Thanks to Arthur Shippee, Dave Sowdon, Edward Rockstein, Kurt Theis,

John McMahon, Barnea Selavan, Joseph Lauer, Mike Ruggeri, Hernan Astudillo,

Rick Heli, David Critchley, Barbara Saylor Rodgers, Bob Heuman,

Richard C. Griffiths, and Ross W. Sargent for headses upses this week

(as always hoping I have left no one out). 

Happy whatever you celebrated/are celebrating/will celebrate for

the past couple of weeks! 

[apologies for spacing weirdness below; not sure what happened]

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EARLY HOMINIDS

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Acheulian tools found in Saudi Arabia are adding to the ‘Out of Africa’ story:

https://www.livescience.com/61285-stone-tools-found-in-saudi-arabia.html

http://www.newsweek.com/ancient-stone-weapons-including-one-kind-giant-handaxe-could-tell-story-when-763121

https://www.archaeology.org/6240-171228-saudi-arabia-tools

Latest questioning of the ‘hobbit’ theory:

http://around.uoregon.edu/content/uo-archaeologists-cast-doubt-controversial-hobbit-theory

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AFRICA

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Libya is conducting a major survey:

https://www.libyaobserver.ly/inbrief/libyan-antiquities-authority-kicks-survey-project-eastern-region

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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT

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Lengthy remains of what was once a pharaonic fortress at Tell el Maskhuta:

http://www.ansamed.info/ansamed/en/news/sections/generalnews/2017/12/15/strength-of-egypts-canal-of-the-pharaohs-re-emerges_c62069d4-0e29-4c4b-a5b7-b30231622743.html

https://www.archaeology.org/news/6238-171228-egypt-ancient-fortress

I think we mentioned these child burials from Gebel el-Silsila:

http://www.newsweek.com/ancient-egypt-archaeologists-discover-child-graves-jewelry-amulets-750021

Egypt is setting up a ‘holding company’ for investing in antiquities (!): 

http://www.egypttoday.com/Article/1/37551/Holding-company-for-investing-in-antiquities-to-be-set

Concerns for Heliopolis:

https://www.thenational.ae/world/mena/egypt-s-heliopolis-archaeologists-face-modern-problems-at-ancient-site-1.685084

Feature on Egyptian art:

https://blog.britishmuseum.org/the-british-museum-membercast-egyptian-art/

Feature on the pyramids:

http://www.egypttoday.com/Article/15/37890/The-great-pyramid

Plans to restore the Al Sharaybi bath house:

http://www.egyptindependent.com/antiquities-ministry-to-restore-historic-al-sharaybi-bathhouse-in-islamic-cairo/

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/43/285780/Heritage/Islamic/Egypts-Ministry-of-Antiquities-to-restore-Islamic-.aspx

More on Tut’s meteoric iron dagger:

https://www.livescience.com/61214-king-tut-dagger-outer-space.html

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/king-tut-rsquo-s-dagger-is-out-of-this-world/

https://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/world/2017/12/23/king-tuts-dagger-came-stars-study-says/108854354/

European cave painters had ancient Near Eastern connections, apparently:

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/.premium-1.831692

http://www.newsweek.com/ancient-european-culture-spectacular-cave-painting-middle-east-762051

Umm Nar civilization pottery from Oman:

http://www.menafn.com/1096274514/Oman–Unique-pottery-belonging-to-Umm-al-Nar-culture-unearthed

http://www.muscatdaily.com/Archive/Oman/Unique-pottery-belonging-to-Umm-al-Nar-culture-unearthed-55yi

Evidence of a 4000 years bp ‘military network’ in Syria:

https://phys.org/news/2017-12-discovery-year-old-military-network-northern.html

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-12/c-doa122117.php

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/12/171221105841.htm

http://www.newsweek.com/massive-surveillance-communication-network-ancient-syrian-military-discovered-755781

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/4000-year-old-military-fortress-that-was-massive-bronze-age-spy-network-found-syria-1652565

https://www.archaeology.org/6230-171222-syria-fortress-network

A Bronze Age site from Cappadocia:

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/ancient-settlement-found-in-cappadocia-124597

A possible Bronze Age site in Istanbul:

https://www.dailysabah.com/history/2017/12/18/ancient-settlement-sought-near-istanbuls-oldest-burial-site

https://www.archaeology.org/6216-171218-bronze-age-artifacts

Studying ritual feasting evidence at various sites in Turkey and Israel:

https://today.uconn.edu/2017/12/archaeological-dig-provides-clues-feasting-became-important-ritual/

https://phys.org/news/2017-12-archaeological-clues-feasting-important-ritual.html

On the excavations at Germanicia:

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/excavations-reveal-ancient-germanicia-124401

A 1500 years bp church and monastery found at Beit Shemesh:

http://mfa.gov.il/MFA/IsraelExperience/History/Pages/Remains-of-a-1500-year-old-monastery-uncovered-20-December-2017.aspx

http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Artifacts-from-1500-year-old-monastery-and-church-unearthed-in-Beit-Shemesh-518558

https://www.livescience.com/61252-byzantine-monastery-in-israel.html

https://www.livescience.com/61249-photos-ancient-israel-monastery.html

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/1.830203

https://www.timesofisrael.com/child-labor-encouraged-as-israeli-teens-excavate-1500-year-old-byzantine-church/

https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/239565

https://www.algemeiner.com/2017/12/20/1500-year-old-church-and-monastery-unearthed-in-israel/

http://www.newsweek.com/ancient-christian-jewelry-and-crucifixes-uncovered-long-lost-monastery-holy-755241

https://www.archaeology.org/6225-171220-beit-shemesh-monastery

I think we mentioned this seven-candle menorah image found at Tiberias:

http://www.newsweek.com/stone-menorah-symbol-found-israel-753968

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/tomb-door-engraved-menorah-discovered-israel-180967647/

https://www.archaeology.org/6224-171220-tiberias-tomb-door

Feature on Jericho’s connections to Egypt:

https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/12/jericho-ancient-archaeology-egypt-bible/

http://www.newsweek.com/ancient-nile-treasures-secret-tomb-reveal-biblical-city-jericho-israel-754030

Feature on the Rujm el-Hiri stone circle:

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/.premium-1.830768

… and one on the Shamir Dolmen field:

http://asorblog.org/2017/12/19/stones-social-complexity-shamir-dolmen-field-intermediate-bronze-age/

Feature on the Hezekiah Bulla:

https://www.thetrumpet.com/16711-the-significance-of-the-hezekiah-bulla

Feature on migration in ancient Israel:

https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/archaeology-today/biblical-archaeology-topics/digs-2018-migration-and-immigration-in-ancient-israel/

Israel’s Culture minister is pushing for some major archaeological work:

https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5058426,00.html

How the Maccabees defeated the Greeks:

https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5058290,00.html

Concerns for Herod’s palace near Jericho:

http://www.israelhayom.com/2017/12/15/so-close-and-yet-so-far/

That Luwian inscription that was in the news a while back is under fire:

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/hieroglyphics-that-solved-mysteries-of-troy-too-good-to-be-true-s9bt99023

… related:

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2156527-hoax-or-not-three-ancient-texts-with-controversial-origins/#038;%23038;%23038;campaign_id=RSS%7CNSNS-?cmpid=RSS%7CNSNS%7C2012-GLOBAL%7Cmagcontents

What Ina Kehrberg-Ostrasz is up to:

http://www.menafn.com/1096286972/Australian-archaeologist-sorts-through-Gerasene-pottery-shreds

Suggestion that trading by nomads contributed to the rise of cities:

http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/12/was-trading-nomads-crucial-rise-cities

Just in case you thought we’d get out of 2017 without seeing a Noah’s Ark claim:

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/religion-and-beliefs/news/article.cfm?c_id=301&objectid=11966182&ref=rss

Restoration of the Aydos Castle (Turkey) is almost complete:

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/restoration-in-aydos-almost-finished-124722

Interview with Josephine Quinn about her Phoenician book:

http://blog.press.princeton.edu/2017/12/15/josephine-quinn-on-in-search-of-the-phoenicians/

Reviews of Blincoe, *Bethlehem*:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/21/books/review/nicholas-blincoe-bethlehem-biography.html

https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/12/bethlehem-christ-birth-blincoe/

Review of Hidary, *Rabbis and Classical Rhetoric*:

http://blogs.yu.edu/news/rabbis-and-classical-rhetoric/

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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS)

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Evidence (including a cremation burial) of a Roman military camp at Legio (Israel):

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/1.831317

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/new-discoveries-unearthed-roman-legion-camp-near-armageddon-180967654/

http://www.ibtimes.sg/1700-year-old-remains-soldier-found-cooking-pot-israel-excavation-site-reveals-roman-military-22404

http://www.newsweek.com/remains-ancient-roman-soldier-found-1700-year-old-cooking-pot-israel-759782

https://www.archaeology.org/6232-171226-israel-roman-military-camp

Eight Roman shipwrecks off Naxos:

http://greece.greekreporter.com/2017/12/19/norwegian-divers-discover-roman-era-shipwrecks-off-naxos-island/

http://neoskosmos.com/news/en/8-ancient-Roman-shipwrecks-discovered-near-Naxos-island

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/.premium-1.829503

http://www.newsweek.com/eight-ancient-roman-shipwrecks-discovered-shallows-coast-greek-island-resort-751481

A Roman ‘burial ground’ near Cambridge:

http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/cambridge-news/roman-burial-ground-discovered-near-14057515

A 1600 years bp lead-lined burial from Somerset:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-42430934

http://www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk/news/taunton_news/15786595.Taunton_metal_detector_group_find_rare_coffin_in_Ilminster_field/

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/1600-year-old-roman-lead-lined-grave-ancient-coins-discovered-somerset-1652542

Rain revealed a Roman statue in Talmitha (Libya):

http://www.libyanexpress.com/rain-fall-leads-to-archaeological-discovery-in-libya/

A statue of Artemis from Luxor:

http://www.tornosnews.gr/en/greek-news/culture/28848-archaeologists-unearth-greek-goddess-artemis%E2%80%99-statue-in-luxor%2C-egypt.html

More evidence of human sacrifice from the ancient Greek world:

http://www.newsweek.com/ancient-greece-shocking-dismembered-human-skull-reveals-ritual-sacrifice-755549

Three more houses at Pompeii were opened to the public:

http://www.euronews.com/2017/12/23/pompeii-opens-restored-homes-to-visitors

… and there was another wall collapse:

http://www.ansa.it/english/news/lifestyle/arts/2017/12/19/fresh-pompeii-domus-collapse-3_3c993cf3-f41d-45df-aaf7-42695592f82b.html

The Portico of Octavia has been restored:

http://www.ansa.it/english/news/lifestyle/arts/2017/12/18/portico-of-octavia-reborn-after-14-years-2_a78faffc-adef-4a3b-a411-96acbc4f60ba.html

A study of ancient feces correlates with mentions of parasites in Hippocratic texts:

https://phys.org/news/2017-12-ancient-feces-reveal-parasites-earliest.html

https://eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-12/uoc-afr121117.php

Feature on the lamellae orphicae:

http://neoskosmos.com/news/en/The-beauty-and-mystery-of-the-lamellae-orphicae-of-AncientGreece-passport-to-afterlife

Feature on some (buried) remains of Hadrian’s Wall in Newcastle:

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-tyne-41637893

Feature on the excavations of Perge:

https://www.dailysabah.com/history/2017/12/28/over-70-pct-of-5000-year-old-perga-city-in-southern-turkey-still-underground

Feature on a (modern) Greek terracotta workshop:

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/5/25/285897/Arts–Culture/Visual-Art/In-Photos-Greek-terracotta-workshop-produces-an-ar.aspx

Feature on Hermes on ancient coins:

https://coinweek.com/ancient-coins/god-money-hermes-ancient-coins/

Feature on Greek architecture:

https://blog.britishmuseum.org/an-introduction-to-greek-architecture/

Feature on Roman ‘joke cups’:

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/what-did-the-romans-do-for-us-joke-cups-vrlshr7tv

https://www.rt.com/uk/414580-romans-tantalus-bowl-joke/

Feature on Trajan:

https://www.archaeology.co.uk/articles/specials/trajan.htm

Feature on things found during Rome’s metro construction project:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/18/world/europe/rome-subway-archaeology.html

Hadrian’s Villa is getting into the olive oil business:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/12/29/hadrians-villa-recreate-glory-days-olive-oil/

Blaming the Romans for fruitcake:

http://wuwm.com/post/so-about-fruitcake-can-we-blame-romans

Marking the death of Schliemann:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/12/26/day-1890-heinrich-schliemann-pioneering-archaeologist-claimed/

… and the Battle of the Trebia:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/12/18/day-218-bc-hannibal-outwitted-romans-humiliating-defeat/

More on evidence for Caesar’s invasion of Britain:

https://www.archaeology.co.uk/articles/caesars-british-invasion-launched-isle-thanet.htm

More on climate change, plague, and the fall of Rome:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/how-climate-change-and-disease-helped-fall-rome-180967591/

Reviews of Mary Beard, *Women and Power*:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/author-explains-historys-muzzle-on-powerful-women-removing-it-is-up-to-you/2017/12/15/851f46a4-e1b9-11e7-bbd0-9dfb2e37492a_story.html?utm_term=.51a3a2c10159

http://www.latimes.com/books/jacketcopy/la-ca-jc-women-and-power-20171228-story.html

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/how-the-long-history-of-not-being-taken-seriously-affects-women-in-power-today

Reviews of Emily Wilson’s *Odyssey* translation:

http://www.slate.com/articles/podcasts/the_audio_book_club/2017/12/homer_s_odyssey_translated_by_emily_wilson_book_club_and_discussion.html

https://www.npr.org/2017/12/24/572911215/a-complicated-man-outlined-clearly-in-emily-wilsons-new-odyssey

https://inews.co.uk/culture/finally-translation-odyssey-homer-deserves/

Review of Richard Thomas, *Why Dylan Matters*:

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/dec/19/why-dylan-matters-richard-f-thomas-review

Review of Walsh, *Pudding Pan*:

https://www.archaeology.co.uk/articles/review-pudding-pan-roman-shipwreck-cargo-context.htm

More on the underwater remains of ancient Corinth:

http://www.newsweek.com/video-ancient-greek-port-city-bible-earthquake-corinth-751255

http://www.ibtimes.sg/biblical-city-destroyed-1400-years-ago-discovered-intact-underwater-22007

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

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EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland)

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Interesting 5000 years bp petroglyphs from Denmark:

http://www.newsweek.com/hundreds-ancient-mysterious-carved-rocks-spider-web-patterns-discovered-danish-752848

https://www.sciencealert.com/vasagard-danish-island-300-mysterious-sunstones-sun-worship

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/5000-year-old-sun-spiderweb-carved-stones-discovered-denmark-could-be-stone-age-coins-1652576

https://www.archaeology.org/6218-171218-denmark-sun-stone

A Bronze Age burial cairn from Stirling:

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/bronze-age-burial-cairn-unearthed-5npx5vbwq

Remains of some sort of henge structure from Yorkshire:

https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/ancient-henge-discovered-in-yorkshire-1-8930717

Excavating an Iron Age settlement at Crannog:

http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/15796783.Iron_Age_Scots_went_all_out_to_impress_their_neighbours/

Pictish metalwork (and more) from Perthshire:

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/excitement-over-finds-at-hillfort-11758605

https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/local/perth-kinross/570370/perthshire-hilltop-fort-was-pictish-stronghold/

A huge number of stained glass shards from Westminster Abbey’s attic:

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/dec/27/westminster-abbey-attics-archaeologists-treasure-trove-stained-glass

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/30000-shards-historic-stained-glass-found-westminster-abbeys-attic-180967663/

https://www.archaeology.org/6235-171227-westminster-abbey-glass

Remains of a 16th century turkey dinner from Exeter:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-12/uoe-abd121917.php

https://phys.org/news/2017-12-bones-exeter-street-turkey-dinner.html

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-devon-42415444

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2017/12/19/bones-remains-englands-first-turkey-dinner/

https://www.archaeology.org/6223-171220-england-exeter-turkey

Finds from a 16th century blockhouse dig in Hull:

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-humber-42414850

https://www.archaeology.org/6242-171229-yorkshire-tudor-blockhouse

Artifacts from an 18th century coffee house in a Cambridge University cellar:

http://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/calfs-foot-jelly-and-a-tankard-of-ale-welcome-to-the-18th-century-starbucks-0

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-42395113

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/dec/18/claphams-coffeehouse-cambridge-archaeologists-hundreds-items-unearthed

https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/uk/artefacts-from-18th-century-starbucks-found-in-cambridge-university-cellar-36417155.html

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-discover-500-artifacts-18th-century-british-coffeehouse-180967609/

https://www.archaeology.org/6217-171218-clapham-s-coffee-house

‘Mysterious’ Catholic burial at St Alban’s Cathedral:

http://www.newsweek.com/britain-childs-body-discovered-clutching-catholic-rosary-beads-protestant-760112

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-42335953

https://www.archaeology.org/6233-171226-england-catholic-burial

Some Thomas Becket relics were found in Italy:

https://zenit.org/articles/st-thomas-becket-relics-found-in-italy/

The car park where Richard III’s remains were found has been given protected status:

http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/leicester-news/richard-iii-car-park-greyfriars-955185

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/dec/21/leicester-car-park-richard-iii-buried-given-protected-status

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-42427088

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/12/21/car-park-site-richard-iii-s-grave-granted-protected-status/

https://www.npr.org/2017/12/21/572699158/english-parking-lot-and-longtime-burial-site-of-king-richard-iii-is-deemed-a-nat

They’ve started looking at those Iron Age cauldrons found near Leicester:

https://www.archaeology.co.uk/articles/gluttony-glenfield-park.htm

Assorted items declared treasure:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-north-east-wales-42428124

Henry VIII was a big spender at Christmas:

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-42429199

Raising funds to save Catherine of Aragon’s former residence:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-shropshire-42458864/crowdfunding-to-save-catherine-of-aragon-s-former-home

Concerns for a coastal fortress site in Wales:

http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/one-wales-finest-coastal-heritage-14052527

… and coastal sites in Greenland:

https://phys.org/news/2017-12-coastal-erosion-threatens-archaeological-sites.html

Feature on Neolithic petroglyphs:

https://phys.org/news/2017-12-neolithic-art-ancestors-years.html

https://theconversation.com/what-neolithic-rock-art-can-tell-us-about-the-way-our-ancestors-lived-6-000-years-ago-84865

Restoring Westminster Abbey’s funerary effigies:

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2017/dec/10/westminster-abbey-funeral-effigies-restored-for-new-museum

Bristol folk apparently have a centuries-old right to live in Dublin:

http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/bristol-people-846-year-old-984810

More on testing Neolithic weapons:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/researchers-whack-fake-skulls-learn-about-neolithic-weapons-180967563/

More on that Bronze Age burial from near Loch Ness:

https://www.archaeology.org/news/6214-171215-scotland-cist-beaker

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ASIA AND THE SOUTH PACIFIC

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An 8000 years bp village site from Inner Mongolia:

http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-12/21/c_136842755.htm

A 7000 years bp dwelling from western Iran:

http://www.tehrantimes.com/news/419694/7000-year-old-residence-found-in-western-Iran

https://www.archaeology.org/6239-171228-iran-jamishan-river

A Neolithic granary from Liangzhu City:

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-12/20/c_136840454.htm

http://www.archaeology.org/news/6222-171220-china-neolithic-rice

A 4300 years bp painted image of a face from Japan:

http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201712160007.html

https://www.archaeology.org/news/6228-171221-japan-joman-face

Neolithic petroglyphs from Kisar (Indonesia):

https://www.livescience.com/61251-indonesian-rock-paintings-photos.html

http://www.newsweek.com/ancient-incredibly-tiny-rock-art-discovered-island-caves-humans-drums-753165

http://indianexpress.com/article/technology/science/2500-year-old-cave-paintings-discovered-on-indonesian-island-4988693/

Bronze Age toys from a child burial in Siberia:

http://www.newsweek.com/ancient-creepy-doll-head-discovered-prehistoric-child-grave-worlds-oldest-toy-764072

https://www.yahoo.com/news/ancient-creepy-doll-head-discovered-150013257.html

http://www.archaeology.org/news/6243-171229-siberia-antler-toy

Pottery from beneath Lake Biwako (Japan):

http://www.newsweek.com/ancient-urn-discovered-robot-bottom-japan-biggest-lake-mystifies-761537

http://www.archaeology.org/news/6237-171227-japan-lake-pottery

Assorted 2700 years bp finds from Shaanxi:

https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/chinese-archaeologists-discover-2700yearold-relics/1211899

‘Dented’ Buddhist sculptures from Angul (date?): 

http://www.dailypioneer.com/state-editions/bhubaneswar/dented-buddhist-sculptures-unearthed-in-angul.html

Song Dynasty burials from Sichuan:

http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/a/201712/22/WS5a3cb392a31008cf16da2e90.html

A 1900 years bp bronze mirror from Kyushu:

http://www.newsweek.com/ancient-extremely-rare-1900-year-old-chinese-mirror-discovered-intact-japanese-764955

http://www.ibtimes.sg/ancient-chinese-bronze-mirror-discovered-perfect-condition-archaeologists-surprised-by-22464

https://www.archaeology.org/news/6241-171228-japan-bronze-mirror

Very interesting 8th century Turkic burial/monument for Dongoin Shiree:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-12/ou-dor121817.php

https://phys.org/news/2017-12-discovery-ancient-turkic-monument-pillars.html

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/12/171219092855.htm

https://www.livescience.com/61277-mongolian-stone-structures-unearthed.html

http://www.newsweek.com/east-asia-ancient-monument-reveals-hidden-stone-sarcophagus-inscribed-753094

http://www.ibtimes.sg/archaeologists-discover-strangely-arranged-monument-asia-including-sarcophagus-22096

https://www.archaeology.org/6231-171222-mongolia-turkic-burial

10th century sculptures from Vijayawada:

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/vijayawada/10th-century-sculptures-discovered/articleshow/62226168.cms

10th century Tamil inscriptions:

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/madurai/stones-with-10th-century-inscription-in-ancient-tamil-script-found-in-gangaikondan/articleshow/62110684.cms

Not sure if we’ve mentioned the Great Wall of Gorgon before, but excavations have resumed:

http://www.tehrantimes.com/news/419487/Archaeologists-resume-work-on-Great-Wall-of-Gorgan

Remains of a temple in the forests of Cambodia:

http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5098414/new-temple-discovered-deep-forest/

Remains of a 19th century Australian pub:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/found-site-one-australias-oldest-pubs-180967538/

Remains of a WWI Australian submarine:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-42435428

https://www.cnet.com/news/lost-wwi-submarine-found-103-years-later-australia-navy-sub-ae1/#ftag=CAD590a51e

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/wreck-australias-first-submarine-discovered-papua-new-guinea-180967635/

Various spins being put on a study of those ‘medical strips’ of emperor Qin (including his orders to search for immortality):

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-42477083

https://www.livescience.com/61286-first-chinese-emperor-sought-immortality.html

https://www.yahoo.com/news/order-chinese-emperor-immortality-115745595.html

https://www.mid-day.com/articles/chinas-first-emperor-ordered-nationwide-search-for-an-elixir-of-life/18858196

http://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/an-order-from-the-first-chinese-emperor-find-immortality

https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/sci-tech/2017-12-25-an-order-from-the-chinese-emperor-find-immortality/

http://www.newsweek.com/live-forever-ancient-writings-reveal-first-emperor-china-obsessive-quest-759060

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/2000-year-old-texts-reveal-first-emperor-chinas-quest-eternal-life-180967671/

http://www.archaeology.org/news/6236-171227-china-medical-texts

Archaeology and political claims in China:

http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/claims-12222017145043.html

Taiwan’s list of big archaeological discoveries this year:

http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-12/27/c_136855744.htm

The Taj Mahal is becoming a saga:

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/agra/visitors-entry-banned-into-main-crypt-of-taj-mahal/articleshow/62310062.cms

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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

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3000 years bp tools from Picton County (NS):

http://www.ngnews.ca/news/local/stone-tool-found-in-pictou-county-estimated-at-about-3000-years-old-173019/

http://www.trurodaily.com/living/stone-tool-found-in-pictou-county-estimated-at-about-3000-years-old-173487/

Finds from the Rock Spring (NC) dig:

http://www.wect.com/story/37094364/archaeologists-find-artifacts-in-rock-spring-dig

http://www.starnewsonline.com/news/20171218/archaeologists-find-remains-of-rock-spring

Possible pre-Revolution remains from Brooklyn:

http://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2017/12/22/routine-street-work-in-brooklyn-uncovers-well-that-may-date-back-before-the-revolutionary-war

More finds revealed by Hurricane Irma (on Jekyll Island):

https://thebrunswicknews.com/news/local_news/hurricane-exposes-millennia-old-settlement/article_0634a204-6ea9-5a83-a572-f4d9c6ff13c4.html

http://jacksonville.com/news/georgia/2017-12-18/irma-unearths-historic-artifacts-jekyll-island-beach

Feature on sites near the Bering Strait:

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2017/12/17/571050071/how-to-survive-climate-change-clues-are-buried-in-the-arctic

Feature on those caribou hunting sites in Lake Huron:

https://www.archaeology.org/issues/281-1801/features/6162-where-the-ice-age-caribou-ranged

Feature on Lincoln’s last Christmas:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/president-lincolns-last-christmas-180967617/

Feature on Carry Nation:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/three-things-know-about-radical-prohibitionist-carry-nation-180967627/

On the link between ‘industrial espionage’ and US cotton:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/how-industrial-espionage-started-americas-cotton-revolution-180967608/

Rethinking Williamsburg’s holiday decorations:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/home/the-history-of-williamsburgs-beloved-but-not-very-colonial-holiday-decorations/2017/12/19/0e24a5fe-c59d-11e7-aae0-cb18a8c29c65_story.html

The solstice was observed at the Fort Ancient earthworks:

http://www.dispatch.com/news/20171221/winter-solstice-observed-at-fort-ancient-earthworks

More on mastodon remains and the peopling of the Americas:

https://phys.org/news/2017-12-ancient-mastodon-ignited-debate-humans.html

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CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA

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A possible Wari temple from Peru:

http://www.andina.com.pe/Ingles/noticia-peru-ancient-astronomical-observatory-found-in-cusco-692974.aspx

https://www.archaeology.org/news/6221-171219-peru-temple-astronomy

Evidence of pre-Hispanic success in Bolivia:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-12/c-uap121917.php

Studying female figurines from Tabasco:

http://www.inah.gob.mx/es/boletines/6784-figurillas-revelan-papel-de-la-mujer-en-la-urbe-prehispanica-de-jonuta-en-tabasco

Studying the giant hats of Easter Island:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-12/bu-eih122017.php

https://phys.org/news/2017-12-easter-island-cooperative-analysis-giant.html

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/12/171220122027.htm

https://www.archaeology.org/news/6229-171221-easter-island-pukao

Feature on how the ‘language’ of khipus was ‘decoded’:

http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/massachusetts/2017/12/26/how-harvard-freshman-helped-crack-mystery-inca-code/asr6ifIpLoFXNQHA3AQdwO/story.html

http://languagehat.com/decoding-the-khipus/

Feature on the Taino people:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/bringing-taino-peoples-back-history-180967637/

Monteczuma’s descendants are looking for some recognition:

https://elpais.com/internacional/2017/12/28/la_serpiente_emplumada/1514420961_584679.html

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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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As often this time of year, we get the various roundups of the biggest archaeological discoveries:

https://www.livescience.com/61250-biggest-archaeology-discoveries-of-2017.html

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/lost-cities-underwater-castles-jesus-christs-tomb-top-archaeological-discoveries-2017-1652626

http://www.tornosnews.gr/en/greek-news/culture/29093-review-the-most-important-archaeological-discoveries-during-2017.html

In case you haven’t heard of Jennifer Wexler’s deportation case:

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-norfolk-42458315

Studying the motivations behind early copper alloys:

https://www.arch.cam.ac.uk/prehistoric-bling-aesthetics-crucial-factor-in-development-of-earliest-copper-alloys

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/12/171222090349.htm

https://phys.org/news/2017-12-prehistoric-bling-aesthetics-crucial-factor.html

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-12/uoc-pba122117.php

On the names of the months:

https://blog.britishmuseum.org/whats-in-a-name-months-of-the-year/

On the annual argument over the location of St Nick’s grave:

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/dec/22/christmas-countdown-fuels-debate-over-location-of-st-nicholass-grave

https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/five-myths/five-myths-about-saint-nicholas/2017/12/21/1cad751e-df89-11e7-bbd0-9dfb2e37492a_story.html

https://www.timesofisrael.com/archaeologists-uncover-proofs-of-the-man-behind-the-legend-of-beloved-st-nick/

http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/inside-st-nick-s-church-in-turkey-where-the-bones-of-the-man-who-inspired-santa-may-be-buried-1.4462693?cmp=rss

On Santa Claus as magic mushroom:

https://www.nytimes.com/video/opinion/100000005607627/santa-is-a-psychedelic-mushroom.html

http://www.newsweek.com/santa-and-magic-mushrooms-was-christmas-icon-derived-trippy-fungi-758386

On the Christmas truce:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/retropolis/wp/2017/12/24/the-christmas-truce-miracle-soldiers-put-down-their-guns-to-sing-carols-and-drink-wine/

http://exhibitions.theworldwar.org/christmas-truce/

On historical events that happened on Christmas:

http://www.dw.com/en/what-other-historical-events-happened-on-christmas/g-41923369

On some medieval Christmas recipes:

https://www.yahoo.com/news/medieval-manuscripts-xmas-recipes-abbey-library-trove-073942591.html

On other celebrations that happen in December:

https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/ureport/article/2001264175/eight-religious-festivities-that-happen-in-december-other-than-christmas

On metal detectorists and archaeologists:

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/dec/18/the-tense-truce-between-detectorists-and-archaeologists

… related:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42235046

Feature on Madame de Pompadour:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/madame-de-pompadour-was-far-more-mistress-180967662/

On the evolution of assorted human societies:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-12/uoe-hse121817.php

https://phys.org/news/2017-12-human-societies-evolve-similar-paths.html

On the 12 Days of Christmas:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/12-facts-about-12-days-christmas-180967569/

On Dickens’ *Christmas Carol*:

http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20171215-how-did-a-christmas-carol-come-to-be

Related:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42322936

Features on assorted Christmas/ Yule celebrations and rituals:

https://www.the-tls.co.uk/christmas-traditions-invented-otherwise/

http://www.ibtimes.com/winter-solstice-2017-things-know-about-pagan-yule-celebrations-rituals-2630182

http://dailycaller.com/2017/12/24/heres-how-christians-celebrated-christmas-throughout-the-ages/

Another Christmas origins piece, fwiw:

http://www.valdostadailytimes.com/opinion/columns/egyptians-pagans-are-reason-for-season/article_f2e29f95-ff34-58d7-a00d-9a171877e04f.html

On assorted seasonal traditions:

https://www.npr.org/2017/12/19/571177144/why-we-kiss-under-mistletoe-and-toast-with-eggnog

Lawrence of Arabia’s sandals are coming to auction:

http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/15797770.War_hero_Lawrence_of_Arabia__39_s_sandals_sell_at_auction/

http://www.jpost.com/Diaspora/Lawrence-of-Arabias-century-old-sandals-to-be-auctioned-for-over-4000-518427

France saved one of de Sade’s works from auction:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/dec/18/120-days-de-sodom-made-national-treasure-by-french-government

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/19/world/europe/france-marquis-de-sade-treasure.html

Memphis has removed a couple of Confederate statues:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42450645

On the history of ornithology:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/modern-history-ornithology-starts-inquisitive-medieval-emperor-180967623/

What Lord Nelson’s letters reveal:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/dec/27/petulant-jealous-lord-nelson-letters-reveal-less-noble-side

On pirates and the metric system:

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/12/28/574044232/how-pirates-of-the-caribbean-hijacked-americas-metric-system

Feature on the Basque language:

http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20170719-the-mysterious-origins-of-europes-oldest-language

On the evolution of the lock:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/stephanrabimov/2017/12/27/evolution-on-lock-from-stick-to-gate/

Feature on DaVinci’s ‘ecological side’:

https://elpais.com/cultura/2017/12/22/actualidad/1513962617_120090.html

Mummy evidence (!)  in a soccer player’s drug doping case:

http://eldeportivo.latercera.com/el-deportivo/noticia/momias-ayudaron-reducir-la-sancion-paolo-guerrero-caso-dopaje/37005/

On the Solstice and Spanish missions:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-sun-illuminates-spanish-missions-on-winter-solstice-180967619/

On Voltaire’s lottery skills:

https://verne.elpais.com/verne/2017/12/20/articulo/1513764103_684537.html

Review of de Hamel, *Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts*:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/19/books/review/de-hamel-manuscripts-medieval-world-illuminated-books.html

Review of Metaxas, *Martin Luther*:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/18/books/review/eric-metaxas-martin-luther.html

More on meteoric iron:

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/12/14/1724352/-Scientists-have-finally-figured-out-the-mystery-of-where-Bronze-Age-iron-came-from

https://www.livescience.com/61218-photos-oldest-iron-daggers-outer-space.html

Archaeology Podcast Network:

http://www.archaeologypodcastnetwork.com/archyfantasies/

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MUSEUM MATTERS

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Etruscans:

http://www.dw.com/en/the-art-treasures-of-the-etruscans/g-41837805

Silver Caesars:

http://theartnewspaper.com/preview/hail-caesar-as-rome-s-first-12-emperors-return

Michelangelo:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/museums/the-bodies-of-his-work-michelangelos-muscular-mastery-is-on-display-at-the-met/2017/12/28/35b63f54-e435-11e7-833f-155031558ff4_story.html

Egyptian Cats:

https://www.npr.org/2017/12/20/570591294/no-kitten-around-museum-exhibit-celebrates-divine-felines

Deir Al Medina:

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/44/285709/Heritage/Museums/Egyptian-Museum-displays-works-of-Deir-AlMedina-ar.aspx

Thomas Bock:

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/dec/24/thomas-bock-ikon-gallery-review-tasmania-birmingham-convict-review

Wedding Dresses:

http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20140503-how-wedding-dresses-evolved

https://www.vam.ac.uk/collections/wedding-dress

From Paganism to Christianity:

http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Archeological-exhibit-shows-the-end-of-paganism-in-Israel-519993

Castra:

http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Culture/New-archeological-exhibition-tells-a-story-of-an-ancient-city-in-Israel-520074

Restoring the Minoans:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/21/arts/design/elizabeth-price-art-review-institute-for-the-study-of-the-ancient-world.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Assorted news related to the impending opening of the Grand Egyptian Museum:

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/44/285713/Heritage/Museums/Chariot-and-clothes-of-Egypts-Tutankhamun-transpor.aspx

https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/37681/Egyptian-Museum-receives-new-manuscripts-artifacts

https://dailynewsegypt.com/2017/12/26/ramses-ii-colossus-erected-grand-egyptian-museum-display-spot/

The British Museum is moving mummies around:

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/mummies-take-centre-stage-in-british-museum-shake-up-pwl0mf55n

Feature on Barbara Jatta:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/24/arts/design/vatican-museums-jatta.html

In case you know anything about the Gardner art heist:

http://wshu.org/post/got-scoop-gardner-museum-art-heist-you-have-4-days-earn-10-million

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THE TECHY SIDE

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What technology reveals about ancient Egyptian paintings:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/how-new-imaging-technique-revealed-secrets-ancient-portrait-180967633/

Virtual reality for the Baths of Caracalla:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/12/19/virtual-reality-goggles-unlock-splendour-huge-ancient-roman/

On using 3d technology to save objects from ISIS:

https://www.thedailybeast.com/isis-threatened-ancient-art-3-d-printing-will-save-it

A plan to LiDAR scan the whole of England:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2017/12/30/lost-roman-roads-could-found-environment-agency-laser-scans/

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ON THE DNA FRONT

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Dienekes’ Anthropology Blog:

http://dienekes.blogspot.ca/

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TOURISTY THINGS

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Gadara:

http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20171218-jordans-ancient-town-without-a-soul

Alexandria (Egypt):

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/20/travel/alexandria-egypt-library-budget.html

Kent:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/stories-42425157

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CRIME BEAT

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Manhattan’s DA has launched an antiquities crime unit:

https://www.timesofisrael.com/prosecutors-become-treasure-hunters-in-antiquities-repatriation-campaign/

https://hyperallergic.com/418267/manhattan-district-attorney-antiquities-trafficking-unit/

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/manhattan-da-launches-first-antiquities-trafficking-unit-180967607/

Big sentence for smuggling antiquities in Egypt:

http://www.egypttoday.com/Article/1/37541/Life-imprisonment-fine-of-LE-1M-for-smuggling-antiquities

Using dogs to sniff out stolen antiquities:

https://penncurrent.upenn.edu/features/enlisting-dogs-to-sniff-out-stolen-antiquities

http://theartnewspaper.com/blog/sniffer-dogs-set-to-save-syria-s-cultural-heritage

… or technology:

http://www.tribuneonlineng.com/using-technology-tackle-theft-trafficking-antiquities/

A major bust (Operation Zeus) in Turkey:

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/turkish-police-seize-more-26000-ancient-artefacts-largest-ever-haul-stolen-antiquities-1652577

http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-12/21/c_136843299.htm

http://www.archaeology.org/news/6227-171221-turkey-looting-smuggling

Another bust at Cairo airport:

http://www.egyptindependent.com/cairo-airport-authorities-seize-329-archaeological-coins/

http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-12/24/c_136849284.htm

Tomb raiders in China are apparently learning from online sources:

https://international.thenewslens.com/article/86073

Latest Anonymous Swiss Collector Culture Crime News:

http://www.anonymousswisscollector.com/2017/12/culture-crime-news-12-november-24-december-2017.html

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/

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REPATRIATION AND RECOVERY

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Sweden returned some textiles to Peru:

http://www.archaeology.org/news/6219-171219-peru-repatriated-textiles

The crown of Hecatomnus will be returned:

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/golden-crown-of-hecatomnus-to-be-returned-124956

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NUMISMATICA

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A few weeks’ worth of the e-Sylum:

http://www.coinbooks.org/v20/club_nbs_esylum_v20n51.html

http://www.coinbooks.org/v20/club_nbs_esylum_v20n52.html

http://www.coinbooks.org/v20/club_nbs_esylum_v20n53.html

http://www.coinbooks.org/v20/club_nbs_esylum_v20n54.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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PERFORMANCES AND THEATRE-RELATED

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Icelandic epic:

https://www.nytimes.com/video/arts/music/100000005521046/rimur-iceland-epic-poetry-ballad.html

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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/2676-audio-news-from-archaeologica-17-december-2017-23-december-2017

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OBITUARIES

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Slobodan Curcic:

https://www.princeton.edu/news/2017/12/11/slobodan-curcic-international-expert-byzantine-art-and-architecture-dies-76

Jean Davison:

http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/burlingtonfreepress/obituary.aspx?n=jean-m-davison-phd&pid=187599892

Mark Whittow (not really obituaries yet):

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-42502160

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/oxford-professor-mark-whittow-killed-in-pile-up-rzhsfqw83

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/dec/27/tributes-to-oxford-university-professor-killed-in-m40-crash

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/12/28/oxford-university-history-professor-killed-m40-pile-uptributes/

http://www.oxfordtimes.co.uk/news/yourtown/oxford/15794931.College_left__shaken__by_death_of_professor_in_M40_crash/

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CONFERENCES

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Theoretical Archaeology Group (Dec. 2017):

http://tag2017cardiff.org/

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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Archaeosoup:

http://www.youtube.com/user/Archaeos0up?feature=watch

The Book and the Spade:

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