We have a special holiday episode today! Rare Exports is the crazy story of an illicit archaeological excavation which unearths the frozen remains of Santa Claus, who then goes on a murderous rampage in search of naughty children. To be honest, it’s not really about archaeology at all, but the Venn diagram of stone age movies and Christmas movies basically only overlaps at this one and a Flintstones Christmas special, and I think we made the right choice.
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In this episode:
Joulupukki, the Finnish Santa Claus tradition: https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20171221-does-santa-claus-come-from-finland
Other scary Christmas traditions: https://www.ctvnews.ca/lifestyle/scary-christmas-a-look-at-the-world-s-most-unusual-creepy-and-odd-holiday-traditions-1.4726583
Philippa Langley helped to discover the remains of King Richard III in a Leicester car park: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/dec/08/philippa-langley-richard-third-car-park
Hunting mammoth ivory in Siberia: https://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2016/sep/01/mining-woolly-mammoths-ivory-siberia-amos-chapple-in-pictures
Dinosaur 13 (2014), documentary about the ownership of Sue the Tyrannosaurus: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZywsT8Sy-c
The Hobby Lobby antiquities smuggling controversy: https://www.npr.org/2018/06/28/623537440/hobby-lobbys-illegal-antiquities-shed-light-on-a-lost-looted-ancient-city-in-ira
The Dinosaur Artist: Obsession, Betrayal, and the Quest for Earth’s Ultimate Trophy by Paige Williams: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38743554-the-dinosaur-artist
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