david meadows
2021-02-07 16:04:51 UTC
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explorator 23.42 February 7, 2021
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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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A study of Neanderthal teeth from Jersey is the latest evience of Neanderthal/homo sapiens interbreeding:
https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/2021/february/human-teeth-in-jersey-hint-at-neanderthal-homo-sapiens-interbreeding.html
https://phys.org/news/2021-02-closer-neanderthals-la-cotte-de.html
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-55882130
https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/01/europe/neanderthal-interbreeding-teeth-scn/index.html
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/neanderthal-humans-channel-islands-jersey-cave-b1795457.html
https://gizmodo.com/more-evidence-that-neanderthals-were-absorbed-by-huma-1846173050
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/02/neanderthal-teeth-from-la-cotte-de-st.html
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9414-210202-neanderthal-modern-human
see also: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0047248420302001
What we're learning from 50 000 years bp Neanderthal 'faecal sediments':
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-02/udb-ngm020321.php
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/02/neanderthals-faecal-sediments-reveals-how-gut-microbiota-benefits-our-health/137052
Not sure how they're dating the story of the Pleiades to 100 000 years bp:
https://www.livescience.com/pleiades-constellation-origin-story.html
Possible 120 000 years bp evidence of the use of symbols from some etched bones from Ramle (Israel):
https://phys.org/news/2021-02-prehistoric-bone-etchings-believed-oldest.html
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-02/thuo-nds020321.php
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/worlds-oldest-emojis-unearthed-at-prehistoric-site-in-israel-657683
http://www.sci-news.com/archaeology/engraved-aurochs-bone-nesher-ramla-israel-09326.html
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/essential-timeline-understanding-evolution-homo-sapiens-180976807/
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/02/120000-year-old-bone-etchings-believed.html
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/02/04/archaeologists-uncover-evidence-of-the-oldest-human-use-of-symbols/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/02/new-discovery-sheds-light-on-human-history-of-symbols/137045
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9420-210204-israel-engraved-bone
see also: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1040618221000021
Study suggests human 'thumb opposition' dates back 2 million years:
https://cosmosmagazine.com/the-body/thumbs-up-and-over/
https://gizmodo.com/human-thumbs-got-a-major-upgrade-2-million-years-ago-s-1846150313
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/01/modelling-study-of-ancient-thumbs.html
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/02/02/thumb-dexterity-helped-spark-the-development-of-human-culture/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/9411-210201-hominin-thumb-dexterity
A timeline of human evolution:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/essential-timeline-understanding-evolution-homo-sapiens-180976807/
More on that 350 000 years bp 'abrading tool' from Israel:
http://www.sci-news.com/archaeology/abrading-tool-tabun-cave-israel-09305.html
More on the Indonesian pig petroglyph:
https://www.sapiens.org/archaeology/cave-paintings/
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AFRICA
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More on evidence for early milk drinking in Africa:
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/01/ancient-proteins-help-track-early-milk.html
More on malaria in 15th century Cabo Verde:
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/01/malaria-threw-human-evolution-into.html
More on evidence for past 'greenings' of the Sahara:
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/02/02/past-river-activity-in-northern-africa-reveals-multiple-sahara-greenings/
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/01/past-river-activity-in-northern-africa.html
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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT
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The finds from Taposiris Magna mentioned last week are being hyped this week because one (or more?) of the mummies had a gold tongue:
https://www.livescience.com/mummy-with-gold-tongue-discovered.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/03/science/egypt-mummy-golden-tongue.html
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-55902631
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/ancient-mummies-golden-tongues-egypt-b1796430.html
http://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/499/reader/reader.html?social#!preferred/0/package/499/pub/499/page/48/article/137771
https://www.dw.com/en/egypt-2000-year-old-mummies-unearthed-with-golden-tongues/a-56447918
https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/97144/Live-Science-shed-light-on-Egyptian-mummy-with-golden-tongue
https://www.arabnews.com/node/1803321/art-culture
https://greekcitytimes.com/2021/02/01/egypt-archaeological-discovery/
https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nation-world/ct-aud-nw-nyt-mummy-golden-tongue-20210203-5wmgkqpy6ff5vdj4uftnxr7f34-story.html
https://www.israelhayom.com/2021/02/04/egyptian-archeologists-discover-golden-tongued-mummies-near-alexandria/
https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/mummy-golden-tongue-scli-intl-scn/index.html
https://www.sciencealert.com/a-2-000-year-old-mummy-was-found-buried-with-a-golden-tongue
https://www.9news.com.au/world/mummy-with-gold-tongue-found-in-egypt-linked-to-cleopatra-vii/e9f23075-cfbc-4101-a033-9b02371c7399
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-unearth-golden-tongued-mummy-egypt-180976905/
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/01/graeco-roman-burials-found-at-egypts.html
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/02/01/greco-roman-burials-found-at-taposiris-magna/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9413-210202-alexandria-osiris-mummies
A new analysis of a 20th Dynasty mummy suggests she had a 'mud carapace' as part of the embalming process:
https://phys.org/news/2021-02-uncovers-rare-mud-carapace-mortuary.html
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-02/p-nsu012721.php
https://www.livescience.com/ancient-egyptian-mud-mummy.html
https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/500/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/500/pub/500/page/40/article/138035
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/ancient-egyptian-mummy-wrapped-unusual-mud-shell
https://www.sciencealert.com/archaeologists-uncover-an-ancient-egyptian-mummy-wrapped-in-a-strange-mud-cocoon
https://www.iflscience.com/editors-blog/extremely-rare-mudcaked-mummy-reveals-unusual-ancient-egyptian-mortuary-practice/
https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/02/ancient-embalmers-used-mud-to-hold-a-damaged-mummy-together/
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/02/new-study-uncovers-rare-mud-carapace.html
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/02/05/discovery-of-a-rare-mud-carapace-used-on-a-mummified-individual/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/new-study-finds-mummy-inside-mud-shell-180976925/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9425-210205-mud-wrapped-mummy
Feature on a Chinese and Egyptian team's efforts at the Montu Temple in Luxor:
http://www.china.org.cn/photos/2021-02/02/content_77179639.htm
More on the Ptolemaic temple, Roman fort, and Coptic church remains from Aswan:
https://www.livescience.com/fort-church-temple-ancient-egypt.html
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/ruins-ancient-fort-church-temple-120040020.html
https://greekcitytimes.com/2021/02/03/ancient-ptolemaic-temple-egypt/
More on the recent find of a funerary temple at Saqqara:
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/africa/2021-02/03/c_139718713.htm
OpEd on how the recent Saqqara finds should benefit Egypt:
https://elpais.com/cultura/2021-01-30/el-momento-de-saqqara.html
... and the recent finds from there have been transferred to the Alexandria National Museum:
https://www.egyptindependent.com/egypt-transfers-taposiris-magna-temple-discoveries-to-alexandria-national-museum/
Visiting the Abu Simbel temples virtually:
https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/97216/Haven%E2%80%99t-yet-visited-Egypt-s-Abu-Simbel-Temples-Now-you
On the role of environmental change in Egypt's early history:
https://theconversation.com/environmental-change-may-have-played-a-role-at-the-dawn-of-egyptian-history-heres-how-154429
Feature on who built the pyramids:
https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/who-built-the-egyptian-pyramids-not-slaves
Archaeologists are poking around the prehistoric site of Tol-e Qaleh (near Persepolis):
https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/457630/Archaeologists-probe-Tol-e-Qaleh-near-Persepolis
Ecbatana is closer to heritage status:
https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/457605/Ecbatana-once-summer-capital-of-Achaemenid-Empire-one-step
Feature on Sasanid Persia:
http://www.asor.org/anetoday/2021/02/last-empire-iran/
Feature on Darius the Great:
https://www.thecollector.com/darius-the-great-king-of-kings/
OpEddish thing on the challenges currently facing the site of Babylon:
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/06/world/middleeast/babylon-iraq-archeology-conservation.html
Feature on the folks working on rebuilding Mosul:
https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-middle-east-55941928
I think we mentioned this find of a Luwian site at Turkmen-Karahoyuk:
https://www.zmescience.com/science/archaeology/turkey-unknown-kingdom-04022021/
Feature on why turtles were not eaten in the Levant some 10 000 years bp:
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/.premium-shell-shock-why-were-turtles-hardly-eaten-in-the-levant-10-000-years-ago-1.9487686
Feature on the work at the submerged Byzantine Kibatos Castle in the Sea of Marmara:
https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/underwater-research-reveals-secrets-of-submerged-kibatos-castle/news
Evidence of 6500 years bp olive 'pickling'/consumption from a site off the coast of Haifa:
https://www.haifa.ac.il/2021/02/02/ancient-olives/
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/oldest-evidence-for-olive-eating-found-below-the-sea-657615
https://www.timesofisrael.com/evidence-of-olive-consumption-6600-years-ago-found-off-coast-of-haifa/
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/.premium-earliest-olive-pickling-factory-found-at-6-500-year-old-site-off-israeli-coast-1.9501993
https://www.jewishpress.com/news/israel/oldest-evidence-of-growing-olives-for-food-discovered-under-haifas-sea/2021/02/02/
https://www.ynetnews.com/travel/article/B1islZdeu
Some 5000 years bp dolmens first mentioned by the future George V and his brother have been 'rediscovered':
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/israeli-traces-footsteps-of-british-royals-to-uncover-ancient-tombs-2llbgh225
More on purple-dyed fabric dating to ca 1000 BCE from the Timna Valley:
https://www.livescience.com/rare-purple-textiles-discovered-israel.html
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/purple-dye-archaeology-israel-1940853
https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/biblical-artifacts/artifacts-and-the-bible/the-royal-purple-of-david-and-solomon/
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/01/israeli-archaeologists-find-3000-year.html
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/fabric-dyed-royal-purple-3000-years-ago-found-israel-180976897/
More on evidence of a 7th century mosque at Tiberias:
https://www.livescience.com/very-old-mosque-found.html
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/.premium-one-of-the-world-oldest-mosques-found-in-tiberias-israel-1.9471405
https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/israel/1612022278-7th-century-mosque-found-in-northern-israeli-town-of-tiberias
Feature on the siege of Masada:
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/02/the-siege-of-masada/137000
OpEd on damage and the like at Temple Mount:
https://www.jpost.com/opinion/damage-falsification-and-ill-will-on-the-temple-mount-opinion-657601
Problems trying to touristify Tell Megiddo:
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/.premium-destroying-armageddon-the-apocalypse-as-a-tourism-attraction-1.9488179
BAR has a new editor:
https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/first-person-glenn-j-corbett/bas-names-new-editor/
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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS)
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Hellenistic terracotta figurines from a theater site in Myra:
https://www.livescience.com/terracotta-figurines-discovered-turkey.html
https://www.archaeology.org/news/9426-210205-turkey-terracotta-figurines
More Roman elite burials from the Santa Rosa necropolis in Vatican City:
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/archaeologists-discover-friends-of-caesars-inside-vatican-city-657802
Anthropomorphic gravestones from the Bosporan kingdom:
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/02/archaeologists-excavate-anthropomorphic-stele-at-roman-necropolis/137025
Remains of a 1st century CE Roman statue from Pola (Italian):
https://lavoce.hr/cronaca/cronaca-polese/pola-ritrovamento-storico-spunta-una-figura-togata-di-oltre-duemila-anni-fa
Latest finds from the wreck of Elgin's Mentor:
https://www.ekathimerini.com/261913/gallery/ekathimerini/in-images/mentor-shipwreck-research-continues
https://greece.greekreporter.com/2021/02/01/lord-elgins-shipwreck-yields-impressive-discoveries/
https://neoskosmos.com/en/184570/mentor-shipwreck-yields-new-finds-shedding-light-on-transport-of-looted-parthenon-marbles/
https://greekcitytimes.com/2021/02/02/treasure-lord-elgins-mentor-wreck/
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/02/02/new-findings-from-the-historic-mentor-shipwreck/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9419-210203-parthenon-marbles-shipwreck
A scientific study of remains purported to be of St Philip and St James the Younger from Rome:
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-02/uosd-sio020121.php
https://phys.org/news/2021-02-scientific-believed-apostles.html
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/02/210201113552.htm
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/02/scientific-study-of-believed-remains-of-apostles/137009
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/02/scientific-investigations-of-believed.html
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/02/02/scientific-investigations-of-believed-remains-of-two-apostles/
More on the shipwrecks off Kasos:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-unearth-ancient-roman-artifacts-shipwreck-kasos-180976820/
More on puppy prints and swords from Sardis:
https://www.livescience.com/ancient-house-turkey-puppy-prints.html
https://www.wionews.com/world/1500-year-old-house-with-ancient-paw-marks-of-dogs-found-in-turkey-361009
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9421-210204-turkey-sardis-swords
More on evidence of possible Boudicca-related Roman reprisals in Essex:
https://www.archaeology.co.uk/articles/news/evidence-of-roman-reprisals-in-essex-2.htm
More on Dr Ester Salgarella's work with Linear A:
https://greece.greekreporter.com/2021/01/28/minoan-language-linear-a-linked-to-linear-b-in-groundbreaking-new-research/
Funding to restore the Temple of Diana site at Nemi (Italian):
https://www.leggo.it/arte/nemi_stanziati_250mila_euro_per_recuperare_l_area_archeologica_e_il_tempio_di_diana-5745418.html
That Roman lead 'pig' ingot found by a metal detectorist a few years ago is going on display:
https://www.ilkleygazette.co.uk/news/19059240.rare-23-000-roman-lead-pig-ingot-will-take-pride-place-craven-museum/
https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/local-news/rare-roman-object-bought-23k-19760718
Reconstructing what was on the menu at that Pompeii thermopolium:
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/recreate-the-menu-of-pompeii-ancient-pub
A new digital map of the site of Pergamon:
https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/new-digital-maps-detail-izmirs-ancient-pergamon-city/news
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/culture/maps-of-ancient-city-in-turkey-now-available-online/2130643
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/02/new-detailed-map-reveals-extent-of-ancient-city-of-pergamon/137017
Feature on the possibility of temple prostitution associated with a temple of Aphrodite:
https://www.thedailybeast.com/mysteries-around-antiquitys-favorite-pimp-could-be-unlocked-by-temple-discovered-in-turkey
Feature on Horace's lyric poetry:
https://psyche.co/ideas/horaces-lyrics-of-friendship-offer-hope-to-our-troubled-world
Feature on Pandora's jar:
https://www.odt.co.nz/entertainment/books/pandoras-jar
Interesting feature on conserving a Roman sarcophagus at the Getty:
https://artsandculture.google.com/story/6AXRxqeEY3Ea1g
Feature on Jugurtha:
https://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/history-and-civilisation/2021/02/this-ruthless-african-king-knew-rome-was-for-sale-he-bought-it
Feature on Termessos:
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/02/the-ancient-city-of-termessos/137055
Feature on Roman graffiti on Hadrian's Wall:
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/02/the-roman-penises-carved-into-hadrians-wall/137034
Another feature pondering the existence of the Amazons:
https://www.livescience.com/who-were-amazon-warriors.html
Feature on the Peopling the Past project:
https://news.uwinnipeg.ca/innovative-digital-humanities-project-receives-national-recognition/
Features on folks pondering the current state of Classics this week ... first Dan-el Padilla Peralta:
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/02/magazine/classics-greece-rome-whiteness.html
... and Shadi Bartsch:
https://www.newsday.com/opinion/commentary/classics-greece-rome-alt-right-homer-literature-ancient-history-capitol-riots-1.50142949
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/dont-yield-ancient-history-and-literature-to-the-alt-right/2021/02/03/3632ad7a-6635-11eb-886d-5264d4ceb46d_story.html
... and Dani Bostick:
https://www.learningforjustice.org/magazine/spring-2021/the-classical-roots-of-white-supremacy
... and Mary Beard was pondering what Classics is:
https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/what-is-classics-blog-post-mary-beard/
... and Andrew Sullivan:
https://andrewsullivan.substack.com/p/the-unbearable-whiteness-of-the-classics-d60
Semi-related opEd on ancient history and the US:
https://www.spectator.com.au/2021/02/rome-the-sequel/
As always at this time of year, explaining Roman numerals:
https://www.newsweek.com/why-super-bowl-2021-lv-roman-numerals-nfl-tradition-explained-1566870
https://sports.nbcsports.com/2021/02/01/super-bowl-2021-roman-numerals-naming/
https://www.wtsp.com/article/sports/nfl/superbowl/super-bowl-roman-numerals/67-e14dd406-2276-4815-8e35-e656c4ab416f
A nice Poseidon pareidolium:
https://nypost.com/2021/02/03/humongous-wave-bears-face-of-sea-god-poseidon/
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Roman Archaeology Blog:
http://romanarc.blogspot.com/
Rogueclassicism:
http://rogueclassicism.com/
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EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland)
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Neolithic/Chalcolithic finds from a site in Malaga:
https://www.euroweeklynews.com/2021/02/06/5000-year-old-archaeological-discovery-in-malaga/
A study of the Bronze Age diet in Switzerland:
https://www.unige.ch/communication/communiques/en/2021/que-mangeaient-les-suisses-a-lage-de-bronze/
https://phys.org/news/2021-02-swiss-bronze-age.html
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-02/udg-wdt020221.php
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/02/210202113755.htm
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/02/what-did-swiss-eat-during-bronze-age.html
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/02/03/what-did-the-swiss-eat-during-the-bronze-age/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9418-210203-bronze-age-farmers
Bronze age burials (and more) found at the Stonehenge tunnel site:
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/feb/04/archaeologist-unearth-bronze-age-graves-stonehenge-a303-tunnel-site
https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/somerset-news/archaeologists-unearth-neolithic-graves-stonehenge-4972747
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/02/excavations-in-stonehenge-landscape-reveals-neolithic-burials-bronze-age-enclosure/137064
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9423-210205-england-stonehenge-tunnel
Three Byzantine gold coins from Almus (Bulgaria):
http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2021/01/29/3-gold-coins-from-byzantine-empire-after-1071-battle-of-manzikert-found-in-bulgarias-lom-in-almus-lomgrad-ruins/
Remains of the hull of a medieval shipwreck in Estonia:
https://news.err.ee/1608092929/hulks-found-near-tallinn-lived-on-as-construction-material
https://www.archaeology.org/news/9417-210203-estonia-reused-shipwreck
An account of the ongoing dig at Caernarfon Castle:
https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/whats-been-found-caernarfon-castles-19769130
A trove of religious items found in a house in Drama (Greece):
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/02/01/a-small-religious-treasure-found-in-drama/
Residues provide evidence of a thriving wine industry in medieval Islamic Sicily:
https://phys.org/news/2021-02-medieval-hint-wine-islamic-sicily.html
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/02/medieval-containers-hint-at-thriving.html
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/02/05/medieval-containers-hint-at-thriving-wine-trade-in-islamic-sicily/
Remains of a Victorian flagpole at Clifford's Tower:
https://yorkmix.com/remains-of-victorian-flagpole-discovered-by-archaeologists-at-cliffords-tower/
More on the Anglo-Saxon burials at Cambridge:
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-55890358
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/jan/30/find-of-the-century-medieval-hoard-of-treasures-unearthed-in-cambridge
https://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/cambridge-news/medieval-cemetery-kings-college-cambridge-19743374
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/medieval-cemetery-found-under-demolished-college-housing-180976907/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/9412-210201-anglo-saxon-cemetery
More on the find of a possible jewel from Henry VIII's crown (and more) by a metal detectorist:
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leicestershire-55890488
https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/local-news/mechanic-metal-detector-finds-original-4951420
https://www.apollo-magazine.com/henry-viii-lost-crown-detectorist-tudor-gold/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/amateur-treasure-hunter-unearths-missing-centerpiece-henry-viiis-crown-180976902/
More on the history of the Champagne vineyards:
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/01/history-of-champagne-vineyards-revealed.html
Reviewish of a book on the Bristol flood of 1607:
https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/history/bristols-great-flood-1607-fragile-4963873
Plans for an investigation of 'derelict' buildings at Castle Park (Bristol):
https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/archaelogists-investigate-derelict-buildings-castle-4962376
Efforts to save an imperial spa site in Romania:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-55827510
UK metal detectorists found a lot of things this year:
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2021/feb/03/buried-treasure-record-uk-haul-fuelled-by-rise-in-metal-detectorists
... and Hamphire seems to be a 'hotspot':
https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/500/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/500/pub/500/page/51/article/138028
... and some things it is hoped they will find:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/02/06/britains-archaeological-mysteries-four-treasures-still-unearthed/
A study of Venetian-era wells and cisterns from Chania:
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/02/05/apokoronas-wells-and-cisterns-of-the-venetian-era/
Feature on Vainakh tower architecture:
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/01/the-vainakh-towers/136991?amp
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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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Feature on Shenzhen:
https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/3117505/myth-busting-shenzhens-sleazy-past-short-lived
Review of a book on travellers to early 20th century Beijing:
https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/books/article/3119816/destination-peking-tales-early-20th-century-chinese
Feature on Angkor as a 'lost city':
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/01/seductive-appeal-urban-catastrophe/617878/
12th century inscriptions from Ankola are shedding light on Jain religion in Uttara Kannada:
https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/karnataka/2021/jan/31/inscriptions-in-ankola-bring-more-evidence-of-jain-religion-inuttara-kannada-2257669.html
Not sure if these remains of a Jain temple in Halebid are related to the above:
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/excavation-unravels-remains-of-a-jain-temple-in-halebid/article33744568.ece
Concerns for an Iron Age monument in Telegana:
https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/in-other-news/010221/iron-age-protohistoric-monument-dying-of-neglect-in-telangana.html
https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/pillar-of-blood-megalith-seeks-attention/article33720972.ece
2000 years bp Buddhist structures from Swat:
https://gandhara.rferl.org/a/archaeologists-uncover-2-000-year-old-buddhist-site-in-pakistan/31084195.html
Remains of a 10th century temple near Bhubaneswar:
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/other/asi-unearths-10th-century-temple-during-excavation-in-bhubaneswar/ar-BB1ddlYb
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9422-210204-india-medieval-temple
A 5-foot Vishnu ideo from Tamil Nadu:
https://www.dtnext.in/News/City/2021/02/02161806/1274191/Ancient-Vishnu-idol-unearthed-in-Madurantakam.vpf
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mangaluru/karnataka-archaeologists-discover-vishnumurthy-sculpture-from-12th-century-ad/articleshow/80691643.cms
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/videos/city/bengaluru/watch-archaeologists-discover-vishnumurthy-sculpture-from-12th-century-ad-in-karnataka/videoshow/80692806.cms
The ASI has closed the Red Fort until further notice:
https://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/red-fort-to-remain-shut-till-further-notice-archaeological-survey-of-india-121020202038_1.html
... and the ASI has approved excavations relating to the origins of Ram Setu:
https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/ram-setu-exploration-given-nod-by-asi-govt-tells-parliament-101612322329207-amp.html
Excavations at a Buddhist 'university' site in Telhara will resume shortly:
https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/excavation-at-ancient-buddhist-university-site-in-bihar-s-telhara-set-to-resume-101612327729438.html
Feature on/concerns for the Taj Mahal:
https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/the-taj-mahal-can-india-save-this-corroding-beauty
Feature on the search for underwater Aboriginal sites off Australia:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/search-for-aboriginal-history-off-coast-of-australia-180976913/
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NORTH AMERICA
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Remains of a horse from Utah once believed to date from the Ice Age turn out to be a domesticated Ute or Shoshone animal:
https://phys.org/news/2021-02-horse-reveal-insights-native-peoples.html
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-02/uoca-hrr020421.php
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/02/210204131410.htm
Latest on the search for African-American burials in Clearwater:
https://www.baynews9.com/fl/tampa/news/2021/02/05/archaeologists-uncover-more-artifacts-at-north-greenwood-cemetery
https://www.abcactionnews.com/news/region-pinellas/archaeologists-find-25-graves-so-far-on-old-school-property-that-was-once-a-clearwater-cemetery
https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/north-greenwood-cemetery-artifacts-uncovered/67-aa9b3b75-0bdd-4958-8f82-0dc837b94d37
https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/special-reports/erased/archaeologists-start-ground-truthing-to-confirm-graves-from-destroyed-black-cemetery-at-clearwater-school/67-aaaf4fa3-fbdb-4e44-aec0-b6ae7d62810c
https://www.abcactionnews.com/news/region-pinellas/archaeologists-find-more-than-a-dozen-graves-at-north-greenwood-cemetery
A contemporary Canadian artist is claiming he made an 'artifact' hailed as an important First Nations piece found a few weeks ago in BC:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/feb/06/canada-stone-figure-ray-boudreau-royal-british-columbia-museum
http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/canadian-artist-claims-an-alleged-indigenous-artefact-discovered-in-victoria-is-his-work
Plans/hopes a new technique will help find Native American sites in Wyoming:
https://www.wyomingpublicmedia.org/post/new-method-may-help-find-ancient-artifacts-wyoming#stream/0
More on remains of a Tlingit fort in Alaska:
http://www.sci-news.com/archaeology/tlingit-fort-09312.html
https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/02/lost-alaskan-indigenous-fort-rediscovered-after-200-years/
More on dogs in North America some 15 000 years bp:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/canine-domestication-may-have-originated-ice-age-siberia-180976891/
More on Chumash shell currency:
https://www.news.ucsb.edu/2021/020161/ancient-economy
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/01/an-ancient-economy-chumash-indians-used.html
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/02/01/an-ancient-economy/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/9415-210202-chumash-shell-bead
Feature on some unmarked African-American refugee burials in Saskatchewan:
https://saskatoon.ctvnews.ca/their-stories-have-never-been-told-unmarked-graves-discovered-at-sask-heritage-site-1.5294444
Feature on some 17th century burials found at Rehoboth Bay (Maryland) a few years ago:
https://www.delmarvanow.com/story/news/local/delaware/2021/02/03/rehoboths-complicated-history-black-colonist-skeletons-averys-rest/4248931001/
Reviewish feature on a book on African American soldiers during the Civil War:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/new-book-pays-homage-african-american-civil-war-soldiers-180976879/
Review of *Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America 1619-2019*:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/four-hundred-years-black-history-keisha-blain-180976880/
Feature on 'congressional bullying' (and violence) in US history:
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/29/opinion/political-violence-congress.html
Landmark status for an Abolitionist's home in Brooklyn:
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/03/arts/design/brooklyn-abolitionists-home-landmark.html
On the origins of Black History Month:
https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/anxiety/episodes/origin-story-black-history-month
More reaction to the 1776 report:
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/01/opinion/trump-1776-commission-report.html
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CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA
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INAH plans to open temples at Chichen Itza:
https://www.theyucatantimes.com/2021/01/inah-will-open-new-temples-in-the-middle-of-the-jungle-in-chichen-itza/
More on the golden eagle relief found at the Templo Mayor at Tenochitlan:
https://www.iflscience.com/editors-blog/giant-eagle-artwork-discovered-in-the-heart-of-aztec-capital/
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/01/golden-eagle-bas-relief-found-in.html
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-unearth-600-year-old-obsidian-eagle-mexico-180976894/
Feature on an obsidian workshop in Jalisco:
https://mexiconewsdaily.com/mexicolife/obsidian-island-workshop/
Feature on Peru's 'cloud warriors':
https://www.historytoday.com/archive/history-matters/story-perus-cloud-warriors
Feature on the settlement of the Caribbean:
https://www.sapiens.org/biology/indigenous-caribbean/
Handy listing of Ancient America-related Zoom lecttures this month:
http://mikeruggerisevents.tumblr.com/
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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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A new study strengthens the claim about Richard III murdering the princes in the Tower:
https://phys.org/news/2021-02-richard-iii-princes-tower.html
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/did-richard-iii-order-deaths-his-nephews-they-slept-tower-london-180976930/
Excavations at Sobibor found id tags of some very young Holocaust victims:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/childrens-id-tags-unearthed-nazi-death-camp-180976935/
A forgotten early 20th century photo studio in a New York attic:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/man-finds-century-old-photos-attic-including-portrait-susan-b-anthony-180976922/
OpEddish thing on why archaeology matters:
https://www.apollo-magazine.com/archaeology-funding-cut-uk-government/
What Jane Austen teaches about resilience:
http://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20210202-what-jane-austen-can-teach-us-about-resilience
On Darwin's attitude toward women:
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/05/books/review/charles-darwin-harriet-martineau-women.html
I think we mentioned Lizzie Borden's house is up for sale:
https://www.wshu.org/post/path-you-could-own-lizzie-bordens-house
A study/model of the development of 'tolerance' in humans 300 000 - 30 000 years bp:
https://phys.org/news/2021-02-environmental-factors-role-evolution-human.html
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-02/uoy-sse020121.php
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/02/210203090527.htm
Feature on Xianzi/making tibetan fiddles:
https://www.scmp.com/culture/music/article/3120037/xianzi-dying-art-making-tibetan-fiddles-hand
Feature on the filibuster:
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/reference/united-states-history/origins-of-filibuster-united-states-senate/
Feature on Japanese kimonos:
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/old-japanese-kimonos
Feature on medieval plague badges:
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/medieval-plague-badges
Feature on the voyage of the HMS Challenger:
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20210204-the-quest-that-discovered-thousands-of-new-species
Feature/reviewish thing on Anthony Trollope:
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-joy-of-trollope-11612541331
An effort to clear Dante's 1302 corruption conviction:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/why-dantes-descendant-working-overturn-poets-700-year-old-corruption-conviction-180976937/
On the aesthetics of Islamic art:
https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/reviews/science-of-beautyexploring-senseofaesthetics-in-islamic-art
Pondering why February has 28 days:
https://www.wantedinrome.com/news/why-does-february-usually-have-28-days.html
The annual pieces on St Valentine and the day:
https://www.wigantoday.net/read-this/story-saint-valentine-and-why-we-celebrate-valentines-day-each-year-3124902
https://www.wmicentral.com/community_beat/religion/legend-of-saint-valentine/article_0983b703-c714-56d2-a8c4-405091a74fea.html
https://www.scotsman.com/heritage-and-retro/heritage/who-was-st-valentine-and-what-did-he-do-story-patron-saint-lovers-and-why-we-celebrate-valentines-day-3124900
Some sort of model for the development of human language:
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/01/pace-of-prehistoric-human-innovation.html
Rethinking the cause of Genghis Khan's death:
https://www.livescience.com/genghis-khan-death-cause-revealed.html
On the connections between tipping and slavery:
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/05/opinion/minimum-wage-racism.html
Feature on the title 'esquire':
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/what-is-an-esquire
Feature on the development of the scientific method:
https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/what-is-the-scientific-method-and-how-did-it-shape-science
Feature on the predecessor to the Iberian boar:
https://elpais.com/ciencia/2021-01-22/el-padre-del-pata-negra.html
Some bog beetles from an English bog turn out to be almost 4000 years bp:
https://www.livescience.com/ancient-bog-beetles-england.html
Feature on Coco Chanel:
https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20210201-the-french-icon-who-revolutionised-womens-clothes
Feature on a 16th century female rabbi:
https://www.timesofisrael.com/worlds-1st-female-rabbi-led-a-16th-century-mosul-yeshiva-for-kurdish-jewry/
Feature on the search for the lost Amber Room:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/reel/video/p09502wd/what-happened-to-russia-s-eighth-wonder-of-the-world-
Feature on a scary Swiss carnival mask tradition:
https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/travel/article/3119584/oldest-swiss-carnival-tradition-marauding
Pondering Trump and Shakespeare:
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2021/feb/06/donald-trump-shakespeare-steve-bannon-coriolanus-titus-andronicus
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MUSEUM MATTERS
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Napoleon and the Myth of Rome:
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Minh Mang Emperor:
https://e.vnexpress.net/photo/places/minh-mang-emperor-artifacts-displayed-at-hue-citadel-4232154.html
Antiquarianism and Philhellenism:
https://neoskosmos.com/en/184625/antiquarianism-and-philhellenism-an-emblematic-exhibition-to-celebrate-the-greek-war-of-independence-bicentennial/
Torlonia Collection:
https://www.apollo-magazine.com/torlonia-marbles-rome-exhibition-capitoline-museums/
Plenty of fakes, apparently, at a Russian Faberge exhibition:
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2021/feb/01/russian-faberge-exhibition-contains-fakes-expert-says
Egypt is opening more than just the GEM this year:
https://www.egyptindependent.com/on-top-of-gem-egypts-tourism-ministry-to-inaugurate-4-museums-in-2021/
The Met is considering selling art to deal with its deficit:
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/05/arts/design/met-museum-considers-selling-art.html
How different cities are treating museums during the pandemic:
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/02/arts/design/museums-coronavirus-closures.html
Feature on the National Museum of African American Music:
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/05/arts/music/national-museum-of-african-american-music.html
Feature on the Peshawar Museum:
https://nation.com.pk/01-Feb-2021/peshawar-museum-a-unique-treasure-of-antiques-of-gandhara-civilisation
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AUCTIONS AND SALES RELATED
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Mexico is protesting an auction at Christie's:
https://www.theyucatantimes.com/2021/01/christies-will-auction-33-pieces-from-the-aztec-maya-mixtec-and-toltec-cultures/
https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/mexico-protests-another-paris-auction-of-archaeological-artifacts/
https://www.rfi.fr/en/international/20210203-mexico-protests-paris-auction-of-pre-hispanic-artefacts-art-archaeology-christies
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/02/mexico-urges-halt-to-artefact-auction.html
A Henry VII gold sovereign is coming to auction:
http://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/500/reader/reader.html?social#!preferred/0/package/500/pub/500/page/41/article/138036
... as are a couple of works by Munch:
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2021/feb/05/edvard-munch-works-up-for-auction-amid-renewed-interest-in-artist
More on the big bucks fetched by a Botticelli:
https://elpais.com/cultura/2021-01-28/un-cuadro-de-botticelli-alcanza-los-76-millones-euros-en-una-subasta-en-nueva-york.html
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/02/03/92-2m-for-painting-by-sandro-botticelli/
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THE TECHY SIDE
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Feature on assorted tech being used to analyze archaeological finds:
https://www.brownalumnimagazine.com/articles/2021-01-11/everything-old-is-new-again
A facial recreation of Pythagoras:
https://www.tornosnews.gr/en/tourism-businesses/travel-tech/43219-ancient-greek-thinker-pythagoras-brought-to-life-with-the-help-of-technology-video.html
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CLIMATE MATTERS
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In case you missed the climate-change related migrations in antiquity study:
http://romanarc.blogspot.com/2021/02/climate-change-in-antiquity-mass.html
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TOURISTY THINGS
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Chichen Itza:
https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/chichen-itza-to-open-new-site-new-experience-in-2022/
Herodian:
https://www.israelhayom.com/2021/02/02/after-lockdown-new-attractions-await-visitors-to-herodian/
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PERFORMANCES AND MUSIC RELATED
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Phaedra:
https://abc7amarillo.com/news/local/wtamu-to-stage-streaming-performances-of-greek-tragedy-phaedra
More reviews of and commentary on The Dig:
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/feb/05/out-of-the-dark-ages-netflix-film-the-dig-ignites-ballyhoo-about-sutton-hoo
https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20210127-the-buried-ship-found-on-an-english-estate
https://elpais.com/cultura/2021-01-28/historia-de-un-descubrimiento.html
https://www.oleantimesherald.com/lifestyle/historical-drama-the-dig-uncovers-fascinating-true-story/article_61d3cefa-a861-5b07-89fc-82627195f086.html
https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/digging-netflix-real-life-blog-post-mary-beard/
https://theconversation.com/the-dig-on-netflix-a-refreshingly-accurate-portrayal-of-an-excavation-according-to-an-archaeologist-154442
https://www.forbes.com/sites/robsalkowitz/2021/02/03/what-netflix-the-dig-gets-right-and-slanderously-wrong-about-the-sutton-hoo-story/
https://www.ft.com/content/ba288c1f-b98b-4cc4-8110-c66a4237b830
... and why the iconic helmet isn't there:
https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/why-sutton-hoo-helmet-not-in-the-dig-7297630
... on who Basil Brown was:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-55877934
... and assorted related features on Sutton Hoo:
https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-england-suffolk-55950304
http://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/499/reader/reader.html?social#!preferred/0/package/499/pub/499/page/70/article/137639
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/02/06/dig-sutton-hoo-cast-light-not-so-dark-ages/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/true-history-behind-netflixs-dig-and-sutton-hoo-180976923/
https://elpais.com/cultura/2021-02-03/sutton-hoo-el-tesoro-que-hizo-brillar-la-edad-oscura.html
... and the pandemic has delayed a repiica ship rebuild:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-55939515
... and a feature on the Anglo-Saxon 'Dark Ages':
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/02/06/britains-archaeological-mysteries-four-treasures-still-unearthed/
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CRIME BEAT
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Qatar is drawing attention to antiquities trafficking:
https://menafn.com/1101523271/Qatar-National-Library-shines-spotlight-on-dark-practice-of-antiquities-trafficking
https://menafn.com/1101524253/Qatar-QNL-to-host-virtual-forum-on-crimes-of-smuggling-antiquities-in-region
Italian police foiled the facebook sale of an Etruscan figurine:
https://www.umbriajournal.com/cronaca/carabinieri-recuperano-statuetta-etrusca-in-bronzo-in-vendita-su-facebook-394995/
https://www.umbria24.it/cronaca/bronzetto-etrusco-in-vendita-su-piattaforma-online-50enne-denunxiato-per-ricettazione
https://www.ilmattino.it/primopiano/cronaca/statuetta_etrusca_denunciato_ternano-5740519.html
A potentially confusing case involving the seizure of a Roman bust in Germany:
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/roman-bust-seized-in-transit-in-germany
... and one involving items missing from an Austrian abbey which may have been taken by a priest:
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/theft-in-austria-1939600
Review of three books on art crimes:
https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/books/article/3118764/three-books-go-inside-world-art-heists-even-new-yorks
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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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How NAGPRA is helping repatriation of human remains efforts:
https://www.kob.com/new-mexico-news/4-investigates-law-helping-new-mexico-tribes-reclaim-artifacts-remains/6002025/
Egypt is helping Iraq recover looted antiquities:
https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2021/01/egypt-iraq-cooperation-recover-antiquities-smuggling-turkey.html
The daughter of a collector who had a number of illicit Cambodian antiquities will retun them:
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/collectors-daughter-repatriated-khmer-antiquities-likely-looted-cambodia-1940783
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/02/03/50m-worth-ancient-cambodian-artefacts-returned-following-death/
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50809041/late-antique-collectors-family-to-return-ancient-artefacts/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/daughter-antiquities-trafficker-returns-stunning-collection-khmer-dynasty-artifacts-cambodia-180976900/
Latest guilty-tourist-returns-items-to-Pompeii piece (Italian):
https://corrieredelmezzogiorno.corriere.it/napoli/cronaca/21_febbraio_03/pompei-restituisce-reperto-trafugato-50-anni-fa-scavi-c3c4d01e-661c-11eb-bf9b-8625626c101a.shtml
https://www.laprovinciaonline.info/ruba-reperto-a-pompei-dopo-50-anni-si-pente-e-lo-rispedisce-per-posta/
More on the Museum of the Bible's latest returns:
https://www.news24.com/arts/culture/the-museum-of-the-bible-has-just-returned-5000-illegally-excavated-objects-to-egypt-20210202
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/29/arts/design/bible-museum-egypt.html
https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/13803-museum-of-the-bible-returns-looted-artifacts-to-egypt-and-iraq
More on the SCOTUS decision regarding the Guelph collection:
https://www.npr.org/2021/02/03/963688893/supreme-court-says-germany-cant-be-sued-in-nazi-era-art-case
https://www.theguardian.com/law/2021/feb/03/us-supreme-court-germany-nazi-era-art-guelph-collection
OpEddish thing on why museums should return colonial-era artifacts:
https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2021/2/3/the-museum-must-change-a-qa-with-dan-hicks
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NUMISMATICA
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Feature on Italia on ancient coins:
https://coinweek.com/ancient-coins/the-first-italia-on-coinage-ancient-coins-of-italy/
Latest e-Sylum:
http://www.coinbooks.org/v24/club_nbs_esylum_v24n05.html
... and the one which should appear later today:
http://www.coinbooks.org/v24/club_nbs_esylum_v24n06.html
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Coin Week:
http://www.coinweek.com/
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OBITUARIES
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Herschel Shanks:
https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/archaeology-today/archaeologists-biblical-scholars-works/in-memory-of-hershel-shanks/
Christopher Plummer:
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/05/theater/christopher-plummer-appraisal-king-lear.html
Richard L. Feigen:
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/richard-l-feigen-antiquities-donated-cambodia-morning-links-1234582629/
Firouz Bagherazdeh:
https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/457840/Top-Iranian-archaeologist-Firouz-Bagherzadeh-dies-at-90
Barry Lewis:
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/02/nyregion/barry-lewis-dead.html
Sinclair Hood:
https://www.bsa.ac.uk/2021/01/20/martin-sinclair-frankland-hood-31-january-1917-18-january-2021/
Nigel Henry:
http://thestreetjournal.org/2021/02/longest-serving-ui-lecturer-nigel-henry-passes-on/
https://mojidelano.com/2021/02/nigel-henry-longest-serving-ui-lecturer-dies-at-71/
https://www.legit.ng/1400732-tears-university-ibadan-loses-longest-serving-lecturer-71.html
https://nigerianobservernews.com/2021/02/obaseki-mourns-passing-of-former-lecturer-longest-serving-expatriate-at-ui-nigel-henry/
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AUDIO/VIDEO NEWS
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Audio News from Archaeologica:
https://www.archaeologychannel.org/audio-guide/audio-news/3021-audio-news-from-archaeologica-january-24-through-january-30-2021
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GENERAL ARCHAEOLOGY NEWS BLOGS
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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/
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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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EARLY HOMINIDS
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A study of Neanderthal teeth from Jersey is the latest evience of Neanderthal/homo sapiens interbreeding:
https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/2021/february/human-teeth-in-jersey-hint-at-neanderthal-homo-sapiens-interbreeding.html
https://phys.org/news/2021-02-closer-neanderthals-la-cotte-de.html
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-55882130
https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/01/europe/neanderthal-interbreeding-teeth-scn/index.html
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/neanderthal-humans-channel-islands-jersey-cave-b1795457.html
https://gizmodo.com/more-evidence-that-neanderthals-were-absorbed-by-huma-1846173050
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/02/neanderthal-teeth-from-la-cotte-de-st.html
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9414-210202-neanderthal-modern-human
see also: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0047248420302001
What we're learning from 50 000 years bp Neanderthal 'faecal sediments':
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-02/udb-ngm020321.php
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/02/neanderthals-faecal-sediments-reveals-how-gut-microbiota-benefits-our-health/137052
Not sure how they're dating the story of the Pleiades to 100 000 years bp:
https://www.livescience.com/pleiades-constellation-origin-story.html
Possible 120 000 years bp evidence of the use of symbols from some etched bones from Ramle (Israel):
https://phys.org/news/2021-02-prehistoric-bone-etchings-believed-oldest.html
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-02/thuo-nds020321.php
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/worlds-oldest-emojis-unearthed-at-prehistoric-site-in-israel-657683
http://www.sci-news.com/archaeology/engraved-aurochs-bone-nesher-ramla-israel-09326.html
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/essential-timeline-understanding-evolution-homo-sapiens-180976807/
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/02/120000-year-old-bone-etchings-believed.html
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/02/04/archaeologists-uncover-evidence-of-the-oldest-human-use-of-symbols/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/02/new-discovery-sheds-light-on-human-history-of-symbols/137045
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9420-210204-israel-engraved-bone
see also: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1040618221000021
Study suggests human 'thumb opposition' dates back 2 million years:
https://cosmosmagazine.com/the-body/thumbs-up-and-over/
https://gizmodo.com/human-thumbs-got-a-major-upgrade-2-million-years-ago-s-1846150313
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/01/modelling-study-of-ancient-thumbs.html
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/02/02/thumb-dexterity-helped-spark-the-development-of-human-culture/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/9411-210201-hominin-thumb-dexterity
A timeline of human evolution:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/essential-timeline-understanding-evolution-homo-sapiens-180976807/
More on that 350 000 years bp 'abrading tool' from Israel:
http://www.sci-news.com/archaeology/abrading-tool-tabun-cave-israel-09305.html
More on the Indonesian pig petroglyph:
https://www.sapiens.org/archaeology/cave-paintings/
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AFRICA
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More on evidence for early milk drinking in Africa:
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/01/ancient-proteins-help-track-early-milk.html
More on malaria in 15th century Cabo Verde:
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/01/malaria-threw-human-evolution-into.html
More on evidence for past 'greenings' of the Sahara:
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/02/02/past-river-activity-in-northern-africa-reveals-multiple-sahara-greenings/
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/01/past-river-activity-in-northern-africa.html
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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT
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The finds from Taposiris Magna mentioned last week are being hyped this week because one (or more?) of the mummies had a gold tongue:
https://www.livescience.com/mummy-with-gold-tongue-discovered.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/03/science/egypt-mummy-golden-tongue.html
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-55902631
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/ancient-mummies-golden-tongues-egypt-b1796430.html
http://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/499/reader/reader.html?social#!preferred/0/package/499/pub/499/page/48/article/137771
https://www.dw.com/en/egypt-2000-year-old-mummies-unearthed-with-golden-tongues/a-56447918
https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/97144/Live-Science-shed-light-on-Egyptian-mummy-with-golden-tongue
https://www.arabnews.com/node/1803321/art-culture
https://greekcitytimes.com/2021/02/01/egypt-archaeological-discovery/
https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nation-world/ct-aud-nw-nyt-mummy-golden-tongue-20210203-5wmgkqpy6ff5vdj4uftnxr7f34-story.html
https://www.israelhayom.com/2021/02/04/egyptian-archeologists-discover-golden-tongued-mummies-near-alexandria/
https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/mummy-golden-tongue-scli-intl-scn/index.html
https://www.sciencealert.com/a-2-000-year-old-mummy-was-found-buried-with-a-golden-tongue
https://www.9news.com.au/world/mummy-with-gold-tongue-found-in-egypt-linked-to-cleopatra-vii/e9f23075-cfbc-4101-a033-9b02371c7399
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-unearth-golden-tongued-mummy-egypt-180976905/
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/01/graeco-roman-burials-found-at-egypts.html
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/02/01/greco-roman-burials-found-at-taposiris-magna/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9413-210202-alexandria-osiris-mummies
A new analysis of a 20th Dynasty mummy suggests she had a 'mud carapace' as part of the embalming process:
https://phys.org/news/2021-02-uncovers-rare-mud-carapace-mortuary.html
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-02/p-nsu012721.php
https://www.livescience.com/ancient-egyptian-mud-mummy.html
https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/500/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/500/pub/500/page/40/article/138035
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/ancient-egyptian-mummy-wrapped-unusual-mud-shell
https://www.sciencealert.com/archaeologists-uncover-an-ancient-egyptian-mummy-wrapped-in-a-strange-mud-cocoon
https://www.iflscience.com/editors-blog/extremely-rare-mudcaked-mummy-reveals-unusual-ancient-egyptian-mortuary-practice/
https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/02/ancient-embalmers-used-mud-to-hold-a-damaged-mummy-together/
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/02/new-study-uncovers-rare-mud-carapace.html
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/02/05/discovery-of-a-rare-mud-carapace-used-on-a-mummified-individual/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/new-study-finds-mummy-inside-mud-shell-180976925/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9425-210205-mud-wrapped-mummy
Feature on a Chinese and Egyptian team's efforts at the Montu Temple in Luxor:
http://www.china.org.cn/photos/2021-02/02/content_77179639.htm
More on the Ptolemaic temple, Roman fort, and Coptic church remains from Aswan:
https://www.livescience.com/fort-church-temple-ancient-egypt.html
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/ruins-ancient-fort-church-temple-120040020.html
https://greekcitytimes.com/2021/02/03/ancient-ptolemaic-temple-egypt/
More on the recent find of a funerary temple at Saqqara:
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/africa/2021-02/03/c_139718713.htm
OpEd on how the recent Saqqara finds should benefit Egypt:
https://elpais.com/cultura/2021-01-30/el-momento-de-saqqara.html
... and the recent finds from there have been transferred to the Alexandria National Museum:
https://www.egyptindependent.com/egypt-transfers-taposiris-magna-temple-discoveries-to-alexandria-national-museum/
Visiting the Abu Simbel temples virtually:
https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/97216/Haven%E2%80%99t-yet-visited-Egypt-s-Abu-Simbel-Temples-Now-you
On the role of environmental change in Egypt's early history:
https://theconversation.com/environmental-change-may-have-played-a-role-at-the-dawn-of-egyptian-history-heres-how-154429
Feature on who built the pyramids:
https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/who-built-the-egyptian-pyramids-not-slaves
Archaeologists are poking around the prehistoric site of Tol-e Qaleh (near Persepolis):
https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/457630/Archaeologists-probe-Tol-e-Qaleh-near-Persepolis
Ecbatana is closer to heritage status:
https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/457605/Ecbatana-once-summer-capital-of-Achaemenid-Empire-one-step
Feature on Sasanid Persia:
http://www.asor.org/anetoday/2021/02/last-empire-iran/
Feature on Darius the Great:
https://www.thecollector.com/darius-the-great-king-of-kings/
OpEddish thing on the challenges currently facing the site of Babylon:
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/06/world/middleeast/babylon-iraq-archeology-conservation.html
Feature on the folks working on rebuilding Mosul:
https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-middle-east-55941928
I think we mentioned this find of a Luwian site at Turkmen-Karahoyuk:
https://www.zmescience.com/science/archaeology/turkey-unknown-kingdom-04022021/
Feature on why turtles were not eaten in the Levant some 10 000 years bp:
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/.premium-shell-shock-why-were-turtles-hardly-eaten-in-the-levant-10-000-years-ago-1.9487686
Feature on the work at the submerged Byzantine Kibatos Castle in the Sea of Marmara:
https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/underwater-research-reveals-secrets-of-submerged-kibatos-castle/news
Evidence of 6500 years bp olive 'pickling'/consumption from a site off the coast of Haifa:
https://www.haifa.ac.il/2021/02/02/ancient-olives/
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/oldest-evidence-for-olive-eating-found-below-the-sea-657615
https://www.timesofisrael.com/evidence-of-olive-consumption-6600-years-ago-found-off-coast-of-haifa/
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/.premium-earliest-olive-pickling-factory-found-at-6-500-year-old-site-off-israeli-coast-1.9501993
https://www.jewishpress.com/news/israel/oldest-evidence-of-growing-olives-for-food-discovered-under-haifas-sea/2021/02/02/
https://www.ynetnews.com/travel/article/B1islZdeu
Some 5000 years bp dolmens first mentioned by the future George V and his brother have been 'rediscovered':
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/israeli-traces-footsteps-of-british-royals-to-uncover-ancient-tombs-2llbgh225
More on purple-dyed fabric dating to ca 1000 BCE from the Timna Valley:
https://www.livescience.com/rare-purple-textiles-discovered-israel.html
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/purple-dye-archaeology-israel-1940853
https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/biblical-artifacts/artifacts-and-the-bible/the-royal-purple-of-david-and-solomon/
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/01/israeli-archaeologists-find-3000-year.html
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/fabric-dyed-royal-purple-3000-years-ago-found-israel-180976897/
More on evidence of a 7th century mosque at Tiberias:
https://www.livescience.com/very-old-mosque-found.html
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/.premium-one-of-the-world-oldest-mosques-found-in-tiberias-israel-1.9471405
https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/israel/1612022278-7th-century-mosque-found-in-northern-israeli-town-of-tiberias
Feature on the siege of Masada:
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/02/the-siege-of-masada/137000
OpEd on damage and the like at Temple Mount:
https://www.jpost.com/opinion/damage-falsification-and-ill-will-on-the-temple-mount-opinion-657601
Problems trying to touristify Tell Megiddo:
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/.premium-destroying-armageddon-the-apocalypse-as-a-tourism-attraction-1.9488179
BAR has a new editor:
https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/first-person-glenn-j-corbett/bas-names-new-editor/
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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS)
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Hellenistic terracotta figurines from a theater site in Myra:
https://www.livescience.com/terracotta-figurines-discovered-turkey.html
https://www.archaeology.org/news/9426-210205-turkey-terracotta-figurines
More Roman elite burials from the Santa Rosa necropolis in Vatican City:
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/archaeologists-discover-friends-of-caesars-inside-vatican-city-657802
Anthropomorphic gravestones from the Bosporan kingdom:
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/02/archaeologists-excavate-anthropomorphic-stele-at-roman-necropolis/137025
Remains of a 1st century CE Roman statue from Pola (Italian):
https://lavoce.hr/cronaca/cronaca-polese/pola-ritrovamento-storico-spunta-una-figura-togata-di-oltre-duemila-anni-fa
Latest finds from the wreck of Elgin's Mentor:
https://www.ekathimerini.com/261913/gallery/ekathimerini/in-images/mentor-shipwreck-research-continues
https://greece.greekreporter.com/2021/02/01/lord-elgins-shipwreck-yields-impressive-discoveries/
https://neoskosmos.com/en/184570/mentor-shipwreck-yields-new-finds-shedding-light-on-transport-of-looted-parthenon-marbles/
https://greekcitytimes.com/2021/02/02/treasure-lord-elgins-mentor-wreck/
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/02/02/new-findings-from-the-historic-mentor-shipwreck/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9419-210203-parthenon-marbles-shipwreck
A scientific study of remains purported to be of St Philip and St James the Younger from Rome:
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-02/uosd-sio020121.php
https://phys.org/news/2021-02-scientific-believed-apostles.html
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/02/210201113552.htm
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/02/scientific-study-of-believed-remains-of-apostles/137009
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/02/scientific-investigations-of-believed.html
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/02/02/scientific-investigations-of-believed-remains-of-two-apostles/
More on the shipwrecks off Kasos:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-unearth-ancient-roman-artifacts-shipwreck-kasos-180976820/
More on puppy prints and swords from Sardis:
https://www.livescience.com/ancient-house-turkey-puppy-prints.html
https://www.wionews.com/world/1500-year-old-house-with-ancient-paw-marks-of-dogs-found-in-turkey-361009
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9421-210204-turkey-sardis-swords
More on evidence of possible Boudicca-related Roman reprisals in Essex:
https://www.archaeology.co.uk/articles/news/evidence-of-roman-reprisals-in-essex-2.htm
More on Dr Ester Salgarella's work with Linear A:
https://greece.greekreporter.com/2021/01/28/minoan-language-linear-a-linked-to-linear-b-in-groundbreaking-new-research/
Funding to restore the Temple of Diana site at Nemi (Italian):
https://www.leggo.it/arte/nemi_stanziati_250mila_euro_per_recuperare_l_area_archeologica_e_il_tempio_di_diana-5745418.html
That Roman lead 'pig' ingot found by a metal detectorist a few years ago is going on display:
https://www.ilkleygazette.co.uk/news/19059240.rare-23-000-roman-lead-pig-ingot-will-take-pride-place-craven-museum/
https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/local-news/rare-roman-object-bought-23k-19760718
Reconstructing what was on the menu at that Pompeii thermopolium:
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/recreate-the-menu-of-pompeii-ancient-pub
A new digital map of the site of Pergamon:
https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/new-digital-maps-detail-izmirs-ancient-pergamon-city/news
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/culture/maps-of-ancient-city-in-turkey-now-available-online/2130643
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/02/new-detailed-map-reveals-extent-of-ancient-city-of-pergamon/137017
Feature on the possibility of temple prostitution associated with a temple of Aphrodite:
https://www.thedailybeast.com/mysteries-around-antiquitys-favorite-pimp-could-be-unlocked-by-temple-discovered-in-turkey
Feature on Horace's lyric poetry:
https://psyche.co/ideas/horaces-lyrics-of-friendship-offer-hope-to-our-troubled-world
Feature on Pandora's jar:
https://www.odt.co.nz/entertainment/books/pandoras-jar
Interesting feature on conserving a Roman sarcophagus at the Getty:
https://artsandculture.google.com/story/6AXRxqeEY3Ea1g
Feature on Jugurtha:
https://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/history-and-civilisation/2021/02/this-ruthless-african-king-knew-rome-was-for-sale-he-bought-it
Feature on Termessos:
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/02/the-ancient-city-of-termessos/137055
Feature on Roman graffiti on Hadrian's Wall:
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/02/the-roman-penises-carved-into-hadrians-wall/137034
Another feature pondering the existence of the Amazons:
https://www.livescience.com/who-were-amazon-warriors.html
Feature on the Peopling the Past project:
https://news.uwinnipeg.ca/innovative-digital-humanities-project-receives-national-recognition/
Features on folks pondering the current state of Classics this week ... first Dan-el Padilla Peralta:
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/02/magazine/classics-greece-rome-whiteness.html
... and Shadi Bartsch:
https://www.newsday.com/opinion/commentary/classics-greece-rome-alt-right-homer-literature-ancient-history-capitol-riots-1.50142949
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/dont-yield-ancient-history-and-literature-to-the-alt-right/2021/02/03/3632ad7a-6635-11eb-886d-5264d4ceb46d_story.html
... and Dani Bostick:
https://www.learningforjustice.org/magazine/spring-2021/the-classical-roots-of-white-supremacy
... and Mary Beard was pondering what Classics is:
https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/what-is-classics-blog-post-mary-beard/
... and Andrew Sullivan:
https://andrewsullivan.substack.com/p/the-unbearable-whiteness-of-the-classics-d60
Semi-related opEd on ancient history and the US:
https://www.spectator.com.au/2021/02/rome-the-sequel/
As always at this time of year, explaining Roman numerals:
https://www.newsweek.com/why-super-bowl-2021-lv-roman-numerals-nfl-tradition-explained-1566870
https://sports.nbcsports.com/2021/02/01/super-bowl-2021-roman-numerals-naming/
https://www.wtsp.com/article/sports/nfl/superbowl/super-bowl-roman-numerals/67-e14dd406-2276-4815-8e35-e656c4ab416f
A nice Poseidon pareidolium:
https://nypost.com/2021/02/03/humongous-wave-bears-face-of-sea-god-poseidon/
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Roman Archaeology Blog:
http://romanarc.blogspot.com/
Rogueclassicism:
http://rogueclassicism.com/
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EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland)
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Neolithic/Chalcolithic finds from a site in Malaga:
https://www.euroweeklynews.com/2021/02/06/5000-year-old-archaeological-discovery-in-malaga/
A study of the Bronze Age diet in Switzerland:
https://www.unige.ch/communication/communiques/en/2021/que-mangeaient-les-suisses-a-lage-de-bronze/
https://phys.org/news/2021-02-swiss-bronze-age.html
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-02/udg-wdt020221.php
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/02/210202113755.htm
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/02/what-did-swiss-eat-during-bronze-age.html
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/02/03/what-did-the-swiss-eat-during-the-bronze-age/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9418-210203-bronze-age-farmers
Bronze age burials (and more) found at the Stonehenge tunnel site:
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/feb/04/archaeologist-unearth-bronze-age-graves-stonehenge-a303-tunnel-site
https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/somerset-news/archaeologists-unearth-neolithic-graves-stonehenge-4972747
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/02/excavations-in-stonehenge-landscape-reveals-neolithic-burials-bronze-age-enclosure/137064
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9423-210205-england-stonehenge-tunnel
Three Byzantine gold coins from Almus (Bulgaria):
http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2021/01/29/3-gold-coins-from-byzantine-empire-after-1071-battle-of-manzikert-found-in-bulgarias-lom-in-almus-lomgrad-ruins/
Remains of the hull of a medieval shipwreck in Estonia:
https://news.err.ee/1608092929/hulks-found-near-tallinn-lived-on-as-construction-material
https://www.archaeology.org/news/9417-210203-estonia-reused-shipwreck
An account of the ongoing dig at Caernarfon Castle:
https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/whats-been-found-caernarfon-castles-19769130
A trove of religious items found in a house in Drama (Greece):
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/02/01/a-small-religious-treasure-found-in-drama/
Residues provide evidence of a thriving wine industry in medieval Islamic Sicily:
https://phys.org/news/2021-02-medieval-hint-wine-islamic-sicily.html
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/02/medieval-containers-hint-at-thriving.html
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/02/05/medieval-containers-hint-at-thriving-wine-trade-in-islamic-sicily/
Remains of a Victorian flagpole at Clifford's Tower:
https://yorkmix.com/remains-of-victorian-flagpole-discovered-by-archaeologists-at-cliffords-tower/
More on the Anglo-Saxon burials at Cambridge:
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-55890358
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/jan/30/find-of-the-century-medieval-hoard-of-treasures-unearthed-in-cambridge
https://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/cambridge-news/medieval-cemetery-kings-college-cambridge-19743374
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/medieval-cemetery-found-under-demolished-college-housing-180976907/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/9412-210201-anglo-saxon-cemetery
More on the find of a possible jewel from Henry VIII's crown (and more) by a metal detectorist:
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leicestershire-55890488
https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/local-news/mechanic-metal-detector-finds-original-4951420
https://www.apollo-magazine.com/henry-viii-lost-crown-detectorist-tudor-gold/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/amateur-treasure-hunter-unearths-missing-centerpiece-henry-viiis-crown-180976902/
More on the history of the Champagne vineyards:
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/01/history-of-champagne-vineyards-revealed.html
Reviewish of a book on the Bristol flood of 1607:
https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/history/bristols-great-flood-1607-fragile-4963873
Plans for an investigation of 'derelict' buildings at Castle Park (Bristol):
https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/archaelogists-investigate-derelict-buildings-castle-4962376
Efforts to save an imperial spa site in Romania:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-55827510
UK metal detectorists found a lot of things this year:
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2021/feb/03/buried-treasure-record-uk-haul-fuelled-by-rise-in-metal-detectorists
... and Hamphire seems to be a 'hotspot':
https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/500/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/500/pub/500/page/51/article/138028
... and some things it is hoped they will find:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/02/06/britains-archaeological-mysteries-four-treasures-still-unearthed/
A study of Venetian-era wells and cisterns from Chania:
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/02/05/apokoronas-wells-and-cisterns-of-the-venetian-era/
Feature on Vainakh tower architecture:
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/01/the-vainakh-towers/136991?amp
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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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Feature on Shenzhen:
https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/3117505/myth-busting-shenzhens-sleazy-past-short-lived
Review of a book on travellers to early 20th century Beijing:
https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/books/article/3119816/destination-peking-tales-early-20th-century-chinese
Feature on Angkor as a 'lost city':
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/01/seductive-appeal-urban-catastrophe/617878/
12th century inscriptions from Ankola are shedding light on Jain religion in Uttara Kannada:
https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/karnataka/2021/jan/31/inscriptions-in-ankola-bring-more-evidence-of-jain-religion-inuttara-kannada-2257669.html
Not sure if these remains of a Jain temple in Halebid are related to the above:
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/excavation-unravels-remains-of-a-jain-temple-in-halebid/article33744568.ece
Concerns for an Iron Age monument in Telegana:
https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/in-other-news/010221/iron-age-protohistoric-monument-dying-of-neglect-in-telangana.html
https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/pillar-of-blood-megalith-seeks-attention/article33720972.ece
2000 years bp Buddhist structures from Swat:
https://gandhara.rferl.org/a/archaeologists-uncover-2-000-year-old-buddhist-site-in-pakistan/31084195.html
Remains of a 10th century temple near Bhubaneswar:
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/other/asi-unearths-10th-century-temple-during-excavation-in-bhubaneswar/ar-BB1ddlYb
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9422-210204-india-medieval-temple
A 5-foot Vishnu ideo from Tamil Nadu:
https://www.dtnext.in/News/City/2021/02/02161806/1274191/Ancient-Vishnu-idol-unearthed-in-Madurantakam.vpf
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mangaluru/karnataka-archaeologists-discover-vishnumurthy-sculpture-from-12th-century-ad/articleshow/80691643.cms
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/videos/city/bengaluru/watch-archaeologists-discover-vishnumurthy-sculpture-from-12th-century-ad-in-karnataka/videoshow/80692806.cms
The ASI has closed the Red Fort until further notice:
https://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/red-fort-to-remain-shut-till-further-notice-archaeological-survey-of-india-121020202038_1.html
... and the ASI has approved excavations relating to the origins of Ram Setu:
https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/ram-setu-exploration-given-nod-by-asi-govt-tells-parliament-101612322329207-amp.html
Excavations at a Buddhist 'university' site in Telhara will resume shortly:
https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/excavation-at-ancient-buddhist-university-site-in-bihar-s-telhara-set-to-resume-101612327729438.html
Feature on/concerns for the Taj Mahal:
https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/the-taj-mahal-can-india-save-this-corroding-beauty
Feature on the search for underwater Aboriginal sites off Australia:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/search-for-aboriginal-history-off-coast-of-australia-180976913/
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NORTH AMERICA
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Remains of a horse from Utah once believed to date from the Ice Age turn out to be a domesticated Ute or Shoshone animal:
https://phys.org/news/2021-02-horse-reveal-insights-native-peoples.html
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-02/uoca-hrr020421.php
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/02/210204131410.htm
Latest on the search for African-American burials in Clearwater:
https://www.baynews9.com/fl/tampa/news/2021/02/05/archaeologists-uncover-more-artifacts-at-north-greenwood-cemetery
https://www.abcactionnews.com/news/region-pinellas/archaeologists-find-25-graves-so-far-on-old-school-property-that-was-once-a-clearwater-cemetery
https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/north-greenwood-cemetery-artifacts-uncovered/67-aa9b3b75-0bdd-4958-8f82-0dc837b94d37
https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/special-reports/erased/archaeologists-start-ground-truthing-to-confirm-graves-from-destroyed-black-cemetery-at-clearwater-school/67-aaaf4fa3-fbdb-4e44-aec0-b6ae7d62810c
https://www.abcactionnews.com/news/region-pinellas/archaeologists-find-more-than-a-dozen-graves-at-north-greenwood-cemetery
A contemporary Canadian artist is claiming he made an 'artifact' hailed as an important First Nations piece found a few weeks ago in BC:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/feb/06/canada-stone-figure-ray-boudreau-royal-british-columbia-museum
http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/canadian-artist-claims-an-alleged-indigenous-artefact-discovered-in-victoria-is-his-work
Plans/hopes a new technique will help find Native American sites in Wyoming:
https://www.wyomingpublicmedia.org/post/new-method-may-help-find-ancient-artifacts-wyoming#stream/0
More on remains of a Tlingit fort in Alaska:
http://www.sci-news.com/archaeology/tlingit-fort-09312.html
https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/02/lost-alaskan-indigenous-fort-rediscovered-after-200-years/
More on dogs in North America some 15 000 years bp:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/canine-domestication-may-have-originated-ice-age-siberia-180976891/
More on Chumash shell currency:
https://www.news.ucsb.edu/2021/020161/ancient-economy
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/01/an-ancient-economy-chumash-indians-used.html
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/02/01/an-ancient-economy/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/9415-210202-chumash-shell-bead
Feature on some unmarked African-American refugee burials in Saskatchewan:
https://saskatoon.ctvnews.ca/their-stories-have-never-been-told-unmarked-graves-discovered-at-sask-heritage-site-1.5294444
Feature on some 17th century burials found at Rehoboth Bay (Maryland) a few years ago:
https://www.delmarvanow.com/story/news/local/delaware/2021/02/03/rehoboths-complicated-history-black-colonist-skeletons-averys-rest/4248931001/
Reviewish feature on a book on African American soldiers during the Civil War:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/new-book-pays-homage-african-american-civil-war-soldiers-180976879/
Review of *Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America 1619-2019*:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/four-hundred-years-black-history-keisha-blain-180976880/
Feature on 'congressional bullying' (and violence) in US history:
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/29/opinion/political-violence-congress.html
Landmark status for an Abolitionist's home in Brooklyn:
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/03/arts/design/brooklyn-abolitionists-home-landmark.html
On the origins of Black History Month:
https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/anxiety/episodes/origin-story-black-history-month
More reaction to the 1776 report:
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/01/opinion/trump-1776-commission-report.html
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CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA
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INAH plans to open temples at Chichen Itza:
https://www.theyucatantimes.com/2021/01/inah-will-open-new-temples-in-the-middle-of-the-jungle-in-chichen-itza/
More on the golden eagle relief found at the Templo Mayor at Tenochitlan:
https://www.iflscience.com/editors-blog/giant-eagle-artwork-discovered-in-the-heart-of-aztec-capital/
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/01/golden-eagle-bas-relief-found-in.html
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-unearth-600-year-old-obsidian-eagle-mexico-180976894/
Feature on an obsidian workshop in Jalisco:
https://mexiconewsdaily.com/mexicolife/obsidian-island-workshop/
Feature on Peru's 'cloud warriors':
https://www.historytoday.com/archive/history-matters/story-perus-cloud-warriors
Feature on the settlement of the Caribbean:
https://www.sapiens.org/biology/indigenous-caribbean/
Handy listing of Ancient America-related Zoom lecttures this month:
http://mikeruggerisevents.tumblr.com/
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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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A new study strengthens the claim about Richard III murdering the princes in the Tower:
https://phys.org/news/2021-02-richard-iii-princes-tower.html
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/did-richard-iii-order-deaths-his-nephews-they-slept-tower-london-180976930/
Excavations at Sobibor found id tags of some very young Holocaust victims:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/childrens-id-tags-unearthed-nazi-death-camp-180976935/
A forgotten early 20th century photo studio in a New York attic:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/man-finds-century-old-photos-attic-including-portrait-susan-b-anthony-180976922/
OpEddish thing on why archaeology matters:
https://www.apollo-magazine.com/archaeology-funding-cut-uk-government/
What Jane Austen teaches about resilience:
http://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20210202-what-jane-austen-can-teach-us-about-resilience
On Darwin's attitude toward women:
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/05/books/review/charles-darwin-harriet-martineau-women.html
I think we mentioned Lizzie Borden's house is up for sale:
https://www.wshu.org/post/path-you-could-own-lizzie-bordens-house
A study/model of the development of 'tolerance' in humans 300 000 - 30 000 years bp:
https://phys.org/news/2021-02-environmental-factors-role-evolution-human.html
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-02/uoy-sse020121.php
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/02/210203090527.htm
Feature on Xianzi/making tibetan fiddles:
https://www.scmp.com/culture/music/article/3120037/xianzi-dying-art-making-tibetan-fiddles-hand
Feature on the filibuster:
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/reference/united-states-history/origins-of-filibuster-united-states-senate/
Feature on Japanese kimonos:
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/old-japanese-kimonos
Feature on medieval plague badges:
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/medieval-plague-badges
Feature on the voyage of the HMS Challenger:
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20210204-the-quest-that-discovered-thousands-of-new-species
Feature/reviewish thing on Anthony Trollope:
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-joy-of-trollope-11612541331
An effort to clear Dante's 1302 corruption conviction:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/why-dantes-descendant-working-overturn-poets-700-year-old-corruption-conviction-180976937/
On the aesthetics of Islamic art:
https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/reviews/science-of-beautyexploring-senseofaesthetics-in-islamic-art
Pondering why February has 28 days:
https://www.wantedinrome.com/news/why-does-february-usually-have-28-days.html
The annual pieces on St Valentine and the day:
https://www.wigantoday.net/read-this/story-saint-valentine-and-why-we-celebrate-valentines-day-each-year-3124902
https://www.wmicentral.com/community_beat/religion/legend-of-saint-valentine/article_0983b703-c714-56d2-a8c4-405091a74fea.html
https://www.scotsman.com/heritage-and-retro/heritage/who-was-st-valentine-and-what-did-he-do-story-patron-saint-lovers-and-why-we-celebrate-valentines-day-3124900
Some sort of model for the development of human language:
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/01/pace-of-prehistoric-human-innovation.html
Rethinking the cause of Genghis Khan's death:
https://www.livescience.com/genghis-khan-death-cause-revealed.html
On the connections between tipping and slavery:
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/05/opinion/minimum-wage-racism.html
Feature on the title 'esquire':
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/what-is-an-esquire
Feature on the development of the scientific method:
https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/what-is-the-scientific-method-and-how-did-it-shape-science
Feature on the predecessor to the Iberian boar:
https://elpais.com/ciencia/2021-01-22/el-padre-del-pata-negra.html
Some bog beetles from an English bog turn out to be almost 4000 years bp:
https://www.livescience.com/ancient-bog-beetles-england.html
Feature on Coco Chanel:
https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20210201-the-french-icon-who-revolutionised-womens-clothes
Feature on a 16th century female rabbi:
https://www.timesofisrael.com/worlds-1st-female-rabbi-led-a-16th-century-mosul-yeshiva-for-kurdish-jewry/
Feature on the search for the lost Amber Room:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/reel/video/p09502wd/what-happened-to-russia-s-eighth-wonder-of-the-world-
Feature on a scary Swiss carnival mask tradition:
https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/travel/article/3119584/oldest-swiss-carnival-tradition-marauding
Pondering Trump and Shakespeare:
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2021/feb/06/donald-trump-shakespeare-steve-bannon-coriolanus-titus-andronicus
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MUSEUM MATTERS
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Napoleon and the Myth of Rome:
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Minh Mang Emperor:
https://e.vnexpress.net/photo/places/minh-mang-emperor-artifacts-displayed-at-hue-citadel-4232154.html
Antiquarianism and Philhellenism:
https://neoskosmos.com/en/184625/antiquarianism-and-philhellenism-an-emblematic-exhibition-to-celebrate-the-greek-war-of-independence-bicentennial/
Torlonia Collection:
https://www.apollo-magazine.com/torlonia-marbles-rome-exhibition-capitoline-museums/
Plenty of fakes, apparently, at a Russian Faberge exhibition:
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2021/feb/01/russian-faberge-exhibition-contains-fakes-expert-says
Egypt is opening more than just the GEM this year:
https://www.egyptindependent.com/on-top-of-gem-egypts-tourism-ministry-to-inaugurate-4-museums-in-2021/
The Met is considering selling art to deal with its deficit:
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/05/arts/design/met-museum-considers-selling-art.html
How different cities are treating museums during the pandemic:
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/02/arts/design/museums-coronavirus-closures.html
Feature on the National Museum of African American Music:
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/05/arts/music/national-museum-of-african-american-music.html
Feature on the Peshawar Museum:
https://nation.com.pk/01-Feb-2021/peshawar-museum-a-unique-treasure-of-antiques-of-gandhara-civilisation
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AUCTIONS AND SALES RELATED
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Mexico is protesting an auction at Christie's:
https://www.theyucatantimes.com/2021/01/christies-will-auction-33-pieces-from-the-aztec-maya-mixtec-and-toltec-cultures/
https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/mexico-protests-another-paris-auction-of-archaeological-artifacts/
https://www.rfi.fr/en/international/20210203-mexico-protests-paris-auction-of-pre-hispanic-artefacts-art-archaeology-christies
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/02/mexico-urges-halt-to-artefact-auction.html
A Henry VII gold sovereign is coming to auction:
http://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/500/reader/reader.html?social#!preferred/0/package/500/pub/500/page/41/article/138036
... as are a couple of works by Munch:
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2021/feb/05/edvard-munch-works-up-for-auction-amid-renewed-interest-in-artist
More on the big bucks fetched by a Botticelli:
https://elpais.com/cultura/2021-01-28/un-cuadro-de-botticelli-alcanza-los-76-millones-euros-en-una-subasta-en-nueva-york.html
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/02/03/92-2m-for-painting-by-sandro-botticelli/
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THE TECHY SIDE
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Feature on assorted tech being used to analyze archaeological finds:
https://www.brownalumnimagazine.com/articles/2021-01-11/everything-old-is-new-again
A facial recreation of Pythagoras:
https://www.tornosnews.gr/en/tourism-businesses/travel-tech/43219-ancient-greek-thinker-pythagoras-brought-to-life-with-the-help-of-technology-video.html
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CLIMATE MATTERS
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In case you missed the climate-change related migrations in antiquity study:
http://romanarc.blogspot.com/2021/02/climate-change-in-antiquity-mass.html
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TOURISTY THINGS
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Chichen Itza:
https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/chichen-itza-to-open-new-site-new-experience-in-2022/
Herodian:
https://www.israelhayom.com/2021/02/02/after-lockdown-new-attractions-await-visitors-to-herodian/
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PERFORMANCES AND MUSIC RELATED
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Phaedra:
https://abc7amarillo.com/news/local/wtamu-to-stage-streaming-performances-of-greek-tragedy-phaedra
More reviews of and commentary on The Dig:
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/feb/05/out-of-the-dark-ages-netflix-film-the-dig-ignites-ballyhoo-about-sutton-hoo
https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20210127-the-buried-ship-found-on-an-english-estate
https://elpais.com/cultura/2021-01-28/historia-de-un-descubrimiento.html
https://www.oleantimesherald.com/lifestyle/historical-drama-the-dig-uncovers-fascinating-true-story/article_61d3cefa-a861-5b07-89fc-82627195f086.html
https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/digging-netflix-real-life-blog-post-mary-beard/
https://theconversation.com/the-dig-on-netflix-a-refreshingly-accurate-portrayal-of-an-excavation-according-to-an-archaeologist-154442
https://www.forbes.com/sites/robsalkowitz/2021/02/03/what-netflix-the-dig-gets-right-and-slanderously-wrong-about-the-sutton-hoo-story/
https://www.ft.com/content/ba288c1f-b98b-4cc4-8110-c66a4237b830
... and why the iconic helmet isn't there:
https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/why-sutton-hoo-helmet-not-in-the-dig-7297630
... on who Basil Brown was:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-55877934
... and assorted related features on Sutton Hoo:
https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-england-suffolk-55950304
http://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/499/reader/reader.html?social#!preferred/0/package/499/pub/499/page/70/article/137639
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/02/06/dig-sutton-hoo-cast-light-not-so-dark-ages/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/true-history-behind-netflixs-dig-and-sutton-hoo-180976923/
https://elpais.com/cultura/2021-02-03/sutton-hoo-el-tesoro-que-hizo-brillar-la-edad-oscura.html
... and the pandemic has delayed a repiica ship rebuild:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-55939515
... and a feature on the Anglo-Saxon 'Dark Ages':
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/02/06/britains-archaeological-mysteries-four-treasures-still-unearthed/
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CRIME BEAT
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Qatar is drawing attention to antiquities trafficking:
https://menafn.com/1101523271/Qatar-National-Library-shines-spotlight-on-dark-practice-of-antiquities-trafficking
https://menafn.com/1101524253/Qatar-QNL-to-host-virtual-forum-on-crimes-of-smuggling-antiquities-in-region
Italian police foiled the facebook sale of an Etruscan figurine:
https://www.umbriajournal.com/cronaca/carabinieri-recuperano-statuetta-etrusca-in-bronzo-in-vendita-su-facebook-394995/
https://www.umbria24.it/cronaca/bronzetto-etrusco-in-vendita-su-piattaforma-online-50enne-denunxiato-per-ricettazione
https://www.ilmattino.it/primopiano/cronaca/statuetta_etrusca_denunciato_ternano-5740519.html
A potentially confusing case involving the seizure of a Roman bust in Germany:
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/roman-bust-seized-in-transit-in-germany
... and one involving items missing from an Austrian abbey which may have been taken by a priest:
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/theft-in-austria-1939600
Review of three books on art crimes:
https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/books/article/3118764/three-books-go-inside-world-art-heists-even-new-yorks
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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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How NAGPRA is helping repatriation of human remains efforts:
https://www.kob.com/new-mexico-news/4-investigates-law-helping-new-mexico-tribes-reclaim-artifacts-remains/6002025/
Egypt is helping Iraq recover looted antiquities:
https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2021/01/egypt-iraq-cooperation-recover-antiquities-smuggling-turkey.html
The daughter of a collector who had a number of illicit Cambodian antiquities will retun them:
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/collectors-daughter-repatriated-khmer-antiquities-likely-looted-cambodia-1940783
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/02/03/50m-worth-ancient-cambodian-artefacts-returned-following-death/
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50809041/late-antique-collectors-family-to-return-ancient-artefacts/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/daughter-antiquities-trafficker-returns-stunning-collection-khmer-dynasty-artifacts-cambodia-180976900/
Latest guilty-tourist-returns-items-to-Pompeii piece (Italian):
https://corrieredelmezzogiorno.corriere.it/napoli/cronaca/21_febbraio_03/pompei-restituisce-reperto-trafugato-50-anni-fa-scavi-c3c4d01e-661c-11eb-bf9b-8625626c101a.shtml
https://www.laprovinciaonline.info/ruba-reperto-a-pompei-dopo-50-anni-si-pente-e-lo-rispedisce-per-posta/
More on the Museum of the Bible's latest returns:
https://www.news24.com/arts/culture/the-museum-of-the-bible-has-just-returned-5000-illegally-excavated-objects-to-egypt-20210202
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/29/arts/design/bible-museum-egypt.html
https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/13803-museum-of-the-bible-returns-looted-artifacts-to-egypt-and-iraq
More on the SCOTUS decision regarding the Guelph collection:
https://www.npr.org/2021/02/03/963688893/supreme-court-says-germany-cant-be-sued-in-nazi-era-art-case
https://www.theguardian.com/law/2021/feb/03/us-supreme-court-germany-nazi-era-art-guelph-collection
OpEddish thing on why museums should return colonial-era artifacts:
https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2021/2/3/the-museum-must-change-a-qa-with-dan-hicks
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NUMISMATICA
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Feature on Italia on ancient coins:
https://coinweek.com/ancient-coins/the-first-italia-on-coinage-ancient-coins-of-italy/
Latest e-Sylum:
http://www.coinbooks.org/v24/club_nbs_esylum_v24n05.html
... and the one which should appear later today:
http://www.coinbooks.org/v24/club_nbs_esylum_v24n06.html
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Coin Week:
http://www.coinweek.com/
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OBITUARIES
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Herschel Shanks:
https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/archaeology-today/archaeologists-biblical-scholars-works/in-memory-of-hershel-shanks/
Christopher Plummer:
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/05/theater/christopher-plummer-appraisal-king-lear.html
Richard L. Feigen:
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/richard-l-feigen-antiquities-donated-cambodia-morning-links-1234582629/
Firouz Bagherazdeh:
https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/457840/Top-Iranian-archaeologist-Firouz-Bagherzadeh-dies-at-90
Barry Lewis:
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/02/nyregion/barry-lewis-dead.html
Sinclair Hood:
https://www.bsa.ac.uk/2021/01/20/martin-sinclair-frankland-hood-31-january-1917-18-january-2021/
Nigel Henry:
http://thestreetjournal.org/2021/02/longest-serving-ui-lecturer-nigel-henry-passes-on/
https://mojidelano.com/2021/02/nigel-henry-longest-serving-ui-lecturer-dies-at-71/
https://www.legit.ng/1400732-tears-university-ibadan-loses-longest-serving-lecturer-71.html
https://nigerianobservernews.com/2021/02/obaseki-mourns-passing-of-former-lecturer-longest-serving-expatriate-at-ui-nigel-henry/
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AUDIO/VIDEO NEWS
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Audio News from Archaeologica:
https://www.archaeologychannel.org/audio-guide/audio-news/3021-audio-news-from-archaeologica-january-24-through-january-30-2021
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GENERAL ARCHAEOLOGY NEWS BLOGS
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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/
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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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