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Richard C. Griffiths, and Ross W. Sargent for headses upses this
week (as always hoping I have left no one out).

... kind of a sparse week for 'real news' ...

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EARLY HOMINIDS
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Some rethinking of the role of eastern Europe in human development
based on that Serbian jawbone find from 2006:

http://phys.org/news/2013-02-human-fossil-eastern-europe-important.html
http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0054608

More on how we�re enduring a Neanderthal legacy:

http://phys.org/news/2013-02-neanderthal-house.html
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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT
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A Greco-Roman necropolis from Alexandria:

http://english.ahram.org.eg/News/64798.aspx

A couple of hundred sites have been found by Italian researchers in
(Kurdish) Iraq:

http://www.agenziaaise.it/italiani-nel-mondo/politiche-regionali/134878-terra-di-ninive-bilancio-del-fvg-per-la-missione-archeologica-in-mesopotamia.html
(Italian)
http://www.ansa.it/web/notizie/rubriche/cultura/2013/01/25/Archeologia-239-siti-progetto-Ninive_8137722.html
(Italian)
http://www.regione.fvg.it/rafvg/comunicati/comunicato.act?dir=/rafvg/cms/RAFVG/notiziedallagiunta&nm=20130125141858002
(Italian)

Possible cat mummy find from a British attic:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2278585/B-B-owner-finds-stuffed-cat-hidden-attic-2-000-year-old-EGYPTIAN-MUMMY.html

Egypt is banking on its pharaonic past:

http://science.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/02/15/16975998-top-egypt-archaeologist-sees-hope-for-future-in-past?lite

� and Hateshepsut�s temple at Karnak will soon open to the public:

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/64456/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/Hatshepsuts-limestone-chapel-at-Karnak-to-open-soo.aspx

Marking the 90th anniversary of the discovery of Tut�s tomb:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/history/9872408/Tutankhamun-could-have-been-lost-forever.html
http://www.history.com/news/6-secrets-of-king-tut

� and doing some rethinking of Tut�s DNA:

http://phys.org/news/2013-02-tut-egyptian-archaeologist-theory-pharaoh.html
http://www.laboratoryequipment.com/news/2013/02/dna-evidence-challenges-king-tut%E2%80%99s-lineage

Evidence of daily Sumerian life from Abu Tbeirah:

http://www.agi.it/research-e-sviluppo/notizie/201302011514-eco-rt10221-archeologia_italiani_svelano_vita_quotidiana_dei_sumeri
(Italian)

Interesting article on ancient board games:

http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/unearthed-board-games-shed-light-on-ancient-holy-land-trivial-pursuits.premium-1.502466

� based on:

http://israelexplorationsociety.huji.ac.il/kad-contents-144.pdf

As was probably suspected, antiquities looting in Syria is supporting
the revolution:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/syrian-rebels-loot-artifacts-to-raise-money-for-fight-against-assad/2013/02/12/ae0cf01e-6ede-11e2-8b8d-e0b59a1b8e2a_story.html
http://phys.org/news/2013-02-syria-trafficking-antiquities.html
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/02/13/syrian-official-warns-trafficking-in-antiquities-urges-un-to-protect-country-2020103208/

� and there�s pillaging going on in Gaza as well:

http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2013/02/archaeological-pillaging-gaza.html

Protests over a building site in Modi�in which threatens ancient
sites:

http://www.jpost.com/Sci-Tech/Article.aspx?id=303216

The fallout continues from that Herod exhibition:

http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/02/12/uk-israel-archaeology-herod-idUKBRE91B1G020130212?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/14/world/middleeast/israel-museums-herod-show-draws-anger-over-use-of-west-bank-objects.html
http://m.guardiannews.com/world/2013/feb/12/israel-archaeological-exhibition-herod-the-great

Latest from Temple Mount:

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/Flash.aspx/261936

Lengthy retelling of the Golb case:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/17/nyregion/online-battle-over-ancient-scrolls-spawns-real-world-consequences.html

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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS)
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Delphi is getting a makeover:

http://greece.greekreporter.com/2013/02/11/delphi-to-get-800000-makeover/

Roman remains from Flint:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-north-east-wales-21453337

mtDNA suggests the Etruscans were a local development:

http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0055519

Interesting feature on Alexander the great and a rain of burning sand:

http://www.wondersandmarvels.com/2013/02/alexander-the-great-and-the-rain-of-burning-sand.html

Feature on US cities with Greek names:

http://usa.greekreporter.com/2013/02/09/us-cities-with-greek-names/

What Edward Anson is up to:

http://ualr.edu/www/2013/02/12/history-prof-authors-alexander-the-great-book/

That sarcophagus from a Northumberland garden fetched a nice price:

http://www.dorsetecho.co.uk/news/10229996.Sarcophagus_sells_for___40_000_at_Dorchester_auction/

Inspired by the Lucurgus Cup:

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-02/uoic-twm021413.php

Review of Robert Knapp, *Invisible Romans*:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2013/feb/15/invisible-romans-robert-knapp-review

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

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EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland)
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Arguing about Henry IV�s head:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/feb/16/mystery-of-kings-head-divides-france

� related:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/9870454/Face-of-Frances-Good-King-Henri-IV-reconstructed-400-years-after-his-death.html

Medieval remains from Selkirk:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-21457325

Interesting finds from various periods from a 19th century garden on
the Thames:

http://phys.org/news/2013-02-unearthing-seething-wells-secret-garden.html

Sir James Tillie had an interesting burial:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-21412875

Archaeological research in Spain is threatened by budget cuts:

http://cultura.elpais.com/cultura/2013/02/06/actualidad/1360182674_585540.html
(Spanish)

Seeking help for the flooded site of Sibari:

http://www.adnkronos.com/IGN/News/Spettacolo/Archeologia-Cgil-sito-Sibari-inondato-Governo-intervenga_314120911076.html
(Italian)

Funding for the Mary Rose museum:

http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/local/mary-rose-museum-has-its-last-slice-of-funding-1-4790749

Restoration of Cardigan Castle has begun:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-mid-wales-21463020

� while a car smashed into Ipswich�s �finest Tudor house�:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-21441963

An Isle of Wight Tudor tax register might return home:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-21275647

This arrival-of-farming-in-Europe might be a repeat:

http://phys.org/news/2013-02-farming-europe-migrants-isotopic.html

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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 the rather pornographic Kangjiashimenji Petroglyphs:

http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2013/02/prehistoric_pornography_chinese_carvings_show_explicit_copulation.single.html

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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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Interesting Academic Minute on factors shaping the peopling of the
Americas:

http://www.wamc.org/post/dr-chris-wolff-suny-plattsburgh-fear-and-maritime-archaic-culture

On the tradition of �Baby Dolls� at Mardi Gras:

http://www.npr.org/2013/02/16/172165237/the-baby-dolls-of-mardi-gras-a-fun-tradition-with-a-serious-side

Is it Abe�s stovepipe hat or not?:

http://www.npr.org/2013/02/16/172128313/is-honest-abes-stovepipe-hat-a-fake

Review of John Burt, *Lincoln�s Tragic Pragmatism*:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/17/books/review/lincolns-tragic-pragmatism-by-john-burt.html?ref=books

Review of Daniel Stashower, *The Hour of Peril*:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/17/books/review/the-hour-of-peril-by-daniel-stashower.html?ref=books
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CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA
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A 5000 years b.p. (maybe) temple from El Paraiso:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-21436513
http://phys.org/news/2013-02-peru-archeologists-ancient-temple.html
http://www.afp.com/en/news/topstories/peru-archeologists-find-ancient-temple

A 1500 years b.p. midden from the USVI:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/centralamericaandthecaribbean/usvirginislands/9869278/1500-year-old-landfill-discovered-in-US-Virgin-Islands.html
http://phys.org/news/2013-02-year-old-landfill-usvi.html

An image of the fire god found at the top of Teotihuacan�s Pyramid of
the Sun:

http://www.latimes.com/news/world/worldnow/la-fg-wn-mexico-firegod-pyramid-20130213,0,7555042.story
http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=11&int_new=60734#.USDy6PKCWSo

Antiquities smugglers use drug trade routes:

http://www.archaeology.org/news/560-130211-texas-mexico-smuggling
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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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A researcher has found an �arrest warrant� for Macchiavelli:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/italy/9871527/Briton-finds-500-year-old-arrest-warrant-for-Machiavelli.html

Plenty of coverage of a computer program developed to reconstruct
ancient
languages:

http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/02/11/ancientlanguages/
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/02/12/rosetta_stone_system_for_protolanguages/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-21427896
http://phys.org/news/2013-02-computerized-rosetta-stone-reconstructs-ancient.html

cf: http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2013/02/05/1204678110.full.pdf

Folks were pondering all sorts of things about the development of skin
pigment:

http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-modern-life-sun-exposure-skin.html
http://phys.org/news/2013-02-evolution-hairless-skin-canvas-self-expression.html

� and hair:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/02/130214133924.htm

Pondering mtDNA:

http://biologos.org/blog/understanding-evolution-mitochondrial-eve-y-chromosome-adam

Italian archaeologists are using a robotic submarine for underwater
investigations:

http://www.obiettivotre.com/2013/02/archeologia-subacquea-battesimo-in-acqua-per-tifone/
(Italian)
http://www.agi.it/research-e-sviluppo/notizie/201302061509-eco-rt10234-archeologia_universita_firenze_battesima_robot_subacqueo_tifone
(Italian)
cf: http://thesaurus.isti.cnr.it/

Feature on an Ice Age flute from the BM�s latest exhibition:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2013/feb/15/ice-age-flute

A different sort of �repatriation�:

http://phys.org/news/2013-02-mexican-ape-woman-home-europe.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/12/arts/design/julia-pastrana-who-died-in-1860-to-be-buried-in-mexico.html?ref=design

Arguing over Conan Doyle copyright status:

http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/02/15/public-domain-my-dear-watson-lawsuit-challenges-conan-doyle-copyrights/?ref=arts

Review of Paul Kennedy, *Engineers of Victory*:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/10/books/review/engineers-of-victory-by-paul-kennedy.html?ref=books

Review of a couple of biographies of 19th century female historians:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/15/arts/design/sarah-losh-and-alice-morse-earle-antiquarians.html?ref=arts

Review of Paula Byrne, *The Real Life Jane Austen*:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/17/books/review/the-real-jane-austen-by-paula-byrne.html?ref=books

Review of Gary Wills, *Why Priests*:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/17/books/review/why-priests-by-garry-wills.html?ref=books

Review of Napoleon Chagnon, *Noble Savages*:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/17/books/review/noble-savages-by-napoleon-a-chagnon.html?ref=books
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TOURISTY THINGS
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Tikal:

http://www.spiegel.de/reise/fernweh/tikal-in-guatemala-die-maya-ruinen-in-der-widnis-a-883615.html
(German)
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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_v16n06.html

� and the one which should appear later today:

http://www.coinbooks.org/club_nbs_esylum_v16n07.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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Echoes of Egypt:

http://peabody.yale.edu/exhibits/echoes-egypt-conjuring-land-pharaohs

Ancient Maya World:

http://www.lacma.org/art/installation/ancient-maya-world-masterworks-permanent-collection

Capitoline Brutus:

http://www.mfa.org/exhibitions/visiting-masterpieces-the-capitoline-brutus

Hidden and Forbidden:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/10/nyregion/a-review-of-hidden-and-forbidden-at-the-suffolk-county-historical-society.html?ref=design&_r=0

German Expressionism:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/08/arts/design/german-expressionism-1900-1930-at-neue-galerie.html?ref=design

Mozart Portraits:

http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2013/02/07/arts/music/20130207-mozart.html?ref=music

Greek Bronzes:

http://www.faz.net/aktuell/feuilleton/kunst/antike-werke-im-liebieghaus-ohne-klassik-waeren-wir-nichts-12056146.html
http://www.hr-online.de/website/rubriken/kultur/index.jsp?rubrik=5986&key=standard_document_47478345
http://www.art-magazin.de/kunst/58810/zurueck_zur_klassik_frankfurt
cf: http://www.liebieghaus.de/lh/index.php?StoryID=496

Ice Age:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2013/feb/16/ice-age-carvings-british-museum
http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/02/16/3234257/england-worlds-oldest-sculptures.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/art/art-reviews/9857755/Ice-Age-Art-at-British-Museum-review.html
http://www.standard.co.uk/goingout/exhibition/ice-age-art-arrival-of-the-modern-mind-british-museum-8494480.html

Herod:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/feb/12/israel-archaeological-exhibition-herod-the-great?CMP=twt_gu
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/Flash.aspx/261941

Marcel Proust and Swann�s Way:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/15/books/marcel-proust-and-swanns-way-at-the-morgan-library.html?ref=arts

Piera della Francesca in America:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/15/arts/design/piero-della-francesca-in-america-at-the-frick.html?ref=arts

William Matthew Prior:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/15/arts/design/artist-and-visionary-prior-at-folk-art-museum.html?ref=arts

Olivetti:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/11/arts/design/olivettis-artful-breakthroughs.html?ref=design

Ethical problems at that Cambodian art dispute trial:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/16/arts/design/cambodia-says-jane-a-levine-should-leave-culture-panel.html?ref=design

SMU is getting a new arts research center:

http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/02/12/new-arts-research-center-to-open-at-smu/?ref=design
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PERFORMANCES AND THEATRE-RELATED
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Protecting Lincoln:

http://movies.nytimes.com/2013/02/15/movies/saving-lincoln-directed-by-salvador-litvak.html?ref=arts

The Scottish Way:

http://www.npr.org/2013/02/09/171404321/the-scottish-play-the-olivier-way

Isaac�s Eye:

http://www.npr.org/player/v2/mediaPlayer.html?action=1&t=1&islist=false&id=172100118&m=172100105

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AUDIO/VIDEO NEWS
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ArchaeoNews Podcast 225:

http://www.stonepages.com/podcast/archaeo-news-2013-02-10.mp3

Audio News from Achaeologica:

http://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20130210.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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