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All week I was impatiently waiting for Sunday to roll around so I could post about all the craziness going on in archaeology this week, and suddenly it's Monday and I forgot to post yesterday?! Sigh. (I should have posted on Thursday like I originally wanted, lol)

The Crazy Rise and Fall of the Jesus Wife Thing
A Faded Piece of Papyrus Refers to Jesus' Wife
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/19/us/historian-says-piece-of-papyrus-refers-to-jesus-wife.html

Jesus' Wife and Other Bible Rewrites
http://news.discovery.com/history/jesus-wife-and-other-bible-rewrites-120919.html

The Gospel of Jesus' Wife: The Story is Moving Fast!
http://ntweblog.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/the-gospel-of-jesus-wife-story-is.html

Papyrus text 'that may show Jesus had a wife' sparks academic debate
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/sep/19/papyrus-jesus-wife-academic-debate

Doubts Over Harvard Claim of 'Jesus' Wife' Papyrus
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/harvard-claim-jesus-wife-papyrus-scrutinized-17271282#.UGDFJI1lTgy

Gospel of Jesus's Wife is fake, claims expert
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/sep/21/gospel-jesus-wife-forgery

'Jesus Wife' Papyrus Deemed a 'Clumsy Forgery'
http://news.discovery.com/history/jesus-wife-papyrus-fake-120928.html

The Gospel of Jesus' Wife: How a fake Gospel-Fragment was composed
http://ntweblog.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/the-gospel-of-jesus-wife-how-fake.html

I don't know about you guys, but I busted out the popcorn as soon as I saw the first story. I knew this week was going to be all sorts of fun XD

And elsewhere in the world of archaeology

The curse of King Tut's man-boobs: Was Tutankhamen killed by disease which gave him breasts?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2202342/Curse-pharaohs-man-boobs-Tutankhamens-death-blamed-inherited-disorder-led-unusually-large-breasts.html

(I've seen a lot of theories about what killed Tut and it seems like they're getting more and more ridiculous as time goes by.)

First Ever Etruscan Pyramids Found in Italy
http://news.discovery.com/history/etruscan-pyramids-120918.html

Alexander: Cross-Dressing Conqueror of the World
http://www.historytoday.com/tony-spawforth/alexander-cross-dressing-conqueror-world

Celebrate "Talk Like a Pirate Day" With The Queen Anne's Revenge Lab
http://www.qaronline.org/Conservation/QARLab.aspx

Roman Mosaic Found Under Farmer's Field
http://news.discovery.com/history/roman-mosaic-field-120918.html
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/uon-cum091312.php

Ancient Tooth Shows Oldest Sign of Dentistry
http://news.discovery.com/history/ancient-dentistry-120920.html
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/plos-atm091712.php

Humans were already recycling 13,000 years ago
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/f-sf-hwa092012.php

Neanderthals May Have Worn Dark Feathers
http://news.discovery.com/history/neanderthal-feathers-120919.html

Dictionary completed on language used everyday in ancient Egypt (Demotic)
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/uoc-dco091812.php
http://www.livescience.com/23316-ancient-egyptian-english-dictionary.html

Khoe-San peoples descendants of earliest known human diversification event
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/uotw-kpa091412.php

Challengers to Clovis-age impact theory missed key protocols, new study finds
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/uoo-ctc091712.php

Unique tombs found in Philippines
http://journalstar.com/news/world/asia/ap-exclusive-unique-tombs-found-in-philippines/article_8505fcdf-427e-5905-89c7-543cab94c564.html

Archaeologists discover funerary chamber more than 1,000 years old in Michoacan
http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=11&int_new=57844#.UGDDHo1lTgx
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