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================================================================ explorator 16.16 August 4, 2013 ================================================================ Editor's note: Most urls should be active for at least eight hours from the time of publication. For your computer's protection, Explorator is sent in plain text and NEVER has attachments (other than the odd youtube video). Be suspicious of any Explorator which arrives otherwise!!! n.b. It has come to my attention that several mail carriers are now filtering mail with lots of links (like explorator) as spam. You might want to add Explorator to your address book or whatever to ensure it gets through. ================================================================ ================================================================ Thanks to Arthur Shippee, Dave Sowdon,Edward Rockstein, Kurt Theis, John McMahon, Barnea Selavan, Joseph Lauer, Mike Ruggeri, Barbara Saylor Rodgers, A Landreau, Jennifer Cosham, Mata Kimasitayo, Hernan Astudillo,Trevor Ogden, Wendy van Duivenvoorde, Kris Curry, Richard Campbell,Richard C. Griffiths, and Ross W. Sargent for headses upses thisweek (as always hoping I have left no one out). ================================================================ EARLY HOMINIDS ================================================================ Arguing about sediba: http://www.sciencenews.org/view/feature/id/351846/description/Notorious_Bones Day of Archaeology post on Neanderthal funerary practices: http://www.dayofarchaeology.com/neanderthal-funerary-practices-too-savage-to-mourn/ ================================================================ ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT ================================================================ Not sure where to put this one … a German boy found a mummy in grandma’s attic: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-23553074 http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/german-boy-finds-mummy-in-grandmothers-attic-a-914493.html Latest news from the Marina el-Alamein dig: http://www.naukawpolsce.pap.pl/en/news/news,396467,polish-archaeologists-and-restorers-returned-from-marina-el-alamein.html Nice feature on tomb figures from various periods in ancient Egypt: http://blog.britishmuseum.org/2013/08/01/tomb-figures-from-ancient-egypt/ Tomb raiders seem to be having an easy time in Egypt, alas: http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/tomb-raiders-in-egypt-exploit-political-chaos-to-steal-antiquities-a-914058.html http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2013/07/31/Thieves-plundering-Egypts-poorly-guarded-treasurers/UPI-16081375279739/ … and we can compare the situation to Jordan: http://themedialine.org/news/news_detail.asp?NewsID=38186 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/30/jordan-treasure-hunters-ruin-artifacts_n_3676581.html … and Syria: http://www.businessweek.com/news/2013-07-28/syrian-looters-armed-with-bulldozers-seek-treasure-amid-chaos http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-07-28/syrian-looters-in-bulldozers-seek-treasure-amid-chaos.html Ongoing kerfuffles in the Egyptian antiquities department too: http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/News/3590/17/Heritage-not-for-rent.aspx … and some action (of sorts): http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/77722/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/Antiquities-minister-proposes-constitutional-amend.aspx What Philip J. King is up to: http://www.mirrorspectator.com/2013/08/01/harvard-egyptology-professor-merges-ancient-discoveries-with-new-technologies/ Overviewish thing on the Ilisu Protection Excavation Project: http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/excavations-in-diyarbakir-unearth-with-ilisu-project.aspx?pageID=238&nid=51464&NewsCatID=375 Feature on Dilmun-associated sites and Bahrain: http://www.newsdaily.com/article/c7489aef144ecc7a6aa450293b5a4e7f/ap-photos-bahrain-history-slowly-rises-from-sands http://bigstory.ap.org/article/ap-photos-bahrain-history-slowly-rises-sands The big (and silly) news this week was blanket coverage of a claim about finding a piece of the ‘True Cross’: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2383334/Cross-Jesus-Archaeologists-Turkey-uncovered-relic-Holy-crucifixion.html http://www.nbcnews.com/science/piece-jesus-cross-relics-unearthed-turkey-6C10812170 http://blog.al.com/wire/2013/08/archaeologists_believe_theyve.html http://www.foxnews.com/science/2013/08/01/relics-unearthed-in-turkey-may-be-piece-jesus-cross/ http://news.yahoo.com/did-archaeologists-just-discover-piece-jesus-christ-crucifixion-163428407.html http://www.christianpost.com/news/archaeologist-claims-piece-of-jesus-cross-found-at-ancient-church-in-turkey-101384/ http://english.alarabiya.net/en/life-style/art-and-culture/2013/08/02/Carved-crosses-unearthed-in-Turkey-may-have-belonged-to-Jesus.html (bizarre headline) … which was nicely balanced by a single item in the Telegraph: http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/tomchiversscience/100229231/the-holy-foreskin-the-relic-of-the-true-cross-and-other-wonderful-forgeries/ … but the claims in regards to that pithos inscription and David continued unabated: http://uk.news.yahoo.com/3000-year-old-inscription-%E2%80%9Cproves-bible%E2%80%99s-history-is-true%E2%80%9D--archaeologist-says-113341789.html#sdJh9BC Feature on Tzippori: http://www.timesofisrael.com/in-bits-and-pieces-mosaic-splendor-at-tzippori/ A Jewish village excavation in Gallilee: http://www.al.com/living/index.ssf/2013/08/samford_archaeological_dig_in.html Arguing about the ‘aftermath’ of the Oded Golan trial (various spins): http://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/news/let-the-public-see-it/ http://jamesossuarytrial.blogspot.co.il/2013/08/jehoash-tablet-no-longer-forgery-israel.html Some Byzantine burials from Komana: http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/three-ancient-tombs-found-in-ancient-city-of-komana.aspx?pageID=238&nID=51826&NewsCatID=375 Iraq is turning the ‘Garden of Eden’ into a national park: http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21929285.000-garden-of-eden-to-become-iraqi-national-park.html#.UflBGo3Cam5 On the too-much-time-on-your-hands beat, a Kenyan lawyer wants to overturn Jesus’ conviction by Pilate: http://www.jpost.com/International/Kenyan-lawyer-takes-State-of-Israel-Jews-to-Hague-over-Jesus-death-321555 http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/aug/1/kenyan-lawyer-takes-israel-pontius-pilate-hague-ov/ http://www.charismanews.com/us/40447-lawyer-accuses-pilate-of-judicial-misconduct-seeks-to-nullify-jesus-trial More on the US-Iraq agreement in regards to antiquities: http://en.aswataliraq.info/%28S%282urogz45pgn1y03pbswljx45%29%29/Default1.aspx?page=article_page&id=153926&l=1 ================================================================ ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS) ================================================================ Roman burials from Gloucestershire: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-23515226 Latest from Roman Maryport: http://www.timesandstar.co.uk/news/people/temple-finds-show-what-maryport-did-for-those-romans-1.1074866 Archaeologists found a long-sought piece of Aquincum’s walls: http://www.caboodle.hu/nc/news/news_archive/single_page/article/11/experts_make/?cHash=3e4391834d A Thracian tomb from Sliven: http://www.standartnews.com/english/read/rich_thracian_tomb_with_liongoat_ornament_discovered_in_sliven-162.html Feature on the revival of Latin (mostly in regards to the Pope’s twitter account): http://www.economist.com/news/international/21582287-dead-language-alive-and-kicking-online-and-airwaves-resurrexit-vere Romania recovered a pile of Dacian items purloined from Sarmizgetusa: http://www.france24.com/en/20130730-romania-recovers-ancient-gold-coins-jewels http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=11&int_new=64098#.Uf5LKaz7ZMw A major antiquities bust near Naples: http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/Italian-police-seize-huge-haul-of-illicit-antiquities/30165 They’re cutting off traffic from around the Colosseum (for real, this time): http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/01/world/europe/road-through-roman-history-creates-colossal-headache.html http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/08/03/italy-colosseum-pedestrian-idUSL6N0G408720130803 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-23559186 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/italy/10220434/Mayor-of-Rome-risks-driver-fury-as-he-closes-road-to-Colosseum.html http://seattletimes.com/html/travel/2021517552_romeroadclosurexml.html http://www.nst.com.my/latest/rome-diverts-traffic-to-protect-colosseum-1.332107 http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/thomson-reuters/130801/rome-mayor-plans-traffic-revolution-near-ancient-colosseum Nice feature on Cleopatra: http://newindianexpress.com/education/student/21-years-of-Egypts-Cleopatra/2013/08/01/article1711631.ece An Orpheus mosaic is heading to the British Museum: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-23529098 Greek archaeologists are protesting: http://www.euronews.com/2013/08/02/acropolis-sell-off-in-greek-archaeologists-protest/ Beyond twitter trolls, Mary Beard now has to deal with bomb threats: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/television-classicist-mary-beard-sent-bomb-threat-by-twitter-trolls-8745154.html http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/23565145 http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/496592/20130804/mary-beard-bomb-threat-twitter-internet-troll.htm But she was also writing about Caligula’s palaces: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/europe/italy/10207193/Caligulas-ancient-hideaways.html … and his reputation: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-23455774 Of course, all that was connected to her documentary on the guy: http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/film/caligula-with-mary-beard-bbc-two.21747453 Why we’re still fascinated by the Romans (apparently): http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/commentandblogs/2013/07/30/the-reasons-why-the-romans-still-fascinate-us/ A rather different Prometheus Bound: http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-57596222-1/massive-5-ton-steel-wheel-stars-in-ancient-greek-drama/ Review of Susan Mattern, *The Prince of Medicine*: http://www.insidehighered.com/views/2013/07/31/review-susan-p-mattern-prince-medicine-galen-roman-empire ----- Latest reviews from BMCR: http://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/recent.html Visit our blog: http://rogueclassicism.com/ ================================================================ EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland) ================================================================ A pair of neolithic ‘halls of the dead’ from Herefordshire: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-23501252 http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-07/uom-t6072913.php http://phys.org/news/2013-07-year-old-halls-dead-unearthed-uk.html http://www.livescience.com/38546-hall-of-dead-unearthed-england.html An Irish bog body turns out to be 4000 years old: http://www.euronews.com/2013/08/03/irish-bog-body-dates-backs-4000-years/ Remains of a ‘lost’ pre-Norman village in Nottinghamshire: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-23466839 A medieval boat in the River Chet: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-23526192 A storm revealed medieval bits of Cromarty (Scotland): http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-23534846 The extent of a mass prison grave on Spike Island is now known: http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/dig-reveals-full-extent-of-convicts-mass-grave-on-spike-island-238496.html Pondering an iron arrow head from Mingary Castle: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-23494017 Plenty of interest in a coffin-within-a-coffin from that Richard III site: http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-07/uol-mdi072813.php http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130728221522.htm http://phys.org/news/2013-07-mystery-deepens-coffin-within-a-coffin-richard-iii.html http://news.discovery.com/history/archaeology/king-richard-coffin-130729.htm http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Latest-News-Wires/2013/0729/King-Richard-III-of-England-Dig-unearths-mysterious-coffin-within-a-coffin http://news.yahoo.com/medieval-coffin-king-richard-iii-holds-another-coffin-152525581.html http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2013/jul/29/coffin-richard-iii-grave-leicester … meanwhile, somebody’s contribution to finding Richard III wasn’t acknowledged: http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/historian-gets-the-hump-over-richard-iii-remains/2006192.article Digging Alderney’s nunnery: http://www.channelonline.tv/channelonline_guernseynews/displayarticle.asp?id=506494 Heritage money for a Chester Farm site: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-northamptonshire-23494723 … and a medieval palace at Knole has received a grant as well: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-23502281 Henry VIII was apparently a serial monogamist: http://uk.news.yahoo.com/henry-viii-monogamist-lucy-worsley-duchess-of-cambridge-royal-baby-111403228.html#u6y957k An Anglo Saxon gravestone went to auction in Dorchester: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-23522065 The DNA behind the ‘milk revolution’ in Europe: http://www.nature.com/news/archaeology-the-milk-revolution-1.13471 The monks on Mount Athos are protesting: http://internacional.elpais.com/internacional/2013/07/31/actualidad/1375299227_364200.html More on the walrus bones in a London burial round: http://news.discovery.com/history/archaeology/walrus-bones-found-in-old-burial-ground-130728.htm http://boingboing.net/2013/07/29/someone-buried-a-walrus-under.html Review of Lucy Riall, *Under the Volcano*: http://www.historytoday.com/blog/2013/07/revolution-sicilian-town ----- Archaeology in Europe Blog: http://archaeology-in-europe.blogspot.com/ ================================================================ ASIA AND THE SOUTH PACIFIC ================================================================ I think we mentioned this genetic mapping of human migrations which ties Asia to the Americas: http://phys.org/news/2013-07-scientists-migration-continents.html Looking for clues of early Australian arrival: http://phys.org/news/2013-08-early-civilisation-giant-north-west.html … while some petroglyphs might portray the first ‘foreign’ ship arrivals: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/breaking-news/rock-art-may-show-austs-first-foreigners/story-fn3dxiwe-1226689366982 http://www.australiangeographic.com.au/journal/aboriginal-rock-art-may-depict-first-ship-arrivals.htm http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/national/18272913/rock-art-may-show-austs-first-foreigners/ This week’s site desecration is by some miners in Australia: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-23527303 ----- East Asian Archaeology: http://eastasiablog.wordpress.com/ Southeast Asian Archaeology Newsblog: http://www.southeastasianarchaeology.com/ New Zealand Archaeology eNews: http://www.nzarchaeology.org/netsubnews.htm ================================================================ NORTH AMERICA ================================================================ An 8000 years b.p. campsite along the Minnesota River: http://www.startribune.com/local/south/217327191.html Ice core data suggests a ‘cosmic impact’ may have affected North America 12000 years b.p.: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-23536567 Remains of a 200 years b.p. village in Alaska with dwelling connected by tunnels: http://phys.org/news/2013-08-archaeologists-uncover-year-old-alaska-village.html http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/08/02/alaska-village-uncovered/2612801/ A 210 years b.p. canoe from Baja (California): http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=11&int_new=64065#.Uf5Aeqz7ZMw Not sure if we mentioned the Atlas shipwreck find from Lake Ontario last week: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/29/atlas-oldest-commercial-shipwreck-great-lakes_n_3672342.html http://www.democratandchronicle.com/article/20130728/NEWS01/307280037/Atlas-shipwreck-1839-discovered-near-Oswego?nclick_check=1 http://online.wsj.com/article/AP71449ec05ab64fde9bfbfdd037b2ed7c.htmlhttp://www.startribune.com/nation/216876711.html Endangered artifacts in Virginia: http://www.newsdaily.com/travel/950f189a958fe5b5fb63fc37f7279318/va-area-artifacts-vie-for-endangered-designation Preservation plans for a Fremont site in Utah: http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/56626437-78/site-utah-fremont-conservancy.html.csp Out of our time period, but the factory which made Rosie the Riveter famous is due to be demolished: http://news.yahoo.com/trying-save-part-rosie-riveters-factory-075805738.html Followup to that Lincoln Memorial vandalism story: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-23511726 On Bolingbroke and American politics: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/28/opinion/sunday/douthat-going-for-bolingbroke.html An interesting letter to Lincoln: http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/08/01/a-mothers-letter-to-lincoln/ More on those Gulf of Mexico shipwrecks: http://www.caller.com/news/2013/jul/30/team-examining-gulf-shipwreck-finds-2-other-wrecks More on the free African-American site at The Hill (Maryland): http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-hometown-maryland-20130728,0,6074235.story http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/eastern-shore/bs-md-easton-dig-20130725,0,7066484.story http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/bal-easton-dig-lam,0,7236763.photogallery More on that 17th century shipwreck in the St Mary’s River: http://www.maritime-executive.com/article/Shipwreck-Remains-Identified-in-St-Marys-River-2013-07-25/ http://www.somdnews.com/article/20130724/NEWS/130729698/1056/underwater-excavations-in-st-mary-x2019-s-river-uncover-evidence-of&template=southernMaryland http://www.wtop.com/46/3400314/Uncovering-an-underwater-mystery http://www.thebaynet.com/news/index.cfm/fa/viewstory/story_ID/33040 http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/Archaeologists-Uncover-English-Ship-Remains-in-Md-216973481.ht ================================================================ CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA ================================================================ Plenty of coverage of a story that Inca children were drugged prior to sacrifice: http://phys.org/news/2013-07-frozen-mummy-inca-children-coca.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/news/drugs-and-alcohol-in-child-victim-reveal-sacrificial-secrets-of-the-incas-8737351.html http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/351956/description/News_in_Brief_Mummified_Incan_teen_drank_did_drugs_ http://www.livescience.com/38504-incan-child-mummies-lives-revealed.html http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-23496345 http://www.nature.com/news/incan-child-mummies-show-evidence-of-sacrificial-rituals-1.13461 … and a feature on why the Inca sacrificed their children: http://www.theguardian.com/science/2013/aug/04/why-incas-performed-human-sacrifice?CMP=twt_fd Very interesting pre-Hispanic burial from Morelos: http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=11&int_new=64137#.Uf5Dt6z7ZMw A feathered shield find from a Peruvian temple: http://www.livescience.com/38599-ancient-shield-discovered-in-peru-temple.html Very nice slideshow of the Moche mural from Huaca de Luna: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/07/130731-moche-mural-huaca-de-la-luna-interactive-photo-gigapixel/ Feature on shipwrecks off the coast of Colombia: http://newswatch.nationalgeographic.com/2013/07/30/colonial-shipwrecks-of-colombia-exploring-sunken-history-in-the-caribbean/ A crowdfunding project of possible interest: https://www.microryza.com/projects/feasting-interaction-and-the-middle-ground-understanding-local-geopolitics-through-agricultural-production More on that decapitated find from Tlatelolco http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=11&int_new=64025#.Uf5CTqz7ZMw ----- Mike Ruggeri's Ancient Americas Breaking News: http://goo.gl/1VdeA Ancient MesoAmerica News: http://ancient-mesoamerica-news-updates.blogspot.com/ ================================================================ OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST ================================================================ On mitochondrial Eve and y-chromosome Adam: http://phys.org/news/2013-08-common-genetic-ancestors-roughly-period.html http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/352058/description/Y_chromosome_analysis_moves_Adam_closer_to_Eve http://news.discovery.com/human/evolution/genetic-adam-eve-found-130802.htm http://sociedad.elpais.com/sociedad/2013/08/01/actualidad/1375378131_487246.html Nice feature on Andrew Carnegie: http://www.npr.org/2013/08/01/207272849/how-andrew-carnegie-turned-his-fortune-into-a-library-legacy?sc=17&f=1008 Patricia Lambert talks about bioarchaeology and anthropology: http://liberalis.usu.edu/2013/summer/what_the_dead_can_tell_us.html A purloined Stradivarius was recovered: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-23499902 http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/07/30/missing-stradivarius-violin-recovered-in-britain/?ref=music Dreaming of angels experiment: http://www.mnn.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/stories/biblical-visions-of-angels-may-have-actually-been-lucid-dreams Arguing over Jane Austen’s ring: http://www.newsdaily.com/entertainment/c2cc7977d7c1c8809b44b30f7b3ebff4/uk-to-kelly-clarkson-hands-off-jane-austens-ring http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-23531601 http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=11&int_new=64135#.Uf5HmKz7ZMw Another spin on evolution: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-23529849 Review of Michael Erard, *Mezzofanti’s Gift*: http://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/jul/28/mezzofantis-gift-michael-erard-review ================================================================ TOURISTY THINGS ================================================================ Roman holidays: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/10218685/Roman-holidays-readers-tips-recommendations-and-travel-advice.html Moscow: http://www.npr.org/2013/08/01/207954163/cyclists-take-nighttime-ride-through-moscows-history?sc=17&f=1001 Ithaca: http://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/esmagazine/ionian-odyssey-8740258.html Great Wall: http://travel.nytimes.com/2013/07/28/travel/the-great-wall-our-way.html?ref=travel ================================================================ CRIME BEAT ================================================================ Looting Matters: http://lootingmatters.blogspot.com/ Illicit Cultural Property: http://illicit-cultural-property.blogspot.com/ SAFE: http://www.savingantiquities.org/blog/ ================================================================ NUMISMATICA ================================================================ Latest e-Sylum: http://www.coinbooks.org/club_nbs_esylum_v16n31.html ... and I think there'll be one later today: http://www.coinbooks.org/club_nbs_esylum_v16n32.html ------ Ancient Coin Collecting: http://ancientcoincollecting.blogspot.com/ Ancient Coins: http://classicalcoins.blogspot.com/ Coin Week: http://www.coinweek.com/ ================================================================ EXHIBITIONS, AUCTIONS, AND MUSEUM-RELATED ================================================================ Witches and Wicked Bodies: http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=11&int_new=64047#.Uf5Js6z7ZMw Art in the Age of Altamira: http://www.artmediaagency.com/en/70600/ancient-art-confronts-contemporary-production-at-the-botin-foundation/ Archaic Colors: http://art.broadwayworld.com/article/Acropolis-Museum-Presents-Archaic-Colors-Exhibit-July-31-20130730 There’s a new Museum of Jordan: http://en.ammonnews.net/article.aspx?articleno=22574 Greeks in the Boot: http://www.highlandnews.net/articles/2013/08/01/entertainment/local_events/doc51fb1956d25c9907508203.txt Impact of Winslow Homer: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/02/arts/design/the-impact-of-winslow-homer-at-the-clark-institute.html?hp The Greeks: Agamemnon to Alexander: http://canada.greekreporter.com/2013/08/02/alexander-the-great-in-u-s-canada/ Divine Felines: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/26/arts/design/divine-felines-cats-of-ancient-egypt-at-the-brooklyn-museum.html?ref=design Audobon’s Birds, Audobon’s Words: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/28/arts/design/audubons-words-worthy-of-show.html?ref=design ================================================================ PERFORMANCES AND THEATRE-RELATED ================================================================ Merchant of Venice: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/31/arts/31iht-loomis31.html?ref=arts Oresteia: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/30/arts/music/oresteia-is-revived-as-prelude-to-bard-music-festival.html?ref=music Tim’s Vermeer (documentary): http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/07/29/a-documentary-by-teller-explores-the-magic-of-vermeer/?ref=design ----- Check out our Twitter hashtag for Ancient Drama reviews: http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%23ancientdrama ... and for Sword and Sandal flicks: http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%23swordandsandal ================================================================ OBITUARIES ================================================================ Malcolm Parkes: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/10211628/Professor-Malcolm-Parkes.html Elaine Morgan: http://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/jul/29/elaine-morgan George Stocking: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/30/us/george-stocking-jr-anthropologys-anthropologist-dies-at-84.html?ref=science ================================================================ AUDIO/VIDEO NEWS ================================================================ Archaeonews Podcast 234: http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/07/2013/archaeo-news-podcast-234 Audio News from Archaeologica: http://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/MP3/audnews20130728.mp3 ================================================================ UPCOMING CONFERENCES ================================================================ Frontiers of the European Iron Age (September 20-22): http://www.arch.cam.ac.uk/iron_age/2013/index.html PaleoAmerican Odyssey (October 17-19): http://www.paleoamericanodyssey.com/ ================================================================ GENERAL ARCHAEOLOGY NEWS BLOGS ================================================================ Archaeology Magazine News Page: http://www.archaeology.org/news/ About.com Archaeology: http://archaeology.about.com/ Ancient Digger: http://www.ancientdigger.com/ Archaeology Briefs: http://archaeologybriefs.blogspot.com/ Past Horizons: http://www.pasthorizons.com/ Stonepages: http://www.stonepages.com/news/ Taygete Atlantis excavations blogs aggregator: http://planet.atlantides.org/taygete/ Time Machine: http://heatherpringle.wordpress.com/ ================================================================ PODCASTS/VODCASTS ================================================================ Archaeosoup: http://www.youtube.com/user/Archaeos0up?feature=watch The Book and the Spade: 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