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https://theconversation.com/ukraine-as-a-borderland-a-brief-history-of-ukraines-place-between-europe-and-russia-178168

On the history of Ukraine:

https://www.vox.com/22950915/ukraine-history-timothy-snyder-today-explained

On protecting heritage at Ukraine's largest art museum:

https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-travel-europe-art-museums-museums-768ce266673b85965edc8367c2257370

Concerns for various heritage sites in Ukraine:

https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/head-of-ukrainian-greek-catholic-church-warns-russia-may-destroy-1000-year-old-cathedral/
https://cruxnow.com/church-in-europe/2022/03/ukrainian-archbishop-calls-on-russia-not-to-bomb-historic-cathedral
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/01/cultural-catastrophe-ukrainians-fear-for-art-and-monuments-amid-onslaught
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-60603406 https://elpais.com/cultura/2022-03-02/jose-de-ribas-la-trepidante-vida-del-militar-espanol-que-fundo-la-tercera-ciudad-de-ucrania.html
https://www.dw.com/en/threatened-by-war-ukraines-unesco-world-heritage-sites/g-61011791
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/28/arts/design/maria-primachenko-paintings-destroyed-ukraine.html
https://elpais.com/internacional/2022-03-05/proteger-un-goya-en-un-bunker-de-ucrania.html
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2022/03/04/unesco-gravely-concerned-about-damage-to-ukrainian-cultural-heritage
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/03/04/the-world-heritage-city-of-kyiv-is-in-imminent-danger/

... and wondering about Faberge eggs Russia loaned to the UK:

http://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/899/reader/reader.html?social#!preferred/0/package/899/pub/899/page/84/article/281540

Latest unmarked graves finds from a Canadian residential school:

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-alberta-first-nation-discovers-169-potential-unmarked-graves-on/
https://www.trtworld.com/americas/more-potential-unmarked-graves-found-at-canada-indigenous-school-site-55201

Pondering the disappearance of a statue of Voltaire in Paris:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/feb/20/ou-est-voltaire-mystery-of-parisian-statue-solved

Some Presidents' Day items:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2022/02/21/george-washington-birthday-presidents-day/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2022/02/21/happy-birthday-george-washington/

OpEd on the need for new 'language' about race:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/03/opinion/sunday/talking-about-race.html ============================================================
ANIMAL AND PLANT DOMESTICATIONS ============================================================
Feature on tomato domestication:

https://phys.org/news/2022-03-tomato-domestication-involved-agricultural-societies.html

cf: https://academic.oup.com/hr/advance-article/doi/10.1093/hr/uhac030/6532226

A genetic link between Iberian and Israeli dogs:

https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-699257

More on Mesopotamian 'war donkeys':

https://modernsciences.org/these-mesopotamian-war-donkeys-may-have-been-one-of-humanitys-first-bioengineering-projects/

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LANGUAGE RELATED
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Review of Silvia Ferrara, *The Greatest Invention*:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/01/books/review/greatest-invention-nine-scripts-silvia-ferrera.html
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MUSEUM MATTERS
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Stonehenge:

https://www.apollo-magazine.com/stonehenge-british-museum-druids-archaeology/ https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/arts-and-books/the-art-of-stonehenge

Holbein:

https://www.apollo-magazine.com/holbein-character-morgan-library-new-york-review/

Donatello:

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2022/mar/03/donatello-bronzes-moved-in-italy-for-groundbreaking-exhibition

Dura Europos:

https://ism.yale.edu/event/exhibition-photographs-dura-europos-1922-2022-and-onward

The Galleria Archeologica of Turin's royal palace has reopened:

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2022/02/28/one-of-europes-most-important-historic-collections-opens-to-the-public-again-in-turin

The Acropolis Museum is lending a nice Kore to the Royal Ontario Museum:

https://greekreporter.com/2022/02/28/acropolis-museum-toronto/

Feature on the Kotsanas Museum of Ancient Greek Technology:

https://greekcitytimes.com/2022/03/02/kotsanas-museum-of-ancient-greek-technology/

Interesting use of Virtual Reality in a National Gallery exhibition:

https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/899/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/899/pub/899/page/39/article/278675

A number of colossi were relocated to the GEM:

https://english.ahram.org.eg/News/461933.aspx https://egyptindependent.com/the-grand-egyptian-museum-receives-13-huge-artifacts/
https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/113346/13-huge-artifacts-transferred-from-Egyptian-Museum-in-Tahrir-to

... and we're being told it's 99% ready to open:

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2022/03/01/grand-egyptian-museum-in-cairo-99percent-ready-as-designers-promise-theatrical-tutankhamun-gallery

An interview with Neil MacGregor:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/art/what-to-see/neil-macgregor-interview-dont-have-museum-england/
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AUCTIONS AND SALES RELATED ============================================================
A medieval gold cross found by a metal detectorist in 2019 is coming to auction:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-norfolk-60622316

High expectations for a 'leopard' coin found by a Norfolk metal detectorist:

https://www.livescience.com/rare-gold-leopard-coin-auction-uk https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/mar/02/rare-coin-unearthed-norfolk-reach-140000
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/golden-chance-rare-14th-century-leopard-coin-n2hs6930j

A major result for a Magritte:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/02/arts/design/magritte-auction-sothebys.html

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ON THE DNA FRONT
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Studying DNA from a pair of 5000 years bp skeletons from Serbia:

https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-698824

Finding genetic 'fingerpritns' of migrations to the UAE:

https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2022/02/researchers-find-genetic-fingerprints.html

Feature on Love Dalen's work with ancient DNA:

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/MAGAZINE-this-adventurous-ancient-dna-researcher-in-russia-rewrites-the-past-1.10640864
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THE TECHY SIDE
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Using dendrochronology to study medieval and early modern building activity:

https://the-past.com/news/representing-regions-in-dendrochronological-data/

Latest facial reconstruction is a 4000 years bp woman from Sweden (images seem different in these):

https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-698923 https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/113398/Oscar-Nilsson-recreates-skull-of-4000-year-old-woman-from
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CLIMATE MATTERS
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Study suggests modern sea level rise began in 1863:

https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2022/02/onset-of-modern-sea-level-rise-began-in.html
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TOURISTY THINGS
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Ithaca:

https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2022/mar/01/hiking-climbing-on-the-trail-of-odysseus-in-ithaca-island-greece

Rome:

https://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/travel/2022/03/when-in-rome-a-new-era-for-the-citys-ancient-sites
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PERFORMANCES AND MUSIC RELATED ============================================================
Marking the 100th anniversary of Nosferatu:

https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20220303-nosferatu-the-monster-who-still-terrifies-100-years-on

Casulana:

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/mar/05/maddalena-casulana-missing-renaissance-madrigals-rediscovered

Drumfolk:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/03/04/step-afrika-drumfolk-strathmore/

Feature on Herbert Blomstedt:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/02/arts/music/ny-philharmonic-herbert-blomstedt.html

Wagner:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/02/arts/music/wagner-opera-classical-music.html

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TV/DOCUMENTARY HYPISH THINGS ============================================================
The Pirates:

https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/k-pop/k-movies/article/3169077/netflix-movie-review-pirates-last-royal-treasure-sees-han
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CRIME BEAT
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Police in Turkey seized a relief portraying Eros:

https://www.dailysabah.com/turkey/investigations/police-seize-roman-era-baby-eros-relief-in-western-turkey

Ancient/Byzantine coins seized at the Cairo Airport:

https://english.ahram.org.eg/News/461979.aspx https://www.thenationalnews.com/mena/egypt/2022/03/01/ancient-coins-and-coptic-cross-seized-by-antiquities-police-at-cairo-airport/
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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 ============================================================
A Nazi-auctioned Kandinsky was returned to Jewish heirs:

https://www.npr.org/2022/03/01/1083647043/kandinsky-painting-that-was-auctioned-during-wwii-is-returned-to-jewish-heirs
https://elpais.com/cultura/2022-03-01/el-ayuntamiento-de-amsterdam-devuelve-un-kandinsky-a-los-descendientes-de-su-dueno-judio.html

The US returned assorted items (including a skull) to France:

https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20220304-united-states-returns-pillaged-skull-golden-objects-to-france

... and some gold ingots:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/02/arts/design/china-france-gold-ingots.html

Steinhardt-related returns to Jordan:

https://www.jordantimes.com/news/local/us-embassy-returns-9-trafficked-cultural-antiquities-jordan
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20220302-us-returns-9-stolen-artefacts-to-jordan/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/us-returns-billionaires-plundered-artifacts-to-jordan/2022/03/02/4c7f1688-9a35-11ec-9987-9dceee62a3f6_story.html
https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/us-returns-billionaires-plundered-artifacts-jordan-83203270
https://www.timesofisrael.com/us-returns-michael-steinhardts-looted-antiquities-to-jordan/
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/arts/u-s-returns-billionaires-plundered-artifacts-to-jordan
https://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/jordan/u-s-returns-billionaire-michael-steinhardt-s-plundered-artifacts-to-jordan-1.10647279

Palestinians seem to have been left out of the Steinhardt returns:

https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20220228-palestinians-ignored-in-us-deal-on-stolen-antiquities
https://www.thenationalnews.com/mena/2022/02/28/palestinians-ignored-as-us-tycoon-ordered-to-return-stolen-antiquities-to-israel/
https://www.ynetnews.com/travel/article/ryh92lcg9

More on Steinhardt-related returns to Greece:

https://greekcitytimes.com/2022/03/02/the-parthenon-sculptures-and-the-day-of-their-return/
https://hyperallergic.com/714179/us-returns-55-looted-artifacts-to-greece/ https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/03/02/two-more-ancient-artefacts-have-been-repatriated-to-greece/
https://news.gtp.gr/2022/03/01/us-returns-55-antiquities-worth-more-than-20m-to-greece/

More on the return of a Moai to Easter Island from Chile:

https://www.elmostrador.cl/cultura/2022/03/01/cuando-un-familiar-vuelve-a-casa-despues-de-un-siglo-el-retorno-del-moai-tau-para-el-pueblo-rapa-nui/
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/03/01/moai-statue-returns-to-easter-island/

More on returns to the Dominican from Puerto Rico:

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2022/02/25/pre-columbian-stone-artefacts-smuggled-puerto-rico-repatriated-dominican-republic
http://www.archaeology.org/news/10386-220301-taino-artifacts-repatriated

An interview with Matthew Bogdanos:

https://www.ekathimerini.com/culture/1178445/tracking-down-looted-cultural-treasures/
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NUMISMATICA
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Feature on the Sestertius:

https://coinweek.com/ancient-coins/the-rise-and-fall-of-the-roman-sestertius/

Feature on ancient coins and modern object biographies:

https://coinweek.com/ancient-coins/ancient-coins-and-modern-object-biographies/

Feature on the coins of Lydia:

https://greekreporter.com/2022/03/04/worlds-first-coins-greek/

Latest e-Sylum:

http://www.coinbooks.org/v25/club_nbs_esylum_v25n09.html

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

http://www.coinbooks.org/v25/club_nbs_esylum_v25n10.html ------------------------

Coin Week:

http://www.coinweek.com/

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AUDIO/VIDEO NEWS
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Audio News from Archaeologica:

https://www.archaeologychannel.org/audio-guide/audio-news/3158-audio-news-from-archaeologica-february-20th-2022-through-february-26th-2022
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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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