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

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

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

Richard 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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Results of a study of the dirt in Denisova Cave:

https://cosmosmagazine.com/archaeology/hyena-poo-tells-all-humans-competed-with-carnivores-for-cave-space

https://www.archaeology.org/news/8037-190927-siberia-denisova-cave

Postulating a competitive advantage for modern humans over Neanderthals:

https://phys.org/news/2019-09-insight-competitive-advantage-modern-humans.html

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-09/tu-iic092919.php

On whether Neanderthals are the “same species as us”:

https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/are-neanderthals-same-species-as-us.html

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Feature on Madeline Gunter Bassett’s work studying medieval/Ottoman pastoralist sites in Djibouti:

https://www.wm.edu/news/stories/2019/an-archaeologist-returns-to-djibouti-to-survey-13th–to-19th–century-sites.php

Looking for evidence of the slave trade in Ghana:

https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Africa/2019/0923/Slave-trade-revisited-For-Ghanaian-archaeology-team-past-is-personal

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A Ptolemy IV temple was found at Sohag:

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContentP/9/351779/Heritage/Remains-of-Ptolemaic-temple-unearthed-in-Egypts-So.aspx

https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/75362/The-remains-of-Ptolemy-IV-temple-were-discovered-in-Sohag

https://egyptianstreets.com/2019/09/30/remains-of-ptolemaic-temple-found-in-sohag/

https://egyptindependent.com/ruins-of-ptolemy-iv-temple-unearthed-in-sohag/

https://www.livescience.com/ptolemy-iv-temple-ancient-egypt.html

https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/egypt-lost-temple-intl-scli/index.html

https://www.archaeology.org/news/8039-190930-egypt-ptolemy-iv

Not sure how recent this find of 2000 years bp burials at Saqqara with ‘nonsense hieroglyphs’:

https://www.sciencealert.com/unusual-ancient-egyptian-burial-has-nonsense-hieroglyphs-and-clumsy-jackals

Hyping the various missions launching a new digging season at Luxor:

https://egyptindependent.com/several-missions-launched-for-the-new-archaeological-season-in-luxor/

https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/75417/5-Egyptian-American-Spanish-archaeological-missions-launch-excavation-season

Hyping a documentary on forgotten black pharaohs:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-7525111/They-ruled-Egypt-Africas-Black-Pharaohs-overlooked-says-new-show.html

Hyping another documentary with a reconstruction of the likeness of Hatshepset:

https://www.albawaba.com/editors-choice/face-egyptian-princess-who-lived-almost-4000-years-ago-uncovered-1311828

Conservation concerns for a mummy in a Perth museum:

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/urgent-work-needed-perth-mummy-20378495

What Zahi Hawass is up to:

https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/75363/Hawass-promotes-Egyptian-antiquities-in-Noto-Italy

https://www.egyptindependent.com/zahi-hawass-pays-a-visit-to-italys-noto-to-lecture-on-excavations/

A 5700 years bp child burial from Arslantepe Mound (Turkey):

https://www.dailysabah.com/history/2019/10/04/5700-year-old-child-skeleton-discovered-at-arslantepe-mound-in-turkey

Feature on fieldwork going on in the Wadi Shu’aib (Jordan):

http://www.asor.org/anetoday/2019/10/Archaeological-Fieldwork-in-the-Wadi-Shuaib-Jordan

Roadwork near Harish has revealed a ‘massive’ 5000 years bp Canaanite metropolis:

https://www.timesofisrael.com/embargo-until-1130-5000-year-old-canaanite-megalopolis-rewrites-history-books-say-archaeologists/

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/269806

https://www.jewishpress.com/news/archaeology-news/5000-year-old-city-largest-in-ancient-israel-exposed-in-sharon-valley/2019/10/06/

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/.premium.MAGAZINE-gigantic-prehistoric-city-found-in-israel-during-roadworks-1.7947733

High tech imaging of ostraca from Machaerus excavated 50 years ago are revealing more details of inscriptions:

https://gwtoday.gwu.edu/advanced-imaging-sheds-light-ancient-inscriptions

https://phys.org/news/2019-10-advanced-imaging-reveals-ancient-inscriptions.html

https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Post-it-notes-of-antiquity-might-reveal-names-of-Ancient-Judean-soldiers-603691

https://www.newsweek.com/2000-year-old-hidden-inscriptions-middle-eastern-pottery-may-shine-light-jewish-revolt-against-1462678

Feature on the Temple Mount Sifting Project:

https://www.israelhayom.com/2019/10/04/the-temple-mounts-treasure-trove/

Reviewish of Jodi Magness’ *Masada*:

https://www.timesofisrael.com/maybe-there-was-no-mass-suicide-at-masada-top-archaeologist-questions-a-legend/

A study of sites associated with the Nabataeans in Saudi Arabia is under way:

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-49424036

http://www.archaeology.org/news/8053-191004-nabataean-saudi-arabia

Overviewish on a Russian group’s season in Palmyra:

https://tass.com/society/1081246

Ongoing concerns for sites in Yemen:

https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2019/oct/04/manhattan-of-the-desert-civil-war-puts-yemen-ancient-skyscrapers-at-risk

In case you missed this feature on Rosh Ha-Shanah and the Gezer Calendar:

https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/rosh-hashanah-and-the-mystery-of-the-gezer-calendar/

Feature on Assyrian art:

http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/a-brief-introduction-to-the-art-of-ancient-assyrian-kings/

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Remains of a possible throne room at the Minoan site of Zominthos:

https://greece.greekreporter.com/2019/09/27/archives-possible-throne-room-discovered-in-ancient-palace-on-crete/

https://nypost.com/2019/10/03/ancient-greek-throne-room-may-have-been-discovered-in-giant-palace/

https://www.archaeology.org/news/8044-191002-zominthos-palace-throne

… and further Minoan finds at Sisi as well:

https://www.thenationalherald.com/262875/excavations-at-sisi-crete-bring-to-light-very-important-archaeological-finds/

https://www.tornosnews.gr/en/greek-news/culture/36995-more-than-100-archaeologists-discover-rich-early-minoan-finds-in-crete.html

The latest hype for a method which hopefully will allow Herculaneum scrolls to be read:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-10/dls-2hs100219.php

https://phys.org/news/2019-10-team-year-old-herculaneum-scrolls.html

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-oxfordshire-49926789/herculaneum-scroll-shining-a-light-on-2000-year-old-secrets

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/oct/03/ancient-scrolls-charred-by-vesuvius-could-be-read-once-again

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/lost-wisdom-of-vesuvius-scrolls-to-be-unravelled-6z6d5cmnp

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-times-view-on-reading-the-scrolls-of-herculaneum-enlightenment-entombed-whs2v920r

https://metro.co.uk/2019/10/03/ancient-roman-scrolls-will-virtually-unwrapped-using-cutting-edge-tech-10852325/

https://www.oxfordtimes.co.uk/news/17944531.diamond-light-source-virtually-unwrap-roman-scrolls/

https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/17944531.diamond-light-source-virtually-unwrap-roman-scrolls/

https://www.npr.org/2019/10/04/767309531/ancient-greek-scrolls-hidden-contents-revealed-through-infrared-imaging

https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/05/us/herculaneum-scrolls-scn-trnd/index.html

https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/5/10/eaav8936

https://www.theblaze.com/researchers-try-to-read-scrolls-burned-by-mt-vesuvius

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/10/hidden-writing-revealed-ancient-scroll-buried-same-ash-pompeii

https://www.iflscience.com/technology/lost-scrolls-charred-by-mount-vesuvius-will-soon-be-virtually-unwrapped/

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/light-billions-times-brighter-sun-used-read-charred-scrolls-herculaneum-180973280/

That massive inscription found at Pompeii a few months ago has been translated and published:

https://www.livescience.com/ancient-pompeii-inscription-life-before-tragedy.html

http://www.archaeology.org/news/8046-191002-pompeii-tomb-inscription

Three Roman burials found during metro construction in Rome:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-7528209/Three-Roman-skeletons-metro-station-Rome.html

https://sports.yahoo.com/three-ancient-rome-skeletons-discovered-under-metro-station-in-italian-capital-091821735.html

An 1800 years bp shipwreck off Spain with 100 or so amphora (some intact):

https://www.newsweek.com/ancient-roman-shipwreck-amphorae-inside-1463004

https://www.sciencealert.com/nearly-100-sealed-amphorae-have-been-recovered-from-an-ancient-roman-shipwreck

https://www.iflscience.com/editors-blog/ancient-shipwreck-and-93-jugs-of-roman-supplies-found-in-spain-/

An account of the excavation of the theatre/Odeion at Parium:

https://www.dailysabah.com/history/2019/10/03/archaeologists-solve-mystery-of-1850-year-old-stage-in-western-turkey

I think we mentioned this 1800 years bp balsamarium from a burial in Bulgaria:

https://www.livescience.com/ancient-sports-fan-jar-found-in-grave.html

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-find-jar-depicting-thracian-athlete-ancient-sports-fans-grave-180973246/

http://www.archaeology.org/news/8036-190927-bulgaria-roman-balsamarium

A 1700 years bp fragment of a military diploma from a fortress site in Bulgaria:

http://scienceinpoland.pap.pl/en/news/news%2C78735%2Cbulgaria-polish-archaeologists-discover-important-document-roman-legionary.html

http://www.archaeology.org/news/8040-190930-rome-citizenship-veteran

Similarly, I think we mentioned this fragment of a face sculpture found at Paestum:

http://www.ansa.it/english/news/2019/09/12/archaic-head-found-in-paestum-temple_225f5e86-45ad-4b0d-ab1a-c1d4f7b1e01e.html

http://www.archaeology.org/news/8038-190930-italy-paestum-face

The survey of the Antikythera shipwreck is about to resume:

https://greece.greekreporter.com/2019/10/04/archaeologists-to-resume-survey-of-famous-antikythera-shipwreck/

https://www.thenationalherald.com/262942/archaeological-survey-at-antikythera-shipwreck-resumes-after-two-years/

https://www.tornosnews.gr/en/greek-news/culture/37011-archaeological-survey-at-antikythera-island-shipwreck-resumes-in-greece-after-two-years.html

https://neoskosmos.com/en/147731/return-to-the-antikythera-shipwreck-as-underwater-archaeology-resumes/

It appears they’ve done a nice job with the ancient port of Marseille:

https://www.frequence-sud.fr/art-65519-le_port_antique_de_marseille_entierement_renove_et_protege_marseille

Sarah Bond on Roman ‘infographics’ (more of a book review):

https://hyperallergic.com/519318/did-the-ancient-romans-use-infographics/

Mary Beard on that Pan and the Goat statue group:

https://www.the-tls.co.uk/pan-and-the-goat/

An interview with James Wells:

https://www.depauw.edu/news-media/latest-news/details/34452/

… related:

https://www.kbia.org/post/classics-professor-discusses-survival-art-0

Brandon Bourgeois is rapping Homer:

https://dornsife.usc.edu/news/stories/3084/uncovering-relevance-in-homers-illiad-through-rap/

Gonzaga had a Homerathon:

https://www.inlander.com/spokane/how-much-homer-is-too-much-homer-find-out-at-gus-homerathon-friday/Content?oid=18384183

https://newswise.com/articles/homerathon-all-15-693-lines-of-poetry-from-iliad-to-be-read-aloud-oct-4

https://www.spokanepublicradio.org/post/gonzaga-holds-epic-greek-poem-marathon

Feature on Durham’s Classics society:

https://www.palatinate.org.uk/society-spotlight-classics-society/

Your Greek myth guide to October stargazing:

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/greek-myth-constellations-stargazing-october-astronomy-a9126376.html

Feature on the Temple of Mithras in London:

http://www.digitaljournal.com/entertainment/entertainment/roman-temple-of-mithras-lies-beneath-bloomberg-hq-in-london/article/558841

Feature on the engineering of the Parthenon:

https://greece.greekreporter.com/2019/10/02/the-engineering-secrets-that-enabled-the-parthenon-to-survive-time-nature-and-man-video/

There is more security at Pompeii:

http://www.ansa.it/english/news/lifestyle/arts/2019/10/01/security-beefed-up-at-pompeii_4f311eaa-1690-4429-b6f4-ca6428f968f0.html

http://www.ansamed.info/ansamed/en/news/sections/generalnews/2019/10/01/security-tightened-for-visitors-to-pompeii_55be04e3-4893-49b9-9296-49c6fd7a858c.html

Another fashion show at an ancient site … this time the Temple of Poseidon:

https://www.tornosnews.gr/en/tornos/events/36986-greek-designer-to-present-show-at-ancient-temple-of-poseidon-near-athens.html

https://www.thenationalherald.com/262987/clothes-designer-katranzou-catwalks-temple-of-poseidon-harpers-bazaar/

… and plans for another Trojan horse:

https://hyperallergic.com/520700/british-museum-trojan-horse/

UVa is restoring its statue of Homer:

https://www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2019/10/homer-statue-on-south-lawn-will-be-restored-by-the-end-of-this-week

Feature on other antiquities Greece might want to repatriate:

https://www.thenationalherald.com/262451/louvre-holds-stolen-treasures-200-greeks-died-trying-to-protect/

Review (by James Romm) of *How to Be an Epicurean* (paywalled):

https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-to-be-an-epicurean-review-revisiting-the-pleasure-principle-11569367582?mod=searchresults&page=1&pos=1

… and an unpaywalled review of same:

https://bigthink.com/podcast/epicurus.amp.html

Review of Daniel Mendelsohn, *The Bad Boy of Athens*:

https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/culture/books/how-the-classics-help-us-appreciate-today-s-cultural-offerings-20190925-p52upp.html

https://www.smh.com.au/culture/books/how-the-classics-help-us-appreciate-today-s-cultural-offerings-20190925-p52upp.html

What the Greeks and Romans can teach about leadership:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/sallypercy/2019/10/02/what-can-the-ancient-greeks-and-romans-teach-us-about-leadership/

On Greek and Roman myth in Succession:

https://www.vulture.com/2019/10/succession-hbo-greek-roman-history.html

Boris Johns was imagining himself as Spartan this week:

https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/boris-johnson-hardline-brexiteers-pledge-spartan-code_uk_5d9355fde4b0ac3cddaefe72

More on that military site in Exeter:

http://www.sci-news.com/archaeology/roman-military-site-exeter-07643.html

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I think we mentioned these bones from a Somerset cave being dated to the Mesolithic era:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-somerset-49739955

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/missing-box-contains-bones-britains-earliest-inhabitants-180973256/

http://www.archaeology.org/news/8042-190930-england-mesolithic-bones

Interesting analysis of some 6200 years bp burials found back in 2007 in San Fernando de Cadiz:

https://elpais.com/elpais/2019/09/27/ciencia/1569607154_828944.html

Assorted Neolthic finds from Bru na Boinne:

https://wildhunt.org/2019/10/new-neolithic-discoveries-in-the-bru-na-boinne.html

A 10th century Viking coin hoard (and finds from other periods) from Saaremaa:

https://news.err.ee/988737/another-saaremaa-archaeological-haul-includes-viking-era-silver-coins

Medieval pottery and bone fragments from a dig in Boston:

https://www.bostonstandard.co.uk/news/people/bones-and-12th-century-pottery-unearthed-in-boston-along-with-evidence-of-an-historic-flood-1-9093983

Overviewish on a dig at a Shakespearean-era playhouse site in Whitechapel:

https://www.eastlondonadvertiser.co.uk/news/heritage/whitechapel-playhouse-archaeological-dig-1-6298129

http://www.archaeology.org/news/8043-191002-london-boar-s-head

Anglo-Saxon finds from Lindisfarne:

https://www.northumberlandgazette.co.uk/news/anglo-saxon-discoveries-made-archaeologists-holy-island-642287

More on those Viking sword fragments found in Estonia:

https://news.err.ee/986495/fragments-of-100-viking-swords-unearthed-in-north-estonia

https://www.baltictimes.com/fragments_of_100_viking_swords_unearthed_at_two_findspots_in_north_estonia/

https://www.ibtimes.sg/archaeologists-unearth-100-viking-swords-northern-estonia-32702

https://www.archaeology.org/news/8041-190930-estonia-viking-swords

Some 18th century structures found in a Scottish forest may have been a distillery of some sort:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-49879554?intlink_from_url=&link_location=live-reporting-story

https://www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2019/10/ruins-found-in-scottish-forest-could-be-illegal-distilleries/

https://www.scottishfield.co.uk/food-and-drink-2/whisky/ruined-scots-farmstead-may-have-been-a-distillery/

https://www.archaeology.org/news/8045-191002-scotland-forest-distilleries

18th century finds from a project in Leeds:

https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/heritage/builders-make-fascinating-archaeological-finds-on-the-site-of-leeds-oldest-street-1-10031067

A burial from a medieval Italian cemetery featuring someone who was ‘broken on the wheel’:

https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/10/archaeologists-unearth-the-remains-of-a-medieval-torture-victim/

What Derek Alexander is up to:

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/lifestyle/things-to-do/national-trust-scotland-treasures-archaeologist-20378190

More on the ‘megastructures’ in Tripolye:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/ukraine-megastructures-chart-rise-and-fall-ancient-civilization-180973236/

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45 000 years bp microliths from a Sri Lankan cave:

https://phys.org/news/2019-10-oldest-miniaturized-stone-toolkits-eurasia.html

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-10/p-4ya092519.php

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-10/mpif-oms092719.php

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/10/191002144247.htm

https://cosmosmagazine.com/archaeology/have-microlith-will-travel

http://www.sci-news.com/archaeology/fa-hien-lena-microliths-07661.html

http://www.archaeology.org/news/8052-191004-rain-forest-stone-tools

I think we mentioned this evidence of fish farming in Neolithc China:

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

http://www.archaeology.org/news/8051-191002-china-neolithic-aquaculture

Possible Indus scripts on megalithic menhirs from southern India:

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/idukki-hill-yields-a-3000-year-old-archaeological-treasure/article29569218.ece

1400 years bp human (and horse) burials from Chiang Mai:

https://www.pattayamail.com/thailandnews/ancient-human-skeletons-discovered-in-chiang-mai-265539

https://thethaiger.com/news/chiang-mai/ancient-human-skeletons-discovered-south-of-chiang-mai

A Seljuk-era (or later) monument from southwest of Tehran:

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/440629/Ancient-monument-discovered-in-southwest-of-Tehran

A Garuda statue from East Java:

https://www.thejakartapost.com/life/2019/10/03/rare-garuda-statue-unearthed-in-ancient-east-java-hot-spring.html

A 14th-16th century CE structure from East Azarbaijan:

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/440751/Remnants-of-centuries-old-structure-found-in-northwest-Iran

Vague item on an ‘archaeological object’ stalling construction in Hawaii:

https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2019/10/01/discovery-artifact-waimanalo-project-site-prompts-inspection/

I haven’t been following this trial involving a mosque and temple at Ayodhya:

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/ram-temple-existed-before-babri-mosque-in-ayodhya-archaeologist-kk-muhammed/articleshow/71391712.cms

Not sure about this ‘Ancient Egyptian jewelleries’ find in Indonesia:

https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/75484/Ancient-Egyptian-jewelleries-were-uncovered-in-Indonesia

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19th century remains might get in the way of a salmon farm in Maine:

https://bangordailynews.com/2019/10/01/news/hancock/archaeologist-due-to-report-on-whether-bucksport-salmon-farm-would-disturb-historic-remains/

http://wgme.com/news/local/archaeologist-due-to-report-on-whether-maine-salmon-farm-would-disturb-historic-remains

Remains of a 19th century ‘working class’ neighbourhood in Houston:

https://www.houstoniamag.com/articles/2019/9/25/frost-town-james-bute-park-artifacts-from-houstons-first-working-class-community

Arguing about the age of those burials found during construction in Fort Meyers:

https://www.tcpalm.com/story/news/crime/indian-river-county/2019/10/01/skeletal-remains-handed-over-fort-myers-fgcu-anthropologist-after-age-race-dispute/3830239002/

An underwater archaeology survey near Fort Wilkins:

https://www.mininggazette.com/news/2019/10/fort-wilkins-again-receives-attention/

Using GPR to find unmarked burials in a Helena cemetery:

https://lmtribune.com/northwest/montana-history-buffs-search-for-unmarked-graves/article_1f3cc36a-f178-596a-8137-7055a1d2065d.html

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Feature on the excavations going on at X’baatun:

https://www.theyucatantimes.com/2019/09/xbaatun-an-ancient-walled-maya-city-featuring-a-15-meter-high-pyramid-unearthed-near-izamal/

Postulating the role of a ‘one crop economy’ in the collapse of the Maya:

https://www.naturalhistorymag.com/samplings/153701/hazards-of-one-crop-economy

Plans to dig for ‘pirate loot’ on an island off Chile are meeting with criticism:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/30/chile-treasure-juan-fernandez-robinson-crusoe-island

… probably related on assorted ‘treasures’ not found yet:

https://www.latercera.com/que-pasa/noticia/los-15-tesoros-aun-no-encontrados-en-chile/831636/

Latest on the fight over the wreck of the San Jose:

https://elpais.com/cultura/2019/09/19/actualidad/1568911855_433197.html

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Mike Ruggeri’s Ancient Americas Breaking News:

http://goo.gl/1VdeA

Ancient MesoAmerica News:

http://ancient-mesoamerica-news-updates.blogspot.com/

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OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST

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On Spain’s efforts to make up for its Edict of Expulsion:

https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2019/09/spain-offers-citizenship-sephardic-jews/598258/

… and Britain feels badly about the Endeavour crew’s violent actions in New Zealand:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-49903759

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/british-government-expresses-regret-maori-killed-after-james-cooks-arrival-new-zealand-180973270/

… related:

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/postcolonial-blog/2019/oct/03/captain-cooks-legacy-is-complex-but-whether-white-australia-likes-it-or-not-he-is-emblematic-of-violence-and-oppression

An interesting approach to recreating lost/damaged wall paintings at St Albans cathedral:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-49823486

A silver plate which once belonged to Samuel Pepys has been identified:

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/oct/03/silver-plate-belong-samuel-pepys-london-diarist-museum

Interesting feature on a 327 years bp Psalter recovered from a shipwreck:

https://www.ibookbinding.com/book-repair-and-restoration/russian-marine-archaeologists-recovered-an-intact-327-year-old-psalter-from-a-sunken-ship/

Tracing the history of rugby in Japan:

https://www.bbc.com/sport/rugby-union/49878877

Reviewish thing on a book about how DaVinci was made fun of:

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2019/sep/29/ginger-genius-why-they-laughed-at-odd-leonardo

More on Milton’s annotations to Shakespeare:

https://onwardstate.com/2019/09/30/paradise-found-penn-state-professor-helps-make-massive-literary-discovery-with-an-unlikely-tool/

A portrait of Richard III has gone on display for the first time:

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/oct/02/portrait-of-richard-third-goes-on-public-display-for-first-time

On the evolution of the hard hat:

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/01/business/hard-hat-history.html

Some support for the Younger Dryas Impact hypothesis:

https://phys.org/news/2019-10-hypothesis-asteroid-contributed-mass-extinction.html

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-10/uotw-aes100219.php

https://metro.co.uk/2019/10/03/ancient-asteroid-apocalypse-destroyed-mysterious-early-human-civilisations-scientists-reveal-10852868/

Some D-Day related audiotapes:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smartnews-history-archaeology/man-discovers-original-d-day-dispatch-audiotape-basement-180973276/

The history of the ‘perfect dress’:

https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p07mjx1k/the-dark-side-to-the-perfect-dress-

How to dress like a proper 18th century gentleman:

https://aeon.co/videos/from-stockings-to-wig-this-is-how-to-dress-like-a-proper-18th-century-gentleman

Feature on Irene Battell Larned:

https://music.yale.edu/2019/09/25/irene-battell-larned-champion-of-music-at-yale/

Feature on Mihri Rassim:

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/12/obituaries/mihri-rassim-overlooked.html

More on those early baby bottles and their implications:

https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/10/ancient-sippy-cup-may-hold-clues-about-agricultures-spread-in-europe/

https://elpais.com/elpais/2019/09/25/ciencia/1569417360_579807.html

https://cosmosmagazine.com/archaeology/prehistoric-babies-were-weaned-using-animal-milk-study-suggests

More on learning about ancient fish processing from more recent cultures:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-09/stri-tfh092419.php

http://www.archaeology.org/news/8049-191003-fish-preservation

Review of Mark Kurlansky, *Milk*:

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/oct/03/milk-10000-year-history-mark-kurlansky-review

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MUSEUM MATTERS

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William Bailey:

https://yaleherald.com/nude-for-thought-william-bailey-at-the-yuag-b16557c8c4c7

El Greco:

https://elpais.com/cultura/2019/10/02/actualidad/1570034539_621683.html

Kirchner:

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/02/arts/design/kirchner-review-painter-neue.html

Mummies of the World:

https://www.timesonline.com/entertainmentlife/20191003/carnegie-science-center-unwraps-mummy-mania-exhibit

https://www.wtae.com/article/mummies-of-the-world-exhibit-opens-this-weekend-at-carnegie-science-center/29343156

Cypriot Antiquities:

https://in-cyprus.com/dutch-museum-to-host-major-exhibition-of-cyprus-antiquities/

Bronzino:

http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/rediscovered-bronzino-painting-getty/

Osman Hamdi Bey:

https://www.dailysabah.com/arts-culture/2019/10/04/british-museum-to-display-ottoman-masters-74m-girl-reciting-quran-painting-in-london

Maximilian I:

https://www.thedailybeast.com/maximilian-at-the-met-the-holy-roman-emperor-who-made-armor-fashionable-and-terrifying

Tut:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-7527979/Tutankhamun-collection-heads-London-UK-exhibit.html?ito=email_share_article-top

Sunken Cities:

https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/75440/California-hosts-exhibition-of-sunken-Egyptian-artifacts

https://www.egyptindependent.com/egypt-to-inaugurate-sunken-archaeology-exhibition-in-united-states/

Women in Archaeology:

https://www.abqjournal.com/1374830/digging-into-the-past-women-in-archaeology-showcased.html

Cardiff Giant:

https://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Museum-plans-giant-celebration-14495319.php

Freud and Egypt:

https://www.apollo-magazine.com/sigmund-freud-ancient-egypt-review/

Egypt’s Lost Cities:

https://www.vcstar.com/story/news/local/communities/simi-valley/2019/10/04/ronald-reagan-presidential-library-opens-egypts-lost-cities-exhibit-saturday/3855796002/

OpEd on Museum Board membership:

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/02/arts/design/whitney-art-museums-trustees.html

Feature on saving things at the Prado during the Spanish Civil War:

https://elpais.com/elpais/2019/09/09/eps/1568029025_154685.html

Concerns for the conditions in some UK museums:

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/crumbling-museums-put-treasures-at-risk-9xtkpbcdq

The Etruscan Museum at Rome is in a state of limbo again:

https://www.wantedinrome.com/news/uncertain-times-for-etruscan-museum-in-rome.html

Plenty of things have been transferred to the Grand Egyptian Museum:

https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/75391/GEM-receives-a-total-of-49-797-antiquities

https://www.egyptindependent.com/grand-egyptian-museum-receives-331-artifacts-including-42-artifacts-of-king-tut-ankh-amun/

The renovated parts of the Istanbul Archaeology Museum has reopened:

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/renovated-sections-reopened-at-istanbul-archaeology-museums-147003

Plans for a collections reshuffle at the Louvre:

http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/louvre-director-plots-great-collections-reshuffle

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AUCTIONS AND RELATED ACTIVITIES

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A rather misleading ‘Roman’ ring is coming to auction:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7517613/2-000-year-old-sapphire-ring-belonged-Roman-Emperor-goes-sale-500-000.html

Big bucks for a head of Dionysus:

https://www.antiquesandthearts.com/god-of-frenzy-roman-head-of-dionysos-stirs-up-413000-at-cottone/

19th century photos of the Amazon:

https://www.cnn.com/style/article/amazon-photography-19th-century/index.html

Mantegna:

https://www.artsy.net/news/artsy-editorial-newly-discovered-mantegna-drawing-will-offered-sothebys-masters-sales

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THE TECHY SIDE

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Use of AI to reconstruct ancient games:

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/ancient-games-artificial-intelligence

More on the Denisovan reconstruction:

https://cosmosmagazine.com/biology/no-bones-about-it-a-first-glimpse-of-what-denisovans-looked-like

https://elpais.com/elpais/2019/09/19/ciencia/1568902643_582006.html

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ON THE DNA FRONT

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Latest DNA look at Yersina pestis and its origins:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-10/mpif-agp092719.php

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/10/ancient-dna-traces-black-death-russia-s-volga-region

http://www.archaeology.org/news/8050-191003-russia-black-death

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CLIMATE MATTERS

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Climate change concerns for antiquities in Greece:

http://www.ekathimerini.com/244979/article/ekathimerini/life/safeguarding-greeces-antiquities-from-climate-change

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TOURISTY THINGS

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Dijon:

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/05/arts/dijon-museum-architecture.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Farts

Masada:

https://qns.com/story/2019/09/29/victorias-secrets-visiting-masada-and-the-nearby-dead-sea/

Sperlonga:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/europe/italy/articles/sperlonga-lesser-known-historic-italian-seaside-town/

Sabina:

https://www.wantedinrome.com/news/exploring-the-villages-of-sabina-north-of-rome.html

Valley of the Temples:

http://www.theyorker.co.uk/lifestyle/explore-the-valley-of-the-temples-in-agrigento/

Andalucia:

https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2019/oct/02/beyond-seville-three-ancient-towns-visit-andalucia-carmona-ecija-osuna

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PERFORMANCES

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Caesar and Cleopatra:

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/03/theater/review-caesar-cleopatra.html

Hecuba:

https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/lifestyle/culture/marina-carrs-take-on-hecuba-turns-greek-account-of-the-trojan-war-on-its-head-953994.html

Antigone:

https://www.vulture.com/2019/09/theater-review-sophocles-antigone-at-the-park-avenue-armory.html

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CRIME BEAT

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A trio from Kalymnos who were plundering shipwrecks was arrested:

https://greekcitytimes.com/2019/10/01/greek-police-arrest-3-men-kalymnos-possession-ancient-greek-artifacts/

https://greece.greekreporter.com/2019/09/30/greek-police-arrest-group-charged-with-plundering-ancient-shipwrecks/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/greek-police-seize-loot-from-ancient-wrecks-arrest-3/2019/09/30/ee74c44a-e382-11e9-b0a6-3d03721b85ef_story.html

https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/national/17936658.three-held-greece-ancient-shipwrecks-plundered/

https://www.stamfordadvocate.com/news/crime/article/Greek-police-seize-loot-from-ancient-wrecks-14478457.php

https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation/greek-police-seize-loot-from-ancient-wrecks-arrest-3/

https://www.tornosnews.gr/en/tourism-businesses/thematic-tourism/36965-greek-police-seize-loot-from-ancient-wrecks-and-arrest-three-on-kalymnos-island.html

A gang in Egypt were arrested in possesion of a pile of antiquities:

https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/1/75528/Pics-Gang-arrested-with-193-statues-sarcophagus-in-Giza

http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-10/06/c_138450549.htm

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContentP/1/352239/Egypt/Egypt-police-arrest-gang-trafficking-in-artefacts-.aspx

Some metal detectorists were accused of stealing a major Anglo Saxon hoard:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/10/03/metal-detectorists-accused-stealing-3m-haul-anglo-saxon-coins/

Power-tool vandalism at a sacrificial stone at ‘America’s Stonehenge’:

https://www.unionleader.com/news/crime/sacrificial-stone-at-america-s-stonehenge-vandalized-with-power-tool/article_f12416d6-5e7f-5796-bd18-3cbfeb32221f.html

Feature on looting of Afghanistan antiquities:

https://www.france24.com/en/20191002-focus-afghanistan-antiquities-trafficking-archaeology-artefacts-export-smugglers-taliban

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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Plans to return a crown looted from Ethiopia twenty years ago:

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-49904228

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/03/arts/design/ethiopian-crown.html

Finland plans to return some Native American items:

https://www.courant.com/breaking-news/sns-bc-us–finland-native-american-remains-20191003-story.html

http://www.wboc.com/story/41139010/finland-agrees-to-return-native-american-remains-to-tribes

The US returned a marble statue head to Libya (not sure of the dating on that one):

https://www.libyanexpress.com/us-returns-to-libya-looted-16th-century-marble-statue/

A 15th century ornament was returned to a Cairo mosque:

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/43/351837/Heritage/Islamic/Ornament-stolen-in–from-AlKady-AbdelBaset-Mosque-.aspx

https://www.archaeology.org/news/8055-191004-cairo-mosque-ornament

More on the return of the sarcophagus of Nedjemankh to Egypt:

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/351933/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/Coffin-of-ancient-Egyptian-priest-Nedjemankh-on-di.aspx

https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/75418/Egypt-retrieves-Nedjemankh%E2%80%99s-golden-sarcophagus-from-USA

https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/75422/U-S-Charg%C3%A9-d%E2%80%99Affaires-We-are-very-glad-to-see

https://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/celebrities/article235661647.html

https://www.courant.com/sns-bc-us–stolen-coffin-egypt-20190925-story.html

https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/egypt-displays-looted-coffin-returned-yorks-met-65972815

https://www.thenational.ae/world/mena/egypt-displays-looted-golden-coffin-after-its-return-from-the-us-1.918087

… and an interesting investigation of how it was taken from Egypt:

https://ww.egyptindependent.com/early-investigations-reveal-nedjemankh-coffin-stolen-during-january-25-aftermath-ministry/

More on the return of items from the OI to Iran:

https://phys.org/news/2019-10-ancient-artifacts-iran-university.html

https://www.sun-sentinel.com/sns-bc-ml–iran-us-antiquities-20191001-story.html

https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-iran-artifacts-university-of-chicago-20191001-wsg5fbik2ve45bkcrzqfmm6yva-story.html

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NUMISMATICA

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A fifth-century hoard from Bulgaria:

https://sofiaglobe.com/2019/09/30/archaeology-hoard-of-gold-coins-found-in-bulgarias-devnya

http://www.archaeology.org/news/8048-191004-bulgaria-coin-cache

A metal detectorist found a hoard of 99 Anglo-Saxon pennies:

https://coinweek.com/auctions-news/metal-detectorist-finds-hoard-of-99-anglo-saxon-silver-pennies/

Latest e-Sylum:

http://www.coinbooks.org/v22/club_nbs_esylum_v22n29.html

… and the one which should appear later today:

http://www.coinbooks.org/v22/club_nbs_esylum_v22n30.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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Michael Coe:

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/oct/03/michael-coe-obituary

http://www.lmtonline.com/news/article/Michael-Coe-influential-archaeologist-and-Maya-14481495.php

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/michael-coe-influential-archaeologist-and-maya-scholar-dies-at-90/2019/09/30/e5d458b0-e2c3-11e9-a331-2df12d56a80b_story.html

Su Beng:

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/04/world/asia/su-beng-dead.html

Matthew Trundle (pdf):

https://cucd.blogs.sas.ac.uk/files/2019/09/POMEROY-Matthew-Trundle-Obituary.pdf

Napoleon Chagnon:

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/30/science/napoleon-chagnon-dead.html

Cain Hope Felder:

https://diverseeducation.com/article/156217/#.XZPPIuA7Btk.facebook

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AUDIO/VIDEO NEWS

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Audio News from Archaeologica:

https://www.archaeologychannel.org/audio-guide/audio-news/2887-audio-news-from-archaeologica-september-22-through-28-2019

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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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