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

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

Barbara Saylor Rodgers, Clark Whelton, Barbara Saylor Rodgers, Rick Heli, Bob Heuman,

David Critchley, Gina Salapata, Alan Brockway, Bob Heuman,

David Emery, Rick Heli, Richard C. Griffiths, and Ross W. Sargent

for headses upses this week (as always hoping I have left no one out).

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EARLY HOMINIDS

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A brouhaha over evidence of early hominins in Europe:

http://www.newsweek.com/ancient-humans-and-stolen-bones-major-controversy-raises-doubt-about-history-709562

http://www.nature.com/news/archaeologists-say-human-evolution-study-used-stolen-bone-1.22984

The Dali skull from China is causing a rethink of the ‘Out of Africa’ theory:

http://www.newsweek.com/archaeology-skull-evolution-homo-sapiens-homo-erectus-human-710973

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2153242-ancient-skull-from-china-may-rewrite-the-origins-of-our-species/

Study suggests human development was ‘uneven and punctuated’:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-11/e-hew111617.php

https://phys.org/news/2017-11-human-evolution-uneven-punctuated.html

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/11/171116132657.htm

http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/11/2017/neanderthals-survived-at-least-3000-years-longer-in-spain-than-previously-thought

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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT

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A Greco Roman mummy from Deir Al Banat:

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/281484/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/Mummy-discovered-at-Fayoums-Deir-AlBanat.aspx

http://www.egyptindependent.com/greco-roman-mummy-discovered-in-fayoum/

http://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/32500/Wooden-coffin-with-mummy-dating-Greco-Roman-Period-unearthed

https://www.timesofisrael.com/archaeologists-find-well-preserved-mummy-in-egypt/

http://www.newsweek.com/ancient-egyptian-mummy-buried-wearing-golden-sky-god-mask-discovered-long-lost-711739

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/ancient-golden-egyptian-mummy-discovered-battered-coffin-1647466

https://www.geo.tv/latest/167593-archaeologists-find-greco-roman-mummy-in-egypt?5a0b0374404ef

A Temple of Isis from Tell Atrib in Banha:

http://www.egyptindependent.com/isis-temple-unearthed-builders-banha/

https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/32821/A-temple-for-Isis-dating-back-to-Ancient-Egypt-era

They’re still studying and learning from Tut’s tomb:

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/44/281565/Heritage/Museums/Tutankhamuns-gold-sheets-on-display-for-first-time.aspx

https://phys.org/news/2017-11-treasures-tutankhamun-tomb.html

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/11/171116105129.htm

https://www.upi.com/Science_News/2017/11/17/Analysis-of-King-Tuts-treasure-shows-aesthetic-influence-of-Levant/8681510926939/

https://www.archaeology.org/news/6104-171116-egypt-gold-artifacts

More on copper in Egyptian ink:

https://phys.org/news/2017-11-ink-ancient-egyptian-papyri-copper.html

https://dailynewsegypt.com/2017/11/15/ancient-egyptian-papyri-different-time-periods-geographical-regions-contain-copper/

https://www.zmescience.com/science/copper-traces-egypt-inks/

https://www.archaeology.org/news/6101-171115-egypt-copper-ink

More on muons:

http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/17/opinions/move-over-indiana-jones-physicists-the-new-tomb-raiders-opinion-lincoln/index.html

8000 years bp petroglyphs of dogs from the Arabian desert (not sure about this one):

http://www.newsweek.com/saudi-arabia-8000-year-old-rock-art-first-ever-depiction-dogs-and-humans-had-715114

https://www.sciencealert.com/1000-year-old-rock-art-saudi-arabia-earliest-depiction-domestic-dogs-hunting

https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/11/ancient-dog-rock-art-arabian-desert-cliff-images-spd/

http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/11/these-may-be-world-s-first-images-dogs-and-they-re-wearing-leashes

https://www.archaeology.org/6103-171116-dog-rock-art

Remains of assorted levels of habitation from a 5000 years bp mound in Cappadocia:

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/ancient-settlement-found-in-cappadocia-122364

https://www.archaeology.org/news/6092-171113-turkey-cappadocia-mound

Remains of an Urartian castle in Lake Van:

https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/11/underwater-fortress-urartu-lake-van-turkey-archaeology-video-spd/

https://www.yahoo.com/news/huge-underwater-castle-ancient-fairy-095309805.html

A 1400 years bp loom from northern Iraq:

https://www.seeker.com/culture/archaeology/archaeological-treasures-in-iraq-unearthed-just-before-deadly-73-earthquake

https://www.archaeology.org/news/6100-171115-iraq-loom-weights

Assorted finds from Iraq … finds made just before the earthquake last week:

https://www.seeker.com/culture/archaeology/archaeological-treasures-in-iraq-unearthed-just-before-deadly-73-earthquake

http://www.newsweek.com/archaeology-assyria-iraq-earthquake-loom-seal-genie-griffin-excavation-713651

Wasn’t this 8th century BCE ‘toilet’ from Tel Lachish found a while ago?:

http://www.newsweek.com/toilet-discovered-middle-ancient-jerusalem-shrine-written-bible-king-hezekiah-712800

https://www.yahoo.com/news/toilet-found-3-000-old-192932972.html

Overviewish things on finds from Wabar:

http://timesofoman.com/article/122146/Oman/Heritage/Wabar-listed-on-UNESCOs-World-Cultural-and-Natural-Heritage-list-in-2000

A looted First Temple water system from Gush Etzion:

http://www.jewishpress.com/news/police-news/training-idf-soldiers-uncover-large-scale-antiquities-robbery-in-gush-etzion/2017/11/15/

Earliest evidence of eggplant seeds in Israel:

http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Earliest-evidence-of-eggplant-seeds-in-Israel-unearthed-in-City-of-David-514420

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/1.823152

https://www.timesofisrael.com/what-was-for-dinner-in-jerusalem-1100-years-ago-a-massive-refuse-pit-tells-us/

Studying a pile of skeletons found near Qumran:

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/skeletons-could-provide-clues-who-wrote-or-protected-dead-sea-scrolls

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/dead-sea-scrolls-wrote-protected-excavated-skeletons-qumran-west-bank-archaeology-a8062341.html

http://www.ibtimes.com/who-wrote-dead-sea-scrolls-33-new-skeletons-could-give-answers-2616655

What Hagith Sivan is up to:

http://today.ku.edu/2017/11/06/ku-historian-part-project-examining-complex-history-jerusalem-late-antiquity

Using inscriptions and math to pinpoint ‘lost’ cities:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/11/13/ancient-data-modern-math-and-the-hunt-for-11-lost-cities-of-the-bronze-age/

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/early-trade-accounts-used-to-pinpoint-lost-bronze-age-cities-0mqsmzgwg

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/archaeologists-unearth-ancient-clay-tablets-lead-locations-11-lost-cities-131109015.html

Latest ancient ship recreation:

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/.premium-1.823439

Syrian and the Czech Republic will be working together on conservation:

http://sana.sy/en/?p=118489

A ‘rediscovered’ Anatolian-Islamic inscription:

https://www.dailysabah.com/history/2017/11/16/lost-epitaph-found-by-chance-20-years-later

More on that 4000 years bp ‘infertility tablet’:

https://www.livescience.com/60950-oldest-marriage-contract-infertility-surrogacy.html

More on those ‘stone structures’ seen from the air in Saudi Arabia:

https://www.livescience.com/60917-photos-mysterious-stone-structures-gates-saudi-arabia.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/17/science/saudi-arabia-gates.html

http://www.newsweek.com/saudi-arabia-gates-hell-new-images-reveal-secrets-ancient-mystery-structures-712300

https://www.yahoo.com/news/m/de79ccd7-d10e-3b9e-a6f6-ad1e7342fae3/ss_archaeologists-discover-400.html

https://www.yahoo.com/news/saudi-arabia-gates-hell-images-173118774.html

Plans to increase awareness of Saudi Arabian antiquities:

http://www.arabnews.com/node/1193991/saudi-arabia

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Roman structures from Plovdiv:

http://sofiaglobe.com/2017/11/12/accidental-archaeology-roman-ruins-found-under-illegally-demolished-house-in-plovdiv2/

Roman finds from the Crimea:

http://tass.com/science/976058

Roman remains from a rescue dig in Vratsa:

http://www.focus-fen.net/news/2017/11/16/425088/vratsa-remains-of-three-buildings-from-the-roman-era-found-during-rescue-excavations.html

More on London’s Mithraeum reopening:

https://www.zmescience.com/science/london-mithraeum-museum/

Diocles the Charioteer is getting attention again:

http://bigthink.com/paul-ratner/the-highest-paid-athlete-in-history-actually-lived-in-ancient-rome

Some Antonine Wall projects:

http://www.glasgowlive.co.uk/news/glasgow-news/rediscover-ancient-roman-antonine-wall-13905867

Nice feature on Mithraism:

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/mithraic-mysteries

Feature on the Picts:

http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/15670151.Pict_on_by_the_Romans__our_ancient_ancestors_were_civilised_sophisticates_not_hairy_savages/

On the fall of the Republic:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/fall-roman-republic-income-inequality-and-xenophobia-threatened-its-foundations-180967249/

On camels in Roman Britain:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/drsarahbond/2017/11/17/were-there-camels-in-roman-britain-new-evidence-suggests-camels-were-common-across-the-empire/#7248780923f8

On the ancient Greek diet:

http://eu.greekreporter.com/2017/11/14/secrets-of-ancient-greek-diet-revealed-by-greek-chef-in-london/

http://www.tornosnews.gr/en/tourism-businesses/gastronomy/28203-secrets-of-ancient-greek-diet-unveiled-by-greek-chef-in-london.html

Feature on overseas research opportunities at USC:

https://news.usc.edu/131320/fellowships-like-this-archaeological-dig-in-greece-let-usc-classics-students-get-their-hands-dirty/

What Tim Whitmarsh is up to:

http://www.trinitonian.com/lion-hunting-water-and-flowers-tim-whitmarsh-lectures-on-literary-themes/

What Edith Hall is up to:

http://www.ekathimerini.com/223140/article/ekathimerini/life/diaspora-was-at-the-root-of-the-greek-miracle-says-edith-hall

What Bettany Hughes is up to:

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/nov/15/reclaim-venus-consensual-love-sexual-power-relations

What Michael Fontaine is up to:

https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2017/11/classicist-michael-fontaine-examines-mental-distress-humanities-podcast

Robert Harris’ *Imperium* is coming to the stage:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/theatre/what-to-see/have-lot-learn-ancient-rome-robert-harris-mike-poulton-bringing/

Reviews of Thomas, *Why Dylan Matters*:

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/nov/17/the-harvard-professor-of-bob-dylan-studies-my-thesis-is-that-he-has-become-odysseus-richard-f-thomas

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/saturday-review/review-why-dylan-matters-by-richard-f-thomas-lz8fl6pmf

Reviews of Emily Wilson’s translation of the Odyssey:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/the-first-english-translation-of-the-odyssey-by-a-woman-was-worth-the-wait/2017/11/16/692cdf82-c59a-11e7-aae0-cb18a8c29c65_story.html?utm_term=.2f65625dcaa4

http://www.theintelligencer.com/entertainment/article/Book-World-The-first-English-translation-of-The-12365298.php

https://www.bustle.com/p/how-emily-wilson-the-first-woman-to-translate-the-odyssey-into-english-is-rethinking-gender-roles-in-the-greek-epic-3540304

Review of Daniel Mendelsohn’s personal Odyssey:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/17/books/review/daniel-mendelsohn-an-odyssey-memoir.html

Review of Wilson and Mendelssohn:

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/12/the-odyssey-and-the-other/544110/

More on that Roman coin hoard from Bulgaria:

https://coinweek.com/ancient-coins/roman-coin-hoard-piece/

More on the acoustics of Greek theatres:

https://www.livescience.com/60906-ancient-ampitheater-acoustics-not-great.html

https://www.archaeology.org/news/6091-171113-greek-theater-sounds

More on that Pylos ‘combat agate’:

https://www.stuff.co.nz/science/98942695/stunning-3500yearold-masterpiece-forces-rethink-of-bronze-age-greek-art

More on that Roman road from Aachen:

http://www.aachen.de/DE/stadt_buerger/politik_verwaltung/pressemitteilungen/stadtarchaeologie.html

More on that sundial:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/rare-roman-sundial-uncovered-italy-1-180967171/

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Latest reviews from BMCR:

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

Visit our blog:

http://rogueclassicism.com/

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EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland)

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Evidence of 8000 years bp winemaking from Georgia:

https://phys.org/news/2017-11-earliest-evidence-winemaking-team-year-old.html

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-11/uot-afe110917.php

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/13/science/georgia-oldest-wine.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-41977709

https://www.livescience.com/60929-oldest-winemaking-dates-to-neolithic.html

https://www.independent.ie/world-news/europe/worlds-oldest-wine-discovered-by-archaeologists-in-8000yearold-jars-36317850.html

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/nov/13/evidence-of-worlds-earliest-winemaking-uncovered-by-archaeologists

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-science-wine/drinking-age-oldest-evidence-of-wine-making-found-near-tbilisi-idUSKBN1DD2KM

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2017/11/13/earliest-evidence-of-wine-found-in-giant-8000-year-old-jars/

https://www.timesofisrael.com/worlds-earliest-evidence-of-wine-making-found-in-georgia/

http://www.dw.com/en/oldest-evidence-of-grape-wine-making-dates-to-8000-years-ago-say-archaeologists/a-41368760

http://www.euronews.com/2017/11/14/worlds-oldest-wine-made-in-georgia

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/1.822538

http://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2017-11-14/oldest-wine-georgia-chemistry-neolithic-pottery-chemistry/9143874

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/deadthings/2017/11/13/new-earliest-wine/

http://nhpr.org/post/georgian-jars-hold-8000-year-old-winemaking-clues

https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/11/oldest-winemaking-grapes-georgia-archaeology/

http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/11/2017/earliest-known-evidence-of-winemaking-has-been-found-in-georgia

https://www.archaeology.org/news/6094-171113-georgia-oldest-wine

A Bronze Age site beneath a Norse site in Duddon:

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cumbria-41980692

https://www.archaeology.org/news/6097-171114-bronze-age-england

A huge medieval mass burial from the Czech Republic:

http://www.newsweek.com/mass-grave-largest-europe-uncovered-714712

https://www.sciencealert.com/30-medieval-mass-graves-kutna-hora-czech-republic-1500-skeletons-middle-ages

An important medieval coin hoard find from the Abbey of Cluny:

https://phys.org/news/2017-11-medieval-treasure-unearthed-abbey-cluny.html

https://www.thelocal.fr/20171115/medieval-treasure-trove-discovered-by-archaeologists-in-france

http://www.sci-news.com/archaeology/cluny-abbey-hoard-05433.html

https://www.connexionfrance.com/French-news/Ancient-treasure-find-stuns-archaeologists

https://www.archaeology.org/news/6099-171115-france-medieval-treasure

Remains of a medieval farming village from Denmark:

http://sciencenordic.com/lost-medieval-village-discovered-denmark

https://www.livescience.com/60931-medieval-farming-village-near-viking-site.html

https://www.livescience.com/60930-medieval-village-denmark-photos.html

A 12th century Norman motte-and-bailey castle hidden in the trees in County Down:

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-42019714

Looking at the bones in the 16th century ‘Massacre Cave’:

http://www.newsweek.com/scotland-archaeologists-identify-mysterious-bones-discovered-massacre-cave-708283

They’re digging at the castle of Sultan Qalga in the Crimea:

http://tass.com/society/975401

Possible funding to preserve the world’s first cast iron bridge:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/11/13/german-money-could-save-worldsfirst-cast-iron-bridge-shropshire/

More on that Pictish petroglyph:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/pictish-carving-large-nosed-warrior-found-scotland-180967091/

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

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Plenty of coverage of the possible find of the cremated remains of the Gautama Buddha:

https://www.livescience.com/60932-in-photos-cremated-buddha-remains-and-buddha-statues.html

http://www.newsweek.com/buddha-buddhism-archaeology-ancient-china-cremated-remains-statues-711524

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/buddha-box-remains-china-thousand-years-old-discover-siddhartha-gautama-china-a8056321.html

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/archaeologists-find-cremated-remains-buddha-ancient-chinese-box-alongside-260-statues-1647883

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/science/ancient-chinese-casket-may-contain-buddhas-remains/articleshow/61681468.cms

A Buddhist monastery site:

https://www.archaeology.org/news/6098-171114-china-buddha-monks

… while Pakistan is promoting tourism with a recently-found 1700 years bp sleeping Buddha:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/nov/15/pakistan-unveils-remains-of-1700-year-old-sleeping-buddha

https://en.dailypakistan.com.pk/pakistan/1700-year-old-sleeping-buddha-statue-unearthed-in-haripur-district/

https://www.voanews.com/a/pakistan-unveils-seventeen-hundred-year-old-sleeping-buddha-evoking-diverse-heritage-/4117036.html

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/nov/15/pakistan-unveils-remains-of-1700-year-old-sleeping-buddha

Strange story of Buddhist artifacts being saved from smugglers then dumped in the trash:

http://www.newsweek.com/pakistan-ancient-buddha-statues-saved-smugglers-museum-then-dump-them-trash-714874

I think we’ve mentioned this horse and chariot burial (many) from Henan province:

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-11/14/c_136749918.htm

A hundred Han Dynasty burials from Henan:

https://gbtimes.com/han-dynasty-tombs-pottery-works-and-coins-unearthed-in-henan-province

A cannonball is believed to be a clue to finding the wreck of the San Francisco off Japan:

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-41965080

Finds from Shabran (which seems to have lost something in translation):

http://www.today.az/news/society/166733.html

Plenty of coverage of this ‘Murder Island’ find:

http://www.newsweek.com/human-remains-mysterious-and-brutal-island-massacre-400-years-ago-discovered-712018

http://mentalfloss.com/article/516079/archaeologists-unearth-victims-mysterious-massacre-400-years-ago-australian-island

http://bgr.com/2017/11/14/murder-island-archaeologists-discover-human-skeletons/

http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/tv/current-affairs/more-bodies-found-on-the-abrolhos-the-site-of-australias-first-mass-murder/news-story/fd0db5913e936870290d67c066090799

Conserving (sort of) a Shiva temple:

http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/underground-shiva-temple-to-be-clean-and-dry-soon/article20462956.ece

Puma is accused of defacing a heritage building in India:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/nov/14/sportswear-maker-puma-accused-of-defacing-17th-century-indian-buildings

http://www.dw.com/en/puma-accused-of-defacing-indian-heritage-building-with-graffiti/a-41372174

Trying to save plenty of shipwrecks from looters:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-11-16/the-race-to-save-dozens-of-wartime-shipwrecks-from-looters/9157016

https://theconversation.com/the-race-to-save-up-to-50-shipwrecks-from-looters-in-southeast-asia-86050

Pondering the beginning of Australia’s human history:

https://phys.org/news/2017-11-australia-human-history.html

Remembering the discovery of Mungo Man:

http://www.dw.com/en/australias-ancient-mungo-man-returned-to-aboriginal-burial-ground/a-41417479

http://www.news.com.au/technology/science/archaeology/the-discovery-sent-shockwaves-through-archaeology-but-the-remains-of-mungo-man-still-hold-secrets-of-first-australians/news-story/f455e05ecefd08dff3c3f13dbf431008

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/nov/14/finding-mungo-man-the-moment-australias-story-suddenly-changed

… and his remains have been returned:

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-42020675

https://phys.org/news/2017-11-oldest-australian-human-year-old-grave.html

Feature on Harappa:

https://dailytimes.com.pk/138475/the-ruins-of-harappa/

Studying ancient barley in China and Tibet:

https://source.wustl.edu/2017/11/ancient-barley-took-high-road-china-changed-summer-crop-tibet/

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http://www.southeastasianarchaeology.com/

New Zealand Archaeology eNews:

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

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Coverage of the Ealy dig in Albany:

http://www.thisweeknews.com/news/20171113/ealy-dig-reveals-more-than-detritus

Looking at 800 years of settlements at Turquoise Bend (Alaska):

http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/11/2017/800-years-of-settlement-at-turquoise-bend-kenai-river-alaska

Women and African Americans could vote in the 18th century for a short time:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/why-black-people-and-women-lost-vote-new-jersey-180967186/

More on Chaco Canyon:

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/nov/08/chaco-canyon-national-park-new-mexico-drilling

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CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA

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Fire has destroyed a 4000 years bp mural at Ventarron (Peru):

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-41972208

https://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/world/2017/11/14/fire-ravages-ancient-archaeological-site-peru/107671576/

http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/13/americas/ancient-peruvian-mural-destroyed-in-fire/index.html

https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/11/peru-temple-fire-ventarron-mural-moche-video-spd/

http://www.peruviantimes.com/13/fire-destroys-years-of-research-at-4500-year-old-ventarron-site/30250/

http://m.france24.com/en/20171113-peru-fire-ravages-ancient-archaeological-site?ref=tw_i

https://elpais.com/cultura/2017/11/13/actualidad/1510547109_132561.html

https://www.archaeology.org/news/6093-171113-peru-ventarron-fire

A hitherto unknown passage beneath Chichen Itza:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/mayan-pyramids-1.4402934

https://www.yahoo.com/news/m/06d31a9e-f2d2-3cca-9177-9d7eeaeece54/ss_a-new-sealed-route-could.html

http://www.newsweek.com/mystery-passage-discovered-near-mayan-temple-could-unlock-secrets-710397

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/mayan-temple-hidden-passageway-discovered-chichen-itza-kukulcan-guillermo-de-anda-a8054211.html

https://www.yahoo.com/news/hidden-passageway-discovered-under-ancient-114400587.html

http://www.ibtimes.com/secret-passageway-discovered-underneath-mayan-snake-god-temple-2614377

… and you can’t use drones there:

https://verne.elpais.com/verne/2017/11/15/mexico/1510785099_153111.html

A huge Orca geoglyph find near Nazca:

http://www.bradshawfoundation.com/news/index.php?id=Orca-geoglyph-rediscovered-in-Peru

http://www.newsweek.com/nazca-lines-peru-orca-geoglyph-desert-monuments-712544

Feature on the Salitre site:

https://www.hakaimagazine.com/article-short/shellfish-diplomacy

Feature on ‘Juanita’ … twenty years later:

http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=2446439&CategoryId=14095

Panama hasn’t put some important pre-Columbian gold finds made nine years ago on display yet:

https://phys.org/news/2017-11-panama-pre-hispanic-golden-artifacts-sight.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/panamas-pre-hispanic-golden-artifacts-stored-out-of-sight/2017/11/16/7d9716cc-caf4-11e7-b506-8a10ed11ecf5_story.html

http://www.therepublic.com/2017/11/16/lt-panama-archaeology/

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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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Studying the ancient roots of social inequality:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-11/tuom-ppa111717.php

https://phys.org/news/2017-11-roots-inequality-millennia.html

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/11/171117190702.htm

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2017/11/15/long-before-hedge-funds-cattle-drove-inequality-study-says/?utm_term=.d052de4a6b05

http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/11/how-taming-cows-and-horses-sparked-inequality-across-ancient-world

https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2017/11/15/564376795/from-cattle-to-capital-how-agriculture-bred-ancient-inequality

Feature on Abu Nuwas;

http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20171113-the-arab-poet-who-worshipped-wine

Big bucks for a Van Gogh:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/13/arts/christies-fall-auction-impressionist-modern-van-gogh.html

… and even bigger bucks for DaVinci’s (maybe) Salvator Mundi:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/13/arts/design/davinci-leonardo-dicaprio-christies.html

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42000696

http://www.cnn.com/style/article/da-vinci-painting-auction/index.html

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/nov/15/leonardo-da-vinci-masterpiece-salvator-mundi-christies

http://www.syracuse.com/us-news/index.ssf/2017/11/da_vinci_painting_of_christ_sells_at_auction_for_record-smashing_450_million.html

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2017/11/15/leonardo-da-vinci-salvator-mundi-sold/868993001/

http://www.dw.com/en/leonardo-da-vinci-painting-smashes-auction-record-at-450-million/a-41402102

https://elpais.com/cultura/2017/11/15/actualidad/1510749174_422089.html

Some previous big buck artworks:

http://www.dw.com/en/most-expensive-artworks-sold-at-auction/g-36408604

… and criticism of the price:

http://www.dw.com/en/opinion-450-million-for-christ-the-art-markets-perversion-of-a-symbol/a-41412027

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/da-vinci-painting-sells-record-breaking-450-million-180967246/

… and a feature on the painting itself:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/why-salvator-mundi-is-further-proof-of-leonardo-da-vincis-genius/2017/11/16/e0ca2118-cae4-11e7-aa96-54417592cf72_story.html

https://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/technology-and-learning/why-i’m-pretty-sure-isaacson-da-vinci-book-behind-450-million-sale

Smaller bucks for a Captain Scott ‘selfie’ from Antarctica:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41989588

… and hopes for a leaf from Napoleon’s wreath:

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-france-napoleon-auction/golden-leaf-cut-from-napoleons-crown-goes-under-hammer-in-france-idUSKBN1DF27P

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/11/17/leaf-french-emperor-napoleons-crown-expected-bring-300-times-its-value-gold/873623001/

… and big hopes for a photo of Billy the Kid:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/16/us/billy-the-kid-photo.html

A missing piece of a Magritte was found:

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/11/15/564351941/80-year-old-mystery-cracked-as-final-missing-piece-of-magritte-painting-found

Feature on Rodin:

http://www.dw.com/en/a-century-on-auguste-rodins-influential-art-still-fascinates/a-41420940

A secret ‘Michelangelo room’ in Florence has opened to the public:

https://www.thelocal.it/20171114/secret-michelangelo-room-florence-open-to-public

Wooden shoes apparently weren’t so great for feet:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-11/uowo-sr111617.php

What Brian Fagan has been working on:

https://www.spectator.co.uk/2017/11/holy-mackerel-civilisation-begins-with-fishing/

On myths and stories:

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/long_reads/where-do-stories-come-from-and-who-owns-a8045931.html

More on Chopin’s cause of death:

https://www.livescience.com/60953-chopin-pickled-heart-reveals-cause-of-death.html

https://www.archaeology.org/news/6108-171117-chopin-enlarged-heart

Archaeology Podcast Network:

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

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MUSEUM MATTERS

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Scanning Seti:

http://www.newsweek.com/archaeology-egypt-pharaoh-seti-i-tomb-3d-printing-museum-switzerland-factum-710725

http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/seti-i_life-sized-copy-of-pharaoh-s-tomb-displayed-in-basel/43674140?&ns_mchannel=rss&srg_evsource=rss

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/news/egyptian-tomb-3d-printer-switzerland-pharaoh-seti-i-valley-kings-factum-foundation-luxor-basel-a8052606.html

Washington’s Tent:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/15/arts/design/washingtons-tent-a-detective-story.html

Ambrogio Lorenzetti:

http://www.newliturgicalmovement.org/2017/11/ambrogio-lorenzetti-exhibition-in-siena.html

http://www.newliturgicalmovement.org/2017/11/more-from-lorenzetti-show-in-siena.html

Eastern Christians:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/17/arts/eastern-christians-institut-du-monde-arabe.html

https://www.imarabe.org/en/exhibitions/oriental-christians-2000-years-of-history

History of Magic:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/rare-magical-manuscripts-exhibit-180967185/

Gods in Color:

http://www.tornosnews.gr/en/greek-news/culture/28135-the-ancient-greek-world-at-gods-in-color-exhibition.html

http://www.blouinartinfo.com/news/story/2664137/archaic-colors-at-acropolis-museum-athens

Pompeii:

https://paradisevalleyindependent.com/events/pompeii-the-exhibition-opens-at-arizona-science-center-this-week/

Terracotta Warriors:

https://www.styleweekly.com/richmond/buried-over-two-millennia-ago-chinas-terracotta-soldiers-come-to-vmfa/Content?oid=5782197

http://www.nbc12.com/story/36854913/terracotta-army-exhibit-opens-saturday-at-vmfa

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-11/17/c_136758564.htm

http://wtvr.com/2017/11/16/terracotta-army-legacy-of-the-first-emperor-of-china-in-richmond/

The Egyptian Museum in Cairo marked its 115th anniversary with some never-before-seen Tut items:

http://www.egyptindependent.com/tutankhamuns-unseen-golden-treasures-go-public-egyptian-museum/

http://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/32709/60-golden-pieces-of-Tutankhamun-at-Egyptian-Museum-for-1st

http://www.newsweek.com/ancient-egyptian-artifacts-king-tuts-tomb-shown-first-time-after-being-locked-713015

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-11/16/c_136755418.htm

Coverage of the opening of the Museum of the Bible:

https://www.timesofisrael.com/washingtons-bible-museum-wont-touch-political-hot-potatoes/

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/religion/museum-bible-gears-opening-washington-amid-propriety-questions-n821336

http://www.weeklystandard.com/museum-of-the-bible-a-first-look/article/2010511

… and questions about its collection:

https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/11/museum-of-the-bible-dead-sea-scrolls-forgeries-history-archaeology/

http://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2017/11/16/museum-of-the-bible-puts-spotlight-on-stolen-antiquities

… and its potential impact:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/museums/the-new-bible-museum-tells-a-clear-powerful-story-and-it-could-change-the-museum-business/2017/11/15/6fc76f40-c98e-11e7-8321-481fd63f174d_story.html

… and it is spawning opeds on various subjects:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-museum-of-the-bible-reflects-the-discouraging-state-of-christianity/2017/11/17/0d8d419a-cbd4-11e7-aa96-54417592cf72_story.html?utm_term=.fc4c5986e676

https://www.timesofisrael.com/judaism-is-the-star-at-a-bible-museum-built-by-hobby-lobby/

https://www.vox.com/identities/2017/11/17/16658504/bible-museum-hobby-lobby-green-controversy-antiquities

Provenance concerns at the Louvre Abu Dhabi:

https://www.albawaba.com/loop/original-louvre-abu-dhabi-stolen-iraqi-artifacts-1049458

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THE TECHY SIDE

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On dendrochronology:

https://www.sapiens.org/column/curiosities/tree-ring-dating-mesa-verde/?utm_content=bufferb3895&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Mapping shipwrecks off Western Australia:

https://phys.org/news/2017-11-volunteers-d-imaging-shipwrecks.html

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ON THE DNA FRONT

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What DNA reveals about the early population of North America:

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/nov/15/no-lost-tribes-or-aliens-what-ancient-dna-reveals-about-american-prehistory

More on European hunter-gatherers interbreeding with Neolithic farmers:

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/ancient-european-farmers-and-foragers-hooked-big-time

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/how-asian-nomadic-herders-built-new-bronze-age-cultures?utm_source=editorspicks111917&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Editors_Picks

http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/11/2017/european-hunter-gatherers-slowly-integrated-into-neolithic-farming-communities-over-time

Dienekes’ Anthropology Blog:

http://dienekes.blogspot.ca/

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TOURISTY THINGS

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Assorted ancient cities:

http://www.cnn.com/travel/article/worlds-best-ancient-cities/index.html

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CRIME BEAT

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Latest Anonymous Swiss Collector Culture Crime News:

http://www.anonymousswisscollector.com/2017/11/culture-crime-news-6-12-november-2017.html

Mario Becchina is feeling the heat:

https://www.dailysabah.com/europe/2017/11/15/italy-police-confiscate-millions-of-euros-from-mafia-linked-art-dealer

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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That dispute over Crimean gold in the Netherlands is heating up:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/11/16/russia-threatens-cut-museum-ties-netherlands-crimea-gold/

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NUMISMATICA

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Latest e-Sylum (there’s a special edition in the Obituaries section too):

http://www.coinbooks.org/v20/club_nbs_esylum_v20n46.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/2668-audio-news-from-archaeologica-5-november-2017-11-november-2017

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OBITUARIES

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Eric P. Newman:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/16/obituaries/eric-newman-dead-leading-authority-on-coins.html

http://www.coinbooks.org/v20/club_nbs_esylum_v20n47.html

Jeremy Hutchinson:

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-37657545

Edward Allington:

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/edward-allington-obituary-hx76vkcqf

Thomas Rinkevich:

http://www.omaha.com/obits/rinkevich-thomas-edward/article_1b4cdd74-ffb5-599b-a8e7-436e018c22ed.html

James Morwood:

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2017/nov/14/james-morwood-obituary

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CONFERENCES

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

https://independent.academia.edu/ConferenceCanadabeforeConfederationEarlyMappingandExploration14981763

Bones to Drones: Science in Archaeology (Nov. 2017)

http://cba-wessex.org.uk/cba-events/the-cba-wessex-annual-conference-women-in-wessex/

Theoretical Archaeology Group (Dec. 2017):

http://tag2017cardiff.org/

Hidden Cultural Heritage (April 2018):

http://www.cicop.net/hch/

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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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