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Arthur Shippee, Brennus Legranus, Charles Fertig, Dave Sowdon,
Donna Hurst, Edward Rockstein, 'Duke Jason', George Chaplin,
Rick Heli, John McMahon, Joseph Lauer, Hernan Astudillo,
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Ross W. Sargent, Bob Heuman,Rick Pettigrew, and W. Richard Frahm,
for headses upses this week (as always hoping I have left no one out).

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AFRICA
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The Axum Obelisk will be re-erected later this year:

http://www.ansa.it/site/notizie/awnplus/english/news/2008-03-06_106189731.html
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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT
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A nice update on the El Hibeh dig:

http://www.physorg.com/news123867023.html

Assorted recent finds from Egypt:

http://travelvideo.tv/news/more.php?id=13748_0_1_0_M

Brief item on a First Intermediate Period tomb find:

http://tinyurl.com/2o9suq (SIS)

Can't remember if we mentioned this Parhian fortress find
yet:

http://www.cais-soas.com/News/2008/February2008/27-02.htm

Police halted construction work on Temple Mount this week:

http://tinyurl.com/2ntb9d (JPost)

... not sure if this is related to the foregoing or not:

http://tinyurl.com/2sxw2n (JPost)

The impact of digs on the people in the City of David:

http://tinyurl.com/397lb4 (JPost)

Derivative piece about Gobekli Tepe:

http://tinyurl.com/ywmuao (CD)

More coverage of those seals which were recently found in
the City of David:

http://www.newkerala.com/one.php?action=fullnews&id=29860

Egyptology News Blog:

http://egyptology.blogspot.com/

Egyptology Blog:

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

Dr Leen Ritmeyer's Blog:

http://blog.ritmeyer.com/

Paleojudaica:

http://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/

Persepolis Fortification Archives:

http://persepolistablets.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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On the Bacchae and neuroscience:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2008/03/01/bobacc101.xml

The press is playing up the Odysseus angle in their coverage of
this tomb discovery on Lefkada:

http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7010243575
http://tinyurl.com/2llvyb
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080306/ap_on_re_eu/greece_tomb_3
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hKpApRGxT8qBnYKipgBF9jET7xdwD8V7EU480
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,335569,00.html
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/03/06/tomb-greek-island.html
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/03/080306-AP-greece-tomb.html
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-Greece-Tomb.html
http://www.macon.com/world//story/286313.html
http://news.mobile.msn.com/en-us/articles.aspx?aid=23486148&afid=1

A Roman shopping 'mall' in Cirencester:

http://tinyurl.com/3a5q38 (Mirror)

An update on things found during Rome's subway dig:

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/travel/2004267247_webitalysubway07.html
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iU1-kyPmK_taHe_INabzT-kEGvjgD8V8RH500
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080308/ap_on_sc/italy_subway_archaeology_4

Recent finds at Pella:

http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/news/content.asp?aid=94026

A Japanese team has restored some Roman tombs near Tyre:

http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=1&article_id=89552

It'll cost ya if you want to visit the Forum now:

http://www.usatoday.com/travel/news/2008-03-04-roman-forum_N.htm
http://abcnews.go.com/Travel/BusinessTravel/story?id=4386207&page=1

... and the House of Augustus is open to the public now:

http://www.ansa.it/site/notizie/awnplus/english/news/2008-03-07_107191697.html
http://www.ilgiornale.it/a.pic1?ID=245759
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article3508469.ece

Ovid and Hollywood at Harvard:

http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=522254

Rethinking the epigram:

http://www.news.utoronto.ca/bin6/080307-3666.asp

Olympia is apparently ready for the 'flame ceremony':

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23450558/

Nice overviewish thing on the Cleveland Apollo:

http://tinyurl.com/33x5ok (Scene)

Recent reviews from BMCR:

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

Recent reviews from Scholia:

http://www.classics.und.ac.za/reviews/2007.htm

Visit our blog:

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

Blegen Library News:

http://blegen.blogspot.com/

Mediterranean Archaeology:

http://medarch.blogspot.com/
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EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland)
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Anglo Saxon grave markers at Peterborough Cathedral:

http://tinyurl.com/yom8lr

... while other Anglo Saxon finds are being considered as possible
'treasure':

http://www.kentonline.co.uk/news/default.asp?article_id=39009

... and some Anglo Saxon human remains are to be reburied:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/humber/7283445.stm

17th century smugglers' tunnels:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/somerset/7279516.stm

Quarrying near Thornborough Henges has been halted for now:

http://tinyurl.com/3adpco

... while Stonehenge faces a new threat of sorts:

http://arts.guardian.co.uk/art/heritage/story/0,,2262215,00.html

Finds from various periods at a dig at York University:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/north_yorkshire/7283859.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/north_yorkshire/7283859.stm

Was Stonehenge a site for ritual combat?:

http://tinyurl.com/3559p8 (Gazette and Herald)

More coverage of what's beneath Silbury Hill:

http://discovermagazine.com/2008/feb/the-mystery-of-silbury-hill

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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Evidence of trade between Israel and China during Crusader times:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/03/080304100410.htm
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-03/uoh-eoc030408.php
http://tinyurl.com/yue7jg

An ongoing regional settlement pattern survey in China:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/03/080303113353.htm

New Zealand Archaeology eNews:

http://www.nzarchaeology.org/netsubnews.htm
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NORTH AMERICA
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Debating the fate of a shell mound on Edisto Island:

http://tinyurl.com/2gt8bl (P&C)

A Siberian linguistic link to native languages in North America:

http://www.adn.com/front/story/334139.html

Human impact in the Bahamas:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?xml=/earth/2008/03/04/sciblue104.xml
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CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA
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Vague/brief item about some recent finds in Mexico:

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-03/06/content_7728787.htm
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OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST
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Latest CT scan of a mummy in the Bolton Museum has given it a
new identity:

http://tinyurl.com/2l76tm

The Times of London has a piece on how to get started in 'treasure
hunting':

http://driving.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/driving/article3504894.ece

A renowned Bulgarian archaeologist was one of the victims in a
recent horrific train fire:

http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=90890

A row over plans to exhume Galileo's body:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7280148.stm

Latest twist in the interpretation of the 'hobbits'' remains:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7276943.stm
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080305/sc_nm/dwarfs_indonesia_dc_1
http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2008/03/05/2181122.htm

The search for the Battle of Anghiari is going to be the subject
of a documentary:

http://www.ansa.it/site/notizie/awnplus/english/news/2008-03-03_103177559.html

Latest on the Odyssey Marine saga:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=87928799

... and the latest video at the Archaeology Channel also looks
at Odyssey Marine:

http://www.archaeologychannel.org/

A rare photo of Helen Keller has been found:

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/03/05/national/main3912734.shtml

Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Lives of the Week:

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

Arts and Letters Daily:

http://aldaily.com/

Past Preservers:

http://pastpreservers.blogspot.com/
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TOURISTY THINGS
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Athens:

http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/living/travel/s_555885.html

Luxor:

http://www.anba.com.br/ingles/noticia.php?id=17572

Chaco Canyon and Mesa Verde:

http://tinyurl.com/3basbo (STimes)
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GENERAL MAGAZINES AND JOURNALS
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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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We don't often hear of antiquities busts in Israel, but here's
a report on one:

http://tinyurl.com/2sa2wd (IAA)

The sale of a purloined Roman period statue was foiled at
Thessaloniki:

http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_politics_100015_03/03/2008_93990

Looting Matters:

http://lootingmatters.blogspot.com/
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NUMISMATICA
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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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Daily Life in Greek and Roman Egypt:

http://www.lib.umich.edu/pap/exhibits/diversity/

Ancient Americas:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/05/arts/design/05amer.html
(slide show)

Looted Art (Nazi):

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/03/03/2178154.htm

Magna Carta:

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/03/03/magna.carta.display/index.html

Roman Triumphs:

http://www.ansa.it/site/notizie/awnplus/english/news/2008-03-05_105182685.html

A grant will allow the Bodleian to display some of its tomes:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7280280.stm

A Baghdad Museum update:

http://www.theartnewspaper.com/article.asp?id=7588

An earthquake damaged items in an Israel museum:

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=959940
http://tinyurl.com/388aes

They're already hyping the Roman stuff at the June antiquities
sale at Christies:

http://www.news-antique.com/?id=783881&keys=Christies-Tyche-Roman-Goddess
http://www.artdaily.com/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=23457

Another article on the new Acropolis Museum:

http://www.usatoday.com/travel/destinations/2008-03-05-new-athens-museum_N.htm
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PERFORMANCES AND THEATRE-RELATED
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Zenobia:

http://www.france24.com/en/20080225-culture-zenobia-lebanon-queen-palmyra-romans\
-rahbani
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ON THE WEB
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American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic
Works:

http://aic.stanford.edu/index.html

Economic History:

http://eh.net/
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DON'T EAT THAT ELMER (A.K.A. CVM GRANO SALIS)
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Moses on drugs?:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080304/od_afp/israelreligionoffbeat
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PODCASTS
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The Book and the Spade:

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

The Dig:

http://www.thedigradio.com/

Stone Pages Archaeology News:

http://news.stonepages.com/

Archaeologica Audio News:

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