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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/11/11/research-points-alexander-hamilton-slave-owner-trader/6248144002/
https://www.dailypress.com/nation-world/ct-nw-nyt-alexander-hamilton-slavery-20201110-ubnbzmmapfax7ptqu2c7ewakwe-story.html
https://parks.ny.gov/documents/historic-sites/SchuylerMansionAlexanderHamiltonsHiddenHistoryasanEnslaver.pdf

Multiple Native American sites identified in Berkeley County (WV):

https://www.journal-news.net/journal-news/local-archeologists-identify-multiple-native-american-ceremonial-burial-structures-in-berkeley-co/article_04f74e33-9ba9-5266-912b-ed9252df9582.html

Possible remains of a Black cemetery on MacDill Air Force Base (Florida):

https://www.tampabay.com/life-culture/history/2020/11/13/possible-black-cemetery-found-on-macdill-air-force-base/

Plenty of finds during an ongoing dig in downtown Lexington:

https://www.wtvq.com/2020/11/13/downtown-lexington-construction-dig-turns-into-archaeological-dig/

Maryland archaeologists are searching for the home of Harriet Tubman's father:

https://foxbaltimore.com/news/local/home-of-harriet-tubmans-father-could-soon-be-unearthed-by-archaeologists-in-maryland
https://news.yahoo.com/archaeologists-searching-home-harriet-tubmans-171000995.html
https://www.myeasternshoremd.com/dorchester_star/community/news/archaeologists-search-for-home-of-harriet-tubmans-father/article_b2a87892-8da1-562e-80df-1a670e5a8957.html

Some sort of controversy over Native American remains excavated by UC-Davis students back in 2009:

https://www.hcn.org/issues/52.12/indigenous-affairs-archaeology-a-whistleblower-speaks-out-over-excavation-of-native-sites

What a 300 years bp farmhouse reveals about metropolitan New York:

https://www.npr.org/2020/11/13/934236641/alyssa-loorya-what-can-a-300-year-old-farmhouse-tell-us-about-metropolitan-new-y

Fire at a Civil War era mansion in Independence (Mo) have brought suggestions that it be restored:

https://fox4kc.com/news/fire-at-civil-war-era-mansion-in-independence-sparks-talk-of-restoring-it/

More on that Jesuit plantation site in Maryland:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2020/11/09/enslaved-quarters-discovered-jesuit-plantation/
https://www.bgdailynews.com/washington_post/former-jesuit-plantation-may-hold-quarters-of-the-enslaved/article_63f8be37-b393-52d4-beb9-787962308e9c.html

More on the evidence for a 'survivor colony' connected to the Lost Colony:

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/2020/11/newfound-survivor-camp-may-explain-lost-colony-roanoke/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/new-evidence-roanoke-colonys-disappearance-180976248/
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CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA ================================================================
More on women as hunters in prehistoric Peru:

https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/the-51/20201113-hunters-not-gatherers-discovery-finds-prehistoric-women-went-hunting
https://elpais.com/ciencia/2020-11-13/la-cazadora-que-reescribio-la-prehistoria.html
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/9000-year-old-big-game-hunter-peru-prompts-questions-about-hunter-gatherer-gender-roles-180976218/

More on Maya water filtration at Tikal:

https://phys.org/news/2020-10-ancient-maya-built-sophisticated-filters.html

More on the Nazca feline:

https://www.apollo-magazine.com/peru-nazca-geoglyph-cat/

The Kuelap site in Peru has reopened to the public:

https://andina.pe/Ingles/noticia-peru-kuelap-archaeological-site-reopens-admission-free-until-years-end-821282.aspx

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Mike Ruggeri's Ancient Americas Breaking News:

http://goo.gl/1VdeA

Ancient MesoAmerica News:

http://ancient-mesoamerica-news-updates.blogspot.com/ ================================================================
OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST ================================================================
Latest botched art restoration is on a sculpture in Spain:

https://www.cleveland19.com/2020/11/12/botched-statue-restoration-looks-like-cartoon-spain/
https://www.livescience.com/botched-spanish-statue-restoration.html https://www.cbsnews.com/news/spain-botched-art-restoration-again-palencia-statue/
https://www.cnn.com/style/article/statue-restoration-palencia-spain-scli-intl/index.html
https://www.npr.org/2020/11/11/933801380/behold-the-potato-head-of-palencia-another-botched-art-restoration-in-spain
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/amateur-restorer-botches-carving-spain-180976271/

Feature on Dorothea Bate:

https://paleonerdish.wordpress.com/2016/03/04/dorothea-bate-cave-explorer-and-paleontologist/

Feature on Tatiana Avenirovna Proskouriakoff:

https://www.archaeological.org/archaeologists-you-should-know-proskouriakoff/

200 more copies of first editions of Newton's Principia have been identified:

https://www.livescience.com/200-more-copies-newton-principia.html https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/12/science/isaac-newton-principia.html https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/11/historical-detectives-discover-more-first-editions-of-isaac-newtons-principia/

A possible Michelangelo relief in a wall in Florence:

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/wall-carving-florence-michelangelo-1923502

Interesting origin of the name of California:

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/california-etymology-black-queen

Cliodynamics is an interesting new discipline:

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/12/can-history-predict-future/616993/

On Darwin's 'early life' theory:

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20201110-charles-darwin-early-life-theory

Feature on the ancient beer recreation craze:

https://www.sapiens.org/archaeology/ancient-beer/

Feature on some alternate history maps:

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20201104-the-intriguing-maps-that-reveal-alternate-histories

Feature on the 'Eye of Providence':

https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20201112-the-eye-of-providence-the-symbol-with-a-secret-meaning

Feature on the 50 greatest archaeological discoveries:

https://fredericksburg.com/news/50-of-the-greatest-archaeological-discoveries-of-all-time/collection_57166cb7-22cf-53d9-99bc-987c8bcd7636.html
https://www.shelbynews.com/news/national/50-of-the-greatest-archaeological-discoveries-of-all-time/collection_bef419b5-14dc-5db8-a1d3-120975ccb1e7.html

The Vatican Library is using AI to protect its digitized works:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/vatican-enlists-cybersecurity-firm-protect-digitized-treasures-180976256/

A First World War carrier pigeon message from France:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/nov/09/super-rare-100-year-old-carrier-pigeon-message-found-in-france
https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/09/europe/pigeon-message-found-france-scli-intl/index.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/09/world/europe/france-world-war-i-message.html https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/hikers-discover-military-carrier-pigeon-message100-years-too-late-180976280/

A statue of Mary Wollstonecraft was put up this week:

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/nov/10/mary-wollstonecraft-finally-honoured-with-statue-after-200-years

Victor Nuovo is reiring:

https://addisonindependent.com/news/nuovo-leaves-public-service-ponder-more-lifes-mysteries

... and there's plenty of criticism:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-54886813 https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/nov/10/insulting-to-her-mary-wollstonecraft-sculpture-sparks-backlash
http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/mary-wollstonecraft-statue-maggi-hambling-london-hackney
https://www.cnn.com/style/article/mary-wollstonecraft-statue-london-intl-hnk-scli/index.html
https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/newsletter/2020-11-14/essential-arts-feminist-mary-wollstonecraft-honored-with-terrible-nude-statue-essential-arts
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/nude-statue-honoring-mother-feminism-mary-wollstonecraft-draws-controversy-180976268/

... and the artist responded:

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/art-industry-news-november-12-2020-1922903

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ANIMAL AND PLANT DOMESTICATIONS ================================================================
Cats have been 'man's best friend' for quite a while, apparently:

https://www.pennlive.com/life/2020/11/ancient-feline-dna-suggests-cats-have-been-mans-best-friends-for-thousands-of-years-study.html
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MUSEUM MATTERS
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Al-Sabah collection:

https://www.gulf-times.com/story/677602/Al-Sabah-collection-at-NMoQ-offers-new-insights-in

Golden Mummies:

https://www.wkbw.com/am-buffalo/buffalo-museum-of-science-golden-mummies-of-egypt-exhibit

Ni:

http://www.china.org.cn/arts/2020-11/13/content_76906668.htm

Pompeii:

https://www.mynews13.com/fl/orlando/news/2020/11/13/5-things-to-know-about--pompeii--the-immortal-city-

Iron Age. Europe Without Borders:

https://www.dw.com/en/looted-artifacts-on-show-in-russia-highlight-research/a-55555968

Some coins that were thought to have disappesred from Madrid's NAM are actually still there:

https://elpais.com/cultura/2020-11-12/el-oro-que-nunca-salio-de-madrid.html

Latest on the Grand Egyptian Museum:

https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/94118/Egypt-s-tourism-antiquities-min-follows-up-on-latest-developments
https://www.egyptindependent.com/preparations-for-grand-egyptian-museums-opening-ceremony-90-complete-official/

... and the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization:

https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/94165/Entire-world-awaits-Egypt-s-procession-of-royal-mummies-to

A video tour of Egypt's Royal Chariots Museum:

https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/94046/Enjoy-a-video-tour-of-Egypt-s-Royal-Chariots-Museum

On conservation in the time of COVID:

http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/conservation-in-the-time-of-covid/ ================================================================
AUCTIONS AND SALES RELATED ================================================================
A Rugby school is selling off some of its Shakespear and Dickens books:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-coventry-warwickshire-54895279

Big bucks for a Charles Rennie Mackintosh cabinet:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-54813975

An interesting double-sided Zuccaro drawing coming to auction at Christie's:

https://www.christies.com/features/Two-back-to-back-16th-century-works-on-paper-11267-1.aspx

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THE TECHY SIDE
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Latest mummy CT scans were on a pair excavated 400 years bp currently in a German museum:

https://www.livescience.com/painted-ancient-egyptian-mummies-ct-scan.html https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-8942983/Ancient-Egyptian-mummies-unearthed-400-years-ago-revealed-time.html
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9199-201110-saqqara-stucco-portrait-mummies ================================================================
TOURISTY THINGS ================================================================
Israel's 'secret lake':

https://www.ynetnews.com/travel/article/r1uBj2YYw

Misis (Turkey):

https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/ancient-city-of-misis-to-be-new-attraction-center-of-southern-turkey/news

Ankara:

https://www.dailysabah.com/life/travel/one-day-in-ankara-exploring-the-citadel-and-witnessing-its-roman-seljuk-and-ottoman-roots

Zakynthos:

https://greekcitytimes.com/2020/11/10/zakynthos-world-most-beautiful-places/

Zwickau:

https://www.dw.com/en/germany-from-a-to-z-zwickau/g-54679627

Sagalassos:

https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/sagalassos-hidden-gem-in-foothills-of-taurus-mountains/news

Assorted abandoned sites in Germany:

https://www.dw.com/en/eerily-beautiful-lost-places-in-germany/g-55559181 ================================================================
PERFORMANCES AND MUSIC RELATED ================================================================
Assorted online concerts from the Aaron Copland School of Music:

https://qcpages.qc.cuny.edu/music/ ================================================================
CRIME BEAT
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A trio arrested under suspicion of stealing antiquities from Tel Megiddo:

https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/three-arrested-suspected-of-stealing-antiquities-from-tel-megiddo-648536

Folks have been stealing Nazi items from museums:

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/13/arts/design/museum-robberies-nazi-uniforms.html

An arrest in Messenia:

https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2020/11/12/arrest-for-trafficking-of-archaeologicaly-valuable-artefacts/

A missing Botticelli:

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2020/nov/15/a-family-feud-a-mystery-firm-and-the-botticelli-masterpiece-that-quietly-vanished

The investigation to the attacks on works in museums in Germany continues:

https://elpais.com/cultura/2020-11-07/el-caso-del-aceite-ofensivo-contra-la-historia-del-arte.html

Feature on the illicit trade of antiquities in West Africa:

https://allafrica.com/stories/202011100029.html

Feature on Rome's 'stolen art vault':

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/rome-stolen-art-vault

The pandemic is contributing to a rise in antiquities theft, apparently:

http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2020/11/09/global-treasure-hunting-antiquities-theft-rise-thanks-to-pandemic-social-media-report-says/
https://news.yahoo.com/pandemic-harms-efforts-rein-antiquities-152953366.html

Latest Anonymous Swiss Collector Culture Crime News:

http://www.anonymousswisscollector.com/2020/11/culture-crime-news-2-8-november-2020.html

Those stolen books found in Romania a while ago have been returned to their owners:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-54885299
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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 ================================================================
Jamaica wants to retrieve some Taino artifacts from the British Museum:

https://jis.gov.jm/government-moving-to-retrieve-taino-artefacts/

Italy returned a piece of a sarcophagus to Egypt:

https://www.egyptdailynews.com/detail/egypt-recovers-part-of-sarcophagus-from-italy

Switzerland returned a number of Etruscan and other items to Italy:

https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/switzerland-returns-stolen-artefacts-to-italy/46152978

Nigeria expects more Benin Bronze returns:

https://wtvbam.com/2020/11/12/nigeria-expects-more-benin-bronze-returns-as-soon-as-next-year/
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NUMISMATICA
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The commemorative coins marking the anniversary of Thermopylae and Salamis are out:

https://greekcitytimes.com/2020/11/13/coins-thermopylae-salamis/

Latest e-Sylum:

http://www.coinbooks.org/v23/club_nbs_esylum_v23n45.html

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

http://www.coinbooks.org/v23/club_nbs_esylum_v23n46.html ------------------------

Coin Week:

http://www.coinweek.com/

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OBITUARIES
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Sindika Dokolo:

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/11/arts/sindika-dokolo-dead.html

George Carver:

https://asunow.asu.edu/20201113-asu-mourns-passing-professor-emeritus-george-carver

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AUDIO/VIDEO NEWS ================================================================
Audio News from Archaeologica:

https://www.archaeologychannel.org/audio-guide/audio-news/3003-audio-news-from-archaeologica-november-1-through-november-7-2020
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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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http://www.youtube.com/user/Archaeos0up?feature=watch

Archaeology Podcast Network:

http://www.archaeologypodcastnetwork.com/ ================================================================
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