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Thanks to Arthur Shippee, Dave Sowdon, Donna Hurst, Barbara Kraskian,
Barbara Evans Rees, Edward Rockstein, Hernan Astudillo,
John McMahon, Joseph Lauer, Mata Kimasitayo, Mike Ruggeri,
Richard C. Griffiths, Anne B Hurley, Bob Heuman, Kurt Theis
Rochelle Altman, and Ross W. Sargent for headses upses this week
(as always hoping I have left no one out).
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EARLY HUMANS
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A huge amount of coverage for the discovery of a 35 000 years b.p.
flute in Germany:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090624213346.htm
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nature08169.html
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/44941/title/Stone_Age_flutes_found_in\
_Germany
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/environment/archeology/5625802/Ancient-flutes-m\
ore-than-35000-years-old.html
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nation-world/bal-te.briefs255jun25,0,567082.sto\
ry?track=rss
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090624/ap_on_re_eu/eu_germany_prehistoric_flute
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/25/science/25flute.html?_r=1&bl&ex=1245988800&en=\
948520d3f4de6dd5&ei=5087%0A
http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1711086/scientists_unearth_oldest_known_mus\
ical_instrument/index.html?source=r_science
http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090624/ART10/906249958
http://asia.news.yahoo.com/ap/20090625/twl-eu-germany-prehistoric-flute-c8e2916.\
html
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090624/sc_afp/sciencearcheologymusicgermany_200906\
24174002
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/25/science/25flute.html
http://sciencenow.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2009/624/1
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8117915.stm
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090624/sc_nm/us_prehistoric_1
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/06/090624-bone-flute-oldest-instrum\
ent.html
http://www.agencia.fapesp.br/materia/10685/divulgacao-cientifica/musica-paleolit\
ica.htm

... you can hear it being played here:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=105823127
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article6\
569682.ece#cid=OTC-RSS&attr=797093

Interesting suggestion that some of the artists of cave paintings
were probably female:

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/06/photogalleries/cave-handprints-a\
ctually-women-missions-pictures/index.html

cf:

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/06/photogalleries/cave-art-handprin\
ts-missions-pictures/index.html


Evidence from the Atapuerca site suggests the first 'europeans' were
cannibals with a taste for children:

http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20090625/world-news/the-first-european\
s-were-cannibals-say-spanish-archaeologists
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iI9OgX-_Mirtk1K5zuNW2CLn4OzQ
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/5624301/First-Europeans-were-cannibals\
-with-taste-for-children.html
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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT
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An ancient granary from Jordan which predates the development of
agriculture (!):

http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2009/06/19/0812764106.full.pdf+html
http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode.cfm?id=ancient-granary-predate\
s-agricultur-09-06-25
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090622/ap_on_sc/us_sci_ancient_grain_storage_1
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/44896/title/Ancient_granaries_precede\
d_the__Agricultural_Revolution
http://www.usnews.com/articles/science/2009/6/23/ancient-granaries-preceded-the-\
agricultural-revolution.html?s_cid=rss:ancient-granaries-preceded-the-agricultur\
al-revolution

Zahi Hawass' blog has some info on recent discoveries at Saqqara:

http://drhawass.com/blog/press-release-new-discoveries-saqqara
http://www.sis.gov.eg/En/EgyptOnline/Culture/000002/0203000000000000001168.htm
>

... and with the Tut exhibition opening in San Francisco, there are
features on Zahi Hawass in the local papers:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/06/26/MN2318D5GI.DTL
http://www.sfexaminer.com/kingtut/A-life-dedicated-to-antiquity-48820107.html

... and in passing, we might note that Dr. Hawass is a Transformers
fan:

http://www.metronews.ca/ottawa/entertainment/article/249569--no-place-for-waste

There's also some background on Carter etc.:

http://www.sfexaminer.com/kingtut/48819807.html

A mysterious passageway in the tomb of Seti I:

http://www.elpais.com/articulo/cultura/misterio/pasadizo/faraon/elpepucul/200906\
14elpepicul_5/Tes

Brief item on the tomb of Amen-Em-Epet, Supervisor of Hunters:

http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2009/952/eg12.htm

A general item on what CT scans have told us about mummies:

http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/06/25/mummy.scans/index.html?iref=mpstoryvi\
ew

... and the latest scans, including coverage of the 'change in gender' of
"Lady Hor":

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/06/090626-us-mummies-video-ap.html
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31515226/ns/technology_and_science-science/
http://www.standard.net/live/news/176919
http://www.journalstandard.com/news/x135724900/Its-a-man-baby-Scan-reveals-NY-mu\
mmy-is-male
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/us_world/3_000-Year-Old_Mummy__It_s_a_Man__Baby__\
New_York.html
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Heads-and-Tales/Woman-mummy-turns-out-to-be-a\
-man/articleshow/4695776.cms
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1195045/Ancient-Egyptians-unwrapp\
ed-CT-scans-reveal-secrets-beneath-bandages-2-000-year-old-mummies.html?ITO=1490
http://www.dailyrecord.com/article/20090624/UPDATES01/90624014/Scan+reveals+mumm\
y+is+male
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2009/06/24/2009-06-24_brooklyn_museum_mummys_a_d\
addy.html

... and more coverage of the facial reconstruction of Meresamun:

http://www.newkerala.com/nkfullnews-1-63232.html
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,529062,00.html
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31526816/ns/technology_and_science-science/

The scanning of Egyptian artifacts will be even more high tech at USC
College:

http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/553662/

An intact Canaanite tomb from Bethlehem:

http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/06/23/tomb-found-bethlehem.html
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2009-06-23-tomb-bethlehem_N.htm
http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/140864
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090623/ap_on_sc/ml_palestinians_ancient_grave
http://www.3news.co.nz/Intact-ancient-tomb-uncovered-in-Bethlehem/tabid/209/arti\
cleID/109842/cat/61/Default.aspx?ArticleID=109842
http://news.scotsman.com/world/Oh-little-tomb-of-Bethlehem.5394202.jp
http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/middle_east/view.bg?articleid=118\
0752&srvc=rss
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/discoveries/2009-06-23-ancient-tomb_N.htm?c\
sp=34
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2009371931_apmlpalestiniansanc\
ientgrave.html

Quite a bit of coverage for the discovery of a very large human-made
cave/quarry in the Jordan Valley:

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1094546.html
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=1094652
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-06/uoh-ucd062209.php
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/06/090624-giant-christian-cave.html
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-tc-nw-briefs-0624-06251jun25,\
0,7770051.story
>
http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1708898/ancient_manmade_cave_found_in_israe\
l/index.html?source=r_science
http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/553592/?sc=rssn
http://www.physorg.com/news164888922.html
http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/index.php/world/30177-ancient-holy-land-quarr\
y-uncovered-team-says
http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2009/06/21/Ancient-man-made-cave-found-in-Israel\
/UPI-23621245630943/
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090621/sc_nm/us_palestinians_israel_archaeology_2
http://www.newkerala.com/nkfullnews-1-60765.html
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090622103831.htm
http://www.reuters.com/article/scienceNews/idUSTRE55K1QE20090623?feedType=RSS&fe\
edName=scienceNews
http://www.scientificamerican.com/video.cfm?id=27096254001
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/21/AR2009062101028.\
html
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090621/ts_nm/us_palestinians_israel_archaeology
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/21/AR2009062101028.\
html
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2009/06/21/news/news-us-palestinians-israel-archa\
eology.html
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=124\
5184889162


A setback, perhaps, for the Ilisu dam project:

http://current.com/items/89656073_germany-suspends-funding-for-controversial-ili\
su-dam-in-turkey.htm

The Naxcivan Archaeological Project site:

http://www.museum.upenn.edu/new/research/oglanqala/website/Home%20page.html

OpEddish sort of thing on how things are 'looking up' in Iraq:

http://www.oxfordtoday.ox.ac.uk/2008-09/v21n3/05.shtml

Review of Rachel Elior, *Memory and Oblivion*:

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1095884.html

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 mithraeum from northen Iraq:

http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/sciencemedicine/story/89A303F8\
F3E64089862575E0000DC2AF?OpenDocument

An impending dig in Bulgaria:

http://www.cleveland.com/arts/index.ssf/2009/06/scholar_james_davidson_boldly.ht\
ml

... and another Thracian tomb from Bulgaria:

http://paper.standartnews.com/en/article.php?d=2009-06-13&article=27799>

... and a Thracian settlement:

http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=104963
http://www.newspostonline.com/science/archaeologists-uncover-intact-thracian-set\
tlement-in-bulgaria-2009062761336

The latest from Caistor Roman town/Venta Icenorum:

http://www.physorg.com/news165059379.html
http://www.speroforum.com/site/article.asp?idCategory=31&idsub=156&id=19732&t=Un\
covering+the+secrets+of+Roman+Britain

They're digging again at Arbeia Roman Fort:

http://www.shieldsgazette.com/news/Unearthing-more-of-Arbeia39s-secrets.5375893.\
jp

Feature on the Minoans:

http://www.historytoday.com/MainArticle.aspx?m=33491

Who's in the Alexander Sarcophagus?:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204621904574246094055079788.html?m\
od=googlenews_wsj

What John Hale has been up to:

http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20090627/FEATURES06/906270319/1010/FEATUR\
ES/Ancient+history+comes+alive+in+U+of+L+prof+s+latest+book

More on the Parthenon's original colours:

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17309-new-test-reveals-parthenons-hidden-c\
olour.html?DCMP=OTC-rss&nsref=online-news
http://spie.org/x36016.xml?highlight=x2410&ArticleID=x36016

Concern for Libya's Roman remains:

http://features.csmonitor.com/globalnews/2009/06/23/libya-ruination-of-the-ruins\
/

Nice feature on Anton Bammer and the excavations at Ephesus:

http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=178763&bolum=101

Nice feature/preview of the Marsilian d'Albegna Project:

http://archaeology.about.com/b/2009/06/23/field-work-in-focus-marsiliana-dalbegn\
a-project.htm

Bath has maintained its World Heritage status:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/somerset/8119528.stm

Review of James Davidson, *The Greeks and Greek Love*:

http://www.cleveland.com/arts/index.ssf/2009/06/scholar_james_davidson_boldly.ht\
ml

I can't remember if we've mentioned this 'publishing dispute' before:

http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=26&storycode=407128&\
c=1

More on those finds from near Pozzuoli:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31527427/ns/technology_and_science-science/>
http://www.newkerala.com/nkfullnews-1-61956.html
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/06/24/titus-marble-naples.html

Recent reviews from BMCR:

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

Recent reviews from Scholia:

http://www.classics.ukzn.ac.za/reviews/2009.htm

Visit our blog:

http://rogueclassicism.com/

Mediterranean Archaeology:

http://medarch.blogspot.com/
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EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland)
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The oldest human settlement in the Aegean has been found on Limnos:

http://www.ana-mpa.gr/anaweb/user/showplain?maindoc=7735875&maindocimg=7735858&s\
ervice=144

A pile of coverage for a 10 500 years b.p. well in Cyprus which
included the skeleton of a woman:

http://www.physorg.com/news165070153.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8118318.stm
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jMAxmJompMRkaF_P0AvNxli2rm6gD9\
913EK01
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/06/24/ancient-cyprus-well-disco_n_220183.html
http://www.nypost.com/seven/06242009/news/worldnews/archaeologists_discover_anci\
ent_well_and_175890.htm
http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1711065/ancient_well_female_skeleton_uneart\
hed_in_cyprus/index.html?source=r_science
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_CYPRUS_PREHISTORIC_WELL?SITE=INEVA&SEC\
TION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

A possible Bronze Age roundhouse find has halted a sewage treatment
project in Cornwall:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/cornwall/8116121.stm

Bronze Age finds during road construction in Ulster:

http://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/Bronze-Age-burial-ground-uncovered.5405429.jp

Vague item about Neolithic and Bronze Age finds from Loughbrickland:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/8117545.stm
cf http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/8119505.stm

A medieval village in Espoo (Finland):

http://www.hs.fi/english/article/Archeologists+unearth+early+medieval+village+in\
+Espoo/1135247145462

The latest 15th-century find by a metal detectorist:

http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2009/06/25/Woman-finds-treasure-with-metal-detector/\
UPI-87501245952502/

Concerns for petroglyphs in Royston:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/8119151.stm

More funding for the Mary Rose:

http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/newshome/Boost-for-Mary-Rose-with.5397831.jp
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/hampshire/8116903.stm

Interesting photo of those 'pre-Stonehenge' structures mentioned
last week:

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/bigphotos/49021910.html

... and just in case you want to know what went on at Stonehenge
on the Solstice:

http://www.3news.co.nz/News/Pagans-partygoers-greet-solstice-at-Stonehenge/tabid\
/209/articleID/109465/Default.aspx?ArticleID=109465
http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/news/display.var.2515629.0.Pagans_and_tourists_g\
ather_at_Stonehenge_to_mark_solstice.php
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jun/22/stonehenge-in-summer/

They've made a replica of Henry VIII's divorce petition:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jun/23/henry-viii-divorce-letter-vatican

Fixing up a castle in the Netherlands:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/25/garden/25dutch.html

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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Interesting models of camel-pulled vehicles dating back 5000 years
b.p. from Altyndepe (Turkmenistan):

http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/06/26/wheeled-vehicle-camel.html

A fifth-century Buddha from Kabul:

http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=299297&version\
=1&template_id=41&parent_id=23

An Iron Age burial ground from Tamil Nadu:

http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/008200906221831.htm

Feature on the Royal Tombs of the Joseon Kingdom:

http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/art/2009/06/244_47391.html

Following the obsidian 'trail':

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-06/uow-op062209.php

A Russian satellite has helped to locate the ancient castle of the
Volga Khans (honestly not sure if this story should be Europe or Asia):

http://paper.standartnews.com/en/article.php?d=2009-06-25&article=27913
http://www.novinite.com/newsletter/print.php?id=105018

More plans for Nanhai No. 1 (800 years b.p. shipwreck):

http://en.ce.cn/National/culture/200906/22/t20090622_19367439.shtml
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-06/22/content_8306878.htm

Latest 'ancient ship reconstruction' is a Filipino balangay:

http://www.torontosun.com/news/world/2009/06/28/9959511-sun.html
http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/06/27/09/replica-balangay-embarks-epic-voyage
http://www.gmanews.tv/story/166054/Replica-of-ancient-Pinoy-boat-set-to-sail-SE-\
Asia

Arguing about the fate of the Giant kangaroo (spun differently by
the two news organizations):

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/06/23/2606307.htm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/science/nature/8112885.stm

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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An Olcott site from Snohomish County (Wash.):

http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20090621/NEWS01/706219813&news01ad%3D1

Interesting excavation going on near Cochetopa Pass (Colo.):

http://www.vaildaily.com/article/20090621/NEWS/906209988/-1/RSS08

A four-year-old has found an Athabascan arrow point in Alaska:

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/062409/sta_454028615.shtml
http://ap.alaskajournal.com/stories/state/ak/20090621/453183113.shtml

The oldest structures in Maryland?:

http://www.hometownannapolis.com/news/nbh/2009/06/26-26/South-county-site-might-\
have-oldest-structure-in-state.html

An impending dig at Mound City:

http://www.chillicothegazette.com/article/20090625/NEWS01/906250302/1002/rss01

... semi-related:

http://suburbanjournals.stltoday.com/articles/2009/06/24/south/news/0624ssj-suga\
rloaf0.txt

Charleston's early walls were pretty big:

http://www.postandcourier.com/news/2009/jun/25/buried_treasure87229/

Nice feature on the Cherokee script:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/23/science/23cherokee.html

Another feature on the Topper site:

http://www.islandpacket.com/news/local/story/887761.html

Latest on that Geronimo lawsuit:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8112051.stm

More on those hunting sites found in Lake Huron:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/23/science/23oblake.html
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17275
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CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA
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On the domestication of chiles:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090619152137.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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There was an early report this week that the location of the Ark
of the Covenant was going to be announced:

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=102200

... but it didn't pan out:

http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=102274

Not sure we've mentioned this 'adjustment' to mtDNA use in the tracking
of human migrations:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090604124023.htm

A previously-undiscovered pre-extinction picture of a dodo has
been found and is coming to auction:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/art/art-news/5596737/Uncovered-350-year-old-p\
icture-of-dodo-before-it-was-extinct.html

Next musical recreation: an ancient golden lyre (based on one damaged
in Baghdad):

http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/england/cambridgeshire/8114446.stm
http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?sectionid=845&articleid=539\
5395

Was the development of agriculture the 'root of all evil'?:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/scienceandtechnology/science/sciencenews/5604296/Is-f\
arming-the-root-of-all-evil.html

Simon Critchley on the afterlife:

http://happydays.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/23/how-to-make-it-in-the-afterlife

Twitterature?:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=105892182

So you want to take archaeology:

http://www.independent.co.uk/student/into-university/az-degrees/archaeology-7561\
76.html

On the Vatican's observatory on Mount Graham:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/23/science/23Vatican.html

Interesting item on facedown burials around the world:

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/06/090623-facedown-burials.html
http://www.newkerala.com/nkfullnews-1-61289.html

More on eBay and fakes and all that:

http://ideas.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/24/how-fakes-on-ebay-save-antiquities/
http://www.miller-mccune.com/culture_society/indiana-jones-and-the-temple-of-eba\
y-1286

Review of Gavin Weightman, *The Industrial Revolutionaries*:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/28/books/review/Mihm-t.html

Review of Christopher Beha, *The Whole Five Feet*:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/28/books/review/Nazaryan-t.html

Review of Robert Wright, *The Evolution of God*:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/28/books/review/Bloom-t.html

Emerson's Saadi:

http://harpers.org/archive/2009/06/hbc-90005237

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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Delhi:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/8120683.stm

Thrace:

http://travel.nytimes.com/2009/06/28/travel/28explorer.html

Athens:

http://www.dailyheraldtribune.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1631922

Sailing the Nile:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/06/26/TRP517BAS8.DTL>

Nafplion:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/europe/greece/5611455/Nafplion-Gr\
eece-My-kind-of-town.html
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DIG DIARIES/BLOGS
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[please send in suggestions! current digs only please!]

New this week:

Whitehall Roman Villa:

http://www.whitehallvilla.co.uk/

Ongoing ...

Mount Lykaion:

http://mountlykaion.wordpress.com/

Roman Binchester:

http://binchester.blogspot.com/

Gabii Project:

http://lapisgabinus.blogspot.com/

Tel Kabri:

http://digkabri.wordpress.com/2009-dig-blog/

Pyla-Koutsopetria (three blogs in one! twitter too!):

http://www.und.nodak.edu/instruct/wcaraher/PKAPBlogAggregator.html

Grand Pre:

http://grandpre2009.wordpress.com/

Ongoing/about to commence:

Norton Community Archaeological Group:

http://nortoncommarch.wordpress.com/

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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Thefts from the Aden Museum:

http://www.sabanews.net/en/news187360.htm>

More coverage of that Mithras relief recovery:

http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/CultureAndMedia/?id=3.0.3437120414

More coverage of the Utah looting case and the subsequent suicide(s):

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/21/us/21blanding.html?_r=1&th&emc=th
http://nativetimes.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2043&Itemid=29
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,705312039,00.html

Looting Matters:

http://lootingmatters.blogspot.com/
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NUMISMATICA
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Medals of Dishonour (slideshow):

http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_8117000/8117408.stm

Medieval money:

http://video.nytimes.com/video/2009/06/24/opinion/1194841161149/bloggingheads-me\
dieval-money.html

Nice price for a 9th century British coin:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/wiltshire/8119698.stm

A Roman coin find in the UK has been declared treasure:

http://www.fileymercury.co.uk/news/Roman-coins-found-in-field.5404579.jp

... and another Roman coin find:

http://www.scarborougheveningnews.co.uk/news/Scarborough39s-Roman-coin-find.5407\
804.jp

An 18th century coin find leads to a dig in Edenton:

http://www.dailyadvance.com/features/history-beneath-the-dirt-667072.html

A nice flickr set:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/30084068@N08/sets/72157614300587591/

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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Wedding at Cana:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/22/arts/design/22greenaway.html

Dead Sea Scrolls:

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/video/dead-sea-scrolls-arrive-in-canada/article11\
95981/
http://www.torontosun.com/news/torontoandgta/2009/06/25/9918551-sun.html
http://www.cbc.ca/arts/artdesign/story/2009/06/25/dead-sea-scrolls-rom-show.html

Afghanistan: Hidden Treasures:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/26/arts/design/26met.html
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=99027&sectionid=3510212

Assorted exhibitions in New York:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/26/arts/design/26discovery.html

Whistler:

http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/notebook/2009/06/22/090622gonb_GOAT_notebo\
ok_schjeldahl

James Ensor:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/26/arts/design/26ensor.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/28/arts/design/28spear.html

Tut:

http://www.mercurynews.com/peninsula/ci_12683919
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/06/24/DDFB18CU0B.DTL

The Codex Climaci Rescriptus is coming to auction:

http://www.forbes.com/2009/06/26/ancient-bible-auction-lifestyle-collecting-bibl\
e-codex.html

Amsterdam has its own Hermitage:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/27/arts/27iht-hermitage.html

More on Israel's new mosaic museum on the West Bank:

http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/Israel-opens-mosaic-museum-in-the-West-B\
ank/17495

More on the new Acropolis Museum:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124597199236156969.html
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,4
http://www.thehindu.com/2009/06/22/stories/2009062256771300.htm
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/27/arts/27iht-melik27.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/news/2009/06/090622_elgin_marbles_pollard_dm.s\
html

... and this week's Elgin/Parthenon Marbles opinions (some overlap with the
above, of course):

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/24/arts/design/24abroad.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/22/arts/design/22arts-GREECEPRESSE_BRF.html?ref=d\
esign
http://www.france24.com/en/20090619-acropolis-museum-opens-hope-return-elgin-mar\
bles-greece-athens-uk
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601088&sid=aiX29TXOXd5Y>
http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_8110000/newsid_8111600/8111664.stm>
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/visual_arts/article65442\
20.ece
http://www.economist.com/opinion/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13891533
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=105532785
http://current.newsweek.com/budgettravel/2009/06/worth_reading_greeces_new_acro.\
html
>
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601088&sid=al6pieHgL8eg
http://www.economist.com/books/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13895071
http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/article/656833
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0906/S00237.htm
http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/Scots-ministers-seek-Elgin-Marbles39.5408371.j\
p

The art market ain't so bad:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/24/arts/design/24auction.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/26/arts/26iht-melik26.html

cf:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/27/arts/27iht-melik27.html

... and the big one at Sotheby's was:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/25/arts/design/25auction.html


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PERFORMANCES AND THEATRE-RELATED
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Twelfth Night:

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/06/25/arts/AP-US-Theater-Review-Twelfth-Nig\
ht.html
http://theater2.nytimes.com/2009/06/26/theater/reviews/26night.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/25/arts/25iht-melik25.html

Dido and Aeneas:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/27/arts/dance/27dido.html
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OBITUARIES
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Richard Thomas Scanlan:

http://www.news-gazette.com/news/living/2009/06/22/life_remembered_popular_class\
ics_prof_was_legendary

Ralf Dahrendorf:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/22/world/europe/22dahrendorf.html
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PODCASTS
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Naked Archaeology Podcast:

http://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/podcasts/archaeology/

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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