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https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2022/03/children-of-cosmos-what-ancients-knew.html

On recreating Renaissance cosmetics and the like:

https://theconversation.com/remaking-history-how-we-are-recreating-renaissance-beauty-recipes-in-the-modern-chemistry-lab-176461

cf: https://www.beautifulchemistryproject.com/

Studying how 'metal soaps' contribute to the deterioration of oil paintings:

https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/03/shining-an-infrared-light-on-how-metal-soaps-threaten-priceless-oil-paintings/

Feature on Botticelli's 'Birth of Venus':

https://christopherpjones.medium.com/botticellis-celebration-of-divine-nudity-e50e69fa73fb

In case you were wondering about the broken 'killing stone' in Japan:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/18/world/asia/killing-stone-japan.html

Something about letters from Black Americans to their former enslavers:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2022/03/13/letters-to-enslavers/

Victor Nuovo on Genesis and good and evil:

https://www.addisonindependent.com/2022/03/17/victor-nuovo-good-and-evil-gods-and-humans/

Feature on Kathe Kollwitz's art:

https://www.dw.com/en/never-again-war-k%C3%A4the-kollwitzs-masterpieces/g-61110567

Feature on the first war crimes trial:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2022/03/14/war-crimes-peter-von-hagenbach/

Feature on art's approach to women's bodies:

https://www.dailyuw.com/opinion/critical_conversations/history-s-grasp-on-womens-bodies/article_20c3714c-a0b1-11ec-819f-8f4af912f3e4.html

Feature on tools and techniques used by archaeologists:

https://www.hcn.org/issues/54.4/scientific-research-how-the-earth-stores-records-of-the-past?fbclid=IwAR0SxjYYDlvIVjvv58dp-6eLmGop3X3eHElC8Oc1AjMBcj_HwYVmwb-hR3c

Feature on projects trying to 'resurrect' extinct animals:

https://elpais.com/ciencia/2022-03-13/resucitar-animales-que-se-extinguieron-en-el-futuro-no-habra-mamuts-sino-mamufantes.html

Feature on the mutiny Magellan had to deal with:

https://elpais.com/cultura/2022-03-15/el-motin-que-puso-en-peligro-la-vuelta-al-mundo.html

Rethinking witch accusations in various periods of Spanish history:

https://elpais.com/cultura/2022-03-16/los-falsos-mitos-de-las-brujas-espanolas.html

More on the find of the wreck of the Endurance:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/15/climate/endurance-shipwreck-shackleton.html https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2022/03/shackletons-endurance-found-off.html
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CURRENT EVENTS:
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Features on Pi (and Pi Day)

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/14/science/pi-math-geometry-infinity.html https://greekcitytimes.com/2022/03/15/the-fascinating-history-behind-pi-day/

On media coverage of the Black Death and comparisons made with COVID:

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2022/03/covid-black-death-comparisons-silver-lining.html

On COVID and the future of archaeology:

https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/archaeology-today/covid-and-the-future-of-archaeology/

Feature on the Greek roots of cities in Ukraine:

https://greekreporter.com/2022/03/13/ancient-greek-roots-names-ukraine-cities/

The Hermitage has withdrawn demands for the return of things they loaned to Italy, apparently:

https://ilglobo.com/en/news/hermitage-withdraws-demands-for-italys-immediate-return-of-artworks-72243/

More on concerns/efforts to save Ukraine's cultural heritage:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/03/14/ukraine-odessa-russia-war/ https://fr.aleteia.org/2022/03/17/en-images-le-patrimoine-sacre-ukrainien-menace-par-la-guerre/
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/mar/15/ukrainian-heritage-under-threat-truth-soviet-era-russia
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2022/mar/17/putin-bombs-ukraine-architectural-marvels-in-pictures
https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/russian-invasion-imperils-ukrainian-heritage

Feature on St Gertrude's Day:

https://theconversation.com/forget-patrick-march-17-is-also-st-gertrudes-day-commemorating-the-patron-saint-of-cats-177550

... and a study of where St Patrick was from:

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/scotland-now/small-scottish-town-st-patrick-26492232

... and on St Parick's Day:

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2022/03/17/st-patrick-day-saint/7039195001/ ============================================================
ANIMAL AND PLANT DOMESTICATIONS ============================================================
More on geese being domesticated in China some 7000 years bp:

https://english.news.cn/20220316/b630f51c439145668db2035b99c1d3a1/c.html

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MUSEUM MATTERS
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Descendants of the Builders:

https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/113818/%E2%80%98Descendants-of-the-Builders%E2%80%99-temporary-exhibition-launches-in-Sohag-National

Kore 670:

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/art-and-architecture/article-greek-statue-shows-its-true-colours-at-the-rom/

Donatello:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/18/arts/design/donatello-the-renaissance-florence.html

Cleopatra between Egypt and Italy:

https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/113813/Egypt%E2%80%99s-Academy-of-Arts-in-Rome-to-host-Cleopatra-between

Rubens 'Baptism of Christ':

https://apnews.com/article/travel-lifestyle-arts-and-entertainment-painting-museums-f3de31402bdbdc1198c33976f4be442d

Trompe l'oeil:

https://elpais.com/cultura/2022-03-16/siete-siglos-de-trampantojo-el-arte-de-contar-mentiras.html

Biblical Archaeology:

https://www.jpost.com/christianworld/article-701793

More on the reopening of Iraq's national museum:

http://www.ecns.cn/hd/2022-03-14/detail-ihawpiuq2989310.shtml

Concerns about an Immersive Van Gogh show:

https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Albany-bound-Van-Gogh-event-falls-under-BBB-17003634.php

Feature on South Korea's Greek mythology museum:

https://greekreporter.com/2022/03/19/south-korea-greek-mythology-museum/

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AUCTIONS AND SALES RELATED ============================================================
The Ides of March last week spawned features on an Ides of March coin coming to auction in a few months, apparently:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10615933/Gold-coin-marking-assassination-Julius-Caesar-set-fetch-1-5m-auction.html
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/caesar-assassination-coin-is-worth-a-mint-nsxr8z85c
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-03-15/julius-caeser-assassination-coin-may-sell-for-2-million-or-more
https://www.artfixdaily.com/news_feed/2022/03/14/3227-bidders-to-battle-for-ides-of-march-ancient-roman-coin-thought-to

On the price fetched for that medieval gold cross found by a Norwich detectorist:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-norfolk-60755570

A nice price for a Rubens portrait:

https://apnews.com/article/business-lifestyle-europe-poland-painting-fc532764a17af445c5e9f5f48f6c6c7e

OpEd on museums and 'blood antiquities':

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/03/14/smithsonian-benin-bronzes-stolen-art-british-museum/

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ON THE DNA FRONT
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DNA suggests TB made it to South America via seals:

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/946022 https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2022/03/mystery-how-tuberculosis-got-americas/627088/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/10411-220315-south-america-tuberculosis ============================================================
THE TECHY SIDE
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Latest facial (and full body) reconstruction is of a 4000 years bp woman from Sweden:

https://www.livescience.com/stone-age-woman-reconstruction-sweden https://www.archaeology.org/news/10414-220318-sweden-neolithic-woman

On using computer predictive models to find hunter-gatherer sites:

https://phys.org/news/2022-03-ancient-hunter-gatherer-sites.html https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/03/220317163625.htm https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/946815

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TOURISTY THINGS
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Topkapi Palace harem:

https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/topkapi-palaces-harem-set-to-unveil-restored-sections-to-public/news
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PERFORMANCES AND MUSIC RELATED ============================================================
Pondering what happened to Cesar Franck's symphony:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/18/arts/music/cesar-franck-symphony.html

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CRIME BEAT
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An arrest of antiquities smugglers in Libya:

https://www.libyaobserver.ly/inbrief/security-forces-eastern-libya-arrest-antiquities-smugglers

Again we read of 'Turkish backed factions' conducting illegal excavations in Afrin:

https://www.syriahr.com/en/243417/

Vandalism at the La Sergente Neolithic tomb in Jersey:

https://www.itv.com/news/channel/2022-03-17/historic-site-that-predates-the-pyramids-vandalised-in-jersey

More on the bust of a Jerusalem resident in possession of 1500 years bp 'incantation bowls':

https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2022/03/israeli-authorities-recover-ancient.html

More on the results of Operation Pandora VI:

https://www.insidehook.com/daily_brief/crime/ancient-roman-coins-interpol-trafficking
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2022/03/israeli-authorities-recover-ancient.html
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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 ============================================================
This week, we are reading that Turkey is denying that the Siloam inscription would be returned to Israel:

https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/turkiye-denies-return-of-inscription-to-israel-found-in-jerusalem/2534822
https://www.jewishpress.com/news/middle-east/turkey/not-so-fast/2022/03/13/ https://www.dailysabah.com/turkey/turkey-denies-return-of-inscription-to-israel-after-herzog-visit/news

... which gives rise to an OpEd:

https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-701676

OpEd on repatriation from museums:

https://themedium.ca/stolen-history/

Some stolen Nepalese artifacts found in the Barakat Gallery in London were returned:

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2022/03/18/stolen-nepalese-temple-artefacts-repatriated-london-gallery

More on the return of a sacred drum from Denmark to the Sami people:

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/mar/13/three-centuries-on-a-shamans-precious-rune-drum-returns-home

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NUMISMATICA
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Princeton has acquired a major Byzantine coin collection:

https://www.infodocket.com/2022/03/18/princeton-university-library-acquires-the-chris-theodotou-collection-of-byzantine-coins/

Feature on mints:

https://coinweek.com/education/what-is-a-mint/

Feature on ancient Greek coins of Paeonia:

https://coinweek.com/ancient-coins/the-ancient-greek-coins-of-paeonia/

Latest e-Sylum:

http://www.coinbooks.org/v25/club_nbs_esylum_v25n11.html

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

http://www.coinbooks.org/v25/club_nbs_esylum_v25n12.html ------------------------

Coin Week:

http://www.coinweek.com/

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OBITUARIES
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David Mayer Gradwohl:

https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/journalstar/name/david-gradwohl-obituary?id=33625398

Neil Faulkner:

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/mar/15/neil-faulkner-obituary

Herbert Benario:

https://classicalstudies.org/scs-news/memoriam-herbert-benario

Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/18/obituaries/rabbi-chaim-kanievsky-dea.html

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AUDIO/VIDEO NEWS
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Audio News from Archaeologica:

https://www.archaeologychannel.org/audio-guide/audio-news/3161-audio-news-from-archaeologica-march-6th-2022-through-march-12th-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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