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https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/peru-home-build-vexed-by-the-neighbors----inca-era-mummies/2022/06/30/04e14bb8-f82a-11ec-81db-ac07a394a86b_story.html
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/ap-peru-inca-lima-archaeologists-b2112586.html
https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/latin-america/300626377/peru-house-build-disrupted-by-neighbour-incaera-mummies
https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/peru-home-build-vexed-neighbors-inca-era-mummies-rcna36129
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-10967817/Peru-home-build-vexed-neighbors--Inca-era-mummies.html

Wildfires came pretty close to Machu Picchu this week:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jul/01/machu-picchu-fire-peru-wildfire https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jul/01/peru-fire-machu-picchu https://andina.pe/ingles/noticia-peru-fire-brigades-fight-forest-fire-at-historic-sanctuary-of-machu-picchu-899480.aspx
https://www.irishtimes.com/video/video/2022/07/01/wildfires-rage-near-machu-picchu-archaeological-site/

More on pottery analysis suggesting Indigenous groups used the Caribbean as an 'aquatic highway':

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/science/indigenous-communities-used-the-caribbean-sea-as-an-aquatic-highway/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/06/indigenous-communities-used-the-caribbean-sea-as-an-aquatic-highway/143968
https://www.archaeology.org/news/10655-220628-hispaniola-pottery-trade

Feature on the entrance to the Maya underworld:

https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20220624-an-eerie-portal-to-the-maya-underworld

Mike Ruggieri's listing of Ancient Americas zoom events for July:

https://mikeruggerisancientamericasevents.wordpress.com/

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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 ============================================================
Not sure where to put this item on a 'smiling Mary' fresco in a monastery in Cappadocia:

https://greekreporter.com/2022/07/02/smiling-virgin-mary-fresco-puzzles-scientists/

Notre Dame's stained glass windows have been restored:

https://the-past.com/news/stained-glass-windows-of-notre-dame-cathedral-restored-following-fire/

... and there are plans to transform the area around the Cathedral:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jul/02/architect-bas-smets-plan-transform-notre-dame-cathedral-area-paris
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/27/world/europe/notre-dame-cathedral-paris.html

... and a feature on the sounds of Notre Dame's bells:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/secret-sounds-notre-dames-bells-180980313/

Feature on WB Yeats' forgotten sisters:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-61865433

Feature on Matisse's 'Red Studio':

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/henri-matisse-the-red-studio-museum-of-modern-art/

Concerns for Michelangelo's David arising from a Patti Smith concert:

https://politpost.com/2022/06/26/michelangelos-david-at-risk-from-patti-smith-concert/
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2022/06/26/michelangelos-david-risks-damaged-patti-smith-concert/

Feature on the Catalan Atlas:

https://aeon.co/videos/master-cartography-and-mythical-creatures-the-world-according-to-the-catalan-atlas

Feature on the origins of the modern conspiracy theory:

https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p0chchj8/the-surprising-origins-of-the-modern-conspiracy-theory

Feature on technologies used to reveal hidden things in art and the like:

https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20220628-the-lost-masterpieces-being-revealed

On the history of the slide rule:

https://www.jpost.com/science/article-710472

Interesting feature on the scoring in tennis:

https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/wimbledon-scoring-base-60-love-b2110930.html

Study suggests warfare creates more complex societies:

https://www.science.org/content/article/does-warfare-make-societies-more-complex-controversial-study-says-yes

Feature on mulled wine:

https://theconversation.com/mulled-wine-how-christmas-in-a-cup-went-from-ancient-medicine-to-an-aussie-winter-warmer-184447

Feature on the rise of orange juice:

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20220627-how-orange-juice-took-over-the-breakfast-table

On how restaurant menus reveal climate change:

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2022/07/climate-change-vancouver-seafood-restaurant-menus/661465/

cf: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10641-022-01244-6

Feature on reading Homer, kind of:

https://theconversation.com/to-read-or-not-to-read-is-that-the-question-185393

Feature on the puer mingens motif:

https://www.salon.com/2022/07/02/why-are-there-so-many-ancient-fountains-featuring-little-boys-peeing_partner/

Another project recreating past scents:

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2022/jul/02/a-nose-for-history-academics-recreate-lost-smells-from-the-past?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

Feature on an Adirondack blacksmith:

https://www.adirondackalmanack.com/2022/06/an-adirondack-blacksmith.html

Feature on collecting historic bricks:

https://www.timesunion.com/hudsonvalley/culture/article/Brick-collectors-Hudson-Valley-17271119.php
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CURRENT EVENTS:
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A lawsuit in Charlottesville to prevent the Lee statue from being melted down:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/06/26/charlottesville-robert-lee-statue-lawsuit/

A People's Deputy of Ukraine was caught with a pile of artifacts from Crimea:

https://odessa-journal.com/6066-stolen-artifacts-from-the-crimea-were-confiscated-from-ex-peoples-deputy-gorbatov/

... and apparently related:

https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/16508-ukraine-uncovers-antiquities-looted-from-crimean-museums

The US National Park Service is expanding its African-American history sites:

https://www.npr.org/2022/06/26/1107088305/the-national-park-service-expands-its-african-american-history-sites?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=news_tab
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ANIMAL AND PLANT DOMESTICATIONS ============================================================
Latest study of the links between dogs, wolves, and domestication ... this time from a DNA perspective:

https://phys.org/news/2022-06-ice-age-wolf-dna-reveals.html https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2022/jun/29/mongrel-mix-dogs-arose-from-at-least-two-populations-of-wolves-study-finds
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/29/science/dogs-wolves-genetics-evolution.html https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/06/220629121135.htm https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/957127 https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/ancient-wolf-dna-suggests-two-origins-of-modern-dogs
https://www.science.org/content/article/ancient-wolves-give-clues-origins-dogs https://www.archaeology.org/news/10659-220630-wolves-dogs-dna

cf: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-04824-9

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MUSEUM MATTERS
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Finds from Milos:

https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/07/01/new-finds-from-the-ancient-cemeteries-of-milos/

Ulysses:

https://www.themorgan.org/exhibitions/ulysses

Buddhist Art for the Indian Museum, Kolkata:

https://www.buddhistdoor.net/features/ldquotreasures-from-asiarsquos-oldest-museum-buddhist-art-from-the-indian-museum-kolkatardquo-ndash-exhibition-review/

Chroma (Classical polychromy):

https://www.apollo-magazine.com/chroma-ancient-sculpture-in-chroma-the-met/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/see-the-vibrant-long-overlooked-colors-of-classical-sculptures-180980321/

The president of the Met is stepping down next year:

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/daniel-weiss-steps-down-met-1234632929/

... while the Met has become one of the most expensive museums around:

https://observer.com/2022/06/new-yorks-metropolitan-museum-of-art-is-now-one-of-the-most-expensive-museums-in-the-world/

Alexandroupolis has its own archaeological museum now:

https://news.gtp.gr/2022/06/29/alexandroupolis-gets-its-own-archaeological-museum/

The Hong Kong Palace Museum is now open:

https://www.cnn.com/style/article/hong-kong-palace-museum-opening/index.html

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AUCTIONS AND SALES RELATED ============================================================
That gold Ides of March coin fetched a huge price:

https://www.nbcchicago.com/top-videos-home/incredibly-rare-caesar-coins-find-new-homes-in-chicago/2867349/

Still no buyers for the Villa Aurora:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/carlieporterfield/2022/06/30/roman-villa-with-caravaggios-only-ceiling-painting-fails-to-sell-at-auction-for-third-time/

A 'vampire fighting kit' recently came to auction:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-derbyshire-61998607 ============================================================
ON THE DNA FRONT
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A study of the DNA of early Pacific seafarers suggests they were a matrilocal society, inter alia:

https://phys.org/news/2022-06-ancient-dna-yields-world-earliest.html https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/957088 https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/jun/30/earliest-pacific-seafarers-were-matrilocal-society-study-suggests

cf: https://www.science.org/content/article/female-lineages-anchored-pacific-islands-2000-years

Plans for a study of Harappan DNA:

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/all-set-for-study-of-genetic-relations-of-harappan-population-with-other-regional-cuture-populations/article65589750.ece

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CLIMATE MATTERS
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A study of how folks in Anatolia adapted to climate change:

https://phys.org/news/2022-06-ancient-world-climate.html ============================================================
TOURISTY THINGS
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Recent archaeology finds are boosting tourism in Egypt:

https://www.wsj.com/articles/ancient-egypt-new-again-tutankhamun-ramses-pyramid-tourism-11656505037

Roman Luxembourg:

https://www.timetravelrome.com/2022/06/26/guide-to-the-roman-luxembourg/ ============================================================
PERFORMANCES AND MUSIC RELATED ============================================================
On Wagner's early operas:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/26/arts/music/early-wagner-operas.html

Feature on William Herschel's music:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/26/arts/music/early-wagner-operas.html

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CRIME BEAT
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Iraqi intelligence busted an artifact smuggling network:

https://www.iraqinews.com/iraq/iraqi-intelligence-arrests-artifact-smuggling-network/

Latest in that 'looted potsherds' case in Iraq:

https://www.arabnews.com/node/2114816/middle-east
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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 UK returned some Roman gold coins to Romania:

https://www.agerpres.ro/english/2022/06/29/antique-gold-coins-repatriated-to-romania--942613
https://www.romania-insider.com/gold-coins-return-uk-romania

Cambodia is going to 'scour' the British Museum in search of looted Cambodian art:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/07/02/british-museum-inspected-looted-cambodian-artefacts/
https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/1022/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/1022/pub/1022/page/31/article/NaN

Germany returned a statue to Cameroon:

https://www.cnn.com/style/article/germany-ngonnso-statue-cameroon/index.html

... and agreed to transfer ownership of Benin Bronzes:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jul/01/germany-hands-over-two-benin-bronzes-to-nigeria
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/01/arts/design/germany-benin-bronzes-nigeria.html
https://www.stamfordadvocate.com/entertainment/article/Germany-Nigeria-to-sign-accord-on-returning-17278565.php
https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/germany-nigeria-sign-accord-returning-benin-bronzes-86058297
https://www.dw.com/en/germany-to-return-looted-artifacts-to-africa/a-62300419 https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/germany-nigeria-to-sign-accord-on-returning-benin-bronzes/2022/07/01/96ed8962-f920-11ec-81db-ac07a394a86b_story.html

... and there are calls for monetary compensation too:

https://www.dw.com/en/africa-celebrates-the-return-of-benin-bronzes-but-questions-remain/a-62337891

Italy returned a 400 years bp book of sermons that had been stolen from a church in Scotland:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-61845266

I think we mentioned Harvard's return of Standing Bear's tomahawk:

https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2022/6/30/peabody-returns-tomahawk/ https://www.newscenter1.tv/harvard-returns-standing-bears-tomahawk-to-nebraska-tribe/

More on that Ife had being 'detained' in the UK:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-61826273

Feature on how stolen Cambodian art ended up at the Met:

https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2022-cambodia-met-museum-art-heist/

The head of the V&A suggests museums should be free to return looted colonial artifacts:

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/museums-should-be-free-to-return-looted-colonial-artefacts-says-v-amp-a-chief-tristram-hunt-bvb5lztdc

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NUMISMATICA
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Latest e-Sylum:

http://www.coinbooks.org/v25/club_nbs_esylum_v25n26.html

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

http://www.coinbooks.org/v25/club_nbs_esylum_v25n27.html ------------------------

Coin Week:

http://www.coinweek.com/

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OBITUARIES
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David Weiss Halivni:

https://www.timesofisrael.com/david-weiss-halivni-pillar-of-talmudic-scholarship-holocaust-survivor-dies-age-95/

Eugene Anderson:

https://www.donegallive.ie/news/obituaries/849191/from-builder-to-archaeologist-the-late-eugene-anderson-remembered.html

Emanuel Marx:

https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/milestones/milestones-emanuel-marx-1927-2022/

Richard Taruskin:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/01/arts/music/richard-taruskin-dead.html

Betty Rowland:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/29/arts/betty-rowland-dead.html

Hershel Williams:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/29/us/hershel-williams-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/3190-audio-news-for-june-19th-through-june-25th-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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