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Thanks to Arthur Shippee, Dave Sowdon, David Critchley,
Donna Hurst, Edward Rockstein, Hernan Astudillo, John McMahon,
Mike Ruggeri, Richard C. Griffiths, Rick Pettigrew,
Bob Heuman,Ross W. Sargent, and W. Richard Frahm,
for headses upses this week (as always hoping I have left no one out).

... a quiet week ...

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EARLY HUMANS
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Nutcracker Man may have had a different diet:

http://www.physorg.com/news128750816.html
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AFRICA
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A 500 year old shipwreck off South Africa/Namibia:

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nation/bal-te.treasure02may02,0,7017129.story
http://www.shortnews.com/start.cfm?id=70426
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080501/ap_on_re_af/namibia_shipwreck
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/7376259.stm
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/1915703/500-year-old-shipwreck-found-b\
y-diamond-firm.html
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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT
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Medical examiners weigh in on Akhenaten's 'androgeny':

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hdvQNzx1hwtpXa2_M-CQn2wjs08AD90DE8AG0
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/science/bal-md.pharaoh02may02,0,1675321.story
http://tinyurl.com/646t2y
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/05/080502-AP-feminine-ph.html
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080502/ap_on_sc/feminine_pharaoh

Fossil shells and the pyramids:

http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2008/04/28/2229383.htm

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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A mass Roman grave in Gloucester:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/1915073/Mass-Roman-grave-discovered-in-Glouceste\
r.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/gloucestershire/7374836.stm
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article3850936.ece

A Roman brooch found a few years ago is treasure trove:

http://www.sunderlandecho.com/news/Brooch-deemed-treasure-trove.4040259.jp

Gladiator school reminiscences:

http://tinyurl.com/6793ym (CTrib)

A Roman reburial:

http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/Roman-woman-laid-to-rest.4029795.jp

A lengthy article on Roman costume:

http://tinyurl.com/5rxwlr

Another article on Roman technology:

http://media-newswire.com/release_1065053.html

Saudi (sic) women had more rights in Roman times than today:

http://www.asianews.it/index.php?l=en&art=12154&size=A

In case you didn't know about Boris Johnson's Classics background:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/7376621.stm

Review of a couple of books about Herodotus:

http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/books/2008/04/28/080428crbo_books_mendelso\
hn

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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A Bronze Age flint blade from Herefordshire:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/hereford/worcs/7370664.stm

... and they're looking for a Bronze Age axe 'factory':

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/mid/7371344.stm

Another stone circle:

http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk/news/s/1047424_magic_and_mystery_tour

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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They've opened a fifth century Japanese imperial tomb:

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/04/080428-ancient-tomb.html

A pile of petroglyphs have been found in Inner Mongolia:

http://www.newkerala.com/one.php?action=fullnews&id=53701

Even more damage to the Bamiyan Buddhas?:

http://www.thewest.com.au/default.aspx?MenuID=182&ContentID=71165

On the origins of Chinese porcelain:

http://www.newkerala.com/one.php?action=fullnews&id=53642

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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Looks like there's a battle brewing over the shipwreck of the
Griffon:

http://tinyurl.com/55jdrb

I think we mentioned these Nevada documents before:

http://www.newsreview.com/reno/Content?oid=651193

On the history of Cuttyhunk:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/30/books/30horw.html

Nice article on Turtle Mound:

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/volusia/orl-mound2908apr29,0,5758195.s\
tory

More on Canada's Iceman's DNA:

http://juneauempire.com/stories/050408/loc_275270355.shtml
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080428.wbcfrozen28/BNStory/\
National/home
http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/westcoastnews/story.html?id=17ea4959-7e5\
b-463b-8c12-4e27e8e1d933
http://www.ecanadanow.com/news/science/ancient-frozen-man-linked-to-17-people-in\
-canada-20080429.html
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CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA
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Evidence of early domestication of sunflowers:

http://www.physorg.com/news128668719.html
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/04/080429075321.htm
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/04/080428-sunflowers-mexico.html
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-04/fsu-sde042908.php
http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Science/2008/04/29/mexican_sunflower_origin_is_dete\
rmined/8780/
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/105735.php

More on early chocolate use:

http://discovermagazine.com/2008/apr/07-getting-drunk-on-chocolate-in-1100-bc

Mike Ruggeri's Ancient Americas Breaking News:

http://web.mac.com/michaelruggeri

Ancient MesoAmerica News:

http://ancient-mesoamerica-news-updates.blogspot.com/
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OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST
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This week's crystal skull coverage:

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/court_and_social/article3834827.\
ece

Podcast about those Bamiyan oil paintings:

http://www.sciam.com/podcast/episode.cfm?id=9BD46D19-CCAC-CB0B-8779626313B2A724&\
sc=rss

I could have sworn they did this DNA thing on what was thought to
be the remains of Nicholas' children last year:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080430/ap_on_re_eu/russia_czar_s_family
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/01/world/europe/01russia.html

X-rays reveal a hidden portrait of Shakespeare (maybe):

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7372629.stm
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1912309/The-%27ghost-figure%27-of-Shakesp\
eare%27s-patron.html

Schiller's skull ... isn't:

http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/203022,schiller-skull-unmasked-as-a-fake\
--summary.html

Checking out Ishi's brain:

http://www.abc.net.au/rn/allinthemind/stories/2008/2223973.htm

Some Guggenheim recipients:

http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/2008/04/09/20801/

Records from trials at the Old Bailey are now online:

http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article3834980.ece

Latest video at the Archaeology Channel is a preview of their annual
film festival:

http://www.archaeologychannel.org/

On satire in various periods:

http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/books/2008/05/seeking_21st_century_poetic_sa.html

Review of Solomon Volkov, *The Magical Chorus*:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/04/books/review/Gessen-t.html

Review of Tony Horwitz, *A Voyage Long and Strange*:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/04/books/review/Ferguson-t.html

Review of Christopher Benfey, *A Summer of Hummingbirds*:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/04/books/review/Miller-t.html

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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DIG DIARIES/BLOGS
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[please send in suggestions! current digs only please!]

Tel Dan:

http://teldan.wordpress.com/

Hopkins in Egypt Today:

http://www.jhu.edu/egypttoday/index.html
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GENERAL MAGAZINES AND JOURNALS
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About.com Archaeology:

http://archaeology.about.com/

Archaeorama:

http://blogs.discovery.com/news_archaeorama/

Archaeoblog:

http://archaeoblog.blogspot.com/

Archaeology Briefs:

http://archaeologybriefs.blogspot.com/
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CRIME BEAT
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Illegal excavations continue unabated in Mardan:

http://tinyurl.com/597pnb

Syria has returned a pile of purloined antiquities to Iraq (more
coverage):

http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2008/04/27/iraq-museum.html
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/04/29/Iraq.treasures/index.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/middle_east/7370291.stm
http://www.suntimes.com/news/world/918523,iraqmuseum042708.article

... while an Iraqi official accuses the West of not doing enough
to stop the trade of stolen antiquities:

http://tinyurl.com/6btc2k (Independent)
http://arts.guardian.co.uk/art/news/story/0,,2277299,00.html
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601088&sid=arlG9bOWRlsM&refer=home

A major bust in Germany involving Latin American antiquities:

http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,550711,00.html
http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/18400064.html

More on that big bust in Spain:

http://news.mobile.msn.com/en-us/articles.aspx?aid=24068480&afid=1

Looting Matters:

http://lootingmatters.blogspot.com/
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NUMISMATICA
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Not sure what it is about kids in Sweden, but they seem to
find an awful lot of stuff ... this time, a pile of medieval
coins:

http://www.thelocal.se/11410/20080428/
http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/0,1518,550406,00.html

Some nineteenth century medals are coming to auction:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/highlands_and_islands/7364436.stm

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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Designed by Architects:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/02/arts/design/02anti.html

From the Land of the Labyrinth:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/02/arts/design/02anti.html

Master Drawings:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/04/nyregion/nyregionspecial2/04artsct.html

Gustav Rau's eclectic collection is coming to auction:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/02/arts/design/02voge.html

Rome's new mayor isn't a fan of the Ara Pacis museum:

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article3854713.ece
http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,23626744-5001028,00.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/01/arts/01arts-ROMESMAYORPL_BRF.html

More on the Yale-Peru dispute:

http://news.mobile.msn.com/en-us/articles.aspx?aid=24108346&afid=1
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PERFORMANCES AND THEATRE-RELATED
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Vivaldi's Agrippo:

http://www.france24.com/en/20080501-vivaldi-opera-revived-argippo-italy-czech
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OBITUARIES
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Charles Tilly:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/02/nyregion/02tilly.html
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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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