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Thanks to Arthur Shippee, Dave Sowdon,Edward Rockstein, Kurt Theis,
John McMahon, Barnea Selavan, Joseph Lauer, Mike Ruggeri,
A. Landreau, Rochelle Altman, Don Buck, Bob Heuman, David Critchley,
Rick Heli, Joanne Conman, Richard Campbell, Richard C. Griffiths,
and Ross W. Sargent for headses upses this week (as always hoping
I have left no one out).
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EARLY HOMINIDS
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A 500 000 years b.p. jawbone from a Serbian cave:

http://www.nbcnews.com/id/50724252/ns/technology_and_science-science/#.UReSxvKICSo
http://news.yahoo.com/half-million-old-human-jawbone-found-222450208.html
http://phys.org/news/2013-02-features-southeast-european-human-ancestors.html
http://www.livescience.com/26916-serbian-hominin-jawbone-discovered.html
http://news.discovery.com/human/evolution/ancient-human-jawbone-found-130207.htm#mkcpgn=rssnws1

A Neanderthal �refugium� in the Iberian peninsula:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-21330194
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/new-finding-casts-doubt-on-theory-that-ancestors-of-modern-humans-interbred-with-neanderthals-8480911.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2013/feb/04/neanderthals-modern-humans-research
http://www.livescience.com/26831-neanderthals-died-earlier.html
http://phys.org/news/2013-02-neanderthals-died-earlier-coexist-modern.html
http://www.nature.com/news/neanderthal-remains-point-to-earlier-extinction-1.12355
http://www.herald.ie/news/europeans-neanderthal-heritage-called-into-doubt-29050371.html
http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2013/0205/Neanderthal-species-may-have-died-out-much-earlier-according-to-study
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/348059/description/Earlier_Neandertal_demise_suggested_by_redating
http://archaeology.about.com/b/2013/02/06/neanderthal-refugium-and-the-ebro-frontier.htm
http://bigstory.ap.org/article/study-suggests-neanderthals-died-out-earlier

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AFRICA
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35 pyramids/burial chambers from the Sudan:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2275036/35-pyramids-Sudan-necropolis-Links-ancient-Egypt-Africas-Kush-kingdom.html
http://www.foxnews.com/science/2013/02/07/35-ancient-pyramids-discovered-in-sudan/
http://www.livescience.com/26903-35-ancient-pyramids-sudan.html
http://news.yahoo.com/35-ancient-pyramids-discovered-sudan-necropolis-162426532.html
http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2013/0206/35-pyramids-found-in-Sudan-necropolis?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+feeds%2Fscience+%28Christian+Science+Monitor+%7C+Science%29

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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT
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A fire temple in Qom has been destroyed:

http://www.cais-soas.com/news/index.php/component/content/article/65/370-qoms-parthian-fire-temple-left-at-her-own-devices-to-be-destroyed

A roundup of recent archaeological finds in Israel:

http://www.bibleinterp.com/articles/2013/rep378005.shtml

Feature on Tel Beth-Shemesh:

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-02-05/israel-temple-discovery-shows-war-horrors-ancient-border.html

An Opeddish thing related to that Herod exhibition:

http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/herods-monumental-jewish-matter/

cf: http://www.timesofisrael.com/herod-gets-his-15-minutes/

Archaeologists plan to return to the Bam-e Qeshm Geopark (Iran):

http://www.cais-soas.com/news/index.php/component/content/article/65/367-04-02-2013

Feature/hypish sort of thing on ancient Erbil:

http://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/a-new-chapter-opens-in-the-study-of-the-assyrian-empire/

OpEd on preserving Islamic antiquities in Saudi Arabia:

http://www.saudigazette.com.sa/index.cfm?method=home.regcon&contentid=20130205151951

Cambridge and Oxford are purchasing the Lewis-Gibson Genizeh:

http://www.jpost.com/JewishWorld/JewishFeatures/Article.aspx?id=302726

100 most important cuneiform objects:

http://cdli.ox.ac.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=the_one_hundred_most_important_cuneiform_objects

What Lawrence Schiffman and James VanderKam are up to:

http://www.njjewishnews.com/article/16258/dead-sea-scrolls-anchor-interfaith-series#.UReaBPKICSo

Some mummy facial reconstructions:

http://www.rapidreadytech.com/2013/02/3d-printing-brings-ancient-egyptians-to-life/

More on that 17th dynasty child sarcophagus:

http://gulfnews.com/news/region/egypt/over-3-500-year-old-sarcophagus-found-in-egypt-1.1140630
http://laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=666728&CategoryId=13936

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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS)
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Feature on US cities with Greek names:

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

Feature on the Acropolis:

http://www.livescience.com/26989-acropolis-athens.html

Feature on the �suppression� of Ancient Rome in Ghaddaffi�s Libya:

http://www.ibtimes.com/ancient-rome-libya-suppressed-history-resurfaces-after-revolution-photos-1069658

Feature on Janet Stephens and her work with ancient hairstyles (may
disappear behind a
paywall):

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324900204578286272195339456.html

Digitally reconstructing some Roman silver:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-21244147

In Our Time was talking Epicureanism this week:

http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/radio4/iot/iot_20130207-1100a.mp3

What Paul Woodruff is up to:

http://dailytexanonline.com/news/2013/02/07/senior-fellows-program-sponsors-lecture-on-greek-mythology-and-ancient-tales

What Katharina Volk is up to:

http://www.columbiaspectator.com/2013/02/04/classics-professor-volk-talks-feminism-ovid-core-curriculum

On the ancient Greek version of �gun control�:

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/culture/2013/02/how-the-greeks-viewed-weapons.html

Feature on the other items found in the Antikythera wreck:

http://phdiva.blogspot.ca/2013/02/the-antikythera-wreck-photos.html?spref=tw

Podcast on the Art Institute of Chicago�s new Greek, Roman and
Byzantine galleries:

http://ancientartpodcast.org/55

Photo feature on Segedunum:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-21261754

Some funding for Hadrian�s Wall:

http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/50-000-to-protect-waterlogged-route-on-hadrian-s-wall-1.1032483?referrerPath=news

More on funding for Pompeii:

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/ancient-pompeii-105-mn-euro-makeover-114402165.html
http://m.dw.de/english/mobile.A-16582709-1433.html?maca=en-twitter_en_europe-4005-xml-mrss
http://phys.org/news/2013-02-ancient-pompeii-mn-euro-makeover.html
http://www.skynews.com.au/world/article.aspx?id=843148

� along with news of a financial scandal there too:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-21341873

A different sort of �classical influence�:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/06/arts/music/q-and-a-chris-potter-on-the-sirens.html?ref=arts

Review(ish) of V. Leon, *Joy of Sexus*:

http://greece.greekreporter.com/2013/02/09/joy-of-sexus-ancient-greeces-erotic-life/

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EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland)
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Of course the big news last week was the announcement that the bones
were, in fact,
Richard III:

http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/02/04/beyond-reasonable-doubt-king-richard-iiis-remains-found-buried-beneath-england-parking-lot/
(most thorough; includes video of announcement)
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newsvideo/9848125/The-remains-of-Richard-III-How-the-500-year-old-mystery-was-solved.html
(different video)
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/05/world/europe/richard-the-third-bones.html?ref=science
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/richard-iii--leicester-car-park-skull-is-that-of-medieval-monarch-100132929.html#4byUCrt
http://phys.org/news/2013-02-experts-england-king-richard-iii.html
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/richard-iii--leicester-car-park-skull-is-that-of-medieval-monarch-100132929.html
http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/bre9130bw-us-britain-richard/
http://news.yahoo.com/photos/lost-medieval-church-found-under-parking-lot-slideshow/

� although some folks are questioning the DNA evidence:

http://m.guardiannews.com/uk/2013/feb/04/richard-iii-skeleton-bone-dna
http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/shortsharpscience/2013/02/leicester-body-richard-iii.html

� and the �closeness� of the researchers to the subject matter:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/the-h-word/2013/feb/06/history-heroes-richard-iii

� and there were followup/sidebarish pieces:

http://phys.org/news/2013-02-richard-iii-car-king.html (how he got
there)
http://phys.org/news/2013-02-science-royal-dirt.html (the science
behind the i.d.)

� and, of course, they did a facial reconstruction:

http://www.archaeology.co.uk/articles/news/face-to-face-with-richard-iii.htm
http://phys.org/news/2013-02-richard-iii-revealed-years.html
http://news.discovery.com/history/face-of-richard-iii-revealed-130205.htm
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/video/2013/feb/05/king-richard-iii-face-recreated-skull-video

� and there�s plans for a museum:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-21340068

� while they�re still discussing where to rebury the guy:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-21349307

� and New York�s Shakespeare in the Parking Lot has an obvious choice
for performance this year:

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/richard-iii-picked-new-york-parking-lot

The Guardian has a nice roundup piece today:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/teacher-network/teacher-blog/2013/feb/10/richard-iii-discovery-news-teaching-resources

Now they�re talking about looking for/digging up Alfred the Great:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-21335679
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/richard-iii-skull--could-alfred-the-great-be-next-lost-king-mystery-to-be-unearthed--122834889.html

� but they won�t be allowed to test the princes in the tower:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2013/feb/05/princes-in-tower-staying-under

� and they�re wondering if his illegitimate son is buried in Kent:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-21366578

Elsewhere, folks were looking at medieval graffiti in Norwich
Cathedral:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2274401/Archaeologists-fascinating-quest-decipher-medieval-graffiti-scrawled-cathedral-walls.html

� and evidence of life in Yorkminster post-Roman but pre-Viking:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2013/feb/06/york-minster-discoveries-romans-vikings

A retired silversmith came across the largest collection of
petroglyphs in the
Scottish Highlands:

http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/heritage/largest-scottish-ancient-artworks-revealed-1-2780498
http://news.stv.tv/highlands-islands/213064-archaeologist-uncovers-one-of-the-biggest-collections-of-rock-art/

A pair of medieval (maybe) skeletons found at Wadham College:

https://www.oxfordtoday.ox.ac.uk/page.aspx?pid=2671
Some Alderney folks have �completed� the Bayeux Tapestry:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2013/feb/09/bayeux-tapestry-completed-alderney

Plans to project artworks on UK landmarks:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-21372685

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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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Interesting necklace from the Altai mountains:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2272817/Ancient-Egyptian-necklace-skeleton-virgin-priestess-Siberian-burial-mound.html#axzz2KV2mRuzB

New suggestions for preserving the Terracotta Warriors:

http://phys.org/news/2013-02-china-famous-terracotta-warriors-relics.html

Searching for evidence of trade between China and the Philippines:

http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/354993/the-search-for-early-chinese-traders

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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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Bullets from the Hatfield-McCoy feud (maybe):

http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/23125

A stolen 300 years b.p. family Bible has been returned:

http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2013/02/05/what-once-was-lost----.html

On volcanoes and the Civil War:

http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/02/05/americas-moral-volcano/?hp

More on the rapid construction of some Louisiana earthworks:

http://www.theatlanticcities.com/neighborhoods/2013/02/prehistoric-construction-boom-day-9000-people-built-louisianas-earthworks-3-months/4578/
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CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA
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Early in the week we were hearing sensational reports of the discovery
of the
grave of Pachacutec at Macchu Pichu:

http://www.peruthisweek.com/news-3562-peru-archeologists-hint-at-groundbreaking-find-in-machu-picchu/

� but there were (and are) doubts:

http://elcomercio.pe/actualidad/1534231/noticia-busqueda-supuesta-tumba-pachacutecsolo-pretende-huaquear-machu-picchu?ft=grid
http://www.larepublica.pe/08-02-2013/luis-guillermo-lumbreras-la-tumba-de-pachacutec-esta-en-lima

Investigating evidence for the Maya collapse in Belize:

http://popular-archaeology.com/issue/december-2012/article/archaeologists-investigate-secrets-of-maya-collapse-in-belize

More on that human sacrifice site near Teotihuacan:

http://www.stuff.co.nz/science/8260765/Sacrificial-pit-mystifies-archaeologist

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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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Weighing in on Laura Ingall�s sister�s blindness:

http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-mistaken-infection-prairie.html

On the origin of the olive:

http://phys.org/news/2013-02-tree-life-kurdish-roots.html

Some slippers at the University of Aberdeen have turned out to have
once belonged
to Napoleon�s sister:

http://phys.org/news/2013-02-slippers-napoleon-bonaparte-sister-unearthed.html

The genetic side of the Irish potato famine:

http://phys.org/news/2013-02-scientists-genetic-mechanism-contributed-irish.html

Language is a more serious barrier than genetics when it comes to
mixing
cultures, apparently:

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=genes-mix-faster-than-folk-tales
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn23145-genes-mix-across-borders-more-easily-than-folk-tales.html

Searching for the origins of soup:

http://www.archaeology.org/news/533-130208-cooking-soup-hunters
http://nhpr.org/post/stone-age-stew-soup-making-may-be-older-wed-thought

The British Library has put some more interesting manuscripts online:

http://www.theverge.com/2013/2/9/3970268/british-library-publishes-beowulf-da-vinci-notebook-and-other-historic-manuscripts-online

Has the other half of a famous Courbet been found?:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/07/thrift-store-courbet-origin-of-the-world-other-half_n_2641243.html

Trying to keep a Cropsey landscape in the UK:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-21383890

Assorted shipwreck sites:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2275055/World-s-beautiful-shipwreck-Haunting-hull-Sweepstakes-lies-just-TWENTY-FEET-clear-blue-water-Ontario-lake-sank-1885.html?ito=feeds-newsxml#axzz2KV2mRuzB

Another top ten finds list:

http://metro.co.uk/2013/02/04/top-10-archaeological-finds-of-all-time-3379570/

A different �viewpoint� for Pride and Prejudice:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-21379834

They�ve restored one of the former homes of the Bronte sisters:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-21365889

Review of Michael Dean, *I, Hogarth*:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/03/books/review/i-hogarth-by-michael-dean.html?ref=review

Review of C. Irmscher, *Louis Agassiz*:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/03/books/review/louis-agassiz-by-christoph-irmscher.html?ref=review

Review of Roseanne Montillo, *The Lady and Her Monsters*:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/03/books/review/the-lady-and-her-monsters-by-roseanne-montillo.html?ref=review

Review of Jenny Uglow, *The Pinecone*:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/03/books/review/the-pinecone-by-jenny-uglow.html?ref=review
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TOURISTY THINGS
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Shantiniketan:

http://travel.nytimes.com/2013/02/03/travel/where-a-poets-vision-lives-on-in-india.html?ref=travel
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CRIME BEAT
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An arrest in an Italian rare book theft case:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-21248849

A Delacroix at the Louvre was defaced:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-21380562
http://news.yahoo.com/famed-delacroix-canvas-defaced-louvre-100754447.html

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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The St Alban�s coin hoard is on display:

http://www.hertsad.co.uk/news/st_albans_roman_coin_hoard_on_display_at_british_museum_1_1858310

Latest e-Sylum:

http://www.coinbooks.org/club_nbs_esylum_v16n05.html

� and the one which should appear later today:

http://www.coinbooks.org/club_nbs_esylum_v16n06.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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Krater of Antaeus:

http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=60651#.UReu5_KICSo

Lod Mosaic:

http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2013/02/10/new-exhibit-at-penn-museum-highlights-life-in-ancient-roman-empire/

Back to Classic:

http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=60625#.URevbfKICSo

Ice Age Art:

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/28ea8196-7058-11e2-85d0-00144feab49a.html#axzz2KVUEojB5
http://www.sfgate.com/news/world/article/British-Museum-puts-art-from-the-Ice-Age-on-show-4251912.php
http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2013/feb/05/ice-age-art-jonathan-jones
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/news/ice-age-artworks-to-go-on-show-at-the-british-museum-8482261.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/art/art-features/9847126/Ice-Age-Art-at-the-British-Museum.html

Changing Image of Eros:

http://dawn.com/2013/02/05/love-in-3rd-century-bc-it-was-a-lot-like-now/

The Land Between Two Rivers:

http://www.news-gazette.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/community-events/2013-02-07/new-lessons-old-mesopotamia-spurlock.html

Pondering recent Old Masters sales:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/02/arts/02iht-melikian02.html?ref=arts
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/01/arts/01iht-melikian01.html?ref=arts
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/01/arts/design/botticelli-and-batoni-fetch-fetch-record-auction-prices.html?ref=design

The National Portrait Gallery has a new director:

http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/02/05/new-director-named-for-national-portrait-gallery/?ref=arts

Museums are having problems with the �strings� attached to donations:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/05/arts/design/museums-grapple-with-onerous-restrictions-on-donations.html?ref=arts

Seeking respect for American folk art:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/03/arts/design/american-folk-vs-academic-art.html?ref=design

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PERFORMANCES AND THEATRE-RELATED
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Women of Will:

http://theater.nytimes.com/2013/02/04/theater/reviews/women-of-will-at-the-gym-at-judson-memorial-church.html?hpw

The RSC is returning to Newcastle:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-21382076

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

... and for Sword and Sandal flicks:

http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%23swordandsandal
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AUDIO/VIDEO NEWS
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Archaeologica:

http://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20130203.mp3

Archaeonews Podcast:

http://www.stonepages.com/podcast/archaeo-news-2013-02-05.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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by direct posting or snagging from a usenet group or some other
email source) without my express written permission. I think it
is only right that I be made aware of public fora which are
making use of content gathered in Explorator. Thanks!
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