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... and Christmas pudding:

https://www.bbc.com/ideas/videos/the-hidden-history-of-the-christmas-pudding/p06tmlkd

Assorted Christmas factoids:

https://www.bbc.com/ideas/videos/why-we-kiss-under-mistletoe-and-other-curiosities/p06w15tt

Celebrating Christmas in Greek Catholic villages:

https://m.jpost.com/Israel-News/The-history-of-celebrating-Christmas-in-ancient-Greek-Catholic-villages-575180

On New Year's Eve in ancient times:

https://greece.greekreporter.com/2018/12/29/new-years-eve-in-ancient-times/

... and assorted 'rituals':

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/travel/new-year-resolutions-were-started-by-babylonians-heres-a-round-up-of-some-fascinating-rituals-across-the-world/articleshow/67257636.cms

Germany is being encouraged to 'own up' to its colonial past:

https://www.dw.com/en/germany-urged-to-own-up-to-colonial-past-increase-awareness/a-46754507

Feature on colonialist missionary activities:

https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2014/january-february/world-missionaries-made.html

On the history of veterinary science in Spain:

https://elpais.com/elpais/2018/12/21/ciencia/1545425293_674083.html

Interesting info revealed about Princess Louise:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-46647820

Alas, some rare scotch whiskies are fake:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-46566703

Feature on ancient life spans:

https://aeon.co/ideas/think-everyone-died-young-in-ancient-societies-think-again

Feature on Medieval sex lives:

https://aeon.co/essays/getting-down-and-medieval-the-sex-lives-of-the-middle-ages

On the history of bicycle manufacturing in the US:

https://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/story/news/2018/12/17/history-space-baby-buggies-bicycles/38742931/

On depictions of the earth through history:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/24/opinion/plato-earth-christmas-eve-apollo-8.html
https://macaulay.cuny.edu/about-macaulay/earthrise/

Review of Robert Alter's new translation of the Hebrew Bible:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/20/magazine/hebrew-bible-translation.html

Review of Christopher Andrew, *The Secret World*:

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/dec/28/secret-world-christopher-andrew-review
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MUSEUM MATTERS
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Terracotta Warriors:

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2018/dec/17/chinas-terracotta-warriors-to-march-on-national-gallery-of-victoria

Unicorns:

http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20181214-why-weve-always-loved-unicorns https://www.musee-moyenage.fr/en/activities/exhibitions/current-exhibitions.html

South Ludlow Hoard:

https://www.shropshirelive.com/news/2018/12/17/tudor-coin-hoard-goes-on-display-at-ludlow-museum/
https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/local-hubs/south-shropshire/2018/12/19/henrys-coins-on-display-at-museum/

Bruegel:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/museums/after-450-years-the-frighteningly-modern-visions-of-bruegel-get-the-showcase-they-deserve/2018/12/17/8d4358ec-ffd7-11e8-ad40-cdfd0e0dd65a_story.html

Claudius:

https://thisislyon.fr/events/lyons-musee-des-beaux-arts-launches-new-exhibition-on-roman-emperor-claudius/

Agents of Faith:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/20/arts/design/bard-graduate-center-faith-votive-objects.html
https://www.bgc.bard.edu/gallery/exhibitions/81/agents-of-faith-votive-objects

Gentileschi:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-46626762

Feature on the al-Qarara (private) Museum:

http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-12/19/c_137685085.htm

Herculaneum now has an (open) museum:

http://theartnewspaper.com/news/herculaneum-s-museum-of-relics-finally-opens-its-doors-44-years-on

There appears to be a leak in the British Museum near the Marbles:

http://www.ekathimerini.com/235961/article/ekathimerini/news/water-dripping-next-to-parthenon-marbles-in-british-museum
https://www.balkaneu.com/roof-leak-causes-concern-for-the-parthenon-marbles-in-the-british-museum/

The new Greco-Roman museum should be open late next year:

https://ww.egyptindependent.com/egypts-greco-roman-museum-to-inaugurate-by-late-2019-antiquities-ministry/

On work being done in the aftermath of the Brazil Museum fire:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/dec/28/the-museum-is-alive-rio-team-toils-to-rescue-items-from-devastating-fire

The Cleveland MoA has hired a 'profoundly ethical' curator of Greek and
Roman art:

https://www.cleveland.com/arts/2018/12/cleveland-museum-of-art-hires-seth-pevnick-as-profoundly-ethical-curator-of-ancient-greek-and-roman-art.html

More on the Museum of African Civilizations:

http://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/62029/Antiquities-Ministry-participates-in-inaugurating-Museum-of-African-Civilizations
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AT THE AUCTIONS ================================================================
A Lincoln 'Christmas letter' came to auction:

https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/24/us/abraham-lincoln-christmas-letter/index.html

A Jamaican ketuba is coming to auction:

https://m.jpost.com/Israel-News/Culture/Rare-Jamaican-ketuba-to-be-auctioned-by-Sothebys-574479
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THE TECHY SIDE
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More on determining the sex of remains from a tooth:

https://www.bostonglobe.com/ideas/2018/12/21/kasulis/cZzkhTSQeQysv5jDyQJODL/story.html
http://www.archaeology.org/news/7262-181221-human-teeth-sex

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CLIMATE MATTERS ================================================================
Using archaeology to help understand climate change:

http://theconversation.com/using-archaeology-to-understand-the-past-present-future-of-climate-change-108668

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ON THE DNA FRONT ================================================================
Not sure where to put this one: the role of DNA in the repatriation of Aboriginal remains:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/19/science/dna-bones-aboriginal-australians.html
https://phys.org/news/2018-12-dna-ancient-aboriginal-australian-enables.html https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-12/aaft-rir121718.php http://advances.sciencemag.org/content/4/12/eaau5064 https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/12/dna-may-reconnect-aboriginal-australian-remains-with-modern-communities/
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/?p=30301 https://www.archaeology.org/news/7260-181220-australia-dna-ancestors

Using DNA to track the spread of citrus in the Mediterranean:

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/12/181220141103.htm

On the 'genetic legacy' in the Americas of the Spanish Inquisition:

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/12/dna-reveals-the-hidden-jewish-ancestry-of-latin-americans/578509/

More on DNA from ancient 'chewing gum':

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/12/ancient-human-dna-found-in-10000-year-old-chewing-gum/577492/

Dienekes' Anthropology Blog:

http://dienekes.blogspot.ca/ ================================================================
TOURISTY THINGS ================================================================
Cordoba:

https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/cordoba-spain-most-unesco-heritage-sites/index.html

Another item on garbage etc. detracting from tourism in Rome:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/24/travel/rome-pollution-trash.html

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CRIME BEAT
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An attempted theft (of coins) from Huqoq was thwarted:

https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Antiquities-police-stop-theft-of-ancient-coins-575611

A smuggler trying to sell a piece of a Roman sarcophagus in Turkey
received his comeuppance:

https://www.dailysabah.com/turkey/2018/12/16/smuggler-caught-trying-to-sell-roman-era-sarcophagus-in-western-turkey

A man in Larissa was arrested because of his ancient coin collection:

http://www.ekathimerini.com/236083/article/ekathimerini/news/larissa-man-arrested-over-ancient-coin-collection

Using satellite data to monitor looting at various sites:

https://phys.org/news/2018-12-satellite-exposes-looting.html https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/12/181217105856.htm https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-12/uob-sde121718.php https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/12/satellites-watch-over-the-graves-of-ancient-steppe-nomads/

Another tourist caught trying to steal a piece of the Colosseum:

https://www.wantedinrome.com/news/tourist-caught-stealing-piece-of-romes-colosseum.html

Not sure if we've mentioned these statues of questionable origin
associated with a Chilean business family:

https://www.latercera.com/la-tercera-pm/noticia/estatuas-robadas-cde-pide-hacer-catastro-de-la-red-de-familiares-y-amigos-de-schuler/450685/

A couple weeks' worth of Anonymous Swiss Collector Culture Crime News:

http://www.anonymousswisscollector.com/2018/12/culture-crime-news-10-16-december-2018.html
http://www.anonymousswisscollector.com/2018/12/culture-crime-news-17-23-december-2018.html

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 ================================================================
Mosaic repatriations in Cyprus were a cultural heritage highlight of 2018:

https://cyprus-mail.com/2018/12/22/repatriation-of-6th-century-mosaics-important-for-cultural-heritage/

Kashmir awaits the return of numerous items:

https://m.greaterkashmir.com/news/kashmir/kashmir-awaits-return-of-its-prized-pre-historic-treasure/306524.html

A pile of Bronze Age artifacts are returning to Cyprus (this is a donation
of some sort?):

https://cyprus-mail.com/2018/12/23/more-than-100-bronze-age-artifacts-to-return-to-cyprus/

Chile is going to take the legal route to get its Moai from the BM:

https://www.elmostrador.cl/noticias/pais/2018/12/23/chile-debera-recurrir-a-justicia-para-recuperar-el-moai-expuesto-en-londres/

A painting of Ivan the Terrible found in Connecticut will be returned to
the Ukraine:

https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/24/us/stolen-painting-ukraine/index.html

A UN resolution on the return of cultural property:

https://news.gtp.gr/2018/12/24/un-supports-greek-resolution-return-cultural-property-countries-origin/

OpEd on the return of cultural property:

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/dec/26/the-guardian-view-on-the-restitution-of-cultural-property
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NUMISMATICA
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A couple of weeks' worth of e-Sylum news:

http://www.coinbooks.org/v21/club_nbs_esylum_v21n50.html http://www.coinbooks.org/v21/club_nbs_esylum_v21n51.html

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

http://www.coinbooks.org/v21/club_nbs_esylum_v21n52.html

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Ancient Coin Collecting:

http://ancientcoincollecting.blogspot.com/

Ancient Coins:

http://classicalcoins.blogspot.com/

Coin Week:

http://www.coinweek.com/ ================================================================
OBITUARIES
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Sister Wendy:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/26/obituaries/sister-wendy-beckett-dead.html https://www.americamagazine.org/arts-culture/2018/12/27/art-historys-favorite-catholic-critic-sister-wendy-beckett-dies-88

Philip Levine:

https://cmrs.ucla.edu/news/in-memoriam-philip-levine-professor-emeritus-of-classics-dean-of-humanities-and-former-acting-director-of-cmrs/

Roger Mercer:

https://www.scotsman.com/news/obituaries/obituary-professor-roger-mercer-energetic-and-enthusiastic-archaeologist-who-made-edinburgh-his-home-1-4847141
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2018/12/26/roger-mercer-archaeologist-whose-excavations-hill-forts-threw/
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AUDIO/VIDEO NEWS ================================================================
Audio News from Archaeologica:

https://www.archaeologychannel.org/audio-guide/audio-news/2797-audio-news-from-archaeologica-16-december-22-december-2018
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CONFERENCES
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Sonoran Desert Food and Lifeways (January 8):

https://www.archaeologysouthwest.org/event/sonoran-desert-food-and-lifeways-past-and-present/

Jews and the Americas (February 2019):

https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/1932330/jews-and-americas-68th-annual-conference-center-latin-american

Current Archaeology Live (March 8-9, 2019):

https://www.archaeology.co.uk/live/ca-live-2018

Berkshire Archaeology Day (April 6, 2019) ================================================================
GENERAL ARCHAEOLOGY NEWS BLOGS ================================================================
Archaeology Magazine News Page:

http://www.archaeology.org/news/

About.com Archaeology:

http://archaeology.about.com/

Ancient Digger:

http://www.ancientdigger.com/

Archaeology Briefs:

http://archaeologybriefs.blogspot.com/

Past Horizons:

http://www.pasthorizons.com/

Stonepages:

http://www.stonepages.com/news/

Taygete Atlantis excavations blogs aggregator:

http://planet.atlantides.org/taygete/

Time Machine:

http://heatherpringle.wordpress.com/ ================================================================ PODCASTS/VODCASTS ================================================================
Archaeosoup:

http://www.youtube.com/user/Archaeos0up?feature=watch

Archaeology Podcast Network:

http://www.archaeologypodcastnetwork.com/

The Book and the Spade:

http://www.radioscribe.com/bknspade.htm ================================================================
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