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    From david meadows@21:1/5 to All on Sun Apr 11 09:19:07 2021
    [continued from previous message]

    https://aeon.co/videos/new-yorks-300-year-old-trash-becomes-treasure-in-the-hands-of-an-urban-archaeologist

    Concerns for Harriet Tubman-associated sites in Maryland:

    https://www.nbcwashington.com/investigations/historic-harriet-tubman-sites-at-risk-of-rising-seas-on-eastern-shore/2631651/

    ... and a related search for more sites:

    https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/saving-tubman-sites-searching-for-ben-ross-cabin/2631728/

    Bears Ears is reemerging in the news:

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/04/08/bears-ears-haaland/

    ... related:

    https://kfgo.com/2021/04/08/u-s-interior-secretary-looks-to-restore-utah-monuments-slashed-by-trump/

    Feature on the Adena Mounds:

    https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/columns/2021/04/11/column-big-10-not-only-link-between-ohio-wisconsin/7124022002/

    Some Ancient Americas lectures and events of note:

    https://mikeruggerisyoutube.tumblr.com/
    http://mikeruggerisevents.tumblr.com/ ================================================================
    CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA ================================================================
    Remains of what is being dubbed an 'embassy' from Tikal has implications:

    https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2021/04/possible-embassy-ancient-maya-city-illuminates-birth-empire

    Pondering the settlement of the Caribbean:

    https://www.sapiens.org/biology/indigenous-caribbean/

    More on the 3200 years bp Spider divinity mural from Peru:

    https://hyperallergic.com/632553/mural-of-knife-wielding-spider-god-peru/ https://www.thegreatcoursesdaily.com/ancient-mural-of-knife-wielding-spider-god-from-cupisnique-culture-discovered-in-peru/

    More on Maya use of salt:

    http://www.sci-news.com/archaeology/maya-salt-money-09479.html

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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/ ================================================================
    OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST ================================================================
    Not sure where to put this one ... a study suggests that hypoxia contributed to the images we see in petroglyphs in caves in Western Europe:

    https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/stoned-in-the-stone-age-prehistoric-humans-got-high-israeli-scholars-664547
    https://www.sciencealert.com/ancient-cave-artists-might-ve-knowingly-deprived-themselves-of-oxygen-to-paint
    https://www.cnet.com/news/ancient-cave-painters-deprived-themselves-of-oxygen-to-get-high-new-study-suggests/
    https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/.premium-israeli-archaeologists-crack-mystery-of-cave-paintings-done-in-the-dark-1.9686181
    https://www.salon.com/2021/04/07/ancient-cave-painters-may-have-been-stoned-study-says/

    Really not sure where to put this item on studying/experimenting with bat guano to figure out how sites might form:

    https://phys.org/news/2021-04-guano-archaeologists-ancient.html https://theconversation.com/a-batshit-experiment-bones-cooked-in-bat-poo-lift-the-lid-on-how-archaeological-sites-are-formed-156865
    https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/04/how-baked-bat-guano-helped.html
    https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/04/07/how-baked-bat-guano-helped-archaeologists-understand-our-past/

    On the oldest hot cross bun in the world:

    https://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/19200708.colchester-oldest-hot-cross-bun-world/

    On the apparent therapeutic effects of Baltic amber:

    https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-04/acs-pfb032221.php https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/04/06/baltic-amber-as-a-potential-source-of-new-antibiotics/

    Feature on some podcasts about the history of the ancient world:

    https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2021/apr/05/an-escape-from-dark-times-how-ancient-history-podcasts-bring-comfort-and-clarity

    Feature on the 'allure' of lost cities:

    http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20210405-the-enduring-allure-of-lost-cities

    Features on the first modern Olympic Games:

    https://greekcitytimes.com/2021/04/06/1896-modern-olympics-athens/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/kidspost/first-modern-olympics-125-years-ago-was-nothing-like-todays-huge-spectacle/2021/04/07/59c3e812-8eb2-11eb-a6bd-0eb91c03305a_story.html

    ... and the history of the Olympics:

    https://www.herald-dispatch.com/news/putnam_news/derek-coleman-the-not-so-brief-history-of-the-olympics/article_47497373-276c-58e8-9438-48d7b0a0c970.html

    A foetus buried with a 17th century Bishop was likely the latter's relative (grandson, most likely):

    https://phys.org/news/2021-04-foetus-bishop-coffin-grandson.html https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-04/lu-fib040721.php https://www.sciencealert.com/a-17th-century-bishop-was-buried-with-a-fetus-scientists-have-finally-figured-out-why
    https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/04/dna-analysis-solves-curious-case-of-the-stillborn-fetus-in-the-bishops-coffin/
    https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/04/foetus-in-bishops-coffin-was-probably.html
    http://www.archaeology.org/news/9585-210409-sweden-grandfather-bishop

    Interesting feature on Prince Philip's lineage:

    https://theconversation.com/prince-philip-dies-his-marriage-to-the-queen-and-their-part-in-1-000-years-of-european-royal-dynastic-history-155696

    ... and a feature on his mother:

    https://greekreporter.com/2021/04/09/prince-philip-mother-alice-philanthropy-in-greece/

    Casanova wasn't a cad, apparently:

    https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/memoirs-show-casanova-the-medicine-man-wasnt-all-cad-fl8prrjh7

    Feature on what a field archaeologist does:

    https://globalnews.ca/video/7750313/the-training-ground-what-it-takes-to-become-a-field-archaeologist

    Feature on the Nazi concentration camp at Terezin (falling into ruin):

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-56596351

    On archaeologists, racism, and public monuments:

    https://phys.org/news/2021-04-paper-urges-archaeologists-historians-people.html https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-04/uoc--mtm040821.php

    On the influence of Muslim intellectuals on the Enlightenment:

    https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/05/opinion/enlightenment-islam-robinson-crusoe.html

    On the history of perfume bottles:

    https://mymodernmet.com/history-perfume-bottles/

    In 1894 they apparently built a 'brad arch' in Leeds:

    https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leeds-56604516

    More on the Getty acquiring Genileschi's Lucretia:

    https://hyperallergic.com/635883/artemisia-gentileschi-masterpiece-lucretia-acquired-by-getty/

    On the history of clothes closets:

    https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2021/05/giant-closets/618393/

    Feature on Ramon Llull:

    https://elpais.com/babelia/2021-04-09/ramon-llull-maquina-fantastica-de-pensar.html#?sma=newsletter_diaria_manana20210409m

    Calls for an inventory of world artifacts held by the Church of England:

    https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/apr/09/calls-for-full-inventory-of-world-artefacts-held-by-church-of-england-benin-bronzes

    Feature on Antonie van Leeuwenhoek:

    https://theconversation.com/the-17th-century-cloth-merchant-who-discovered-the-vast-realm-of-tiny-microbes-an-appreciation-of-antonie-van-leeuwenhoek-158177

    Feature on the scientific revolution with a Huygens spin:

    https://aeon.co/essays/why-huygens-father-and-son-personify-the-scientific-revolution

    A newly discovered Gainsbourough portrait:

    https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/lost-portrait-acclaimed-british-painter-thomas-gainsborough-resurfaces-180977443/

    An 18th century painting has been attributed to Henry Lefebvre:

    https://www.riposte-catholique.fr/archives/158876

    On the use of drugs during war:

    https://www.brownalumnimagazine.com/articles/2021-01-13/lit

    Featuer on Tsim Sha Tsui's clock tower:

    https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/article/3127634/story-tsim-sha-tsuis-clock-tower-how-it-survived-world-war

    On Democritus predicting the atom:

    https://bigthink.com/culture-religion/ancient-physics-democritus-predicted-atom

    Feature on Tharun Sekar's recreations of ancient musical instruments:

    https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/yazh-ancient-musical-instrument-india

    How the pandemic resurrected Britain's ancient borders:

    https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/britain-ancient-borders-pandemic

    On Marie Antoinette and the 'cake' misquote:

    https://www.livescience.com/let-the-eat-cake.html

    OpEddish feature on transgender people in history:

    https://www.sapiens.org/archaeology/transgender-people-exist-in-history/

    Feature on World Expos over the years:

    https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2021/04/world/world-expo-history-40-objects-intl-spc/

    Pondering Alexander Graham Bell's legacy for the deaf:

    https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/06/books/review/the-invention-of-miracles-katie-booth.html

    Latest on the Salvator Mundi:

    https://www.jpost.com/international/latest-twist-in-salvator-mundi-painting-case-again-aims-to-target-saudi-664749
    https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/salvator-mundi-feature-film https://elpais.com/cultura/2021-04-08/el-origen-de-salvator-mundi-un-secreto-de-estado.html

    Feature on daVinci's patrons:

    https://www.historyextra.com/period/renaissance/leonardo-da-vinci-art-patrons-supporters-ludovico-sforza-isabella-deste-borgias/

    Feature on the Vienna Dioscurides manuscript:

    http://www.sci-news.com/archaeology/maya-salt-money-09479.html

    How the KKK in California target Asians in the 19th century:

    https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/04/california-klans-anti-asian-crusade/618513/

    Drama arising from the theft of a Jefferson Davis memorial throne:

    https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/jefferson-davis-memorial-throne-stolen-from-confederate-cemetery-and-under-threat-of-being-turned-into-a-toilet

    Moscow's Eliseevsky grocery store is closing after 120 years:

    https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-56683249 https://elpais.com/economia/2021-04-08/la-tienda-de-manjares-de-la-epoca-zarista-que-sobrevivio-a-la-revolucion-pero-no-a-la-pandemia.html
    https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/moscow-eliseevsky-grocery-closing/2021/04/03/7512e080-9210-11eb-aadc-af78701a30ca_story.html
    ================================================================
    ANIMAL AND PLANT DOMESTICATIONS ================================================================
    Evidence of domesticated dogs in the Arabian peninsula 4300 BCE:

    https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-04/tfg-aue040821.php https://phys.org/news/2021-04-archaeologists-uncover-earliest-evidence-domesticated.html
    https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/04/earliest-evidence-of-domesticated-dogs.html
    https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/04/archaeologists-uncover-earliest-evidence-of-domesticated-dogs-in-arabian-peninsula/138562

    A study of sheep (and other) domestication in Western Asia suggests the practice dates back at lease 8000 years:

    https://phys.org/news/2021-04-early-dispersal-neolithic-domesticated-sheep.html https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-04/mpif-edo040121.php https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/04/210408112349.htm https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/04/early-dispersal-of-neolithic.html
    https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/04/09/early-dispersal-of-neolithic-domesticated-sheep-in-central-asia/
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    MUSEUM MATTERS
    ================================================================
    Cinderella to Sinbad:

    https://www.thenationalnews.com/arts-culture/books/from-cinderella-to-sindbad-new-abu-dhabi-exhibit-to-explore-literary-traditions-from-germany-and-the-arab-world-1.1196639

    Thomas Becket:

    https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/brexit-news/thomas-becket-at-the-british-museum-7832846

    Ancient Egyptian queens:

    https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/100725/Ancient-Egyptian-queens-will-hold-court-at-the-Canadian-Museum

    Last Supper in Pompeii:

    https://www.artfixdaily.com/news_feed/2021/04/07/7532-last-supper-in-pompeii-to-open-at-sfs-legion-of-honor-this-summer

    The Egyptian Museum in Tahrir is seeking Heritage status:

    https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/100635/Egyptian-Museum-in-Tahrir-on-preliminary-list-of-World-Heritage

    Latest in Abu Dhabi's plans for a mega museum:

    http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/abu-dhabi-s-next-mega-museum-back-on-track-now-with-a-director

    Feature on Athen's Numismatic Museum:

    https://greekcitytimes.com/2021/04/09/numismatic-museum-athens/

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    AUCTIONS AND SALES RELATED ================================================================
    Spain put an export ban on a Caravaggio (subsequently withdrawn from auction):

    https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/08/arts/design/caravaggio-spain-export-ban.html https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-56675290 https://www.timesofisrael.com/spain-blocks-sale-of-possible-caravaggio-painting-of-jesus/

    On Native American items showing up at auctions:

    https://www.cherokeephoenix.org/culture/auction-houses-selling-native-cultural-items/article_dd2e50ea-971b-11eb-935e-8beb5e963525.html

    Big bucks for a copy of Action Comics #1:

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-56669924

    ================================================================
    ON THE DNA FRONT ================================================================
    Plenty of interesting genome-related implications from analysis of a 45 000 (now) years bp skull from Croatia (there seem to be a couple overlapping stories here):

    https://phys.org/news/2021-04-neanderthal-ancestry-oldest-modern-human.html https://phys.org/news/2021-04-genome-analysis-reveals-unknown-ancient.html https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-04/mpif-nai040621.php https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/04/210407114205.htm https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/04/210407122217.htm https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/apr/07/ancient-human-migration-europe-neanderthals-genetic-sequencing
    https://www.jpost.com/health-science/early-humans-in-europe-found-to-have-close-lineage-with-neanderthals-664752
    https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/.premium-earliest-modern-humans-in-europe-had-neanderthals-in-the-family-1.9690167
    https://www.sciencealert.com/a-previously-unknown-human-migration-was-just-revealed-in-genetic-data
    https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2021/04/more-45000-years-ago-modern-humans-ventured-neanderthal-territory-here-s-what-happened
    https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/04/2-recent-studies-sequence-dna-from-the-earliest-homo-sapiens-in-eurasia/
    https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/04/neanderthal-ancestry-identifies-oldest.html
    https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/04/genomes-of-earliest-europeans.html
    https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/secrets-europes-oldest-known-modern-humans-revealed-genome-sequencing-180977437/
    http://www.archaeology.org/news/9581-210408-neanderthals-modern-humans

    Study suggests a disconnect between genetics and physical characteristics:

    https://phys.org/news/2021-04-reveals-disconnect-physical-characteristics-genetic.html
    https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/04/study-reveals-surprising-disconnect.html

    ================================================================
    THE TECHY SIDE
    ================================================================
    An app is resurrecting ancient Baalbek:

    https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/4/6/lebanons-baalbek-reborn-temples-a-newly-launched-virtual-tour
    https://en.ammonnews.net/article/48480 https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/04/lebanons-baalbek-temples-reborn.html
    https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/take-3d-tour-ancient-temples-lebanon-180977451/

    More on recreating 1800 years bp chain armour with video game technology:

    https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/apr/05/gaming-technology-recreates-c16th-music-in-a-scottish-chapel
    https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1296207421000546

    More on the KV55 facial reconstruction:

    https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1296207421000546 ================================================================
    CLIMATE MATTERS ================================================================
    OpEddish thing on archaeology and climate change:

    https://www.thedailystar.net/opinion/news/archaeology-and-climate-change-2074369
    ================================================================
    TOURISTY THINGS ================================================================
    Shibam:

    https://elpais.com/icon-design/arquitectura/2021-04-08/la-manhattan-del-desierto-la-ciudad-yemeni-que-en-el-siglo-xvi-invento-los-rascacielos.html
    ================================================================
    PERFORMANCES AND MUSIC RELATED ================================================================
    Recreating the acoustics of Linlithgow Palace to recreate a 1512 performance:

    https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/apr/05/gaming-technology-recreates-c16th-music-in-a-scottish-chapel
    https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/musical-time-machine-recreates-16th-century-concert-180977406/

    I, Cinna:

    https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/theater/reviews/ct-ent-cinna-poet-chicago-shakespeare-review-20210406-wo3phhezrjg63gect7kaz6e3u4-story.html

    Antigone:

    https://www.sacurrent.com/ArtSlut/archives/2021/04/07/the-classic-theatre-brings-iconic-greek-tragedy-antigone-to-the-san-antonio-botanical-garden

    An Iliad:

    https://chicagomaroon.com/article/2021/4/7/iliad-alls-fair-theater-war/

    Medea:

    https://www.elonnewsnetwork.com/article/2021/04/elon-performing-arts-medea

    Eurydice:

    https://www.thedickinsonpress.com/community/events/6978278-What-is-love-DSU-play-a-retelling-of-classic-Greek-myth

    Helen:

    https://spectator.com.au/2021/04/a-changed-woman/ ================================================================
    CRIME BEAT
    ================================================================
    OpEddish thing on antiquities theft:

    https://menafn.com/1101888747/Antiquities-theft-funds-conflict-erases-culture

    Feature on counterfeit Jewish artifacts being manufactured in Turkey:

    https://forward.com/news/467503/in-turkey-counterfeit-jewish-artifacts-are-commonplace-and-often-sloppy/

    Native American petroglyphs in the Chattahoochee National Forest have been vandalized:

    https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/06/us/chattahoochee-petroglyphs-vandalism-trnd/index.html
    https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/07/us/chattahoochee-national-forest-vandalism.html
    https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/vandals-mar-ancient-petroglyphs-in-north-georgia-mountains/2021/04/08/8170e4b0-98a2-11eb-8f0a-3384cf4fb399_story.html
    https://www.wrcbtv.com/story/43614431/thousand-year-old-native-american-rock-carvings-have-been-vandalized-in-the-chattahoochee-national-forest
    https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/nation-world/national/article250458696.html
    https://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/ny-native-american-rock-carvings-vandalized-national-forest-georgia-chattahooche-20210406-6i34zwmtt5btllodni2mpm4d6u-story.html
    https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/someone-destroyed-1000-year-old-indigenous-art-georgias-chattahoochee-national-forest-180977453/

    An Aboriginal site in Victoria was damaged:

    https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/apr/06/traditional-owners-devastated-by-alleged-damage-to-1500-year-old-stone-arrangement-in-victoria

    ... and the farmer who did the deed claims he didn't know:

    https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/apr/07/farmer-sorry-for-damaging-aboriginal-site-says-he-did-not-know-it-was-heritage-listed

    INAH recovered some items headed for sale on the Internet:

    https://www.theyucatantimes.com/2021/04/inah-recover-eight-archaeological-pieces-that-were-intended-to-be-sold-on-the-internet/

    Jefferson Davis' 'chair' (from a cemetery monument) has been recovered and arrests made:

    https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/10/us/jefferson-davis-chair-memorial-theft-trnd/index.html
    https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2021/04/09/confederate-chair-arrests-white-lies-matter/

    An arrest of a man suspected of thefts of a Van Gogh and Hals:

    https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2021/apr/06/dutch-police-arrest-man-theft-van-gogh-hals-paintings-laughing-boys-parsonage-garden
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-56651925 https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/06/arts/design/van-gogh-hals-theft-arrest.html https://www.dw.com/en/dutch-police-arrest-suspect-in-theft-of-van-gogh-hals-paintings/a-57109038
    https://www.cnn.com/style/article/van-gogh-stolen-painting-arrest-intl-scli/index.html
    https://apnews.com/article/dutch-police-arrest-theives-van-gough-hals-works-939cf6b2bca5864a05bff0199b90ce9d
    https://www.wsj.com/articles/dutch-police-arrest-suspect-in-van-gogh-heist-11617735240
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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 ================================================================
    Britain apparently has not returned some statuary to Jordan that it took back in 1990 for restoration:

    https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/03/britain-has-kept-stone-age-statues-says.html

    Turkey is trying to recover a looted work from the US currently held by Christie's:

    https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/09/arts/design/turkey-christies-idol-lawsuit.html

    665 coins which had been stolen from the Sibari museum are being returned:

    https://www.agi.it/cultura/news/2021-04-04/archeologia-tornano-sibari-monete-quinto-secolo-avanti-cristo-12036739/

    Austria returned 28 items to Iran:

    https://en.mehrnews.com/news/171701/Antique-relics-delivered-to-Iran-from-Austria

    Some Manhattan Beach property taken from a Black family over a century ago might be returned:

    https://www.cbsnews.com/news/manhattan-beach-property-seized-century-ago-may-be-returned/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=news_tab&utm_content=algorithm

    Germany is the focus of Benin Bronze return coverage this week:

    https://www.modernghana.com/news/1072519/will-germany-really-restitute-looted-benin-artefac.html
    https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/03/a-matter-of-fairness-new-debate-about.html

    London's Horniman Museum is making a 'repatriation pledge' in regards to their Benin Bronzes

    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/04/07/horniman-museum-makes-benin-bronzes-repatriation-pledge-end/
    https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/563/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/563/pub/563/page/34/article/160044
    http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/horniman-museum-policy-on-restitution https://news.artnet.com/art-world/london-museum-might-repatriate-benin-bronzes-1957559

    The Church of England plans to return a pair of Benin Bronzes which were given to a former Archbishop of Canterbury as a gift:

    https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/565/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/565/pub/565/page/29/article/161030

    The National Museum of Ireland is also figuring out how to return Benin Bronzes:

    https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/national-museum-ireland-plan-return-looted-benin-bronzes-rmx7rdtpk

    More on Aberdeen's pending returns:

    https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/will-scottish-universitys-return-of-bronze-bust-to-benin-start-a-trend

    Some general items on the current interest to return the Benin Bronzes:

    https://hyperallergic.com/633045/path-toward-restitution-of-benin-bronzes-advances-in-germany-and-uk/
    https://www.voanews.com/europe/effort-return-benin-bronzes-africa-remains-ongoing-challenge

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    Latest e-Sylum:

    http://www.coinbooks.org/v24/club_nbs_esylum_v24n14.html

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    Coin Week:

    http://www.coinweek.com/

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    https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/10/us/marshall-d-sahlins-dead.html

    Gianluigi Colalucci:

    https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/05/obituaries/gianluigi-colalucci-dead.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/gianluigi-colalucci-dead/2021/04/09/236d54d6-97c4-11eb-962b-78c1d8228819_story.html

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