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https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/15/sport/jim-thorpe-reinstated-olympic-champion-1912-intl-spt/index.html

Latest painting found beneath another via xrays is a self portrait of Van Gogh:

https://www.livescience.com/x-ray-reveals-van-gogh-portrait/ https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2022/jul/14/hidden-van-gogh-self-portrait-discovered-behind-earlier-painting
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-62135891 https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2022/07/15/van-gogh-self-portrait-discovered/10062516002/
https://apnews.com/article/hidden-van-gogh-self-portrait-b703b4391c4ec0ba5bcf381ae44a6c3b
https://www.npr.org/2022/07/14/1111527437/van-gogh-painting-discovered-self-portrait
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/hidden-van-gogh-self-portrait-discovered-during-a-routine-x-ray-180980420
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/07/14/hidden-van-gogh-self-portrait-discovered-by-national-galleries-of-scotland/

cf: https://www.nationalgalleries.org/exhibition/taste-impressionism-modern-french-art-millet-matisse

... while some hidden sketches were found in a Modigliani:

https://apnews.com/article/entertainment-travel-france-israel-d5fc16c86e8ae3c20f0045feae492012

Feature on Edmonia Lewis:

https://www.mentalfloss.com/posts/edmonia-lewis-sculptor

Review of Hugh Eakin, *Picasso's War*:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/16/books/review/picassos-war-hugh-eakin.html

The Cincinnati Art Museum folks have identified a bronze disc in their collection as a Han Dynasty 'magic mirror':

https://www.cnn.com/style/article/magic-mirror-cincinnati-art-museum-scn/index.html
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/magic-mirror-cincinnati-art-museum-2146551

Pondering what it means to be human these days:

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2022-07-11/ty-article/who-are-we-and-what-does-it-mean-to-be-human-anymore/00000181-ed3f-db29-a1fb-ff3f4c470000

A 'cipher' associated with Catherine of Aragon (we may have mentioned this):

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-secrets-of-a-long-overlooked-cipher-linked-to-catherine-of-aragon-180980400/

A March Stone came into play in the British Open:

https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/14/golf/rory-mcilroy-stone-hand-open-championship-spt-intl/index.html

The Getty has made 30 000 photos of the Black diaspora in the US and UK available:

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2022/jul/12/getty-opens-access-to-30000-images-of-black-diaspora-in-uk-and-us

Interesting study of the effectiveness of atlatls:

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2328823-prehistoric-dart-throwing-atlatl-weapon-even-more-deadly-than-thought/

Feature on BCE, BC, CE, and AD:

https://qrius.com/who-first-came-up-with-bce-ce-bc-and-ad-and-what-is-the-difference-between-them/

Feature on various swimming strokes in history:

https://slate.com/human-interest/2022/07/history-of-the-crawl-stroke-karen-eva-carr-shifting-currents.html

Review of Damien Lewis, *Agent Josephine*:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/12/books/review/agent-jsoephine-damien-lewis.html
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CURRENT EVENTS:
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Comparing the Crimean War with the current conflict in Ukraine:

https://www.npr.org/2022/07/13/1106123496/russia-ukraine-invasion-crimean-war-history

Feature on the Founding Fathers' intentions regarding the Constitution:

https://www.tpr.org/podcast/the-source/2022-07-05/what-did-the-nations-founding-fathers-intend-when-they-wrote-the-us-constitution

Archaeological concerns for the President's residence arising out of the uprising in Sri Lanka:

http://www.colombopage.com/archive_22B/Jul12_1657643012CH.php https://www.tamilguardian.com/content/sri-lanka-s-archaeology-department-vows-protect-president-s-residence
https://www.newswire.lk/2022/07/13/protests-archaeology-department-issues-warning/
http://www.adaderana.lk/news/83611/properties-of-historical-value-at-presidents-house-damaged-archaeology-dept

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PHILOSOPHERS AND MATTERS PHILOSOPHICCAL ============================================================
Martha Nussbaum on Aristotle:

https://aeon.co/videos/metaphysics-and-beyond-martha-nussbaum-on-aristotles-indelible-ideas
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MUSEUM MATTERS
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Chroma:

https://www.npr.org/2022/07/12/1109995973/we-know-greek-statues-werent-white-now-you-can-see-them-in-color
https://www.deseret.com/2022/7/13/23206879/met-exhibit-painted-coloful-greek-statues-polychromy-metropolitan-museum-of-art-chroma
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/archaeologistss-show-greek-marbles-were-actually-multicoloured-lrvxb3cr3
https://www.euronews.com/culture/2022/07/14/visit-the-exhibition-bringing-colour-back-to-ancient-marble-statues
https://www.openculture.com/2022/07/the-metropolitan-museum-of-art-restores-the-original-colors-to-ancient-statues.html
https://greekcitytimes.com/2022/07/16/metropolitan-museum-ancient-greek-sculptures-were-colourful-not-white/

cf: https://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2022/chroma

La Malinche:

https://www.npr.org/2022/07/15/1110472870/la-malinche

cf: https://www.cabq.gov/artsculture/albuquerque-museum/exhibitions/la-malinche

Romans (Beijing):

https://english.news.cn/20220711/6cab317a627a48b892336610b560276c/c.html http://www.china.org.cn/china/Off_the_Wire/2022-07/11/content_78317571.htm http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202207/12/WS62cd0429a310fd2b29e6bde4.html

The Ness and its People:

https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/homenews/20271833.buried-mysteries-neolithic-past-revealed-new-exhibition/

Mondrian:

https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20220711-piet-mondrian-and-the-six-lines-that-made-a-masterpiece

cf:

https://www.fondationbeyeler.ch/en/exhibitions/mondrian https://www.kunstmuseum.nl/en/exhibitions/mondrian-moves

Tuyuhun:

https://www.bakersfield.com/ap/news/tuyuhun-lost-history-recovered-in-three-exhibitions-organized-by-the-china-national-silk-museum/article_90909781-f21d-51e3-bac5-c97c9e5a7e2b.html

More on Rome's Museum of Rescued Art:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/17/arts/design/rome-museum-recovered-treasures.html

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AUCTIONS AND SALES RELATED ============================================================
Coverage of a recent Christie's auction of some Egyptian antiquities:

https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/117585/Ptolemaic-era-jar-sold-at-Christie%E2%80%99s-for-%C2%A32016

A WWII sea fort is up for auction:

https://nypost.com/2022/07/15/for-60k-you-can-live-in-the-middle-of-the-ocean-in-this-wwii-sea-fort/

More on the auction of that 'vampire slaying kit':

http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/64555 https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/07/15/mysterious-vampire-slaying-kit-stuns-at-auction/
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ON THE DNA FRONT
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DNA from a late Pleistocene site in southern China suggests possible connections to Native Americans:

https://phys.org/news/2022-07-dna-ancient-population-southern-china.html https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/07/220714145052.htm https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/958575 https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-712254 https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/14/asia/human-evolution-dna-red-deer-cave-china-scn/index.html
https://www.archaeology.org/news/10686-220715-china-genome-migration

cf: https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(22)00928-9

DNA analysis is revealing the founding population of colonial Mexico:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/07/dna-reveals-the-founding-population-of-colonial-mexico/144120

Feature on David Reich's work with DNA:

https://www.harvardmagazine.com/2022/07/feature-ancient-dna

More on DNA of Pacific islanders:

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2022-07-12/ty-article/dna-analysis-of-ancient-micronesian-population-reveals-unexpected-result/00000181-cdf3-defb-a5cb-cdfb16ef0000
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THE TECHY SIDE
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Feature on assorted technologies used to restore the Apoxyomenos:

https://www.iaea.org/bulletin/ancient-roman-archaeology-resurfaces-with-nuclear-science
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CLIMATE MATTERS
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More features on climate change revealing finds in Norway:

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/climate-change-is-threatening-archaeological-discoveries-in-norways-icy-landscape-according-to-a-new-report-2145921
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/07/climate-change-reveals-archaeological-treasures-in-melting-ice/144111
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TOURISTY THINGS
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Lesser-known Algeria:

https://www.thetravel.com/lesser-known-historical-places-in-algeria/ ============================================================
TV/DOCUMENTARY HYPISH THINGS ============================================================
Colosseum:

https://www.wsj.com/articles/colosseum-history-channel-review-roman-empire-titus-patrick-wyman-barry-strauss-caitlin-gillespie-t-corey-brennan-verus-priscus-martial-simon-sebag-montefiore-11657833550

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CRIME BEAT
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Some 'Jesus blood relics' stolen from a French abbey a few weeks ago have been returned/recovered:

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-62092195 https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/panicking-thief-returns-blood-of-christ-relic-2b0sm636c

Thousands of illegally-obtained antiquities were found in the home of an Afula (Israel) man:

https://www.ynetnews.com/travel/article/r1ie9xii9 https://www.timesofisrael.com/busted-thousands-of-ancient-coins-and-arrowheads-seized-from-northern-israel-home/

A Thessaloniki man was arrested in possession of a number of icons and other religious antiquities:

https://greekreporter.com/2022/07/14/thessaloniki-man-arrested-after-found-protected-religious-antiquities/

A drug bust in Valencia also revealed a pile of antiquities:

https://euroweeklynews.com/2022/07/17/more-than-1000-archaeological-artefacts-found-in-police-drugs-search-of-valencian-property/
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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 ============================================================
More on France returning Benin bronzes:

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/gallery/2022/jul/13/homecoming-kings-benin-treasures-end-a-century-of-exile-in-france-in-pictures

More on icons returning to Cyprus:

https://apnews.com/article/middle-east-religion-greece-turkey-5b7d199532ccd1fa1dda02441a5d8513
https://cyprus-mail.com/2022/07/10/newly-repatriated-icon-to-be-handed-over-to-archbishop-in-coming-week/
https://www.financialmirror.com/2022/07/11/stolen-16th-century-icon-repatriated-from-switzerland/

More on Cambodia's efforts to recover looted antiquities:

https://www.laprensalatina.com/from-angkor-to-london-cambodia-tries-to-recover-its-looted-treasures/

OpEd on whether European museums should return items to Africa:

https://www.euronews.com/culture/2022/07/15/should-european-museums-return-african-heritage-items
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NUMISMATICA
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Feature on the Legionary Denarii of Mark Antony:

https://coinweek.com/ancient-coins/coinweek-ancient-coins-the-legionary-denarii-of-mark-antony/

Feature on coins of the Persian Empire:

https://coinweek.com/ancient-coins/ancient-coins-wealth-persian-empire/

Latest e-Sylum:

http://www.coinbooks.org/v25/club_nbs_esylum_v25n28.html

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

http://www.coinbooks.org/v25/club_nbs_esylum_v25n29.html ------------------------

Coin Week:

http://www.coinweek.com/

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OBITUARIES
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Enamul Haque:

https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2022/07/10/prominent-archaeologist-dr-enamul-haque-no-more
https://www.thedailystar.net/news/bangladesh/obituary/news/renowned-archaeologist-enamul-haque-no-more-3068136
https://www.bssnews.net/news/71165

Peter Mackridge:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jul/11/peter-mackridge-obituary

Judith Schiff:

https://news.yale.edu/2022/07/12/judith-ann-schiff-yales-long-serving-chief-research-archivist

Jerome M. Eisenberg:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/14/arts/jerome-m-eisenberg-expert-on-antiquities-both-real-and-fake-dies-at-92.html

Dick Drent:

https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/McM50OBalMhHoZ1XQpJazGhamfNIiY2W

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AUDIO/VIDEO NEWS
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Audio News from Archaeologica:

https://www.archaeologychannel.org/audio-guide/audio-news/3193-audio-news-for-july-3rd-through-july-9th-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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