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Thanks to Arthur Shippee, Bill Kennedy, David Critchley,
Donna Hurst, 'Duke Jason', Edward Rockstein, Hernan Astudillo,
Joan Griffith, John McMahon, Toke Lindegaard Knudsen,
Joseph Lauer, Richard C. Griffiths, Bob Heuman, Rochelle Altman,
Ross W. Sargent, Susan Jaslow, W. Richard Frahm,
and Yonatan Nadelman for headses upses this week (as always
hoping I have left no one out).
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EARLY HUMANS
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The lessons of Piltdown Man:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6054656.stm
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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT
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Trying to excavate the Babajian mound before the illicit diggers
do:

http://tinyurl.com/wklg7 (Iranmania)

A Sassanid water mill:

http://www.payvand.com/news/06/oct/1178.html

A joint Iranian-UChicago excavation on the Susan Plain (Iran):

http://www.payvand.com/news/06/oct/1151.html

Big conference upcoming on the archaeology of Iran:

http://www.mehrnews.ir/en/NewsDetail.aspx?NewsID=395072

Syria and Italy are planning a big archaeological institute:

http://www.sana.org/eng/21/2006/10/19/77568.htm

Gobekli Tepi as Eden:

http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk/index.php?menuID=2&subID=1007

Finishing some long-unfinished work at Aleppo:

http://asia.news.yahoo.com/061017/3/2rh00.html

A 5000 b.p. 'stamp' from Harran:

http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=56794

Finds from various periods found from sifting the dirt from
Temple Mount:

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=776922

A new archaeological campus is under construction in the heart
of Jerusalem:

http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7005191985

More coverage of theories about the Temple Treasure:

http://tinyurl.com/yx5zx8 (BG)
http://tinyurl.com/uf667 (JPost)

A construction boom in Jordan is threatening ancient sites:

http://tinyurl.com/y89von (MEFN)

Egyptology News Blog:

http://egyptology.blogspot.com/

Egyptology Blog:

http://www.egyptologyblog.co.uk/

Iraq War and Archaeology:

http://www.archaeos.org/iwa/

Paleojudaica:

http://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/

Archaeologist at Large:

http://spaces.msn.com/members/ArchaeologyinEgypt/
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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS)
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Interesting cache of ancient anchors found near a temple of
Aphrodite on Cyprus:

http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=1546372006
http://www.cyprus-mail.com/news/main.php?id=28471&cat_id=1

Mosaics from Hadrianopolis:

http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=56959

More remains of Colchester's chariot track have been found:

http://tinyurl.com/yxzhq2 (EADT)

The archaeological stuff of Messene:

http://tinyurl.com/y525f4 (AthensNews)

The Derveni Papyrus has been published:

http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/news/content.asp?aid=75684

All about the Seven Wonders:

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/7Wonders/story?id=2583185&page=1

Why ancient Greek monuments survived earthquakes (sort of):

http://tinyurl.com/y452g4 (Kathimerini)

More coverage of the Vatican necropolis opening:

http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/article1886635.ece
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/10/09/ap/tech/mainD8KL9O2O0.shtml
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6067020.stm

... nice video on same:

http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=2584387

OpEd piece on the Elgin/Parthenon marbles:

http://tinyurl.com/uf667 (New Statesman)

More coverage of theories about the Temple Treasure:

http://tinyurl.com/yx5zx8 (BG)
http://tinyurl.com/uf667 (JPost)

Nice coverage of William Child's work at Marion:

http://tinyurl.com/y3jk5g (Daily Princetonian)

The Latin Table at Princeton:

http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/archives/2006/10/18/news/16241.shtml

On Dylan and Ovid:

http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3832755a1860,00.html

Nice profile of Thomas Winter:

http://tinyurl.com/w37xm (Daily Nebraskan)

... and one of Benjamin D'Ooge:

http://tinyurl.com/uvjqm (Ann Arbor News)

Boris Johnson on cheating on exams:

http://tinyurl.com/slmqv (Guardian)

Cambridge is no longer teaching Sanskrit:

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/2161235.cms

Review of Paul Cartledge, *Thermopylae*:

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2102-2409733,00.html

Review of Barry Strauss' Trojan War tome:

http://www.kansas.com/mld/eagle/entertainment/books/15817718.htm

Reviews of Robert Harris, *Imperium*:

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/22/books/review/Theroux.t.html
http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/10/20/arts/idbriefs21B.php

On the popularity of ancient-themed novels and the like:

http://www.prospect-magazine.co.uk/article_details.php?id=7889

Recent reviews from BMCR:

http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/bmcr/recent.html

Recent reviews from Scholia:

http://www.classics.und.ac.za/reviews/2006.htm

Visit our blog:

http://www.atrium-media.com/rogueclassicism

Mediterranean Archaeology:

http://medarch.blogspot.com/
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EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland)
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The Tarxien Temples project (Malta):

http://www.independent.com.mt/news.asp?newsitemid=40601

On Europe's first farmers:

http://tinyurl.com/y86lm6 (AG)

Remains of nine Neolithic structures near Stonehenge:

http://tinyurl.com/wd8xb (GNN)

A 2000 b.p. 'city' near Inverness:

http://tinyurl.com/yy2sgg (Courier)

A Bronze Age cup is returning to Kent:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/kent/6054316.stm

A Viking ship from Larvik:

http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article1498902.ece

Fears that the Tower of London is being 'overshadowed':

http://tinyurl.com/ycjgyf (Telegraph)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/6072580.stm

Trying to protect Castle mound in Norwich:

http://tinyurl.com/yfknbq

Archaeology in Europe Blog:

http://www.archaeology.eu.com/weblog/index.html
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ASIA AND THE SOUTH PACIFIC
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'Stone Age' axe from near Sydney (not sure if this is the same
one we mentioned last week):

http://tinyurl.com/yfs5no (Age)

Pottery with what might be the earliest examples of written
Chinese language:

http://china.org.cn/english/2006/Oct/185017.htm

More ancient tombs from Henan:

http://english.people.com.cn/200610/16/eng20061016_312276.html

A pair of interesting burials from Vietnam:

http://english.vietnamnet.vn/lifestyle/2006/10/622238/

An archaeological site at one of the Olympic venues:

http://tinyurl.com/y5z4y3 (Reuters via Yahoo)
http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/view.php?StoryID=20061016-013859-4103r
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/6054524.stm
http://tinyurl.com/yyb2a7 (SMH)

Moving a Japanese tomb to preserve it:

http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20061019a8.html

A Chinese kiln in Bendigo:

http://www.abc.net.au/centralvic/stories/s1763246.htm?backyard

New Zealand Archaeology eNews:

http://www.nzarchaeology.org/netsubnews.htm
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NORTH AMERICA
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A Hohokam village in the heart of Phoenix:

http://tinyurl.com/wol4f (Republic)
http://kvoa.com/Global/story.asp?S=5541991
http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/daily/local/29454.php

Restoring damaged petroglyphs in Nevada:

http://www.krnv.com/Global/story.asp?S=5566313&nav=menu113_1_5

A Middle Woodland village on Biltmore Estate:

http://www.citizen-times.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=200661018071

A mystery tower on Rhode Island:

http://www.eyewitnessnewstv.com/Global/story.asp?S=5549834&nav=F2DO

Searching for a Revolutionary War cemetery:

http://tinyurl.com/y2npzr (BG)

The problem with burials that get in the way of development:

http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/news/15786509.htm
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CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA
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A 1200 b.p. canoe in a Mayan ruin:

http://tinyurl.com/wbdrd (KSHB)
http://www.newschannel10.com/global/story.asp?s=5542233
http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/news/local/15762737.htm

The discovery of an historic floor at Cinnamon Bay (USVI) is
causing delays:

http://tinyurl.com/y3dmj6 (Tradewinds)
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OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST
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Horses might have been first domesticated in Kazakhstan:

http://tinyurl.com/y2k46v (DN)

More coverage of archaeological use of Google Earth:

http://tinyurl.com/uhmut (Observer)
http://tinyurl.com/y4cr8c (Red Orbit)
http://www.newsobserver.com/110/story/498957.html

They've figured out why blue frescoes fade:

http://tinyurl.com/y76ccq (DN)

Demystifying Columbus:

http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/1017/p05s01-woeu.html

Interesting item on Mary Magdalene:

http://www.msmagazine.com/spring2006/mary.asp

On academic charisma:

http://www.newyorker.com/critics/books/articles/061023crbo_books

Chinese follies:

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/20/arts/design/20anti.html

The perils of a Picasso:

http://tinyurl.com/ybv6ey (New Yorker)

Review of Ron Rosenbaum, *The Shakespeare Wars*:

http://theater2.nytimes.com/2006/10/20/books/20book.html

Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Lives of the Week:

http://www.oxforddnb.com/public/lotw/

Arts and Letters Daily:

http://aldaily.com/
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TOURISTY THINGS
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Caral:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15350058/ (nice photo)
http://tinyurl.com/y27n7o (USA Today ... ditto, but bigger)
http://tinyurl.com/uoa2u (AP via Yahoo)

Istanbul:

http://travel2.nytimes.com/2006/10/15/travel/15choicestanbul.html
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GENERAL MAGAZINES AND JOURNALS
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Archaeology (November/December):

http://www.archaeology.org/curiss/

About.com Archaeology:

http://archaeology.about.com/

Archaeoblog:

http://archaeoblog.blogspot.com/

Archaeology Briefs:

http://archaeologybriefs.blogspot.com/
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CRIME BEAT
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Egyptian police have broken up what appears to have been a major
smuggling ring:

http://www.metimes.com/storyview.php?StoryID=20061016-042000-5671r

More coverage of that pensioner's illicit collection in Athens:

http://tinyurl.com/yeon3v

A 'coin thief' in Spain was arrested 'with the goods':

http://www.typicallyspanish.com/news/publish/article_6911.shtml

An obviously-purloined gravestone from Belfast was returned
this week:

http://waldo.villagesoup.com/Government/story.cfm?storyID=80513

The Museum Case hit the news again this week with a complicated
tale of the trip of a statue of Aphrodite to the Getty:

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/world/4277279.html
http://www.cbc.ca/arts/story/2006/10/19/aphrodite-getty.html
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061019/ap_en_ot/looted_antiquities_3
http://tinyurl.com/yflwtu (Mercury)
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/19/arts/19arts.html

A European ambassador was prevented from shipping some Yemeni
antiquities out of the country:

http://yementimes.com/article.shtml?i=990&p=local&a=5

Italy and Switzerland have signed a 'deal' to combat smuggling:

http://tinyurl.com/uzrz3 (Mercury)
http://tinyurl.com/y7lldy (IHT)

... while the US is hesitating on an agreement with China to
limit imports of antiquities:

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/18/arts/design/18emba.html

India is cracking down on smuggling of Buddhist relics:

http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=1537202006

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NUMISMATICA
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Fake coins on L.A.'s Skid Row (strange):

http://tinyurl.com/y6hqex (Mercury)

Hobbyblog:

http://hobbyblog.blogspot.com/

Ancient Coin Collecting:

http://ancientcoincollecting.blogspot.com/

Ancient Coins:

http://classicalcoins.blogspot.com/
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EXHIBITIONS, AUCTIONS, AND MUSEUM-RELATED
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Holy Image, Hallowed Ground:

http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/10/20/news/raacat.php

Ghiberti's Doors:

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/18/arts/design/18emba.html

Louvre Atlanta:

http://travel2.nytimes.com/2006/10/16/arts/design/16high.html

Ehon: The Artist and the Book in Japan:

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/21/arts/design/21ehon.html

Americans in Paris:

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/20/arts/design/20pari.html

Dead Sea Scrolls:

http://www.tdn.com/articles/2006/10/21/this_day/news04.txt

Plenty of coverage of the display of the Sevso Treasure/Hoard
in the UK, much to Hungary's chagrin:

http://tinyurl.com/yxvayl (Reuters)
http://arts.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,1924109,00.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6061970.stm
http://tinyurl.com/y684qj (ITV)

Some reaction:

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,173-2410288,00.html
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,59-2414133,00.html

Berlin's Museum Island is getting a lot of press lately:

http://www.fftimes.com/index.php/7/2006-10-16/27557
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6063126.stm
http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/article1886635.ece
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,2206814,00.html

A new museum in Thebes (Greece) is on its way:

http://tinyurl.com/y5en6f (Kathimerini)

Coverage of the Internation Fine Art and Antique Dealers show:

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/20/arts/design/20fair.html

Assorted music notes from the Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/21/arts/music/21clas.html

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Marie Antoinette:

http://www.newyorker.com/critics/cinema/articles/061023crci_cinema

A couple productions of Shakespeare:

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/18/theater/18ishe.html

... and an adaptation of same:

http://theater2.nytimes.com/2006/10/17/theater/reviews/17hear.html
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ON THE WEB
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Complete works of Darwin:

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/15346154/
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061019/sc_nm/britain_darwin_dc_1
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6064364.stm
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OBITUARIES
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Sheldon Meyer (OUP Editor):

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/18/obituaries/18meyer.html
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More Sardinia-as-Atlantis coverage:

http://www.physorg.com/news79968780.html
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http://www.radioscribe.com/bknspade.htm

Stone Pages Archaeology News:

http://news.stonepages.com/

Archaeologica Audio News:

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