Welcome to Watching Brief. A new monthly show available via podcast and as topical segments via YouTube.
As the name implies, each month my co-host Andy Brockman of the Pipeline (Where history is tomorrow's news) and I cast an eye over news stories, topical media and entertainment and discuss and debate what we find.
Links:
SS-GB:
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/features/ss-gb-nazi-bbc-a7592191.html
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFadeVAAFOA
Welcome to Archaeoscoop, the place to find heritage and archaeology related news stories from around the world!
In today's top three we examine an escalation in looting in Egypt, a discovery made on a walk and a slender golden figure found in Denmark:
1) Unchecked looting guts Egypt's heritage, with one ancient site '70 % gone':
http://triblive.com/usworld/world/4198276-74/bones-tomb-egypt?fb_action_ids=661440601916&fb_action_types=og.recommends&fb_source=aggregation&fb_aggregation_id=288381481237582#axzz2WMj47EOm
1b) Egyptologist risks life and career to expose looting:
http://triblive.com/news/editorspicks/4198483-74/hanna-heritage-archaeological#axzz2WOpKtbQa
2) Exciting rediscovery of lost Medieval carved stone:
http://heritageofwalesnews.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/exciting-rediscovery-of-lost-medieval.html
3) Unique gold figurine of naked woman found in Denmark:
http://sciencenordic.com/unique-gold-figurine-naked-woman-found-denmark
Why the snobbery over corks?:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-22909428
Battle for Egypt's Ancient Roman site: Antiopolis:
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/battle-for-egypts-ancient-roman-site-antinopolis.aspx?pageID=238&nID=48900&NewsCatID=375
Students of Bartin make famous Zeugma artefact from ceramics:
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/students-of-bartin-make-famous-zeugma-artifact-from-ceramics.aspx?pageID=238&nID=48899&NewsCatID=375:
Archaeology class searching revolutionary war site:
http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_23471632/archaeology-class-searching-revolutionary-war-site
Diving into the search for lost C17th ship:
http://bostonherald.com/news_opinion/national/midwest/2013/06/diving_into_the_search_for_lost_17th_century_ship
Scientists uncovering ancient culture in Interior Alaska:
http://www.newsminer.com/features/sundays/alaska_science_forum/scientists-uncovering-ancient-culture-in-interior-alaska/article_2f81da2c-d593-11e2-9330-001a4bcf6878.html
Department of antiquities unearths Byzantine church in Jerash:
http://en.ammonnews.net/article.aspx?articleno=21507#.Ub62mPm1GSq
Armenian archaeology, ethnography program to be established at UCLA:
http://www.panarmenian.net/eng/news/161852/
Ancient Siberians may have rarely hunted Mammoth:
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/350962/description/Ancient_Siberians_may_have_rarely_hunted_mammoths
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XygkZM85tc8
Welcome to Pseudo-Soup. In this series we examine the claims of so-called 'fringe' or pseudo-archaeology. Though pseudo-archaeological ideas are often strange and sometimes even amusing, these conversations are also an attempt to understand something of the appeal of psuedo-archaeology.
Today Neil Ackerman and I take a look at an old favourite of mine, the so-called pyramids of Bosnia.
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#bosnianpyramids #pseudoarchaeology #archaeology
Links:
The Art of Balancing Intrigue and Integrity: The Risks and Rewards of Public Archaeology: (Contains an account of my experience in 2013):
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1skxs1btI-GAQoqG6EbIyQKcQ4ZsIjmZS/view
The Mystery of Bosnia’s Ancient Pyramids:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-mystery-of-bosnias-ancient-pyramids-148990462/
Revisiting The Bosnian Pyramid Scheme:
https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/revisiting-the-bosnian-pyramid-scheme
Bosnian pyramid claims:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bosnian_pyramid_claims
‘Ancient pyramid’ discovery key to Nikola Tesla’s communication with aliens, says expert:
https://www.express.co.uk/news/weird/773789/Bosnian-Pyramid-Nikola-Tesla-standing-waves-aliens
Bosnian Pyramid of the Sun Foundation:
http://piramidasunca.ba/bs/
Archaeological Park Bosnian Pyramid of the Sun Foundation: Official Report on activity, achievements and discoveries International Summer Camp 2013:
https://www.academia.edu/9045102/Archaeological_Park_Bosnian_Pyramid_of_the_Sun_Foundation
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AN3HFVAVHzE
Welcome to Questions of Doom. In this series, we answer your questions about Archaeology and our shared heritage.
Note: apologies for my voice and the coughing... I seem to be coming down with something.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AY_KE-9e1x0
Welcome to Hidden Histories. In this series, we take a closer look at the world around us and explore the hidden depths of our shared history.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJwyyBR9psI
Welcome to Archae-Facts, the place to find bite-sized chunks of Archaeological Trivia!
Today, I explore whether one can have too many books?
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2G9w3hP6D0
Welcome to Questions of Doom. In this series, we answer your questions about Archaeology and our shared heritage.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5qrI8sKUvw