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, Feral Boy, 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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A Neanderthal tooth from Gibraltar:

http://chronicle.gi/2017/07/landmark-discovery-as-archaeologists-unearth-neanderthal-tooth-in-vanguard-cave/

… possibly related:

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/gibraltars-neanderthal-city-offers-glimpse-into-life-of-humans-closest-relatives/

Neanderthal DNA is suggesting new dates for ‘human related dispersal’ from Africa (there’s a sapiens/neanderthal interbreeding spin on this too):

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-07/mpif-doe062917.php

https://phys.org/news/2017-07-dna-early-neanderthal-timeline-modern.html

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/07/170705132917.htm

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/04/science/neanderthals-dna-homo-sapiens-human-evolution.html?_r=0

https://cosmosmagazine.com/palaeontology/hohlenstein-stadel-cave-rewrites-history-of-neanderthal-human-relations

https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/07/neanderthal-dna-suggests-yet-another-wave-of-human-migration-out-of-africa/

http://www.archaeology.org/news/5712-170705-neanderthal-mitochondrial-dna

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/humans-may-have-left-africa-and-bred-neanderthals-over-200000-years-ago-180963951/

http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/07/2017/neanderthal-dna-gives-timeline-for-new-modern-human-related-dispersal-from-africa

Feature on the Denisovans:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/07/science/denisovans-baby-tooth-molar-dna.html

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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT

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Remember that big statue of Psammetich I from a Cairo neighbourhood? Apparently three antiquities officials are being prosecuted because of it:

https://dailynewsegypt.com/2017/07/08/administrative-prosecution-refers-3-ministry-antiquities-officials-trial-excavation-fiasco/

Studying ancient ‘tourist graffiti’ in the Valley of the Kings:

http://www.theweek.co.uk/86349/scientists-uncover-tripadvisor-for-the-ancient-world

The collapsed roof of an Ottoman-era mosque in Cairo had some reinforcing work done:

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/43/272961/Heritage/Islamic/Roof-of-Ottomanera-Cairo-mosque-reinforced-after-p.aspx

Plans and funding to restore a synagogue in Alexandria:

https://egyptianstreets.com/2017/07/08/egypt-approves-egp-40-million-restoration-of-synagogue-in-alexandria/

Interesting feature on the possible identification of the Assyrian queen Hama:

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2017/07/08/meet-forgotten-queen-protected-curse-and-crowned-gold/461380001/

An Iron Age site (Seh Tappeh) in Iran is in the news:

http://www.tehrantimes.com/news/414828/In-Focus-Excavations-aim-to-shed-light-on-Iron-Age-life-in-northeast

Some interesting finds from this year’s digging at Huqoq:

http://uncnews.unc.edu/2017/07/06/excavations-unc-chapel-hill-archaeologist-continue-yield-stunning-mosaics-ancient-galilean-synagogue/

https://unc.photoshelter.com/galleries/C00005vwcu89jLJ4/UNC-MEDIA-RELEASE

… but I don’t think that is Jonah and the whale in the picture:

http://www.timesofisrael.com/earliest-mosaic-of-jonah-and-the-whale-found-in-galilee-synagogue/

The Gath Archaeological Project dig blog is under way again:

https://gath.wordpress.com/2017/07/03/and-were-off-the-2017-season-starts/

… as is the Tel Burna Excavation Project:

https://telburna.wordpress.com/2017/07/08/week-1-overview/

This is somewhat confusing to follow in the press … early in the week we read that Hebron didn’t qualify for UNESCO’s ‘Heritage in Danger’ list:

http://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/UNESCO-experts-Hebron-heritage-request-too-focused-on-Muslim-history-498519

… then we read that it was a request not to let it be so inscribed:

http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Politics-And-Diplomacy/Haley-asks-UN-not-to-inscribe-Hebron-on-World-Heritage-List-498680

… then we read that it happened:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jul/07/unesco-recognises-hebron-as-palestinian-world-heritage-site

… and Israel responded in a somewhat strange manner:

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/israel-un-budget-jewish-heritage-museums-unesco-world-heritage-site-hebron-protest-palestinian-city-a7830391.html

A sixth century medical manuscript was discovered in St Catharine’s monastery:

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/41/273085/Heritage/GrecoRoman/Sixth-century-medical-recipe-uncovered-in-St-Cathe.aspx

https://english.aawsat.com/waleed-abdul-rahman/lifestyle-culture/egypt-rare-manuscript-discovered-saint-catherine-monastery

A 1000 years bp ‘Sultan’s Bath’ from Takkeli mountain:

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/sultans-bath-a-surprising-find-atop-takkeli-mountain.aspx?pageID=238&nid=115192&NewsCatID=375

http://www.archaeology.org/news/5720-170707-anatolia-gevele-castle

Feature on Petra:

https://www.livescience.com/59707-google-maps-of-petra-photos.html

More on 3200 years bp human remains from Gezer:

http://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/1.798934

http://www.newsweek.com/israel-ancient-human-remains-discovered-royal-biblical-city-3200-years-after-631954

http://www.archaeology.org/news/5706-170703-israel-canaanite-remains-discovered

More on the ‘skull cult’ at Gobekli Tepe:

https://www.dailysabah.com/history/2017/07/04/gobeklitepe-was-home-to-rites-of-skull-findings-say

More on ancient dyes;

http://www.jns.org/latest-articles/2017/7/3/what-did-israels-ancient-kings-wear-textile-discovery-provides-hints

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Finds from various early periods at Hala Sultan Tekke:

http://famagusta-gazette.com/important-archaeological-findings-discovered-at-the-late-cypriot-harbour-ci-p41166-69.htm

The latest press gushing over Roman concrete (this is becoming an annual thing):

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-07/uou-hss062617.php

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/07/170703132007.htm

https://phys.org/news/2017-07-ancient-concrete-romans.html

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/jul/04/why-roman-concrete-still-stands-strong-while-modern-version-decays

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-40494248

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2017/07/03/secret-roman-concrete-survived-tidal-battering-2000-years-revealed/

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/roman-concrete-mystery-solved-scientists-a7824011.html

http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/why-ancient-concrete-is-stronger-1.4193226

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2017/07/04/ancient-romans-made-worlds-most-durable-concrete-we-might-use-it-to-stop-rising-seas/

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-07-05/scientists-uncover-ancient-roman-concrete-secret/8679650

https://cosmosmagazine.com/chemistry/how-ancient-roman-concrete-grows-stronger-over-time

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/why-ancient-roman-concrete-so-strong-180963946/

http://www.wired.co.uk/article/roman-concrete-seawater

http://www.timesofisrael.com/how-have-romans-structures-lasted-so-long-research-finds-concrete-answers/

https://elpais.com/elpais/2017/07/03/ciencia/1499063196_879758.html

http://www.nature.com/news/seawater-is-the-secret-to-long-lasting-roman-concrete-1.22231

http://www.archaeology.org/news/5710-170705-roman-ocean-concrete

Gold and silver coins from Rio Tinto:

https://www.thelocal.es/20170706/milestone-treasure-of-ancient-roman-coins-found-at-mining-site

http://www.archaeology.org/news/5714-170706-spain-roman-coins

Remains of a Roman settlement in an Antique Roadshow host’s garden:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/07/07/antiques-roadshow-expert-finds-roman-site-back-garden-amateur/

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/archaeologists-find-roman-settlement-in-garden-of-antiques-roadshow-host-marc-allum-ckj5frjl5

More rooms found at a site associated with Helena:

http://www.archaeology.org/news/5717-170707-rome-helena-rooms

A pile of ‘domuses’ from Pompeii have been recently restored:

http://www.italy24.ilsole24ore.com/art/arts-and-leisure/2017-07-04/the-great-pompeii-project-nears-the-finish-line-30-domuses-reopened-new-lights-are-enhancing-the-ruins–191518.php?uuid=AE2oXdrB

http://www.ansamed.info/ansamed/en/news/nations/italy/2017/07/04/30-pompeii-buildings-restored-towards-new-visitor-record_2bdce7e2-deb7-4df3-bb6f-75c20f224bc9.html

In case you missed the attention given to a Pompeii cast photographed from a suggestive angle:

http://www.thedailybeast.com/the-pompeii-man-wouldve-been-a-lonely-masturbator

http://www.news.com.au/technology/science/archaeology/a-photo-a-man-who-appeared-to-die-while-masturbating-might-not-be-as-it-seems/news-story/ed1e9bfb6a60fba181bbdf013d73b140

https://www.dailydot.com/unclick/pompeii-masturbator-vesuvius-volcano-meme/

The ‘pin drop’ test at Epidaurus apparently didn’t live up to its billing:

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/pin-drop-test-pops-greek-amphitheater-acoustic-claims

Again we’re reading of (extremely slow) progress virtually unrolling Herculaneum papyri:

https://www.technologyreview.com/s/608209/first-virtual-unrolling-of-ancient-scroll-buried-by-vesuvius-reveals-early-text/

Teaching math the Roman way:

https://phys.org/news/2017-07-ancient-roman-methods-modern-school.html

Plenty of Roman history stuffed into one map:

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/map-traces-roman-history-over-1500-years-180963773/

Studying graffiti from Smyrna:

http://www.dailysabah.com/history/2017/07/07/ancient-writing-reveals-old-city-rivals

On the location of Greek temples:

http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20170705-the-mystery-behind-greeces-temples

Stanford has digitized a pile of historical images of Rome:

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/newly-digitized-images-document-romes-ever-changing-history-180963979/

http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=11&int_new=97105

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-07/04/c_136414613.htm

Nice feature on women in Classics:

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/jul/07/women-classics-translation-female-scholars-translators

A Turkish man ‘accidentally’ saved a couple of Roman columns:

https://english.aawsat.com/saeed-abdelrazek/lifestyle-culture/turkish-man-accidentally-saves-2-historic-roman-pillars

The Domus Aurea is getting the 3w VR treatment:

http://www.wantedinrome.com/news/a-mad-emperors-dream-in-3d.html

Livy will be on the Euro:

http://news.coinupdate.com/italy-new-e2-marks-bi-millenary-of-the-death-of-famed-historian/

Xenophon’s Anabasis is getting the TV treatment (maybe):

https://www.princeton.edu/news/2017/07/03/showtime-xenophon-senior-thesis-turns-xenophons-anabasis-tv-pilot

Wonder Woman and a (misattributed) quote from Thucydides:

https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2017/07/07/wonder-woman-war-china-graham-allison-column/452549001/

Strikes at sites in Athens:

https://phys.org/news/2017-07-archaeological-sites-athens.html

More on Roman skulls showing regional diversity:

http://www.archaeology.org/news/5708-170703-roman-skulls-mapped

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

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EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland)

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The Ii Hamina cemetery (Finland) is rather interesting:

https://phys.org/news/2017-07-ii-hamina-cemetery-reveals-environment.html

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-07/uoh-tih070717.php

A 200 years bp burial from the Brighton Corn Exchange site:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-40516306

http://www.chichester.co.uk/news/county-news-burial-site-unearthed-beneath-sussex-venue-1-8042753

http://www.archaeology.org/news/5718-170707-england-brighton-burials

A reassessment of the dating for the Borgring Viking fortress:

http://cphpost.dk/news/oak-dating-confirms-koge-fortress-is-one-of-harald-bluetooths.html

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-07/au-bid070417.php

https://phys.org/news/2017-07-breakthrough-dating-viking-fortress.html

https://www.thelocal.dk/20170704/denmark-finds-harald-bluetooths-fifth-viking-fortress

A medieval gold ring from Pontrefract has been declared treasure:

http://www.pontefractandcastlefordexpress.co.uk/news/historic-gold-ring-found-in-pontefract-declared-to-be-treasure-1-8634824

http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/metal-detectorist-finds-gold-treasure-in-west-yorkshire-field-1-8636894

Feature on Eleanor of Aquitaine:

http://www.historyextra.com/article/bbc-history-magazine/eleanor-aquitaine-medieval-queen-who-took-europe%E2%80%99s-most-powerful-men

Feature on a quilt given to Queen Victoria:

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-40500884

Feature on the Uffington Horse:

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/3000-year-old-uffington-horse-looms-over-english-countryside-180963968/

On what ancient stone monuments were used for:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2017/07/07/ancient-stone-monuments-may-have-used-mysterious-moonlit-ceremonies/

Ongoing concerns for Venice:

http://www.cnn.com/travel/article/venice-too-many-tourists/index.html

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

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ASIA AND THE SOUTH PACIFIC

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5000 years bp burials of ‘giants’ from Shandong:

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-07/03/c_136414214.htm

http://www.china.org.cn/china/2017-07/05/content_41154983.htm

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/skeletons-china-giants-5000-year-old-archaeologists-discovered-jiaojia-jinan-shandong-a7824326.html

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/07/05/incredible-graveyard-5000-year-old-giants-found-china/

http://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/skeletons-of-5000-year-old-chinese-%E2%80%98giants%E2%80%99-discovered-by-archaeologists/ar-BBDMzIp?li=AAmiR2Z&ocid=spartandhp

http://theweek.com/speedreads/710037/archaeologists-discover-skeletons-5000yearold-chinese-giants

https://au.news.yahoo.com/technology/a/36271904/chinese-archaeologists-unearth-giants-graveyard/

http://www.stuff.co.nz/world/asia/94438471/Graveyard-of-giants-found-during-dig-at-5000-year-old-Chinese-village

http://www.ibtimes.sg/archaeologitsts-discover-5000-year-old-graveyard-giants-chinese-village-12325

More than 200 3000 years bp burials from Henan:

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-07/06/c_136422397.htm

http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v8/wn/newsworld.php?id=1370026

Latest from Angkor:

https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/archaeological-find-reveals-new-side-life-angkor-132260/

A lintel from a medieval temple in Kozhikode:

http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/kozhikode/door-lintel-of-late-medieval-era-temple-discovered/article19236850.ece

Searching for an underwater city near Dwarka:

http://www.khaleejtimes.com/international/india/underwater-robots-to-search-for-washed-away-dwarka-city

Archaeologists want to excavate a bulldozed royal tomb in Viet Nam:

http://vietnamnews.vn/life-style/379400/archaeologists-want-to-excavate-bulldozed-royal-tomb-site.html

Mapping massacres of early indigenous Australians:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-40489882

An APOD featuring the Great Wall:

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap170703.html

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http://www.southeastasianarchaeology.com/

New Zealand Archaeology eNews:

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

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The recent excitement about really old stuff from California is renewing interest in the Holloman Gravel Pit site in Oklahoma:

http://newsok.com/article/5555591

Evidence of earliest use (ca 11 000 years bp) of potatoes in North America comes from Utah:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-07/uou-uih062817.php

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/07/170703170044.htm

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/prehistoric-mashed-potato-10900-years-utah-valley-scientists-escalante-a7820586.html

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865684157/Utah-home-to-earliest-use-of-wild-potato-in-North-America.html

http://www.msn.com/en-gb/foodanddrink/foodnews/prehistoric-mashed-potato-dating-back-10900-years-discovered-in-utah/ar-BBDGU6N?li=AAmiR2Z&ocid=spartandhp

http://www.archaeology.org/news/5711-170705-utah-prehistoric-potatoes

A 4000 years bp bannerstone from Carmel:

http://www.indystar.com/story/news/local/hamilton-county/2017/07/03/carmel-employee-finds-native-american-artifact-near-roundabout-construction-site/448651001/

Indigenous skull fragments from Manitoulin Island:

http://www.manitoulin.ca/2017/07/05/second-human-skull-fragments-found/

Sort of a repatriation story … a gourd associated with Membertou has returned to Nova Scotia:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/mi-kmaq-membertou-artifact-gourd-natural-history-museum-1.4189798?cmp=rss

Searching for Hochelaga:

http://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/a-montreal-mystery-hunt-for-lost-village-of-hochelaga-starts-on-st-viateur-ave

Archaeologists have located Sally Hemmings’ quarters at Monticello:

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/thomas-jefferson-s-enslaved-mistress-sally-hemings-living-quarters-found-n771261

https://www.yahoo.com/news/quarters-jefferson-apos-slave-bore-081036373.html

http://edition.cnn.com/videos/us/2017/07/03/hemings-monticello-orig-lc.cnn/video/playlists/cant-miss/

http://theweek.com/speedreads/709921/archaeologists-found-sally-hemings-quarters-thomas-jeffersons-monticello

Excavating a pre-Civil War house in Miller Grove:

http://www.kfvs.com/story/35829451/archaeologists-excavate-pre-civil-war-home-in-miller-grove

What Shawn Jones is up to:

http://www.yukon-news.com/life/archaeologist-salvages-skagways-gold-rush-history-by-sifting-through-trash/

On Jefferson and religion:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/04/opinion/thomas-jeffersons-bible-teaching.html

… and founding fathers’ view of ‘Christian nation’:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/posteverything/wp/2017/07/04/what-politicians-mean-when-they-say-america-was-founded-as-a-christian-nation/

On the history of beer in the US:

http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2017/07/03/532250762/how-the-story-of-beer-is-the-story-of-america

Feature on Mary Katherine Goddard:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/this-womans-name-appears-on-the-declaration-of-independence-so-why-dont-we-know-her-story/2017/07/03/ce86bf2e-5ff1-11e7-84a1-a26b75ad39fe_story.html

On lessons from American history:

http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/03/opinions/learn-from-history-opinion-bergen/index.html

Yankee Doodle genealogy:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/03/us/yankee-doodle-family-tree.html

On presidents dying on July 4th:

http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-july-fourth-presidents-20170704-story.html

I think we mentioned the Franklin saga in the making:

http://www.lincolnshirelive.co.uk/news/lincoln-news/international-row-over-sir-john-163974

Acoustic archaeology at Chaco Canyon:

http://www.buffalo.edu/news/releases/2017/07/003.html

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/07/170706143145.htm

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-07/uab-aps070617.php

https://phys.org/news/2017-07-archaeologists-previously-silent.html

Review of a book about the Donner Party:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/07/books/review/the-best-land-under-heaven-donner-party-michael-wallis.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fbooks

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Scans suggest a possible tunnel beneath the Pyramid of the Moon at Teotihuacan (didn’t we hear something like this a few years ago?):

http://www.inah.gob.mx/es/boletines/6309-especialistas-del-inah-localizan-posible-tunel-bajo-la-plaza-y-piramide-de-la-luna-en-teotihuacan

http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=2439519&CategoryId=14091

https://www.livescience.com/59708-temple-of-the-moon-tunnel.html

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/ancient-secret-tunnel-below-teotihuacans-pyramid-moon-represents-underworld-1629271

https://phys.org/news/2017-07-ct-scans-tunnel-mexico-teotihuacan.html

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=11886659

http://www.sfgate.com/news/world/article/CT-scans-find-possible-tunnel-in-Mexico-s-11265680.php

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/07/tunnel-pyramid-teotihuacan-Mexico-archaeology-spd/

http://www.archaeology.org/news/5713-170705-mexico-teotihuacan-tunnels

Aztec burials from Mexico City associated with resistance to the Spanish Conquest:

http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=11&int_new=97262

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/mexico-city-dig-uncovers-traces-aztec-resistance-spain-180963970/

http://www.archaeology.org/news/5716-170706-mexico-colhuacatonco-burials

An Aztec ‘golden wolf sacrifice trove’ from Mexico City too:

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-mexico-archaeology-aztecs-idUSKBN19S1RA

http://www.archaeology.org/news/5719-170707-mexico-aztec-sacrifice

Colombia is salvaging gold from the San Jose:

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-colombia-shipwreck-idUSKBN19Q2N2?feedType=RSS&feedName=lifestyleMolt

http://nypost.com/2017/07/06/colombia-attempts-to-recover-spanish-shipwreck-worth-over-1-billion/

More on the Aztec ‘tower of skulls’:

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-40473547

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/07/02/tower-hundreds-aztec-skulls-found-mexico-city/

https://www.theatlantic.com/news/archive/2017/07/archeologists-in-mexico-find-an-aztec-tower-of-skulls/532584/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/retropolis/wp/2017/07/04/archaeologists-unearth-a-500-year-old-tower-of-skulls-and-another-gruesome-aztec-mystery/

http://www.bostonglobe.com/news/world/2017/07/04/arcaheologists-unearth-year-old-tower-skulls-mexico/Jszn9f82FQtoFExPgldpsN/story.html

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/07/05/535613480/aztec-tower-of-skulls-reveals-women-children-were-sacrificed

http://www.smh.com.au/technology/sci-tech/archaeologists-unearth-a-500yearold-tower-of-skulls-and-a-gruesome-aztec-mystery-20170705-gx51dc.html

https://www.economist.com/news/americas/21724851-pioneers-gender-equality-aztecs-sacrificed-women-well-men-archaeologists-discover?fsrc=rss%7Came

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/aztec-skull-tower-contains-remains-women-and-children-180963905/

http://www.archaeology.org/news/5709-170703-mexico-city-aztec-skulls

More on that 8000 years bp high altitude site in Peru:

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/06/170628095929.htm

http://www.peruthisweek.com/news-7000-year-old-human-remains-found-in-peruvian-andes-111931

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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 pies:

http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2016/07/03/482854462/as-chinese-iranian-and-indonesian-as-apple-pie

On some historical solar eclipses:

https://www.livescience.com/59691-solar-eclipses-that-changed-science.html

Victor Nuovo is talking about Hobbes now:

http://www.addisonindependent.com/201707victor-nuovo-thomas-hobbes-our-contemporary

Interesting hand found in a museum vault:

http://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/15391043.Severed_hand_is_gruesome_discovery_in_Swindon_Museum_vaults/

Big bucks for a Turner at auction:

http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=11&int_new=97260

The last (?) parchment maker:

http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/en/originals/2017/07/pergaman-struggles-to-save-parchment.html

Some Yale projects we’ll probably hear more from in the future:

http://news.yale.edu/2017/06/30/three-winners-inaugural-humanities-grant-competition-announced

Studying Victorian attitudes to ‘older women’:

http://theconversation.com/friday-essay-double-standards-and-derision-tracing-our-attitudes-to-older-women-and-beauty-79575

… Victorian witches and mediums:

http://theconversation.com/from-witches-to-victorian-mediums-the-abuse-of-levitating-women-80217

Some of Jane Austen’s correspondence is coming to auction:

http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=11&int_new=97303

… and there’s a feature on her word choices:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/06/upshot/the-word-choices-that-explain-why-jane-austen-endures.html

Those forensic dogs looking for Amelia Earhart may have found her:

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/07/forensic-dogs-amelia-earhart-spot-where-died/

… but the ‘she survived the crash’ theory was revived too:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/06/world/amelia-earhart-photo-japan.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Ftravel

http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/35837979/documentary-claims-amelia-earhart-survived-crash

The Chicago library wants help transcribing some magical manuscripts:

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/chicago-library-seeks-help-transcribing-magical-manuscripts-180963911/

Feature on Kathe Kollwitz:

http://www.dw.com/en/the-art-of-tragedy-150-years-of-k%C3%A4the-kollwitz/a-39600754

Archaeology Podcast Network:

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

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MUSEUM MATTERS

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Gladiators:

http://arts.theaureview.com/reviews/we-explore-the-expansive-exhibition-gladiators-heroes-of-the-colosseum-at-brisbanes-queensland-museum/

http://visual.artshub.com.au/news-article/sponsored-content/museums/brooke-boland/gladiators-heroes-of-the-colosseum-brings-ancient-rome-to-brisbane-253994

China and Egypt:

http://artdaily.com/news/97240/Exhibition-in-Berlin-presents-ancient-Egyptian-and-ancient-Chinese-artefacts-side-by-side

Franklin Expedition:

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2017/jul/06/sir-john-franklin-arctic-voyage-greenwich-exhibition

Alma Tadema:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/art/what-to-see/alma-tadema-home-antiquity-leighton-house-museum-review/

https://www.ft.com/content/6715d964-609c-11e7-8814-0ac7eb84e5f1

http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=11&int_new=97328

Greek Vases:

http://www.toledoblade.com/Art/2017/07/08/Museum-s-Greek-vases-exhibit-features-gods-heroes.html

Must Farm finds:

http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/whats-on/bronze-age-finds-from-must-farm-on-show-at-museum-over-summer-1-8045427

Jacobites:

http://www.scotsman.com/heritage/people-places/review-jacobite-exhibition-explores-legacy-of-the-stuarts-1-4498514

Gurlitt items:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/27/arts/design/first-public-showing-of-monet-rodin-and-maillols-from-gurlitt-trove.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fdesign

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-40537709

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/07/arts/design/gurlitt-collection-artwork-arrives-in-switzerland.html

A recent acquisition by the National Museum of Wales:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-40532148

The British Museum is bringing back its reading room:

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2017/jul/04/british-museum-to-bring-back-reading-room-as-part-of-revamp

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THE TECHY SIDE

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Latest facial reconstruction from Peru is the Lady of Cao:

https://phys.org/news/2017-07-peru-reconstructs-woman-years.html

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-peru-culture-idUSKBN19P2IP?feedType=RSS&feedName=lifestyleMolt

http://www.smh.com.au/world/peru-reveals-face-of-ancient-young-female-ruler-lady-of-cao-20170704-gx4r4c.html

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-40502368

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/06/csi-tools-mummy-moche-peru-cao-brujo/

Faces of Palmyra:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/drsarahbond/2017/07/05/digitally-reconstructing-the-faces-of-ancient-palmyra/

More on digital facial reconstruction of those Salish folk:

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/indigenous-family-brought-back-life-digital-reconstruction-180963921/

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ON THE DNA FRONT

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Using DNA to figure out languages in India:

https://www.livescience.com/59703-north-india-populated-by-central-asian-invaders.html

http://www.archaeology.org/news/5715-170706-india-genetic-study

DNA suggests ‘shortness’ helped people survive the Ice Age:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/06/science/they-were-shorter-and-at-risk-for-arthritis-but-they-survived-an-ice-age.html

Dienekes’ Anthropology Blog:

http://dienekes.blogspot.ca/

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TOURISTY THINGS

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Newgrange:

http://www.cnn.com/travel/article/newgrange-ireland-stone-age/index.html

Teotihuacan:

https://cultura.elpais.com/cultura/2017/07/05/actualidad/1499218087_670131.html

Viking Trail:

http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20170629-the-first-european-settlement-in-the-new-world

Roman Rhine:

http://www.commdiginews.com/travel/a-roman-adventure-along-the-shores-of-switzerlands-rhine-91036/

Chartres Cathedral:

https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/destinations/2017/07/08/rick-steves-awestruck-chartres-cathedral/461425001/

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CRIME BEAT

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A couple of weeks’ worth of Anonymous Swiss Collector Culture Crime News:

http://www.anonymousswisscollector.com/2017/07/culture-crime-news-19-june-2-july-2017.html

http://www.anonymousswisscollector.com/2017/06/culture-crime-news-12-18-june-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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Some Chinese jade vessels were ‘recovered and sold’ (not quite repatriated):

http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=11&int_new=97230

… and there is a desire for the return of Zeugma mosaics:

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/minister-avci-asks-for-zeugma-mosaics-to-be-returned.aspx?pageID=238&nID=115228&NewsCatID=375

… and a Haida item in the British Museum:

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/haida-indigenous-repatriation/article35572292/

Since there doesn’t appear to be an acknowledgement of a crime (although there should be), we’re putting the Hobby Lobby coverage under ‘repatriation’:

https://www.courthousenews.com/feds-seize-thousands-iraqi-artifacts-hobby-lobby/

https://www.pri.org/stories/2017-07-06/hobby-lobby-ignored-red-flags-about-stolen-iraqi-artifacts

https://hyperallergic.com/389064/hobby-lobby-busted-for-illegally-importing-thousands-of-iraqi-antiquities/

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/hobby-lobby-ancient-iraqi-artifacts-archaeologist-amr-al-azm/

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-40516932

https://www.livescience.com/59710-hobby-lobby-forfeits-smuggled-iraqi-artifacts.html

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/spotlight-hobby-lobby-s-biblical-collection-after-smuggle-case-n780286

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/07/hobby-lobby-smuggled-thousands-of-ancient-artifacts-out-of-iraq/532743/

http://theweek.com/speedreads/710217/hobby-lobby-pay-3-million-settle-antiquities-smuggling-case

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-iraqiartifacts-idUSKBN19Q33Q?feedType=RSS&feedName=lifestyleMolt

http://www.latimes.com/business/hiltzik/la-fi-hiltzik-hobby-lobby-20170705-story.html

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/07/05/535698988/hobby-lobby-to-forfeit-smuggled-iraqi-antiquities

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/07/05/hobby-lobby-fined-3-million-for-artifacts-smuggled-from-iraq/

http://www.timesofisrael.com/us-retailer-fined-3-million-for-iraqi-artifacts-smuggled-via-israel-uae/

http://www.jpost.com/Not-Just-News/Hobby-Lobby-to-pay-fine-for-illegal-items-from-UAE-Israel-498924

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/232145

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/hobby-lobby-justice-department-fine-3-million-ancient-artefacts-iraq-antiquities-illegal-imports-a7826241.html

http://www.newsweek.com/hobby-lobby-iraq-antiquities-evangelicals-632434

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/hobby-lobby-reaches-settlement-will-forfeit-ancient-iraqi-artifacts-smuggled-into-us/article35570650/?cmpid=rss1

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-40516932

… and they’re trying to keep this unassociated with the soon-to-open Museum of the Bible:

http://dcist.com/2017/07/hobby_lobby_fined_3_million_for_sto.php

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2017/07/06/hobby-lobbys-3-million-smuggling-case-casts-a-cloud-over-the-museum-of-the-bible/

… and we’re geting opeds on assorted implications:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/06/opinion/hobby-lobby-iraq-artifacts.html

http://time.com/money/4847701/hobby-lobby-ancient-artifacts-iraq/

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/hobby-lobby-accused-of-hypocrisy-amid-antiquities-smuggling-scandal/article35585095/?cmpid=rss1

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/hobby-lobby-trouble-importing-artifacts/

http://thefederalist.com/2017/07/07/time-let-collectors-like-hobby-lobby-import-artifacts-west/

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/hobby-lobby-artifacts-trade-hypocrisy/

http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/antiquities-trade-hobby-lobby-1.4193811

… and a good analysis of the situation:

http://culturalheritagelawyer.blogspot.ca/2017/07/cultural-property-forfeiture-hobby.html

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NUMISMATICA

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Feature on plantation tokens:

http://www.coinworld.com/news/us-coins/2017/07/american-plantations-tokens-in-british-colonial-america.all.html

Latest e-Sylum:

http://www.coinbooks.org/v20/club_nbs_esylum_v20n27.html

… and the one which should appear later today:

http://www.coinbooks.org/v20/club_nbs_esylum_v20n28.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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Dr Mary Walker:

http://www.syracuse.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2017/07/once_arrested_for_wearing_pants_dr_mary_walker_was_only_woman_to_received_medal.html

The Rover:

http://theconversation.com/vivacious-and-unapologetic-the-rovers-17th-century-feminism-is-painfully-pertinent-80455

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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/2629-audio-news-from-archaeologica-25-june-2017-1-july-2017

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OBITUARIES

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Jan Fontein:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/03/arts/jan-fontein-scholar-of-asian-art-is-dead-at-89.html

Morton Cohen:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/04/books/morton-cohen-scholar-of-lewis-carroll-and-his-wonderland-dies-at-96.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fbooks

Suzanne Wasserman:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/01/nyregion/suzanne-wasserman-dead.html

Roger D Abrahams:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/29/arts/roger-d-abrahams-dead-folklorist.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fobituaries

Giovannangelo Camporeale:

http://firenze.repubblica.it/cronaca/2017/07/03/news/addio_al_professor_camporeale_grande_esperto_degli_etruschi-169851569/

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CONFERENCES

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Canada Before Confederation: Early Exploration and Mapping (Nov. 2017)

https://independent.academia.edu/ConferenceCanadabeforeConfederationEarlyMappingandExploration14981763

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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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