explorator 23.33

david meadows

2020-12-06 16:51:21 UTC

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explorator 23.33 December 6, 2020
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Thanks to Arthur Shippee, Dave Sowdon, Edward Rockstein, Kurt Theis,
John McMahon, Barnea Selavan, Joseph Lauer, Mike Ruggeri, Hernan Astudillo,
Richard Campbell, Barbara Saylor Rodgers, Bob Heuman, David Critchley,
Richard Miller, Kris Curry, Rick Heli, Richard C. Griffiths, Frank MacKay, David Standing,
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:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-12/p-vao112520.php
https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/02/europe/neanderthal-teeth-altamura-man-italy-scn/index.html

Feature on Neanderthals:

https://www.historyextra.com/period/prehistoric/history-neanderthals-who-facts-guide/

A podcast on Denisovans in China:

https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/the-denisovans-expand-their-range-into-china/

More on Neanderthals and their tolerance of smoke:

https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2020/11/30/genetic-study-reveals-neanderthals-could-tolerate-smoke/

More on Neanderthal thumb capabilities:

https://www.inverse.com/science/ancient-human-thumbs
https://gizmodo.com/neanderthals-didn-t-use-their-thumbs-like-we-do-new-re-1845765079
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9240-201130-neanderthal-thumbs-grip

More on that Paranthropus robustus skull that was found a couple years ago:

https://www.capetownetc.com/news/fossil-skull-discovered-in-south-africa-shines-light-on-human-evolution/
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AFRICA
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Glass beads from medieval sites are helping to map out African trade routes:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-12/p-gbf112520.php
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-12/udg-at120120.php
https://phys.org/news/2020-12-african-routes-mediaeval-beads.html
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/12/201202192802.htm
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2020/12/03/african-trade-routes-sketched-out-by-medieval-beads/
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/12/african-trade-routes-sketched-out-by.html

Feature on Cushites in the Hebrew Bible:

http://www.asor.org/anetoday/2020/12/cushites-hebrew-bible
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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT
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An instagram model had an 'inappropriate' photoshoot at Saqqara and apparently caused some trouble:

https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/94810/Saqqara-Model-under-investigation
https://www.egyptindependent.com/controversial-photo-shoot-in-saqqara-prompts-investigation/
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/egyptian-model-ancient-pyramid-photos-lands-her-and-photographer-arrested/
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/01/egypt-detains-photographer-after-dancer-shoot-at-pyramid
https://nypost.com/2020/12/02/model-photographer-arrested-after-pyramid-shoot-in-egypt/
https://hyperallergic.com/605659/egyptian-model-arrested-over-inappropriate-photoshoot-at-archaeological-site/

Interesting feature on Isaac Newton's view of the pyramids:

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2020/dec/06/revealed-isaac-newtons-attempts-to-unlock-secret-code-of-pyramids

An engineer is suggesting the number of stones required to build the pyramids may be overestimated:

https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1367273/egypt-great-pyramid-giza-quarry-discovery-construction-pharaoh-khufu-archaeology-spt

Egypt seems to be starting to hype the impending 'Royal Mummies Parade':

https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/94767/Egypt%E2%80%99s-Tourism-Antiquities-Min-Date-of-the-Royal-Mummies-Parade
https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2020/11/egypt-transfer-royal-mummies-museum-tourism.html

Some century-old footage of the Nile Valley might be of interest:

https://aeon.co/videos/stunning-century-old-footage-of-the-nile-valley-carries-echoes-from-the-ancient-past

A 5th century church site in northern Iran is being restored:

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/455266/5th-century-church-being-restored-in-northwestern-Iran

Feature on the Code of Hammurabi:

https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/how-the-ancient-code-of-hammurabi-reveals-a-society-both-similar-and-alien

Feature on Cyrus and the beginnings of the Persian Empire:

https://www.thegreatcoursesdaily.com/king-cyrus-and-the-beginnings-of-the-persian-empire/

Feature on being a subject of the Persian Empire:

https://www.thegreatcoursesdaily.com/being-persian-being-a-subject-of-the-persian-empire/

More on that 4200 years bp goddess figurine from Kultepe:

https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/11/4200-year-old-goddess-statue-unearthed.html

Feature on sites in Instanbul:

https://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/history-and-civilisation/2020/12/why-istanbuls-ancient-imperial-legacy-lies-hidden-in-plain-sight

An update on the dig(s) at the site of Persepolis:

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/455258/Absolute-limits-of-magnificent-Persepolis-being-documented

The ancient gateway of Tus is being restored:

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/455306/Ancient-gateway-of-Tus-being-restored-to-former-grandeur

General feature/slide show on sites in the UAE:

https://gulfnews.com/uae/uae-archaeological-sites-fascinating-treasures-of-the-past-1.1606289670467

Review of a book on an ancient Assyrian doctor:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-11/uoc--nbp113020.php

On UNESCO's restoration of the al-Nuri mosque in Mosul:

http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20201129-a-50m-danger-filled-restoration

I think we mentioned this 'game dice' find from Beit El:

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/292027
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2020-12/02/c_139556637.htm

Pondering Judean 'Pillar Figurines':

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/.premium.HIGHLIGHT.MAGAZINE-why-ancient-hebrews-made-figurines-of-naked-women-1.9339933

Podcast/interview with Amit Re'em about the Tower of David site:

https://www.timesofisrael.com/listen-medieval-poop-chute-exposed-in-renovations-at-jerusalems-tower-of-david/

Feature on the four oldest New Testament manuscripts:

https://aleteia.org/2020/12/04/where-to-find-the-four-oldest-new-testament-manuscripts/

More on claims of finding Jesus' childhood home:

https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/archaeologist-hopes-jesuss-home-will-focus-attention-on-cave-churches-651057

More on that Temple Mount Sifting Project gold bead find:

https://www.jewishpress.com/news/israel/jerusalem/sifting-project-yields-rare-gold-bead-from-first-temple-period/2020/11/29/
https://mosaicmagazine.com/picks/history-ideas/2020/12/a-nine-year-old-boy-discovers-a-bead-from-the-era-of-the-first-temple-in-jerusalem/
http://www.sci-news.com/archaeology/first-temple-period-gold-bead-09107.html

More on petroglyphs at Mount Karkom:

https://www.timesofisrael.com/ancient-rock-etchings-on-remote-negev-plateau-evoke-the-bible-draw-new-interest/

More on those 1000 years bp gold coins found near the Western Wall a few weeks ago:

https://www.jerusalemonline.com/millenium-old-gold-coins-discovered-near-western-wall/

Interview with Christopher Rollston on how fake DSS are made:

https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2020/november-web-only/dead-sea-scrolls-bible-fakes-forgeries-frauds.html

Suggestion that Goliath might not have been so gigantic after all:

https://www.livescience.com/was-biblical-goliath-a-giant.html
https://aleteia.org/2020/12/03/archaeologist-disputes-biblical-height-of-goliath/

More on Saudi Arabia opening the site of Hegra to the public:

https://www.republicworld.com/world-news/rest-of-the-world-news/saudi-arabia-opens-its-first-unesco-world-heritage-site-hegra-after-2000-years.html

UNESCO wants to inspect what's going on at Hagia Sophia:

https://ahvalnews.com/hagia-sophia/unesco-requests-inspection-changes-hagia-sopia-chora

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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS)
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An 8th century BCE burial site with burned wood from Gela (Italian):

https://www.ragusanews.com/attualita-sicilia-trovate-antiche-tombe-con-la-legna-bruciata-per-il-rito-funebre-115423/

Eight burials (Classical/Hellenistic) from a site on private land in Ilia:

https://www.ekathimerini.com/259734/article/ekathimerini/news/ancient-tombs-discovered-in-ilia-southern-greece
https://greece.greekreporter.com/2020/11/30/archaeologists-discover-eight-ancient-graves-in-western-peloponnese/
https://greekcitytimes.com/2020/12/01/ancient-greek-tombs-discovered-ilia/
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2020/12/02/eight-graves-came-to-light-in-ilia/
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2020/12/04/the-excavation-at-avgeio-in-ilia-is-very-important/
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/11/eight-graves-from-classical-to.html
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9245-201201-greece-elis-tombs

The head from a statue of a Hellenistic priest from a dig at the theatre site at Laodicea:

https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/2-000-year-old-statue-of-priests-head-unearthed-in-turkeys-west-160428
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/11/hellenistic-priest-bust-unearthed-in.html
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9250-201202-turkey-laodicea-sculpture

Buildings from various periods (mostly Archaic) from a dig at Antissa:

https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2020/12/01/important-finds-in-ancient-antissa/

A child burial and statuary (among other things; various periods) from Prusias ad Hypium:

https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/infant-grave-statues-in-ancient-city-of-prusias-ad-hypium-excite-archaeologists/news

A dig prior to coal mining in southern Bulgaria has revealed evidence of three settlement sites (Thracian, Roman, Byzantine):

http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2020/11/26/early-thracian-roman-medieval-settlements-athena-statuette-found-in-rescue-digs-by-bulgarian-coal-mining-company/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9248-201202-bulgaria-settlements-unearthed

Remains of a Roman-era sewage system from the Amida Tumulus/Syedra:

https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/ancient-city-of-syedra-comes-to-light-160492
https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/a-secret-ancient-city-history-of-syedra-brought-to-life-through-excavations/news
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/culture/ancient-roman-sewer-system-discovered-in-se-turkey/2060472

Remains of a Roman villa (and some medieval burials) found during electricity grid construction at Venafro (Italian):

https://www.rainews.it/tgr/molise/articoli/2020/12/mol-archeologia-Venafro-scoperta-78aa6d13-59d1-42c7-b9b4-52610ef7701a.html
https://www.isnews.it/cultura/74338-archeologia-scoperta-nella-piana-di-venafro-un-antica-villa-romana-e-4-sepolture.html
https://www.primopianomolise.it/citta/valle-del-volturno/95323/scoperta-una-villa-romana-nella-piana-di-venafro-rinvenuto-pure-un-anello-del-governatore-della-provincia-del-sannio/

I think we've mentioned this altar to Pan embedded in a Byzantine church wall in Banias:

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium.HIGHLIGHT-altar-to-pan-used-as-brick-in-byzantine-church-wall-in-israel-1.9335068
https://world.greekreporter.com/2020/11/30/altar-to-greek-god-pan-discovered-in-ruins-of-byzantine-church-in-israel/
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/altar-to-greek-god-found-in-wall-of-byzantine-church-raises-questions-650825
https://greekcitytimes.com/2020/12/03/greek-god-byzantine-church-golan/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/ancient-altar-pan-found-israel-180976447/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9249-201202-israel-altar-pan

A study of sediment cores from six sites over 1600 years in Greece suggest there was an integrated market economy and more:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-11/mpif-co112720.php
https://phys.org/news/2020-11-cereal-olive-vine-pollen-reveal.html
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/11/201130113601.htm
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2020/12/01/cereal-olive-and-vine-pollen-reveal-market-integration-in-ancient-greece/
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/11/cereal-olive-and-vine-pollen-reveal.html

A study suggests pyroclasts protected Pompeii paintings while buried, but damage them once they are exposed:

https://phys.org/news/2020-11-pyroclasts-pompeii-unearthed.html
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-11/uotb-ppt113020.php
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/11/201130131453.htm
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/.premium-ancient-greece-had-market-economy-3-000-years-earlier-than-thought-1.9345453
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/11/pyroclasts-protect-paintings-of-pompeii.html
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2020/12/02/the-paintings-of-pompeii/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/9252-201203-pompeii-salts-murals

Feature on structural remains found at a Romano-Celtic site at Priors Hall, Corby:

https://www.archaeology.co.uk/articles/features/building-a-roman-villa.htm

A Roman burial site from York Station:

https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/18915021.human-remains-unearthed-roman-burial-site-building-work-york-station/
https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/18918674.human-remains-found-york-station-roman-period/
https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/18918674.human-remains-found-york-station-deemed-archaeological-find/

Analysis of some burials from a 3rd/4th century site in Sicily (?) suggests 'trench fever' existed long before WWI:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-9011115/Trench-fever-teeth-ancient-Romans-reveals-disease-began-2-000-years-ago.html
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/found-trench-fever-ancient-rome
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/trench-fever-found-2000-year-old-roman-skeletons-180976450/

An interview with Emma Pomeroy and Jess Johnson about recent finds at Pompeii:

https://www.thenakedscientists.com/articles/interviews/unearthing-pompeii

Another feature on recent finds from Pompeii:

https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/pompeii-new-excavations-looting/index.html

A tourist-free Pompeii is allowing for more finds:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/comment/new-discovery-tourist-free-pompeii-proof-pandemic-has-upsides/

A 1500 years bp kiln from Silistra (Bulgaria):

https://www.novinite.com/articles/206896/Roman+Furnace+Almost+1%2C500+Years+Old+Unearthed+in+Bulgaria

Funding to make some ancient Greek theaters more accessible:

https://www.thenationalherald.com/culture/arthro/ancient_greek_theaters_get_more_funds_to_improve_access_by_visitors-1308947/
https://www.tornosnews.gr/en/greek-news/culture/42205-theaters-of-ancient-of-sikyon-and-messene-get-more-funds-to-improve-access-by-visitors.html

The University of Palermo is returning to digging at Sabratha and other sites near Leptis Magna:

https://www.libyaobserver.ly/culture/antiquities-authority-university-palermo-review-resuming-work-ancient-sabratha

A campaign to further investigate the Roman villa site at Norton Disney:

https://www.newarkadvertiser.co.uk/news/appeal-launched-for-villa-site-survey-9143113/

Reviewish think of a study of the Celtiberico-Romano site of Los Rodiles:

https://elpais.com/cultura/2020-11-30/los-ultimos-dias-de-la-gran-capital-celtibera.html

More on that dig at a Roman legion headquarters site in Serbia:

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-serbia-archaeology-idUSKBN2861SJ
https://www.jpost.com/omg/buried-under-serbian-cornfield-roman-military-hq-sheds-its-secrets-650640
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/11/buried-under-serbian-cornfield-roman.html
https://www.archaeology.org/news/9243-201130-serbia-legion-headquarters

Feature on an inscription from Septimius Severus from Bulgaria which expresses his gratitude for a gift/bribe the town gave him:

https://www.livescience.com/roman-inscription-bribery-corruption.html

Feature on John Travlos' work:

https://www.ekathimerini.com/259885/gallery/ekathimerini/life/john-travlos-anatomist-of-ancient-greece

Feature on preserving historical scents:

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/04/arts/design/smell-archives-preservation.html

Feature on Hadrian:

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/magazine/2020/11-12/roman-emperor-hadrian-spared-no-expense-all-things-greek/

Feature on Boudicca:

https://www.hertfordshiremercury.co.uk/news/hertfordshire-news/incredible-story-how-boudica-destroyed-4744149

Feature on an amulet/anti-curse tablet/magical thing found in London a while ago:

https://greece.greekreporter.com/2020/12/04/greek-immigrant-in-roman-era-london-used-amulet-to-ward-off-plague/

Pondering the assassination of Julius Caesar:

https://www.thecollector.com/julius-caesar-assassination/

... and an interesting artistic recreation project based on same:

https://verne.elpais.com/verne/2020/11/24/articulo/1606233857_980442.html#?sma=newsletter_diaria_noche20201127m

Feature on theories about the fall of the Roman Empire:

https://www.thegreatcoursesdaily.com/the-fall-of-the-roman-empire-possible-dates-and-theories/

... and when the Roman Empire fell:

https://www.thegreatcoursesdaily.com/when-did-the-roman-empire-fall/

... and why the Roman Empire fell:

https://www.thegreatcoursesdaily.com/why-did-the-roman-empire-fall/

Pondering how long it actually took to build Rome:

https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/if-rome-wasnt-built-in-a-day-how-long-did-it-take

Opeddish thing on the importance of Homer and Virgil:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/theatre/what-to-see/hooked-classics-homer-virgil-still-essential/

Natalie Haynes on lessons for Donald Trump from Roman emperors:

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/dec/04/decline-and-fall-what-donald-trump-can-learn-from-the-roman-emperors

Review of *The Invention of Medicine: From Homer to Hippocrates*:

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/12/03/arts/examining-ancient-healers-invention-medicine-homer-hippocrates/

Review of *The Socrates Express*:

https://www.wbaa.org/post/book-review-socrates-express

In case you were wondering, the LEGO Colosseum is already sold out:

https://www.news18.com/news/buzz/lego-rolled-out-intricate-9000-piece-model-of-roman-colosseum-on-black-friday-its-sold-out-already-3127529.html

... but in case you were wondering what it was like to build it:

https://www.ign.com/articles/we-build-the-lego-roman-colosseum-the-biggest-set-in-history
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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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Rethinking the purpose of 'Venus figurines':

https://phys.org/news/2020-12-theory-venus-figurines.html
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-12/uoca-car113020.php
https://cosmosmagazine.com/people/anthropology/shaped-for-the-times/
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/12/researchers-offer-new-theory-on-venus.html
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2020/12/02/cu-anschutz-researcher-offers-new-theory-on-venus-figurines/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9251-201202-venus-figurines-obesity

Study suggests Doggerland survived an tsunami:

https://phys.org/news/2020-12-sediment-cores-dogger-littoral-island.html
https://www.livescience.com/lost-island-north-sea-ancient-tsunami.html
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/dec/01/evidence-life-on-doggerland-after-devastating-tsunamis-study
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/tiny-islands-survived-tsunami-almost-separated-britain-europe-study-finds-180976430/

.... but someone thinks it was destroyed from climate-change related factors:

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/.premium-doggerland-wasn-t-destroyed-by-tsunami-but-by-climate-change-new-study-suggests-1.9338111

A mystery 'pit' skeleton (site has Bronze Age and Roman finds) from dig at Bishop's Stortford:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-55176242

An early Celtic tomb excavation near Hueneburg:

https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/11/block-excavation-of-early-celtic-tomb.html

A Viking-era silver hoard from Stockholm:

https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/11/viking-silver-treasure-hoard-discovered.html

Latest from the Gjellesad ship excavation:

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-55145985

A metal detectorist found a medieval knife near Penicuik:

https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/heritage-and-retro/heritage/metal-detectorist-unearths-rare-medieval-knife-near-penicuik-3050603

Remains of a medieval settlement, hitherto unknown, at Vidin (Bulgaria):

http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2020/12/03/unknown-medieval-settlement-from-second-bulgarian-empire-bronze-age-settlement-discovered-near-danube-city-vidin/

A 'murder mystery' medieval burial found during Edinburgh tram construction:

https://www.scotsman.com/whats-on/arts-and-entertainment/murder-mystery-over-remains-medieval-woman-dumped-pit-beneath-site-edinburgh-tram-line-3057071

17th-19th century burial of a woman found on an Aberdeen-area beach:

https://www.scotsman.com/heritage-and-retro/heritage/mystery-woman-and-coffin-found-buried-aberdeen-beach-3052670
https://www.archaeology.org/news/9247-201201-scotland-beach-burial

A dig is just underway at the Thanet Parkway Station site:

https://theisleofthanetnews.com/2020/12/04/archaeological-excavation-begins-at-site-of-thanet-parkway-station/

... as is a dig hoping for Romano-British finds at Plympton:

https://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/news/plymouth-news/archaeologists-hoping-dig-up-ancient-4763153

Plans for a dig in Glasgow to find the first Hampden Stadium:

https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/18912055.glasgow-archaeological-dig-planned-uncover-site-first-hampden-stadium/

More on prehistoric arrows (and more) emerging from melting ice/snow in Norway:

https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/26/europe/ancient-norwegian-arrows-found-scli-intl-scn/index.html
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/11/prehistoric-arrow-bonanza-revealed-by.html
https://www.archaeology.org/news/9242-201201-norway-glacier-archaeology

More on that possibly medieval mass grave found during moat exavations in the Netherlands:

https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/11/mass-grave-containing-20-medieval.html

More on that Islamic necropolis from Tauste:

https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/necropolis-muslim-intl-scli-scn/index.html
https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/spanish-archaeologists-uncover-islamic-graves-of-al-andalus/news
https://www.yenisafak.com/en/world/archeologists-discover-ancient-islamic-necropolis-in-ne-spain-3555442
https://www.euronews.com/2020/12/01/archaeologists-discover-ancient-islamic-necropolis-in-northern-spain
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8998717/Archaeologists-4-500-bodies-ancient-Islamic-necropolis-Spain.html

Pondering the disappearance of Greenland's Vikings:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/why-greenland-vikings-vanished-180962119/

The UK is redefining 'treasure' to protect more artifacts found by the public:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-55179360
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2020/dec/04/definition-of-treasure-trove-to-be-recast-to-protect-uks-rare-artefacts
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-redefines-treasure-to-increase-protection-for-archaeological-finds
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/artefacts-made-of-bronze-to-be-classed-as-treasure-alongside-those-containing-gold-and-silver-j0nkm7srr
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-55179360

There were some major protests about the Stonehenge decision this week, leading to the closure of the site:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-55198970
https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/national/18923669.stonehenge-protesters-mass-trespass-show-opposition-1-7bn-tunnel/
https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Mass-trespass-closes-UK-heritage-site-of-15778441.php
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/dec/05/anti-roads-protesters-sing-drum-stonehenge-mass-trespass
https://www.ksat.com/news/world/2020/12/05/mass-trespass-closes-uk-heritage-site-of-stonehenge/
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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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Evidence from a Xia Dynasty site in Henan for a multigrid settlement pattern:

http://global.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202011/30/WS5fc44e70a31024ad0ba9848f.html

A late Spring and Autumn period noble burial from Henan:

http://global.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202012/03/WS5fc83e46a31024ad0ba997e7.html

Eastern Han Dynasty muralled tombs from Dezhou:

https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/11/1800-year-old-brick-tombs-with.html

120 Xiongnu burials (nomads) from China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region:

http://en.people.cn/n3/2020/1204/c90000-9796014.html

Study suggests Palaeolithic migration to the Ryukyu islands of Japan was deliberate (i.e. not accidental):

https://phys.org/news/2020-12-ancient-migration-choice-chance.html
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-12/sr-aps112520.php
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-12/uot-amw113020.php
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/12/201203113254.htm
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/ancient-humans-sea-voyage-japan-ryukyu-island-migration

Hero stones from a site in Sentharapatti:

https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Coimbatore/hero-stones-found-in-sentharapatti-village-in-salem/article33234312.ece

A Chola period inscription from near Sankarapuram:

https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2020/dec/03/chola-period-inscription-on-canals-found-near-sankarapuram-2231141.html
https://www.archaeology.org/news/9254-201204-india-inscription-canal

Feature on 19th century Osaka:

https://blog.britishmuseum.org/historical-city-travel-guide-osaka-in-the-early-19th-century/

Angkorian-era (or later) pottery kiln from a dig at Angkor Thom:

https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ancient-pottery-kiln-unearthed-angkor
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50787409/apsara-authority-excavates-pottery-north-of-angkor-thom/

Plans to rebury some 19th century individuals in Perth:

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/dec/06/perths-hidden-graveyard-an-archeological-gem-and-the-human-remains-being-put-to-proper-rest
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NORTH AMERICA
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Latest on the search for the home of Harriet Tubman's father (and her birthplace):

https://www.wbaltv.com/article/harriet-tubman-birthplace-dorchester-county-archeologists-find-clues/34822745

Latest finds from the dig at Colonial Williamsburg's Custis Square:

https://www.dailypress.com/virginiagazette/va-vg-custis-update-1128-20201202-65fnvqeqvzc6no7rb53aax7sau-story.html
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9256-201204-virginia-williamsburg-custis

Ancestral Puebloan finds from a site in Nevada:

https://vegasnews.com/206173/native-american-artifacts-recovered-from-nevada-caves.html
https://www.archaeology.org/news/9246-201201-nevada-anasazi-artifacts

Some 19th century garbage/trash from the site of a new bus maintenance facility in Salt Lake City:

https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2020/12/03/buried-trash-uta/
https://www.abc4.com/news/local-news/100-year-old-relics-unearthed-in-salt-lake-county/
https://www.ksl.com/article/50060783/construction-workers-dig-up-unique-century-old-artifacts-in-downtown-salt-lake-city
https://www.fox13now.com/news/local-news/historic-artifacts-found-at-uta-construction-site-in-salt-lake-city

Fire destroyed a 128 year old East Village church:

https://gothamist.com/news/five-alarm-fire-destroys-128-year-east-village-church
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-55205385
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/12/05/middle-collegiate-church-new-york-city-destroyed-fire/3839102001/
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/dec/05/new-york-middle-collegiate-church-liberty-bell-fire

More on Alexander Hamilton as slave-owner (or not):

https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/She-turned-a-spotlight-on-Alexander-Hamilton-s-15766091.php

More on that Puebloan turkey feather blanket:

https://news.wsu.edu/2020/11/25/ancient-blanket-made-11500-turkey-feathers/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/800-year-old-blanket-holds-clues-turkey-farming-american-southwest-180976438/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9238-201130-turkey-feather-blanket

More on hallucinogenic plant depictions in California petroglyphs:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-55070442
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/11/research-shows-how-hallucinogens-shaped.html

Feature on the debate over when people came to the Americas:

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/stones-mastodon-bones-debate-america-first-settlers
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CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA
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Studying population size and centralization of power in Peru 10 000 - 1000 years bp:

https://phys.org/news/2020-11-explore-population-size-density-centralized.html
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/11/201130155838.htm
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/11/researchers-explore-population-size.html

Study of earthworks in southwestern Amazonia is causing a rethink of how humans altered the rainforest fome 2000 years bp:

http://www.exeter.ac.uk/news/research/title_829836_en.html
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-12/uoh-ehl120120.php
https://phys.org/news/2020-12-early-human-landscape-modifications-amazonia.html
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/12/early-human-landscape-modifications.html
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2020/12/02/early-human-landscape-modifications-discovered-in-amazonia/

Studying 'informal commerce' in the colonial Caribbean:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-12/upf--aap120220.php
https://phys.org/news/2020-12-archaeological-commerce-colonial-caribbean.html
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/12/archaeological-project-analyzes.html
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2020/12/03/analysis-of-informal-commerce-in-the-colonial-caribbean/

A structure beneath the Main Plaza at Monte Alban:

https://www.normantranscript.com/news/local_news/ou-archaeologists-pinpoint-buried-building-in-mexico/article_5607e9b3-dddb-5399-8714-6df1d45a4044.html
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9255-201204-mexico-monte-alban

More on that huge Ice Age petroglyph find in Colombia:

https://www.livescience.com/ice-age-rock-art-amazon.html
https://phys.org/news/2020-12-newly-amazon-art-rainforest-earliest.html
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-55172063
https://www.cnn.com/style/article/amazon-rainforest-ice-age-paintings-scli-intl/index.html
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2020/nov/29/sistine-chapel-of-the-ancients-rock-art-discovered-in-remote-amazon-forest
https://www.timesofisrael.com/sistine-chapel-of-the-ancients-rock-art-found-in-amazon-forest/
https://hyperallergic.com/605541/archaeologists-discover-eight-miles-of-prehistoric-rock-art-the-sistine-chapel-of-the-ancients/
http://www.sci-news.com/archaeology/ice-age-megafauna-rock-drawings-colombian-amazon-09117.html
https://thehill.com/homenews/news/528005-archeologists-discover-thousands-of-ancient-rock-wall-paintings-in-amazon
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/11/the-sistine-chapel-of-ancients.html
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/tens-thousands-12000-year-old-rock-paintings-found-colombia-180976427/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/9244-201201-colombia-rock-art

... and a related editorial:

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/dec/04/the-guardian-view-on-amazonian-cave-art-a-story-about-the-environment-too

More on Maya water filtration:

https://www.theyucatantimes.com/2020/11/researchers-uncover-2000-year-old-maya-water-filtration-system/
https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/maya-water-system-discoveries-show-the-ancient-civilization-in-a-new-light

More on women as hunters:

https://www.sapiens.org/archaeology/female-hunters/
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/ancient-female-huntress

Feature on San Lorenzo Tenochtitlan:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2020/12/san-lorenzo-tenochtitlan-the-first-olmec-centre/136352

A handy list of some upcoming Zoom-hosted lectures on the ancient Americas:

https://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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Divers in the Baltic brought up a Nazi Enigma machine:

https://phys.org/news/2020-12-divers-nazis-enigma-code-machine.html
https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-germany-war-enigma/divers-discover-nazi-ww2-enigma-machine-in-baltic-sea-idUKKBN28D257
https://www.cnet.com/news/divers-retrieve-enigma-code-machine-the-nazis-sank-in-baltic-sea-in-1945/
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2020/12/enigma-cipher-machine-used-by-the-nazis-in-wwii-found-in-the-baltic-sea/

... and there are plans to restore it of course:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/04/germany-museum-to-restore-enigma-machine-found-seabed

The British Library has acquired a 400 years bp copy of John Donne's work:

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/dec/06/the-book-of-love-400-year-old-tome-of-john-donnes-poems-is-unveiled

On previous cancelled Christmases:

https://bigthink.com/culture-religion/christmas-was-cancelled

A feature on Hanukkah:

https://www.algemeiner.com/2020/12/06/the-myths-of-hanukkah/

Interesting feature on the ceiling of the archbishop's palace at Seville:

https://elpais.com/cultura/2020-12-02/las-instrucciones-del-inquisidor-estan-en-el-techo.html

Venture Smith is providing a new look at the slave trade:

https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Africa/2020/1201/Storied-narrative-s-translation-prompts-a-fresh-look-at-the-slave-trade

How captive peoples benefitted their captors:

https://aeon.co/essays/how-captive-peoples-enriched-the-cultures-of-their-captors

Feature on Religion and Archaeology:

https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/the-complicated-history-of-religion-and-archaeology

Interesting feature on an Italian rabbi who tried to talk Henry VIII out of divorce:

https://www.timesofisrael.com/dont-divorce-her-rabbis-letter-to-henry-viii-at-heart-of-british-library-show/
https://mosaicmagazine.com/picks/history-ideas/2020/12/the-italian-rabbi-who-tried-to-talk-henry-viii-out-of-his-first-divorce/

Feature on a dozen 'enduring places':

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/twelve-ancient-and-enduring-places-around-world-180976362/

Feature on methods archaeologists use to determine where to dig:

https://phys.org/news/2020-12-archaeologists.html

Feature on a long-lived presidential grandson:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2020/11/29/president-john-tyler-grandson-harrison/

Feature on when Frederick Douglass met his former enslaver:

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/2020/12/not-lesson-forgiveness-why-frederick-douglass-met-former-enslaver/

Feature on all the 'dead people' we've been digging up lately:

https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a34825606/mummy-excavation-egypt-muslim-crypt-spain/

Feature on Tolkien and Lewis at Oxford:

https://aeon.co/essays/the-rise-and-fall-of-the-oxford-school-of-fantasy-literature

Studying 'women and swearing' in Australia:

https://theconversation.com/from-common-scolds-to-feminist-reclamation-the-fraught-history-of-women-and-swearing-in-australia-150615

Feature on the ancient beer recreation trend:

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/first-beer-in-history

A possible relaunch of Time Team:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2020/12/the-return-of-time-team/136345

A 'mystery smudge' in explorer Jorgen Bronlund's diary:

https://www.livescience.com/greenland-explorer-diary-black-spot.html
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9253-201203-greenland-diary-explorer

Tolkien's house is up for sale:

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/02/realestate/tolkien-house-sale-oxford.html
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-55187161

In case you were wondering about the Kraken:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-us-2020-55090145

On the numerous copies of Newton's Principia that have been recently identified:

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/newton-principia-census

Interesting find of some Great Western Railway posters in an attic:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-55094176

More on microbes and the like on DaVinci drawings:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/microbes-fungi-discovered-da-vinci-drawings-180976416/
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/da-vinci-microbiome

Review of *The Age of Wood*:

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-03378-y

Review of *The Glorious American Essaey*:

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/25/books/review-glorious-american-essay-phillip-lopate.html

Review of *A Question of Freedom*:

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/24/books/review-question-of-freedom-families-challenged-slavery-william-thomas.html

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MUSEUM MATTERS
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Daily Life in an Ancient Judean Town:

https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/ancient-cultures/daily-life-and-practice/living-in-ancient-judah/

Buddhist art:

https://www.dailypioneer.com/2020/india/online-int---l-exhibition-held-on-wealth-of-buddhist-art-and-antiquities.html
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/virtual-exhibition-on-shared-buddhist-heritage-of-sco-countries-launched/article33214191.ece

Roman gold:

https://ashmolean.org/event/lasers-hoarding-and-roman-gold-coinage

Slavery:

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2020/dec/02/dyckman-farmhouse-museum-new-york-slavery-art-exhibition
https://dyckmanfarmhouse.org/unspoken-voices-honoring-a-legacy-of-black-america/

Mesopotamia:

http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/mesopotamia-tales-from-a-delayed-exhibition/

Trojan Cups:

http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2020/12/02/bizarre-3rd-millennium-bc-trojan-cups-imported-from-troy-become-november-2020-exhibit-of-the-month-in-bulgarias-national-museum-of-archaeology/

Feature on the underwater museum at Alonissos:

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/2020/12/diving-into-the-first-underwater-museum-in-greece/

In case you wondered about the British Museum's Great Court:

https://blog.britishmuseum.org/everything-you-ever-wanted-to-know-about-the-great-court/

The Rijksmuseum van Oudheden is doing a live restoration of a Roman sarcophagus:

https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2020/12/04/live-restoration-in-the-museum/
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AUCTIONS AND SALES RELATED
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One of the first commercially-printed Christmas cards is coming to auction:

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2020/dec/04/first-commercially-printed-christmas-card-up-for-sale

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THE TECHY SIDE
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Feature on dendrochronology:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/if-you-really-want-to-know-how-old-a-historical-house-is-look-to-the-tree-rings/2020/12/05/7e157348-3679-11eb-a997-1f4c53d2a747_story.html

... and its application to climate shift studies in East Asia:

https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/11/tree-rings-provide-evidence-for-climate.html

A grant to create a VR experience around a medieval book of hours:

https://dornsife.usc.edu/news/stories/3348/virtual-reality-manuscript/

On applying neural nets to archaeological finds:

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/24/science/artificial-intelligence-archaeology-cnn.html

On finding sites with satellites:

https://www.sciencealert.com/modern-archaeologists-are-using-lasers-and-satellites-to-uncover-invisible-human-remains

Feature on wood preservation:

https://www.archaeology.co.uk/articles/news/science-notes-a-new-approach-to-wood-preservation.htm

On making 3d photos of buildings available on the internet:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-54597241

More on the examination of those mummies found back in 1615:

https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/11/archaeologists-finally-peer-inside.html

More on Egyptian ink:

https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/12/lead-based-inks-likely-used-as-a-drying-agent-on-ancient-egyptian-papyri/

More on the CT scan of that mummy of a five-year-old girl:

https://www.livescience.com/roman-era-mummy-x-ray-scans.html
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9241-201130-mummy-ct-scans

More on archaeologists in the time of COVID:

https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/how-are-archaeologists-using-hi-tech-during-the-coronavirus-era-650245
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CLIMATE MATTERS
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What finds from Utah's Danger Cave reveal (portend?) about climate change:

https://www.sltrib.com/news/2020/11/30/why-utah-cave-may-hold/

On the effects of climate change at Cahokia:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2020/12/cahokia-study-reveals-impacts-of-climate-change-on-human-history/136327
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/12/when-rains-stopped-climate-change-as.html
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2020/12/04/when-the-rains-stopped/
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TOURISTY THINGS
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Hamburg:

https://www.dw.com/en/germanys-16-states-hamburg/a-45215303

Patmos:

https://www.travelpulse.com/opinions/blog/discover-the-charming-greek-island-of-patmos.html

Pyrgi:

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/pyrgi-greece
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PERFORMANCES AND MUSIC RELATED
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Messiah:

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/03/arts/music/handel-messiah-trinity-church.html

Tantalus:

https://www.broadwayworld.com/denver/article/DCPA-Theatre-Company-to-Stream-TANTALUS-Behind-The-Mask-20201202

Feature on four American composers:

https://www.carnegiehall.org/explore/articles/2020/11/13/four-american-composers-to-know-better

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TV/DOCUMENTARY HYPISH THINGS
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Reviewish thing of Secrets of the Saqqara Tomb:

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/.premium.HIGHLIGHT.MAGAZINE-the-secrets-of-ancient-egypt-as-told-by-today-s-egyptians-1.9330241
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CRIME BEAT
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Turkish police seized a stolen relief depicting a gladiator (article in Turkish):

https://www.dha.com.tr/yurt/2-bin-yillik-gladyator-rolyefinin-sirri-cozuldu/haber-1801248

... no picture, but the same thing in English:

http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2020-12/01/c_139556198.htm

A Turkish official arrested for smuggling artifacts out of Syria:

https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/turkish-forces-arrest-officer-responsible-for-smuggling-antiquities-out-of-syria/

European auction houses caught selling stolen Greek artifacts:

https://greekcitytimes.com/2020/11/28/auction-houses-illegally-selling-stolen-artifacts/

A woman on Kalymnos arrested for trafficking antiquities:

https://www.thenationalherald.com/archive_general_news_greece/arthro/greek_woman_arrested_on_kalymnos_for_antiquities_trafficking-1340602/

A bag found with illegally excavated items from the Valle of the Templi (articles in Italian):

https://sicilianews24.it/ritrovato-borsone-con-reperti-trafugati-dalla-valle-dei-templi-634312.html
https://www.agrigentonotizie.it/cronaca/borsone-reperti-abbandono-agrigento-traffico-illecito-.html

Some illegal metal detectorists were arrested in Crotone (article in Italian):

https://www.crotonenews.com/costume/crotone-sorpresi-a-cercare-reperti-archeologici-con-metal-detector-denunciati/

How German librarians caught a book thief:

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/how-german-librarians-caught-a-book-thief

Latest Anonymous Swiss Collector Culture Crime News:

http://www.anonymousswisscollector.com/2020/12/culture-crime-news-23-20-november-2020.html

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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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Some background on the Benin bronzes:

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-11-30/benin-bronzes-stuff-the-british-stole-museum-history/12837940

A Greek monastery is seeking the return of some items from Bulgaria:

https://www.voanews.com/europe/greek-monastery-seeks-return-stolen-religious-objects-bulgaria

Opeddish thing on the (non) return of some Indian idols:

https://indianexpress.com/article/research/from-kohinoor-to-goddess-annapoorna-why-some-stolen-objects-return-and-others-dont-7082126/

A Bronze horse taken during the Second Opium War has been returned to China:

https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/12/bronze-horse-bust-looted-in-second.html

A Nazi art case is heading to the Supreme Court:

https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/capital-region/ap-top-news/2020/12/05/high-court-to-decide-whether-nazi-art-case-stays-in-us-court

More on the Netherlands returning an Ife terracotta to Nigeria:

https://guardian.ng/art/the-netherlands-repatriates-600-year-old-ife-terracotta/
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/11/ancient-ife-artefact-returned-to.html
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NUMISMATICA
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Feature on coinage of Rhegium:

https://coinweek.com/ancient-coins/the-coinage-of-rhegium/

Feature on coining houses:

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/the-coining-house

Latest e-Sylum:

http://www.coinbooks.org/v23/club_nbs_esylum_v23n48.html

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

http://www.coinbooks.org/v23/club_nbs_esylum_v23n49.html
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Coin Week:

http://www.coinweek.com/

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OBITUARIES
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Irina Antonova:

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/04/world/europe/irina-antonova-dead-cornavirus.html

Edda Bresciani:

https://www.luccaindiretta.it/cronaca/2020/11/29/lucca-lutto-per-la-morte-dellegittologa-edda-bresciani/209071/

John Coles:

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2020/dec/01/john-coles-obituary

David Hackett:

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/02/obituaries/david-hackett-dead-coronavirus.html

Tom Winnifrith:

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2020/nov/29/tom-winnifrith-obituary

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AUDIO/VIDEO NEWS
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Audio News from Archaeologica:

https://www.archaeologychannel.org/audio-guide/audio-news/3007-audio-news-from-archaeologica-november-22-through-november-28-2020
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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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