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Watching Brief: Archaeology is RUBBISH! Coptic Spells & Other News - Sept 2018

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Channel: Archaeosoup · 2018 · Education

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Welcome to Watching Brief. A 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. 

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This month we’re bundling a bunch of news stories together in order to cover two other developments in more depth...

Links: 

Ancient household rubbish could unlock secrets of Devon’s history:

https://www.expressandstar.com/news/uk-news/2018/09/05/ancient-household-rubbish-could-unlock-secrets-of-devons-history/

Ancient Egyptian 'Magic Spell' Deciphered:

https://www.livescience.com/63659-ancient-egyptian-magic-spell-deciphered.html

Greek Farmer Stumbles Onto 3,400-Year-Old Tomb Hidden Below His Olive Grove:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/greek-farmer-stumbles-3400-year-old-tomb-hidden-below-his-olive-grove-180970197/

Dog discovers Bronze Age treasure in Kostelec:

https://www.radio.cz/en/section/curraffrs/dog-discovers-bronze-age-treasure-in-kostelec

Mushroom picker finds precious helmets from late Bronze Age:

https://spectator.sme.sk/c/20913941/mushroom-picker-finds-precious-helmets-from-late-bronze-age.html

Indiana Joan: Meet WA’s real life tomb raider, 95-year-old Joan Howard: 

https://thewest.com.au/news/wa/indiana-joan-meet-was-real-life-tomb-raider-95-year-old-joan-howard-ng-b88631462z

A 95-Year-Old "Real Life Tomb Raider" Isn't a Hero, She's a Thief: 

https://www.inverse.com/article/38187-real-life-tomb-raider-joan-howard-thief-not-hero

'Indiana Joan': 95-year-old accused of looting Middle East tombs: 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-42109046

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