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Thanks to Arthur Shippee, Dave Sowdon, Donna Hurst,
David Perlmutter, Edward Rockstein, Hernan Astudillo,
John McMahon, Joseph Lauer, Mata Kimasitayo, Mike Ruggeri,
Rochelle Altman, Ron Thompson, Ross W. Sargent, Bob Heuman,
Toke Lindegaard Knudsen, and W. Richard Frahm for headses upses
this week (as always hoping I have left no one out).
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EARLY HUMANS
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DNA evidence suggests no interbreeding between Neanderthals and
CroMagnons:

http://tinyurl.com/6rwvqx (Discovery)
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AFRICA
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An Axum obelisk update:

http://www.ansa.it/site/notizie/awnplus/english/news/2008-07-31_131140086.html
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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT
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Interesting bulla from one of Zedekiah's ministers:

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24115029-12335,00.html
http://www.thetrumpet.com/index.php?q=5367.3662.0.0
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1215331162371&pagename=JPost/JPArticl\
e/ShowFull
http://www.web-view.net/Show/0X452A2CB6A9FED72A5694C27ADAF4BD0A3B586A0622CA3D31F\
D1655846E94A209.htm
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?art_id=nw20080801135757861C908041&click_id=588&se\
t_id=1
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=1008048
(bizarre headline, though)

Egypt has rewarded some folks who came across some antiquities
while renovating their house:

http://news.trendaz.com/index.shtml?show=news&newsid=1258308&lang=EN

Haven't we already heard of plans to excavate Chehrabad Salt Mine?:

http://www.cais-soas.com/News/2008/July2008/01-07-iranian.htm

In case you thought the Temple Mount saga was dying down:

http://worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=71117
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1215331137734&pagename=JPost/JPArticl\
e/ShowFull

Recent work on the Zion Gate:

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1215331116860&pagename=JPost/JPArticl\
e/ShowFull

More (different?) coverage on that 'solar boat':

http://www.france24.com/en/20080719-japanese-camera-reveals-pharaohs-solar-boat-\
egypt-archaeology

More Codex Sinaiticus coverage:

http://www.theledger.com/article/20080731/news/808020305&tc=yahoo

More 'Messiah inscription' coverage:

http://tinyurl.com/5staf3

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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Evidence of embalming in Roman-era Greece:

http://www.alphagalileo.org/index.cfm?_rss=1&fuseaction=readrelease&releaseid=53\
1250

Some interesting finds from Aphrodisias:

http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/uncategorized/20-centuries-old-piers-unearth\
ed-in-turkey_10078336.html

Plenty of attention for phase two (it seems) of the raising of a
Gela shipwreck:

http://news.ert.gr/en/newsDetails.asp?id=34230
http://www.ansa.it/site/notizie/awnplus/english/news/2008-07-28_128240910.html
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-07/29/content_8829775.htm
http://www.zeenews.com/articles.asp?aid=459649&sid=ftp
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7531639.stm (Video)

... but even more for a report connecting the Antikythera Mechanism
with the Olympics and Archimedes:

http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v454/n7204/full/nature07130.html
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/07/31/europe/31computer.php
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,395021,00.html
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/ancient-device-was-used-to-predict-oly\
mpic-dates-881400.html
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/event/story.cfm?c_id=502&objectid=10524544
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080731/ap_on_re_eu/greece_ancient_gadget_4
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2008-07-30-olympics_N.htm?csp=34
http://theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,,24106319-30417,00.html?from=public_rss
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=antikythera-mechanism-eclipse-olympics
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5iaaYrf3YnqGVYlOWQWKrsS2lJxYQ
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/31/science/31computer.html
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/07/080730-greek-computer.html
http://ukpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5jc3LqtL75d342CJVr0NpD9uha1fw
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-Olympics/idUSL06431620080731
http://technology.newscientist.com/channel/tech/mg19926674.300?DCMP=NLC-nletter&\
nsref=mg19926674.300
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/text/2008082899_gadget31.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/2/hi/science/nature/7533457.stm
http://www.cbsnews.com/track/sumtxt2008073108/stories/2008/07/31/tech/main430988\
9.shtml
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/earth/2008/0\
7/30/scicalc130.xml
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080731/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_olympics_greece_calculator
http://tinyurl.com/5w54jp (leMonde)
http://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-sci-antikythera31-2008jul31,0,3959931.sto\
ry

cf:

http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2007/05/14/070514fa_fact_seabrook

Some students in Spain excavated three Roman busts:

http://www.typicallyspanish.com/news/publish/article_17654.shtml

Calpe Roman Villa excavations have resumed:

http://www.euroweeklynews.com/news/9826.html

Nice article on the Scythians:

http://discovermagazine.com/2008/jul/25-frozen-siberian-mummies-reveal-a-lost-ci\
vilization

Next sword and sandals flick on the horizon will be based on the Anabasis:

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117989886?categoryId=1946&cs=1

More on the Antonine Nymphaeum at Sagalassos:

http://www.zeenews.com/articles.asp?aid=458655&sid=ftp

More on that Bognor burial:

http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/3551234.Ancient_grave_found_on_Bognor_new_homes_s\
ite/

Recent reviews from BMCR:

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

Recent reviews from Scholia:

http://www.classics.ukzn.ac.za/reviews/2008.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 pile of petroglyphs from the UK:

http://www.newkerala.com/topstory-fullnews-5261.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7534510.stm
http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/server/show/ConWebDoc.14216

related:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/gallery/2008/jul/31/1?picture=336120468
http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/era/

A German 'Stonehenge':

http://tinyurl.com/58csen (El Pais)

An early cremation burial from Ireland:

http://news.smashits.com/277930/Cremated-bones-dating-from-3-500-BC-to-2-000-BC-\
unearthed-in-Ireland.htm

Evidence of Napoli in Byzantine times:

http://www.iniziativameridionale.it/agenzia.asp?Id=7357

Medieval burials from a friary dig in Perth:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/tayside_and_central/7533920.stm

Interesting theory about the sinking of the Mary Rose:

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/science/article4439221.ece
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/2480411/Mary-Rose-sank-because-Spanish-cr\
ew-did-not-understand-orders.html

Nice feature on Mt Athos' recovery from that fire back in 2004:

http://www.theartnewspaper.com/article.asp?id=8102

They've started digging for Nicosia's walls:

http://www.cyprus-mail.com/news/main.php?id=40587&cat_id=1

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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Neolithic burial from Malaysia:

http://malaysia.news.yahoo.com/bnm/20080801/tts-burial-site-research-993ba14.htm\
l

In case you're wondering about that Thai-Cambodian temple dispute:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080728/ap_on_re_as/cambodia_temple_dispute_4
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7506872.stm

Vague/poorly-translated item on an interesting find from Azerbaijan:

http://www.inform.kz/showarticle3.php?lang=eng&id=167683

Laos is taking some warnings about World Heritage Status seriously:

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080729/tsc-laos-heritage-tourism-luangprabang-c2f\
f8aa.html

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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Another Acadian dig ... this one's at Beaubassin:

http://thechronicleherald.ca/NovaScotia/1070242.html

Anasazi remains threatened by oil exploration:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/02/us/02artifacts.html

Possible colonial-era shipwreck off Puerto Rico:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080730/ap_on_sc/puerto_rico_underwater_find;_ylt=Av\
m_2lde_REuQgHhRzfj1EL737YB

A civil war document thought to be a photocopy has turned out to
be genuine:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080802/ap_on_re_us/civil_war_surrender

Plans to preserve a 19th century church in East Harlem:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/30/nyregion/30church.html

The history of 'industrialization' of the Hudson:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/01/arts/01expl.html

Interesting slave memorial:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/28/arts/design/28benc.html
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CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA
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Evidence of Olmec cultivation/consumption of cacao:

http://ancient-mesoamerica-news-updates.blogspot.com/2008/07/ancient-mesoamerica\
-news-updates-2008_30.html

Working on a Chancy mummy:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080718220603.htm

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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Dante's heir is being urged to accept Florence's apology:

http://www.ansa.it/site/notizie/awnplus/english/news/2008-07-28_128240834.html

On the DNA front, which came first: the chicken or Columbus?:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/07/30/2318696.htm
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080729133618.htm

Plenty of coverage of the 'world's oldest joke':

http://www.thestar.co.za/?fArticleId=4536142
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/us_world/2008/08/02/2008-08-02_university_of_wol\
verhamptons_list_of_wor.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2008/08/01/dl0103.xml
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20080731/r_t_rtrs_uk_other/tuk-life-britain-joke-d\
c-fa6b408_2.html
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080731/lf_nm_life/britain_joke_dc

A portrait of a woman beneath a Van Gogh's Patch of Grass:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20080730/sc_livescience/portraitofwomanrevea\
ledbeneathvangoghpainting

They're not going to allow folks to examine Chopin's heart:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/29/arts/29arts-CHOPINSHEART_BRF.html

Interesting item on some 'art disasters':

http://tinyurl.com/67rey3 (Independent)

Pondering Emily Dickenson:

http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/books/2008/08/04/080804crbo_books_thurman

This is borderline Elmer material ... remember the guy with the
China-reached-North-America-before-Columbus theory? He's now
suggesting Leonardo got his ideas from a Chinese encyclopedia:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080729/sc_nm/britain_book_leonardo_dc_3
http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/l2428044-britain-book-leonardo/

The cultural significance of the doughnut:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080721152000.htm

Ipswich lace:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/01/arts/design/01anti.html

The last (maybe) Cagot:

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/the-last-untouchable-in-europe-87\
8705.html

Review of Iain Gately, *Drink: A Cultural History of Alcohol*:

http://nymag.com/arts/books/reviews/48320/

Review of Paul Fisher, *House of Wits*:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/30/books/30book.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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TOURISTY THINGS
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Libya:

http://www.canada.com/northshorenews/news/travel/story.html?id=4233c4d5-b6e3-423\
9-8de6-8b930d2eb91c

Kas (Turkey):

http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=111426

Genesis Land:

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1215331158752&pagename=JPost/JPArticl\
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DIG DIARIES/BLOGS
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[please send in suggestions! current digs only please!]

Tel Kadesh:

http://sitemaker.umich.edu/kelseymuseum.digdiary/read_our_blog

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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They're using the military to protect Piazza Amerina's ancient
remains:

http://tinyurl.com/5kpouz (Vivi Enna)

Theft of a pile of religious texts from a synagogue in Safed:

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=1007083

Looting Matters:

http://lootingmatters.blogspot.com/
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NUMISMATICA
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Metal detectorists came across a small horde of Roman coins by
Stanton-by-Bridge:

http://tinyurl.com/5b64ck (Evening Telegraph)

American Gold:

http://www.americanheritage.com/articles/magazine/ah/1984/1/1984_1_42.shtml

Journal of East Asian Numismatics:

http://www.dongya.info/

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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Egypt and Rome:

http://www.ansa.it/site/notizie/awnplus/english/news/2008-08-01_101195681.html

Hadrian:

http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=110840

related:

http://www.historytoday.com/MainArticle.aspx?m=32833&amid=30256927

Correggio:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/31/arts/design/31corr.html

Queen Claude prayer book:

http://www.newyorker.com/talk/2008/08/04/080804ta_talk_mead

The British Museum has saved a medieval astrolabe:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/2474799/Unique-medieval-astrolabe-saved-b\
y-the-British-Museum.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/7534456.stm
http://www.azcentral.com/ent/arts/articles/2008/08/01/20080801tool.html
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080731/ap_on_sc/sci_britain_medieval_tool

This week's Acropolis Museum coverage:

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601088&sid=aL01SM6B3NV8&refer=home

Strange museum/archaeologist dispute in Antalya:

http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=111341

The Israel Museum has been given an interesting photo collection:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/01/arts/design/01voge.html
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OBITUARIES
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Ann Lambton (Persian Scholar):

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article4379464.ece
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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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