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

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

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

Richard 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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2.1 million years b.p. tools from China (and the associated implications):

https://phys.org/news/2018-07-discovery-ancient-tools-china-humans.html

https://phys.org/news/2018-07-humankind-odyssey-africa-began-million.html

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-07/uoe-doa071018.php

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/11/science/hominins-tools-china.html

http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-07/15/c_137324467.htm

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-44797323

https://www.yahoo.com/news/stone-tools-age-asias-first-homo-presence-170748782.html

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/shangchen-stone-tools-put-early-hominids-china-earlier

https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/07/hominins-lived-in-china-2-1-million-years-ago/

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/deadthings/2018/07/11/hominins-in-china/

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2018/07/news-china-human-tools-africa-shangchen-hominin-paleoanthropology/

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/oldest-stone-tools-outside-africa-unearthed-china-180969621/

https://www.archaeology.org/news/6784-180712-china-ancient-tools

Suggestion that modern humans arose at different locations in Africa at different times:

https://phys.org/news/2018-07-rethinking-homo-sapiens-story-dizzyingly.html

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-07/mpif-ofa070518.php

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-07/cp-hei070518.php

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/07/180711114544.htm

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/MAGAZINE-humans-began-to-evolve-half-a-million-years-ago-all-over-africa-1.6264916

http://www.newsweek.com/humans-did-not-evolve-single-population-africa-researchers-say-1018143

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/07/the-new-story-of-humanitys-origins/564779/

https://www.archaeology.org/news/6782-180711-evolution-african-multiregionalism

They were checking out Otzi’s last meal/diet this week:

https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(18)30703-6

https://phys.org/news/2018-07-year-old-iceman-meal-reveals-remarkably.html

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-44807101

https://www.dw.com/en/%C3%B6tzi-study-sheds-light-on-5000-year-old-alpine-diet/a-44643261

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/otzi-mummy-ate-high-fat-meal-before-death

https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2018/07/14/a-mummys-final-meal-adds-to-an-ancient-mystery

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/jul/12/otzis-last-supper-mummified-hunters-final-meal-revealed

https://www.npr.org/628907366

https://elpais.com/elpais/2018/07/12/ciencia/1531397759_893477.html

http://www.archaeology.org/news/6785-180712-otzi-last-meal

Pondering the evolution of the human hand:

https://phys.org/news/2018-07-bone-marrow-key-role-evolution.html

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/07/180711105725.htm

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/human-hand-evolve-bone-smashing-180969632/

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AFRICA

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Petroglyphs found all over Tanzania:

http://scienceinpoland.pap.pl/en/news/news%2C30116%2Cpolish-archaeologist-discovers-hundreds-rock-paintings-tanzania.html

https://www.archaeology.org/news/6778-180710-tanzania-rock-art

Feature on Yaa Asantewaa:

https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-africa-44772345/yaa-asantewaa-and-the-fight-for-the-golden-stool

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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT

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A Saite-Persian period mummification workshop from Saqqara:

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/306907/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/New-Saqqara-necropolis-discovery-to-reveal-secrets.aspx

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/306535/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/Mummies,-embalming-equipment-discovered-south-of-P.aspx

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jul/14/a-goldmine-mummies-secrets-uncovered-in-egypt

https://www.timesunion.com/news/world/article/Archaeologists-in-Egypt-discover-mummification-13074848.php

https://www.dw.com/en/mummification-workshop-discovered-near-egypts-great-pyramids/a-44675897

https://www.albawaba.com/editorchoice/egypts-saqqara-necropolis-unearths-new-embalming-equipment-funerary-and-mummies-1157822

https://www.news.com.au/world/breaking-news/mummification-workshop-found-in-egypt/news-story/fdc27689a58d69c9045927c53429aa13

35 mummies were also found there:

http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-07/14/c_137323962.htm

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-egypt-archaeology-discovery/egypt-uncovers-mummy-burial-site-near-great-pyramids-idUSKBN1K40M1

https://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/egypt/archaeologists-uncover-2-000-year-old-mummy-burial-site-in-egypt-1.6270717

… and other things were announced too (this obviously was reported in various ways):

https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/53962/In-pics-5-ancient-Egyptian-stone-coffins-discovered-at-Saqqara

http://www.egyptindependent.com/egyptian-german-archaeological-expedition-uncover-cemetery-saqqara/

https://egyptianstreets.com/2018/07/10/ministry-of-antiquities-to-announce-ancient-egyptian-discoveries-at-saqqara-necropolis/

A bust in Egypt (I think we mentioned it last week) has led to the discovery of a Greco-Roman city site:

https://aawsat.com/english/home/article/1328956/egypt-arrest-gang-leads-discovery-ancient-greco-roman-city

Roman and Byzantine ‘chambers’ from Mitt Abu Al-Kom (Alexandria):

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/41/306778/Heritage/GrecoRoman/Archaeological-chambers-uncovered-in-Alexandria-.aspx

http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-07/13/c_137320442.htm

https://www.archaeology.org/news/6788-180713-egypt-alexandria-rooms

Feature on a model Egyptian ship at the Getty:

http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/egyptian-ship-model-sheds-light-on-bronze-age-warfare-and-religion/

Using VR to help ‘save’ Nefertari’s tomb:

https://www.livescience.com/63010-ancient-egypt-sistine-chapel-virtual-reality.html

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/take-vr-tour-egyptian-queens-elaborate-tomb-180969597/

Possible evidence of the Persian/Lydian battle at Sardis:

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/traces-of-war-found-in-ancient-lydian-city-sardis-134494

https://www.archaeology.org/news/6789-180713-turkey-sardis-war

The gate to the city of Zer/Bethsaida (maybe) has been found:

https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Archaeologists-uncover-gate-to-biblical-city-of-Zer-561941

https://www.timesofisrael.com/ancient-city-gate-uncovered-in-the-galilee-may-have-tie-to-biblical-king-david/

http://www.ibtimes.sg/archaeologists-discover-gate-biblical-city-zer-where-jesus-christ-used-live-26669

Latest on the Huqoq mosaics:

https://uncnews.unc.edu/2018/07/09/unparalleled-mosaics

https://phys.org/news/2018-07-discoveries-archaeology-team-clues-life.html

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-07/uonc-dba070918.php

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/07/180709120202.htm

https://www.timesofisrael.com/mind-blowing-1600-year-old-biblical-mosaics-paint-new-picture-of-galilean-life/

http://www.nationalgeographic.com.au/history/biblical-spies-revealed-in-1500-year-old-mosaic.aspx

https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/biblical-sites-places/biblical-archaeology-sites/huqoq-mosaic-israelite-spies-numbers-13/

http://www.archaeology.org/news/6781-180711-galilee-spies-grapes

A Byzantine-era cross on a weight found at Hippos/Sussita:

https://www.haifa.ac.il/index.php/en/3267.html

https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Newly-discovered-Byzantine-era-cross-sheds-light-on-Muslim-Christian-ties-562247

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/MAGAZINE-masked-byzantine-weight-found-in-hippos-indicates-religious-tensions-1.6225133

https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/248749

http://www.jewishpress.com/news/israel/hidden-silver-cross-attests-to-religious-tolerance-of-7th-century-caliphate/2018/07/11/

Latest on Nahum’s tomb:

https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/archaeology-today/cultural-heritage/biblical-prophet-nahum-tomb/

Interview with Israel Hershkovitz:

https://www.fromthegrapevine.com/podcasts/lifestyle/our-friend-from-israel-podcast-episode-8-israel-hershkovitz-archaeologist-tel-aviv-university

Feature on Ephraim Stern:

https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/archaeology-today/archaeologists-biblical-scholars-works/giant-persian-period-ephraim-stern/

Feature on mothers in the New Testament:

http://www.asor.org/anetoday/2018/07/Blessed-Among-Women

The Atiqot site is back online:

http://www.atiqot.org.il/

Latest restoration of Palmyra artifacts story:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/07/09/syrian-archaeologists-begin-restoring-palmyra-artefacts-destroyed/?WT.mc_id=tmg_share_em

https://www.independent.ie/world-news/archaeologists-work-to-repair-ancient-treasures-destroyed-by-isil-37099131.html

More on that rebel coin find from Jerusalem:

https://www.thedailybeast.com/rare-coin-sheds-light-on-doomed-jewish-rebels

More on heritage status for Gobekli Tepe:

https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2018/07/turkeys-gobeklitepe-in-unesco-list.html

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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS)

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Plenty of coverage of the discovery of a tablet with some of Homer’s Odyssey on it (and it *isn’t* the oldest, by a longshot):

https://www.livescience.com/63051-oldest-fragment-homer-odyssey.html

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-44779492

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/jul/10/earliest-extract-of-homers-epic-poem-odyssey-unearthed

http://greece.greekreporter.com/2018/07/10/ancient-greek-tablet-of-homers-odyssey-unearthed-at-olympia/

http://www.tornosnews.gr/en/greek-news/culture/31891-oldest-homer%E2%80%99s-odyssey-inscriptions-discovered-on-roman-era-slabs-at-ancient-olympia.html

http://www.ekathimerini.com/230527/article/ekathimerini/life/clay-plaque-found-at-olympia-hailed-as-oldest-written-record-of-odyssey

https://news.gtp.gr/2018/07/11/homers-odyssey-archaeologists-discovered-oldest-written-extract/

https://www.yahoo.com/news/ancient-tablet-odyssey-epic-discovered-greece-160652964.html

https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/greece-clay-slab-writing-oldest-odyssey-excerpt-56509758

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/oldest-of-homer-s-odyssey-is-merely-an-oddity-3tnh0c8pv

https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-greece-archaeology-odyssey/oldest-known-extract-of-homers-odyssey-discovered-in-greece-idUKKBN1K01OY

http://theweek.com/speedreads/784012/archaeologists-discover-what-may-oldest-written-record-homers-odyssey

http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-07/10/c_137314991.htm

https://www.deseretnews.com/article/900024603/researchers-say-theyve-found-the-oldest-known-extract-from-homers-odyssey.html

http://www.ansamed.info/ansamed/en/news/sections/culture/2018/07/12/oldest-written-record-of-odyssey-discovered_13eed7ac-81a1-4ace-b41d-554ff1bb9866.html

http://www.iflscience.com/editors-blog/archaeologists-have-found-the-oldest-copy-of-one-of-the-most-important-stories-ever-told/

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/oldest-greek-fragment-homer-discovered-clay-tablet-180969602/

http://www.archaeology.org/news/6777-180710-greece-plaque-odyssey

… a much-needed analysis of the claim:

https://www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2018/07/14/emily-wilson/making-a-pigsty/

… and of course they’re hoping it boosts tourism:

http://greece.greekreporter.com/2018/07/14/ancient-odyssey-find-will-attract-visitors-to-greece-says-olympia-mayor/

Elsewhere in the sketchy coverage department is the suggestion that Romans hunted some whales to extinction (and other spins):

https://phys.org/news/2018-07-ancient-bones-reveal-whale-species.html

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-07/uoy-abr070918.php

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/07/180711093227.htm

https://www.livescience.com/63028-pliny-ancient-mediterranean-whales.html

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-44782898

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/jul/11/romans-had-whale-industry-archeological-excavation-suggests

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/jul/12/a-whale-would-have-been-a-right-catch-for-a-roman-fisherman

https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/whale-bones-mediterranean-roman-whaling-fishing-gibraltar-archaeology-a8440641.html

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/MAGAZINE-ancient-romans-hunted-whales-to-oblivion-in-the-mediterranean-1.6265259

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2173841-ancient-romans-may-have-killed-off-whale-species-in-the-mediterranean/

https://www.yahoo.com/news/did-ancient-romans-whale-mediterranean-231852243.html

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/2018/07/11/romans-may-have-been-first-whalers/

http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/07/ancient-seafarers-may-have-hunted-whales-around-world

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/romans-may-have-hunted-whales-extinction-their-home-waters-180969605/

https://www.archaeology.org/news/6780-180711-mediterranean-whale-hunting

They’re really hyping the impending opening of that big Ptolemaic sarcophagus from Alexandria:

https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/53782/Plan-set-to-lift-sarcophagus-uncovered-in-Alexandria-revealed

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/07/12/egyptian-archaeologists-prepare-open-huge-mystery-sarcophagus/

http://theweek.com/speedreads/784312/archaeologists-discover-mysterious-black-sarcophagus-that-miraculously-hasnt-been-opened-2000-years

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jul/12/archaeologists-open-huge-granite-sarcophagus-alexandria-egypt

https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/africa/105457472/plans-to-open-sealed-ancient-sarcophagus-found-at-egyptian-building-site

https://www.ibtimes.co.in/archaeologists-discover-gigantic-granite-sarcophagus-egypt-will-it-reveal-more-about-ancient-774865

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/ptolemaic-sarcophagus-discovered-alexandria-egypt-180969551/

… with some outlets spinning possible connections (not) to Alexander the Great (etc.):

https://www.livescience.com/63027-mmassive-egyptian-sarcophagus-mystery.html

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/alexander-the-great-alexandria-ancient-egyptian-sarcophagus-mystery-tomb-found-where-buried-a8443791.html

http://www.iflscience.com/editors-blog/archaeologists-consider-opening-that-gigantic-black-sarcophagus-and-yes-everybody-is-making-the-same-joke/

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/13/world/middleeast/egypt-black-sarcophagus.html

… in case you missed the ‘plain’ story:

https://www.cnn.com/style/article/egypt-alexandria-sarcophagus-intl/index.html

http://www.ansamed.info/ansamed/en/news/sections/culture/2018/07/12/archaeology-black-sarcophagus-unearthed-in-egypt_6e2dfa21-89c8-417e-8bf3-08f492ee7a81.html

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ancient-tomb-discovered-on-construction-site-in-egypt/

That ‘Roman villa’ find near the Milvian Bridge has evolved into an ‘ancient church’ find:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/07/13/archaeologists-find-remains-ancient-church-banks-tiber-rome/

Roman ‘observation towers’ and ‘border posts’ from Konya (Turkey):

https://www.dailysabah.com/history/2018/07/13/2000-year-old-roman-observation-towers-unearthed-in-turkeys-konya

Some ancient Greek musical instruments from a site near Crimea:

http://tass.com/society/1012398

Interesting 2500 years bp skull (and others) find from a Sicilian cave:

https://www.livescience.com/63046-ancient-holey-skull.html

http://www.archaeology.org/news/6787-180713-sicily-artificial-cave

Assorted 4th century Roman fines from a site in Bulgaria:

http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2018/07/07/richly-decorated-roman-grave-stele-that-was-never-used-found-in-kovachevsko-kale-fortress-in-northeast-bulgaria/

https://www.archaeology.org/news/6776-180709-bulgaria-unfinished-stele

A Basel papyrus turns out to be a medical work possibly written by Galen:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-07/uob-mot071218.php

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/07/180712114442.htm

https://phys.org/news/2018-07-mystery-basel-papyrus.html

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/researchers-unlock-secrets-basel-papyrus-now-identified-late-antiquity-medical-document-180969625/

Feature on ancient Greek pets:

http://greece.greekreporter.com/2018/07/14/snakes-apes-and-ferrets-the-ancient-greek-love-of-pets/

Feature on Jupiter on ancient coins:

https://coinweek.com/dealers-companies/ma-shops/ma-shops-jupiter-on-ancient-coins/

Feature on novels about the ancient Greeks and Romans:

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/jul/14/book-clinic-ancient-greeks-romans-fiction

On cancer in ancient Greece:

http://greece.greekreporter.com/2018/07/10/how-was-cancer-treated-in-ancient-greece/

Reenacting Roman funerals:

http://www.eastlondonadvertiser.co.uk/news/canary-wharf-roman-funerals-to-get-souls-through-london-underworld-1-5606048

Pondering Gibbon:

https://blog.oup.com/2018/07/late-antiquity-decline-fall-middle-ages/

Students interested in Latin in Hartford:

http://www.courant.com/community/west-hartford/hc-wh-west-hartford-hall-high-school-latin-0712-20180710-story.html

What Angeline Chiu is up to:

https://www.uvm.edu/uvmnews/news/faculty-feature-angeline-chiu

On Latin in The Handmaid’s Tale:

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/the-handmaids-tale-nolite-te-bastardes-carborundorum-finale-season-2-meaning-a8443546.html

Review of Christine Schenk, *Crispina and Her Sisters*:

https://www.ncronline.org/news/media/book-review-roman-burial-art-reveals-forgotten-women-christianity

More on that latest pompeii victim:

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/pompeiis-unluckiest-man-death-archeologists/

http://www.dispatch.com/news/20180708/unluckiest-man-perhaps-not-quite-so-unlucky

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EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland)

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Analysis of a neolithic mass grave at Halberstadt suggests the victims were ‘outsiders’:

https://www.livescience.com/63009-neolithic-mass-grave-violence.html

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/7000-year-old-german-grave-shows-new-side-brutality-180969599/

https://www.archaeology.org/news/6773-180709-neolithic-mass-grave

Rethinking the settlement of Iceland:

http://icelandmag.is/article/new-archeological-research-forces-historians-reconsider-story-icelands-settlement

A heat wave is revealing all sorts of sites from various periods in Wales:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-44746447

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-44806069

https://nationalpost.com/news/world/roman-forts-and-other-wonders-punishing-heat-wave-reveals-ancient-settlements-in-wales

https://theprovince.com/news/world/roman-forts-and-other-wonders-punishing-heat-wave-reveals-ancient-settlements-in-wales/wcm/373bbee3-64e5-41f5-ad58-e86017a2ca71

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/dozens-lost-hidden-ancient-ruins-14883178

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/uk-heatwave-revealing-ancient-sites-wales-180969601/

https://www.sciencealert.com/brutal-heat-uk-revealing-hidden-footprint-historic-civilisations-ancient-crop-marks-parch-iron-age

http://www.archaeology.org/news/6774-180709-wales-crop-marks

… while drought and a drone combined in Ireland to reveal a hitherto unnoticed henge site:

http://www.thejournal.ie/newgrange-mythical-ireland-4123238-Jul2018/

https://www.rte.ie/news/leinster/2018/0711/977969-newgrange/

https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/heritage/scorched-earth-during-heatwave-reveals-new-monument-at-newgrange-1.3561326

https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/aerial-survey-reveals-further-evidence-of-pre-historic-sites-at-newgrange-855270.html

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/giant-neolithic-monument-discovered-at-newgrange-37105154.html

http://www.newsweek.com/mysterious-ancient-monument-revealed-drought-ireland-1022268

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/13/science/newgrange-henge-ireland-drone-nyt.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2018/07/13/video-shows-newly-discovered-stonehenge-like-site-revealed-by-extreme-drought/

https://www.npr.org/628905864

https://www.archaeology.org/news/6786-180712-ireland-boyne-valley

… and assorted sites in Scotland:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-44812713

… and the UK in general:

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/uk-weather-heatwave-archaeologists-discoveries-expose-hidden-treasure-history-crop-marks-forts-finds-a8442531.html

http://www.iflscience.com/editors-blog/these-amazing-photos-show-britains-iron-age-past-brought-to-life-by-soaring-temperatures/

Evidence of industrial activity from various periods at Poole Harbour:

http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/16342708.amazing-medieval-discoveries-made-at-poole-harbour-dig/

https://www.archaeology.org/news/6775-180709-roman-medieval-industry

Feature on the dig at a Viking site in Birka:

http://sciencenordic.com/tiny-dragonhead-illuminates-life-viking-trading-town

Auckland Castle’s 12th century chapel has been located:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-tees-44758391

Medieval burials in Sicily:

http://scienceinpoland.pap.pl/en/news/news%2C30216%2Cpolish-archaeologists-discover-medieval-graves-sicily.html

Excavating evidence of Cologne’s oldest Jewish community:

https://forward.com/scribe/405124/in-cologne-archaeologists-unearth-the-history-of-germanys-oldest-jewish/

They’re poking around the site of the Battle of Waterloo:

http://www.gazetteandherald.co.uk/news/16340481.search-is-on-for-waterloo-relics/

A bone study suggests early weaning in Britain is an older practice than previously thought:

https://phys.org/news/2018-07-bone-history-britain-weaning-habits.html

A raw fish diet gave Vikings tapeworms, apparently:

http://sciencenordic.com/raw-fish-gave-vikings-tapeworms

More on Danish latrine finds:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-unseal-danish-latrines-180969570/

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Archaeology in Europe Blog:

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

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ASIA AND THE SOUTH PACIFIC

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Excavating the earliest known tomb in Tibet:

http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1110228.shtml

Interesting feature on a medieval coin found in Australia a long time ago:

https://thenewdaily.com.au/news/state/nt/2018/07/10/kilwa-coin-australia/

The Buddha of Swat has been restored:

https://www.deccanherald.com/international/buddha-swat-restored-after-11-680751.html

Feature on empress Cixi:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/10/world/asia/china-empress-dowager-cixi.html

Concerns for the Taj Mahal continue:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-44763867

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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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The Page-Ladson site is the first pre-Clovis site in the southeast US:

http://advances.sciencemag.org/content/2/5/e1600375.full

… not sure how the Gault site relates to the above:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-07/aaft-dpp070918.php

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/deadthings/2018/07/11/gault-projectiles/

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/national/article214831930.html

http://kdhnews.com/news/local/digging-in-the-dirt-bell-county-archaeologists-unearth-ancient-finds/article_990c8d14-80a3-11e8-b80a-2b81c9ab463c.html

Feature on FSU’s field school at Mission San Luis:

https://news.fsu.edu/news/arts-humanities/2018/07/12/archaeologists-investigate-history-of-mission-san-luis/

Feature on the dig at Fort Edward:

https://poststar.com/news/local/what-did-merchants-sell-to-french-and-indian-war-soldiers/article_641a6113-9fc3-5f3b-acf1-02093962eaca.html

More evidence of Charleston’s Revolutionary War past:

https://www.postandcourier.com/news/radar-finds-more-clues-of-charleston-s-long-gone-revolutionary/article_10a66ff6-8393-11e8-951b-73b50153cb60.html

Latest finds from the East Range site at UVa:

https://phys.org/news/2018-07-east-range-archaeological-excavations-reveal.html

https://news.virginia.edu/content/east-range-archaeological-excavations-reveal-more-early-life-grounds

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CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA

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Earthwake damage revealed an older temple inside the Teopanzolco pyramid platform:

https://phys.org/news/2018-07-quake-reveals-older-mexico-pyramid.html

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-44806790

https://www.livescience.com/63063-surprise-temple-mexico.html

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/earthquake-reveals-12th-century-temple-hidden-within-aztec-pyramid-180969619/

http://www.newsweek.com/ancient-temple-discovered-within-mexican-pyramid-after-earthquake-damage-1020987

https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/earthquake-triggers-discovery-of-temple/

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/earthquake-reveals-12th-century-temple-hidden-within-aztec-pyramid-180969619/

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-5948063/Damage-Mexicos-killer-quake-reveals-unknown-temple-built-INSIDE-pyramid.html

https://www.archaeology.org/news/6783-180712-earthquake-pyramid-temple

700 BCE burials near Mexico City:

https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2018/06/2700-years-old-graves-discovered-in.html

An Inca noble burial site at Tacume:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-5920861/Mummified-Inca-corpses-clothed-finely-woven-royal-robes-unearthed.html

https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2018/07/archaeologists-find-tombs-of-24-inca.html

A topographical map of Tiwanaku has been created:

http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=2460593&CategoryId=13936

New structures have been found in El Salvador’s San Andres Archeological Complex:

https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2018/06/new-structures-found-in-el-salvadors.html#2lUdbFh74WbReYm9.97

A Totonac yoke from Veracruz:

http://www.inah.gob.mx/es/boletines/7341-hallan-yugo-totonaco-durante-salvamento-arqueologico-realizado-en-tamaulipas-y-veracruz

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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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The earliest surviving banjo recording:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/podcasts/retropod/the-oldest-surviving-banjo-recording

Latest on the Bayeux Tapestry loan:

https://www.museumsassociation.org/museums-journal/news/10072018-bayeux-tapestry-loan-set-for-2022

Interesting feature on restoring some daguerrotypes:

http://www.archaeology.org/news/6779-180710-synchrotron-reveals-images

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/scientists-used-particle-accelerator-unearth-tarnished-19th-century-daguerreotype-portraits-180969585/

On the spread of domesticated bananas:

https://phys.org/news/2018-07-prehistoric-people-domesticated-bananas-world.html

A major WWI exhumation project on Hill 80:

https://www.dw.com/en/dig-hill-80-a-day-at-crowdfunded-world-war-i-archaeology-dig/g-44669457

Feature on the Library of Alexandria:

https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-library-of-alexandria-is-long-gone-and-all-around-us

More on poison pages in a Danish library:

https://elpais.com/internacional/2018/07/06/mundo_global/1530895836_981177.html

Archaeology Podcast Network:

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

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MUSEUM MATTERS

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Leonardo:

https://news.yale.edu/2018/07/05/discovering-leonardos-hand-landmark-yale-art-gallery-exhibition

Harry Burton photos:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/trove-photographs-featuring-tutankhamuns-tomb-now-display-cambridge-180969565/

Van Gogh:

https://www.vangoghmuseum.nl/en/search/collection?q=&artist=Vincent%20van%20Gogh&pagesize=105

Freud of the Rings:

https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-museum-reunites-rings-freud-used-to-bind-students/

The Magic of Handwriting:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/12/arts/design/the-magic-of-handwriting-autograph-collection.html

https://www.themorgan.org/exhibitions/magic-of-handwriting

Feature on the Aldobrandini Tazze in the Silver Caesars exhibition:

http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20180710-the-worlds-most-mysterious-silver-cups

The Getty has acquired a medieval Hebrew manuscript:

http://news.getty.edu/j-paul-getty-museum-announces-landmark-acquisition-medieval-hebrew-manuscript.htm

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/11/arts/design/getty-museum-torah-rothschild-pentateuch.html

http://www.israelhayom.com/2018/07/12/getty-museum-acquires-700-year-old-illustrated-pentateuch/

https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Culture/Getty-Museum-buys-illuminated-700-year-old-Bible-562301

http://artdaily.com/news/106091/J–Paul-Getty-Museum-announces-landmark-acquisition-of-a-Medieval-Hebrew-manuscript

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AT THE AUCTIONS

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An anti-semitic letter of Martin Luther is coming to auction:

https://m.jpost.com/Diaspora/Letter-by-Martin-Luther-calling-Jews-devils-incarnate-up-for-auction-562122

A guillotine came to auction:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-44801660

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THE TECHY SIDE

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Feature on radiocarbon analysis of Valencina de la Concepcion:

https://phys.org/news/2018-07-radiocarbon-dated-site-iberian-prehistory.html

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-07/uos-tbr070918.php

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/07/180709101125.htm

Latest facial reconstruction is on some folks possibly related to Qin Shi Huang:

https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2155189/could-these-be-faces-murdered-wife-and-son-chinas-first-emperor

Nice state-of-the-question piece on radiocarbon dating:

https://www.archaeology.co.uk/articles/revisiting-radiocarbon-no-it-has-not-been-debunked.htm

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ON THE DNA FRONT

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DNA can supposedly prove whether Richard III killed the princes:

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/richard-iii-princes-in-the-tower-dna-king-murder-mystery-sample-solved-shakespeare-edward-vi-a8441936.html

Using DNA to figure out origins of Southeast Asia’s population:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/dna-analysis-suggests-contemporary-southeast-asians-derive-ancestry-four-ancient-population-180969603/

Dienekes’ Anthropology Blog:

http://dienekes.blogspot.ca/

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TOURISTY THINGS

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Athens:

https://www.newsday.com/travel/exploring-ancient-history-in-athens-1.19639335

San Antonio:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/11/travel/san-antonio-tricentennial-spain.html

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CRIME BEAT

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Strange tale of faking a dig in Benin:

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2018/jul/09/thierry-oussou-faked-archaeological-dig-african-art-colonial-looting

Theft of a replica from a Delhi museum didn’t pay off:

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/man-held-for-theft-of-museum-artefact/articleshow/64992704.cms

Anonymous Swiss Collector Culture Crime News returns:

http://www.anonymousswisscollector.com/2018/07/culture-crime-news-2-8-july-2018.html

More on that Greco-Roman bust in Egypt:

https://africatimes.com/2018/07/11/egypt-arrests-7-for-illegal-archaeology-and-antiquities-removal/

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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Native peoples are trying to get bones of their ancestors back from UC:

https://calmatters.org/articles/native-american-tribes-clash-with-uc-over-bones-of-their-ancestors/

The Peabody returned some Maori remains to New Zealand:

https://news.yale.edu/2018/07/11/maori-ancestors-repatriated-new-zealand-peabody-museum

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NUMISMATICA

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Latest e-Sylum:

http://www.coinbooks.org/v21/club_nbs_esylum_v21n27.html

… and the one which should appear later today:

http://www.coinbooks.org/v21/club_nbs_esylum_v21n28.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/2756-audio-news-from-archaeologica-1-july-7-july-2018

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CONFERENCES

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CBA Wessex 60th Anniversary Conference (November 2018):

http://cba-wessex.org.uk/cba-events/annual-conference-2018/

Jews and the Americas (February 2019):

https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/1932330/jews-and-americas-68th-annual-conference-center-latin-american

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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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