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Terracotta Warriors:

http://t.m.china.org.cn/convert/c_moC1VxYd.html https://newseu.cgtn.com/news/2023-03-30/China-s-incredible-life-size-Terracotta-Army-marches-into-Alicante-1iyg4mE8Kcw/index.html

The Pergamon Museum in Berlin will be closing for 14 years (!) for repairs:

https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/germanys-famous-pergamon-museum-closes-for-4-years-amid-concerns/news
https://globeecho.com/news/europe/germany/berlins-pergamon-museum-closes-completely-a-part-will-only-open-again-in-14-years/
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/berlins-pergamon-museum-to-close-for-14-years-in-1-6bn-repair-xb9xkj0gr
https://www.indonewyork.com/lifestyle/museum-island-berlin-s-pergamon-museum-is-completely-closed-for-h79546.html

The headless bronze statue of a Roman emperor (maybe) was seized at the Met this week:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/30/arts/met-museum-statue-seized.html ============================================================
AUCTIONS AND SALES RELATED ============================================================
That Brueghel the Younger painting found 'behind a door' in a family house in France is coming to auction:

https://www.cnn.com/style/article/brueghel-painting-discovered-france-auction/index.html

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ON THE DNA FRONT
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Using DNA to trace enslaved peoples' heritage in South Carolina:

https://phys.org/news/2023-03-stories-lost-slavery-dna.html https://apnews.com/article/dna-slavery-charleston-africa-c0aeabe3c0ab74ea34c074ba20479d99

Using DNA to discern the origins of Swahili people:

https://phys.org/news/2023-03-life-uncovers-ancient-dna-swahili.html https://phys.org/news/2023-03-ancient-dna-story-swahili-people.html https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/29/science/ancient-swahili-dna.html https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2023-03-29/ty-article/ancient-dna-provides-solomonic-solution-to-mystery-of-swahili-origins/00000187-2211-d4ca-afff-331966060000
https://www.science.org/content/article/dna-shows-persian-princes-helped-found-medieval-african-trading-culture
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/03/30/asian-ancestry-introduced-to-east-africa-in-early-modern-times/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/ancient-dna-confirms-the-origin-story-of-the-swahili-people-180981909/

cf: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-00941-1 ============================================================
THE TECHY SIDE
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A project to map underwater Palaeolithic sites in the Adriatic:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leeds-65082281 https://metro.co.uk/2023/03/25/archaeologists-on-first-of-its-kind-mission-to-map-underwater-cities-18501528/
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CLIMATE MATTERS
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Reconstructing the temperatures in Alaska over a 14 000 year span:

https://phys.org/news/2023-03-reconstruction-prehistoric-temperatures-oldest-archaeological.html
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/03/30/a-reconstruction-of-prehistoric-temperatures-for-sites-in-north-america/

cf: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0277379123000276?via%3Dihub
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TOURISTY THINGS
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Uncrowded archaeological sites in Mexico:

https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/mexico-uncrowded-archaeological-sites/index.html

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CRIME BEAT
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That smuggled Sassanian relief recovered at a UK airport a while ago has been restored and will soon return to Iran:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/apr/01/smuggled-iranian-carving-worth-30m-seized-at-airport-by-uk-border-patrol

Vandalism at the Ten Broeck Mansion site in Albany:

https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/vandals-destroy-outdoor-exhibits-albany-s-ten-17862533.php

Assorted Bronze Age pottery found during a drug bust in Israel:

https://www.ynetnews.com/travel/article/ryzbm8x113 https://www.jewishpress.com/news/archaeology-news/israeli-police-discover-3500-year-old-antiquities-during-drug-bust/2023/03/28/
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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 ============================================================
Turkiye received a number of items from the Met:

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/new-york-authorities-return-12-artifacts-met-to-turkeys-1234662189/

Italy returned 40 pre-Hispanic items to Mexico:

https://riviera-maya-news.com/mexico-recovers-43-illegal-archaeological-pieces-from-government-of-italy/2023.html
https://mexiconewsdaily.com/culture/83-ancient-mexican-artifacts-returned-from-italy-germany-france/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11317-230331-mexico-repatriation-artifacts

A Courbet in the Fitzwilliam Museum appears to be Nazi loot:

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/nazi-looted-courbet-painting-fitzwilliam-museum-returned-1234662793/
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/28/arts/courbet-nazi-restitution-cambridge.html

More on the US returning items to Greece:

https://www.manhattanda.org/d-a-bragg-returns-29-antiquities-to-greece/ http://www.archaeology.org/news/11308-230327-greece-repatriation-artifacts

... including that Eid Mar coin:

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/eid-mar-coin-repatriated-to-greece-2275126 https://www.cnn.com/style/article/new-york-repatriation-greece-gold-coin/index.html
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/gold-coin-minted-by-brutus-to-honor-caesars-murder-returned-to-greece-1234662098/

More on the Met returning items to India:

https://indianexpress.com/article/express-exclusive/after-court-in-new-york-orders-seizure-met-says-will-transfer15-antiques-to-india-8531430/
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/us-museum-to-return-15-antique-sculptures-linked-to-subash-kapoor/article66683728.ece
https://hyperallergic.com/811472/met-museum-repatriates-15-objects-to-india/ https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/03/30/metropolita-museum-repatriates-15-sculptures-subhash-kapoor-india

The Manhattan DA also effected the return of a Khmer lintel to Cambodia:

https://www.manhattanda.org/d-a-bragg-returns-11th-century-antiquity-to-cambodia/
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/manhattan-district-attorney-office-returns-11th-century-antiquity-cambodia-1234662978/

Prosecutors are looking at more items from the Met:

https://www.icij.org/investigations/hidden-treasures/prosecutors-eye-new-seizures-of-old-art-at-the-met/

Leiden archaeologists returned human remains to St Eustatius:

https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2023/03/leiden-archaeologists-repatriate-human-remains-to-st.-eustatius

Feature on Matthew Bogdanos and his work identifying and returning stolen antiquities:

https://www.cbsnews.com/video/rescuing-stolen-art-and-antiquities/ https://menafn.com/1105867190/New-Yorks-Role-in-Recovering-Stolen-Antiquities

... in a similar vein:

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/art-repatriation-fighting-traffickers-in-an-illicit-global-trade/

Some repatriated Native American human remains were reburied in Michigan:

https://www.mlive.com/news/2023/03/native-remains-robbed-from-graves-across-the-country-laid-to-rest-by-michigan-tribe.html
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NUMISMATICA
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Feature on the faces on ancient coins:

https://www.numismaticnews.net/world-coins/from-gods-to-commoners-the-faces-on-coins

Feature on the cult of Mithras on ancient coins:

https://coinweek.com/ancient-coins/the-cult-of-mithras-on-ancient-coins/

Feature on the Athenian silver tetradrachm:

https://www.numismaticnews.net/coin-market/a-coin-to-stand-the-test-of-time

Latest e-Sylum:

http://www.coinbooks.org/v26/club_nbs_esylum_v26n13.html

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

http://www.coinbooks.org/v26/club_nbs_esylum_v26n14.html ------------------------

Coin Week:

http://www.coinweek.com/

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OBITUARIES
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Karin Willemse:

https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2023/03/in-memoriam-dr.-karin-willemse-1962-2023

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AUDIO/VIDEO NEWS
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Audio News from Archaeologica:

https://www.archaeologychannel.org/audio-guide/audio-news/3267-audio-news-from-archaeologica-march-18th-through-the-25th-2023
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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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