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, Don Buck, 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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Studying to El Sidron child to postulate how Neanderthals grew:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-09/snrc-crh092117.php

https://phys.org/news/2017-09-neanderthal-boy-skull-grew-human.html

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/09/170921141215.htm

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/21/science/neanderthal-brain-growth.html

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-41351019

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/sep/22/neanderthal-boys-skull-reveals-they-grew-like-modern-boys

https://www.seeker.com/culture/archaeology/neanderthal-boy-found-in-spanish-cave-was-human-like-but-with-a-larger-brain

http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-41351019

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/09/22/552963854/study-suggests-neanderthals-enjoyed-long-childhoods

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/did-neanderthal-children-grow-lot-modern-human-children-180964993/

https://elpais.com/elpais/2017/09/21/ciencia/1506013776_695158.html

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AFRICA

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On the racism behind interpretations of some of Africa’s ancient architecture:

http://allafrica.com/stories/201709180081.html

More on that Portuguese shipwreck found off Namibia a decade ago:

https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/97052511/Recovered-artifacts-from-a-shipwrecked-16th-Century-Portuguese-vessel-still-missing-after-a-decade

More on curbing theft of Libyan antiquities:

https://www.libyaobserver.ly/culture/head-libyas-archeology-authority-urges-neighboring-countries-help-end-smuggling-antiquities

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Mark Lehner may have found evidence of how the stones for the pyramids were transported (news on this is just a trickle at this point):

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=11925828

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/4534360/archaeologists-uncover-proof-of-how-egyptians-built-the-great-pyramid-of-giza/

Nice feature on a pit full of ritually-buried statuary from Karnak (found in 2014):

https://www.livescience.com/60484-egyptian-statues-found-in-pit.html

https://www.livescience.com/60485-photos-ancient-egyptian-sphinx-buried-in-pit.html

http://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/24144/%E2%80%98Graveyard%E2%80%99-of-Ancient-Egyptian-sculptures-in-Karnak

Documenting antiquities in Tanis (I’m not sure what’s going on here):

http://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/23433/Campaign-documents-fixed-antiquities-in-Tanis-Egypt

More on Hawass’ opera project:

http://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/22398/Hawass-to-write-opera-about-Tutankhamen

Two interesting pieces of investigative journalism on the Guennol Stargazer:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/59c54f19e4b08d6615504225

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/59c03f89e4b082fd4205b935

Studying Urartian burials from the province of Van:

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/urartian-necropolis-reveals-burial-customs-.aspx?pageID=238&nid=118185&NewsCatID=375

Feature on a 3000 years bp doll in a Gaziantep museum:

http://www.arabnews.com/node/1164496/offbeat

More on citrus in the ancient Mediterranean:

https://www.aftau.org/news-page-archaeology?=&storyid4677=2347&ncs4677=3&erid=6686858&trid=b2ee032f-6135-48b0-ab7a-7b572b813668

Revisiting the current state of Palmyra:

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/ancient-city-of-palmyra-in-intensive-care-after-destruction-by-isil.aspx?pageID=238&nid=118102&NewsCatID=375

… and Mosul:

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/salvation-mosul-180964772/

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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS)

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Latest Minoan (and later) finds from Zominthos:

http://www.tornosnews.gr/en/greek-news/culture/27244-complex-architectural-features-and-rare-artifacts-found-in-minoan-palace-excavations-on-cretan-mountain.html

http://greece.greekreporter.com/2017/09/19/new-pictures-from-minoan-palace-of-zominthos-released/

We’re also reading of the find of some Minoan burials:

http://www.news.com.au/world/breaking-news/3000yearold-minoan-graves-uncovered/news-story/0ff977692ff6715a66a83fa08fc5d14e

http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=2443561&CategoryId=13936

More on the Mycenean tomb find at Orchomenos:

http://www.euronews.com/2017/09/19/mycenaean-tomb-found-in-greece

Bridge construction near the Crimea reveals a 5th century BCE Greek fortress of some sort:

http://tass.com/society/966176

A possible temple of Athena from Manisa:

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/searching-for-traces-of-ancient-temple-of-athena-in-turkeys-manisa.aspx?pageID=238&nID=118049&NewsCatID=375

A Hellenistic temple of Poseidon (maybe) from Jordan:

http://www.trtworld.com/mea/archaeologists-discover-ancient-temple-in-jordan-s-amman-10564

Feature on the excavations at Patara:

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/daily-life-tools-shed-light-on-hellenistic-era-in-antalya.aspx?pageID=238&nid=118180&NewsCatID=375

Nice feature on Syrians in Hadrianic Britain:

http://www.aramcoworld.com/en-US/Articles/July-2017/Hadrian-s-Syrians-1

A temple of Artemis on Euboea:

http://greece.greekreporter.com/2017/09/20/swiss-archaelogists-discover-ancient-temple-of-artemis-on-euboea/

http://www.ekathimerini.com/221897/article/ekathimerini/life/ancient-greek-sanctuary-of-artemis-unearthed-in-evia-says-culture-ministry

http://www.newsweek.com/ancient-greece-secrets-long-lost-temple-artemis-revealed-after-100-year-search-669435

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-09/22/c_136630440.htm

https://www.archaeology.org/news/5930-170920-greece-artemis-temple

Some Nero brickstamps:

http://www.readingchronicle.co.uk/news/15552282.Rare_evidence_of_leading_Roman_figure_found_during_excavation/

A 1700 years bp villa from Antalya:

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/ruins-of-ancient-villa-found-in-antalya.aspx?pageID=238&nid=118136&NewsCatID=375

Linking Roman lead pipes and the economy:

https://www.pri.org/stories/2017-09-24/new-study-tracks-ancient-roman-economy-using-city-s-early-lead-plumbing

Interesting study of ancient Mediterranean textile characteristics and influences:

https://phys.org/news/2017-09-ancient-textiles-reveal-differences-mediterranean.html

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-09/uoc-atr092217.php

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/09/170922094034.htm

Feature on Sparta:

https://www.livescience.com/32035-sparta.html

Feature on the Margites:

http://www.thedailybeast.com/before-the-iliad-did-homer-write-the-worlds-first-comedy

I think we mentioned this study suggesting Greeks may have deliberately built on fault lines:

https://www.seeker.com/culture/archaeology/ancient-greeks-may-have-deliberately-built-sacred-sites-on-earthquake-faults

https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidbressan/2017/09/21/active-earthquake-faults-may-played-a-role-in-the-rise-and-demise-of-ancient-sacred-sites/

In case you missed the return of that ‘Hercules sarcophagus’:

https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/geneva-to-turkey_priceless-roman-sarcophagus-heads-home-after-legal-saga/43495484

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/roman-sarcophagus-of-hercules-returns-home-to-turkey.aspx?pageID=238&nID=117972&NewsCatID=375

https://www.dailysabah.com/turkey/2017/09/20/sarcophagus-of-hercules-set-in-place

What Max Nelson is up to:

http://windsorstar.com/news/local-news/barbarians-and-brews-university-of-windsor-prof-knows-his-beer-history

We’re being warned about a ‘supervolcano’ near Vesuvius again:

http://www.ibtimes.com/italy-supervolcano-near-mount-vesuvius-may-soon-erupt-scientists-say-2591185

Homer and hip hop … fused:

https://www.thelantern.com/2017/09/graduate-student-creates-homer-and-hip-hop-fusion/

More on that Roman mosaic from Boxford:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/18/world/europe/uk-boxford-roman-mosaic.html

https://www.livescience.com/60440-roman-mosaic-found-in-england.html

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/09/ancient-roman-mosaic-discovered-video-spd/

http://mentalfloss.com/article/504561/amateur-archaeologists-england-unearth-rare-roman-mosaic

More on that mass burial from Parion:

http://www.newsweek.com/ancient-rome-mass-grave-filled-skeletons-baffles-archaeologists-turkey-666806

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/skeletons-found-in-ancient-tomb.aspx?pageID=238&nid=118011&NewsCatID=375

More on recent finds from Vindolanda:

https://www.livescience.com/60379-photos-roman-fort-vindolanda.html

https://www.livescience.com/60385-toy-swords-unearthed-roman-fort-vindolanda.html

Reviews of Daniel Mendelsohn, *An Odyssey*:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/18/books/review/review-an-odyssey-daniel-mendelsohn.html

https://www.csmonitor.com/Books/Book-Reviews/2017/0920/An-Odyssey-is-a-father-son-journey-with-Homer-as-guide

Review of Bishop, *The Pilum*:

https://www.archaeology.co.uk/articles/review-pilum-roman-heavy-javelin.htm

Review of Rushworth and Croom, *Segedunum*:

https://www.archaeology.co.uk/articles/review-segedunum-excavations-charles-daniels-roman-fort-wallsend-1975-1984.htm

Review of Ferry’s *Aeneid* translation:

https://www.wsj.com/articles/of-arms-and-the-man-1506104780

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

Visit our blog:

http://rogueclassicism.com/

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EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland)

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6000 years bp remains of a dwelling near Ayrshire:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-41347487

http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/15550214.Remains_of_6_000_year_old_dwelling_found_in_Ayrshire_field_during_water_mains_project/

http://www.scotsman.com/news/house-older-than-stonehenge-found-in-east-ayrshire-field-1-4566488

http://www.thenational.scot/news/15550893.Archaeologists_excited_by_Neolithic_house_find/

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/6000-year-old-house-older-stonehenge-found-scottish-field-1640452

http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/09/2017/unearthing-an-ancient-house-in-ayrshire

https://www.archaeology.org/news/5932-170921-scotland-neolithic-house

A Bronze Age hoard from Cumbria:

https://www.archaeology.co.uk/articles/unusual-bronze-age-hoard-found-cumbria.htm

A possible Pictish longhouse find at Burghead Fort:

https://www.archaeology.co.uk/articles/pictish-longhouse-unearthed-burghead-fort.htm

Sixty or so largely intact shipwrecks from various periods found in the Black Sea’s ‘dead zone’:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/09/19/watch-shipwrecks-dating-5th-century-discovered-bottom-black/

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/scientists-investigating-climate-change-stumble-11197975

http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/archaeologists-reveal-2500-years-of-seafaring-in-the-black-sea-09-19-2017

https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/scientists-discover-60-ancient-ships-preserved-black-sea-n803991

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/another-fleet-ancient-ships-discovered-black-sea-180964978/

https://www.archaeology.org/news/5938-170922-black-sea-shipwrecks

… not sure if this is part of the above:

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/ancient-wreckages-discovered-on-southern-coasts-in-mersin.aspx?pageID=238&nid=118227&NewsCatID=375

A Viking boat burial from Norway:

https://www.livescience.com/60462-early-viking-boat-grave-discovered.html

Interesting medieval porpoise burial (!) from the Chapelle Dom Hue:

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/sep/19/medieval-porpoise-grave-on-channel-island-puzzles-archaeologists

https://www.seeker.com/culture/archaeology/porpoise-burial-by-medieval-monks-creates-puzzling-grave-mystery

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/09/medieval-porpoise-bones-buried-guernsey-video-spd/

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/discovery-porpoise-bones-medieval-site-mystifies-archaeologists-180964961/

https://www.archaeology.org/news/5927-170919-channel-island-porpoise

… and apparently it is not a unique find:

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/sep/20/channel-islands-buried-porpoise-is-not-the-first-such-mysterious-find

Digging a medieval cave monastery in Georgia:

http://agenda.ge/news/87481/eng

Latest Crossrail find is evidence of bodysnatching, apparently:

https://www.archaeology.co.uk/articles/beating-londons-bodysnatchers.htm

Excavating the ‘utopian wife-swapping project’ at Manea:

http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/history/wife-swapping-manea-project-utopian-13631077

http://metro.co.uk/2017/09/18/200-year-old-wife-swapping-colony-discovered-in-cambridgeshire-6936893/

A dig has commenced next to the Paisley Abbey site:

http://www.renfrewshire24.co.uk/2017/09/18/work-starts-on-archaeological-dig-to-explore-a-mysterious-site-near-paisley-abbey/

Searching for the original Oxen Ford:

http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/15549517.Storytelling_flints_and_the_original_Oxen_Ford__flood_scheme_archaeology_begins/

https://www.archaeology.org/news/5939-170922-oxford-ancient-archaeology

Feature on what might remain of Old Skegness:

http://www.bostonstandard.co.uk/whats-on/arts/old-skegness-lost-to-the-sea-could-be-hiding-ancient-treasures-1-8148260

A metal detectorist has found a medieval crucifix:

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-41318348

Studying Neolithic Orkney rivalries:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-41319168

http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/homenews/15544975.Neolithic_communities_in_Orkney_faced_tensions_and_rivalries_with_other_villages__scientists_show/

I think we mentioned this purported hanging of a monkey in Hartlepool:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tees-40801937

… and this Viking sword find:

https://www.archaeology.org/news/5911-170912-norway-viking-sword

More on the Rooswijk:

https://www.archaeology.co.uk/articles/rescuing-the-rooswijk.htm

More on that female Viking warrior:

http://www.columbian.com/news/2017/sep/21/dna-says-viking-warrior-found-in-1889-was-female/

… and the doubts associated therewith:

http://mashable.com/2017/09/12/female-viking-warrior-military-leader-doubts-debunk/

More on the Stonehenge tunnel approval:

http://www.chardandilminsternews.co.uk/news/15529171.Government_gives_green_light_to_Stonehenge_tunnel/

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

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ASIA AND THE SOUTH PACIFIC

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19 Neolithic burials on the China-Russia border:

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-09/22/c_136629307.htm

https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/19-neolithic-tombs-discovered-in-china/1151927

Five Tusi ‘chieftain’ burials from Guizhou:

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-09/18/c_136618019.htm

http://www.thestandard.com.hk/breaking-news.php?id=96845&sid=3

https://www.archaeology.org/news/5923-170918-china-tusi-chieftains

Feature on some of China’s significant archaeology finds from the past five years:

http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/culture/2017-09/18/content_32143430.htm

Feature on the dig at Sharyshyq:

http://kazakh-tv.kz/en/view/news_kazakhstan/page_187387_

More on the ‘irregularities’ of the dig at Tang’s tomb:

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-09/12/c_136603829.htm

A sixth century CE stone sculpture of Shiva from Kashmir:

http://www.india.com/news/agencies/rare-6th-century-stone-sculpture-of-shiva-found-in-kashmir-2494261/

http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-kashmir-6th-century-lord-shiva-stone-sculpture-unearthed-in-harwan-2548041

On how India contributed to the development of math(s):

https://phys.org/news/2017-09-ways-ancient-india-world-maths.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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Evidence of a human presence in Alaska 14 000 years bp:

https://source.colostate.edu/csu-archaeologists-unearthing-mans-roots-alaska/

Finds from various periods at three Fredericksburg sites:

http://www.fredericksburg.com/news/local/fredericksburg/bones-ancient-artifacts-found-at-three-fredericksburg-sites/article_1e89f702-956e-53d5-82e6-b64aea650a07.html

http://www.martinsvillebulletin.com/news/bones-ancient-artifacts-dating-to-b-c-found-at-three/article_fdac2e87-ab81-5485-97f5-56e8436e8f75.html

An (expensive) 1831 drain pipe from Toronto:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/st-lawrence-market-costs-1.4298986

http://www.blogto.com/city/2017/09/controversy-old-drain-pipe-north-st-lawrence-market/

Concerns for sites in the Chaco region:

https://phys.org/news/2017-09-archaeologists-chaco-region.html

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/sep/22/archaeologists-more-protections-needed-for-chaco-r/

https://durangoherald.com/articles/185292

http://www.wnem.com/story/36433337/archaeologists-more-protections-needed-for-chaco-region

http://www.denverpost.com/2017/09/22/chaco-culture-national-historical-park-protections/

Feature on arrowheads from Piedmont (SC):

https://www.carolinacountry.com/carolina-stories/stories/indian-arrowheads-of-the-piedmont

Feature on the history of the University of Virginia:

https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/public/charlottesville-jeffersons-university/

Latest evidence (maybe) for the lost city of Roanoke:

http://portcitydaily.com/2017/09/22/possible-evidence-of-the-lost-colony-found-at-coastal-land-trusts-new-site-x-nws/

More on the Erebus:

https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2017/09/14/hms-erebus-wreck-to-unlock-secrets-of-doomed-franklin-expedition.html

More on the dugout canoe Irma revealed:

http://www.nbc15.com/content/news/Canoe-washed-ashore-after-Irma-could-be-hundreds-of-years-old-445334383.html

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CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA

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A Maya royal burial from El Peru-Waka (Guatemala):

https://www.livescience.com/60433-royal-mayan-tomb-with-red-bones.html

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/09/ancient-maya-king-tomb-spd/

http://nypost.com/2017/09/20/archeologists-discover-tomb-of-4th-century-mayan-king/

https://www.yahoo.com/news/1-000-old-tomb-maya-174500765.html

Cold-resistant yeast found in some 1000 years bp pottery found near the Chile-Argentina border:

https://www.archaeology.org/news/5928-170919-south-america-yeast

… with the expected connections being made to beer production:

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/lager-beer-may-originate-south-america-not-germany-research-suggests-n802541

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/did-lager-beer-originate-south-america-180964962/

Sediment in Martinique is connected to an 18th century earthquake (and tsunami) in Portugal:

https://eos.org/articles/caribbean-sediment-traced-to-1755-portuguese-quake-and-tsunami

On the affinities between Brazilian earthworks and the Hopewell Mounds:

http://www.dispatch.com/news/20170924/archaeology-brazilian-earthworks-eerily-similar-to-ohios-hopewell-mounds

Feature on Teotihuacan’s urban design:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-09/dgo-htu092017.php

https://phys.org/news/2017-09-teotihuacan-urban-lost.html

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/09/170920113346.htm

http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/09/2017/teotihuacans-unique-urban-design

Pondering the population of Easter Island:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-09/f-ste092017.php

… and an APOD with an Easter Island connection:

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap170918.html

Mexico is creating a Latin American theme park:

https://economia.elpais.com/economia/2017/09/18/actualidad/1505756714_551619.html

On a temple in the Amazon and the history of cocoa (my Spanish isn’t working well this a.m.):

https://elpais.com/elpais/2017/09/22/estilo/1506043289_701424.html

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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 why we ignore the idea of warrior women:

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/sep/18/battle-prejudice-warrior-women-ancient-amazons

On Yale’s ‘brain collection’:

https://www.yalemedicine.org/stories/brain-science/

Feature on Samuel Johnson’s dictionary:

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/sep/18/how-well-do-you-know-samuel-johnsons-dictionary-quiz

… and a feature on the man himself:

http://www.ibtimes.com/who-samuel-johnson-google-doodle-honors-dictionary-author-2591027

An old sack proves to be of the right age to be associated with St Francis of Assisi:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-09/uosd-7yo092217.php

http://www.ibtimes.com/science-offers-evidence-catholic-religions-st-francis-assisi-legend-2593106

Feature on doomsday predictions:

https://www.livescience.com/60499-ancient-theories-fuel-doomsday-predictions.html

Latest Lego work is a history of London:

https://londonist.com/london/art-and-photography/someone-s-created-a-history-of-london-in-lego-it-s-something-quite-special

A ‘lost’ Rubens turns up in the Glasgow Museum:

http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-41373007

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/09/24/missing-rubens-masterpiece-found-hanging-historic-house-glasgow/

Medieval studies is having a dustup over accusation of racism now:

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2017/09/19/one-professors-critique-another-divides-medieval-studies

A WWI U-boat find off the coast of Belgium:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-41318195

https://www.livescience.com/60475-wwi-german-u-boat-found-off-belgium-coast.html

A history of sunglasses:

http://www.jhunewsletter.com/2017/09/21/the-many-shades-of-sunglasses-a-short-history/

Changes regarding the sale of antiquities are coming in India:

http://www.livemint.com/Politics/lo3Z90iJXmqy0N8Oa2BUtN/You-may-soon-be-able-to-sell-antiques-without-a-licence.html

On Hobbit inspiration:

http://www.newsweek.com/hobbit-jrr-tolkien-anniversary-inspiration-668989

Millicent Fawcett is getting a statue:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-41330508

Feature on Sebastian Elcano:

https://elpais.com/cultura/2017/09/21/actualidad/1505951978_854948.html

Pondering ‘Tulipmania’:

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/there-never-was-real-tulip-fever-180964915/

Studying the history of ‘sociable reading’:

https://phys.org/news/2017-09-reveals-hidden-history-sociable-18th.html

Not sure if this ‘nazi era’ box find from Austria has made it into the reputable press yet:

http://m.jpost.com/Diaspora/Hitler-busts-Nazi-era-paintings-found-in-Austrian-Parliament-building-505283

A call for the return of the Met’s art and antiquities squad:

https://www.apollo-magazine.com/bring-back-the-mets-art-and-antiquities-squad/

Review of Beglane (ed), *Gatherings: Past and Present*:

https://www.archaeology.co.uk/articles/review-gatherings-past-present.htm

Archaeology Podcast Network:

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

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MUSEUM MATTERS

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Treasures of Viet Nam:

http://english.vietnamnet.vn/fms/art-entertainment/186614/vietnamese-archaeological-treasures-continue-tour-of-germany.html

Scythians:

https://www.spectator.co.uk/2017/09/pot-smoking-warriors-who-attached-enemy-bodyparts-to-their-horses-scythians-reviewed/

http://www.theupcoming.co.uk/2017/09/19/scythians-warriors-of-ancient-siberia-at-the-british-museum-exhibition-review/

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/waldemar-januszczak-art-review-scythians-british-museum-6b0r33zlt

Escape from Pompeii:

http://www.communitynews.com.au/fremantle-gazette/lifestyle/escape-from-pompeii-the-untold-roman-rescue-is-at-the-maritime-museum-in-fremantle/

Ancient Chinese Science:

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-09/22/c_136627875.htm

http://greece.greekreporter.com/2017/09/22/__trashed-19/

Gladiators:

http://www.gwinnettdailypost.com/entertainment/gladiators-exhibit-turns-fernbank-into-the-colosseum/article_d741769c-642d-540e-a97f-98db8099ffc1.html

Chinese Landscapes:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/13/arts/design/chinese-landscapes-at-the-met-if-those-mountains-could-talk.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fdesign

Fort Orange collection:

https://altamontenterprise.com/09212017/pieces-past-tell-how-dutch-settlers-and-native-peoples-collaborated-1600s

Book of the Dead:

https://news.uchicago.edu/article/2017/09/22/exhibit-illustrates-magical-powers-book-dead-ancient-egypt

Egypt is denying that illicit artifacts have been given to the Louvre Abu Dhabi:

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/277421/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/No-unauthorised-Egyptian-artefacts-at-Louvre-Abu-D.aspx

http://www.egyptindependent.com/no-egyptian-antiquities-smuggled-louvre-abu-dhabi-museum-official/

https://dailynewsegypt.com/2017/09/20/egypt-denies-sending-antiquities-display-abu-dhabis-louvre/

http://menafn.com/1095880258/Egypt-denies-sending-antiquities-to-display-at-Abu-Dhabis-Louvre

The Peabody Essex Museum has acquired some Native American artifacts:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/21/arts/design/peabody-essex-museum-gets-set-of-native-american-artifacts.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Farts

Report on the Paris Biennale:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/15/arts/design/paris-biennale.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fdesign

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THE TECHY SIDE

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Applying VR to African artifacts:

https://phys.org/news/2017-09-virtual-reality-life-african-fossils.html

What 3d scans of dog fossils reveals about domestication:

https://phys.org/news/2017-09-d-analysis-dog-fossils-domestication.html

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/09/170920182045.htm

On the use of drones in archaeology:

https://www.wired.com/story/archaeologists-dont-always-need-to-digtheyve-got-drones/

… and aerial thermal imagery:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-09/dc-hat092117.php

https://phys.org/news/2017-09-aerial-thermal-imagery-revolutionizing-archaeology.html

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ON THE DNA FRONT

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A major genomic study of Africa:

https://phys.org/news/2017-09-ancient-human-dna-sub-saharan-africa.html

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-09/hms-ahd092017.php

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/09/170921141311.htm

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/21/science/africa-dna-migration.html

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/deadthings/2017/09/21/oldest-african-dna-offers-rare-window-into-past/

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/scientists-complete-first-major-study-ancient-human-dna-africa-180964973/

https://www.archaeology.org/news/5934-170921-africa-genome-migration

Dienekes’ Anthropology Blog:

http://dienekes.blogspot.ca/

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TOURISTY THINGS

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Pompeii and Herculaneum:

http://www.philstar.com/opinion/2017/09/21/1741177/visit-pompeii-and-herculaneum

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CRIME BEAT

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Arrests over illegal excavations in Cairo and Sharqia:

http://www.egyptindependent.com/two-suspects-arrested-illegal-excavation-cairo-sharqia/

A break-in at the Mohamed Ali Palace in Shubra:

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContentP/10/277419/Blogs/Breakin-at-Mohamed-Ali-Palace-in-Shubra,-no-artefa.aspx

Some Ottoman-era items seized at the Cairo airport are headed for the Museum of Islamic Art:

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/44/277471/Heritage/Museums/Ottomanera-artefacts-seized-at-Cairo-airport-to-go.aspx

Feature on the market for forged and stolen artworks:

http://www.smh.com.au/comment/global-market-for-forged-and-stolen-artworks-is-thriving-and-underpoliced-20170921-gylyc0.html

Not sure where to put this one … the mayor of Paphos is making accusations against Foreign Ministry staff:

http://cyprus-mail.com/2017/09/22/paphos-mayor-accuses-foreign-ministry-staff-wrongdoing/

Latest Anonymous Swiss Collector Culture Crime News:

http://www.anonymousswisscollector.com/2017/09/culture-crime-news-4-17-september-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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Not sure if we should classify it as repatriation when folks turn in artifacts:

https://www.libyaobserver.ly/inbrief/two-people-hand-relics-authorities-tripoli

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NUMISMATICA

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Latest e-Sylum:

http://www.coinbooks.org/v20/club_nbs_esylum_v20n38.html

… and the one which should appear later today:

http://www.coinbooks.org/v20/club_nbs_esylum_v20n39.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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Feature on Francesca Caccini:

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/francesca-caccini-sixteenth-century-musical-genius-youve-never-heard-180964884/

Loving Vincent:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/21/movies/loving-vincent-review-van-gogh.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Farts

Victoria and Abdul:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/21/movies/victoria-and-abdul-review-judi-dench.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Farts

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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/2652-audio-news-from-archaeologica-10-september-2017-16-september-2017

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OBITUARIES

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Joyce Matz:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/19/nyregion/joyce-matz-fervid-voice-for-historic-preservation-dies-at-92.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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