Welcome to Watching Brief. As the name implies, each week Marc (Mr Soup) & Andy Brockman of the Pipeline (Where history is tomorrow's news) cast an eye over news stories, topical media and recent archaeological discoveries, and discuss and debate what they find. #archaeologynews #thepipeline #archaeosoup Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/archaeosoup *** 0:00 Introduction 3:38 ‘Secret Tunnel’ Found in Great Pyramid! 11:58 Iraq Archaeology ‘Renaissance’ 17:12 National Trust Scone Marathon 22:24 Delivery Man with Mummy in Bag 26:55 Burkina Faso & Mali Against Antiques Trafficking 34:13 Comb Made from Human Skull 38:00 Civil Engineering as Archaeology Sampling? 43:19 Support us on Patreon! 44:03 Museums & Archives Running out of Space 46:20 A Complex Mosaic of Storage & Funding Strategies 54:16 The Role of Historic England & Arts Council 57:59 The Iceberg Principle & Cardiff ‘Mobile Museum’? 1:03:36 Archives, Funding & Polluter Pays Principle 1:05:54 Is there a Legacy Infrastructure Problem? 1:10:18 The ‘Simple’ Solution, Forget Regionality! 1:11:07 Developer Levies & Archive Curation 1:12:43 Fixing the Bodge (or What’s the Point of Archaeology?) 1:13:11 Community Curatorship, A Better Bodge? 1:17:58 eBay Gimp Mask!? 1:18:46 The Risk of Quietly Losing Archives 1:20:50 Ukraine Anniversary Coverage 1:21:20 Conclusion *** Link of the Week: Disasters Emergency Committee: https://www.dec.org.uk/ *** Links: Precise characterization of a corridor-shaped structure in Khufu’s Pyramid by observation of cosmic-ray muons: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-36351-0 Scientists reveal hidden corridor in Great Pyramid of Giza: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/scientists-reveal-hidden-corridor-in-great-pyramid-of-giza/ar-AA18eGQ3 Scientists Discover Secret Tunnel in Great Pyramid of Giza: https://twitter.com/Mr_Archaeosoup/status/1632011006279811075/photo/1 Scientists find hidden corridor in 4,500-year-old Great Pyramid of Giza: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/scientists-find-hidden-corridor-in-4500-year-old-great-pyramid-of-giza/ar-AA18ahCR Atlantis Research Suppression Executive (Geneva): https://twitter.com/Mr_Archaeosoup/status/1625467879343759360 *** Ancient restaurant highlights Iraq’s archaeology renaissance: https://tinyurl.com/yztkba5p *** Woman completes 10-year National Trust scone-eating project: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-64822669 Woman completes 10-year National Trust scone-tasting mission: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/mar/02/woman-completes-10-year-national-trust-scone-tasting-mission National Trust Scones: https://www.nationaltrustscones.com/ Cathedral-Licking Diary: https://cathedrallicking.wordpress.com/ *** Peruvian delivery man carried ancient mummy around in his bag: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-64797080 Man carries ancient mummy around in bag who he calls his 'spiritual girlfriend': https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/man-carries-ancient-mummy-around-29342466 *** In Burkina Faso and Mali, pilot scheme builds defences against illegal trafficking of cultural antiquities: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/03/02/in-burkina-faso-and-mali-pilot-scheme-builds-defences-against-illegal-trafficking-of-cultural-antiquities Beheaded Syrian scholar refused to lead Isis to hidden Palmyra antiquities: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/aug/18/isis-beheads-archaeologist-syria Syria 'finds body of archaeologist Khaled al-Asaad beheaded by IS': https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-55977964 *** Comb made from human skull found among A14 artefacts: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-64797376 *** England's archaeological history gathers dust as museums fill up: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-64707488 ‘Clock is ticking’ to find storage solutions for archaeological archives: https://tinyurl.com/527xdj8f The Mendoza Review: an independent review of museums in England: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-mendoza-review-an-independent-review-of-museums-in-england Mendoza Review: Historic England’s recommendations to DCMS on the future of archaeological archives, March 2018. https://historicengland.org.uk/content/docs/consultations/he-response-to-dcms-mendoza-review-mar18-pdf/ York Museums Trust faces financial problems - warning from bosses: https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/23353702.york-museums-trust-faces-financial-problems---warning-bosses/ ‘Closure by stealth’: Shock over plan to turn Museum of Cardiff into mobile attraction: https://www.museumsassociation.org/museums-journal/news/2022/12/closure-by-stealth-shock-over-plan-to-turn-museum-of-cardiff-into-mobile-attraction Reprieve for Museum of Cardiff as council shelves mobile service plans: https://www.museumsassociation.org/museums-journal/news/2023/02/relief-as-council-rows-back-on-museum-of-cardiff-mobile-museum-proposal/ ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eybya2Hgp04

On the 20th Jan 2023, I embarked on the third and final entry of the so-called Survivor Trilogy 'Shadow of the Tomb Raider' (2018)... "Set roughly a year after the events of Rise of the Tomb Raider, its story follows Lara Croft as she ventures through the tropical regions of the Americas to the legendary city Paititi, battling the paramilitary organization Trinity and racing to stop a Mayan apocalypse she has unleashed. " NB: Cut scene audio [1:18:00 - 1:24:00] was muted by copyright owner!? *** This is an upload of the stream from Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/mr_mr_soup Soupy Discord Link: https://discord.gg/mFZpdX8BJe #archaeogaming #history #anthropology ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZhavcM_tfA