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https://apnews.com/article/science-government-and-politics-archaeology-princess-leonor-1eae2c74ebd203df42c1a50798172eeb
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/celebrated-mexican-archaeologist-wins-major-spanish-award/2022/05/18/dad5dc6c-d696-11ec-be17-286164974c54_story.html
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/mexican-archaeologist-led-landmark-aztec-temple-excavation-wins-major-rcna29384
Interesting feature on an ancient Maya tooth sealant:
https://www.science.org/content/article/ancient-maya-tooth-sealant-glued-gemstones-place-and-may-have-prevented-tooth-decay
Feature on El Tepozteco:
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/05/el-tepozteco-the-temple-of-the-drunken-aztec-rabbit/143617
Feature on the Chinchorro mummies:
https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20220519-chiles-desert-town-built-on-mummies
Feature on the Dzibanche site and its possible connections with Calakmul:
https://mexiconewsdaily.com/mexicolife/dzibanche-a-maya-city-off-the-beaten-path/
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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 ============================================================
Feature on the history of glass:
https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/115877/Learn-about-the-history-of-glass-its-importance-to-kings
Feature on the lost wreck of the Flor de la Mar:
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/05/flor-de-la-mar-the-lost-treasure-ship/143632
A silver 'letter casket' once owned by Mary, Queen of Scots, has been 'saved for the nation':
https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/978/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/978/pub/978/page/20/article/NaN
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/64111
... as has a joseph Wright of Derby painting:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-61437488
Feature on 'begging the question':
https://www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/In-a-Word/2022/0516/Going-in-circles-by-begging-the-question
Feature on how horrible the 17th century was:
https://www.iflscience.com/environment/the-17th-century-was-a-truly-terrible-time-to-be-a-human/
Feature on tools used in archaeology:
https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/archaeology-today/archaeology-tools/?mqsc=E4144063&dk=ZE2250ZF0
Not sure what this 'charity donation' jug story is about:
https://www.newsweek.com/charity-worker-find-antique-british-museum-donations-1707284
On the origin of French macarons:
https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20220516-the-true-origin-of-french-macarons
Feature on assorted ancient technologies:
https://bigthink.com/the-past/examples-ancient-technology/
Feature on making olive oil like an ancient Egyptian:
https://www.sapiens.org/archaeology/olive-oil-ancient-egypt/
Feature on Crusaders' diet:
https://aleteia.org/2022/05/18/the-diet-that-helped-crusaders-stay-fit/
Feature on the colour violet:
https://psyche.co/ideas/why-it-took-us-thousands-of-years-to-see-the-colour-violet
On the history of Zen:
https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/3177563/history-zen-its-roots-buddhism-how-ancient
Assorted items on the history of Haiti (relations with France, slavery, etc.):
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/20/world/haiti-history-colonized-france.html https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/05/20/world/americas/enslaved-haiti-debt-timeline.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/20/world/french-banks-haiti-cic.html
Not sure where to put this one on the Bible in Arabic:
https://www.asor.org/anetoday/2022/05/bible-in-arabic ============================================================
CURRENT EVENTS:
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Linking the 1918 pandemic and modern influenza:
https://cosmosmagazine.com/science/1918-pandemic-influenza-h1n1/
More on amphoras excavated by Ukrainian soldiers in Odesa:
https://greekreporter.com/2022/05/17/ancient-greek-amphoras-discovered-ukraine-soldiers-dig-trenches/
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-706834 https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/ukrainian-soldiers-discover-archeological-treasures-while-digging-defenses-in-port-city-odessa-1234628795/
https://hyperallergic.com/733518/ukrainian-soldiers-unearth-ancient-greek-amphorae-during-trench-dig/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/ukrainian-soldiers-discover-ancient-amphorae-urns-while-digging-defense-trenches-180980098/
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ANIMAL AND PLANT DOMESTICATIONS ============================================================
Pondering when humans domesticated horses:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/when-did-humans-domesticate-the-horse-180980097/
A study of how dog jaws adapted to a domestic diet:
https://www.murdoch.edu.au/news/articles/a-new-study-shows-how-diet-has-transformed-the-ancient-dog-into-a-family-pet
https://www.archaeology.org/news/10557-220520-dog-jaws-diet
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LANGUAGE RELATED
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On the politics of Urdu use:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-61199753
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MUSEUM MATTERS
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Feminine Power:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/art/what-to-see/feminine-power-review-treasure-trove-may-need-divine-powers/
https://londonist.com/london/museums-and-galleries/feminine-power-is-amped-up-to-eleven-at-the-british-museum
https://www.rawstory.com/goddesses-and-witches-star-in-british-museum-show/ https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/feminine-power-at-the-british-museum-mary-beard-roars-on-to-the-battlefield-kt0n0wmz2
https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20220518-how-fear-sex-and-power-shaped-ancient-mythology
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20220518-goddesses-and-witches-star-in-british-museum-show
https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/goddesses-and-witches-star-in-british-museum-show-173940
cf:
https://www.britishmuseum.org/exhibitions/feminine-power-divine-demonic
Apollo figurines:
https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/apollo-statuettes-of-prophecy-center-on-display-in-turkeys-izmir/news
Sutton Hoo:
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-suffolk-61480771
Parthian coffins:
https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/472831/Parthian-coffins-on-show-at-Susa-Museum
Syria: Cradle of Civilisations:
https://timesofoman.com/article/116952-national-museum-inaugurates-syria-the-cradle-of-civilisations-and-loaned-artefacts-from-india-exhibitions
Gold:
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/agenta/tutankhamun-excavating-the-archive/
Immortal Faces:
https://www.trtworld.com/life/immortal-faces-from-coins-to-sculptures-of-antiquity-a-feast-in-istanbul-57247
George Grosz:
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/20/arts/design/george-grosz-museum-berlin.html
Return Us Home:
https://prishtinainsight.com/return-us-home-exhibition-seeks-return-of-artifacts-held-in-serbia/
Stone Routes - Stories from Stone:
https://www.tornosnews.gr/en/tourism-businesses/tourism-businesses/thematic-tourism/47187-jewish-inscriptions-exhibition-opens-in-two-museums-of-greece.html
https://greekcitytimes.com/2022/05/18/jewish-museum-of-greece/
Tutankhamun: Excavating the Archive:
https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/115876/British-exhibition-traces-identity-of-Egyptian-workers-in-Tutankhamun-s
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/agenta/tutankhamun-excavating-the-archive/
cf:
https://visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/event/tutankhamun-excavating-the-archive
Herefordshire photos:
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-hereford-worcester-61425923
Latest inauguration date for the GEM is September 30, apparently:
https://egyptindependent.com/gem-to-be-ready-for-inauguration-on-september-30/ https://english.ahram.org.eg/News/466288.aspx
... or maybe it's June 30:
https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/115966/Construction-of-much-anticipated-Grand-Egyptian-Museum-to-be-completed
Greece has started the process of creating a museum of underwater antiquities in Piraeus:
https://www.ekathimerini.com/economy/1184881/culture-ministry-to-create-museum-of-maritime-antiquities-at-silo-building-in-piraeus/
https://news.gtp.gr/2022/05/20/greece-takes-first-step-create-museum-underwater-antiquities-piraeus/
The 48th Highlanders Regiment (Canada) Museum now has an online presence:
http://48thhighlanders.ca/
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AUCTIONS AND SALES RELATED ============================================================
Those Roman silver coins found in Pewsey fetched a high price at auction:
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-wiltshire-61477947 https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/roman-silver-metal-thousands-b2081924.html
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10825797/Detectorists-rake-hoard-150-Roman-coins-sells-100-000.html
https://www.newburytoday.co.uk/news/roman-coins-fetch-81-000-9254843/ https://www.wiltshirelive.co.uk/news/wiltshire-news/roman-silver-coins-discovered-pewsey-7095704
Big bucks for a Qianlong vase which was kept in a kitchen for decades:
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-berkshire-61479493 https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2022/may/18/rare-chinese-vase-sells-at-newbury-auction-for-almost-15m
Feature on modern art at auction:
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/17/arts/design/sothebys-art-auction-picasso-collectors.html
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ON THE DNA FRONT
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A study of how sea travel impacted genetic exchange in ancient Europe:
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/05/220519141026.htm
More on genomes of ancient Uruguayans:
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/952422 http://www.archaeology.org/news/10550-220518-uruguay-genome-mapped
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CLIMATE MATTERS
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Climate-related concerns for the wreck of the Endurance:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/may/15/endurance-wreck-threatened-global-heating-technology-mensun-bound
A gallery of flood-threatened sites in the US:
https://poststar.com/news/states-with-the-most-historic-sites-at-risk-of-flooding/collection_a4128451-cde6-5c17-9b7d-424a3730e2c2.html#1
More on climate-change related concerns for Jamestown:
https://www.zmescience.com/science/first-permanent-english-colony-in-the-us-is-facing-climate-disaster-13052022/
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TOURISTY THINGS
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Nineveh is opening to tourists:
http://www.aina.org/news/20220515233859.htm https://www.iraqinews.com/iraq/ancient-city-of-nineveh-to-open-for-tourists/
Jewish catacombs of Rome:
https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/article-707137
Patmos:
https://greekreporter.com/2022/05/17/patmos-the-sacred-land-of-the-aegean/
Troy:
https://www.thetravel.com/tour-off-the-beaten-path-spots-in-troy/
Taxila:
https://www.thetravel.com/discover-lost-city-of-taxila-pakistan/
Adirondack cemeteries:
https://www.adirondackalmanack.com/2022/05/walking-adirondack-cemeteries.html ============================================================
PERFORMANCES AND MUSIC RELATED ============================================================
Homeric Hymns:
https://www.getty.edu/museum/programs/performances/homeric_hymns.html
The Wreckers:
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/20/arts/music/the-wreckers-ethel-smyth-glyndebourne.html
The Oberammergau Passion Play has resumed:
https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/travel-leisure/article/3177421/germanys-covid-delayed-389-year-old-passion-play-brings
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CRIME BEAT
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A major bust of an antiquities trader (lots of coins, among other things) in Modiin:
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/.premium-huge-cache-of-stolen-antiquities-found-in-central-israel-1.10808595
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-707042 https://www.ynetnews.com/travel/article/rypbvk4v5 https://www.timesofisrael.com/massive-bust-of-illegal-antiquities-trade-seizes-1800-coins-and-ancient-artifacts/
https://www.jewishpress.com/news/israel/raid-of-modiin-antiquities-dealer-recovers-1000s-of-looted-coins-and-rings/2022/05/19/
https://www.algemeiner.com/2022/05/19/ancient-coins-from-jewish-revolt-against-romans-among-trove-of-1800-stolen-artifacts-recovered-in-israel/
Some thieves in India return some antiquities to a Hindu temple because they were having nightmares:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/may/17/were-fed-up-with-scary-dreams-thieves-return-temple-treasures
https://www.iflscience.com/editors-blog/thieves-return-stolen-treasure-to-temple-after-being-haunted-by-nightmares/
That UK national and his German counterpart have denied smuggling antiquities in Iraq:
https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/middle-east/300588906/british-german-tourists-deny-smuggling-antiquities-in-iraq-court
https://www.scmp.com/news/world/middle-east/article/3177855/briton-and-german-appear-baghdad-court-both-deny-smuggling
https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/briton-german-deny-smuggling-antiquities-in-iraq-court-173811
https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/british-german-deny-smuggling-antiquities-iraq-court-84731847
https://www.arabnews.com/node/2082576/middle-east https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/british-german-deny-smuggling-antiquities-in-iraq-court/2022/05/15/bc400af8-d45b-11ec-be17-286164974c54_story.html
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20220515-briton-german-on-trial-in-iraq-over-pottery-shards
... and the latest is the case has been 'postponed':
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/ap-baghdad-british-b2084589.html https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20220522-iraq-trial-of-briton-and-german-for-antiquity-theft-adjourned
Shrunken heads from Peru (among other things) confiscated in Izmir:
https://www.dailysabah.com/turkey/investigations/rare-shrunken-heads-from-peru-confiscated-in-turkeys-izmir
A metal detectorist explains why he went nighthawking:
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-dorset-61467988
Feature on the illegal antiquities trade in the Middle East:
https://www.thenationalnews.com/weekend/2022/05/20/inside-the-multimillion-dollar-illegal-trade-of-artefacts-from-the-middle/
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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 ============================================================
Italy is saying the Acropolis Museum can keep the Fagan fragment forever:
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/parthenon-fragment-italy-can-stay-greece-forever-greek-ministry-says-2022-05-20/
https://www.ekathimerini.com/culture/1184870/italy-sets-precedent-with-permanent-return-of-parthenon-fagan-fragment/
https://www.ansamed.info/ansamed/en/news/sections/culture/2022/05/20/sicily-to-give-parthenon-fragment-back-to-greece_5f839b2f-aede-4c4b-afd0-d973bc07b07d.html
https://www.ansa.it/english/news/lifestyle/arts/2022/05/20/sicily-to-give-parthenon-fragment-back-to-greece_f9844798-92a7-4226-98ed-0439c5f5a041.html
https://www.thenationalherald.com/italy-returns-parthenon-marble-fragment-to-greece-precedent-seen/
https://greekreporter.com/2022/05/20/parthenon-fragment-fagan-greece-italy/ https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/ring-ancient-greece-returned-1.6460986
Sweden has returned a Mycenean gold ring to Greece:
https://greekreporter.com/2022/05/20/sweden-returns-greece-stolen-ancient-ring/ https://www.ekathimerini.com/multimedia/images/1184916/the-adventures-of-a-mycenaean-ring/
https://www.tornosnews.gr/en/greek-news/culture/47222-nobel-foundation-returns-to-greece-mycenaean-gold-ring-from-necropolis-in-rhodes.html
https://apnews.com/article/politics-travel-greece-museums-5e81f76d35ee07822f1de383f86448c2
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/after-string-of-adventures-ancient-gold-ring-back-in-greece/2022/05/20/26292364-d849-11ec-be17-286164974c54_story.html
https://www.rte.ie/news/newslens/2022/0520/1300147-greece-stolen-ring/ https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/sweden-gives-3-000-year-old-sphinxes-gold-ring-back-to-greece-vx8dxhx7q
http://www.china.org.cn/world/Off_the_Wire/2022-05/20/content_78229807.htm https://greekcitytimes.com/2022/05/21/an-ancient-gold-ring-adorned-with-two-sphinxes-returned-to-greece-after-world-war-ii-theft/
Germany returned some Olmec busts to Mexico:
https://phys.org/news/2018-03-germany-year-old-wooden-olmec-mexico.html
The Denver Art Museum deaccessioned a Benin Bronze:
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/denver-art-museum-deaccessions-benin-bronze-1234628836/
The Royal Albert Memorial Museum returned items to the Siksika Nation:
https://calgaryherald.com/news/local-news/sacred-items-returned-to-siksika-nation-after-144-years-in-uk-museum
The Peabody returned assorted items to the White Earth Nation:
https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2022/05/for-museum-an-end-and-a-beginning/
More on Cambodia asking UK cultural institutions to return looted art:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/cambodia-asks-uk-cultural-institutions-to-return-looted-statues-180980104/
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NUMISMATICA
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Feature on die marks and Roman mints:
https://coinweek.com/ancient-coins/die-marks-and-the-organization-of-the-roman-mint-an-rrdp-case-study/
Latest e-Sylum:
http://www.coinbooks.org/v25/club_nbs_esylum_v25n20.html
... and the one which should appear later today:
http://www.coinbooks.org/v25/club_nbs_esylum_v25n21.html ------------------------
Coin Week:
http://www.coinweek.com/
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OBITUARIES
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Lindley Butler:
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/05/research-confirms-eastern-wyoming-paleoindian-site-as-americas-oldest-mine/143669
Amanda Claridge:
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/22/books/amanda-claridge-dead.html
Yiannis Pikoulas:
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/05/16/yiannis-pikoulas-has-passed-away/
Frank Gilbert:
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/21/nyregion/frank-gilbert-dead.html
Katsumoto Saotome:
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/15/world/asia/katsumoto-saotome-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/3177-audio-news-from-archaeologica-may-8th-2022-through-may-14th-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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