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Thanks to Arthur Shippee, Dave Sowdon, Diana Wright, Donna Hurst,
Edward Rockstein, Joan Griffith, Joos Postma, Rick Heli,
Hernan Astudillo, John Hall, Jennifer Cosham, John McMahon,
Joseph Lauer, Mike Ruggeri,Bob Heuman, and Ross W. Sargent for
headses upses this week (as always hoping I have left no one out).

Happy Fathers Day to all you fathers and father figures out there ...
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EARLY HUMANS
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On 'early humans' in Herodotus?

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/columnist/vergano/2010-06-18-ancient-legend\
s_N.htm

... and the possibility that early human types dined on hyenas:

http://news.discovery.com/human/humans-hyenas-cave.html
http://www.newkerala.com/news/fullnews-130369.html

... or maybe it's lions:

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/06/100614-neanderthals-cave-lions-p\
redators-science/

Gravettian/Aurignacian cave paintings from Romania?

http://www.physorg.com/news195668903.html
http://www.balkantravellers.com/en/read/article/2038

On Neanderthals being ancestors of modern humans (again):

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/neanderthals-may-be-ances\
tors-of-modern-humans-scientist-says/article658149/

... and an opeddish sort of thing on the same topic:

http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/05/11/kissing-cousins/
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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT
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Radiocarbon dating plants to more precisedly pin down Egyptian
dates:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/06/18/2930240.htm
http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2010/06/17/4523458-how-old-is-that-mummy-an\
yway
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100617/sc_afp/sciencehistoryegyptdynasties_2010061\
7194327
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/21/20100617/tsc-egyptian-chronology-mapped-out-4b158bc.\
html
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1287422/Scientists-analyse-ancien\
t-plants-work-Egyptian-kings-ruled.html?ITO=1490
http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=39627
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science_and_environment/10345875.stm
http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/328/5985/1554

... possibly related:

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2010-06/aabu-nao061710.php

A 3000 years b.p. 'figurine factory' from Cyprus:

http://www.cyprus-mail.com/cyprus/ancient-figurine-factory-uncovered/20100610

Byzantine finds from al-Andareen (Syria):

http://www.english.globalarabnetwork.com/201006136195/Related-news-from-Syria/fr\
ench-archaeologists-unearthed-mosaic-pillars-and-inscriptions-in-syria.html

A partnership with Rome to help preserve Acre/Akko:

http://www.israel21c.org/201006148008/social-action/conserving-the-living-labora\
tory-of-acre

More on those pagan cult objects from Tel Qassis:

http://www.artdaily.com/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=38696
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/06/photogalleries/100616-israel-pag\
an-cult-tomb-objects-pictures/?now=2010-06-16-00:01(Photos)
http://www.antiquities.org.il/article_Item_eng.asp?sec_id=25&subj_id=240&id=1706\
&module_id=#as
http://www.euronews.net/2010/06/09/pagan-antiquities-in-israel/
http://media.themedialine.org/media/100613_Pagan.wmv

Quite a bit of coverage for using airport body scanners to scan
mummies:

http://news.discovery.com/archaeology/airport-scanners-take-on-mummies.html
http://www.newkerala.com/news/fullnews-130068.html

Feature on Hershel Shanks:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/17/world/middleeast/17iht-letter.html

Zahi Hawass writes about a few of his favourite things:

http://www.drhawass.com/blog/my-favorite-things-series-my-favorite-pieces-egypti\
an-museum

Another dig in Israel (near Jaffa), another protest/vandalism:

http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/vandals-deface-jaffa-archaeological-si\
te-ultra-orthodox-protest-nearby-1.296201
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/International/2010/06/16/Hundreds-protest-archaeolog\
ical-dig/UPI-24331276693061/
http://www.jta.org/news/article/2010/06/16/2739638/haredi-riot-in-jaffa-over-exc\
avations
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3906405,00.html
http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/General+News/62188/Chareidim-Suspect-in-Vand\
alism-Attack-against-Antiquities-Site.html

Interview with Yval Gadot about Ramat Rachel (two parts):

http://www.foundationstone.org/LandMinds10/files/June16Landminds1-lr.mp3
http://www.foundationstone.org/LandMinds10/files/June16Landminds2-lr.mp3

Interview with Itzik Shai and Joe Uziel about Tel Burna (two parts):

http://www.foundationstone.org/LandMinds10/files/June02Land3-lr.mp3
http://www.foundationstone.org/LandMinds10/files/June02Land4-lr.mp3

... and the Tel Burna project has an excavation blog:

http://telburna.wordpress.com/2010/06/13/first-day-of-the-2010-season/

More on Jewish genomes:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/10/science/10jews.html

Pyramids as campsite:

http://www.theonion.com/articles/archaeologists-egyptian-pyramids-actually-early\
-at,17568/

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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Remains of a Roman dwelling or whatever from Jersey:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/jersey/10350256.stm

... and a possible villa in Berkeley:

http://www.gazetteseries.co.uk/news/8219462.Roman_villa_complex_may_have_existed\
_in_Berkeley__experts_believe/

[no, neither is in North America]

The Central Lydia Archaeological Survey folks have found four
'castles' dating back to the second century B.C.:

http://www.turkishpress.com/news.asp?id=352786

A Phoenician palace/administrative centre has been found at Idalion:

http://www.famagusta-gazette.com/link.asp?twindow=Default&smenu=69&sdetail=10650\
&mad=No&wpage=&skeyword=&sidate=
http://in.reuters.com/article/idINTRE65H2W520100618
http://www.isria.com/pages/18_June_2010_161.php
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_cyprus_phoenicians_garisson

Sofia has opened a major Roman site to the public:

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5i_pKgHp18IKPeRzg52LZuXJ1-gzQ
http://www.news24.com/SciTech/News/Roman-town-found-in-Sofia-20100617
http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/TechandScience/Story/STIStory_542126.ht\
ml

Questioning crucifixion details:

http://www.physorg.com/news195736161.html

Somewhat vague item on plans to dig a major Thracian site near
Starosel:

http://www.focus-fen.net/index.php?id=n223174

... later they connected to Seuthes:

http://www.focus-fen.net/index.php?id=n223177

Why Plutarch matters (possibly a repeat):

http://www.benningtonbanner.com/opinion/ci_15264482

Harry Mount calls for a return to Latin:

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/harrymount/100043362/bring-back-latin-the-only\
-way-forwards-is-backwards/

Greek in the Park:

http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/8220404.Get_out_and_learn_Greek_in_city_s_parks\
/

60 Minutes apparently had a segment on a Byzantine shipwreck found
by Robert Ballard:

http://www.postchronicle.com/news/original/article_212307125.shtml
http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/world/latest-episode-of-cbs-60-minutes-featu\
res-7th-century-shipwreck_100380162.html
http://www.ecanadanow.com/entertainment/2010/06/14/%E2%80%9C60-minutes%E2%80%9D-\
unveils-a-7th-century-shipwreck/

Reviewish/interviewish thing with Peter Heather (Empires and Barbarians):

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/books/2010/06/ask-an-academic-the-fall-of-\
rome.html

In case you missed it, Angelina Jolie has signed on to play Cleopatra:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/film-news/7825106/Angelina-Jolie-to-play\
-Cleopatra.html

... and Minotaurs are the new vampires:

http://www.theonion.com/articles/minotaurs-the-new-vampires-says-publishing-exec\
uti,17601/

Latest reviews from Scholia:

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

Latest reviews from BMCR:

http://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/recent.html

Visit our blog:

http://rogueclassicism.com/
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EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland)
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What's a stone age axe doing in an Iron Age tomb?:

http://www.physorg.com/news195841224.html
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/06/100614101724.htm

Neolithic artifacts from Norfolk:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/norfolk/10342496.stm

An archaeologist from Coventry has dug up what she is calling an
omen for the World Cup ... to judge from recent results, it isn't
a good omen:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1287006/Is-Englands-World-Cup-omen-Archa\
eologist-discovers-800-year-old-THREE-LIONS-badge.html?ITO=1490
http://www.coventryobserver.co.uk/news21894.html
http://tvnz.co.nz/world-news/could-three-lions-badge-omen-3591644?ref=rss

This seems to be a followup to the discovery of Edith/Eadgyth's
remains in a German cathedral:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2010/jun/17/saxon-princess-remains-german-cath\
edral
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/bristol/10332975.stm
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/news/queen-eadgyths-remain\
s-discovered-in-germany-1873669.html
http://www.bris.ac.uk/news/2010/7073.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2010/jun/17/archaeology-forensicscience
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/17/AR2010061702893.\
html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/7832828/Oldest-remains-of-English-Royalty\
-confirmed.html
http://media-newswire.com/release_1121237.html

A call for a full excavation of the HMS Victory:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/guernsey/10317790.stm

Guildford's Castle Arch has been restored:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/surrey/10356863.stm

The Stonehenge visitors' centre saga goes on and on and on and on:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/wiltshire/10343945.stm
http://www.canadaeast.com/rss/article/1098705

Nice feature on some monastic frescoes in Romania:

http://travel.nytimes.com/2010/06/20/travel/20cultured.html

Review of Dominic Lieven, *Russia Against Napoleon*:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/20/books/review/Mazower-t.html

Review of Harvey Sachs, *The Ninth*:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/18/books/18book.html

Archaeology in Europe Blog:

http://archaeology-in-europe.blogspot.com/

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ASIA AND THE SOUTH PACIFIC
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Tang dynasty pottery (and other items) from Dieng:

http://en.vivanews.com/news/read/157453-chinese-ancient-earthenware-found-in-die\
ng

Evidence of human sacrifice from a complex in China?:

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/06/photogalleries/100615-human-sacr\
ifice-china-tombs-science-archaeology-pictures/?now=2010-06-15-00:01

Latest finds from Nan'ao 1:

http://en.ce.cn/National/culture/201006/14/t20100614_21516972.shtml

Excavating an 18th century tomb in Nha Trang:

http://www.thanhniennews.com/2010/Pages/20100618115006.aspx

Latest (very detailed, for a news report) on what's been found at
Pattanam:

http://beta.thehindu.com/arts/history-and-culture/article472072.ece?homepage=tru\
e

Some Australian rock art might be 40 000 years old:

http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/asia/Ancient-Australian-Rock-Art-Could-Be-4\
0000-Years-Old-96422889.html

A Chamorro burial pit from Guam:

http://www.pacificnewscenter.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=58\
04:ancient-chamorro-burial-pit-found-in-agat-left-undisturbed&catid=45:guam-news\
&Itemid=156

East Asian Archaeology:

http://eastasiablog.wordpress.com/2010/05/20/east-asian-archaeology-cultural-her\
itage-%E2%80%93-2052010/

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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Latest theory has two separate groups colonizing the Americas:

http://www.physorg.com/news195759989.html
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100614/sc_afp/scienceusanthropologyasia_2010061422\
5117
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/news/329203,americas-new-study-shows.html
http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0011105
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/18/20100614/tsc-skulls-show-new-world-was-settled-tw-e1\
23fef.html

cf:

http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/summary/328/5984/1344
http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/summary/328/5984/1346
http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/summary/328/5984/1347

Paleolithic remains from a school construction site in New Hampshire:

http://sentinelsource.com/articles/2010/06/18/news/local/free/id_404071.txt

Some 2000 years b.p. pottery from a dig at SIU Edwardsville:

http://www.kwqc.com/global/story.asp?s=12678340
http://www.whbf.com/Global/story.asp?S=12678340

Very interesting finds from Pig Point (Md):

http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2010-06-13/news/bs-md-indian-village-site-20100\
613-1_1_archaeologist-al-luckenbach-native-people
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/bs-md-indian-village-site-20100528,0,4\
125394.story(video)
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/bas-indian-village-pg,0,1581232.photog\
allery(photos)

Latest on 'the oldest shipwreck in North Carolina':

http://www.dailyadvance.com/news/shipwreck-prepped-museum-24735

... meanwhile, it's the 25th anniversary of the discovery of the
Atocha:

http://kiksmedia.com/mel-fisher-days-to-celebrate-25th-anniversary-of-fabled-key\
-west-shipwreck-find/

Digging has begun at an Acadian settlement near Low Point:

http://www.theguardian.pe.ca/index.cfm?sid=343604&sc=98
http://www.theguardian.pe.ca/index.cfm?sid=343472&sc=98
http://www.journalpioneer.com/index.cfm?sid=343412&sc=118

A pile of historic North Carolina maps are now online:

http://www.physorg.com/news196006431.html

Review(ish) of Gabrielle Burton, *Searching for Tamsen Donner*:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=127902353
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CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA
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Archaeologists plan to tunnel to get to what they believe will be
a royal tomb near/in the Templo Mayor:

http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=38736
http://news.discovery.com/archaeology/archaeologists-hot-on-trail-of-aztec-royal\
ty.html
http://www.boston.com/news/world/latinamerica/articles/2010/06/16/mexican_expert\
s_to_tunnel_for_aztec_rulers_tombs
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37743277/ns/technology_and_science-science/
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2012135957_apltmexicoaztectomb\
.html?syndication=rss
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/culturenews/7834436/Aztec-excavations-could-l\
ead-to-discovery-of-tomb.html

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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Very interesting feature on some famous art forgeries:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/art/art-features/7824999/Art-forgeries-does-i\
t-matter-if-you-cant-spot-an-original.html

... in a similar vein, how the National Gallery spots fakes and the
like:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/theobserver/2010/jun/20/national-gallery-restoration-s\
cience

A very interesting diary of someone who attended Napoleon in exile:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1287169/Defeated-exile-Napoleon-dreamed-\
beating-Britain.html

A French engineer has saved some interesting art he found while
restoring a house in Damascus:

http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=38733

I think we've had a 'Michelangelo Code' story before ... not sure if
this is the same one:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/art/art-news/7833070/Michelangelo-hid-anatomi\
cal-sketches-in-Sistine-Chapel-in-Church-attack.html

Interesting account of a 'shogun's' visit to New York City (could be filed
under performances):

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/18/nyregion/18nyc.html?scp=2&sq=CLYDE+HABERMAN&st\
=nyt

Pirate remains returning?:

http://www2.wnct.com/news/2010/jun/18/8/remains-possible-pirate-handed-over-fami\
ly-ar-224726/

Not everything you've heard about the Pony Express is true:

http://ideas.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/17/tall-tales-of-the-pony-express/

Not sure if we've had a story on the apparent positive identification
of Caravaggio's bones yet:

http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=38720
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37730696/ns/technology_and_science-science/
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/europe/10333158.stm
http://www.physorg.com/news195916157.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/16/caravaggios-bones-found-i_n_614274.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2010/jun/16/caravaggio-italy-remains-rave\
nna-art
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/17/arts/design/17arts-RESEARCHERSI_BRF.html

How 18th-century painters help modern photography:

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn19054-18thcentury-painters-give-photograph\
y-new-perspective.html

On the early petroleum industry and Moby Dick:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/13/weekinreview/13kennedy.html

Isaac Newton's alchemist side:

http://www.physorg.com/news195754126.html

The Human Phenome Project:

http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/08/the-human-phenome-project/

A bit out of our time period, but an interesting account of Churchill's
'finest hour' speech:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/18/world/europe/18churchhill.html

A modern artist who likes painting ancient ruins:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/16/arts/16iht-rartgaillard.html

Some Gallipoli shipwrecks:

http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/breaking/7428027/divers-discover-gallipoli-\
wrecks/

The Oxford Poetry prof thing is turning into a saga:

http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/11/inside-the-circus-of-oxfords-poetry\
-professor-election

... or maybe not:

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article7074920.ece
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/jun/18/oxford-professor-poetry-geoffrey-hil\
l
http://www.ox.ac.uk/media/news_stories/2010/100618_1.html

Review of David Crystal, *A Little Book of Language*:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=127860115

Review of David Herlihy, *The Lost Cyclist*:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/20/books/review/Sullivan-t.html

Review of Robert McCrum, *Globish*:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/20/books/review/Blount-t.html

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TOURISTY THINGS
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Hierapolis:

http://www.smh.com.au/travel/immersed-in-ancient-history-20100618-ylpm.html

Rome:

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/travel/world/chasing-the-emperor/story-fn30267p-\
1225880328498

Lerici:

http://travel.nytimes.com/2010/06/20/travel/20next.html

Following Jefferson through France:

http://travel.nytimes.com/2010/06/13/travel/13footsteps.html

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BLOGS AND PODCASTS
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About.com Archaeology:

http://archaeology.about.com/

Archaeology Briefs:

http://archaeologybriefs.blogspot.com/

Naked Archaeology Podcast:

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

Taygete Atlantis excavations blogs aggregator:

http://planet.atlantides.org/taygete/

Time Machine:

http://heatherpringle.wordpress.com/
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CRIME BEAT
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The US returned some purloined Cambodian sculptures:

http://www.artdaily.com/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=38735
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iDRqLsyg_5D0Sim77b6ZhkroOlXAD9\
GCTS800

...and a Tang Dynasty coffin:

http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v5/newsworld.php?id=506938
http://beta.thehindu.com/news/international/article472288.ece

A Shakespearean first folio theft trial:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/jun/17/shakespeare-first-folio-trial

Looting Matters:

http://lootingmatters.blogspot.com/
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NUMISMATICA
================================================================

Latest eSylum newsletter:

http://www.coinbooks.org/club_nbs_esylum_v13n24.html


Ancient Coin Collecting:

http://ancientcoincollecting.blogspot.com/

Ancient Coins:

http://classicalcoins.blogspot.com/

Coin Link:

http://www.coinlink.com/News/
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EXHIBITIONS, AUCTIONS, AND MUSEUM-RELATED
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Book of the Dead:

http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=38743
http://tvnz.co.nz/world-news/ancient-egyptian-guide-afterlife-3594380?ref=rss
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/back-from-the-dead-an-ancient-\
guide-to-the-afterlife-2003684.html
http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/dr-burkhard-backes-these-beaut\
iful-scrolls-shed-light-on-the-mysteries-of-egyptian-culture-2003685.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2010/jun/17/british-museum-egyptian-afterlife-\
exhibition

Pioneers of the Past:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703561604575282343365922152.html?m\
od=WSJ_latestheadlines

Cleopatra:

http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2010-06-10/travel/bs-ae-travel-cleopatra-201006\
10_1_mark-antony-new-exhibit-artifacts
http://www.onpointradio.org/2010/06/cleopatras-era-images-and-artifacts

Unearthed:

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/features/unearthed-matchin\
g-figurines-from-unconnected-prehistoric-regions-2000051.html

Captivating Characters in World Mythology:

http://www.jsonline.com/entertainment/arts/96258824.html

Arabian Horses:

http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE65H1PY20100618

From Jacopo della Quercia to Donatello:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/19/arts/19iht-conway.html

Richard Wilson and the British Arcadia:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/18/arts/design/18galleries-004.html

Late Renoir:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/18/arts/design/18renoir.html

Feigen Collection:

http://opa.yale.edu/news/article.aspx?id=7576

Tobey Collection:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/18/arts/design/18journey.html

A History of the World (BM)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/ahistoryoftheworld/explorerflash/

Latest on the Lewis Chessmen:

http://news.scotsman.com/inverness/Lewis-Chessmen-could-be-heading.6364109.jp
http://www.stornowaygazette.co.uk/news/Lewis-Chessmen-could-have-39regular.63638\
66.jp

An update on the construction progress of Egypt's massive new
museum:

http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=38679
http://www.boston.com/news/world/middleeast/articles/2010/06/14/conservation_cen\
ter_of_egypts_grand_museum_opens
http://www.mcall.com/news/nationworld/sns-ap-ml-egypt-new-museum,0,6189600.story\
?track=rss
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10652118
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hg7m89as4xkkU1hl1eaECRwMb2KQD9\
GB8OU80
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2010/06/14/world/AP-ML-Egypt-New-Museum.html

Series on Cleveland MOA's renovated ancient galleries:

http://www.cleveland.com/arts/index.ssf/2010/06/a_new_era_for_ancient_works_cl.h\
tml
http://www.cleveland.com/arts/index.ssf/2010/06/10_masterpieces_from_a_journey.h\
tml
http://www.cleveland.com/arts/index.ssf/2010/06/cleveland_museum_of_arts_new_g.h\
tml
http://www.cleveland.com/arts/index.ssf/2010/06/cleveland_museum_of_arts_apoll.h\
tml

Zahi Hawass has plans for a predynastic museum:

http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2010/1003/heritage.htm

Attendance problems at the Brooklyn Museum:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/15/arts/design/15museum.html

Interesting item on some recent prices fetched at Sotheby's:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/19/arts/19iht-melik19.html

cf:

http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=38632

Some William Faulkner stuff is coming to Christie's:

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2010/06/18/arts/AP-US-Faulkner-Auction.html

On auctions of items from shipwrecks:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/18/arts/design/18antiques.html

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PERFORMANCES AND THEATRE-RELATED
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Reel Injun:

http://movies.nytimes.com/2010/06/14/movies/14reel.html

Missa Solemnis:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/20/arts/music/20missa.html

Merchant of Venice/Winter's Tale:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/13/theater/13repertory.html

Historical musical arrangements:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/13/arts/music/13arrange.html
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Thomas S. Buechner:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/18/arts/design/18buechner.html

James N. Wood:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/15/arts/design/15wood.html
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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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