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Today I just wanted to speak a little about the supposed investigation into the National Geographic's relationship with Zahi Hawass:

1a) Exclusive: US prosecutors have opened a criminal investigation of the National Geographic Society:

https://www.vocativ.com/10-2013/tut-tut-nat-geo-bribe-egypts-famed-indiana-jones/

1b) US investigates Nationa Geographic over 'corrupt payments' to Egypt's keeper of antiquities:

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-investigates-national-geographic-over-corrupt-payments-to-egypts-keeper-of-antiquities-8909454.html

An Ancient Roman Ghost Story:

http://ancientstandard.com/2007/10/31/an-ancient-roman-ghost-story-ca-61-115-ad/

Ancients painted volcano warning 9,000 years ago:

http://news.discovery.com/earth/rocks-fossils/ancients-painted-volcano-warning-9000-years-ago-131028.htm

Beijing's forbidden city restaurant brawl results in two dead:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-24673619

Archaeologists to investigate network of Roman ports:

http://www.heritagedaily.com/2013/10/archaeologists-and-historians-to-investigate-a-vast-network-of-mediterranean-roman-ports/99350

Lottery funds for Coigach-assynt conservation work:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-24725497

Bulgaria's Sveshtari Thracian Tomb Celebrated Life:

http://www.novinite.com/articles/154960/Bulgaria%27s+Sveshtari+Thracian+Tomb+Celebrated+Life

Short overview of wine in Georgia:

http://www.heritagedaily.com/2013/10/short-overview-of-wine-in-georgia/74319

'Asian Neanderthals' may have occupied Australia:

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/higher-education/asian-neanderthals-may-have-occupied-australia/story-e6frgcjx-1226741814927

Buddhist carvings in Pakistan said to need protection:

http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2013/10/24/Buddhist-carvings-in-Pakistan-said-to-need-protection/31380219369963/#ixzz2j3AAiA9R

Designer of Bayeux tapestry identified:

http://www.medievalists.net/2013/10/29/designer-of-the-bayeux-tapestry-identified/

Aphrodite head found in ancient Hierpolis:

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/aphrodite-head-found-in-ancient-hierapolis.aspx?pageID=238&nID=56851&NewsCatID=375

Space invaders and Tetris classed as digital archaeology:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/art/art-news/10412004/Space-Invaders-and-Tetris-classed-as-digital-archaeology.html

Woman dodges molotov cocktails to protect Peru's ancient sites:

http://www.pri.org/stories/2013-10-28/woman-dodges-rocks-and-molotov-cocktails-protect-perus-ancient-sites

Pollen study points to drought as culprit in Bronze Age Mystery:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/23/world/middleeast/pollen-study-points-to-culprit-in-bronze-era
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