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Pondering who built Teotihuacan:

https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/who-built-teotihuacan-one-of-the-largest-and-most-impressive-ancient-cities

Some upcoming Zoom lectures of interest:

https://mikeruggerisevents.tumblr.com/
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Mike Ruggeri's Ancient Americas Breaking News:

http://goo.gl/1VdeA

Ancient MesoAmerica News:

http://ancient-mesoamerica-news-updates.blogspot.com/ ================================================================
OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST ================================================================
An 'undiscovered' Last Supper painting in an english church is being connected with Titian:

https://www.cnn.com/style/article/titian-painting-church-scli-intl-gbr/index.html
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hereford-worcester-56241825

Feature on misquotations of Lewis Carroll:

https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2021/mar/01/off-with-their-heads-why-are-lewis-carroll-misquotes-so-common-online

On how English became the language of Physics:

https://www.symmetrymagazine.org/article/how-english-became-the-language-of-physics

Arguing over who is the father of modern art:

https://www.rutlandherald.com/features/vermont_arts/cezanne-and-manet-who-is-the-father-of-modern-art/article_ebb7f371-c2bc-5e16-912e-fed3530efa3b.html

In case you missed the 20 million years bp petrified tree find on Lesbos:

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-greece-science-tree/scientists-in-greece-find-20-million-year-old-petrified-tree-idUSKBN29V1VN

On economics and witch hunts in pre-modern Germany:

https://aeon.co/essays/how-economic-behaviour-drove-witch-hunts-in-pre-modern-germany

Plenty of finds of paleontological interest from a garbage dump in Spain:

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/priceless-primate-fossils-found-in-a-garbage-dump

Feature on the 18th century makeup-for-men boom:

https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2021/feb/28/forget-grooming-to-zoom-18th-century-men-were-first-to-make-up

Feature on how the eruption of Mount Tambora affected art:

https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/how-mount-tambora-and-other-volcanic-eruptions-inspired-artistic

Feature on assorted sunken cities:

https://www.euronews.com/travel/2021/03/03/you-might-be-living-near-a-sunken-city-and-not-even-know-it

A 'lost' Jacob Lawrence painting has been located:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/01/arts/design/jacob-lawrence-painting-resurfaces.html

Pondering 21st century Frankensteins:

https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20210303-what-is-the-frankensteins-monster-of-the-21st-century

Feature on Sarah Hart's work with math, music, and literature:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/06/science/math-gresham-sarah-hart.html

A collection of photos of 19th century Spain by Jean Laurent have been digitized:

https://elpais.com/cultura/2021-03-02/cultura-digitaliza-6300-fotos-de-jean-laurent-pionero-de-la-imagen-en-espana.html

Latest twist in the hunt for Amelia Earhart:

https://www.livescience.com/amelia-earhart-nuclear-reactor-puzzle.html

Feature on a 15th century Florentine villa and the family who owns it:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/03/t-magazine/florence-italian-villa-design.html

Feature on the Venus of Willendorf:

https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/what-did-the-venus-of-willendorf-originally-represent

Feature on Charles II's trend-setting mistress:

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2021/feb/28/restoration-influencer-how-charles-iis-clever-mistress-set-trends-ahead-of-her-time

Feature on Mary Anning:

https://www.livescience.com/who-was-mary-anning.html

Not sure about this suggestion linking religion and drugs in the ANE:

https://www.haaretz.com/world-news/.premium.MAGAZINE-was-moses-high-studies-linking-religion-and-drugs-gain-traction-1.9594172

I think we mentioned this study of three Bronze Age 'bog beetles':

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/prehistoric-bog-beetles

More on 1700 years of Jewish life in Germany:

https://www.dw.com/en/storytelling-items-behind-1700-years-of-german-jewish-history/g-56713303
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ANIMAL AND PLANT DOMESTICATIONS ================================================================
Suggestion that the European domestic dog originated in southwestern Germany:

https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/03/european-domestic-dog-is-presumed-to.html
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MUSEUM MATTERS
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Greek jewellery:

https://menafn.com/1101688710/Ancient-Greek-Jewelry-is-Full-of-History-and-Wonder&source=26
http://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/4992143

Titan:

https://elpais.com/cultura/2021-03-01/el-prado-desata-pasiones-cruzadas-con-las-poesias-de-tiziano.html

Mummies:

https://www.newsobserver.com/living/article249657038.html

Impressionists:

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2021/mar/01/monet-renoir-and-degas-paintings-to-travel-to-melbourne-for-ngv-impressionist-exhibition

A Jewish museum in Germany is facing closure:

https://www.dw.com/en/israels-museum-of-german-jewish-heritage-facing-closure/a-56761661

More on new storage facilities for the Louvre:

https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/the-louvre-preserves-its-treasures-as-climate-change-floods-paris/news

More on the restoration of the Mosul Museum:

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/iraq-mosul-museum-destruction-restoration-efforts-1948306

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AUCTIONS AND SALES RELATED ================================================================
A 'long-forgotten' painting by Amrita Sher-Gil is coming to auction:

https://www.cnn.com/style/article/amrita-sher-gil-auction/index.html

... as is a collection of Otto Dix prints:

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2021/mar/05/large-selection-of-otto-dix-works-to-be-auctioned-by-sothebys

A painting by Winston Churchill (and owned by Angelina Jolie) fetched a nice price:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/02/arts/design/angelina-jolie-churchill-painting-auction.html

More on that 15th century Chinese bowl from a Connecticut yard sale coming to auction soon:

https://www.livescience.com/china-artifact-bowl-sold-yard-sale.html https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-56262954 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/mar/02/yard-sale-bowl-rare-chinese-artifact-sothebys
https://abc7news.com/chinese-artifact-connecticut-yard-sale-sothebys/10386224/ https://elpais.com/cultura/2021-03-03/un-porcelana-vendida-como-baratija-en-un-mercadillo-de-connecticut-es-una-excepcional-vasija-de-la-dinastia-ming.html
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/chinese-bowl-someone-bought-yard-sale-35-could-sell-500000-180977109/
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ON THE DNA FRONT ================================================================
Using DNA to study the effects of tuberculosis on European populations over the past 2000 years:

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/03/210304112449.htm

cf: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fevo.2021.639048/full


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THE TECHY SIDE
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A few facial reconstructions this week ... first Lucy and the Taung child:

https://www.livescience.com/lucy-taung-child-facial-reconstructions.html

... and two of the sons of Saint Ludmilla:

https://english.radio.cz/sons-saint-ludmilla-faces-prague-castle-founder-father-czech-patron-saint-8710853
https://www.archaeology.org/news/9501-210303-duke-bohemia-reconstruction

A high tech study of the Pazyryk carpet is shedding light on fermented wool fibres:

https://phys.org/news/2021-03-x-ray-microscopy-reveals-outstanding-craftsmanship.html
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-03/uoe-fwi030421.php

Using AI to read difficult medieval texts:

https://www.utoronto.ca/news/u-t-researchers-train-ai-read-difficult-decipher-medieval-texts

Plenty of interest in a tech-based 'reopening' of a 17th century 'locked letter':

https://www.qmul.ac.uk/media/news/2021/smd/secrets-of-sealed-17th-century-letters-revealed-by-dental-x-ray-scanners.html
https://phys.org/news/2021-03-secrets-17th-century-letters-revealed.html https://www.livescience.com/sealed-renaissance-letter-virtually-unfolded.html https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/02/science/locked-letters-unfolding.html https://www.npr.org/2021/03/02/972607811/reading-a-letter-thats-been-sealed-for-more-than-300-years-without-opening-it
http://www.wnyc.org/story/reading-a-letter-thats-been-sealed-for-more-than-300-yearswithout-opening-it/
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/mar/02/researchers-read-sealed-17th-century-letter-without-opening-virtual-unfolding-x-ray
https://www.cnn.com/style/article/opening-sealed-letters-study-scn/index.html https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/03/locked-for-300-years-virtual-unfolding-has-now-revealed-this-letters-secrets/
https://www.wired.com/story/sleuths-read-old-booby-trapped-letters-without-opening-them/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/x-rays-and-algorithms-let-scientists-read-letters-without-unfolding-them-180977138/
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/03/03/secrets-of-sealed-17th-century-letters-revealed-by-dental-x-ray-scanners/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/9504-210304-letter-virtual-unfolded ================================================================
CLIMATE MATTERS ================================================================
Using shipping logs to document climate change:

https://www.npr.org/2021/03/01/959600735/how-fast-are-oceans-rising-the-answer-may-be-in-century-old-shipping-logs

cf: https://www.zooniverse.org/projects/psmsl/uk-tides

The UK's National Trust is listing sites threatened by climate change:

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-56287005 ================================================================
TOURISTY THINGS ================================================================
Old Delhi:

https://www.dw.com/en/old-delhi-retains-touristic-charm-despite-adversity/g-56749441

Mani:

https://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/travel/2021/03/a-road-trip-through-the-mani-a-literary-greek-landscape-suspended-in-time

Leptis Magna:

https://www.libyaobserver.ly/culture/ruins-roman-lebdah-city-leptis-magna

Seven UNESCO Heritage sites in Turkey:

https://www.dailysabah.com/life/travel/7-must-see-unesco-world-heritage-sites-in-turkey

Assorted ancient Greek cities:

https://greekcitytimes.com/2021/03/06/cities-ancient-greece/ ================================================================
PERFORMANCES AND MUSIC RELATED ================================================================
The Dig:

https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2021/3/3/the-dig-review-article/ ================================================================
TV/DOCUMENTARY HYPISH THINGS ================================================================
Dinner with Plato:

https://greekcitytimes.com/2021/03/07/dinner-with-plato/ ================================================================
CRIME BEAT
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Interesting feature on what a looted artifact from Afghanistan reveals:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/04/magazine/ghazni-panels-afghanistan-art.html

Brief item on Turkish police seizing an Athenian decadrachm:

http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2021-03/01/c_139775968.htm http://www.china.org.cn/arts/2021-03/02/content_77261895.htm

I think we mentioned this guy arrested for illegal excavations in Amphipolis:

https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/03/01/arrest-for-illegal-excavations-in-amphipolis/

Vandalism at 'America's Stonehenge':

https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Man-accused-of-vandalism-at-America-s-Stonehenge-15997376.php
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/mar/04/americas-stonehenge-qanon-carving-mark-russo
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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 3500 years bp statuette of Arinna, recovered by Turkish police, has gone on display:

https://www.aa.com.tr/en/culture/sun-goddess-of-arinna-on-display-in-western-turkey/2166533

The Louvre recovered some Renaissance armour stolen back in the 80s:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/06/world/europe/louvre-art-theft.html https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/mar/03/paris-louvre-recovers-16th-century-armour-stolen-nearly-40-years-ago
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/louvre-recovers-armor-antiquities-expert-1234585540/
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/03/louvre-recovers-16th-century-armour.html
https://www.cnn.com/style/article/stolen-armor-returned-louvre-scli-intl/index.html
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/intricate-renaissance-armor-stolen-40-years-ago-recovered-police-180977170/

The Dallas MoA is returning a looted statue to Nepal:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/04/arts/design/dallas-museum-nepali-structure-returned.html
http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/looted-in-the-1980s-a-sacred-stele-at-the-dallas-museum-of-art-is-headed-back-to-nepal
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NUMISMATICA
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Feature on portraiture on Roman coinage:

https://coinweek.com/ancient-coins/changes-in-portraiture-on-ancient-roman-coinage/

Latest e-Sylum:

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

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

http://www.coinbooks.org/v24/club_nbs_esylum_v24n10.html ------------------------

Coin Week:

http://www.coinweek.com/

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OBITUARIES
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Robert Gold:

https://www.uwinnipeg.ca/classics/faculty/robert-gold.html

Yeshu Drey (Hebrew):

https://www.calcalist.co.il/local/articles/0,7340,L-3896636,00.html

Paolo Moreno:

http://www.ansamed.info/ansamed/en/news/nations/italy/2021/03/05/archaeology-great-moreno-who-studied-riace-bronzes-dies_c75c01ef-8171-4aa2-bdf5-fe7f95680f43.html
https://www.sardiniapost.it/news-adnkronos/archeologia-e-morto-paolo-moreno-identifico-bronzi-di-riace-il-satiro-e-i-dioscuri-3/
https://www.ansa.it/calabria/notizie/2021/03/05/addio-archeologo-paolo-moreno-dai-bronzi-riace-a-cleopatra_e43ad761-338e-47da-be1d-64d16168cd81.html

George Bass:

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/article/underwater-archaeology-pioneer-george-bass-dies-at-88
https://divernet.com/2021/03/06/pioneering-archaeological-diver-bass-dies/

Naomi Rosenblum:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/05/arts/naomi-rosenblum-dead.html ================================================================
AUDIO/VIDEO NEWS ================================================================
Audio News from Archaeologica:

https://www.archaeologychannel.org/audio-guide/audio-news/3027-audio-news-from-archaeologica-february-21-through-february-27-2021
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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/ ================================================================ PODCASTS/VODCASTS ================================================================
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