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https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20211111-archaeologists-find-pre-columbian-mass-grave-in-peru
https://andina.pe/agencia/noticia-peru-skeletal-remains-of-25-people-found-at-chan-chan-archaeological-site-869105.aspx
https://www.laprensalatina.com/mass-grave-in-ancient-peruvian-city-surprises-archaeologists/
https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/pre-columbian-mass-grave-unearthed-in-perus-chan-chan/news
https://www.cnn.com/travel/videos/travel/2021/11/12/peru-burial-site-lon-orig-na.cnn
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/62679 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/mass-grave-found-in-prehispanic-south-american-city-180979058/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/10140-211112-peru-chan-chan

Overviewish piece on the evidence of 'pre Columbian headhunting' from burials at El Rayo (Nicaragua):

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/MAGAZINE-pre-columbian-burial-in-nicaragua-may-show-headhunting-culture-1.10363132

More on the 2000 years bp burials found during gas pipe work in Lima:

https://news.yahoo.com/workers-digging-gas-pipes-peru-232016620.html https://andina.pe/Ingles/noticia-peru-over-1000yearold-archaeological-remains-found-in-callao-869141.aspx
http://www.archaeology.org/news/10130-211108-peru-lima-burials

Feature on the Nasca people:

https://blog.britishmuseum.org/who-were-the-nasca/

Some 17th century letters have been translated that give the indigenous side of things in 17th century wars in Brazil:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/nov/12/indigenous-letters-brazil-tupi-potiguara-17th-century
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Mike Ruggeri's Ancient Americas Breaking News:

http://goo.gl/1VdeA

Mike Ruggeri's Ancient Americas lecture channels on Youtube:

https://mikeruggerisyoutube.tumblr.com/

Ancient MesoAmerica News:

http://ancient-mesoamerica-news-updates.blogspot.com/ ============================================================
OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST ============================================================
This week, humans are being said to have 'hastened' the extinction of the woolly mammath:

https://phys.org/news/2021-11-humans-hastened-extinction-wooly-mammoth.html https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/11/211111130304.htm

cf; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ele.13911

Study of the spread of Transeurasian languages along with agriculture:

https://phys.org/news/2021-11-interdisciplinary-transeurasian-languages-due-agriculture.html
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/934103 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2296962-origins-of-japanese-and-turkish-language-family-traced-back-9000-years/
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-03037-w

On reconstruction an unwritten ancient African language:

https://theconversation.com/how-i-reconstructed-an-unwritten-ancient-african-language-171414

Feature on the Illuminati:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/11/the-history-of-the-illuminati/142001

Feature on the Crusades:

https://www.livescience.com/what-were-the-crusades

The Night Watch is visible from the back for a while:

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/rembrandt-the-night-watch-visible-from-back-1234609269/

The Prado is suggesting now that the Salvator Mundi might not be by Leonardo:

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/art-industry-news-november-11-2021-2033509

Pondering whether Shakespeare was antisemitic:

https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/was-shakespeare-antisemitic-new-book-examines-shylock-684691

Feature on Galileo:

https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/yes-galileo-actually-said-that

Feature on Charles Warren:

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/warren-western-wall-jack-the-ripper

Feature on Queen Charlotte:

https://nypost.com/2021/11/13/real-queen-bridgerton-wasnt-biracial-but-she-was-a-badass/

Feature on Beatrix Potter:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/12/books/who-was-beatrix-potter.html

Marking the anniversary of Magellan's circumnavigation (I think):

https://elpais.com/cultura/2021-11-08/la-vuelta-al-mundo-de-magallanes-termino-hace-500-anos-en-una-tierra-de-volcanes-y-especias.html

Feature on Agatha Christie:

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/books/features/from-archaeologist-to-nurse-to-author-how-agatha-christie-turned-into-a-crime-fiction-novelist/articleshow/87628271.cms

Feature on 100 famous historical figures:

https://www.historyextra.com/period/modern/historical-figures-famous-significant-people-through-history-biographies/

An anonymous donor saved a painting for Wimpole Hall:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-59255314 https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/11/12/mystery-donor-comes-rescue-save-wonderful-18th-century-portrait/

Feature on Hatch the dog on the Mary Rose:

https://www.irishexaminer.com/property/homeandoutdoors/arid-40740237.html

Feature on assorted ancient holiday celebrations:

https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/ancients-holiday-celebrations

Feature on the ancient word for 'green':

https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20211108-cop26-the-ancient-origins-of-the-colour-green

Feature on the history of 'human excreta':

https://daily.jstor.org/the-early-history-of-human-excreta/

Something about 'the final duel' in 1387:

https://elpais.com/cultura/2021-11-07/lo-que-el-ultimo-duelo-ensena-sobre-la-edad-media-nobles-arruinados-huellas-de-la-peste-mujeres-como-propiedad.html

More on a recovered stolen painting possibly being a Rembrandt:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a-painting-stolen-in-east-germanys-biggest-art-heist-might-be-a-rembrandt-180979023/

Review of Robert Gross, *The Transcendentalists and their World*:

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2021/12/emerson-transcendentalists-concord-robert-gross/620534/

Review of Dan Jones, *Powers and Thrones*:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/09/books/review/dan-jones-powers-and-thrones.html

Review of Kevin Birmingham, *The Sinner and the Saint*:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/10/books/review-sinner-saint-dostoyevsky-crime-punishment-kevin-birmingham.html

Reviewish of *The Wordhord: Daily Life in Old English*:

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/nov/09/the-wordhord-daily-life-in-old-english-a-lexical-treasure-chest

Concerns for the catapult industry (Onion):

https://www.theonion.com/report-catapult-industry-won-t-survive-another-year-wi-1847999275
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CURRENT EVENTS:
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The Wampanoag people are telling the real story of their relationship with the Pilgrims:

https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation/this-tribe-helped-the-pilgrims-survive-for-their-first-thanksgiving-they-still-regret-it-400-years-later/

Feature on the 'ancient art' of raising turkeys:

https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/the-ancient-art-of-raising-turkeys

Feature/study of war diaries:

https://phys.org/news/2021-11-wwi-soldiers-personality-emotions-bureaucratic.html

cf: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/17506352211033210

The tomb of the unknown soldier is 100 years old:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-59256470

Records of 320 000 Punjab soldiers who fought in WWI were revealed and will be digitized:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/nov/10/records-of-320000-punjab-soldiers-from-first-world-war-uncovered

Wilmington (NC) is confronting a race-inspired massacre in its past:

https://www.npr.org/2021/11/10/1053562371/1898-wilmington-coup-massacre

A Cardiff museum has taken down a slave-owner's portrait:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-59139743

London's National Gallery has identified 67 patrons with slavery connections:

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2021/nov/08/national-gallery-publishes-research-into-slave-trade-links
https://hyperallergic.com/691700/londons-national-gallery-identifies-67-museum-patrons-connected-to-slavery/

Not sure about this one ... a video which purportedly shows the Taliban using remnants of Bamiyan Buddhas for target practice:

https://gandhara.rferl.org/a/bamiyan-buddhas-taliban-target/31555276.html ============================================================
ANIMAL AND PLANT DOMESTICATIONS ============================================================
Feature on dog breeds that have disappeared over time:

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20211105-the-bizarre-dog-breeds-time-forgot

A study of neolithic sheep from Anatolia:

https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-021-02794-8 ============================================================
MUSEUM MATTERS
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Ancient Peru:

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2021/11/09/british-museum-reveals-the-golden-and-gruesome-history-of-ancient-peru
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/art/reviews/peru-british-museum-review-breathtaking-journey-four-millennia/
https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/784/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/784/pub/784/page/73/article/239169
https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/exhibitions/peru-a-journey-in-time-british-museum-exhibition-review-london-b965220.html

Shema:

https://www.timesofisrael.com/hear-o-israel-there-are-magic-powers-in-the-shema/

Art of Weights and Measures:

https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/exhibition-examines-act-of-measuring-and-weighing-169288

Roman altars:

https://museumcrush.org/roman-altars-reveal-their-true-colours/

Eucalyptusdom:

https://theconversation.com/oil-wood-bark-exploitation-a-new-exhibition-explores-human-relations-with-the-eucalyptus-160268

Feature on the underwater museum at Peristera:

https://greekreporter.com/2021/11/07/underwater-museum-of-peristera-the-parthenon-of-shipwrecks/

The Messolonghi archaeological museum is about to open:

https://news.gtp.gr/2021/11/08/new-archaeological-museum-of-messolonghi-ready-to-open/

Egypt is planning to restore the Aswan Museum on Elephantine island:

https://www.egyptindependent.com/egypt-to-restore-aswan-museum-in-elephantine-island/

Concerns arising over the renovation of a museum in Tbilisi:

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2021/11/10/georgia-tbilisi-museum-renovation-politics

A major donation to the Getty for the study and display of antiquities:

https://mynewsla.com/life/2021/11/10/getty-villa-receives-5-million-donation-for-study-display-of-antiquities/

The Royal British Columbia Museum is starting 'decolonizing':

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2021/11/10/royal-british-columbia-museum-closes-indigenous-galleries
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AUCTIONS AND SALES RELATED ============================================================
Big bucks for Marie Antoinette's diamond bracelets:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/nov/09/marie-antoinettes-diamond-bracelets-fetch-7m-at-auction
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-59228801

... and for a Nazi-looted Van Gogh:

https://www.cnn.com/videos/arts/2021/11/12/van-gogh-painting-stolen-nazi-christies-auction-newday-vpx.cnn

Another copy of the Mona Lisa is coming to auction:

https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/11/10/copy-of-the-mona-lisa-under-the-hammer/

A branch of the American Legion sold a Norman Rockwell:

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/norman-rockwell-home-for-thanksgiving-auction-1234609292/

More on Anne Boleyn's wooden bird:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cryyl93xvm0o http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/62646 https://www.cnn.com/style/article/anne-boleyn-bird-henry-viii-england-gbr-uk-intl-scli/index.html
https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/784/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/784/pub/784/page/36/article/239080
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/wooden-falcon-once-sold-for-101-was-anne-boleyns-180979033/

Feature on a Hollywood-connected Roman statue coming to auction at Sotheby's:

https://news.artnet.com/market/artnet-news-ancient-backyard-sothebys-2032766 ============================================================
ON THE DNA FRONT
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Interesting study tracing a genetic mutation in a Utah family back to Denmark:

https://www.sciencealert.com/a-rare-genetic-mutation-in-a-large-utah-family-traced-back-to-1700s-denmark

cf: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-021-26741-7

There's a DNA lab at the Izmir archaeological site:

https://www.raillynews.com/2021/11/DNA-laboratory-established-in-archaeological-excavation-in-Izmir/

Another feature on Viking DNA and identity:

https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p0b2t4nk/why-vikings-weren-t-who-we-thought-they-were

More on Tarim Basin mummies origins:

https://bigthink.com/the-past/tarim-basin-mummies-dna/ ============================================================
THE TECHY SIDE
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Feature on recent radiocarbon calibrations:

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abd7096 ============================================================
CLIMATE MATTERS
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Climate concerns for sites on Orkney and Easter Island:

https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/environment/3663027/archaeology-orkney-easter-island-climate-threat/
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TOURISTY THINGS
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Susa:

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/466950/Susa-a-gateway-to-must-see-destinations

Miletus Cave:

https://turkisharchaeonews.net/article/return-miletus-cave

European cathedrals:

https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2021/nov/13/the-towers-and-the-glory-simon-jenkins-favourite-cathedrals-in-europe
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PERFORMANCES AND MUSIC RELATED ============================================================
Seven Pompegranate Seeds:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/theatre/what-to-see/seven-pomegranate-seeds-review-bold-also-breathless-affair/

Orpheus:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/11/arts/music/juilliard-orfeo-opera.html

Othello:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/12/theater/othello-rikki-henry-landestheater-niederoesterreich.html
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CRIME BEAT
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13 'archaeological manuscripts' and other items seized at the Cairo airport:

https://www.egyptindependent.com/photos-egyptian-authorities-foil-attempt-to-smuggle-archaeological-manuscripts/

... and Egyptian authorities also recovered 16 items being smuggle via the Safaga port:

https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/438458/Antiquities/Ancient-Egypt/Authorities-foil-attempt-to-smuggle-ancient-Egypti.aspx
https://egyptindependent.com/photos-sixteen-ancient-egyptian-artifacts-seized-at-safaga-seaport/
Thousands of ancient coins recovered in a raid on a jewelry stor in Ashkelon:

https://www.israelhayom.com/2021/11/10/thousands-of-ancient-coins-recovered-in-raid-on-ashkelon-jewelry-store/
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conflict antiquities:

http://conflictantiquities.wordpress.com/

anonymous swiss collector:

http://www.anonymousswisscollector.com/

Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues:

http://paul-barford.blogspot.ca/

Looting Matters:

http://lootingmatters.blogspot.com/

Illicit Cultural Property:

http://illicit-cultural-property.blogspot.com/

SAFE:

http://www.savingantiquities.org/blog/

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REPATRIATION AND RECOVERY ============================================================
The Denver Art Museum is repatriating some Khmer artifacts to Cambodia:

https://www.denverpost.com/2021/11/08/denver-art-museum-cambodian-antiquities-forfeiture/
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/feds-intervene-help-cambodia-recover-looted-artifacts-denver-museum-n1283562
https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/looted-cambodian-antiquities-denver-museum-are-subject-forfeiture-action-filed
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/colorado/articles/2021-11-09/denver-museum-gives-up-allegedly-looted-cambodian-artifacts
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/11/10/pandora-papers-cambodia-denver-museum/
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/looted-antiquities-seized-us https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50969378/us-govt-to-return-looted-khmer-treasures/ http://www.archaeology.org/news/10139-211112-cambodia-repatriation-artifacts

Benin Bronzes from France have started returning home:

https://www.news24.com/arts/Culture/tears-dance-as-benin-welcomes-back-looted-treasures-from-france-20211111

The Smithsonian is returning its Benin Bronzes, apparently:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/national-museum-of-african-art-removes-benin-bronzes-from-display-affirms-commitment-to-repatriation-180979037/
https://hyperallergic.com/690913/smithsonian-takes-benin-bronzes-off-display-considers-repatriation/

... and the Seminole people are trying to recover human remains:

https://www.npr.org/2021/10/12/1045518876/skeletons-in-the-closet

Feature on Egyptian items in foreign museums (with a repatriation angle):

https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/50/1201/438377/AlAhram-Weekly/Egypt/Egypt%E2%80%99s-treasures-abroad.aspx

OpEds on western museums needing to return things:

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/the-current-for-nov-10-2021-1.6243906/western-museums-need-to-return-stolen-artifacts-to-get-on-the-right-side-of-history-says-art-historian-1.6244222
https://www.economist.com/the-world-ahead/2021/11/08/western-museums-are-starting-to-return-colonial-era-treasures
https://www.dw.com/en/africas-lost-heritage-and-europes-restitution-policies/a-59763966
https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20211110-as-paris-museum-returns-looted-african-treasures-will-others-follow-france-s-lead

... specifically looking at the Bristol Museum:

https://thebristolcable.org/2021/11/bristol-has-a-trove-of-historical-artefacts-originally-taken-through-colonisation-should-they-be-given-back/
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NUMISMATICA
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Feature on the archaic smile on ancient coins:

https://coinweek.com/ancient-coins/the-archaic-smile-on-ancient-coins/

Latest e-Sylum:

http://www.coinbooks.org/v24/club_nbs_esylum_v24n45.html

... and the one which should appear later today:

http://www.coinbooks.org/v24/club_nbs_esylum_v24n46.html ------------------------

Coin Week:

http://www.coinweek.com/

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OBITUARIES
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Kenneth Reckford:

https://classics.unc.edu/2021/11/12/kenneth-reckford-in-memoriam/

Quandra Prettyman:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/11/education/quandra-prettyman-dead.html

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AUDIO/VIDEO NEWS
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Audio News from Archaeologica:

https://www.archaeologychannel.org/audio-guide/audio-news/3114-audio-news-from-archaeologica-october-31st-through-november-6th-2021
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GENERAL ARCHAEOLOGY NEWS BLOGS ============================================================
Archaeology Magazine News Page:

http://www.archaeology.org/news/

About.com Archaeology:

http://archaeology.about.com/

Archaeology Briefs:

http://archaeologybriefs.blogspot.com/

Atlas Obscura:

https://www.atlasobscura.com/

Heritage Daily:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/

Sapiens Archaeology:

https://www.sapiens.org/category/archaeology/

Taygete Atlantis excavations blogs aggregator:

http://planet.atlantides.org/taygete/ ============================================================
PODCASTS/VODCASTS
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Archaeosoup:

http://www.youtube.com/user/Archaeos0up?feature=watch

Archaeology Podcast Network:

http://www.archaeologypodcastnetwork.com/ ============================================================
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