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Thanks to Arthur Shippee, Dave Sowdon,Edward Rockstein, Kurt Theis,
John McMahon, Barnea Selavan, Joseph Lauer, Mike Ruggeri,
Barbara Saylor Rodgers, Rochelle Altman, Walter Muzzy, A Landreau,
David Critchley, Rick Heli, Jennifer Cosham, Mata Kimasitayo,
Richard Campbell,Bob Heuman,Richard C. Griffiths,
and Ross W. Sargent for headses upses thisweek (as always hoping
I have left no one out).

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EARLY HOMINIDS
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A pile of Neanderthal fossils found in a Greek cave:

http://science.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/04/01/17553099-trove-of-neanderthal-fossils-found-in-greek-cave?lite
http://www.livescience.com/28326-neanderthal-remains-found.html
http://news.yahoo.com/trove-neanderthal-bones-found-greek-cave-124520224.html
http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/neanderthal-fossils-found-in-greek-cave-113040200220_1.html
http://news.discovery.com/history/archaeology/trove-of-neanderthal-bones-found-in-greek-cave-130402.htm
http://greece.greekreporter.com/2013/04/02/neanderthal-bones-in-greek-cave/

cf http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0047248413000365

Scientists have adjusted the dates on the El Sidron cave Neanderthal remains:

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-04/f-sf-spa040213.php
http://phys.org/news/2013-04-scientists-accurate-age-el-sidron.html
http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1112815059/age-of-el-sidron-cave-neanderthals-university-of-oviedo-040313/

cf: http://www.uniovi.es/comunicacion/noticias/-/asset_publisher/33ICSSzZmx4V/content/cientificos-uniovi-afinan-edad-sidron (Spanish)

They’ve done a facial reconstruction of homo floresiensis:

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/higher-education/the-hobbit-putting-a-face-to-the-name/story-e6frgcjx-1226613344801
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AFRICA
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A Meroitic empire temple find from the Butana desert (Sudan):

http://www2.ric.edu/news/details.php?News_ID=2115

Overviewish sort of thing on sites in the Sudan:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/01/world/africa/in-sudan-archaeologists-unearth-ancient-kingdoms.html?_r=0

A Kushite palace from Sonijat:

http://www.archaiologia.gr/en/blog/2013/04/05/kushite-royal-palace-found-in-sonijat/
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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT
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The Djehuty Project has found some significant 17th dynasty burials:

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-04/snrc-dpd040513.php
http://phys.org/news/2013-04-djehuty-significant-evidences-17th-dynasty.html
http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1112817398/ancient-egyptian-dynasty-burial-site-discovered-040613/

cf http://www.csic.es/web/guest/home?p_p_id=contentviewerservice_WAR_alfresco_packportlet&p_p_lifecycle=1&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&p_p_col_id=column-1-1&p_p_col_count=1&_contentviewerservice_WAR_alfresco_packportlet_struts_action=%2Fcontentviewer%2Fview&_contentviewerservice_WAR_alfresco_packportlet_nodeRef=workspace%3A%2F%2FSpacesStore%2F415cbdd0-49d1-4604-b497-d9b21f22056e (Spanish)

Another article on tombraider activities in Egypt:

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2013/03/24/egypt-tomb-looting/1956693/

More on the malnourished state of a pile of Egyptian burials:

http://science.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/03/06/17213691-ancient-mummies-show-even-rich-egyptians-could-be-in-poor-health?lite

Plenty of coverage of the discovery of a major complex at Ur (with, of course, the
predictable connections being made to Abraham in the popular press):

http://www.manchester.ac.uk/aboutus/news/display/?id=9796
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2304056/Huge-building-complex-unearthed-Iraq-near-ancient-civilisation-Ur.html
http://www.haaretz.com/news/middle-east/ancient-site-unearthed-in-iraq-near-biblical-home-of-abraham-1.513514
http://news.yahoo.com/ancient-unearthed-iraqi-home-abraham-133308421.html
http://www.clevelandleader.com/node/20679
http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2013/0404/Home-of-Abraham-Ur-unearthed-by-archaeologists-in-Iraq
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/uk-archaeologists-in-iraq-find-ancient-complex-near-ur-home-of-biblical-abraham/2013/04/04/a35217c2-9d2c-11e2-9219-51eb8387e8f1_story.html
http://gulfnews.com/news/region/iraq/ancient-site-unearthed-in-iraqi-home-of-ebrahim-1.1167191
http://www.985fm.ca/international/nouvelles/irak-une-enceinte-est-decouverte-pres-de-la-ville-229616.html (French)
http://journalmetro.com/monde/286232/decouverte-archeologique-en-irak/ (French)
http://www.rainews24.rai.it/it/news.php?newsid=176426 (Italian)

Feature on the current state of affairs at Babylon:

http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/04/world/meast/iraq-babylon-tourism/index.html?iref=allsearch

... and there are concerns for Palmyra:

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/04/03/us-syria-crisis-palmyra-idUSBRE9320HL20130403
http://www.zonebourse.com/actualite-bourse/Le-site-archeologique-de-Palmyre-menace-par-les-combats-en-Syrie--16603699/ (Italian)
http://www.20minutes.fr/ledirect/1130765/20130403-syrie-site-archeologique-palmyre-menace-combats (French)

... and continuing attention being paid to Syrian antiquithieves:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/07/world/middleeast/syrian-war-devastates-ancient-sites.html?hp&gwh=0BDBA9A1CEC99E761DA737EA0422CFAC&_r=0

... and an OpEd on the state of Syrian antiquities in general:

http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Op-EdContributors/Article.aspx?id=308565

An historic synagogue in Damascus has been damaged:

http://www.haaretz.com/news/middle-east/syrian-government-rebels-trade-blame-over-damage-to-ancient-damascus-synagogue-1.513068
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/ancient-syrian-synagogue-damaged-in-clashes/article10651590/
http://www.boston.com/news/world/middle-east/2013/04/01/syrian-official-says-historic-synagogue-looted/mtXiWH6sXLR4xXFwc0lZFP/story.html

Another feature on folks seeking refuge from the Syrian situation in ancient sites:

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-18563_162-57578053/syrian-refugees-fight-for-survival-in-dead-cities/

Plenty of coverage of the discovery of a wine-pressing complex (and lantern)

from a site near Hamei Yo'av:

http://www.timesofisrael.com/byzantine-winepress-unique-lantern-unearthed-in-dig/
http://www.antiquities.org.il/article_Item_eng.asp?sec_id=25&subj_id=240&id=1995&module_id=#as
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4364066,00.html
http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/archaeologists-discover-1-500-year-old-byzantine-wine-press.premium-1.513585
http://frenchtribune.com/teneur/1317227-wine-pressing-complex-found-israel
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/israeli-archaeologists-discover-1500-year-old-christian-lantern-and-wine-press/2013/04/05/0b2b030e-9e09-11e2-9219-51eb8387e8f1_story.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/05/byzantine-artifacts-unear_n_3022162.html?utm_hp_ref=world

There’s been some criticism of the way the Lod Mosaic is being presented:

http://www.thedp.com/article/2013/04/515a2d6cc29e4

Feature on Herod the Great:

http://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/people-cultures-in-the-bible/people-in-the-bible/herod-the-great-friend-of-the-romans-and-parthians/

... and another one:

http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2013/0330/In-the-Holy-Land-s-columns-frescoes-and-desert-palaces-Herod-the-Great-lives-on

Feature on various aspects of Temple Mount:

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/What-is-Beneath-the-Temple-Mount.html

Tourists seem to be avoiding Egypt:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/03/world/middleeast/egyptians-struggle-as-wary-tourists-stay-away.html
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Feature on recent studies of a Greek ram (the ship kind):

http://noc.ac.uk/news/bronze-warship-ram-reveals-secrets
http://esciencenews.com/articles/2013/04/04/bronze.warship.ram.reveals.secrets
http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/shortsharpscience/2013/04/warship-weapon.html
http://eu.greekreporter.com/2013/04/05/ancient-greek-warship-rams-research/
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130404122455.htm

Excavations have commenced at a Roman site in Navenby:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-22012727

Interesting temple burial from an Archaic temple at Despotiko:

http://www.archaiologia.gr/en/blog/2013/04/05/temple-burial-mystery-revealed/

Not quite sure where to put this item on bodies found in an Alken bog:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/2013/04/01/16a2524a-85aa-11e2-999e-5f8e0410cb9d_story.html

Possible Roman villa at Sudeley Castle?:

http://www.cotswoldjournal.co.uk/news/local/10333390.Experts_say_Roman_villa_may_be_hidden_at_Sudeley/

Seeking more funding for Peperikon:

http://sofiaglobe.com/2013/03/21/bulgarian-archaeologist-demands-funding-for-perperikon-dig/

Not sure if we mentioned this item on a tsunami associated with the AD 365 earthquake:

http://www.nature.com/srep/2013/130215/srep01285/full/srep01285.html

The Roman ring which supposedly inspired Tolkien has gone on display:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/04/03/cursed_ring_inspiration_tolkien_hampshire/

http://news.yahoo.com/ancient-roman-ring-inspiration-lord-rings-155100508.html

http://theweek.com/article/index/242273/is-this-ancient-roman-ring-the-inspiration-for-the-lord-of-the-rings

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-22008746
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/travel/news/did-this-ancient-roman-rings-curse-inspire-tolkien/story-fn32891l-1226611459082
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/travel/news/did-this-ancient-roman-rings-curse-inspire-tolkien/story-e6frg8ro-1226611459082
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2013/apr/02/hobbit-tolkien-ring-exhibition

The Riace Bronzes are still just lying around:

http://www.ansamed.info/ansamed/en/news/regions/calabria/2013/04/02/Archaeology-three-years-later-Riace-Bronzes-still-homeless_8490865.html

Honours for Thomas Santa Maria:

http://news.holycross.edu/blog/2013/04/05/classics-major-earns-award-from-classical-association-of-new-england/

What Kathleen Lynch is up to:

http://www.smithsophian.com/news/archaeology-professor-kathleen-lynch-gave-talk-in-honor-of-chemistry-professor-lale-burk-s-retiremen-1.3019998

Gamifying Latin prose comp:

http://oldgoldandblack.com/?p=30901&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=challenge-of-the-sphinx-an-innovative-course-in-latin-prose-composition

Amazons as sailors?

http://www.wondersandmarvels.com/2013/04/ancient-amazon-sailors.html

Red figure superheroes:

http://usa.greekreporter.com/2013/04/01/comic-superheroes-posed-as-greek-art/

An antiquities bust in Cyprus:

http://www.cyprus-mail.com/antiquities-theft/brief/20130407

There’s been some criticism of the way the Lod Mosaic is being presented:

http://www.thedp.com/article/2013/04/515a2d6cc29e4

Feature on Herod the Great:

http://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/people-cultures-in-the-bible/people-in-the-bible/herod-the-great-friend-of-the-romans-and-parthians/

... and another one:

http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2013/0330/In-the-Holy-Land-s-columns-frescoes-and-desert-palaces-Herod-the-Great-lives-on

... and one on Cleopatra:

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/Rehabilitating-Cleopatra.html

Review of Aldo Schiavone, *Spartacus*:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323501004578386773727611636.html?mod=wsj_streaming_stream

More on the ‘gateway to Hades’ in Pamakkule:

http://news.discovery.com/history/archaeology/gate-to-hell-found-in-turkey-130329.htm
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/gate-to-hell-dug-up-in-turkey-.aspx?pageID=238&nid=44179&NewsCatID=375
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/gateway-hades-uncovered-turkey-archaeologists-article-1.1307747?localLinksEnabled=false
http://www.abc.net.au/pm/content/2013/s3729222.htm
http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/plutos-gate-hell-found-turkey-cave-archaeologists-18878405
http://www.ctvnews.ca/world/gate-to-hell-dug-up-in-turkey-1.1221359
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/01/plutos-gate-hierapolis-plutonium-gate-to-hell-hierapolis_n_2994297.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/01/plutos-gate-hierapolis-plutonium-gate-to-hell-hierapolis_n_2994297.html
http://www.ksl.com/?sid=24616165&nid=1012
http://www.latercera.com/noticia/tendencias/2013/04/659-516782-9-arqueologos-encuentran-las-puertas-del-inframundo-en-turquia.shtml
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http://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/recent.html

Visit our blog:

http://rogueclassicism.com/
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Excavating a Jewish site in Cologne (many periods covered in this one):

http://www.haaretz.com/weekend/week-s-end/archeological-dig-in-cologne-unearths-ancient-jewish-history-and-exposes-layers-of-prejudice.premium-1.513703
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/03/31/excavation-of-colognes-medieval-jewish-quarter-shows-long-phases-of-peace-with-christians/
http://www.france24.com/en/20130331-cologne-revives-jewish-heritage-piece-piece#
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gR9xRLBPMnScP4SFvapg1rGh-fEQ?docId=CNG.f832d02a50703db2909a1f3c834a34db.461
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/166673#.UVw7zjd9Cdw
http://www.jpost.com/Breaking-News/Cologne-archaeological-dig-uncovers-rich-Jewish-history-308290
http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=11&int_new=61657#.UVw8WDd9Cdw

... but there’s controversy about the artifacts:

http://www.thelocal.de/national/20130401-48859.html#.UVw8nDd9Cdw
http://www.sol.de/news/dpa/starline/hinundweg/kultur/kulturwelt/Museen-Archaeologie-Judentum-Koeln-tut-sich-schwer-mit-seinem-Juedischem-Museum;art4436,4041528#.UV7HxDd9Cdw (German)

Medieval monks were cultivating wetlands in Belgium:

http://www.livescience.com/28082-medieval-monks-cultivated-wetlands.html
http://www.nature.com/srep/2013/130321/srep01517/full/srep01517.html

Work at Ft Saint Angelo (Malta) will be complete in a couple years:

http://www.independent.com.mt/articles/2013-04-03/news/fort-st-angelo-works-to-be-completed-by-2015-1316716545/

Not sure if we mentioned this dig at Cambridge, which has finds from various

periods:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-21893150

Snow has helped reveal some prehistoric sites in Wales:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-21981068
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/need-to-read/2013/03/28/snowy-landscape-reveals-wales-forgotten-ancient-remains-91466-33079168/

Auckland Castle has reopened to the public:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tees-21993157

Grazing cattle have damaged a Bronze Age monument in Cornwall:

http://www.thisiscornwall.co.uk/Ancient-monument-damaged-cattle/story-18595207-detail/story.html#axzz2PmYzpR4I
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Archaeology in Europe Blog:

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

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ASIA AND THE SOUTH PACIFIC
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Feature on finds from Gonur-Tepe (Turkmenistan):

http://iphone.france24.com/en/20130406-ancient-mysteries-revealed-turkmen-desert-sands?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

A Pandayan-era inscription from Palani:

http://newindianexpress.com/states/tamil_nadu/article1525052.ece

A paepae from Nahoe:

http://www.lesnouvelles.pf/article/societe/le-paepae-en-detail (French)

Feature on bronze finds from Baoji (Shaanxi):

http://www.kaogu.cn/en/detail.asp?ProductID=3999

... and items from Yaojia cemetery:

http://www.kaogu.cn/en/detail.asp?ProductID=3983

A Ming Dynasty era tomb full of murals from Jianxi:

http://www.china.org.cn/arts/2013-04/04/content_28447984.htm

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2013-04/04/c_132284754.htm

http://zeenews.india.com/news/science/colourful-murals-discovered-in-600-year-old-tomb-in-china_839694.html

The BM has acquired an interesting 19th century Japanese scroll:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2013/apr/02/british-museum-japanese-scroll

Latest on that dispute over a Cambodian statue at Sotheby’s:

http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/03/29/judge-says-cambodian-statue-case-can-go-forward/?ref=design

Not sure where to put this one ... a pile of Turkish manuscripts turn up

in Indian libraries:

http://www.worldbulletin.net/?aType=haber&ArticleID=105829

What shark tooth weapons from the Gilbert Islands reveal:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130403200256.htm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22005634

Polynesian DNA shows up in a Brazilian tribe:

http://www.nature.com/news/dna-study-links-indigenous-brazilians-to-polynesians-1.12710
http://arstechnica.com/science/2013/04/polynesian-dna-mysteriously-shows-up-in-a-brazilian-tribe/
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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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A British POW camp in Pennsylvania:

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/pa-field-holds-secrets-1780s-british-pow-camp-18896048
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_REVOLUTIONARY_WAR_PRISON?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2013-04-06-13-53-35

Perhaps Pueblans weren’t as into maize as previously thought:

http://phys.org/news/2013-04-ancient-puebloans-myth-maize.html
http://www.uc.edu/news/NR.aspx?id=17600

Feature on Mound City:

http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/science/2013/04/07/2-mound-city-digs-provide-insight-into-hopewell.html

http://ohio-archaeology.blogspot.com/2013/04/mound-city-archaeology-of-renowned.html

Excitement over what they’ve found in a Spanish shipwreck off the Florida Keys:

http://news.yahoo.com/spanish-shipwreck-yields-dazzling-bounty-224443515.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/spain/9971688/Spains-collapse-of-colonial-power-seen-through-prism-of-sunk-galleon.html
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/trending-now/shipwreck-discovered-off-gulf-mexico-bounty-real-treasure-170410461.html
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2303830/The-treasure-sank-Spanish-Empire-400-year-old-shipwreck-reveals-haul-gold-silver-pearls-parrots.html?ito=feeds-newsxml

Celebrating the Woolworth building’s centennial:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/29/arts/design/celebrating-the-woolworth-buildings-centennial.html?ref=design

I think we mentioned this study of birds and Beothuk beliefs a month or two ago:

http://phys.org/news/2013-04-birds-beothuk-beliefs-discovery-spiritual.html

The UofA has put a pile of Mexican/Mexican-American documents online:

http://phys.org/news/2013-04-years-mexican-american-history-online.html

Hopi people are trying to prevent the sale of some artifacts in Paris:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/04/arts/design/hopi-tribe-wants-to-stop-paris-auction-of-artifacts.html?pagewanted=all&_r=1&

On preservation in times of tight budgets:

http://www.uc.edu/news/NR.aspx?id=17576

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CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA
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They’ve discovered another ingredient for ‘Maya Blue’:

http://www.livescience.com/28381-maya-blue-paint-recipe-discovered.html
http://phys.org/news/2013-04-clues-rediscover-mysterious-maya-blue.html
http://news.discovery.com/history/art-history/maya-blue-paint-deciphered-130403.htm
http://science.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/04/03/17585602-recipe-for-vivid-maya-blue-paint-deciphered?lite
http://www.laboratoryequipment.com/news/2013/04/research-sheds-light-mysterious-ancient-paint

cf http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1387181112002442

Interesting Mayan agricultural finds from Ceren:

http://phys.org/news/2013-04-maya-village-uncovers-invisible-crops.html
http://www.uc.edu/news/NR.aspx?id=17504

Polynesian DNA shows up in a Brazilian tribe:

http://www.nature.com/news/dna-study-links-indigenous-brazilians-to-polynesians-1.12710
http://arstechnica.com/science/2013/04/polynesian-dna-mysteriously-shows-up-in-a-brazilian-tribe/
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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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Some quibbling about William Herschel’s titulature:

http://phys.org/news/2013-04-sir-william-herschel-incorrectly-honored.html

On preserving terracotta warriors and making music in the lab:

http://cen.acs.org/articles/91/i13/Preserving-Terra-Cotta-Soldiers-Making.html

An image of the Loch Ness Monster in a medieval manuscript?:

http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/digitisedmanuscripts/2013/03/loch-ness-monster-found-at-british-library.html

Looking at Vesalius’ marginalia:

http://news.yahoo.com/margin-notes-shed-light-renaissance-anatomy-masterpiece-015813457.html

Feature on the ‘real’ paleo lifestyle:

http://discovermagazine.com/2013/april/17-paleomythic-how-people-really-lived-during-the-stone-age#.UWF-KDctejg

Nice article on photographing Dura Europos in the 1920s and ‘30s:

http://www.ajaonline.org/article/930

Review of Andrea Stuart, *Sugar in the Blood*:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/31/books/review/sugar-in-the-blood-by-andrea-stuart.html?ref=books

Review of Jonathan Sperber, *Karl Marx*:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/31/books/review/karl-marx-by-jonathan-sperber.html?ref=books
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TOURISTY THINGS
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Eleusis:

http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_wsite4_1_05/04/2013_492149

Balkans:

http://travel.nytimes.com/2013/03/31/travel/balkan-promises-hiking-the-albanian-alps.html?ref=travel

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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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Latest e-Sylum:

http://www.coinbooks.org/club_nbs_esylum_v16n13.html

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

http://www.coinbooks.org/club_nbs_esylum_v16n14.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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Nunalleq: The Yupiit and the Arctic World

http://www.abdn.ac.uk/news/details-13721.php

Echoes of Egypt:

http://www.ctpost.com/entertainment/article/Echoes-may-resonate-with-just-about-everyone-4409918.php
http://peabody.yale.edu/exhibits/echoes-egypt-conjuring-land-pharaohs

Alexander the Great:

http://eu.greekreporter.com/2013/04/02/alexander-the-great-in-rosenheim/

Whales:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/05/arts/design/whales-at-the-american-museum-of-natural-history.html?ref=arts

Photography and the American Civil War:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/05/arts/design/photography-and-the-american-civil-war-at-the-met.html?ref=arts

Edo Pop:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/05/arts/design/edo-pop-at-japan-society.html?ref=arts

Fate, Hope, and Charity:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/05/arts/design/giving-up-their-babies-but-not-their-hopes.html?ref=arts

Pre Raphaelites:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/29/arts/design/pre-raphaelites-at-national-gallery-of-art.html?ref=design

Guilded Age of Hartford:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/31/nyregion/a-review-of-the-gilded-age-of-hartford-at-twains-home.html?ref=books

Pompeii/Herculaneum (BM):

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-21938225
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/06/arts/06iht-melikian06.html?pagewanted=all
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/art/art-reviews/9967556/Pompeii-and-Herculaneum-at-the-British-Museum-review.html

http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/vesuvius-preserved-riches-of-roman-life.20674761

There’s a new boss at the Louvre:

http://www.dailystar.com.lb/Culture/Art/2013/Apr-05/212624-new-boss-for-frances-famed-louvre-museum.ashx
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/culture/la-et-cm-louvre-museum-paris-20130403,0,6466191.story
http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=61720
http://eu.greekreporter.com/2013/04/03/greek-antiquities-specialist-louvres-new-chief/
http://www.lemonde.fr/culture/article/2013/04/03/un-archeologue-prend-la-direction-du-louvre_3152530_3246.html
http://galleristny.com/2013/04/archaeologist-jean-luc-martinez-named-louvre-director/
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/04/arts/04iht-louvre04.html

Things are looking up at the American Folk Art museum:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/03/arts/design/american-folk-art-museum-puts-down-healthier-roots.html

The Rijksmuseum is reopening (!):

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/02/arts/design/glories-restored-rijksmuseum-is-reopening-after-10-years.html?ref=design
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PERFORMANCES AND THEATRE-RELATED
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Trance:

http://movies.nytimes.com/2013/04/05/movies/trance-directed-by-danny-boyle.html?ref=arts

Smyrna: The Destruction of a Cosmopolitan City:

http://movies.nytimes.com/2013/04/05/movies/smyrna-the-destruction-of-a-cosmopolitan-city.html?ref=arts

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

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OBITUARIES
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Thomas McEvilley:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/31/arts/thomas-mcevilley-critic-and-scholar-of-non-western-art-dies-at-73.html?ref=design
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AUDIO/VIDEO NEWS
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Audio News from Archaeologica:

http://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20130331.mp3
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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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