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Thanks to Arthur Shippee, Dave Sowdon,Edward Rockstein, Kurt Theis, John
McMahon, Barnea Selavan, Joseph Lauer, Mike Ruggeri, Wilfried Zankl,
George Somsel, Jim Lockmiller, Jennifer Cosham, A Landreau, HJ Kratt,
Wendy van Duivenvoorde, Richard Campbell, Bob Heuman, 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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Last week it was bunnies leading to the downfall of Neanderthals …
this week, it’s their big eyes:

http://royalsociety.org/news/2013/neanderthal-social-skils-vision/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2013.0168?utm_source=royalsociety-org&utm_
medium=referral&utm_campaign=journal-news&utm_content=2013-03-13
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/13/neanderthal-brain-vision-demise-
extinct_n_2866469.html
http://www.nhm.ac.uk/about-us/news/2013/march/neanderthal-vision-focus-gi
ves-clues-to-extinction119362.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-21768626
http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/2013/03/science-shows-why-youre-s
marter-than-a-neanderthal/
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn23264-neanderthals-may-have-swapped
-social-lives-for-big-eyes.html?cmpid=RSS%7CNSNS%7C2012-GLOBAL%7Conline-n
ews
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/neanderthals-large-eyes-led-to-
their-downfall-says-study-8532539.html
http://www.france24.com/en/20130313-neanderthal-brawn-lost-out-social-hum
an-brain
http://phys.org/news/2013-03-neanderthal-brawn-lost-social-human.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-21759233
http://www.scienceworldreport.com/articles/5532/20130313/big-eyes-using-m
uch-brain-power-neanderthals-extinct.htm
http://www.natureworldnews.com/articles/815/20130313/bigger-eyes-large-bo
dies-possible-reasons-neanderthals-going-extinct-study.htm
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2292247/How-Neanderthals-l
ost-Facebook-Big-bodies-sharp-eyes-left-mental-space-social-networking.ht
ml
http://www.nhm.ac.uk/about-us/news/2013/march/neanderthal-vision-focus-gi
ves-clues-to-extinction119362.html
http://www.smh.com.au/technology/sci-tech/neanderthal-attitude-to-sociali
sing-may-have-caused-downfall-20130313-2g0l7.html
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/technology-science/science/neanderthals-died
-out-due-big-1764787

In case you missed the bunny theory:

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/failure-to-hunt-rabbits-part-of-n
eanderthals--demise-/

Home erectus may have been smarter than previously thought (well, I
guess he dealt with the bunnies!):

http://www.livescience.com/27848-fire-required-human-ancestors-intelligen
ce.html

On the development of hand axe technology (this seems vaguely familiar):

http://phys.org/news/2013-03-ancient-stone-tools-pace-remarkable.html
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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT
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A 13th century BCE sundial from the Kings Valley:

http://phys.org/news/2013-03-world-oldest-sun-dial-dug.html
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/03/130314085052.htm
http://www.alphagalileo.org/ViewItem.aspx?ItemId=129342&CultureCode=en
http://www.nzz.ch/aktuell/panorama/forscher-finden-altaegyptische-sonnenu
hr-im-tal-der-koenige-1.18046868 (German)
cf
http://www.unibas.ch/index.cfm?uuid=630BD451FF623DE4C93DAB549F2F3826&type
=search&show_long=1 (German)


More Sekhmet statuary from Amenhotep III’s temple at Luxor:

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/66628/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt
/More-Sekhmet-statues-unearthed-at-Amenhotep-IIIs-t.aspx
http://www.dailynewsegypt.com/2013/03/12/large-group-of-statues-discovere
d-in-luxor/
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/goddess-statues-unearthed-in-luxor.aspx?
pageID=238&nID=42821&NewsCatID=375

Evidence of hard labour at Amarna:

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/03/130313-ancient-egypt-akhe
naten-amarna-cemetery-archaeology-science-world/

A lot of mummies had clogged arteries, apparently:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/clogged-arteries-in-mummies-su
ggests-humans-may-be-naturally-vulnerable-to-heart-disease/2013/03/10/4d1
8875a-89e1-11e2-a88e-461ffa2e34e4_story.html
http://phys.org/news/2013-03-ancient-mummies-clogged-arteries.html
http://news.yahoo.com/ancient-mummies-had-clogged-arteries-too-021333966.
html
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_MED_MUMMIES_HEART_DISEASE?SITE=
AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2013-03-10-20-16-55

Hyskos-era finds from Tel Habuwa:

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/66979/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt
/Hyksos-buildings-are-the-latest-ancient-discovery-.aspx

Interesting Neolithic site from Ahihud Junction (Israel):

http://www.antiquities.org.il/article_Item_eng.asp?sec_id=25&subj_id=240&
id=1990&module_id=#as

A Bronze Age donkey sacrifice from Tel Haror:

http://www.livescience.com/27767-sacrificed-donkey-grave-found.html
http://blogs.plos.org/everyone/2013/03/08/dressed-up-donkey-discovered-at
-religious-burial-site/
http://news.yahoo.com/bronze-age-donkey-sacrifice-found-israel-161041483.
html

Louise Hitchcock recently lectured on the season at Tel es-Safi/Gath:
(Vodcast)http://content.lecture.unimelb.edu.au:8080/ess/echo/presentation
/40ef4dbb-4c24-4f6e-ac1c-a57084c9f1e5/media.m4v
(Podcast)http://content.lecture.unimelb.edu.au:8080/ess/echo/presentation
/40ef4dbb-4c24-4f6e-ac1c-a57084c9f1e5/media.mp3

A pair of Neolithic sites from Istanbul:

http://www.todayszaman.com/news-309399-marmaray-artifacts-suggest-ancient
-settlements-related.html

An interesting spin on the crucifixion from a newly-translated Coptic
manuscript:

http://www.livescience.com/27840-shape-shifting-jesus-ancient-text.html
http://news.discovery.com/history/religion/shape-shifting-jesus-described
-in-ancient-text-130313.htm
http://science.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/03/12/17286044-1200-year-old-egypti
an-text-describes-a-shape-shifting-jesus

Feature on assorted controversies associated with the DSS:

http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-collins-dead-sea-scr
olls-and-controversy-20130310,0,562776.story

A 3d modelling project at Karnak:

http://phys.org/news/2013-03-dimensions-ancient-egypt-karnak-cutting-edge
.html

Talking restoration plans at Izmir:

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/izmir-looks-for-input-on-restoration-pla
n.aspx?pageID=238&nID=42970&NewsCatID=375

Turkey wants some items back from Germany:

http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/dispute-heats-up-between-germ
any-and-turkey-over-contested-artifacts-a-888398.html#ref=rss

… and they’re criticizing security at Gobekli Tepe (n.b. I am told
that the 11 000 refers to the age of the site, not number of artifacts
stolen … mistranslation):

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkish-minister-criticizes-archaeology-
excavations.aspx?pageID=238&nID=42761&NewsCatID=375
http://www.tagesspiegel.de/kultur/politik-und-archaeologie-der-antikenstr
eit-eskaliert/7906244.html (German)
http://www.tagesspiegel.de/kultur/antikenstreit-hochsensibel-wenn-archaeo
logie-zum-politikum-wird/7911490.html (German)

Zahi Hawass is concerned about assorted monuments:

http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/383102/Egypts-tomb-raiders-put-precio
us-monuments-in-real-danger

More on the damage being done at Antonopolis:

http://www.jewishpress.com/news/breaking-news/egypt-ignoring-destruction-
of-huge-archaeological-site/2013/03/11/

More on the tensions created by that Herod exhibition:

http://www.france24.com/fr/20130313-culture-quand-une-exposition-archeolo
gie-cristallise-toutes-tensions-israelo-palestiniennes (French)
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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS)
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Subway construction in Naples has revealed remains of an Augustan-era
gymnasium (why hasn’t this hit the English press yet?):

http://www.napolidavivere.it/2013/03/10/reperti-archeologici-della-stazio
ne-universita-archeologia-metro/ (Italian)
http://www.napolidavivere.it/2013/02/23/i-ritrovamenti-archeologici-per-l
a-metro-a-napoli-la-stazione-municipio/ (Italian)
http://www.napolidavivere.it/2013/03/01/reperti-archeologici-della-stazio
ne-duomo-archeologia-metro/ (Italian)

They’ve restored that cockerel found at Cirencester a couple years ago:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-21759083

A Roman artifact missing for a hundred years or so turns up in a
Sudeley Castle cupboard:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-21800190
http://news.sky.com/story/1065094/lost-roman-artefact-found-in-cupboard

More digging at Despotikon is in the works:

http://greece.greekreporter.com/2013/03/10/new-excavations-in-despotikon/


Some recent Minoan finds were the subject of a conference:

http://ansamed.ansa.it/ansamed/it/notizie/stati/grecia/2013/03/15/Archeol
ogia-nuove-scoperte-italiane-civilta-minoica_8404152.html (Italian)

A storm reveals a Punic burial on Sardinia:

http://www.meteoweb.eu/2013/03/archeologia-il-maltempo-svela-i-resti-di-u
n-sarcofago-punico-in-sardegna/191500 (Italian)

I think we’ve already seen this ‘entrance to the undeworld’ find
from Hierapolis:

http://www.meteoweb.eu/2013/03/archeologia-scoperta-a-hierapolis-in-turch
ia-la-storica-porta-dellinferno/191984/

This week’s focus for the upcoming Pompeii/Herculaneum thing at the BM
is that Pan and Goat sculpture:

http://blogs.artinfo.com/artintheair/2013/03/13/statue-of-god-on-goat-act
ion-earns-british-museums-pompeii-show-a-parental-warning/
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/museums/kids-in-museums/9927314/The-Br
itish-Museums-Pompeii-with-parental-guidance.html
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2292709/The-art-exhibition-PG-war
ning-Erotic-Pompeii-goat-statue-amused-Romans-arrives-British-Museum.html
?ito=feeds-newsxml
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/arts/visualarts/article3707835.ece?CMP=OTH-
gnws-standard-2013_03_08

… less attention for the reuniting of some wall panels from
Herculaneum:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2013/mar/10/archaeology-museums

… and there was a nice little fact sheet on Vesuvius and environs:

http://www.livescience.com/27871-mount-vesuvius-pompeii.html

Nice feature on applause in the ancient world:

http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/03/a-brief-history-of-
applause-the-big-data-of-the-ancient-world/274014/

The Thessaloniki subway and antiquities are having coexistence issues:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-21743758

Plans to make Edirne’s ‘Macedonia Tower’ into a museum:

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/historic-macedonia-tower-to-become-museu
m.aspx?pageID=238&nID=42760&NewsCatID=375

An upcoming marathon Ovid reading:

http://stolaf.edu/calendar/index.cfm?fuseaction=Details&id=21512

… and there was a marathon Aeneid reading t’other day:

http://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2013/03/western_michigan_un
iversity_to_36.html

A tv drama sort of thing based on Alexander the Great (sort of) is in
the works:

http://variety.com/2013/tv/news/indias-jungle-book-teams-with-fuchs-on-gr
eeks-1200007164/

Neron Kaisar (opera):

http://www.7dvt.com/2013uvm-classicist-employs-greek-and-latin-tell-timel
ess-story-opera-neron-kaisar

Why (apparently) the pope wears red shoes:

http://www.nybooks.com/blogs/nyrblog/2013/mar/12/why-pope-wears-red-shoes
/

Assorted features on the Ides of March:

http://blog.oup.com/2013/03/beware-the-ides-of-march/

Janet Stephens’ ‘hair archaeology’ is getting more press coverage:

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gzc-azUuhK5p0on28YMrOG
Ekv20g?docId=CNG.b352a75b23202fbcc55f178883e18176.541
http://www.france24.com/en/20130313-us-hair-archaeologist-recreates-coiff
ures-antiquity
http://www.saudigazette.com.sa/index.cfm?method=home.con&contentid=201303
14156770

Nice feature on Anne Carson:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/17/magazine/the-inscrutable-brilliance-of-
anne-carson.html?_r=0

Review of Mary Beard, *Confronting the Classics*:

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/review-conf
ronting-the-classics-by-mary-beard-8537396.html

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

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EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland)
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Ice Age fish hooks from Germany:

http://www.livescience.com/27744-oldest-fish-hooks-unearthed-europe.html

A fair bit of coverage for a plague pit find from London:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-21784141
http://phys.org/news/2013-03-scientists-skeletons-black-death-bacteria.ht
ml
http://www.cp24.com/mobile/world/london-burial-ground-may-contain-plague-
victims-1.1197060
http://news.discovery.com/history/archaeology/black-death-skeletons-13031
5.htm

http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/shortsharpscience/2013/03/crossrail-pla
gue-skeleton.html
http://www.channel4.com/news/skeleton-black-death-crossrail-excavation-13
-archaeology
http://news.uk.msn.com/black-death-skeletons-unearthed-1

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/black-death-skeletons-found-under-crossrail-2134
50058.html(photos)
http://www.crossrail.co.uk/news/articles/14th-century-burial-ground-disco
vered-in-london (photos)
http://www.museumoflondonarchaeology.org.uk/NewsProjects/Current-News/MOL
A+meets+Crossrail+archaeologist+Jay+Carver.htm

… and some followup commentary:

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/tomchiversscience/100207293/as-the-cros
srail-corpses-show-london-sits-on-centuries-of-mud-and-blood-and-bones-an
d-filth-and-death/

Another parking lot, another archaeological find … this time, a
medieval knight burial:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-21762422
http://news.yahoo.com/medieval-knights-tomb-found-beneath-parking-lot-221
641582.html
http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/heritage/medieval-knight-remains-found-
in-edinburgh-car-park-1-2833518
http://www.thejournal.ie/pictures-remains-of-medieval-knight-found-in-edi
nburgh-car-park-830473-Mar2013/
http://www.isciencetimes.com/articles/4698/20130314/medieval-knight-found
-scottish-archaeologists-find-skeleton.htm
cf http://www.headlandarchaeology.com/News/2013.5.html
http://edinburghcentre.org/news/ECCI-Knight
http://edinburghcentre.org/news/ECCI-Knight-News-Storm (photos)

The European archaeological park at Bliesbruck-Reinheim has reopened:
http://www.laplumeculturelle.com/notes/Le-Parc-archeologique-europeen-de-
Bliesbruck-Reinheim-ouvre-ses-portes-le-vendredi-15-mars-2013_b5305978.html
(French)

The Fermanagh crannog dig has been extended for a week:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-21788935

Digging at Northampton’s medieval castle is commencing:

http://www.northamptonchron.co.uk/news/local/three-month-dig-to-reveal-hi
story-of-northampton-s-medieval-castle-1-4887209

Northumberland petroglyphs are threatened by weather:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-21789329
http://www.ncl.ac.uk/press.office/press.release/item/ancient-art-at-risk-
warn-experts#.UUSbCDdv6dw

Interesting feature on putting together an Irish history exhibition:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/17/arts/trove-of-irish-historical-artifact
s-in-county-mayo.html?ref=arts

Rough seas have revealed a shipwreck in York:

http://www.pressherald.com/news/beneath-the-waves_2013-03-12.html

Robin Hood apparently hailed from Kent:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/history/9919400/Robin-Hood-from-Kent-not-Sherw
ood-Forest-historian-claims.html

The Richard III dig received an award:

http://phys.org/news/2013-03-richard-iii-prestigious-award.html


More on that Viking sunstone:

http://news.discovery.com/earth/rocks-fossils/viking-sunstone-shipwreck-1
30311.htm

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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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Upper Paleolithic blade technology in China:

http://phys.org/news/2013-03-re-examination-indicating-large-blade-techno
logy.html

… and an Upper Paleolithic site from Tianjin:

http://phys.org/news/2013-03-paleolithic-site-tianjin-china.html

Remains of a 2500 years bp settlement from Chhattisgarh:

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/raipur/2500-year-old-city-discove
red-in-Chhattisgarh/articleshow/18942752.cms

Recent finds from Taxila:

http://dawn.com/2013/03/11/new-objects-discovered-during-excavations/

Some 3000 years b.p. (!) bronze armour from Shaanxi:

http://www.kaogu.cn/en/detail.asp?ProductID=3931

They’re digging at Hailongtun Castle:

http://www.kaogu.cn/en/detail.asp?ProductID=3939

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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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Remains of an ancient forest off Alabama may be older than previously
thought:

http://blog.al.com/wire/2013/03/ancient_underwater_forest_off.html

Flood concerns for Jamestown:

http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2013-03-10/local/37605877_1_sea-level-
rise-sea-levels-rocky-mountain-climate-organization
http://www.newsleader.com/viewart/20130310/NEWS01/303100015/Scientists-sa
y-Jamestown-Island-could-underwater-by-2100
http://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Rising-sea-levels-threaten-histori
c-Jamestown-4343272.php

Feature on New Haven’s original cemetery:

http://www.yalealumnimagazine.com/articles/3642

Feature on William H. Taft’s teaching days at Yale:

http://www.yalealumnimagazine.com/articles/3632

George Takei has a preservation interest:

http://www.preservationnation.org/magazine/2013/winter/back-story.html

Review of *FDR and the Jews*:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/09/books/book-tries-for-balanced-view-on-r
oosevelt-and-jews.html?ref=books
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CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA
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Evidence for a Jewish community on St Maarten:

http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2013-03-11/news/fl-boca-lecture-jewish-b
urial-20130308_1_burial-ground-jewish-population-jewish-community

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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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Feature on 3d modelling of ancient artifacts:

http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/gadgets/tools/digital-archaeol
ogy-3d-modeling-reveals-ancient-artifacts-15222887?click=pm_news

Beer led to civilization … as if we didn’t know:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/17/opinion/sunday/how-beer-gave-us-civiliz
ation.html

… and speaking of beer, we haven’t had a ‘shipwreck recreation’
in a while, so:

http://www.france24.com/en/20130314-finnish-brewery-recreate-shipwrecked-
beer
http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2013/03/14/finland-brewery-to-make-beer-in
spired-by-bottles-found-on-shipwreck/

Feature on the guy who came up with pi:

http://www.historytoday.com/patricia-rothman/william-jones-and-his-circle
-man-who-invented-pi

… and in other pi news:

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn23268-ancient-pi-calculator-gets-a-
modern-twist-for-pi-day.html?cmpid=RSS|NSNS|2012-GLOBAL|online-news

A top ten shipwreck feature:

http://archaeology.org/component/content/article/86-online/632-shipwrecks
-titanic-mary-rose-vasa-spanish-armada-monitor-hunley?utm_source=MailerMa
iler&utm_medium=email&utm_content=check+out+this+preview+of+SHIPWRECKS&ut
m_campaign=Archaeology+e-Update

On papal election secrecy:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/12/world/europe/in-conclave-ritual-and-sec
recy-in-election-of-pope.html?hp

Interesting ‘gorilla’ war in the 19th century:

http://www.yalealumnimagazine.com/articles/2182

Arguing over public domain and Sherlock Holmes:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/07/books/suit-says-sherlock-belongs-to-the
-ages.html?ref=books&_r=0

On US efforts to save cultural antiquities:

http://www.livescience.com/27743-us-archaeology-diplomacy.html

Wondering who the artist is:

http://www.yalealumnimagazine.com/articles/3643

Review of Toby Miller, *Blow Up the Humanities*:

http://www.oxonianreview.org/wp/blow-up-media-studies/

Review of Sophie Ratcliffe, *P.G. Wodehouse*:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/10/books/review/p-g-wodehouse-a-life-in-le
tters.html?ref=books

Review of Susan Jacoby, *The Great Agnostic*:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/10/books/review/the-great-agnostic-by-susa
n-jacoby.html?ref=books

Review of Fanny Moyle, *Constance*:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/17/books/review/constance-by-franny-moyle.
html?ref=books
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TOURISTY THINGS
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Rome:

http://www.smh.com.au/travel/just-like-the-romans-20130314-2g2ju.html

Bangkok:

http://travel.nytimes.com/2013/03/17/travel/36-hours-in-bangkok.html?ref=
travel

Jeonju:

http://frugaltraveler.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/02/20/a-south-korean-city-fu
ll-of-food-history-and-bargains/?ref=travel

London:

http://travel.nytimes.com/2013/03/10/travel/ambling-among-londons-odd-and
-empty-corners.html?ref=travel

Ras el Khaimah:

http://travel.nytimes.com/2013/03/10/travel/ras-al-khaimah-the-united-ara
b-emirate-with-history-not-oil.html?ref=travel

Gettysburg:

http://travel.nytimes.com/2013/03/10/travel/a-road-trip-to-gettysburg-and
-homes-of-founding-fathers.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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Chinese coin from Kenya:

http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=11&int_new=61311
http://phys.org/news/2013-03-ancient-chinese-coin-kenyan-island.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20130313/us-rare-coin-found/?utm
_hp_ref=homepage&ir=homepage

Latest e-Sylum:

http://www.coinbooks.org/club_nbs_esylum_v16n10.html

… and the one which should appear later today:

http://www.coinbooks.org/club_nbs_esylum_v16n11.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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Versailles and Antiquity (virtual tour!):

http://www.chateauversailles.fr/resources/360/antique/en/index.html

Aphrodite and the Gods of Love:

http://www.tulsaworld.com/scene/article.aspx?subjectid=272&articleid=2013
0317_272_D3_CUTLIN69514

Uluburun Shipwreck:

http://greece.greekreporter.com/2013/03/12/uluburun-shipwreck-at-acropoli
s-museum/
http://www.ansa.it/ansamed/en/news/sections/culture/2013/03/12/Archeology
-Uluburun-Shipwreck-the-Acropolis-Museum_8384008.html

Pompeii/Herculaneum (BM):

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/life-death-pompeii-herculaneum---
1766706
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/da9c0dea-8b1c-11e2-b1a4-00144feabdc0.html

Leonardo drawings:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2013/mar/12/leonardo-anatomical-dr
awings-modern-scans

Slaying Medusa:

http://www.towntopics.com/wordpress/2013/03/13/perseus-slays-medusa-greek
-myth-retold-barbara-warren-exhibition-at-arts-council/

Pharaoh: King of Egypt:

http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/British-Museum-s-historic-Pharaoh-exhibiti
on/story-18392646-detail/story.html#axzz2NoF7ouOS

Edwardian Opulence:

http://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/02/27/on-view-edwardian-opulence/


Reflections on Constable’s Clouds:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/24/nyregion/a-review-of-reflections-on-con
stables-cloud-studies-at-yale.html?ref=arts Audobon’s Aviary:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/08/arts/design/audubons-aviary-at-the-new-
york-historical-society.html?ref=design

Van Gogh Drawings:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/09/arts/Van-Gogh-Drawings-See-the-Light.ht
ml?ref=arts

Pietro Bembo:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/09/arts/A-Rare-Look-at-Pietro-Bembo.html?r
ef=arts

Problems at the Fine Arts museums of San Francisco:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/16/arts/design/turmoil-at-fine-arts-museum
s-of-san-francisco.html?ref=arts

Asia Week in New York coverage:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/15/arts/design/asia-week-new-york-art-show
s-take-over-upper-east-side.html?ref=design

Assorted exhibitions with a Romanov twist:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/08/arts/design/the-romanov-legacy-finds-ne
w-life.html?ref=design

We’re hearing of a museum at Troy again:

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/ancient-city-troy-to-have-own-museum.asp
x?pageID=238&nID=42590&NewsCatID=375

Another Nazi-loot return:

http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/03/06/german-museum-returns-painti
ng-to-jewish-estate/?ref=design

Previewing Maastricht:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/09/arts/In-Maastricht-the-Trump-Card-of-Ar
t-Fairs.html?ref=arts
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PERFORMANCES AND THEATRE-RELATED
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Eliogabalo:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/10/arts/music/gotham-chamber-operas-elioga
balo-is-at-home-in-the-box.html?ref=music

Pocahontas:

http://theater.nytimes.com/2013/03/16/theater/reviews/pocahontas-and-or-a
merica-at-the-bushwick-starr.html?ref=arts

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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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Merton Simpson:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/14/arts/design/merton-d-simpson-artist-and
-gallery-owner-dies-at-84.html?ref=design
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AUDIO/VIDEO NEWS
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Archaeo News from Archaeologica:

http://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20130310.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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