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

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

Bob Heuman, David Critchley, Rick Heli, Barbara Saylor Rodgers,

David Emery, Jona Lendering, Bill Kennedy, Kris Curry, Richard Campbell,

Richard C. Griffiths, Rick Pettigrew, 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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Again we’re hearing how Lucy liked to climb trees:

http://m.phys.org/news/2016-11-human-ancestor-lucy-tree-climber.html

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-11/p-bss112316.php

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/11/161130144004.htm

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/30/science/lucy-bones-trees.html

http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2016/1130/Was-Lucy-the-Australopithecus-a-frequent-tree-climber

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2016/11/30/new-evidence-that-lucy-our-most-famous-ancestor-had-super-strong-arms/

http://www.archaeology.org/5059-161201-lucy-strong-arms

I think we’ve had this item on Neanderthal adaptability in a different context:

http://phys.org/news/2016-11-prehistoric-humans-survival-strategies.html

http://www.science20.com/news_articles/neanderthals_not_so_dumb-180738

Evidence of human presence in the Arabian peninsula some 300 000 years bp:

http://english.alarabiya.net/en/features/2016/12/03/Oldest-humans-in-Asia-may-have-lived-in-the-Arabian-Peninsula-.html

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On all the pyramids in the Sudan:

http://www.sciencealert.com/sorry-egypt-but-sudan-is-the-pyramid-capital-of-the-world

Feature on the Makapansgat pebble:

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/5/25/250926/Arts–Culture/Visual-Art/Earliest-piece-of-found-art-South-African-cave-peb.aspx

More on the use of ochre in Ethiopia, some 40 000 years bp:

http://arstechnica.com/science/2016/11/incredible-discovery-of-40000-year-old-tools-for-art-and-engineering/

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A 2000 years bp ‘pet cemetery’ from Berenike:

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2016/12/01/dogs-monkeys-cats-2000-year-old-pet-cemetery-uncovered-egypt/94746128/

http://www.archaeology.org/5061-161202-berenike-pet-cemetery

Suggestion that a pair of mummified legs in a Turin museum may have come from Nefertari:

http://www.livescience.com/57054-mummy-legs-of-queen-nefertari-identified.html

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/dec/02/mummified-knees-are-queen-nefertaris-archaeologists-conclude

http://www.archaeology.org/5051-161130-nefertari-mummified-legs

A bird mummy turns up in an Aachen museum basement:

http://www.egyptindependent.com/news/egyptian-mummy-found-german-museum-basement

Rumours of damage to some artifacts heading to the National Museum are unfounded, apparently:

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/44/251030/Heritage/Museums/Transported-porcelain-artefacts-are-not-damaged-as.aspx

The US and Egypt signed an MOU regarding importation of Egyptian antiquities:

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/251140/Egypt/Politics-/Egypt-FM-signs-antiquities-property-agreement-with.aspx

http://www.livescience.com/57027-us-restricts-egyptian-artifacts-imports.html

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/12/antiquities-egypt-agreement-repatriation-mummy-artifacts/

http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=2426401&CategoryId=13003

Egypt is giving Ecuador a replica Ramses II statue:

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/251063/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/Egypt-gifts–metre-tall-replica-of-Ramses-II-statu.aspx

More on that 5000 years bp (not 7000) city found near Abydos:

http://www.livescience.com/57003-ancient-egyptian-city-unearthed.html

http://www.egyptindependent.com/news/ancient-residential-city-cemetery-discovered-abydos

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-38084391

http://observer.com/2016/11/egyptian-archaeologists-just-discovered-a-7000-year-old-lost-city-along-the-nile/

https://www.yahoo.com/news/remains-5-000-old-egyptian-124300624.html

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/newly-uncovered-ruins-reveal-70000-year-old-city-in-egypt-180961235/

More on the suggestion that glassmaking began in Egypt:

http://www.archaeology.org/5046-161129-egypt-mesopotamia-glass

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/glassmaking-may-have-begun-egypt-not-mesopotamia

More on that crocodile mummy:

http://elpais.com/elpais/2016/11/28/ciencia/1480331921_862621.html

Feature on Mugla:

http://www.dailysabah.com/travel/2016/11/30/muglas-6000-years-of-history-mirrored-in-its-ancient-ruins

Evidence of Bronze Age pollution in a Jordanian river:

http://phys.org/news/2016-12-polluted-river-bronze-age.html

Controversial (very) suggestion that the Tribe of Dan may have been Greek mercenaries:

http://www.haaretz.com/jewish/archaeology/1.756385

An inscription from Tel Dor’s harbour provides the name of the Roman governor (maybe) at the time of Bar Kochba:

http://www.haifa.ac.il/index.php/en/home-page3/2025

http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_article.php?id=38437

http://www.timesofisrael.com/rare-find-reveals-previously-unknown-roman-ruler-in-judea/

http://www.haaretz.com/jewish/archaeology/1.756193

http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Maritime-archeologists-uncover-the-name-of-ancient-Judean-procurator-474074

http://www.jns.org/news-briefs/2016/11/30/israeli-researchers-decipher-rare-roman-era-artifact-found-underwater

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4887231,00.html

http://www.archaeology.org/5062-161202-tel-dor-inscription

Another vandalism incident at the Herodium in Samaria National Park:

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4887488,00.html

More on that 4000 years bp ‘Thinker’ figure from Israel:

http://www.livescience.com/56986-ancient-thinker-sculpture-uncovered-in-israel.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/29/science/rodin-thinker-statue-israel.html

http://www.jta.org/2016/11/30/news-opinion/israel-middle-east/israeli-archaeologists-find-3800-year-old-artifact-resembling-rodins-thinker

http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/11/2016/unique-3800-year-old-ceramic-vessel-discovered-in-israel

More on the Church of the Holy Sepulchre:

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/jesus-christ-tomb-church-of-the-holy-sepulchre-jerusalem-opened-for-first-time-500-years-a7453876.html

More on ISIL’s destruction of Nimrud:

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/11/isil-destroyed-iraq-nimrud-161129125401265.html

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/nov/24/piecing-back-together-iraqi-archeological-gem-blown-sky-high-by-isis

… and a related OpEd piece:

http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/syria-aleppo-destruction-room-pergamon-museum-berlin-a7449406.html

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Some Roman burials from Leicester seem to have an African connection:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-38172433

http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/why-roman-skeletons-could-be-first-evidence-of-leicester-s-african-population/story-29953169-detail/story.html

A Roman villa turns up beneath a rugby pitch in Bristol:

http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/roman-villa-discovered-under-rugby-pitch-in-bristol/story-29943555-detail/story.html

They’re digging at what is believed to have been Augustus’ ‘last villa’ near Somma Vesuviana:

http://www.ansa.it/english/news/lifestyle/arts/2016/12/01/emperor-augustus-last-villa-inspected_b4ff4e58-b8b0-4c3c-a91b-f3e32bd70c1c.html

An inscription from Tel Dor’s harbour provides the name of the Roman governor (maybe) at the time of Bar Kochba:

http://www.haifa.ac.il/index.php/en/home-page3/2025

http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_article.php?id=38437

http://www.timesofisrael.com/rare-find-reveals-previously-unknown-roman-ruler-in-judea/

http://www.haaretz.com/jewish/archaeology/1.756193

http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Maritime-archeologists-uncover-the-name-of-ancient-Judean-procurator-474074

http://www.jns.org/news-briefs/2016/11/30/israeli-researchers-decipher-rare-roman-era-artifact-found-underwater

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4887231,00.html

http://www.archaeology.org/5062-161202-tel-dor-inscription

Feature on the dig at Hadrianopolis:

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/ancient-pilgrimage-center-unearthed-.aspx?PageID=238&NID=106644&NewsCatID=375

Studying Iron Age mediterranean trade via ceramics:

http://phys.org/news/2016-11-analysis-iron-age-ceramics-complex.html

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-11/p-aoi112316.php

A fair bit of coverage of the recovery of a head of Julia Domna, stolen from Tivoli a few years ago:

http://phys.org/news/2016-12-dutch-looted-2nd-century-marble-italy.html

http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/dutch-return-looted-2nd-century-marble-head-italy-43923786

http://www.kansas.com/entertainment/celebrities/article118398528.html

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/dec/2/dutch-return-looted-2nd-century-marble-head-to-ita/

http://www.nu.nl/cultuur-overig/4359496/nederlanders-opgepakt-aanbieden-gestolen-italiaans-beeld.html

http://www.archaeology.org/5063-161202-hadrian-s-villa-looting

Latest on those “deviant” burials at Faliro:

http://www.ekathimerini.com/214222/article/ekathimerini/life/american-school-of-classical-studies-investigating-deviant-burials-at-faliro

Latest formal repatriation claim: the Venus de Milo:

http://greece.greekreporter.com/2016/12/01/greeks-make-formal-request-to-louvre-return-venus-de-milo/

http://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/world/give-us-back-the-venus-de-milo-greeks-tell-louvre-sr0fvtlt0

What Anise Strong is up to:

http://wmuk.org/post/wsw-ancient-rome-women-and-lessons-history

What Kyle Khellaf is up to:

http://gsas.yale.edu/news/seeking-alternative-voices-analyze-classics

Myths on the ‘fall of Rome’:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/five-myths-about-the-decline-and-fall-of-rome/2016/12/02/1c06ee5a-b682-11e6-a677-b608fbb3aaf6_story.html

OpEd on Colchester’s future:

http://www.chelmsfordweeklynews.co.uk/news/colchester/14936960._The_greatest_Roman_archaeological_discovery_in_Britain_deserves_to_be_a_national_tourist_destination_/

http://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/14936960._The_greatest_Roman_archaeological_discovery_in_Britain_deserves_to_be_a_national_tourist_destination_/

Feature on Thracian wine:

http://www.focus-fen.net/news/2016/12/03/413810/prof-ivan-marazov-the-thracian-wine-was-highly-valued-in-the-ancient-times.html

On population control in ancient Greece:

http://listverse.com/2016/11/30/10-interesting-facts-about-population-control-in-ancient-greece/

Pompeii is now more accessible:

http://www.dw.com/en/pompeii-without-barriers/a-36613392

More on redating Plovdiv’s theatre:

http://www.archaeology.org/5043-161128-bulgaria-plovdiv-theater

More on the reopening of the Circus Maximus:

http://www.i24news.tv/en/news/international/europe/130326-161116-circus-maximus-reopening-as-rome-frets-over-vandals

More on Beit Ras:

http://www.traveldailymedia.com/244264/jordan-unearths-new-ancient-tourism-attraction/

More on that lamp (and coin) hoard from Switzerland:

http://www.coinweek.com/dealers-companies/gainesville/ancient-coin-news-2000-year-old-roman-bronze-coins-found-switzerland/

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

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http://rogueclassicism.com/

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EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland)

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On Ice Age hunters deliberately burning forests:

http://phys.org/news/2016-12-ice-age-hunters-forests-europe.html

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/12/161201092823.htm

http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/12/2016/ice-age-hunters-may-have-deliberately-cleared-forests-using-fire

A Neolithic axe head from Tiddington:

http://www.stratford-herald.com/62183-neolithic-axe-head-found-tiddington.html

A massive Bronze Age gold torc from a Cambridgeshire field:

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/nov/28/spectacular-bronze-age-gold-torc-unearthed-cambridgeshire-field

https://inews.co.uk/essentials/culture/uks-spectacular-bronze-age-bling-necklace-found-metal-detectors/

http://www.news.com.au/technology/science/archaeology/celtic-golden-torc-found-in-farmers-field-heads-list-of-2016-british-treasure-finds/news-story/731493b56f1b80486d842e30936c8df4

http://www.archaeology.org/5045-161129-england-gold-torque

… which was among many items being highlighted by the PAS folks:

http://home.bt.com/news/uk-news/treasure-among-82000-archaeological-finds-made-by-members-of-public-11364116723152

http://www.museumsassociation.org/museums-journal/news/30112016-treasure-finds-double-decade?dm_i=2VBX,CRSY,27NQE4,19KXI,1

http://artdaily.com/news/92024/New-archaeological-discoveries-enlighten-Britain-s-past

http://www.worthingherald.co.uk/news/rare-littlehampton-artefact-among-best-national-finds-1-7708279

… while some Anglo Saxon items from Norfolk have been declared treasure:

http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/anglo_saxon_artefacts_found_in_norfolk_declared_as_treasure_1_4796430

A burnt Iron Age structure from Denmark:

http://sciencenordic.com/burnt-down-iron-age-house-discovered-denmark

The Sutton Hoo boat burial contains pieces of bitumen that have been traced to Syria:

http://phys.org/news/2016-12-scientists-material-sutton-hoo-ship.html

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-12/p-bfm112316.php

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-38171657

http://www.livescience.com/57036-anglo-saxon-ship-traded-with-middle-east.html

http://theconversation.com/ancient-syrian-bitumen-discovered-in-anglo-saxon-boat-at-sutton-hoo-69521

http://arstechnica.com/science/2016/12/scientific-analysis-reveals-origin-of-odd-lumps-in-anglo-saxon-grave/

http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/12/2016/bitumen-from-middle-east-in-7th-century-sutton-hoo-ship-burial

http://www.archaeology.org/5053-161201-sutton-hoo-bitumen

A ‘Black Death burial pit’ with remains for 48 persons at a medieval abbey site in Lincolnshire:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-38146468

http://phys.org/news/2016-12-black-death-plague-pit-14th-century.html

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/11/161130104143.htm

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/nov/30/black-death-mass-burial-pit-abbey-lincolnshire-skeletons-dna-plague

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/plague-pit-black-death-skeletons-lincolnshire-children-thornton-abbey-a7446556.html

http://www.independent.ie/world-news/europe/britain/skeletons-of-27-children-found-in-extremely-rare-black-death-burial-pit-35256408.html

http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/rare-plague-pit-find-made-by-sheffield-archaeologists-1-8264816

http://artdaily.com/news/92082/Black-Death-burial-pit-found-by-archaeologists-at-English-14th-century-abbey

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/english-mass-grave-sheds-new-light-black-death-180961268/

http://www.archaeology.org/5048-161130-england-black-death

Scans of the ‘Gunpowder plot’ house reveal a ‘hiding hole’ used by 17th century Catholic priests:

http://phys.org/news/2016-11-scans-historic-secret-room-walls.html

http://www.redditchadvertiser.co.uk/news/14943794.Scans_reveal_first_look_at_17th_Century___39_priest_hole__39__at_Coughton_Court/

http://www.archaeology.org/5049-161130-england-priest-hole

A 17th century map found in a chimney has been restored:

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/rare-17th-century-map-found-shoved-chimney-restored-180961217/

Big bucks for a medieval ring from Derbyshire:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-38143860

On the history of beer in Britain:

http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20161130-why-the-stone-age-could-be-when-brits-first-brewed-beer

On the industrial revolution and the ‘east end’ of many European cities:

http://phys.org/news/2016-11-industrial-revolution-east-major-cities.html

Feature on the Lascaux Cave replica:

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/dec/03/hi-tech-lascaux-caves-prehistoric-sistine-chapel

A battle of Austerlitz reenactment:

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-38199738

Review of Fenby, *France*:

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/25/books/review/france-jonathan-fenby.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fbooks

More on that site in Norway associated with Olaf Haraldsson:

http://www.news.com.au/technology/science/archaeology/altar-of-viking-saintking-discovered-in-norway/news-story/f44a14c8774cbd6e0ac003690f37c57d

More on Danish bishop’s feces:

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/researchers-trace-300-year-old-lump-poo-danish-bishop-180961195/

More on the recent survey at Pembroke Castle:

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-38121852

http://www.archaeology.org/5042-161128-wales-pembroke-castle

More on those Anglo Saxon burials from Great Ryburgh:

https://www.yahoo.com/news/surprise-more-80-anglo-saxon-124000752.html

More on Shakespeare’s father covering murals:

https://theconversation.com/why-did-shakespeares-father-paint-over-iconic-medieval-murals-69537

More on that submerged Neolithic settlement off Sweden:

http://www.livescience.com/57048-underwater-stone-age-settlement-mapped.html

More on that ‘Viking toolbox’ find from Denmark:

http://www.livescience.com/57063-viking-tools-found-at-mysterious-fortress.html

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

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A 6000 years bp ‘pentagon house’ from Shanxi:

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2016-11/28/c_135864254.htm

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/culture/2016-11/30/content_27524061.htm

http://www.nerve.in/news%3A2535003391637

Warring States burials from south of Beijing:

http://english.cctv.com/2016/11/29/ARTIRJGgnbwOiQ7hc3bNChhC161129.shtml

Latest finds from Qin’s tomb:

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2016-11/28/c_135863600.htm

http://www.archaeology.org/5041-161128-qinshihuang-mausoleum-animals

… and a Terracotta Warriors backgrounder:

http://www.livescience.com/25510-terracotta-warriors.html

Suggestion that Chinese paper making is older than previously thought:

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2016-11/29/c_135866866.htm

Feature on the mummy of the Lady of Dai:

http://metro.co.uk/2016/12/02/worlds-best-preserved-mummy-still-has-own-hair-and-teeth-at-2100-years-old-6297252/

Evidence of seventh century fortifications on Kyushu:

http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201611290062.html

http://www.archaeology.org/5044-161129-japan-fortified-wall

Damage to Kotia’s Ashoka pillar:

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/Kotlas-Ashoka-pillar-over-2000-years-old-suffers-heavy-damage/articleshow/55763120.cms

Arguing over whether to reconstruct the Bamiyan Buddhas:

https://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/33368293/rebuilding-history-debate-rages-over-lost-afghan-buddhas/

http://artdaily.com/news/92081/Rebuilding-history–Debate-rages-over-lost-Afghan-Buddhas

More on that MIng dynasty banknote-in-a-sculpture find:

http://www.livescience.com/57026-ming-dynasty-banknote-found-inside-sculpture.html

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/rare-ming-dynasty-banknote-found-inside-sculpture/

https://www.yahoo.com/news/stashed-cash-rare-ming-dynasty-152100655.html

More on sites found in Islamabad:

http://www.brecorder.com/arts-a-leisure/arts/330533-survey-identifies-15-ancient-archaeological-sites-in-capital.html

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http://www.southeastasianarchaeology.com/

New Zealand Archaeology eNews:

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

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Pondering some 3000 years bp clay figurines found near Tucson a while ago:

http://westerndigs.org/earliest-known-clay-figurines-in-the-southwest-may-be-fertility-symbols-study-says/

http://www.archaeology.org/5047-161129-arizona-clay-figurine

They’re poking around the Bear River Massacre site in Idaho:

http://www.standard.net/News/2016/11/25/Utah-State-University-Bear-River-Massacre-researchers-dig-deeper-at-site-without-lifting-a-shovel.html

Latest from the Terror and Erebus:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/mysterious-lost-ships-hms-terror-and-erebus-reveal-new-layer-of-clues-in-arctic/2016/11/22/55a1a6de-9628-11e6-bb29-bf2701dbe0a3_story.html

I think we mentioned this dig at the Buffalo Trace distillery in Kentucky:

http://www.wkyt.com/content/news/Rennovations-at-Buffalo-Trace-uncover-rare-find-403436876.html

On going to the theatre in 1850s U.S.:

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/22/theater/hamilton-and-history.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Ftheater

Review of *Herbert Hoover: A Life*:

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/25/books/review/herbert-hoover-a-life-glen-jeansonne.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fbooks

More on the original Plymouth settlement:

http://phys.org/news/2016-11-evidence-plymouth-settlement.html

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/11/161125083037.htm

http://www.livescience.com/57006-artifacts-found-at-original-plymouth-settlement.html

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Interesting 9000 years bp evidence of a ritual decapitation (a.k.a. Funerary rituals) from Brazil:

http://phys.org/news/2016-11-year-old-funerary-rituals-involving-reduction.html

http://www.livescience.com/52278-oldest-human-decapitation-in-new-world.html

http://www.livescience.com/57017-ancient-mutilated-skeletons-found-in-brazil.html

http://www.archaeology.org/5050-161130-brazil-mutilated-bones

A circular temple to the wind god beneath a Mexican supermarket:

http://phys.org/news/2016-11-circular-temple-god-uncovered-mexico.html

http://www.dw.com/en/god-of-wind-pre-columbian-temple-discovered-in-mexico-city/a-36597462

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/nov/30/mexico-temple-wind-god-archaeology-supermarket

http://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/650-year-old-temple-found-near-tlatelolco/

http://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/mexican-archeologists-discover-650-year-old-temple-to-god-of-wind-1.3184218

https://www.theyucatantimes.com/2016/12/demolished-supermarket-reveals-ancient-pre-hispanic-temple-in-mexico-city/

http://www.archaeology.org/5054-161201-tlatelolco-wind-temple

What Jessica Munson is up to:

http://www.lycoming.edu/news/stories/2016/11/guatemala-archaeological-dig-site.aspx

More on evidence of ‘high altitude potato cultivation/consumption’ in the Andes:

http://www.ucmerced.edu/news/2016/high-altitude-archaeology-uncovers-earliest-evidence-potato-consumption

http://phys.org/news/2016-11-roots-potato-farming-andes.html

More on the Chichen Itza pyramid:

http://www.livescience.com/57004-ancient-pyramid-found-inside-chichen-itza.html

https://www.yahoo.com/news/nesting-doll-pyramid-ancient-mayan-143300579.html

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/12/04/mexico-is-hiding-the-world-s-largest-pyramid.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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(re)Pondering Chomsky:

https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/chomsky-s-theory-of-language-learning-dead-not-so-fast/

Tycho Brahe had a thing for gold, apparently:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-12/uosd-rat120116.php

Some medieval monks had hearing issues, but it didn’t matter:

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/some-early-monks-impaired-hearing-amplified-sounds-silence

Victor Nuovo’s latest on Spinoza:

http://www.addisonindependent.com/201612nuovo-spinoza-religion

Concerns for a number of Heritage sites:

http://www.nationmultimedia.com/news/breakingnews/30301296

http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=11&int_new=92135

The Star of Bethlehem stuff has come a bit early this year:

http://phys.org/news/2016-12-bethlehem-star.html

Feature on French archaeological missions:

http://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/french-foreign-policy/scientific-diplomacy/archaeology-humanities-and-social-sciences/french-archaeological-missions-are-key-actors-in-international-scientific/

… and France has created a fund to prevent ISIL-style destruction:

http://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/1.756737

… and the UAE seems to be pushing for something too:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-38182581

Some Edison items are coming to auction:

http://phys.org/news/2016-12-thomas-edison-lab-door-key.html

Big bucks for a Mahler manuscript:

http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-38142482

Feature on the Voynich Manuscript:

https://www.insidehighered.com/views/2016/11/30/review-yale-university-press-edition-voynich-manuscript-essay

The gun that wounded Rimbaud came to auction last week:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-38164277

Feature on Mevlana’s poetry:

http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/30/travel/rumi-revival/index.html

The UN has a list of ‘cultural intangibles’:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-38170872

Feature on the Siemens company:

http://www.dw.com/en/siemens-from-the-telegraph-to-the-internet/g-36599228

Some Marshall Scholarship recipients:

https://news.brown.edu/articles/2016/11/marshall

Feature on the Geneva free port’s ‘collection’:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-38167501

Archaeology Podcast Network:

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

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MUSEUM MATTERS

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Perge Sculptures:

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/perge-sculptures-open-to-visitors.aspx?PageID=238&NID=106656&NewsCatID=375

Cataractonium:

http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/theres-more-meets-eye-gold-12219794

Gods and Heroes of the Ancient Greeks:

http://eu.greekreporter.com/2016/12/01/gods-and-heroes-of-ancient-greeks-exhibition-in-moscow-displays-ancient-treasures/

Remnants of Rome:

http://www.inlander.com/spokane/remnants-of-rome/Content?oid=2958899

Sargent:

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2016/dec/02/john-singer-sargent-watercolours-dulwich-picture-gallery

Little Red Riding Hood:

http://www.dw.com/en/why-little-red-riding-hood-is-caught-between-innocence-and-sexuality/a-36559200

Nudes in Art:

http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20161129-why-the-nude-still-shocks

Clara Peeters:

http://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2016/11/30/503129505/in-a-first-spains-prado-museum-puts-the-spotlight-on-a-woman-artist

Quran:

http://www.npr.org/2016/12/02/503640678/quran-exhibition-shines-a-light-on-the-holy-books-dedicated-artists

Gentileschi:

http://tucson.com/entertainment/rome-show-explores-painter-artemisia-gentileschi-s-art-life/article_acf47ba1-7cd7-51bb-a79e-2cc1f96fed00.html

Egyptian Mummies:

http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/technology-takes-the-sting-out-of-the-ancient-curse-of-the-mummy-new-powerhouse-museum-exhibition/news-story/894f1b10cebfd87bb4c9f9af9b19b554

http://egyptianstreets.com/2016/12/01/egyptian-mummies-exploring-ancient-lives-reveals-secrets-of-mummies-like-never-before/

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THE TECHY SIDE

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How a NASA asteroid probe satellite has helped locate sites:

http://dailycaller.com/2016/11/28/nasa-asteroid-probe-locates-10500-year-old-ruins/

https://www.newsledge.com/nasa-tech-lidar-helps-archaeologists/

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ON THE DNA FRONT

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Dienekes’ Anthropology Blog:

http://dienekes.blogspot.ca/

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CLIMATE MATTERS

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Feature on the effects of a ‘medieval cold snap’:

http://www.forbes.com/sites/kristinakillgrove/2016/12/01/medieval-cold-snap-that-caused-famine-and-death-reveals-danger-of-climate-change/#2b908c8145f7

http://phys.org/news/2016-12-coldest-decade-millennium-cold-1430s.html

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TOURISTY THINGS

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Rome:

http://www.whig.com/article/20161202/ARTICLE/161209992

Church of the Holy Sepulchre:

http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20161121-a-1000-year-old-promise-of-peace

Underground Cadiz:

http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20161121-a-portal-to-a-subterranean-realm

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CRIME BEAT

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Latest Anonymous Swiss Collector Culture Crime News:

http://www.anonymousswisscollector.com/2016/11/culture-crime-news-21-27-november-2016.html

A pile of Islamic books destined for Doha seized at the Cairo airport:

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/43/251047/Heritage/Islamic/Dozens-of-rare-Islamic-books-seized-at-Cairo-Airpo.aspx

Swiss authorities seized a number of items from Palmyra/Libya found in a Geneva freeport:

http://www.timesofisrael.com/swiss-seize-artefacts-looted-from-syrias-palmyra/

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/03/looted-palmyra-relics-seized-by-swiss-authorities-at-geneva-ports

http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=11&int_new=92148

http://artdaily.com/news/92148/Swiss-seize-artefacts-looted-from-Syria-s-Palmyra-

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 pace of repatriation of human remains:

https://theconversation.com/museums-are-returning-indigenous-human-remains-but-progress-on-repatriating-objects-is-slow-67378

The US returned items to Egypt:

https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/ice-returns-ancient-artifacts-egypt

http://www.archaeology.org/5060-161202-usa-repatriation-egypt

… including this mummy hand:

http://www.livescience.com/57076-stolen-mummy-hand-returned-to-egypt.html

Cf: http://www.livescience.com/57075-operation-mummy-curse-photos.html

France returned a Nazi-looted piece to descendents of some folks:

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/28/arts/design/france-returns-16th-century-portrait-to-descendants-of-jewish-couple.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fdesign

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NUMISMATICA

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Feature on the Staffordshire hoard:

http://staffslive.co.uk/2016/12/roman-finds-deemed-treasure/

Latest e-Sylum:

http://www.coinbooks.org/club_nbs_esylum_v19n48.html

… and the one which should appear later today:

http://www.coinbooks.org/club_nbs_esylum_v19n49.html

More on challenges to the value of the Alton Hoard:

http://www.coinweek.com/dealers-companies/gainesville/metal-detectorist-challenges-alton-hoard-value/

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Ancient Coin Collecting:

http://ancientcoincollecting.blogspot.com/

Ancient Coins:

http://classicalcoins.blogspot.com/

Coin Week:

http://www.coinweek.com/

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PERFORMANCES AND THEATRE-RELATED

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Feature on female Classical music composers:

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/12/02/arts/music/01womencomposers.html

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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/2521-audio-news-from-archaeologica-20-november-2016-26-november-2016

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CONFERENCES

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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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