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  • explorator 25.21 (2/2)

    From david meadows@21:1/5 to All on Sun Sep 11 10:02:30 2022
    [continued from previous message]

    https://news.sky.com/story/pakistan-flooding-record-breaking-rains-threaten-4-500-year-old-archaeological-site-as-lake-close-to-overflowing-12691231
    http://www.archaeology.org/news/10817-220909-mohenjo-daro-rain

    ... which apparently had to deal with this issue before:

    https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/travel/travel-news/pakistan-floods-is-history-repeating-itself-at-mohenjo-daro/articleshow/94075295.cms

    ... which might lose its World Heritage Status:

    https://dailytimes.com.pk/993293/flood-impact-mohenjo-daro-likely-to-be-removed-from-world-heritage-list/
    https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/explained-global/explained-pakistan-floods-imperiled-mahenjo-daros-world-heritage-tag-8132814/
    https://www.india.com/us/mohenjo-daro-risks-losing-tag-of-world-heritage-site-heres-why-harappa-pakistan-5611829/
    https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/world/mohenjo-daro-may-lose-heritage-status-428745

    Feature on Mohenjo-Daro:

    https://arkeonews.net/contemporaneous-with-ancient-egypt-and-mesopotamia-the-indus-valley-civilization-city-of-mohenjo-daro-skilled-urban-planners-with-a-reverence-for-the-control-of-water/
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    AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND ============================================================
    A pre-colonial (maybe) Indigenous burial on Muralug Island:

    https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-09-05/ancestral-remains-uncovered-torres-strait-due-to-climate-change/101387964
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    NORTH AMERICA
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    Evidence of a Native American village site near St Augustine:

    https://www.firstcoastnews.com/article/news/history/archaeological-bonanza-found-under-a-historic-home-in-st-augustine/77-b211fe33-a9f1-4098-8674-025ab9585a2c
    https://www.archaeology.org/news/10816-220909-florida-palica-village

    Searching for a 16th century Spanish shipwreck near Georgetown:

    https://www.postandcourier.com/georgetown/sc-archaeologists-search-for-early-american-shipwreck-near-georgetown/article_14ef86de-27a3-11ed-a21f-6b4c4a4543f2.html

    Overview of excavations of an area used by laundresses at Old Fort Meade:

    https://www.kotatv.com/2022/09/06/archeological-excavation-uncovers-history-laundresses-old-fort-meade/
    https://www.blackhillsfox.com/2022/09/06/archaeologist-digs-up-answers-laundry-mystery-old-fort-meade/
    http://www.archaeology.org/news/10812-220907-south-dakota-women

    Overview of a dig at Acorn Hall in Ternton (I think):

    https://morristowngreen.com/2022/09/05/mystery-solved-archaeologists-did-into-morristowns-acorn-hall/

    Erosion concerns for Turtle Mound (Florida):

    https://wusfnews.wusf.usf.edu/environment/2022-09-05/a-race-against-erosion-for-turtle-mound

    Native American remains found badly stored at the University of North Dakota:

    https://www.today.com/news/news/search-missing-native-artifacts-led-discovery-bodies-stored-inhumane-w-rcna46263?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=news_tab

    Feature on finds from a dig on the grounds of the University of Virginia:

    https://news.virginia.edu/content/archaeologists-excavations-reveal-more-details-early-university-life

    Feature on the Hopewell mounds in Marietta:

    https://www.newsandsentinel.com/news/community-news/2022/09/mounds-offer-a-glimpse-of-history-predating-marietta/

    Feature on seven occasions when new populations arrived in the Americas:

    https://theconversation.com/seven-times-people-discovered-the-americas-and-how-they-got-there-188908
    https://phys.org/news/2022-09-people-americas.html https://uk.news.yahoo.com/seven-times-people-discovered-americas-171308967.html

    Feature on the 'Seven Cities of Gold' (Cibola):

    https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/09/cibola-the-legend-of-the-seven-cities-of-gold/144592

    Feature on historic fires in the Adirondacks:

    https://www.adirondackexplorer.org/stories/historic-fires-adirondacks

    Feature on Hohokam water systems:

    https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20220905-the-watery-secret-of-ancient-north-america

    More on the LSU Campus mounds:

    https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/09/05/campus-mounds-as-the-oldest-known-man-made-structures-in-the-americas/

    A roundup of Ancient America talks and conferences this month:

    https://mikeruggerisancientamericasevents.wordpress.com/ ============================================================
    CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA ============================================================
    A major archaeological site (300+ buildings!) found along the Maya Train route:

    https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/inah-archaeological-discovery-maya-train/

    Burials of Wari craftsmen from the Castillo de Huarmey Mausoleum in Peru:

    http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/65063 https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/09/burials-of-elite-wari-craftsmen-found-in-peru/144607

    A study suggests a number of South American mummies were violently killed:

    https://phys.org/news/2022-09-scientific-south-american-mummies-reveals.html https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-716751

    cf: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmed.2022.962793/full

    I think we mentioned this earliest evidence for a Maya divination calendar from Guatemala:

    https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/archaeologists-find-earliest-evidence-of-maya-divination-calendar-18042022/

    cf: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abl9290

    More on the 19th century shipwreck from Rhode Island off Patagonia:

    https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/07/science/shipwreck-patagonia-rhode-island-whaler.html

    Feature on the Maya:

    https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/who-were-the-maya

    Feature (possible overview of a recent dig) on a Maya site at Spanish Lookout (Belize):

    https://phys.org/news/2022-09-exploring-ancestral-maya-neighborhood.html https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/09/archaeologists-find-1000-year-old-maya-settlement-in-central-belize/144626

    Feature on the rise of the Aztec Empire:

    https://www.livescience.com/all-about-history-121

    Feature on the 'walking statues' of Easter Island:

    https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20220906-the-walking-statues-of-easter-island

    cf: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/235636824_The_'walking'_megalithic_statues_moai_of_Easter_Island
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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 ============================================================
    Possibly questionable claim that a Byzantine coin from 1054 depicts a supernova:

    https://www.livescience.com/byzantine-coin-supernova-1054/

    Interesting study of a 'tassel' on a 1300 years bp Chinese terracotta at the Cincinnati Art Museum:

    https://phys.org/news/2022-09-science-year-old-art-mystery.html http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/65051

    Feature on the US 22nd Amendment:

    https://www.npr.org/2022/09/06/1120383809/22nd-amendment-explainer

    Feature on what a bioarchaeologist is:

    https://www.sydney.edu.au/arts/news-and-events/news/2022/09/06/what-is-a-bioarchaeologist-archaeology.html

    An export ban on a roundel manuscript gifted to Elizabeth I:

    http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/65035

    On the history of the alphabet:

    https://www.historytoday.com/archive/review/easy-abc

    Plans to make a 17th century Jewish woman's diaries into a graphic novel:

    https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/article-716093

    Feature on the legacy of the San Lesmes shipwreck:

    https://elpais.com/cultura/2022-09-07/maories-de-ojos-azules-y-palabras-castellanas-la-huella-de-la-nave-espanola-que-naufrago-en-la-polinesia-antes-de-su-descubrimiento-oficial.html

    How baseball got to Japan via Maine:

    https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/05/sports/baseball/horace-wilson-japan-150.html https://politpost.com/2022/09/05/baseball-traveled-to-japan-150-years-ago-by-way-of-maine/

    The 186 year-old Bristol Zoo Gardens is closing:

    https://www.newsweek.com/historic-zoo-shuts-after-visitor-numbers-dwindle-1739922

    Latest from the Titanic:

    https://phys.org/news/2022-09-8k-footage-titanic-ship.html https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/titanic-new-8k-video-footage/index.html https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/09/06/titanic-as-never-seen-before/

    The Viennese Albertina Museum has made its medieval prints and drawings collection available:

    https://aleteia.org/2022/09/07/austrian-museum-makes-more-than-150000-medieval-images-available/

    Feature on Prohibition in the US:

    https://aeon.co/essays/why-ken-burns-got-the-prohibition-story-so-very-very-wrong

    More on that Galileo manuscript forgery story:

    https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/09/arts/music/galileo-manuscript-forger.html

    Review of Lucy Worsley, *Agatha Christie*:

    https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/06/books/review/agatha-christie-elusive-woman-lucy-worsley.html

    Review of Kit Heyam, *Before We Were Trans*:

    https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/10/books/review/kit-heyam-before-we-were-trans.html

    Review of Katherine Rundell, *Super Infinite*:

    https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/08/books/review/super-infinite-katherine-rundell.html

    Review of Helen Rappaport, *In Search of Mary Seacole*:

    https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/07/books/review/in-search-of-mary-seacole-helen-rappaport.html
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    CURRENT EVENTS:
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    Feature on the history of 'trophy displays' and how it's playing out in Ukraine:

    https://theconversation.com/how-ukraine-is-adapting-the-ancient-practice-of-trophy-displays-for-modern-propaganda-189920

    Feature on the history of Labor Day:

    https://www.nytimes.com/article/what-is-labor-day.html

    Some of the features on Queen Elizabeth that my sources picked up:

    https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/national-geographic-remembers-queen-elizabeth-ii
    https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2022/09/08/remembering-queen-elizabeth-ii-the-british-sovereign-who-perfected-the-fine-art-of-monarchy
    https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2022/09/08/queen-elizabeth-ii-the-monarch-who-has-opened-the-royal-collection-to-the-world-of-international-loans-and-art-history

    Colombia is relabelling monuments of Spanish conquerors:

    https://elpais.com/america-colombia/2022-09-06/colombia-busca-resignificar-los-monumentos-de-conquistadores-espanoles.html
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    ANIMAL AND PLANT DOMESTICATIONS ============================================================
    A study of donkey domestication:

    https://phys.org/news/2022-09-donkey-domestication.html https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/964261

    cf: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abo3503j

    On mythology and dog domesticaion:

    https://www.sciencenews.org/article/dog-domestication-origin-mythology-history

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    MUSEUM MATTERS
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    Souvenirs from Hadrian's Wall:

    https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2022/sep/07/exhibition-souvenirs-hadrians-wall-romans-english-heritage
    https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/english-heritage-english-los-angeles-b2161345.html
    https://www.standard.co.uk/news/environment/english-heritage-english-los-angeles-b1023674.html
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-62822175

    The World in Maps 1400-1600:

    https://news.yale.edu/2022/09/01/world-they-knew-it-new-beinecke-exhibition-charts-rise-maps

    Vermeer:

    https://apnews.com/article/travel-painting-museums-a3baf99e101e14e5d8a2148c82f4bfd5

    Beirut Glass:

    https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/beirut-explosion-glass-artifact-restoration

    Lost King:

    https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/exhibitions/the-lost-king-wallace-collection-exhibition-review-film-sally-hawkins-steve-coogan-b1023279.html

    The British Museum is lending some Anglo Saxon items to the Ad Gefrin tourist site:

    https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2022/sep/05/anglo-saxon-treasures-returning-home-north-east-ad-gefrin-northumbria-golden-age
    https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/ad-gefrin-british-museum-objects-24902430
    https://www.northumberlandgazette.co.uk/heritage-and-retro/heritage/anglo-saxon-treasures-to-go-on-show-at-new-northumberland-visitor-centre-3831899

    A pagan groups wants the British Museum to put a statue of Hekate on permanent display:

    https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/1086/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/1086/pub/1086/page/32/article/NaN

    All of Tutankhamun's things are to be united at the GEM:

    https://gulfnews.com/kurator/share/cairos-grand-egyptian-museum-to-unite-all-of-king-tuts-priceless-artefacts-under-one-roof-1.1662374051013

    An AlUla statue is headed to the Louvre:

    https://www.thenationalnews.com/gulf-news/2022/09/07/louvre-museum-in-paris-to-display-saudi-arabias-ancient-alula-statue/

    OpEd on the museum returns debate:

    https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2022/09/05/looted-artifacts-uk-museums

    OpEd on 'woke' museums:

    https://www.wsj.com/articles/when-connoisseurs-yield-to-commissars-art-history-museums-woke-politics-ideology-mission-painting-renaissance-activists-11662139109

    Feature on Italy's Museum of Saved Art:

    https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/italy-recovers-enough-stolen-artworks-to-fill-a-museum-of-saved-art-ld67h373j

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    AUCTIONS AND SALES RELATED ============================================================
    More on that gold hoard found under a kitchen floor back in 2019 coming to auction:

    https://www.livescience.com/gold-coins-discovered-under-kitchen-floorboards-england/
    http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/65040 https://arkeonews.net/gold-coin-hoard-discovered-in-a-cup-beneath-a-north-yorkshire-kitchen-floor-is-being-auctioned-off/

    An 1867 37 star US flag came to auction:

    https://www.artfixdaily.com/artwire/release/1878-rare-37-star-american-flag-from-1867-gavels-for-10625-at-holabird
    https://www.einnews.com/pr_news/589814539/rare-1867-american-flag-with-37-stars-in-an-interesting-pattern-brings-10-625-at-holabird-s-rush-to-the-rockies-auction

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    ON THE DNA FRONT
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    DNA from Viking-era feces is shedding light on whipworm genomes:

    https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/09/220905085219.htm ============================================================
    THE TECHY SIDE
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    Possible method to make carbon dating better:

    https://phys.org/news/2022-09-radiocarbon-dating-solution.html ============================================================
    CLIMATE MATTERS
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    Feature on five ancient societies which collapsed due to drought:

    https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/5-ancient-societies-that-collapsed-when-the-water-ran-dry

    Studying colonial diaries in South Africa to prepare for future climate-related events:

    https://theconversation.com/climate-change-colonial-diaries-in-south-africa-are-helping-scientists-reconstruct-weather-patterns-of-the-past-to-protect-against-future-events-189414

    cf: https://journals.ametsoc.org/view/journals/bams/103/8/BAMS-D-21-0127.1.xml ============================================================
    TOURISTY THINGS
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    Athens:

    https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2022/sep/07/the-real-life-of-athens-is-here-hidden-gems-beyond-and-beneath-the-acropolis

    Ten Greek temples:

    https://greekreporter.com/2022/09/09/ancient-greek-temples/ ============================================================
    PERFORMANCES AND MUSIC RELATED ============================================================
    The Woman King:

    https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/sep/10/the-woman-king-review-viola-davis-rules-over-rousing-action-epic
    https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/08/movies/the-woman-king-gina-prince-bythewood.html

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    TV/DOCUMENTARY HYPISH THINGS ============================================================
    A documentary on the disappearance of Arthur Kingsley Porter:

    https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/sep/04/inishbofin-mystery-us-archaeologists-irish-disappearance-tv-examination

    the Lost King:

    https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/sep/09/the-lost-king-review-richard-iii-sally-hawkins
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    CRIME BEAT
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    Italian authorities arrested a man with a massive 'clandestine museum' in Ostia:

    https://roma.corriere.it/notizie/cronaca/22_settembre_07/ostia-scoperto-museo-clandestino-7mila-reperti-d68d4edc-2ec1-11ed-bf4a-00b229732663.shtml

    An 18th century painting stolen from a church in Terzago:

    https://www.christianophobie.fr/carte/dans-le-monde/europe/terzago-lombardie-italie-un-tableau-du-xviiie-vole-dans-une-eglise

    A Yemeni ambassador is accused of selling 60 gold archaeological items:

    https://alkhabaralyemeni.net/2022/09/09/185946/

    An Alexandria man was fined for metal detecting on a Charncellorsville battefield site:

    https://starexponent.com/news/alexandria-man-fined-15k-for-damage-while-metal-detecting-on-chancellorsville-battlefield/article_63707e3b-7171-561f-a04a-158c0aab0a63.html

    Lebanese antiquities collector/dealer Georges Lotfi is maintaining his innocence:

    https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2022/09/09/georges-lotfi-arrest-warrant-antiquities-smuggling-interview
    https://menafn.com/1104841743/Wanted-In-The-US-Lebanese-Antiquities-Dealer-Maintains-His-Innocence-Says-His-Big-Mistake-Was-Trusting-New-York-Art-Crime-Official

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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 ============================================================
    A second century Roman statue of a woman identified Switzerland and returned to Italy (Italian):

    https://ilgranchio.it/2022/09/08/anzio-recuperata-in-svizzera-e-donata-al-museo-archeologico-una-statua-di-epoca-romana/
    https://www.zazoom.it/2022-09-08/recuperata-in-svizzera-una-statua-romana-del-i-secolo-d-c-sara-esposta-ad-anzio/11537012/

    Not sure where to put this one on the Trier gold hoard going back on display after a robbery attempt in 2019:

    https://news.abs-cbn.com/life/09/07/22/back-on-display-gold-trove-on-show-in-germany-after-robbery-attempt

    A deal with the Met is returning the Stern collection of Cycladic figures to Greece:

    https://phys.org/news/2022-09-greece-ratifies-recoup-ancient-treasures.html https://greekcitytimes.com/2022/09/05/cycladic-art-deal-parthenon/ https://www.ekathimerini.com/culture/1192629/mps-greenlight-controversial-artifacts-loan-law/
    https://neoskosmos.com/en/2022/09/05/life/arts/greece-in-a-new-deal-to-bring-back-161-ancient-treasures-from-us/
    https://observer.com/2022/09/the-met-will-repatriate-more-than-100-greek-antiquities-but-it-will-take-decades-to-give-them-all-back/

    ... and there's some controversy about it:

    https://www.ekathimerini.com/opinion/1192795/museum-bill-would-open-can-of-worms/

    The FBI located and facilitated the return of a Medusa mosaic to Italy:

    https://www.cnn.com/style/article/fbi-returns-italian-art-los-angeles/index.html
    https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2022/09/06/fbi-returns-roman-mosaic-italy https://www.euronews.com/culture/2022/09/07/fbi-returns-2000-year-old-ancient-roman-artwork-to-italy
    https://abc7.com/lost-art-medusa-mosaic-roman-italian/12199795/ https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/roman-mosaic-repatriated-to-italy-1234638576/
    https://news.artnet.com/art-world/fbi-return-ancient-roman-mosaic-2170991 https://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/fbi-returns-2000-year-old-italian-art-that-languished-in-a-storage-facility-090122

    The National Museum of Ethnology in Leiden returned 300+ artifacts to Panama:

    https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-netherlands-repatriates-343-ceramics-to-panama-180980729/

    More on the Met having to return 21 looted antiquities to Italy (and a half dozen to Egypt):

    https://www.ansa.it/english/news/lifestyle/arts/2022/09/05/met-to-return-21-looted-antiquities-to-italy_d0496597-484d-4053-a272-8887ca1308b7.html
    https://hypebeast.com/2022/9/new-york-authorities-seize-illegal-artifacts-met-museum
    https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-62819217 https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/italy-recovers-looted-antiquities-worth-19m-from-new-york/news
    https://www.thenationalherald.com/stolen-greek-antiquity-among-batch-seized-at-nys-met-museum/
    https://www.reuters.com/world/new-york-city-returns-looted-antiquities-italy-worth-19-million-2022-09-06/
    https://www.ansa.it/english/news/lifestyle/arts/2022/09/05/met-to-return-21-looted-antiquities-to-italy_d0496597-484d-4053-a272-8887ca1308b7.html
    https://www.thedailybeast.com/a-huge-dollar11-million-cache-of-antiquities-has-been-seized-from-the-met
    https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/new-york-city-returns-looted-antiquities-to-italy-worth--19-million/47880916
    https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/manhattan-returns-dozens-of-stolen-antiquities-to-italy-21-relics-seized-from-the-met/3853351/
    https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/investigators-seize-27-greek-and-egyptian-antiquities-from-the-met-180980705/
    https://www.rfi.fr/en/people-and-entertainment/20220908-us-returns-antiquities-to-egypt
    https://www.npr.org/2022/09/10/1122122521/the-met-antiques-artifacts-repatriated-egypt-italy
    https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/antiquities-returned-italy-met-seizures-1234638455/

    ... and with a focus on the six going back to Egypt along with other items from 'an American businessman':

    https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContentP/9/475624/Antiquities/Egypt-to-repatriate--artefacts-recovered-by-author.aspx
    https://egyptindependent.com/egypt-retrieves-16-artifacts-from-the-united-states/
    https://egyptianstreets.com/2022/09/10/usa-returns-16-priceless-stolen-ancient-artifacts-to-egypt/
    https://english.alarabiya.net/News/middle-east/2022/09/08/US-returns-trafficked-antiquities-to-Egypt
    https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/us-to-return-16-antiquities-worth-more-than-16m-to-egypt/news
    https://www.arabnews.com/node/2158831/art-culture https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2022/09/egypt-recover-stolen-artifacts-united-states

    ... this one seems to be adding some Steinhardt returns to the total:

    https://www.cnn.com/style/article/italy-artifacts-returned-seized-from-met-museum/index.html

    In the wake of Queen Elizabeth's death, renewed calls for the return of the Kohinoor Diamond are being made:

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    https://www.theaustraliatoday.com.au/who-will-get-the-800-million-kohinoor-diamond-back-india-pakistan-or-afghanistan/

    ... and other items in her possession:

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    https://www.indiaherald.com/History/Read/994532327/These-valuable-things-were-taken-away-by-the-British
    https://www.indiatimes.com/news/india/items-taken-away-british-kohinoor-579388.html

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