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https://mosaicmagazine.com/observation/history-ideas/2022/05/not-everything-is-a-charging-boar/

A study of oyster management among First Nations peoples in Australia and North America:

https://phys.org/news/2022-05-indigenous-peoples-shucked-billions-oysters.html https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/03/world/ancient-humans-oysters-scn/index.html http://www.sci-news.com/archaeology/ancient-oyster-fisheries-10770.html https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/may/04/precolonial-first-nations-oyster-fisheries-sustained-millennia-of-intense-harvests-study-shows
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/05/04/indigenous-oyster-fisheries-were-hugely-productive/

cf: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-29818-z

Feature on the 500 year old Fuggerei social housing project:

https://www.dw.com/en/fuggerei-the-worlds-oldest-social-housing-project/a-58928076

Feature on relics in medieval Spain:

https://elpais.com/cultura/2022-05-03/dinero-milagros-fetichismo-y-robos-las-pasiones-que-desataron-las-reliquias-en-la-espana-de-la-edad-media.html

Feature on women artists in Venice:

https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-61297129 https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/b006mk25/newsnight

Feature on how Victorian medicine contributed to modern ideas about race:

https://phys.org/news/2022-05-victorian-medicine-modern-concepts.html

Feature on book collectors:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/07/style/rare-used-book-collectors.html

cf: https://academic.oup.com/jvc/advance-article/doi/10.1093/jvcult/vcac015/6561765

Feature on life in early cities:

https://aeon.co/essays/life-in-early-cities-on-neighbourhoods-and-energised-crowding

Feature on the history of Basque ball games:

https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20220505-euskal-pilota-the-basque-countrys-centuries-old-ball-games

Feature on the ten oldest known sculptures:

https://listverse.com/2022/04/30/ten-oldest-known-sculptures-in-the-world/

Feature (possibly a review of a book) on Freemasonry:

https://elpais.com/cultura/2022-05-05/la-masoneria-el-culto-que-se-invento-sus-secretos.html?mid=DM115362&bid=1025429534

On the importance of archaeologists at development sites:

https://www.sanantoniomag.com/why-archeologists-can-be-just-as-important-as-developers/
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CURRENT EVENTS:
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Apology for the 800 years bp laws which expelled Jews from England:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/may/08/apology-800-years-on-for-laws-that-expelled-jews-from-england

Feature on Ben Franklin's abortion recipe:

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2022/05/ben-franklin-american-instructor-textbook-abortion-recipe.html

... and commentary on Judge Alito's knowledge of abortion in ancient and medieval times:

https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/alitos-roe-v-wade-abortion-draft-ruling-betrays-medieval-ignorance-anc-rcna27473

Feature on 'My Old Kentucky Home':

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/03/books/review/my-old-kentucky-home-emily-bingham.html

More on Russian looting of museums in Ukraine:

https://greekcitytimes.com/2022/05/03/greece-condemns-russian/ https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/30/world/europe/ukraine-scythia-gold-museum-russia.htmlhttps://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-30009-z
https://greekreporter.com/2022/05/02/ancient-greek-artifacts-looted-ukraine-russia/

... and accusations that Russia destroyed Scythian tombs in Ukraine:

https://www.jpost.com/international/article-706117 https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/russian-troops-are-destroying-ancient-nomadic-tombs-5g00c96xs
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ANIMAL AND PLANT DOMESTICATIONS ============================================================
Feature on horse domestication:

https://knowablemagazine.org/article/living-world/2022/tale-domesticated-horse

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LANGUAGE RELATED
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More on the spread of Uralic languages:

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/04/220427100508.htm

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MUSEUM MATTERS
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Persia:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/in-the-classical-world-persias-powers-rivaled-greece-and-rome-180980008/

Art and Sensuality in the Houses of Pompeii:

https://www.thelocal.it/20220504/phallus-of-pompeii-italian-art-exhibition-reveals-ancient-sexuality/
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20220504-pulses-race-at-new-erotic-pompeii-exhibition
https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/travel-leisure/article/3176569/sex-and-nudity-abound-erotic-pompeii-exhibition-showing
https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/pulses-race-at-new-erotic-pompeii-exhibition-173541

Pharaoh of the Two Lands:

https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/05/03/pharaoh-of-the-two-lands-at-the-louvre/

Pompeii in Color:

https://brooklynrail.org/2022/05/artseen/Pompeii-in-Color-The-Life-of-Roman-Painting

Stonehenge:

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/may/04/stonehenge-exhibition-explores-parallels-with-japanese-stone-circles

The Smithsonian has announced plans to return looted items:

https://news.yahoo.com/smithsonian-announces-plans-return-looted-163532172.html https://www.morningbrew.com/daily/stories/museums-reckon-with-their-finders-keepers-problem

The Museum of Natural History's Northwest Coast Hall is reopening:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/05/arts/design/museum-natural-history-indigenous-art.html
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AUCTIONS AND SALES RELATED ============================================================
The Louvre is bidding to try to keep a Chardin:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/04/arts/design/louvre-kimbell-art-museum-chardin.html

A lost Titian is coming to auction:

https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/lifestyle/3242474/norman-watson-titian/

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ON THE DNA FRONT
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Using DNA to determine how the black rat colonized Europe in the Roman and Medieval periods:

https://www.york.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/2022/research/black-rat-europe/ https://phys.org/news/2022-05-black-rat-colonized-europe-roman.html https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/05/220503141339.htm https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/951573 https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/scientists-are-using-ancient-rat-remains-to-retrace-human-history
http://www.archaeology.org/news/10526-220505-black-rat-dna

cf: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-30009-z ============================================================
THE TECHY SIDE
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Latest scan of a (bird) mummy found in storage (at Cornell) reveals a probable Ibis:

https://www.livescience.com/ancient-egypt-ibis-bird-mummy https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/archaeologists-stunned-as-ancient-egyptian-mummy-turns-out-to-be-1-500-year-old-sacrificial-bird-2958600
https://www.archaeology.org/news/10529-220506-egypt-mummy-ibis

... related feature:

https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/01/world/mummified-bird-cornell-museum-exhibit-scn/index.html

Using satellite technology to track Islamic State's destruction of sites:

https://cosmosmagazine.com/people/society/satellite-tracking-isis/

Feature on GPR use in the search for Saarema settlements in Estonia:

https://news.err.ee/1608586132/ground-penetrating-radar-sheds-light-on-ancient-saaremaa-settlements

... and St George (Bermuda):

https://www.royalgazette.com/education/news/article/20220504/radar-digs-deep-into-st-georges-history/

Feature on radiocarbon dating:

https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/archaeology-today/radiocarbon-dating/?mqsc=E4143831&dk=ZE2250ZF0
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CLIMATE MATTERS
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Climate change-related concerns for Jamestown:

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-61315343 https://wydaily.com/news/2022/05/04/we-are-being-inundated-jamestown-endangered-by-climate-change/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2022/05/04/jamestown-climate-change-floods-endangered/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/10528-220506-virginia-jamestown-flooding

... and the Fortress of Louisbourg:

https://www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/news/archaeologists-race-to-preserve-fortress-of-louisbourg-history-from-climate-change-100725092/

Studying the historical climate of the Estero Derecho Natur Sanctuary (Chile):

https://www.elmostrador.cl/destacado/2022/05/02/investigacion-cientifica-muestra-que-la-alta-cordillera-del-norte-tiende-a-la-aridez-desde-hace-cinco-siglos/
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TOURISTY THINGS
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Cornwall tunnels:

https://www.thetravel.com/discover-cornwall-fogous-tunnels/

Limes Germanicus:

https://www.thetravel.com/explore-the-limes-germanicus-of-roman-fortier-forts-in-germany/

Milan:

https://www.thetravel.com/see-roman-ruins-in-milan/

Conimbriga:

https://www.thetravel.com/visit-the-roman-ruins-of-conmbriga-in-portugal/

Samos:

https://greekreporter.com/2022/05/02/exploring-samos-island-greece/

Historical sites in Israel:

https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-705934

Latvia:

https://www.dw.com/en/exploring-eastern-europe-latvia/g-61582162

Divided Church:

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/geteilte-kirche-am-kreuzbichl ============================================================
PERFORMANCES AND MUSIC RELATED ============================================================
Das Rheingold:

https://apnews.com/article/entertainment-europe-music-arts-and-opera-a5af1a566faecfb54344a8e6274ed989

An Odyssey production is in the works:

https://www.thewrap.com/ralph-fiennes-juliette-binoche-the-return-english-patient-reunion/

Age of Rage:

https://www.thewrap.com/ralph-fiennes-juliette-binoche-the-return-english-patient-reunion/

Review of Lynn Garafola, *La Nijinska*:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/05/books/review/la-nijinska-lynn-garafola.html

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CRIME BEAT
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More on the British national facing (apparently) the death penalty in Iraq for smuggling some potsherds:

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/british-tourist-accused-of-smuggling-artifacts-in-iraq-faces-death-penalty-1234627261/
https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/british-man-found-ancient-shards-iraq-84493513
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/british-man-found-with-ancient-shards-could-be-tried-in-iraq/2022/05/04/837155a0-cbba-11ec-b7ee-74f09d827ca6_story.html

... and his family accuses Iraq of politicizing the case:

https://www.thenationalnews.com/mena/iraq/2022/05/05/family-of-british-man-detained-in-iraq-say-iran-militias-politicising-smuggling-case/

... and the Foreign Office of not helping:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/may/05/family-of-man-at-risk-of-execution-in-iraq-say-foreign-office-is-not-helping
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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 ============================================================
Items associated with Chief Poundmaker were returned to his family:

https://www.wellandtribune.ca/ts/news/canada/2022/05/04/these-items-have-life-chief-poundmakers-leadership-staff-returned-to-family.html

A stolen Nostradamus manuscript was returned to a library in Rome:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/may/05/stolen-nostradamus-manuscript-is-returned-to-library-in-rome?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

An Argentine museum is returning human remains of the Wichi people:

https://elpais.com/internacional/2022-05-03/el-largo-regreso-de-tres-indigenas-guardados-como-trofeo-en-un-museo-argentino.html

More on Libya seeking return of temple remains from Windsor Castle:

https://www.getreading.co.uk/news/reading-berkshire-news/queen-threatened-libyan-lawsuit-stolen-23783768
https://www.thenationalnews.com/weekend/2022/05/06/the-lawyer-on-a-mission-to-return-libyas-stolen-roman-heritage/
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NUMISMATICA
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Latest e-Sylum:

http://www.coinbooks.org/v25/club_nbs_esylum_v25n18.html

... and the one which should appear later today (actually is available already since i'm late):

http://www.coinbooks.org/v25/club_nbs_esylum_v25n19.html ------------------------

Coin Week:

http://www.coinweek.com/

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OBITUARIES
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Konrad Kinzl:

https://www.cac-scec.ca/2022/05/obituary-professor-emeritus-konrad-kinzl/

Abdulamir Al-Hamdani:

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2022/05/04/abdulamir-al-hamdani-obituary-archaeologist-iraq-culture-minister

Irving Rosenthal:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/03/books/irving-rosenthal-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/3173-audio-news-from-archaeologica-april-24th-2022-through-april-30th-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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