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Thanks to Arthur Shippee, Dave Sowdon,Edward Rockstein, Kurt Theis,
John McMahon, Barnea Selavan, Joseph Lauer, Mike Ruggeri,
Hernan Astudillo, Wilfried Zankl, George Somsel, Geoff Roberts,
Joos Postma, Dan Kiernan, David Critchley, Wendy van Duivenvoorde,
Simon Stoddart, Richard Campbell,Richard C. Griffiths,
and Ross W. Sargent for headses upses thisweek (as always hoping
I have left no one out).

... in a bit of an uncaffeinated rush this a.m. ...

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EARLY HOMINIDS
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Evidence of early humans using fire some 2 million years b.p.:

http://discovermagazine.com/2013/may/09-archaeologists-find-earliest-evidence-of-humans-cooking-with-fire#.UXzqE0pHb8k

http://news.yahoo.com/australopithecus-sediba-most-important-human-ancestor-discovery-ever-182400834.html

Neanderthal (?) finds from near Windsor:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-berkshire-22321419

Pondering the importance of sediba:

http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/2013/04/24/is-australopithecus-sediba-the-most-important-human-ancestor-discovery-ever/

Nice overview of floresiensis:

http://www.livescience.com/29100-homo-floresiensis-hobbit-facts.html

More on their brain size:

http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v496/n7446/full/496401a.html
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AFRICA
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Nice feature on how they saved all those manuscripts in Timbuktu:

http://www.newrepublic.com/article/112898?utm_source=The+New+Republic&utm_campaign=8169dbb9ff-TNR_Daily_042513&utm_medium=email#

An 18th century prison on Reunion is being excavated:

http://www.clicanoo.re/365739-l-ancienne-prison-de-la-rue-juliette-dodu-chantier-archeologique-au-coeur-de-la-ville.html (French)
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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT
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The ‘catering site’ that fed the pyramid builders is being excavated:

http://www.livescience.com/28961-ancient-giza-pyramid-builders-camp-unearthed.html

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2314472/The-ancient-burger-vans-Archaeologists-uncover-remains-massive-catering-operation-feed-builders-famous-pyramids-Giza.html

http://news.yahoo.com/giza-secret-revealed-10-000-pyramid-builders-got-125146214.html

http://science.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/04/24/17896388-how-did-they-feed-10000-pyramid-builders-like-this?lite

http://news.discovery.com/history/ancient-egypt/town-feeds-pyramid-builders-130424.htm

http://www.nbcnews.com/id/51643726

http://www.nbcnews.com/id/51643726/ns/technology_and_science-science/t/giza-secret-revealed-how-pyramid-builders-got-fed/

Interesting research into Egyptian chariots:

http://www.albawaba.com/editorchoice/ancient-egypt-chariot-486726

Illegal burials/tombs are causing concerns for archaeologists in various pyramid

areas of Egypt:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/apr/28/pyramid-tomb-dahshur-egypt-archaeology

... and, of course, we’re still getting reports of illegal digging:

http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2013/04/25/Building-damage-blamed-on-illegal-digging-for-Egyptian-artifacts/UPI-54531366921534/

... and smuggling attempts being caught at Cairo airport:

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/43/70082/Heritage/Islamic/Egyptian-police-foil-coinsmuggling-bid-at-cairo-ai.aspx

Archaeologists are attempting to save some burials in Ras al Khaimah:

http://www.thenational.ae/news/uae-news/heritage/archaeologists-make-last-ditch-attempt-to-rescue-remains-of-pre-historic-tombs-in-rak

Evidence of bride prices being paid some 4000 years b.p. from Kultepe tumulus:

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/bride-prices-existed-in-ancient-era.aspx?pageID=238&nid=45547&NewsCatID=375

A burial dating to 1300 years b.p. from Oman:

http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/oman/millennia-old-burial-chamber-found-in-oman-1.1175535

Latest from Khirbet Qeiyafa:

http://www.israelvalley.com/news/2013/04/22/39799/archeologie-decouverte-d-un-culte-a-l-epoque-du-roi-david

The politics behind TAU’s dig in the City of David:

http://www.jpost.com/Features/InThespotlight/Article.aspx?id=309761

A smuggling attempt in Bethlehem was thwarted:

http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=589239

An 11th-century minaret in Aleppo has collapsed:

http://www.newsdaily.com/article/709727e115b8df86b756c7450da44da8/minaret-of-famed-mosque-in-syria-destroyed

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-22283746

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-04-25/ancient-minaret-destroyed-during-aleppo-battle/4650298

http://www.thenational.ae/news/world/middle-east/1-000-year-old-minaret-felled-in-syrian-war

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/syria/10016169/Syria-11th-century-minaret-of-Great-Umayyad-Mosque-of-Aleppo-destroyed.html

http://www.france24.com/en/20130425-syria-destroy-world-heritage-mosque-aleppo-minaret

http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/NewsDetails.aspx?storyid=352101

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/04/24/178906558/minaret-of-iconic-syrian-mosque-destroyed-in-fighting

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2314459/Umayyad-Mosque-Archaeologists-left-horrified-historic-11th-century-minaret-reduced-rubble.html

More on that ‘structure’ in the Sea of Galilee:

http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/04/24/possible-ancient-burial-ground-discovered-beneath-sea-of-galilee-in-israel/
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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS)
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A Greco-Roman ‘industrial complex’ in the Northern Sinai near the Suez Canal:

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/41/70077/Heritage/GrecoRoman/Roman-industrial-area-uncovered-in-Egypts-Suez-Can.aspx

http://www.ansamed.info/ansamed/en/news/nations/egypt/2013/04/25/Archeology-Maqsud-discovers-200-industrial-zone-Sinai_8612079.html

http://ansamed.ansa.it/ansamed/it/notizie/rubriche/cronaca/2013/04/25/Archeologia-scoperta-Suez-area-industriale-greco-romana_8611727.html (Italian)

Feature on Roman eating habits:

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/features/dinner-at-the-pompeii-takeaway-the-empires-feasting-was-legendary-but-what-did-ordinary-romans-eat-8588878.html

Roman walls in Bath:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-22279047

http://www.thisisbath.co.uk/story-18779724-detail/story.htm

... and a possible ‘precursor’ to Hadrian’s Wall:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2315871/Hadrians-Wall-bigger-older-Scottish-brother-Archaeologistss-10-year-study-uncovers-120-mile-defence-built-AD-70s-northern-tribes.html?ito=feeds-newsxml

A Roman dwelling from Navenby:

http://www.thisislincolnshire.co.uk/story-18788883-detail/story.html#axzz2RNz4xO3W

http://www.sleafordstandard.co.uk/news/local/navenby-archaeologists-delight-as-they-unearth-potential-roman-site-1-4978720

http://navenbyarchaeologygroup.tumblr.com/

Get caught up with the Vindolanda excavations blog:

http://vindolanda.blogspot.ca/2013/04/week-4-little-bit-of-interruption-from.html

They’ve saved “Thessaloniki’s Pompeii” from relocation:

http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/afp/130428/thessalonikis-pompeii-saved-relocation

On the sorry state of Pompeii:

http://www.nytimes.com/video/2013/04/20/world/europe/100000002182319/pompeii-falling-from-grace.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20130423

Philosophy in an Hour featured Plato this week:

http://www.historyinanhour.com/2013/04/23/plato-philosophy-in-an-hour/

On engaging students with Plato:

http://www.insidehighered.com/views/2013/04/22/essay-students-who-are-engaged

Hype for a new (children’s) website about Africans in Roman Britain:

http://www.voice-online.co.uk/article/children%E2%80%99s-website-tells-stories-roman-britain%E2%80%99s-africans

Pondering a theory that an earthquake brought an end to the Myceneans:

http://www.livescience.com/28969-earthquake-ended-mycenaean-culture.html

http://science.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/04/26/17933241-experts-seeing-if-quake-killed-off-the-first-greeks?lite

http://news.discovery.com/history/archaeology/did-earthquake-destroy-ancient-greece-130426.htm

http://news.yahoo.com/photos/did-earthquake-destroy-ancient-greece-photo-173454854.html

http://science.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/04/26/17933241-experts-seeing-if-quake-killed-off-the-first-greeks

Interesting use of Latin twenty years ago:

http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/From-The-Art-Newspaper-Archive-May-/29330

Coverage/hype of Kagan’s last lecture:

http://yaledailynews.com/blog/2013/04/26/web-yheadline-here-11/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=web-yheadline-here-11

http://yaledailynews.com/blog/2013/04/24/graver-so-long-thrasybulus/

http://yaledailynews.com/blog/2013/04/26/web-yheadline-here-11/

http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2013/04/donald-kagan-looks-back.php

http://www.nhregister.com/articles/2013/04/25/news/new_haven/doc5179c918bf64c246401503.txt

What Patricia Johnston is up to:

http://thebrandeishoot.com/articles/13301

What Henry Bayerle is up to:

http://news.emory.edu/stories/2013/04/er_profile_henry_bayerle/campus.html

A potentially interesting Iliad seminar:

http://www.depauw.edu/news-media/latest-news/details/29813/

Another feature on gamifying Latin instruction:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130418104203.htm

A pile of freebies from the AJA:

http://www.ajaonline.org/ed-picks?utm_source=MailerMailer&utm_medium=email&utm_content=American+Journal+of+Archaeology&utm_campaign=AIA+e-Update

Some more media love for YLE’s Nuntii Latini:

http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/drive/finnish-radio-keep-latin-alive/4624068

Some official security types have been implicated in antiquities smuggling in Athens:

http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_wsite1_1_23/04/2013_495362

... while Italy is putting on a display of recovered artifacts:

http://archaeology.tumblr.com/post/48660900159/exhibition-of-stolen-and-recovered-artifacts-begins-in

Reviews of Lindsey Davis, *The Ides of April*:

http://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/books/394883/Book-Review-The-Ides-Of-April-by-Lindsey-Davis

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/the-ides-of-april-by-lindsey-davis-hodder--stoughton-1899-8585175.html

Review of Aldo Schiavone, *Spartacus*:

http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2013/may/09/pinning-down-spartacus/?buffer_share=f13e1&utm_source=buffer&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Buffer%253A%252Bnybooks%252Bon%252Btwitter

More on Thonis/Heracleion:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/environment/archaeology/10022628/Lost-city-of-Heracleion-gives-up-its-secrets.html

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

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EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland)
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Dam construction in Portugal reveals a pile of Paleolithic artifacts:

http://theportugalnews.com/news/dam-digs-archeological-finds-dating-millions-of-years/28260

http://theportugalnews.com/news/dam-digs-unearth-archaeological-finds-dating-millions-of-years/28273

Very interesting wealthy burial from near Windsor Castle dating to some 4000 years b.p.:

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/fourthousand-year-old-goldadorned-skeleton-found-near-windsor-8581819.html

http://news.discovery.com/history/archaeology/ancient-gold-adorned-skeleton-found-130423.htm

http://science.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/04/26/17932695-bejeweled-skeleton-may-be-that-of-ancient-queen?lite

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2013/apr/22/remains-woman-buried-discovered-windsor

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-berkshire-22251263

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2312859/The-Queen-Windsor-Royal-4-400-year-old-skeleton-unearthed-near-historic-town.html

http://www.wessexarch.co.uk/blogs/news/2013/04/19/beaker-burial

http://www.wessexarch.co.uk/projects/horton2013

http://www.windsorobserver.co.uk/news/roundup/articles/2013/04/23/88726-ancient-woman-of-importance-discovered-buried-with-gold-at-kingsmead-quarry-in-horton/

... while digs around Sandringham are causing a different sort of delay than we’re used to:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/prince-william/10012234/Archaeological-dig-could-delay-Duke-and-Duchesss-country-move.html

On the DNA front, a number of early European burials are ‘shedding light’ (of course):

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22252099

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130423134037.htm

http://phys.org/news/2013-04-ancient-dna-reveals-europe-dynamic.html

Evidence of fertilizer use some 5000 years b.p.:

http://phys.org/news/2013-04-excavations-fertilizers-years.html

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-04/uog-nei042613.php

An Iron Age site with gaming pieces from Burrough Hill:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130422100959.htm

http://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/story-18755384-detail/story.html#axzz2RDgEFTe2

http://www2.le.ac.uk/offices/press/press-releases/2013/april/significant-collection-of-prehistoric-metalwork-discovered-at-iron-age-site-2013-along-with-gaming-pieces

http://www.meltontimes.co.uk/news/local/dig-reveals-iron-age-relics-1-5028270

A couple-holding-hands burial from Romania that apparently missed Valentine’s Day:

http://www.express.co.uk/news/weird/393958/Love-beyond-the-grave-Skeletons-discovered-holding-hands-in-coffin-together

http://www.romania-insider.com/romanian-archeologists-uncover-romeo-juliet-medieval-couple-buried-together-with-hands-clasped/80224/

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2312967/Skeletons-discovered-holding-hands-coffin-Romanian-Romeo-Juliet-monastery-courtyard.html

Seven more burials have been found near that burial of a medieval knight in Edinburgh:

http://www.scotsman.com/news/7-more-skeletons-found-near-old-town-knight-grave-1-2908534

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-22293782

The search for Arthur continues:

http://www.thisissomerset.co.uk/story-18755462-detail/story.html#axzz2RE5Do1uA

http://www.glastonburypeople.co.uk/Rallying-Arthur-echoes-Avalon-afar/story-18755504-detail/story.html

Plans to further excavate the church where they found Richard III:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-22282722

Radar has revealed a possible hidden tunnel beneath a Nottinghamshire market:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-22318213

One for the ‘big cat’ fans:

http://phys.org/news/2013-04-museum-exotic-big-cat-prowled.html

Concerns for a bridge near Kidwelly:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-west-wales-22226639

A webcast of a seminar on some Ice Age caves:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-22296689

Plans to build on the site of the 1066 Battle of Fulford:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-22302298

http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/features/health/10375178._/

http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/10378603._/

... and near one of Richard III’s camps:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-22265215

Holy Cross Abbey (near Tipperary) has been restored:

http://www.tipperarystar.ie/community/district-notes/holycross-the-latest-restoration-1-5014844

An Iron Age gold bracelet is coming to auction:

http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=11&int_new=62101#.UXz2HUpHb8k

More on Stonehenge as burial ground:

http://www.universetoday.com/101771/stonehenge-was-an-ancient-burial-ground-for-the-rich-study/

... while Malta seems to be jealous of all the attention Stonehenge gets:

http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20130420/local/Despite-Stonehenge-find-Malta-s-temples-still-oldest-oldest.466271

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

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ASIA AND THE SOUTH PACIFIC
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Pondering who and how many comprised the first Australians:

http://www.livescience.com/28985-australia-founding-population.html

http://phys.org/news/2013-04-australians-.html

http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2013/04/who-were-the-first-australians-a.html?rss=1

http://www.nature.com/news/first-australians-may-have-been-migrants-rather-than-drifters-1.12865

http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2013/04/24/3743648.htm

A 2000 years b.p. mirror workshop from China’s Shadong province:

http://www.nst.com.my/latest/archaeologists-find-first-ancient-mirror-workshop-in-china-1.263168

http://www.china.org.cn/china/2013-04/24/content_28645674.htm

http://english.sina.com/culture/2013/0424/585101.html

http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90782/8222089.html

A 8th century statue of the founder of Jainism:

http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/stone-idol-of-mahaveer-excavated-from-river-bank/article4653236.ece

An 1100 years b.p. structure from Dinajpur:

http://www.thedailystar.net/beta2/news/1100-year-old-structure-unearthed-in-dinajpur/

http://www.bangladeshchronicle.net/index.php/2013/04/pala-age-structure-unearthed-in-dinajpur/

Another opEd on Chinese mining threats to sites in Afghanistan:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/24/opinion/a-chinese-threat-to-afghan-buddhas.html

Concerns for one of the minarets at Agra Fort:

http://www.dnaindia.com/india/1827368/report-asi-closes-biggest-minaret-of-agra-fort-for-tourists-agra

http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/industry-and-economy/travel/article4657589.ece

More on those piles of burials from Sumatra (not sure if we mentioned this one, actually):

http://www.livescience.com/28910-art-skeletons-indonesia-cave.html

http://news.discovery.com/history/archaeology/skeletons-found-in-cave-130422.htm

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East Asian Archaeology:

http://eastasiablog.wordpress.com/

Southeast Asian Archaeology Newsblog:

http://www.southeastasianarchaeology.com/

New Zealand Archaeology eNews:

http://www.nzarchaeology.org/netsubnews.htm
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NORTH AMERICA
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They’re digging at the ‘Fountain of Youth’ in St Augustine:

http://www.firstcoastnews.com/rss/article/310303/3/Archaeological-team-digs-at-the-Fountain-of-Youth

They’re finding more artifacts at the University of Texas:

http://www.dailytexanonline.com/news/2013/04/12/more-native-american-artifacts-found-on-ut-land-with-increase-in-oil-gas-exploration

I’m never sure where I should classify Hawaiian things, but apparently archaeological

surveys won’t be needed prior to building any more:

http://www.honolulumagazine.com/Honolulu-Magazine/April-2013-1/Senate-Bill-1171-The-next-PLDC/

http://www.staradvertiser.com/s?action=login&f=y&id=204438311

Pondering a mystery of Lincoln’s funeral train:

http://phys.org/news/2013-04-mystery-lincoln-funeral.html

Feature on petroglyphs in the Carolinas:

http://www.newsobserver.com/2013/04/21/2831989/carolinas-rocks-hold-ancient-messages.html

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CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA
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Suggestion that humans may have arrived in South America some 22 000 years b.p.:

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn23441-humans-may-have-reached-the-americas-22000-years-ago.html

... while a genetic study might suggest otherwise:

http://phys.org/news/2013-04-america-settlers.html

http://www.plosgenetics.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pgen.1003460

Petroglyphs from Argentina:

http://www.artdaily.com/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=62162

http://www.inah.gob.mx/boletines/8-investigaciones-y-estudios-historicos/6526-inah-registra-sitio-rupestre-argentino (Spanish)

... and some from Veracruz:

http://www.artdaily.com/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=62110

A robot has found three possible chambers beneath the Temple of the Feathered Serpent

at Teotihuacan:

http://phys.org/news/2013-04-robot-chambers-ancient-mexico-temple.html

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2313312/Robot-discovers-unexplored-passages-2-000-year-old-tunnel-near-Pyramid-Sun-Mexico.html

http://www.cbsnews.com/2300-205_162-10016636.html

http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/lifestyle/2013/04/24/robot-unearths-secret-aztec-chambers/

A temple complex at Oaxaca is suggesting some sort of early state organization (and

possible human sacrifice):

http://www.latimes.com/news/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-oaxaca-mexico-temple-20130422,0,5947630.story

http://science.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/04/22/17865041-300-bc-mexican-temple-hints-at-human-sacrifice?lite

http://news.yahoo.com/oldest-temple-mexican-valley-hints-possible-human-sacrifice-191047703.html

http://news.discovery.com/history/archaeology/temple-hints-at-human-sacrifice-130423.htm

http://www.livescience.com/28919-oldest-temple-oaxaca.html

Rethinking the origins of the Maya:

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/13/130425-maya-origins-olmec-pyramid-ceibal-inomata-archaeology-science/

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2314820/How-Maya-mixed-Researchers-say-early-civilisation-mingled-previously-thought.html

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130425142343.htm

http://newswatch.nationalgeographic.com/2013/04/25/dig-deeper-origins-of-the-maya/

http://phys.org/news/2013-04-prevailing-theories-maya-civilization-began.html

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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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Archaeology is straining Germany-Turkey relations:

http://www.dw.de/archaeology-strains-german-turkish-relations/a-16772755

Pondering the ‘spin’ we put on things when we say ‘medieval’:

http://www.historytoday.com/stephen-cooper/positively-medieval

Interesting feature on the (Inquisition?) trial of Sancho di Ciudad and his wife:

http://www.jpost.com/Jewish-World/Jewish-Features/His-story-and-her-story-311101

On some new archaeology apps:

http://www.foxnews.com/science/2013/04/23/new-archaeology-apps-may-make-armchair-indiana-jones/

On Jane Austen and game theory:

http://phys.org/news/2013-04-pride-prejudice-strategic-jane-austen.html

A very interesting stolen books story:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-22249700

The voice of Alexander Graham Bell:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-22294017

http://m.cnet.com/news/alexander-graham-bells-voice-captured-from-old-recordings/57581310

A pile of Charles Wesley’s letters have been published:

http://phys.org/news/2013-04-letters-hark-herald-published.html

This medieval architecture newsletter (Peregrinations) might be of interest:

http://peregrinations.kenyon.edu/vol4_1/Discoveries41.pdf

Pondering assorted Shakespearean questions:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-22206151

Something about footprints:

http://blogs.plos.org/everyone/2013/04/22/tracing-our-footsteps-archaeology-in-the-digital-age/

The Miniature Books Society:

http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/22/redefining-a-little-library/

Assorted arts items of interest:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/26/arts/design/the-beauty-that-remains-beyond-the-final-curtain.html

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TOURISTY THINGS
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Pompeii/Herculaneum:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/travel-advice/10017166/Visting-Pompeii-and-Herculaneum.html

Gobekli Tepe:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/activityandadventure/10013002/Gobekli-Tepe-Turkey-a-new-wonder-of-the-ancient-world.html

Lesser-known sites in Turkey:

http://travel.cnn.com/turkeys-lesser-known-travel-spots-827701

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CRIME BEAT
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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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NUMISMATICA
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That court case about a fake Greek coin has come to an end:

http://www.courthousenews.com/2013/04/23/56949.htm

Latest e-Sylum:

http://www.coinbooks.org/club_nbs_esylum_v16n16.html

... and the one which should appear later today:

http://www.coinbooks.org/club_nbs_esylum_v16n17.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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EXHIBITIONS, AUCTIONS, AND MUSEUM-RELATED
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Uruk:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/berlin-show-offers-a-glimpse-of-the-history-of-uruk-pioneering-metropolis-in-present-day-iraq/2013/04/24/292b31ca-acd8-11e2-9493-2ff3bf26c4b4_story.html

http://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/Uruk-maybe-the-1st-metropolis-gets-Berlin-show-4459401.php

http://newsok.com/uruk-maybe-the-1st-metropolis-gets-berlin-show/article/feed/532082?custom_click=pod_headline_europe

http://www.welt.de/geschichte/article115544919/Uruk-die-aelteste-Megacity-der-Menschheit.html (photos)

Mesopotamia (hype):

http://www.edmontonjournal.com/travel/Mesopotamia+exhibition+includes+ancient+cuneiform+tablets/8287367/story.html

http://www.timescolonist.com/life/travel/mesopotamia-exhibition-at-rom-includes-ancient-cuneiform-tablets-jewelry-1.117383

1001 Faces of Orientalism:

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/exhibit-displays-1001-faces-of-orientalism-.aspx

Old Carriages:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/21/nyregion/old-carriages-on-display-in-renovated-galleries-at-long-island-museum.html

Pompeii/Herculaneum:

http://www.culture24.org.uk/history%20%26%20heritage/archaeology/art433208

Archaic Greek nudes were a bit much for a Qatar exhibition, apparently:

http://english.alarabiya.net/en/life-style/art-and-culture/2013/04/24/Nude-statues-pulled-from-Qatar-exhibit.html

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hyK_CmX3F87FtgFwXb45h2Xcaz3w?docId=CNG.a002dc6b3bd491731d0ebc4ad2b385fb.501

http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_wsite1_1_23/04/2013_495420

http://dailystar.com.lb/Culture/Art/2013/Apr-24/214811-nude-statues-pulled-from-qatar-exhibit.ashx#axzz2RVYY1Xuu

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/5/25/70019/Arts--Culture/Visual-Art/Greece-pulls-statues-from-Qatar-Olympic-show-over-.aspx

http://world.greekreporter.com/2013/04/23/greece-yanks-doha-statues-over-nudity-ban/

http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/world/middleeast/article3746874.ece

http://www.boston.com/news/world/europe/2013/04/25/official-greeks-pull-nudes-from-qatar-art-exhibit/tTSGD0idWQzcpnyS77uiLK/story.html

The Greco-Roman museum in Alexandria is reopening:

http://www.ansamed.info/ansamed/en/news/nations/egypt/2013/04/23/Archeology-Greek-Roman-museum-reopen-Alexandria_8600943.html

... as is the Morocco Jewish Museum:

http://forward.com/articles/175283/morocco-jewish-museum-reopens-after-renovations/

Feature on the Sharjah Archaeology Museum:

http://www.thenational.ae/news/uae-news/heritage/a-history-of-the-uae-set-in-stone-at-the-sharjah-archaeology-museum

Roman Machines:

http://www.stuff.co.nz/nelson-mail/entertainment/arts-reviews/8591392/Ingenious-Romans-mighty-machines-inspire-awe

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PERFORMANCES AND THEATRE-RELATED
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Macbeth:

http://theater.nytimes.com/2013/04/22/theater/reviews/macbeth-with-alan-cumming-at-the-barrymore-theater.html?ref=arts

Le Jardin de Monsieur Rameau:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/22/arts/music/le-jardin-de-monsieur-rameau-at-bam.html?ref=arts

Kon Tiki:

http://movies.nytimes.com/2013/04/26/movies/kon-tiki-directed-by-joachim-roenning-and-espen-sandberg.html?_r=0

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Check out our Twitter hashtag for Ancient Drama reviews:

http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%23ancientdrama

... and for Sword and Sandal flicks:

http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%23swordandsandal

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OBITUARIES
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Peter Walsh:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/10013612/Peter-Walsh.html

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AUDIO/VIDEO NEWS
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Audio News from Archaeologica:

http://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20130421.mp3
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UPCOMING CONFERENCES
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Frontiers of the European Iron Age (September 20-22):

http://www.arch.cam.ac.uk/iron_age/2013/index.html

PaleoAmerican Odyssey (October 17-19):

http://www.paleoamericanodyssey.com/
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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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