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, Bill Kennedy,

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 study of feet suggests Australopithecines could walk upright and still climb trees:

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/07/180704151911.htm

https://phys.org/news/2018-07-human-ancestors-feet-children-backup.html

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-07/dc-oha062718.php

https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/04/health/selam-toddler-fossil-foot-study/index.html

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/MAGAZINE-lucy-walked-upright-but-baby-australopithecines-lurked-in-trees-1.6243522

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/foot-fossil-hominid-kids-lucy-upright-walkers-33-million-years-ago?tgt=nr

http://www.archaeology.org/news/6767-180705-a-afarensis-toddler-feet

More on Neanderthals hunting in groups:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-07/dc-oha062718.php

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-07/jgum-npc070218.php

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/07/180702111122.htm

More on Otzi’s tools:

http://www.dispatch.com/news/20180701/copper-age-hunter-repaired-his-tools

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Not sure if we mentioned these petroglyphs from Tanzania:

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

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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT

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Restoration work on the Pyramid of Djoser revealed a statue of Osiris:

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/305974/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/Osiris-statuette-discovered-between-blocks-of-Saqq.aspx

http://www.egyptindependent.com/osiris-statue-found-djoser-pyramid/

https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/53163/statuette-of-Osiris-uncovered-at-King-Djoser-Step-Pyramid-in

http://www.archaeology.org/news/6763-180702-egypt-saqqara-osiris

Remains of a couple of 4500 years bp ‘houses’ near the Giza pyramids:

https://www.livescience.com/62976-ancient-homes-giza-pyramids.html

https://www.livescience.com/62966-residences-giza-discovery-photos.html

https://www.archaeology.org/news/6771-180706-egypt-official-residences

26th dynasty canopic jars from Luxor:

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/305454/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/th-Dynasty-canopic-jars-discovered-at-Luxors-South.aspx

A very interesting Ptolemaic-era sarcophagus from Alexandria:

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/41/305971/Heritage/GrecoRoman/Ptolemaic-tomb-discovered-in-Alexandria.aspx

https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/53155/In-pics-Antique-sarcophagus-found-by-security-forces-in-Alexandria

https://aawsat.com/english/home/article/1320371/discovery-%E2%80%98ptolemaic%E2%80%99-tomb-sheds-light-hidden-monuments-alexandria

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

http://www.iflscience.com/editors-blog/a-giant-26meterlong-sarcophagus-has-just-been-found-in-egypt/

http://www.archaeology.org/news/6764-180703-egypt-alexandria-sarcophagus

A cache of pottery vessels from various periods hidden during WWII:

https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/53278/A-cache-of-pottery-vessels-discovered

Feature on Harry Burton (related to an exhibition of his photos):

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/science-environment-44719815/harry-burton-the-man-who-photographed-king-tut

Hyping China’s first archaeological mission in Egypt:

http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-07/02/c_137294254.htm

http://www.ecns.cn/news/culture/2018-07-02/detail-ifyvrptq6366553.shtml

Latest Jewish Revolt coin find comes from Emek Zurim National Park:

https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Bronze-coin-from-4th-year-of-Great-Revolt-found-at-national-park-561347

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/MAGAZINE-coin-from-4th-year-of-jewish-revolt-found-in-ancient-jerusalem-drain-1.6223591

http://www.jewishpress.com/news/israel/jerusalem/three-weeks-appropriate-discovery-bronze-coin-from-the-great-revolt/2018/07/01/

https://www.timesofisrael.com/recently-uncovered-jewish-revolt-coin-shows-rebels-aware-of-impending-disaster/

https://www.algemeiner.com/2018/07/02/rare-coin-minted-1900-years-ago-discovered-in-%E2%80%8Ejerusalem/

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

2000 years bp pots from an Israeli cave near the border with Lebanon:

https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/From-on-high-2000-year-old-pottery-discovered-in-a-cave-30-meters-high-561351

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/MAGAZINE-ancient-jars-over-2-000-years-old-lowered-by-rope-from-cliffside-cave-1.6232836

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/248314

https://www.timesofisrael.com/on-lebanon-border-salvage-op-rappels-2000-year-old-vessels-down-sheer-cliff/

https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/israel/178528-180702-2000-years-old-pottery-found-in-israeli-cave

http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-07/03/c_137296912.htm

https://www.archaeology.org/news/6761-180702-galilee-cave-amphorae

What Christopher Eames is up to:

https://www.thetrumpet.com/radio/watch-jerusalem/episodes/71-discovering-biblical-hebron-and-post-excavation-work-at-hebrew-university

Digging has resumed at Tieion (Turkey):

https://www.dailysabah.com/history/2018/07/06/excavations-resume-in-tieion-ancient-city-in-turkeys-black-sea-region

Feature on Gobekli Tepe:

https://www.apollo-magazine.com/the-site-of-the-earliest-known-temple-on-earth-continues-to-keep-its-secrets/

http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-07/08/c_137309029.htm

Feature on Tappe Sialk:

https://www.presstv.com/Detail/2018/07/04/567028/Iran-culture-Sialk

More on that Islamic amulet from Jerusalem:

https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-muslim-evil-eye-amulet-discovered-in-a-jerusalem-parking-lot

More on damage to Bosra’s Roman theatre:

http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2018/07/05/Assad-s-bombings-damage-Roman-theater-in-city-mentioned-by-Pharaohs.html

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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS)

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Finds (including Mycenean) from various periods at Hala Sultan Tekke:

http://www.tornosnews.gr/en/greek-news/culture/31788-excavations-at-dromolaxia-vizakia-or-hala-sultan-tekke-in-cyprus.html

A small hoard of 3rd century BCE coins from Vulci:

http://www.ansamed.info/ansamed/en/news/sections/generalnews/2018/07/03/treasure-of-coins-found-at-vulci-archaeological-site_89467e5f-b991-4010-b0bf-9f4eaa937285.html

https://www.archaeology.org/news/6765-180703-italy-vulci-coins

Remains of a Thracian settlement on St Thomas Island (Bulgaria):

https://sofiaglobe.com/2018/07/03/archaeology-ancient-thracian-settlement-found-on-bulgarias-st-thomas-island/

A trio of Roman burials from a Lincoln student housing site:

https://www.lincolnshirelive.co.uk/news/lincoln-news/these-romans-certainly-seemed-good-1744873

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/6693783/roman-skeletons-lincoln-take-away-viking-house/

Latest thing the Romans are being ‘credited’ for is spreading tuberculosis:

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2173374-dna-reveals-romans-helped-spread-tb-across-three-continents/

https://www.sciencealert.com/roman-trade-routes-carried-tuberculosis-across-globe

Interesting followup to that ‘Roman fridge’ story from a month or so ago:

https://www.thelocal.ch/20180706/augusta-raurica-basel-ancient-roman-fridge-keeps-beer-cool-for-a-month

The contents of that sarcophagus found in Southwark last year have been revealed:

https://www.londonnewsonline.co.uk/contents-of-roman-coffin-finally-revealed/

Some ACL conference coverage:

https://missoulian.com/news/local/veritas-classics-scholars-venture-into-montana-find-no-bear-spray/article_102ba741-fbb4-5652-823f-73b0d38f71c8.html

Feature on Phil Stinson and his 3d models:

http://news.ku.edu/2018/06/26/classics-professor-uses-technological-tools-rebuild-ancient-history

https://phys.org/news/2018-07-classics-professor-d-rebuild-ancient.html

Feature on Curtis Dozier’s Pharos project (and related):

https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/media/2018/07/far-right-using-antiquity-re-brand-itself-classicists-are-fighting-back

A couple of scholars talking about ‘badass goddesses’:

http://www.documentjournal.com/2018/07/authors-emily-wilson-and-maria-dahvana-headley-talk-badass-goddesses-humanizing-monsters-and-their-new-work/

Feature on Rodin’s Classical influences:

https://hyperallergic.com/449655/rodin-and-the-art-of-ancient-greece/

Feature on Aigai (now open to the public):

http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-07/07/c_137308582.htm

On the US Founding Fathers and Gibbon:

http://digital.vpr.net/post/when-history-rhymes#stream/0

… and how ancient Greece inspired American independence:

http://usa.greekreporter.com/2018/07/04/how-greeks-inspired-american-independence/

http://www.tornosnews.gr/en/greek-news/society/31825-media-report-how-ancient-greece-inspired-american-independence.html

On Greeks reclining to eat:

http://greece.greekreporter.com/2018/07/01/why-did-ancient-greeks-recline-to-eat-and-drink/

http://www.tornosnews.gr/en/tourism-businesses/gastronomy/31795-report-why-did-ancient-greeks-recline-to-eat-and-drink.html

Learning from Epictetus:

http://www.gulf-times.com/story/598518/How-to-live-a-happy-life-Epictetus-lessons

Latest Parthenon Marbles protest:

https://news.gtp.gr/2018/07/04/return-hold-protest-parthenon-marbles/

A replica of the Nike of Samothrace is being made for the site:

http://www.euronews.com/2018/07/05/a-replica-of-the-winged-victory-of-samothrace-is-being-made-in-greece

More on terrorist concerns at Pompeii:

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/pompeii-at-risk-from-terrorists-and-visitors-d3fj8jrpx

More on the followup to that ‘latest victim of Vesuvius’ story:

https://www.smh.com.au/world/europe/pompeii-man-not-decapitated-by-flying-stone-archaeologists-find-20180701-p4zovn.html

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-07-01/pompeii-victim-was-not-crushed-by-stone-skull-found-intact/9929058

More on that Latin inscription from Yambol:

https://www.archaeology.org/news/6770-180706-bulgaria-kabyle-inscription

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

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EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland)

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A Neolithic ‘roadway’ and a possible ritual site in Suffolk:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/neolithic-trackway-possibly-ritual-site-discovered-england-180969493/

Byzantine finds at Hotalich fortress (Bulgaria):

http://www.cambrian-news.co.uk/article.cfm?id=122603&headline=Ceredigion%20archaeologists%20unearth%20startling%20finds%20in%20Bulgaria§ionIs=news&searchyear=2018

Finds from various periods found during expansion of the Dorset County Museum:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-dorset-44694816

A 500 years bp sword from a Norwegian lake:

https://www.thelocal.no/20180703/norwegian-divers-find-500-year-old-sword-in-lake

Latest medieval finds from Auckland Castle:

http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/16330193.medieval-mysteries-unearthed-during-in-castle-dig/

The Book of Deer Project has found a Viking game board of some sort:

https://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/medieval-games-board-found-in-search-for-pictish-monastery-1-4764734

https://www.archaeology.org/news/6768-180705-scotland-medieval-game

Remains of 17th century barracks from Elizabeth Castle:

http://www.itv.com/news/channel/2018-07-07/archaeologists-uncovering-17th-century-barracks-at-elizabeth-castle/

Feature/exhibition on all the interesting things found in Amsterdam’s canals over the years:

https://www.theguardian.com/science/shortcuts/2018/jul/02/from-stone-age-tools-to-false-teeth-the-secrets-of-amsterdams-canals

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/New-website-amsterdam-history-artifacts-180969497/

Reevaluating the evidence for when brown bears became extinct in Britain:

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/07/180704112036.htm

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-07/uon-nsq070318.php

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-44699233

… and a not-connected but probably related find:

https://www.newstalk.com/Skull-found-in-Aillwee-Cave-dates-from-Irelands-Stone-Age

Concerns for Albania’s underwater heritage:

https://phys.org/news/2018-07-archaeologists-urge-albania-underwater-heritage.html

… seems related:

http://www.tiranatimes.com/?p=137767

Latest in the France-UK Bayeux Tapestry deal:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-44732897

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/governments-sign-deal-securing-loan-of-bayeux-tapestry-to-the-uk-in-2022

https://www.politico.eu/article/france-and-uk-sign-bayeux-tapestry-deal/

Heritage status for Germany’s Naumburg Cathedral:

https://www.dw.com/en/germanys-naumburg-cathedral-wins-world-heritage-designation/a-44481701

More on beer brewing in Sweden:

http://sciencenordic.com/1600-year-old-evidence-beer-brewing-sweden

More on 17th century latrine contents (I think we mentioned this a while ago):

https://www.livescience.com/62990-wine-barrel-renaissance-bathrooms.html

https://www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2018/07/17thc-wine-barrels-turned-loos-reveal-theirsecrets/

More on human sacrifice at a German henge site:

http://www.newsweek.com/women-children-brutally-killed-german-stonehenge-1004937

https://abcnews.go.com/International/dismembered-bodies-women-children-found-german-stonehenge/story?id=56313781

More on the search for the lost standing stones of Devon:

https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/07/the-lost-standing-stones-of-devon-are-still-hiding-from-archaeologists/

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

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ASIA AND THE SOUTH PACIFIC

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Paleolithic stoneware from near the Suifen River in northeast China:

http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-07/02/c_137296077.htm

Evidence of equine ‘veterinary care’ in Mongolia 1300-700 BCE:

https://phys.org/news/2018-07-oldest-evidence-horse-veterinary-mongolia.html

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-07/mpif-oeo062818.php

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/07/180702154739.htm

https://www.livescience.com/62974-oldest-horse-dentistry-on-record.html

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/mongolians-practiced-horse-dentistry-early-3200-years-ago?tgt=nr

http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/07/3000-year-old-sawn-tooth-may-be-earliest-evidence-horse-dentistry

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2018/07/news-horse-veterinary-dentist-Mongolia-archaeology/

http://www.archaeology.org/news/6766-180703-mongolia-equine-dentistry

Interesting Spring and Autumn Period burials from Henan:

http://www.china.org.cn/arts/2018-07/02/content_54475055.htm

http://www.archaeology.org/news/6762-180702-china-horse-pits

Suggestion that the Soga clan in Japan was of Korean origin:

http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201807030011.html

An Iron Age site in Andra Pradesh was bulldozed (!):

https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/070718/iron-age-site-bulldozed-in-ap.html

Marking the 50th anniversary of the find of ‘Mungo Lady’:

https://phys.org/news/2018-07-fifty-years-lake-mungo-true.html

http://theconversation.com/time-to-honour-a-historical-legend-50-years-since-the-discovery-of-mungo-lady-97785

Digging a colonial Tauranga garbage pit:

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/bay-of-plenty-times/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503343&objectid=12084504

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Southeast Asian Archaeology Newsblog:

http://www.southeastasianarchaeology.com/

New Zealand Archaeology eNews:

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

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NORTH AMERICA

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A study suggests Chaco Canyon people may have grown their own food:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-07/uoc-apo070318.php

https://phys.org/news/2018-07-ancestral-people-chaco-canyon-grew.html

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/07/180703154919.htm

Bones found in Albuquerque thought to be connected to a serial killer case turn out to be

an 1100 years (maybe) bp Native American burial:

http://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_news/bones-found-in-albuquerque-link-to-archaeological-site/article_29c7f242-4984-5b30-a74a-b6dc7a637794.html

https://www.abqjournal.com/1193665/bones-found-on-west-mesa-were-ancient-not-connected-to-west-mesa-case.html

https://www.abqjournal.com/1193279/west-mesa-park-where-remains-found-tuesday-was-site-of-1000-year-old-archaeological-find.html

https://www.chron.com/news/article/Remains-found-in-Albuquerque-near-archaeological-13054130.php

https://www.thehour.com/news/article/Remains-found-in-Albuquerque-near-archaeological-13054130.php

Latest from the Queen Anne’s Revenge:

http://wunc.org/post/300-years-later-blackbeard-s-nc-shipwreck-continues-turn-archaeological-treasures#stream/0

… and this seems to be a semi-new shipwreck find off North Carolina:

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2018/07/news-noaa-blake-reidge-shipwreck-archaeology/

Plans to study a pre-contact Inuit winter village in the Okak Islands:

http://www.thetelegram.com/news/archaeology-team-set-to-study-pre-contact-inuit-winter-village-224268/

Studying remains from burials found at Fort Gibson:

http://www.muskogeephoenix.com/news/archaeologists-examine-remains-found-in-fort-gibson/article_c5c8e0da-50bf-5e86-98eb-cdaf43960181.html

http://www.swtimes.com/news/20180704/archaeologists-study-remains-discovered-in-eastern-oklahoma

Excavating slave quarters at Poplar Forest:

http://wset.com/news/local/archaeologists-work-to-uncover-slave-artifacts-at-poplar-forest

Interesting Revolutionary War medal going on display:

http://wamc.org/post/rare-revolutionary-medal-going-display-ft-ticonderoga

Rethinking a ‘forgery rock inscription’ about the ‘Lost Colony’:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/retropolis/wp/2018/07/05/dismissed-as-a-forgery-could-a-mysterious-stone-found-near-roanokes-lost-colony-actually-be-real/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.b1505aa43aaf

On news coverage at Gettysburg:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/04/insider/the-times-at-gettysburg-july-1863-a-reporters-civil-war-heartbreak.html

On Clovis hunters and Ohio flint:

http://www.dispatch.com/news/20180701/archaeology-ancient-clovis-hunters-drawn-to-ohio-flint

On the map that gave America its name:

http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20180702-the-epic-story-of-the-map-that-gave-america-its-name

On ‘God Bless America’:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/02/arts/music/irving-berlin-god-bless-america.html

… and ‘The Battle Hymn of the Republic’:

https://www.npr.org/2018/07/04/625351953/one-song-glory

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CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA

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Tombs of 24 Inca nobles in the Valley of the Pyramids (I think we mentioned this):

https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2018/07/05/world/americas/05reuters-peru-archaeology-tombs.html

http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=2460424&CategoryId=14095

http://www.china.org.cn/world/Off_the_Wire/2018-07/05/content_54995530.htm

https://uk.reuters.com/article/us-peru-archaeology-tombs/archaeologists-in-peru-uncover-incan-burial-site-in-desert-valley-idUKKBN1JV2DY

https://www.archaeology.org/news/6769-180705-peru-pyramid-of-the-bees

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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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What teeth tell archaeologists:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/ancient-teeth-reveal-our-roots-180969495/

Assorted sites added to the World Heritage list:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/viking-archeological-site-and-others-earn-world-heritage-status-180969496/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-44680526

https://elpais.com/cultura/2018/07/01/actualidad/1530429696_873094.html

How literature shapes history:

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/jul/04/written-world-literature-shaped-history-martin-puchner-review

On feasting rituals and civilization:

https://phys.org/news/2018-07-feasting-rituals-cooperation-require-crucial.html

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/feasting-rituals-crucial-step-toward-human-civilization-180969540/

https://www.theintelligencer.com/news/article/Feasting-rituals-and-the-cooperation-they-13046031.php

On the ‘dancing plague’ that broke out in 1518:

https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2018/jul/05/bizarre-dance-epidemic-of-summer-1518-strasbourg

On some arsenic-laced books found in a university library:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/arsenic-laced-books-discovered-university-library-180969527/

A copy of the Declaration of Independence from Chichester:

https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-england-sussex-44703928/declaration-of-independence-found-in-chichester-archives

Brown has acquired an interesting collection of Jewish texts:

https://news.brown.edu/articles/2018/06/ungerleider

Interesting story behind the St Thomas Way hiking paths:

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/jul/07/story-of-resurrected-welsh-warrior-inspires-st-thomas-way

Charles I left behind a ‘message for the future’, apparently:

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/jul/05/charles-i-message-poetry-book-university-challenge

Genoa is apparently miffed at England’s use of the St George cross:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jul/05/england-owes-arrears-over-st-georges-cross-claims-genoa-mayor

On botched restorations:

http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20180705-the-well-intentioned-copies-that-went-wrong

Review of Stephen Platt, *Imperial Twilight*:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/02/books/review/stephen-r-platt-imperial-twilight.html

Review of Listri, *The World’s Most Beautiful Libraries*:

http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20180704-libraries-where-the-worlds-memory-is-stored

Review of a book on the last days of the Romanovs:

https://elpais.com/cultura/2018/06/30/actualidad/1530381522_415055.html

Archaeology Podcast Network:

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

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MUSEUM MATTERS

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The House of Herod:

https://phys.org/news/2018-07-franciscan-museum-jerusalem-life-jesus.html

Discovering King Tutankhamun’s Tomb:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-44636774

Islamic Art:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/joint-exhibition-shows-florence-medici-familys-connections-islamic-world-180969553/

Gold of the Pharaohs:

https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/53457/The-Gold-of-the-Pharaohs-Massive-Egyptian-exhibition-in-Monaco

Bolivia is planning a museum at the bottom of Lake Titicaca:

https://phys.org/news/2018-07-bolivia-museum-bottom-sacred-lake.html

Sharing a Cezanne from the Gurlitt hoard:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/03/arts/design/cezanne-cornelius-gurlitt-kunstmuseum.html

Viking exhibition hype talking about the Vinland Map:

http://wnpr.org/post/vikings-invade-connecticut

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AT THE AUCTIONS

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Interesting collection of Roman, Greek, Viking and medieval rings:

https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/leicester-news/how-much-collection-rare-ancient-1738345

Egyptian antiquities at Sotheby’s:

https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/53190/Sotheby-s-auction-vies-with-Christie-s-on-selling-Egyptian

https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/53399/In-Pics-Ancient-Egyptian-artifacts-sold-in-auction-in-London

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ON THE DNA FRONT

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DNA reveals much about the first domestic dogs in North America:

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/07/180705143544.htm

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-07/uoia-fdi070218.php

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-07/uoc-adt070618.php

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/05/science/dog-american-genome.html

http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-first-american-dogs-20180705-story.html#

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/space/go-for-launch/la-sci-sn-first-american-dogs-20180705-story.html

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/how-european-dogs-devastated-indigenous-american-pup-populations-180969561/

https://www.sciencenews.org/blog/science-ticker/north-america-earliest-dogs-came-siberia?tgt=nr

http://www.archaeology.org/news/6772-180706-north-american-dogs

… less attention being paid to a DNA study of dogs in New Zealand:

https://massivesci.com/articles/ancient-dogs-history-archaeology-new-zealand

Using DNA to track goat domestication:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-07/tcd-aga070318.php

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/07/180705143907.htm

DNA is also solving a mystery about Hoabinhian hunter-gatherers in Southeast Asia:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-07/uoc-adt070618.php

https://phys.org/news/2018-07-ancient-dna-year-old-controversy-southeast.html

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/07/180706105950.htm

Dienekes’ Anthropology Blog:

http://dienekes.blogspot.ca/

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CLIMATE MATTERS

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Studying climate from evidence in Brazilian caves:

http://agencia.fapesp.br/pesquisa-traca-2-mil-anos-da-historia-das-chuvas-no-brasil-/28151/

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TOURISTY THINGS

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The five ‘culture setting’ countries of the world:

http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20180701-the-five-countries-that-set-world-culture

Hildene:

https://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/story/news/local/2018/07/04/hildene-manchester-vermont-robert-todd-lincoln-lincolns-son-home/36558587/

https://www.hildene.org/

Nimes:

https://www.travelandleisure.com/attractions/museums-galleries/roman-ruins-museum-nimes-france

Homes of the US Founding Fathers:

https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/destinations/2018/07/03/declaration-independence-historic-homes/757243002/

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CRIME BEAT

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In case you haven’t heard about Operation Demetra yet:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-44717855

http://www.china.org.cn/world/Off_the_Wire/2018-07/05/content_54922231.htm

https://www.dw.com/en/italian-police-nab-ancient-artifact-trafficking-gang/a-44526923

http://www.euronews.com/2018/07/05/-40-million-worth-of-roman-and-greek-antiquities-seized-in-european-crackdown-on-trafficki

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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Feature on the Benin Bronzes:

https://guardian.ng/life/rediscovering-the-benin-art-a-universal-vessel-for-cultural-importance/

cf:

https://www.charlestonchronicle.net/2018/07/05/french-leader-promises-quick-return-of-stolen-african-relics/

Ethiopia wants a looted tabot returned from Westminster Abbey:

https://inews.co.uk/culture/ethiopia-calls-on-westminster-abbey-to-return-looted-sacred-tablet/

Egypt is displaying the items it received back from Italy:

http://www.egyptindependent.com/egypt-puts-relics-recovered-smugglers-italy-display/

http://www.ecns.cn/hd/2018-07-01/detail-ifyvrptq6366045.shtml

https://aawsat.com/english/home/article/1320586/egypt-puts-artifacts-retrieved-italy-display

http://www.china.org.cn/world/Off_the_Wire/2018-07/05/content_54941890.htm

On the Getty’s ‘Victorious Youth’:

https://hyperallergic.com/449866/should-the-getty-return-its-famed-victorious-youth-statue/

More on Sotheby’s and that horse:

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/sothebys-strikes-back-against-greekrepatriation-claim-1311500

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NUMISMATICA

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Latest e-Sylum:

http://www.coinbooks.org/v21/club_nbs_esylum_v21n26.html

… and the one which should appear later today:

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

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Ancient Coin Collecting:

http://ancientcoincollecting.blogspot.com/

Ancient Coins:

http://classicalcoins.blogspot.com/

Coin Week:

http://www.coinweek.com/

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AUDIO/VIDEO NEWS

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Audio News from Archaeologica:

http://www.archaeologychannel.org/audio-main-menu-cat/audio-news-list/2752-audio-news-from-archaeologica-24-june-30-june-2018

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OBITUARIES

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Ada Yardeni:

https://www.timesofisrael.com/dead-sea-scrolls-decoder-remembered-as-grande-dame-of-semitic-paleography/

https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/archaeology-today/archaeologists-biblical-scholars-works/in-memoriam-ada-yardeni/ (tribute)

Lawrence E Stager:

https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/archaeology-today/archaeologists-biblical-scholars-works/giant-of-iron-age-research-lawrence-stager/ (tribute)

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CONFERENCES

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CBA Wessex 60th Anniversary Conference (November 2018):

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

Jews and the Americas (February 2019):

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

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GENERAL ARCHAEOLOGY NEWS BLOGS

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Archaeology Magazine News Page:

http://www.archaeology.org/news/

About.com Archaeology:

http://archaeology.about.com/

Ancient Digger:

http://www.ancientdigger.com/

Archaeology Briefs:

http://archaeologybriefs.blogspot.com/

Past Horizons:

http://www.pasthorizons.com/

Stonepages:

http://www.stonepages.com/news/

Taygete Atlantis excavations blogs aggregator:

http://planet.atlantides.org/taygete/

Time Machine:

http://heatherpringle.wordpress.com/

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PODCASTS/VODCASTS

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Archaeosoup:

http://www.youtube.com/user/Archaeos0up?feature=watch

The Book and the Spade:

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

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