david meadows
2022-01-30 16:37:24 UTC
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explorator 24.41 January 30, 2022
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You can read explorator online at:
https://exploratornews.wordpress.com/
Thanks to Arthur Shippee, Dave Sowdon, Edward Rockstein, Kurt Theis,
John McMahon, Barnea Selavan, Joseph Lauer, Mike Ruggeri, Hernan Astudillo,
Richard Campbell, Barbara Saylor Rodgers, Bob Heuman, David Critchley,
Richard Miller, Kris Curry, Rick Heli, Richard C. Griffiths, Frank MacKay,
Don Buck, mata kimasitayo, and Ross W. Sargent for headses upses this week
(as always hoping I have left no one out).
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EARLY HOMINIDS
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New hints of Neanderthal sites for northern Iran:
https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/469418/New-traces-of-Neanderthal-sites-discovered-in-northcentral-Iran
Plenty of coverage of questioning the theory that eating meat (cooking) is a trait which made us 'human':
https://phys.org/news/2022-01-importance-meat-evolution.html
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/01/220124151115.htm
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/940733
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/meat-eating-early-humans-evolution-b2001696.html
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-10436255/Evolution-human-like-traits-not-result-increased-consumption-animals-study-claims.html
https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/eating-meat-make-us-human-new-research-casts-doubt-rcna13315
https://cosmosmagazine.com/history/palaeontology/meat-eating-human-evolution-important/
https://www.zmescience.com/science/anthropology/eating-meat-evolution-26012022/
https://scitechdaily.com/meat-made-us-human-evolutionary-narrative-starts-to-unravel/
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2022/01/new-study-calls-into-question.html
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/01/27/the-importance-of-meat-eating-in-shaping-our-evolution-is-being-questioned/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/10302-220125-human-ancestors-meat
cf: https://www.pnas.org/content/119/5/e2115540119
A number of public radio segments this week were discussing various aspects of the Neanderthals:
https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/segments/neanderthal-home-on-the-media
https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/segments/what-gibraltar-caves-tell-us-about-neanderthals-on-the-media
https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/segments/neanderthals-and-scientific-racism
https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/segments/whos-human-on-the-media''
A reassessment of finds from the 1928 dig in Shukbah Cave is questioning use of Nubian Levallois technology as a marker for homo sapiens movements:
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-05072-7
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AFRICA
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Tracing leafy vegetable use in West African diet back 3500 years bp:
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/01/220128141339.htm
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/941659
Feature on Gedi (Kenya):
https://www.laprensalatina.com/the-lost-city-of-gedi-kenyas-machu-picchu/
Review of Howard W. French, *Born in Blackness*:
https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/how-to-tell-africas-history/
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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT
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A restored 5th century church site in Gaza was opened to the public:
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20220124-restored-byzantine-church-re-opens-in-gaza
https://www.timesofisrael.com/restored-5th-century-byzantine-church-reopens-in-gaza/
https://greekcitytimes.com/2022/01/25/restored-5th-century-byzantine-church-reopens-in-gaza-strip/
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/20220126/b5c4ad6246e94f749474dcb998b33bac/c.html
More on the sphinxes (and other items) of Amenhotep III from Luxor:
https://www.livescience.com/two-ancient-egyptian-sphinxes-discovered-at-temple
https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/01/long-lost-sphinxes-of-egyptian-king-amenhotep-iii-unearthed-at-luxor/
https://greekreporter.com/2022/01/28/sphinxes-king-tut-egypt/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/two-large-sphinxes-discovered-in-funerary-temple-at-luxor-in-egypt-180979450/
The 30 Greco-Roman burials from Aswan are still getting press coverage too:
https://www.livescience.com/30-mummies-discovered-aswan
More on that mummified foetus:
https://phys.org/news/2022-01-pickled-fetus-ancient-egyptian-mummy.html
https://www.sciencealert.com/we-now-know-how-a-fetus-was-preserved-in-an-egyptian-mummy-it-was-basically-pickled
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-10434725/Archaeology-Foetus-preserved-Egyptian-mummy-PICKLED-acidification-study-reveals.html
https://greekreporter.com/2022/01/25/2000-year-old-fetus-mummy/
Feature on Egyptian writing through the ages:
https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/112289/Acquaint-yourself-with-the-origins-development-of-Egyptian-writing-through
Feature/study on how volcanic eruptions may have led to unrest in Egypt (we may have had this a while ago):
https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/volcanic-eruptions-may-have-contributed-to-unrest-in-ancient-egypt
Not sure where to put this one: Egypt is offering assistance to Nigeria in preserving recovered Benin artifacts:
https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/112291/Egypt-offers-assistance-to-Nigeria-in-preserving-smuggled-Benin-artifacts
Seeking a permanent research centre at the Paleolithic site of Mirak (Iran):
https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/469485/Abandoned-Paleolithic-site-in-need-of-permanent-center-for-research
Study suggests a major drought 4200 years bp 'toppled empires' from Mesopotamia to India:
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-00157-9
Restoration of a temple in Iraq that was damaged by Daesh has revealed evidence of 'hybrid camels' in its artwork:
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-694849
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/art-in-temple-of-allah-s-daughter-reveals-ancient-super-camels-1.10565311
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/01/ancient-art-depicts-early-camel-hybrids/142599
I think we mentioned this evidence that millet was being grown in Mesopotamia some 3500 years bp prior to the introduction of irrigation:
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/discovery-of-millet-in-mesopotamia-changes-understanding-of-early-farming-1.10561755
More on the evidence of a prayer room/church beneath the al-Nuri mosque in Mosul:
https://www.asianews.it/news-en/Possible-church-vestiges-under-the-foundations-of-the-al-Nuri-Mosque-54950.html
More on European archaeologists returning to Iraq:
https://www.timesofisrael.com/after-years-of-war-european-archaeologists-return-to-iraq-for-rare-finds/
Feature on the myssterious 'squill' plant and its use in Mesopotamian medicine/magic:
https://www.asor.org/anetoday/2022/01/medico-magical-squill
23 000 years bp animal remains of a hunter-gatherer camp on the Sea of Galilee suggests humans were handling the Ice Age very well at the time:
https://phys.org/news/2022-01-ice-age-sea-galilee-ancient-residents.html
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/941320
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-694682
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/garbage-on-23-000-year-old-hut-floor-reveals-dietary-secrets-of-prehistoric-israel-1.10568164
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2022/01/23000-years-ago-humans-in-israel.html
https://www.archaeology.org/news/10308-220128-israel-epipaleolithic-diet
cf: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0262434
A Hebrew amulet from the Mount Ebal/Joshua's Altar site in Samaria:
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-694618
https://www.israelhayom.com/2022/01/26/talisman-inscribed-with-ancient-hebrew-script-found-at-joshuas-altar/
https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/schools/3-300-yr-old-lead-amulet-discovered-in-northern-west-bank-364676
... and a background piece on the site:
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-694662
Another report on 'destruction' of sites in Judea and Samaria:
https://worldisraelnews.com/the-diabolical-destruction-of-biblical-sites-in-judea-and-samaria/
Perhaps coincidentally, we're also reading of funding for protection and repair of heritage sites in Judea and Samaria:
https://www.jns.org/government-to-spend-3-2-million-to-protect-repair-heritage-sites-in-judea-and-samaria/
https://www.algemeiner.com/2022/01/25/government-to-spend-3-2-million-to-protect-repair-west-bank-heritage-sites/
More on evidence of parasites among the elite from a Jerusalem toilet:
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/ancient-toilet-jerusalem-2063976
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/ancient-toilet-unearthed-in-jerusalem-shows-elite-were-plagued-by-intestinal-worms-180979436/
Feature on Sennacherib's siege of Lachish:
https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/biblical-sites-places/biblical-archaeology-places/sennacheribs-siege-of-lachish/?mqsc=E4141499&dk=ZE2410ZF0
Feature on the Tower of David renovations:
https://jewishinsider.com/2022/01/in-jerusalem-an-ancient-site-undergoes-renovations-with-modern-technology/
Evidence of a 4000 years bp settlement from Oman:
https://timesofoman.com/article/112389-over-4000-year-old-settlement-unearthed-in-oman
https://timesofoman.com/article/112426-new-archaeological-find-in-omans-rustaq-reveals-4000-year-old-large-sophisticated-settlement
https://www.omanobserver.om/article/1113215/oman/community/archaeological-excavations-in-rustaq-reveal-4000-years-old-settlement
https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/01/archaeologists-discovered-a-4000-year-old-board-game-at-a-dig-in-oman/
... and it doesn't appear to be the same place as the 'board game' site that's been in the news:
https://the-past.com/news/rare-4000-year-old-board-game-found-in-oman/
Evidence for a 3600 years bp settlement site on the eastern Arabian Peninsula:
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/01/evidence-of-3600-year-old-settlement-uncovered-in-eastern-arabian-peninsula/142623
Reviewish/interviewish of Katherine Pangonis' *Queens of Jerusalem*:
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/crusade-jerusalem-queens-female-rulers
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https://thisweekintheancientneareast.podbean.com/
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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS)
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A Phoenician inscription from Cyprus:
https://greekreporter.com/2022/01/27/phoenician-plaque-cyprus/
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/63220
Roadwork revealed Iron Age and Roman structures at a Bedfordshire village site:
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-60158579
https://www.huntspost.co.uk/news/ancient-discoveries-found-during-road-upgrade-8652114
https://www.bedfordshirelive.co.uk/news/bedfordshire-news/iron-age-roman-buildings-relics-6551399
Roman finds from a controversial development site near Kendal:
https://www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk/news/19876353.archaeologists-find-roman-artefacts-controversial-development-site-near-kendal/
Evidence of a Roman-era community of skilled craft workers from a site near Alconbury:
https://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/people/cambridgeshire-archaeological-finds-show-evidence-of-skilled-craft-workers-in-area-nearly-2000-years-ago-3541280
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/01/evidence-of-skilled-craft-working-during-roman-period-in-cambridgeshire/142575
Plenty of Roman finds from a hospital site in Colchester:
https://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/19882584.artefacts-found-county-hospital-excavation/
A new 'fragment' of Hadrian's wall revealed near Carlisle:
https://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/19868396.fragment-hadrians-wall-unveiled-23-acre-field-owned-respected-farmer-susan-aglionby-houghton-near-carlisle/
... while Newcastle feels it should be hyping its bits more:
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/jan/29/newcastle-deprived-west-end-seek-boost-hadrians-wall-west-road-roman-remains
A 4th century (maybe) peacock mosaic from Salona:
https://www.total-croatia-news.com/lifestyle/59623-ancient-salona-archaeological-discovery
A study of the building materials found in the Curia of Pompey:
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/941105
https://www.archaeology.org/10309-220128-rome-curia-pompey
In case you missed the 2500 years bp Scythian burials from Siberia last week:
https://scienceinpoland.pap.pl/en/news/news%2C90938%2Carchaeologists-discover-gold-pectoral-ornament-and-bronze-mirror-siberian-barrow
https://www.archaeology.org/news/10298-220124-siberia-scythian-graves
More on that 1800 years bp intact blue Roman glass bowl from Nijmegen:
https://hyperallergic.com/707260/2000-year-old-roman-glass-bowl-unearthed-like-new/
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/roman-glass-bowl-nijmegen-1234616630/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/2000-year-old-ancient-roman-glass-bowl-found-in-netherlands-180979461/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/10307-220127-netherlands-roman-bowl
More on the Roman amphitheatre find in Switzerland:
https://www.livescience.com/roman-amphitheater-discovered-switzerland
https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/culture/swiss-archeologists-dig-up-youngest-roman-amphitheatre/47274624
https://the-past.com/news/roman-amphitheatre-discovered-in-switzerland/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/10306-220127-switzerland-amphitheater-roman
More on that carved Roman (maybe) wooden figure found during HS2 construction:
https://www.livescience.com/exquisite-wooden-roman-figurine-england
More on the badger-revealed coin hoard from Spain:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/hungry-badger-digs-up-roman-coins-in-spain-180979378/
Plans to 'upgrade' the site of the Sanctuary of Artemis at Aulis:
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/01/27/upgrading-the-site-of-the-sanctuary-of-artemis-at-aulis/
Feature on the restoration of the Diolkos:
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/01/27/the-ancient-diolkos-is-in-the-process-of-being-restored/
New plans for a 'Roman quarter' in York:
https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/19876502.pictures-fresh-plans-revealed-yorks-roman-quarter/
https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/19879460.roman-dig-museum-do-roman-york-jorvik-vikings/
https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/heritage-and-retro/heritage/eboracum-fresh-plans-for-roman-quarter-in-york-featuring-underground-museum-3546062
Feature on Allison Emmerson's work on Romans' attitudes toward the dead:
https://news.tulane.edu/news/archaeologist-offers-new-look-ancient-rome
Feature on Irene Peirano Garrison's Latin Prose composition course at Harvard:
https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2022/01/finding-modern-concerns-in-study-of-ancient-world/
Feature on Leanne Jansen's research on Cicero's integrity:
https://www.miragenews.com/how-ciceros-ruined-reputation-can-be-lesson-for-712387/
A profile of Archondia Thanos and her archaeological work:
https://greekcitytimes.com/2022/01/26/dr-thanos-digging-up-amazing-secrets-of-the-past-2/
Feature on Russell Lawson's work on ancient science:
https://www.tahlequahdailypress.com/news/adjunct-history-professor-details-book-on-science-in-ancient-world/article_cddf2319-cae2-5d49-b506-5fcc34d708a6.html
Feature on some of Madeline Miller's works:
https://www.browndailyherald.com/article/2022/01/liu-25-criticizing-the-stories-we-loved-growing-up
Mary Beard on kissing in the Roman world:
https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/i-came-i-saw-i-kissed-blog-post-mary-beard/
An ASCSA fellowship for Sanjaya Thakur:
https://www.coloradocollege.edu/newsevents/newsroom/2022/classics-professor-awarded-coveted-fellowship-in-athens.html#.YfaTA_WvBhE
Feature on Charles Darwin's debt to Epicurus (first in series, apparently):
https://evolutionnews.org/2022/01/charles-darwin-and-the-ghost-of-epicurus/
Debunking the myth of Spartan infanticide:
https://www.yahoo.com/now/myth-spartans-just-got-blown-061831055.html
https://www.thedailybeast.com/this-myth-about-the-spartans-just-got-blown-up
Feature on mosaics from Hatay on display around the world (seems repatriation-connected):
https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/hatays-mosaics-on-display-abroad-170999
Feature on the Amazons:
https://aeon.co/essays/imagine-scythias-fierce-warrior-women-the-real-amazons
Feature on the Battle of Thermopylae:
https://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/history-and-civilisation/2022/01/betrayal-crushed-spartas-last-stand-at-the-battle-of-thermopylae
Feature on Pliny the Younger (probably paywalled):
https://www.economist.com/culture/2022/01/29/to-understand-the-roman-empire-read-pliny-the-younger
Feature on the find of a statue of Antinous at Delphi in 1894:
https://greekreporter.com/2022/01/23/mesmerizing-photo-the-moment-ancient-masterpiece-is-unearthed-at-delphi/
Feature on the Pythagorean (joke) Cup:
https://greekreporter.com/2022/01/25/pythagorean-cup-ancient-greece/
Feature on Carl Sagan and Eratosthenes:
https://greekreporter.com/2022/01/28/carl-sagan-ancient-greek-eratosthenes/
Feature on the Palace of Galerius in Thessaloniki:
https://greekcitytimes.com/2022/01/28/palace-of-galerius-in-thessaloniki/
Feature on Magnesia:
https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/magnesia-city-of-races-home-to-best-preserved-stadium-in-anatolia/news
Feature on the Temple of Hercules Gaditanus:
https://www.grunge.com/746775/what-was-the-temple-of-hercules-gaditanus/
On Latin as the language of science:
https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783110745832/html
Greece is pondering promoting ancient military tourism:
https://greekreporter.com/2022/01/24/marathon-thermopylae-greece-military-tourism/
More on Classics at UVermont:
https://classicalstudies.org/scs-blog/john-c-franklin/blog-news-vermont-ambrose-graduate-fellowship-classical-languages
Greece is again calling for the Parthenon Sculptures' return, noting perfect replicas are possible:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/01/29/greece-renews-calls-elgin-marbles-return-now-perfect-replicas/
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/01/29/greece-renews-calls-elgin-marbles-return-now-perfect-replicas/
OpEds calling for the return of the Parthenon sculptures:
https://www.dukechronicle.com/article/2022/01/greek-uk-parthenon-frieze-colonial-artifacts-museums
https://www.thenationalherald.com/just-a-little-more-let-us-rise-just-a-little-higher-2/
In case you missed the photos of Athens and other sites in the snow:
https://apnews.com/article/europe-greece-weather-athens-6eae6b996c679db074092ba2b9351eba
Latest Pasts Imperfect newsletter:
https://pastsimperfect.substack.com/p/pasts-imperfect-12722
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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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A 16th century BCE bronze dagger from Slovakia:
https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22817001/the-river-vah-uncovers-a-rare-bronze-age-weapon.html
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/63202
http://www.archaeology.org/news/10300-220125-slovakia-bronze-dagger
A skull of a (possibly Black) medieval woman from a burial ground in Bohemia:
https://english.radio.cz/black-womans-skull-found-medieval-burial-ground-bohemia-8739771
Spain is excavating/restoring historic synagogues:
https://www.jta.org/2022/01/26/global/in-spain-small-towns-are-unearthing-ancient-synagogues-to-resurrect-jewish-history-and-attract-tourists
Carlisle Castle has restored some 'carvings' believed to have been made by 15th century prison guards:
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2022/jan/30/carlisle-castle-restores-15th-century-carvings-thought-to-be-by-prison-guards
The Carrickgollogan neolithic tomb in Ireland has collapsed:
https://www.msn.com/en-ie/news/newsireland/4500-year-old-neolithic-tomb-collapses-in-south-dublin/ar-AAT0ppj?ocid=BingNewsSearch
http://www.archaeology.org/news/10304-220126-ireland-neolithic-tomb
More on 5500 years bp beer straws:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaelogists-find-ancient-drinking-straws-used-to-drink-beer-180979433/
More on the small size of medieval warhorses:
https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/medieval-warhorses-were-more-like-ponies
More on motives for medieval grave robbing:
https://www.sapiens.org/archaeology/medieval-graves-heirlooms/
Feature on the Puxerloch Cave Castles:
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/01/the-puxerloch-cave-castles/142604
Feature/review on Stonehenge (Paywalled):
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/how-to-build-stonehenge-by-mike-pitts-review-the-latest-theories-ahead-of-the-british-museum-exhibition-s283wh30r
Feature on Stonehenge (not paywalled):
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2022/jan/30/how-science-is-uncovering-the-secrets-of-stonehenge-british-museum-nebra-sky-disc-
Feature on the birth of the Renaissance in Italy:
https://www.thegreatcoursesdaily.com/the-birth-of-renaissance-in-italy/
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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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A survey of an Eastern Zhou Dynasty mausoleum from Henan:
http://www.ecns.cn/news/2022-01-28/detail-ihauzmfa9719874.shtml
http://en.people.cn/n3/2022/0128/c90000-9950770.html
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/20220128/6933bb56596c4bccb119c96a22860dbd/c.html
http://t.m.china.org.cn/convert/c_1ALUNzwE.html
... not sure if this item is connected to the above:
http://www.ecns.cn/news/2022-01-29/detail-ihavfwhh0343966.shtml
More on the latest finds from Qin's tomb:
https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202201/1246670.shtml
http://www.ecns.cn/news/2022-01-24/detail-ihauzmfa9716500.shtml
http://global.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202201/24/WS61ee03d4a310cdd39bc82c22.html
Feature on the 'golden age' (now) of Chinese archaeology:
https://www.scmp.com/economy/article/3164479/chinas-golden-age-archaeology-becomes-national-obsession
Feature on recent finds from Tibet:
http://global.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202201/28/WS61f33d69a310cdd39bc83bfb.html
Recreating a 7th/8th century coffin in a tomb in Asuka:
https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14532338
More on satellite imagery and the Kofun tombs:
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2022/01/the-secrets-of-ancient-japanese-tombs.html
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/01/24/the-secrets-of-ancient-japanese-tombs-revealed-thanks-to-satellite-images/
Some restoration work at Angkor Wat has been completed:
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ana-restoration-angkor-wats-sourthern-embankerment-steps-now-complete
Cemetery renovations (?) revealed assorted 2nd century CE (apparently) artifacts and a wall at a site near Haripur:
https://www.dawn.com/news/1672004/artefacts-found-in-ghazi-excavation
https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/929079-historical-site-artefacts-discovered-in-ghazi-tehsil
Plans to resume excavations at Gangaikondacholapuram:
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/excavations-set-to-resume/article38336373.ece
Feature on ancient scripts in Kashmir:
https://www.greaterkashmir.com/op-ed-2/preserving-ancient-epigraphs
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AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND
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Evidence of Indigenous Australians building large outrigger canoe type things some 3000 years (or more) bp:
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/captains-of-industry-australia-s-ancient-seafaring-trade-rewrites-history-20220128-p59s1s.html
Maori artifacts from a school site in Christchurch:
https://www.stuff.co.nz/pou-tiaki/127601295/more-ancient-mori-artefacts-found-in-coastal-christchurch-suburb
Feature on the wreck of The Alert which appears every now and then on a beach in Tasmania:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-01-22/the-alert-shipwreck-rare-sighting-in-tasmania/100769928
... and some wrecks that appeared off the coast of New South Wales:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-01-24/tsunami-conditions-expose-old-shipwrecks/100770456
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NORTH AMERICA
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A study of 17th century food remains from James Fort:
https://www.dailypress.com/virginiagazette/va-vg-james-fort-bones-0119-20220125-modh5zwx5zcbnmmokjq5etexnq-story.html
https://www.archaeology.org/news/10303-220126-jamestown-colony-food
Digging at a historic property at York Village (Maine) has resumed earlier than expected:
https://www.seacoastonline.com/story/news/local/2022/01/26/york-village-me-davis-land-digging-resumes-early-developer-plans/6598120001/
Renovations of a large115 years bp building in Okanogan (Washington) revealed two large murals:
https://www.cnn.com/style/article/couple-discover-murals-during-renovation-trnd/index.html
Worries about possible Native American burials on a development site in Nashville:
https://www.wsmv.com/news/archaeologists-worry-about-native-american-gravesites-on-proposed-land-development-property/article_78ed3f8e-7e23-11ec-a33c-8f40d1134f82.html
Overviewish thing on the Jamestown Rediscovery project:
https://www.dailypress.com/virginiagazette/va-vg-hj-update-0119-20220128-kbt6zlga5jenthcaaldmzfkxbq-story.html
Conservation work on a concretion of items from an 18th century British shipwreck revealed a 'USA' button:
https://pontevedrarecorder.com/stories/local-archaeologists-discover-a-trophy-of-war,15480
https://www.firstcoastnews.com/article/life/button-found-on-a-shipwreck-brings-big-surprise/77-95854770-9d61-47a3-bdc9-508849e5a09b
More on a 370 years bp Spanish cross found at a site in Maryland:
https://www.unionleader.com/news/back_page/rare-370-year-old-spanish-cross-found-at-maryland-archaeological-site/article_dbbd282f-2833-51f1-9175-1b28134de4dd.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2022/01/23/spanish-cross-stmarys-dig/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/10301-220125-maryland-spanish-cross
Latest feature on Poverty Point:
https://www.thenewsstar.com/story/news/2022/01/30/poverty-point-world-heritage-site-more-complex-than-previously-thought/6613288001/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/01/research-reveals-new-insights-into-ancient-mound-complex-of-poverty-point/142571
Feature on Matt Peeples work at Chaco Canyon:
https://news.asu.edu/20220125-discoveries-returning-historical-treasure-chaco-canyon
Feature on Native American grave houses in Oklahoma:
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/grave-houses-oklahoma
Review of Ben Raines, *The Last Slave Ship*:
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/25/books/review/the-last-slave-ship-ben-raines.html
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CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA
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Not sure if this is a 'repatriation' story but archaeologists are said to have recovered a 'coyote man' sculpture:
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/01/archaeologists-recover-the-coyote-man-of-tacambaro/142585
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/coyote-man-sculpture-tacambro-mexico-recovered-1234617012/
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/63227
More on structures recently found at Machu Picchu:
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/ancient-and-hidden-machu-picchus-complexity-uncovered-by-archaeologists/2734994/
https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/archaeologists-discover-hidden-structures-at-perus-machu-picchu/news
https://andina.pe/Ingles/noticia-peru-international-media-outlets-highlight-discovery-of-aqueducts-at-chachabamba-site-878426.aspx
... and Peru is reopening the citadel site after recent floods:
https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202201/1250075.shtml
Feature on John Hoopes' recent publications on pre-Columbian artifacts and sites:
https://today.ku.edu/2022/01/25/project-puts-central-south-american-archaeological-finds-new-context
Feature on Alex Bazarsky's LiDAR work with Maya sites:
https://www.brandeis.edu/now/2022/january/alex-bazarsky-archaeology.html
Feature on Reginald Murphy's work looking for pre-Columbian sites on Antigua:
https://antiguaobserver.com/archaeologist-hunting-for-amerindian-artefacts-at-site-of-controversial-development/
Feature on the Rupac site:
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/01/rupac-the-machu-picchu-of-lima/142588
Feature on the moai statues:
https://www.zmescience.com/other/feature-post/easter-island-statues/
A listing of assorted zoom lectures and conferences relating to the Ancient Americas:
https://mikeruggerisancientamericasevents.wordpress.com/
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Mike Ruggeri's Ancient Americas Breaking News:
http://goo.gl/1VdeA
Mike Ruggeri's Ancient Americas lecture channels on Youtube:
https://mikeruggerisyoutube.tumblr.com/
Ancient MesoAmerica News:
http://ancient-mesoamerica-news-updates.blogspot.com/
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OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST
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Feature on eleven 'dazzling' hoards:
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/654848/most-dazzling-hoards-ever-discovered
Feature on the evil eye:
https://www.livescience.com/40633-evil-eye.html
Feature on the history of vegetarianism:
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/MAGAZINE-the-surprising-history-of-vegetarianism-1.10565080
On the history of porridge:
https://www.mashed.com/746664/the-untold-truth-of-porridge/
Feature on sexism influencing Darwin's theories:
https://theconversation.com/evolution-how-victorian-sexism-influenced-darwins-theories-new-research-175261
https://phys.org/news/2022-01-evolution-victorian-sexism-darwin-theoriesnew.html
cf: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abi6308
Feature on bees in art in various times and cultures:
https://theconversation.com/from-rock-carvings-to-rock-music-the-prevalence-of-bees-in-art-throughout-human-history-173069
https://phys.org/news/2022-01-bees-art-culture-ages.html
cf: https://brill.com/view/journals/artp/aop/article-10.1163-22134913-bja10031/article-10.1163-22134913-bja10031.xml
Feature on skull modification and its effects:
https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/tracing-the-history-and-health-impacts-of-skull-modification
A 12th century monk is the first account of 'ball lightning' from England:
https://theconversation.com/first-english-sighting-of-ball-lightning-a-12th-century-monks-chronicle-reveals-all-174837
Feature on Gainsborough's Blue Boy:
https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20220120-gainsboroughs-blue-boy-the-private-life-of-a-masterpiece
Manet's portrait of Eva Gonzales is the latest to get the xray treatment:
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/manet-eva-gonzales-portrait-national-gallery-analysis-1234617075/
Feature on Judith Leyster:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/interactive/2022/judith-leyster-self-portrait/
cf: https://www.nga.gov/collection/highlights/leyster-self-portrait.html
Catalonia has pardoned some women executed for witchcraft in the past:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-60149778
Some Jane Austen manuscripts have been donated in an attempt to save Honresfield Library from auction:
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/01/24/treasured-jane-austen-letters-donated-as-part-of-campaign/
Some of Picasso's heirs are trying to get into the NFT scene:
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/picasso-nft-1234616740/
Victor Nuovo on Leibniz:
https://www.addisonindependent.com/2022/01/27/victor-nuovo-the-fundamental-questions-of-the-meaning-of-life/
On the history of hotpot:
https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/food-drink/article/3164870/how-hotpot-chinese-food-favourite-started-genghis-khan-its
Reviewish of Roosevelt Montas, *Rescuing Socrates*:
https://www.thecollegefix.com/professor-explains-how-the-great-books-changed-his-life/
On the history of 'sleaze' in British politics (book review):
https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/trust-and-distrust-mark-knights-book-review-ian-cawood
Feature on a Sumatran tree bark book:
https://yalealumnimagazine.com/articles/5435-redefining-the-book
Some repatriation-inspired Onion humour:
https://www.theonion.com/rock-roll-hall-of-fame-under-pressure-to-return-loote-1848385651
Review of Bill Hayes, *Sweat*:
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/jan/28/sweat-by-bill-hayes-review-a-history-of-the-physical-that-gets-personal
Review of Ranulph Fiennes, *Shackelton*:
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/28/books/review/shackelton-ranulph-fiennes.html
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CURRENT EVENTS:
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On Yale's connections to slavery:
https://yalealumnimagazine.com/articles/5450-a-reckoning-with-our-past
Princeton Theological Seminary is removing the name of Samuel Miller from the Princeton Seminary Chapel:
https://www.ptsem.edu/board-of-trustees-statement
Some Shema Yisrael pendants were found at Sobibor prior to Holocaust Remembrance Day:
https://www.algemeiner.com/2022/01/28/shema-yisrael-pendants-found-in-archaeological-digs-at-sobibor-death-camp/
https://www.jns.org/shema-yisrael-pendants-found-in-archaeological-digs-at-sobibor-death-camp/
https://www.israelhayom.com/2022/01/28/shema-yisrael-pendants-found-in-archaeological-digs-at-sobibor-death-camp/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/01/shema-yisrael-pendants-from-victims-found-at-nazi-extermination-camp/142618
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/01/28/shema-yisrael-pendants-found-in-the-sobibor-extermination-camp/
... and some Holocaust-era photos recently found:
https://www.npr.org/2022/01/27/1075317667/a-discovery-of-holocaust-era-photos-helps-a-jewish-family-connect-with-its-past
Feature on the role of doctors in Holocaust atrocities:
https://www.statnews.com/2022/01/27/doctors-complicit-holocaust-atrocities/
OpEd on recent Holocaust revisionism:
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/29/opinion/holocaust-poland-europe.html
The Getty has released a collection of photos from the archives of HCBUs:
https://www.ebony.com/news/getty-images-hbcu-photo-archives/
The Dresden State Art Collections is being criticized for renaming some works:
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2022/01/28/accused-of-cancel-culture-dresden-museums-defend-renaming-works
More features on Edmonia Lewis in anticipation of her stamp:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/smithsonian-american-art-museum/2022/01/25/edmonia-lewis-and-her-stamp-on-american-art/
https://wgntv.com/daytime-chicago/the-chicago-connection-behind-the-death-of-cleopatra-by-edmonia-lewis/
A statue of Ponce de Leon in Puerto Rico was hauled down:
https://elpais.com/espana/2022-01-24/derribada-una-estatua-de-ponce-de-leon-horas-antes-de-la-llegada-de-felipe-vi-a-puerto-rico.html
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ANIMAL AND PLANT DOMESTICATIONS
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Questioning the evidence of small-scale animal husbandry in northwest Europe 4800 BCE or so:
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-05073-6
Another feature on domestic horse origins:
https://phys.org/news/2022-01-quest-uncover-horse-rewriting-picture.html
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LANGUAGE RELATED
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On the invention of 'shooketh':
https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2022/01/online-slang-of-biblical-proportions/621332/
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MUSEUM MATTERS
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The Rare Collection:
https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/44/456823/Antiquities/Museums/%E2%80%98The-Rare-Collection%E2%80%99-exhibition-opens-in-Cairo.aspx
https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/112145/Rarest-of-Collectibles-temporary-exhibition-launches-in-Egypt%E2%80%99s-Royal-Chariots
King Tut:
https://www.sanluisobispo.com/living/travel/article257653093.html
Ramses the Great:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/an-immersive-celebration-of-ramses-ii-transports-visitors-to-ancient-egypt-180979444/
Pompeii in Color:
https://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/news/2022/january/pompeii-in-color.html
Angkor 3d:
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/angkor-3d-lost-empire-cambodia-200200576.html
Tudors:
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2022/jan/28/beginning-of-modern-britain-iconic-tudor-portraits-go-on-display-in-bath
Nebra Sky Disc:
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/britain-cornish-stonehenge-work-cornwall-b2001046.html
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/britain-british-museum-stonehenge-work-cornwall-b978885.html
https://www.leinsterleader.ie/news/arts---entertainment/729047/oldest-map-of-the-stars-welcomed-home-by-the-british-museum.html
Behind the Roar:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-60054264
OpEd on the need for museums to return looted items:
https://theaquinian.net/museum-ethics-return-what-was-stolen/
... and decolonizing museums:
https://www.varsity.co.uk/interviews/22865
Plans for a new museum for underwater antiquities at Piraeus:
https://www.ekathimerini.com/culture/1176084/plans-approved-for-the-new-museum-of-underwater-antiquities/
More on the M&S loans to a Leeds gallery:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-60058853
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AUCTIONS AND SALES RELATED
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A huge result for a Henry III gold penny:
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/jan/24/devon-detectorist-13th-century-gold-coin-sold
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/henry-iii-gold-coin-metal-detectorist-b1999692.html
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-60095685
https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/extemely-rare-henry-iii-gold-6539551
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10434973/Metal-detectorist-nets-648k-finding-one-Englands-gold-coins-Devon-field.html
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/63197
A 19th century Japanese coin also fetched a high price:
https://www.wscountytimes.co.uk/news/opinion/columnists/west-sussex-auctioneers-sells-extremely-rare-japanese-coin-for-record-ps260k-3539166
Big bucks for Botticelli's 'Man of Sorrows':
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/27/arts/design/botticelli-sothebys-auction.html
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/market/botticelli-man-of-sorrows-sale-sothebys-1234616887/
Pondering the legality of a potential Sotheby's sale of an Egyptian statue:
https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/112292/Sotheby%E2%80%99s-attempts-to-sell-ancient-Egyptian-statue-for-3-5M
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ON THE DNA FRONT
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The DNA to create 'small dogs' was already present in wolves, apparently:
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/27/science/small-dogs-dna-wolves.html
In case you missed the DNA evidence for the development of the 'kunga':
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/01/before-horses-ass-hybrids-were-bred-for-warfare/142567
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THE TECHY SIDE
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A global database of archaeological radiocarbon dates:
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41597-022-01118-7
Another dating method for human remains:
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/01/220128100735.htm
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CLIMATE MATTERS
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Climate change concerns for items in UK peat bogs:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-60091485
https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/britain-iron-age-british-north-west-england-cheshire-b1999961.html
https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/uk-archaeological-sites-climate-crisis-b2000130.html
https://www.scotsman.com/news/environment/climate-change-threatening-britains-ancient-treasure-as-peat-bogs-dry-out-3540232
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-10438455/Climate-change-threatening-Britain-s-ancient-treasure-peat-bogs-dry-out.html
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/01/25/climate-change-threatens-destroy-buried-treasures-warn-experts/
Connecting an 8200 years bp burial ground north of Moscow to 'climate stress':
https://phys.org/news/2022-01-radiocarbon-dating-prehistoric-cemetery-reveals.html
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/how-russian-hunter-gatherers-handled-climate-shock-8-200-years-ago-1.10571783
https://cosmosmagazine.com/history/archaeology/8000-year-old-community-climate-change/
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2022/01/new-study-reveals-insight-into-how-our.html
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TOURISTY THINGS
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Amphipolis:
https://greekreporter.com/2022/01/30/visiting-amphipolis-tomb-ten-things-to-do-in-greeces-newest-archaeological-heaven/
Carnac stones:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/travel/2022/01/21/brittany-france-prehistory-carnac-alignments/
Matanzas:
https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20220123-matanzas-the-rebirth-of-cubas-abandoned-cultural-hub
Coumboscuro:
https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/the-italian-village-that-doesnt-speak-italian/index.html
Bhutan Pilgrimage trail:
https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/trans-bhutan-trail-reopening-intl-hnk/index.html
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PERFORMANCES AND MUSIC RELATED
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'Forgotten' composers:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-60153376
Macbeth:
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/28/movies/joel-coen-tragedy-of-macbeth.html
Some Paris dramas:
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/27/theater/moliere-taertuffe-ivo-van-hove.html
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CRIME BEAT
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A metal detectorist was arrested while poking around a medieval castle:
https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/local-news/metal-detectorist-picked-up-police-22899076
A sculpture of the Virgin of Candelaria was stolen in Santiago:
https://www.elmostrador.cl/cultura/2022/01/26/denuncian-robo-de-escultura-del-nino-jesus-desde-el-museo-de-arte-colonial-de-san-francisco-en-santiago/
A man was arrested for trying to steal a tile from the Alhambra:
https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2022/01/29/man-faces-criminal-charges-for-allegedly-attempting-to-steal-historic-tile-from-spains-alhambra/
An effort to unite Mekong River countries against illegal trafficking of antiquities:
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/mekong-nations-ramp-antiquities-crimes-fight
Some details about the provenance of some of Steinhardt's looted items:
https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/article-694452
https://www.timesofisrael.com/michael-steinhardt-allegedly-looted-the-same-caves-his-donations-help-to-preserve/
The Dresden Green Vault jewelry heist is underway:
https://www.dw.com/en/dresden-green-vault-jewelry-heist-trial-starts/a-60585566
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/trial-germanys-green-vault-jewel-heist-opens-dresden-2022-01-28/
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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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France approved the return of some Nazi-looted artworks:
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/france-approves-return-nazi-looted-artworks-gustav-klimt-marc-chagall-1234616738/
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2022/01/27/french-national-assembly-approves-return-of-15-nazi-looted-worksincluding-paintings-by-chagall-and-klimtto-jewish-heirs
More on a Lebanese museum returning items taken from Syria:
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/01/27/lebanese-museum-returns-art-works-from-palmyra/
More on US returns to Iraq:
https://www.archaeology.org/news/10299-220124-artifacts-repatriation-iraq
More on research into items looted by Nazis from Greece:
https://greekherald.com.au/culture/history/new-research-puts-spotlight-ancient-artefacts-looted-nazis-greece/
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NUMISMATICA
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Latest e-Sylum:
http://www.coinbooks.org/v25/club_nbs_esylum_v25n04.html
... and the one which should appear later today:
http://www.coinbooks.org/v25/club_nbs_esylum_v25n05.html
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Coin Week:
http://www.coinweek.com/
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OBITUARIES
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Richard Leakey:
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-00211-6
Martha Sharp Joukowsky:
https://www.archaeological.org/in-memoriam-martha-sharp-joukowsky/
Anna Ritchie:
https://www.scotsman.com/heritage-and-retro/heritage/a-celebration-for-the-archaeologist-who-broke-new-ground-on-ancient-scotland-3538301
Reza Mostofifard:
https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/469463/Iranian-archaeologist-Reza-Mostofifard-dies-at-88
Heidemarie Koch:
https://en.irna.ir/news/84630184/Prominent-German-Iranologist-Heidemarie-Koch-dies
R Nagaswamy:
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/eminent-archaeologist-and-epigraphist-r-nagaswamy-is-no-more/article38314725.ece
https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/tamil-nadu-famous-archaeologist-ramachandran-nagaswamy-dies-in-chennai-1903512-2022-01-23
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/r-nagaswamy-archaeologist-who-kept-digging-for-knowledge/articleshow/89082709.cms
Johan Hultin:
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/27/health/dr-johan-hultin-dead.html
Jonathan Brown:
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/28/arts/jonathan-brown-dead.html
Robert Farris Thompson:
https://yalealumnimagazine.com/articles/5453-a-life-transformed-by-mambo
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AUDIO/VIDEO NEWS
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Audio News from Archaeologica:
https://www.archaeologychannel.org/audio-guide/audio-news/3132-audio-news-from-archaeologica-january-16th-through-january-22nd-2022
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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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Thanks to Arthur Shippee, Dave Sowdon, Edward Rockstein, Kurt Theis,
John McMahon, Barnea Selavan, Joseph Lauer, Mike Ruggeri, Hernan Astudillo,
Richard Campbell, Barbara Saylor Rodgers, Bob Heuman, David Critchley,
Richard Miller, Kris Curry, Rick Heli, Richard C. Griffiths, Frank MacKay,
Don Buck, mata kimasitayo, and Ross W. Sargent for headses upses this week
(as always hoping I have left no one out).
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EARLY HOMINIDS
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New hints of Neanderthal sites for northern Iran:
https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/469418/New-traces-of-Neanderthal-sites-discovered-in-northcentral-Iran
Plenty of coverage of questioning the theory that eating meat (cooking) is a trait which made us 'human':
https://phys.org/news/2022-01-importance-meat-evolution.html
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/01/220124151115.htm
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/940733
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/meat-eating-early-humans-evolution-b2001696.html
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-10436255/Evolution-human-like-traits-not-result-increased-consumption-animals-study-claims.html
https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/eating-meat-make-us-human-new-research-casts-doubt-rcna13315
https://cosmosmagazine.com/history/palaeontology/meat-eating-human-evolution-important/
https://www.zmescience.com/science/anthropology/eating-meat-evolution-26012022/
https://scitechdaily.com/meat-made-us-human-evolutionary-narrative-starts-to-unravel/
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2022/01/new-study-calls-into-question.html
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/01/27/the-importance-of-meat-eating-in-shaping-our-evolution-is-being-questioned/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/10302-220125-human-ancestors-meat
cf: https://www.pnas.org/content/119/5/e2115540119
A number of public radio segments this week were discussing various aspects of the Neanderthals:
https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/segments/neanderthal-home-on-the-media
https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/segments/what-gibraltar-caves-tell-us-about-neanderthals-on-the-media
https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/segments/neanderthals-and-scientific-racism
https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/segments/whos-human-on-the-media''
A reassessment of finds from the 1928 dig in Shukbah Cave is questioning use of Nubian Levallois technology as a marker for homo sapiens movements:
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-05072-7
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AFRICA
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Tracing leafy vegetable use in West African diet back 3500 years bp:
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/01/220128141339.htm
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/941659
Feature on Gedi (Kenya):
https://www.laprensalatina.com/the-lost-city-of-gedi-kenyas-machu-picchu/
Review of Howard W. French, *Born in Blackness*:
https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/how-to-tell-africas-history/
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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT
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A restored 5th century church site in Gaza was opened to the public:
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20220124-restored-byzantine-church-re-opens-in-gaza
https://www.timesofisrael.com/restored-5th-century-byzantine-church-reopens-in-gaza/
https://greekcitytimes.com/2022/01/25/restored-5th-century-byzantine-church-reopens-in-gaza-strip/
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/20220126/b5c4ad6246e94f749474dcb998b33bac/c.html
More on the sphinxes (and other items) of Amenhotep III from Luxor:
https://www.livescience.com/two-ancient-egyptian-sphinxes-discovered-at-temple
https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/01/long-lost-sphinxes-of-egyptian-king-amenhotep-iii-unearthed-at-luxor/
https://greekreporter.com/2022/01/28/sphinxes-king-tut-egypt/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/two-large-sphinxes-discovered-in-funerary-temple-at-luxor-in-egypt-180979450/
The 30 Greco-Roman burials from Aswan are still getting press coverage too:
https://www.livescience.com/30-mummies-discovered-aswan
More on that mummified foetus:
https://phys.org/news/2022-01-pickled-fetus-ancient-egyptian-mummy.html
https://www.sciencealert.com/we-now-know-how-a-fetus-was-preserved-in-an-egyptian-mummy-it-was-basically-pickled
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-10434725/Archaeology-Foetus-preserved-Egyptian-mummy-PICKLED-acidification-study-reveals.html
https://greekreporter.com/2022/01/25/2000-year-old-fetus-mummy/
Feature on Egyptian writing through the ages:
https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/112289/Acquaint-yourself-with-the-origins-development-of-Egyptian-writing-through
Feature/study on how volcanic eruptions may have led to unrest in Egypt (we may have had this a while ago):
https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/volcanic-eruptions-may-have-contributed-to-unrest-in-ancient-egypt
Not sure where to put this one: Egypt is offering assistance to Nigeria in preserving recovered Benin artifacts:
https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/112291/Egypt-offers-assistance-to-Nigeria-in-preserving-smuggled-Benin-artifacts
Seeking a permanent research centre at the Paleolithic site of Mirak (Iran):
https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/469485/Abandoned-Paleolithic-site-in-need-of-permanent-center-for-research
Study suggests a major drought 4200 years bp 'toppled empires' from Mesopotamia to India:
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-00157-9
Restoration of a temple in Iraq that was damaged by Daesh has revealed evidence of 'hybrid camels' in its artwork:
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-694849
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/art-in-temple-of-allah-s-daughter-reveals-ancient-super-camels-1.10565311
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/01/ancient-art-depicts-early-camel-hybrids/142599
I think we mentioned this evidence that millet was being grown in Mesopotamia some 3500 years bp prior to the introduction of irrigation:
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/discovery-of-millet-in-mesopotamia-changes-understanding-of-early-farming-1.10561755
More on the evidence of a prayer room/church beneath the al-Nuri mosque in Mosul:
https://www.asianews.it/news-en/Possible-church-vestiges-under-the-foundations-of-the-al-Nuri-Mosque-54950.html
More on European archaeologists returning to Iraq:
https://www.timesofisrael.com/after-years-of-war-european-archaeologists-return-to-iraq-for-rare-finds/
Feature on the myssterious 'squill' plant and its use in Mesopotamian medicine/magic:
https://www.asor.org/anetoday/2022/01/medico-magical-squill
23 000 years bp animal remains of a hunter-gatherer camp on the Sea of Galilee suggests humans were handling the Ice Age very well at the time:
https://phys.org/news/2022-01-ice-age-sea-galilee-ancient-residents.html
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/941320
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-694682
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/garbage-on-23-000-year-old-hut-floor-reveals-dietary-secrets-of-prehistoric-israel-1.10568164
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2022/01/23000-years-ago-humans-in-israel.html
https://www.archaeology.org/news/10308-220128-israel-epipaleolithic-diet
cf: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0262434
A Hebrew amulet from the Mount Ebal/Joshua's Altar site in Samaria:
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-694618
https://www.israelhayom.com/2022/01/26/talisman-inscribed-with-ancient-hebrew-script-found-at-joshuas-altar/
https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/schools/3-300-yr-old-lead-amulet-discovered-in-northern-west-bank-364676
... and a background piece on the site:
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-694662
Another report on 'destruction' of sites in Judea and Samaria:
https://worldisraelnews.com/the-diabolical-destruction-of-biblical-sites-in-judea-and-samaria/
Perhaps coincidentally, we're also reading of funding for protection and repair of heritage sites in Judea and Samaria:
https://www.jns.org/government-to-spend-3-2-million-to-protect-repair-heritage-sites-in-judea-and-samaria/
https://www.algemeiner.com/2022/01/25/government-to-spend-3-2-million-to-protect-repair-west-bank-heritage-sites/
More on evidence of parasites among the elite from a Jerusalem toilet:
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/ancient-toilet-jerusalem-2063976
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/ancient-toilet-unearthed-in-jerusalem-shows-elite-were-plagued-by-intestinal-worms-180979436/
Feature on Sennacherib's siege of Lachish:
https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/biblical-sites-places/biblical-archaeology-places/sennacheribs-siege-of-lachish/?mqsc=E4141499&dk=ZE2410ZF0
Feature on the Tower of David renovations:
https://jewishinsider.com/2022/01/in-jerusalem-an-ancient-site-undergoes-renovations-with-modern-technology/
Evidence of a 4000 years bp settlement from Oman:
https://timesofoman.com/article/112389-over-4000-year-old-settlement-unearthed-in-oman
https://timesofoman.com/article/112426-new-archaeological-find-in-omans-rustaq-reveals-4000-year-old-large-sophisticated-settlement
https://www.omanobserver.om/article/1113215/oman/community/archaeological-excavations-in-rustaq-reveal-4000-years-old-settlement
https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/01/archaeologists-discovered-a-4000-year-old-board-game-at-a-dig-in-oman/
... and it doesn't appear to be the same place as the 'board game' site that's been in the news:
https://the-past.com/news/rare-4000-year-old-board-game-found-in-oman/
Evidence for a 3600 years bp settlement site on the eastern Arabian Peninsula:
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/01/evidence-of-3600-year-old-settlement-uncovered-in-eastern-arabian-peninsula/142623
Reviewish/interviewish of Katherine Pangonis' *Queens of Jerusalem*:
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/crusade-jerusalem-queens-female-rulers
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https://thisweekintheancientneareast.podbean.com/
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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS)
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A Phoenician inscription from Cyprus:
https://greekreporter.com/2022/01/27/phoenician-plaque-cyprus/
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/63220
Roadwork revealed Iron Age and Roman structures at a Bedfordshire village site:
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-60158579
https://www.huntspost.co.uk/news/ancient-discoveries-found-during-road-upgrade-8652114
https://www.bedfordshirelive.co.uk/news/bedfordshire-news/iron-age-roman-buildings-relics-6551399
Roman finds from a controversial development site near Kendal:
https://www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk/news/19876353.archaeologists-find-roman-artefacts-controversial-development-site-near-kendal/
Evidence of a Roman-era community of skilled craft workers from a site near Alconbury:
https://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/people/cambridgeshire-archaeological-finds-show-evidence-of-skilled-craft-workers-in-area-nearly-2000-years-ago-3541280
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/01/evidence-of-skilled-craft-working-during-roman-period-in-cambridgeshire/142575
Plenty of Roman finds from a hospital site in Colchester:
https://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/19882584.artefacts-found-county-hospital-excavation/
A new 'fragment' of Hadrian's wall revealed near Carlisle:
https://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/19868396.fragment-hadrians-wall-unveiled-23-acre-field-owned-respected-farmer-susan-aglionby-houghton-near-carlisle/
... while Newcastle feels it should be hyping its bits more:
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/jan/29/newcastle-deprived-west-end-seek-boost-hadrians-wall-west-road-roman-remains
A 4th century (maybe) peacock mosaic from Salona:
https://www.total-croatia-news.com/lifestyle/59623-ancient-salona-archaeological-discovery
A study of the building materials found in the Curia of Pompey:
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/941105
https://www.archaeology.org/10309-220128-rome-curia-pompey
In case you missed the 2500 years bp Scythian burials from Siberia last week:
https://scienceinpoland.pap.pl/en/news/news%2C90938%2Carchaeologists-discover-gold-pectoral-ornament-and-bronze-mirror-siberian-barrow
https://www.archaeology.org/news/10298-220124-siberia-scythian-graves
More on that 1800 years bp intact blue Roman glass bowl from Nijmegen:
https://hyperallergic.com/707260/2000-year-old-roman-glass-bowl-unearthed-like-new/
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/roman-glass-bowl-nijmegen-1234616630/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/2000-year-old-ancient-roman-glass-bowl-found-in-netherlands-180979461/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/10307-220127-netherlands-roman-bowl
More on the Roman amphitheatre find in Switzerland:
https://www.livescience.com/roman-amphitheater-discovered-switzerland
https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/culture/swiss-archeologists-dig-up-youngest-roman-amphitheatre/47274624
https://the-past.com/news/roman-amphitheatre-discovered-in-switzerland/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/10306-220127-switzerland-amphitheater-roman
More on that carved Roman (maybe) wooden figure found during HS2 construction:
https://www.livescience.com/exquisite-wooden-roman-figurine-england
More on the badger-revealed coin hoard from Spain:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/hungry-badger-digs-up-roman-coins-in-spain-180979378/
Plans to 'upgrade' the site of the Sanctuary of Artemis at Aulis:
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/01/27/upgrading-the-site-of-the-sanctuary-of-artemis-at-aulis/
Feature on the restoration of the Diolkos:
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/01/27/the-ancient-diolkos-is-in-the-process-of-being-restored/
New plans for a 'Roman quarter' in York:
https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/19876502.pictures-fresh-plans-revealed-yorks-roman-quarter/
https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/19879460.roman-dig-museum-do-roman-york-jorvik-vikings/
https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/heritage-and-retro/heritage/eboracum-fresh-plans-for-roman-quarter-in-york-featuring-underground-museum-3546062
Feature on Allison Emmerson's work on Romans' attitudes toward the dead:
https://news.tulane.edu/news/archaeologist-offers-new-look-ancient-rome
Feature on Irene Peirano Garrison's Latin Prose composition course at Harvard:
https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2022/01/finding-modern-concerns-in-study-of-ancient-world/
Feature on Leanne Jansen's research on Cicero's integrity:
https://www.miragenews.com/how-ciceros-ruined-reputation-can-be-lesson-for-712387/
A profile of Archondia Thanos and her archaeological work:
https://greekcitytimes.com/2022/01/26/dr-thanos-digging-up-amazing-secrets-of-the-past-2/
Feature on Russell Lawson's work on ancient science:
https://www.tahlequahdailypress.com/news/adjunct-history-professor-details-book-on-science-in-ancient-world/article_cddf2319-cae2-5d49-b506-5fcc34d708a6.html
Feature on some of Madeline Miller's works:
https://www.browndailyherald.com/article/2022/01/liu-25-criticizing-the-stories-we-loved-growing-up
Mary Beard on kissing in the Roman world:
https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/i-came-i-saw-i-kissed-blog-post-mary-beard/
An ASCSA fellowship for Sanjaya Thakur:
https://www.coloradocollege.edu/newsevents/newsroom/2022/classics-professor-awarded-coveted-fellowship-in-athens.html#.YfaTA_WvBhE
Feature on Charles Darwin's debt to Epicurus (first in series, apparently):
https://evolutionnews.org/2022/01/charles-darwin-and-the-ghost-of-epicurus/
Debunking the myth of Spartan infanticide:
https://www.yahoo.com/now/myth-spartans-just-got-blown-061831055.html
https://www.thedailybeast.com/this-myth-about-the-spartans-just-got-blown-up
Feature on mosaics from Hatay on display around the world (seems repatriation-connected):
https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/hatays-mosaics-on-display-abroad-170999
Feature on the Amazons:
https://aeon.co/essays/imagine-scythias-fierce-warrior-women-the-real-amazons
Feature on the Battle of Thermopylae:
https://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/history-and-civilisation/2022/01/betrayal-crushed-spartas-last-stand-at-the-battle-of-thermopylae
Feature on Pliny the Younger (probably paywalled):
https://www.economist.com/culture/2022/01/29/to-understand-the-roman-empire-read-pliny-the-younger
Feature on the find of a statue of Antinous at Delphi in 1894:
https://greekreporter.com/2022/01/23/mesmerizing-photo-the-moment-ancient-masterpiece-is-unearthed-at-delphi/
Feature on the Pythagorean (joke) Cup:
https://greekreporter.com/2022/01/25/pythagorean-cup-ancient-greece/
Feature on Carl Sagan and Eratosthenes:
https://greekreporter.com/2022/01/28/carl-sagan-ancient-greek-eratosthenes/
Feature on the Palace of Galerius in Thessaloniki:
https://greekcitytimes.com/2022/01/28/palace-of-galerius-in-thessaloniki/
Feature on Magnesia:
https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/magnesia-city-of-races-home-to-best-preserved-stadium-in-anatolia/news
Feature on the Temple of Hercules Gaditanus:
https://www.grunge.com/746775/what-was-the-temple-of-hercules-gaditanus/
On Latin as the language of science:
https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783110745832/html
Greece is pondering promoting ancient military tourism:
https://greekreporter.com/2022/01/24/marathon-thermopylae-greece-military-tourism/
More on Classics at UVermont:
https://classicalstudies.org/scs-blog/john-c-franklin/blog-news-vermont-ambrose-graduate-fellowship-classical-languages
Greece is again calling for the Parthenon Sculptures' return, noting perfect replicas are possible:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/01/29/greece-renews-calls-elgin-marbles-return-now-perfect-replicas/
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/01/29/greece-renews-calls-elgin-marbles-return-now-perfect-replicas/
OpEds calling for the return of the Parthenon sculptures:
https://www.dukechronicle.com/article/2022/01/greek-uk-parthenon-frieze-colonial-artifacts-museums
https://www.thenationalherald.com/just-a-little-more-let-us-rise-just-a-little-higher-2/
In case you missed the photos of Athens and other sites in the snow:
https://apnews.com/article/europe-greece-weather-athens-6eae6b996c679db074092ba2b9351eba
Latest Pasts Imperfect newsletter:
https://pastsimperfect.substack.com/p/pasts-imperfect-12722
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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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A 16th century BCE bronze dagger from Slovakia:
https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22817001/the-river-vah-uncovers-a-rare-bronze-age-weapon.html
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/63202
http://www.archaeology.org/news/10300-220125-slovakia-bronze-dagger
A skull of a (possibly Black) medieval woman from a burial ground in Bohemia:
https://english.radio.cz/black-womans-skull-found-medieval-burial-ground-bohemia-8739771
Spain is excavating/restoring historic synagogues:
https://www.jta.org/2022/01/26/global/in-spain-small-towns-are-unearthing-ancient-synagogues-to-resurrect-jewish-history-and-attract-tourists
Carlisle Castle has restored some 'carvings' believed to have been made by 15th century prison guards:
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2022/jan/30/carlisle-castle-restores-15th-century-carvings-thought-to-be-by-prison-guards
The Carrickgollogan neolithic tomb in Ireland has collapsed:
https://www.msn.com/en-ie/news/newsireland/4500-year-old-neolithic-tomb-collapses-in-south-dublin/ar-AAT0ppj?ocid=BingNewsSearch
http://www.archaeology.org/news/10304-220126-ireland-neolithic-tomb
More on 5500 years bp beer straws:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaelogists-find-ancient-drinking-straws-used-to-drink-beer-180979433/
More on the small size of medieval warhorses:
https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/medieval-warhorses-were-more-like-ponies
More on motives for medieval grave robbing:
https://www.sapiens.org/archaeology/medieval-graves-heirlooms/
Feature on the Puxerloch Cave Castles:
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/01/the-puxerloch-cave-castles/142604
Feature/review on Stonehenge (Paywalled):
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/how-to-build-stonehenge-by-mike-pitts-review-the-latest-theories-ahead-of-the-british-museum-exhibition-s283wh30r
Feature on Stonehenge (not paywalled):
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2022/jan/30/how-science-is-uncovering-the-secrets-of-stonehenge-british-museum-nebra-sky-disc-
Feature on the birth of the Renaissance in Italy:
https://www.thegreatcoursesdaily.com/the-birth-of-renaissance-in-italy/
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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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A survey of an Eastern Zhou Dynasty mausoleum from Henan:
http://www.ecns.cn/news/2022-01-28/detail-ihauzmfa9719874.shtml
http://en.people.cn/n3/2022/0128/c90000-9950770.html
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/20220128/6933bb56596c4bccb119c96a22860dbd/c.html
http://t.m.china.org.cn/convert/c_1ALUNzwE.html
... not sure if this item is connected to the above:
http://www.ecns.cn/news/2022-01-29/detail-ihavfwhh0343966.shtml
More on the latest finds from Qin's tomb:
https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202201/1246670.shtml
http://www.ecns.cn/news/2022-01-24/detail-ihauzmfa9716500.shtml
http://global.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202201/24/WS61ee03d4a310cdd39bc82c22.html
Feature on the 'golden age' (now) of Chinese archaeology:
https://www.scmp.com/economy/article/3164479/chinas-golden-age-archaeology-becomes-national-obsession
Feature on recent finds from Tibet:
http://global.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202201/28/WS61f33d69a310cdd39bc83bfb.html
Recreating a 7th/8th century coffin in a tomb in Asuka:
https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14532338
More on satellite imagery and the Kofun tombs:
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2022/01/the-secrets-of-ancient-japanese-tombs.html
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/01/24/the-secrets-of-ancient-japanese-tombs-revealed-thanks-to-satellite-images/
Some restoration work at Angkor Wat has been completed:
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ana-restoration-angkor-wats-sourthern-embankerment-steps-now-complete
Cemetery renovations (?) revealed assorted 2nd century CE (apparently) artifacts and a wall at a site near Haripur:
https://www.dawn.com/news/1672004/artefacts-found-in-ghazi-excavation
https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/929079-historical-site-artefacts-discovered-in-ghazi-tehsil
Plans to resume excavations at Gangaikondacholapuram:
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/excavations-set-to-resume/article38336373.ece
Feature on ancient scripts in Kashmir:
https://www.greaterkashmir.com/op-ed-2/preserving-ancient-epigraphs
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AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND
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Evidence of Indigenous Australians building large outrigger canoe type things some 3000 years (or more) bp:
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/captains-of-industry-australia-s-ancient-seafaring-trade-rewrites-history-20220128-p59s1s.html
Maori artifacts from a school site in Christchurch:
https://www.stuff.co.nz/pou-tiaki/127601295/more-ancient-mori-artefacts-found-in-coastal-christchurch-suburb
Feature on the wreck of The Alert which appears every now and then on a beach in Tasmania:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-01-22/the-alert-shipwreck-rare-sighting-in-tasmania/100769928
... and some wrecks that appeared off the coast of New South Wales:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-01-24/tsunami-conditions-expose-old-shipwrecks/100770456
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NORTH AMERICA
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A study of 17th century food remains from James Fort:
https://www.dailypress.com/virginiagazette/va-vg-james-fort-bones-0119-20220125-modh5zwx5zcbnmmokjq5etexnq-story.html
https://www.archaeology.org/news/10303-220126-jamestown-colony-food
Digging at a historic property at York Village (Maine) has resumed earlier than expected:
https://www.seacoastonline.com/story/news/local/2022/01/26/york-village-me-davis-land-digging-resumes-early-developer-plans/6598120001/
Renovations of a large115 years bp building in Okanogan (Washington) revealed two large murals:
https://www.cnn.com/style/article/couple-discover-murals-during-renovation-trnd/index.html
Worries about possible Native American burials on a development site in Nashville:
https://www.wsmv.com/news/archaeologists-worry-about-native-american-gravesites-on-proposed-land-development-property/article_78ed3f8e-7e23-11ec-a33c-8f40d1134f82.html
Overviewish thing on the Jamestown Rediscovery project:
https://www.dailypress.com/virginiagazette/va-vg-hj-update-0119-20220128-kbt6zlga5jenthcaaldmzfkxbq-story.html
Conservation work on a concretion of items from an 18th century British shipwreck revealed a 'USA' button:
https://pontevedrarecorder.com/stories/local-archaeologists-discover-a-trophy-of-war,15480
https://www.firstcoastnews.com/article/life/button-found-on-a-shipwreck-brings-big-surprise/77-95854770-9d61-47a3-bdc9-508849e5a09b
More on a 370 years bp Spanish cross found at a site in Maryland:
https://www.unionleader.com/news/back_page/rare-370-year-old-spanish-cross-found-at-maryland-archaeological-site/article_dbbd282f-2833-51f1-9175-1b28134de4dd.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2022/01/23/spanish-cross-stmarys-dig/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/10301-220125-maryland-spanish-cross
Latest feature on Poverty Point:
https://www.thenewsstar.com/story/news/2022/01/30/poverty-point-world-heritage-site-more-complex-than-previously-thought/6613288001/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/01/research-reveals-new-insights-into-ancient-mound-complex-of-poverty-point/142571
Feature on Matt Peeples work at Chaco Canyon:
https://news.asu.edu/20220125-discoveries-returning-historical-treasure-chaco-canyon
Feature on Native American grave houses in Oklahoma:
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/grave-houses-oklahoma
Review of Ben Raines, *The Last Slave Ship*:
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/25/books/review/the-last-slave-ship-ben-raines.html
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CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA
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Not sure if this is a 'repatriation' story but archaeologists are said to have recovered a 'coyote man' sculpture:
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/01/archaeologists-recover-the-coyote-man-of-tacambaro/142585
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/coyote-man-sculpture-tacambro-mexico-recovered-1234617012/
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/63227
More on structures recently found at Machu Picchu:
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/ancient-and-hidden-machu-picchus-complexity-uncovered-by-archaeologists/2734994/
https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/archaeologists-discover-hidden-structures-at-perus-machu-picchu/news
https://andina.pe/Ingles/noticia-peru-international-media-outlets-highlight-discovery-of-aqueducts-at-chachabamba-site-878426.aspx
... and Peru is reopening the citadel site after recent floods:
https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202201/1250075.shtml
Feature on John Hoopes' recent publications on pre-Columbian artifacts and sites:
https://today.ku.edu/2022/01/25/project-puts-central-south-american-archaeological-finds-new-context
Feature on Alex Bazarsky's LiDAR work with Maya sites:
https://www.brandeis.edu/now/2022/january/alex-bazarsky-archaeology.html
Feature on Reginald Murphy's work looking for pre-Columbian sites on Antigua:
https://antiguaobserver.com/archaeologist-hunting-for-amerindian-artefacts-at-site-of-controversial-development/
Feature on the Rupac site:
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/01/rupac-the-machu-picchu-of-lima/142588
Feature on the moai statues:
https://www.zmescience.com/other/feature-post/easter-island-statues/
A listing of assorted zoom lectures and conferences relating to the Ancient Americas:
https://mikeruggerisancientamericasevents.wordpress.com/
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Mike Ruggeri's Ancient Americas Breaking News:
http://goo.gl/1VdeA
Mike Ruggeri's Ancient Americas lecture channels on Youtube:
https://mikeruggerisyoutube.tumblr.com/
Ancient MesoAmerica News:
http://ancient-mesoamerica-news-updates.blogspot.com/
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OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST
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Feature on eleven 'dazzling' hoards:
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/654848/most-dazzling-hoards-ever-discovered
Feature on the evil eye:
https://www.livescience.com/40633-evil-eye.html
Feature on the history of vegetarianism:
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/MAGAZINE-the-surprising-history-of-vegetarianism-1.10565080
On the history of porridge:
https://www.mashed.com/746664/the-untold-truth-of-porridge/
Feature on sexism influencing Darwin's theories:
https://theconversation.com/evolution-how-victorian-sexism-influenced-darwins-theories-new-research-175261
https://phys.org/news/2022-01-evolution-victorian-sexism-darwin-theoriesnew.html
cf: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abi6308
Feature on bees in art in various times and cultures:
https://theconversation.com/from-rock-carvings-to-rock-music-the-prevalence-of-bees-in-art-throughout-human-history-173069
https://phys.org/news/2022-01-bees-art-culture-ages.html
cf: https://brill.com/view/journals/artp/aop/article-10.1163-22134913-bja10031/article-10.1163-22134913-bja10031.xml
Feature on skull modification and its effects:
https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/tracing-the-history-and-health-impacts-of-skull-modification
A 12th century monk is the first account of 'ball lightning' from England:
https://theconversation.com/first-english-sighting-of-ball-lightning-a-12th-century-monks-chronicle-reveals-all-174837
Feature on Gainsborough's Blue Boy:
https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20220120-gainsboroughs-blue-boy-the-private-life-of-a-masterpiece
Manet's portrait of Eva Gonzales is the latest to get the xray treatment:
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/manet-eva-gonzales-portrait-national-gallery-analysis-1234617075/
Feature on Judith Leyster:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/interactive/2022/judith-leyster-self-portrait/
cf: https://www.nga.gov/collection/highlights/leyster-self-portrait.html
Catalonia has pardoned some women executed for witchcraft in the past:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-60149778
Some Jane Austen manuscripts have been donated in an attempt to save Honresfield Library from auction:
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/01/24/treasured-jane-austen-letters-donated-as-part-of-campaign/
Some of Picasso's heirs are trying to get into the NFT scene:
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/picasso-nft-1234616740/
Victor Nuovo on Leibniz:
https://www.addisonindependent.com/2022/01/27/victor-nuovo-the-fundamental-questions-of-the-meaning-of-life/
On the history of hotpot:
https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/food-drink/article/3164870/how-hotpot-chinese-food-favourite-started-genghis-khan-its
Reviewish of Roosevelt Montas, *Rescuing Socrates*:
https://www.thecollegefix.com/professor-explains-how-the-great-books-changed-his-life/
On the history of 'sleaze' in British politics (book review):
https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/trust-and-distrust-mark-knights-book-review-ian-cawood
Feature on a Sumatran tree bark book:
https://yalealumnimagazine.com/articles/5435-redefining-the-book
Some repatriation-inspired Onion humour:
https://www.theonion.com/rock-roll-hall-of-fame-under-pressure-to-return-loote-1848385651
Review of Bill Hayes, *Sweat*:
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/jan/28/sweat-by-bill-hayes-review-a-history-of-the-physical-that-gets-personal
Review of Ranulph Fiennes, *Shackelton*:
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/28/books/review/shackelton-ranulph-fiennes.html
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CURRENT EVENTS:
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On Yale's connections to slavery:
https://yalealumnimagazine.com/articles/5450-a-reckoning-with-our-past
Princeton Theological Seminary is removing the name of Samuel Miller from the Princeton Seminary Chapel:
https://www.ptsem.edu/board-of-trustees-statement
Some Shema Yisrael pendants were found at Sobibor prior to Holocaust Remembrance Day:
https://www.algemeiner.com/2022/01/28/shema-yisrael-pendants-found-in-archaeological-digs-at-sobibor-death-camp/
https://www.jns.org/shema-yisrael-pendants-found-in-archaeological-digs-at-sobibor-death-camp/
https://www.israelhayom.com/2022/01/28/shema-yisrael-pendants-found-in-archaeological-digs-at-sobibor-death-camp/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/01/shema-yisrael-pendants-from-victims-found-at-nazi-extermination-camp/142618
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/01/28/shema-yisrael-pendants-found-in-the-sobibor-extermination-camp/
... and some Holocaust-era photos recently found:
https://www.npr.org/2022/01/27/1075317667/a-discovery-of-holocaust-era-photos-helps-a-jewish-family-connect-with-its-past
Feature on the role of doctors in Holocaust atrocities:
https://www.statnews.com/2022/01/27/doctors-complicit-holocaust-atrocities/
OpEd on recent Holocaust revisionism:
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/29/opinion/holocaust-poland-europe.html
The Getty has released a collection of photos from the archives of HCBUs:
https://www.ebony.com/news/getty-images-hbcu-photo-archives/
The Dresden State Art Collections is being criticized for renaming some works:
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2022/01/28/accused-of-cancel-culture-dresden-museums-defend-renaming-works
More features on Edmonia Lewis in anticipation of her stamp:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/smithsonian-american-art-museum/2022/01/25/edmonia-lewis-and-her-stamp-on-american-art/
https://wgntv.com/daytime-chicago/the-chicago-connection-behind-the-death-of-cleopatra-by-edmonia-lewis/
A statue of Ponce de Leon in Puerto Rico was hauled down:
https://elpais.com/espana/2022-01-24/derribada-una-estatua-de-ponce-de-leon-horas-antes-de-la-llegada-de-felipe-vi-a-puerto-rico.html
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ANIMAL AND PLANT DOMESTICATIONS
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Questioning the evidence of small-scale animal husbandry in northwest Europe 4800 BCE or so:
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-05073-6
Another feature on domestic horse origins:
https://phys.org/news/2022-01-quest-uncover-horse-rewriting-picture.html
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LANGUAGE RELATED
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On the invention of 'shooketh':
https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2022/01/online-slang-of-biblical-proportions/621332/
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MUSEUM MATTERS
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The Rare Collection:
https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/44/456823/Antiquities/Museums/%E2%80%98The-Rare-Collection%E2%80%99-exhibition-opens-in-Cairo.aspx
https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/112145/Rarest-of-Collectibles-temporary-exhibition-launches-in-Egypt%E2%80%99s-Royal-Chariots
King Tut:
https://www.sanluisobispo.com/living/travel/article257653093.html
Ramses the Great:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/an-immersive-celebration-of-ramses-ii-transports-visitors-to-ancient-egypt-180979444/
Pompeii in Color:
https://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/news/2022/january/pompeii-in-color.html
Angkor 3d:
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/angkor-3d-lost-empire-cambodia-200200576.html
Tudors:
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2022/jan/28/beginning-of-modern-britain-iconic-tudor-portraits-go-on-display-in-bath
Nebra Sky Disc:
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/britain-cornish-stonehenge-work-cornwall-b2001046.html
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/britain-british-museum-stonehenge-work-cornwall-b978885.html
https://www.leinsterleader.ie/news/arts---entertainment/729047/oldest-map-of-the-stars-welcomed-home-by-the-british-museum.html
Behind the Roar:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-60054264
OpEd on the need for museums to return looted items:
https://theaquinian.net/museum-ethics-return-what-was-stolen/
... and decolonizing museums:
https://www.varsity.co.uk/interviews/22865
Plans for a new museum for underwater antiquities at Piraeus:
https://www.ekathimerini.com/culture/1176084/plans-approved-for-the-new-museum-of-underwater-antiquities/
More on the M&S loans to a Leeds gallery:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-60058853
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AUCTIONS AND SALES RELATED
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A huge result for a Henry III gold penny:
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/jan/24/devon-detectorist-13th-century-gold-coin-sold
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/henry-iii-gold-coin-metal-detectorist-b1999692.html
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-60095685
https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/extemely-rare-henry-iii-gold-6539551
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10434973/Metal-detectorist-nets-648k-finding-one-Englands-gold-coins-Devon-field.html
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/63197
A 19th century Japanese coin also fetched a high price:
https://www.wscountytimes.co.uk/news/opinion/columnists/west-sussex-auctioneers-sells-extremely-rare-japanese-coin-for-record-ps260k-3539166
Big bucks for Botticelli's 'Man of Sorrows':
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/27/arts/design/botticelli-sothebys-auction.html
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/market/botticelli-man-of-sorrows-sale-sothebys-1234616887/
Pondering the legality of a potential Sotheby's sale of an Egyptian statue:
https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/112292/Sotheby%E2%80%99s-attempts-to-sell-ancient-Egyptian-statue-for-3-5M
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ON THE DNA FRONT
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The DNA to create 'small dogs' was already present in wolves, apparently:
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/27/science/small-dogs-dna-wolves.html
In case you missed the DNA evidence for the development of the 'kunga':
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/01/before-horses-ass-hybrids-were-bred-for-warfare/142567
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THE TECHY SIDE
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A global database of archaeological radiocarbon dates:
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41597-022-01118-7
Another dating method for human remains:
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/01/220128100735.htm
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CLIMATE MATTERS
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Climate change concerns for items in UK peat bogs:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-60091485
https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/britain-iron-age-british-north-west-england-cheshire-b1999961.html
https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/uk-archaeological-sites-climate-crisis-b2000130.html
https://www.scotsman.com/news/environment/climate-change-threatening-britains-ancient-treasure-as-peat-bogs-dry-out-3540232
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-10438455/Climate-change-threatening-Britain-s-ancient-treasure-peat-bogs-dry-out.html
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/01/25/climate-change-threatens-destroy-buried-treasures-warn-experts/
Connecting an 8200 years bp burial ground north of Moscow to 'climate stress':
https://phys.org/news/2022-01-radiocarbon-dating-prehistoric-cemetery-reveals.html
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/how-russian-hunter-gatherers-handled-climate-shock-8-200-years-ago-1.10571783
https://cosmosmagazine.com/history/archaeology/8000-year-old-community-climate-change/
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2022/01/new-study-reveals-insight-into-how-our.html
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TOURISTY THINGS
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Amphipolis:
https://greekreporter.com/2022/01/30/visiting-amphipolis-tomb-ten-things-to-do-in-greeces-newest-archaeological-heaven/
Carnac stones:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/travel/2022/01/21/brittany-france-prehistory-carnac-alignments/
Matanzas:
https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20220123-matanzas-the-rebirth-of-cubas-abandoned-cultural-hub
Coumboscuro:
https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/the-italian-village-that-doesnt-speak-italian/index.html
Bhutan Pilgrimage trail:
https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/trans-bhutan-trail-reopening-intl-hnk/index.html
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PERFORMANCES AND MUSIC RELATED
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'Forgotten' composers:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-60153376
Macbeth:
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/28/movies/joel-coen-tragedy-of-macbeth.html
Some Paris dramas:
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/27/theater/moliere-taertuffe-ivo-van-hove.html
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CRIME BEAT
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A metal detectorist was arrested while poking around a medieval castle:
https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/local-news/metal-detectorist-picked-up-police-22899076
A sculpture of the Virgin of Candelaria was stolen in Santiago:
https://www.elmostrador.cl/cultura/2022/01/26/denuncian-robo-de-escultura-del-nino-jesus-desde-el-museo-de-arte-colonial-de-san-francisco-en-santiago/
A man was arrested for trying to steal a tile from the Alhambra:
https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2022/01/29/man-faces-criminal-charges-for-allegedly-attempting-to-steal-historic-tile-from-spains-alhambra/
An effort to unite Mekong River countries against illegal trafficking of antiquities:
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/mekong-nations-ramp-antiquities-crimes-fight
Some details about the provenance of some of Steinhardt's looted items:
https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/article-694452
https://www.timesofisrael.com/michael-steinhardt-allegedly-looted-the-same-caves-his-donations-help-to-preserve/
The Dresden Green Vault jewelry heist is underway:
https://www.dw.com/en/dresden-green-vault-jewelry-heist-trial-starts/a-60585566
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/trial-germanys-green-vault-jewel-heist-opens-dresden-2022-01-28/
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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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France approved the return of some Nazi-looted artworks:
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/france-approves-return-nazi-looted-artworks-gustav-klimt-marc-chagall-1234616738/
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2022/01/27/french-national-assembly-approves-return-of-15-nazi-looted-worksincluding-paintings-by-chagall-and-klimtto-jewish-heirs
More on a Lebanese museum returning items taken from Syria:
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2022/01/27/lebanese-museum-returns-art-works-from-palmyra/
More on US returns to Iraq:
https://www.archaeology.org/news/10299-220124-artifacts-repatriation-iraq
More on research into items looted by Nazis from Greece:
https://greekherald.com.au/culture/history/new-research-puts-spotlight-ancient-artefacts-looted-nazis-greece/
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NUMISMATICA
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Latest e-Sylum:
http://www.coinbooks.org/v25/club_nbs_esylum_v25n04.html
... and the one which should appear later today:
http://www.coinbooks.org/v25/club_nbs_esylum_v25n05.html
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Coin Week:
http://www.coinweek.com/
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OBITUARIES
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Richard Leakey:
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-00211-6
Martha Sharp Joukowsky:
https://www.archaeological.org/in-memoriam-martha-sharp-joukowsky/
Anna Ritchie:
https://www.scotsman.com/heritage-and-retro/heritage/a-celebration-for-the-archaeologist-who-broke-new-ground-on-ancient-scotland-3538301
Reza Mostofifard:
https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/469463/Iranian-archaeologist-Reza-Mostofifard-dies-at-88
Heidemarie Koch:
https://en.irna.ir/news/84630184/Prominent-German-Iranologist-Heidemarie-Koch-dies
R Nagaswamy:
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/eminent-archaeologist-and-epigraphist-r-nagaswamy-is-no-more/article38314725.ece
https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/tamil-nadu-famous-archaeologist-ramachandran-nagaswamy-dies-in-chennai-1903512-2022-01-23
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/r-nagaswamy-archaeologist-who-kept-digging-for-knowledge/articleshow/89082709.cms
Johan Hultin:
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/27/health/dr-johan-hultin-dead.html
Jonathan Brown:
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/28/arts/jonathan-brown-dead.html
Robert Farris Thompson:
https://yalealumnimagazine.com/articles/5453-a-life-transformed-by-mambo
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AUDIO/VIDEO NEWS
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Audio News from Archaeologica:
https://www.archaeologychannel.org/audio-guide/audio-news/3132-audio-news-from-archaeologica-january-16th-through-january-22nd-2022
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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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