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, Andrew Szegedy-Maszak,

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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Evidence of a human presence in Northern France 650 000 years bp:

https://phys.org/news/2019-09-northern-france-inhabited-years.html

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-09/c-nfw091719.php

Suggestion that chronic ear infections may have led to the demise of Neanderthals:

https://phys.org/news/2019-09-common-childhood-illness-neanderthals.html

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-09/sdhs-dac091819.php

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/09/190919080755.htm

Feature on heidelbergensis:

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/crux/?p=13212

On giving birth, 2 million years bp:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-49733888

Latest ‘out of Africa needs to be rewritten maybe’ piece:

https://www.sapiens.org/evolution/dispersal-hominin/

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AFRICA

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Interesting feature on some aspects of Berber mythology:

https://en.yabiladi.com/articles/details/83309/berber-mythology-three-gods-that.html

Italy will be helping to restore some Libyan antiquities:

https://www.libyaherald.com/2019/09/18/italy-to-help-restore-libyan-antiquities/

France helped in the restoration of some Sudanese antiquities:

https://www.voanews.com/africa/french-experts-restore-three-sudanese-relics

https://allafrica.com/stories/201909200174.html

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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT

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A schoolmaster in Sohag found a Ptolemaic temple beneath his house:

https://www.egyptindependent.com/schoolmaster-in-sohag-uncovers-ptolemaic-temple-beneath-house/

https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/74815/Ptolemaic-temple-was-uncovered-in-Sohag

A ‘mystery box’ from Tut’s tomb was opened for the first time:

https://nytimespost.com/egypt-bombshell-mystery-box-in-tutankhamuns-tomb-opened-for-first-time-remarkable/

… and Zahi Hawass says he’ll reveal how Tut died in 2020:

https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/74860/Hawass-I-will-announce-how-Tutankhamun-died-in-2020

https://www.egyptindependent.com/zahi-hawass-to-reveal-the-truth-of-tutankhamuns-death-by-2020/

… and some details about the Tut opera:

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/44/350880/Heritage/Museums/Tutankhamun-Opera-to-debut-with-inauguration-of-Gr.aspx

https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/74897/Watch-Tutankhamun-Opera-promo-by-Zahi-Hawass

Restoration of more Ramses II statues in Luxor is under way:

https://www.arabnews.com/node/1554941/middle-east

https://www.albawaba.com/editors-choice/egypt-starts-restoration-king-ramses-ii-statues-1308918

Plans to restore a pair of New Kingdom sarcophagi:

http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-09/21/c_138411006.htm

http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-09/22/c_138411368.htm

Plans to convert Tanis Archaeological City into an ‘open museum’:

https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/74930/Min-aims-to-convert-Tanis-Archaeological-City-into-open-museum

Pondering Rameses II’s ‘greatness’:

https://www.historyextra.com/period/ancient-egypt/was-ramesses-ii-pharaoh-great-brilliant-why/

On the reverence for crocodiles in Egypt:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2019/09/20/crocodiles-were-so-revered-ancient-egypt-that-they-were-hunted-killed-mummified/

Somewhat vague item on the find of a mosaic floor at Yerevan, apparently with Urartian connections:

https://armenpress.am/eng/news/988191.html

Less vague item on Urartian finds from a site in Iran:

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/440295/Relics-relating-to-Kingdom-of-Urartu-found-in-northwest-Iran

Feature on Khirbet Al Umari:

https://menafn.com/1099012834/Treasure-hunting-takes-toll-on-Eastern-Badia-archaeological-siteDutch-scholar

Plenty of coverage of the possible identification of the site of Edom:

https://www.aftau.org/news-page-archaeology?storyid4677=2482&ncs4677=3

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-09/afot-tau091819.php

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/09/190918140804.htm

https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Culture/Israeli-researchers-identify-biblical-kingdom-of-Edom-602158

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/.premium.MAGAZINE-archaeology-confirms-book-of-genesis-on-israel-s-arch-nemesis-the-edomites-1.7855111

https://www.jewishpress.com/news/on-campus/tau-unprecedented-archaeological-study/2019/09/18/

https://www.theblaze.com/news/archaeologists-ancient-biblical-kingdom-of-edom

https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/comments?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0221967

… and with a focus on copper production there:

https://phys.org/news/2019-09-technological-edomite-kingdom-10th-century.html

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-09/p-at091119.php

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/09/190918140804.htm

https://www.livescience.com/edomites-went-through-technological-leap.html

https://www.timesofisrael.com/bible-era-nomadic-edomite-tribesmen-were-actually-hi-tech-copper-mavens/

https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/09/ancient-slag-offers-insight-into-the-uneven-pace-of-technological-advances/

More on the mosaics at the ‘Burnt Church’ at Hippos Sussita:

https://www.livescience.com/ancient-mosaic-new-testament-miracle.html

https://www.theblaze.com/news/mosaic-in-israel-likely-depicts-jesus-miracle-of-loaves-fishes

http://www.sci-news.com/archaeology/hippos-sussita-mosaic-07612.html

https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/ancient-mosaic-jesus-galilee-intl-scli/index.html

https://www.ibtimes.sg/archaeologists-unearth-mosaic-floor-5th-century-church-that-was-destroyed-fire-32455

https://www.thedailybeast.com/have-archaeologists-found-where-jesus-fed-the-5000

http://www.archaeology.org/news/8018-190919-israel-church-mosaic

More on the possible location of the site of Emmaus being found:

https://www.livescience.com/village-jesus-visited-after-crucifixion-discovered.html

Feature on the ‘competition’ to restore Palmyra:

https://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/The-battle-for-Palmyra-602118

https://www.ft.com/content/91ab59cc-d932-11e9-9c26-419d783e10e8

Commentary on that ancient mosque find in Rahat:

https://hyperallergic.com/518160/an-archaeological-discovery-in-israel-overshadows-mass-evictions/

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There’s a 23 000 years bp wall in Theopetra Cave, apparently:

https://greece.greekreporter.com/2019/09/20/theopetra-cave-in-central-greece-the-oldest-human-construction-on-earth/

A gold mask and bronze helmets dating to the 6th century BCE from Ahlada:

https://phys.org/news/2019-09-greek-archaeologists-uncover-riches-overlooked.html

https://greece.greekreporter.com/2019/09/21/gold-mask-bronze-helmets-uncovered-at-ancient-cemetery-of-macedonian-warriors/

https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Greek-archaeologists-uncover-riches-overlooked-by-14455257.php

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/greek-archaeologists-uncover-riches-overlooked-by-robbers/2019/09/20/50a0375c-dbb9-11e9-a1a5-162b8a9c9ca2_story.html

A 2600 years bp gorgon image (fragmentary) from a cave in Gibraltar:

https://www.gbc.gi/news/ancient-greek-relic-identified-gibraltar-gorgoneion-unearthed-gorhams-cave

A Hellenistic lion statue from Assos:

https://www.dailysabah.com/turkey/2019/09/20/lion-statue-from-hellenistic-period-uncovered-in-canakkale

https://www.albawaba.com/editors-choice/turkish-archaeologists-unearth-2200-year-old-lion-statue-1309839

http://www.archaeology.org/news/8021-190920-turkey-lion-statue

An update on the dig at Alexandria Troas:

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/architectural-details-of-ancient-city-come-to-light-146706

‘Important’ Roman finds from near Segontium Roman Fort:

https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/huge-archaeological-find-school-site-16956249

Illegal excavations in Mardin revealed a Roman mosaic:

https://www.dailysabah.com/history/2019/09/18/roman-era-mosaic-revealed-by-illegal-excavation-in-se-turkeys-mardin

A pair of Roman statues recently found in Israel now have a home:

https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/No-longer-homeless-two-statues-find-permanent-home-in-regional-museum-602494

Remains of a 4th century CE abbatoir from Ipplepen are extending the map of Roman occupation:

https://phys.org/news/2019-09-discovery-rare-roman-cattle-bones.html

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/sep/16/remains-of-ancient-butchers-beef-up-case-for-redrawing-map-of-roman-empire

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/09/18/another-thing-romans-did-us-womens-make/

https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/gruesome-discovery-incredibly-rare-roman-3323630

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/ancient-butcher-unearthed-in-devon-and-it-could-rewrite-history-of-roman-rule-191453882.html

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/upscale-butcher-shop-shows-romans-were-more-widespread-britain-180973161/

http://www.archaeology.org/news/8010-190916-england-roman-butcher

Latest finds from the dig at Ribchester Roman fort:

https://www.burnleyexpress.net/education/dig-rewrites-the-history-of-county-s-roman-fort-1-9998929

A 2000 years bp milestone was being used as a coffee table in Turkey:

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/2-000-year-old-milestone-used-as-coffee-table-in-turkeys-west-146667

https://www.dailysabah.com/history/2019/09/19/2000-year-old-milestone-used-as-table-base-in-southern-turkey

I think we mentioned the identification of the site of Tenea:

http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20190915-the-discovery-of-the-ancient-greek-city-of-tenea

Some 1st century ‘pendants’ excavated at the beginning of the 20th century in Shropshire have been reidentified as makeup tools:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-shropshire-49728401

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/roman-pendants-revealed-ancient-eye-230100007.html

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/sep/18/millennia-old-pendants-revealed-roman-britain-makeup-applicators

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/these-misidentified-roman-pendants-were-actually-womens-makeup-tools-180973184/

Concerns for the Roman catacombs in Gozo:

https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/unique-roman-catacombs-could-be-blocked-from-view.735962

Mary Boatwright was talking about ancient revolts:

https://www.elonnewsnetwork.com/article/2019/09/duke-professor-talks-about-ancient-revolts-importance-of-them-in-the-modern-context

Feature on Elizabeth Shrader’s work on Mary Magdalene:

https://www.dukechronicle.com/article/2019/09/duke-university-bible-mary-magdalene-researcher-correct

Peter Jones was pondering David Cameron:

https://www.spectator.co.uk/2019/09/david-cameron-would-be-a-winner-in-ancient-greece/

Honours for Jacques Bailly:

https://www.uvm.edu/cas/news/national-spelling-bee-pronouncer-jacques-bailly-honored

What Marc Erwin Babej and William Wylie are up to:

https://www.wesleyan.edu/cfa/events/2019/09-2019/09192019-artist-talk.html

Nice feature on Latin in an Australian school:

https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/education/latin-is-immortal-why-ancient-rome-is-making-history-in-blacktown-20190913-p52r5s.html

https://www.smh.com.au/education/latin-is-immortal-why-ancient-rome-is-making-history-in-blacktown-20190913-p52r5s.html

Feature on NASA’s use of Classics:

https://eidolon.pub/latin-unmoored-7b0fcbe47bbd

Feature on scanning Plautine verse:

https://medium.com/in-medias-res/how-to-fake-it-till-you-make-it-scanning-plautine-verse-6ca3c23bc7e4?source=rss—-be29a880a537—4

Pondering Aspasia/Diotima:

https://menafn.com/1099020310/Socrates-in-love-how-the-ideas-of-this-woman-are-at-the-root-of-Western-philosophy

An Iliad reading at Emory:

https://emorywheel.com/reading-of-homers-iliad-transports-listeners-to-ancient-greece/

The Temple of Poseidon is the latest ancient edifice to host a fashion show:

https://greece.greekreporter.com/2019/09/17/greeces-temple-of-poseidon-to-host-first-ever-catwalk-show/

On drinking vinegar in Roman times:

https://www.seattletimes.com/pacific-nw-magazine/oh-sure-now-its-trendy-but-drinking-vinegar-was-the-taste-that-originally-refreshed-an-ancient-empire/

On some details about ‘Gladiator’ you might not have been aware of:

https://screenrant.com/gladiator-unnoticed-hidden-details/

Feature on Roman law:

https://ricochet.com/podcast/the-libertarian/the-beauty-of-roman-law/

On the popularity of Stoicism today:

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/sep/20/lessons-in-stoicism-review-what-ancient-philosophers-teach-us-about-how-to-live

Feature on Virgil:

https://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-arts-and-culture/291210/virgil-and-the-homeless-nations

The return of the Parthenon Marbles is a major focus for the Culture Minister:

http://www.ekathimerini.com/244546/article/ekathimerini/news/marbles-return-must-remain-at-the-forefront-minister-says

https://www.thenationalherald.com/260895/greek-culture-minister-squeezes-british-museum-over-parthenon-marbles/

… and Coca Cola can’t use the Parthenon in advertising any more:

https://greece.greekreporter.com/2019/09/18/coca-cola-forced-to-stop-using-parthenon-and-other-greek-symbols-in-advertising/

OpEd on the Marbles and the BM:

https://www.thenationalherald.com/261207/on-the-parthenon-marbles-the-british-museum-and-the-art-of-hypocrisy/

On Roman history and the future of the US:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/09/17/why-knowing-roman-history-is-key-preserving-americas-future/

On Alexander the Great and globalization:

https://www.financialmirror.com/blog-details.php?nid=2328

On Socrates and responding to climate change:

http://theconversation.com/be-excellent-how-ancient-virtues-can-guide-our-responses-to-the-climate-crisis-123854

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A figurine of a female torso dating to 4600 BCE or so from Suvorovo:

http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2019/09/14/prehistoric-figurine-depicting-pregnant-woman-found-in-middle-chalcolithic-workshop-near-bulgarias-black-sea-coast/

http://www.archaeology.org/news/8007-190916-bulgaria-woman-torso

A Bronze Age phallic statue from Sweden:

https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/tech/4735102/mystery-penis-statue-found-buried-at-ancient-animal-sacrifice-site-used-for-fertility-rituals/

5000 years bp tools, pottery, and food remains from a site in Devon:

https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/incredible-details-how-earliest-settlers-3333618

‘Guard chambers’ revealed at an Iron Age hillfort in Shropshire:

https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/local-hubs/north-shropshire/2019/09/17/guard-chambers-among-finds-of-national-significance-at-shropshire-iron-age-hillfort-dig/

http://www.archaeology.org/news/8012-190917-england-shropshire-hillfort

A 750 years bp scroll is shedding light on Gloucester Castle:

https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-england-bristol-49668999/medieval-scroll-sheds-light-on-demolished-gloucester-castle

A carving of Eleanor of Aquitaine (maybe) found during conservation work at Bradwell Abbey:

https://www.miltonkeynes.co.uk/news/people/ancient-queen-s-head-is-discovered-in-milton-keynes-1-9072800

http://www.archaeology.org/news/8008-190916-england-eleanor-of-aquitaine

Evidence of a medieval tower structure at the Trapesitsa Fortress:

http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2019/09/18/extremely-rare-wall-tower-discovered-in-medieval-trapesitsa-fortress-in-bulgarias-veliko-tarnovo/

A 19th century (?) pipe kiln find from Wrocester:

https://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/17909674.pipe-kiln-unearthed-archaeologists-cripplegate-park-worcester/

A rising tide helped William Wallace to win at Stirling Bridge, apparently:

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/rising-tide-did-stirling-work-for-william-wallace-at-crucial-battle-zmqjq0ldx

Research on a painted German shield in the Landesmuseum suggests it’s 1700 years bp:

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/shield-fragment-from-ad300-is-the-oldest-german-panel-painting

http://www.archaeology.org/news/8016-190918-german-panel-painting

Suggestion that Viking berserkers ingested henbane:

https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/09/viking-berserkers-may-have-used-henbane-to-induce-trance-like-state/

Remembering the discovery of the Whitehorse Hill cist back in 2011:

https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/spooky-box-bones-found-dartmoor-3303645

The Church of Scotland is suing for its share of a Viking hoard found on church land:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-49707693

https://www.sundaypost.com/fp/i-understand-there-was-an-agreement-that-the-money-would-be-shared-it-is-very-sad-that-it-has-come-to-this/

6500 19th century burials excavated prior to HS2 station construction in Birmingham:

https://www.expressandstar.com/news/local-hubs/birmingham/2019/09/19/archaeologists-finish-excavation-of-curzon-street-site-ahead-of-hs2-with-video/

https://www.thebusinessdesk.com/westmidlands/news/2033884-archaeologists-complete-major-excavation-project-to-pave-way-for-hs2

Protection for a pre-WWI battleship wreck off Lundy Island:

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/sep/20/pre-first-world-war-battleship-granted-special-protection

An interesting 800 years bp figurine of Jesus is being returned to York (not sure if this is really repatriation):

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-49756235

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/sep/20/800-year-old-christ-figure-displayed-yorkshire-museum

Digging has resumed at Clare Castle Country Park:

https://www.haverhillecho.co.uk/news/archaeology-dig-aims-to-uncover-clues-to-the-past-9083230/

More on that Roman bronze cauldron find in Norway:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidnikel/2019/09/13/roman-age-discovery-in-central-norway-excites-archaeologists/#590e79832b81

More on that Pictish burial ground near Muir of Ord:

https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/inverness/1842789/secrets-emerging-from-mysterious-pictish-burial-ground-near-muir-of-ord/

More on plans for Brenel’s ‘other bridge’:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-49717278

More on that ‘multiple head clan feud’ burial:

https://www.livescience.com/six-skulls-scotland-clan-war.html

More on drought revealing the ‘Spanish Stonehenge’:

https://www.iflscience.com/environment/summer-drought-reveals-spanish-stonehenge-submerged-under-artificial-lake-for-50-years-/

More on Vikings on Iceland and the demise of walrus:

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2216471-vikings-probably-hunted-icelands-walruses-to-extinction-for-ivory/

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/.premium.MAGAZINE-what-happened-to-the-unique-icelandic-walrus-the-vikings-ate-it-1.7843632

http://www.archaeology.org/news/8015-190918-iceland-walrus-extinction

More on that Norman coin hoard find:

https://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/news/derby-news/king-harold-ii-pennies-found-3259641

More on use of pig grease at Stonehenge:

https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/newcastle-university-archaeologists-pigs-stonehenge-16946695

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Evidence of Early Neolithic aquaculture from Jiahu:

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/09/190916114026.htm

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-09/mpif-nss091619.php

https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/09/fish-farming-may-be-much-older-than-we-thought/

Carbon dating has confirmed an Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region site is Neolithic:

http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-09/20/c_138407631.htm

From the same region comes word of the find of a 1000 years bp royal burial:

http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-09/16/c_138394935.htm

https://www.archaeology.org/news/8009-190916-china-painted-tomb

I think we mentioned this 19th century Chinese battleship wreck in the Yellow Sea:

http://www.ecns.cn/news/society/2019-09-19/detail-ifzpefys6625208.shtml

Carbon dating suggests finds from Keeladi may be 300 years older than previously thought:

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/keeladi-findings-traceable-to-6th-century-bce-report/article29461583.ece

http://www.archaeology.org/news/8022-190920-india-sangam-era

A large Nataraja idol find from Adhirampattinam:

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/trichy/nataraja-idol-biggest-to-be-unearthed-in-decade/articleshow/71192476.cms

Wondering about a ‘pillar like structure’ found at a ‘car shed’ site in Aarey Colony:

https://www.mid-day.com/articles/mumbai-12th-century-artifact-found-at-metro-car-shed-site-hushed-up/21739195

The ASI has a plan to register ‘family treasures’:

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/asi-to-examine-then-decide-if-family-treasures-are-antiques/articleshow/71192577.cms

https://www.deccanherald.com/state/karnataka-districts/time-to-register-pieces-as-asi-begins-antique-drive-762894.html

An old ‘rubbish pit’ beneath Blenheim Bridge (NZ):

https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/115819991/old-rubbish-pit-found-beneath-blenheim-bridge

Evidence of an apparently undocumented European fortress in Tidore (Indonesia):

https://en.antaranews.com/news/133072/archaeologist-team-chances-upon-european-fortress-in-tidore

Plans to rebury a 155 years bp shipwreck found on a Victoria beach:

https://au.news.yahoo.com/recovery-reburial-vic-shipwreck-140529862–spt.html

Restoration work has resumed at a 14th century ‘educational complex’ in Azerbaijan:

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/440327/New-round-of-restoration-starts-on-14th-century-educational-complex

Feature on mass production techniques for the terracotta warriors:

https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p07n8vwl/how-mass-production-shaped-history

Feature on a Dong Yuan painting that has limited viewings:

https://www.bbc.com/reel/playlist/chinas-greatest-treasures?vpid=p07n1ksh

Feature on Lady Han Ximeng:

https://www.bbc.com/reel/playlist/chinas-greatest-treasures?vpid=p07n1fhk

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NORTH AMERICA

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Evidence of trade between the Great Lakes and ancient Georgia coast some 4000 years bp:

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/island-grave-site-hints-far-flung-ties-among-ancient-americans

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/grave-hints-interaction-between-early-humans-living-great-lakes-american-southeast-180973150/

Assorted finds from a dig at Pointe-Claire:

https://globalnews.ca/news/5914928/montreal-history-unearthed-at-pointe-claire-village-archaeological-dig/

https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/history-of-early-settlements-being-dug-up-in-pointe-claire-1.4601772

The discovery of a possibly Native American burial has occasioned a dig at a condo construction site in Florida:

https://www.tcpalm.com/story/news/local/indian-river-county/2019/09/20/scientists-hunt-more-remains-artifacts-luxury-condo-site-where-skeleton-found-indian-river-shores/2373336001/

http://cbs12.com/news/local/bones-found-in-indian-shores-believed-to-belong-to-native-american-man

19th century finds at an Embarcadero housing site:

https://www.sfgate.com/local/article/Thousands-of-artifacts-over-a-hundred-years-old-14453566.php

Latest 19th century ship find in Lake Michigan:

https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2019-09-21/history-buff-finds-ships-that-sank-in-1878-in-lake-michigan

Feature on a WCU dig at a Cherokee site in Cherokee, appropriately enough:

https://www.smokymountainnews.com/outdoors/item/27655-student-archeologists-uncover-cherokee-history

Hypish sort of thing on a University of Idaho dig in Moscow:

https://www.uiargonaut.com/2019/09/18/u-of-i-archaeologists-hold-excavation-at-moscow-high-school/

Still anticipating the find of the Endeavour:

https://www.iflscience.com/editors-blog/marine-archaeologists-think-they-may-have-found-captain-james-cooks-lost-endeavour/

That border wall/fence is raising concerns for 20+ archaeological sites in Arizona:

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/17/us/politics/archaeological-sites-border-wall.html

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-mexico-border-wall-arizona-archaeology-national-park-service-report-a9109741.html

http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/091719_archeology_border/investigation-border-wall-construction-threatens-22-arizona-archaeological-sites/

https://www.denverpost.com/2019/09/17/trump-border-fence-construction-archaeological-sites-park-service/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/border-fence-construction-could-destroy-archaeological-sites-national-park-service-finds/2019/09/17/35338b18-d64b-11e9-9343-40db57cf6abd_story.html

https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2019-09-18/trump-border-wall-arizona-archaeological-sites-organ-pipe

Possible Native American remains on Hutchinson Island in the wake of Hurricane Dorian:

https://www.wptv.com/news/local-news/martin-county/possible-indian-remains-found-on-hutchinson-island-following-hurricane-dorian

High waters in the Great Lakes are apparently causing all sorts of things to wash ashore:

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2019/09/20/high-water-great-lakes-shipwreck-artifacts/2304518001/

Ongoing efforts to preserve a Hopewell Mound in Butler County:

https://www.journal-news.com/news/local/butler-county-group-continues-efforts-preserve-000-year-old-hopewell-mounds/76Tp32woHmCJhcHgYLW7WI/

https://butlercountyoh.us/fortifiedhillbutlercounty/

https://www.wcpo.com/news/local-news/butler-county/ross-township/preservationists-fighting-to-save-ancient-native-american-mounds-in-butler-county

Latest piece in/on the peopling of North America puzzle:

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/crux/?p=13322

Not sure if we mentioned this ‘frozen poop knife’ recreation experiment:

https://www.livescience.com/frozen-poop-knife.html

https://www.sapiens.org/archaeology/poop-knife-frozen/

Feature on the impeachment of Samuel Chase:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2019/09/16/only-one-supreme-court-justice-has-ever-been-impeached-his-nickname-was-old-bacon-face/?wpisrc=nl_most&wpmm=1

In case you missed the ‘Connecticut Vampire’ stuff a while back:

https://www.connecticutmag.com/history/the-mystery-of-a-connecticut-vampire-has-been-solved/article_043e33c2-d4c6-11e9-80a6-1b717e11b783.html

Feature on the ‘first practicing Jew’ in North America:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/americas-first-practicing-jew-america-finally-gets-his-due-180973186/

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CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA

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400 years bp vessels from Tiwanaku:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/archaeologists-in-bolivia-find-400-year-old-tiwanaku-vessels/2019/09/18/f1178e68-da62-11e9-a1a5-162b8a9c9ca2_story.html

https://www.apnews.com/00e25e2e9f1c4229a8dafed1df5834a5

https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Archaeologists-in-Bolivia-find-400-year-old-14450659.php

http://www.archaeology.org/news/8019-190919-bolivia-tiwanaku-pottery

Latest finds reveal the extent of the Mayan city of X’baatun:

https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/further-discoveries-reveal-splendor-of-mayan-city/

… and looting is a problem there too:

https://yucatanexpatlife.com/looters-are-raiding-treasures-in-the-mayan-city-of-xbaatun/

On evidence for ‘ancient use of fire’ in the Amazon:

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/2019/09/ancient-humans-burned-amazon-fires-today-entirely-different/

Latest ‘lost city’ search in Brazil:

https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p07ngm8k/the-hidden-clues-to-an-undiscovered-city

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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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Tracing the rise of inequality to the use of ox-drawn plows:

https://phys.org/news/2019-09-inequality-weve-robots-late-neolithic.html

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-09/sfi-iww091819.php

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/09/190918100228.htm

https://www.zmescience.com/science/oxen-stone-age-economy-8234224/

The Oriental Institute is celebrating its centennial:

https://hpherald.com/2019/09/17/u-of-c-s-oriental-institute-celebrates-centennial/

https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/museums/ct-ent-oriental-museum-chicago-100-years-0922-20190919-hx7jj5lzezdb3ngocj4htwv65q-story.html

On the problem with giant tour ships:

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/sep/16/a-rising-tide-overtourism-and-the-curse-of-the-cruise-ships

Feature on Elizabeth Gloucester:

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/18/obituaries/elizabeth-gloucester-overlooked.html

On the history of celebrity:

https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/public/modern-celebrity-history-kardashians/

Rethinking Poe’s influences:

http://elm.washcoll.edu/index.php/2019/09/english-professor-contests-categorization-of-poe-in-new-book/

That Egyptian boat recreation is being donated to Turkey:

https://www.dailysabah.com/turkey/2019/09/20/german-explorer-donates-iconic-egyptian-ship-to-turkey

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/german-archaeologist-donates-replica-of-ancient-ship-to-turkey-146731

A painting from a small-town New York auction a while ago might be a van Dyck:

https://www.timesunion.com/entertainment/article/Rare-Dutch-painting-discovered-by-Hudson-collector-14449640.php

Milton’s notes on Shakespeare have been found, apparently:

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/sep/16/when-milton-met-shakespeare-poets-notes-on-bard-appear-to-have-been-found

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/19/theater/milton-shakespeare-notes-first-folio.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Farts

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/john-miltons-annotated-copy-shakespeares-first-folio-180973165/

… and a ‘secret message’ in his Paradise Lost:

https://www.livescience.com/secret-message-in-milton-paradise-lost.html

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/student-discovers-secret-acrostic-miltons-paradise-lost-180973176/

Feature on the 25 greatest philosophers:

https://www.thelivemirror.com/greatest-philosophers-of-all-time/

St John the Divine Cathedral in New York is also recovering from a fire:

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/17/arts/design/st-john-the-divine-cathedral-fire.html

Victor Nuovo on Thoreau:

https://addisonindependent.com/opeds/victor-nuovo-thoreau-walden-pond

More on the Cornish origin of Bronze Age tin in the Mediterranean:

https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/19/uk/cornwall-tin-israel-intl-scli-gbr/index.html

https://www.timesofisrael.com/groundbreaking-study-ancient-tin-ingots-found-in-israel-were-mined-in-england/

https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/authors?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0218326

http://www.archaeology.org/news/8011-190917-bronze-age-tin

Some ‘little known’ things about Raiders of the Lost Ark:

https://screenrant.com/indiana-jones-raiders-lost-arc-bts-secrets-surprises-easter-eggs/

Latest Turin Shroud claims:

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1296207419304534

Review of a book about van Gogh’s sister-in-law:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/new-biography-spotlights-jo-bonger-sister-law-who-rescued-van-gogh-obscurity-180973183/

Honours for Barbara Kaim:

http://www.ibna.ir/en/doc/tolidi/281025/polish-archaeologist-barbara-kaim-to-be-honored-in-tehran

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MUSEUM MATTERS

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William Jackson Palmer:

https://gazette.com/arts-entertainment/colorado-springs-exhibit-seeks-to-bust-myths-about-city-founder/article_9ed810cc-cf5a-11e9-9053-83d3904ef424.html

Fossils from the Cradle of Humankind:

https://phys.org/news/2019-09-museum-unveils-fossils-cradle-humankind.html

The AUC donated a number of items to the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization:

https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/74885/Pics-AUC-dedicates-5000-artifacts-to-National-Museum-of-Egyptian

https://egyptindependent.com/auc-hands-over-5000-artifacts-to-national-museum-of-egyptian-civilization/

Pompeii and Santorini:

https://www.wantedinrome.com/whatson/pompeii-and-santorini-exhibition-in-rome.html

Verrocchio:

https://www.wsj.com/articles/verrocchio-sculptor-and-painter-of-renaissance-florence-review-reclaiming-the-teacher-surpassed-by-the-pupil-11568837562

Durer:

http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20190917-albrecht-drer-the-painter-with-a-magical-touch

https://www.albertina.at/en/exhibitions/albrecht-duerer/

Feature on the Museum of Ancient Arles:

https://www.francetoday.com/culture/treasures-of-the-museum-of-ancient-arles/

Feature on various German museums:

https://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/destinations/europe/germany/115881274/the-museums-where-you-can-see-germanys-buried-treasures

Feature on the Rothschild collection:

https://www.countrylife.co.uk/luxury/art-and-antiques/ancient-collection-rothschilds-improved-technology-open-public-203889

Feature on the Getty’s major plan to save threatened antiquities:

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/17/arts/design/getty-trust-james-cuno.html

http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/getty-launches-ancient-worlds-now/

http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/getty-plans-sweeping-usd100m-initiative-to-promote-the-world-s-cultural-heritage

https://in-cyprus.com/paphos-mosaics-included-in-new-getty-trust-initiative-to-preserve-antiquities/

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/getty-launches-100-million-project-safeguard-archaeological-and-heritage-sites-180973182/

… op Ed on same:

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-times-view-on-gettys-heritage-rescue-fallen-idols-xj9tgpkz0

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AUCTIONS AND RELATED ACTIVITIES

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Big bucks for a bust of Arisophanes:

https://www.saffronwaldenreporter.co.uk/news/sworders-1-6276870

Some pre-Hispanic items were on the block in France, despite objections from the Mexican government:

https://www.theyucatantimes.com/2019/09/despite-opposition-from-the-mexican-government-pre-hispanic-pieces-are-auctioned-in-france/

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THE TECHY SIDE

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Feature on Davide Tanasi’s ‘digital archaeology’ efforts:

https://phys.org/news/2019-09-digital-archaeologist-inaccessible.html

https://www.chicagotribune.com/sns-a-digital-archaeologist-helps-inaccessible-collections-be-seen-123672-20190919-story.html

I think we mentioned this digital reconstruction of ‘humanity’s oldest ancestor’:

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/10/science/human-ancestor-skull-computer.html

Feature on space archaeology with a Maya focus:

https://www.ibtimes.sg/space-archaeology-how-long-lost-ancient-mayan-cities-discovered-space-32512

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ON THE DNA FRONT

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Really not sure where to [ut this one: facial reconstruction of a Denisovan based on DNA:

https://phys.org/news/2019-09-glimpse-ancient-denisovans-dna-methylation.html

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-09/cp-fga091219.php

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-09/thuo-llh091919.php

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/09/190919114858.htm

https://www.livescience.com/Denisovan-facial-reconstruction-dna-methylation.html

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-49760240

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/sep/19/scientists-use-fossilised-finger-bone-dna-to-rebuild-ancient-denisovan-human

https://www.jpost.com/HEALTH-SCIENCE/See-the-face-of-your-100000-year-old-ancestor-602259

https://www.timesofisrael.com/meet-the-denisovans-high-tech-gene-analysis-finally-gives-ancient-humans-a-face/

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/.premium-groundbreaking-israeli-research-reveals-what-denisovans-looked-like-1.7865148

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2019/09/dna-reveals-first-look-enigmatic-human-relative/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2019/09/19/mysterious-human-ancestor-gets-face-body/

https://www.latimes.com/science/story/2019-09-19/dna-lets-scientists-peer-into-the-faces-of-our-ancient-cousins-the-denisovans

https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/19/world/denisovan-first-look-scn/index.html

https://www.newsweek.com/first-ever-reconstruction-denisovan-human-ancestor-1459978

https://www.apnews.com/c5434860797e4e53b99e3654f2392b83

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/ancient-dna-reveals-first-glimpse-what-denisovan-girl-looked-like

https://www.archaeology.org/news/8017-190919-denisovan-dna-portrait

Using DNA to clarify the colonial history of Puerto Rico:

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/09/what-ancient-dna-says-about-puerto-ricos-history/598246/

Descendents of early Europeans and Africans in the US carry Native American DNA, apparently:

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/09/190919142344.htm

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CLIMATE MATTERS

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More climate change concerns for sites in the Arctic:

https://www.apollo-magazine.com/polar-bare-how-climate-change-is-destroying-archaeologically-rich-sites-in-the-arctic/

… and in a similar vein:

http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20190916-a-race-to-rescue-frozen-artefacts

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TOURISTY THINGS

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Minoan sites:

https://neoskosmos.com/en/146316/echoes-of-the-minoans-still-heard-in-the-remnants-of-greek-antiquity/

Dresden:

https://www.dw.com/en/the-baroque-city-of-dresden-in-360/a-40294060

Athens:

https://www.dw.com/en/europes-most-beautiful-cities-athens/a-50458909

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PERFORMANCES

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African-American-authored operas:

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/19/arts/music/black-operas-composers.html

George Gurdjieff:

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/20/arts/music/gurdjieff-ensemble.html

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CRIME BEAT

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Egypt has accused a former Italian honorary consul of smuggling a huge number of antiquities:

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/350937/Egypt/Politics-/Egypt-asks-Interpol-to-issue-red-notice-for-Italia.aspx

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20190917-egypt-orders-trial-for-italian-ex-honorary-consul-charged-with-smuggling-artefacts/

https://egyptianstreets.com/2019/09/17/egypt-issues-arrest-warrant-for-italian-diplomat-accused-of-smuggling-antiquities/

http://www.gdnonline.com/Details/608724/Egypt%E2%80%99s-Public-Prosecutor-orders-the-arrest-of-former-Italian-honorary-consul-

http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-09/17/c_138398799.htm

A bust in Sulaimani of folks smuggling antiquities and human organs (!):

http://www.nrttv.com/en/News.aspx?id=15173&MapID=1

An antiquities bust in Charsadda:

https://arynews.tv/en/charsadda-police-foil-bid-smuggle-antique-artifacts-arrest-two-persons/

https://dailytimes.com.pk/468378/charsadda-police-foil-bid-to-smuggle-artifacts-arrest-two/

conflict antiquities:

http://conflictantiquities.wordpress.com/

anonymous swiss collector:

http://www.anonymousswisscollector.com/

Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues:

http://paul-barford.blogspot.ca/

Looting Matters:

http://lootingmatters.blogspot.com/

Illicit Cultural Property:

http://illicit-cultural-property.blogspot.com/

SAFE:

http://www.savingantiquities.org/blog/

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REPATRIATION AND RECOVERY

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On Egyptian efforts to recover antiquities lost to smugglers and ‘Western museums’:

https://www.alaraby.co.uk/english/indepth/2019/9/17/egypt-wants-its-stolen-artefacts-back

https://www.albawaba.com/editors-choice/egypt-hopes-return-lost-antiquities-domestic-smugglers-and-western-museums-1309427

France returned an Arabic inscription to Saudi Arabia:

http://saudigazette.com.sa/article/577569

A Greek marble stele from Greece was returned to a museum in Munich:

https://eu.greekreporter.com/2019/09/18/marble-stele-from-asia-minor-returned-to-munich-museum/

Italy returned some smuggled objects to Libya:

https://www.libyaobserver.ly/inbrief/libyan-embassy-rome-receives-smuggled-artefacts-libya

Iraq will be repatriating a pile of smuggled artifacts from Turkey:

https://www.rudaw.net/english/culture/210920191

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NUMISMATICA

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Latest e-Sylum:

http://www.coinbooks.org/v22/club_nbs_esylum_v22n37.html

… and the one which should appear later today:

http://www.coinbooks.org/v22/club_nbs_esylum_v22n38.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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Noel Robertson:

https://educationnewscanada.com/article/education/category/appointments/102/789104/brock-mourns-longtime-classics-professor.html

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AUDIO/VIDEO NEWS

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Audio News from Archaeologica:

https://www.archaeologychannel.org/audio-guide/audio-news/2884-audio-news-from-archaeologica-september-8-through-14-2019

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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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