum.html

Feature on the Seven Wonders:

http://www.salon.com/2017/08/20/how-we-lost-the-seven-wonders-of-the-ancient-world/

Feature on Kathleen Martinez’ ongoing search for the tomb of Cleo:

https://dominicantoday.com/dr/local/2017/08/21/dominican-archaeologist-upbeat-on-finding-cleopatra-efe/

Feature on Chedworth Roman Villa:

http://www.wiltsglosstandard.co.uk/news/15487343.Visitors_could_in_future_see_what_lies_under_the_ground_at_Chedworth_Roman_Villa_in_three_dimensional_scan_of_buried_ruins/

Feature on the ancient Greek diet:

http://greece.greekreporter.com/2017/08/22/eating-habits-in-ancient-greece/

Feature on Commodus:

http://www.abc.net.au/radio/melbourne/programs/evenings/commodus/8840516

… and Menander:

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/wanganui-chronicle/midweek/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503658&objectid=11911137

… and damnatio memoriae type things (with modern comparisons):

http://www.nationalreview.com/article/450810/civil-war-monuments-rome-can-teach-america-about-preserving-history

… and Troy:

https://www.livescience.com/38191-ancient-troy.html

Opeddish on Caligula:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/26/opinion/sunday/caligula-roman-empire.html

Pondering what Pompeii would be like if Vesuvius didn’t erupt:

http://www.nationalgeographic.com.au/history/what-would-pompeii-be-like-if-vesuvius-never-erupted.aspx

Some recent research on some of the victims:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/kristinakillgrove/2017/08/24/pregnant-women-and-fetuses-among-vesuvius-victims-archaeologists-reveal/

On the Castle Howard sculptures ‘saved for the nation’:

http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/15482605.The_Roman_treasures_from_Castle_Howard_saved_for_the_nation_in_a___5_4_million_tax_deal/

More on Brexit and the Elgin/Parthenon Marbles:

http://www.dw.com/en/greece-could-use-brexit-to-recover-stolen-parthenon-art/a-40038439

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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 an 8th century settlement near Sallins:

http://www.leinsterleader.ie/news/home/266292/archaeologists-discover-8th-century-settlement-near-sallins.html

http://www.archaeology.org/news/5862-170822-ireland-kildare-early-medieval-complex

Remains of a huge 9th century ‘slaughter hound’ from Co Kildare:

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/beware-of-the-dog-giant-killer-canine-is-unearthed-z0s57ttw6

A small 700 years bp coin hoard from Carlisle:

http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/Treasure-dating-back-more-than-700-years-found-in-Carlisle-366cbf78-5138-499d-9993-b8f4c66819b8-ds

Medieval burials from Swords Castle:

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/social-affairs/burials-uncovered-at-swords-castle-dig-1.3196904

Solving a 13th century mystery at a Russian site:

https://phys.org/news/2017-08-russian-archaeological-13th-century-mystery.html

Remains of a 13th century gateway in Vinne:

https://spectator.sme.sk/c/20633435/archaeologists-find-gateway-from-13th-century-in-vinne.html

http://www.archaeology.org/news/5873-170825-slovakia-viniansky-castle

I think we mentioned this 200 years bp ‘refugee camp’ site near Galway:

http://www.archaeology.org/news/5858-170821-galway-linen-refugee-camp

Questioning a seal purportedly used by Robert the Bruce:

http://www.thenational.scot/news/15497256.Doubts_raised_over_famous_seals_said_to_have_been_used_by_Robert_the_Bruce_which_may_be_replicas/

A town council ‘mistake’ halted an Ipswich Cornhill dig:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-41012498

Surveying a WWI POW camp site in Jersey:

https://jerseyeveningpost.com/news/2017/08/25/archaeologists-survey-pow-camp/

Protected status for some shipwreck sites off the UK:

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-40991727

On Italy’s efforts to rebuild earthquake-damaged sites:

http://www.ansa.it/english/news/lifestyle/arts/2017/08/21/italy-rebuilding-quake-damaged-heritage_0ade2047-d96d-43f3-8446-1969e4e2d047.html

Latest examination of the Venus of Vesti Dolni Vestonice:

http://www.radio.cz/en/section/curraffrs/shapely-czech-venus-reveals-secrets

Plans to reinter thousands of burials from the St Nicholas East Kirk (Aberdeen) dig a decade ago:

http://www.scotsman.com/news/1-000-skeletons-found-in-aberdeen-to-be-reinterred-1-4540552

Tracking down a Christopher Columbus letter that had been stolen from the Vatican:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/08/24/sleuths-track-centuries-old-copy-letter-written-christopher/

Medieval London was a violent place:

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2145415-medieval-london-was-the-most-violent-place-in-england/

More on mikvehs from the Great Vilna synagogue dig:

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5006995,00.html

More on the Ballachulish goddess:

http://www.scotsman.com/news/the-return-of-the-2-500-year-old-ballachulish-goddess-1-4542330

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

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ASIA AND THE SOUTH PACIFIC

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Latest from the Naringala Fortress dig:

http://www.today.az/news/society/164339.html

A 400 years bp Korean mummy apparently had a bad meal:

http://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/1.808565

A 16th century Ganesh idol from Hyderabad:

http://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/250817/guntur-16th-century-ganesh-found.html

The Taj Mahal is apparently a tomb, not a temple:

http://www.india.com/news/india/asi-admits-taj-mahal-is-a-tomb-not-a-temple-2429472/

On life in early colonial New Zealand:

https://www.stuff.co.nz/southland-times/news/95863669/milton-burial-project-a-work-in-progress-to-reveal-the-lives-and-deaths-of-early-pioneerss

Concerns for Indian antiquities:

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/indian-antiquities-under-threat-are-we-aware-of-the-implications/articleshow/60239492.cms

Efforts to save colonial-era fountains in Mumbai:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-40847731

Attempting to get Heritage Status for some burial mounds in Osaka:

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/?post_type=news&p=1255656

More on evidence of an ancient trade network in Viet Nam:

https://phys.org/news/2017-08-archaeologists-uncover-ancient-network-vietnam.html

http://www.archaeology.org/news/5857-170821-vietnam-ancient-trade-network

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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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Learning about Ohio’s early crops from seeds and pollen remains:

http://www.dispatch.com/news/20170820/archaeology-ancient-seeds-pollen-show-ohios-lost-crops

An Ohlone site in Fremont:

http://abc7news.com/realestate/exclusive-developer-uncovers-ohlone-indian-remains-i-team-investigates/2336282/

Interesting study of what led to the demise of the Hunley and crew:

https://phys.org/news/2017-08-confederate-submarine-crew-weapon.html

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-08/du-csc081817.php

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2017/08/24/science-may-have-solved-the-150-year-old-mystery-of-a-sunken-civil-war-submarine

http://www.nature.com/news/scientists-solve-mystery-of-us-civil-war-submarine-1.22447

Feature on the ‘Bourbon Pompeii’:

http://www.kentucky.com/news/business/article169294127.html

http://www.wkyt.com/content/news/Bourbon-Pompeii-Rare-find-now-open-to-visitors-441561733.html

Home renovations in Ohio reveal a 19th century log cabin:

http://www.foxnews.com/science/2017/08/24/couple-discover-19th-century-log-cabin-during-home-renovation.html

http://www.cnn.com/videos/us/2017/08/25/ohio-log-cabin-discovery-orig-vstan.cnn

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CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA

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16 Chinese migrant burials (100 years bp) at the Huaca Bellavista site (lots of confusing headlines with this one):

http://www.andina.com.pe/Ingles/noticia-peru-chinese-skeletons-found-in-lima-archaeological-site-679681.aspx

https://phys.org/news/2017-08-peru-pre-incan-site-tomb-chinese.html

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/peru-discovers-bodies-16-chinese-migrants-pre-incan-tomb-gallery-1.3440001?old=/gallery.html

https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/reuters/at-ancient-pyramid-in-peru–remains-of-20th-century-chinese-labourers-found/43468128

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-peru-archaeology-idUSKCN1B504W

http://www.archaeology.org/news/5871-170825-peru-indentured-labor

Assorted Inca remains from around Machu Picchu:

http://www.andina.com.pe/Ingles/noticia-peru-inca-paintings-funerary-contexts-found-near-machu-picchu-679880.aspx

Feature on the Maya:

https://www.livescience.com/41781-the-maya.html

Mexico has created a special police division to deal with cultural heritage issues:

http://www.dw.com/en/mexico-creates-new-federal-police-division-to-protect-cultural-heritage/a-40255182

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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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The Biblical commentary of Bishop Fortunatianus has been translated:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/08/22/dont-take-bible-literally-says-scholar-brought-light-earliest/

Victor Nuovo on Locke:

http://www.addisonindependent.com/201708victor-nuovo-locke-saw-evil-patriarchy

In case you’re wondering about the fate of statuary in the US South:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41030362

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41002743

… and Australia:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-41020363

… and pondering how Shakespeare spelled his name (because of a statue):

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-shakespeare-hecuba-statue-usc-20170823-htmlstory.html

On the family that saved Monticello:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/retropolis/wp/2017/08/23/neo-nazis-rallied-around-jeffersons-statue-at-uva-but-it-was-jews-who-saved-monticello/

A Constable fake is now considered original:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-41000338

Recreating recipes from 17th century ships:

http://mentalfloss.com/article/503719/archaeologists-are-recreating-recipes-17th-century-ships

On the history of tulips:

http://www.dw.com/en/tulips-dramatic-journey-to-europe/g-40199643

On female Russian soldiers during WWI:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/23/insider/russian-women-muster-for-a-battalion-of-death.html

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/women-warriors-russian-revolution-180963067/

Feature on Champollion:

http://catholicstarherald.org/the-man-who-mastered-the-rosetta-stone/

On baked puddings:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-41036341

On the slow adoption of electricity:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40673694

On Primitivism (art movement):

http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20170818-how-a-small-african-figurine-changed-art

On the sound of ancient languages:

https://holykaw.alltop.com/ancient-languages-sounded-like

On the Battle of Hill 70 (WWI):

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41004040

On the Westminster chimes:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-40997642

More eclipse-related items:

http://blog.britishmuseum.org/solar-eclipses-then-and-now/

More on the find of the USS Indianapolis:

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/uss-indianapolis-lost-wwii-warship-found-pacific-ocean-72-years-later-navy-sea-submarine-a7903436.html

Archaeology Podcast Network:

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

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MUSEUM MATTERS

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Lewis Carroll’s photos:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-41024587

Faces of Power:

http://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-museum-coin-exhibit-shows-a-daughters-love-is-worth-more-than-gold/

Centennial of the Everyday:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/museums/in-the-galleries-simple-objects-speak-about-life-in-an-18th-century-hostelry/2017/08/24/bfb5bfe0-8693-11e7-a50f-e0d4e6ec070a_story.html

Splendor and Beauty (Chinese antiquities):

http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1063168.shtml

Scythians:

https://www.ft.com/content/96cca90c-7c63-11e7-ab01-a13271d1ee9c

Plans for an open air museum near Persepolis:

http://www.tehrantimes.com/news/416132/Open-air-museum-to-be-set-up-near-Persepolis

Rommel’s Cave Museum in Egypt is reopening:

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/44/275975/Heritage/Museums/Rommels-Cave-Museum-in-Egypt-to-be-reopened-Friday.aspx

http://www.egyptindependent.com/rommel-cave-museum-reopened-7-years/

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-08/26/c_136555993.htm

The Met has turned over that disputed vase:

http://neoskosmos.com/news/en/Met-surrenders-looted-Ancient-Greek-vase-to-US-authorities-for-investigation

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THE TECHY SIDE

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Not sure where ‘soundscape’ archaeology pieces fit best .. this one is one an Ice Age site:

https://phys.org/news/2017-08-life-ice-age-captured-soundscape.html

Studying the clay of the Terracotta Warriors:

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/china-terra-cotta-army-clay

Another piece on replicating ancient weapons at Kent State:

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/lab-replicates-weapons-early-feats-north-american-engineering-180964077/

Another feature on LiDAR:

https://qz.com/1060921/self-driving-cars-use-the-same-technology-that-discovers-ancient-civilizations/

Not sure how relevant this 3d scanning of fossilized feces is to our purview:

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/08/170824150951.htm

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ON THE DNA FRONT

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Rethinking the impact of ‘caveman’ DNA:

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/08/170823140650.htm

https://phys.org/news/2017-08-cavemen-genetic-checkup.html

More on turkey DNA:

https://news.wsu.edu/2017/08/22/dna-suggests-pueblo-migration/

http://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_news/turkey-bones-may-help-trace-fate-of-ancient-cliff-dwellers/article_602da09b-32ed-5967-b94d-d642d66368c5.html

Dienekes’ Anthropology Blog:

http://dienekes.blogspot.ca/

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TOURISTY THINGS

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Abandoned castles:

http://www.cnn.com/travel/article/abandoned-castles-worldwide/index.html

Conquest Cup:

https://nyti.ms/2v4R9Rl

Ethiopia’s Underground Churches:

http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20170817-ethiopias-miraculous-underground-churches

Alhambra palace:

http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20170817-the-secret-world-of-granadas-alhambra-palace

Budapest:

http://www.dw.com/en/budapest-new-life-in-old-ruins/a-40178137

Egungun Festival (Nigeria):

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-41026019

Zerzevan Castle:

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/zerzevan-castle-home-to-secret-history-.aspx?pageID=238&nid=117141&NewsCatID=375

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CRIME BEAT

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Viking objects stolen from a Norway museum:

https://www.dailysabah.com/europe/2017/08/20/400-immeasurable-viking-objects-stolen-from-museum-in-norway

Theft from a site in South Africa is raising a lot of concerns:

http://www.nature.com/news/theft-of-south-african-relics-riles-researchers-1.22479

https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/south-africa/2017-08-23-theft-of-gold-relics-from-kruger-museum-angers-archaeologists/

Two smuggling busts in Egypt … the second one is kind of strange:

https://dailynewsegypt.com/2017/08/21/authorities-spoils-attempts-smuggling-rare-ancient-relics-outside-egypt/

http://www.timesofisrael.com/bizarre-18th-century-jewish-items-seized-from-archaeology-smuggler-in-egypt/

http://www.menafn.com/1095755473/Authorities-spoils-attempts-of-smuggling-rare-ancient-relics-outside-Egypt

… I think this is one of the above in more detail:

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/43/275899/Heritage/Islamic/Egyptian-authorities-foil-attempt-to-smuggle-Khedi.aspx

http://www.egyptindependent.com/cairo-airport-foils-attempt-smuggle-khedival-era-antiquities-saudi-arabia/

Latest idiot-visitor-breaks-a-museum-object-while-trying-to-take-a-photo story:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/08/22/museum-visitor-damages-800-year-old-coffin-lifting-child-photo/

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2017/aug/22/museum-visitors-photo-stunt-damages-800-year-old-coffin-essex

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-41012491

Arrests for illegal diving for antiquities off Mani (Greece):

http://www.tornosnews.gr/en/greek-news/society/26877-six-arrested-on-charge-of-illegal-diving-for-antiquities-in-mani-greece.html

http://greece.greekreporter.com/2017/08/23/six-men-charged-with-illegal-diving-for-antiquities-in-mani/

This ‘stolen coins’ case involving a British man in Turkey is being spun in various ways:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-41056552

Latest Anonymous Swiss Collector Culture Crime News:

https://www.anonymousswisscollector.com/2017/08/culture-crime-news-7-20-august-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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On what India has recovered since 2014:

http://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/210817/24-antiquities-brought-back-by-modi-government-since-2014.html

http://plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=17112&SEO=india-recovered-24-antiquities-in-three-years

On returning Nazi loot:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41000756

Turkey wants the Hittite King Maradas to be returned:

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkey-asks-for-return-of-hittite-king-maradas.aspx?pageID=238&nid=117042&NewsCatID=375

A piece of marble pipe taken from Olympia was returned:

http://www.tornosnews.gr/en/greek-news/society/26879-fragment-of-ancient-marble-pipe-taken-from-ancient-olympia-returned-to-greece.html

The Metepenagiag people are celebrating the return of a number of artifacts:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/artifacts-metepenagiag-return-artifacts-new-brunswick-first-nation-1.4261942?cmp=rss

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NUMISMATICA

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Latest e-Sylum:

http://www.coinbooks.org/v20/club_nbs_esylum_v20n34.html

… and the one which should appear later today:

http://www.coinbooks.org/v20/club_nbs_esylum_v20n35.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/2642-audio-news-from-archaeologica-august-13-through-19-2017

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OBITUARIES

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Martin Roth:

http://uk.blouinartinfo.com/news/story/2454507/martin-roth-former-director-of-va-museum-dies-at-62

Bridget Allchin:

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/aug/23/bridget-allchin-obituary

Martin Aitken:

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/aug/24/martin-aitken-obituary

Ian Graham:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2017/08/25/ian-graham-mayan-field-archaeologist-obituary/

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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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