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Thanks to Arthur Shippee, Dave Sowdon, Edward Rockstein, Kurt Theis,
John McMahon, Barnea Selavan, Joseph Lauer, Mike Ruggeri, Rick Heli,
Scott Rayl, Andy Szegedy-Maszak, A Landreau, Hernan Astudillo,
Richard Campbell, Richard C. Griffiths, and Ross W. Sargent for
headses upses this week (as always hoping I have left no one out).

A rather slow week ... but everyone who's in a place that does the
Daylight Savings Time thing should have made the appropriate
clock-adjustment by now ...
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EARLY HOMINIDS
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JRR Tolkein’s estate doesn’t like homo floresiensis being referred to as a ‘hobbit’:

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10844800
http://www.canberratimes.com.au/world/tolkien-estate-bans-reference-to-hobbits-20121031-28ify.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/oct/30/hobbit-banned-prehistoric-hobbit

Now they’re wondering about Neanderthal ‘unions’ in general:

http://www.livescience.com/24455-humans-sex-with-neanderthals.html
http://www.foxnews.com/science/2012/11/02/who-didnt-have-sex-with-neanderthals/

… and Neanderthals were apparently smart enough to ‘copy’ other humans:

http://phys.org/news/2012-10-neanderthals-chtelperronian-cultural-diffusion-humans.html
http://www.nature.com/news/neanderthals-smart-enough-to-copy-humans-1.11673
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2225346/Neanderthals-learned-make-jewellery-tools-meeting-modern-humans.html?ito=feeds-newsxml

On the DNA front, there was apparently a population ‘boom’ (hitherto unknown) in the post
out-of-African era:

http://phys.org/news/2012-10-biggest-expansion-prehistory.html
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2225770/Previously-unknown-human-population-boom-revealed-DNA-Massive-expansion-occurred-40-000-years-ago.html?ito=feeds-newsxml

More on Australopithecines climbing trees:

http://phys.org/news/2012-10-neanderthals-chtelperronian-cultural-diffusion-humans.html
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AFRICA
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Morocco is denying the destruction of petroglyphs (which was reported last week):

http://www.starafrica.com/en/news/detail-news/view/morocco-denies-salafist-destruction-of-c-257774.html
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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT
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Plenty of coverage of the discovery of a fifth dynasty princess’ tomb near Cairo:

http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=11&int_new=58709
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/breaking-news/egyptian-princesss-tomb-from-2500-bc-uncovered/story-fn3dxix6-1226509581174
http://phys.org/news/2012-11-egyptian-princess-tomb-cairo.html
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gpLqVLYOuinKCgeUS6h5jKO34dqg?docId=CNG.93a864be8af20b7dc07b6ebdcc4670e1.581
http://www.timeslive.co.za/scitech/2012/11/03/fifth-dynasty-princess-tomb-discovered-in-egypt
http://www.newser.com/story/156948/ancient-princess-tomb-found-near-cairo.html
http://news.yahoo.com/pharaonic-princesss-tomb-found-near-cairo-egypt-155518570.html
http://www.twincities.com/national/ci_21924142/pharaonic-princesss-tomb-found-near-cairo

A while ago a lost cat led to an archaeological discovery … this week a runaway dog
leads to the discovery of some wine presses in Jerusalem:

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/161512

A first-century potsherd from Oman with Tamil-Brahmi script:

http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/potsherd-with-tamilbrahmi-script-found-in-oman/article4038866.ece

Feature on handwriting analysis and the DSS:

http://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/biblical-artifacts/dead-sea-scrolls/ancient-scribe-links-qumran-scrolls-to-masada/

Feature/photo essay on the Western Wall:

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/inpictures/2012/10/20121031112633999227.html

Not sure where to put this one about a guy who donated his body for mummification:

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/technology/science/briton-mummified-in-macabre-experiment/article4791859/?cmpid=rss1&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheGlobeAndMail-International+%28The+Globe+and+Mail+-+World+News%29

… and a feature on ‘unwrapping mummies’ and Egyptomania:

http://phys.org/news/2012-10-mummy-unwrapping-brought-egyptology.html

… and some religious group in Utah did a mummification in a pyramid:

http://www.ksl.com/?nid=1016&sid=22660276

Concern (and lack of it) over Saudi destruction of monuments:

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/damianthompson/100187644/the-saudis-are-bulldozing-islams-heritage-why-the-silence-from-the-muslim-world/

… and ongoing concerns for Egypt’s antiquities:

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/01/world/middleeast/revolution-brings-hard-times-for-egypts-treasures.html?ref=arts

More/latest on the destruction in Aleppo:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/syria/9652009/Death-of-monument-to-human-history-in-Syrias-war-torn-Aleppo.html
http://seattletimes.com/html/nationworld/2019313578_apmlarabssyriaheritage.html
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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS)
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The cats in the Largo Argentina have been declared a health hazard:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/italy/9652888/Stray-cat-colony-in-ancient-Roman-temple-is-declared-a-health-hazard.html
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/world/2012/1102/1224326034760.html

Feature on Carthage:

http://www.livescience.com/24246-ancient-carthage.html

Feature on Hadrian’s Wall:

http://www.livescience.com/24460-hadrians-wall.html

I suspect Classicists will find Apotheon to be an interesting video game:

http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/180194/Apotheon_makes_ancient_art_work_in_a_modern_game.php#.UJZbOmdqMWk

Excellent video with Ray Laurence involvement on upper class teen life in
Ancient Rome:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juWYhMoDTN0

Reviewish/opeddish thing by Mary Beard on Freeman’s translation of Quintus Cicero’s
work:

http://www.nybooks.com/blogs/nyrblog/2012/oct/28/winning-without-super-pacs/

Reviewish/comparisonish of Anthony Verity’s translation of the *iliad*:

http://lareviewofbooks.org/article.php?id=1131

Latest reviews from BMCR:

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

Visit our blog:

http://rogueclassicism.com/
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EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland)
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That ‘oldest prehistoric town in Europe’ story (from Bulgaria) has hit a wider audience:

http://artdaily.com/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=58682
http://phys.org/news/2012-11-archaeologists-uncover-oldest-prehistoric-town.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/bulgaria/9646541/Bulgaria-archaeologists-find-Europes-most-prehistoric-town-Provadia-Solnitsata.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-20156681
http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2012/10/31/Village-in-Bulgaria-said-Europes-oldest/UPI-13531351726923/
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/11/01/prehistoric_european_town_salt_bricks/
http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/smartnews/2012/11/newly-uncovered-6500-year-old-fortified-stone-city-the-oldest-in-europe/

Evidence of a 6000 years b.p. causeway in Truro (Cornwall):

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-20164458

Evidence of a sixth century tsunami in Lake Geneva (!):

http://www.nature.com/news/ancient-tsunami-devastated-lake-geneva-shoreline-1.11670
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/10/30/geneva_tsunami/
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2012/10/121031-alps-tsunami-geneva-nature-geoscience-science/

A ‘deviant burial’ from Notts:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/history/9647904/Buried-with-a-stake-through-a-heart-the-medieval-vampire-burial.html

Much excitement over remains of an Anglo Saxon dining hall in Kent:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/environment/archaeology/9646078/Anglo-Saxon-hall-found-in-Kent-is-tip-of-the-iceberg.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2012/oct/30/lyminge-kent-anglo-saxon-hall

Trying to identify a female burial found near Richard III’s:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/9643444/Hunt-for-Richard-III-womans-skeleton-found-by-archaeologists.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-20143463
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/skeleton-in-richard-iii-hunt-may-be-friary-founder-8259315.html

… and they’ve figured out what they’re going to do with Richard’s body:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-20116118

Plans to study the remains of assorted executed criminals:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/10/121030093735.htm

‘Cleaning up’ a prehistoric monument:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/history/9638979/Prehistoric-monument-filled-in-with-rubble-after-businessman-owner-tried-to-keep-it-tidy.html

Hopes/plans to dig sites on the Northumberland coast:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/oct/30/northumberland-coast-excavation-ancient-secrets

More concerns about looting of sites in Bulgaria:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/treasure-hunters-strip-bulgaria-of-its-ancient-treasures-destroying-a-cultural-legacy/2012/10/26/1cd94c5a-1f38-11e2-8817-41b9a7aaabc7_story.html

Archaeology in Europe Blog:

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

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ASIA AND THE SOUTH PACIFIC
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A huge Neolithic site from China’s Shaanxi province (this may have
been mentioned before):

http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2012/10/29/Largest-neolithic-ruins-in-China-studied/UPI-16351351554274/

Ninth century Buddhist antiquities from Jharkhand:

http://www.indianexpress.com/news/ninth-century-ad-buddhist-antiquities-found-in-jharkhand/1025730/
http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/features/ninth-century-ad-antiquities-found-by-archaeologists-in-jharkhand/article4057909.ece

The Philippines is protecting a pile of cave sites:

http://phys.org/news/2012-11-philippines-caves.html

On China’s efforts to revive its craft heritage etc.:

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/05/arts/05iht-design05.html?ref=arts

Trying to protect the tourist potential in Afghanistan:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-20038511

More on the DNA of New Zealand’s first settlers:

http://www.sciencealert.com.au/news-nz/20122310-23814.html

East Asian Archaeology:

http://eastasiablog.wordpress.com/2010/05/20/east-asian-archaeology-cultural-heritage-%E2%80%93-2052010/

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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Plans to digitize a pile of French and Spanish legal records in New Orleans:

http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=58627#.UJZjp2dqMWk

On oyster hunting in North America:

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/30/opinion/an-oyster-in-the-storm.html

Sandy revealed some burials in an interesting way:

http://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/thats_not_a_skeleton_--_its_2_skeletons/
http://www.nhregister.com/articles/2012/10/30/news/new_haven/doc50903ff79c7d9176762389.txt

Review of Jon Meacham, *The Art of Power*:

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/11/books/review/thomas-jefferson-the-art-of-power-by-jon-meacham.html?ref=arts&_r=0

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CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA
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More on the US returning antiquities to Mexico:

http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=11&int_new=58547

More on that oldest Maya tomb in Guatemala:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-20091121
http://www.abc.es/20121026/cultura-arte/abci-guatemala-maya-201210260110.html

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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Archaeonew podcast:

http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/11/2012/archaeo-news-podcast-216

Audio news from Archaeologica:

http://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20121028.mp3

Daniel Day-Lewis is donating his father’s papers to Oxford:

http://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Daniel-Day-Lewis-gives-poet-dad-s-work-to-Oxford-3991325.php

… and as long as we’re talking DD-L, he was talking about portraying Abraham Lincoln:

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/04/movies/daniel-day-lewis-on-playing-abraham-lincoln.html?ref=arts

Flying above Scotland with an aerial archaeologist:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-20116285

Feature on Hava Nagila:

http://www.nytimes.com/video/2012/10/23/arts/artsspecial/100000001861567/a-portal-into-history.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/28/arts/artsspecial/museum-of-jewish-heritage-celebrates-hava-nagila.html?ref=music

Feature on Winslow Homer:

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/02/arts/design/winslow-homers-comfortably-rugged-maine.html?ref=arts

Since it’s a slow news week, we’ll extend our boundaries a bit to include this
interesting WWII homing pigeon find:

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/02/world/europe/world-war-ii-pigeons-message-a-mystery.html

Review of Penelope Niven, *Thornton Wilder: A Life*:

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/01/books/thornton-wilder-a-life-by-penelope-niven.html?ref=theater

Review of Ross King, *Leonardo and the Last Supper*:

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/30/books/ross-kings-deconstructs-leonardo-and-the-last-supper.html?ref=design

Ancient Digger:

http://www.ancientdigger.com/
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BLOGS
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About.com Archaeology:

http://archaeology.about.com/

Archaeology Briefs:

http://archaeologybriefs.blogspot.com/

Taygete Atlantis excavations blogs aggregator:

http://planet.atlantides.org/taygete/

Time Machine:

http://heatherpringle.wordpress.com/
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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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A rare Roman coin in a Somerset collection:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-20139181

A Roman hoard from St Alban’s is going on display:

http://phys.org/news/2012-10-english-city-roman-gold-coins.html
http://www.stalbansreview.co.uk/news/9987939.Roman_gold_coins_hoard_found_in_St_Albans/

Latest e-Sylum:

http://www.coinbooks.org/club_nbs_esylum_v15n45.html

… and the one which should appear later today:

http://www.coinbooks.org/club_nbs_esylum_v15n46.html

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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Beatrix Potter: The Picture Letters:

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/02/arts/design/beatrix-potter-the-picture-letters-at-the-morgan.html?hp

Ancient Cyprus Cultures in Dialogue:

http://www.incyprus.com.cy/en-gb/Blogs/4324/30948/brussels-show

The Scream:

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/26/arts/design/edvard-munch-the-scream-at-museum-of-modern-art.html?ref=design

Egon Shiele:

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/02/arts/design/egon-schieles-women-at-galerie-st-etienne.html?ref=arts

Jalis:

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/02/arts/design/mughal-jalis-shown-in-london-george-bellows-drawing-sold.html?ref=arts

Extravagant Inventions:

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/02/arts/design/extravagant-inventions-roentgen-furniture-at-the-met.html?ref=design

High expectations for Christie’s Old Masters sale:

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/27/arts/27iht-melikian27.html?ref=arts
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/11/01/us-art-auction-idUSBRE8A01SH20121101

The Explorations in Antiquity Center should be opening in the Spring:

http://www.lagrangenews.com/view/full_story/20681794/article-Explorations-in-Antiquities-prepares-to-house-ancient-artifacts

On the popularity of Chinese porcelain:

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/03/arts/03iht-melikian03.html?ref=arts

Feature on Van Gogh’s ‘Portrait of a Peasant’:

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/02/arts/design/vincent-van-goghs-portrait-of-a-peasant-patience-escalier.html?ref=arts

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Well-Tempered Clavier:

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/03/arts/music/andras-schiff-performs-bachs-clavier-at-the-92nd-street-y.html?ref=arts

The Heiress:

http://theater.nytimes.com/2012/11/02/theater/reviews/the-heiress-with-jessica-chastain-at-walter-kerr-theater.html?ref=arts

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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Richard Current:

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/04/us/richard-n-current-civil-war-historian-dies-at-100.html?_r=0
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PODCASTS
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The Book and the Spade:

http://www.radioscribe.com/bknspade.htm

Stone Pages Archaeology News:

http://news.stonepages.com/

Archaeologica Audio News:

http://www.archaeologychannel.org/AudioNews.asp

Naked Archaeology Podcast:

http://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/podcasts/archaeology/
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