explorator 23.44

david meadows

2021-02-21 16:04:00 UTC

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explorator 23.44 February 21, 2021
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Thanks to Arthur Shippee, Dave Sowdon, Edward Rockstein, Kurt Theis,
John McMahon, Barnea Selavan, Joseph Lauer, Mike Ruggeri, Hernan Astudillo,
Richard Campbell, Barbara Saylor Rodgers, Bob Heuman, David Critchley,
Richard Miller, Kris Curry, Rick Heli, Richard C. Griffiths, Frank MacKay,
Don Buck, mata kimasitayo, and Ross W. Sargent for headses upses this week
(as always hoping I have left no one out).

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EARLY HOMINIDS
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Evidence from Skukbah Cave (Israel) suggests Neanderthals were making use of Nubian Levallois technology:

https://www.shh.mpg.de/1957277/blinkhorn-nubian-technology
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-02/mpif-nah020921.php
https://phys.org/news/2021-02-neanderthals-homo-sapiens-identical-nubian.html
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/02/210215092436.htm
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/.premium-neanderthals-in-west-bank-had-homo-sapiens-technology-1.9539939
https://www.sciencealert.com/a-long-lost-neanderthal-tooth-has-been-linked-to-surprisingly-human-like-tools
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/02/neanderthals-homo-sapiens-used-identical-nubian-technology/137147
https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/02/neanderthals-used-stone-tool-tech-once-considered-exclusive-to-homo-sapiens/
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/02/neanderthals-and-homo-sapiens-used.html
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/02/16/neanderthals-and-homo-sapiens-used-identical-nubian-technology/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9472-210216-neanderthal-nubian-levallois

Trying to connect the demise of the Neanderthals to a flipping of earth's magnetic poles:

https://phys.org/news/2021-02-ancient-relic-earth-history-years.html
https://www.livescience.com/magnetic-flip-42000-years-ago.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/18/science/laschamp-earth-magnetic-climate.html
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/feb/18/end-of-neanderthals-linked-to-flip-of-earths-magnetic-poles-study-suggests
https://science.sciencemag.org/content/371/6531/811

... and early humans in Tasmania at the time must have seen incredible auroras, apparently:

https://phys.org/news/2021-02-humans-tasmania-spectacular-auroras.html
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/02/first-humans-in-tasmania-must-have-seen.html
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/02/study-shows-tasmanian-aboriginals-witnessed-the-laschamp-geomagnetic-excursion/137167

... related:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/18/science/laschamp-earth-magnetic-climate.html

Studying the biomechanics of early hominin shoulders:

https://www.cenieh.es/en/press/news/shoulders-homo-antecessor-and-modern-humans-are-similar
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9482-210219-homo-antecessor-shoulders

Study suggests Neanderthals died out because of their solitary lifestyle:

https://elpais.com/ciencia/2021-02-13/neandertales-los-humanos-solitarios.html

We keep reading about a connection between Neanderthal DNA and COVID-19:

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/02/210216144328.htm

Feature on sapiens and neanderthalis genomes:

https://www.sapiens.org/column/field-trips/human-genome-project-neanderthals/

Something about 'rebuilding the brain' of Neanderthals:

https://elpais.com/ciencia/2021-02-12/creados-minicerebroides-humanos-modificados-geneticamente-para-parecerse-a-los-neandertales.html

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AFRICA
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Concerns for the 6th century Debre Damo monastery in Ethiopia:

https://fr.aleteia.org/2021/02/18/conflit-au-tigre-un-monastere-du-vie-siecle-bombarde-et-pille/

More on possible epidemic and subsequent population collapse in central Africa 1400 -1600 years bp:

https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/02/disease-epidemic-possibly-caused.html
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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT
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Not sure why there seems to be so little coverage of this claimed find of Ptolemaic-era shipwrecks near Alexandria:

https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/98618/Did-a-Russian-mission-find-ships-dating-back-to-the

A CT scan of the mummy of Seqenenre-Taa II revealed he was 'ceremoniously executed' on the battlefield by Hyksos weapons:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-02/f-cso020821.php
https://phys.org/news/2021-02-ct-scans-egyptian-mummy-reveal.html
https://www.livescience.com/egyptian-pharaoh-battlefield-death.html
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/feb/17/pharoah-killed-in-execution-ceremony-hi-tech-study-concludes
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/africa/2021-02/18/c_139748632.htm
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/02/18/egyptian-3d-scan-reveals-cause-pharaohs-gruesome-demise/
http://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/515/reader/reader.html?social#!preferred/0/package/515/pub/515/page/61/article/143524
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/60779
https://m.elmostrador.cl/cultura/2021/02/18/la-ciencia-desvela-los-detalles-de-la-muerte-violenta-del-faraon-sequenenra/
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/02/ct-scans-of-egyptian-mummy-reveal-new.html
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/02/18/pharaoh-seqenenre-taa-ii-ct-scan-offers-glimpses-to-his-heroic-death/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/ct-scan-shows-pharaoh-was-brutally-murdered-battlefield-180977036/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9478-210218-egypt-wounds-mummy

A study of how ancient Egyptians baked bread (and other things):

https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/how-did-ancient-egyptians-bake-after-54-loaves-scholar-finds-answers-659163

Feature on the discovery of Tut's tomb:

https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/98700/All-you-need-to-know-about-the-discovery-of-Tutankhamun%E2%80%99s

More on the First Dynasty 'beer factory' find from Abydos:

https://phys.org/news/2021-02-egypt-archaeologists-unearth-ancient-beer.html
https://dailynewsegypt.com/2021/02/14/ancient-egyptians-knew-how-to-party-worlds-oldest-brewery-unearthed/
https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/98739/Egypt%E2%80%99s-Min-of-Tourism-Antiquities-reveals-history-of-beer-in
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20210213-egypt-claims-what-could-be-world-s-oldest-mass-production-brewery
https://www.dw.com/en/beer-from-ancient-egypt-to-modern-germany/a-56582300
https://dailynewsegypt.com/2021/02/14/ancient-egyptians-knew-how-to-party-worlds-oldest-brewery-unearthed/
https://www.ynetnews.com/travel/article/B1d00in8bu
https://www.arabnews.com/node/1809421/middle-east
https://www.dailysabah.com/life/history/worlds-oldest-brewery-ancient-beer-factory-unearthed-in-abydos
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-egypt-antiquities-idUKKBN2AE0ET
https://hosted.ap.org/article/92e3692d44ad452046163291abb03e9f/egypt-archaeologists-unearth-ancient-beer-factory-abydos
https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/14/middleeast/egypt-beer-factory-intl-hnk-scli-scn/index.html
https://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/destinations/africa/300231054/this-could-be-the-worlds-oldest-beer-factory
https://www.news24.com/arts/culture/archaeologists-discover-ancient-beer-factory-in-egypt-20210216
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/worlds-oldest-beer-brewery-egypt-1944234
https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/ancient-cultures/ancient-egypt/ancient-egyptian-beer-brewery/
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/02/archaeologists-unearth-ancient-beer.html
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/02/15/ancient-brewery-found-in-abydos/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/worlds-oldest-industrial-scale-brewery-found-egypt-180977026/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/9471-210216-abydos-beer-brewery

Another collection of "millennia old" petroglyphs from Iran's Lorestan province:

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/458201/Ancient-petroglyphs-discovered-in-western-Iran

"Unique" finds from several periods from Astarabad (Iran):

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/458349/Unique-relics-unearthed-in-northern-Iran-archaeologist

The first steps in excavating the Middle Bronze Age site at Bagh-e Nil (Iran) are under way:

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/458335/Iranian-archaeologists-begin-demarcation-project-on-Bronze-Age

Not sure we've mentioned this evidence of a 20 000 years bp (or so) burial from Jordan:

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/ancient-body-burned-burial-jordan-death-views
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9477-210217-jordan-hunter-gatherer

Feature on Neo-Assyrian deportation and its effects:

https://www.asor.org/anetoday/2021/02/neo-assyrian-deportation

Feature on the finds over the years at Timna:

https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/findings-at-timna-change-what-we-know-of-biblical-history-659392

In case you missed that 120 000 years bp inscribed auroch bone fine from Ramie:

https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/ancient-cultures/ancient-israel/earliest-human-symbol-found/

More on possible damage to the Joshua's Altar site:

https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/what-is-joshuas-altar-the-site-damaged-by-palestinian-road-works-658965

Early 20th century shipwrecks revealed as Lake Van's waters recede:

https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/sunken-historical-ship-emerges-from-turkeys-lake-van/news

Restoration/tourist plans for Uzuncaburc:

https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/2300-year-history-of-uzuncaburc-ancient-city-to-be-revived/news

Fewer young Iraqis are studying archaeology, apparently:

https://www.al-fanarmedia.org/2021/02/fewer-young-iraqis-choose-to-study-archaeology/

Meanwhile, a site in Rihab (Jordan) is providing work and protecting cultural heritage:

https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20210219-ancient-jordan-site-restoration-brings-locals-refugees-jobs
https://middle-east-online.com/en/ancient-jordan-site-restoration-brings-locals-refugees-jobs
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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS)
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An undisturbed (sort of) Punic burial from Marsala (Itlaiian):

https://www.lasicilia.it/news/cultura/394071/marsala-durante-scavi-per-le-fogne-scoperta-una-necropoli-punica-con-camere-anche-inviolate.html#.YC5IvKq3JIU.facebook
https://palermo.repubblica.it/cronaca/2021/02/18/news/marsala_scavi_per_le_fognature_svelano_una_eccezionale_scoperta_archeologica-288137614/
https://www.guidasicilia.it/notizia/eccezionale-scoperta-archeologica-a-marsala/3012669

I think we've mentioned this Scythian burial excavated in Russia's Rostov region:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/02/archaeologists-excavate-burial-mound-containing-scythian-grave-goods/137193

A14 construction in Cambridgeshire revealed (a while ago, apparently) a 2000 years bp millstone decorated with a phallus:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-56113457
https://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/people/rare-two-thousand-year-old-phallic-carving-roman-virility-found-cambridgeshire-road-3138853
https://jerseyeveningpost.com/news/uk-news/2021/02/18/roman-phallus-millstone-unearthed-during-road-improvement-project/
https://www.herefordtimes.com/news/national/19101065.roman-phallus-millstone-unearthed-road-improvement-project/
https://www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/news/enhanced-phallus-carved-on-roman-millstone-uncovered-after-a14-upgrade-work-9157444/
https://www.9news.com.au/world/penis-millstone-archaeology-roman-phallus-excavation-english-highway-dig/fca2176e-0768-4f3c-928a-6a580f621746
https://metro.co.uk/2021/02/19/2000-year-old-roman-millstone-found-with-massive-penis-engraved-on-it-14111204/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9481-210219-england-phallus-millstone

Drones have revealed some details of 2000 years bp Roman mining operations in Spain:

https://www.mining.com/drones-reveal-previously-unknown-features-of-roman-era-gold-operations/

A pair of 1800 years bp Roman sarcophagi from Ramat Gan Safari Park (Israel):

https://www.timesofisrael.com/1800-year-old-sarcophagi-rediscovered-during-construction-at-ramat-gan-safari/
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/was-a-pagan-couple-buried-in-ancient-bnei-brak-some-1800-years-ago-659414
https://www.jewishpress.com/news/israel/two-1800-year-old-sarcophagi-discovered-in-ramat-gan-zoo/2021/02/18/
https://www.algemeiner.com/2021/02/19/1800-year-old-sarcophagi-rediscovered-in-ramat-gans-safari-park/
https://www.israelhayom.com/2021/02/19/2-roman-era-sarcophagi-uncovered-during-work-on-wildlife-clinic-at-ramat-gan-safari/
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-israeli-zoo-finds-roman-sarcophagi-while-building-new-animal-hospital-1.9549114
https://www.friendsofiaa.org/news/2021/2/18/two-1800-year-old-sarcophagi-discovered-at-ramat-gan-safari-park
https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/israel/1613644367-israel-ancient-roman-period-sarcophagi-uncovered-by-accident-in-safari
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2021-02/18/c_139750407.htm
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9483-210219-israel-stone-sarcophagi

In case you missed the find of an Iron Age settlement and a Roman villa from Wittenham Clumps:

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/feb/14/astonishing-dig-reveals-domestic-life-in-the-iron-age?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
http://www.sci-news.com/archaeology/iron-age-settlement-roman-villa-wittenham-clumps-09364.html

A study of bones believed to come from St James the Younger apparently date later than previously thought:

https://www.livescience.com/st-james-relic-someone-else.html
https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-bones-of-jesus-disciple-might-not-be-his
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/supposed-bones-st-james-younger-may-belong-someone-else-180977024/

Hopes that 'The Dig' will spur interest in Otford's Roman Villa site:

https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/archaeologists-hope-netflixs-dig-prompts-5008536

Funding for some Roman history projects in Maryport:

https://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/19104098.government-backing-maryports-roman-history-projects/

A 'controversy' over the site of the palace of Hasdrubal in Cartagena:

https://murciatoday.com/controversy_over_the_legendary_palace_of_hasdrubal_in_cartagena_1561592-a.html

Feature on the Bredon Hills Roman coin hoard:

https://inews.co.uk/culture/arts/the-bredon-hills-roman-coin-hoard-birmingham-museums-review-879550

Feature on the 'top ten' finds in Greece last year:

https://www.greece-is.com/the-top-10-archaeological-finds-in-greece-in-the-age-of-lockdowns/

I think we mentioned this feature on the Mycenean site ont Gla:

https://www.ancient.eu/article/1679/the-island-of-gla-a-mycenaean-mystery-solved/

More on the apparent Roman amphitheatre find at Mastaura/Tralleis:

https://greekcitytimes.com/2021/02/14/colosseum-turkey-ancient-tralleis/
https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/colosseum-like-structure-found-in-aegean-162401

More on Hadrian's 'breakfast chamber' from Tivoli:

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/villa-adriana-breakfast

More on that 2000 years bp (or so) Cupid figurine from Gloucestersire:

https://www.wiltsglosstandard.co.uk/news/19089340.human-skeleton-found-among-roman-artefacts-works-near-cirencester/
https://www.gazetteseries.co.uk/news/19089811.rare-roman-cupid-figurine-found-among-artefacts-dug-gloucestershire/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/ancient-roman-cupid-figurine-found-uk-180977038/

More on that Antoninus Pius coin found by an IDF soldier in Israel:

https://mfa.gov.il/MFA/IsraelExperience/History/Pages/Rare-1800-Year-Old-Roman-coin-found-on-southern-Carmel-9-February-2021.aspx
http://www.sci-news.com/archaeology/rare-roman-bronze-coin-israel-09359.html
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9480-210219-israel-roman-coin

More on that late Republican coin hoard from Aizanoi:

https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/02/large-cache-of-late-roman-republic.html

There's a new director running Pompeii:

https://www.wantedinrome.com/news/italy-appoints-gabriel-zuchtriegel-as-new-pompeii-director.html
https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/italy-taps-german-archaeologist-oversee-pompeii-ruins-76019511

Feature on the Casa della Regina Carolina Project at Pompeii:

https://blogs.cornell.edu/crcpompeii/thanks/

Feature on nine monuments of the Athenian Agora:

https://www.thecollector.com/monuments-agora-of-athens/

Feature on Paulopetri:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/02/the-sunken-town-of-pavlopetri/137158

Feature on the Roman baths at Como:

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/roman-baths-of-como

Review of Bettany Hughes, *Venus and Aphrodite*:

https://www.wsj.com/articles/venus-aphrodite-review-divine-passion-divine-rage-11613144790

Review of Natalie Haynes, *A Thousand Ships*:

https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2021/feb/21/mythology-gets-update-that-pleases/?latest

More on Dr Salgarella and Linear A:

https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/02/18/linear-a-still-keeps-its-secrets/

On pandemics and ancient Rome:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/15/opinion/ancient-rome-covid.html

Feature on Dr Fauci's Classics background:

https://www.luc.edu/features/stories/healthsciences/fauciphilosophy/

Feature on connections between Rome and Pune:

https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/others/sutradharas-tales-pune-s-roman-connection-bangles-offer-the-clue-101613554260507.html

Feature on depictions of Africans in Greco-Roman art:

https://www.ancientworldmagazine.com/articles/curating-colour/

Some lessons from Roman emperors (claimed):

https://bigthink.com/politics-current-affairs/10-quotes-roman-emperors

Feature on Plutarch's moral philosophy:

https://merionwest.com/2021/02/18/the-moral-philosophy-of-plutarch/

Feature on some ancient Greek aphrodisiacs:

https://www.tornosnews.gr/en/tourism-businesses/gastronomy/43433-honey-and-pepper-used-as-aphrodisiacs-by-ancient-greeks.html

Feature on Midas:

https://www.thecollector.com/king-midas-golden-touch/

Feature on the Amazons:

https://www.northcoastjournal.com/humboldt/warrior-women-part-2/Content?oid=19765671

Another feature on Mark Zuckerberg and Augustus:

https://www.news.com.au/technology/online/social/the-rise-and-fall-of-mark-zuckerberg-like-roman-emperor-augustus/news-story/79ff2c2016564aac7e47f03e104e6fda

Optimism from some circles for the return of the Parthenon Marbles:

https://neoskosmos.com/en/185548/first-ever-campaigner-confident-of-parthenon-marbles-return-after-more-than-40-years-of-striving/

In case you need some 'Classical snow' ... here's a snow statue of Hippocrates:

https://greekcitytimes.com/2021/02/15/snow-statue-hippocrates-astoria/

... and there were plenty of photos of monuments in Athens covered in snow this week:

https://apnews.com/article/snow-blankets-athens-halts-vaccinations-be193363451279cc4d105d025d0fb2b6
https://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/weather/2021/02/16/athens-greece-sees-winter-storm-dump-snow-greek-capital/6762100002/
https://www.livescience.com/rare-snow-covers-acropolis-athens.html
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-56089815
https://www.tornosnews.gr/en/tornos/city-breaks/43409-rare-snow-blankets-acropolis-and-other-ancient-monuments-in-athens-videos.html
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http://romanarc.blogspot.com/

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http://rogueclassicism.com/
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EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland)
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9000 years bp stone artifacts from a development site in Wales:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-56106312
https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/ancient-encampment-dating-back-9000-19861594

A study looking at the political and economic implications of livestock in the Late Bronze Age - Late Antiquity Iberian peninsula:

https://phys.org/news/2021-02-livestock-ancient-europe-political-shifts.html
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-02/p-cli021621.php
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/02/210217151100.htm
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/02/changing-livestock-in-ancient-europe-reflect-political-shifts/137190
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/02/19/choosing-livestock-in-ancient-europe/

A farmer came across a 4000 years bp (maybe) burial near Skara Brae:

https://www.scotsman.com/heritage-and-retro/heritage/mystery-of-prehistoric-skeleton-found-by-farmer-close-to-skara-brae-on-orkney-3140939

Pondering whether Worcester is the oldest settlement in the UK:

https://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/19101743.worcester-oldest-settlement-uk/

A restored 1st century CE Celtic figurine found in Cambridgeshire a couple years ago is gaining press attention because it appears to have a mullet hairstyle:

https://www.livescience.com/celtic-deity-statue-mullet.html
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/feb/19/when-mullets-rocked-figurine-suggests-ancient-britons-favoured-hairstyle
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-56116411
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/iron-age-mullets-archaeology-celtic-b1804535.html
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/02/19/mullets-vogue-iron-age-britons-tiny-statue-has-revealed/
http://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/515/reader/reader.html?social#!preferred/0/package/515/pub/515/page/48/article/143611
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/mullet-look-fashionable-first-century-britain-celts-cvmxqd567
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/celtic-deity-hair
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/did-ancient-britons-wear-mustaches-and-mullets-180977059/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/9484-210219-england-metal-figurine

5th century royal burials of some sort from Merida:

https://elpais.com/cultura/2021-02-13/merida-encuentra-a-sus-princesas-suevas.html

An inscribed 7th century cattle bone suggests Slavs first used Germanic runes for writing purposes:

https://phys.org/news/2021-02-ancient-bone-slav-alphabet-history.html
https://rmx.news/article/article/revolutionary-discovery-the-oldest-script-of-the-slavs-is-not-glagolitic-but-germanic-runes
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/02/runes-carved-on-rib-reveal-earliest-slav-writing-system/137173
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/02/germanic-runes-on-rib-bone-oldest.html
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/02/15/%CE%BFldest-writing-system-among-slavs-was-germanic-runes/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9473-210216-german-runes-inscription

A 10th century Viking hoard found by a detectorist on the Isle of Man has been declared treasure:

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2021/feb/18/viking-age-artefacts-discovered-isle-of-man-declared-treasure
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-isle-of-man-56111192
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/02/viking-treasure-hoard-discovered-on-isle-of-man/137203

Remains of a 12th century bath house from Seville:

https://english.elpais.com/arts/2021-02-17/12th-century-bathhouse-uncovered-in-spanish-bar.html
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/feb/18/islamic-12th-century-bathhouse-uncovered-in-seville-tapas-bar
https://www.cnn.com/style/article/spain-bar-bathhouse-discovery-scli-intl/index.html
https://elpais.com/cultura/2021-02-16/las-obras-de-un-bar-de-sevilla-desvelan-un-bano-islamico-del-siglo-xii-decorado-en-su-totalidad.html
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9479-210218-spain-bar-hammam

Road construction in Sibenik (Croatia) as revealed 600 burials (various periods?):

https://www.total-croatia-news.com/lifestyle/50644-600-skulls-found-during-archaeological-digs-in-medieval-cemetery-in-sibenik
https://www.croatiaweek.com/over-600-skulls-found-in-sibenik-by-archaeologists/

Restoration of the 15th century Osburgh Hall was complicated by its moat:

https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/510/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/510/pub/510/page/46/article/141976

Some frescoes in the Augsburg Cathedral have been dated to ca 1000 CE:

https://fr.aleteia.org/2021/02/20/de-tres-anciennes-fresques-de-saint-jean-baptiste-retrouvees-en-baviere/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/1000-year-old-bavarian-frescoes-depict-life-and-beheading-john-baptist-180977030/

Seeking funds for an archaeological excavation in Scalloway:

https://www.shetnews.co.uk/2021/02/15/funding-appeal-launched-for-scalloway-archaeological-excavation/

The British Museum-inspired accounting of 'treasure' finds from various areas continued, including Flintshire:

https://www.leaderlive.co.uk/news/19091899.dozen-buried-treasure-troves-found-flintshire-since-records-began/

... Dorset:

https://www.dorsetecho.co.uk/news/19098138.dorset-hotspot-discovering-treasures/

... Cumbria:

https://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/19103333.record-number-buried-treasure-troves-discovered-cumbria/
https://www.timesandstar.co.uk/news/19096779.record-number-buried-treasure-troves-discovered-cumbria/

... Birmingham:

https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/skeletons-secret-gardens-most-amaizng-19777273

Concerns for assorted sites in Cheshire:

https://www.cheshire-live.co.uk/news/chester-cheshire-news/cheshires-at-risk-historical-sites-19848918

A project to have 'citizen archaeologists' help map ancient wells of Galloway:

https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/19105213.citizen-archaeologists-urged-help-map-ancient-wells-galloway/

Folks aren't pleased with some bronze doors being installed on Burgo's 800 years bp cathedral:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/feb/18/an-eyesore-thousands-protest-against-spanish-cathedrals-new-doors
https://elpais.com/cultura/2021-02-17/las-nuevas-puertas-de-la-catedral-del-burgos-abren-un-debate-en-su-800-aniversario.html

Remembering the discovery (50 years go) of the wreck of La Trinidad Valencera:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-foyle-west-56071229

Using parasitic wasps to deal with pests eating tapestries at Boleyn hall:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/17/world/europe/blickling-hall-wasps-moths.html
https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/513/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/513/pub/513/page/11/article/142953

More on the suggestion Stonehenge was moved from Wales:

https://www.livescience.com/original-stonehenge-discovered-in-wales.html
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/feb/16/stonehenge-archaeology-documentary
https://theconversation.com/stonehenge-first-stood-in-wales-how-archaeologists-proved-parts-of-the-5-000-year-old-stone-circle-were-imported-155315
https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1397409/stonehenge-story-twist-bbc-documentary-neolithic-lunch-wales-quarry-site-waun-mawn-spt
https://boingboing.net/2021/02/15/archaeologists-think-stonehenge-may-have-been-moved-from-its-original-spot.html
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/02/stonehenge-may-be-dismantled-welsh.html
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/02/15/stonehenge-may-be-dismantled-welsh-stone-circle/

... and I'm not sure if we've mentioned these recent finds of burials and pottery near the site:

https://www.thegreatcoursesdaily.com/stonehenge-in-the-news-as-graves-and-odd-enclosure-unearthed/
https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/stonehenge-A303-new-bones-and-objects-found

... and campaigners are apparently going to court over the tunnel project:

https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/stonehenge-A303-new-bones-and-objects-found

... and Stonehenge is apparently not really a henge:

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/feb/18/when-is-a-henge-not-a-henge-when-its-stonehenge

We've mentioned these 6000 years' worth of arrows emerging from Norwegian melting ice:

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/6000-years-arrows-emerge-melting-norway-ice-patch

More on that 18 000 years bp seashell horn:

https://www.israelhayom.com/2021/02/14/18000-year-old-seashell-horn-still-plays-musical-notes/

Reviewish of Jack Cooke, *The End of the Road*:

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/feb/21/dead-strange-in-search-of-britains-most-unusual-tombs

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Archaeology in Europe News:

http://archaeology-in-europe.blogspot.com/

Medievalists.net:

https://www.medievalists.net/category/news/

Viking Archaeology Blog:

http://viking-archaeology-blog.blogspot.com/

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ASIA AND THE SOUTH PACIFIC
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Airport construction in Shaanxi revealed some 3500 burials:

http://www.ecns.cn/news/society/2021-02-18/detail-ihahrtqt2711942.shtml
http://global.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202102/18/WS602dc49aa31024ad0baa9473.html
https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202102/1215730.shtml
https://news.cgtn.com/news/2021-02-18/Thousands-of-relics-discovered-at-Xi-an-metro-construction-site-XYNBHfK6xa/index.html

A study suggests a megadrought situation some 4000 years bp delayed cultural exchange and trade along the Silk Road:

https://phys.org/news/2021-02-megadroughts-arid-central-asia-cultural.html
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/02/megadroughts-in-arid-central-asia.html

Major funding for a Mongolian archaeological project:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-02/mpif-map021821.php

UNESCO concerns for a construction project near Agnkor:

http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/2251
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/cambodian-resort-could-threaten-angkor-wat-1945136

Burials and other finds from various periods from a settlement site in Odisha:

https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/odisha/2021/feb/15/remains-of-ancient-human-settlement-unearthed-in-odisha-2264244.html

A possible temple foundation find and other artifacts (date?) at the Sari Deula site in Bhubaneswar:

https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/odisha/2021/feb/19/another-temple-base-fallen-stones-found-behind-sari-deula-2266014.html

Finds from various periods from Elanthakarai are being touted as another Keeladi-ish site:

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/elanthakarai-another-keeladi-in-the-making-amateur-archaeologist-hands-over-rare-findings-to-alagappa-university/articleshow/80923929.cms

I think we mentioned the seventh phase of the Keeladi excavations has commenced:

https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Madurai/seventh-phase-of-excavation-at-keeladi-inaugurated/article33830457.ece

A study at a Buddhist site in Gujarat is shedding light on monastic cuisine some 2000 years bp:

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/gujarat-archaeology-serves-buddhist-platter-that-is-two-millenia-old/articleshow/80916270.cms

A 16th century idol found 'in the bushes' by farmers in Andhra Pradesh:

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/vijayawada/andhra-pradesh-16th-century-idol-found-in-prakasam-district/articleshow/80995848.cms
https://www.thehansindia.com/andhra-pradesh/16th-century-idol-found-ditched-in-prakasam-village-672511
https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/andhra-pradesh/2021/feb/17/16th-century-idol-of-lakshminarasimha-found-in-bushes-at-motupalli-2265132.html

Illegal quarrying in Gangavathi is raising concerns for Neotlithic sites:

https://www.deccanherald.com/state/top-karnataka-stories/in-gangavathi-illegal-quarrying-imperils-neolithic-treasures-951343.html

Evidence from Cloggs Cave suggests Aboriginal Australians were processing and eating moths 2000 years bp:

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-02-15/bogong-moth-find-reveals-indigenous-food-practices-cloggs-cave/13139704
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/moths-used-food-australia-2000-years-ago-180977048/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/9476-210217-australia-bogong-moths

Using koala and rat teeth to come up with a strontium isotope map of Adelaide:

https://phys.org/news/2021-02-koala-rat-teeth-reveal-adelaide.html

Feature on a 'mysterious' 19th century sod hut found on New Zealand's southermost islands:

https://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/123988540/lost-at-sea-a-shipwreck-obscured-by-ocean-waves-and-mysterious-circumstances
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NORTH AMERICA
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Feature on the source of the wood used at Mesa Verde:

https://www.sapiens.org/column/curiosities/mesa-verde-ancestral-puebloan/

Feature on Rob Rondeau's plans to look for underwater sites off the coast of British Columbia:

http://www.sfu.ca/sfunews/stories/2021/02/sfu-archaeologist-seeks-clues-to-ancient-migration-route-in-b-c-.html
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/marine-archaeologist-looking-clues-ancient-235818895.html

On Schenectady as the 'Electric City':

https://dailygazette.com/2021/02/20/electric-evermore-longtime-schenectady-moniker-is-firmly-rooted-in-history/

More on the burials recently found at the North Greenwood Cemetery in Clearwater:

https://wusfnews.wusf.usf.edu/local-state/2021-02-15/archeologists-find-29-grave-shafts-in-north-greenwood-cemetery
https://news.wjct.org/post/archeologists-find-29-grave-shafts-north-greenwood-cemetery
https://www.tbnweekly.com/clearwater_beacon/article_7266e5aa-714c-11eb-a6c8-27a85f665555.html
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/graves-lost-african-american-burial-ground-discovered-florida-180977051/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9475-210217-florida-unmarked-graves

More on the Utah horse remains:

https://www.livescience.com/utah-horse-native-americans.html

More on Venetian beads from Alaska:

http://www.sci-news.com/archaeology/venetian-glass-beads-arctic-alaska-09357.html
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/alaskan-archaeologists-uncovered-venitian-glass-beads-date-back-540-years-meaning-made-north-america-columbus-1945050

More on South Carolina moonshine sites (associated with Al Capone):

https://www.livescience.com/hell-hole-swamp-al-capone-liquor-still.html
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CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA
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Feature on how the illustration for that 9000 years bp Peruvian huntress was created:

https://www.ucdavis.edu/news/how-illustrate-9000-year-old-female-hunter

Feature on Aunt Ciata and her work on Brazil's Carnival culture:

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/feb/17/her-name-is-rio-aunt-ciata-the-guardian-of-samba-who-created-carnival-culture

More on pre-Columbian palisades being built around areas of Terra Preta:

https://phys.org/news/2021-02-ancient-amazonian-farmers-fortified-valuable.html

More on shark hunting by ancient indigenous groups in Brazil:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/ancient-indigenous-groups-brazil-hunted-sharks-food-and-arm-weapons-180976941/
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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/
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OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST
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Feature on Basil Brown:

https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/f/lions-donkeys-and-suffolk-anglo-saxon-king

On what we can learn from Eliabeth Barrett Browning during lockdown:

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/feb/15/what-we-can-learn-from-elizabeth-barrett-brownings-years-in-lockdown

On the history of bathing rituals and their implications:

https://www.cnn.com/style/article/cultural-history-of-bathing-rituals/index.html

On why February has 28 days:

https://www.scotsman.com/heritage-and-retro/heritage/why-does-february-have-28-days-reason-short-month-and-why-there-leap-year-every-fourth-year-3138751

On the history of the corset:

https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20210215-how-the-controversial-corset-made-a-comeback

Marking the bicentennial of the death of John Keats:

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/feb/19/poetry-world-prepares-to-mark-bicentenary-of-john-keats
https://ksh.roma.it/events/premiere-death-keats-narrated-bob-geldof

Feature on the Canary Islands' Silbo Gomero 'whistling language':

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/18/world/europe/silbo-gomero-canary-islands.html

On an important detail in the Mona Lisa:

http://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20210211-the-detail-that-unlocks-the-mona-lisa

There's a high-res version of the Bayeux Tapestry online now:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/explore-medieval-masterpiece-bayeux-tapestry-stunning-detail-180977020/

France is looking for centuries-old oaks to rebuild Notre Dame's spire:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/feb/16/france-centuries-old-oaks-rebuild-spire-notre-dame-fire-trees
http://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/513/reader/reader.html?social#!preferred/0/package/513/pub/513/page/57/article/142821

Pushing for a statue of Howard Carter in Swaffham:

https://www.derehamtimes.co.uk/news/bid-for-howard-carter-statue-in-swaffham-7323380

Feature on the science behind Dali's surrealism:

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2021/feb/21/salvador-dali-drawings-meticulous-artist-surrealist-eccentric

On Viking imagery in popular culture:

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2021/feb/20/why-have-vikings-taken-over-pop-culture

More on the (re)burial of soldiers killed during Napoleon's retreat from Russia:

https://www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2021/2/15/in-pictures-200-years-after-napoleon-defeat-russia-and-france-b
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CURRENT EVENTS:
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Some Black History Month items...

Feature on the first 'black superstars' in the US:

http://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20210216-the-forgotten-story-of-americas-first-black-superstars

Henry Louis Gates Jr. on African-American religion:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/16/books/review/henry-louis-gates-jr-the-black-church.html

Review of *Liner Notes for the Revolution*:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/17/books/review-liner-notes-for-revolution-intellectual-life-black-feminist-sound-daphne-brooks.html
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ANIMAL AND PLANT DOMESTICATIONS
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Figuring out where dingoes fit into the dog domestication thing:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-02/ps-wda021721.php

Feature on dogs and the origins of lap dogs:

https://www.livescience.com/when-lap-dogs-popular.html
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MUSEUM MATTERS
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Thomas Becket:

https://www.livescience.com/stained-glass-miracles-becket.html

The British Museum has appointed a curator to research the history of the Parthenon Marbles and other disputed artifacts in its collection:

https://neoskosmos.com/en/185631/british-museum-appoints-a-curator-to-research-history-of-parthenon-marbles-and-other-contested-objects/
https://greekcitytimes.com/2021/02/17/british-museum-curator-parthenon/

Calls for a museum honouring Aboriginal fighters of the frontier wars:

https://theconversation.com/friday-essay-its-time-for-a-new-museum-dedicated-to-the-fighters-of-the-frontier-wars-155299
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AUCTIONS AND SALES RELATED
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Queen Victoria's 'mourning jewels' are coming to auction:

https://www.eveningexpress.co.uk/lifestyle/entertainment/queen-victorias-mourning-jewels-set-for-auction/
http://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/510/reader/reader.html?social#!preferred/0/package/510/pub/510/page/12/article/142053

A bit of Lincoln's hair and assorted other presidential memorabilia:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/15/us/presidents-day-auction.html

A gold Alexander the Great coin and an 'imitation':

https://www.coinworld.com/news/world-coins/ancient-greek-gold-coin-and-imitation-offered-in-cng-auction

Auction of some 19th century Jewish burial records in Romania was halted:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/19/arts/auction-house-suspends-sale-jewish-burial-records.html

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ON THE DNA FRONT
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Million years bp (really?) DNA from a mammoth is getting press attention:

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/02/210217114416.htm
https://www.livescience.com/mammoth-oldest-sequenced-dna-on-record.html
https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/17/world/mammoth-oldest-dna-million-years-ago-scn/index.html
https://www.wsj.com/articles/worlds-oldest-dna-unlocks-lineage-of-ice-age-mammoths-11613577600
http://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/514/reader/reader.html?social#!preferred/0/package/514/pub/514/page/76/article/143183
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-00436-x
https://elpais.com/ciencia/2021-02-17/el-adn-mas-antiguo-desvela-la-odisea-del-mamut.html
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/02/worlds-oldest-dna-reveals-how-mammoths.html
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/02/19/worlds-oldest-dna-reveals-how-mammoths-evolved/

Marking 1700 years of Jewish life in Germany:

https://www.dw.com/en/celebrating-1700-years-of-jewish-life-in-germany/a-56131698
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THE TECHY SIDE
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Using soot in stalagmites to record/date human activity in caves:

https://eos.org/articles/sooty-layers-in-stalagmites-record-human-activity-in-caves

Feature on assorted tech used to uncover ancient cities:

https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24933220-200-how-archaeologists-are-using-futuristic-tech-to-uncover-ancient-cities/
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CLIMATE MATTERS
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Climate change is letting humans off the hook for megafauna extinctions in North America some 13 000 years bp:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-02/mpif-ccl021221.php
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/02/18/climate-change-and-the-extinction-of-north-americas-largest-animals/
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TOURISTY THINGS
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Amsterdam:

https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2021/feb/18/kate-mosse-history-novel-medieval-amsterdam

Haifa:

https://bklyner.com/events/a-virtual-tour-of-israel-haifa-a-shared-city/

Tomb of Joshua:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/20/world/middleeast/baghdad-iraq-joshua-tomb.html
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PERFORMANCES AND MUSIC RELATED
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The Dig:

https://www.varsity.co.uk/film-and-tv/20804
https://www.spectator.com.au/2021/02/the-dig/

Live from Mount Olympus:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/17/theater/live-from-mount-olympus-review.html

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TV/DOCUMENTARY HYPISH THINGS
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The Great British Dig:

https://metro.co.uk/2021/02/17/roman-stronghold-discovered-in-back-garden-on-the-great-british-dig-14097349/

Lost Maya Cities:

https://www.popmatters.com/ivan-sprajc-los-maya-cities-2650556037.html
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CRIME BEAT
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Spanish police recovered a 2000 years bp Roman bronze inscription:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/02/19/spanish-police-seize-rare-2000-year-old-bronze-roman-tablet/
https://www.euroweeklynews.com/2021/02/19/police-recover-rare-ancient-roman-legal-document-before-auction/

A bust in Thessaloniki occasioned by an attempted sale online of a 19th century crucifix:

https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/02/17/he-was-searching-for-a-buyer-on-the-internet-for-a-19th-century-crucifix/
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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
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Not sure where to put this feature on a pair of looted Greek statue heads from a few decades ago:

https://www.ekathimerini.com/culture/1155235/the-mystery-of-two-looted-heads/

Not sure if 'repatriated via auction' goes here either ... a 17th century Korean panel folding screen depicting a hunt:

https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/2021/02/21/culture/koreanHeritage/horyeopdo-korean-heritage-joseon-dynasty/20210221142009674.html

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NUMISMATICA
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Feature on ancient coins and prices:

https://coinweek.com/ancient-coins/prices-and-coins-in-the-ancient-world/

Latest e-Sylum:

http://www.coinbooks.org/v24/club_nbs_esylum_v24n07.html

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

http://www.coinbooks.org/v24/club_nbs_esylum_v24n08.html
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Coin Week:

http://www.coinweek.com/

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OBITUARIES
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Cyril Mango:

https://ocbr.web.ox.ac.uk/article/obituary-emeritus-professor-cyril-mango
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/02/16/prof-em-cyril-mango-passed-away/

Neil Hopkinson:

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/neil-hopkinson-obituary-3bdx62qvb

Norman Golb:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/15/science/norman-golb-dead.html

Peter G Davis:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/19/arts/music/peter-g-davis-dead.html

Philip Stadter:

https://classics.unc.edu/2021/02/15/philip-a-stadter-november-29-1936-february-11-2021/
https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/newsobserver/obituary.aspx?n=philip-stadter&pid=197767979
https://classicalstudies.org/scs-news/memoriam-philip-stadter
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https://www.sapiens.org/category/archaeology/

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