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https://www.meridianstar.com/region/archaeology-students-study-indian-mound-site-in-mississippi/article_d658884a-8cf7-56d5-b6ca-0b1fce082daf.html

Feature on Brock University's dig at the Shickluna Shipyard site:

https://www.chch.com/brock-university-students-discover-thousands-of-artifacts-during-archaeological-dig/

Feature on Cambridge Central School's dig at a trading post site in Upstate New York:

https://poststar.com/news/local/students-excavate-at-early-trading-post-in-washington-county/article_d3a11c8e-18c4-11ed-b781-17e09ba75de9.html

Feature on PSU's dig at a probable Native American site in the Willamette Valley:

https://www.pdx.edu/news/psu-students-dig-willamette-valleys-past

Feature on the Black burial ground at Colonial Williamsburg:

https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/07/us/oldest-black-church-excavation-project-reaj/index.html
https://www.cbs58.com/news/colonial-williamsburg-tells-the-story-of-early-american-settlers-but-in-1956-it-paved-over-black-history-to-make-a-parking-lot
https://kion546.com/news/2022/08/07/the-grounds-of-this-historic-black-church-used-to-be-covered-by-a-parking-lot-archaeologists-are-now-excavating-and-analyzing-graves-there/

Feature on the search for the 'lost' Scottish colony of Stuarts Town in South Carolina:

https://www.wjcl.com/article/stuarts-town-beaufort-county-scottish-colony/40857610

Feature on the 1862 flood in California:

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2022/08/13/california-great-of-flood-1862-likerihood/10317968002/

In case you missed the DNA story about the origins of feral horses on Assateague:

https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/07/us/assateague-feral-horses-origin-scn-trnd/index.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2022/08/06/chincoteague-ponies-spanish-shipwreck-dna/
https://www.npr.org/2022/08/11/1116719293/assateague-island-chincoteague-ponies-maryland-virginia-origin-camping-shipwreck
https://www.npr.org/transcripts/1116591003

Not sure where to put this item on the Penn Museum seeking permission to rebury some skulls of Black Philadelphians in its possession:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/09/us/university-pennsylvania-black-skulls-burial.html
https://politpost.com/2022/08/09/penn-museum-to-bury-skulls-of-enslaved-people/ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/aug/07/us-university-plans-repatriation-black-american-remains
https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/13/us/penn-museum-skulls-black-philadelphians-reaj/index.html
https://www.art-insider.com/archaeology-museum-to-cover-up-the-skulls-of-13-black-philadelphians/4005
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CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA ============================================================
A pair of reliefs of 'grumpy' Olmec rulers from Tabasco:

https://www.livescience.com/olmec-contortionist-reliefs-mexico https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-714268 http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/64868 https://www.iflscience.com/giant-stone-reliefs-show-ancient-olmec-leaders-in-trance-like-state-roaring-like-jaguars-64854
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/08/archaeologists-unearth-ancient-olmec-reliefs/144363

More on Maya cremation burials associated with the production of pelota balls:

https://www.livescience.com/maya-rubber-balls-cremation https://www.sciencealert.com/ancient-maya-used-ashes-of-rulers-to-make-rubber-balls-some-researchers-suggest

More on that trio of colonial-era burials on rop of the remains of a pre-hispanic temple in Peru:

https://www.digitaljournal.com/world/three-colonial-era-burials-found-in-pre-hispanic-peru-sanctuary/article
https://www.archaeology.org/news/10721-220809-peru-colonial-burials

More on the wreck of the Nuestra Senora de las Maravillas:

https://iflscience.com/gold-treasures-recovered-from-366-year-old-shipwreck-in-the-bahamas-64831

Feature on assorted pre-Columbian engineering feats in the Amazon:

https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20220808-the-ancient-people-who-reshaped-the-amazon

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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 ============================================================
Challenging the suggestion human brain size decreased in the 12 century BCE:

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/08/220807102043.htm

Feature on the evolution of the Latin script in various languages:

https://www.languagemagazine.com/2022/08/11/evolution-of-the-latin-script-across-ancient-civilizations/

Feature on the archives of Salisbury Cathedral in preparation for an exhibition of some sort:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/aug/08/salisbury-cathedral-archives-reveal-800-years-of-smuggling-threats-and-lying-about

Feature on the 24 'most important' archaeological sites:

https://www.artnews.com/list/art-news/artists/worlds-most-important-archaeological-sites-1234636277/

A project to restore the 15th century Peregrinatio in Terram Sanctam:

https://www.ncregister.com/features/the-world-s-first-travel-guide-will-be-restored

A possible 'secret couple' on the Titanic:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2022/08/07/francis-millet-archibald-butt-titanic/

Comparing Gutenberg and Korean printing press results:

https://phys.org/news/2022-08-x-ray-elemental-analysis-15th-century-methods.html

An unpublished photo of Edith Stein revealed:

https://aleteia.org/2022/08/13/unpublished-photo-of-edith-stein-discovered-by-accident/

Feature on a manuscript 'divided' by India-Pakistan partition:

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2022/08/12/how-partition-divided-a-sufi-manuscript-between-india-and-pakistanand-continues-to-plague-the-regions-heritage

Feature on the six earliest human civilizations:

https://www.history.com/news/first-earliest-human-civilizations

Feature on long-lived people in the past:

https://theconversation.com/old-age-isnt-a-modern-phenomenon-many-people-lived-long-enough-to-grow-old-in-the-olden-days-too-184625

Review of Mark Braude, *Kiki de Montparnasse*:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/09/books/review/kiki-de-montparnasse-man-ray-mark-braude.html

Review of David maraniss, *Path Lit by Lightning*:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/10/books/review/path-lit-by-lightning-david-maraniss.html
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CURRENT EVENTS:
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The last Salem 'witch' has been exonerated:

https://english.elpais.com/culture/2022-08-07/salems-last-witch-regains-her-honor.html
https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/06/us/salem-witch-trials-exonerated-elizabeth-johnson-cec/index.html

Madison Cawthorn's use of a Roman analogy was highly criticized:

https://www.newsweek.com/madison-cawthorn-comparing-bidens-fbi-roman-leader-100-wrongexperts-1732607
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PHILOSOPHERS AND MATTERS PHILOSOPHICAL ============================================================
On the use and misuse of Socrates:

https://philosophynow.org/issues/151/The_Uses_and_Misuses_of_Socrates

... actually the whole PN issue is about Greek philosophy:

https://philosophynow.org/issues/151 ============================================================
MUSEUM MATTERS
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Tutankhamun: Excavating the Archives:

https://english.elpais.com/culture/2022-08-13/excavating-the-archives-of-the-man-who-uncovered-tutankhamuns-tomb.html

Chroma:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/08/11/ancient-sculptures-colorized-met/

Fall of the Roman Empire:

https://www.dw.com/en/what-led-to-the-downfall-of-the-roman-empire/a-62670728 https://untergang-rom-ausstellung.de/

Fantasy of the Middle Ages:

https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/08/11/the-fantasy-of-the-middle-ages-at-the-getty-center/

The Wampanoag people are not happy with the Plimoth Patuxet Museums:

https://apnews.com/article/travel-boycotts-education-museums-massachusetts-36eefe66a50099bc8266a06c7717a6d9

A strange museum dispute: the Natural History Museum of LA is seeking the return of a Frankenstein prop from the V&A:

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2022/aug/09/frankenstein-monster-movie-prop-v-and-a-museum-battle
https://www.lamag.com/citythinkblog/theft-accusation-sparks-l-a-vs-london-battle-for-frankensteins-monster/

OpEddish on the need for 'transparency' about museum collections:

https://www.artsprofessional.co.uk/news/repatriation-museums-must-be-transparent-about-collections

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AUCTIONS AND SALES RELATED ============================================================
A 16th century log of swan ownership is coming to auction:

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2022/aug/11/16th-century-log-of-swan-ownership-goes-up-for-auction?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

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ON THE DNA FRONT
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DNA of 'extinct pathogens' suggest disease may have contributed to the collapse of various Bronze Age civilizations:

https://phys.org/news/2022-08-evidence-pathogens-ancient-dna-fall.html https://www.sciencealert.com/thousands-of-years-ago-plague-may-have-helped-the-decline-of-an-ancient-civilization
https://www.archaeology.org/news/10729-220812-bronze-age-disease

DNA is suggesting a 'steppe' origin for the Etruscans (sort of):

https://greekreporter.com/2022/08/13/dna-study-finds-etruscans-originated-steppes/
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TOURISTY THINGS
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'Lost in time' villages in Transylvania:

https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20220807-europes-remote-lost-in-time-villages

Predjama:

https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/predjama-castle-slovenia/index.html

Paestum:

https://www.stripes.com/living/europe_travel/quick_trips/2022-08-11/paestum-greek-temples-6885235.html

Amalfi coast:

https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/travel/article/3188236/pompeii-amalfi-coast-itinerary-italy-what-do-and
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PERFORMANCES AND MUSIC RELATED ============================================================
Feature on the Passion Play at Oberammergau:

https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20220809-oberammergau-passion-388-year-old-play-thats-still-going
https://elpais.com/elviajero/2022-08-11/la-obra-teatral-mas-antigua-del-mundo-no-se-ve-en-broadway-sino-en-el-pintoresco-pueblo-aleman-de-oberammergau.html

A non-binary Joan of Arc:

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/joan-arc-portrayed-nonbinary-new-production-londons-globe-theatre-rcna42968

Completing Bach's Little Organ Book:

https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/article/3186868/jazz-spiritual-and-other-musical-styles-blended-bach

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CRIME BEAT
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The dealer/informant Georges Lofti is now wanted for his role in trafficking plenty of antiquities:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/08/arts/design/antiquities-looting-warrant-georges-lofti.html
https://politpost.com/2022/08/08/investigators-say-collector-had-suspect-art-and-lots-of-chutzpah/
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/art-dealer-who-exposed-smuggling-accused-of-artefact-theft-29zvk8xrk
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2022/08/08/arrest-warrant-georges-lotfi-looted-smuggled-antiquities
https://www.thedailybeast.com/georges-lotfi-an-arrest-warrant-has-been-filed-for-antiquities-dealer-georges-lotfi
https://news.yahoo.com/arrest-warrant-filed-antiquities-dealer-141452949.html https://hyperallergic.com/753205/manhattan-das-office-is-after-its-own-antiquities-trafficking-informant/
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/georges-lofti-2157763 https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/georges-lofti-antiquities-smuggling-investigation-1234636192/

A 12th century Indian idol stolen in 1971 was recovered in New York:

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-62474010

A pile of stolen paintings under a bed in Rio de Janeiro:

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2022/08/10/stolen-tarsila-do-amaral-paintings-police-seize-under-bed-rio

A 'drug gang' was arrested in Diyala (Iraq) in possession of a stolen Picasso:

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/art-dealer-who-exposed-smuggling-accused-of-artefact-theft-29zvk8xrk

A number of 1000 years bp idols were seized in Tamil Nadu:

https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chennai/1000-year-old-antique-idols-seized-in-tamil-nadu-8083651/

Very brief item on the bust of some 'treasure hunters' in Sri Lanka:

https://www.sundaytimes.lk/220814/news/treasure-hunters-raided-in-rakwana-491705.html

A suspended sentence for a trafficker of Dacian antiquities:

https://universul.net/final-sentence-established-for-german-trafficer-of-dacian-treasures/

Feature on the police unit in Turkiye which works on antiquities smuggling issues:

https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/archaeologist-police-unit-foils-smuggling-attempt-of-50-000-artifacts-175991

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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 Getty will be returning its Orpheus and the Sirens statues (and more items) to Italy:

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2022/aug/12/getty-museum-to-send-stolen-terracotta-statues-back-to-italy
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/12/arts/design/getty-return-three-major-sculptures-italy.html
https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2022-08-11/getty-returning-orpheus-sculptures-italy-stolen
https://elpais.com/cultura/2022-08-12/el-museo-getty-devuelve-a-italia-esculturas-antiguas-que-fueron-obtenidas-ilegalmente.html
https://www.ansa.it/english/news/lifestyle/arts/2022/08/12/getty-to-return-orpheus-and-the-sirens-to-italy_ebd2a734-7495-4b04-87b0-8abc045d589c.html
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2022/08/11/getty-museum-illegally-excavated-terracotta-orpheus-return-italy
https://www.apollo-magazine.com/getty-orpheus-sculptures-italy-return-art-news/ https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/getty-museum-returns-orpheus-sculptures-italy-1234636457/

The US is returning a number of items to Cambodia:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/aug/09/us-returns-to-cambodia-dozens-of-antiquities-looted-from-historic-sites
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/08/arts/us-cambodia-looted-antiquities.html https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501130232/30-looted-antiquities-belonging-to-cambodia-returned-by-united-states/
https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/us-attorney-announces-return-30-looted-antiquities-kingdom-cambodia
https://www.cnn.com/style/article/cambodian-artifacts-returned-new-york/index.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/08/09/united-states-cambodia-looted-art/
https://hyperallergic.com/753556/us-returns-30-artifacts-stolen-from-cambodia/ https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/united-states-returns-cambodia-30-antiquities-looted-historic-sites-2022-08-08/
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/us-transfers-30-looted-antiquities-back-cambodia-rcna42145
https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/cambodian-ambassador-looted-artworks-souls-culture-88119343
https://www.rfi.fr/en/international-news/20220809-us-returns-30-stolen-antique-artworks-to-cambodia
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/douglas-latchford-artifacts-cambodia-return-1234636052/
https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/united-states-returns-to-cambodia-30-antiquities-looted-from-historic-sites/47812812
https://www.archaeology.org/news/10725-220810-cambodia-looting-repatriation

... and a related OpEd:

https://www.newsweek.com/cambodia-wants-its-stolen-treasures-back-will-fight-court-them-opinion-1732606

Lebanon returned a number of items to Iraq:

https://www.arabnews.com/node/2019366/middle-east

More on the Horniman Museum agreeing to return its Benin Bronzes:

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2022/aug/07/london-museum-horniman-returns-72-benin-treasures-to-nigeria
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-62456366 https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/londons-horniman-museum-return-benin-bronzes-nigeria-2022-08-07/
https://www.cnn.com/style/article/horniman-museum-benin-bronzes-nigeria/index.html
https://www.npr.org/2022/08/07/1116234478/london-horniman-museum-nigerian-art-benin-bronzes
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/horniman-museum-benin-bronzes-repatriation-1234635961/
https://hyperallergic.com/753129/uks-horniman-museum-to-return-72-benin-artifacts-to-nigeria/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/uk-museum-agrees-to-return-looted-benin-bronzes-to-nigeria/2022/08/07/5668daca-165f-11ed-b998-b2ab68f58468_story.html
https://www.dw.com/en/uk-museum-agrees-to-return-looted-benin-bronzes-to-nigeria/a-62736438
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/horniman-museum-benin-bronzes-repatriation-1234635961/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/london-horniman-museum-return-stolen-benin-bronzes-nigeria-180980541/

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NUMISMATICA
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Latest e-Sylum:

http://www.coinbooks.org/v25/club_nbs_esylum_v25n32.html

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

http://www.coinbooks.org/v25/club_nbs_esylum_v25n33.html ------------------------

Coin Week:

http://www.coinweek.com/

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OBITUARIES
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David McCullough:

https://www.npr.org/2022/08/08/1116337415/historian-david-mccullough-died https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/08/books/david-mccullough-dead.html https://www.theatlantic.com/books/archive/2022/08/david-mccullough-death-tribute/671096/

Kamoya Kimeu:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/11/science/kamoya-kimeu-dead.html

John Cooper:

https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/nytimes/name/john-cooper-obituary?id=36216861

Jan Longone:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/13/dining/janice-longone-dead.html

Mario Fiorentini:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/11/world/europe/mario-fiorentini-italy-war-hero-dead.html

John C. Rouman:

https://www.unh.edu/unhtoday/2022/08/passings-john-c-rouman

Tam Ward:

https://www.glasgowworld.com/news/people/a-fond-farewell-to-tam-ward-3804571

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AUDIO/VIDEO NEWS
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Audio News from Archaeologica:

https://www.archaeologychannel.org/audio-guide/audio-news/3198-audio-news-from-archaeologica-special-edition-for-august-7-2022
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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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