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Interesting documentation of the martyrdom of some Christians in 17th century Japan:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-02/ku-hdd022321.php

Edvard Munch did some writing on 'The Scream' apparently:

https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-56127530 https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/21/arts/design/edvard-munch-scream-inscription.html
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/60813

Feature on Thomas Edison's battery:

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20210223-the-battery-invented-120-years-too-soon

Feature/review of a book on Darwin's views on gender and race:

https://www.dw.com/en/what-darwins-descent-of-man-got-wrong-on-sex-and-race-and-why-it-matters/a-56661400
https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691191140/a-most-interesting-problem

Feature on a Francisco de Zurbaran painting:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/interactive/2021/francisco-zurbaran-still-life-with-lemons-oranges-and-a-rose/

On February having 28 days:

https://www.courierpress.com/story/news/2021/02/25/days-each-month-why-does-february-only-have-28-days/6811313002/

Feature on the history of mask wearing in London:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-56085529

Historical precedent for farmers' protests in India:

https://caravanmagazine.in/commentary/farmers-protests-muzara-movement-punjab-land-rights

The Rockefellers have taken back the Guernica tapestry they lent to the UN:

https://elpais.com/cultura/2021-02-26/la-onu-se-queda-sin-el-tapiz-del-guernica-de-picasso.html

On ancient models for public speaking:

https://psyche.co/guides/public-speaking-doesnt-need-to-be-an-ordeal-if-you-follow-the-ancients

Feature on Alice in Wonderland:

https://theconversation.com/guide-to-the-classics-alices-adventures-in-wonderland-still-for-the-heretics-dreamers-and-rebels-152816

... and with a different spin:

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2021/feb/28/dark-side-of-wonderland-ahead-of-va-show-book-explores-alices-occult-link

Feature on Napoleon and his role in the 'origins' of archaeology:

https://www.artandobject.com/news/napoleon-rome-and-origins-archeology

Feature on Pope Joan:

https://theconversation.com/a-promiscuous-she-pope-with-a-dilated-cervix-the-legend-of-pope-joan-who-gave-birth-on-a-horse-155378

Feature on the Handaberd Khachkar:

https://hyperallergic.com/614598/an-unusual-mother-and-child-sculpture-in-handaberd/

An honour for Mary Anning:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-dorset-56182579

Top ten historical board games:

https://blog.britishmuseum.org/top-10-historical-board-games/

Pondering the first 'scientist':

https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/who-was-the-first-scientist

Feature on the history of taxes:

https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/02/22/history-shows-that-taxes-and-bureaucracy-are-cornerstones-of-democracy/

Feature on permanent storage of digital archaeological data sets:

https://phys.org/news/2021-02-permanently-digital-archaeological-datasets.html

Feature on Harvard's 'human computers' who revolutionized astronomy:

https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/harvards-human-computers-revolutionized-astronomy-their-work-is-hidden-in

Review of Newitz, *Four Lost Cities*:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/25/books/review/annalee-newitz-four-lost-cities.html

Biden has reversed the Trump order for Classical architecture for federal buildings:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/26/arts/trump-biden-executive-orders-federal-buildings-architecture.html

More on the high-res version of the Bayeux Tapestry:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/02/the-bayeux-tapestry-depicting-events-of-norman-conquest-goes-digital/137235

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CURRENT EVENTS: ================================================================
Rediscovering a 19th century 'pandemic strategy':

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2021/02/bad-air/618106/

Feature on how plagues 'shape landscapes':

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/23/travel/epidemics-landmarks.html

Feature on history's deadliest pandemics:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/local/retropolis/coronavirus-deadliest-pandemics/

Feature on the smallpox vaccine:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/smallpox-vaccine-children-test/2021/02/25/54dd7ac8-76d1-11eb-9537-496158cc5fd9_story.html
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ANIMAL AND PLANT DOMESTICATIONS ================================================================
Pondering why humans domesticated dogs:

https://slate.com/technology/2021/02/why-humans-domesticated-dogs-research.html ================================================================
MUSEUM MATTERS
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Baby Bottles:

https://yalealumnimagazine.com/articles/5246-object-lesson

Becket:

https://www.thetablet.co.uk/news/13861/british-museum-launches-new-becket-exhibition-

Chinese 'fragrance culture':

http://global.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202102/25/WS60370793a31024ad0baaaf86.html

Audubon:

https://elpais.com/cultura/2021-02-20/el-aventurero-del-far-west-que-pinto-todas-las-aves-de-ee-uu.html

Written in the Stars:

https://artsandculture.google.com/exhibit/written-in-the-stars/lgLi2SEx-tQDKQ

Pompeii:

https://www.artandobject.com/news/pompei-79-dc-una-storia-romana-exhibition-romes-colosseum
https://www.artandobject.com/news/pompeii-exhibit-romes-colosseum-asks-important-questions

1880s Adirondack photos:

https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Hardy-souls-clear-cut-landscape-an-1885-1887-15966595.php
https://cdm16694.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16202coll7/search/searchterm/Osmond%20D.%20Putnam%20Photographs/field/relatig/mode/exact/conn/and/order/date

Egyptian museums have an 'artifact of the month' thing going:

https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/98702/In-Pics-All-you-need-to-know-about-%E2%80%98Artifacts-of

The Grand Egyptian Museum is 'almost ready':

https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/02/19/the-grand-egyptian-museum-is-almost-ready/

... and they're figuring out how to display Tut material:

https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/98920/Egypt%E2%80%99s-Grand-Museum-starts-implementing-display-scenario-for-King-Tutankhamun%E2%80%99s

... and getting ready to transfer the Khufu solar boat:

https://dailynewsegypt.com/2021/02/24/tourism-ministry-discusses-khufu-solar-boat-transfer-to-grand-museum/

What the Louvre is doing during lockdown:

https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Powdering-sleeping-beauty-s-nose-Virus-eases-15965709.php

Feature on the Mosaic Museum at the Great Palace of Constantinople:

https://turkisharchaeonews.net/object/great-palace-constantinople-mosaic-museum

Marking the 100th anniversary of the Phillips Collection:

https://www.npr.org/2021/02/22/965371115/happy-birthday-to-the-phillips-collection-americas-first-museum-of-modern-art
https://www.phillipscollection.org/event/2021-02-20-seeing-differently

More on the British Museum looking into assorted provenance issues:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9265015/Elgin-Marbles-Rosetta-Stone-artefacts-examined-British-Museum.html

More on restorations of museums in Mosul:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/iraqs-mosul-cultural-museum-road-recovery-180977027/

Not sure where to put this item on politicians 'weaponising' UK history:

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2021/feb/22/politicians-should-not-weaponise-uk-history-says-colonialism-researcher
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/museums-shouldnt-skew-britains-history-says-oliver-dowden-g7sgbv5z6
https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-56185566 ================================================================
AUCTIONS AND SALES RELATED ================================================================
A Van Gogh not on view for over a century is expected to bring big bucks at auction:

https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-56183086 https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/02/26/van-goghs-scene-de-rue-a-montmartre-heads-to-auction/

A yard sale Chinese bowl purchase is expected to bring a much higher price at auction:

https://www.cnn.com/style/article/chinese-bowl-yard-sale-sothebys-auction/index.html
https://shepherdgazette.com/chinese-language-bowl-purchased-for-35-in-connecticut-might-make-half-one-million-at-sothebys-public-sale/
https://news.yahoo.com/mans-35-bowl-connecticut-yard-184758573.html

Some questionable Chinese antiquities that regularly show up on eBay:

https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/trending-china/article/3122937/chinese-sellers-amazon-hawk-spit-bowls-fruit
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ON THE DNA FRONT ================================================================
Studying the genomes of prehistoric populations in East Asia:

https://phys.org/news/2021-02-genomic-insights-pre-historic-populations-east.html
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/02/210222124643.htm https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/02/genomic-insights-into-origin-of.html

A study of the 'genetic footprint' of Palestine:

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/.premium.HIGHLIGHT.MAGAZINE-the-enigmatic-genetic-footprint-of-palestine-1.9562122

Last week it was mammoth DNA ... this week, its 360 000 years bp Cave Bear DNA:

https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/02/dna-from-360000-year-old-cave-bear-bone.html
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/02/23/oldest-non-permafrost-genome-and-a-new-history-for-extinct-cave-bear/

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THE TECHY SIDE
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Latest facial recreations are Akhenaten and Nefertiti:

https://www.egyptindependent.com/dutch-photographer-uncovers-modern-image-of-egyptian-king-akhenaten-and-queen-nefertiti/

Feature on assorted technology used by archaeologists:

https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24933220-200-how-archaeologists-are-using-futuristic-tech-to-uncover-ancient-cities/

Feature on AI in archaeology:

https://www.analyticsinsight.net/artificial-intelligence-in-archaeology-can-it-be-the-next-indiana-jones/
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CLIMATE MATTERS ================================================================
A study of the effects of past ice ages:

https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/02/effects-of-past-ice-ages-more.html

... and on what seems to trigger ice ages:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-02/uog-tmo021921.php

More on claims of 'massive climate shifts' during magnetic reversal events:

https://cosmosmagazine.com/earth/earth-sciences/magnetic-reversal-caused-massive-climate-shifts/
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TOURISTY THINGS ================================================================
Pessinus:

https://www.dailysabah.com/life/travel/on-road-to-pessinus-shepherds-wisdom-treasure-hunters-spoils

Empuries:

https://www.travelawaits.com/2562063/empuries-archaeological-site-reasons-to-visit/

Roman Melrose:

https://www.independent.co.uk/independentpremium/travel/melrose-scotland-roman-history-b1806743.html

Tomb of Joshua:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/20/world/middleeast/baghdad-iraq-joshua-tomb.html

Babylon and other Iraqi sites:

https://www.npr.org/2021/02/23/965400736/it-was-like-magic-iraqis-visit-babylon-and-other-heritage-sites-for-1st-time

Sarn Helen:

https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/uk/sarn-helen-wales-roman-ancient-way-walking-path-b1803093.html
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PERFORMANCES AND MUSIC RELATED ================================================================
Lysistrata:

https://news.fiu.edu/2021/ancient-greek-play-brings-comedic-relief,-new-performance-medium-and-a-twist-to-end-the-peloponnesian-war

Hercules Furens:

https://kenyoncollegian.com/arts/2021/02/the-madness-of-hercules-is-an-apt-allegory-for-gun-violence/

Antigone:

https://www.dailyunion.com/news/around_town/uw-w-department-of-theatre-dance-to-present-antigone/article_c3b716ed-9f77-566c-aa73-c113ab971cdc.html

The Shock of the Nude (possibly streaming):

https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p0981tkn/what-you-find-when-you-remove-a-fig-leaf

Mahler's first-edition Bach scores are being made available to researchers:

https://www.dw.com/en/bach-scores-owned-by-gustav-mahler-to-be-made-available-to-researchers/a-56674252

Feature on Scott Ross' harpsichord skills:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/26/arts/music/scott-ross-harpsichord-classical-music.html

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CRIME BEAT
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Turkish police made arrests and seized an (obviously fake; did they know?) Roman statue:

https://tntribune.com/turkish-cops-seize-roman-statue-from-men-trying-to-sell-it-illegally/

Elsewhere in Turkey, a Roman-era relief was also recovered and a suspect arrested:

https://www.aa.com.tr/en/culture/turkey-roman-era-artifact-recovered-suspect-arrested/2156703

A metal detectorist was arrested in Amphipolis:

https://www.tornosnews.gr/en/greek-news/culture/43542-man-with-metal-detector-and-digging-tools-arrested-for-illegal-excavation-in-ancient-greek-site-of-amphipolis.html
https://greekreporter.com/2021/02/23/man-arrested-for-illegal-excavation-in-amphipolis/

A piece of a marble floor taken from Salamis turned up on eBay:

https://in-cyprus.philenews.com/marble-floor-piece-of-ancient-salamis-gymnasium-on-sale-on-e-bay/
https://greekcitytimes.com/2021/02/28/seller-attempts-to-sell-piece-of-marble-floor-from-ancient-salamis-on-ebay/

... and the authorities 'stepped in':

https://cyprus-mail.com/2021/02/25/authorities-taking-action-over-e-bay-sale-of-tile-from-salamis/
https://in-cyprus.philenews.com/illegal-sale-of-salamis-marble-on-ebay-stopped/

... and it was withdrawn from auction:

https://cyprus-mail.com/2021/02/27/ancient-salamis-tile-withdrawn-from-e-bay-auction/

The head of a Roman statue stolen in 1979 was recovered in Fondi (Italian):

https://www.h24notizie.com/2021/02/25/ritrovata-la-testa-romana-trafugata-dallaula-consiliare-di-fondi-nel-1979/

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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 ================================================================
Not sure if this counts as repatriation: the Louvre returned a cast of a marble plaque to Thasos:

https://greekcitytimes.com/2021/02/23/louvre-returns-relief-plaques-thasos/ https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/02/the-louvre-returns-casts-of-three.html
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/02/26/casts-of-an-important-monument-in-the-thasos-archaeological-museum/

Feature on 20 cultural items claimed at one time or another to having been stolen:

https://www.artnews.com/list/art-news/artists/most-important-looted-plundered-works-1234584727/

More on returns of artifacts to Cambodia from Douglas Latchford's daughter:

https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/lifestyle-culture/article/3122697/cambodia-awaits-return-artefacts-worth-us50-million

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NUMISMATICA
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Feature on the 'messages' of Greek and Roman coins:

https://www.artic.edu/articles/904/portraits-of-change-ancient-coins

Latest e-Sylum:

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

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

http://www.coinbooks.org/v24/club_nbs_esylum_v24n09.html ------------------------

Coin Week:

http://www.coinweek.com/

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OBITUARIES
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Cyril Mango:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2021/02/22/cyril-mango-revered-authority-byzantine-empire-obituary/

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

https://www.archaeologychannel.org/audio-guide/audio-news/3026-audio-news-from-archaeologica-february-14-through-february-20-2021

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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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