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,

mata kimasitayo, Bill Gebhardt, Don Buck, Richard Miller, Kris Curry, Rick Heli,

Richard C. Griffiths, Frank MacKay, Don Buck, 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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Plenty of press coverage for the identification/find of a 210 000 years bp homo sapiens skullbone from Greece:

https://phys.org/news/2019-07-oldest-africa-reset-human-migration.html

https://www.livescience.com/65906-oldest-modern-human-skull-eurasia.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/10/science/skull-neanderthal-human-europe-greece.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2019/07/10/enigmatic-skull-suggests-our-human-species-reached-europe-years-ago/

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-48913307

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/jul/10/piece-of-skull-found-in-greece-is-oldest-human-fossil-outside-africa

http://www.ekathimerini.com/242445/article/ekathimerini/life/greek-find-called-earliest-sign-of-our-species-out-of-africa

https://www.dw.com/en/oldest-human-remains-outside-africa-found-in-europe-researchers/a-49543548

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/greek-skull-oldest-human-homo-sapiens-outside-africa

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/07/apidima-greek-skull-oldest-human-fossil-outside-africa/593563/

https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2019/07/10/the-oldest-known-homo-sapiens-was-greek

https://gizmodo.com/ancient-skull-fragment-pushes-back-date-of-earliest-hum-1836244660

https://elpais.com/elpais/2019/07/10/ciencia/1562769513_603529.html

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/deadthings/?p=3569

http://www.archaeology.org/news/7819-1190711-greece-modern-human

… and a related oped:

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/jul/14/ancient-bones-should-rewrite-history-but-not-the-present

This week it’s a molar that is being touted as evidence for interbreeding of various hominids in Asia:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-07/nyu-amp070819.php

https://phys.org/news/2019-07-ancient-molar-interbreeding-archaic-humans.html

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/07/190708154036.htm

https://cosmosmagazine.com/biology/a-rare-dental-trait-lives-on

http://www.archaeology.org/news/7815-190710-denisovan-three-roots

… and a feature on the various hominids that may have coexisted:

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/crux/?p=12363

Remains of a ‘Neanderthal-era’ horse (possibly hunted) from Iran:

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/437843/Remains-of-a-Neanderthal-era-horse-found-in-Iran

https://ifpnews.com/exclusive/remains-of-ancient-neanderthal-horses-found-in-irans-qazvin/

Suggestion that human intelligence may have peaked, evolutionary-wise:

http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20190709-has-humanity-reached-peak-intelligence

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Feature on the excavations at Old Dongola (Sudan):

https://www.thefirstnews.com/article/archaeologists-uncover-secrets-of-18th-century-city-on-banks-of-the-river-nile-6719

More on diving into Sudan’s pyramids:

https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p07g3cck/the-tomb-diver-revealing-a-pharaoh-s-secrets

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Middle Kingdom finds of various sorts near Amenemhat II’s pyramid:

http://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/72744/A-number-of-stone-pottery-and-wooden-coffins-were-uncovered

https://menafn.com/1098755736/Egypt-Late-Dynasty-tombs-unearthed-in-Dahshur

The Bent pyramid has opened to visitors:

https://www.egyptindependent.com/egypts-ministry-of-antiquities-opens-bent-pyramid-of-senefru/

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-48976265

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/07/14/egypts-bent-pyramid-opens-visitors/

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/egypt-bent-pyramid-dahshur-cairo-sneferu-pharaoh-a9003906.html

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jul/14/bent-pyramid-egypt-opens-ancient-oddity-for-tourism

https://www.dw.com/en/egypt-opens-bent-pyramid-to-tourists-unveils-new-archaeological-finds/a-49582817-0

https://www.reuters.com/article/egypt-archaeology/egypt-opens-sneferus-bent-pyramid-in-dahshur-to-public-idUSL8N24E0CN

https://abcnews.go.com/International/time-month-egypt-opened-ancient-pyramid-public/story?id=64317683

http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-07/14/c_138224391.htm

… some coverage also mentions the opening of the Alkaa pyramid to the public:

https://egyptindependent.com/gizas-bent-pyramid-alkaa-pyramid-open-to-public-for-first-time-since-1965/

http://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/72746/After-54-years-Anany-inaugurates-King-Snefru-Alkaa-pyramids

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/337898/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/Egypt-antiquities-minister,–ambassadors-inaugurat.aspx

https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/national-international/Egypt-Bent-Pyramid-Red-Pyramid-512681441.html

https://www.dailysabah.com/history/2019/07/13/egypt-unveils-2-ancient-pyramids-collection-of-artifacts

https://www.yahoo.com/news/egypt-opens-two-ancient-pyramids-unveils-finds-173237651.html

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/egypt-opens-2-of-its-oldest-pyramids-bent-dahshur-unesco-for-fist-time-since-1960s/

http://www.jordantimes.com/news/region/egypt-opens-two-ancient-pyramids-unveils-new-finds

Feature on ‘smellscapes’ of ancient Egypt:

http://www.asor.org/anetoday/2019/07/Smellscapes-in-Ancient-Egypt

Hyping a new documentary on Egypt’s underwater remains:

https://www.egyptindependent.com/british-documentary-on-egypts-sunken-antiquities-comes-to-national-geographic/

The site of Khirbet a-Ra’i is being identified as the ‘lost city’ of Ziklag:

https://www.timesofisrael.com/archaeologists-say-they-found-town-where-future-king-david-took-refuge-from-saul/

https://www.jewishpress.com/news/archaeology-news/researchers-we-have-found-biblical-ziklag/2019/07/08/

https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Biblical-city-of-Ziklag-where-King-David-took-refuge-found-594955

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/.premium.MAGAZINE-biblical-city-where-philistines-gave-refuge-to-david-found-researchers-claim-1.7455800

https://www.jns.org/archaeologists-announce-discovery-of-the-biblical-city-of-ziklag/

https://hamodia.com/2019/07/08/archeologists-say-discovered-ziklag/

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/265654

http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-07/08/c_138209509.htm

https://news.yahoo.com/biblical-city-where-king-david-sought-refuge-has-been-found-by-archaeologists-190756767.html

https://www.theblaze.com/news/archaeologists-find-lost-biblical-city-connected-to-king-david–and-it-backs-up-scripture

https://www.israelhayom.com/2019/07/08/archaeologists-announce-discovery-of-the-biblical-city-of-ziklag/

https://aleteia.org/2019/07/11/archaeologists-discover-biblical-town-where-david-found-shelter-before-he-was-king/

http://www.ansamed.info/ansamed/en/news/sections/generalnews/2019/07/09/archaeologists-find-ziklag-where-david-fled-from-king-saul_7840175f-f221-4346-8498-e19e6f72c5de.html

https://www.iflscience.com/editors-blog/the-longlost-biblical-city-of-ziklag-has-been-discovered-archaeologists-claim/

… but not everyone is buying it:

https://www.timesofisrael.com/as-archaeologists-say-theyve-found-king-davids-city-of-refuge-a-debate-begins/

https://mosaicmagazine.com/picks/history-ideas/2019/07/some-archaeologists-think-they-have-found-the-biblical-city-where-david-hid-from-saul-others-disagree/

https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5546496,00.html

On archaeology and Palestinian homes in Israel:

https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/archaeological-settlements-destroying-palestinian-homes-190708113859297.html

Smuggling concerns in Palestine:

https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2019/07/palestine-police-battles-with-antiques-smuggling.html

Feature on damage to the Old City of Sanaa during the civil war:

http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-07/08/c_138207928.htm

Feature on the search for items looted from Iraq:

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/iraq-archaeology-museum-antiquities-looting-a8996676.html

More on the purple dye factory from Tel Shikmona (possibly paywalled):

https://mosaicmagazine.com/picks/history-ideas/2019/07/a-biblical-era-purple-dye-factory-explains-an-archaeological-mystery/

More on the ‘pilgrimage road’ excavation:

https://mosaicmagazine.com/picks/israel-zionism/2019/07/the-pilgrimage-road-excavation-which-has-already-uncovered-much-about-jerusalems-history-is-no-threat-to-arab-jerusalemites-or-to-the-al-aqsa-mosque/

https://www.jewishpress.com/indepth/opinions/the-truth-about-jerusalems-city-of-david-the-lies-about-silwan/2019/07/14/

More on heritage status for Babylon:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/ancient-city-babylon-among-new-unesco-world-heritage-sites-180972579/

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Very interesting overview of the finds at Dhaskalio:

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/ancient-greece-archaeology-keros-aegean-sea-bronze-age-dhaskalio-bible-pyramids-crete-milos-a8997666.html

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/archaeologists-unearth-probable-origins-of-ancient-greece-in-groundbreaking-discovery-a4186531.html

cf: https://www.arch.cam.ac.uk/research/projects/keros

Revelation that there are at least 10 unexploded WWII bombs in Pompeii:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jul/07/unexploded-allied-bombs-at-pompeii

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/07/07/unexploded-world-war-two-era-bombs-lurking-beneath-ruins-pompeii/

https://www.independent.ie/world-news/europe/pompeii-site-may-be-at-risk-from-hidden-bombs-left-over-from-war-38291042.html

https://www.newsweek.com/pompeii-vesuvius-naples-ww2-1448012

https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/07/unexploded-world-war-ii-bombs-may-still-be-buried-at-pompeii/

https://boingboing.net/2019/07/09/at-least-ten-unexploded-bombs.html

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/pompeii-home-multiple-undetonated-world-war-ii-bombs-180972626/

Plenty of interesting finds from the bathhouse dig at Silchester:

https://www.newburytoday.co.uk/news/home/27701/fascinating-finds-at-silchester-dig.html

22 amphoras found off the coast of Albania:

https://phys.org/news/2019-07-ancient-amphoras-albanian-coast.html

https://apnews.com/21b38fb90f2e4cb4bec61a91b7488e30

https://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/ny-22-millennia-old-urns-discovered-off-cost-of-albania-20190714-uda4ngoapreq7muvn4pp3vixty-story.html

https://www.dailysabah.com/history/2019/07/12/archaeologists-discover-22-ancient-amphoras-off-albania-coast

https://www.dawn.com/news/1493792/22-ancient-amphoras-found-off-albanian-coast

http://www.archaeology.org/news/7822-190712-albania-ancient-amphoras

A 2nd-4th century CE Roman burial from Plovdiv:

http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2019/07/12/30-year-old-roman-womans-grave-found-in-bulgarias-plovdiv-near-discovery-site-of-tomb-with-jesus-christ-murals/

… I think this Roman dwelling find is from the same dig:

https://sofiaglobe.com/2019/07/11/archaeology-remnants-of-roman-dwelling-found-in-centre-of-bulgarias-plovdiv/

https://www.novinite.com/articles/198487/Archaeological+Finds+Discovered+During+EVN%27s+Excavation+Activities

Also from Plovdiv comes a 3rd century CE inscription related to the cult of Dionysus:

https://sofiaglobe.com/2019/07/12/archaeology-third-century-inscription-with-names-of-dionysus-cult-found-in-bulgarias-plovdiv/

http://www.archaeology.org/news/7821-190712-bulgaria-dionysus-inscription

They’re still digging/restoring at Amphipolis’ Kasta Hill:

https://news.gtp.gr/2019/07/08/restoration-works-amphipolis-kasta-hill-advance/

A late Roman ‘terracotta tomb’ from an olive grove in Bursa:

https://www.dailysabah.com/history/2019/07/12/unique-ancient-terracotta-tomb-found-at-olive-grove-in-turkeys-bursa

A ‘sacred road’ connecting Stratonikeia and the Lagina Hecate sanctuary is being excavated:

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/ancient-sacred-road-unearthed-144852

https://www.aa.com.tr/en/culture/turkey-ancient-sacred-road-unearthed/1527251

http://www.archaeology.org/news/7811-190709-turkey-sacred-road

Digging continues at Malta’s Tas Silg site:

https://www.independent.com.mt/articles/2019-07-11/local-news/Archaeological-excavations-at-Tas-Silg-lead-to-further-discoveries-6736210781

On restoring the Roman road in Okehampton:

http://www.okehampton-today.co.uk/article.cfm?id=436208&headline=Restoring%20the%20Roman%20road%20in%20Okehampton§ionIs=news&searchyear=2019

A letter from UBasel’s papyrus collection is being touted as the ‘oldest Christian autograph’:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-07/uob-two070919.php

https://phys.org/news/2019-07-world-oldest-autograph-christian-basel.html

https://www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/cwn/2019/july/i-pray-that-you-fare-well-in-the-lord-what-this-ancient-papyrus-reveals-about-christians-in-230-ad

The Peristera shipwreck will soon be open to underwater tourists:

https://neoskosmos.com/en/140833/the-ancient-past-of-peristeri-is-will-soon-be-open-for-exploration/

… as will a submerged silo in the Piraeus:

https://news.gtp.gr/2019/07/08/piraeus-silo-become-underwater-antiquities-museum/

Some guy in Turkey discovered he had been using a 1500 years bp Roman column as a coffee table:

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/1-500-year-old-ancient-roman-column-being-used-as-coffee-table-in-turkeys-kahramanmaras-144794

Greece’s new culture minister is already making plans:

http://www.ekathimerini.com/242395/article/ekathimerini/news/culture-minister-heralds-revamp-of-athens-sites

https://www.thenationalherald.com/253303/greeces-new-culture-minister-plans-archaeological-sites-updates/

Feature on the Villa of the Papyri at Herculaneum:

http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20190705-the-beautiful-ancient-house-discovered-in-the-ashes

Feature on some ancient Roman treatments for ED:

https://www.thedailybeast.com/impotency-how-the-ancient-world-dealt-with-mans-struggle-to-get-it-up?source=articles&via=rss

… and one on why the Greeks weren’t concerned about ‘size’:

https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/why-the-ancient-greeks-didn-t-make-a-big-deal-of-penis-size-1.3953929

Feature on the tunnels in the Baths of Caracalla (didn’t work for me this a.m. though!):

https://news.yahoo.com/inside-tunnels-romes-ancient-extravagant-124736218.html

Feature on the Essex Marbles (probably paywalled):

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/piecing-together-the-essex-marbles-puzzle-z5dwk75c5

Pondering claims of ‘drive throughs’ in ancient Rome:

https://www.truthorfiction.com/were-there-drive-throughs-in-ancient-rome/

Feature on women translators (probably paywalled):

http://plymouthdailynews.com/2019/07/13/women-give-voice-to-a-male-canon-it-happens-to-be-ancient-greek/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/theater_dance/women-give-voice-to-a-male-canon-it-happens-to-be-ancient-greek/2019/07/12/e052eb32-a267-11e9-b732-41a79c2551bf_story.html

Feature on the Periplus:

https://scroll.in/article/929447/what-a-2000-year-old-greek-merchants-manual-tells-us-about-the-indian-monsoon-and-oceanic-trade

Feature on ‘funny’ ancient mosaics:

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/ancient-mosaics-make-fun-of-events-144806

Feature on Greek music:

https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/top-stories/ancient-greece-music-1-6142656

An interview with Madeline Miller:

https://weekender.com.sg/w/events_entertainment/circe-madeline-miller-interview/

What Dan Davis is up to:

https://www.news8000.com/news/luther-college-professor-embarks-on-patriotic-underwater-mission/1094174963

Petros Themelis was talking about Messene:

https://neoskosmos.com/en/140869/a-window-into-ancient-messene-and-beyond/

Peter Jones was pondering Pandora and politics:

https://www.spectator.co.uk/2019/07/politics-pandora-and-the-tender-leaves-of-hope/

On Brexit and Alcibiades:

https://neoskosmos.com/en/141092/brexit-and-alcibiades-populism-demagoguery-and-a-fake-news/

Finding inspiration in Regulus:

https://catholicherald.co.uk/commentandblogs/2019/07/09/we-can-all-learn-from-reguluss-heroic-self-sacrifice/

In case you missed the Dolce & Gabbana classical reception:

https://www.vogue.co.uk/shows/autumn-winter-2019-couture/dolce-gabbana-alta-moda

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/dolce-gabbanas-heavenly-couture-has-a-hell-of-a-price-92fn6s07d

… with a spinoff benefit that tourists can now go inside the Temple of Concordia:

https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/thanks-to-dolce-and-gabbana-tourists-can-enter-this-ancient-temple-for-the-rest-of-the-summer

A man threatened to jump off the Colosseum:

http://www.ansa.it/english/news/general_news/2019/07/09/man-scales-colosseum-threatens-to-throw_9aa75433-0c1b-4b1e-8e1b-87e21a4cf243.html

https://www.thelocal.it/20190709/man-climbs-rome-colosseum-and-threatens-to-jump

More on Makronissos being declared an archaeological site:

https://neoskosmos.com/en/140761/makronissos-former-prison-island-in-greece-declared-archaeological-site/

https://www.thenationalherald.com/252891/former-greek-civil-war-junta-prison-island-ruled-archaeological-site/

More on ‘The Stones Speak’ initiative in Athens:

https://neoskosmos.com/en/140974/the-stones-speak-initiative-in-athens-is-getting-people-to-re-engage-with-the-rich-ancient-greek-cultural-heritage/

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Searching for evidence/remains of Scotlands mesolithic hunter-gatherers”

https://www.scotsman.com/heritage/in-search-of-scotland-s-ancient-mountain-dwellers-who-lived-more-than-10-000-years-ago-1-4963168

This seems to be a Bronze/Early Iron age hoard of some sort from Poland:

https://www.thefirstnews.com/article/rare-prehistoric-gold-jewellery-dubbed-treasure-of-kuznica-glogowska-found-buried-in-forest-6735

6th century CE ‘Germanic’ burials from a site in Bohemia:

https://www.radio.cz/en/section/news/archaeologists-discover-ancient-germanic-graves-in-east-bohemia

Anglo-Saxon malting sites/structures from Sedgeford:

https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/saxon-finds-at-sedgeford-dig-1-6158201

A pair of Viking boat burials from Uppsala:

https://www.livescience.com/65892-viking-burial-boats-discovered-sweden.html

https://www.livescience.com/65889-photos-viking-boat-burials-sweden.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2019/07/09/archaeologists-uncover-sensational-rare-viking-burial-boats-sweden/

https://www.sciencealert.com/a-man-a-horse-and-a-dog-were-found-in-a-rare-intact-boat-burial-unearthed-in-sweden

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/11/world/europe/viking-burial-sweden.html

Remains of an 11th century church from Bulgaria’s Misionis site:

https://sofiaglobe.com/2019/07/10/archaeology-ancient-church-found-at-bulgarias-misionis-site/

Probable remains of a Napoleonic general (Charles Etienne Gudin!) beneath the foundations of a dance floor in Smolensk:

https://www.livescience.com/65920-napoleon-general-found-in-russia.html

https://montrealgazette.com/news/world/remains-of-napoleons-favourite-general-believed-found-in-russia/wcm/0b7ba568-a47f-4999-b9d4-2dce55d81011

https://www.euronews.com/2019/07/10/remains-thought-to-be-napoleon-s-general-charles-etienne-gudin-found-in-russia

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-russia-france-discovery/remains-of-one-of-napoleons-1812-generals-believed-found-in-russia-idUSKCN1U420D

https://www.yahoo.com/news/rpt-remains-one-napoleons-1812-065754768.html

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/remains-napoleonic-general-found-russian-park-180972628/

https://www.archaeology.org/news/7814-190710-russia-french-general

Finds from various periods, including a possible medieval royal tomb, from a dig at Hungary’s Cathedral of Pecs:

https://hungarytoday.hu/tomb-orseolo-hungarian-king-archaeologists/

https://www.ibtimes.sg/two-time-hungarian-kings-tomb-may-have-been-discovered-say-archaeologists-31701

https://www.archaeology.org/news/7818-190711-peter-of-hungary

I think we mentioned this Ottoman-era looting tunnel beneath Bulgaria’s largest Thracian mound:

http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2019/07/04/sealed-16th-century-ottoman-looting-tunnel-for-draft-animals-found-inside-tower-tomb-beneath-bulgarias-largest-thracian-burial-mound/

http://www.archaeology.org/news/7812-190709-bulgaria-ottoman-tunnel

A major study of Malta’s temple culture via assorted coring methods:

https://phys.org/news/2019-07-island-cores-unravel-mysteries-ancient.html

A 3000 years bp ring from Herefordshire has been declared treasure:

https://www.herefordtimes.com/news/17769338.centuries-old-ring-qualifies-treasure/

Interesting item on industrial espionage in the 18th century:

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-48533696

Feature on ‘recycling’ of buildings and building material in Rome over the centuries:

https://www.wantedinrome.com/news/where-have-ancient-romes-buildings-gone.html

Feature on the beginnings of the publishing industry in 15th century Venice:

http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20190708-the-city-that-launched-the-publishing-industry

Funding to protect some carvings at Southwell Minster:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-48886166

The Nebra Sky Disk is going ‘on tour’:

https://www.thelocal.de/20190709/nebra-sky-disk-germanys-greatest-archeological-treasure-goes-on-tour

The Battle of Bannockburn (and others) are apparently ‘overrated’:

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/battle-bannockburn-listed-among-most-18004690

Marking the 160th anniversary of Big Ben:

https://www.bbc.com/news/in-pictures-48924345

More on that 33 000 years bp skull injury seen on a skull from a Romanian cave:

https://www.livescience.com/65849-paleolithic-man-murdered.html

https://elpais.com/elpais/2019/07/06/ciencia/1562392549_770680.html

http://www.archaeology.org/news/7808-190708-upper-paleolithic-skull

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ASIA AND THE SOUTH PACIFIC

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Possible 12 000 years bp evidence of cranial modification from remains found at Houtaomuga:

https://phys.org/news/2019-07-china-oldest-examples-cranial-modification.html

https://www.livescience.com/65901-china-oldest-skull-shaping.html

Kamakura-era (maybe) pieces of a portable shrine from Japan’s Tenmangu shrine:

http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201907080025.html

http://www.archaeology.org/news/7809-190708-japan-kitano-tenmangu

A possible pre-Angkor (?) temple find from Kratie (Cambodia):

https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/archaeologists-unearth-ruins-ancient-temple-kratie

A piece of a torso of a sandstone statue from the Preah Ko temple:

https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50622469/ancient-statue-found-in-siem-reap/

Assorted Jain remains from Bharavathi:

http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/karnataka/2019/jul/12/jain-basadi-remnants-stone-inscriptions-discovered-in-bhadravathi-taluk-2002725.html

More Latte-era structures found on that naval base dig on Guam:

https://www.guampdn.com/story/news/local/2019/07/11/tenth-discovery-historical-artifacts-made-navy-base/1690166001/

Some ‘new’ menhirs were identified along the Kerala/Tamil Nadu border:

https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/science/pothamala-menhirs-stand-guard-on-ancient-necropolis/article28391940.ece

General security concerns from artifacts in various places in Pakistan:

https://www.dawn.com/news/1493648

Sarah Parcak will be turning her attention to India next:

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/2019/07/solving-india-ancient-mysteries-citizen-archaeologists/

Feature on Muziris:

https://indianexpress.com/article/parenting/learning/make-history-fun-again-muziris-fabulous-ancient-indian-port-5825131/

Feature on the Tale of the Genji:

https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p07gc85k/is-this-the-world-s-oldest-novel-

Feature on Australia’s Moyjil site:

https://lens.monash.edu/@politics-society/2019/07/08/1375658/moyjil-mystery-victorian-site-could-force-a-120000-year-rethink-on-australian-history

More on jars in Laos (possibly some new info in this one):

https://phys.org/news/2019-07-secrets-jars-laos.html

https://pursuit.unimelb.edu.au/articles/saving-the-secrets-of-the-jars-of-laos

More on heritage status for the Liganzhu Archaeological site:

https://sg.news.yahoo.com/ancient-chinese-city-ruins-become-093026508.html

http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-07/07/c_1210183903.htm

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NORTH AMERICA

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A 6000 years bp Gowan culture point from the Wolf Willow site (Saskatchewan):

https://thestarphoenix.com/news/local-news/usask-student-find-6000-year-old-stone-dart-tip-at-wanuskewin-dig-site

https://www.archaeology.org/news/7823-190712-canada-gowen-point

Suggestion that Chaco Canyon might not have been able to produce enough food to sustain its population:

https://www.colorado.edu/today/2019/07/10/food-may-have-been-scarce-chaco-canyon

https://phys.org/news/2019-07-food-scarce-chaco-canyon.html

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-07/uoca-fmh071019.php

Finds in the wake of demolition of an ‘unsafe building’ in downtown St Augustine:

https://www.firstcoastnews.com/video/news/local/archaeologists-uncover-historical-mysteries-after-st-augustine-building-is-demolished/77-107fd751-441a-44c6-8c3a-db138a921a67

Interesting ‘secret pebble’ find from that Brunswick (NC) tavern dig:

https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/article232283702.html

https://www.greensboro.com/news/state/pebble-found-in-nc-tavern-ruins-was-really-a-coded/article_5e2fabe9-b8bd-565f-bc5a-f2ba0a986746.html

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/how-glass-pebble-links-north-carolina-tavern-seditious-colonists-180972585/

http://www.archaeology.org/news/7807-190708-glass-cuff-link

The dig in Boston’s Chinatown has commenced:

https://phys.org/news/2019-07-archaeologists-1st-excavations-boston-chinatown.html

https://boston.cbslocal.com/2019/07/08/archaeological-dig-boston-chinatown-pottery/

https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2019/07/12/archaeological-dig-unearths-artifacts-from-past-boston-chinatown/UFZOm0c9xXN2wGwF6rvC4H/story.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/travel/archaeologists-begin-1st-excavations-of-bostons-chinatown/2019/07/08/be81a436-a1ad-11e9-a767-d7ab84aef3e9_story.html

https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Archaeologists-begin-1st-excavations-of-Boston-s-14079291.php

https://www.irishcentral.com/news/boston-chinatown-archaeological-dig

https://www.wbur.org/news/2019/07/08/chinatown-archaeology-site-boston-immigration-joseph-bagley

https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/archaeologists-begin-1st-excavations-bostons-chinatown-64198958

Looking for Revolutionary War reamins on Long Island:

https://www.newsday.com/long-island/history/digging-into-revolutionary-war-history-on-long-island-1.33387593

Reenacting the BAtle of Hubbardton:

https://www.vpr.org/post/hanging-out-camping-out-muskets-reenacting-hubbardton-battle-1777

Protecting the ‘Ghost Fleet’ of Mallows Bay:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/new-national-marine-sanctuary-will-protect-marylands-ghost-fleet-180972619/

https://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/history-and-civilisation/2019/07/ghost-fleet-sunken-warships-declared-national-marine-sanctuary

Rising sea concerns for Colonial-era homes in Newport (RI):

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/08/science/historic-preservation-climate-newport.html

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CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA

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Evidence of 6000 years bp use of indigo dye in Peru:

https://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-oldest-indigo-dye-20160915-snap-story.html

Feature on the ‘stone spheres of Costa Rica’:

https://thecostaricanews.com/the-stone-spheres-of-dique/

Belize and Suriname are working together to protect Pre- and Post- Columbian sites:

https://www.breakingbelizenews.com/2019/07/10/belize-and-suriname-begin-technical-exchange-for-safeguarding-pre-columbian-and-historic-built-heritage-sites/

More on airport-related Macchu Pichu concerns:

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/12/opinion/machu-picchu-airport.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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Not sure where to put this study on 1500 years of industrial lead levels preserved in Arctic ice cores:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-07/dri-lpi070319.php

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/07/190708154038.htm

https://cosmosmagazine.com/earth-sciences/arctic-ice-reveals-1500-years-of-progress-and-pollution

https://www.newsweek.com/scientists-think-humans-polluted-arctic-lead-far-back-ancient-roman-times-1448016

https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2019-07-09/arctic-ice-cores-european-history-lead/11282674

https://elpais.com/elpais/2019/07/09/ciencia/1562649282_598363.html

http://www.archaeology.org/news/7820-190711-lead-ice-cores

… or this one on grazing animals driving the domestication of grain crops:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-07/mpif-gad070319.php

Why algorithms are called algorithms:

https://www.bbc.com/ideas/videos/why-algorithms-are-called-algorithms/p07gdlwf

Fears of a mammoth ivory ‘gold rush’ as things thaw in Siberia:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jul/14/permafrost-thaw-sparks-fear-of-mammoth-ivory-gold-rush-in-russia

Pondering Kipling’s ‘If’:

https://www.nybooks.com/daily/2019/07/03/triumph-and-disaster-the-tragic-hubris-of-rudyard-kiplings-if/

Apparently there are 50 000 works of art missing from French government collections:

http://www.leparisien.fr/faits-divers/vol-d-oeuvres-d-art-a-l-elysee-enquete-sur-les-objets-disparus-de-la-republique-06-07-2019-8111262.php

A project to preserve Hemingway’s estate in Havana:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-07/uota-upl070919.php

On the shortage of smiles in art history:

https://www.cnn.com/style/article/artsy-smiles-art-history/index.html

On the history of chocolate and vanilla:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/delicious-ancient-history-chocolate-vanilla-180972551/

Feature on the power of assorted royal women:

https://aeon.co/ideas/what-big-history-says-about-how-royal-women-exercise-power

Frankincense is under pressure, apparently:

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/05/science/frankincense-trees-collapse.html

A Turner painting was ‘saved for the nation’:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-48923965

On DaVinci’s (unfinished) St Jerome:

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/11/arts/design/davinci-saint-jerome-metropolitan-museum.html

https://elpais.com/cultura/2019/07/09/actualidad/1562630418_318163.html

Feature on lunar calendars:

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/moon-time-calendar-ancient-human-art

Plenty of items related to the launch of Sarah Parcak’s latest book (not really reviews; interviews and such):

https://www.uab.edu/news/people/item/10599-archaeology-from-space-launches-in-birmingham

https://www.livescience.com/65924-space-archaeology-highlights.html

https://bangordailynews.com/2019/07/08/news/bangor/new-book-from-bangors-famous-space-archaeologist-is-a-thrilling-blast-into-the-past/

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/08/science/sarah-parcak-space-archaeology.html

https://wbhm.org/feature/2019/story-behind-parcaks-archaeology-space/

https://www.themaineedge.com/news/cover-story/where-past-meets-future-a-conversation-with-dr-sarah-parcak

https://www.al.com/news/2019/07/uab-space-archaeologist-makes-you-wonder.html

… an excerpt:

https://www.livescience.com/65868-archaeology-from-space-excerpt.html

In case you’re wondering what they found (or not) in some vatican tombs that were opened this week:

https://www.thedailybeast.com/italian-missing-teen-emanuela-orlandi-is-not-in-vatican-tomb?source=articles&via=rss

Hype for Monica Smith’s book on the history of urbanism:

http://newsroom.ucla.edu/stories/ucla-professor-monica-smith-cities-book

https://phys.org/news/2019-07-history-urbanism-archaeological-lens.html

An overview of new Unesco heritage sites:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-48894642

More on the restoration of Rembrandt’s *Night Watch*:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-48905867

https://elpais.com/cultura/2019/07/08/actualidad/1562582081_099295.html

More on the reuniting of the halves of that Torah scroll:

https://www.jpost.com/Diaspora/Historic-Torah-scroll-severed-in-half-reunited-after-centuries-595029

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MUSEUM MATTERS

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Michelangelo-A Different View:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-humber-48924685

Sorolla:

https://elpais.com/cultura/2019/07/09/actualidad/1562681725_887321.html

Cycladic antiquities:

https://www.thenationalherald.com/252957/rare-and-unique-cycladic-antiquities-to-be-unveiled-in-exhibition-series-on-the-islands/

https://www.tornosnews.gr/en/greek-news/culture/36108-rare-and-unique-cycladic-antiquities-unveiled-in-exhibition-series-on-greek-islands.html

https://www.argophilia.com/news/amazing-cycladic-antiquities-exhibition-hits-greek-isles-this-summer/223020/

Picasso and Antiquity:

https://tlmagazine.com/picasso-and-antiquity-line-and-clay/

Plans for a museum in Zerqa/Zarqa:

http://jordantimes.com/news/local/zarqa-get-its-first-museum

https://www.albawaba.com/editors-choice/jordan-plans-open-museum-zerqa-1296585

A couple of new museums in Egypt will be opening:

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContentP/9/337695/Heritage/In-Photos–Egypt-New-museums-to-open-in-Sharm-ElSh.aspx

Update on Berlin’s Museum Island renovations:

https://www.economist.com/prospero/2019/07/12/berlins-museum-island-gets-a-much-needed-revamp

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AUCTIONS AND RELATED ACTIVITIES

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So in case you missed it, Egypt wasn’t too happy with Christie’s sale of a bust of Tut:

https://gulfnews.com/world/mena/king-tut-sold-at-christies-despite-egypts-outrage-1.1562651870641

… and asked the British government to intervene:

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/337622/Egypt/Politics-/Egypt-asks-British-government-for-more-cooperation.aspx

http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-07/09/c_138210023.htm

… and Egypt was planning to sue the auction house:

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-48922555

https://gulfnews.com/world/mena/egypt-vows-legal-action-over-king-tut-sale-1.65121551

https://www.artsy.net/news/artsy-editorial-egypt-will-sue-christies-recover-6-million-sculpture-king-tut

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/egypt-sues-christies-auction-house-over-sale-king-170100775.html

We also read that Egypt is seeking Interpol’s help in recovering that Tut statue that was auctioned off last week:

https://www.timesofisrael.com/egypt-asks-interpol-to-help-retrieve-king-tut-statue/

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jul/09/egypt-asks-interpol-to-trace-tutankhamun-relic-auctioned-in-uk

https://www.dailysabah.com/life/2019/07/09/egypt-urges-interpol-to-trace-stolen-tutankhamun-mask-sold-in-london-auction

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/07/09/egypt-asks-interpol-recover-tutankhamun-statue-sold-christies/

https://www.thenational.ae/arts-culture/art/egypt-tries-to-enlist-interpol-to-retrieve-disputed-bust-of-tutankhamun-1.884383

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/egypt-calls-in-interpol-and-lawyers-over-4-7m-tutankhamun-sale-g3dhnxzcz

https://www.rawstory.com/2019/07/stolen-from-karnak-egypt-asks-interpol-to-trace-tutankhamun-mask-over-ownership-docs/

… a related oped:

https://www.thenational.ae/opinion/editorial/tutankhamun-row-reveals-the-vestiges-of-colonialism-1.884824

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THE TECHY SIDE

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Haven’t heard about the archaeological application of muon radiography for a while, but it seems to be behind the discovery of one of the oldest Christian churches in Derbent (Russia):

https://phys.org/news/2019-07-d-images-oldest-christian-church.html

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-07/nuos-npi071019.php

https://www.newsweek.com/nuclear-physics-reveal-worlds-oldest-church-1448671

Testing acoustics of/at Stonehenge:

https://phys.org/news/2019-07-mini-model-stonehenge-reveals-voices-ancient.html

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/jul/11/scientists-turn-to-laser-accurate-model-to-test-stonehenge-acoustics

Feature on dendrochronology:

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/archaeology/how-tree-rings-date-archaeological-site/

… and C14 dating:

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/archaeology/radiocarbon-dating-explained/

More on 3d printing the Lion of Mosul:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/3-d-printed-replica-ancient-sculpture-destroyed-isis-goes-view-london-180972577/

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ON THE DNA FRONT

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Studying the genomes associated with the Justinianic plague:

https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2019/07/max-planck-harvard-genome-study-shows-extent-diversity-of-roman-plague/

A study of the ‘turnover’ of cattle in the Fertile Crescent is rather interesting:

https://phys.org/news/2019-07-ancient-genomics-rapid-turnover-cattle.html

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/07/190711141346.htm

https://gizmodo.com/ancient-dna-helps-trace-the-origin-of-domestic-cattle-1836283020

http://www.archaeology.org/news/7817-190711-cattle-domestication-zebu

OpEd on ‘politicizing’ ancient DNA:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/when-ancient-dna-gets-politicized-180972639/

More on Philistine DNA:

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/07/190703150509.htm

https://www.tornosnews.gr/en/tourism-businesses/thematic-tourism/36131-dna-study-ancient-greeks-related-to-biblical-philistine-enemies-of-jews.html

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CLIMATE MATTERS

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Concerns that climate change in Greenland will affect Viking sites and DNA:

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/viking-history-is-melting-away-in-greenland/

https://mashable.com/article/viking-greenland-remains-decay/

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/?p=36714

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TOURISTY THINGS

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Istanbul:

https://www.economist.com/books-and-arts/2017/01/26/new-histories-of-istanbul?fsrc=scn/fb/te/bl/ed/newhistoriesofistanbul

Baalbek:

https://www.middleeasteye.net/discover/baalbek-lebanon-ruins-tour

Ephesus:

http://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/4379209

Seven Hills of Rome:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/travel/romes-seven-hills-offer-seven-green-respites-from-summers-crowds/2019/07/11/3dd2e46a-9f4d-11e9-9ed4-c9089972ad5a_story.html

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PERFORMANCES

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Odyssey:

http://www.southernminn.com/northfield_news/community/article_8a03e4f3-311d-5aa0-bd4e-11723ed68a28.html

Oedipus Rex:

http://www.ekathimerini.com/242479/article/ekathimerini/whats-on/oedipus-rex–epidaurus–july-12–13

Bacchae:

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/11/theater/the-bacchae-review-classical-theater-of-harlem.html

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CRIME BEAT

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Subhash Kapoor is apparently part of a major smuggling ring:

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/10/arts/design/investigators-say-a-ring-smuggled-145-million-in-ancient-artifacts.html

https://www.seattletimes.com/business/art-ring-charged-with-smuggling-143-million-in-antiquities/

https://www.heraldnet.com/business/art-ring-charged-with-smuggling-143-million-in-antiquities/

https://www.artsy.net/news/artsy-editorial-art-dealer-subhash-kapoor-seven-co-conspirators-charged-running-143-million-smuggling-ring

… and this item on missing Asian antiquities seems to be related to the above:

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/gallery/whereabouts-unknown-see-the-antiquities-us-authorities-are-still-trying-to-track-down

Nine sculptures have been stolen in the past three years from ASI managed facilities:

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/nine-stone-sculptures-stolen-in-three-years-says-minister-prahlad-singh-patel/article28335843.ece

A bust in Denizli recovered a 3-headed Roman-era statue:

https://www.dailysabah.com/history/2019/07/08/police-seize-roman-era-3-headed-statue-in-turkeys-denizli

A bust in Kipoi (Turkey) netted hundreds of ancient Greek coins:

https://greece.greekreporter.com/2019/07/09/turkish-citizen-arrested-for-smuggling-hundreds-of-ancient-greek-coins/

Smugglers were caught in Iran:

https://ifpnews.com/exclusive/3000-year-old-antiquities-seized-from-smugglers-in-iran/

http://www.ekathimerini.com/242391/article/ekathimerini/news/more-than-1000-ancient-coins-seized-from-turkish-man-at-border-crossing

https://ahvalnews.com/archaeology/greek-authorities-catch-smuggler-crossing-turkish-border-over-1000-ancient-coins

On smuggling and social media:

https://hyperallergic.com/508907/how-social-media-is-allowing-for-illegal-antiquities-trafficking/

Azerbaijan is investigating the destruction of an historical monument:

https://en.trend.az/azerbaijan/society/3088106.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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The British Museum is returning some Buddhist heads looted during the war in Afghanistan:

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2019/jul/08/british-museum-return-looted-afghan-artefacts-found-heathrow

https://www.standard.co.uk/go/london/arts/afghan-antiquities-british-museum-exhibition-black-market-a4184611.html

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/british-museum-to-send-looted-treasures-back-to-afghanistan-xdhnksp6l

… and items looted from Iraq:

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/british-museum-afghanistan-iraq-artifacts-1595683

… some coverage is for both:

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/british-museum-afghanistan-iraq-buddhist-heads-mesopotamian-tablets-artefacts-a8996191.html

https://www.peeblesshirenews.com/news/17755775.british-museum-help-return-ancient-artefacts-looted-iraq-afghanistan/

https://au.news.yahoo.com/british-museum-announces-return-looted-iraqi-afghan-artefacts-135826354–spt.html

http://www.dailystar.com.lb/Arts-and-Ent/Culture/2019/Jul-10/487184-british-museum-announces-return-of-looted-artifacts.ashx

https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/life-culture/british-museum-announces-return-of-looted-iraqi-and-afghan-artefacts

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/hundreds-artifacts-looted-iraq-and-afghanistan-repatriated-180972584/

OpEddish on Ethiopian items in the British Museum:

https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2019/07/why-britain-wont-return-ethiopias-sacred-treasures/593281/

A Kaiser’s heir is trying to get some family items back:

https://www.dw.com/en/german-kaisers-heir-wants-seized-artifacts-back/a-49576011

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NUMISMATICA

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Feature on coins of Nero:

https://coinweek.com/ancient-coins/ma-shops-ancient-coins-of-the-roman-emperor-nero/

Feature on bees on ancient coins:

https://coinweek.com/ancient-coins/bee-all-that-you-can-bee-honeybees-on-ancient-coins/

Latest e-Sylum:

http://www.coinbooks.org/v22/club_nbs_esylum_v22n27.html

… and the one which should appear later today:

http://www.coinbooks.org/v22/club_nbs_esylum_v22n28.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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OBITUARIES

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Colin Palmer:

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/11/education/colin-palmer-dead.html

Brian Jones:

https://www.courant.com/community/glastonbury/hc-news-state-archaeologist-brian-jones-dies-20190709-gyvczk7nfvenhowxpbukz4tdee-story.html

Judith McKenzie:

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/judith-mckenzie-obituary-nhwn0nqm2

Robert F. Marx:

https://spacecoastdaily.com/2019/07/renowned-deep-sea-explorer-robert-f-marx-passes-away-peacefully-at-age-82-on-fourth-of-july/

Vivian Perlis:

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/09/arts/music/vivian-perlis-dead.html

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AUDIO/VIDEO NEWS

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Audio News from Archaeologica:

https://www.archaeologychannel.org/audio-guide/audio-news/2865-audio-news-from-archaeologica-30-june-6-july-2019

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CONFERENCES

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European Association of Biblical Studies Annual Conference (August 2019):

https://www.eabs.net/EABS/Conferences/Warsaw_2019/EABS/Abstract_system/Call_for_papers_Warsaw.aspx

CBA Wessex Annual Conference (November 2019):

https://www.cba-wessex.org.uk/product-category/conference/

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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

Archaeology Podcast Network:

http://www.archaeologypodcastnetwork.com/

The Book and the Spade:

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

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