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https://www.sciencenews.org/article/ice-age-hunters-leftovers-may-have-fueled-dog-domestication
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/dog-domestication-may-have-begun-because-paleo-humans-couldnt-stomach-the-original-paleo-diet/
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/01/sharing-leftover-meat-may-have.html
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/tossing-wolves-our-leftovers-could-have-led-their-domestication-new-study-finds-180976713/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9360-210108-humans-wolves-meat ================================================================
MUSEUM MATTERS
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Greek Royal carriages:

https://greekcitytimes.com/2021/01/09/royal-carriages-renovations/

Royal Academy of Dance:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/06/arts/dance/royal-academy-history-exhibition-london.html

The 'hanging obelisk' has been installed in the Grand Egyptian Museum:

https://www.egyptindependent.com/grand-egyptian-museum-is-home-to-the-worlds-first-hanging-obelisk/
https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/96189/World-s-1st-hanging-obelisk-installed-in-the-Grand-Egyptian

... and construction of the GEM is 97% complete, apparently:

https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/96204/Egypt%E2%80%99s-Grand-Egyptian-Museum-construction-work-is-about-97-complete

There's a controversy at Taiwan's National Palace Museum:

https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3115954/why-taiwans-national-palace-museum-controversy-more-storm-teacup

More on the Digital Acropolis Museum:

https://www.tornosnews.gr/en/greek-news/culture/42711-digital-acropolis-museum-a-new-world-in-the-greek-capital-of-athens.html
https://www.ekathimerini.com/260964/article/ekathimerini/life/acropolis-museum-launches-impressive-digital-edition
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AUCTIONS AND SALES RELATED ================================================================
Virginia Woolf's 'literary confessions' are coming to auction:

https://www.breakingnews.ie/world/virginia-woolfs-literary-confessions-to-be-sold-at-auction-1060211.html

An interesting early 20th century 'micromosaic brooch':

https://www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk/news/18989670.tiny-mosaic-brooch-set-sell-800-auction/

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ON THE DNA FRONT ================================================================
A study of ancient DNA reveals much about migrations and diseases in northeastern Asia over various times (mostly Neolithic):

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-01/su-ada010721.php https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/01/ancient-dna-analysis-reveals-asian.html
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/01/08/ancient-dna-analysis-reveals-asian-migration-and-plague/
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THE TECHY SIDE
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Studying Buddhist paintings in China's Mogao Caves using RSI:

https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/nottingham-news/nottingham-trent-university-researchers-uncover-4762312
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9359-210107-buddhist-cave-temples

How archaeologists are using Cold War era spy satellite photos:

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/corona-spy-satellite-photographs-1935836/amp-page

On archaeology and digital humanities:

https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/01/archaeology-is-going-digital-to-harness-the-power-of-big-data/

On what folks are learning from tooth tartar:

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2021/01/tooth-tartar-could-uncover-drug-habits-ancient-people
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CLIMATE MATTERS ================================================================
Mangrove 'collapse' in Oman some 6000 years bp is being linked to climate change:

https://phys.org/news/2021-01-climate-mangrove-collapse-oman.html

A study of drought and links to climate in the Middle Ages:

https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/01/drought-of-century-in-middle-ages-with.html

A study of 800 years of paleoclimate patterns to understand past Asian monsoons:

https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/12/largest-study-of-asias-rivers-unearths.html
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TOURISTY THINGS ================================================================
Thuringia (corrected from last week):

https://www.dw.com/en/germanys-16-states-thuringia/a-45260059

Westphalia:

https://www.dw.com/en/germanys-16-states-north-rhine-westphalia/a-45215517

Mesopotamia's 'Golden Triangle':

https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/golden-triangle-of-mesopotamia-awaits-eager-tourists-161384

Tenea:

https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/12/ancient-teneas-enduring-fascination.html

Olympia:

https://www.thenationalherald.com/food_travel_travel/arthro/my_great_greek_adventure_ancient_olympia-1541363/
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PERFORMANCES AND MUSIC RELATED ================================================================
Medea:

https://greece.greekreporter.com/2021/01/07/euripides-medea-to-be-streamed-by-national-theatre/
https://www.thenationalherald.com/culture/arthro/the_national_theatre_of_greece_presents_medea_by_euripides_english_subs_available-1524547/
https://www.tornosnews.gr/en/tornos/events/42766-the-national-theatre-of-greece-pesents-medea-by-euripides-with-english-subtitles.html
https://www.ekathimerini.com/260942/article/ekathimerini/life/national-theatre-to-live-stream-euripides-medea-on-dec-10

Pondering Beethoven's Fur Elise':

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/07/arts/music/beethoven-fur-elise-igor-levit.html
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TV/DOCUMENTARY HYPISH THINGS ================================================================
My Rembrandt:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/06/movies/my-rembrandt-review.html

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CRIME BEAT
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A major bust in Tel Aviv:

https://www.livescience.com/cache-stolen-artifacts-recovered-israel.html https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-antiquities-authority-recovers-thousands-of-stolen-items-in-major-bust/
https://www.jewishpress.com/news/israel/israeli-authorities-take-down-gang-engaged-in-the-illegal-antiquities-trade/2021/01/05/
https://www.albawaba.com/editors-choice/thousands-stolen-antiquities-found-israeli-occupied-palestine-1404014
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/.premium-vast-cache-of-stolen-antiquities-found-in-central-israel-1.9424209
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/01/israeli-authorities-recover-thousands.html

480 ancient coins from a bust in Istanbul:

https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/nearly-480-ancient-coins-seized-in-istanbul-161522
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/turkey/turkey-nearly-480-ancient-coins-seized-in-istanbul/2104760

One of the folks who was looking for the Forrest Fenn prize was charged for an illegal dig in a Yellowstone cemetery:

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/treasure-hunter-admits-digging-yellowstone-cemetery-while-looking-forrest-fenn-n1253619
https://www.sweetwaternow.com/treasure-hunter-pleads-guilty-to-damaging-fort-yellowstone-cemetery/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/utah-man-pleads-guilty-in-yellowstone-dig-seeking-treasure/2021/01/05/4163b98a-4f94-11eb-a1f5-fdaf28cfca90_story.html

Gaza is struggling with antiquities smuggling:

https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2020/12/gaza-hunger-tourism-antiquities-museum.html

COVID-19 is contributing to a rise of looting in Iraq:

https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/focus/20210107-covid-19-pandemic-sees-sharp-rise-in-looting-of-antiquities-in-iraq

Germany has developed an app to help in the fight against looted cultural heritage:

http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/germany-develops-app-to-identify-looted-heritage

Latest on the investigation to the 'Green Vault heist' in Dresden:

https://www.dw.com/en/dresden-heist-suspect-evades-capture-after-berlin-raid/a-56138043

More on the US legislation regulating the antiquities market:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/01/arts/design/antiquities-market-regulation.html
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/what-will-stricter-us-oversight-of-the-antiquities-trade-look-like-1935081
https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=dfc7d08f-c399-4aa4-bcdc-63667a556437

... while the UK isn't going to continue with UK rules about importation of antiquities:

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/britain-abandons-eu-regulations-cultural-heritage-1935331

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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 ================================================================
A Revolutionary War sword stolen from a Westfield (Mass) museum 40 years ago was returned:

https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/04/us/massachusetts-statue-sword-returned-trnd/index.html

An ancient Buddhist statue found in Arizona will be returned:

https://fronterasdesk.org/content/1648483/feds-ancient-buddhist-statue-found-arizona-be-returned

Latest efforts (in Dresden) regarding the Benin Bronzes return:

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/dresden-poster-campaign-draws-attention-to-benin-bronzes-in-city-s-museum

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NUMISMATICA
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Feature on coins of Nero:

https://coinweek.com/ancient-coins/ancient-roman-coins-the-many-faces-of-nero/

Feature on coins of Caesar's killers:

https://coinweek.com/ancient-coins/the-coins-of-caesars-killers/

Feature on Greek influences on Iberian coins:

https://coinweek.com/ancient-coins/greek-influences-on-early-iberian-coins-catawiki/

In case you missed the Celtic hoard found by a bird-watcher in the UK:

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/639474/bird-watcher-england-coin-hoard

In case you missed the 11th century Chinese coin found in Hampshire and its implications:

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/ancient-chinese-coin-found-in-uk-1934987 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/medieval-chinese-coin-found-england-suggests-vast-medieval-trade-route-180976675/

Complaints about an HG Wells commemorative coin:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/07/world/europe/hg-wells-coin-royal-mint.html

Latest e-Sylum:

http://www.coinbooks.org/v23/club_nbs_esylum_v24n01.html

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

http://www.coinbooks.org/v23/club_nbs_esylum_v24n02.html ------------------------

Coin Week:

http://www.coinweek.com/

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OBITUARIES
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Nathlie Badian:

https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/wickedlocal-hingham/obituary.aspx?n=nathlie-a-badian&pid=197428208

Isidore Epstein:

https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2021/01/talmud-translator-isidore-epstein-1894.html

Shlomo Bunimovitz:

https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?id=328030973979711&story_fbid=3615813058534803

Reginald Foster:

https://catholicherald.org/local/fr-reginald-foster-former-vatican-latinist-dies-at-81/
https://www.thebostonpilot.com/opinion/article.asp?ID=189155

Bryan Sykes:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/06/science/bryan-sykes-dead.html

Sunil Kothari:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/06/arts/dance/sunil-kothari-dead.html

Shamsur Rahman Faruqi:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/07/world/asia/shamsur-rahman-faruqi-dead.html

Otto Schondube:

https://mexiconewsdaily.com/mexicolife/otto-schondube-dies/

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AUDIO/VIDEO NEWS ================================================================
Audio News from Archaeologica:

https://www.archaeologychannel.org/audio-guide/audio-news/3013-audio-news-from-archaeologica-december-27-through-january-2-2021

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GENERAL ARCHAEOLOGY NEWS BLOGS ================================================================
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/ ================================================================ PODCASTS/VODCASTS ================================================================
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http://www.youtube.com/user/Archaeos0up?feature=watch

Archaeology Podcast Network:

http://www.archaeologypodcastnetwork.com/ ================================================================
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