explorator 20.42-43

[rogueclassicist]

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explorator 20.42-43 February 18, 2018
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hoping I have left no one out).

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EARLY HOMINIDS
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Pondering the 'artistic gap' between Neanderthals and 'modern' humans:

https://phys.org/news/2018-02-homo-sapiens-ability-techniques.html
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-02/uoc--nlo020818.php
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/02/180209100727.htm

Neanderthals may have used fire to make tools:

https://phys.org/news/2018-02-site-tuscany-reveals-neanderthals-tools.ht
ml
https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/02/neanderthals-used-fire-to-make-t
ools/
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/02/could-these-be-oldest-neandertal-
tools-made-fire
http://www.newsweek.com/neanderthal-tools-discovered-italy-charred-fire-
stunning-condition-800238
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/MAGAZINE-neanderthals-used-fire-to-p
erfect-hardwood-tools-170-000-years-ago-1.5789781
https://www.archaeology.org/6328-180106-neanderthal-wooden-tool

A find of some partially-digested teeth suggest a Neanderthal may have
been consumed by a hyena of some sort:

https://www.livescience.com/61664-neanderthal-teeth-digested-by-hyenas.h
tml
https://www.archaeology.org/news/6329-180206-neanderthal-teeth-hyena

What some 700 000 years bp child footprints from Ethiopia are
revealing:

https://phys.org/news/2018-02-ancient-footprints-child-prehistoric.html
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/ancient-footprints-children-li
festyle-700000-years-ago-a8212721.html
http://www.archaeology.org/news/6386-180216-ethiopia-melka-kunture

General features on human evolution:

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/feb/12/tracing-the-tangled-tracks-
of-humankinds-evolutionary-journey
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-01807-7

This piece sort of complements/relates to the previous:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-02/vu-iay021318.php
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/02/180213120434.htm

Marking Mary Leakey's 105th birthday:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/kionasmith/2018/02/06/archaeologist-mary-le
akey-would-be-105-today/#10ccc3eb58cb

More on those tools in India:

http://indianexpress.com/article/explained/twist-in-out-of-africa-theory
-who-made-3-lakh-year-old-tools-found-near-chennai-5051482/
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/sharp-stones-found-india-signal-surp
risingly-early-toolmaking-advances
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AFRICA
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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT
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Latest theory on that 'screaming mummy':

http://www.egyptindependent.com/screaming-mummy-attracts-20000-visitors-
to-egyptian-museum/
https://www.livescience.com/61749-screaming-mummy-backstory.html
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/screaming-mummy-mystery-solved
-ancient-egypt-prince-hanged-plot-kill-pharaoh-father-archaeologists-a82
08401.html
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/screaming-mummy-are-ancient-remains-those-ramse
s-iiis-murderous-son-prince-pentewere-1660384
http://www.news.com.au/technology/science/archaeology/archaeologists-dis
cover-the-answers-behind-the-screaming-mummy/news-story/c8cff7cb29138bd4
7857d1dd06f8fff4

Feature on the Oriental Institute's finds near Tell Edfu:

https://phys.org/news/2018-02-newly-reveal-clues-ancient-egyptian.html
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/egypt-beer-making-
ancient-brewery-archaeologists-a8201471.html
http://www.archaeology.org/news/6335-180208-egypt-tel-edfu

Something about a hole found (or not) near Tut's tomb:

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/290670/Heritage/Ancient-Egy
pt/Supreme-Council-of-Antiquities-denies-claims-of-ne.aspx
http://allafrica.com/stories/201802090682.html

More on the renewed search for hidden chambers in Tut's tomb:

http://www.news.com.au/technology/science/archaeology/new-search-for-hid
den-chambers-in-king-tuts-tomb-underway/news-story/de33d7180bdd5fcd49439
3dbefd24c28

More on that fifth dynasty priestess tomb found in Giza's western
cemetery:

http://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/42009/3-facts-to-know-about-the-exca
vated-ancient-Egyptian-tomb
https://phys.org/news/2018-02-egypt-year-old-tomb-cairo.html
http://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/Old-Kingdom-style-tomb-for-woman-discov
ered-in-Egypts-Giza-540641
https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/02/04/583099705/egyptian-ar
chaeologists-unearth-a-4-400-year-old-tomb
http://nhpr.org/post/egyptian-archaeologists-unearth-4400-year-old-tomb
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/discovery-of-hetpet-s-tomb-in-giza-co
uld-answer-egypt-s-prayers-for-a-tourism-revival-tzhr9mknp
https://www.sfgate.com/news/science/article/Egypt-says-4-400-year-old-to
mb-discovered-outside-12548620.php
http://www.ansamed.info/ansamed/en/news/sections/generalnews/2018/02/05/
archaeology-4400-year-old-tomb-discovered-in-egypt_6d3efb42-5944-4bed-b6
53-f6ba5de4ee87.html
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/tomb-5th-dynasty-priestess-fou
nd-egypt-180968036/
http://www.nationalgeographic.com.au/history/see-inside-the-tomb-of-a-hi
gh-powered-egyptian-woman.aspx
https://www.archaeology.org/news/6326-180205-egypt-priestess-tomb

More on that 2nd century Roman temple find in Aswan:

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/290966/Heritage/Ancient-Egy
pt/nd-century-Roman-temple-uncovered-in-Aswan.aspx
https://www.archaeology.org/news/6378-180214-egypt-aswan-temple

Studying some Neo-Assyrian cuneiform medical texts:

https://phys.org/news/2018-02-clay-tablets-cradle-civilisation-insight.h
tml
http://www.archaeology.org/news/6341-180212-assyrian-medical-tablets

Some 2000 years bp camel sculptures from Saudi Arabia are getting press
attention:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-02/c-ral020918.php
https://phys.org/news/2018-02-life-sized-sculptures-dromedaries-saudi-ar
abia.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/15/science/camels-sculptures-desert-saud
i-arabia.html
http://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/ancient-artists-left-camels-carved
-in-saudi-desert-s-stone/article_82ce877a-38b4-549c-aa21-009612646986.ht
ml
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/MAGAZINE-2-000-year-old-life-size-ca
mel-art-found-in-heart-of-saudi-arabian-des-1.5812024
https://www.yahoo.com/news/ancient-rock-carvings-discovered-saudi-163342
930.html
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/life-size-camel-carvings-found
-saudi-desert-180968169/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/6374-180213-saudi-arabia-camels

A Crusader-era altar in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/crusader-era-high-altar-resurface
s-jerusalems-holy-sepulcher-180968192/

Concerns for sites in Netiv Ha'avot:

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/241655
http://www.jewishpress.com/news/archaeology-news/idf-machinery-destroys-
ancient-artifacts-graves-at-netiv-haavot/2018/02/07/

A Czech team is heading to dig in Oman:

http://praguemonitor.com/2018/02/05/first-czech-archaeological-expeditio
n-heading-oman

Another feature on sites being flooded by the Ilisu dam:

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/feb/07/archaeologists-discovere
d-an-ancient-assyrian-city-only-to-lose-it-again

Concerns for a temple in Yemen:

https://phys.org/news/2018-02-ancient-temple-left-neglected-yemen.html
https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2018/0208/Yemen-s-ancient-mo
numents-at-risk-as-war-rages-on
https://www.sfchronicle.com/news/science/article/Ancient-temple-left-neg
lected-as-Yemen-war-12560606.php

Reviving the Hebrew language:

http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Culture/The-Israeli-academy-continuing-
the-unprecedented-revival-of-the-Hebrew-language-542822

We're still hearing about ISIL damaging and stealing from sites in
Iraq:

http://www.aina.org/news/20180206125447.htm
https://www.kuna.net.kw/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2689210&language=en
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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS)
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Ancient tombs (various periods, it seems) from Nicosia:

http://cyprus-mail.com/2018/02/09/ancient-tombs-discovered-nicosia-roadw
orks/

A possible Roman villa found during school construction in Warwick:

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-coventry-warwickshire-42989351
http://www.stratford-herald.com/81889-rare-roman-find-unearthed-new-scho
ol-building-site.html
http://www.archaeology.org/news/6333-180207-england-roman-villa

A Roman-era mosaic from Caesarea:

https://phys.org/news/2018-02-israeli-archaeologists-unveil-rare-roman-e
ra.html
https://www.timesofisrael.com/rare-greek-inscription-and-colorful-1800-y
ear-old-mosaic-uncovered-at-caesarea/
https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5099486,00.html
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/241722
https://forward.com/fast-forward/393963/israeli-archaeologists-find-1-80
0-year-old-roman-mosaic/
http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Rare-Roman-mosaic-from-2nd-3rd-centurie
s-CE-uncovered-in-Caesarea-541029
http://www.jewishpress.com/news/israel/remarkable-multicolored-roman-per
iod-mosaic-comes-to-light-in-caesarea/2018/02/08/
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-archaeology-israel-mosaic/israeli-arc
haeologists-unearth-1800-year-old-mosaic-idUSKBN1FS2MI
http://www.dw.com/en/israeli-archaeologists-unearth-rare-roman-era-mosai
c/a-42511961
http://www.ekathimerini.com/225657/article/ekathimerini/news/israeli-arc
haeologists-unearth-1800-year-old-mosaic-with-inscription-in-greek
http://www.tornosnews.gr/en/greek-news/culture/29974-israeli-archaeologi
sts-discover-1-800-year-old-mosaic-with-greek-inscription.html
http://www.newsweek.com/ancient-byzantine-mosaic-inscribed-mysterious-gr
eek-writing-unearthed-israel-801395
http://www.archaeology.org/news/6334-180208-israel-caesarea-mosaic

More Roman finds from Bath:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-bristol-42973039/more-roman-rema
ins-excavated-under-bath

Latest finds from Kition:

http://www.tornosnews.gr/en/greek-news/culture/30034-impressive-excavati
on-discoveries-at-ancient-kition-site-in-cyprus.html

A Roman hoard from Devon:

https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/hoard-100-roman-coins-bronze-1
185687

Remains/evidence of a Roman 'patrol road' in Northumberland:

https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/history/lost-roman-devils-causeway-
discovered-14281948

Possible sanctuaries of Asclepius and Aphrodite from Kythnos:

http://www.tornosnews.gr/en/greek-news/culture/30099-impressive-findings
-from-excavations-at-vryokastro-ancient-site-on-kythnos-island.html

Interesting study of the 'gate to the underworld' at the 'Plutonium'
near Hierapolis:

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/2018/02/16/23364/#.WomfFZOpln4
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/02/roman-gate-hell-killed-its-victim
s-cloud-deadly-carbon-dioxide
http://www.archaeology.org/news/6385-180216-turkey-plutonium-gas

Remains of a 1500 years bp church from Karabuk:

http://www.newsweek.com/ancient-anatolian-church-discovery-reveals-how-t
urkeys-earliest-christians-800464
http://www.archaeology.org/news/6332-180207-turkey-hadrianopolis-church

A Black Sea storm revealed some Roman remains on a Turkish beach:

http://www.newsweek.com/roman-ruins-wash-turkish-beach-after-black-sea-s
torm-808006
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/ancient-roman-ruins-tombs-pillars-wash-turkish-
beach-after-black-sea-storm-1661841
https://www.yahoo.com/news/roman-ruins-wash-turkish-beach-140740147.html

Feature on possible Neronian connections to Silchester:

https://www.archaeology.co.uk/articles/new-evidence-neros-links-roman-si
lchester.htm

On the Parthenon's ability to be 'earthquake proof':

https://theweeklyobserver.com/secret-technology-ancient-greeks-can-parth
enon-withstand-earthquakes/31899/

Feature (for Valentine's Day) on a 2000 years bp cameo of Cupid found
in Jerusalem years ago:

https://www.timesofisrael.com/when-cupid-paid-israel-a-visit-2000-years-
ago/

Nice feature on Lupercalia:

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/feb/15/wolves-nudity-mayhem-why
-an-ancient-roman-festival-is-still-controversial

Feature on the thumbs-up gesture:

http://eaglesanddragonspublishing.com/a-turn-of-the-thumb-gladiators-and
-the-thumbs-up/

... and gladiators:

http://eaglesanddragonspublishing.com/gladiators-the-implements-of-death
/

What Suzanne Lye is up to:

http://www.thedartmouth.com/article/2018/02/qa-with-postdoctoral-fellow-
suzanne-lye

What Richard Thomas is up to:

https://www.dosavannah.com/article/wed-02072018-2335/savannah-book-fest-
harvard-professor-richard-f-thomas-explores-literary

What Emily Wilson is up to:

http://www.thedp.com/article/2018/02/peterson-lecture-odyssey-woman-tran
slation-upenn-penn-philadelphia-english-greek

Feature on a denarius of Mark Antony:

https://coinweek.com/ancient-coins/coinweek-ancient-coin-series-mark-ant
onys-legionary-denarius/

... and a metal detectorist found a Carausius coin:

http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/15919647.Southampton_metal_detectorist_f
inds_coin_minted_by___39_first_Brexiteer__39_/

Lucy Hughes-Hallet was talking Cleopatra:

https://www.hindustantimes.com/books/cleopatra-not-most-beautiful-but-ca
pable-woman-ruler-historian-lucy-hughes-hallet/story-5c7sw7VVhh60zim1p7c
nSK.html

Martin Scorsese is working on a dramatic series on the Caesars,
apparently:

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/feb/11/martin-scorsese-romans-tv-s
eries-caesars-british-writer-michael-hirst

... while Mary Beard is hosting one with a more documentarial approach:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2018/02/12/julius-caesar-revealed-review-a
ncient-rome-isnt-dry-dusty-hands/

There was some interesting hype for the BBC's Troy series:

https://www.spectator.co.uk/2018/02/homers-trojan-war-epic-richly-deserv
es-its-lavish-new-bbc-adaptation/
http://www.radiotimes.com/news/tv/2018-02-17/everything-you-always-wante
d-to-know-about-troy-fall-of-a-city-but-were-afraid-to-ask/
http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/feature/a850071/troy-fall-of-a-city-netflix
-bbc-explained/
http://www.radiotimes.com/news/tv/2018-02-17/troy-fall-of-a-city-writer-
adaptation-myth-drama/

... and some reviews:

http://www.radiotimes.com/news/tv/2018-02-17/how-accurate-was-troy-fall-
of-a-city-episode-1-compared-to-the-original-myths/
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2018/feb/17/troy-fall-of-a-city
-recap-series-one-episode-one-black-blood

... and a somewhat strange spin on the 'lesson' of the Trojan war:

http://www.bbc.com/news/business-42864071

... and on the Troy series:

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/bbc-troy-fall-of-a-city-donald-trump-
putin-kim-jong-un-grbwvz8rs

Assorted folks talking about the Parthenon/Elgin Marbles:

http://usa.greekreporter.com/2018/02/07/greek-american-politicians-seek-
hearing-on-parthenon-marbles/
http://www.tornosnews.gr/en/greek-news/culture/30128-five-women-from-rho
des-fight-for-repatriation-of-parthenon-marbles.html

On military parades and triumphs:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trump-doesnt-need-a-parade-he-ne
eds-a-roman-triumph/2018/02/07/30c68dbc-0c4b-11e8-8b0d-891602206fb7_stor
y.html

Latest Rome v US comparison:

http://thefederalist.com/2018/02/16/5-similarities-ancient-romes-decline
-todays-united-states/

Review(ish) of Mendelsohn's *An Odyssey*:

https://www.americamagazine.org/arts-culture/2018/02/09/encountering-rea
l-life-homers-odyssey

Interview with Madeline Miller about her *Circe* novel:

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/profiles/article/
76022-it-s-all-greek-to-madeline-miller.html

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EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland)
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Interesting Paleolithic burials from Russia:

https://www.livescience.com/61743-rich-paleolithic-burials.html
https://www.livescience.com/61737-photos-paleolithic-burials.html
https://www.archaeology.org/news/6380-180214-russia-sunghir-burials

A 14 000 years bp 'puppy burial' found in 1914 has interesting
implications:

https://phys.org/news/2018-02-emotional-bond-humans-dogs-dates.html
https://www.livescience.com/61717-oldest-dog-burial.html
https://www.archaeology.org/news/6340-180212-paleolithic-dogs-humans

Interesting 8000 years bp skulls-on-stakes burial from Sweden:

https://www.thelocal.se/20180214/why-were-these-8000-year-old-swedish-sk
ulls-mounted-on-stakes
https://www.livescience.com/61736-ancient-heads-on-stakes.html
https://www.livescience.com/61733-photos-stone-age-skull-stakes.html
https://gizmodo.com/human-skulls-mounted-on-stakes-found-at-8-000-year-o
ld-1822936885
https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2018/02/human-skulls-mounted-on-stak
es-river-mystery-mesolithic-sweden-spd/
https://www.forbes.com/sites/kristinakillgrove/2018/02/13/smashed-skulls
-on-spikes-show-ancient-scandinavia-was-violent-archaeologists-say/
#50a1095958e7
https://www.archaeology.org/news/6376-180213sweden-underwater-burial

A 13 5000 years bp carved bison bone from the North Sea:

http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2018/02/oldest-dutch-work-of-art-f
ound-at-the-bottom-of-the-north-sea/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/6377-180214-netherlands-oldest-art

Evidence of wine-making in 8000 years bp Sicily:

http://dailycaller.com/2018/02/13/copper-age-wine-sicily/

Neolithic remains near Windsor Castle:

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/feb/08/discovery-of-windsor-neo
lithic-monument-excites-archaeologists
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/5500-year-old-monument-tools-unearthed-near-win
dsor-castle-1660191
https://www.archaeology.org/news/6339-180209-england-neolithic-enclosure

5000 years bp (?) 'spider stones' and a copper ax fragment from a site
in Denmark:

https://www.livescience.com/61727-spider-stones-neolithic-sun-worship.ht
ml
https://www.livescience.com/56709-photos-scratched-stones-ancient-maps.h
tml
https://www.archaeology.org/news/6375-180213-neolithic-copper-ax

A Neolithic/Bronze Age infant burial from near Larkhill:

http://www.salisburyjournal.co.uk/news/16029809.New_theory_over_Stonehen
ge_origins/

A new theory on the origins of Stonehenge:

http://www.salisburyjournal.co.uk/news/16029809.New_theory_over_Stonehen
ge_origins/

Bronze Age gold hair rings from Sculptor's Cave (Scotland):

https://www.scotsman.com/news/the-bronze-age-gold-hair-rings-from-scotla
nd-s-death-cave-1-4684592

Latest plans and concerns about the Stonehenge tunnel:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/08/world/europe/uk-stonehenge-tunnel.htm
l?partner=rss&emc=rss
https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/skepticism-over-new-design-for
-highway-tunnel-near-stonehenge-meant-to-protect-site/
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/stonehenge-tunnel-new-roa
d-when-plans-archaeology-ice-age-prints-dig-excavation-a8194071.html
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/feb/05/stonehenge-tunnel-could-
destroy-unique-library-of-early-history
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/feb/08/stonehenge-tunnel-plans-
scheme-published
http://www.salisburyjournal.co.uk/news/15963978.Stonehenge_tunnel_plans_
unveiled_to_public/?ref=rss
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-wiltshire-42936501

An Iron Age 'chamber' of some sort from the Isle of Lewis:

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-42988416
https://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/housebuilder-finds-iron-age-chamber-o
n-isle-of-lewis-1-4686146
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/rare-2000-year-old-food-chamber-found-hiding-un
der-scottish-construction-site-1660496

A Saxon hall find from Attingham:

https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/2018/02/08/rare-saxon-hall-find-exci
tes-the-experts/

Finds from various periods found during wind farm construction:

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-42988971
https://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/news/local-news/medieval-roman-burial
s-bronze-age-1198124

Feature on petroglyphs in Yorkshire:

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/feb/05/marks-rocks-since-br
onze-age-ilkley-yorkshire

Not sure about this 'prehistoric footprint' from Norfolk:

http://www.northnorfolknews.co.uk/news/prehistoric-footprint-found-west-
runton-1-5398172

Remains of an Iron Age hillfort from Margate:

http://www.kentonline.co.uk/thanet/news/iron-age-hillfort-remains-discov
ered-160019/

Tracing lost post-Glencoe massacre settlements:

https://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/archaeologists-trace-lost-settlements
-of-glencoe-destroyed-after-1692-massacre-1-4687371
http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/15988354.Archaeologists_trace_lost_se
ttlements_of_Glencoe/

Suggestion that the Isle of May was a medieval healing centre:

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/burials-suggest-isle-of-may-was-medie
val-healing-centre-q5vb5bpsb

The Portable Antiquities Scheme had a good year:

https://www.archaeology.co.uk/articles/record-year-treasure-act-portable
-antiquities-scheme.htm

... while the Marine Antiquities Scheme now includes the waters off
Northern Ireland:

https://www.scubadivermag.com/marine-antiquities-scheme-extends-northern
-ireland/

The site of the 1066 Battle of Fulford has been located, apparently:

http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/15991567._We_have_located_the_site_of_th
e_1066_Battle_of_Fulford_/

On evidence of puberty in medieval times:

https://phys.org/news/2018-02-children-puberty-younger-medieval-skeleton
s.html

On 'crooked coins' tossed into the Thames by 'suitors':

https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2018/feb/09/tokens-unrequited-love-th
ames-mudlark

A WWI buckle found near Stirling Castle:

http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/15985520.Mystery_Imperial_buckle_foun
d_by_Archaeologists/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/6384-180216-stirling-castle-buckle

More on that mass Viking burial from Repton:

https://www.burtonmail.co.uk/news/history/mass-grave-uncovered-repton-th
ought-1167103
https://www.livescience.com/61646-viking-warriors-grave.html
-----
Archaeology in Europe Blog:

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

================================================================
ASIA AND THE SOUTH PACIFIC
================================================================
9000 years bp wells from central China:

http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-02/06/c_136953446.htm

They're excavating at a 5000 years bp pre-Harappan site in Haryana:

http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chandigarh/excavations-pre-harap
pan-site-kunal-haryana-archaeology-5051811/

4000 years bp writing on pottery from Chifeng:

http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-02/11/c_136967469.htm

Overview of finds in Xinjiang in 2017:

http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-02/05/c_136951195.htm

Remains of four Western Han - Eastern Jin dynasty cities from Sichuan:

http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-02/06/c_136953689.htm

A possible Liao Dynasty tomb with frescoes and a drainage system from
Liaoning:

http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-02/06/c_136953321.htm
https://www.archaeology.org/news/6330-180206-china-painted-tomb

A 1500 years bp burial (with a breastplate) from Kyushu:

http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201802140003.html
https://www.archaeology.org/news/6381-180215-japan-tomb-armor

Remains for a 1000 years bp temple from Kotdwar:

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/dehradun/excavations-near-kotdw
ar-reveal-temple-remains-almost-1000-yrs-old/articleshow/62825409.cms

Possible 6000 years bp human remains from mounds in Queensland:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-02-08/discovery-of-ancient-aboriginal-re
mains-confirms-burial-grounds/9404322
https://www.archaeology.org/news/6337-180208-australia-queensland-graves

Concerns for sites in Singapore:

https://phys.org/news/2018-02-singapore-archaeologist.html

Tracing Buddhism's roots in Cambodia:

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/post-life-arts-culture/tracing-roots-buddhi
sm-cambodia

Pondering Mungo Man:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-02-12/mungo-man-what-to-do-next-with-aus
tralias-oldest-remains/9371038
-----

Southeast Asian Archaeology Newsblog:

http://www.southeastasianarchaeology.com/

New Zealand Archaeology eNews:

http://nzarchaeology.blogspot.co.nz/index.html
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NORTH AMERICA
================================================================
Feature on the debate over the 130 000 years bp bones from the Cerutti
Mastodon site:

https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/02/debate-heats-up-over-whether-130
000-year-old-bones-were-broken-by-humans/

Serpent Mound may depict a creation story:

http://www.dispatch.com/news/20180211/archaeology-serpent-mound-might-de
pict-creation-story

A donation of a very large arrowhead collection:

http://www.cantonrep.com/news/20180205/jackson-mans-family-donates-massi
ve-arrowhead-collection

Finds from Halifax's 'early days':

http://thechronicleherald.ca/halifaxcitizen/1544245-archeological-findin
gs-offer-glimpse-into-halifax%E2%80%99s-early-days

Claim of the discovery of the skeleton of 'Black Sam Bellamy':

http://mentalfloss.com/article/530694/archaeologists-say-they-may-have-f
ound-skeleton-pirate-black-sam-bellamy

Possible find of slave quarters at Montpelier:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/kristinakillgrove/2018/02/06/this-archaeolo
gical-site-in-virginia-should-be-on-every-history-buffs-bucket-list/
#7038e0043381
http://www.nbc29.com/story/37507826/surveyors-believe-theyve-found-old-s
lave-quarters-at-montpelier


Interesting find of some Rogue River Indian Wars hospital records:

http://www.dailytidings.com/news/20180209/historian-discovers-rogue-indi
an-wars-hospital-records

A purported lock of George Washington's hair found in a college book:

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2018/02/14/george-washing
tons-hair-found-new-york-college-library-book/337694002/
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/retropolis/wp/2018/02/14/a-college-sa
ys-it-found-an-old-clump-of-george-washingtons-hair-hurrah/
https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/02/16/586368906/n-y-college
-says-forgotten-book-reveals-lock-of-george-washingtons-hair
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/lock-washingtons-hair-found-18
th-century-almanac-180968185/

There's a project to collect the oral history associated with the
Franklin Expedition:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/nunavut-parks-canada-inuit-elder-1.4
533014

Making plans for the wreck of the Clotilda:

http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2018/02/slave_ship_clotilda_state_agen.
html

An 'epic love story' from Port Credit:

https://www.insauga.com/mississauga-was-once-the-site-of-an-epic-love-st
ory

On 'Indian Slavery' in New Mexico:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/28/us/indian-slaves-genizaros.html

More on that 900 years bp copper point from the Yukon:

http://www.ibtimes.co.in/rare-900-year-old-copper-arrowhead-discovered-c
anadian-mountain-760573

More on the recreation of those points from Alaska:

https://www.archaeology.org/news/6327-180205-alaska-hunter-projectiles

Feature on Benjamin Lay:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-42640782
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CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA
================================================================
Petroglyphs depicting whale hunts from the Atacama desert:

https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2018/02/ancient-rock-art-shows-whale
-hunts-atacama-chile-spd/

A 2000 years bp mummified macaw from Mexico:

https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2018/02/mummified-macaw-paquime-chih
uahua-mexico-trade-religion-spd/
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/2000-year-old-parrot-head-discovered-mexican-bu
rial-cave-could-worlds-oldest-macau-mummy-1662096
http://www.inah.gob.mx/es/boletines/6856-datan-en-2000-anos-de-antigueed
ad-cabeza-momificada-de-guacamaya-hallada-en-cueva-avendanos-chihuahua
http://www.archaeology.org/news/6379-180214-peru-skull-modification

On Peruvian head reshaping:

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/peru-elongated-skulls-shaping-
ancient-status-indiana-jones-south-america-matthew-velasco-cornell-a8210
521.html

Peru is limiting (sort of) tourist traffic to various sites:

https://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/news/101181191/Peru-brings-in-tougher-rul
es-for-tourists-visiting-Machu-Picchu
http://www.startribune.com/peru-devises-new-rules-for-machu-picchu-crowd
s/473457603/

Some Tehuelche skeletons were exposed by recent winds in Argentina:

https://elpais.com/internacional/2018/02/14/solo_en_argentina/
1518639234_485536.html

More on LiDAR revealing more of a Mayan city in Guatemala:

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/02/180205140111.htm
https://phys.org/news/2018-02-scientists-massive-mayan-society-guatemala
.html
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/mayan-pyramids-1.4519863?cmp=rss
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/lost-mexico-city-aztec-
buildings-pur-pecha-empire-morelia-michoac-n-a8214551.html
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/feb/15/laser-scanning-reveals-l
ost-ancient-mexican-city-had-as-many-buildings-as-manhattan
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/feb/03/scientists-discover-anci
ent-mayan-city-hidden-under-guatemalan-jungle?subid=16450490&CMP=GT_US_c
ollection
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mayan-ruin-discovery-lidar-laser-technology
/
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/1000-year-old-lost-pyramid-city-heart-mexico-wa
s-densely-built-manhattan-1662053
https://hyperallergic.com/425105/lidar-60000-maya-structures-pacunam-fou
ndation/
https://spectator.sme.sk/c/20762214/slovak-experts-pull-back-veil-of-anc
ient-maya-civilisation.html
http://www.newsweek.com/ancient-mexican-city-manhattan-laser-scan-810194
https://elpais.com/elpais/2018/02/12/album/1518429337_635840.html
https://elpais.com/cultura/2018/02/16/actualidad/1518781085_402213.html

18th/19th century defense structures from Montevideo:

http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=2450451&CategoryId=23620

More on those Chinese mummies (19th century) from Peru:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/chinese-mummies-peru-1.4517145
https://www.archaeology.org/news/6324-180205-peru-chinese-mummies

-----
Mike Ruggeri's Ancient Americas Breaking News:

http://goo.gl/1VdeA

Ancient MesoAmerica News:

http://ancient-mesoamerica-news-updates.blogspot.com/
================================================================
OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST
================================================================
Feature on toys in the archaeological record:

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/ancient-toys-kids-archaeological-rec
ord

On rabbit domestication:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-02/cp-wfb020818.php
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/13/science/rabbits-pope-domestication.ht
ml
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/02/eh-whats-up-doc/
553304/
http://www.cell.com/trends/ecology-evolution/fulltext/
S0169-5347%2818%2930001-6
https://www.archaeology.org/news/6382-180215-france-rabbit-domestication

The usual crop of Valentine's Day related pieces:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/posteverything/wp/2018/02/14/
the-real-saint-valentine-was-no-patron-of-love/
http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-yalom-valentine-history-20180
214-story.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/13/arts/design/valentines-day-card-colle
ction.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/retropolis/wp/2018/02/14/we-owe-our-
sinful-valentines-day-chocolates-to-the-prudish-self-denying-cadburys/

On early dog shows:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/in-sight/wp/2017/02/22/looking-back-
at-american-dog-shows-in-the-early-1900s/

On military parades in the US:

https://www.npr.org/2018/02/14/585668300/the-history-of-military-parades
-in-the-u-s?sc=17&f=3&utm_source=iosnewsapp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaig
n=app

On Sotheby's erotic art auction:

https://www.cnn.com/style/article/siri-hustvedt-erotic-art-sothebys/
index.html

Some archaeological humour from the Onion:

https://www.theonion.com/archaeologists-unearth-ivory-trumpet-dating-bac
k-to-pre-1823072478

Bridegroom's Oak has an interesting story:

http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20180213-in-germany-the-worlds-most-roma
ntic-postbox

Assorted features on the Suffragettes:

https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/public/pilgrimage-of-greats/
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/04/world/europe/uk-centennial-women-voti
ng-rights.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42961675
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42951817
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42943814
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42704341
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42943815
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42959941
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42959935
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-42837451

On the real Indiana Jones:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-02/au-wi020618.php

On the original Rogues' Gallery:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/09/nyregion/cheats-swindlers-and-neer-do
-wells-a-new-york-family-album.html

On American English preserving post-colonial English:

http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20180207-how-americans-preserved-britis
h-english

A hitherto unidentified language in Malaysia:

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/02/07/583931629/linguists-d
iscover-previously-unidentified-language-in-malaysia

Using plagiarism software to find Shakespeare's sources:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/07/books/plagiarism-software-unveils-a-n
ew-source-for-11-of-shakespeares-plays.html?smid=fb-share
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/software-points-possible-inspi
ration-11-shakespeare-plays-180968118/

Haven't heard anything about the Book of Kells in a long while:

http://www.archaeology.org/news/6338-180209-ireland-book-of-kells

On lost books:

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/feb/05/i-really-want-to-find-it-b
efore-i-die-why-are-we-so-fascinated-by-lost-books

Alcohol and epithets:

http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20180209-exploring-the-colourful-and-ev
ocative-lexicon-of-alcohol

On the political side (?) of Michelangelo's David:

https://joyofmuseums.com/museums/europe/italy-museums/florence-museums/
accademys-gallery/masterpieces-gallery-academy-florence/
david-by-michelangelo/

Victor Nuovo is writing again on Enlightenment philosophers:

http://www.addisonindependent.com/?q=node/51967
http://www.addisonindependent.com/?q=node/51786

They've remade the *Civilisation* series:

https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/civilisation-beard-and-schama-
revisit-classic-series-50-years
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/02/07/new-bbc-civilisations-ask-whe
ther-britains-culture-built-looting/

More on Hylas and the Nymphs:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/05/arts/manchester-gallery-hylas-nymphs.
html

More on dice:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/how-centuries-old-dice-reveal-
changing-attitudes-about-fate-1-180968090/

Archaeology Podcast Network:

http://www.archaeologypodcastnetwork.com/archyfantasies/
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MUSEUM MATTERS
================================================================
Rubens:

http://www.dw.com/en/peter-paul-rubens-baroque-painter-and-diplomat-on-s
how-in-frankfurt/a-42488890

Lady and the Unicorn:

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2018/feb/13/lady-and-the-unicor
n-mona-lisa-of-the-middle-ages-weaves-a-new-spell

First Sculpture:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/01/arts/design/nasher-sculpture-center-d
allas-first-sculpture-review.html
http://nashersculpturecenter.org/art/exhibitions/exhibition?id=535

Terracotta Warriors:

https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/whats-on/arts-culture-news/
terracotta-warriors-liverpool-exhibition-tickets-14258229

The Museum of Lugo has acquired a pile of torques:

https://politica.elpais.com/politica/2018/02/13/diario_de_espana/
1518557467_867491.html

Diamond Mountains:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/08/arts/design/south-korea-north-korea-m
etropolitan-museum-diamond-mountains-olympics.html
https://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2018/diamond-mountains

Medusa:

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Exhibition-At-The-Met-Focuses-On-M
edusa-Imagery-From-Antiquity-To-The-Present-Day-20180207

Medieval Islamic Manuscripts:

http://m.jpost.com/Israel-News/Culture/Medieval-Islamic-manuscripts-make
-their-debut-in-New-York-City-542741

The Berkshire Museum has to sell some of its art:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/09/arts/massachusetts-agrees-to-allow-be
rkshire-museum-to-sell-its-art.html

Interview with Barbara Jatta:

https://www.vogue.com/article/barbara-jatta-interview-vogue-march-2018-i
ssue

================================================================
THE TECHY SIDE
================================================================
Explaining LiDAR (and expressing skepticism, sort of, of the finds in
Guatemala):

https://www.deseretnews.com/article/900009714/national-geographic-discov
ery-of-mayan-ruins-not-proof-but-very-interesting.html
http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/689660/?sc=rssn

Updating radiocarbon dating techniques:

https://www.archaeology.co.uk/articles/science-notes-updating-radiocarbo
n-dating-techniques.htm

Assorted tech-in-archaeology:

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/feb/16/lab-notes-so-long-indian
a-jones-archaeology-goes-high-tech

Virtual Volterra:

https://www.livescience.com/61650-ancient-volterra-3d.html

Facial reconstruction of the purported mother of Tut:

http://micetimes.asia/scientists-were-able-to-recreate-the-appearance-of
-the-mother-of-tutankhamun/
https://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2018/02/12/queen-nefertiti-recreation-c
ontroversy-orig-tc.cnn

... and St Valentine:

http://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-43056345/st-valentine-does-this-3d-reco
nstruction-show-his-face

================================================================
ON THE DNA FRONT
================================================================
DNA analysis of 'Cheddar Man' suggests he had dark skin and blue eyes:

https://phys.org/news/2018-02-dna-modern-briton-dark-skin.html
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/02/180207202447.htm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-42970067/cheddar-man-dna-shows-early-bri
t-had-dark-skin
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/feb/07/first-modern-britons-dar
k-black-skin-cheddar-man-dna-analysis-reveals
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/cheddar-man-face-f
irst-modern-briton-revealed-pioneering-research-natural-history-museum-a
lfons-a8198066.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2018/02/07/first-britons-black-natura
l-history-museum-dna-study-reveals/
https://www.thedailybeast.com/dna-tests-on-an-ancient-skeleton-reveal-th
e-first-briton-had-dark-skin
https://www.theroot.com/scientists-reveal-that-britains-oldest-known-ske
leton-h-1822803724
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2018/02/07/meet-chedda
r-man-first-modern-britons-had-dark-skin-and-blue-eyes/
http://www.smh.com.au/world/cheddar-man-s-dna-shows-the-first-britons-we
re-black-20180207-p4yzm8
https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/08/opinions/how-cheddar-man-flips-british-id
entity-jones/index.html
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/feb/10/cheddar-man-changed-way-
we-think-about-ancestors
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/ancient-briton-had-dark-skin-a
nd-light-eyes-dna-analysis-shows-180968097/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/6331-180207-cheddar-man-reconstruction

The DNA results on the Paracas skulls reveal no alien connections:

http://www.ibtimes.co.in/mystery-behind-origin-3000-year-old-alien-parac
as-skulls-revealed-by-dna-testing-760997

Things we've learned from DNA:

https://phys.org/news/2018-02-dna-revealed-ancestors.html

Dienekes' Anthropology Blog:

http://dienekes.blogspot.ca/
================================================================
TOURISTY THINGS
================================================================
Mexican pyramid cities:

https://phys.org/news/2018-02-archaeological-adventure-mexico-pyramid-ci
ties.html

================================================================
CRIME BEAT
================================================================
Tourists with a Ganesha statue detained at Madura airport:

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/madurai/foreign-nationals-carry
ing-vinayaka-idol-detained-at-madurai-airport/articleshow/62796418.cms

I think we mentioned this bust of a Palestinian national:

https://www.timesofisrael.com/police-find-antiquities-worth-nis-200000-i
n-palestinian-mans-home/

A smuggling ring in Nineveh broken up:

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20180214-antiquities-smuggling-ring-br
oken-up-in-iraqs-nineveh/

A bust in Kirkuk:

https://www.iraqinews.com/iraq-war/iraq-foils-smuggling-usd13-mn-antiqui
ties-smuggling-turkey/

Recovery of a stolen multi-million dollar cello:

http://www.dw.com/en/stolen-million-euro-cello-returned-to-french-musici
an-ophelie-gaillard/a-42631622
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-43099365

More on the break in at the Canterbury Trust:

http://www.kentonline.co.uk/canterbury/news/anger-at-canterbury-archaeol
ogy-trust-break-in-159902/

More on training dogs to sniff out illicit antiquities:

http://mentalfloss.com/article/531097/new-program-trains-dogs-sniff-out-
art-smugglers

conflict antiquities:

http://conflictantiquities.wordpress.com/

anonymous swiss collector:

http://www.anonymousswisscollector.com/

Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues:

http://paul-barford.blogspot.ca/

Looting Matters:

http://lootingmatters.blogspot.com/

Illicit Cultural Property:

http://illicit-cultural-property.blogspot.com/

SAFE:

http://www.savingantiquities.org/blog/

================================================================
REPATRIATION AND RECOVERY
================================================================
Germany (finally) returned a recovered Aphrodite statue to Italy:

https://www.dailysabah.com/europe/2018/02/14/germany-returns-stolen-stat
ue-of-goddess-aphrodite-to-italy

A Nazi-era Picasso isn't being returned:

http://www.dw.com/en/judge-rules-picasso-painting-sold-to-escape-nazis-c
an-stay-with-new-york-metropolitan/a-42494642

Tracing some Nazi-seized Klimts:

http://www.dw.com/en/the-turbulent-history-of-klimts-nazi-seized-works/
a-42163775

Turkey is actively seeking some repatriation action:

http://aa.com.tr/en/culture-and-art/turkish-mps-to-probe-smuggled-artefa
cts-abroad/1058002
https://www.dailysabah.com/turkey/2018/02/14/turkish-lawmakers-in-europe
-to-retrieve-smuggled-artifacts
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NUMISMATICA
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A couple of weeks' worth of e-Sylums:

http://www.coinbooks.org/v21/club_nbs_esylum_v21n05.html
http://www.coinbooks.org/v21/club_nbs_esylum_v21n06.html

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

http://www.coinbooks.org/v21/club_nbs_esylum_v21n07.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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AUDIO/VIDEO NEWS
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Audio News from Archaeologica:

http://www.archaeologychannel.org/audio-main-menu-cat/audio-news-list/
2687-audio-news-from-archaeologica-4-february-2017-10-february-2018
http://www.archaeologychannel.org/audio-main-menu-cat/audio-news-list/
2686-audio-news-from-archaeologica-28-january-2017-3-february-2018
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OBITUARIES
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Walter K Sherwin:

https://classicalstudies.org/scs-news/memoriam-walter-k-sherwin
https://retriever.umbc.edu/remembering-founding-faculty-member-walter-sh
erwin/

Lerone Bennett Jr.:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/16/obituaries/lerone-bennett-jr-historia
n-of-black-america-dies-at-89.html

Francis Sheppard:

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/feb/12/
francis-sheppard-obituary

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CONFERENCES
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Hidden Cultural Heritage (April 2018):

http://www.cicop.net/hch/

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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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